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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,...

OpIndia Staff -
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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News Reports

Congress worker, who endorsed language imposition, cries ‘harassment’ after being told to speak Kannada in Karnataka

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party weaponised language politics during the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha elections. However, playing with people's insecurities seems to have now backfired on its leaders and workers.
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News Reports

Sambhal violence: 4 rioters dead and over 20 policemen injured, Commissioner says police fired only rubber bullets, women were throwing stones from rooftops

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Sambhal violence left four dead and 20 injured as a mob attacked police. Women were arrested for stone pelting, and police are investigating possible conspiracies behind the unrest.
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News Reports

UP: Former MP Shahid Siddiqui passes blame on Hindus for violence in Sambhal, says there won’t be any peace if “they search for shivling under...

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Chief Editor of the Urdu daily Nai Duniya and former Member of Parliament, Shahid Siddiqui, blamed Hindus for the violence in Sambhal.
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News Reports

Securities and Exchange Commission in USA has no jurisdiction to summon foreign nationals like Gautam Adani, they should go via proper channels

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The New York attorney alleged that Gautam Adani agreed to pay about USD 265 million in bribes to Indian government officials between 2020 and 2024.
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News Reports

White Professors of ‘Islamic studies’ attack Hindu academic for not re-telling Indian history from Muslim perspective

Dibakar Dutta -
'Handbook of Indian History', edited by Professor Lavanya Vemsani, contains 21 chapters and includes new groundbreaking research on Indian history
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News Reports

Encroachment on Shri Ram Janaki Temple in Madhya Pradesh: Authorities demolish boundary wall built by land mafia in Gwalior, freed 100-crore worth land

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking on the encroachment on Temple land in Gwalior, the Collector's office in social media post on Facebook said, "The swift action by the administration has not only reclaimed valuable government land but also protected innocent buyers from falling prey to fraudulent activities."
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Cricket

IPL mega auction: Rishabh Pant becomes league’s most expensive player ever, Lucknow ropes in wicket keeper-batter for Rs 27 crore

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tar India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL), being bought by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for a massive Rs 27 crores
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World

Gunman opens fire near Israeli Embassy in Jordan, shot dead; 3 policemen injured

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A gunman opened fire near the Israeli Embassy in Jordan early Sunday, state media said, adding that the gunman was killed and three policemen were injured in the incident.
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News Reports

Sambhal Mosque Survey: Stone pelting and arson by Islamists in Uttar Pradesh, police resort to tear gas and baton charge to bring situation under...

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Violence erupted in Sambhal after a court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid, as Islamists gathered and started pelting stones at the police.
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Politics

After a setback in Maharashtra during Lok Sabha elections, Mahayuti alliance rebounds in style: BJP-led alliance absolutely destroys the opposition

Anurag -
When the Maharashtra Assembly Election results are compared to the Lok Sabha elections held just five months ago, the victory becomes even more impressive.
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News Reports

As BJP sweeps Maharashtra elections, a look back at top 8 losers from the Maha Vikas Aghadi

Dibakar Dutta -
The Maha Vikas Aghadi has now been reduced to a paltry 46 seats in an Assembly of 288 seats. The rival MahaYuti, on the other hand, secured a mammoth 230 seats.
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Politics

Uttar Pradesh by-elections: BJP registers historic win in Kundarki, a constituency with 60% Muslim population, Samajwadi Party candidate loses deposit

OpIndia Staff -
Among the total voters in the constituency, 62% are Muslims. Of these, around 45,000 are Muslim Rajputs, and around 40,000 are Turks. They played a key role in the victory of Ramveer Singh Thakur in Kundarki.
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News Reports

Sanatan Padyatra: Seers of Varanasi extend support to Bageshwar Dham Sarkar Dhirendra Shastri’s yatra

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Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, also known as Bageshwar Dham Sarkar, initiated a 'padayatra' where he will walk for 160 kilometres.
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News Reports

‘Negative politics, parivarvaad have been defeated’: PM Modi lauds Mahayuti’s smashing victory in Maharashtra

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PM Modi said development, good governance, and social justice delivered a crushing blow to the politics of lies and parivarvaad.
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News Reports

‘Shut down the agendas of fake well-wishers of the Consitution’: Home Minister Amit Shah takes a dig at INDI bloc after Maharashtra sweep

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah's tweet came in the wake of the historic victory of the Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra as it racked up 231 seats in a 288-seat assembly.
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World

Pakistan: Two days after attack on passenger vehicles killed dozens of Shias, fresh sectarian violence in Kurram leaves 15 dead

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Police in Kurram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan said that at least 15 people have been killed and at least 25 people injured in fresh sectarian clashes
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News Reports

Swara Bhaskar and her husband Fahad Ahmad go on a rant against EVMs after poll loss, echo already-debunked ‘99% battery’ rhetoric

