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Kolkata customs department recovers $40,000 concealed in gutkha pouches from a passenger going to Bangkok

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Kolkata customs department has recovered 40,000 US dollars worth over Rs 32 lakh concealed in gutkha pouches
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News Reports

Supreme Court extends house arrest of Gautam Navlakha, accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, till February 17

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Senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for Navalakha, told the bench that her client's daughter lives abroad and sought permission if he can receive a call from her.
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News Reports

Govt warns TV channels against showing violent, distressful visuals of blood and gore, asks to follow programme code

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In a circular, the I&B Ministry has cautioned TV channels to refrain from showing distressful visuals that have violent and gory content and instances of assault against women, elderly and children.
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News Reports

Black money is no more an issue with India says Swiss envoy

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Traditionally, Switzerland was seen as a safe tax haven for Indian businessmen, politicians and industrialists.
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News Reports

7 gems of Rahul Gandhi from his Bharat Jodo Yatra: An assault on our common sense

Amit Kelkar -
The Bharat Jodo Yatra has been yet another avenue for Rahul Gandhi to display that he is still the undisputed king of gaffes.
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News Reports

SC rejects plea against Uniform Civil Code in Gujarat and Uttarakhand, says committee formation is under state power

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In October 2022, Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi announced forming a committee for implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the state. The decision was taken in the cabinet meeting.
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Crime

Punjab: Constable Kuldeep Singh shot dead by carjackers, 3 arrested

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Constable Kuldeep SIngh was shot by carjackers when Police tried to arrest them in Punjab.
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Opinions

Former Judges paint a grim picture of Judiciary with their misplaced, misdirected political rants: Problem with what ex-judge Gopala Gowda said

Nupur J Sharma -
On 7th of January, former Supreme Court Judge Justice V Gopala Gowda made incendiary, misplaced and daft political statements
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News Reports

Kanjhawala case: Deceased Anjali Singh’s house ransacked, family member says her friend Nidhi could be behind it

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An incident of theft has been reported from the house of Anjali Singh, the Kanjhawala hit and drag case victim
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News Reports

Kerala: Man assaulted for ‘circulating’ morphed pics says that he was attacked for cutting ties with Emperor Emmanuel Church

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Kerala man who was beaten up by women members of Emperor Emmanuel Retreat centre in the Thrissur district says he was targeted for defecting from the cult
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Opinions

‘Tapasvi vs Pujari’ comment by Rahul Gandhi is signalling to his secular-liberal ecosystem: This is how

Rahul Roushan -
This is a country of Tapasvi, not Pujaris – is the latest gem from Rahul Gandhi, who is being relaunched for the umpteenth time by his party and a friendly ecosystem.
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Opinions

Congress’ promise of reverting to the old pension scheme is likely to bankrupt Himachal Pradesh, here is why

Amit Kelkar -
While financial experts and even common sense tell us that reverting to the old pension scheme is going to be disastrous for the state’s finances, political parties are unlikely to pay heed.
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World

Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters ransack govt buildings, President Lula accuses Bolsanaro of inciting ‘fascists’: All you need to know about Brazil riots

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Hundreds of supporters of ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades, climbed on roofs, smashed windows and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court.
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News Reports

Delhi Liquor Policy scam: AAP-led govt has spent Rs 25.25 cr as lawyers’ fees so far: Reports

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Delhi govt has spent over 25 cr on lawyer's fees in Delhi Liquor Scam cases, says report.
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News Reports

Accused were aware Anjali was trapped under car and were dragging her, Delhi police sources reveal in Kanjhawala case

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Delhi Police sources have said that the accused knew of Anjali Singh's body being dragged by them under the car but were 'afraid' that if they got out of the car and got her out, they would get into legal trouble if anyone saw them.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi says he has killed Rahul Gandhi and the person we see is not Rahul Gandhi

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Rahul Gandhi claimed he has killed Rahul Gandhi and he exist only in the minds of people and BJP.
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News Reports

‘Brahmins, Thakurs and Baniyas are motherf**kers’: Police Sub Inspector suspended after his casteist abuses over phone went viral

