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Al-Qaeda linked module in Ranchi: Dr Ishtiaq, his associates wanted to form suicide squad, planning to turn India into Islamic Nation, Delhi Police finds

OpIndia Staff -
Ishtiaq was training other terrorists in a dense forest in Ranchi. He was the leader of their group.
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OpIndia Explains

Mangesh Yadav encounter: How Samajwadi Party is exploiting encounter of a gangster to fuel caste polarisation

Shraddha Pandey -
Meanwhile, the Bhartiya Janata Party has hit back at the Samajwadi Party saying that it supports and offers condolences to criminals like Mukhtar Ansari, and Mangesh Yadav among others.
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News Reports

Ujjain shocker: Woman raped on the roadside, passersby watch over and shoot videos instead of rescuing her

OpIndia Staff -
A woman in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain was raped on the roadside in broad daylight even as passersby watched over without even attempting to rescue her.
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News Reports

PIL seeking ban on series “IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack” withdrawn from Delhi HC after Netflix added disclaimer disclosing real names of terrorists

ANI -
The PIL seeking direction to ban Netflix's series "IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack" has been withdrawn from the Delhi HC saying that Netflix's addition of a disclaimer with the real names of the terrorists addressed the concerns raised in the PIL.
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News Reports

New eye drops for presbyopia that will help you get rid of glasses? No, the claims are misleading, say govt sources, company blames media...

OpIndia Staff -
Many media portals ran the 'news' declaring that the new eye drops by Entod Pharmaceuticals will help persons with presbyopia get rid of glasses. Naturally, curiosity around the product was spiked and some news reports and social media posts even hailed it as a remarkable innovation.
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Entertainment

Kangana Ranaut confirms release of ‘Emergency’ has been postponed, says “still waiting for the certification from censor board”

ANI -
Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut said on Friday that the release of her much-awaited film 'Emergency' has been postponed as certification from censor board has not been received
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News Reports

NIA files first chargesheet against key accused Inderpal Singh Gaba for 2023 attack on Indian High Commission in London

OpIndia Staff -
NIA submitted its initial charge sheet regarding the two violent assaults that occurred at the Indian High Commission in London in March of last year
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World

Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden pleads guilty to 9 charges in $1.4 million tax evasion case: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this year, Hunter Biden was found guilty in another case related to gun possession and drug usage.
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News Reports

Kangana Ranaut confirms that her movie Emergency has failed to get clearance from Censor Board, won’t release today

OpIndia Staff -
Actress, producer and Lok Sabha MP Kangana Ranaut has confirmed that her movie 'Emergency' has not been cleared by the censor board and won't be released today.
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News Reports

Financial Times attempts to sour India’s relationship with Ukraine and US, claims Russia ‘secretly purchasing’ critical electronics by using rupees from oil sales

Dibakar Dutta -
The British newspaper conceded that it had no idea about the extent of purchases but insinuated that Russia's relationship with India had "grown deeper in the specific categories of goods."
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News Reports

UP: Altaf poses as Akash to lure Hindu woman, rapes her, forces her to convert to Islam in Moradabad, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The victim claimed that one day she was alone at her home in Moradabad when Altaf came to meet her. Finding the victim alone, the accused allegedly raped her and when the victim said that she report the incident to the police, Altaf lured her with marriage.
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News Reports

ED raids residence of former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh, PMLA investigation ongoing as per HC order to CBI

Sanghamitra -
The Anti-Corruption Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Dr Sandip Ghosh on September 2.
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Opinions

Arts, science, mathematics, all flourished for a 1000 years, then most powerful republic drowned in ‘caste politics’: Will those doing politics on caste census...

