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‘He was cabinet minister, accepting it will be demotion’: NCP declines MoS berth for Praful Patel, decides to wait for cabinet expansion

OpIndia Staff -
NCP leader Praful Patel said on Sunday that accepting the position of Minister of State (MoS) with independent charge in the Union Cabinet will be considered a demotion
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News Reports

26-year-old Israeli woman Noa Argamani, one of the 4 hostages rescued from Gaza, was held captive by a journalist who worked for Al Jazeera

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Abdullah Al-Jamal, a Gazan journalist associated with Al Jazeera and US outlet The Palestine Chronicle, holding Israeli woman Noa Argamani who was abducted by Hamas
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Politics

Odisha: VK Pandian, close aide of Naveen Patnaik, quits active politics after BJD’s defeat in the state, says he has no desire for any...

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Announcing his decision, VK Pandian said, “My intent of joining politics was only to assist Naveen Babu and I have consciously decided to withdraw myself from active politics. I am sorry if this campaign narrative against me has had a part to play in BJD's loss.
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News Reports

Girl allegedly sold by her Muslim partner in Bahrain; Punjab and Haryana HC orders central and state governments to ensure her safety

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The situation surfaced following a petition filed by the distressed parents of the girl, seeking the court's intervention.
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News Reports

Pratapgarh: Dalit girl’s brother shot in the head for protesting molestation; Noorjahan, Ashfaq, Iqbal, and Salamat arrested

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Dalit youth Vikas was killed in Pratapgarh by Ashfaq, Iqbal, Salamat, Rustam, and Noorjahan for objecting to harassment his sister by them
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News Reports

After having led the “India Out” campaign in the Maldives, Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu arrives in India to attend PM Modi’s oath ceremony 

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Maldivian President Muizzu’s visit to India for PM Modi’s swearing-in ceremony has broken the ice, allowing the Maldivian leader to move past his anti-India campaign rhetoric and work towards rebuilding strong ties with India.
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WTF News

Indonesia: Woman missing for three days found dead inside 16-feet long python

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Farida was reported missing on the night of 6th June. She went out for some work but did not return home following which a search operation was launched. Village chief Suardi Rosi said while speaking to the media, “Her husband found her belongings, which made him suspicious. The villagers then searched the area. They soon spotted a python with a large belly.”
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Crime

Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar’s murder in West Bengal: CID recovers parts of human bones from bank of a canal in Kolkata

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Muhammad Siyam Hussain revealed to the CID the exact location where the body parts of the Bangladeshi politician were thrown.
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News Reports

PM Narendra Modi hosts high tea for would-be ministers at his residence ahead of the swearing-in ceremony

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Newly elected MPs who are among probable ministers in the new Modi govt were invited for high tea at the PM's residence ahead of the oath-taking ceremony
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News Reports

Who is Ram Mohan Naidu – The TDP MP who is set to become the youngest cabinet minister in Modi Govt 3.0

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Naidu was pursuing his career in Singapore when his father passed away in a road accident in 2012. He joined politics after his father's death and became MP at the young age of 26 in 2014. He was the second youngest MP in the 16th Lok Sabha.
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News Reports

Separatist Amritpal Singh’s family move plea for his release to take oath as MP, mother dedicates his victory to slain Khalistani terrorists

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Amritpal Singh's family has approached the District Magistrate in Assam's Dibrugarh for parole so that he can travel to Delhi to take oath as MP
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Crime

Rajasthan: After befriending Hindu girl on Instagram, Muslim man raped her, forced her into Nikah, and gave her a new name after religious conversion

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The two met through Instagram where the offender befriended the victim and lured her into a romantic relationship with him.
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News Reports

While Canada claims they won’t accept promotion of violence, Khalistani extremists freely glorify Indian PM Indira Gandhi’s assassination in the North American country

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The celebration of Indira Gandhi’s assassination in Canada by Khalistani supporters is a reminder that Canada needs to act swiftly against incidents that promote violence.
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News Reports

While Delhi government indulges in blaming neighbouring Haryana, queues by tankers grow as many areas in national capital continue to grapple with water shortage

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With piped supply affected in various residential areas, water is supplied to the people through tankers. Visuals from Mayur Vihar and Okhla Phase 2 showed on Sunday residents huddling around water tankers with buckets and cans in their hands to carry water.
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News Reports

Punjab: Farmer unions to hold protest march in Mohali in support of CISF constable Kulwinder Kaur who assaulted MP-elect Kangana Ranaut

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SKM leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal said in a statement during a press conference, "We will demand a proper investigation and we will tell him that there should be no injustice with the woman constable." Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher have planned to meet Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav to seek a proper investigation into the matter.
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Opinions

