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Chenab Rail Bridge—the world’s highest arch bridge set to open soon: All you need to know about the engineering marvel

Anurag -
The Chenab Bridge is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link project that aims to boost connectivity in different regions of Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

Mira Road: FIR filed against one Vajud who threatened to slaughter goat within housing society on Bakrid, abused Hindus when they objected, exclusive details

Siddhi Somani -
The FIR has been filed under sections 295A (Deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.
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News Reports

Downplaying Khalistani extremism, targeting India-Australia ties, fuelling Indophobia: ABC News ‘journalist’ Avani Dias makes outlandish claims about Modi govt

Dibakar Dutta -
Avani Dias and her propagandist friends at ABC News sought to weaken India-Australia ties and create an atmosphere of diplomatic distrust.
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News Reports

“If there is 0.001 pc negligence, it should be thoroughly dealt with,” Supreme Court tells NTA in NEET UG result row

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The apex court, while hearing fresh petitions relating to alleged paper leaks and malpractices in the NEET-UG, 2024 exam on May 5 this year, issued notices and sought a response from NTA within two weeks.
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Law

Failed relationships should not result in false rape case: Bombay HC calls for efforts to prevent misuse of rape laws

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The Bombay High Court was hearing a bail plea where a woman filed a case against her ex-partner alleging he forced her to indulge in a non-consensual physical relationship.
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News Reports

‘Hijab and Niqab are an integral part of Islam’: Petition in Bombay High Court by Muslim students seeks permission to wear Hijab and Niqab...

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The petition filed by counsel Altaf Khan states, “Naqab and hijab are an integral part of the petitioners’ religious belief and it is their free will, choice and a part of their right to privacy to continue wearing the naqab and hijab in the classroom.”
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News Reports

Pavagadh: Restoration of idols of Jain Tirthankaras underway, FIR filed after govt takes cognisance of damage in the name of renovation project

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"The work of reinstalling the idols has started. The investigation of this entire matter has been given to Panchmahal DSP," Harsh Sanghvi posted on X.
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News Reports

UK elections: Tory candidate’s casual Hindu hate and anti-India stand, Marco Longhi appeals to Muslims to vote for him to raise Kashmir ‘Azadi’ issue

Anurag -
Labour Parliamentary Candidate in Leicester East, Rajesh Agrawal condemned the leaflet issued by Marco Longhi and said, "This is a shameful attempt to divide communities and is offensive to both Muslim and Hindu communities. There should be zero tolerance for the dog-whistle politics Mr Longhi is engaged in." He urged the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, who also comes from the Conservative Party, to remove support for Longhi's campaign immediately.
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News Reports

UP: Hindu shopkeeper and his brothers brutally assaulted by Ilyas, Irfan, Arman, Rashid and others after argument over gas stove pipe, 12 arrested

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The FIR says that accused Ilyas hit Jaipal with the iron pipe on his head and mouth with the intention to kill him. After this, victim Jaipal fell unconscious.
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News Reports

Balasore, Odisha: Stone pelting, clashes after Hindus raise alarm over alleged cow slaughter on Bakrid, Section 144 imposed

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Newly elected Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Majhi took cognisance of the matter. He said that Odisha is a peace-loving state and appealed to everyone to maintain peace and harmony.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Eid celebrated peacefully under alert state administration, no Namaz on roads after Muslim leaders support CM Yogi’s appeal

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Muslim religious leaders backed the Chief Minister's appeal, leading to Eid prayers held exclusively at designated Eidgahs and other traditional locations. In areas where mosques and Eidgahs had limited space, prayers were conducted in different shifts.
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Opinions

More than 300 deaths, 12 train derailments, fire incidences and thousands of injuries in past two years: Indian Railways has a lot to answer...

