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Justice Krishna Bhat drops truth bombs in farewell speech: Entitlement of some Judges and how independence of Judiciary is not really under threat

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Justice Krishna Bhat emphasised that such vanities by individual Judges make them unfit to hold any public position.
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News Reports

‘OIC remarks on Jammu and Kashmir reeks of bigotry’: External Affairs Ministry reacts to OIC statement on abrogation of articles 370 and 35A

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MEA said that OIC statement on J&K expose its devotion to a communal agenda being pursued through terrorism
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News Reports

Supreme Court refuses to stop construction of Mumbai Metro car shed at Aarey after MMRCL said no trees being cut, only trimmed

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Supreme Court accepted affidavit of Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation saying that no trees are being cut for Aarey car shed
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News Reports

‘Congress chose August 5 to protest and wear black clothes to subtly promote appeasement politics’: Amit Shah

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Amit Shah said, "Congress chose this day for protest because on this day PM Modi had laid the foundation of Ram Janambhoomi."
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News Reports

Harassment of Kanwariyas continues: After hurling contaminated water, Muslim villagers in Bareilly block Kanwar Yatra

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Muslims residing in the Dunka village in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly have stopped Kanwariyas from entering the village.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Hindu woman forcefully evicted for filing FIR against local Muslim hooligans returns to her ancestral home

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Sarika Jogadia said BMC got police to seal her home under the pressure of INC MLA Amin Patel, whom she accused of supporting Muslim goons.
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News Reports

Delhi: Consulate General of Montenegro complains about poor water supply, LG VK Saxena asks CM Arvind Kejriwal to act

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The Consulate of Montenegro writes to Delhi LG complaining about poor water supply from Delhi Jal Board
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News Reports

Srinagar Police deny reports that Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are under house arrest, request media not to spread fake news

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After National Conference had claimed that Dr Farooq Abdullah has been placed under house arrest, Srinagar Police denied it
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News Reports

‘Pelosi’s democracy is like a robe with lice crawling all over it’: China suspends high-level military dialogues with USA, announces other ‘countermeasures’

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China's foreign ministry said that it was halting its collaboration with the United States on the prevention of transnational crime and drug trafficking as well as on returning illegal immigrants along with eight other particular steps.
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News Reports

After the Paper Magazine photoshoot, PETA invites actor Ranveer Singh to again pose nude for their ‘Try Vegan’ campaign

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PETA writes to Ranveer Singh asking to pose nude for their Try Vegan campaign after his nude photoshoot with Paper magazine
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News Reports

ED says no proof of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi’s claim that all financial decisions regarding AJL were taken by Motilal Vora, to look at...

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ED is not convinced by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi's claim that all financial decisions regarding AJL and Young Indian were by Motilal Vora and are re-examining the mother-son statements
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Medical store owner Danish targets 13-year-old girl under fake Hindu name, blackmails and tries to convert

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Danish had introduced himself to the girl with a fake hindu name and had groomed her for a relationship. Later he revealed his real name and started to force her to convert, as per the complaint.
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News Reports

Court orders YouTuber Gaurav Taneja to remove tweets mentioning Mint journalist Shephali Bhatt, rejects plea to gag legal news portals

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Garauv Taneja vs Mint case: Court orders the YouTube to remove tweets naming journalist Shephali Bhatt
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi insinuates his family is above law, says ED summons for him and his mother is an attack on democracy

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Rahul Gandhi, who is being probed in the National Herald money laundering case, claimed in a presser that ED notices to his family are attack on democracy.
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News Reports

‘Those changing their profile pics to Palestine and Ukraine raising questions over Tricolour display pics’: Cricketer Amit Mishra hits out at Tiranga detractors

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Amit Mishra said those who changed their display pics to Palestine and Ukraine are protesting against Tiranga profile pics.
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News Reports

China imposes sanction on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her Taiwan visit

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Days after US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, Chinese govt imposed sanctions on her and her family
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World

Liberal darling ‘Amnesty International’ says Ukraine is putting civilians in harm’s way, faces ire from the Leftists

