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UK agrees to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius after negotiations assisted by India and the USA, American military based on Diego...

OpIndia Staff -
the United Kingdom has announced its decision to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius
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Politics

Congress leader Konda Surekha retracts her comments on Samantha Prabhu divorce after the outrage, had blamed BRS’s KT Rama Rao for the actor’s divorce

OpIndia Staff -
Konda Surekha said: “My comments are meant to question a leader's belittling of women and not to hurt your @Samanthaprabhu2 sentiments. The way you have grown up with self-power is not only an admiration for me.. but also an ideal..”
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World

Attack on civilians in Jaffa: Israel’s National Security Agency says Hamas terrorists used Al Nuzha mosque, which will be demolished if required

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The investigation into the Hamas attack uncovered that both terrorists visited the Al Nuzha mosque in Jaffa before carrying out the attack.
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News Reports

USCIRF, headed by Pakistan origin commissioner tarnishes India and Hindus with half-truth and full-lies yet again: Dubious data, missing Hindu victims, terrorists branded activists...

Siddhi Somani -
The report selectively discusses modifications to and enforcement of India's legal system that according to the organization targets and disenfranchises religious minorities, such as the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), and many state-level anti-conversion and cow slaughter legislation.
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News Reports

Gaza’s de-facto PM Rawhi Mushtaha killed in airstrike 3 months ago, announces Israel, says Hamas kept it secret to prevent loss of morale

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On Thursday, 3rd October, the Israeli military declared that it had eliminated another Hamas leader identified as Rawhi Mushtaha, the head of the Hamas administration in Gaza
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Editor's picks

Varanasi: Here’s why some Hindu groups are removing Sai Baba idols from temples and immersing them in Ganga river

Shraddha Pandey -
The Shree Saibaba Sansthan Trust also mentioned how Sai Baba addressed God as “Allah”. It states that Sai Baba spent much time at a mosque and went on to describe himself as the servant of Allah whose soul constantly remembers Allah.
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News Reports

Madras HC quashes charges against stunt choreographer in Periyar speech case, says the anti-Hindu statements inscribed on stature caused him to react

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The case was booked in 2022 and the petitioner was arrested immediately. He was later granted bail.
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World

“Iran will pay a price,” says Israel’s envoy to India, Reuven Azar, after Iran’s missile attack on Israel

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Ambassador Azar attributed Israel's success in defending the Iran rocket barrage to advanced air defence systems and its strong partnerships with the United States.
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Entertainment

Vivek Agnihotri, the man who came up with ‘The Kashmir Files’, set to release first chapter of his ‘The Delhi Files’ on August 15,...

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Vivek Agnihotri said, "After years of research, the story of #TheDelhiFiles is too powerful for one part. We’re excited to bring you The Bengal Chapter – the first of two parts, unveiling a significant chapter in our history."
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Politics

Vinesh Phogat and her endless tantrums: The retired wrestler and current Congress leader has been falsely blaming BJP for her Olympics disqualification

Shraddha Pandey -
Contrary to the claims made by Vinesh Phogat, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya had informed the Lok Sabha that Vinesh Phogat was provided with all requisite assistance and training for the Paris Olympics.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays Madras High Court’s order against Isha Foundation, slams police action

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The supreme court stated that a judicial offier should have visited the Isha Foundation instead of 150 cops.
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Crime

Hathras stampede: UP police files 3,200-page chargesheet, self-styled godman Bhole Baba not named in charge sheet against 11 accused

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11 individuals including those who were responsible for securing the event’s permits were charged by the SIT.
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News Reports

How the govt is cracking down on dubious foreign funded NGOs like Oxfam and CPR running ‘sinister campaigns’ under the guise of charitable activities

Jhankar Mohta -
According to the data made public by the Income Tax Department, from 2015 to 2021, NGO Care India obtained 92% of its funding from abroad, Environics Trust received 95%, LIFE 86% and Oxfam 78%.
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News Reports

150 terror infrastructures destroyed in southern Lebanon, command centres of Hezbollah targeted, says IDF

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"So far, over 150 terror infrastructures have been destroyed in airstrikes, including command centres of the Hezbollah terrorist organisation, weapons storage facilities, and rocket launch positions," IDF said.
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News Reports

Samantha Ruth Prabhu clarifies her divorce from Naga Chaitanya was mutual and amicable, asks Congress leader Konda Surekha to keep her out of politics

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu reacted to Telangana Minister Konda Surekha's remark linking Bharat Rashtra Samiti chief KT Rama Rao to the separation of Naga Chaitanya and Samantha, and said that her divorce was a "personal matter."
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News Reports

Nagarjuna slams Telangana Congress Minister Konda Surekha for linking Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s divorce to BRS Chief KT Rama Rao

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Superstar Nagarjuna Akkineni as well as other BRS leaders strongly in condemn Telangana Congress Minister Konda Surekha after she claimed that BRS Chief KT Rama Rao was behind the divorce of Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu
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News Reports

Laddu Row: Andhra Pradesh deputy CM Pawan Kalyan concludes 11-day-long Prayashchit Deeksha at Tirumala

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Andhra Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan completed his Prpayashchit Deeksha in Tirumala today.
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News Reports

Samsung India protest escalates as TN police detain over 900 workers: Read why employees of the tech giant have been protesting for the last...

