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1. The death count due to dengue fever in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district rises to 52 and Mathura to 15 as more people loses their lives in the viral fever outbreak. 2. The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul says he welcomes proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting. Ahmad Massoud, head of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA), makes the announcement on the group's Facebook page. Earlier, Taliban forces said they had fought their way into the provincial capital of Panjshir after securing the surrounding districts. 3. A spokesman of the anti-Taliban resistance group is killed in fighting in Panjshir province, TOLOnews reports citing a source in the area where fighting is going on. Fahim Dashty, spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, was a senior member of the Jamiat-e-Islami party and also a member of the Federation of Afghan Journalists, Khaama Press reports. 4. Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee to present himself before the Enforcement Directorate in New Delhi for questioning in a money laundering case. He says he is ready for a probe but asks why BJP leaders weren't probed in the Narada scam. 5. Prohibitory orders banning large gatherings have been imposed in Haryana's Karnal, where farmers have planned another mega gathering on Tuesday. There is tension in the area, the site of the August 28 violence which has enraged the farmers. 6. Farmers protesting against the Centre's farm laws will 'campaign in the name of the Prime Minister' because that's what the BJP does too, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait says in a tongue-in-cheek message. The farmers declare that they will campaign against the BJP in next year's state elections in Uttar Pradesh. They even dub Sunday's mega-meeting in Muzaffarnagar 'Mission Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand', indicating their plans to focus on the two BJP-ruled states where elections will be held next year. 7. A pastor and two others, including an officer-bearer of a Christian outfit, are allegedly manhandled and abused inside a police station at Raipur by members of a right-wing organisation, a senior official says.
