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Pakistan: Close associate of JeM chief Mohammad Masood Azhar and Lashkar-e-Jabbar founder Dawood Malik killed by unidentified men

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Terrorist Dawood Malik was shot dead by unknown assailants in Pakistan's North Waziristan.
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‘Hamas is not a terror outfit, they are fighting for Muslims’: SP leader Sumaiya Rana justifies Hamas terror attacks against Israel

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Sumaiya Rana said Hamas was not a terror outfit but an organisation fighting for Al-Aqsa mosque for Muslims.
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“He has maintained high journalistic standards”: NYT defends rehiring Hitler-praising and pro-Hamas ‘journalist’ from Gaza for Israel-Hamas war

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NYT defended rehiring Hijjy saying that he is known for maintaining ‘high-standards of journalism’ and has delivered 'impartial' work for them.
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Mahua Moitra goes on a rant on X, says PAs and interns of all MPs use their parliamentary IDs, accuses Adani of offering her...

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Mahua Moitra deny that Darshan Hiranandani was using her Parliamentary ID to post questions, saying staff of all MPs do this
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Kerala: Garment company in Kannur says it will not take fresh orders for uniforms of Israel Police, repeats Hamas lies on Gaza hospital bombing

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The Maryan Apparel Pvt Limited in the Kannur district of Kerala will not accept new orders of uniforms for Israel Police until the conflict is over.
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‘Art, music, culture rise above nationalities’: Bombay High Court rejects plea seeking ban on Pakistani artists in India

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The petition filed by Qureshi sought that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Ministry of Home Affairs issue relevant notifications barring the issuing of visas to Pakistani artists.
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Law

Hurried trial: Supreme Court sets aside death penalty awarded to a man for rape and murder of three-month-old infant girl

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The Supreme Court remitted the matter for a "de novo (new) trial" and mentioned that he was not given a "proper opportunity" to present his case
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SFI goons assault and lock up a female ABVP worker in a Kerala college room for wearing a rakhi: Report

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A female ABVP worker was assaulted and locked up in a room in Kannur Polytechnic college for wearing a rakhi.
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News Reports

Palestinian Authority issues document containing Islamic verse calling to “murder Jews”, tells mosque clerics to incite violence

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Palestinian Authority issues directive to mosque imams containing Islamic verse that asks Muslims to kill Jews
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Himachal Pradesh: Locals from tourism sector protest against the high tax on non-HP commercial vehicles, CM Sukhu agrees to lower it

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After a meeting with a delegation of the Stakeholders Association in the state capital on 19th October, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu assured that the new tax implemented on non-state commercial vehicles would be lowered.
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Sweden has a problem: ISIS returnees working with children and youth. Here is what a report says

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Those who returned from IS to Sweden are now working with children, youth and vulnerable people.
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Mahua Moitra’s Parliament login used in Dubai when she was in India: What BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said

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As per his allegations, the TMC leader’s parliamentary ID was used in Dubai when she was present in India. He also noted that the entire government functionaries including Prime Minister are present on the National Informatics Centre (NIC) portal which was allegedly being operated from Dubai on the behest of the TMC leader.
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ABES College suspends the professors who threw a student off stage for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, Director of the institute issues statement

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The director of ABES said, "On the basis of the recommendation given by the committee, 2 faculty are suspended."
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Punjab: Locals begin patrolling in Bhatinda to stop drug smuggling alleging police inaction, police warns action saying it is illegal

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Groups of local residents have been seen patrolling in Bhatinda in Punjab at night to stop the drug smuggling
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Politics

Akhilesh Yadav again attacks I.N.D.I. Alliance partner Congress, says party talking about caste census only for its own political benefit

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Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav also emphasised that Congress has now realised that voters in backward communities don’t support their party.
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Chhattisgarh: BJP worker shot dead in Naxal-affected region, party says killed for worshipping Durga

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A BJP functionary was shot dead in Chhattisgarh’s Mohla-Manpur for worshipping Goddess Durga, the party said.
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Israel-Hamas war: First convoy of trucks carrying aid materials enter Gaza as Rafah Crossing with Egypt opens, foreigners expected to leave soon

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20 trucks carrying aid materials entered Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing after the border crossing was opened
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Entertainment

Vivek Agnihotri to make 3-part film ‘Parva: An Epic Tale of Dharma’ inspired by Mahabharata