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Amnesty International outlined survivor testimonials to conclude that Ukrainian military had been exposing civilians to retaliatory strikes from the Russian forces
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News Reports

Delhi: Congress protests against inflation and unemployment; Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders detained

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As Congress leaders gathered at Vijay Chowk violating section 144, police detained them, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi
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News Reports

‘Congress is fighting against the entire infrastructure of India’: Rahul Gandhi after ED action in National Herald money laundering case

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Rahul Gandhi convened a press conference on Friday, days after ED raided premises of National Herald.
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News Reports

Germany to bring ‘Self-Determination Act’ that will permit citizens to change gender and name once a year, every year

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Germany to bring law that will allow people to change their gender without any surgery or therapy
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News Reports

Kunda MLA’s father Raja Uday Pratap Singh protests against mosque-shaped Muharram gate, says Hindus forced to follow Islamic ritual

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Raja Uday Pratap Singh said that Hindus are forced to walk under the mosque shaped Muharram gate, and demanded to remove it
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News Reports

Calcutta HC allows petition of 4 Rohingya convicts with 13 kids, asks Centre not to deport them to Myanmar under ‘current circumstances’ till further...

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The court has asked the government not to deport the Rohingyas till their plea is heard on the 10th of August.
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News Reports

As #BoycottLalSinghChaddha trends, old video where Aamir Khan said ‘dont like it dont watch it’ goes viral: Watch

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From telling his audience to not bother watching his film to lamenting over boycott calls, life has come to a full circle for Aamir Khan
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News Reports

The India connection to Elon Musk vs Twitter: Read how it’s not just the bots, but ‘battle in India’ that Musk has pointed out...

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There was a portion in his filing where Elon Musk took umbrage to Twitter picking a battle with the Indian government.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Woman tortured, given triple talaq because she supported CM Yogi and BJP, husband Nadeem arrested after complaint

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Reports mention that the accused husband had already divorced his wife by giving her triple talaq and asked her to leave his house after the verbal divorce. Later he sent her a legal notice of divorce, punishing her for supporting CM Yogi Adityanath.
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News Reports

UP: Dozens of cows dead after consuming suspected ‘poison fodder’ in Amroha that was supplied by one Tahir, CM says guilty won’t be spared

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As per reports, the cows started falling sick one by one on Thursday after consuming fodder that was purchased from one Tahir the previous day.
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News Reports

From extorting money for terrorism to ties with JeM, Al Qaeda etc: NIA arrests Salim Fruit, brother-in-law of D-Company’s Chota Shakeel: Details

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Funds extorted by Salim Fruit were later used to fund terrorism and further the criminal activities of the D-company.
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Law

CJI Ramana recommends Justice UU Lalit as next CJI: With a short stint ahead, here is what you need to know about him

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Justice UU Lalit set to become CJI later this month
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh govt launches probe against National Herald for selling plot allotted at concessional rate on lease in Bhopal

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Associated Journals Limited which publishes National Herald sold the plot allotted to it in Bhopal to private businesses
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Delhi: Fissures in AAP government? Letter from Manish Sisodia’s education ministry highlights the poor work being done under Satyendar Jain in PWD

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Education Department of the Delhi Government wrote to the Public Works Department complaining about the quality of construction work done at schools in Delhi.
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Fact-Check

Fact-check: Has Gujarat Govt introduced GST on playing Garba this Navaratri as being claimed by Congress and AAP? Here’s the truth

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Congress and AAP have been peddling false information that the Gujarat state government has introduced 'fresh' GST on Garba entry passes
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Kerala: 8000 gelatin sticks in 40 boxes seized near a quarry in Palakkad

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Locals claimed that they had previously seen such explosive items like gelatin in open spaces and close to residential areas.
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Rajasthan govt issues order instructing Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra volunteers to open fake accounts on Twitter and Facebook: Full details

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Rajasthan govt suspended an official after he instructed Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra volunteers to open fake accounts on social media
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China launches 11 ballistic missiles into Taiwanese waters a day after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, 5 missiles landed in Japan’s EEZ

