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SC stays death sentence of Ameer-ul-Islam, convicted of rape and murder of Jisha: All you need to know about how Islam killed Jisha, inflicting...

Siddhi Somani -
Supreme Court stayed the Kerala High Court's verdict and death sentence for Muhammed Ameerul Islam, the lone perpetrator in the horrific Jisha rape and murder case
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Opinions

How Yogi Adityanath doubled down after Islamists protested: Order to declare names of owners was limited to Muzaffarnagar, now will apply to Kanwar routes...

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CM Yogi Adityanath reviewed preparations for the Kanwar Yatra on Thursday - ensuring that eateries declare owners' name
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News Reports

Remember cries of ‘mob lynching by Gau Rakshaks’ in Chhattisgarh? SIT says Saddam, Chand Miya and Guddu jumped to their death, no evidence of...

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Islamists cried 'mob lynching' of Muslims by Gau Rakshaks when 3 Muslims died in Chhattisgarh - turns out- they jumped to their death
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News Reports

Flights cancelled, businesses hit across the world as Microsoft ‘Blue Screen of Death’ strikes computers due to Crowdstrike glitch

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Microsoft Windows users reported facing 'Blue Screen of Death' errors with many users taking to social media platform X to report about the issue.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Muslim mob of ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’ attack Hindu houses after a Muslim boy was thrashed for making video of a girl in Pakur

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Communal clashes broke out in Pakur in Jharkhand after a Muslim boy was thrashed for making video of a girl in Pakur
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Opinions

Beyond ‘thook’ and Halal, here is another aspect of Muslim fruit sellers vs Kanwariyas controversy

Rahul Roushan -
The Muslim domination in unorganised sector like street vending and other low skilled jobs is an issue that needs attention.
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News Reports

Police car overturned, bus set ablaze, bricks hurled at officers: Violence in Pakistani-dominated Leeds, cops point fingers at ‘criminal minority’

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The West Yorkshire police said that the riots were orchestrated by a 'criminal minority' hellbent on creating communal disturbance in the Harehills suburb of Leeds
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News Reports

Bid to curb Hindu festivals? Ahead of Ganeshotsav and Krishna Janmashtami, Karnataka education dept bans use of school grounds for non-academic use in Mangalore

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Dakshina Kannada District Director of School Education issued a circular on 16th July prohibiting the use of school grounds for non-academic purposes in Mangalore
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News Reports

Action against those selling Halal products, eateries to display identity of owners to maintain sanctity of Kanwariyas’ faith: Yogi Adityanath

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Uttar Pradesh Govt announced several measures to ensure the smooth conduct of the Kanwar Yatra
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News Reports

NIA arrests key aide of terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu alias Landa: Baljeet Singh involved in terror activity, extortion, supplying weapons to Khalistanis

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NIA arrested a key aide of designated individual Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, alias Landa
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News Reports

Bangladesh: After HC reinstates 30% reservation for descendants of 1971 war vets, anti-quota protest leaves 32 dead. Understanding the politics and the violence

Dibakar Dutta -
The development comes at a time when Bangladesh is reeling under high inflation, dwindling foreign reserves and rising unemployment.
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Opinions

The US is officially platforming Modi haters like Sayema and Akash Banerjee: Understanding why and what India can do about it

Ganesh R -
Why should the US platform dynastic sycophants and anti-Modi haters like Sayema or Akash Banerjee? - here is what we can do
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News Reports

UP: Christian pastor ‘Kuldeep’, 3 others arrested for converting Hindus to Christianity by offering money, VHP leader says they have converted 60 people

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In Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, four people, including a Christian pastor from Uttarakhand, were arrested for converting people to Christianity
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Opinions

In their outrage, Muslim ‘journalists’ are now admitting that vendors misrepresent their identity, pose as Hindu vendors to fool customers

Shraddha Pandey -
As the administration of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh has issued an order asking hotels, dhabas, and carts selling food items to write the name of their proprietors and operators running the shop or cart during Kanwar Yatra, several Islamists are suffering a tremendous meltdown.
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Government and Policy

Assam decides to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act to prevent child marriages: Details

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Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma-led Assam government on Thursday decided to repeal the Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act of 1935
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News Reports

Media reports highlighting high number of ‘zero dose children’ in India paint an incomplete picture of the country’s immunization efforts: Health Ministry

ANI -
Union Health Ministry has clarified that media reports claiming India having high number of ‘zero dose children’ is misleading
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News Reports

Union govt approves plans to build two military airfields in Lakshadweep amid rising Chinese activities in the region

ANI -
India on Thursday approved a major plan to build military airfields in Lakshadweep island territories to keep an eye on growing Chinese activities in the region and expand its reach.
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News Reports

Himanta Biswa Sarma cabinet approves bill to repeal Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act, child marriage among Muslims and position of Qazi to...

