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UP: Dalit families put up ‘House for sale’ posters due to harassment by local Muslims in Aligarh’s Dawoodpur Kota village

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Meanwhile, Aligarh Police personnel have been deployed in the area after a recent incident of clashes between the Hindu Dalit and the Muslim community. The local Dalits have appealed to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to provide them protection.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim occultist abducts minor in Meerut, media calls him ‘Tantrik’

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When the girl left the house, everyone was sleeping. When the family members woke up, they realised that the girl was missing. They waited for some time, thinking she would return. When they inquired about her in the locality, a witness informed the father that he saw the girl leaving with Muslim occult practitioner Rashid.
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News Reports

Cows mutilated, udders removed ahead of Makar Sankranti in Karnataka, BJP slams Jihadi mindset: Read exclusive FIR details

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In a post on X, Vijayendra Yediyurappa, BJP's state secretary, said, "Day by day, the atrocities against Hindu customs, traditions, and people are surpassing all limits. Before the patience of the people is broken, the government led by Chief Minister @siddaramaiah must wake up and act decisively against the forces behind such acts. If not, the public may conclude that those enabling such crimes are elements within the government itself.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Stones pelted on Taptiganga Express carrying Maha Kumbh devotees in Jalgaon

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In a video going viral on social media, one of the passengers highlighted the damage caused by the stone pelting and appealed to railway authorities to ensure better security for trains.
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News Reports

Dubai-based ‘news curator’ spreads misinformation about Maha Kumbh Mela, passes off Hindu festival as ‘BJP event’: Here is the truth

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"The event costs $765 million and is seen as a BJP-backed celebration of Hindu heritage," Mario Nawfal falsely claimed in a tweet. He had quoted Reuters as his source behind the claim.
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News Reports

Mark Zuckerberg permitted Meta to use pirated books to train its AI model, say authors accusing Meta of copyright infringement

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Meta earlier admitted to using Books3, a dataset of 196,000 books, but it did not publicly disclose the direct use of LibGen data.
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News Reports

AAP files complaint against BJP over campaign video, demands action claiming bad road in Delhi shown in the video is actually from Haryana

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AAP filed a complaint against the BJP alleging the circulation of a 'false video' depicting Delhi's roads in poor condition, while the roads shown in the video belong to Faridabad, Haryana.
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Cricket

‘Want to put a bullet in your head’- Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj reveals how he went to Captain Kapil Dev’s home to shoot him...

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Yograj Singh said that his wife (Yuvraj Singh's mother) wanted him to ask Kapil Dev questions for dropping him from the Indian side. In response, Yograj allegedly said, "I would teach this bloody man a lesson."
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News Reports

Dhaka: Bangladesh govt summons Indian High Commissioner, expresses concern over ‘unauthorised fencing of the border’ and alleged killings of Bangladeshi nationals

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Bangladesh is opposing the fencing by the BSF along the Indo-Bangladesh border calling it a violation of a bilateral agreement between the two countries.
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News Reports

Delhi HC rejects plea against refusal of bail to terrorist Mohammad Heydaitullah who took ISIS oath to establish Sharia law in India

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The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea against the refusal of bail to Mohammad Heydaitullah, an alleged ISIS operative
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News Reports

While AAP is accused of worth crores of corruption, Delhi CM Atishi Marlena asks for donations worth 40 lakhs from people

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Delhi CM Atishi Marlena on Sunday launched a crowdfunding campaign for her party ahead of the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections
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News Reports

Bihar: Woman alleges ‘love jihad’, conversion pressure by Sikandar who had lured her away from her husband by pretending to be a Hindu

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A 37-year-old woman from Darbhanga, Bihar says one Sikandar lured her into a relationship claiming to be Hindu, exploited her trust, and pressured her for religious conversion.
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Media

On Joe Rogan Podcast, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims incumbent govt lost in India in 2024, though PM Modi led-alliance registered a historic win...

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Notably, BJP-led NDA alliance won 293 seats, way beyond the majority mark of 272, while opposition INDI Alliance managed to get only 234 seats, way short of the majority number. Perhaps Mark Zuckerberg is unaware of what happened in Indian elections.
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News Reports

Greenland PM Múte Egede to talk to Donald Trump, says the island wants to be independent, not part of Denmark or the USA

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Greenland PM Múte Egede said that he is willing to talk to Donald Trump, adding that people of Greenland wants to become independent from Denmark, not become a part of USA
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News Reports

American magazine attacks Elon Musk for raising the issue of grooming gangs in the UK, resorts to his character assasination to shield Labour Party

Dibakar Dutta -
While accusing Elon Musk of 'amplifying anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim tropes', The New Yorker attempted to pass off the systematic cover-up of grooming gangs in the UK as some form of divine failure.
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News Reports

At least 16 people killed in the California wildfires covering over 35,000 acres of land, Donald Trump says “incompetent pols have no idea how...

