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Pirates of Sundarbans return in Bangladesh: Read how a problem eradicated by Sheikh Hasina govt re-emerged under lawless Md Yunus regime

Raju Das - 1 November, 2025

In the twisting rivers of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest between Bangladesh and India, pirates have resumed their terror.

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Indra Gandhi National Tribal University Professor granted relief in sexual harassment case: Read what Madhya Pradesh HC said

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2025

The court commented that she was a 30-year-old married woman as was the professor, and their private relationships could not fall under the jurisdiction of the University and its ICC.

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Cocaine worth ₹47 crore hidden in coffee packets seized from a woman at Mumbai Airport, five arrested

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2025

In a significant crackdown on international drug trafficking, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 4.7 kg of cocaine worth approximately ₹47 crore from...

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West Bengal: Police file 861-page chargesheet against Nasiruddin Sheikh and 4 others for gangrape of medical student in Durgapur

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2025

The chargesheet, backed by digital and forensic evidence, includes statements of 51 witnesses, reconstruction reports and medical findings.

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Dharmasthala ‘mass burial’ hoax: ‘Activists’ who earlier campaigned for FIR registration in the case move the Karnataka High Court to quash it

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2025

Once the investigation begn focusing on the role of the 4 'activists', they quickly went to the Karnataka High Court to have the entire case thrown out.

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Supreme Court quashes conviction of man under POCSO who married the victim and has a child with her, says ‘the crime was result of...

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2025

The court said that it adopted a balanced approach after taking notice of the fact that the victim and the accused were married and leading a normal married life.

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Andhra Pradesh: Court hands down death penalty to 5 men involved in the brutal murder of mayor and her husband in 2015

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2025

The prime accused in the case is Sriram Chandrasekhar, also known as Chintu. He is the nephew of victim Katari Mohan.

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Who was Rohit Arya, the man who took 17 children hostage in Mumbai’s Powai, and what was his grievance: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2025

The State Education Department said that Arya collected money from schools in the name of the registration fee for the Mazi Shala Sundar Shala initiative without government's approval.

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Shameful act at Haryana’s MD University: Female sanitation staff forced by two male bosses to remove clothes, show pads to ‘prove’ menstruation, suspended after...

Divya Bharti - 30 October, 2025

A disturbing and shameful incident has come to light from Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) in Rohtak, Haryana. Four women who work as sanitation staff...

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