India’s democracy was always robust and thriving: The West and Indian liberal ecosystem owe an apology for malicious fear-mongering

Jinit Jain -
As 'liberals' and Western media hail the poll results, it is time they apologise for malicious fear-mongering they peddled about the state of democracy in India.
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor laments over not inviting Pakistan for the swearing-in ceremony even as Islamabad says it’s ‘premature’ to congratulate PM Modi

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"I think that's a good tradition of inviting the neighbouring countries. But this time there's one less. He has not invited Pakistan. So again, that also sends a signal..." Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Salman touches the buttocks of girls including minors, exposes his private parts in public, gets arrested; footage viral on social media

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Salman reportedly carried a bottle of acid with him in order to threaten and instil fear in the hearts of his female victims.
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News Reports

Plea in SC seeking against media houses for telecasting exit polls, influencing investors

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A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an investigation against media houses and their associates/companies for telecasting the exit polls immediately after the conclusion of the final phase of Lok Sabha elections.
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News Reports

PM Modi, Amit Shah to attend swearing-in ceremony of new Odisha Chief Minister on 10 June, preparations going at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneshwar

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Preparations are in full swing at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneshwar for the swearing-in ceremony of the new Odisha Chief Minister on June 10
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News Reports

‘My daughter did the right thing’: After brother, mother of Kulwinder Kaur defends the suspended CISF constable for assaulting Kangana Ranaut

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In an interview with the news agency PTI, Veer Kaur fiercely defended her daughter for assaulting Kangana Ranaut. She told PTI, “Meri beti Kulwinder Kaur ne jo kiya, theek kiya.’’
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News Reports

As Sheikh Hasina reaches India to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony, read why BJP’s re-election is good for India-Bangladesh relations

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The historical ties between Bangladesh and India are deeply rooted, with India playing a pivotal role in Bangladesh's liberation war in 1971. However, it is under the leadership of Modi and Hasina that these ties have been significantly strengthened.
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Opinions

Incentive for assaulting female MPs: Why Bollywood Music Director Vishal Dadlani offering a job for assaulting Kangana Ranaut puts all women in Parliament at...

Paurush Gupta -
Vishal Dadlani was spared from his own flawed logic and from receiving 'guilty judgment and on-the-spot punishment' by any aggrieved party, as the Punjab and Haryana High Court imposed only a fine of Rs 10 lakh for hurting the religious sentiments of the Jain community.
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Law

Attempt to involve an ideology without any basis: Madhya Pradesh HC refuses to quash FIR against singer Neha Singh Rathore, questions use of RSS...

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The court emphasized that even satirical expression can be subject to reasonable restrictions under the Constitution.
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Specials

Tipping the scale: How statutory body meant to thwart monopolies may be flouting regulatory norms, defeating purpose of Insolvency Laws

Nupur J Sharma -
To understand how CCI may be flouting the law in the process of IBC, we will analyse the Hindustan National Glass (HNG) case
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News Reports

Punjab: Sword-wielding man hacks 31-year-old woman to death in broad daylight on her way to office in Mohali, arrested

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In a horrific murder in Punjab, a sword-wielding man killed a woman in Phase-5 of Mohali in broad daylight on Saturday
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News Reports

Twitter user says TMC dumped garbage outside housing society for voting in favour of BJP, TMC’s General Secretary calls its ‘revenge’

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Nilanjan Das dubbed the action of dumping garbage outside the housing society as a 'non-violent means of revenge.'
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News Reports

Congress Working Committee unanimously passes resolution requesting Rahul Gandhi to become the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha

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After the CWC meeting, Congress MP Kumari Selja said, “It was the CWC's wish that Rahul Gandhi be elected the leader of opposition”
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Editor's picks

9 female Bangladeshis held from Mira Road for illegal stay: Read how the Mumbai neighbourhood has turned into a hub of Islamists

Rukma Rathore -
The arrests took place in Mira Road and the accused are booked under the Indian Penal Code, Passport Act and Foreigners Act.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Teacher at Madressah Yaseen arrested for raping 10 to 12 years old boys in Muzaffargarh

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According to Daira Din Pannah police, the complainant, Jalal Din, said in his application that his son and a nephew, aged between 10-12 years, have studied at Madressah Yaseen at Chak No 143/ML for the past few months.
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Opinions

CISF constable Kulwinder Kaur is not the only one, postal ballots received by separatists indicate the system is full of terror and separatist sympathisers

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
The victories of Amritpal Singh, Sarabjit Singh Khalsa and Engineer Rashid must raise alarm bells for the Indian government.
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News Reports

Desecration of Indian tricolour, celebration of Indira Gandhi’s assassination in Canada: Timeline of Khalistanis events leading up to the 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar

