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Supreme Court to form a committee to talk to protesting farmers, orders status quo at Shambhu border where protestors have assembled ‘armoured tanks’

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that the status quo be maintained at the Shambhu border near Ambala, where farmers have been camping since February 13.
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News Reports

Delhi HC orders relocation of all dairies from Bhalaswa to Ghogha Dairy Colony in Delhi, says dairy plots illegally converted to commercial and residential...

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Delhi High Court has directed all statutory authorities to take immediate steps for shifting all the dairies from Bhalaswa to Ghogha Dairy Colony within a period of four weeks.
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OpIndia Explains

Do you know? Nepalese Airlines are banned in Europe: As another plane crashes at Kathmandu airport, here is why they are barred from European...

Paurush Gupta -
Strikingly, on an average, Nepal has suffered one flight disaster a year since 2010, an alarmingly high number as per aviation industry standards.
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News Reports

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif shamed online for using X (Twitter) despite a nationwide ban on the social media platform imposed by his govt

OpIndia Staff -
X (earlier Twitter) was banned in Pakistan by the Shehbaz Sharif government in light of alleged national security concerns.
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World

Germany bans Islamic Centre Hamburg for pursuing radical Islam: Read about its links with Iran and Hezbollah

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Germany banned Islamic Centre Hamburg, one of the oldest Islamic centres in the country, for pursuing radical Islam.
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News Reports

Nepal Plane Crash: 18 bodies recovered after Saurya Airlines test flight crashed during take-off at Kathmandu airport, pilot is the lone survivor

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A Saurya Airlines flight carrying 19 people crashed during take-off at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Wednesday, killing 18 and injuring the pilot
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News Reports

‘Bigger than Chandigarh’: Assam CM shares success of anti-encroachment drive, says 167 sq km freed; Here’s how illegal encroachment harmed state’s culture, habitat

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the state's anti-encroachment drive was moving in the proper direction and that the state had recovered 167 sq km of land from the encroachers
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News Reports

Assam: Rahmania Jame Masjid’s Imam Manzil Islam sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually abusing a minor boy in 2023

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The court examined all the pieces of evidence that exposed the Imam of having sexually abused a minor child. The accused also had threatened the victim of death.
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News Reports

Bengaluru: Irfan Khan arrested for kidnapping, raping and murdering a 4-year-old girl

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Irfan Khan tempted the minor with the promise of getting her an ice cream before raping and killing her.
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News Reports

Delhi court summons Dhruv Rathee in Rs 20 lakh defamation case filed by BJP leader Suresh Nakhua for calling him ‘violent and abusive troll’

OpIndia Staff -
Dhruv Rathee had uploaded a video on his YouTube channel referring to BJP leader Suresh Nakhua as a "violent and abusive" troll.
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News Reports

Delhi HC orders X and Google to take down defamatory posts against Speaker Om Birla’s daughter Anjali: How she was vilified by trolls

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Adv Nayar, appearing on bihalf of Anjali Birla, told the court, "I became an officer in the year 2021 but now suddenly these things have come up again because of the NEET and UPSC exams controversy.
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News Reports

Assam: Mangaldoi Police and VHP rescue minor Hindu girl from grooming trap, accused Sajel Ali taken into custody

OpIndia Staff -
Subsequently, she was taken to Mangaldoi Civil Hospital for emergency medical care. Meanwhile, accused Muslim youth Sajel Ali was also nabbed by the police with the help of Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists.
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News Reports

TMC supporter told she is Hindu and BJP supporter, denied residential certificate by Panchayat chief’s husband Kader Molla; BJP shares testimony

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal BJP on Tuesday, July 23 shared a video testimonial of a Hindu woman detailing how Mamata Banerjee's authoritarian rule is depriving Hindus of their fundamental rights based only on their religious identity
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News Reports

Assassination attempt on Trump: US Secret Service Director resigns a day after admitting failures in Trump’s security during Congressional hearing

OpIndia Staff -
The development comes a day after she admitted failures and security lapses at a congressional hearing over the Trump assassination attempt.
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News Reports

‘Mamata’s remark may create confusion’: Bangladesh makes clear International issues are handled between Central govts, not by state CM

OpIndia Staff -
On July 21, while addressing her party’s ‘Martyrs Day’ rally in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee had said that West Bengal will surely keep its door open for ‘helpless people’ who have been affected by violence in Bangladesh and offer them shelter. 
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World

British-Pakistani preacher convicted of terrorism offences; was earlier jailed for 5 years for encouraging support for ISIS

OpIndia Staff -
In 2016, Anjem Choudary was sentenced to five years in prison for encouraging support for the Islamic State group.
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News Reports

Bhutan King, PM visit Adani Group’s 30 GW renewable energy site in Khavda, Mundra Port

OpIndia Staff -
Adani Green Energy Limited is developing a 30 GW renewable energy plant on barren land at Khavda in Kutch, Gujarat, covering an area of 538 sq km, making it the planet's largest power plant once completed.
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OpIndia Explains

SC stays Kanwar Yatra order on displaying eatery owners’ names: How the order leaves a window open for the govt to ensure vendors display...