सुधीर गहलोत -
The Licchavi republic, which gave the world its first democracy, was weakened and destroyed due to power struggle, and preference for own faction over the nation.
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News Reports

Called me daughter but raped and groomed me to be sex-slave: Malayalam actress Sowmya’s shocking allegations on Tamil director

OpIndia Staff -
Sowmya said that the director arm-twisted her family so that she can pursue acting when she was in her teens.
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News Reports

For me, Dharavi is not just about urban renewal, it is about restoring dignity to over one million residents: Gautam Adani

ANI -
Adani Group Founder and Chairman Gautam Adani on Tuesday mentioned the Dharavi Redevelopment Project during a speech in a Mumbai college and said it is not just about "urban renewal" but "restoring dignity to over one million residents of our country".
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Police had to declare blasphemy-accused Hindu boy dead to satisfy bloodthirsty Muslim mob, hospitalisation announced after videos went viral

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu youth Utsab Mandal, who was beaten by a mob over blasphemy allegations in Khulna in Bangladesh, is alive, said the Directorate of Inter Services Public Relations of the country.
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Sports

Pakistan, recently humiliated by Bangladesh at home, likely to shift home Test series against England to Sri Lanka or UAE

ANI -
In Jason Gillespie's first assignment as Test head coach of Pakistan, the Shan Masood-led team hit rock bottom after enduring a whitewash against Bangladesh on their home soil.
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News Reports

Austrian youth known as Islamist by agencies shot dead after he opened fire near Israeli consulate in Munich on the anniversary of Munich Olympics...

OpIndia Staff -
“Police officers spotted a person who appeared to be carrying a firearm. The emergency services used their service weapons and the person was hit and injured,” Munich Police said on X.
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News Reports

PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission saves 60,000-70,000 infant lives every year, finds new study

OpIndia Staff -
The study identified Swachh Bharat Mission as an exception because it integrated toilet construction with community engagement, hygiene education, and robust monitoring mechanisms. The approach thus provided greater access not only to toilets but also encouraged people to change their lifestyles to reduce their exposure to harmful pathogens, which resulted in a drop in infant and child mortality.
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News Reports

Delhi riots were result of deep-rooted conspiracy by groups like Pinjra Tod, AAZMI, SIO, SFI & others, everything was pre-planned: Prosecution tells court

ANI -
Delhi Police submitted in court that Delhi riots were a result of a deep-rooted conspiracy hatched after the Citizenship Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament on December 4, 2019.
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News Reports

Karnataka govt withholds Teachers Day Best Principal award to Udupi teacher, who disallowed hijab in college, after objections by SDPI

OpIndia Staff -
Kundapura PU College principal BG Ramakrishna of Udupi district was selected for the 'Best Principal' award but now he was not give the honour due to objections by SDPI
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Crime

Former principal of RG Kar Medical College Sandip Ghosh ordered renovation and construction work near crime scene on the very next day: BJP shares...

OpIndia Staff -
The letter was written by Sandip Ghosh to Public Works Department (PWD) on 10th August, a day after the gruesome crime.
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh: Congress minister raises the issue of illegal construction in Shimla mosque, says love jihad is serious issue, faces backlash from party MLAs

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress minister asked if permission was taken from the administration before opening the mosque in Shimla.
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News Reports

‘We kept begging to see the body of our daughter, everyone was moving around crime scene freely’: Parents of RG Kar victim say they...

OpIndia Staff -
In his statement, the victim’s father said that despite filing a complaint for an FIR between 6-7 pm, the police delayed registering the FIR until 11:45 pm. This contradicts the claims made by Kapil Sibal, counsel for the Mamata Banerjee-led-West Bengal Government, in the Supreme Court.
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Sports

Indian para athletes shine at Paris Paralympics, script history: Here’s how PM Modi has been encouraging them

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, India, so far, has won 24 medals at the Paris Paralympics 2024 with 5 golds, 9 silvers and 10 bronze. India had won 19 medals at Tokyo Games with 5 golds, 8 silvers and 6 bronze.
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News Reports

Putin sarcastically backs Kamala Harris in US Elections, cites her ‘Infectious Laughter’ saying she would refrain from further sanctions against Russia

OpIndia Staff -
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would support Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential elections
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Editor's picks

As Congress tries to attack BJP for being ‘soft on terror’ using Netflix propaganda series IC 814, its old sins are still haunting the...

