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Delhi: 2 RTI replies show different amounts released for ‘Septic Tank Safai Yojna’ of Arvind Kejriwal in the same year with zero spending

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2 RTI replies give ₹5 crore & ₹50 crore as fund released for ‘Mukhyamantri Septic Tank Safai Yojana’ in Delhi for 2019-20, with zero spending
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World

As Australia registers record COVID-19 cases, massive protests break out against tightening restrictions

OpIndia Staff -
Australia is in midst of fresh COVID-19 outbreak with daily new cases topping 4,000, the highest since the start of pandemic
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News Reports

Cigarette packaging used to pack prasad in Pakistan’s Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara sparks outrage, committee says work of anti-social elements

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Cigarette packaging paper has been used as wrappers to pack Kadah Prasad at the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan
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News Reports

CBI charge sheets its officer for receiving bribes to subvert corruption probe against Anil Deshmukh: Details

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The CBI claimed sub-inspector Abhishek Tiwari shared documents and details of the investigation to Anil Deshmukh's lawyer.
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Law

Non-Hindus cannot be barred from participating in the auction of shops in Srisailam Temple in Andhra Pradesh: SC overturns HC verdict

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SC permitted people from all religions to participate in the auction of leases of shops in the Srisailam temple premises in Andhra Pradesh
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News Reports

Former FBR head of Pakistan Shabbar Zaidi, says Pakistan has become bankrupt, not a ‘going concern’ anymore: Details

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Zaidi said that teaching of English should be promoted in Pakistan and the teaching of theology to higher grades should be limited.
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News Reports

‘Satan’ might take over if you stay alone with your sister and daughter: SP leader Abu Azmi after Congress leader trivialised rape

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SP leader Abu Azmi courted controversy after he suggested that staying alone with your daughter or sister can lead to rape.
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Entertainment

Film has a very ‘special moment’ that Pakistanis will love: Actor Ranveer Singh speaks about his upcoming movie ’83’

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During a press conference Ranveer Singh revealed how his forthcoming movie '83' is going to be a treat for Pakistanis
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News Reports

Twitter locks journalist’s account after she tweeted about Jihadis and Islamists threatening her brother in Kashmir

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Journalist Aarti Tikoo, a Kashmiri Pandit, took to Twitter to raise alarm about Islamic terrorists from Kashmir issuing death threats to her brother.
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News Reports

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee takes credit for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage tag for Durga Puja. Here is the truth

Dibakar Dutta -
While Mamata Banerjee takes credit for UNESCO heritage tag for Durga Puja, fact is it was the result of efforts of Modi government at center
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News Reports

Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Aandolan Samiti files petition to stop namaz at the Shahi Idgah Mosque in Mathura

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Sri Krishna Janmabhumi Mukti Aandolan Samiti submitted a plea at a Mathura court to stop Namaz at Shahi Idgah Mosque
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News Reports

Fauci says redefinition of the term ‘Fully Vaccinated’ for Covid-19 is on the table as Biden administration pushes for booster shots

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Biden's top medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said that redefinition of the term 'fully vaccinated' in the coming months cannot be ruled out
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News Reports

Serum Institute’s COVID-19 vaccine Covovax gets WHO approval for emergency use

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Covovax, a vaccine developed by SII and US-based Novovax, became the 9th Covid-19 vaccine to be approved by the WHO
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News Reports

Amnesty International documents war crimes committed by the Taliban and killing of ethnic and religious minorities

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A report published by the Amnesty International says that the Taliban wanted to behead the injured people captured by them
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News Reports

CCI suspends approval to 2019 Amazon-Future deal being used by Amazon to block the Future-Reliance deal, slaps Rs 200 crore penalty on Amazon

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CCI cancels the 2019 Amazon deal with Future Coupons, slaps a fine of Rs 200 crores on the e-commerce giant for concealing facts
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News Reports

Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel’s Rs 1 lakh crore steel unit approved in Odisha’s Kendrapada

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The Odisha government said the 24 MTPA integrated steel plant will be the largest project in manufacturing sector in India
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News Reports

Navjot Singh Sidhu uses foul language at a press conference in Chandigarh

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Sidhu lost his cool when a media person asked how different was UEGM from a similar programme started by the Centre.
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News Reports

Kashi can be the roadmap for the development of the rest of the country: PM Modi at All India Mayors’ Conference

