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ITBP seizes 108 kg of gold biscuits at Eastern Ladakh, 2 persons arrested near border

OpIndia Staff -
The seizure was made on July 9 during a Long Range Patrolling operation launched in the Southern Sub Sector, covering areas such as Chismule, Narbula top, Zakle, and Zakla. The ITBP team was deployed to check infiltration and smuggling attempts along the border.
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News Reports

NCPCR takes cognisance of complaint filed against Calvary Church Pastor for ‘cruelty’ on minor girl with kidney failure, directs police to initiate inquiry

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday, July 10, the Legal Rights Protection Forum (LRPF) took to X to inform that NCPCR had taken cognisance of the complaint it filed against Calvary Ministries in Telangana’s Bellampally region run by Christian Pastor R Praveen Kumar and Sharon.
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News Reports

‘De-enroll them from school lest you want your daughter to become a pr*st*tute’: Pakistani Youtuber’s song against girl child education goes viral

जयन्ती मिश्रा -
The controversial song against girl child education doing rounds in Pakistani social media is titled, “Apni dhi Schoolo Hata Le Othy Dance Kardi Payi Ae”
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News Reports

Trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, transferred for making VIP demands, reportedly faked mental disability to gain concessions in the Civil Services process

OpIndia Staff -
In an affidavit to the Union Public Service Commission, Khedkar asserted that she was visually and mentally impaired to gain concessions in the selection process.
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News Reports

‘Go away else I will kill the baby inside your womb’: Imran posing as Aman impregnates a Hindu girl, forces her to convert; was...

OpIndia Staff -
Imran trapped a Hindu girl in his love affair by posing as Aman in Kanpur, impregnated her, and forced her to convert when she asked her to marry
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News Reports

Telecom industry seeks reduction in license fees, duties on equipment, exemption from GST for payments made to DoT and others in union budget

ANI -
Ahead of the first Modi 3.0 budget, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) listed several recommendations addressed to the Union Ministry of Finance.
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News Reports

‘Kingpin’ Arvind Kejriwal’s close associate directly involved in handling Rs 25 crore bribe money for AAP: ED chargesheet

OpIndia Staff -
The chargesheet also adds that K Kavitha's PA had sent more than Rs 25 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party through Vinod during the Goa elections.
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Editor's picks

Right to freedom of religion doesn’t encompass the right to convert others: Allahabad HC

OpIndia Staff -
Allahabad High Court stated that the right to freedom of religion does not imply a right to convert other citizens.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays Gujarat High Court order directing state government to reclaim 108 hectares of land allotted to Adani Ports in 2005

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday (10th July), the Supreme Court stayed a Gujarat High Court order that directed the state government to reclaim grazing land given to an Adani Group entity in 2005
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Editor's picks

‘NGO’ publishes report peddling Muslim victimhood, claiming Muslims were lynched after 2024 elections: Here is the truth about some cases mentioned

Anurag -
The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) has released a report claiming that incidents of anti-Muslim crimes have increased in India after Lok Sabha Election results.
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News Reports

As CPIM and Congress oppose UCC, Muslims in Kerala opt for Special Marriage Act to bypass regressive personal law

OpIndia Staff -
The glaring inequality in Muslim personal law first came to light in 2023 when actor Shukkur and his wife remarried under SMA so that their daughters could inherit the full share of their property.
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World

Western ‘experts’ continue to cope and seethe over India-Russia bilateral ties, trying to shame India while surviving on Russian gas

Sanghamitra -
India has steadfastly refused to bow down to Western demand and has continued its time-tested bilateral ties with Russia, expertly navigating the tight geopolitical rope of diplomacy in a multipolar world.
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Editor's picks

Complaint filed against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and nine others in the alleged MUDA scam: Details of alleged wrongdoings in compensation against land

Paurush Gupta -
A complaint was filed against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and nine others for allegedly forging documents to claim compensation from the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
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News Reports

Mumbai BMW hit-and-run case: Illegal section of Juhu bar where accused Mihir Shah partied demolished, father Rajesh Shah sacked from party post

OpIndia Staff -
Rajesh Shah planned to pin the blame on the driver to save his son in the hit-and-run case which transpired in Mumbai.
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Social Media

Drinking garlic juice after a dogbite will cure rabies? ‘Herbal influencer’ makes wild claims, doctors horrified

OpIndia Staff -
The X handle Chief Herbalist posted that drinking garlic juice can prevent rabies and people can 'treat themselves' after they are bitten by a dog.
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News Reports

Teachers protest against digital attendance: How the issue is being manipulated for politics in UP where BJP once lost an election for trying to...

Shraddha Pandey -
The protesting teachers have demanded that they be given half-day leave, as other state employees are, and that they be given 30 earned days of leave, as state employees or PL, as college teachers.
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News Reports

West Bengal bypolls: Violence reported in several areas; BJP blames TMC for intimidation, says their workers fired bullets and vandalised homes

OpIndia Staff -
Violence in West Bengal during polls is like clockwork as the BJP blamed the TMC for vandalising houses of their members amid ongoing by polls.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Maulvi Mujeeb Sheikh and Sameer Attar brutally assault Hindu students plucking Jamun fruits from a tree in Dargah, attempted to strangulate a kid,...

