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Appeasement politics of INDI Alliance did not serve justice to those seeking citizenship under CAA: Amit Shah

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Amit Shah said, "CAA is not just for giving citizenship to people, it is also to give justice and rights to lakhs of people. Because of the appeasement politics of Congress and its allies, people seeking refuge did not get justice from 1947 to 2014."
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News Reports

Kolkata Police summon TMC MP Sukhendu Ray for allegedly tweeting ‘wrong information’ after he demanded custodial interrogation of police commissioner and RG Kar Hospital’s...

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has been served a notice by the Kolkata Police for tweeting "wrong information" about the probe in connection with the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case.
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Law

Minority Educational Institutions exempt from RTE, says Bombay High Court: How RTE is heavily skewed against Hindu institutions

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A recent report estimated that the RTE is responsible for the shutting down of more than 10,000 Hindu-run schools.
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News Reports

Central Consumer Protection Authority imposes ₹3 lakh fine on Sriram’s IAS for misleading advertisement claiming 200 plus selections in UPSC 2022 exams

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The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakh on Sriram’s IAS for advertising misleading claims regarding the result of UPSC Civil Service Exam 2022
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man killed after eloping with a 16-year-old Muslim girl, FIR filed against 10 including Tasleem, Irshad, Chuttan, Ashfaq, Rehman and others

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Dalit man Suraj found hanging from a tree in Fatehganj West of Bareilly six days after he had eloped with a minor Muslim girl
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News Reports

Kolkata doctor murder-rape: Doctors continue protest at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital

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The students and junior doctors continue to protest at the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital over the murder and alleged sexual assault of their female colleague on August 9 in the West Bengal city of Kolkata.
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News Reports

Cherry picking, drawing false equivalence and selective fact checking: Exposing BBC’s agenda to downplay attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh as ‘political violence’

Dibakar Dutta -
BBC imparted a political angle to the attacks by claiming that Hindus were largely 'supporters of Sheikh Hasina' and that any attack on them was the consequence of their political affiliation and not religious identity.
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News Reports

Delhi: Speeding Mercedes kills a 34-year-old cycle rider in Ashram

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The driver of the Mercedes identified as Pradeep Gautam has been arrested, and the car was seized, police said.
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News Reports

Air India cabin crew member attacked in her hotel room in London, Airline issues message in support as police probe underway

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Air India has confirmed the incident and stated that a complaint has been filed with the police, who are now investigating the matter.
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News Reports

False narratives and selective outrage: Anti-Hindu agenda of IAMC and HfHR behind Ram Janmabhoomi float controversy during India Parade in New York

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Organisations including IAMC, HfHR, CAIR and others have opposed Ram Janmbhoomi float at the India Parade scheduled for 18th August. They used false information and disinformation to present VHP and other organisations in bad light.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Cops arrest student for criticising Mamata Banerjee over RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, sent to custody for 14 days

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On Saturday (17th August), Sagnik Laha was produced before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate and sentenced to 14 days in custody.
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News Reports

I don’t understand whom she is protesting against or from whom she is demanding punishment: Nirbhaya’s mother questions Mamata Banerjee

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Expressing her outrage over the rape and murder of a female resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, Asha Devi, the mother of Nirbhaya, described the incident as "the most unfortunate thing that has happened."
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News Reports

Telangana: Farmers stage protest in Adilabad against Congress government’s delay in crop loan waiver, takes out mock funeral of CM Revanth Reddy

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Several farmers across Telangana as well as the opposition parties, BJP and BRS have slammed the Congress government and CM Revanth Reddy for cheating and betraying the state farmers in the name of crop loan waiver.
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News Reports

Popular Congress troll accused of ransom and extortion after he claims movers and packers company stole his valuables: Here’s what the company said

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Congress troll Ankit Mayank and his wife Rohini Anand were accused of extortion and ransom after they claimed a movers and packers company had stolen their valuables.
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News Reports

Outrage on rape and murder of trainee doctor opens a can of worm on Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College: Multiple times when it made...

OpIndia Staff -
The development has opened a can of worms for the hospital as this is not a one-off incidence when the medical institution made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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News Reports

Viscera and blood-stained items in the RG Kar Hospital case changed: Claims Suvendu Adhikari, asks CBI to seize phones of Mamata Banerjee and top...