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China launched 11 Dongfeng ballistic missiles into Taiwanese waters as a retaliatory action to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
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World

USA: Egyptian Yaser Abdel Said faces trial after 12 years on the run, had killed his 2 daughters for dating non-Muslim boys

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Accused Yaser Abdel Said is an Egyptian who lived in Texas. He killed his teenage daughters because both the daughters had non-Muslim boyfriends.
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Anti Narcotics Cell of Mumbai Police seizes drugs worth 1400 crore from Nalasopara

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A total of 703 kilograms of the MD drugs worth Rs 1400 crores were seized.
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Assam becoming hotbed of jihadi activities with modules operated from Madrasas, aim to indoctrinate youth towards Sharia: Himanta Biswa Sarma

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Assam police have busted 5 jihadi modules of Ansarullah Bangla Team in the last 6 months, Assam CM said
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After 28 years, a child born out of rape helps his mother get justice: UP police nabs Naqi and Razi Hasan who had raped a...

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After a long wait of 28-years, a rape survivor in Uttar Pradesh finally got justice, primarily due to the efforts of her son, who was born out of the rape.
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Viral video of Gwalior Judge getting upset over a Muslim girl’s conversion to Hinduism for marriage highlights double standards of judiciary for inter-faith marriages

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Back in 2018, the Indian Supreme Court had upheld the marriage of Hadiya to Shafin Jahan after her religious conversion, a marriage that was earlier annulled in 2017 by the Kerala High Court.
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World

Spain bans ACs in commercial establishments from dropping below 27 degrees, up to 6 lakh euros fine

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Spain is not the only European country to put such restrictions. During the ongoing energy crisis, other European countries like France, Germany and Lithuania have also imposed various restrictions.
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Opinions

The Hindu wilfully misrepresents what Kishan Reddy said about #HarGharTiranga program to insert China, KTR furthers the propaganda

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On August 1st, 2022, The Hindu published a report with a headline – “Kishan Reddy defends flag import”.
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News Reports

As custody gets extended, Sanjay Raut complains of windowless room, ED says ‘because there is AC’

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The judge then asked ED why they had kept Raut in a windowless room. As per reports, the ED replied that the room is 'windowless' because it has air conditioning.
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What the court said while rejecting Siddique Kappan’s bail: Prima Facie offence committed, use of tainted money, connection to PFI and more

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Allahabad High Court said Kappan had no work in Hathras and intended to cause law and order situation while rejecting his bail
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Politics

Haryana: Suspended Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi, whose cross-voting cost Ajay Maken a Rajya Sabha seat, joins BJP

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Congress did not appoint Kuldeep Bishnoi as the Haryana state president. He was angry with the party since then and cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha elections.
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Allahabad High Court dismisses bail plea of PFI’s Siddique Kappan on merit

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Allahabad High Court rejected bail plea of journalist Siddique Kappan who has links with PFI
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Love in the time of war: Russian-Ukrainian couple marries as per Hindu rituals in Himachal Pradesh

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Sergei Novikov, a Russian settled in Ukraine, married Ukrainian girlfriend Elona Bramoka in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh.
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Agra: Tourists from Thailand in traditional dresses denied entry to the Taj Mahal for wearing masks and metal crowns

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Tak Mahal administration denied entry to a group from Thailand because they were wearing traditional dresses with metal crowns
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#BoycottAliaBhatt trends as netizens slam Netflix movie ‘Darlings’, say it is making a mockery of a serious crime like domestic violence

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In the reel, Alia is also seen brutally slamming a frying pan on her on-screen husband's skull while she says 'ab batting shuru (the batting starts now)'. Meanwhile, the character played by actor Vijay is shown crying and screaming in pain.
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Bibek Debroy quits The Week as their columnist after it uses offensive Maa Kali image as his article image: Details of the letter

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Bibek Debroy, a columnist with The Week took to Twitter on August 4 to announce that he is disassociating himself with the magazine
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Mamata Banerjee tries to distance herself from SSC scam as accused minister goes missing from swear-in list: Here is how the token step might...

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Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee dumped the second disgraced minister after Partha Chatterjee.
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