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Sambhal violence: Police raids SP MP Zia ur Rehman Barq’s locality, guns recovered from Mahbar and Tajwar’s house, smack recovered from Mulla Asif’s house

OpIndia Staff -
In Sambhal, 13 houses were thoroughly searched and of these, 93 packets of smack were recovered from the house of Mulla Asif. Meanwhile, 315 bore pistols were recovered from the houses of Tajwar and Mahbar.
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News Reports

J&K CM Omar Abdullah says the ‘Darbar Move’ practice of shifting capital to Jammu during winters will be restored

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday reiterated that the now-defunct Darbar Move would be restored.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: 8-year-old girl dies in Church after 40-days of ‘miraculous healing’ for brain tumour

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Unable to afford surgery for brain tumour, parents of 8-year-old Bhagyashree took her to a church for miracle healing, but she died 40 days after praying and fasting
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News Reports

Jammu: UNHCR team meets Rohingya Muslims amid heated debate over water and power supply, CM Abdullah says either deport them or provide amenities

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As UNHCR team visits Rohingya camp in Jammu, CM Omar Abdullah said that the centre should make a decision on the fate of the infiltrators
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Opinions

After Maharashtra poll debacle, Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut calls for Syria-like coup in India

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In an interview with The Wire, Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut insinuated Syria-like violent coup in India to depose the Modi government.
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Crime

Bareilly court awards 20 years imprisonment to Fareen Ahmed for raping 7-year-old girl by claiming to be a Kinnar

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Fareen Ahmed raped a 7-year-old girl by claiming to be a Kinnar, but a court-ordered gender test showed that he is male
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News Reports

Punjab and Haryana HC awards Rs 2 lakh compensation to man falsely booked under Narcotics Act for carrying paracetamol tablets

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has awarded Rs 2 lakh compensation for wrongful arrest under the NDPS Act, condemning police high-handedness.
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News Reports

Section 498A being misused to force husband to fulfil unreasonable demands, for personal vendetta: Supreme Court

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During the hearing of a case, the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh noted that while some laws were originally meant to protect women against domestic violence and harassment, it is being widely misused by some women to compel husbands and their family into complying their unreasonable demands.
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News Reports

Over 300 vials of deadly virus samples go missing from a lab in Australia in major biosecurity breach, probe launched

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Around 323 vials of multiple infectious viruses consisting of the Hendra virus, Lyssavirus, and Hantavirus have gone missing from Queensland’s Public Health Virology Laboratory.
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News Reports

UP: Christian conversion racket busted in Amethi, three arrested for targeting Dalits with financial inducements to convert to Christianity

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According to the FIR registered at the Ramganj Police Station based on a Hindu man named Govind’s complaint, Om Prakash, Ramlal Kori and Sandeep Kori used to visit the Agresar village and lure Hindu Dalits to convert to Christianity by offering them money and other benefits.
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News Reports

Another digital arrest scam: Hyderabad family loses Rs 5.5 crore, kept under 24-hour digital surveillance for 17 days by fraudsters

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The scammers claimed that the woman’s Aadhaar-linked phone number was implicated in money laundering and drug cases.
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News Reports

UP: Meerut Police busts Christian conversion racket, Vineet Pastor and his family arrested, Hindu-turned-Christian accused was earning lakhs from the racket

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UP police uncovered a massive Christian conversion racket in Meerut and rescued nearly 50 Hindus from a ‘medical camp cum prayer meeting’
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News Reports

Love Jihad: Mohammad Arif in Barabanki and Shahbaz in Damoh lure Hindu girls away; one girl recovered from Delhi, another still missing

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Two love jihad cases: Shahbaz abducted a Hindu minor in MP, while Arif allegedly lured an 18-year-old Hindu girl in UP. Both accused absconding; investigations ongoing.
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News Reports

Bangladesh finally admits to atrocities against Hindus, says 88 cases filed for violence against minorities, 70 arrested since fall of Hasina govt

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"A total of 88 cases have been filed in incidents related to minorities from August 5 to October 2. The number of cases and arrests is likely to increase as new incidents of violence have also been reported in (northeastern Sunamganj, (central) Gazipur, and other areas," the interim government told the reporters.
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News Reports

India has been denying visas to Khalistanis from Canada unless they denounce their support for terrorism: Here is what Canadian media found and how...

