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Tirupati Temple stampede: 6 devotees dead, TTD says stampede result of overcrowding, will investigate and take ‘serious action’

ANI -
As many as six people lost their lives and several others were injured after a stampede broke out near the Tirupati temple
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News Reports

Aligarh: Civil Court to hear petition claiming that Uparkot Jama Masjid is built over an ancient temple site

OpIndia Staff -
Aligarh civil judge’s court is set to hear a petition filed on Monday claiming the presence of archaeological evidence relating to a Buddhist Stupa, a Jain temple and a Shiv temple inside Uparkot Jama Masjid in Aligarh.
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News Reports

Indore Police bust gang involved in bank fraud, arrest six including 3 employees of a private bank

ANI -
Indore police have busted a gang involved in withdrawing money from customers' current accounts at a private bank by committing account fraud
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News Reports

Meta’s new moderation policies now allow Facebook users to call members of the LGBTQ community ‘mentally ill’

OpIndia Staff -
The latest guidelines from Meta permits Facebook users to refer to members of the LGBTQ community as 'mentally ill' on its platform.
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News Reports

Canada doomed: How World Sikh Organisation, a Khalistani terror group, has say in ongoing liberal party discussions on Justin Trudeau’s replacement

Rukma Rathore -
World Sikh Organisation is playing a major role in Liberal Party electing next PM of Canada after Justin Trudeau announced his resignation
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News Reports

‘Japan will go extinct’: Expert warns that low birthrates will wipe out Japanese population soon, develops a ‘ticking clock’ to display data

OpIndia Staff -
As per recent calculations, around 695 years from now, the country will be left with no people, just a minor aged below 14. The projection, updated annually since April 2012 is part of Professor Yoshida's effort to draw attention to Japan's population crisis.
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News Reports

Kerala court sentences NRI man to double life imprisonment for raping his daughter for 7 months causing pregnancy

OpIndia Staff -
Due to Covid restrictions, the man was kept in a separate room and the responsibility of giving him food and water was given to his eldest daughter who was 13 years old. When his daughter went to give him food, her father raped her.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Why are students of govt medical college in Haridwar protesting? Know why alleged privatisation news has sparked outrage

OpIndia Staff -
The students are against the privatisation of the medical college and are demanding the decision to privatise the college to be rolled back.
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News Reports

‘Not wearing a shirt while visiting temples is Brahminical mindset’: ‘Reformer Mutt’ and Left government in Kerala join hands to attack Hindu faith

श्रवण शुक्ल -
Sachchidananda Swami of Shivgiri Mutt says that tradition of visiting temples without shirt should be abolished, calling it a kind of casteism, Kerala govt agrees
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News Reports

Bombay HC rejects plea by Hindu, Muslim families to quash FIRs against each other, says ‘communal frenzy led to scuffle’

OpIndia Staff -
The court rejected the claim by both families stating they had resolved the issue and intended to stay peacefully. Acknowledging the specific allegations in both FIRs, the bench concluded that the legal process should proceed through trial.
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Opinions

POCSO cases cannot be ‘settled’ on pleas of family honour, and ‘compromise’: How courts have been firm on cases of sexual crimes against children

Rukma Rathore -
The issue of sexual crimes targeting children has impacted the entire world, with India being no exception.
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News Reports

Anna University sexual assault case: House of accused is built on encroached temple land where he lives with 2 wives, reveals probe

OpIndia Staff -
Anna University sexual assault accused Gnansekaran has reportedly constructed a three- story building on the illegally encroached temple land
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News Reports

“Sufficient material to show terror activity”: What Madhya Pradesh HC said rejecting bail of Zakir Naik inspired ISIS terrorist, who formed WhatsApp group to...

Shraddha Pandey -
Madhya Pradesh High Court denied bail to Mohammed Shahid Khan, an Islamic terrorist who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in 2023 when it busted the ISIS Jabalpur module
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World

‘Chasing rumours abroad risks critical alliances with key partners’: US Congressman slams Biden govt’s decision to investigate Adani

OpIndia Staff -
Republican Congressman Lance Gooden penned a sharply worded letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, criticizing the indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani and labelling it a "selective action" that could jeopardize Washington's vital partnership with India. 
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Editor's picks

Land dispute between 2 parties, Yadav man hit with an axe: How a fight between two families is being termed as ‘casteist attack’

OpIndia Staff -
Several reports attempted to give casteist color to the matter as they said that the 'Casteists' crushed the huts of the victims with a tractor and destroyed their crops. However, Yadavs claim that the Sahariya family hit them with an axe.
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Opinions

Why should history be kind to Dr Manmohan Singh – a leader who oversaw many disasters

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Dr Manmohan Singh had said that history would be kind to him - but why should that be when he presided over so many disasters
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Amid ongoing persecution, Hindu youth Sudeb Haldar hacked to death, activists say he was murdered for being Hindu

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu youth Sudeb Halder, son of Subrata Halder of Betora village in Sadar upazila, was found hacked to death in Bangladesh
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News Reports

Allahabad HC dismisses PIL challenging impeachment motion against Justice SK Yadav over his address at VHP event

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Yadav of Allahabad HC had delivered a lecture at a VHP event that underscored the threat posed by Islamic fundamentalists.
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News Reports

Where Guru Dattatreya chanted Vedas, 200 acres of donated land by Mysuru Wodeyars and queen Chennamma, now a Muslim Mujawar and Dargah: All you...