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Suvendu Adhikari claimed that the police changed the viscera and blood-stained items in an effort to protect the accused in the RG Kar Hospital case
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Situation under control in Nashik after mobs attack Hindu groups for protesting against persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh

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Violence erupted in Nashik on Friday after mobs confronted Hindu groups for protesting in support of persecuted Hindus in Bangladesh.
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Editor's picks

Bihar: Under-construction Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghat bridge collapses for third time in 2 years, Bridge Corporation clarifies already damaged part collapsed, no new construction going on

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After the under-construction Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghat bridge in Bihar's Bhagalpur has collapsed for the third time in two years, Bihar govt clarified that it was an already damaged portion
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News Reports

‘Entire aim is to corner Mamata Banerjee’: Rajdeep Sardesai first plays ‘neutral’, then attacks Opposition for demanding accountability from West Bengal govt over RG...

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Rajdeep Sardesai brazened out, "Are we saying my friends that whenever a heinous crime occurs in this country, the chief minister must resign? That's a dangerous political game to play."
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News Reports

Bulldozer action in Udaipur: Illegally constructed house of the Muslim boy who stabbed a Hindu student demolished, injured student still in the ICU

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In Udaipur, Rajasthan, officials demolished the illegally constructed house of a Muslim boy accused of stabbing a classmate.
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News Reports

Union Health Ministry assures all possible efforts to ensure safety of doctors, requests them to return to duty in view of rising Dengue and...

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As junior doctors across the country continue their protest demanding security after the Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital rape and murder case, the union health ministry today appealed them to return to work. The govt also assured them all possible efforts to ensure their security.
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News Reports

‘Will ensure 100 per cent of crops are purchased at MSP’: Haryana CM Saini

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Haryana CM Nayab Saini said his government has decided to procure all crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
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News Reports

Haryana: Gurugram malls evacuated after bomb threat, search operation underway

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Visitors and staff members were evacuated from malls in Gurugram on Saturday after district administration received a bomb threat to all the malls in the district via email, officials said.
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News Reports

Pakistan-origin terrorist Tahawwur Rana, key conspirator of 26/11 Mumbai attack and aide of David Headley, can be extradited to India: US court

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Tahawwur Rana was convicted in the United States for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. He was imprisoned for more than 10 years
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News Reports

US secretly ‘interfering’ in Indian politics, planning to use Andhra Baptist Chuch to coerce Chandrababu Naidu into leaving NDA: Reports

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"The Andhra Baptist Church is the biggest tool in the CIA's pocket right now to be used against CBN," reported Sputnik India, citing sources.
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News Reports

BJP demands resignation of Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah after governor approved his prosecution in MUDA scam

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BJP MP Tejasvi Surya said on Saturday that the Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah "must resign to make way for an impartial investigation" into the MUDA scam
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News Reports

From New York’s Times Square to Europe, UK, Bangladesh: Global Indian diaspora demands justice for trainee doctor raped and murdered in Kolkata’s RG Kar...

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Demanding Justice for ‘Abhaya’ (meaning fearless - name given for the deceased victim), Indian diaspora have registered their outrage and staged protests across prominent cities of the World.
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News Reports

Delhi High Court orders Samajwadi Party to remove defamatory tweet with allegations of sexual misconduct against BJP leader Amit Malviya

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The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the Samajwadi Party to take down allegations of rape made against BJP IT cells head Amit Malviya.
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News Reports

Amid protests over rape-murder of junior doctor at RG Kar Hospital, Mamata govt transfers two doctors including wife of ex-principal Sandip Ghosh

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The doctors who were removed from the healthcare institution included Sandipa Das and Sangeeta Pal.
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News Reports

Allahabad HC refuses to quash proceedings against Ghulamuddin and 5 others who carried Indian Flag with verses of Quran on it, says violation of...

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The court said that the Indian Flag is a symbol of the unity and diversity of the nation beyond religious ethics and cultural differences.
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News Reports

Deliberate attempt to derail Sabarmati Express? – Engine derailed because of object placed on the track, no injuries: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

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Taking to X, the Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "The engine of Sabarmati Express (Varanasi to Amdavad) hit an object placed on the track and derailed near Kanpur at 02:35 am today."
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News Reports

Schools shut, internet suspended and prohibitory orders imposed: Udaipur witnesses unrest after Muslim boy stabs Hindu student

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Keeping the situation in mind, the administration has shut down all schools and colleges in Udaipur on Saturday (17th August).
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News Reports

RG Kar rape and murder case: NCW inquiry committee uncovers lapses in security, infrastructure, and investigation in Kolkata

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A two-member inquiry committee constituted by the National Commission for Women (NCW) investigated the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and submitted its preliminary findings uncovering lapses in security, infrastructure, and investigation.
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News Reports

Union Cabinet approves Bangalore Metro Phase-3, Thane Integral Ring Metro and Pune Metro Phase-1 Extension with a total cost of ₹30,766 crore

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The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday approved three new metro projects in Pune, Bengaluru and Thane
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Maharashtra: Tensions in Nashik, Jalgaon after Muslim mobs pelt stones, go on a rampage against protests against persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh

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Protests carried out by Sakal Hindu Samaj to denounce attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh encountered resistance and lead to face-off and stone-pelting.
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News Reports

Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh win best actor awards at 70th National Film Awards, Aattam named the best movie- Read the full...