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The SC said, "In furtherance to this, the competent authority may perhaps issue orders under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and the Street Vendors Act, 2014."
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News Reports

UP: Wasim Malik poses as Rahul to trap a Hindu widow, rapes her after spiking her drink; marries her in Jama Masjid after forced...

OpIndia Staff -
Hapur Police stated that it has filed a case against the accused under IPC sections 328, 376, 506, and 420.
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News Reports

CJI asks security to remove a disruptive lawyer, advocate responds with Biblical quote ‘Father, please forgive him…’: Watch courtroom verbal duel during NEET hearing

OpIndia Staff -
SC lawyer Mathews Nedumpara returned to the court later. "I apologize. I did not do anything wrong. I was treated unfairly," the lawyer stated.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrest Bangladeshi national Nazma, staying illegally in India with the identity of ‘Pooja’, recover forged documents

OpIndia Staff -
The police recovered a PAN card, ATM card, Dependent ID card, 2 white metal rings, 3 visiting cards, 5 mobile phones and a sum of ₹849 from Nazama.
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News Reports

‘There is no material to conclude the sanctity of exams was breached’: Supreme Court refuses to order retest for NEET-UG 2024

OpIndia Staff -
The Court noted that there was no sufficient material on record to conclude that the results were vitiated and there was a systemic breach in the sanctity of the exam. 
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News Reports

Nihang Sikhs attack man near Harmandir Sahib, claim he was consuming tobacco, 13-year-old Nihang arrested

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Shankar was collecting bottles when two Nihang Sikhs got hold of him and accused him of consuming tobacco. They first attacked him with a stick and then with a kirpan.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi slams Union Budget 2024 as ‘Kursi Bachao’ but says it a ‘copy and paste’ of Congress Manifesto: Decoding his ‘Kehna Kya Chahte...

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Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday lambasted the Union Budget 2024, but said that it was copied from Congress manifesto and previous budgets.
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News Reports

Punjab: 3 Christians arrested for slaughtering and selling cow meat in Amritsar, 160 kg beef recovered

OpIndia Staff -
During the raid nearly 160 kg of beef was recovered. In addition, the police also seized cow skin and other body parts.
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News Reports

Budget 2024: P Chidambaram and Shashi Tharoor take credit after BJP abolishes angel tax, forgets how Congress introduced it in 2012

OpIndia Staff -
Congress' P Chidambaram took cognizance of the event and targeted the govt for taking so long to abolish the so-called tax. He said that the Congress had pleaded for the abolition of the angel tax and finally the Finance Minister announced it today. Ironically, it was Congress who had made changes in the Income Tax Act to introduce the Angel Tax.
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News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai appreciates Modi 3.0 Union Budget for employment-linked incentives for youth, then finds a way to credit Congress for it. Here is what...

OpIndia Staff -
Rajdeep posted on X appreciating the Union Budget but soon edited it to find a way to credit Congress.
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Economy and Finance

Assurances for states, new schemes for Youth, and more: 9 major priorities of government highlighted in Finance Minister’s Budgetary speech

OpIndia Staff -
In a major relief for the Indian start-up ecosystem, during the budget speech, the Finance Minister announced that “angel tax” for all classes of investors has been abolished.
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News Reports

Kerala: CPM, which earlier barred cadres from visiting temples, now tells them to gain control of temple management

OpIndia Staff -
The sudden change of heart appears to be a part of its strategy to reach out to the majority Hindu community in Kerala and seize control of temple administration in the State.
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News Reports

‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans in UP: Kanpur Police books 40 over murderous slogans raised by mob during Muharram procession

OpIndia Staff -
A video of the incident on Muharram has gone viral online. After this, the police said they are analysing the video and action will be taken accordingly. The investigation of the matter was handed over to Kalyanpur ACP Abhishek Kumar Pandey and now the police have registered a case against 40 people.
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World

Paris: Australian women brutally raped by 5 migrants ahead of Olympics Games

OpIndia Staff -
The Australian tourist stated that she was raped by five after they discovered that she was disoriented and unable to speak a word of French.
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News Reports

Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman lays out nine priorities of the Modi government

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One of the priorities includes- the First Timers Scheme - a 1-month wage to all persons newly entering the workforce in all formal sectors will be provided by the government in 3 instalments.
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News Reports

Budget 2024: Changes made to income tax slabs under New Tax Regime, standard deduction limit raised. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The revised tax slabs is as follows - Rs 0-3 lakh – nil, Rs 3 - 7 lakh - 5%, Rs 7-10 lakh- 10% , Rs10-12 lakh - 15%, Rs 12-15 lakh - 20% Above Rs 15 lakh - 30%.
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News Reports