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Calling it "one of the worst catastrophes" in the history of the US, Trump lashed out over the inability of authorities to put out the California fires.
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News Reports

AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal summoned by Delhi Police over fake documents linked to Bangladeshis

OpIndia Staff -
In 2024, Shahbad Dairy Police registered a case against AAP MLA Mohinder Goyal for allegedly abusing and obstructing an MCD licensing inspector from performing his duties. The inspector said in his complaint that Goyal threatened him and obstructed the sealing of unauthorised factories during an official property survey in Narela.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Moradabad Police arrest Asif for rape, forced abortion and attempted conversion of Hindu woman

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Asif took the victim to Haridwar and pretended to convert to Hinduism to gain her trust. After this, he allegedly raped her under the pretext of marriage multiple times.
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Politics

Arvind Kejriwal “provoking” and “frightening” slum dwellers: Delhi BJP

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The BJP has even gone as far as calling AAP's governance a threat to Delhi, drawing a parallel to "AAPda" -- a term they say reflects the disruptive impact on the capital under the AAP rule.
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News Reports

UAE blacklists 8 UK-based organisations for ties with Islamic terror outfit ‘Muslim brotherhood’

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According to WAM news, the decision by the UAE is part of its ongoing efforts to dismantle terror financing networks both locally and internationally.
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News Reports

Bangladesh interim government once again downplays communal violence against Hindus and other minorities, claims they were political attacks

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According to Bangladeshi authorities, only 1.59% of the 1,415 investigated incidents of violence against Hindus and other minorities occurred due to communal reasons.
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News Reports

PM Modi to inaugurate Sonamarg Tunnel, a project with great strategic and economic benefits – All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Quoting CM Omar, PM Modi wrote on X, "I am eagerly awaiting my visit to Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir, for the tunnel inauguration. You rightly point out the benefits for tourism and the local economy. Also, loved the aerial pictures and videos!”
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News Reports

All intelligence officials assigned to National Security Council must resign by 12:01 PM on 20 January, says Trump’s incoming NSA Mike Waltz

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump’s incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has said that every intelligence official deputed to the National Security Council will have to resign by 12:01 p.m. eastern time on 20 January
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News Reports

Dhruv Advance Light Helicopters to be grounded till the root cause of coast guard helicopter crash in Porbandar is known

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HAL has decided that all `Dhruv’ Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) will remain grounded till the cause of the crash of the coast guard helicopter in Porbandar is determined
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Political History of India

From fear of nationalist undercurrent to canards of an impending ‘Japanese bombing’: Read the forgotten British suppression of Kumbh festival

Rukma Rathore -
The Britishers claimed that the Japanese could bomb the Kumbh location and prohibited the religious gathering,
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News Reports

‘Let our govt come, will slit your throat’: Azam, Kais, Akif and others attack Hindu youths with weapons in UP’s Sultanpur

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The accused declared that the heads and hair of the victim Hindus will be kept in mosque, per the FIR.
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News Reports

China jails Uyghur Muslim woman, her two sons and a neighbour for “illegal underground religious activity” because she was teaching them Quranic verses

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A 49-year Uyghur Muslim woman in China was reportedly sentenced to 17 years in jail for teaching religious verses to her sons and a neighbour.
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News Reports

‘Fatima Sheikh’ is not the only lie, Indian history is filled with many such fiction like Breast tax, Aryan Invasion, Mughals building temple, Amarnath...

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As Dilip Mandal reveals that Fatima Sheikh was not a real person but a fictional character, a look on many such fictions in Indian history
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News Reports

Rs 2026 crore loss, lapses in policy implementation, kickbacks: Read what CAG report on scrapped Liquor Policy in Delhi says

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The CAG revealed that the policy resulted in a staggering Rs 2,026 crore loss to the public exchequer. Furthermore, the report highlighted significant lapses in policy implementation and stated that it was ultimately the taxpayers who paid the price of the mismanagement, while there are also allegations of kickbacks having benefited Aam Aadmi Party leaders.
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News Reports

Make In India: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurates MSI Laptop manufacturing plant by Syrma SGS in Chennai

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In a groundbreaking development for India’s electronics manufacturing sector, Union Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated Syrma SGS Technology’s state-of-the-art MSI laptop assembly line in Chennai yesterday.
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News Reports

Three-day long celebrations to mark the first anniversary of Pran Prathishta of Ram Lala at Ayodhya begin today

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During worship, 56 types of bhog were offered to Ram Lala which will be distributed among devotees. The entire temple premise is decorated using 50 quintal flowers.
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News Reports

Assam Rifles seizes drugs worth over Rs 9 lakh in Mizoram, 3 arrested

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Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Mizoram Special Narcotics CID, apprehended three individuals and recovered heroin worth Rs 9.51 lakh from them in Aizawl.
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News Reports

UP: Muslim man in Bareilly arrested for threatening to behead CM Yogi Adityanath; had earlier threatened ‘2025 will be the last year for Ram...