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70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced; Aattam bags the Best Feature Film award
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News Reports

RG Kar Hospital attack was pre-planned to destroy evidence? Man in mob can be heard saying ‘let’s go to seminar room’ in video, lawyer...

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In a video of the attack on RG Kar Hospital, a man can be heard asking others to go to the seminar room, where the crime had taken place
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Udaipur: Communal tensions erupt over a knife attack against a 15-year-old student by a schoolmate, outraged Hindu groups call for a bandh in protest

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A Hindu student in a government school in Udaipur was reportedly stabbed by his Muslim counterpart, sparking communal tensions in the city.
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News Reports

Pakistan: At least three cases of Monkeypox confirmed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the patients had arrived from an Arab country

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Authorities have directed that isolation wards be established in selected hospitals, antiviral drugs be stockpiled, and personal protective equipment (PPE) be made available to healthcare personnel, as well as all healthcare facilities and points of entry.
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Gujarat: Family of patient Yunus Hussain attacks doctors of Junagadh Civil Hospital after he dies, doctors go on strike, 5 persons arrested within hours

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As the Junagadh Police swung into action and arrested five of the eight accused after registering a case against them, the protesting medicos called off their strike within hours. While the police assured that the rest of the accused would be arrested, the doctors and nursing staff returned to their respective duties.
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News Reports

Kolkata rape and murder victim mocked online, fake social media accounts appear calling her a ‘comedian’, horrifying mentality exposed

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The trainee Doctor, the rape and murder victim at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, is being mocked and abused by many social media users
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News Reports

Gym trainer, close to TMC councillor, part of the mob that vandalised RG Kar Hospital: Here is what he said on camera

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The accused was identified as Soumik Sen. "I had gone to a public meeting. Later, I also engaged in vandalism along with others. I have committed a mistake," he was heard saying.
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Chhattisgarh: Two sisters kill their grandmother, steal her jewellery, cash, scooter and documents, arrested from Nagpur

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The victim, a resident of Chhattisgarh, was threatened with murder by the accused if she didn't give them money.
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Opinions

As Hindus get slaughtered in Bangladesh, Al Jazeera’s insidious narrative is about to die under the watch of the world’s largest democracy

Stefan Tompson -
As Hindus gets slaughtered in Bangladesh, Qatar funded Al Jazeera attempted to discredit the persecution by crying Islamophobia
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News Reports

UAPA accused Jalaluddin Khan granted bail: Read about the shocking details in the charge sheet and what the Supreme Court said during the hearing

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The bail was granted as the Supreme Court declared, "bail is the rule and jail is the exception" even in special cases.
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News Reports

‘Islamists attacking and killing Hindus in Bangladesh because India is Hindu majority’: This is what the New Yorker would like us to believe

Shraddha Pandey -
Downplaying the anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh, The New Yorker’s reporter Isaac Chotiner said that there are ‘fears’ that Hindus have been targeted in this ‘revolution. This comes despite the fact that more than 205 attacks on Hindus by Islamist mobs have been reported.
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News Reports

Kolkata Police had sought 7 days before transferring doctor’s rape and murder case to CBI, counsel alleges ‘top executives’ asked police to ‘get the...

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It is alleged that the state sought time to allegedly derail the evidence and create hindrances in the central investigation
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Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir to be held in three phases from 18 September, counting on 4 October

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The Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases from September 18, the Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar announced on Friday
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News Reports

Longer jail sentences and hefty fines for criminals and ₹1 lakh compensation for victims: How Modi govt is planning to curb violence against doctors

Dibakar Dutta -
The draft bill was first formulated in September 2019 to address cases of violence against healthcare professionals and damage to hospitals and clinics.
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News Reports

GST department seeks Rs 120 crore tax from IIT Delhi over govt research fund issued for 5 years till 2022, concerns raised on taxing...

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A senior official from the Ministry of Education while talking to Times of India called the notice disappointing and claimed that it intends to challenge it, arguing that GST should not be applied to government-funded research. 
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