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Prayagraj: ‘ISIS inspired’ Mohammad Arif chops mother and sister into pieces giving cries of ‘Allah Hu Akbar’, sets fire to his house, attacks cops...

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The police had to release tear gas in order to bring Arif into their control. It was only after 2.5 hours of struggle that the police could catch hold of the radical.
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Seven NCP MLAs from Nagaland declare their support to Ajit Pawar, another major setback for Sharad Pawar

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A statement issued by Brijmohan Srivastava of the Nagaland unit of NCP read, "Nationalist Congress Party Nagaland has decided that all MLAs and office bearers here will support the party's national president Ajit Pawar."
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UP: Aligarh Muslim University student Faizan Ansari arrested by NIA for ISIS links

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The searches at the house of the accused in Lohardaga district of Jharkhand and a rented room in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh were conducted on July 16 and 17 and several electronic devices and incriminating materials and documents were seized, said the anti-terror agency.
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Manipur police arrest four after viral video shows women paraded naked and gang raped

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Meanwhile, Manipur Police are conducting raids and making all-out efforts to arrest the other culprits at the earliest, State Police tweeted.
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Pakistan: Lahore court acquits prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, his son and wife in money laundering case

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An accountability court in Lahore on Thursday acquitted PM Shehbaz Sharif, his son Hamza Shehbaz and wife Nusrat Shehbaz in money laundering case
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US Army soldier facing disciplinary action dashes into North Korea from South Korea, Pyongyang unresponsive to communication

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US Army soldier Private Travis King crossed into North Korea instead of returning to US from South Korea
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Argentina signs letter of intent with HAL to acquire indigenous light combat helicopters for its armed forces

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The LoI was signed by the Defence Minister of Argentina Jorge Taiana and HAL Chairman and Managing Director C B Ananthakrishnan in Bengaluru
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Crores pulled out of poverty in Uttar Pradesh in last 6 years, says CM Yogi Adityanath, distributes appointment letters to 700 officers recruited under...

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said 5.5 crore people in Uttar Pradesh were lifted out of poverty in six years.
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Pakistan: Youth kills his 3 minor sisters by slitting their throats in Muzaffargarh, says he did it under the influence of PUBG game

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In a horrific incident in Pakistan’s Muzaffargarh, a youth killed his three minor sisters by slitting their throats
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AAP govt failed to implement E-Vidhan Application even after 4 & half years, Delhi assembly is the only non-digitised house: Delhi LG VK Saxena

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Delhi LG VK Saxena slams the AAP govt for failing to digitise the assembly on its own 4 and half years after opting out of centre's program for the same
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Telangana Police manhandles G Kishan Reddy and stops him from visiting PMAY housing site, Union Minister complains to President, LS Speaker

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Union Minister G Kishan Reddy was manhandled and detained by the police while he was on his way to the housing construction site at Batasingaram village in Telangana
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Pakistan: 18-year-old cricketer Ayesha Naseem announces retirement from the sport to live her life according to Islam

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Pakistani all-rounder Ayesha Naseem announced her retirement from international cricket saying she want to live her life as per Islam
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Rajasthan: Man brutally assaulted and dragged behind scooter by his younger brother in Nagaur, police take action after video goes viral

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Younger brother Hansraj beat elder brother Manohar and tied him to the scooter with a rope and dragged him along the village street.
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Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh gets bail, Delhi HC asks IOA why Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia were given direct entry to Asian Games without...

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Delhi’s Rouse Avenue High Court granted bail to outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
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5 Pakistan-authorised passports, 1 unused passport with incomplete details and other items recovered from Seema Haider by UP ATS

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Seema Haider along with her Indian "husband" Sachin Meena and his father were taken to an undisclosed location for questioning by the UP ATS
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Goa Crime Branch foils potential disaster: 150 kg explosives, 1200 gelatin sticks, 300 detonators seized, two arrested

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The explosives seized in South Goa were concealed in six boxes, weighing a total of 150 kg, while the 300 detonators were bundled separately.
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Manipur horror: First arrest from viral video, man seen grabbing one of the women nabbed by police

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As per reports, a man named Huirem Herodas Meitei, aged 32 years, has been arrested. He was seen in the video wearing a green t-shirt and grabbing one of the women victims when they were paraded naked. Meitei is from Pechi Awang Leikai.
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Over 2,300 people arrested for the riots in France, Muhammad emerges as the most common first name among them followed by the Arabic name Yanis

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Mohammed appeared to be the most common first name among those arrested during the recent French riots.
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‘Even I am not safe here’: Congress MLA slams law and order in her own party-ruled state when questioned about the mass murder in...

