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India-China patrolling agreement also includes parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Army Chief says ‘need to restore trust and assure each other’

OpIndia Staff -
Yangtse and Asaphila in Arunachal Pradesh are the two regions that are specifically covered under the India-China agreement.
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News Reports

MA Rashid’s LiveLaw misrepresents Sharjeel Imam hearing in SC, Managing Editor tries to defend error, misrepresents facts again

Nupur J Sharma -
LiveLaw tweeted that the bail hearing of Sharjeel Imam, the "student activist," had been delayed again. But actually, it was a plea to club various FIRs filed against Imam for his seditious speeches during anti-CAA protests in 2019-20.
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News Reports

Bihar: Bengal TMC leader Ashok Ojha arrested along with 4 others for alleged smuggling of elephant tusks, expelled from party

OpIndia Staff -
BJP's Suvendu Adhikari took cognizance of the event and commented on X criticizing TMC for allegedly being a 'general store of crimes'. He indicated that the party leaders had been involved in all types of scams and were now not even sparing the wildlife.
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News Reports

Modi govt introduces Draft National Sports Governance Bill 2024 to reform sports administration

OpIndia Staff -
According to the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, unlike the 2013 Draft National Sports Development Bill, the 2024 Sports Bill lays emphasis on building institutional capacity and governance standards for National Sports Federations [NSF] in alignment with the Olympic and Paralympic Charter.
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News Reports

UP Police arrests 19 people, including AIMIM members, for inciting riots in Budhana over alleged ‘blasphemy’ against Hindu youth Akhil Tyagi

OpIndia Staff -
Muzaffarnagar SSP stated that five key individuals responsible for planning and carrying out the vandalism and stone-pelting in Budhana have been identified, out of whicg two are associated with AIMIM
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News Reports

Canada’s national security adviser shared info on anti-India allegations with WaPo even before RCMP held a press conference: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Canada: Security officials allegedly leaked intelligence information on India to The Washington Post, straining relations between the two nations.
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News Reports

FIR against Resolution Professional Girish Juneja in Hindustan Glass case: How OpIndia had exposed malpractice in the longest running IBC case

Nupur J Sharma -
Nashik Court ordered MIDC Sinnar Police Station to lodge FIR against Resolution Professional Girish Juneja in HNG or HNGIL case
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News Reports

Muslim students at Jamia Millia Islamia University disrupt Diwali celebration event on campus, chant ‘Allahu Akbar’ and ‘Palestine Zindabad’ slogans

OpIndia Staff -
The ruckus began after some Muslim students on the Jamia campus used their feet to erase a Rangoli that the other group of students had prepared for the occasion. They also kicked off diyas with their feet.
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News Reports

Old video of Jemimah Rodrigues participating in an evangelical event goes viral after her termination from Mumbai’s top club over her father’s ‘religious activities’

OpIndia Staff -
A video of Indian cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues possessed and expressing gratitude to the God for her cricket innings has gone viral on the internet.
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Crime

Kutch: Ziyad introduces himself as Jigar to minor Dalit girl, rapes and assaults her; accused was in contact with 28 non-Muslim girls

OpIndia Staff -
A Dalit girl has filed a complaint against a man named Ziyad who is from Pune, Maharashtra, after which he was taken into custody by the Gujarat Police and was subsequently sent to a three-day remand by the court.
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News Reports

Demolition of illegal Sanjauli Mosque in Shimla halted as Mosque committee says they have no money, Himachal Minister Aniruddh Singh comes forward to help

OpIndia Staff -
The Municipal Commissioner Court in Shimla ordered the demolition of illegally built floors of the Sanjauli Mosque within 2 months.
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News Reports

Hindus, run away or you will be shot: While Bahraich police calls claims of announcements from mosque as ‘misleading’, same claim repeated by a...

