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Is Rekha in a live-in relationship with her secretary Farzana? The actor’s biography makes shocking claims

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A new biography on the life of actor Rekha claimed that she is in a live-in relationship with her secretary Farzana.
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Economy and Finance

India rejects Chinese company BYD Motors’ proposal to set up a four-wheeler plant over security concerns

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Security issues were highlighted during the vetting process of BYD Motors and Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd's proposal, resulting in its rejection by the Centre.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: 25-year old auto driver stabbed to death for honking at a group cutting cake on the road, 8 including 2 juveniles arrested 

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An autorickshaw driver was brutally stabbed to death at Ambattur in Chennai by a group of ten young men for asking to clear the road
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Law

Justice Gaurang Kanth loses his pet dog, writes to the joint police commissioner of Delhi seeking suspension of officer on duty for security lapse

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The reason behind this request is that the said officer had failed to lock the door of his residence, which ultimately led to the unfortunate loss of pet dog of Justice Gaurang Kanth.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to adopt the children orphaned in the tragic Irshalwadi landslide

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Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde will adopt the children who lost both parents in the devastating landslide at Irshalwadi village in Raigad district.
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News Reports

Kapde nikal gaye, jitna bhi nikla hai: West Bengal TMC leader Shashi Panja downplays Malda incident where two women were stripped naked by mob

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"Yes the women were somehow disrobed... to whatever extent...there is no point in politicising the incident," Shashi Panja trivilaised the seriousness of the crime.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Catholic Priest serving as Principal of Diocese-run college sexually assaults a minor girl in Shivamogga, arrested

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Karnataka police arrested Father Francis Fernandes for sexually assaulting a 17-year-old minor girl from the Banjara (nomadic) community
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News Reports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributes over 70,000 appointment letters at the seventh Rozgar Mela

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PM Modi slammed the previous Congress-led government, saying that the banking sector was destroyed during their tenure.
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Entertainment

Love Jihad, political exploitation, social stigma, and ethical dilemma – ‘Ajmer 92’ is a gripping and gut-wrenching story of the 1992 serial gangrape

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The movie has briefly shed light on love jihad as well and how it is weaponised by Islamists to trap Hindu girls often to the extent of no return.
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News Reports

Bihar: Minor girl and man stripped and thrashed after being caught in a compromising position in Begusarai

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A girl and a man were stripped and thrashed after the two were caught in a compromising position in Begusarai.
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News Reports

Mumbai police arrest one Abdul Rahman Hasanur from WB for extorting money using morphed pictures, was working under Bangladeshi handlers

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West Bengal man arrested after demanding money from a Mumbai couple using morphed images of the wife
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Hindu temple in Brahmanbaria vandalised, idols desecrated; accused Khalil Mia arrested

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Khalil Mia got engaged in a heated argument with some local residents and then desecrated the temple in Bangladesh's Brahmanbaria.
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News Reports

CBSE writes to affiliated schools on the medium of instruction and multilingual education, emphasises the importance of using the mother tongue

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CBSE letter added that higher education has also started adapting to this need by producing textbooks in Indian languages and initiating the learning-teaching process through Indian language mediums, alongside English mediums
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News Reports

Rock Band ‘The 1975’ banned from Malaysia after criticism of anti-LGBT laws and an on-stage kiss between members Matty Healy and Ross MacDonald

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Malaysia is a Muslim-dominated conservative country where homosexuality is considered a crime and punishable by 20 years in jail
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News Reports

Delhi: Indian Railways issues notice to two mosques built on railway land, asks them to vacate encroached government property in 15 days

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Indian Railways issued notices to Takia Babbar Shah mosque and Bengali Market mosques in Delhi and asked them to vacate the encroached railways land.
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News Reports

Saree torn, stripped naked and thrashed: Two women attacked on suspicion of being pickpockets in West Bengal’s Malda, BJP demands justice

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The two women were surrounded by a mob of angry locals who thrashed them black and blue.
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Crime

Ghaziabad: Khalid Chaudhary poses as Deepak, rapes a Hindu woman, forcibly makes her eat beef and converts her to Islam

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The victim said that the accused Khalid soon started pressuring her to convert to Islam and even made her eat beef.
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Politics

“I was punished for speaking the truth”: Congress minister Rajendra Singh Gudha says after being sacked for admitting failure to ensure women’s safety in...