Paurush Gupta -
The tragic train derailment incident in West Bengal’s Darjeeling has underscored the uphill task staring in front of the Indian Railways to avoid any mishaps and fatalities in future.
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Crime

Bihar: Gang accused of raping nearly 200 girls on the pretext of giving them jobs; victims held hostage, assaulted with belts

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The victim stated that the girls are taken hostage and goons are deployed to prevent them from escaping. The girls are then made to call other girls known to them and they are also offered jobs and sexually exploited.
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Opinions

Weaponising science to undermine govt: UK-based ‘Royal Society of Chemistry’ targets PM Modi with propaganda article after his reelection

Jinit Jain -
The Royal Society of Chemistry recently published an article targeting PM Modi that claimed Modi's return has scientists worried.
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News Reports

Ragging, ‘institutional coverup’ and a mother’s fight for justice: How the brutal murder of IIT Kharagpur student was made to look like suicide

Dibakar Dutta -
The parents of Faizan Ahmed were dismayed by the investigation carried out by Kharagpur police. They accused the IIT-Kharagpur authorities of trying to pass their son's untimely death as a 'suicide.'
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Crime

Marry us else we will kill your brother and father: Rajuddin and Salman arrested for threatening school-going Hindu sisters at gunpoint in Aligarh

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The police have filed a case under sections 354 (D), 342, 504, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, as well as Section 67A of the IT Act. The police arrested Rajuddin and Salman on Sunday. Investigation and other necessary actions are underway in the case.
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: Mohammed Shabbir poses as Raju, rapes a Hindu girl, forces her to convert to Islam

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The woman filed a police complaint after she discovered that the man who had forcefully established sexual relations with her was actually a Muslim. She claimed that the accused lied to her saying that his name was Raju.
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News Reports

Kanchenjunga Express train accident: Rescue work completed, focus on restoration of line

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The accident took place at Ruidhasa near Rangapani station in the Katihar Railway Division ahead of New Jalpaiguri Junction at around 8:45 am today. The area falls in the Siliguri subdivision of Darjeeling district.
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News Reports

‘Idols will be restored where they were’: Gujarat Minister Harsh Sanghvi assures restoration of demolished ancient idols of Jain Tirthankaras in Pavagadh

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"Pavagadh is a historic land. Many Jain teerthankars' statues had been established on the mountains of Pavagadh...No trust, organization or individual has the right to demolish such historic statues and religious places," Sanghvi said.
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News Reports

Rohingyas being smuggled into India through tunnels by gang operating from Tripura: Report

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The Indian government has declared Rohingyas illegal immigrants and a threat to the country's national security.
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Specials

Edelweiss round-tripping money? RBI order against the financial giant scathing in how it’s using group entities to circumvent IBC regulations: A case study 

Nupur J Sharma -
The Reserve Bank of India on the 29th of May 2024 ordered Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited (EARCL) to cease and desist from the acquisition of financial assets
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News Reports

Exclusive from Mira Road: Hindu residents protest against Muslims who brought goats for slaughter inside building society premises, police action awaited

Siddhi Somani -
The local Hindu groups demanded removal of goats from the society concerning the civic health of the residents. The Hindus also filed an official complaint at the Kashigao Police Station, but the same is yet to be registered as an FIR.
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Opinions

India refuses to endorse joint communique favouring Ukraine: How India has been advocating for dialogue and diplomacy rather than one-sided bullying

Shraddha Pandey -
It is rather ironic that 80+ countries adopted a joint communique for lasting peace in Ukraine without inviting the other party in the conflict—Russia—to the Summit. It seemed like the only agenda of this communique was to build a consensus that peace in Ukraine must not be at the expense of territorial integrity.
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News Reports

Actor Darshan’s fan was tortured with electric shocks before his murder: Autopsy report

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Renukaswamy, an autorickshaw driver and member of actor Darshan's fan club, was allegedly kidnapped from Chitradurga district on June 8 after sending derogatory messages to Pavithra Gowda.
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News Reports

Bengal: 5 persons dead, over 20 injured after goods train rams into Kanchenjunga Express in Darjeeling

