News Reports

News reports about current affairs encompassing various topics, fields, and entities.

Crime

‘Kashmir Pages’ on Instagram to radicalise and recruit terrorists, TTP links and more: Bengaluru NIA court sentences Hamraz Worshid Shaikh to 7 years RI

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2026

A special Bengaluru court convicted Maharashtra resident Hamraz Worshid Shaikh after he pleaded guilty to recruiting vulnerable Indian youth for banned terror outfits Taliban and TTP to wage war against India.

Indian diplomat found dead inside the Indian High Commission premises in Bangladesh, post-mortem awaited: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2026

Confirming the incident, Chattogram police spokesperson Aminur Rashid told reporters, “We have been told he was Naren Dhar and serving as the assistant protocol officer at the mission.”

Crime

Lalitpur, UP: Fraud marriage gang nabbed, ‘brides’ used to mix sedatives in food and flee with cash and jewellery

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2026

In Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, Police have arrested an eight-member gang involved in a marriage fraud racket. The gang of five women and three men...

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Is WhatsApp down? Web crashes worldwide, desktop app redirects users to Facebook login

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2026

Several users raised concerns on X, Reddit and other platforms after WhatsApp Web and Desktop behaved unusually, with some saying that even Facebook login redirected them to Facebook pages, not WhatsApp chats.

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Twisha Sharma death case: Family alleges dowry harassment, abuse; lawyer husband on the run, retired judge mother-in-law named co-accused

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2026

The allegations of Twisha's family led to the filing of a case against her mother-in-law and husband who is currently absconding.

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Norway’s Aftenposten depicts PM Modi as snake charmer: How racist colonial stereotypes still shape sections of Western media

Jinit Jain - 19 May, 2026

From “snake charmers” to “elite space clubs,” sections of Western media continue recycling colonial-era racist stereotypes of India, revealing not merely prejudice, but an unease with the rise of a nation increasingly reshaping the global order.