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In 2016, pro-Khalistani Canadian and former president of Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, Bikramjit Singh Sandhar, applied for a visa for India. The application was denied on the grounds of statements he made about Khalistan while serving as the president of the Gurdwara. He would have got visa if he had signed a letter renouncing Khalistan.
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News Reports

Bengaluru techie suicide case: Karnataka Police file FIR against wife, her mother, brother and uncle for abetment and criminal liability

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An FIR has been filed against 4 people in connection with the suicide of a 34-year-old deputy general manager of a private firm, Atul Subhash, who died by suicide, accusing his wife, her family members, and a judge of harassment, extortion, and corruption.
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News Reports

Prof Shamika Ravi, member of EAC-PM, slams Congress leader Pawan Khera for spreading fake news about her receiving money from Soros

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Debunking Pawan Khera's lies, Prof Shamika Ravi said no grant came directly to faculty member when she was assistant professor at the Open Society funded ISB.
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News Reports

French media outlet Mediapart upset with BJP for using their report, calls excerpts from their own report ‘Fake News’

OpIndia Staff -
The ruling party in India, BJP, shared parts of the Mediapart report, highlighting the collusion between OCCRP, US government officials, and the Indian opposition. However, BJP sharing parts of their report hasn't gone down well with Mediapart.
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News Reports

‘Durgadi fort not Waqf property’: Kalyan Court rejects claims of a mosque inside the fort, says it houses a Durga temple

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For several years, the Islamist group had been claiming that the historical fort having significance since the times of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj housed a Masjid which was 'erroneously' being claimed as a Hindu temple. The Islamists also stated that the fort was a Waqf property and that it belonged to the Waqf Board.
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News Reports

Tahir Hussain joins AIMIM, to contest from Mustafabad in Delhi- Read how main accused in Ankit Sharma murder case wanted to “teach kafirs a...

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Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM has fielded riot-accused and former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain as their candidate from Mustafabad for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
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World

Couple behind LGBTQ+ media outlet PinkNews accused of sexual misconduct

OpIndia Staff -
Dr James kissed and touched a junior colleague who was drunk after a work event, according to witnesses, and Cohen invited a staff member to come "back to his" and smacked another on the bottom at a Christmas party. It has also been reported that female members of staff were urged to act as surrogates for the couple.
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News Reports

SC seeks a report on Justice Yadav’s statements at a VHP event after he sounded alarm about dangers posed by ‘Kathmullahs’ in the country

OpIndia Staff -
Allahabad HC has been asked to provide specifics and facts by the highest administrative court.
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News Reports

Bangladesh Supreme Court stays verdict declaring ‘Joy Bangla’ as national slogan

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Now on 10th December, Chief Justice Syed Rifat Ahmed and others decided that 'Joy Bangla' could no longer be deemed the national slogan backing the government's viewpoint.
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News Reports

Aadhaar card for Rs 500, passport, and land deal: How a Rohingya intruder lived undetected in India for over a decade

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Amin Khan, a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar, crossed over into India in 2012 and secured fake identity cards that aided his unhindered stay in India.
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News Reports

The curious case of Prahlad Iyengar: From Janeu-dhari boy to radical pro-Palestinian activist who got suspended from MIT

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Prahlad used two posters featuring the logo of the terrorist outfit Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and also used a post of calling for “Infitada everywhere”. Pertinent to note that Intifada is Palestine’s armed action (involving terrorist acts as well) against Israel. The first poster that was featured in the begining read, "We will burn the ground beneat your feet". The poster featured a PFLP terrorist with a weapon.
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News Reports

Who is Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old arrested in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder? What we know so far

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Luigi Mangione was nabbed at a McDonald’s outlet in Pennsylvania with gun, cash and bogus IDs.
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News Reports

Judge laughed, wife asked why aren’t you dead yet? Techie Atul Subhash’s suicide note goes viral, wife and her family accused of false case...

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In the video, Atul Subhash said that shortly after the marriage, his wife returned to Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh from Bengaluru and filed dowry harassment and domestic violence cases against Subhash and his parents.
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News Reports

Karan Adani, MD of Adani Ports, announces Rs 7.5 lakh cr investment plan for Rajasthan at Rising Rajasthan Global Summit

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Karan Adani, Managing Director of Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd, unveiled an ambitious Rs7.5 lakh crore investment plan for Rajasthan at the Rising Rajasthan Global Summit held on Monday at the Jaipur Exhibition and Convention Centre (JECC) in Sitapura.
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News Reports

UP: Bulldozer action against Noori Jama Masjid in Fatehpur over encroachment, mosque committee cries foul

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The PWD department issued a notice to the Masjid Committee and gave them one month to remove the illicit part of the mosque.
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World

Syria: 250 Israeli strikes hit military targets as ‘rebels’ seize control of country, US and Turkey also target “strategic weapons”; Details

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These operations extended beyond Damascus with strikes in Daraa and Suwayda Governorates in southern Syria.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Trainee Christian nun at St.Joseph Convent Hostel delivers child, kills by throwing newborn out of window

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DSP Shravan Kumar who is looking into the case interrogated the hostel administrators. They said that the girl was under training to become a nun at the convent institution. However, she ended up involved with a trainee Christian Father.
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Crime

Gujarat: Health workers Shehzad Ajmeri and Zahir Solanki sterilized unmarried Hindu man after forcing him to drink alcohol to achieve their ‘target’

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Reports say that health worker Shehzad Ajmeri lured 31-year-old unmarried Govind Dhantari, a resident of Navi Shedhavi village in Mehsana, with the promise of a job.
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UP: Cow smuggler Umar dressed as Hindu sadhu, wearing saffron and holding Trishul, UP police arrest gang of 7