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Mayors' conference marks the beginning of a month-long celebration in Varanasi following the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.
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News Reports

Subramanian Swamy predicts Yogi’s victory in UP, issues a “warning” that applies to him, more than anyone else: Read details

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Subramanian Swamy predicted that BJP led by Yogi Adityanath will win the 2022 assembly polls, and others will try to take credit
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World

Aung Suu Kyi, democratic leader of Myanmar jailed for 2 years, appears in court dressed as a prisoner

OpIndia Staff -
Former democratic leader of Myanmar Aung Suu Kyi has appeared before a court dressed like a prisoner wearing a white top and a brown colored wraparound called longyi which is the uniform for a prisoner in the country,
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News Reports

‘Awargi ka mauka’ to ‘ok to marry at 16 also if fertility is reached’: SP leaders after govt increases marriage age of girls

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Samajwadi Party leaders have come up with bizarre remarks after the central govt approved a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage of women from 18 years to 21 years
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News Reports

YouTuber Abhisar Sharma peddles lies about Atal Bihari Vajpayee, claims the former PM likened Indira Gandhi to ‘Durga’ after 1971 war

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Abhisar Sharma, in his YouTube video, claimed that Atal Bihari Vajpayee had called Indira Gandhi 'Durga' after the 1971 war
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News Reports

Nidhi Razdan issues statement after NYT article over how she was scammed, blames Harvard University

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Notably, all these experts got together to 'investigate' how Nidhi was scammed and after one year, they concluded that they have no idea how she was scammed and by whom.
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News Reports

Farmer leader Gurnam Chaduni likely to announce political party tomorrow, was accused of teaming up with Congress to topple Khattar govt

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It is being speculated that Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni is likely to announce his political party in Chandigarh on Saturday, December 18
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News Reports

Gay man asks activist Ankit Bhuptani for recommendation letter to ‘take refuge in Canada’, gets shut down for being a Khalistani

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Activist Ankit Bhuptani refused recommendation letter to 'take refuge in Canada' to a man for being a Khalistani
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World

California: Parents blast teachers for carrying out clandestine coaching of their 12-year-old daughter into trans identity

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Parents of a 12-year-old girl in California have accused school teachers of indoctrinating their daughter in a trans identity
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News Reports

Decision to increase marriageable age of girls to 21 against Muslim Personal Law: IUML moves motion in Parliament

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The adjournment motion was moved by Muslim League MPs Abdul Wahab, ET Muhammad Basheer and Abdussamad Samadani.
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News Reports

North Korea: Kim Jong Un bans laughing, drinking, shopping for 11 days on death anniversary of his father Kim Jong Il, people not looking...

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The 11 days restrictions in North Korea come into force from December 17 to mark the 10th death anniversary of former ruler Kim Jong Il
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Editor's picks

‘Let him suffer!’: CJI quashes appeal by journalist sentenced to 1 month in prison for a defamatory article against lawyers

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"Let him suffer! What kind of journalism is this? One month is too less," CJI said while rejecting the plea filed by the journalist.
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News Reports

Setback to West Bengal govt: Supreme Court stays Pegasus inquiry by state govt appointed commission

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Supreme Court was unhappy that despite assurance that West Bengal appointed commission will not start Pegasus probe, it started the same
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Entertainment

‘Dangal’ actor Fatima Sana Shaikh to play Indira Gandhi in upcoming movie ‘Sam Bahadur’, had denied relationship rumours with Aamir Khan

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Bollywood actress Fatima Sana Shaikh, who started her career with Aamir Khan's Dangal is all set to essay the role of Indira Gandhi in Vicky Kaushal led ‘Sam Bahadur’
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Cricket

Virat Kohli captaincy row: Sourav Ganguly refuses to comment on Kohli’s press conference, says BCCI will deal with it

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In his press conference, Kohli publicly contradicted Sourav Ganguly, saying that he was not asked to continue as T20I captain
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News Reports

One Shakil Qurashi arrested for celebrating the death of Gen Bipin Rawat, had said Allah gave ‘punishment to oppressor’

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Accused posted pictures of the crashed military chopper and celebrated the death of General Bipin Rawat
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News Reports

Political analyst Abdul defends rape joke by Congress MLA Ramesh Kumar, had earlier said Kamlesh Tiwari deserved to be murdered

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I am a first-time woman. And I cannot tolerate a lawmaker talking in this kind of language," Navika Kumar snapped.
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Satire