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The Assam govt on Thursday approved the decision to repeal the colonial-era Assam Muslim Marriages and Divorce Registration Act and Rules 1935.
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News Reports

Ravindra Pal alias Dara Singh has been in jail for 24 years without parole, Odisha govt kept the file pending despite multiple recommendations for...

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Dara Singh's family stated that the SC is their final hope after their requests for the former's release was rejected repeatedly.
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World

Bangladesh: Protests against reservation quota for children of freedom fighters – All you need to know

Anurag -
Prime MInister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina expressed regret that the protesters were calling themselves 'Razakars'.
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News Reports

How shoddy investigation by Rajasthan’s congress govt led to acquittal of Gauhar Chishti and others who raised STSJ slogans against Nupur Sharma: What Ajmer court...

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Ajmer Sessions Court acquitted Gauhar Chishti and others who were accused of raising provocative slogans of “Gustakh-e-Nabi ki ek saza, sar tan se juda” against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma
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News Reports

Ex-CIA official Sue Mi Terry charged with being a South Korean agent in exchange for expensive handbags and Sushi

OpIndia Staff -
According to the indictment, Sue Mi Terry pushed for South Korean policy viewpoints in the media, communicated non-public material with intelligence operatives, and coordinated meetings between US and South Korean government officials.
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News Reports

Aligarh: Constable killed and Sub-Inspector injured by a single bullet after jammed service pistol fired accidentally during a raid

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In an unfortunate incident in Aligarh, a police constable was killed and sub-inspector was injured by single bullet after a service pistol fired accidentally
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News Reports

Stone pelting, gunfire, attacks on police: Several people injured in multiple incidents of violence during Muharram processions in Bihar, Jharkhand

Rukma Rathore -
Cops were also assaulted by the culprits and their vehicle was vandalised by the latter during the Muharram procession.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Congress MP Shahu Maharaj demands help for illegal encroachers at Vishalgadh fort after his son led protests demanding eviction of encroachments

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Congress MP Shahu Maharaj visited Vishalgad and took stock of the situation days after alleged violence was created by a group led by his son Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati
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Editor's picks

As the US Embassy promotes Leftist elements in India, read how the Biden administration and CIA have been using social media, paying influencers to...

Shraddha Pandey -
This, however, is not the first time that the US Embassy in India has promoted a leftist and anti-BJP/Modi propagandist. It is apparently becoming a pattern of the US Embassy to pick and promote notorious elements as ‘heroes’ of democracy, who literally earn their bread and butter by slandering the ruling dispensation.
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News Reports

Controversial trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar’s father was suspended twice over extortion complaints, her mother detained for threatening farmers

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Puja Khedkar's father disclosed ownership of multiple properties in Maharashtra in his Lok Sabha election affidavit.
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News Reports

Indian high commission in Dhaka urges Indians in Bangladesh to stay indoors amid violent protests over quota in jobs

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Indian High Commission in Dhaka has issued an urgent advisory for Indian citizens and students in Bangladesh to avoid non-essential travel and minimise movement outside their residences due to the escalating unrest in the country.
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News Reports

Bihar: Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahani’s father Jitan Sahani stabbed to death by one Kazim Ansari over loan of Rs 1.5 lakh

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Vikassheel Insaan Party president Mukesh Sahani's father Jitan Sahani was killed at his house by Kazim Ansari
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World

Digital divorce: Dubai Princess Sheikha Mahra gives triple talaq to her husband on Instagram

OpIndia Staff -
Dubai Princess Sheikha Mahra gave birth to a daughter around two months back after her marraige to Sheikh Mana in April of last year.
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News Reports

3 doctors from Patna AIIMS detained in NEET-UG paper leak case, their laptops, phones seized

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The Central Bureau of Investigation has detained 3 undergraduate students of AIIMS Patna linked to the NEET-UG paper leak row ahead of the crucial Supreme Court hearing.
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News Reports

Yashveer Maharaj questions Islamists and ‘seculars’ over Muzaffarnagar order for shop owners to display names, says Md Zubair will be responsible for any attack...

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Yashveer Maharaj said, "There is a so-called journalist, Mohammed Zubair. He is the same Mohammed Zubair who provoked Muslims against Hindus with his posts and he has been to jail. There is a case against him in Muzaffarnagar as well."
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News Reports

Another bridge collapses in Bihar, read details of all 15 bridges that collapsed in a month in the state

OpIndia Staff -
Another bridge fell in Bihar on Tuesday (16th July) evening, marking the 15th such incident in the state in the past four weeks
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News Reports

‘Bh*ngi ho, bh*ngi ban ke raho’: Dalit employee files FIR against Jamia Millia Islamia professors for casteist insult, attempts of forced conversion

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When Ram Niwas Singh requested Official Registrar of Jamia Millia Islamia, Nazim Hussain Al-Jafri, to stop targetting him, he said, "Bring faith, and I’ll fix everything. Recite the Kalma, and everything will be fine. I’ll secure your children’s future too. What have you gained from Hinduism?
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Law

‘Talibanic outlook, want to go back to times of Prophet’: Madras HC allows Sufi sect to observe Muharram with music after TN govt ‘caved...