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Speaking to the media outside the Assembly, the Rajasthan Congress MLA Divya Maderna said that she herself feels unsafe in her own party-ruled state
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Supreme Court expresses concern over death of cheetahs in Kuno National Park

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The Centre apprised the top court that 50 percent deaths on translocation is normal.
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ED Crackdown: Close aide of Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut arrested in BMC Covid scam

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The ED arrested Sujit Patkar, a close aide of Sanjay Raut, along with Dr Kishor Bisure, the academic dean who was in charge of the Dahisar Covid field hospital.
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‘Starve yourself to meet Jesus’ to ‘We will ride on a comet to escape apocalypse’: How doomsday cults have claimed thousands of gullible victims...

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These doomsday cults thrive on the belief that people are living in the end times, that is the world will end soon and only those who follow their prescribed rituals and traditions will be able to meet God.
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Iraqis storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad, set it on fire in protest against another planned burning of Quran in Sweden

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Several protesters stormed the Swedish embassy in Baghdad and set it ablaze in a violent response to another planned burning of Quran
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Amritpal Singh’s wife Kirandeep Kaur stopped from boarding a flight to the UK for the third time since April, wanted to attend Avtar Singh...

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Kirandeep Kaur, wife of Amritpal Singh, was barred from boarding a flight to the UK by officials at Delhi airport.
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Jharkhand: Missionary school teacher thrashes student for refusing to remove his Kalawa, pressurises him to chop it off, Hindu outfits protest

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A case of religious discrimination against a Hindu student has been reported from a government-aided Missionary school called Carmel High School in Bokaro Thermal, Jharkhand
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Netflix starts a crackdown on password sharing in India, Indonesia, Croatia, and Kenya. Here’s how it will impact users

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Netflix has initiated the distribution of emails to customers in India sharing passwords outside their households
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Bihar: RJD leader Azad Gandhi sentenced to 5.5 years in jail for obstruction of government work and assault

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The court compared the act of Azad Gandhi to that of a dreaded criminal.
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Women paraded naked, gang-raped in Manipur: First arrest made, CM says govt will seek capital punishment for culprits

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“Last night at around 1.30 am, we arrested the main culprit,” the Manipur chief minister told ANI. A video of the two-month-old incident had gone viral evoking sharp reactions from various political parties and triggering outrage.
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Maharashtra: 5 dead, several trapped after a major landslide hit a village in Raigad, rescue operations underway

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A landslide in Irshalgad Wadi resulted in the deaths of 5 people and many more being trapped under the debris.
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Vadra companies’ records destroyed by basement flooding, the bank informs Haryana Police SIT

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The SIT is probing an FIR registered against Robert Vadra alleging irregularities in land deals and Haryana's former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda favouring Vadra.
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PM Narendra Modi expresses pain and anger over Manipur incident, says no criminal will be spared

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"My heart is full of pain and anger while I stand here addressing you near this temple of democracy. The incident that has happened in Manipur is shameful for any civil society", PM Modi said.
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Noida Police imposes Section 144: No namaz, puja, or religious procession in public places

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The restrictions would be effective in Noida from 20th July 2023 and remain in force till 3rd August 2023
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New Zealand: Two killed in a mass shooting in Auckland hours before FIFA Women’s World Cup opening match

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Three people were critically wounded according to the city's ambulance service, while three others suffered minor injuries.
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Manipur viral video shows women paraded naked, gang rape and murder reported, May 4 incident triggers shock and outrage: CM informs first arrest made

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Regarding the viral video, the police on July 19 acknowledged the FIR being registered, but clarified that it is under investigation and no culprits have been nabbed so far. On July 20, CM Biren Singh has informed that the first arrest has been made.
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Gujarat: 9 killed, 13 injured as Jaguar car rams into a crowd gathered to see the aftermath of a road accident in Ahmedabad

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The luxury vehicle had been passing through the Rajpath Club area when it veered into the gathering of onlookers watching another accident, leaving them in shock and horror
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Production of C-295 aircraft to begin in India next week while the first aircraft from Spain will arrive in September, 1st batch of IAF...

