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Black Myth Wukong: How journey to the “West” in China’s popular new game is journey through India

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Since its release on 19th August, the Chinese video game – Black Myth: Wukong – has broken several records for single-player titles.
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News Reports

Kota: School Principal Muhammed Shafiq deletes Ganesh Chaturthi greeting messages on school’s WhatsApp group twice, arrested for disturbing social harmony

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Station House officer of Kota’s Bapawar Kala Police Station, Uttam Singh said that the school Principal Mohammed Shafiq was arrested for disturbing social harmony.
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News Reports

Rajnath Singh slams National Conference for sympathising with terrorists after Omar Abdullah’s comments on Afzal Guru

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On 8th September, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh slammed the National Conference and accused the party of showing sympathy for terrorists
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Top Jamaat-e-Islami lawyer and co-convenor of Jamaat offshoot political party made chief prosecutor of International Crimes Tribunal

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Muhammad Yunus-led interim govt of Bangladesh on Saturday appointed pro-Jamaat Supreme Court lawyer Md Tajul Islam as the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Teenage Hindu boy who was assaulted by mob in police station booked under Cyber Security Act over alleged blasphemy, to be arrested after...

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Utsab Mandal, who was brutally assaulted by a mob inside a police station in Khulna, Bangladesh, has been booked under the contentious Cyber Security Act on the allegations of hurting religious sentiments
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News Reports

‘Spiked her drink, blackmailed her using obscene video and raped her repeatedly’: UP police book Samajwadi leader for rape of female lawyer

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The accused is the son of ex-Samajwadi party MLA Dayaram Pal and has served as the former President of the Central Mau Bar Association.
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Culture and History

Ganeshotsav: Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s role in making it Maharashtra’s main festival and how it helped to fight British occupation – A look into...

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In 1893, Bal Gangadhar Tilak revitalised the Ganeshotsav festival and turned it into a public event to mobilise Indian sentiment against British rule. Ganesh Chaturthi became a platform for Indians to gather, express solidarity, and communicate nationalist ideas under the guise of a religious festival.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Former Awami student wing leader, who left politics long ago, beaten to death in Rajshahi, earlier his leg was severed by Jamaat student...

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A former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Bangladesh Awami League, was lynched by a mob on 7 September night in Rajshahi.
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News Reports

Corruption, strong-arm tactics, no-confidence in state government: TMC MP Jawahar Sircar resigns from Rajya Sabha citing RG Kar rape and murder case, quits politics

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TMC Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar quits MP post in protest against RG Kar hospital rape and murder incident, writes to party supremo Mamata Banerjee.
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News Reports

‘Agent brought us here, we were supposed to leave for Bengaluru’: Tripura police arrest four Bangladeshi nationals, booked for crossing border illegally

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The accused were identified as Mohammed Hanif, Yusuf Ali, Parul Begum and Jasmine Akhter. During police interrogation, they admitted to crossing the border illegally from Bangladesh
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News Reports

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez leaves country and heads towards Spain on a Spanish Air Force plane, requests political asylum

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Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has left the country and is heading to Spain on a Spanish Air Force plane
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News Reports

Uttarakhand CM Dhami acts against love and land jihad in the state: Police starts verification campaign across Uttarakhand to check demographic change

OpIndia Staff -
Amid reports of demographic changes in various areas of Uttarakhand, the government of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has started taking action. The police have started a 'verification campaign' to verify the people living in the state.
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News Reports

Assam Rifles deploys anti-drone systems in Manipur after multiple drone and missile attacks by suspected Kuki terrorists, CRPF and state police too deploy more...

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The Assam Rifles (AR) have deployed anti-drone systems in Manipur to counter any 'rogue drones,' and additional anti-drone guns are being brought into the state by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) to enhance security measures.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Islamist freed by ‘Nobel laureate’ Muhammad Yunus demands secession of Kashmir and Punjab from India, tells Mamata Banerjee to target PM Modi

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"We will tell Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal to free Bengal from Modi’s rule and declare independence," Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani was quoted as saying by The Print.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Stones pelted on the idol of Lord Ganesha, Hindus celebrating Chaturti in Ratlam, Hindus protest, FIR filed

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Someone threw a stone at the Ganesh idol in Mochipura, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. This led to a massive protest.
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News Reports

Manipur: CM holds emergency meeting amid rocket attacks by Kukis, and drone sightings in villages; escalation of violence leaves seven dead

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Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh, held an emergency meeting with the state's ruling coalition leaders, including MLAs from the BJP, Naga People's Front, and National People's Party.
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News Reports

‘Stealing hospital funds, making illegal appointments and doing undue favours’: CBI investigation exposes former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh

