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Punjab: Poisonous gas leak causes 11 deaths in Ludhiana’s Giaspura, rescue work underway

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As per reports, officials have so far not been able to detect the type of gas or the source of the leak that caused the incident.
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‘Police can act only if there is a complaint, wrestlers should have done it 3 months ago’, says Yogeshwar Dutt on WFI sexual harassment...

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"The government had made two committees but they cannot punish anyone. Only the court can do that," Yogeshwar Dutt said.
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Ukraine Defense Ministry’s ‘Maa Kali artwork’ tweet irks netizens, deletes tweet later

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Social media users were aghast at the fact that the official handle of Ukraine's Defense Ministry chose to mock Hindu religious beliefs without any provocation.
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PM Modi addresses nation on 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat

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PM Modi's radio address Mann Ki Baat creates history, 100th episode aired.
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Atiq Ahmed conspired to stage an attack on himself, but got double-crossed? UP Police sources say that is a possibility

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Police reportedly said that Atiq conspired to get himself attacked as a measure to enhance his own security, to ensure media limelight and pressure on government, so he remains safe.
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Did the Olympics really ‘reserve’ Gold Medals for protesting Indian wrestlers?

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Fact-check: No, the Olympics did not keep aside Gold Medals for protesting wrestlers.
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PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat brought about behavioural changes in people, read how the radio show impacted Indians

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Mann KI Baat, PM Modi's monthly radio address to nation, started on October 3, 2014, months after Narendra Modi took over the Prime Minister's Office in May that year.
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Brutal working hours fuels anger among Chinese workers: Report

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Though China has clear regulations on overtime work, rest and vacation, they are hardly implemented in letter and spirit on the ground. 
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Historic 100th for PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat monthly radio address to nation, to go global as UN headquarters in New York to broadcast...

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Studies have shown that over 100 crore people have connected to Mann Ki Baat at least once, it speaks directly to people, celebrates grassroots-level changemakers and achievements of people and has influenced people towards positive actions. 
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AAP MLA Abdul Rehman and his wife Asma convicted by a Delhi court for assaulting school principal Razia Begum in 2009

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Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi convicted AAP MLA Abdul Rehman for criminally intimidating and assaulting a Government School Principal in 2009
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Mumbai: A woman named Farzana Irfan Sheikh shot dead by a father-son duo in an alleged scuffle between two families

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Two persons shot dead a woman Fatima Irfan Sheikh in her chest from point-blank range in the Mankhurd area of Mumbai
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Mumbai’s iconic Eros Theatre is being renovated, not demolished, say reports after rumours of demolition

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After photos of Eros Theatre covered in fabrid spread on media and social media saying it is being demolished, reports said it is being renovated
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Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt was the most corrupt regime in the state: Karnataka CM Bommai

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Karnataka CM Bommai said Siddaramaiah-led government was the most corrupt regime in the state.
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‘Why do you roam around with a kaafir, there are so many Muslims’: Islamists in Ahmedabad harass a Muslim girl over her Hindu friend

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Recently, many such cases have been reported from different parts of the country in which Muslim youths are targeting Muslim girls who are friends with Hindu youths.
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5 women officers commissioned into Indian Army’s Artillery Regiment for the first time, Galwan hero’s wife becomes Army officer

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Five Women Officers on Saturday joined the Regiment of Artillery after the successful completion of training at the Officers Training Academy.
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Under fire for spending Rs 45 cr for ‘renovation’ of his govt bungalow, Arvind Kejriwal joins wrestler’s protests at Jantar Mantar

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Arvind Kejriwal arrived at Janta Mantar to extend his support to the ongoing protest by wrestlers.
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China banned Uyghurs from praying in mosques during Eid-ul-Fitr: Report

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Chinese authorities in Xinjiang banned most Uyghurs from praying in mosques as well as homes during Eid-ul-Fitr.
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After suspending the account of news agency ANI, Twitter blocks the account of English news channel NDTV

