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Ram Mandir, Sanatan Dharma, and the shallow discourse: Unraveling ‘historian’ Ramachandra Guha and ‘journalist’ Karan Thapar’s limited grasp of Hindu way

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Karan Thapar's interview with Ramchandra Guha exposed flawed perspective of the left about Sanatan Dharma and Hindus
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Pure evil, unforgivable crime in the guise of secularism: BJP slams Telangana’s Congress govt for funding Tablighi Jamaat event

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BJP denounced Congress government's decision to grant Rs 2.4 crore to Tablighi Jamat program in Telangana.
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Madras HC sentences DMK Minister K Ponmudy to 3 years of simple imprisonment in DA case, set to lose MLA post

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It was alleged that Minister Ponmudi and Visalakshi had accumulated more than Rs 1.36 crore in assets.
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Pune: Siju Sheikh sexually exploits a minor, blackmails her using derogatory photos, wife Sofiana threatens with death, both booked

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The victim girl mentions in the FIR that she has been raped and sexually exploited by the accused. The complaint also mentions accused Sheikh's wife Sofiana who threatened the victim.
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‘Conduct whatever surveys you want, Muslims won’t lose any mosque now’: Maulana Tauqeer Raza warns of ‘street fight’ over Gyanvapi

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Maulana Tauqeer Raza said that Muslims have to show that they will not tolerate if any mosque is taken away from Muslims.
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Over 500 bank accounts in names of illegal Rohingyas and Bangladeshis: UP ATS arrests Mohd Abdul Awwal from Delhi in terror funding case

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Accused Abdul Awwal was involved in opening accounts in a private bank in the name of illegally migrating Bangladesh and Myanmar citizens in order to obtain funds from a Delhi-based NGO's FCRA (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) accounts.
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Parliament security breach: Counter Intelligence Unit brings all 6 accused together to match sequence of events

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Meanwhile, Delhi Police said it was also trying to have the SIM card destroyed by the accused reissued so that they could access the email used by the former.
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Politics

Muslim Forum writes to Rahul Gandhi, CM Reddy, demands inclusion of Shias in Telangana Govt; says despite ‘vociferous support’, party didn’t field any Shia...

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The letter from the USMF also conveyed that the Shia community in Telangana is fully committed to supporting the Congress in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections next year.
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Bihar: Jailed YouTuber Manish Kashyap gets bail in all cases linked to fake video row

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On 10th November, the Madras High Court quashed detention order against Kashyap. The court had also dropped charges slapped on him under NSA by the Tamil Nadu police.
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Opinions

The erosion of democratic decorum: Opposition’s unruly conduct in Parliament threatens the integrity of the democratic process

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The unruly behaviour of the opposition leaders in the Parliament needs evaluation ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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‘Beijing will unify Taiwan with mainland China, at a time that China will choose’: Xi Jinping told Biden in San Francisco

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In a group meeting attended by a dozen American and Chinese officials, Xi told Biden that China's preference is to take Taiwan peacefully, not by force, the officials said.
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ISRO awarded Leif Erikson Lunar Prize for Chandrayaan-3 mission

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In the most recent development, the Propulsion Module (PM) of Chandrayaan-3 achieved another feat by transitioning from lunar orbit to Earth's orbit.
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AI systems can’t be granted patents for their creations, only persons can be inventors under current patent law: UK Supreme Court

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The UK Supreme Court has ruled that Artificial Intelligence systems can’t be granted patents for their creations, and only persons can be inventors
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Gopalganj priest murder: Arrested accused allege they were tortured to confess, deceased’s brother says there was a land dispute with Muslims, Police deny all...

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BJP has alleged that the Police are trying to give the case a ‘different angle’ to the Gopalganj priest murder case
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Sharam naam ki koi cheese nahi hai, Amul issues clarification on viral forward

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Amul has clarified that it has not launched a cheese brand called 'Sharam', adding that the viral image is fake
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Love Jihad criminalised: False promises to marry, deceiving women into sex with fake identities an offence in new criminal laws

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The new laws passed in Lok Sabha criminalises making false promises of marriage and deceiving women into sex with fake identities.
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Failed to provide written assurance about safe conduct to Delhi Police: ‘All India Muslim Mahapanchayat’, organised by ISIS poster boy Mehmood Pracha, postponed