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Since September 9th, more than 1,000 workers have halted production and demonstrated in a temporary tent near the facility in Chennai over demands to increase their wages.
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News Reports

Bareilly Court warns of rising threat of Pakistan and Bangladesh-style religious conversions- What the court said while convicting Mohammed Alim of love jihad

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Mohammed Alim convicted in a love jihad case; court warns of growing threats of Pakistan and Bangladesh-style religious conversions and criticises legal oversights.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Brothers Mehtab and Shadab operated gang to target, shut down pro-Hindutva handles online and extort money, arrested

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Mehtab and Shadab led a criminal gang consisting of hundreds of members who communicated via social media,
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Opinions

MK Gandhi was against cow slaughter and supported cow protection, but with a shade of Muslim appeasement

Siddhi Somani -
It can be stated that Gandhi's 'liberal' and pluralistic values took over his Hindu mind which believed cow protection to be the biggest service Hindus could ever adopt. Gandhi failed to stand by Hindus who demanded a ban on the slaughter of cows at the hands of Muslims while he himself believed that slaughtering the cows was one of the biggest sins anybody ever could commit.
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News Reports

Israel declares UN chief Antonio Guterres persona non grata, bans him from entering the country

OpIndia Staff -
Israel on Wednesday declared UN chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata", banning him from entering the country.
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Opinions

10 years of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Throwback to the times when Rahul Gandhi was left red-faced after students told him ‘Swachh Bharat’ was working

Jinit Jain -
Rahul Gandhi is infamous for uttering remarks that cause him embarrassment but none has been as spectacularly embarrassing to him as his declaration that "Swachh Bharat wasn't working", only to be corrected by impressionable young students that it was indeed working.
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News Reports

Plagued with nighmares, son became ill: Thief writes apology letter and returns 100-year-old Radha Krisha idol he stole from temple in Uttar Pradesh

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A thief who stole a Radha Krisha idol from a temple in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh returned it on 1st October and sought forgiveness from the priest
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News Reports

West Bengal: NIA raids 11 locations over revival of banned CPI (Maoist) organisation, recover incriminating documents, 6 people arrested

OpIndia Staff -
On 1st October, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at at least 11 locations in West Bengal over funding of Maoist groups.
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News Reports

Only person killed in Iranian missile attack against Israel was a Palestinian, Iron Dome and Bomb Shelters protect Israelis from nearly 200 missiles

OpIndia Staff -
During the Iranian missile attack on Israel yesterday, a Palestinian man was killed in the West Bank town of Nu'eima near Jericho after the falling fuselage of an intercepted missile hit him.
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News Reports

‘Iran made a big mistake’:As Netanyahu pormises severe retaliation, and US extends support, major war looms over Western Asia

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Iran launched over 180 missiles at Israel, prompting retaliation vows from Netanyahu. The US pledged full support as tensions rise, and the UN called an emergency meeting.
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News Reports

‘Murdered his mother, chopped off her organs’: Bombay HC upholds death sentence of man who cut his own mother into pieces, put her heart...

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A division bench of the high court, comprising Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice PK Chavan, heard Sunil's appeal against the Kolhapur Sessions Court's death sentence verdict. The convict also did not appeal against his conviction and the death penalty.
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News Reports

Pakistani family living illegally in India with fake Hindu identities: How ‘Sufi’ Mehdi Foundation facilitated illegal immigration, organised fake docs and paid the family

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Mehdi Foundation International also paid the Pakistani preacher for giving sermons on its official channel.
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News Reports

Muslim lawyers slammed by court for demanding FIR against CM Shinde for sharing stage with Ramgiri Maharaj, govt says 67 FIRs filed against seer:...

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The judges ruled that no FIR would be filed against Eknath Shinde for sharing a stage with Ramgiri Maharaj, stating that there must be evidence of malafide intent for such action.
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News Reports

Haryana: High Courts asks Enforcement Directorate and police to arrest Congress MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker if he doesn’t surrender in 24 hrs

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He is considered a close aide of former Haryana Congress Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and is seeking re-election from the Samalkha constituency in the state assembly elections.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Hindu girl strangled to death by Shahenshah, Salman, Sarwar, and Javed, culprits arrested after encounter; victim killed over asking for marriage

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The victim girl was in a relationship with Salman. He and his associates killed her after she asked him to marry her.
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News Reports

CBI says no evidence of forced religious conversion in Lavanya case: What she said about her missionary school in dying declaration and its evidentiary...