OpIndia Staff -
During the assault, the accused Maulvi hit Tejas on the head with a stick. He also tried to kill the kid by strangulation.
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Editor's picks

End of Rajiv Gandhi’s appeasement era? Supreme Court rules that Muslim women can seek maintenance from their husbands under secular law

OpIndia Staff -
In 1985, the Supreme Court upheld the right to alimony of a Muslim woman in the infamous Shah Bano case. However, the Rajiv Gandhi government overturned the judgment with a new law in1986.
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News Reports

‘Leave BJP or we will remove you from the world’: Sikh BJP leaders receive threat letters with ‘Khalistan Zindabad, Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans

OpIndia Staff -
Four prominent BJP Sikh leaders in Chandigarh have received death threats allegedly from Khalistani terrorists for their association with the party
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News Reports

Majid Freeman arrested by Leicester Police for encouraging acts of terrorism, was at the forefront of instigating violence against Hindus in 2022

OpIndia Staff -
Majid Freeman, the primary instigator of attacks on Hindu temples in the 2022 Leicester violence, has been arrested on suspicion of counter-terrorism offences, including encouraging acts of terrorism.
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News Reports

Six cases of sexual harassment but Kerala Cricket Association took no action against coach M Manu who has now confessed to molesting a minor...

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala Cricket Association coach M Manu confesses to molesting minor trainee and arrested, many such cases were filed earlier but no action was taken
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News Reports

Ahmednagar, MH: Asif Yunus Pathan poses as ‘Mr Patil’, arrested after complaint of sexual assault and harassment of Hindu woman

Siddhi Somani -
The accused has been arrested under sections 63, 69, 329(4), and 319(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Samhita, 2023.
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News Reports

Downplaying Hinduphobia and 2022 Islamist onslaught in Leicester: ‘The Scroll’ Editor fearmongers about Hindus after UK elections through anti-India propagandists

Dibakar Dutta -
Shoaib Daniyal not only downplayed Hinduphobia in the UK as a 'political construct' but suggested that organisations (with supposed ties to the BJP and RSS) were influencing politics in the country through 'Hindutva.'
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News Reports

Unnao, UP: Bus-milk tanker collision causes 18 deaths, PM Modi announces Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for kin of deceased

ANI -
"The Prime Minister has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNRF for the next of kin of each deceased in the mishap in Unnao. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000", said an official statement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
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News Reports

Pakistan-based banned terror outfit LeT behind the Reasi terror attack, NIA reveals

OpIndia Staff -
NIA authorities stated that the interrogation of the arrested accused Hakam Khan alias Hakin Din has revealed that Pak-based banned terror outfit LeT was behind last month's attack on a pilgrimage bus in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi.
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News Reports

Nihang Sikhs halt TV serial shoot in Mohali over dummy Gurdwara set claiming ‘sacrilege’, production team accuses them of assault

OpIndia Staff -
NIhang Sikhs claimed that sacrilege happened pointing towards Nishan Sahib and Palki Sahib being placed at the set. A symbolic 'Swaroop' of Sri Guru Granth Sahib was also placed on the set. Three Granthis participated in the shooting.
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News Reports

Bengal Police acts on whistleblower for sharing ‘old video’ of brutal assault of a girl allegedly by a close aide of TMC MLA in...

OpIndia Staff -
The West Bengal police have detained the person who shared the disturbing video allegedly showing Jayanta Singh, a close associate of TMC MLA Madan Mitra, violently attacking a woman with his gang
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News Reports

Pakistan: Zafar Lashari, Safdar, and others cut a woman’s nose for declining their advances, accused arrested after 8 months

OpIndia Staff -
According to reports, the accused committed the horrifying act allegedly after the victim refused to have relations with them. 
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News Reports

‘The final battle of Karbala is yet to come’: Chilling posters calling on Muslims to fight against ‘tyrants’ propped up in Maharashtra’s Satara

OpIndia Staff -
An X account Legal Rights Observatory has shared pictures of posters purportedly put up in Satara that called on Muslims to prepare for the "Battle of Karbala".
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Books

How Varna of Vedic era has been corrupted into vote-bank and caste-wars in modern times. Evolution of ‘caste’ though ages

Rajiv Malhotra -
What ‘caste’ was in the Vedic era, how it interplays with birth and occupation, and how it has evolved through various stages of history. An excerpt from Rajiv Malhotra’s book.
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World

PM Modi awarded with Russia’s highest civilian honour, calls it an honour for 140 crore Indians

ANI -
PM Modi was presented with the Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, Russia's highest civilian honour, at St Catherine's Hall of the Moscow Kremlin on Tuesday.
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Cricket

Gautam Gambhir appointed as Head Coach of the Indian Cricket team

OpIndia Staff -
Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has been appointed as the Head Coach of the Indian cricket team.
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OpIndia Explains

ANI sues Wikipedia for defamatory content: Read how Wiki works, its historical bias, and how it is weaponised by its left-leaning editors for propaganda

Anurag -
Wikipedia's prejudice and penchant for left-leaning narratives are well-documented and undeniable, providing a glimpse into the platform's disdain for facts and a singular propensity for peddling propaganda.
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News Reports

New Delhi: NCPCR issues notice in conversion attempt at ‘Jai Mata Di’ coaching center, accused Rizwan, Absar, and Irfan named centre to exploit ‘Jai...