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Rajendra Singh Gudha said, "I just talked about introspection and there was nothing else. I have been punished for speaking the truth."
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News Reports

With what authority can Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board issue fatwa declaring Ahmadiyyas as non-Muslims: Centre govt questions AP govt

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The controversy escalated in February 2023 when the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board labelled the Ahmadiyya Muslim community as infidels, citing the fatwa of Jamait ul Ulema.
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News Reports

Delhi HC orders Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal and two others to pay ₹2 crore to retired Maj Gen MS Ahluwalia in defamation case related to...

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Tehelka and its journalists Tarun Tejpal, Aniruddha Bahal and Mathew Samuel ordered by Delhi HC to retired Major General MS Ahluwalia in a defamation case
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News Reports

‘Conscience of the court shaken’: Gauhati HC suo moto cancels bail of hostel warden accused of sexually assaulting 21 minor kids, read details

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Yumken Bagra, a warden of a residential school in Karo village in Arunachal Pradesh had raped and molested 21 children, aged between 5 to 12 years in the hostels of the school between 2019 and 2022
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News Reports

Congress sacks Rajasthan minister Rajendra Singh Gudha for admitting their failure in ensuring women’s safety

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Congress leader Rajendra Singh Gudha admitted in Rajasthan Assembly that his govt has failed in providing security to women.
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News Reports

Supreme Court expresses shock after jailed separatist leader Yasin Malik appears in the court physically, Solicitor General calls it a major security lapse

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In a major security risk, Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik was physically presented at the Supreme Court even though he was not summoned
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News Reports

Assam: Vigilant locals foil abduction of minor Hindu girl at the hands of Monjurul Haque in Karimganj, accused arrested

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Locals foiled an attempt by one Monjurul Haque to abduct a minor Hindu girl in Silchar road in Karimganj, Assam.
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News Reports

Rajasthan Congress govt passes bill that prohibits protests with a family member’s dead body, imposes two-year jail term for violators

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The Bill which was passed by the Rajasthan Congress Govt, which forbids individuals from organising protests using a family member's dead body is called the Rajasthan Honour of Dead Body Bill-2023
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News Reports

Banks in 22 countries including Russia, UK, Germany, Israel open special Vostro accounts in Indian banks to trade in Indian Rupee

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Banks from 22 countries have opened special Rupee vostro accounts in Indian banks in order to trade in local currency
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World

Germany: Suspected lioness on the loose in Berlin causes panic among residents, authorities claim it is a wild boar amidst ongoing search ops

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The suspected lioness was first spotted in Berlin on Thursday morning, causing panic among the residents and spurring authorities to launch a search operation.
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News Reports

Kolhapur: Curious case of a Madarsa built on Pavangad fort’s govt land, Hindu groups raise voice against ‘illegal encroachment’, crucial discoveries from ground

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Local Hindu community in the Panhalgad town have complained that a Madarsa has been 'illegally' built on the fort of Pavangad
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News Reports

Muslim mob beat street hawker Ram Vilas to death over petty fight in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, the latest hub of illegal Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh: Details

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While the scars of the Islamist violence that took place on the day of Hanuman Jayanti in Jahangirpuri, Delhi last year have not yet faded away, yet another similar incident has been reported from the area
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News Reports

BJP candidate groped, sexually assaulted by TMC workers on the day of West Bengal panchayat election result: Amit Malviya

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The victim accused two TMC workers, namely Arun Thakur and Shuvankar Malik of sexually assaulting her.
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News Reports

Adipurush movie controversy: Supreme Court declines PIL seeking revocation CBFC certificate

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The top court was hearing a PIL filed by lawyer Mamta Rani seeking direction to revoke the certificate of the film ‘Adipurush’.
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News Reports

Delhi HC sets aside lower court order directing FIR against VHP leader Alok Kumar in 2019 hate speech case filed by Harsh Mandar

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Delhi HC sets aside the trial court's order directing Delhi Police to fike FIR against VHP leader Alok Kumar on a complaint of Harsh Mander
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News Reports

Love Jihad in Gujarat: Firoz lures a minor Hindu girl under false pretences; gives her a Muslim name after taking her to Bihar

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Firoz, the accused, reportedly lured a minor Hindu girl by feigning as a Hindu, and married her before taking her to Bihar.
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Opinions

Uniform Civil Code, the 21st Law Commission and the loopholes: Here is what the strategy of opposition might be while they rally against UCC

Pragya Bakshi Sharma -
Given the resistance by the Opposition and the previous committee towards the term 'uniformity', it is imperative that the Centre in its UCC draft publishes a specified definition of the term in the context of equality not only within but also amongst personal laws.
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News Reports

West Bengal is a part of India: Locket Chatterjee breaks down while talking about Manipur-like naked parade of BJP candidate by TMC workers in...