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The Main Constituent Assembly (MCA) in Hyderabad will start production of components of C-295 aircraft by next week
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Manipur: The Meitei community to review the state’s 1949 merger agreement with India as the situation remains tense

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The leader of the Meiteri FAMBEI body, Ningthouja Lancha criticised the Central government's failure to recognise Manipur's political issues and framing them as mere law and order problems.
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Karnataka: BJP and JD(S) jointly give no-confidence notice against Karnataka Assembly Speaker following the suspension of 10 BJP MLAs

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The notice was jointly signed by both the BJP and JD(S) MLAs including Former CMs Basavaraj Bommai and H D Kumaraswamy. As per the notice, they have claimed that the Speaker has lost the trust of the House.
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Madhya Pradesh: House of one Adnan Mansoori bulldozed by the Ujjain administration, he and two others had spat on a Hindu religious procession

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Adnan Mansoori who spat on 'Mahakal ki Sawari' had his house bulldozed by the Ujjain administration.
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‘No salary for 17 months to engineers who built Chandrayaan-3’. Read how media and trolls circulated fake and misleading claims

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Trolls and media misled readers by insinuating ISRO did not pay Chandrayaan-3 engineers salary for 17 months
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‘Our religion doesn’t allow us to say Vande Mataram’: I.N.D.I. Alliance partner SP MLA Abu Azmi in Maharashtra assembly

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SP leader Abu Azmi claimed that Islam doesn’t allow anyone to chant ‘Vande Mataram’ and their don't bow before anyone except Allah, not even before their mother.
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Karnataka HC issues interim stay on the investigation in case by Congress against Amit Malaviya, finds no allegation to attract IPC sections mentioned in...

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The Karnataka High Court granted an interim stay on investigation in the FIR registered against BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya
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UP: Five Muslim thieves arrested who dressed up as Kanwariyas to steal mobile phones from Kanwar camp in Muzaffarnagar, 100 phones recovered

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Mohammad Bhura, Mohammad Ali, Irshad, Shahzad, and Abid dressed like Kanwariyas and entered Kanwar camps to steal 100 mobile phones.
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Bihar: ATS arrests PFI’s master trainer Yakub from a mosque in Motihari, had pledged to re-erect Babri Masjid in Ram Janambhoomi

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PFI's master trainer Sultan Usman Khan, alias Yakub, has been arrested by Bihar ATS from a mosque in Motihari.
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China’s Zhejiang provincial government deletes Covid-19 mortality data after numbers show over 70% increase in cremations in the first quarter

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China has reportedly deleted the mortality data of one of its most populated provinces, which included the Covid-19 death toll too.
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31 legislations on government’s agenda for the monsoon session of parliament including data protection bill and NCT Govt amendment bill replacing the ordinance

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Data Protection Bill among 31 legislations on government's agenda for monsoon session of Parliament
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“India is much greater than any person or entity”: Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee targets opposition parties over alliance name

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Congress leader Sharmistha Mukherjee expressed her dissatisfaction with the renaming of opposition alliance as INDIA
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Supreme Court grants regular bail to Teesta Setalvad, sets aside Gujarat High Court order calling it ‘perverse’

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"If observation of judge is taken then no bail plea can be decided pre-trial unless the chargesheet etc is challenged under 226 or 32. To say the least, the High Court finding is perverse," the SC said setting aside the HC order.
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Rajasthan: Four family members including a 6-month-old girl killed by slitting their throats and setting them on fire in Jodhpur

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Four members of a family murdered in Rajasthan's Jodhpur, throats slit, then bodies set on fire
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A day after grand opposition meeting, CPM’s Brinda Karat slams Mamata Banerjee and TMC, calls Bengal situation an attack on democracy

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Brinda Karat said, "We are against the dictatorship displayed by the TMC during the Panchayat elections of Bengal that claimed 60 lives. It is a reality of West Bengal."
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