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UP STF to probe Christianity conversion racket in Ghaziabad after a couple was arrested for offering money to people of marginalised communities to convert

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The action was taken after an FIR was filed based on a complaint that some people were pressing and offering money to needy people in the Modinagar area to convert them to Christianity.
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World

Saudi Arabia to host Ukraine-organised peace summit, India to be invited

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The summit will be aimed at starting negotiations over the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. The official said on the condition of anonymity that Ukraine, Brazil, India, South Africa and several other countries may participate in the summit.
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News Reports

True Indology offers unconditional apology & requests clemency after his old tweets caused a storm in Maharashtra, says his comments were misreported and misunderstood

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True Indology made personal requests to Devendra Fadnavis, Narendra Modi, BJP, Congress, NCP and all Maharashtra politicians to offer him clemency
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News Reports

Bihar: Minor girl shot in the stomach during Muharram procession in Darbhanga, investigation underway

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A 14-year-old girl named Priya was injured after she was hit by a bullet fired by unknown persons during Muharram procession in Darbhanga
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SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya claims Badrinath was originally a Buddhist shrine, Pushkar Dhami and Mayawati call it a politically motivated statement

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Swami Prasad Maurya tweeted, "Badrinath was a Buddhist monastery till the 8th century, after that, this Badrinath Dham was made a Hindu pilgrimage site, this is true."
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News Reports

J&K police foils potential terrorist attack, arrests Al-Badr’s Hybrid terrorist in Srinagar

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The terrorist arrested by the police has been identified as Arfat Yusuf, a resident of Rajpora Pulwama. Reportedly, he was planning terror activities in the valley.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Political analyst Badri Seshadri sent to 14-day judicial custody after arrest over comments on CJI and Manipur violence

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Badri Seshadri was arrested early Saturday from his Chennai home following his statements about the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud in connection with the Manipur unrest.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 10 cops injured during stone pelting by protesters agitating against Manipur video case

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A heated argument took place between the protesters and the police after they pelted stones at the police personnel and the vehicles that were crossing the area.
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Law

‘Combat negative energy by planting trees’ – Delhi High Court orders two families having personal enmity to plant 400 trees as ‘punishment’

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The court also asked the IO to explore the possibility of geo-tagging the saplings so that the appropriate authority could monitor their progress.
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Crime

Bihar: Ashfaq and Mumtaz rape a minor girl watching Muharram procession in Araria, arrested

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The victim was watching games at a Muharram procession. Soon after, she was taken to a jute field by accused Ashfaq and Mumtaz where the two gangraped her.
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Crime

UP: Atiq Ahmed’s lawyer arrested in Lucknow by STF, accused of extorting Rs 3 crore from a Prayagraj-based businessman

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UP STF detained Vijay Mishra, lawyer of assassinated mafia don Atiq Ahmed, near Lucknow's Hyatt Hotel in Gomtinagar.
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Crime

Delhi: Youths participating in Muharram procession attack police in Nangloi, stones pelted and vehicles damaged

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A Muharram procession in Delhi on 29th July turned violent after the participants of the procession attacked the police
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Two Samajwadi Party MLAs, including the wife of late BSP MLA Raju Pal, likely to join the BJP in the coming days

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According to a National general secretary of BJP, around fourteen SP MLAs are in touch with him and they want to join the saffron party. The senior BJP functionary asserted that most of them belong to backward castes and Dalit communities.
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News Reports

Manipur starts collecting biometrics of illegal immigrants from Myanmar, to complete the process by September

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A team of National Crime Records Bureau arrived in Manipur to train officials on the process of collecting biometrics of illegal immigrants from Myanmar
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Indian Navy discontinues ‘colonial legacy’ of carrying batons with immediate effect

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The Navy has now instructed that a ceremonial baton be placed appropriately in the office of the head of the organisation of every unit.
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News Reports

Congress high command to hold two meetings over dissent in Karnataka unit, focus on changing govt’s negative image

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Congress to hold two meetings in Delhi in connection with infighting in state unit and negative image over allegations of corruption.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Minor girl caught at Jaipur Airport trying to go to Lahore lied about family and ‘Pakistani boyfriend’, wanted to be famous like Seema...