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On July 20, a BJP gram sabha candidate in West Bengal informed that she was physically assaulted, stripped and paraded naked by workers of the ruling TMC during the panchayat elections.
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News Reports

Varanasi court pronounces verdict in favour of the Hindu side, allows the scientific survey of Gyanvapi premises

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Varanasi court announced its verdict over a petition seeking a scientific survey of the Gynvapi structure in Varanasi by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
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News Reports

Aditya Sachdeva murder case: Patna HC overturns conviction of former JD(U) MLC’s son Rocky Yadav and two others, accused walk free for ‘lack of...

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As the case progressed, several of Sachdeva's friends turned hostile during court appearances, which changed the course of the case.
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News Reports

UP: Riyaz beheads his sister, walks with her severed head, because she had eloped with a man he disapproved of

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As per police, Riyaz's sister had earlier eloped with a man from their village who is also from the same community. Riyaz was angry over his sister's affair.
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News Reports

Manipur viral video: House of main accused who paraded Kuki women naked set on fire by a group of Meitei women, family boycotted from...

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House of the main accused who paraded women naked in the viral video from Manipur was set on fire by Meitei women
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News Reports

Pakistan-based terror outfits, including JeM and LeT, planning to stoke communal tensions in Manipur: Report

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An exclusive report by Amar Ujala said Pakistan based terror outfits are hatching a conspiracy to stoke communal tensions in Manipur.
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News Reports

It is not a public street, keep silence: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar tells AAP MP Sanjay Singh, who was earlier suspended for unparliamentary behaviour

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"Can you keep quiet for a moment? It has become your habit to rise and raise a point. I give time, every time," Jagdeep Dhankhar told Sanjay Singh.
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News Reports

WB: Police arrest Noor Alam for trying to enter residence of CM Mamata Banerjee with firearms, was travelling in a car with a Police...

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West Bengal police have arrested a man named Noor Alam with arms in a car for trying to enter CM Mamata Banerjee’s Kolkata residence
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News Reports

Delhi High Court reserves order in the petition against direct entry of wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat into the Asian Games

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Delhi HC reserved its order on the petitions against exemption given to wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat for direct entry into the Asian Games
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News Reports

Made to strip at gunpoint, forced to dance, paraded naked: Victim seen in Manipur viral video, wife of a Kargil war veteran, narrates her...

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One of the victims seen in the recently viral video from Manipur is the wife of a Kargil war veteran, talks about her ordeal to Times of India
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News Reports

Email account of US Ambassador to China ‘attacked by Chinese hackers’ days after cyber-espionage campaign unearthed

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The breach is said to be limited to unclassified emails but the inboxes of Burns and Kritenbrink reportedly could have exposed details of US administration's planned trips to China and details of its policy towards China.
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News Reports

Tore saree, removed underwear, paraded naked: West Bengal BJP candidate alleges Manipur-like ordeal in FIR, police say no evidence of such incident

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BJP has slammed Mamata Banerjee for selectively speaking about the Manipur incident but conveniently ignoring a similar case from West Bengal.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi disqualification case: Supreme Court to hear plea again on August 4

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The court said that it will have to hear the other side of the case as well. It has given a time of 10 days to the complainant to file a written response to Rahul Gandhi's petition.
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News Reports

US Federal Reserve Board fines Deutsche Bank $186 million over insufficient progress in curbing money-laundering

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In addition, the Board announced a written agreement to address other general governance, risk management, and control issues at Deutsche Bank.
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News Reports

Manipur situation: Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon following protests by opposition MPs

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Opposition MPs have been demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament on the situation in Manipur followed by a full-day discussion.
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News Reports

CJI Chandrachud miffed over Allahabad HC’s letter to Railways, reminds ‘His Lordship’ that judges don’t have disciplinary jurisdiction over Railway personnel

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The CJI then pointed out that there was no occasion for an officer from the Allahabad High Court to demand an explanation from railways for ‘His Lordship’s’ perusal. 
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