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Himachal Pradesh: Congress expels 30 Shimla office-bearers ahead of counting over anti-party activities

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Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee expelled 30 Shimla office-bearers for indulging in anti-party activities.
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Absconding president of Christian organisation awarded by Dainik Bhaskar after he was named in an FIR for illegal conversion of minors

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Vivrat Lall and 9 others of a Christian organisation in Madhya Pradesh have been booked for illegal conversion of minors
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News Reports

Money laundering during Covid: NRI Academy of Sciences raided by ED for collecting large amounts of money from patients and medical students

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ED also seized cash and incriminating documents and froze the properties of various persons involved in this case.
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Delhi anti-Hindu riots accused Sharjeel Imam moves SC against Delhi HC order calling him ‘main conspirator’

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Imam wants remarks to be expunged where he has been called the 'main conspirator' and where the court said that Khalid was in constant touch with other co-accused, including Sharjeel Imam, who arguably is at the head of the conspiracy.
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Crime

Baruipur residents Sajjat and Sarfuddin killed by Abdul in a fit of rage in West Bengal, read details

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The victims, along with their friends, were having drinks with Abdul where in a fit of rage Abdul shot them.
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News Reports

Chandigarh: Drunk man bites off another man’s tongue during a brawl in Dera Bassi

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Drunk man Vipul Garg allegedly bit off Harpreet Singh’s tongue during a brawl in Chandigarh
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News Reports

Melinda Gates lauds Yogi governance, says UP model not only for India but for whole world

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During their discussion, Gates lauded the work done by Uttar Pradesh in recent years underlining the Covid management and encephalitis control despite a dense population. 
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News Reports

AAP workers burst firecrackers to celebrate victory in MCD polls, forget about cracker ban imposed by Kejriwal from Diwali to New Year

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On September 7 this year, Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal announced the re-imposition of a ban on manufacturing, selling, storing, and bursting firecrackers till January 1, including Diwali and other festivals.
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World

Canada: Filmmaker slams book publisher Penguin for publishing a memoir by her assailant who described the sexual assault as consensual

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Zoe Greenberg accused Penguin Random House Canada of publishing a memoir that described her sexual assault as consensual.
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News Reports

Tihar videos effect? AAP loses all three wards in Satyendar Jain’s constituency

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BJP candidates won all three wards in Satyendra Jain's constituency Shakurbasti, Delhi.
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Christian groups beat up each other over which direction to face while praying, 35 churches closed in Kerala

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35 churches closed in Kerala after confrontation at St Mary’s Cathedral Basilica in Kochi over unified mass on Sundays
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MCD elections: AAP wins 132, leads in 2, BJP secures 104 while Congress manages 9

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AAP wins the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections comfortably.
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Pakistan Government locks Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh Gurdwara for worship in Lahore, declares it a ‘Mosque’

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Evacuee Trust Property Board of Pakistan shuts down Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh in Lahore for worship, declaring it a mosque
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News Reports

6 Maharashtra trucks attacked on their entry in Karnataka, hundreds of Kannada Rakshana Vedike activists arrested for pelting stones at vehicles

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In Belagavi, security has been strengthened on all roadways bordering Maharashtra and Karnataka, and over 1,000 police officers have been posted at 21 border checkpoints and villages.
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News Reports

‘I did no wrong, so I won’t apologise’: Anand Ranganathan in contempt case over ‘whatever happened to dissent being safety valve of democracy’ remark

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Anand Ranganathan said he has done nothing wrong, and he continues to remain a free speech absolutist, so he won't apologise.
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News Reports

Elon Musk fires Twitter lawyer Jim Baker over his involvement in censoring Hunter Biden’s laptop and links to FBI’s Russia probe against Trump

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Elon Musk fired Twitter lawyer Jim Baker for his involvement in handling Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020, his controversial involvement in FBI's Russia probe against Trump comes to light.
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News Reports

Kerala: Drama praising Pakistan wins first prize at a school youth festival in Kozhikode

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A school drama praising Pakistan wins first prize at district youth festival in Kerala.
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News Reports

Stabbed, left to die by her own family: 9-year-old girl killed by her father Anees, 3 uncles, and grandfather as they wanted to frame...

