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Giriraj Singh Sparks Controversy with Call to Ban Halal Products, Drawing Parallels to ‘Jihad’

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Giriraj Singh Sparks Controversy with Call to Ban Halal Products, Drawing Parallels to ‘Jihad’

Union minister calls for ban on Halal certificates in Bihar, raises concerns about alleged link between Halal certification and discriminatory activities. Union minister Giriraj Singh has called for an immediate ban on Halal certificates on food products in Bihar by following the lead of Uttar Pradesh. In a letter addressed to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, the union minister for rural development raised concerns about the alleged link between Halal certification and potential involvement in socially discriminatory and terrorist activities. The minister asserted that such certification, which has no connection…

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Punjab Gurdwara Clash Turns Deadly: Nihang Sikh Opens Fire, Killing One Constable and Injuring Five

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Punjab Gurdwara Clash Turns Deadly: Nihang Sikh Opens Fire, Killing One Constable and Injuring Five

Tension escalates as Nihang Sikhs open fire on police, one constable killed. A Punjab home guards constable was killed and five policemen were injured in a clash with Nihang Sikhs in Kapurthala’s Sultanpur Lodhi in the wee hours on Thursday. The deceased constable has been identified as Jaspal Singh, who was posted at Sultanpur Lodhi police station. Two of the Nihang groups have been at loggerheads for the past three days over the control of the Gurdwara Akal Bunga situated opposite to main Gurdwara Ber Sahib. However, the situation escalated…

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India Criticizes Pakistan’s Kashmir Reference at UN, Labels It ‘Unwarranted and Inappropriate’

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India Criticizes Pakistan's Kashmir Reference at UN, Labels It 'Unwarranted and Inappropriate'

During the debate, Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram made a reference to Kashmir in his remarks, prompting strong reaction from the Indian side. India on Tuesday rejected Pakistan’s reference to Kashmir during a United Nations Security Council meeting. The debate on ‘Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Promoting Sustaining Peace through Common Development’, was ongoing under China’s presidency. During the debate, Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram made a reference to Kashmir in his remarks, prompting strong reaction from the Indian side, PTI reported. “I will take not more than a…

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Amit Shah Promises to Eliminate Muslim Reservation in Telangana, Redistribute to SCs, OBCs, STs

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Amit Shah Promises to Eliminate Muslim Reservation in Telangana Redistribute to SCs OBCs STs

Ahead of the Telangana polls that are scheduled to take place on November 30, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be doing away with the four per cent reservation of the Muslim community and will distribute it among the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes. “We will do away with the four per cent reservation for Muslims and we will give those to SCs. OBCs, and STs,” Amit Shah said while campaigning at Telangana’s Jagtial on Monday. Shah also announced…

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UP Administration Prohibits Production, Storage, and Sale of Halal Certified Food Items

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UP Administration Prohibits Production, Storage, and Sale of Halal Certified Food Items

The Uttar Pradesh government has banned the sale of halal-certified products with immediate effect in the state. The government has also prohibited the manufacturing, storage, distribution of halal-certified products. The development came a day after the Uttar Pradesh Police registered cases against several companies and organisations for allegedly issuing “forged halal certificates” to boost their sales. Here’s what we know so far: The case was registered at the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow on Friday based on a complaint lodged by Shailendra Kumar Sharma, a resident of Motijheel Colony in…

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Forty workers feared trapped as tunnel collapses in Uttarkashi

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Forty workers feared trapped as tunnel collapses in Uttarkashi

A portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on Brahmakhal-Yamunotri highway in Uttarkashi district collapsed. At least 36 workers were reportedly trapped after a portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand collapsed in the early hours of Sunday. Police said the incident took place around 4am when a 150-metre-long portion of the four-and-a-half-kilometer-long tunnel collapsed. As soon as information about the incident was received, Uttarkashi Superintendent of Police Arpan Yaduvanshi immediately reached the spot…

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Spurious Liquor Tragedy Claims 18 Lives in Haryana

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Spurious Liquor Tragedy Claims 18 Lives in Haryana

Police started issuing warnings on Wednesday against consumption of locally made Malta liquor from batch date Nov 16, 2021, made by Oasis Overseas Distillery. Four more people died in different districts of Haryana in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday, taking the toll from deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor to 18 in four days. The deceased were identified as Paramjit (48), who only goes by one name, of Saaran village, Rishi Pal (45) of Mangloura village and Arun Kumar (30) of Mandebari village, all from the…

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Army must be prepared for all types of warfare, including unconventional and asymmetric: Rajnath Singh

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Army must be prepared for all types of warfare, including unconventional and asymmetric: Rajnath Singh

The Hamas terror strike in Gaza was discussed during the Army Commanders’ Conference last month. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told the Indian Army commanders to “expect the unexpected” after the October 7 pogrom in Israel by Hamas even as the national security planners have analyzed the terror strike and are studying the IDF’s ground offensive in Gaza strip. It is understood that the Indian Army has done emergency purchases running into several thousand crores in two phases to acquire anti-drone systems, logistics UAVs, loiter ammunition, ground sensors under the…

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Six injured in critical condition after Kerala bomb blast, says minister

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Six injured in critical condition after Kerala bomb blast, says minister

The explosion occurred at around 9:40 a.m. during a prayer meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kalamassery. Kerala Bomb Blast News Live: One person was killed and over 30 were injured in a blast at a convention centre of a Christian group in Kochi on Sunday morning. The cause of the blast is being probed. The explosion occurred at around 9:40 am during a prayer meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kalamassery. Teams of counter-terror sleuths and National Security Guards (NSG) have been dispatched to the blast site. Kerala Chief minister Pinarayi…

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India abstained from the UN vote calling for a truce in Israel without mentioning Hamas

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India abstained from the UN vote calling for a truce in Israel without mentioning Hamas

India supported Canada’s proposal to amend the resolution to include condemnation of Hamas attack. But the amendment failed to pass majority test. India on Friday abstained from voting on a resolution in the United Nations that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. The resolution drafted by Jordan also called for unhindered humanitarian access in the Gaza Strip but had no mention of Hamas. Canada proposed an amendment that a paragraph condemning the ‘terrorist attacks by Hamas’ be inserted. India voted in favour of Canada’s proposed…

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