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According to the Delhi police, the organisers of the event failed to provide a 'written assurance' about the safe and smooth conduct of the 'All India Muslim Mahapanchayat'
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to skip ED’s summon again in liquor policy case tomorrow, leaves for 10-day ‘Vipassana’ session in Punjab

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Arvind Kejriwal who was summoned by the ED on 21st December has left for a 10-day 'Vipassana' meditation course in Punjab
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‘Anupama Chopra called me 6-7 times’: Animal director Sandeep Reddy Vanga lambasts ‘uneducated’ critics, asks them to ‘Go to China’ as English tutors

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Coming down hard on Bollywood's English critics, Sandeep Reddy Vanga said a random person has a greater credibility than the clique that gets paid to denigrate movies which do not align with their ideology.
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New Criminal Law has provision of trial in absentia for fugitives hiding in other countries: Home Minister Amit Shah

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Amit Shah said that the new criminal law bills have a provision of trial in absentia for those who are "hiding in other countries" for terror acts and other offences in India.
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Make in India: Tata Boeing Aerospace delivers 250th fuselage for AH-64 Apache attack helicopter

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Tata Boeing Aerospace Limited (TBAL) has delivered the 250th fuselage for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter from its state-of-the-art facility in Hyderabad.
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MP: Congress supporters booked for creating a ruckus at Mahakal temple in Ujjain during Jitu Patwari’s visit

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A group of Congress supporters were booked for allegedly creating a ruckus at Mahakaleshwar temple in MP's Ujjain.
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UP: Muslim mob opposes construction of temple boundary wall in Moradabad, pelts stones at police

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In Moradabad, a Muslim mob pelted stones aft the police after clashes with Hindu devotees over the construction of a temple boundary wall.
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Mimicry of Vice President: Enraged Jat leaders protest against Rahul Gandhi and Kalyan Banerjee demanding apology, march in support of Jagdeep Dhankhar

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The Jat community protestors marched towards the Congress office in support of VP Jagdeep Dhankhar and raised slogans against Rahul Gandhi
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Death penalty for mob lynching, sedition law repealed: Lok Sabha passes new Criminal Law Bills

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"The government has penalised 'Deshdroh (treason)' instead of Raajdroh (sedition)," informed Amit Shah.
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No discussion on MP suspension, Adani, Rafale, only focused on mimicry incident: Rahul Gandhi attacks media

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Rahul Gandhi attacks media for allegedly only focusing on mimicry of vice president by TMC MP and ignoring suspension of MPs
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Mumbai: Section 144 imposed till 18th January, preventive orders include restriction on use of drones among other flying objects

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The order by the CP office raises alarm over likelihood of use of drones, remote-controlled micro-light aircraft, para-gliders by terrorists/anti-national elements.
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Opinions

The charade of ‘secularism’: DU Professor accused of inciting Delhi anti-Hindu Riots by a witness cries hoarse as Hindus legally want their temple back

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DU Hindi professor Apoorvanand cried secularism as Hindus getting closer to get back their temple, was named in Delhi anti-Hindu riots
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We will kill you: Zeeshan, Abujar, Nasir and others assault, throw caste slurs at a Dalit youth in Lucknow, try to stab him

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Dalit man named Akash Kumar endured case insults and assault at the hands of Zeeshan, Abujar, Nasir and others in Lucknow
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Mamata Banerjee refuses to condemn Kalyan Banerjee’s mockery of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, throws Rahul Gandhi under the bus instead

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On being asked whether she condones the mockery of Jagdeep Dhankhar, she dodged the question and remarked, "I will only talk about issues about Bengal."
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Congress wants Caste Census but says Caste is needless when their alliance MPs are caught insulting the Vice President

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, "Chairman said the insult that happened was caste-based and that farmers were also insulted, but my caste is also always attacked and I don't say anything."
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‘I will make you a SHO if you sleep with me’: DSP Faiz Ahmed Khan suspended over sexual harassment of a female inspector in...

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DSP Faiz Ahmed Khan in Bihar's Kaimur district was suspended for allegedly sexually harassing a female police officer.
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Man who harassed South Korean vlogger in Pune arrested after video goes viral

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A video of a man harassing a South Korean vlogger in Maharashtra's Pune had gone viral on the internet.
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‘Congress is demanding funds from us, they don’t even have money for samosas’: JDU MP Sunil Kumar Pintu calls INDI meeting a complete failure

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JDU MP Sunil Kumar Pintu said Congress is in so dire financial strait that they have stopped serving samosas in meetings.
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‘India-US partnership strong, extremist groups operating on foreign soil a matter of concern’: PM Modi over bilateral relations and claims of Pannun assassination plot

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"If someone gives us any information, we would definitely look into it," PM Modi said in an interview with the UK based newspaper Financial Times.
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‘Saket Gokhale spreading vicious lies with obvious malafide intent’: Union Minister Piyush Goyal slams the TMC MP for narrating fictitious conversation over suspension of...

