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West Bengal: Rs 1 Crore Lottery Winner Goes To Cops Seeking Protection

We all crave for fame and success but when it actually materialises, we tend to find it difficult on how to tackle it. The same thing happened to 70-year-old Indra Narayan Sen from West Bengal, the Times of India reported. The senior citizen had won a whopping Rs 1 crore lottery and after being bombarded …

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Human Rights Activists Release Evidence Of UP Violence, Claim Every 'Assailant Was Policeman'

When protesters in Uttar Pradesh gathered to voice their concerns against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), they were met with lathis, bullets and unspeakable violence. While the Uttar Pradesh Police held firm their claim of not firing even a single bullet on the protesting crowd, the reports and videos that surfaced later claimed otherwise. Violence continued for days. Men, women …

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Here's How Asia's First LGBT-Focused Streaming Service Is Tackling Taboos

A rom-com about a lesbian flight attendant and a romance in a gay spa are among the shows featured on Asia’s first LGBT-focused streaming service, which is pushing boundaries in an often highly conservative region. GagaOOLala brings more than 1,000 feature films, shorts, web series, and documentaries to people across Asia, where censorship and traditional attitudes mean there has been …

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Feel It! Delhi Is Colder Than Hill Stations. Stay Back And Plan A New Year Party Here

Delhiites are finally living a dream of owning a house in Hill Stations. No, the government is not allotting free plots uphills. The mercury has dramatically dipped in the plains making it colder than Shimla and Mussoorie. Reports suggest that the winters are breaking records in the national capital and people around the fire and room heaters are making it …

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Tourists, Firefighters Flee As New Heatwave Fans Australia Blazes, No Signs Of Relief Yet

Tourists and firefighters were forced to flee vast fires burning in southeastern Australia on Monday, as a heatwave rekindled devastating bush blazes across the country. Authorities said “quite a number” of the 30,000 tourists visiting the usually picturesque southeast tip of the continent had heeded calls to evacuate. According to news agency AFP, more than a dozen blazes are raging …

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Cold Wave In North India, Anti-CAA Protests Continue + More Top News

The intense spell of cold that has gripped most of northern India is showing no signs of improving. In fact, it is only getting colder and Sunday and Monday will be particularly harsh. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Amid Confusion Over CAA, NRC, And NPR, Union Minister Adds One More Condition To Stay In India, Say …

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Notre-Dame Misses Xmas Mass For First Time Since 1803 After Being Ravaged By Fire

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris was unable to hold Christmas Eve Mass for the first time in more than 200 years — after a fire ravaged its structure in April. With heavy hearts, French Catholics instead gathered at the nearby church of Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois, a few hundred metres away, for a service celebrated by the cathedral’s rector Patrick Chauvet. AFP “It …

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While India Boils Over CAA, There Is No End To Gruesome Rape Cases

Over the past couple of weeks, the entire attention and collective imagination of the nation have been drawn to the outrage against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as protests and demonstrations are mounting across the country.  But that has not put a full stop to sexual violence and rape cases that continue to surface in equal numbers. This is happening at …

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Jadavpur University Gold Medalist Tears Copy Of CAA, Pledges ‘Hum Kagaz Nahin Dikhaenge’

People are finding different ways to protests against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act. There are some who opt for street protests, while some are pretty much active of social media to debate the relevance of the newly formed Act by the Modi government. And then, there are some who are bravely making strong statement by choosing university convocations as the cite …

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Carpet Booking? UP Police File Cases Against 21000 People For 'Violence' During CAA Protests

The Uttar Pradesh police has booked 21,500 people in 15 FIRs lodged at different police stations across the city for the violence that erupted over the weekend. The violence happened during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kanpur Anant Deo said: “At least 15 FIRs have been lodged against 21,500 people in various …

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