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The five accused have been identified as Anees, Shadad, Shehzade, Saleem, and Naseem. The victim girl was the daughter of Anees, the niece of Shadab, Saleem, and Naseem, and grand daughter of Shehzade.
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News Reports

Elon Musk vs Wikipedia: How new Twitter owner is exposing the left-wing bias of the user-edited ‘encyclopedia’

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Wikipedia editors are discussing to delete Twitter Files article from the platform, Musk mocks the platform for having non-trivial left-wing bias.
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News Reports

TMC’s Saket Gokhale sent to two-day police custody after Gujarat Police arrested him for spreading fake news relating to Morbi bridge tragedy

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Gokhale was apprehended in the early hours of the Tuesday morning in Jaipur, Rajasthan, by officials from the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell and brought to Ahmedabad in the afternoon, where he was formally arrested.
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Social Media

Malaika Arora criticised for flaunting a Balenciaga dress even as the fashion brand faces accusations of promoting child pornography

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Malaika attended fashion designer Manish Malhotra's birthday party at his Mumbai home. At this party, Malaika appeared in a silver turtle neck dress with the Balenciaga logo
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News Reports

Beware! Frauds posing as genuine banking service providers can trick you on social media: Here’s what is happening

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Bank fraud has become a common crime in the world with thousands of people falling prey to scamsters daily.
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Maharashtra: Latur declares two days off for schools to allow Muslim teachers and students to attend Ijtema organised by Tablighi Jamaat

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The directions were issued by the Education Department of the Latur District Administration based on the memorandum submitted by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Vikram Vasantrao Kale. He said that many Islamic scholars were slated to attend the Ijtema on December 5 and 6 and that it would be better if the administration declared two days off in all the schools and colleges across the district.
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News Reports

30 years of Babri demolition: Read about the temporary ‘temple tent’ set up at Ram Janmabhoomi after levelling of the disputed structure

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Ram Lalla's 'temporary Mandir' appeared in Ayodhya following the demolition of disputed Babri structure in 1992.
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News Reports

Paresh Rawal summoned by Kolkata Police over his ‘cooking fish’ remark for illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas

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Paresh Rawal had clarified that his remarks were meant for Bangladeshis and Rohingya who had illegally entered India.
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UP: Village head Sattar abuses PM Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath, insults Hindus, Sitapur police arrest him after audio goes viral

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Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur police arrested Khanpur Sadat village head, Sattar, for allegedly abusing PM Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath
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Muslim politicians and ‘activists’ cry ‘death of Indian democracy’ on the 30th anniversary of the Babri demolition at the Ram Janmabhoomi site

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Earlier today, social media users trended hashtags such as ‘Babri Zinda Hai’, ‘6 December’, ‘Babri Masjid’, etc. on Twitter.
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World

Indonesia bans sex outside marriage, live-in relationships, and insulting the president

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Critics have suggested that some Sharia or Islamic law-inspired local bylaws could get replicated in other areas which would lead to discrimination against women and the LGBT community in Indonesia.
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News Reports

Bhagalpur police, state govt trying to hush up the killing of Neelam Yadav by ‘habitual offender’ Shakeel Miyan, alleges BJP leader Nikhil Anand

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BJP leader Nikhil Yadav Tuesday slammed the Bihar police for trying to hush up the killing of Neelam Yadav by Shakeel Miyan in Bhagalpur.
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Crime

Pune: Converted Christian beat wife for 21 years to force her to convert to Christianity, threatened to shift children to a Christian school, booked

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Ravindersingh Bhanwarsingh Rajpurohit, a resident of the Yerwada area of Pune city had accepted Christianity 21 years ago. Since then, he was physically and mentally harassing his wife to force her to convert to Christianity.
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News Reports

Hindu Mahasabha leader detained during bid to recite Hanuman Chalisa at Shahi Idgah Masjid in Mathura

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"The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha leader Saurabh Sharma was arrested when he was attempting to go towards the Idgah mosque on the complex," confirmed Additional Superintendent of Police (City) Martandey Singh.
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Aligarh man has been in jail for 7 years, the woman he was accused of killing found alive, living with husband and children

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A few months after the girl was reported missing, a dead body was found which was confirmed by the missing girl's family.
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“Petty F**kers”, “Embarrassment to everyone”: Twitter users blast at Pakistanis for dragging IAF pilot Abhinandan into Ben Stokes’ press conference

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IAF's Abhinandan was needlessly dragged in Ben Stokes' press conference after humiliating defeat of Pakistan against England.
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Crime