I am Neha Bazdan, not a Harvard professor but this is how I am a victim

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I have also asked questions when the Centre decided to change the default temperature setting on ACs. That is what a journalist is supposed to do, they had told me when I joined MDTV. Nobody said anything about applying a little brain before asking questions.
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News Reports

Bhutan confers its highest civilian award on PM Narendra Modi for India’s unconditional friendship and support

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On Friday, December 17, PM Narendra Modi received the Ngadag Pel gi Khorlo Award, the highest civilian honour of Bhutan
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Law

Gurugram namaz controversy reaches SC, former MP Mohammad Adeeb demands contempt proceedings against Haryana CS, DGP: Details

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After protest against Namaz at open places, Gurgaon Muslim Council headed by a former MP has approached the SC
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News Reports

‘Rust’ shooting: Search warrant issued for Alec Baldwin’s phone

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American actor Alec Baldwin was in the news again for ‘accidentally’ shooting a cinematographer with a prop gun on the set of a movie called the ‘Rust’.
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News Reports

Journalist Maridhas arrested again, this time for commenting against a Muslim org banned even in Saudi Arabia for being a ‘gate to terrorism’

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Tamil Nadu police arrested Maridhas again over old video where he was criticising Tablighi Jamaat - Islamic org banned by Saudi Arabia
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News Reports

IIT Kanpur’s incubated company sets up floating CNG filling station in Varanasi using novel Self Adjusting Fixed Type Jetty technology

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IIT Kanpur's incubated company Acquafront Infrastructure sets up CNG filling station at the Khidkiya Ghat in Varanasi.
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News Reports

‘Aim was to create fear in minds of the Hindus’, Delhi Court frames charges against Shahnawaz, Shoaib and 8 others in Delhi anti-Hindu riots

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Delhi court frames charges against 10 accused in the Delhi anti-Hindu riots, observing that their objective was to create fear among Hindus
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News Reports

‘When rape is inevitable, enjoy it’: Karnataka Congress leader KR Ramesh Kumar makes a shocking comment in assembly

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“When rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it. That’s exactly the position into which you are,” Congress leader KR Ramesh Kumar told Karnataka speaker
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News Reports

‘Manufacturing hub of radical Islamic Jihadism’, VHP asks Centre to impose a complete ban on Tablighi Jamaat, freeze bank accounts

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VHP also demanded a crackdown on Islamic organisations like the Darul Uloom Deoband and the Popular Front of India (PFI)
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News Reports

NYT blames ‘Hindutvavadis’ for scam on Nidhi Razdan when a BJP spokesperson was also targeted, proves she was only low IQ amongst everyone targeted

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New York Times blames Hindu Nationalists for the scam on Nidhi Razdan, ignoring that BJP leader Nighat Abbass was targeted
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News Reports

Govt will amend marriage acts of Muslim, Christian, other groups too to ensure only Hindus don’t end up following new marriage age for women:...

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On December 15, the Union Cabinet approved a proposal to raise the legal age of marriage of women from 18 years to 21 years.
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News Reports

When Karan Thapar tried to undermine India’s win in 1971: Here is what Sam Manekshaw said in the interview

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In the interview on BBC's Face-to-Face in the year 1999, Karan Thapar was heard undermining India's heroic triumph in the 1971 war
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News Reports

Wuhan lab-leak the likely origin of Covid, virus most likey engineered: Biologist tells UK parliament

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Dr. Alina Chan claimed that a leak from a laboratory in the Wuhan region of China was more likely the origin of this global pandemic.
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News Reports

SC collegium refuses to elevate Bombay HC judge as permanent judge for her insensitive ‘skin-to-skin contact’ verdict, to revert as district judge

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Bombay HC judge, who had ruled groping breast without removing cloths is not sexual assault, not elevated as permanent judge
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News Reports

Dehradun: Rahul Gandhi claims that the USA defeated Afghanistan after 20 years, repeats his pet lies

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Rahul Gandhi said that while India had defeated Pakistan in just 13 days in the 1971 war, USA defeated Afghanistan in 20 years
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News Reports

While Rahul Gandhi keeps attacking Ambani-Adani, Congress govt in Rajasthan gives 1,600 hectares of land to Adani Group

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1,600 hectare land has been given to Adani Group on lease for developing a Solar Park by Congress-led Rajasthan Govt.
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