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Netizens fume after Meghan Markle mocks Queen Elizabeth II with an exaggerated curtsy, insults royal family traditions in Netflix show

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In the controversial new Netflix show, Meghan Markle is seen mocking curtsy to late Queen Elizabeth II.
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‘2014 was a watershed’: S Jaishankar gives a befitting reply to RJD MP’s remarks on India’s foreign policy approach after BJP came to power...

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S Jaishankar said 2014 was a watershed moment and India's foreign policy approach has become more effective since 2014.
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Supreme Court rejects plea seeking details of Collegium meeting, says only final decision needs to be made public, not discussions

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Supreme Court rejects plea to disclose agenda, discussions and resolution of collegium meeting, says only decision is needed to be made public
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Jharkhand: 50-yrs-old Aslam Khan from Wasseypur poses as policeman Sanjay to marry a minor Hindu girl, runs away when identified

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In Sector-9 Harla police station area of ​​Bokaro, Aslam Khan was getting married to a minor girl by identifying himself as Sanjay Kasera.
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Kerala: Eight, including CPIM’s youth wing leader, arrested for sexually abusing minor; shocking visuals discovered on the phone

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Jinesh Jayan, a local leader of DYFI, the student wing of CPIM, was arrested by Kerala Police for sexually abusing a minor.
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World

US govt lists 6 Pakistani companies for ‘unsafe’ nuclear activity and missile proliferation, says they can harm USA’s national security

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These entities are added under the destinations of Russia, Switzerland, Latvia, Pakistan, and United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.)," the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said in a press release. 
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‘They barged on stage’: Engineering College in Mangaluru suspends four male Muslim students for dancing wearing burqas at an event

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The video of the event went viral on social media prompting the principal of St Joseph Engineering College Mangaluru to suspend the students and initiate an inquiry
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Twitter Files 2.0: Arbitrary blacklisting, deliberate reduction in tweet visibility of right-wing accounts exposed in internal communications

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Bari Weiss informed that Twitter referred to 'shadow banning' as 'Visibility Filtering to stop posts by individual users from appearing in searches.
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NCPCR orders States to conduct a detailed inquiry into all madrasas that are getting govt funds, asks non-Muslim students to be brought to regular...

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The NCPCR in the letter said that it had received several complaints that children from non-Muslim communities were being admitted to government-funded madrasas and were also being provided with scholarships.
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Court orders to frame charges of corruption against DCW chief Swati Maliwal for misusing post to appoint AAP workers in the organisation

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The court ordered filing of corruption charges against DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal for illegal appointments in the organisation.
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While Netflix’s ‘Khakee: The Bihar Chapter’ trends at No 1, IPS Amit Lodha suspended for signing a contract for the story

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The statement said that during the investigation by the department, the allegations of corruption against Lodha were found to be true, based on which a case was registered on December 7 by the Special Vigilance Unit under sections 120B and 168 of the IPC along with sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act ie PC Act.
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Pro-Khalistan terrorist Bikramjit Singh extradited from Austria, arrested by NIA

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Khalistani terrorist Bikramjit Singh extradited from Austria, was wanted in 2019 Tarn Taran blast case
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Arvind Kejriwal had promised to form govt in Gujarat, his AAP earns the tag of Congress voter-cutter at the end

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AAP had made promises to the people of Gujarat before the elections, but could not explain how they would fulfil the promises
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World

Joe Biden releases Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange for basketball player Brittney Griner who was accused of smuggling drugs

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Joe Biden said, "This is a day we've worked toward for a long time. We never stopped pushing for her release."
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Increased support base for BJP shows public anger against dynastic politics is constantly growing: PM Modi after historic victory in Gujarat

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PM Narendra Modi addressed party workers from BJP headquarters in Delhi after the party's historic victory in Gujarat
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0 seats, less than 0.3% vote share: Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM fails miserably in Gujarat Assembly Elections. Read details

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AIMIM didn't win a single seat in Gujarat where it had contested in 14 seats, and polled less than 0.3% votes
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‘Don’t bother. Perform for hoors in jannat’: Netizens roast ‘Comedian’ Kunal Kamra over his ‘next life’ remark on BJP’s historical win in Gujarat

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Kunal Kamra posted a tweet mocking BJP's landslide victory in Gujarat after the saffron party bagged over 150 seats.
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The Wire ombudsperson Pamela Philipose has an extended meltdown as BJP registers a historic win in Gujarat: Details

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The Wire ombudsperson Pamela Philipose posted a series of angry tweets as he fulminated against BJP over victory in Gujarat.
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Gujarat Congress wanted to shift its MLAs to Rajasthan to prevent poaching if it was close to halfway mark, now they’re struggling to win...