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Madras HC slammed Tamil Nadu admin, allowing Sufis to observe Muharram with music, against diktat of Thowheed Jamath
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News Reports

‘Shankarlal still possesses the land, nobody has occupied’: Mandsaur Collector clarifies after video of farmer rolling on floor alleging land grabbing by mafia sparks...

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During a public hearing on Tuesday, Shankarlal filed an application with the district administration. Dismissing the claims of inaction by officials, the Mandsaur administration clarified that farmer Shankarlal continues to hold possession of the disputed land.
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News Reports

“Muslims grew from 14% in 1951 to 40% now, we have lost many districts”: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma raises concern over changing demography

OpIndia Staff -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “We have lost many districts. This is not a political issue for me. It is a matter of life and death for me.”
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News Reports

‘Final decision on job quota to be taken after discussion’: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah after drawing severe flak on Kannadiga job reservation bill

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Siddaramaiah tweeted that a final decision on Kannadiga job quota bill will be taken after a comprehensive discussion in the next cabinet meeting.
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News Reports

Muzaffarnagar Police asks hotel owners and vendors to display name ahead of Kanwar Yatra, usual suspects cry ‘religious discrimination’: The fallacy and an unwitting...

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Asking street vendors and hotel owners to display names isn't religious discrimination. Instead, it boosts transparency and provides customers with an agency to make informed decisions.
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News Reports

‘No one was allowed to vote in by-polls’: West Bengal BJP leader Locket Chatterjee

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"There was no election in the by-election… in the polls, no one was allowed to vote. Suvendu da also said that Hindu people were not allowed to vote," Chatterjee told ANI.
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News Reports

‘Honi ko kaun taal sakta hai, jo aaya hai, use ek din jana hai’: Bhole Baba downplays Hathras stampede, says those who died were...

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Speaking with IANS, Surajpal alias Bhole Baba said people who died in Hathras stampede were anyway destined to die
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News Reports

Swati Maliwal assault case: Delhi Police files chargesheet against Kejriwal’s close aide Bibhav Kumar

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Swati Maliwal had alleged that Arvind Kejriwal's close aide Bibhav Kumar assaulted her when she had gone to meet with the Delhi CM
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News Reports

BJP’ Suvendu Adhikari calls for dissolution of minority wing, gives a new clarion call ‘Jo hamare sath hum unke sath’, later clarifies he meant...

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As a backlash developed over his words, Adhikari stated that PM Modi's 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' slogan represented the NDA government's aim, and he meant to emphasize that the BJP in Bengal should connect with those who support them politically.
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Opinions

Karnataka proposes 100 pc quota for Kannadigas in private firms: How Congress govt’s move promoting regional chauvinism would spell doom

Paurush Gupta -
Proposing 100 per cent quota for Kannadigas in private firms panders to the sentiments of regional chauvinism that has gained ground under the Congress govt in Karnataka.
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News Reports

Haryana CM announces 10% reservation for Agniveers in state govt jobs, Rs 5 lakh interest-free loan facility

OpIndia Staff -
During a press conference on Wednesday, the Haryana chief minister stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Agnipath scheme, implemented on June 14, 2022, is for the benefit of the nation.
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News Reports

‘Threat to society, release could lead to violence’: How HC rejected Gauhar Chisthi’s bail multiple times before Ajmer court acquitted him for raising ‘Sar...

Anurag -
Gauhar Chisthi was rejected multiple times by High Court before he was acquitted for raising Sar Tan Se Juda slogans against Nupur Sharma
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News Reports

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s descendent takes ‘matters into his own hands’ to reclaim Vishalgadh Fort from encroachers Islamising the Maratha heritage: Details

Siddhi Somani -
The Vishalgadh Fort, one of the relics of the enduring legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, had recently fallen prey to the encroachers trying to expand a mosque built in its premises.
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News Reports

Vikas Dubey was not bitten by snake 7 times but only once, doctors say he suffers from snake phobia

OpIndia Staff -
Vikas Dubey's treatment file was viewed by the three-member investigative team when they visited Ramsanehi Hospital, according to Deputy CMO Dr. Rajendra Kumar. It was found that Vikas Dubey is suffering from snake phobia.
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News Reports

U’khand: Irfan, Abrar, Kamil, and two others pelt stones on Hindu houses in ‘victory procession’ of Congress MLA Qazi Nizamuddin in Manglaur; arrested

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Violence erupted in an unsanctioned 'victory procession' carried out by Congress MLA Qazi Nizamuddin in Manglaur as miscreants hurled stones at Hindu families.
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News Reports

Trainee IAS Puja Khedkar used a fake ration card to obtain disability certificate to get into civil services: Report

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IAS trainee Puja Khedkar reportedly used a fake address and fake ration card to obtain disability certificate.
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