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If the use of loudspeakers is harmful during Ganesh Chaturthi, it is harmful for Eid also: Bombay HC clarifies its order on noise level...

OpIndia Staff -
Bombay High Court observed that if the use of loudspeakers and sound systems beyond permissible sound limits was harmful during the Ganesh festival then it was also harmful during the Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi processions. 
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News Reports

Modi government approves Venus Orbiter Mission to study the nearest planet, Chandrayaan 4 approved ahead of manned mission to moon

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The Union Cabinet has approved the development of the Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM), which will be a significant step towards the government's vision of exploring and studying the planet Venus
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News Reports

Hindu temple gets attacked and ABC’s Eye Witness News’s idea of reporting it is getting comments from Islamist organisation CAIR-with ties to terrorists

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Eyewitness News prefered quotes from Muslims while covering vandalism incident on BAPS Hindu Temple in New York
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News Reports

Congress declares to oppose ‘One Nation One Election’, Ashwini Vaishnaw says they must be feeling internal pressure

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Congress on Wednesday said that it is opposed to the proposal of 'One Nation, One Election' and elections need to be held as and when required for democracy to survive.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Muslim mob tries to attack Ganesh Visarjan Yatra in Vaso, Kheda for playing DJ while passing through a mosque, 11 arrested

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The Police arrived at the spot and immediately took control of the situation. 11 people have been arrested in the case and several others have been booked. Notably, all the accused persons are believed to be belonging to the Muslim community. 
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Mohammad Aftab arrested for raping a 15-year-old Hindu girl, his accomplice Sagir absconding

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As per reports, the other accused Sagir was keeping a watch from outside.
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News Reports

Bhopal: ‘IT expert’ Qasim Rehman booked for raping a 3-year-old girl at school, incident came to light after the victim’s mother found injury marks...

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Qasim Rehman, an IT expert at a school in Bhopal, reportedly raped a 3-year-old girl in the school premises.
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News Reports

‘Not a place for cutting cakes’: Kerala HC bans videography in Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple after Muslim vlogger shares cake-cutting video from temple premises

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A Muslim vlogger, Jasna Salim, created a ruckus and quarrelled with devotees waiting for darshan while creating a video of cake-cutting in Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple.
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News Reports

Exploding pagers injure 2,700+ Hezbollah cadre in Lebanon, world watches in shock and awe at next level warfare: What exactly happened

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According to one of the theories floating around about exploding pagers attack on Hezbollah, Mossad intercepted a shipping of pagers, installed tiny explosives and a switch in them, before they reach the terror outfit.
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News Reports

Mizoram: Narcotics worth Rs 6 crore seized from Myanmar nationals in Aizawl

OpIndia Staff -
In the first vehicle, a Renault Kwid with registration number MZ01N-3642, investigators discovered 32.013 kilogrammes of suspected methamphetamine worth Rs 4,14,16,900 and 249 grammes of suspected heroin worth Rs 7,47,000. The driver, Lalthansiama, 26, of Khawmawi, Myanmar, was detained.
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News Reports

Gurgaon: 23-year-old motorcyclist killed after being hit by a car, accused driver who drove on wrong side already out on bail

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"Neither the car driver nor Garg had any chance to avoid the collision. The impact flung Garg above the car, and his motorcycle was mangled beyond recognition," the police said.
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News Reports

Stone peltings, clashes and more: 17 attacks in 9 days on Hindu celebration of Ganesh Puja by Islamists across India and Bangladesh

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During Ganesh Chaturthi, Hindu processions in Mundra, Ratlam, Surat, and Chittagong faced violent attacks, including stone-pelting and assaults, sparking protests and arrests.
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News Reports

Another stone attack during Ganesh Visarjan: Islamists pelt stones and break Ganesh idol when procession nears Hindustani mosque in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra

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Additional Commissioner of Police Dnyaneshwar Chavan said that the Ganpati immersion procession was passing peacefully when it came under attack near the Hindustani Mosque.
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News Reports