Uttarakhand: Nitin Bhandari murdered by Naushad and his family members for asking for his money back from Naushad, arrested

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The Uttarakhand police said that Azad and Naushad killed Nitin Bhandari by hitting him with a sharp weapon and then strangulating him while their minor brother and mother heled them hide the body in a grain tank
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Maharashtra: 19-year-old Shahanawaz Shah rapes his 5-year-old neighbour after luring her with chocolates, arrested

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The police said Shahanawaz Shah lured his 5-year-old neighbour with a chocolate, took her to his house and raped her.
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World

Iranian activist calls out ‘propaganda’ by NYT, says Iran has not abolished morality police as previously reported

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Masih Alinejad, the Iranian journalist and activist Tuesday slammed The New York Times for spreading fake news that the Iranian regime has disbanded the country’s morality police.
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister blames India for importing ‘cheap’ Russian oil. Here is how S Jaishankar responded to the allegations in the past

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It has now come to light that the decision to buy discounted Russian oil has benefited India to the tune of Rs 35,000 crores.
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North Korea publicly executes two teenagers for watching and distributing South Korean films: Report

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North Korea reportedly executed two teenagers for watching and circulating South Korean dramas among friends.
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Indian billionaires Gautam Adani, Shiv Nadar, and Ashok Soota part of Forbes Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy list

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Adani reportedly pledged Rs 60,000 crores (USD 7.7 billion) when he turned 60 in June of this year. The funds will be used toward healthcare, education, and skill development through the Adani Foundation, which was established in 1996.
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Swara Bhasker says ‘speaking up’ for values has cost her huge: How virtue-signalling and her own poor professional choices are causes of her undoing

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The interview followed after Swara participated in Rahul Gandhi-led Congress party's Bharat Jodo Yatra.
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Economy and Finance

World Bank raises India’s GDP growth prediction for 2022-23 to 6.9%, up from 6.5% predicted earlier

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The World Bank has raised India's GDP growth prediction due to the country's strong economic performance.
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Income Tax officials conduct raids at the offices of real estate giant Vamsiram Builders in Telangana

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The Income Tax agency raided the homes of Subba Reddy, chairman of Vamsiram Builders, and his brother-in-law Janardhan Reddy.
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News Reports

Here is a list of 5 mosques that were built after demolishing holy shrines of other religions

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In October last year, Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen said that Prophet Mohammed had himself destroyed 360 idols of pre-Islamic Arab Gods at Kaaba.
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News Reports

Deoband’s Maulana Rao Musharraf lashes out at Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid, says women don’t go to mosques as imams molest them

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Muslim leaders criticized Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Ahmedabad for opposing women contesting elections
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Books

Bestselling authors Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Margaret Atwood, dozens others comfort a new author after only two people turn up at her author signing...

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Many bestselling authors have had their moments of setbacks. While on topic of wizards, Harry Potter author JK Rowling was rejected 12 times before Barry Cunningham, who ran the children’s literature department at Bloomsbury picked it up.
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News Reports

‘#BabriZindaHai’ trends as Indians mark 30 years of demolition of disputed structure at Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya

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On December 6, the disputed structure in Ayodhya was brought down by various Hindu activists in 1992. While the day is termed the 'Black Day' by the Islamist community, the day is marked as Shaurya Divas by others.
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News Reports

The News Minute Editor-in-chief endorses ‘no hasty arrest in mutual romantic cases’ involving POCSO Act, later justifies and ‘gives context’

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NCPCR to issue notice to TN Govt and TN Police over recent circular asking officials not to file cases in haste under POCSO Act
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TMC’s Saket Gokhale arrested by Gujarat police for spreading fake news relating to Morbi bridge collapse tragedy

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Derek O'Brien claimed that the arrest was because of the fake news shared by Gokhale in context of Morbi bridge collapse where the TMC leader had claimed that ₹30 crore was spent on PM Modi’s Morbi visit.
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News Reports

Exit Polls results: BJP to storm back to power in Gujarat, a close contest in Himachal Pradesh

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The exit polls have predicted BJP's return to power in Gujarat with a thumping majority, and a hung assembly in HP.
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News Reports

‘Clear cut objective to harm Hindus in every manner possible’: Charges framed against ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and 9 others in 2020 Delhi riots

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The Delhi Court framed charges against Tahir Hussain and 9 others in connection with the 2020 Delhi Riots case.
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