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The man, identified as Maizan Raza, had posted hateful comments about Mahakumbh Mela and threatened to behead UP CM Yogi Adityanath.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Three members of ‘Aaj Tak’ journalist’s family hacked to death using axes over property dispute

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Journalist Santosh Topo’s family had an old property dispute going on with his uncle. His uncle attacked his family with axes and sticks.
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News Reports

Indian Railways unveils specifically designed Vande Bharat Express train for cold climate on Katra-Srinagar route

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Union Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw shared a video of the Vande Bharat Express train for the upcoming Katra-Srinagar rail route, connecting Jammu to the Kashmir valley
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News Reports

Gujarat govt resumes eviction in Bet Dwarka: Hundreds of acres of govt land vacated by demolishing illegal structures

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The Gujarat government has once again initiated a bulldozer action in Devbhoomi Dwarka and Bet Dwarka to vacate govt land
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News Reports

How the Madras High Court thwarted the plan of Tamil Nadu govt to build shopping complex with temple funds

Dibakar Dutta -
"Constructing the shopping complex using the funds of the temple certainly does not indicate any propagation of the religious tenets of the institution, i.e., the temple," the Madras High Court ruled.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Hamirpur police book Nooruddin, Meraju Hasan, Khalik, Irfan, and Hanif for attempting to forcefully convert Dalit family to Islam

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The incident came to light when a video went viral on social media where an event was being organised at the house of the victim after establishing a mazar. Hindu organisations took cognisance of the matter immediately and approached the police. Following the complaint by the Hindu organisations, the police swung into action and stopped the event.
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News Reports

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly opts out of leadership race after Justin Trudeau announced retirement, cites tariff threat from Trump

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Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly announced her decision not to run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada
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News Reports

Great heritage of our culture, spirituality: PM Modi extends wishes on Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir 1st anniversary

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"Best wishes to all the countrymen on the first anniversary of the Pran Pratishtha of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. This temple, built after centuries of sacrifice, penance and struggle, is a great heritage of our culture and spirituality," PM Modi said in a post on X.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Thudiyalur Police book BJP functionary for objecting to sale of beef near temple, withdraws case after locals protest

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In a complaint against Subramani, Abhitha claimed, "When we asked him why we were being stopped from selling beef when others in the area were selling fish and chicken dishes, he threatened us. Subramani and his supporters threatened us again on 5th January.”
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Crime

Kerala: Minor sportsperson raped for 2 years by coaches and classmates, Police book 64 people; six arrested so far

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Pathanamthitta Child Welfare Committee chairman Rajeev N said that the victim sportsperson first disclosed the sexual assaults during a school counselling session.
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News Reports

Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha’s 1st anniversary: Ayodhya witnesses massive devotee turnout

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Ayodhya is witnessing a massive influx of devotees as the city celebrates the first anniversary of the 'Pran Pratishtha' ceremony of the Ram Temple.
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Opinions

Anarchy and civil war turns Myanmar into a criminal camp: How Indian and Chinese tourists are trafficked for sex slavery and online scam operations

Rukma Rathore -
Myanmar is progressively being perceived as a daunting destination, especially among Asians. A recent harrowing experience of a Chinese national underscores the grim reality.
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News Reports

President-elect Donald Trump sentenced to unconditional discharge in the hush money case: Read what does it mean

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Donald J. Trump, the President-elect of the United States, has been sentenced to an "unconditional discharge" in the New York hush money case
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News Reports

Maha Kumbh 2025: Juna Akhada constructs massive 4.75 lakh square feet pandal to serve as a central hub for devotees and sadhus

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As preparations intensify for the Maha Kumbh 2025, the Juna Akhada has completed the construction of its massive 4.75 lakh square feet pandal in Prayagraj
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Opinions

Who was Justice Radhabinod Pal: Revered in Japan for his role in the Tokyo Tribunal, but mostly forgotten in India

Shraddha Pandey -
Justice Radhabinod Pal argued in his dissenting judgement that the tribunal was a "sham employment of legal process for the satisfaction of a thirst for revenge".
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News Reports

Adani Group embarks on another spiritual initiative for Maha Kumbh 2025, to distribute 1 crore copies of ‘Aarti Sangrah’ to devotees

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Mr Adani shared a picture of his meeting with Gita Press officials on social media platform X, announcing distribution of 1 crore copies of 'Aarti Sangrah' for Maha Kumbh devotees.
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Culture and History

Female Naga Sadhus to attend Maha Kumbh Mela: Read who they are and what kind of lives they lead

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Female Naga sadhus renounce the material world and lead a life of celibacy and solitude while performing rigorous religious practices.
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Opinions

R Ashwin’s unsolicited comments on Hindi after retirement sparks outrage: Is he carrying a chip on his shoulder against the Team management?

Jinit Jain -
In a recent graduation ceremony in an engineering college in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, R Ashwin stoked a row when he said Hindi is not a national language, but an official language.
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