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Vivek Agnihotri said, "The film 'Parva - An Epic Tale of Dharma' will be made in three parts. The work for the same has been started."
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Pakistan’s PM Anwaar ul Haq Kakar lectures about Gaza at a university at Urumqi in Xinjiang where Muslims are oppressed by China

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Pakistani PM in China's Xinjiang talked about Palestinians in Gaza, comfortably ignoring that Muslims in Xinjiang province are perpetually subjected to Chinese oppression.
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World

France: Interior Minister Gerald Daramanin says footballer Karim Benzema has links with banned Islamist group ‘Muslim Brotherhood’

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Daramanin went on to say that Karim Benzema has made the" extremely selective choice" to use the same discourse as the Muslim Brotherhood.
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ABES college website hacked after student was thrown off stage for chanting Jai Shree Ram: Jai Shree Ram message and teacher Mamata as Surpanakha

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Official website of ABES College appeared to be hacked on the 21st of October after students were humiliated for chanting Jai Shree Ram
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ABES professor, who rebuked a student for chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, invokes her Sanatani credentials to defend herself; Director says no action against the...

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The ABES teacher further claimed that the casteist comments being made about her are disturbing her. Mamata Gautam asserted that she herself is a "Sanatani" and "Brahmin".
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Cricket

Former England captain Michael Vaughan mocks Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur, says Rohit Sharma asked DJ to not play ‘Dil Dil Pakistan’ as part of...

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With his bizarre excuse, Mickey Arthur has become a subject of jokes from former cricketers and fans alike, including Michael Vaughan.
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Justin Trudeau ‘puts aside’ one lie to peddle another, now says India violated Vienna convention by asking diplomats to leave: How he is wrong,...

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau remarked that India's move to revoke the diplomatic immunity of 41 Canadian diplomats constitutes a breach of the Vienna Convention.
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Cricket

Australian fan wins hearts in Bengaluru, chants ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ during Australia-Pakistan World Cup match

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This is not the first time that an Australian fan has won hearts in the stands during the ongoing World Cup. Earlier, during the match against Sri Lanka, Australian fans could also be seen chanting "Ganpati Bappa Morya" and "Bharat Mata Ki Jai".
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Canada: Justin Trudeau gets booed during his visit to a Toronto mosque as Muslims try to force the PM to push for a ceasefire...

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was booed during his visit to a mosque in Toronto over his response to the Israel-Hamas war
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PFI approaches Supreme Court challenging UAPA Tribunal’s decision to uphold 5-year ban on it imposed by centre

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Popular Front of India (PFI) has approached the Supreme Court challenging an UAPA tribunal order confirming the five-year ban on it
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Copyright infringement case filed against AR Rahman over PS-2 song ‘Veera Raja Veera’, Delhi HC orders him to submit raw recording of the song

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A Copyright violation case has been filed against music composer AR Rahman over the song ‘Veera Raja Veera’ from the movie Ponniyin Selvan Part-2
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YouTube channel ‘The Grade Cricketer’ removes clip of Australian ‘journalist’ comparing Indian cricket fans to Nazis. Here is what happened

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Gideon Haigh casually made the outrageous comparison between Indian cricket fans in blue jerseys and a rally of Hitler supporters in Nuremberg city of Germany during the Nazi era.
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Telangana: Hindu youths in Hyderabad thwart one Fareed Shah’s attempt to enter a Garba event by posing as Ashish

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Bajrang Dal activists stopped one Fareed Shah posing to be Ashish from entering a traditional Hindu Garba celebration in Hyderabad
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Indian-origin doctor working at Bahrain hospital operated by Kerala-based group fired for pro-Israel tweets, arrested

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Dr Sunil Rao has been sacked from his position at the Royal Bahrain Hospital for pro-Israel tweets.
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Ghaziabad: ABES College professor throws student off stage for greeting audiences with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ at cultural fest; videos go viral

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A video of an ABES professor rebuking a student for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan during cultural fest has gone viral.
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Delhi court extends judicial custody of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakraborty in Chinese funding case

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A Delhi Court extended the judicial custody of Chinese propaganda portal NewClick's editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha
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Big-shot lawyers and billionaire tycoons, a jilted-ex and a dog: The leading characters in the ‘luxury gifts for questions’ story of Mahua Moitra

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Names of business tycoons Gautam Adani and Darshan Hiranandani, top corporate lawyers Shardul Shroff and Cyril Shroff have appeared in the charges against Mahua Moitra
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‘Samdhi, bhai, and the jilted ex’: Know what Mahua Moitra is alluding to in her statement that brings a ‘saas-bahu’ style drama to the...