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Confident that it was getting close to halfway mark in Gujarat, Congress planned to shift its MLAs to Rajasthan to avoid poaching
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UP Bypoll: After 70 years Rampur Sadar gets its first Hindu MLA breaching Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan’s stronghold

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After the results were announced, the Samajwadi candidate blamed the Rampur police for his defeat.
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TMC leader Saket Gokhale granted bail by Ahmedabad court in fake news case, arrested again by police after release

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TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale had shared a fabricated news report about an RTI query and its response that does not exist
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Sonia Gandhi reaches Sawai Madhopur to celebrate her birthday in Ranthambore after Congress faced a rout in Gujarat elections

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Sonia Gandhi is on a two-day tour to Rajasthan starting Thursday. She will be celebrating her birthday in Ranthambore.
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Strikes by lawyers one of the reasons why courts are burdened with pending cases, Salman Khurshid seeks solution

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Salman Khurshid, along with journalist Manoj Raghuvanshi, laboured through a grilling online RoundTable discussion on ‘Khul Ke’ last Sunday on the issue.
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Agnipath Scheme, The Kashmir Files, Nupur Sharma – topics that Indians searched the most in 2022 on Google

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On Wednesday, the search engine giant Google released a list of what Indians searched for the most in the year 2022
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Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge credits Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ for the party win in Himachal Pradesh

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"I want to thank Priyanka Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra also helped us with this. Sonia Gandhi's blessings are also with us," Kharge told reporters.
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By-polls results: Samajwadi Party loses Rampur while retaining Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, here is who won in CG, Odisha, Rajasthan

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Both BJP and Congress won 2 assembly seats each while RLD and BJD won an assembly seat each. Samajwadi Party retained the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in the by-election.
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Gujarat Election: Congress candidate Bharat Solanki attempts suicide at the counting centre after alleging EVM tampering

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Bharat Solanki claimed that the EVMs were not properly sealed and were not signed, and then attempted suicide before being stopped by police
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Gujarat elections: Muslim voters dance on posters of Asaduddin Owaisi after defeating the AIMIM candidate in Ahmedabad’s Jamalpur

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Muslim voters danced on posters of Asaduddin Owaisi after AIMIM candidate lost from Jamalpur constituency.
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Congress calls its newly elected MLAs in Himachal Pradesh to Chandigarh as soon as possible

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Congress calls its winning MLAs in Himachal Pradesh to Chandigarh for a strategy meeting as the party is set to in Himachal
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Chinese hackers stole over 20 million dollars of the US government’s Covid relief benefits, says report

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Last month, in three separate cases, the US government charged 13 individuals, including members of China's security and intelligence apparatus and their agents, for alleged efforts to unlawfully exert influence in the United States for the benefit of their government.
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Social Media

Gujaratis get hate and abuse from ‘liberal voices’ as Gujarat gives a historic majority to BJP in the assembly elections

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While the regular anti-Modi, anti-BJP brigade continues to have a meltdown on Twitter, the BJP is set to get the biggest majority ever in the history of Gujarat.
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AAP on track to lose deposit in all 67 seats it contested in Himachal Pradesh

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In Himachal, the party contested 67 seats and is currently on track to lose the deposit on almost all of them.
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Gujarat results: ‘Liberals’ who rant and rave day in, day out about ‘democracy in danger’ observe radio silence as BJP charts a historic win

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A sense of dismay and grief seemed to have gripped many left-leaning 'liberals' as BJP scripted a historic win in Gujarat.
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Gujarat Elections: Bhupendra Patel to take oath as next CM on December 12 after a landslide victory, PM Modi, Amit Shah to attend the...