OpIndia Staff -
When Manoj inquired about it, his son said that the teachers at the coaching center Rizwan, Absar, and Irfan, were forcing him to read the Quran.
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World

Suspected TTP militants abduct three Pakistani Frontier Corps troops from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, five troops killed in Waziristan: Details

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The Pakistani soldiers were driving from Sor Qamar FC post to Tank Bazar when militants stopped them at a checkpoint between Kot Azam and Kot Qila.
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News Reports

IAS trainee Puja Khedkar transferred to Washim over VIP demands at Pune Collector’s Office, questions raised over her IAS appointment as well

OpIndia Staff -
Puja Khedkar, the IAS trainee who made unreasonable VIP demands of Pune Collector's Office, has been transferred to Washim.
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Opinions

After 24 years and 5 months, Dara Singh may see the light of justice: Petition in SC for early release and what it means

Nupur J Sharma -
Dara Singh was convicted of murdering 3 people - Christian Missionary Graham Staines and his two sons.
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News Reports

Mumbai BMW hit-and-run accused Mihir Shah arrested after 72 hours, the victim of the car crash was found 2 km away from the accident...

OpIndia Staff -
The collision took place on Dr Annie Besant road, with both victims landing on the car's Bonet. Kaveri was later found near Worli end of sea link, about 2 kilometres from the accident spot.
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News Reports

Delhi: Indraprastha Apollo doctor arrested for India-Bangladesh kidney racket, had performed over a dozen illegal transplants

OpIndia Staff -
According to Amit Goel, DCP Crime Branch, "Seven people have been arrested in connection with an international organ transplant racket. The mastermind of this racket was a Bangladeshi. Both the donor and the recipient were from Bangladesh.
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News Reports

‘Paneer Tikka, not Tika’: Swiggy deletes controversial post after netizens’ outrage, accused of Hinduphobic social media content

OpIndia Staff -
Along with the picture, the caption of the post read, “Screw it, Paneer Tika”. 
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News Reports

Union Minister Puri busts misleading claims by INC’s VD Satheesan, says eKYC of LPG consumers can be done easily and has been happening for...

OpIndia Staff -
The central government has not established a timetable for e-KYC authentication, Puri stated, and also added that Oil Marketing Companies have been directed to ensure that customers face no hardship.
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World

United Kingdom: Pedophile Yasser Mahmood and his friend Stevan Marston sentenced to 9 years in prison for raping a groomed minor in Birmingham

OpIndia Staff -
The convict Stevan Marston had been grooming the 13-year-old girl. In May 2022, he invited her over to an address in Telford and then invited his friend Yasser Mahmood to the house where they raped her.
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News Reports

India witnessed a 2.5-fold increase in job creation in FY24, the highest since 1981-82: RBI data

OpIndia Staff -
A total of 46.7 million jobs were added, the highest since 1981-82, with a growth rate of 6 per cent surpassing the previous three decades.
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News Reports

A spate of terror attacks on armed forces in Kathua, Doda, and Poonch points to a dangerous resurgence of violence in Jammu and Kashmir

Anurag -
On 8th July, four soldiers lost their lives, and six others were injured in a terrorist attack on an army truck in the district Kathua of Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

“Pure politics by Akhilesh Yadav”: Father of woman who committed suicide criticises SP supremo for linking it to unemployment, says her husband was earning...

OpIndia Staff -
Sanchita Sharan’s father Dr. Ram Sharan denied the claims made by Akhilesh Yadav that Harish committed suicide over unemployment and said that the Samajwadi Party leader is doing politics over the couple’s suicide.
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World

Russia to release Indians fighting in Ukraine after PM Modi raises issue with President Putin: Report

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi reportedly raised the issue of Indians being coerced into fighting in Ukraine during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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News Reports

Why misusing High Court and wasting court’s time: Karnataka High Court dismisses PIL seeking action against State BJP leaders over their speeches

OpIndia Staff -
While dismissing the plea, the Karnataka High Court asserted, “Why are you misusing the platform of the High Court by filing such petitions? Why are you wasting the time of courts by filing such petitions with omnibus prayers?" 
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World

Riots on the streets, mainstreaming of Antifa, Macron-left tactical alliance to defeat Marine Le Pen and more: French elections explained

Paurush Gupta -
France, which had been known for leading Europe, is heading towards not just political instability but also a major upheaval in its economic and social order with fissures and conflict between the growing extremist groups leading to more protesting and rioting.
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News Reports

ANI files Rs 2 crore defamation suit against Wikipedia in Delhi High Court, summons issued

OpIndia Staff -
Appearing on behalf of ANI, Advocate Sidhant Kumar submitted, "They have closed my (ANI's) page for editing by anyone and can only be edited through their representatives." He argued that Wikipedia is allowing only selective edits on their page.
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