Paurush Gupta -
Ironically, in its efforts to corner the BJP government for releasing 3 terrorists to secure the lives of 176 Indians, the Congress party has conveniently overlooked that the UPA government released terrorists in 2010 as a “goodwill gesture” to mollycoddle Pakistan
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News Reports

Kanhaiya Lal beheading by Islamists: Rajasthan High Court grants bail to Mohammed Javed who informed the killers about his whereabouts

OpIndia Staff -
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrested Mohammed Javed from Udaipur, Rajasthan, on July 22, 2022, 20 days after the brutal beheading of Kanhaiya Lal.
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News Reports

Yet another suicide by a student in Kota: Mathura student preparing for medical entrance exam found hanging from the ceiling

ANI -
The deceased has been identified as Parshuram, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Mathura. He had come to Kota a week ago to prepare for the medical entrance exam.
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News Reports

India and Singapore sign MoU to cooperate in development of the semiconductor ecosystem during PM Modi’s visit

ANI -
The MoU aims to support India's growing semiconductor industry while facilitating Singapore's ecosystem of semiconductor companies and related supply chains to participate in the fast-growing Indian market
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News Reports

‘Caste-based library access rules’: Viral post about library rules against general students opens a flood of personal experiences, raises question on equity vs exclusion

Anurag -
According to the notice, students were prioritised by the library based on caste and income. For example, one day was reserved solely for SC/ST students, while another was split into two parts: the first half for General Category students with a family income of less than Rs 1 lakh, and the second half for those with a family income exceeding Rs 5 lakh. The third day was open to all students.
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News Reports

If you don’t like India, don’t work here, we will ask government to block Wikipedia: Delhi High Court issues contempt order in ANI case...

OpIndia Staff -
ANI had filed a contempt plea in Delhi High Court against Wikipedia charging non compliance of the order.
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News Reports

UP Police busts honey trapping gang in Meerut, arrests Asif, Firoz, Faheem and 4 others for using fake names and trapping innocents for money

OpIndia Staff -
Honey trapping gang of Asif Sayed, Aniket, Deepak, Firoz, Faheem, Ruhina, and Summaiyaa (Shalu) arrested in Meerut, they used to trap Hindu men and threatened them for money.
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News Reports

The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri declines invitation of Oxford Union that wanted to debate why Kashmir should be an independent country

OpIndia Staff -
Kashmir Files director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri informed that he has declined the invitation of the Oxford Union Society who wanted to allegedly debate on Kashmir using an anti-India stance
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Crime

Tamil Nadu: Dr S Samson Daniel arrested under POCSO Act for sexually assaulting minors at school hostel over several months

OpIndia Staff -
The Tamil Nadu doctor sexually assaulted girls aged between 5 to 10 years in the name of health check-ups.
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News Reports

Bangladeshi media reports about Hindu boy being killed over ‘blasphemy’ allegations by Muslim mob, deletes report after video goes viral showing Army, police presence...

OpIndia Staff -
Reports say that to avert any unexpected incidents, an Army and Navy team arrived at the scene and took control of the situation. However, the boy was still beaten to death by the mob.
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News Reports

2000 angry tribals attack Muslim establishments in revenge for sexual assault of tribal woman in Telangana, BJP condemns Congress govt for dismissing incident as...

OpIndia Staff -
BJP State Vice President of Andhra Pradesh, Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, condemned the assault on the tribal woman. He accused the state police under the Congress government of dismissing the attack as an accident
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News Reports

Residents turn off lights, Swiggy, Zomato partners take out protest rally: Kolkata unites to demand justice for RG Kar victim and protest against Mamata...