Why was Hezbollah using old-tech pagers to communicate instead of cellphones: Explained here

OpIndia Staff -
In response to Israel's next-level warfare, Hezbollah changed its tactics. Cell phones, which may trace a user's location, have been prohibited on the battlefield instead more old-fashioned methods such as pagers and couriers are being used.
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News Reports

Interm govt of Bangladesh grants magistracy power to the Army with immediate effect, officers will now be able to arrest citizens without warrant

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The Army officers will act as executive magistrates across Bangladesh and exercise the granted powers for the next 60 days, the circular read.
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News Reports

‘Not involved, had no idea’: USA denies prior information or complicity behind Hezbollah’s exploding pagers in Lebanon

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In a statement earlier on Tuesday, Hezbollah said that "pagers belonging to employees of various Hezbollah units and institutions exploded," killing two of its fighters and a girl. The group further said that it was investigating to determine the causes of the explosions.
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World

Scenes out of a Hollywood Spy film: Pagers used by Hezbollah terrorist organisation mysteriously start exploding all across Lebanon, 100s injured

OpIndia Staff -
On the condition of anonymity, a Hezbollah terrorist holding an official post in the terror organisation, said that the detonation of the pagers was the "biggest security breach" the group had been subjected to in nearly a year of war with Israel.
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News Reports

Financial aid, 22-month programme and a conspiracy at heart: Secret documents reveal how USAID orchestrated a successful ‘regime change’ in Bangladesh

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The Sunday Guardian noted that IRI, tasked to implement projects funded by USAID, ran a sinister programme named PARIS for 22 months to enhance political participation of Bangladeshis and amplify 'anti-authoritarian' voices.
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Culture and History

When three ABVP activists were stoned to death by the SFI-DYFI goons, and the left govt destroyed evidence: Read about the ‘Parumala Balidan Diwas’

Paurush Gupta -
September 17 marks the 28th anniversary of the 'Parumala Balidan Diwas', the fateful day when three ABVP activists were stoned to death by SFI-DYFI goons.
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News Reports

Can’t tell women not to work at night, provide security to them: Supreme Court on West Bengal govt’s new policy after Kolkata doctor’s rape...

OpIndia Staff -
The Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra's bench made the statement after the state had informed them that the women doctors' night shift might be avoided as part of recent security measures.
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News Reports

‘You have arrested Muslims on fake charges’: Aligarh cop accuses magistrate of threatening and mistreating him for seeking remand of bike thieves

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Aligarh police deemed this operation to be successful in accordance with the SSP's directions. The police retrieved four bikes and three scooters from each of the accused.
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News Reports

ISIS recruiter, Mehdi Masroor Biswas aka Shami Witness, will be free, walking among the Hindus he wanted to behead: Who he is, and how...

Anurag -
Mehdi Masroor Biswas was sentenced on multiple charges. He will be released in December as he will finish his maximum sentence of 10 years including the time he spent in jail during trial.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Islamists insult Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel during the Eid Milad-un-Nabi procession in Bareilly; complaint filed

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Islamists in Bareilly insulted Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel after climbing over the freedom fighter's statue with their shoes on.
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News Reports

RG Kar hospital rape and murder case: SC calls CBI findings disturbing, slams Kolkata Police for delay in filing case

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Surprised by the missing challan of the victim's body when it was handed over for post-mortem, the Bench, which took suo motu cognizance of the horrific incident, had asked the state government to produce the crucial document on September 17th.
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News Reports

Propagandist Alishan Jafri comes to the rescue of Islamist brethren, downplays incidents of Love Jihad, Land Jihad: How these crimes have been haunting society

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In a recent video going viral on X, Alishan Jafri attempts to discredit the existence of Love Jihad, Land Jihad etc., even as countless Hindu women keep sharing the ordeal of warding off Muslim predators who trapped them under false pretences and forced them into embracing Islam.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Dhaka University turns down permission for ‘mass marriages’, Islamists were eyeing to convert Hindu girls through the event

