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Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav attacks judiciary over Ajmer Dargah case, says “small small” Judges want to burn the nation

OpIndia Staff -
On Sambhal violence, he said, "The Administration is one hundred per cent guilty in Sambhal incident. The day a neutral investigation is conducted, many senior officials will go to jail." Today again I have given notice in the House on the Sambhal issue."
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News Reports

NIA extradites Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Salman Rehman Khan from Rwanda, is accused of providing funds and weapons to terror modules in Bengaluru

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In a major development in the Bengaluru Prisons terror conspiracy case, the NIA successfully extradited Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Salman Rehman Khan from Rwanda.
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News Reports

Kerala government extends Vizhinjam Port agreement with Adani Group for additional five years, India’s first deepwater port to be commissioned by December

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The Kerala government has extended its agreement with Adani Vizhinjam Port for an additional five years
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News Reports

Rajat Sharma wants to stop temple-mosque disputes by asking Hindus to stop looking for their destroyed heritage under mosques: Here’s how he is wrong

Shraddha Pandey -
Incidentally, while Sharma is lamenting the death of four mobsters, the father of one of the deceased wants to shoot the policeman who allegedly shot his son, even as the police have confirmed that they only used rubber bullets and the mobsters was not injured in police firing but by bullet from illegal guns.
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News Reports

Indian navy tests 3,500 kilometre range nuclear capable ballistic missile from INS Arighaat

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The INS Arighaat, which was commissioned into the Indian Navy in August, conducted its first test of the K-4 ballistic missile.
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News Reports

Jharkhand horror: Butcher strangles live-in girlfriend and chops her body into 50 pieces after marrying another woman, arrested

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The accused Naresh Bhengra from Jharkhand worked in a butcher shop in Tamil Nadu, where he was an expert at slicing chicken.
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News Reports

Varanasi, UP: Sunni Central Waqf Board stakes claims to 115-year-old Udai Pratap College, students, authorities object

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The UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, Lucknow has claimed that the land of 115-year-old Varanasi-based Udai Pratap College (UP College) is a Waqf property.
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav joins Islamists to legitimise violence by Jihadi mob in Sambhal, paints a target on Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain: The ‘Jai Shri Ram’...

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While the Islamists and their political and propaganda allies are blaming Vishnu Shankar Jain, Jai Shree Ram slogans and even the court which ordered the survey for the violence in Sambhal, their lies fall flat as the viral video is not recorded when the survey arrived at the disputed mosque.
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News Reports

US issues warning to its personnel in Pakistan, says there is a threat to Serena Hotel in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa unsafe

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"Based on security information received by the U.S. Mission to Pakistan, U.S. Mission personnel have been instructed to avoid the Serena Hotel Peshawar located on the Khyber Road, Peshawar Golf Club, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan during the period from now through December 16, 2024", the statement from the U.S. Mission read.
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News Reports

Railway minister writes to Kerala CM saying projects worth ₹12,350 crore are stalled in the state due to land acquisition delays

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Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has written to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, highlighting delays in land acquisition for major railway projects in the state.
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News Reports

Sambhal violence: 50 cartridges, 29 tear gas shells looted from police, Muslim mob planned to kill cop; read shocking details in FIR

राहुल पाण्डेय -
FIR lodged by a sub-inspector in the Sambhal violence states that 40-50 people from the crowd instigated the rioters to kill the cops
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Court accepts petition claiming that Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Hindu temple, summons Dargah committee, ASI and govt

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A court in Rajasthan Ajmer has agreed to hear a petition claiming that Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Hindu temple
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News Reports

‘ISKCON a religious fundamentalist group’: Bangladesh govt to HC amidst ongoing persecution of Hindus, had earlier released Al-Qaeda inspired terror outfit chief

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In an affidavit submitted in the Bangladesh HC, the Yunus-government referred to ISKCON as a 'religious fundamentalist group'.
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News Reports

Sambhal violence: Muslim women were tasked with protecting rioters, neutralising police, pelting stones and bottles; arrested Ruqaiya, Farmana, Nazrana reveal shocking details

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The Uttar Pradesh government declared that the rioters would have to pay for the damage to property.
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News Reports

Converting to Hinduism only to avail reservation without belief is fraud on Constitution, Hindus who convert to Christianity lose their castes: Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court declares conversions for reservation benefits without genuine belief as "fraud on the Constitution," upholding the integrity of reservation policies in India.
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News Reports

Lucknow: Amir hides his identity to trap a minor girl into a ‘love affair’, abducts and rapes her; arrested

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As per the complaint filed by the family of the victim, the accused hid his original identity from the girl and kept watch on her while on her way to school. He then trapped the girl in a 'love affair' and forced her to be with him.
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News Reports

Kota: Christian group induces a deaf-mute Hindu girl for conversion by promising her healing; the victim’s family rescues her from a Delhi-bound train

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The victim’s family said that Surabhi is brainwashed to such an extent that despite many efforts, she does not go to Hindu temples and remains in touch with Jehovah’s Witnesses group.
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News Reports