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"Five passengers have died and 20-25 injured in the accident. The situation is serious. The incident occurred when a goods train rammed into Kanchenjunga Express," said Abhishek Roy, Additional Superintendant of Police (SP) Darjeeling Police.
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News Reports

‘Online seminars for foreign officials, business training to promote autocracy’: How China is grooming dictators in developing countries to undermine democracy

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The revelations were made in a detailed report titled "'A Global South with Chinese Characteristics" and published by the American think-tank Atlantic Council on Thursday (13th June).
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News Reports

Mid-Day admits their report on EVMs being unlocked by OTP was false, but doesn’t publish any apology, quietly deletes fake news from website

Anurag -
The clarification published by Mid-Day covered a very small portion on the front page of the newspaper that too next to a large report on Bollywood actor Salman Khan. Such difference in the size of the reports and clarification, irrespective of the page on which the latter was published, is bound to be missed by the readers.
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News Reports

Aman Chopra, Felix Gerald, Manish Kashyap, Ajeet Bharti: Journalists being hounded by states govts while I.N.D.I. alliance claims to champion media freedom

श्रवण शुक्ल -
From Punjab to Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Karnataka, there has been a marked trend of I.N.D.I. alliance governments oppressing critical voices, particularly journalists. 
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News Reports

Bharat Biotech rejects ET’s misleading report about Rotavirus vaccine, highlights how court had already dismissed the author’s petition in 2015

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Bharat Biotech said such analysis renders the findings insignificant. The company emphasised that “Rotavac is manufactured using human rotavirus strains, not of animal origin; hence, the rate of intussusception is similar in vaccinated and non-vaccinated subjects."
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News Reports

Kerala congress apologises for hurting Christian sentiments by equating Modi to God and mocking the Pope

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Finally, the Kerala Congress apologised “unreservedly” for causing emotional distress to Christians. “We apologize unreservedly if this post has caused any emotional or psychological distress to Christians,” the party said.
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News Reports

‘TMC lost in the area and so they cut off our water supply’: Residents in Asansol protest against Mamata govt for worsening water crisis

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"Earlier four water tanks used to come daily. Now, it has been reduced to one,” BJP MLA (Pachim Bardhaman) Ajay Kumar Poddar stated.
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News Reports

Indian national Nikhil Gupta, accused in alleged Pannun murder plot, extradited to USA from Czech Republic

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A US District Court spokesperson said Gupta is scheduled to appear in the lower Manhattan courthouse on federal murder-for-hire charges on Monday, the Amercian broadcaster said.
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News Reports

Chinese security agencies using AI cameras to systematically track Uyghurs, reports German Media citing public tenders for the system

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Chinese security authorities are using artificial intelligence to systematically track Uyghurs in Chinese cities and generate individual movement profiles, reported Table.Media
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News Reports

Union Minister George Kurian slams Congress for equating PM Narendra Modi to Jesus Christ and insulting the Christian community

OpIndia Staff -
George Kurian stated that the comparison of Modi and Jesus by Kerala Congress was shameful, ‘absolutely uncalled for’, and insulted the Christian community who revere Jesus.   
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News Reports

Politicians, journalists, activists and YouTubers attempt to create doubts about EVMs by spreading fake news published by Mid-Day, ECI issues notice to the newspaper

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I.N.D.I. alliance leaders, friendly journalists and fake news peddlers circulate fake news published by Mid-day to spread mass hysteria against EVMs
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News Reports

Jalandhar: Family members including mothers and sisters of Canada-based terrorist Lakhbir Singh Landa and his aid Yadwinder Singh arrested in extortion racket

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On 10th June, the Jalandhar police nabbed three associates of the gangsters for operating an extortion racket.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Shop owner detained after visuals of goat meant for Bakrid scribbled with ‘Ram’ goes viral on social media

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The shokcing incident sparked widespread outrage online with several Hindu organisations voicing their concerns.
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World