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Vinod Mishra, an eyewitness to this attack, said that the Muslim mob attacked Hindu devotees after being incited from the mosque. The Bahraich police had termed his claim on social media as 'misleading'.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Tensions erupt after Islamists raise ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans against a Hindu youth over charges of ‘blasphemy’

OpIndia Staff -
Tensions erupted in Hyderabad Rein Bazaar as a Islamists mob protested over blasphemy allegations against a youth, leading to unrest and frustration over police inaction.
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Opinions

The Wire and its obsession with SFJ terrorist Gurpwatwant Pannun: How the rag insists the Khalistani terrorist threatening India and Hindus is an ‘activist’

Anurag -
Media outlets like The Wire, Al Jazeera, and BBC soften the image of Gurpatwant Singh Pannun by labelling him a "Sikh activist," despite his designation as a terrorist by India.
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News Reports

GST Scam Case involving “The Hindu” ‘Journalist’ Mahesh Langa: Gujarat Police raids Maritime Board’s office, finds data of private ports leaked

OpIndia Staff -
As reported earlier, some government employees and police officers connected to ‘journalist’ Mahesh Langa of The Hindu were worried following his arrest in the GST scam case due to their involvement with the alleged journalist.
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News Reports

Indian Air Force signs MoU with Uber: Security concerns, data breaches faced by the ride-sharing app and a lesson from Strava

OpIndia Staff -
Uber has faced multiple data breaches over the past 10 years and was even found guilty of concealing some of those breaches.
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News Reports

Fake court in Ahmedabad: Maurice Samuel Christian, posing as a judge, with fake staff and lawyers, seizes 100 acres of govt land; arrested

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The City Civil Court Registrar of Ahmedabad, Hardik Sagar Desai, filed a complaint against Christian at the Karanj Police Station, leading to an FIR being registered under multiple sections of the IPC.
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News Reports

Bahraich violence: Supreme Court halts bulldozer action for a day, UP government assures ‘no action on demolition notices’

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The Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government not to take any action until the next hearing of the case.
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News Reports

‘Personal laws must be considered, he is allowed to have 4 wives’: Bombay HC affirms Muslim man’s right to register multiple marriages

OpIndia Staff -
 The corporation contended that the marriage may only be registered once under the Act and that the couple did not furnish the documents necessary for registration.
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World

Decks cleared for Xi-Modi meet at the BRICS Summit? China confirms agreement with India on LAC patrol, says ‘will work to implement solution’

Jinit Jain -
With China confirming the de-escalation of border tensions in the Ladakh region and an agreement on border patrols, a Modi-Xi meeting on the sidelines during BRICS Summit may not be entirely surprising.
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News Reports

India-China disengagement in LAC announced just before PM Modi arrives for BRICS Summit: A message to USA and Canada?

Shraddha Pandey -
With countries like India and China resolving their disputes without leaving any scope for the West to interfere and India asserting its strategic autonomy to bolster ties with West’s bête noire Russia, the US will certainly closely monitor the BRICS Summit even as it may claim not to see the grouping as “geopolitical rivals”.
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News Reports

Illegal mosque in Shimla: Demolition of three unauthorized floors of Sanjauli mosque in Himachal Pradesh underway

OpIndia Staff -
The demolition process of Sanjauli Mosque in Shimla started on Monday, October 21, after getting a nod from Waqf Board.
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News Reports

‘If you campaign in Rolls-Royces, you can afford the clean up’: Delhi HC slams DUSU candidates for defacing university campus

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi HC questioned the university and police for not taking action against those responsible for defacement and hooliganism.
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Opinions

What happens when Karwa Chauth fast falls during Ramzan, will that fast be healthy or unhealthy: Can Indian Express explain

Sandeep Singh -
Notably, during Ramzan, Indian Express published an article claiming that fasting could boost insulin sensitivity, better glycemic control, and reduce inflammation.
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Political History of India

BR Ambedkar and the ‘Idea of India’: Why was he against ‘socialist and secular’ being inserted in the preamble of the Indian Constitution?