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SI of UP Police (Lalitpur) suspended after his audio hurling casteist abuses against Brahmins, Thakurs and Baniyas went viral on social media.
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News Reports

Drunken brawl on Delhi-Patna IndiGo flight, 2 arrested

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Both passengers have been arrested at the airport police station for being in an inebriated state. Patna Airport SHO Robert Peter said that the police took action after the manager of Indigo filed a written complaint against the accused. 
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News Reports

Mumbai: Dawood Ibrahim Ansari arrested for vandalising crosses in St Michael’s Church cemetery, but anti-Hindu brigade blames ‘Hindutva’ and BJP govt

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At least 18 tombstones, crosses and other structures at the 400-year-old Church have been vandalised. Ansari was tracked using CCTV footage of the cemetery.
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News Reports

Conspiracy to disrupt PM Modi’s rally: NIA files chargesheet against PFI members Nooruddin and 3 others under UAPA

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According to the NIA chargesheet, the four men also raised funds, recruited other terrorists and encouraged them to work towards the goal of establishing Islamic rule in the country by 2047.
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World

Iranian man arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning Islamist terror attack, read details

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The Iranian national was arrested in Castrop-Rauxel near Dortmund on suspicion of procuring toxins, including cyanide and ricin to carry out a terror attack, Politico reported citing German authorities. 
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News Reports

Three people arrested in Karnataka for attacking a Sri Ram Sene leader

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Three persons were arrested in Karnataka in connection with an alleged attack on Sri Ram Sene district president Ravikumar Kokitkar and his driver in Hindalga village, on Saturday.
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News Reports

Centre gets seventh consecutive extension of six months to frame CAA rules from Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha approval waited

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For the seventh time in a straight, the central govt has sought an extension of time to frame rules under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
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Politics

Samajwadi Party’s IT cell member Manish Jagan Agarwal arrested for posting offensive tweets, party workers protest

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Following the arrest of Manish Jagan Agarwal, Samajwadi Party immediately tried to help their member and demanded his release.
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News Reports

Tunisha ‘suicide case’- Sheezan used her to meet his drugs expense, alleges late actress’ mother

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She also denied Sheezan's family's allegation that Vanita used to "strangulate" Tunisha and said that she never even raised her hand on her daughter.
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News Reports

Central government bans proxy groups of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, several persons declared terrorists

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India bans The Resistance Front (TRF) and People's Anti-Fascist-Front (PAFF), proxy groups of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed
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West Bengal: Parents of Muslim students protest over ‘Jhatka’ chicken served in mid-day meal, demand resignation of principal

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Parents of Muslim students demanded the resignation of the school principal for serving non-halal chicken to Muslim students
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News Reports

Bihar Court orders Patna Police to register rape case against a senior IAS officer and a former RJD MLA

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After hearing the petition filed by the victim's lawyer, the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) of Danapur Civil Court in Bihar has ordered the registration of a rape case.
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News Reports

Madarsa clerk, wife, and their two children die of suffocation while sleeping with a gas cylinder heater in the room

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Madarsa clerk Asif was living with his wife and two children in Biswan of Sitapur for the last two and a half to three years.
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Media

Dear Vir Sanghvi, painting Indians as the worst due to a peeing incident is like painting all journalists corrupt due to the Radia tapes,...

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In 2010, Niira Radia tape controversy had broken out where at least three journalists were found allegedly hobnobbing with the lobbyist who appeared to be using journalists as brokers to secure a good deal for her clients.
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News Reports

‘A matter of personal anguish, we fell short of addressing the situation’: Tata Sons Chairman on the urination incident

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Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran said that Air India's response to the urination should have been much swifter
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Politics

This is not a country of Pujaris: Rahul Gandhi makes bizarre claims about ‘Pooja’ and ‘Tapasya’ during his Bharat Jodo Yatra

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Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress party symbol has been derived from Abhay mudra of Hindu deities and how they reflect the essence of tapasya.
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World

Indonesia: Foreign tourists concerned after the Muslim majority country bans sex outside of marriage

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With foreign arrivals to Bali expected to reach pre-pandemic levels of 6 million by 2025, Indonesia's national tourism board has described the new code as "totally counterproductive". 
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Tutor Afzal lures a minor Hindu girl, rapes her, and forces her to convert to Islam, arrested