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Bhupendra Patel will take oath as the new chief minister of Gujarat on December 12 at 2 pm, state BJP chief CR Paatil said on Thursday
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Politics

People have given a befitting reply to those who insulted Gujarat: state Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi

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As BJP inches closer to a record-breaking victory in Gujarat, state Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Thursday said that the people have given a befitting reply to those who insulted the state.
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ED attaches properties worth Rs 4.5 crore belonging to former Samajwadi Party minister and gangrape convict Gayatri Prajapati

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ED attached properties of former SP minister Gayatri Prajapati, who is serving life sentence in a gangrape case
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Arvind Kejriwal had promised AAP government in Gujarat: Here’s how his two prime candidates are trailing by massive votes in assembly elections

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Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP's prime candidates, Gopal Italia and Sudan Sadhvi, are both trailing in assembly elections.
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BCCI announces schedule of Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Australia’s tour of India

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Sri Lanka will play 3 T20s and 3 ODIs, while New Zealand will play 3 ODIs in India, Australia will tour of India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
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USA: 100s employees at The New York Times go on a 24-hour strike over poor pay and work conditions

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The employees reportedly said in a statement that the walkout was “due to the company’s failure to bargain in good faith, reach a fair contract agreement with the workers, and meet their demands.
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Assembly elections 2022: BJP heads for historical win in Gujarat, Congress likely to form govt in Himachal Pradesh

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Latest updates on initial trends, results and who will form the government in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh
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Rahul Gandhi who prefers foreign holidays over Parliament sessions, claims he is not allowed to speak in the Parliament

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“Our mics are turned off when we want to speak on China issue, demonetization or GST. Speaker (Om Birla) is from Rajasthan, they show his face 24 hours,” Gandhi said in Kota.
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‘Lock men, set girls free’: Kerala HC criticizes restrictions on women staying at hostels, asks, ‘why curfew for girls alone?’

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The Court was hearing the plea filed by some female students of Government Medical College Kozhikode against the notification issued by college authorities restricting female students from going out of the hostel after 9.30 pm.
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US govt clarifies India will not be added to their watchlist for religious freedom violations this year, India had slammed their previous reports as...

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The United States has made it clear that India will not be placed on its list of 'Countries of Particular Concern' or 'Special Watch list' this year for violations of religious freedom. 
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Bharat Jodo Yatra apathy: House owner’s elderly mother denied entry while Rahul Gandhi was having breakfast, made to wait outside

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Security personnel did not let Urmila Devi go to her house as she did not have pass.
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‘We don’t have a problem with love, but with those who do jihad in the name of love’: Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra

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Dr. Narottam Mishra said that MP govt will never allow those who are planning to convert the innocent and conspire to grab immovable property
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CBI files chargesheet in 2016 Mathura violence case where 2 cops were killed, read how Akhilesh Yadav govt was accused of helping criminals

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CBI files chargesheet in 2016 Jawahar Bagh violence case in Mathura, 96 people named as accused
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MP: Bajrang Dal hands over love jihad accused Irfan Sheikh to police, was reportedly harassing Hindu girls outside a school in Indore

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A picture of a minor Hindu girl was found on the cellphone of Irfan Sheikh, who said that he had married her 6 months ago.
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Historic parliamentary mandate was undone by SC using judicially evolved doctrine: VP Dhankar lambasts judiciary over scrapping of NJAC

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that NJAC was scrapped by SC using judicially evolved doctrine of 'Basic Structure' of Constitution.
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Ex-Indian Navy officers detained in Qatar are in touch with their families, embassy actively pursuing the case on priority: EAM

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During a presser on December 1, the official spokesperson of MEA, Arindam Bagchi also underlined that India is regularly responding to the case of ex-Indian Navy officers arrested in Qatar as the embassy is actively pursuing the issue.
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Counting of both Postal Ballots and EVM votes to take place simultaneously for the first time in Gujarat

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Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer P Bharati said that this time EVMs and postal ballot papers will be counted simultaneously
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