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NDTV News Feed tweeted, "We are working with Twitter to restore @ndtv account."
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‘Aditya Thackeray was planning to replace Uddhav Thackeray as CM when Uddhav was undergoing treatment,’ claims BJP MLA Nitesh Rane

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Nitesh Rane claimed that when Uddhav Thackeray was undergoing cervical spine surgery, Aditya was planning to become the chief minister of Maharashtra. 
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Goa: NCB busts a drug cartel, Russian Olympic medallist among arrested with illegal drugs

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This operation was carried out by the Goa unit of the NCB in the last two weeks.
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‘Routine enquiry under FEMA, we have been completely transparent with the authorities’, says Byju’s after ED searches

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'Routine inquiry, closely working with authorities', Byju's says after ED searches
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Twitter restores ANI account after blocking it for ‘being under 13 years of age’, the other account ANI_News remains suspended

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Smita Prakash has shared a screenshot of a mail that says the Twitter handle of ANI was locked because it is not 13 years old.
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‘Guddu Muslim was Ayush Chaudhary’: Ayodhya’s Hanumangarhi Mahant Raju Das says Atiq Ahmed converted his aides to Islam

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In a video posted on his YouTube channel, Mahant Raju Das said, Along with smuggling weapons in collusion with Pakistan’s ISI, smuggling of counterfeit currency, loot, murder, and rape, Atiq Ahmed used to play the game of religious conversion as well.
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‘Fight if you can, or just die…’: When a DM said these words out of the fear of mafia Mukhtar Ansari and refused to...

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Eyewitness Chhote Lal claims that during the riots, Mukhtar Ansari set fire to Hindu-owned shops worth roughly Rs 2 crore in Mau Bazaar.
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‘SC should not waste its time on issues like same sex marriage’s: Jain Muni writes to President

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Jain Acharya Shiv Muni has written to President Draupadi Murmu raising strong objections against the attempts to legalise same-sex marriages in India
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Andhra Pradesh: 10 students from 11th and 12th standard die by suicide in 2 days after declaration of intermediate exam results

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10 students committed suicide in Andhra Pradesh for failing inter exams, 2 more students attempted to commit suicide but they survived.
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Uttar Pradesh: BSP MP Afzal Ansari set to be disqualified after Ghazipur court sentences him to 4 years in prison

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Afzal Ansari won from the Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 by defeating incumbent Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
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Arvind Kejriwal residence renovation row: Delhi LG orders inquiry into irregularities, seeks report in 15 days

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The LG directed the Chief Secretary to examine the records and submit a report within 15 days.
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Mafia Mukhtar Ansari sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai

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Mukhtar Ansari was booked for his involvement in the kidnapping of Vishwa Hindu Parishad office-bearer and coal tycoon Nandkishore Rungta in 1996 and the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Krishnanand Rai in 2005.
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Uttar Pradesh: Rizwan kills wife in front of their two children to marry his own relative; arrested

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Rizwan murdered his wife Rehana to marry one of his own relatives with whom he was having an extramarital affair.
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ED raids three BYJUs premises in Bengaluru over FEMA violations

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According to the probe agency, BYJUs has received foreign direct investment (FDI) worth Rs 28,000 crore between 2011 and 2023.
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‘So much casteism in every field in Bihar’, says Supreme Court, asks Patna High Court to re-examine plea for stay on caste survey

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"There is so much casteism there. In every field. Bureaucracy, politics, service," Supreme Court remarked while hearing plea against caste census in Bihar
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120 eminent citizens write to President Droupadi Murmu opposing attempts to legalise same-sex marriage in India

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The signatories included ex-CAG Rajiv Mehrishi, ex-Home Secretary L C Goyal, former RAW chief Sanjeev Tripathi, Justice (retired) S N Dhingra and Justice (retired) Lok Pal Singh.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank MD and CEO Uday Kotak says he inadvertently called USD ‘biggest financial terrorist’, here is what he meant