You have voted for the lotus flower, will evict you from the village, kill you: Muslim hooliganism begins after I.N.D.I. Alliance wins in Jharkhand

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JMM workers attacked the residence of a Muslim BJP supporter in Madhupur in Jharkhand after the election results
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News Reports

‘Incorrect and reckless reporting’: Adani Group refutes allegations against Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, says no charges for FCPA violation

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In a filing with the stock exchanges on Wednesday (27th November), Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) cited the news reporting on the alleged bribery and corruption charges against Adani Officials as 'Incorrect'.
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News Reports

Delhi HC criticizes AAP govt’s health infrastructure saying it is insufficient and not functioning properly, renotifies PIL seeking to implement Ayushman Bharat

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Delhi HC renotified hearing on a PIL seeking directions to implement the AB-PMJAY in the National Capital Territory of Delhi
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News Reports

‘Only Hindus can be appointed as staff in colleges, schools run with funds from Hindu temples’: Madras HC dismisses writ petition filed by a...

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The court determined that Article 16(1) and 16(2) of the Constitution do not apply to the institution.
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News Reports

Amid ‘Allah-hu-Akhbar’ slogans, Islamists at anti-Waqf AIMPLB meeting call for ‘civil war’, Maulanas ask Muslims to hit streets against the government

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Muslim leaders claimed that the Modi government is eyeing to grab the properties of Muslim by passing the Waqf Bill in the Parliament
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News Reports

Sambhal violence: Gulbuddin Hikmatyar, Sultan Arif, and others attacked police, snatched weapons, damaged CCTV, torched vehicles. Read what the FIR says

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Sambhal violence left over 20 police injured as a mob, including Gulbuddin Hikmatyar and Sultan Arif, attacked with stones and rods.
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News Reports

Even as Islamist mobs burn Hindu temples, give calls for violence against ISKCON, Bangladesh govt ‘refutes’ India’s statement on ant-Hindu violence

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“It is with utter dismay and deep sense of hurt that the Government of Bangladesh notes that the arrest of Sri Chinmoy Krishna Das has been misconstrued by certain quarters since Sri Chinmoy Krishna Das has been arrested on specific charges", the statement reads.
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News Reports

Sambhal violence: SP MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq named as prime accused along with 700–800 mobsters. Read FIR details

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In Sambhal violence, MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq is named as prime accused for inciting a mob of 700–800. Police injured, property damaged, and four mobsters killed.
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News Reports

The Wire publishes fake news claiming voter discrepancy in the 2024 Maharashtra elections, state Chief Electoral Officer exposes its falsehoods

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CEO Maharashtra emphasized that the fake news spread by The Wire could lend credence to erroneous and malicious narratives undermining the Maharashtra elections.
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Editor's picks

As Walmart rolls back DEI policies, here’s how a recent research reveals DEI training perpetuates bias against Brahmins, Muslim victimhood and racism

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Contrary to the supposed purpose of DEI to foster an environment of more inclusive, respectable and equitable towards diverse communities, DEI training programs are instilling racist and hateful thoughts in the minds of the trainees.
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News Reports

Take Muslim girl on a date, but with Abba, Ammi, or brother in tow: All about the ‘halal Muslim dating’ at Mumbai’s Islamic carnival

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While social media users expressed dismay over halal dating, according to the Islam QA website, having a girlfriend or a boyfriend is "haram" in Islam. The website reads, "It is haram for a man to have a girlfriend, and it is haram for a woman to have a boyfriend. The evil consequences and misery caused by such relationships are obvious to anyone who observes real life. For more, see the detailed answer."
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News Reports

‘When you lose, EVMs are tampered; when you win, EVMs are not tampered’: SC junks PIL demanding a return to ballot paper voting

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The Supreme Court dismissed Dr KA Paul’s PIL seeking a return to ballot paper voting, refuting claims of EVM tampering and questioning the petitioner’s motives.
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News Reports

Police seizes 1,85,000 kg cow meat marked as ‘Buffalo meat’ and ‘Hoor’ brand in Noida, BJP MLA says 8000 cows slaughtered in West Bengal

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The cow meat was stored in a cold storage unit and was meant to supplied in Delhi-NCR and Uttarakhand.
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Indian govt expresses concern on arrest of ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, asks Bangladesh to ensure safety and rights of Hindu minorities

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Chinmoy Krishna Das who was arrested on Monday was on Tuesday produced before a Chittagong court that reused to entertain his bail plea and sent him to custody.
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‘Judiciary not here to play opposition’s role’: Ex-CJI DY Chandrachud takes a subtle dig at Rahul Gandhi, says judiciary’s responsibility to scrutinise laws

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DY Chandrachud asserted that the judiciary should not be expected to act as the opposition by people.
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News Reports

Who is Zia Ur Rahman Barq, the Samajwadi Party MP booked for instigating violence in Sambhal during the court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid

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Sambhal MP Zia ur Rahman Barq is accused of inciting violence during a court-ordered survey at Jama Masjid. FIR names him and others in the unrest.
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Maharashtra: Maulana Sajjad Nomani, who had appealed to Muslims to vote for MVA, issues apology after Mahayuti storms to power

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Sajjad Nomani had hoped that the Modi government would be destabilized if the BJP lost Maharashtra.
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Crime

Sambhal violence: Stones found on rooftops in Muzaffarnagar, UP Police on high alert, issues warnings in multiple districts

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Following violance in Sambhal, UP Police is on high alert in several districts and conducting surveillance using drones. Piles of stones were found in Muzaffarnagar and Firozabad that were removed by the police and warnings were issued against such practices.
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Crime

UP: Muslims in Etah claim Hindu family’s ancestral land as Waqf property, a mob coming from Dargah attacks Hindu family, Farhan and Rafiq arrested

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Some of the attackers also demolished the boundary wall built by Sunil. The number of attackers arriving from the direction of the nearby Dargah is said to be around 150
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Editor's picks

Union Cabinet clears One Nation One Subscription scheme, scholarly research articles and journals to become acessible nationwide through a single platform

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An official release said that a total of about Rs.6,000 crore has been allocated for One Nation One Subscription for three calendar years, 2025, 2026 and 2027 as a new Central Sector Scheme.
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World

Tensions grip Bangladesh after the arrest of prominent Hindu leader and ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das who led protests for minority rights

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The arrest comes in the wake of protests by the Hindu community in Rangpur, approximately 300 kilometres north of Dhaka, calling for stronger legal safeguards and the establishment of a dedicated ministry for minority affairs.
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News Reports

SC quashes preferential land allotments for MPs, MLAs, judges, and journalists in Hyderabad, says it promotes inequality

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SC also set aside the subsequent GoMs issued in 2008 allotting the lands within the limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to these classes.
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UP govt gears up for Mahakumbh 2025 with 3-tier security and comprehensive pilgrim facilities

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Advanced security measures have also been put in place from Saraswati Ghat to Sangam Ghat, including deep barricading and extensive safety nets, which are nearing completion.
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Politics

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena (UBT) elect Aaditya Thackeray as legislature party leader after the massive loss in assembly elections

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Sharing details of the meeting Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Arvind Sawant said that Aaditya Thackeray has been elected as the chief of both the houses (legislative assembly and legislative council).
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Improvised weapons, illegal guns, and an Islamist mob ready to attack: What the probe reveals about Sambhal violence in UP

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Sambhal DM Dr Rajendra Anjaneya said that weapons have been recovered during the police investigation. A knife has been found which can be used from both sides.
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SC dismisses pleas challenging words ‘socialist,’ ‘secular’ in the preamble, upholds parliament’s incontrovertible authority to amend the constitution

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Socialist, secular and integrity were inserted into the Preamble during the emergency through the 42nd Amendment.
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Floods, barricades and Google Maps: As car with 3 young men falls off a damaged bridge in UP, read what went wrong

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The trio was travelling to attend a wedding in Faridpur on Sunday. Earlier, they had attended a family function in Budaun on Saturday night and took the Budaun-Faridpur route instead of the usual Moradabad-Bareilly route and relied completely on Google Maps.
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‘Too little, too distant, disappointed’: India rejects $300 billion climate finance at COP29. Read about the ‘paltry’ deal and the hypocrisy of the West

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The new $300 billion package annually by 2035 replaced the $100 billion pledge made in 2009.
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Opinions

‘Sanghi courts, liars’: TheWire’s Arfa Khanum Sherwani slanders courts and misinterprets Places of Worship Act over court ordering survey of Sambhal Jama Masjid

Shraddha Pandey -
Not only Arfa Khanum Sherwani but the entire left-liberal ecosystem has long been thumping its chest and claiming that Muslims gave ‘Qurbani’ of Babri ‘mosque’ for the sake of ‘peace’ in the country is the same as them peddling the lie that Muslims chose to stay back in India after partition.
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Israeli Rabbi Zvi Kogan murdered in UAE, 3 arrested: Netanyahu calls it terrorism, vows revenge

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Kogan, an outreach rabbi with the Chabad movement, worked in Abu Dhabi. In addition to his outreach, the 28-year-old Kogan also ran a kosher grocery store. He is survived by his wife, who is a US national.
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Atul Limaye: Meet the RSS strategist who played a crucial role in enabling the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance to pull off a historic victory in...

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Atul Limaye is an engineer who quit a multinational company nearly three decades ago to join the RSS.
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As Islamists go on a rampage in Sambhal over court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid, Left-liberals twist facts to pass the buck on authorities

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Violence gripped Sambhal after Islamists went on a rampage over a court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid that would determine whether it occupied the site of a Hindu temple.
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UP: School teacher Mohd Shahid molests minor Hindu girl, offers Rs 1 lakh to convert to Islam and do nikah with him in Amroha,...

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Days later, Shahid made vulgar gestures towards the Hindu girl in the classroom. This time, he offered her Rs 1 lakh and compelled her to marry him
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