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Activists living in Bangladesh quickly pointed out that extremists were planning to use the event to convert 11 female Hindu students to Islam and marry them off to Muslim men.
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World

France: Man under trial for drugging wife and recruiting over 72 men over the years to rape her confesses to his crime

OpIndia Staff -
During the hearing on Tuesday, Giselle Pélicot in reaction to her husband’s confession said: “For me, it is difficult to hear it. For 50 years, I lived with a man who I would never have imagined for a single second that he could do these acts. I had complete confidence in this man.”
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News Reports

‘Heavens won’t fall if the demolitions are stopped for a week’: SC pauses bulldozer action in the country till 1st October, read which exceptions...

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The Supreme Court declared that it will create guidelines governing the when and how of property demolition.
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News Reports

‘Woman whose parents wrote mercy pleas to save terrorist Afzal Guru made Delhi CM’: Concerns flagged as AAP chooses Atishi Marlena to take Kejriwal’s...

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Incidentally, the charge that her parents helped and tried to save the dreaded terrorist Afzal Guru, who carried out a terror attack on the Indian Parliament, from Justice, had been validated by Atishi Marlena herself.
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News Reports

UP: Jibran and his friends kidnap a minor Hindu girl in Unnao; the victim’s family claim she was held in a madrasa, flees home...

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Before kidnapping the minor girl, Jibran forced her father to leave thumb impression on a blank paper to declare his daughter was 20-year-old.
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Opinions

While Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei lectures India over ‘Islamic Ummah’, his own country has been apathetic to millions of Afghan refugees

Shraddha Pandey -
Khamenei's bluster on the "sufferings of Muslims" was likely to position himself as the leader of the Muslim world, but it came at a time when Iran has been preparing to deport millions of Afghan refugees, exposing the hollow support to 'Muslim Ummah'.
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World

Hindus targeted whenever there is instability in Bangladesh: Indian-origin MP raises plight of Bangladeshi Hindus in Canadian Parliament

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Canadian MP Arya said, “I am deeply concerned by violence targeting religious minorities, including Hindus, Buddhists, and Christians in Bangladesh. Every time there is instability in Bangladesh, religious minorities, particularly Hindus, face the brunt.”
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News Reports

‘Reputation built over 50 years is being destroyed’: Senior advocate Kapil Sibal objects to the live streaming of SC proceedings in RG Kar Hospital...

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Senior advocate and Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who is representing West Bengal govt in RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case, objected to live streaming of SC proceedings.
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: On Eid-e-Milad, Islamists pelt stones at Hindu temple, throw firecrackers in Hindu houses, raise Palestine flags, 2 FIRs filed

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Islamist raised Islamic slogans while the procession passed near the Sitaram Temple in Sheopur and also threw firecrackers into the homes of the Hindu residents.
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‘Most of these are silent supporters of Hindus genocide’: Netizens slam BCCI for organising bilateral series with Bangladesh amid anti-Hindu violence

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Social media users expressed their frustration over the hospitality meted out to Bangladeshi cricketers despite the killing of Hindu minorities in their home country.
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News Reports

US Press Club slams Congress supporters for attack on journalist at Rahul Gandhi event, calls it a violation of First Amendment rights

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National Press Club said in a statement, "Security staff must be aware that reporters working in the U.S. are protected by the First Amendment, regardless of the nationality of the interview subject, reporter or security teams. This was an on-the-record interview with ground rules set between Mr. Sharma and Mr. Pitroda. The security team had no role related to the content or duration of the interview. They had no right or standing to take Sharma's phone from him or delete content.”
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News Reports

Hindu organisations stop Christian conversion in Nepal: Send back Indians taken to Nepal for conversion, smear faces with black paint and beat up pastor

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Pastor Amos had called a group of Indians for Christian conversion in Nepal. Hindu organisations including VHP and Bajrang Dal Nepal got information and stopped the programme.
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News Reports

PM Modi’s hometown and birthplace Vadnagar has a rich archaeological heritage: Details