Anurag -
The CBI has dismissed the forced conversion angle in Lavanya’s suicide, focusing on academic stress. However, her dying declaration remains crucial as the court evaluates its legal significance.
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World

USA: Democrats against democracy – How the Democratic party has been subverting democratic processes

Vidyapati Gautam -
The Democrats claim to fight for the heart of American democracy. However, the party gives short stick to democracy within its own fold. The upcoming presidential election in USA and the two that precede it establish this conclusively.
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News Reports

SP workers and Muslim “journalists” exonerate Moeed Khan after Raju Khan’s DNA matches with the rape victim’s foetus: How their “celebration” is premature

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Several Islamists on social media gave a clean chit to the SP leader Moeen Khan after DNA report of foetus matched with driver Raju Khan. But this premature celebration overlooks the fact that occurrence of rape isn't solely dependent on proof of fatherhood.
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Crime

12th pass, non-medicos became doctors and surgeons in Rajasthan: Media investigation reveals massive fraud in RMC registrations

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98 such non-medicos became fake gynaecologists and surgeons in Rajasthan. The certificates, NOC, registration, and verification were done fraudulently.
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Crime

Pakistani preacher Rashid, his wife and family lived in India for 10 years using fake Hindu identites under ‘Sharma’ name: Arrested in Bengaluru

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Siddiqui confessed that he was from Karachi's Liaquatabad and his wife and her family were from Lahore,
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News Reports

Ayodhya OBC girl gang-rape: DNA sample of SP leader Moeed Khan’s driver Raju Khan matches with foetus

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The DNA sample of SP leader Moeed Khan's driver Raju Khan has matched with the foetus, confirming his guilt in the gang-rape case of an minor OBC girl in Ayodhya.
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Crime

Jharkhand: Feroze Alam converted 12 women to Islam after marring them, 1 of his 4 current wives exposes him after being thrown out of...

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The victim while filing the complaint mentioned that she married her husband Feroze Alam in the year 1992. She stated that she was the second wife of the accused.
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World

USA: Satire website Babylon Bee sues Govt of California after it introduces laws aiming to censor satire and comedy in the name of ‘countering...

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Criticising the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillion said that one of the provisions of the law specifically targets satirists including writers at the Babylon Bee.
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News Reports

Admission of guilt? Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s wife offers to return 14 high-value plots after FIR against her husband in MUDA scam

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The offer to return high-value plots came hours after the ED registered a money laundering case against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and others
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News Reports

Mohammed Bilal abused Lord Ram on Instagram, hurled caste abuses when confronted: High Court rejects “hacked” excuse, denies bail – Exclusive Details

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Section 153A of the IPC prohibits encouraging animosity between various groups on the basis of religion, race, place of birth, domicile, language, and other factors, as well as engaging in acts that are detrimental to the maintenance of harmony.
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News Reports

Samajwadi MLA Mehboob Ali threatens BJP with increasing Muslim population in India, says your rule will end and we will come to power

OpIndia Staff -
Ironically, the Samajwadi party leader made the provocative remarks during an event named ‘Samvidhan Maan Diwas.'
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News Reports

Explained: How Iran started intelligence division to fight Mossad, but its agents were all working for Mossad, stole nuclear documents

Anurag -
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad alleges Mossad infiltrated Iran’s intelligence, including a key unit tasked with countering Israeli espionage, raising concerns about Iran’s security vulnerabilities.
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News Reports

Love Jihad in UP: Md Aalim becomes Anand Kumar to rape and convert Hindu woman, jailed for life in UP, Court suspects foreign funding

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Aalim has been arrested and charged with rape, criminal intimidation, and voluntarily causing harm. His father, Mohd Sabir, has also been charged with criminal intimidation under IPC section 504.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Cops arrest Hindu boy over ‘blasphemy’, Muslim mob attacks police station, army vehicle for not being able to lynch victim

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A mob of radical Muslims gathered outside the Patiya police station. They demanded the handover of Partha Biswas Pintu so that they could lynch him like Utsab Mandal.
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News Reports

Kerala: CPM leader Sebin Francis arrested under POCSO over sexual assault of minor student, had given death threats to victim

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The incident which led to the CPM leader's arrest occurred in 2023 when he raped the 12th class student.
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News Reports

Another protest rocks Himachal Pradesh, protesting Hindu groups demand the demolition of an “illegal” mosque in Kullu, Muslim body denies claims

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As per the reports, a minor scuffle is reported to have happened between the Hindu protesters and the police. This is as the protesters of the 'Hindu Dharam Jagaran Yatra' marched from Hanuman temple to Akhara Mosque amid tight security.
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News Reports

Adani Foundation clarifies that transfer process of Mount Carmel School in Chandrapur adhered to all required protocols & approvals from CBSE and state govt

OpIndia Staff -
In their official statement, Adani Group said, " The transfer of management of Mount Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School, owned by ACC Ltd was initiated as per the wishes and decisions of the Carmel Education Society to discontinue managing the school."
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News Reports

“If you are a Muslim, why don’t you use your name?”: BJP leader questions Muslim shopkeepers in Delhi for keeping misleading names, video goes...

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BJP leader Ravinder Negi warned a shopkeeper Mohammad Ayan who runs 'Raval Dairy' to write his real name on the shop’s nameboard.
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