Ahead of Eid, tomato prices touch 200 Rs per Kg in Pakistan

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With Eid al-Adha merely two days away, local retail markets in Pakistan have seen tomato prices double, aligning with earlier predictions that tomatoes, along with onions, would once again be sold at inflated prices during this festive period.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Pamphlets asking for cow sacrifice issued in Bharuch ahead of Eid, Islamic organisation apologises after Hindus protested and demanded action

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The apology letter states, “Due to an error, cow sacrifice was mentioned in an image that was released. Sacrifices will be made for animals other than cows. We apologize if this mistakenly written text has hurt anyone's feelings.”
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News Reports

Election Commission confirms OpIndia explanation of how Mid-Day report claiming EVM unlocked by phone is fake and it is a case of unauthorised phone...

OpIndia Staff -
Election Commission of India has released a statement confirming that Mid-Day report claiming EVM unlocked by phone using OTP is fake
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News Reports

Historical correction? NCERT erases reference to disputed Babri, calls it ‘3 domed structure’ built at the birthplace of Shri Ram

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“A three-dome structure (that) was built at the site of Shri Ram’s birthplace in 1528, but the structure had visible displays of Hindu symbols and relics in its interior as well as its exterior portions,” the new text reads.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: After the murder of a Maulana in Pratapgarh, an Islamist mob targets Hindu families and tries to storm their houses, Many Brahmins...

राहुल पाण्डेय -
After the Pratapgarh Maulana murder case, several Islamist and leftist social media handles attempted to give it a communal colour. However, the reality was totally different as monetary dispute was found to be the motive behind the murder.
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News Reports

Pakistan: While authorities allow Muslims to abduct and marry underage Hindu girls, they step in to save a minor Muslim girl from forced marriage

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Pakistan rescues a minor Muslim from from marriage to a 72 year old man, but the admin and courts in the country don't treat minor Hindu girls similarly
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News Reports

Attack on EVMs resumes after Mid-Day claimed a phone was used to unlock EVMs, here is how the report is completely fake and misleading

Raju Das -
Mid-Day published fake news claiming that a phone was used to unlock EVM in Mumbai, while police probing only entry of unauthorised phone in counting centre
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Editor's picks

Telangana: Police arrest T Raja Singh, prevent him from meeting Gaurakshaks assaulted by goons in Medak

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T Raja Singh was taken into custody when he was heading towards Medak to meet the party’s state unit who were attacked by goons over the issue of cow protection.
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News Reports

‘Huge sweeping generalisation, happy to give tutorial’: Ex-BJP Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar tells Elon Musk after he calls for elimination of EVMs

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Elon Musk had quoted a post about irregularities found in Puerto Rico elections and wrote, "We should eliminate electronic voting machines."
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Barber Mohammed Zaid spits and rubs saliva on the face of customer, arrested after video goes viral

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In the viral video, salon operator Mohammad Zaid is seen spitting on his hand and rubbing his saliva on the face of customer Pandit Ashish Kumar.
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News Reports

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, who attacked India without proof over a Khalistani’s death, now says he wants to work with India

OpIndia Staff -
Bilateral meetings between PM Modi and leaders of several different countries including Italy, France and Japan were held. The meeting between PM Modi and Justin Trudeau was more of a courtesy one.
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News Reports

Please forgive me, I won’t do it again: Cow smuggler Sufiyan attempts to abscond on bike after firing at police, gets shot in leg...

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The cow smuggler is the subject of theft and cow slaughter cases that are recorded with the Shamli district police stations.
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News Reports

Congress hounds journalist Ajeet Bharti over alleged ‘fake news’ on Rahul Gandhi: Know about the truth and the targeting by Mohammed Zubair

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In his complaint, Bopanna accused Bharti of making false claims against Rahul Gandhi in a video. He claimed that Bharti's statement spread false information with the "intent to provoke dissent and hatred among various religious groups" and was aimed to "disturb public peace and incite disorder".
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