Union Budget 2024: Rs 2 lakh crores allocated to employ 4.1 crore youth over next 5 years

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The Finance Minister said that the government will launch internship opportunities in 500 companies for one crore youth in five years.
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News Reports

City Montessori School Lucknow terminates Kuldeep Tiwari, petitioner in Bhojshala case: Tiwari alleges religious discrimination and pressure to withdraw legal cases

OpIndia Staff -
CMS's Principal reportedly told Kuldeep Tiwari, "You were asked to withdraw all the cases, but you did not, so you will no longer work at CMS. It would be better if you resign voluntarily, otherwise, we will dismiss you. You will be left destitute, then sit on the street and feed on Hindutva."
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News Reports

Unacademy essay calls Martand Sun Temple ‘Shaitan ki Gufa’, removes it after outrage on social media: Here’s what happened

Shraddha Pandey -
Amidst a heavy backlash from social media users, the ed-tech platform edited its lesson on the Hindu temple and removed “Shaitan ki Gufa” from it.
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News Reports

‘Modi anti-Canada, Hindu terrorist’: Extremists deface BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Edmonton, targetting of Hindu temples continue unabated

OpIndia Staff -
"Khalistani extremists seems to get away with ease with their public rhetoric of hate and violence. Hindu-Canadians are legitimately concerned," Canadian MP Chandra Arya stated.
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News Reports

Hindu temple attacked, Shiv Parvati idols damaged ahead of Shravan Somvar: Bareilly police nabs Akram, Shahrukh, Arshad and Azam

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The incident is said to have happened on Sunday when the accused persons reached the temple and sabotaged the idols of the Gods and Goddesses.
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Opinions

Milords, you had a choice to eat in a restaurant you like, we want the same choice and clarity while making a purchase

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Justice Bhatti mentioned when he was a Judge in Kerala, he would go to a vegetarian hotel owned by a Muslim because he maintained "international standards" of hygiene
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News Reports

‘Xavier is dead’: Elon Musk narrates how he was tricked into opting for puberty blockers for his son, vows to destroy woke mind virus

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"I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier," Elon Musk pointed out.
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News Reports

Indian Navy’s frigate INS Brahmaputra damaged after major fire mishap at Mumbai dockyard, one sailor missing

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"In the fire incident onboard the frigate INS Brahmaputra, the warship experienced severe listing to one side (port side). Despite all efforts, the ship could not be brought to an upright position", the Navy said.
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Opinions

Innocence exploited – How NewsLaundry lied and defamed Hindu activist Bittu Bajrangi, who spoke to them in good faith

Anurag -
Newslaundry tried its best to claim that Bittu Bajrangi was a 'prime accused' in the Nuh violence - which ia patently false
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News Reports

K Kavitha involved in manipulation, tweaking of Delhi Excise Policy: CBI in chargesheet

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During the investigation, the role of the accused, Kavitha has surfaced not only in the collection of upfront money but also in the transfer of ill-gotten money to Goa through the Hawala channel, stated CBI.
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News Reports

Tractor ruckus returns: Farmers union announces pan-India tractor rallies on August 15; to burn effigies of the BJP and copies of new criminal laws

OpIndia Staff -
Addressing a press conference, the leaders of the Farmers Union said, “We will burn the copies of new criminal laws." 
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News Reports

Haryana: Man strangles brother-in-law to death, sets his body ablaze for mistreating sister

OpIndia Staff -
A man in Gurgaon killed his brother-in-law by strangulation and burnt his body for mistreating his ailing sister.
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News Reports

Karnataka Assembly’s new post ‘Secretary-2’ for the son-in-law of minister triggers row, Siddaramiah govt accused of misusing public funds

OpIndia Staff -
The letter read, "A new post called 'Secretary 2' is being created to accommodate minister KH Muniyappa's son-in-law, Sashidhar."  
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Economy and Finance

Economic survey 2024 – Steady growth, reduced inflation, infrastructure investment, and more: Here is what you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
The 476-page Economic Survey emphasises that India's economy has consolidated its post-Covid recovery and that the policymakers have played an important role in guaranteeing economic and financial stability.
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News Reports

Transfer Certificate not a tool to collect pending fees: Madras HC says harassing student over non-payment of fees is an offence, urges state govt...

OpIndia Staff -
The Court's decision followed an appeal by the Tamil Nadu government disputing an earlier ruling that downplayed the negative consequences of marking fee arrears on Transfer Certificates.
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World

Terror attack near Gaza border: Pro-Palestine Canadian citizen killed while trying to stab Israeli security personnel

OpIndia Staff -
The pro-Palestine Canadian citizen had entered Israel as a tourist but went on to attack Israeli troops near border with Gaza.
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News Reports

What is ‘Special Category Status’ and why Bihar cannot have it

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Between 1969 and 2010, about 11 Indian States were accorded 'Special Category Status'
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