OpIndia Staff -
Fahad Ahmad raised questions about the authenticity of the EVM machines and vowed to write to the Election Commission for a recount. He said, "I hope the results will not be announced for the seat before the recounting is done." However, Election Commission has already debunked the '99% battery' rhetoric.
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News Reports

After blaming EVMs, Congress now passes the buck on machinery and police as BJP gains lead on six seats in UP bypolls

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As Congress demonstrated another embarrassing show in UP by polls, state chief Ajay Rai was prompt in blaming machinery and police for the results.
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News Reports

12 Bangladeshi infiltrators caught at Tripura railway station, had planned to enter other states

OpIndia Staff -
GRP and BSF have arrested 12 Bangladeshi infiltrators in a joint operation at Teliamura railway station located in Khowai district of Tripura.
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Politics

Maharashtra Elections: Incumbent CM Eknath Shinde thanks voters, says CM decision will be joint call

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As the Mahayuti alliance inches closer to a landslide victory in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, incumbent CM Eknath Shinde stated that, just as the alliance fought the elections together, they will collectively decide on the CM face once the final results are declared on Saturday.
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News Reports

After Adani, US DOJ charges Indian national Sanjay Kaushik for illegally exporting aviation components to Russia

OpIndia Staff -
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in Portland and prosecuted by attorneys from the Department of Justice’s National Security Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon are investigating the case against Sanjay Kaushik
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh: At Sanskrit University, a professor stops students from wearing ‘tilak’ and raising ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan, Hindu organisations demand action

OpIndia Staff -
Director of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Professor Satyam Kumari assured that the matter would be resolved soon and attributed the situation to a possible misunderstanding.
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News Reports

Bangladesh on the verge of becoming Pakistan as HC recommends death penalty for ‘blasphemy’, Hindu minorities set to be targeted

OpIndia Staff -
Muslims in Bangladesh are known to evade prosecution under blasphemy laws, just like Pakistan, while the draconian legislation unilaterally targets Hindus and other religious minorities.
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World

Canada keeps changing its tune about India: Dismisses Canadian media report linking PM Modi and other Indian officials to Khalistani terrorist Nijjar’s death

OpIndia Staff -
Canada dismissed a media report that linked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, EAM S. Jaishankar, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval to criminal activities in Canada.
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News Reports

Love Jihad in UP: Shariq entraps a Hindu girl posing as Honey, rapes her and forces her to embrace Islam on the pretext of...

OpIndia Staff -
A Hindu girl was raped by Shariq who entrapped her by posing as Honey and promising her to get her a job.
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News Reports

Dalit Lekhraj’s daughter becomes Sakina: Over 3000 non-Muslims studying in a madarasa in Rajasthan, reveals RTI; Bajrang Dal alleges conversion conspiracy

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
Rajasthan Madrasa Board has informed that a total of 3056 non-Muslim students are getting education in the madrasas of the state in the academic session 2024-25.
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News Reports

Swara Bhaskar claims she and her Muslim husband are ‘progressive,’ had earlier canvassed votes for the ‘honour of Prophet Muhammad’

OpIndia Staff -
Swara Bhaskar claimed that her husband isn't the conservative Muslim man that 'Sanghis' expect him to be, days after the couple went to meet hardline Islamist Maulana Sajjad Nomani, presumably to seek Muslim votes.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Security forces eliminate 10 Maoists in latest encounter, total 207 Maoists killed in 2024 alone

OpIndia Staff -
Sundaraj P, IGP, Bastar confirmed the operation and revealed that the District Reserve Guard (DRG) team and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team were part of it.
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News Reports

Congress spokesperson wanted to show photo of Gautam Adani with PM Modi, ends up showing a picture of Adani with Robert Vadra in a...

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However, the debate panellists were in splits as it turned to a picture of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra with Adani. Appearing as a guest on the debate OnlyFact India’s founder Vijay Patel said, “This photo is with Jija Ji (Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law,) not Modiji”.
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News Reports

‘Awarded projects when in power, called him corrupt otherwise’: BJP’s Shehzad Poonawalla exposes I.N.D.I. bloc’s hypocrisy over Adani row

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BJP highlighted the track record of opposition parties and their business dealings with the Adani Group.
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News Reports

‘We have lost everything’: Kashmiri Pandits lament as Jammu Development Authorities demolish their shops, assert they weren’t served any notices

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BJP spokesperson GL Raina called the demolition an 'act of revenge' by the NC-Congress coalition government. He demanded to provide immediate alternative arrangements to the affected families.
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News Reports

CPIM declares Adani ‘guilty’ of corruption just because some American lawyers say so, demands a CBI case to probe allegations made against him in...