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Barabanki Additional Superintendent of Police South, Dr Akhilesh Narayan Singh commented on the matter and said that two illegal pistols, two used cartridges and three live cartridges were recovered from the possession of injured smugglers Sarwar and Gufran.
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News Reports

Telangana High Court strips former BRS MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh of Indian citizenship, imposes fine of Rs 30 lakh

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The Telangana High Court stripped former BRS MLA Chennamaneni Ramesh of Indian citizenship, declared him a German citizen, and imposed a Rs 30 lakh fine for concealing his status.
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Chhattisgarh: Man commits suicide after accusing wife and in-laws of forcing to convert to Christianity

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A social media post purportedly published by the deceased victim Linesh Sahu stated that his wife Karuna and his in-laws were harassing and pressuring him to undergo religious conversion to Christianity.
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India Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri raises concerns over attack on Hindus during his meeting with Bangladesh FS

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India strongly raises concerns about the attack on Hindus in Bangladesh during India foreign secretary meeting with his counterpart
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Police downplay Islamist attack against Lord Ayyappa devotees in Rayachoti? How hate crimes against Hindus are swept under the carpet

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The police warned of strict action if anyone was found posting information on social media to flare up the situation.
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Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: AIMIM-linked Afsar, Salim assault Hindu women and claim ownership of their farmland, video goes viral

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The incident happened on 8th December when the Hindu women were working with lentil crops on their farmland. The accused persons with their claimed wives arrived in the fields and began abusing the Hindu women claiming that the land on which the women were working belonged to them.
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News Reports

250 protected monuments registered as ‘Waqf properties’, ASI to approach JPC seeking reinstatement of its control

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Furthermore, the ASI is likely to inform the JPC about the difficulties this causes in the maintenance and conservation measures of the ASI-protected but Waqf-controlled sites.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: 500 Bangladeshi infiltrators from Bastar, 350 from Kawardha sent back, HM vows to deport illegal immigrants

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Chhattisgarh Home Minister Vijay Sharma pointed out that around 500 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants have already been deported from Bastar and 350 have been removed from Kawardha.
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News Reports

‘Kathmullas dangerous for the country’: Allahabad HC judge highlights dangers facing the nation

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In his speech, Justice Yadav said Kathmullas are dangerous for the country. He was speaking on the topic Uniform Civil Code: A Constitutional Necessity.
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Crime

Human trafficking gang kingpin Kamran Haider arrested from Hyderabad after 2,500 KM chase, used to commit cyber crimes for Chinese firms

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The Indians were pressurized to work under inhumane conditions after promising them jobs in Thailand and Laos by Human trafficking kingpin Kamran Haider who has been arrested from Hyderabad.
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News Reports

Nashik: Mizan, Sharik, 3 others brutally assault Hindus for commemorating ‘Shaurya Divas’ on Instagram

Siddhi Somani -
The accused persons have been booked by the police under sections 109, 118(1), 115(2), 352, 351(3), 126(2), 189(2), 191(2), 191(3) and 190 of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita, 2024 and section 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST Act. No arrests in the case have yet been made.
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Opinions

Justice Shekhar Yadav’s comments on Hindus, Ayodhya and more: The hypocrisy of ‘liberal’ reaction and how they supported a Parsi priest calling Hindus tyrants

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The same left-liberal cabal crying foul over Justice Yadav’s remarks lauded former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Nariman for his sharp critique of the 2019 Ayodhya verdict, delivered just days before the VHP event.
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Editor's picks

‘We will go to jail but not back’: Bangladeshi Hindu family detained in Tripura narrate their horrifying ordeal, sent to judicial custody

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The Bangladeshi Hindus have been enduring relentless violence and threats by the jihadis backed by the interim government.
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News Reports

Churches in Nagaland oppose rice beer at traditional Hornbill festival of Naga people: All you need to know

जयन्ती मिश्रा -
The Hornbill festival not only is an expression of Nagaland's distinct culture, but also allows people to learn about the customs, food, songs, and dances of Nagaland's diverse tribes.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Mamun, Sakirul, and Mustakin die in an explosion while making bombs in Murshidabad

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The country made bombs were being manufactured at the residence of Mamun Molla in Khairtala in Murshidabad.
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Government and Policy

PM Modi to launch LIC Bima Sakhi Yojana in Haryana; Here’s all you need to know about the program that aims to empower women

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The women interested in Bima Sakhi scheme will be given specialized training and a monetary stipend for the first three years to encourage financial literacy and insurance awareness.
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News Reports

Christian politicians urge Christians to support Muslims in their opposition to Waqf Bill, even after Waqf continues to claim church land, houses of Christian...

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While the Christian MPs are extending support to the Muslim community to oppose the Waqf Bill, the Waqf Board has often been laying claims over churches and religious places of other faiths.
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News Reports

Kerala nurses in Kuwait defraud Gulf Bank of Rs 700 crore, multiple FIRs registered

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After the Gulf Bank learnt that legal proceedings could be initiated in India in this matter, complaints were lodged and Kerala Police swung into action.
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