Shraddha Pandey -
CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan were hearing the challenge to the Karnataka HC order, which rejected the State's decision in March 2018 to allow only a Mujawar (Muslim Priest) to execute the rites at the Datta Peeta.
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News Reports

Hostility, betrayal, and a long road to justice – The chilling details of how Chandan Gupta’s family was pressurised during trial

Anurag -
Two of close friends of Chandan Gupta, Anupam Chouhan and Vivek Maheshwari, who the family was counting on as key witnesses, didn’t appear in court at all.
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News Reports

Deceit, sexual extortion, and pressure to embrace Islam: How Armaan sexually exploited a Hindu woman in Gwalior for over 5 years

OpIndia Staff -
The accused's uncle Zahid Khan also forced the Hindu victim to convert and the two even tried to abduct her on motorbike.
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News Reports

How George Soros made a detailed plan to flood Europe with fake asylum seekers: Elon Musk calls radical leftist billionaire a hater of humanity

Dibakar Dutta -
In 2015, George Soros wrote an article for 'Project Syndicate' wherein he suggested a 6-step comprehension plan to settle 'asylum seekers' (read illegal immigrants) in Europe.
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Crime

UP: Gulzar and Salman mowed down two girls with their vehicle in Gorakhpur for opposing molestation, one dead, the other injured

Shraddha Pandey -
In Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, Gulzar and Salman mowed down two cousin sisters with a loader van after they protested against molestation.
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News Reports

How Indian media and ‘liberals’ romanticised UAPA accused: From Campa Cola to mutton, Umar khalid gets celebrity treatment during his one-week bail

Anurag -
So-called comedian Kunal Kamra shared a photo of Umar Khalid and wrote, "Heart knows no concept of time," suggesting that even though they had not met for years, Khalid and Kamra were still friends.
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News Reports

Waqf has claims in Sambhal greater than the total area of the city, Report exposes shocking details

OpIndia Staff -
DM Pensia said that he formed a 3-member committee and got the Waqf documents for property in Sambhal investigated.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Waqf Board lays claim to 70 heritage sites, including Tipu Armoury, ASI building, and govt lands in Srirangapatna

OpIndia Staff -
The Waqf Board has claimed over 70 heritage sites, including Tipu Armoury, ASI building, and Museums, in the historic town of Srirangapatna.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: How Muhammad Yunus is pandering to Sheikh Hasina’s rival BNP, one step at a time

Dibakar Dutta -
BNP, which was shoved into a corner during Sheikh Hasina's tenure, is now strategically gaining ground in Bangladesh with the help of Muhammad Yunus.
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Media

Chhattisgarh journalist murder: How media tried to hide main accused Suresh Chandrakar’s links to Congress

OpIndia Staff -
The mainstream media deliberately failed to mention that the principal accused Suresh Chandrakar is a Congress office bearer in Chhattisgarh.
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News Reports

Home Minister Amit Shah launches BHARATPOL portal, national investigative authorities and state police can now connect to Interpol

ANI -
This portal will streamline all requests for international assistance through Interpol, including the issuance of Red Notices and other color-coded Interpol notices.
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News Reports

Myanmar: As drone attack hits Hindu Temple and leaves 7 dead, read about plight of Hindus targeted by both military junta and Islamists

Rukma Rathore -
Myanmar Hindu Union condemned the attack and requested the international community to take action against the junta.
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News Reports

‘Hindu temples are built over Jain and Buddhist shrines’: Dushyant Dave quotes dubious self-proclaimed historian to target Hindus

Anurag -
Dushyant Dave remarked, “I have no doubt that every Islamic monument perhaps was built on a Hindu temple, but then every Hindu temple was built on a Jain temple or a Buddhist temple, as Devdutt Patnaik rightly points out."
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News Reports

Supreme Court upholds life sentence for 5 CPIM goons for murdering RSS workers in 2002: Here is how the case unfolded

OpIndia Staff -
In 2006, a trial court convicted 14 CPM members and sentenced them to life in prison for the killings. However, in 2011, the Kerala high court affirmed the conviction of five men, acquitted eight others, and noted the death of one accused Dinesan.
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News Reports

Chandan Gupta murder: NIA Court slams Teesta Setalvad’s NGO and 6 others for involvement in ‘communal cases’, seeks probe into their funding and motives

Anurag -
The Kasganj murder case verdict criticised Teesta Setalvad-led NGO's activities for biased narratives and undue influence, urging investigations into funding and their impact on judicial integrity.
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News Reports

‘Took girls from children’s homes, threw them into prostitution’: Details of the first case of grooming by UK Muslim gangs 34 years ago

