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Must take Adani’s name and thank him: I.N.D.I. Alliance leader Sharad Pawar showers praise on Gautam Adani

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Gautam Adani donated Rs 25 cr to Baramati Vidya Pratishtan for tech centre which is owned by Pawar family
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Retired SSP Mohammad Shafi Mir shot dead by terrorists during azan in a mosque

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Following the terrorist attack, security forces quickly cordoned off the surrounding area and launched a search operation to apprehend the terrorists involved.
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News Reports

Pentagon says merchant ship was hit near Gujarat coast by an Iranian drone; another Indian oil tanker targeted in Red Sea

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US Central Command stated on Sunday that an Indian-flagged crude oil tanker was hit by a "one-way attack drone" in the Red Sea, however, no injuries were reported
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Crime

Bihar: AIMIM district president shot dead in Siwan, investigation underway

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District President of AIMIM Arif Jamal was shot dead at his shop at Kutub Chapra turn in Hussainganj Police Station area
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News Reports

3 top Vivo executives, including interim CEO Hong Xuquan, arrested by Enforcement Directorate for money laundering

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ED's probe unearthed that Vivo India had remitted nearly Rs 62476 crore to China, constituting almost 50% of its turnover, ostensibly to avoid taxes in India.
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Congress announces major rejig, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra removed as UP in-charge, remains general secretary without portfolio

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Priyanka Gandhi has not been allocated any ‘portfolio’ in the party’s organisational structure amid speculations that the party may be mulling the idea to field her against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi.
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After quitting wrestling objecting to WFI election results, Sakshi Malik objects to holding junior nationals in UP’s Gonda, calls it “area of Brijbhushan”

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Sakshi Malik expressed disappointment at the venue selection of junior nationals, which will take place in Gonda in UP
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Tamil Nadu floods: 35 deaths reported, focus now on restoring basic services, says chief secretary

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Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, and Kanyakumari during the past few days. The state government and the Centre have jointly mobilised a massive rescue and relief operation to help the affected people.
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Video of BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri slamming the opposition alliance with ‘hard-hitting’ facts in Lok Sabha goes viral, here is what he said

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Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Bidhuri noted that Rahul Gandhi’s great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru curtailed press freedom and jailed anyone who dared to criticise the Nehru government.
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News Reports

Indian army says probe into deaths of 3 civilians in Poonch underway, J&K administration announces compensation and jobs for family

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The Indian Army said on Saturday that it is conducting an inquiry into the deaths of three civilians in the Poonch-Rajouri sector
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News Reports

US State Department condemns vandalism of Swaminarayan Temple in California, police launch probe calling it a ‘targeted attack’

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US State Department for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs posted a tweet condemning the vandalism of Swaminarayan Temple in California
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav vows to reclaim global time standard, announces study to shift prime meridian from Greenwich to Ujjain

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Mohan Yadav said, "Our government is working to prove that Ujjain is the global Prime Meridian and we will push to correct the time of the world."
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan puts on shoes for a BJP worker who remained barefoot for six years for the BJP’s win

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In 2017, a BJP worker took a pledge to remain barefoot until the saffron party formed a government in Madhya Pradesh.
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News Reports

Protesting wrestlers want govt to override WFI election to appoint a woman as president, but it will result in a ban by the world...

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Sakshi Malik said that govt should intervene to overrule the election of Sanjay Singh as WFI president, but that will result in suspension of WFI
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News Reports

INDI alliance leader insults Hindi heartland: DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran says Hindi speakers who migrate from UP, Bihar to Tamil Nadu clean toilets, roads

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Speaking at a public event, DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran said Hindi speakers from Bihar and UP clean toilets and roads in southern states.
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News Reports

Hijab ban in schools not revoked yet, issue being discussed: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah takes U-turn after announcing the withdrawal

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stated that the removal of the hijab ban in schools is still under contemplation.
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News Reports

Drone strikes merchant ship in Arabian Sea, Indian Navy dispatches ICGS Vikram for assistance: Details

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As per reports, no group has claimed responsibility for the drone strike, which took place 200 nautical miles southwest of Veraval City of Gujarat.
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News Reports

Congress protest march towards police headquarters in INDI alliance partners-ruled Kerala turns violent, several injured and hospitalised