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Afzal, arrested in this case, used to teach the minor Hindu girl whom he lured in a love trap and then raped her
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World

Afghanistan: Ministry of Education of Taliban government tests the knowledge of Islam of their employees through an exam

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Ever since the Taliban have taken back thge control of Afghanistan, strict Islamic rules are being imposed in Afghanistan.
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Politics

Diesel gets costlier in Himachal Pradesh within one month of Congress forming govt, had promised no fuel price hike earlier

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The increase in diesel prices comes as CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu today expanded his cabinet and appointed seven MLAs as cabinet ministers.
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Entertainment

Social Media star Uorfi Javed meets Javed Akhtar, shares photograph online

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Uorfi Javed shared a photo with Javed Akhtar and wrote in its caption, "I finally met my grandfather today. Also, he is a legend, in the morning so many people lined up to take selfies, but he did not say no to anyone."
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi compares his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ to Swayamvar of Draupadi in this bizarre analogy

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Rahul Gandhi compares himself to Arjun and says how it is like Arjun taking an aim on the eye of the fish.
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News Reports

‘BJP will make saffron the national flag, remove the tricolour’: Mehbooba Mufti demands restoration of old situations in Kashmir

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Mehbooba Mufti said that the BJP government is going to change the country's national flag to saffron
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World

Iran executes 2 more youths involved in anti-hijab protests, 11 sentenced to jail

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"Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Syed Mohammad Husseini, the two men whose crimes led to the martyrdom of Ruhollah Azmin, have been hanged to death today," the judiciary said while sentencing the two protesters.
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News Reports

Joshimath Landslide scare: Cracks develop in Shankaracharya Math

Shraddha Pandey -
It is pertinent to note that the alarm for an expected landslide in Joshimath was raised in 1976, in the Mishra Committee report.
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News Reports

PM Modi to launch Ganga Vilas luxury ship from Varanasi to Dibrugarh on Friday, world’s longest river cruise to carry Swiss and German tourists

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'Ganga Vilas' was scheduled to start its services in 2020. However, the plans were derailed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Uttarakhand: Family along with 6-year-old child sent to jail in land dispute case involving SC/ST Act, family alleges false case by land mafia

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Four adults and a 6-year-child sent to jail in Uttarakhand after they were slapped with SC-ST case in a land dispute
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Opinions

While Shankar Mishra deserves the punishment for his actions, why is Air India getting a free pass for totally mishandling the situation

Amit Kelkar -
The Air India crew even made the woman face the man who exposed his genitals to her and urinated on her. The man supposedly apologised to her and the cabin crew brought them face to face for this.
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News Reports

Kerala: 59 women beat up a man for allegedly circulating morphed images of a woman on social media, 11 arrested

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All of the accused are members of Emperor Emmanuel Retreat centre in Chalakkudy of Thrissur district. 
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Delhi: Man stabs wife with screwdriver till death in Jahangirpuri, was released from jail before two days

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According to the police, Chetram stabbed his wife multiple times with a screwdriver to take revenge for his previous arrest and later also cut his nose. 
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News Reports

“Saghle G**ndu Chi Aulaad Aahe”: Shiv Sena UT faction’s Sanjay Raut abuses Union Ministers over Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj insult row

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Speaking to the media, Sanjay Raut abused Union Ministers for remaining silent on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj row.
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News Reports

Bihar: Journalist shot at in Siwan a day before CM Nitish Kumar’s scheduled visit

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Journalist Rajesh Anal has been shot at twice before, first time in 2002 and 2nd time in 2020.
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News Reports

Mysore Bishop Kannikadass William accused of sexual misconduct, criminal activities, also accused of fathering a child

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Bishop Kannikadass William was accused of fathering a child and corruption. The 37 priests alleged that the Bishop has strong connections with corrupt police officials and bureaucrats as well as politicians who have criminal records.
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World

South Sudan President pees himself in the pants, arrests journalist for circulating embarrassing video

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South Sudan has witnessed political turmoil, hunger, natural disasters and brutal conflict over the years.
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