Anurag -
Ambedkar opposed adding 'socialist' and 'secular' to the preamble, favouring a flexible Constitution over fixed ideologies, contrasting with Indira Gandhi’s politically motivated amendments.
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Law

SC stays NCPCR’s recommendation of halting madrasa funding, no action to be taken against madrassas not adhering to RTE Act: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court issued an interim order preventing any state or central government from acting on the NCPCR's directives until the next hearing. No action will be taken against madrassas not adhering to the RTE Act at this stage.
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News Reports

Bulandshahr, UP: Blast inside a house kills Riyazuddin, Rukhsana and 4 others, many injured

OpIndia Staff -
The blast also caused the house to collapse partially. Rescue teams are on-site, working diligently to clear the debris.
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News Reports

S Jaishankar speaks on India-Canada diplomatic row over Khalistan appeasement by Trudeau, exposes hypocrisy of the West: What he said

OpIndia Staff -
During the NDTV World Summit, S Jaishankar pointed out that there has been a shift in the power balance from overtly Western domination to the rise of regional powers (something which has made Western countries in particular uncomfortable).
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Editor's picks

IDF destroys Hezbollah’s money network, bombs Al Qard Al Hassan branches all over Lebanon, reveals bunker location where all gold was stashed

OpIndia Staff -
It has been revealed that this Hezbollah bunker at the hospital was storing over $500 million in gold and money
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News Reports

Mumbai’s top club cancels membership of cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues after her father carries out ‘Christian conversion meetings’ on premises

OpIndia Staff -
According to Khar Gymkhana's managing committee member Shiv Malhotra, Ivan Rodrigues booked the sporting club's banquet hall for 'meetings to religious conversions.'
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World

Rules-based International Order? USA tested 67 nuclear bombs in Marshall Islands and has been denying compensation to residents for decades

Rukma Rathore -
After subjecting the islanders to nuclear explosions, the USA also conducted scientific experiments on them.
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News Reports

The legal stand of eyewitness accounts vs Bahraich Police’s dismissal of a Hindu’s plight citing ‘tension in the area’: A detailed discussion

Anurag -
Bahraich Police dismissed Hindu eyewitness accounts, citing unrest, raising concerns over justice being compromised in favour of maintaining order and silencing key testimony.
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Opinions

SC refuses to extend child marriage ban over all faiths: Can personal laws like Sharia override Prohibition of Child Marriage Act? Read what judgment...

Shraddha Pandey -
The bench further stated that child marriage violates the right to life and liberty enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Aandolanjeevi Yogendra Yadav, supporting Maha Vikas Agaadi, manhandled by Prakash Ambedkar’s supporters ahead of elections

OpIndia Staff -
Aandolanjeevi Yogendra Yadav, supporting Maha Vikas Agaadi, was manhandled by Prakash Ambedkar's supporters in Maharashtra.
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News Reports

BJP MLA and his son had to face public anger after the murder of Gopal in Bahraich by Islamists, FIR filed

OpIndia Staff -
BJP Yuva Morcha city president Arpit Srivastava dismissed the case filed against him as fake, stating that he had protested against BJP MLA's son for hurling abuses.
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News Reports

Bahraich: Head smashed, jaw torn- Sudhakar Tiwari was attacked by an Islamist mob, found unconscious near a mosque, says brother

राहुल पाण्डेय -
A Hindu man Sudhakar Tiwari was brutally attacked by an Islamist mob during the Durga Visarjan procession in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, highlighting violence against Hindus. He was found unconscious near a mosque.
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World

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar lived in utmost luxury, had millions in cash in his bunker, while Gaza’s public suffered: Read about lavish lifestyle of...