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"I think we are at a crucial time in the world history where the world is desperately looking for an alternative reserve currency," Uday Kotak said.
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Pakistan: Three soldiers, seven terrorists killed in suicide bomb attacks, clashes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Pakistan has long been regarded as a safe haven for terrorists of all hues, empowering and emboldening them to continue attacks on security personnel.
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‘Every time Congress abuses me, it gets demolished,’ says PM Modi in his first election speech after Kharge’s ‘poisonous snake’ remark

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Addressing a public meeting at Humnabad in Bidar District in Karnataka, PM Modi accused the Congress party of abusing him "91 times"
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Delhi police register case after video of youth allegedly masturbating in Delhi Metro goes viral, DMRC to increase flying squads 

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Delhi Police registered a case in connection with a viral video of a man allegedly masturbating inside the Delhi metro
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Amar Chitra Katha removes Arundhati Roy’s author profile from its website following online backlash over FB post eulogising her

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The Amar Chitra Katha removed a Facebook post eulogising Arundhati Roy after facing online backlash.
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Small degraded airstrip, unlit runway: How IAF pilots conducted daring operation using night vision goggles to rescue Indians from Sudan

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So far, 1,360 stranded Indians have been rescued under 'Operation Kaveri' from war-torn Sudan
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‘Have already recommended CBI probe in Palghar lynching case’, Maharashtra government tells Supreme Court

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Maharashtra govt tells SC that it has already recommended a CBI investigation into the case of lynching of Hindu Sadhus in Palghar
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Hyderabad: 2 Hindus detained for allegedly raising ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan at Makkah Masjid released after police found it was phone ringtone

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The Hindus stated that the ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan was ringtone on a phone and they did not shout it inside the mosque, which was confirmed by police
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Priyanka Gandhi visits protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar after Delhi Police filed 2 FIRs against WFI chief Brij Bhushan

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Congress scion Priyanka Gandhi was seen interacting with professional wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshi Malik.
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Gujarat High Court to hear Rahul Gandhi’s plea in ‘Modi surname’ defamation case today

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Rahul Gandhi was convicted and sentenced to two years in jail by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Surat on March 23 for his defamatory comments against people with Modi surname in a speech in 2019.
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BSF personnel are committing atrocities on villagers: Mamata Banerjee once again targets the border guarding organisation in West Bengal

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"Law and order is a State subject. If cows go missing, then, they file a case against the TMC," Mamata Banerjee alleged.
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Haryana cracks down on cyber criminals in Mewat, 5000 police personnel conduct raids across 14 villages

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Giving details of the raids, Nuh SP Varun Singla said that 65 of the 125 people detained by the police have been arrested.
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Delhi: Caught smoking, 2 minors bludgeon 12-year-old classmate to death

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Delhi Police on Friday apprehended two juveniles accused of killing their 12-year-old classmate who caught them smoking, in the Badarpur police station area of Delhi.
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‘Modi Teri Kabar Khudegi’ slogans raised at wrestlers’ protests at Jantar Mantar after Pappu Yadav used the protests to target Yogi Adityanath

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'Modi Teri Kabar Khudegi' slogans were raised at the wrestlers' protests at Jantar Mantar in Delhi after Pappu Yadav attacked Yogi Adityanath from the site
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The SG’s argument in ‘same sex marriage’ hearing that people will soon demand legalisation of incest is not hollow rhetoric: Here is how it...

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Given the recent arguments about gender, privacy, and sexual autonomy in the Indian Supreme Court, petitions seeking legal sanction for incest are not 'far-fetched' five years down the line.
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Mukhtar Ansari grabbed temple land worth crores of rupees to build Ansari University, officers fear to take action: OpIndia Ground Report

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Chhotelal Gandhi explained how Mukhtar ansari used to grab lands through his henchman Ganesh dutt Mishra and make ploting to sell them.
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‘If I resign, wrestlers will say my term was already over’, says Wrestling Federation president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh

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Brij Bhushan sharan singh said, "Their demand changes every now and then. You should consider the agitation right from the beginning."
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