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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’

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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...

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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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News Reports

‘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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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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News Reports

Strongly condemn this deceitful act, will take legal action: Adani Group slams fake news shared by Supreme Court Advocate Sanjay Hegde on social media

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The fake news was spread by many individuals including Sprmem Court's lawyer Sanjay Hegde.
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Opinions

Another assassination bid on Donald Trump: Who is Ryan Routh and how his attempt to assassinate Trump reveals troubling political extremism in the US

Anurag -
Ryan Routh was recently arrested for an attempted assassination of former President of the US, Donald Trump, a second such attempt in months.
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News Reports

Love Jihad in UP: Azam Zaidi lures a Hindu girl into marriage under false pretences, rapes and tortures her after being exposed

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The accused used to torture and beat the Hindu woman after he lured her into a relationship and married her.
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Fact-Check

Supreme Court advocate Sanjay Hegde spreads fake news about Adani Group, says will only believe Zubair and Alt News about Adani Group’s press releases

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After everyone online called out Sanjay Hegde for the fake news, he said that he won't believe any facts unless certified by Alt News and Mohammed Zubair.
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News Reports

Bareilly Hindus not letting Muslim procession pass – No, they are not ‘Islamophobic’ but Muslim were Hinduphobic during Kanwar Yatra. Here is the full...

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On Sunday (15th September), a Jalsa-e-Mohammadi of about 120 Anjumans was to be taken out in Bareilly on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-nabi. In the afternoon, the officials came to know that the people of the route from where the procession is taken out every year have opposed it.
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News Reports

Attacked for organising Ganesh festival: Yasir booked in Maharashtra’s Daund for attacking the head of Ganesh Pandal with sharp weapons. Read FIR details

Siddhi Somani -
The head of the Ganesh Pandal was attacked by one Yasir, resulting in injuries on head, legs, and feet. Yasir also threatened him with death for organising Ganesh festival.
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News Reports

Saket Gokhale spreads fake news about Vande Bharat sleeper trains, Railways Ministry punctures his lies: Here is what happened

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By increasing train length from 16 to 24 coaches, the Ministry was able to significantly reduce the cost of contract for making Vande Bharat sleeper trains.
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News Reports

Travelled farther into space than any other human in more than 50 years: SpaceX creates history, completes world’s first commercial spacewalk

OpIndia Staff -
A team of 4 civilian members led by billionaire Jared Isaacman created history as they travelled farther into space than any other humans for more than 50 years. 
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News Reports

Dear Print, as a Bengali Hindu, what has ‘hit us where it hurts’ is the slaughter of our Hindu brothers – nobody gives a...

Dibakar Dutta -
I came across Bangladeshi nationals, celebrating on Facebook, after reading the article by Tina Das. They are elated at the thought of 'hurting us successfully.'
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News Reports

Another assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump: Shooter with AK-47 enters Trump family’s Florida golf club

OpIndia Staff -
In his statement in a fundraising email, Donald Trump said, “There were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumours start spiralling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I AM SAFE AND WELL!”
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News Reports

“We will have to develop a Nuclear Treaty with Pakistan, Ghauri missiles can be deployed on broder”: Dhaka University professor calls for nuclearisation of...

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Professor Shahiduzzaman called for a Nuclear Treaty with Pakistan to deter India, a nation that played the pivotal role in the birth of Bangladesh.
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News Reports

Operation Stovewood: Waleed Ali jailed for raping minor girl 21 years ago, seven others convicted and jailed in UK’s biggest investigation into Grooming Jihad...

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This week, UK courts have convicted 8 persons for raping and sexually abusing minor girls as part of Operation Stovewood which is the UK's biggest investigation into sexual exploitation of minors and grooming jihad cases in Rotherham
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi is country’s number 1 terrorist, he is not Indian: Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu over Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in the USA

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Launching a blistering attack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks in the USA, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu said on Sunday that the former is not an Indian
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News Reports

‘Yogi ji save me, my family can kill me’: Muslim girl from Aligarh says her family is opposing relationship with her Hindu lover, accuses...

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A video of a Muslim girl from Aligarh is doing rounds on the internet in which she is pleading for help from UP Yogi Adityanath and UP Police as her family is against her relation with her Hindu lover
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