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Minor girl who was caught at the Jaipur International Airport and claimed that she is from Pakistan made up the whole story to become famous
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News Reports

Clashes erupt between Shia and Sunni Muslims during Muharram in Varanasi, Islamists raise ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans, pelt stones

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Muslims belonging to the Shia and the Sunni community clashed with each other during a Tazia procession on the occasion of Muharram in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Udupi washroom video case: Congress stages demonstrations against BJP’s protests demanding justice for victims

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The three accused in the Udupi washroom video case were granted bail by the local court on Friday evening.
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News Reports

Electrocution during Muharram procession: Six people died and several injured in 3 separate incidents in Gujarat, Bihar, and Jharkhand

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On the 29th of July, three major accidents of electrocution during the Muharram procession were reported in three states of Northern India – Gujarat, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
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News Reports

Punjab police foil Khalistani terror module planning targeted killings, bust narco crime syndicate in intelligence-driven operations

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The busted terror module's sinister plot aimed to disturb peace in Punjab through targeted killings.
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World

Belgium: Man kills mother, throws fridge containing her body parts into a canal

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A refrigerator with two limbs and two legs was discovered floating in a canal on the outskirts of Liege, sparking an instant murder inquiry.
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News Reports

‘Insurgent groups in northeast India receiving Chinese aids’: Ex-Army chief MM Naravane on Manipur violence

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The former army chief also expressed his trust in the authorities taking measures to control the situation in Manipur as he urged people not to "second guess them."
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News Reports

Kerala: 5-year-old missing girl found dead in garbage yard in Aluva, accused Asfaq Alam says he had sold her to one Sakeer Hussain

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The dead body of a 5-year-old girl who went missing on Friday in Aluva in Kerala was found in a garbage dump
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News Reports

Indian-origin UN-designated gangster killed in Canada two months after his brother suffered a similar fate

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Earlier this month, the Samra brothers were named as respondents in another civil forfeiture case, in which the government sought that a Richmond residence be forfeited to the government since it was allegedly purchased using criminal proceeds.
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News Reports

‘Those who aren’t aware of horrors of Holocaust should educate themselves’: After Jewish rights group, Israel Embassy slams movie Bawaal

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The controversy around Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor starrer Bollywood movie Bawaal is refusing to die down
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News Reports

West Bengal: Barricades erected outside Durga Mandir on the eve of Muharram, BJP accuses Mamata govt of appeasement

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It must be mentioned that Mamata Banerjee imposed restrictions on the immersion of Durga idol in 2016 and 2017 to make way for Muharram processions.
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News Reports

Manipur viral video: CBI takes over probe of the sexual assault case, FIR filed

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The Centre's affidavit presented in court recommended that the trial should be conducted outside the Manipur state's jurisdiction to ensure fairness and impartiality.
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News Reports

Drunk man rams speeding car into Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan’s convoy in Uttar Pradesh, two arrested

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A man in an inebriated state rammed his speeding car into Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan's convoy when he was on his way to Delhi from Noida
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World

Sweden’s Prime Minister left worried as more people apply for permission to burn Quran in the Nordic country

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To safeguard its relation with the Muslim countries, the Swedish government launched an aggressive campaign stating that Russia-backed actors have been attempting to damage the country’s image by falsely claiming that the Swedish government had supported the burning of the Quran.
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh: Police team held hostage during a raid to bust a gambling den in Una district; five booked

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A police team that raided a shop in Una district to bust a gambling den was held hostage for some time by five persons.
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News Reports

PM Modi inaugurates Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam, highlights importance of mother tongue as the medium of instruction in schools

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023 at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan in Delhi on Saturday, July 29
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News Reports

Fact Check: Did Morari Bapu say Modi Govt failed? Unravelling misreporting and his actual statements

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Media twists comment of Morari Bapu to claim that he said Modi government has failed
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News Reports