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Minister Piyush Goyal accuses TMC MP Saket Gokhale of spreading fake news regarding 'conversation' over suspension of MPs
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Vice President’s mimicry is not the first unparliamentary display by the Opposition: Here’s a look at their track record of misconduct

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VP Dhankhar said that PM Modi "expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some Honourable MPs and that too in the sacred Parliament complex yesterday".
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Married 6-7 girls under false identities: Security agencies suspect Kashmiri fraudster arrested from Odisha of ‘love jihad’, ISI terror links

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Kashmiri fraudster arrested from Odisha had reportedly married six to seven girls under false pretences, sparking suspicions of 'love jihad'.
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‘Nobody is forced to go’: Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar responds to criticism of govt’s decision to recruit 10,000 workers to be sent to...

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Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar backed his government's decision to recruit 10,000 construction workers who will be sent to Israel
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Guwahati police rescue 252 cows being taken to Meghalaya before Christmas, nab 14 cattle smugglers operating near the Assam-Meghalaya border

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Guwahati city police successfully thwarted several attempts by cattle smugglers to transport the animals to Meghalaya.
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UP: Faiz Alam poses as Suraj to lure a Hindu girl, rapes and impregnates her before forcing her to abort, abandons her to marry...

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Faiz Alam posed as Suraj to lure the Hindu girl in a relationship and raped her several times on the pretext of marriage.
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Treated like a criminal: Calcutta HC advocate reveals torture by WB CID, forced to depose against his wife, a judge hearing corruption cases against...

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"They behaved like local goons. They shouted at the top of their voice; not a single decent language was used. All slang and filthy expletives," Protap Chandra Dey narrated.
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West Bengal at 41.4% tops in child marriages in India, stagnating the country’s progress towards eliminating the practice: Report

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In the state of West Bengal, around 41.4 percent of girls get married before their legal marriageable age which is 18 whereas 20.1 percent of boys get married before they attain the age of 21. The constantly increasing numbers are worrisome given that child marriages are a human rights violation and a recognized form of sexual and gender-based violence.
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‘Dismayed to see how Vice President was humiliated’: President Droupadi Murmu expresses displeasure at behaviour of hooligan MPs

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President of India expressed displeasure at MPs of Opposition parties for mocking VP Dhankhar inside Parliament premises.
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3500 workers, and a Mandir that can stand natural calamities, stand for over a thousand years: How the Bhavya Ram Mandir is being constructed

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Not a single piece of iron is used in the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. 3,500 workers are completing the mammoth task of finishing Temple construction by deadline.
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Karnataka: Hindu organisations demand that Muslim vendors not be allowed to do business in Shri Siddeshwara temple Makar Sankranti fair in Vijayapura

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The activists reportedly said that Muslim shopkeepers are not allowed to do business in Hindu temple complexes and religious fairs in the state and the same should be followed in Shri Siddheshwar temple fair.
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Elections 2024: Kharge avoids commenting on proposal to be I.N.D.I Alliance PM candidate, says winning is priority

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Mallikarjun Kharge said winning the elections is the priority. Who will become the PM will be decided if they win the elections with majority.
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‘Hindi is the national language, learn it’: Nitish Kumar bursts as DMK leaders ask for English translation of his speech during I.N.D.I. Alliance meet

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Nitish Kumar asserted that Hindi is the national language and insisted that everyone should know it. His outburst continued for several minutes, delving into Indian history and criticising the imposition of English.
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All Shankaracharyas, Mahamandaleshwars, and spiritual leaders invited: Read details of the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony provided by Teerth Kshetra Trust

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The consecration ceremony is scheduled on 22nd January 2024.
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US: Colorado Supreme Court declares Donald Trump ‘ineligible’ for White House, ruling Judges were appointed by Democratic Governors

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The Colorado Supreme Court overturned a judgment by a district court Judge who ruled that Donald Trump could not be barred from the Presidential primary ballot.
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