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CBI pointed out that Sandip Ghosh followed a non-transparent method for the appointment of house staffers by surpassing due process.
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Social Media

“Kutiya”, “Laanat”, “Shirk”, “Qafir”: Annual ritual of Sara Ali Khan receiving abuses online for celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi continues

OpIndia Staff -
Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan received a barrage of abuses from Islamists on Instagram after she extended greetings on the Hindu festival of Ganesh Chaturthi.
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News Reports

‘Will not let you go alive’: Hamja-Farooq and three others attack Hindu youths carrying Ganesh idol in Kutch, threaten them with sharp weapons

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A case of Islamist attack on Hindu youths carrying an idol of Lord Ganesh has come to light from the Mundra area in Gujarat’s Kutch district
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News Reports

West Bengal: POCSO court awards death penalty to Md Abbas for brutal rape and murder of minor schoolgirl in Siliguri last year

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A special POCSO court in West Bengal’s Siliguri on 7 September sentenced one Md Abbas to death for rape and murder of a minor girl last year.
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World

Warnings of escalating crisis in Balochistan: Pakistan Senators condemn new powers granted to Security Forces, describe current situation as a ‘Police State’

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Pakistani senators have expressed strong disapproval of the federal government's recent move to enhance the powers of security forces in Balochistan.
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News Reports

50th Anniversary of Pakistan declaring Ahmadiyyas Non-Muslims, the community that was at the forefront of demanding a separate Pakistan

Paurush Gupta -
7th September 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the infamous day when Pakistan constitutionally relegated the Ahmadiyya community as a non-Muslim minority.
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News Reports

Assam government to intensify efforts to detect and deport illegal immigrants, issues detailed directions to border police

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Assam govt announced several measures to intensify efforts to deport illegal immigrants from Assam.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Minor school girl returning from tuition sexually assaulted, found unconscious on road with her clothes torn in Hooghly

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, the Police found the minor victim in a semi-nude state.
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News Reports

Recorded video, circulated it on social media instead of helping, has pending criminal cases: MP police arrest Mohammed Salim in Ujjain rape case, to...

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The cops identified Salim using the CCTV footage from the area and tracked him using his mobile number.
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News Reports

Pilibhit: Changez Khan sexually abused OBC woman, was trying to abduct Dalit widow, got attacked: Muslim crowd gathers in support of the accused, surround...

राहुल पाण्डेय -
According to Sanjay Mishra, on the day of the incident in Pilibhit, Changez Khan, along with his brother Amjad, was trying to kidnap the victim.
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News Reports

Kapil Sharma postponed his USA tour so that Rajiv Thakur could play terrorist in controversial Netflix series on IC814 hijacking

OpIndia Staff -
In a recent interview, comedian Rajiv Thakur revealed that it was popular comedian Kapil Sharma who encouraged him to take up the role in IC814 as he was about to turn down Anubhav Sinha’s offer, citing scheduling issues.
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News Reports

Pakistan Army finally confesses its involvement in the 1999 Kargil War against India, first public admission after 25 years

OpIndia Staff -
During his address on defence day, the Pakistan Army Chief said, "1948, 1965, 1971 or Kargil war between India and Pakistan, or Siachen, many have sacrificed themselves in them..
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Official residence of former PM Sheikh Hasina to be converted to ‘July Uprising Memorial Museum’, destructions by mob to be preserved

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The interim govt in Bangladesh has decided to convert Gono Bhaban, the former official residence of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, into a museum.
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Crime

Maharashtra: Maulana turns monster, rapes minor girl multiple times in the garb of teaching Urdu

OpIndia Staff -
The matter came to light when the girl complained of stomach pain. After being taken to a doctor, it was revealed that the 11-year-old was being sexually abused by Maulana Riyaz Sheikh.
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Politics

“Reflects mindset of INDI Alliance which backs terrorist”: BJP reacts to Omar Abdullah’s remarks on Afzal Guru

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Bhandari reacting to comments by Omar Abdullah further praised PM Modi from BJP and his policies for Jammu and Kashmir and said that PM Modi has always a vision of development.
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News Reports

The world famous Onam festival begins in Kerala with Athachamayam: The festival that is about King Bali and the Vamana incarnation of Lord Vishnu

श्रवण शुक्ल -
Onam is the most prominent and grand festival of the state of Kerala in South India, which symbolises the cultural heritage and religious traditions of the state.
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Jharkhand: Government school teacher Anwarul shows obscene videos and uses lewd language with minor female students, transferred after public outrage

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Many minor female students told their parents that the accused teacher was not only showing them obscene videos on the mobile phone but also used lewd language.
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News Reports