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In the 'gifts for questions' allegations against Mahua Moitra, Gautam Adani's samdhi's brother has also been named by Darshan Hiranandani
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After allegations of accepting bribes for asking questions, sharing Lok Sabha login credentials, Mahua Moitra plays victim, questions Ethics Committee ‘leak’

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Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) agenda is to expel me from the Lok Sabha. 
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Gujarat: Feroz converts Hindu woman to Islam before marrying, forces her to keep physical relations with others, beats her with iron pipe when she...

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Every part of the young woman's body captured in the footage displays visible signs of injury. Initially met with scepticism from netizens, the veracity of these videos from Bhuj has now been affirmed.
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Amid the India-Canada standoff, India has, under the leadership of PM Modi, made it clear that we are no more a pushover nation

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The Western big powers like the US, Russia and the UK have also, when it came to the India-Canada standoff, chose not to take sides fearing diplomatic backlash from India
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India rejects Canada’s accusations of violating Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations by removing 41 diplomats

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"We reject any attempt to portray the Implementation of parity as a violation of International norms," the Indian Ministry of External Affairs clarified.
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FIR filed against former cricketer Mohd Azharuddin and 2 others over misappropriation of Rs 3.85 crores HCA funds

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Azhar and 2 others are accused of misappropriating money while procuring gym equipment, cricket balls, fire extinguishers, and bucket seats for the HCA's premises.
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Cracks in I.N.D.I bloc: Akhilesh Yadav warns about the future of alliance after Congress’ refusal to share seats with SP in MP polls

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SP chief Akhilesh Yadav accused Congress of breaking its commitment of giving his party six seats in the MP polls.
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Namo Bharat Train: All you need to know about the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS corridor inaugurated by PM Modi today

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PM Modi flagged off the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RAPIDX train, boarded it, and interacted with the RRTS staff members.
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Mahua Moitra’s lawyer abandons her case after Advocate Jai Anant objects to his appearance, matter adjourned to October 31

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Mahua Moitra had approached the Delhi High Court to restrain BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, and various media organizations from posting, circulating or publishing any fake or defamatory content against her. The lawsuit was due for hearing today on 20th October.
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Canadian Foreign Minister Melaine Joly fumbles, dodges question about evidence sharing with India over Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing

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On being pressed about the 'evidence', Melaine Joly claimed that India was made aware of 'credible allegations' through 'conversations.'
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Order to enter Gaza to wipe out Hamas will be issued soon, says Israeli defence minister, IDF says it will be “difficult, long and...

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Talking to troops waiting near the Gaza border, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said that the orders to enter Gaza will come “soon.”
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Surat: Mohd Rehan poses as a Hindu to trap Hindu girls on the pretext of offering modelling work, blackmails them using nude pictures; arrested

Krunalsinh Rajput -
The accused Mohammad Rehan trapped young girls on the pretext of offering them modelling jobs and then used their nude pictures to blackmail them.
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‘Navratri fasting is about religious belief, don’t need crash course on diet from random nutritionist’: How IPS Arun Bothra responded to ‘gyan’ on fasting

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On October 20, Bothra slammed Mumbai-based 'nutritionist' Sangeetha Aiyer after she tried to give unsolicited advise about 'healthy' food and how to keep a fast during Navratri.
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Sucheta Dalal denies knowing Mahua Moitra and two others after Hiranandani’s bombshell revelations, has been vocal against Adani for months

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Netizens pointed out that Sucheta Dalal, who claimed to not know Mahua Moitra personally, had sent information to the Trinamool Congress MP with respect to Essar Group.
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Mahua Moitra doesn’t deny taking gifts or sharing her Lok Sabha login credentials, claims Darshan Hiranandani is being threatened by PMO to blame her

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Moitra went on to claim that the PMO "held a proverbial gun to Darshan and his father's heads and gave them 20 minutes to sign this letter sent to them." She alleged that the PMO threatened the Hiranandanis to give in to their demands or the "CBI would raid them and all government business would stop and all PSU bank financing would be stopped immediately."
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Canada removes 41 diplomats and their family members from India after New Delhi’s deadline, FM Melanie Joly informs

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Canadian Foreign Minister said, "...we have facilitated their safe departure from India. This means that our diplomats and their families have now left diplomatic immunities. Keep diplomats safe, no matter where they're from and where they're sent to. Immunities allow diplomats to do their work without fear of reprisal or arrests from the country they're in." 
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