OpIndia Staff -
These ‘grooming’ crimes continue to haunt the United Kingdom as the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) reported in 2023 that there has been an 82% increase in online grooming offenses against youngsters over the past five years.
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News Reports

Mukesh Chandrakar murder: Accused Suresh Chandrakar served as the VP of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress SC Cell and election observer, see his pictures with leaders

OpIndia Staff -
Suresh Chandrakar was arrested from Hyderabad in connection with the murder of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar.
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News Reports

Beware of fake websites offering Maha Kumbh tour deals, UP Government issues advisory; here is how to book safely via official website

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, Bollywood actor Sanjay Mishra, cautions pilgrims to avoid fake websites and links during Maha Kumbh. He promotes booking accommodations using the government website, kumbh.gov.in.
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World

British PM Keir Starmer says demanding an inquiry into Pakistani rape gangs is a ‘Far Right’ position

OpIndia Staff -
UK PM Keir Starmer is facing ire over the British government's leniency in handling Pakistani grooming gangs.
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Satire

Dargah at Rotherham in UK to be built to fight bad press around ‘grooming gangs’

Rahul Roushan -
The community is reportedly sending a committee to India next week to study the Ajmer model. Another committee is reportedly meeting a historian named Audrey Truschke to suggest name of a Sufi saint whose dargah can be built at Rotherham.
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News Reports

‘Getting raped is a test from Allah’: Old video of Zakir Naik engaging in victim blaming goes viral, says ‘violation of Sharia’, ‘provocative dress’...

OpIndia Staff -
Zakir Naik stated that a girl failing to dress in accordance with Sharia Law should be considered responsible for her rape.
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News Reports

Sam Pitroda, who has links to US Deep State, defends anti-India George Soros: Rahul Gandhi’s rhetoric mimicking that of Soros, his anti-India acitvity, and...

Shraddha Pandey -
Apparently, Sam Pitroda wants India to let Soros continue funding anti-India activities and furthering anti-India narratives unchecked in addition to undermining the rule of the democratically elected Modi government.
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Political History of India

1954 Kumbh, 1000+ deaths, and PM Nehru: How the tragedy was downplayed as the ‘death of a few beggars’. An eyewitness account of the...

Siddhi Somani -
By the memoir of NN Mukherjee, is it evident that the Congress government back then whether the Jawaharlal Nehru government at the center or the Pant-led state government in Uttar Pradesh did everything in their power to suppress evidence of the stampede by burning the mortal remains of the victims.
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News Reports

‘Heart ripped out, neck broken, 15 head fractures: How body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was mutilated for exposing corruption of Congress leader

OpIndia Staff -
The doctors conceded that they had not seen such brutality in their 12-year careers.
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Politics

While Delhi waited for oxygen during COVID, Arvind Kejriwal was building his Sheesh Mahal: BJP’s Shehzad Poonawalla

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Poonawalla's remarks follow an audit report from the Comptroller and Auditor General, Girish Chandra Murmu, which revealed that the total cost of renovating the Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal's residence, referred to as the 'Sheesh Mahal,' was Rs 33.66 crore.
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News Reports

Ministry of Health confirms two cases of HMPV infection: What is HMPV, its symptoms and why there is no cause for alarm

OpIndia Staff -
Amid concerns of HMPV outbreak in China, Dr Atul Goel, Director-General of Health Services, said that there is no need to panic and advised people to follow basic hygiene practices.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Iman abducts a minor Hindu girl and converts her to Islam, father files a police complaint for love jihad and forced conversion

OpIndia Staff -
The victim's father complained that the Laur police station in-charge humiliated him and ordered him to leave.
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Bihar: Hindu woman from Bangladesh gets Indian citizenship under CAA after 40 years struggle

OpIndia Staff -
Since returning from Bangladesh, Sumitra had been trying to get Indian citizenship. She used to visit visa offices every year. Sumitra says that many people in her neighbourhood in Bihar often advised her to go back to Bangladesh
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World

Canada: Designated terror group Hizb-ut-Tahrir announces ‘Khilafah’ conference in Mississauga, mayor says radical Islam conference not welcome

OpIndia Staff -
Hizb ut-Tahrir had planned a conference in Mississauga in 2024 as well but it was cancelled a day after United Kingdom listed it as a designated terrorist organisation. At that time, the website, that was active since 2012, YouTube channel, Facebook, Instagram and X accounts of the group were deleted or deactivated.
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News Reports

HMPV neither new nor deadly. Read why there is no need to panic

OpIndia Staff -
On Saturday (4th January), noted surgeon Amit Thadhani attempted to pacify the public, worried about the 'new virus' from China. He informed that HMPV has been in India for decades.
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News Reports

Palestinians vandalise transit centre, set fires after Malaysia took in 127 of them on ‘humanitarian grounds’ for medical treatment

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, the Palestinians have been frustrated since October 2024 after Malaysian authorities placed them in the transit centre and restricted their movement.
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News Reports

Goa Shipyard launches two indigenously designed and constructed Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard

ANI -
Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on Sunday concurrently launched two indigenously designed and constructed Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) Amulya and Akshay for the Indian Coast Guard.
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