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Punjab police arrest Inspector, who was implicated by US investigators for running extortion racket for criminal gang

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2026

Nagra was earlier relieved from his duty as SHO Tanda and was transferred to Police Lines, Hoshiarpur.

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Uttar Pradesh: Syeda cuts off her 67-year-old father-in-law’s genitals for sexually assaulting her for two years

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2026

In Muzaffarnagar, UP, a 23-year-old woman named Syeda cut the private part of her father-in-law Zakir with a blade for raping her continuously for the last two years.

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Ayodhya Ram Mandir donation theft: SIT probe widens as 30 more counting staff under scanner, says report

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2026

The Ram Temple donation theft probe has expanded to check the assets of 30 more cash-counting employees.

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Gujarat government operationalises Anti-Radicalisation Cell: Read how The Wire made baseless allegations that the new SOP targets Muslims

Shriti Sagar - 16 July, 2026

The move comes months after the Gujarat Home Department approved the creation of more than a hundred new posts for the ARC structure across district and commissionerate offices as part of the 2026-27 service year.

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Karnataka: 45-year-old anaesthesiologist found dead at home, his 8-year-old son found stabbed as his ophthalmologist wife scrolled through her phone

OpIndia Staff - 16 July, 2026

The police found Dr Honannavar's wife, Dr Priyanka lying on a bed, scrolling through her phone, as her son and husband lay in a pool of blood in the house.

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Hyderabad: Teacher Shaik Aisha Parveen terminated for giving ‘Kalma & Surah Fatiha’ homework to class 2 Hindu student

OpIndia Staff - 16 July, 2026

A private school in Hyderabad has permanently terminated teacher Shaik Aisha Parveen after a controversy erupted over a Class 2 Hindu student being assigned Islamic prayers as homework.

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Uttar Pradesh: Shamsher kills wife, buries body 6 feet under bedroom floor and sleeps on cot over the grave before filing missing report

OpIndia Staff - 16 July, 2026

Police in UP's Siddharthnagar exhumed the body of a 20-year-old woman buried six feet beneath her bedroom floor.

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From Punjab jails to California drug routes: How Jaggu Bhagwanpuria’s gang became a global crime syndicate

Anurag - 15 July, 2026

Nitish Kaushal’s addition to the FBI’s wanted list has put fresh focus on a network accused of recruiting Punjab youths, moving cocaine from Southern California and threatening diaspora families through relatives in India and abroad.

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