OpIndia Staff -
Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, 61, had sought refuge in the bunker with his guards and close companions as the conflict erupted above ground following the October 7 terror attack.
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News Reports

Karwa Chauth fasting is bad, Ramadan fasting is good: How Indian Express sought to malign a Hindu festival claiming ‘health hazards’

OpIndia Staff -
The report by Indian Express made an attempt to scare the Hindu community by saying that they were causing harm to themselves by conducting fasts in the name of religion.
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News Reports

How CPIM leader exploited rising unemployment in Kerala to her advantage, duped dozen people to the tune of ₹2 crores in exchange for govt...

OpIndia Staff -
According to the police, all victims paid Sachitha via bank transfers and UPI. They estimate that she has collected over ₹2 crores so far from desperate jobseekers.
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News Reports

UP: Muslims oppose renovation of a Shiv Temple in Unnao citing problems for namaz in a nearby mosque, police evade answering OpIndia’s questions

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The SHO claimed that there was no controversy regarding the renovation of the temple in the Muslim-dominated village.
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News Reports

Hindu victims of Bahraich violence say announcements were made from mosques to attack Hindus, Police threaten media for reporting it

OpIndia Staff -
The official X account of Bahraich Police has been threatening action against media outlets for reporting eyewitness account of Islamist violence that claimed the life of Ram Gopal Mishra.
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News Reports

Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun threatens Air India flights, warns people not to take AI flights from November 1 to 19

OpIndia Staff -
Khalistani terrorist Pannun, who holds US and Canadian citizenship, issued threat against Air India flights from 1st to 19th November. The threat comes amid rising India-Canada tensions.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Police halts mass conversion event in Azamgarh, suspect detained

OpIndia Staff -
Azamgarh Police halted a mass conversion event in Miria Redha, seizing objectionable materials and detaining a suspect accused of coercing Hindus into Christianity.
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World

Classified documents of US intel on Israel’s potential attack plans on Iran leaked, posted on Telegram: What it says

OpIndia Staff -
The documents began circulating on 18th October after being shared on Telegram by Middle East Spectator.
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News Reports

Prayagraj: UP govt decides to provide luxurious sleeping pods for comfort of devotees during Maha Kumbh 2025, details

OpIndia Staff -
The state Tourism Department has already created a thorough road map for this program. If all goes as planned, devotees will soon have access to these revolutionary sleeping pods, providing a modern and comfortable living option during Maha Kumbh.
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News Reports

How former Indian High Commissioner to Canada punctured the lies of Trudeau govt: 10 key takeaways from his interview before exiting the Khalistani hotbed

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Kumar Verma stated that the Indian government have sent 26 dossiers to Canada, providing evidence about Khalistani terrorists operating from Canadian soil and yet no action was taken against them.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Communal tension erupts over temple vandalism, Shamsad arrested for spitting pan masala on idols

OpIndia Staff -
Communal tension arose in Sadrpur, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, over temple vandalism. Reportedly, Shamsad spat pan masala on temple idols. Locals protested, and police arrested the accused, citing mental health concerns.
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News Reports

Jammu & Kashmir: A doctor and several construction workers killed by terrorists in Ganderbal area, HM Amit Shah promises harshest punishment

OpIndia Staff -
In a post on X, Shah said, "The dastardly terror attack on civilians in Gagangir, J&K, is a despicable act of cowardice. Those involved in this heinous act will not be spared and will face the harshest response from our security forces."
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News Reports

Israel to take legal and diplomatic action against French president Emmanuel Macron for banning Israeli companies from Euronaval defence show

OpIndia Staff -
Israel has decided to take action against French President Emmanuel Macron for the decision to ban Israeli companies from the Euronaval defense trade show in November
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News Reports

Muslim mob chant ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans in Muzaffarnagar over rumours that Hindu man arrested in 20 minutes over ‘objectionable post’ was released,...

OpIndia Staff -
Thousands of Muslims came out in Budhana town in Muzaffarnagar on Saturday night over the rumour of release of a man over a blasphemous social media post
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