Maihar gangrape: Madhya Pradesh administration rolls bulldozer over the illegal constructions of the minor rape accused

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The Madhya Pradesh admin on Saturday rolled bulldozer on the illegal constructions of the Maihar gangrape accused.
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News Reports

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan to join hands with Islamic terror outfit Al-Qaeda, says UNSC report

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The report further warned, “One member state noted the possibility of Al Qaeda and TTP merging. It assessed Al Qaeda to be providing guidance to TTP for conducting increased attacks within Pakistan."
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News Reports

Bihar: Maulvi caught on camera doing obscene acts with a school girl, police launches investigation after video goes viral

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Under the pretext of helping women and girls, the Maulvi has been exploiting them.
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News Reports

Convert to Islam or be killed: Muslims warn a Hindu student after beating him for wearing tilak to school in Rajasthan’s Alwar, case registered

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Hindu student beaten by Muslim pupils and their families for wearing tilak to school in Alwar, Rajasthan.
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News Reports

‘Hire bulldozer from Yogi Adityanath’: Calcutta HC judge quips while hearing a case on illegal construction, ruffles many feathers in TMC

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Calcutta High Court Judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay suggested that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation could hire a bulldozer from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's government
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Four killed and thirteen injured during Muharram procession in Bokaro after Tazia touched 11,000-volt wire

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Four men were killed and 13 severely injured due to electrocution during a Muharram procession in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Congress leader Priyank Kharge makes gaumutra jibe, once popularised by Pulwama suicide bomber, to settle political score

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Do you drink Gau mutra daily & eat cow dung once in a while as suggested by colleagues?" Priyank Kharge made a casual Hinduphobic jibe.
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News Reports

ATS chargesheet reveals DRDO scientist expressed willingness to share classified missile info with Pakistani agent ‘Zara’, sparks security concerns

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The WhatsApp discussions between the arrested scientist and the Pak agent covered various subjects such as the Quadcopter, DRDO duty chart, Meteor missile, Rafael, Akash, and Astra missile.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Tension prevails in Sonbhadra’s Robertsganj after calf carcass found near Hanuman temple

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Tension prevailed in Robertsganj area in after the body of a cow-calf was found near a temple.
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News Reports

Minor girl reaches Jaipur Airport to go to Pakistan without a passport to meet her Instagram ‘friend’, detained

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Ghazal Parveen was reportedly brainwashed by her Instagram 'friend' Aslam Lahori who trained her on how to answer questions during the inquiry at the airport.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Maulana brutally beats 7-year-old boy in madarsa over minor issue, throws him out at midnight, case registered in Rampur

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The Maulana in the madarsa tied the hands of the minor boy and beat him brutally before throwing him out in the midnight with all his belongings.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu police arrest political analyst Badri Seshadri, BJP leader Annamalai accuses DMK govt of vengeance

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Badri Seshadri was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 153 (provocation), 153A (promoting enmity between different groups) and 505 (public mischief).
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World

Unlicensed secret California lab found housing Coronavirus, HIV, Hepatitis, and Herpes; investigation underway

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After the tests conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the substances found in the warehouse, 20 potentially infectious agents were identified, including the coronavirus, HIV, hepatitis, and herpes.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Woman beaten by Ayesha and her friends at the clinic of their doctor-husband Qasim Ali in Muzaffarnagar, case registered

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According to officer Vinay Kumar Gulshan, an FIR was lodged in connection to the case against 7 people but no arrests were made.
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News Reports

Fine me if you want, will not remove my Islamic headgear and wear helmet: Bizarre rant of a Pakistani biker goes viral

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"You ask me to pay a penalty of PKR 1001 but I will not remove my Imama Sharif and wear a helmet in its place," the man said
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News Reports

Udupi bathroom video case: Three accused female students granted bail, had surrendered before the court

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The Muslim female students accused of video recording their Hindu classmates in bathroom in a Udupi college granted bail
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Semicon India 2023: US chipmaker AMD announces investment of $400 million in India by 2028, to build largest design centre in Bengaluru

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has announced that it will invest around $400 million in India over the next five years
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