Assam: Dhing gangrape accused Faridul Islam and Golap Hussain arrested after 15 days, third accused Tafazul had died trying to escape custody

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The Assam Police have arrested the two absconding accused of raping a minor in Dhing area of Nagaon district on Friday
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World

Pakistani national living in Canada conspiring with ISIS to launch terror attacks against Jews in USA around October 7, arrested

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"The defendant was allegedly determined to kill Jewish people here in the United States, nearly one year after Hamas' horrific attack on Israel. This investigation was led by the FBI", FBI Director Christopher Wray said.
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News Reports

Kuki terrorists unleash carnage in Manipur, brutally murder elderly Meitei man day after killing priest

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In visuals that have surfaced on social media, the victim could be seen lying dead on his bed in a bloodied state.
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Politics

This proves Congress was behind the wrestlers’ protest: Wrestling Federation of India President Sanjay Singh on Bajrang, Vinesh joining Congress party

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Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Sanjay Singh said on Saturday that the joining of wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia to the Congress party was proof that the Congress was behind the wrestlers' protest
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Bangladesh: Ganesha idol procession attacked near masjid, Hindus stage protest after extremists throw hot water and hurl bricks

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The members of the 'Batargalli Dhwapara Sarbajanin Puja Committee' have expressed shock over the targeted attack and malicious attempt to hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community.
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News Reports

Over 120 protected historical monuments claimed by Waqf Board: ASI tells Joint Parliamentary Committee, highlights need of amendment to Waqf Act

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ASI gave a detailed presentation in the JPC meeting on issues related to Waqf Boards in protected monuments and sites.
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World

Bankrupt Pakistan’s latest measures to revive economy: Ban on purchase of vehicles and machinery, no medical treatment abroad using state funds

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Pakistan's government imposed a "complete ban" on specific expenditures, including the purchase of new vehicles, machinery, and state-funded medical treatment abroad, a statement by the Finance Division stated.
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News Reports

“Completely baseless and misleading”: Wockhardt denies Congress allegation that SEBI chief received rental income from it while probing the company

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Mumbai-headquartered pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Wockhardt has categorically denied allegations labeled by the Congress party against the company.
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Opinions

Bangladesh govt head Muhammad Yunus tries to invent excuses for targeted killings of Hindus by Islamists, claims murders and loot are ‘exaggerated’

Shraddha Pandey -
Head of interim government in Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, sought to downplay the targeted attacks against Hindus, dismissing reports of anti-Hindu persecution as grossly exaggerated.
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News Reports

IIT Guwahati signs agreement with Airbus to establish global skilling centre on aviation, logistics and aerospace technology

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The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus India on Friday to set up a skilling centre to train professionals for the aviation and logistic industry.
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News Reports

Farmers protest against Congress alleging corruption in ticket distribution for Haryana elections, surround AICC state in-charge Deepak Babaria’s car

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farmers staged protests outside Congress headquarters as they protested the decision to give an election ticket to a Congress leader from Hisar.
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh Assembly adopts resolution to legalise cannabis cultivation in the state due to its potential as an economic asset

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The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Friday passed a significant resolution to legalise cannabis cultivation, following the recommendations of an Assembly committee report.
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News Reports

Centre notifies Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ Galathea Bay as a major port

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India has 12 major ports under central control and around 200 non-major ports managed by state governments.
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Manipur: After dropping bombs using drones, suspected Kuki terrorists fire long-range rocket at ex-CM’s resident near INA museum in Moirang, elderly priest killed

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A long-range rocket was fired at the residence of former Chief Minister M C Koireng at Moirang Kumam in Bishnupur District on Friday afternoon
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News Reports

Delhi HC denies bail to wife of Premoday Khakha, Delhi WCD official who was arrested for sexual exploitation of a minor girl

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Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, in dismissing the bail application of Seema Rani Khakha, stated that the case "strikes at the root of trust between two families" and emphasised that the possibility of influencing witnesses could not be ruled out at this stage.
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News Reports

Vinesh Phogat resigns from Indian railways, joins Congress along with Bajrang Punia ahead of Haryana assembly elections

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On 6th September, wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat joined the Indian National Congress ahead of the assembly election in Haryana
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News Reports

Objectionable poses, vulgar thumbnails, random humping and more: ‘Yoga teacher’ Suhail Ansari back in the business of perversion months after saying sorry

Dibakar Dutta -
Ansari repeatedly brought shame to the ancient Hindu discipline by sexually objectifying the women in his videos and posting objectionable thumbnails (featuring zoomed-in images of hips, breasts and sex positions).
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