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The protest march was against the statewide police highhandedness on Youth Congress activists during Nava Kerala Sadas.
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Parliament security breach: Mahesh Kumawat’s police custody extended by 13 days till 5th January, Neelam Singh gets permission to meet lawyer

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Delhi's Patiala House Court extended the police custody of Mahesh Kumawat. Neelam Singh was allowed to meet her lawyer.
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‘I am not afraid of anyone’: YouTuber Manish Kashyap finally walks out of Beur Jail after nine months

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YouTuber Manish Kashyap was jailed nine months ago in connection with claims made about migrant workers from Bihar being assaulted in Tamil Nadu.
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News Reports

Land-for-jobs scam: Enforcement Directorate issues fresh summons to Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, asked to appear on 5 January

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The ED sent new summons to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in a railway land-for-jobs scam case on 23rd December.
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Taken to Delhi, raped at a hotel near Jama Masjid: Minor girl from Bihar raped by a madarsa cleric under the pretext of providing...

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Maulvi Abdul Mannan, a teacher at Albanat Ekra Academy in Jehanabad, lured a minor girl to Delhi, where he raped her.
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Karnataka: Congress revokes ‘Hijab ban’ in schools, Minister Priyank Kharge defends decision to undo uniformity in school uniform

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that the state government will withdraw the order banning hijab in schools and colleges in the state. He stated, "the choice of clothes is one's own prerogative".
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France grounds Romanian flight carrying 303 Indians to Nicaragua from UAE on suspicion of ‘Human trafficking’, Indian embassy gets consular access

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India gets consular access to 303 Indians held at Paris-Vatry airport in France on suspicion of human trafficking
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Another scam brewing under Kejriwal Govt? Delhi LG VK Saxena seeks a CBI probe into allegations of fake medicines being used in Delhi govt-run...

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Arvind Kejriwal is in for yet another big trouble as Delhi LG VK Saxena has sought a CBI probe against his government in the spurious drugs in Delhi Govt hospitals case
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Crime

Punjab: 43,000 calls made from Ferozepur jail by smugglers, seven jail officials face inquiry

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Meanwhile, the Punjab and Haryana High Court slammed State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) officers and the Investigating Officer (IO) for failing to investigate the role of jail officials in the alleged multi-crore narcotics ring running from the Ferozepur Central Jail.
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PornHub’s parent company admits it made profit by coercing women into performing sex acts on camera and posting it without their consent, fined 1.8...

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The Parent company of one of the biggest pornographic content websites in the world, PornHub, has acknowledged profiting from sex trafficking
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Connecting students with India’s rich, ancient culture: Gujarat to introduce Bhagavad Gita in school syllabus from Class 6 onwards

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Gujarat government launched a supplementary textbook on the Bhagavad Gita for classes 6 to 8 on the occasion of Gita Jayanti.
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Jammu and Kashmir: Three individuals found dead after they were questioned by army following Poonch terror attack, massive search operations launched

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Three men were found dead under suspicious circumstances near the site of an ambush by terrorists in Poonch.
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Gujarat lifts liquor ban in GIFT City before the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Summit, will allow ‘wine and dine’ facilities

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This move aimed to bring GIFT City's social offerings in line with those available to professionals in other major financial and tech centres across India and globally.
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Tamil Nadu: ‘Homosexual’ quack, who used to treat men for impotence, murders his victims, cooks their body organs with masala

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The Cholapuram police are actively investigating whether Kesavamoorthi killed more victims, who used to seek treatment from him. “A list of people who were treated by Kesavamoorthi is being prepared,” the police said in a statement.
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“No five-judge bench of Supreme Court can represent 140 crore Indians”: BJD MP Sasmit Patra on clashes between the Judiciary and Legislature

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Emphasising parliamentary sovereignty, BJD MP Sasmit Patra said legislating in the parliament is the rights of MPs.
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‘The incident has hurt the sentiments of the Indian community’: India strongly condemns the attack on Swaminarayan Mandir in California by Khalistani extremists

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The Indian consulate in San Francisco has strongly condemned the defacement of the Swaminarayan Mandir Vasana Sanstha with anti-India and pro-Khalistani graffiti in California's Newark city
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J & K: Jaish-e-Mohammed’s proxy People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF) claims responsibility for the terrorist attack in Rajouri

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In January 2023, the PAFF was officially banned by the Union Home Ministry under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) due to its involvement in various terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
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World

US: Khalistanis deface Hindu temple with pro-Khalistan slogans in Newark, California