OpIndia Staff -
These symbolic protests reflect the city's grief and anger, as residents come together to demand justice for the young doctor who was raped and murdered at the state-run hospital.
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Editor's picks

Boko Haram terrorists attack Nigerian village, kill over 81 persons in Yobe

OpIndia Staff -
Shops and homes were set on fire while the terrorists went on a shooting spree in the village. As reported by Al Jazeera, a local official named Bulama Jalaluddeen said that the attack claimed the lives of 81 people. "It has been established that at least 81 people were killed in the attack," Jalaluddeen said.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Medical student Danish Khan forces Hindu classmate to convert to Islam, makes disparaging remarks against Ram Mandir and Hinduism

OpIndia Staff -
When she rejected his proposal, accused Danish Khan became violent. He pulled the Hindu woman by the hair, slapped her and touched her inappropriately.
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News Reports

Communal tensions flare up in Congress-ruled Telangana after Sheikh Makhdhoom attempts to rape a tribal woman

OpIndia Staff -
Communal tensions swept Telagana's Saifabad after an auto rickshaw driver Sheikh Makhdhoom attempted to sexually assault a tribal woman.
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News Reports

SEBI denies allegations of ‘toxic work culture’, says employees are misguided by external elements to target the regulator’s credibility

ANI -
Amidst allegations of SEBI employees protesting and complaining of 'toxic work culture', the market regulator categorically denied the issue, asserting that the employees are perhaps misguided by external elements
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee is playing to the gallery with her Aparajita law: Here is how it is likely to get struck down by Supreme Court,...

Paurush Gupta -
The seeming inevitability of it getting struck down in a court of law alludes that it could merely be an act to pander to the gallery rather than a true pursuit to seek Justice for women and set a deterrence against heinous crimes.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Madrasa where fake currency racket was busted received crores of foreign funding, also involved in making bogus Aadhar Cards

राहुल पाण्डेय -
The madrasa has obtained over two crores so far from outside India including Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
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News Reports

Wikipedia editors think court order is not a ‘reliable source’, Teesta Setalvad is: Read about bias in Wiki article on 2002 Godhra train attack,...

Nupur J Sharma -
Editors of the Wikipedia page on Godhra train burning gives more importance to ‘opinions of scholars’ over court verdicts
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News Reports

IC814 hijacking: TMC MP Sagarika Ghose’s attack on Vajpayee backfires as Kanchan Gupta exposes how union minister Mamata Banerjee pushed for release of terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
Sagarika Ghosh attacked the Atal Bihari Vajpayee govt for releasing 3 terrorists to secure release of passengers of hijacked flight IC814, ignoring that her own party was part of the NDA govt
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Opinions

Why do some ‘artists’ feel compelled to whitewash Islamic terrorism? Here are a bunch of reasons that drive them

Shraddha Pandey -
Another reason behind ‘artists’ whitewashing Islamic terrorism is Wokeism—the cultural Marxism— which reduces the world into conflicts between oppressors and oppressed; here Muslim strategists and Islam apologists have been hugely successful in painting themselves as victims in almost every scenario.
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News Reports

Two insurgent groups give up weapons in Tripura, National Liberation Front of Tripura and All Tripura Tiger Force sign peace pacts with centre and...

ANI -
The Central government and State government of Tripura on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Settlement with the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) in the national capital.
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News Reports

Jairam Ramesh fumes over Adani getting airport project in Kenya over Chinese company: How Congress hate for Indian conglomerate is blatant now

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party objected to the Adani Group’s proposal to upgrade an airport in Kenya as Chinese firms also have been eyeing the same project.
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News Reports

Former aide to two New York Governors was spying for China, furthering Beijing agenda: With the NewsClick China funding case, here is why India...

Anurag -
Chinese espionage in the US, it is also a wake-up call for countries like India to scrutinise potential Chinese influence on their government, economy, and administration. The case of Newsclick, where fhunds from China were used to push Beijing’s anti-India agenda, is already a notable example.
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