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[00:00:09] Hello, this is your Daily Dose of News from Onmanorama. I am your host Swati Ajad and these are the major news stories of Monday, Dec 23, 2024.
[00:00:20] In a joint operation, the Uttar Pradesh and Punjab Police gunned down 3 terror suspects belonging to the Pakistan-sponsored Khalistan-Sindabad force module on Monday in Puranpur, Piliphet.
[00:00:31] The trio was involved in the grenade attack on a police check post in Gurdaspur, said Amitabh Yesh, Additional Director-General, Law & Order, Uttar Pradesh.
[00:00:39] The accused are Gurvinder Singh, Birender Singh alias Ravi and Jaspreet Singh alias Pratap Singh, all residents of Punjab's Gurdaspur.
[00:00:48] The Congress on Monday took a swipe at the Modi government over the rising prices of food items.
[00:00:53] They pointed out that while the bullet train announced by the government has not yet arrived, inflation is spiralling upwards faster than the speed of a bullet train.
[00:01:02] According to the Congress, this rising inflation has broken the back of the common person.
[00:01:06] Congress General Secretary in charge of Communications, Jairam Ramesh said, the people want answers not more, Jumla Basi.
[00:01:12] He shared a media report on X which claimed that the rates of daily essential goods such as flour, oil, spices and rye fruits have increased by one and a half or two times.
[00:01:24] Nine Sabirumala pilgrims sustained serious bone injuries due to LPG cylinder blast at a Shiva temple in Karnataka, Subbali, police said on Monday.
[00:01:31] According to police, the incident occurred on Sunday night in Sayanagar in the city.
[00:01:36] The devotees were sleeping in the temple room when the tragedy took place.
[00:01:39] All nine injured were immediately admitted to Kim's hospital.
[00:01:42] The conditions said to be critical, police sources said.
[00:01:45] Police suspect that the devotees did not turn off the cylinder now properly after cooking food resulting in the blast.
[00:01:52] Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of fatally gunning down United Health Group Chief Executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street was due to be arraigned on Monday on state murder charges that grant him a terrorist.
[00:02:04] At the hearing in New York State Court in Manhattan, Mangione is suspected to be asked to enter a plea to the 11th Court indictment which includes three murder charges including murder as an act of terrorism.
[00:02:16] The ruling CPM leaders on Monday rallied behind the party's Paul B. remember A. Vijay Rakhavan in the raging political row over his remarks on the Lok Sabha poll victories of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Wadra from Vainat in Kerala.
[00:02:30] During a recent party event in Vainat, Vijay Rakhavan reportedly claimed that Rahul secured victory in the high range segment twice with the support of communal forces and that extremist elements were present at Priyanka Gandhi's campaign rallies.
[00:02:43] Prominent CPM leaders on Monday said that Vijay Rakhavan didn't say anything wrong or against the party's policy and they would oppose minority communalism and majority communalism alike.
[00:02:53] That brings us to the end of this episode.
[00:02:56] Thanks for listening to Daily News Doze, hosted by me Swati Ajit and produced by Vishnu Muralitharan.
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