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Similar attacks have taken place in the past, both in the United States and its neighbouring Canada, wherein Hindu temples have been attacked, vandalised and defaced with derogatory graffiti.
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62 villages in Western UP ban entry of Congress and TMC for insulting Vice President, decision taken in Dhankhar Khap Panchayat

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This panchayat meeting was convened on 22nd December in Faizpur Ninana village, Baghpat, where community leaders and residents expressed strong displeasure over the incident.
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Indian engineer Vishnu Dev Radhakrishnan, who spent 5.5 years behind bars over accusations of ‘blasphemy’, finally released from Saudi jail

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Vishnu Dev Radhakrishnan was sentenced to 10 years in prison on the grounds of ‘misusing social media’ and hurting the religious and national sentiments of the Gulf nation
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Influencer Vivek Bindra booked for allegedly abusing and assaulting wife hours after wedding, FIR says Yankita hospitalised with severe injuries and hearing loss

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Motivational speaker Vivek Bindra has been booked in a domestic violence case for allegedly assaulting his wife just a day after the marriage.
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‘Trying to sow poison of religious bigotry in harmonious society’: BJP slams Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah over decision to reverse hijab ban in colleges

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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said he has asked to withdraw order imposing hijab ban in educational institutions across the state.
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Uttarakhand Cabinet approves decisions taken by the Uniform Civil Code draft committee so far

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The Uttarakhand Cabinet has approved the decisions taken so far by the five-member panel formed to prepare a draft for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC)
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ED summons Arvind Kejriwal for third time in liquor policy probe after he went for Vipassana skipping questioning, asks him to appear on January...

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Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday issued a summon to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy case and has asked him to appear before the central agency on January 3.
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Commission for Air Quality Management re-imposes GRAP Stage-3 restrictions in Delhi as air quality deteriorates to ‘severe’ category

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AQM Sub-Committee for Operationalization of actions under GRAP decided to invoke GRAP Stage-3 restrictions in Delhi due to falling air quality
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Favouritism, allowing harassment of women at the workplace, exploitation: How Left ecosystem shielded author of the book on Rahul Gandhi

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Dayashankar Mishra, an author who wrote a book on Rahul Gandhi, has been accused of favouritism, sexual abuse, and exploitation.
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This will be a game changer for the payments industry: Payments Council of India welcomes RBI allowing tokenisation of cards through banks

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The Payments Council of India (PCI), a representative body of the non-banking payment industry in India, welcomed the RBI's move to enable the issuing of tokens for cards via internet and commercial banks.
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After ‘private video’ controversy, Kulhad Pizza couple face the heat of Nihang Sikhs over an Instagram reel, latter threatens to burn their shop

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After the 'private video' controversy, the famous Kulhad Pizza couple from Jalandhar is back in the news, and this time again, not for the right reasons
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18-year-old autistic teen given ‘life in hospital’ sentence after he hacked Nvdia, BT/EE, and then hacked GTA-VI without even a laptop in police custody

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An 18-year-old hacker who was instrumental in leaking GTA-VI footage has been sentenced to life in hospital imprisonment by a UK court
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Variety

No missile tests, no fishing, ‘Arribada’ is happening: Read how Odisha prepares to welcome lakhs of Olive Ridley turtles coming from faraway oceans

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Human activity has shifted the odds against the survival of these ancient mariners during the past 200 years. Sea turtles are killed for their meat, eggs, skin, and shells; they are also overfished and subject to poaching. The DRDO has decided to nominate a nodal officer for better coordination with the forest department for the safety of the Olive Ridleys.
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After Sakshi Malik quits wrestling in ‘protest’ against WFI election result, Bajrang Punia vows to return his Padma Shri award

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"I can’t live my life as a Padma Shri awardee while our women wrestlers are insulted. Hence I return this award to you,” Bajrang Punia announced.
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Congress’ Mohabbat ki Dukaan exposed: Pro-Kannada groups heckle Marwari shop-owners in Bengaluru

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Pro-Kannada groups in Bengaluru abused and heckled Marwari shop owners for having signages with English in bold and Kannada in small font.
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French President Emmanuel Macron accepts PM Modi’s invitation to be the chief guest at Republic Day celebrations, confirms MEA

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The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, will be visiting India as the Chief Guest for the January 26 Republic Day celebrations at the invitation of PM Narendra Modi.
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