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AAP spokesperson Yogesh Jadwani blames Hindu religious organisations for the party defeat in Gujarat, says they spread rumour that Kejriwal is Muslim

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Even though the people of Gujarat have handed them a crushing defeat by rejecting them, AAP leaders do not seem to be coming out of their anti-Hindu attitude.
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Law

‘The time has come for a change’: Kerala HC calls upon central govt to seriously consider uniform marriage code in India

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Kerala HC asked central govt to seriously consider establishing a "Uniform Marriage Code" across India to promote the "common welfare and the good of spouses in matrimonial disputes"
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News Reports

Twitter Files 3.0 Part I: Internal communications reveal meetings with the FBI, employees making rules on the go and disrupting Trump’s Presidential bid

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While releasing the latest Twitter Files, Matt Taibbi added that they could not find any diktat to expunge politically inconvenient tweets from the Trump administration.
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News Reports

IIT Guwahati faculty found dead in his residential quarters, body found hanging from the ceiling fan

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According to local police, Friday evening police received information from IIT Guwahati that a foul smell was coming out from locked Faculty Quarter D 022.
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News Reports

Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani says Congress failed to use a ‘solidly anti-BJP’ face like him in Gujarat, who could energise ‘Dalits’: What he said

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After narrowly defeating the BJP's Manibhai Vaghela in Vadgam, Mevani told The Indian Express, "The party “did not use me enough” during the elections
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News Reports

US journalist who wore LGBT T-shirt dies mysteriously in Qatar: What he said before death, his criticism of Qatar regime and death threats

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In his last substack newsletter, Grant Wahl slammed the Qatari World Cup organisers for their lack of empathy towards migrant labourers.
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News Reports

Three Congress leaders beat even Arvind Kejriwal in u-turns, come back to Congress hours after joining AAP

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The world is round for the former vice president of the Delhi Congress, Ali Mehdi as he announced his return to his home party just hours after joining the Aam Aadmi Party.
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News Reports

China: After securing third term in power, Xi Jinping focuses on ‘complete control’ of the Army, efficiency to launch wars, demands ‘resolute loyalty’

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After securing power for the third term in the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has "ensured complete control" of and loyalty from the army
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News Reports

Punjab: Police station attacked with suspected rocket in Tarn Taran, terror alert had been sounded off days ago with police stations being possible targets

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In the border area of Tarn Taran, a police station has been attacked by a suspected rocket launcher-like weapon
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Sports

Qatar 2022: Croatia stun favourites Brazil as they win their second successive penalty shootout in the tournament

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Once Neymar put Brazil ahead during the extra time, it was almost certain that the 5-times champions Brazil will progress to the semifinals but Croatia had other ideas.
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News Reports

Pakistani children and teenagers make hateful comments towards India, insult Hinduism; scholastic hate-preaching exposed in a YouTube video

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A recent YouTube video reveals how Pakistani children and teenagers are taught to hate India and Hinduism.
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News Reports

Political drama in Himachal Pradesh Congress: Pratibha Singh supporters want her to be made CM, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu says he is not in the...

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While Congress party says that legislative party will select the CM, state chief Pratibha Singh's supporters are demanding that she should be made the CM
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News Reports

Khalistan movement in Victoria: How a ‘Nagar Kirtan’ was hijacked by Khalistanis, India expresses concern

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On November 19 this year, a Nagar Kirtan (also called Humanity walk) organised by the Indian-Australian community in Victoria's capital Melbourne was 'hijacked' by Khalistani supporters.
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News Reports

Can’t blame religious processions for communal riots: Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking regulation of religious processions

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NGO Citizens for Justice and Peace had filed a PIL seeking guidelines to regulate religious processions where people brandish weapons.
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News Reports

Afghanistan: Taliban justifies public executions, calls them punishment by ‘divine command’

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Mohammad Ismail Rahmani, a senior leader of Taliban, defended public executions and termed them as 'divine commands'.
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News Reports

Even in the midst of the BJP wave, who could be the 13 per cent voters in Gujarat that voted for AAP? An analysis

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Although AAP won only 5 seats in Gujarat despite high volume campaign, it won 13% vote share and became a national party
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News Reports

UP: Mohd Anwar kills his wife after her refusal to have sex for the second time in one night

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Mohd Anwar killed his wife after she refused to have sex with him for the second time in one night.
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Sports

Qatar 2022: The dancing samba boys from Brazil vs the battle-hardened Croatians, a battle of contrasting styles kicks off the Quarter Finals

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Croatia has in their ranks the battle-hardened midfield of the legend Modric, with Brozovic and Kovacic alongside him. Still, in response, Brazil has the most irresistible attacking line-up ever assembled
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News Reports

BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena tables Uniform Civil Code Bill in Rajya Sabha as a private member’s bill

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BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena on Friday introduced the 'Uniform Civil Code in India Bill, 2020' in the Upper House.
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News Reports

Muslim mob attacks one Mohammed Imtiyaz and his girlfriend for coming to watch Kantara movie together

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Mohammed Imtiyaz (20) and his 18-year-old girl friend were beaten in front of a theatre in Karnataka by a Muslim mob.
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News Reports

Youth moves SC seeking ₹75 lakh compensation from YouTube for distracting him with sexual ads during exams, court slaps ₹25,000 fine

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SC dismissed a plea filed by a person seeking Rs 75 lakh compensation from YouTube for carrying sexually explicit advertisements which distracted him during preparation for Madhya Pradesh Police exam.
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OpIndia Explains

Did AAP break into BJP’s vote share? A detailed analysis of Gujarat elections reveals AAP gained at the expense of Congress

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AAP’s rise in Gujarat converged with Congress’ declining vote share, busting the myth that it gained at the expense of BJP.
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News Reports

Gujarat Assembly Elections: BJP’s performance for 27 years Vs AAP’s promise of freebies, a fading Congress and invisible AIMIM

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The Bharatiya Janata Party has not only managed to save its stronghold in Gujarat but has also broken all the records with the thumping majority.
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News Reports

‘Shraddha would have been alive if Vasai Police had helped’, says Shraddha’s father, demands death for Aftab and restrictions on dating apps

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Father of Shraddha demanded death penalty for accused Aaftab Poonawalla, alleges that he faced "many problems" because of the Vasai Police.
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News Reports

Netizens let West Bengal CM know how neither Gujarat nor Himachal Pradesh erupted in violence after the election results

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Netizens tell Mamata Banerjee how BJP winning Gujarat and losing Himachal Pradesh didn't led to any violence
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News Reports

Twitter censored Stanford professor for raising alarm over harmful impact of COVID lockdown on children: Here’s what he had said

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Dr Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of at Stanford University, was one of the victims of Twitter's arbitrary blacklisting policy.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays death sentence of M Samivel, who raped a minor girl and killed her by smashing her head against a tree

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SC stays death sentence of M Samivel alias Raja who was convicted of rape and murder of a 7-year-old Dalit kid
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News Reports

Maharashtra: AC mechanic Akhtar Hussain arrested for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl inside a lift

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A 19-year-old AC mechanic named Akhtar Mathar Hussain has been arrested for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl inside a lift.
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World

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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News Reports

‘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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

‘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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

‘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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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News Reports

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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