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Shastri Rawal Niranjanbhai, priest at Hatkeshwar Mahadev Temple, said, "The archaeology department has stated that this temple is around 2200 years old.
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News Reports

‘F*ck Modi, Modi is terr*rist, Hindustan Murdabad’: Extremists deface BAPS Mandir in New York, third attack on Hindu temple in US in recent years

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In visuals that have surfaced on social media, it could be seen that the sacred Hindu temple was desecrated with disturbing slogans of 'Fuck Modi', 'Modi is Terrorist' and 'Hindustan Murdabad.'
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Culture and History

‘Srivijaya’ is 1400 years older than Port Blair: Read the story of a Buddhist kingdom in Sumatra, and Rajendra Chola’s epic naval war

Shraddha Pandey -
Examining the causes behind Chola king Rajendra’s invasion of Srivijaya, noted historian Nilakanta Sastri in his book Colas writes that there is ample material to believe that initially not only Rajaraja Chola but his son Rajendra also had friendly ties with Srivijaya.
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News Reports

West Bengal: YouTuber who sought Mamata Banerjee govt’s accountability in RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case raided over “insulting remarks” on SC

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Police raided the house of Suddhashil Ghosh, a YouTuber who created critical videos questioning Mamata Banerjee government over the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case.
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News Reports

Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei, under whose regime Muslim women are beaten and killed, peddles fake victimhood of Indian Islamists, clubs India with Gaza

OpIndia Staff -
It is pertinent to note that the Iranian Supreme leader made the anti-India post while vying itself as a champion and leader of the Muslim world, months after persecuting innocent Muslims protesting against the death of Mahsa Amini, who was killed for not wearing hijab properly.
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OpIndia Explains

Byju’s: From edtech unicorn to bankruptcy—The meteoric rise and the dramatic fall of an industry giant

Anurag -
Byju’s, once valued at $22 billion, faced financial and legal woes due to mismanagement, controversial sales tactics, and legal disputes, leading to office closures and the ousting of its CEO, Byju Raveendran.
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News Reports

UP: Religious conversion racket operated by Hina busted in Moradabad, husband Mustafa used to pressurise Hindu women to convert

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A Muslim couple Hina and Mustafa ran a religious conversion racket under the guise of sewing-embroidery centre, pushing unsuspecting non-Muslims to embrace Islam.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi and his dangerous rhetoric in the USA: Here is why the people need to defeat the venom

Ganesh R -
Rahul Gandhi now tries to incite the Sikhs and walk around with a matchstick in an incendiary environment - just to capture power in Delhi and resume the loot interrupted by voters in 2014.
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News Reports

Arrested ex-Principal of RG Kar Hospital Sandip Ghosh didn’t want FIR in doctor’s rape-murder case: CBI seeks narco test after polygraph was found ‘deceptive’

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His remand letter filed by CBI noted, “Sandip Ghosh did not intend to register an FIR in the case, even after being in consultation with an advocate.”
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Government and Policy

Bharat takes flight: How the Modi govt is boosting connectivity to smaller cities – read about the leap taken in the past decade

Debraj B -
The government of India recently announced a comprehensive 5-year plan to build and expand 50 new airports across Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.
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News Reports

Love Jihad, rape, and abortion: Ghaziabad police arrests Danish who had posed as Dev to entrap and abuse a Hindu woman

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In her complaint, the victim said Danish faked her identity and posed as Dev to lure her into a relationship, establish sexual relations and later force her to abort.
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News Reports

Hindus protest in Mangaluru: Islamist attack on Ganesh procession, threats by Congress’ Md Sharif ‘challenging Hindus’ and police booking VHP leader instead. Details

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Communal tensions gripped Karnataka's Mangaluru after Hindus protested against attacks on Ganesh processions by Islamists.
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News Reports

Adani wins contract for building transmission lines in Kenya, in India, Congress attacks Adani for winning Maharashtra power supply bid

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While Adani Group said that it had won the contract through a competitive bidding process, the Congress party alleged it was a “rigged deal”. The party said on Sunday that the deal was facilitated by the Mahayuti government.
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