OpIndia Staff -
The US Department of Justice said, 'the charges in the indictment are allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.' However, the CPIM in its statement already declared Adani guilty.
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News Reports

Hypersonic ballistic missile hits Dnipro, Ukraine: Putin says it was ‘combat testing’ to show they can hit anywhere with nuclear warheads. What it means

OpIndia Staff -
As per Putin's press briefing, it was the latest Oreshnik missile system that Russia used for 'combat testing' on Ukraine, displaying that they are capable of hitting anywhere in Ukraine with nuclear weapons and they have a missile system that can evade the defence systems deployed in Ukraine.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Deadly attack on passenger vans kills over 40 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram, reports indicate Sunni militants targeting Shias

OpIndia Staff -
Latest reports from the area are saying that the death toll has risen to 44 after many injured persons eventually succumbed.
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News Reports

Canada: Indian consulate forced to cancel camps after Trudeau govt does not provide even ‘minimum security’

OpIndia Staff -
This was not the first time that the Indian consulate was forced to cancel camps, owing to the failure of the Trudeau government to provide 'minimum security.'
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Mohammed Zahid molests minor Hindu college student, tries to force her to marry and convert, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
A case has been registered against Zahid under several sections including POCSO. The college management has also suspended him. Further investigations are underway.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Many Indira canteens closed due to non-payment to staff, 11 canteens had earlier shut down in July

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Chef Talk, which runs the Indira Canteen in Karnataka, accused BBMP of not paying the company for its services.
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Opinions

As Gautam Adani gets accused of bribing Indian officials by US attorney Breon Peace, read about his ties to George Soros and why Donald...

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George Soros has repeatedly targeted Gautam Adani and the Adani Group to hamper India's economic growth.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl forcibly converted to Islam, married to an old Muslim man, affidavit claims victim is ‘consenting adult’

Dibakar Dutta -
OpIndia has accessed the conversion certificate and court affidavit, alleging the victim's free will of marriage, which were prepared on Monday (18th November).
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World

USA: Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi move to UK after Donald Trump’s victory

OpIndia Staff -
Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi have relocated to the Cotswolds, a region in South West England.
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News Reports

Adani indictment in US court: Another Congress drama before Winter Session of Parliament? Rahul Gandhi’s party scores self goal and stirs outrage over mere...

Shraddha Pandey -
The Adani indictment document itself mentions that “the charges in the indictment are allegations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.”
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Illegal Dargah built near Navi Mumbai airport removed after complaints from Hindu organizations

OpIndia Staff -
This comes almost a month after the CIDCO had assured action against the illegal dargah that was posing a potential threat to national security as complained by the local Hindu activists. The Dargah notably was located on the CIDCO property near the upcoming Navi Mumbai International Airport site.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Calcutta High Court asks police to take control of a Mosque after clashes among Muslims over Namaz timings leave one dead

OpIndia Staff -
Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal police to take control of a Mosque in Egra, East Midnapore, following a violent clash between two groups of Muslims that left one person dead.
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News Reports

UP: BJP leader Shalabh Mani Tripathi releases list of journalists active in Moradabad, suggests ‘media jihad’ with only Muslim reporters covering by-elections

OpIndia Staff -
The reportedly misinformation campaign launched in Moradabad was linked by the BJP MLA to "media jihad."
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World

Malaysia: 42-year-old to be caned for repeated Islamic offense of ‘close proximity’ with a woman, punishment to be meted out at Al-Muktafi Billah Shah...

OpIndia Staff -
Terengganu in Malaysia is controlled by the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), which has pushed for a harsher interpretation of Islamic law.
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News Reports

Modi govt eliminates 5.8 crore fake ration cards through e-KYC and Aadhar verification, revolutionises India’s Public Distribution System

OpIndia Staff -
India's Public Distribution System serves 80.6 crore beneficiaries and uses electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) verification and Aadhaar-based identification.
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News Reports

Maharashtra polls: Voter from Solapur shoots illegal video while voting for Shiv Sena (UBT) inside Barshi booth, police action initiated

OpIndia Staff -
The accused person shot the video while inside the polling booth and exposed that he voted for Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Dilip Sopal. As per OpIndia sources, the voter who shot the video and posted it on social media has been identified as Rutwik Pawar.
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Editor's picks

Indian regulator CCI imposes Rs 213 crore penalty on Meta over sharing WhatsApp data with other entities, Meta to file appeal

OpIndia Staff -
The Commission also highlighted anti-competitive practices arising from the sharing of user data between Meta entities. Sharing WhatsApp user data with other Meta companies for purposes beyond providing WhatsApp services creates significant entry barriers for competitors, violating Section 4(2)(c) of the Act.
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav posts edited video to defend Muslim rioters, defame UP police: Know why an official had to point pistol during voting in Meerapur

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The authorities clarified that police official used his pistol to control the violent Muslim crowd which attacked them.
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