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Dense fog grips Punjab, Haryana; Hoshiarpur shivers at 4.8 deg C
The winter chill intensified at many places in Punjab and Haryana as a thick blanket of fog enveloped several areas in both States
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Taxidermist Edwin Joubert Van Ingen’s nephew suggests community use for disputed properties in Mysuru and Wayanad
The properties of noted taxidermist Edwin Joubert Van Ingen include a bungalow at Nazarbad in Mysuru and more than 200 acres of plantation land in Wayanad district of Kerala
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Messi tour fallout: Sourav Ganguly slaps ₹50 crore defamation suit on football fan club official
Uttam Saha, while speaking to a journalist, had accused Ganguly of being the actual man behind organising Messi's G.O.A.T India tour
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Delhi HC asks Customs to respond to IndiGo’s plea seeking refund of ₹900 crore duty
The company claimed the issue was settled earlier by the Customs tribunal, which held that Customs duty could not be levied again on re-imports following repairs
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Rural women-led community action key to tackling India’s metabolic diseases: Experts
The panel discussion was moderated by Dr. Rakesh Kalapala, director of the Centre for Obesity and Metabolic Therapy at AIG Hospitals
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Maharashtra village with 1,500 population registers 27,398 births in three months; probe on
The anomaly came to the fore during a vigilance drive by the health department, said a release by the district information officer
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Zubeen Garg’s death: SIT files complaint against Akhil Gogoi for ‘circulating’ charge sheet details
The nine-member SIT, headed by Special DGP Munna Prasad Gupta, had submitted the charge sheet before the Kamrup (Metro) Chief Judicial Magistrate on December 12
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India marks first-ever milestone by clearing more child sexual abuse cases than filed
A report by C-LAB for Children says courts across the country disposed of 87,754 POCSO cases in 2025 against 80,320 new registrations, pushing the national disposal rate to 109%
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Woman shooter raped at Faridabad hotel, 3 arrested
The victim managed to lock the accused in a hotel room after the alleged rape on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) evening and alert the police, they said
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Maoist with ₹5 lakh bounty killed in encounter with police in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur
The exchange of fire started in the morning in the forested hills of Bhairamgarh-Indravati area when a District Reserve Guard team was out on an anti-Maoist operation, according to a police official
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Parliament adjourns sine die as winter session concludes
Both the houses of parliament were adjourned sine die minutes after it assembled on the last day of the winter session
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VB-G RAM G Bill 'anti village', Modi Govt demolished 20 years of MGNREGA in one day: Rahul
Rahul Gandhi said by capping work and creating more ways to deny it, the VB-G RAM G Bill weakens the one instrument the rural poor had
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Zubeen Garg’s death: Probe ongoing; no foul play suspected yet, say Singapore police
Upon completion of the investigations, the findings will be submitted to the State Coroner in Singapore, who will hold a Coroner’s Inquiry, which is scheduled for January and February 2026
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Kerala Opposition leader V.D. Satheesan writes to META seeking preservation of controversial Ayyappa parody song on social media platforms
Satheesan said the Kerala Government’s request to META to take down the song has an authoritarian bent
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Notify final SOP for political meetings, rallies before January 5, Madras High Court directs T.N. government
Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan desist from ordering changes to the draft since the final SOP was subject to judicial review
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Cash-for-query: Delhi HC quashes Lokpal order against Mahua Moitra
Ms. Moitra had claimed that the Lokpal order that granted sanction to the CBI to file charges against her was erroneous and a gross violation of principles of natural justice
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Health sector in T.N. to see consolidation of multi-speciality entities, says expert
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Bombay HC restrains sale of ‘CEFDON’ cough syrup, cites deceptive similarity with ‘CEDON’
The court ruled that the mark ‘CEFDON’ was “entirely subsumed” in ‘CEDON’, creating a clear likelihood of confusion.
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‘Made in Maharashtra’ liquor policy: Bombay High Court seeks State’s reply
Petitioners argue Maharashtra’s liquor stocking mandate creates an artificial classification and violates trade freedom
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Philanthropic fund saves children suffering from blood cancer
The fund, launched in August 2014 at Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Hospital, has so far registered 272 children for their multi-stage and prolonged treatment lasting one to two years
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