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Mazaar illegally constructed inside Civil Hospital, Surat, administration writes to police to get it removed

Nirwa Mehta - 21 April, 2022

On condition of anonymity, the people in the know said that they were not aware since when the mazaar has been around on campus but they have now requested the police to remove the illegal construction.

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Explainer: What happens when the Enforcement Directorate attaches properties?

Suyash - 19 April, 2022

Contrary to the popular understanding, Provisional attachment orders issued by the ED do not lead to immediate sealing of a property. The intent to attach a property is to stop the accused from getting benefits from the asset.

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‘Jahangirpuri a hub of rapes, and illegal activities, police are scared of them’: Locals say the Bangladeshis went to Bengal to support TMC in...

राहुल पाण्डेय - 18 April, 2022

Jahangirpuri resident told OpIndia that incidents like rape and loot against Hindus are common in the area and the police is scared of the Bangladeshi miscreants in the area.

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Robert Vadra remembers sister Michelle on her death anniversary: All we know about the mysterious death, one of many in the Vadra family

OpIndia Staff - 16 April, 2022

Michelle Vadra, sister of Robert Vadra, and another woman died in a car crash killed when the car in which they were travelling mysteriously overturned near Behror in Alwar district of Rajasthan on April 16, 2001.

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Kerala-based Islamist outfit PFI’s link emerges in communal violence that erupted in Rajasthan’s Karauli on Hindu New Year: Report

Gopal Tiwari - 15 April, 2022

The Popular front of India calls itself a neo-social movement committed to empowering minorities but its roots are in banned terrorist organization SIMI.

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Did you know: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had forgiven General Reginald Dyer, the perpetrator of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre

OpIndia Staff - 13 April, 2022

On 103rd anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh massacre, time to recall how MK Gandhi had forgiven General Dyer

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On this day, in 1699 Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of Sikhism, initiated the Khalsa. Read more

Anurag - 13 April, 2022

According to the basics of Sikhism, a true Khalsa does not discriminate or see anyone as a demeaned soul. He or she will rise in defence of the oppressed and will do charity to help the needy.

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Did you know: The Congress party and an ex-foreign minister were involved in the Iraqi oil scam, even when not in power

Pallav - 12 April, 2022

The Volcker Committee report cited Kunwar Natwar Singh, former External Affairs Minister, and the Congress Party as "non-contractual beneficiaries" of Iraqi oil sales under the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme scam in 2001.

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