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A pro-Khalistani event was organised outside the Indian consulate in Vancouver on the 40th anniversary of Operation Bluestar.
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News Reports

NIA arrests Kuki terrorist commander from Imphal, exposes transnational conspiracy to exacerbate Manipur violence

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"He was in touch with the insurgent group, Kuki National Front (KNF)-B of Myanmar, for logistics support to aggravate the volatile situation in the state of Manipur and create terror in the minds of the people," the NIA said.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Seven left-wing Naxal terrorists killed in an encounter in Dantewada

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At least seven Naxals were killed in an encounter with District Reserve Group (DRG) personnel along the inter-district border of Narayanpur, Dantewada and Kondagaon, a senior police official said.
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News Reports

Kerala: Congress workers clash in party’s district office, CPI(M) and Congress blame each other after BJP registers historic victory in Thrissur

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Clash broke out between two groups of Congress workers in Thrissur over the defeat of Congress candidate against BJP from the constituency
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News Reports

Samajwadi MLA Irfan Solanki, jailed in arson and land grabbing case, helped illegal Bangladeshi nationals to settle in India, had links with Kanpur riots...

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The illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators were issued a letter purportedly signed by jailed Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Irfan Solanki, which authorized them as Indian nationals.
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News Reports

‘Houses ransacked, family members targeted, livelihood destroyed’: BJP workers in West Bengal flee homes after Lok Sabha elections, narrate their ordeal

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BJP worker Prasanta Haldar told The Indian Express, "I was forced to leave home in 2021 after the Assembly polls, and then after panchayat polls last year."
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Politics

Those who refused to make Nitish Kumar even convenor, are now offering him PM post: JDU leader KC Tyagi take a dig at I.N.D.I....

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JDU leader KC Tyagi said, “Such is the game of politics that those who had refused to make Nitish Kumar INDIA bloc’s national convenor have been now making offers to make Nitish PM.”
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World

Denmark: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen assaulted in Copenhagen, one man arrested

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Mette Frederiksen, 46, became prime minister of Denmark in 2019 after taking over as leader of the centre-left Social Democrats four years earlier becoming the youngest PM in Danish history.
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News Reports

Swati Maliwal assault case: Delhi Court refuses bail to Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar in view of threats received by the victim

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Delhi's Tis Hazari Court court dismissed the bail application of Bibhav Kumar in view of threats received by the victim Swati Maliwal and apprehension of influencing the witnesses by the accused.
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Opinions

Encouraging and rewarding violence: Vishal Dadlani promises job to CISF constable who slapped Kangana Ranaut

Amit Kelkar -
Music composer Vishal Dadlani promised a job to CISF constable who assaulted Kangana Ranaut at the Chandigarh airport.
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News Reports

Punjab and Haryana HC dismisses assault FIR against Elvish Yadav, asks him to refrain from depicting or promoting violence and substance abuse online

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Elvish Yadav submitted that he and other accused persons have compromised the matter with Sagar Thakur.
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News Reports

President Droupadi Murmu appoints Narendra Modi to the office of Prime Minister after meeting NDA leaders, the new govt to be sworn in on...

OpIndia Staff -
President Droupadi Murmu today invited Narendra Modi to form the next government after the National Democratic Alliance leaders elected him as the leader of the parliamentary party
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News Reports

Audrey Truschke attempts to intimidate donors of Hindu American Foundation, was earlier exposed by US court for making “arguably verifiably false” claims

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"We know about Audrey’s ethical failings, so we were very careful in protecting our donors & supporters," the Executive Director of HAF said.
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News Reports

After Lucknow, women in Delhi demand Rs 1 lakh promised by Rahul Gandhi from INDI leaders, Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh’s car gheraoed

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Earlier, Muslim women in Lucknow lined up outside Congress office to demand Rs 1 lakh promised to them by Rahul Gandhi during poll campaign.
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News Reports

NIT Srinagar redux: Muslim mob pours onto streets in the name of ‘Blasphemy’ again, leads to suspension of student from medical college in Srinagar

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The Jammu and Kashmir Police filed an FIR against a student of Government Medical College in Srinagar for allegedly uploading "blasphemous" content about Prophet Mohammad.
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News Reports

Lok Sabha elections: BJP’s vote share dropped in all constituencies in Uttar Pradesh except two, here is how the party performed in the state...

Raju Das -
BJP lost most seats in Uttar Pradesh, which came down from 62 seats in 2019 to 33 in Lok Sabha elections this year
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News Reports

Kashmir: Anantnag administration refutes reports of Muslim neighbours stopping Hindu family from building house, clarifies it was dispute over construction on govt land

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District Administration of Anantnag in Kashmir has denied reports that a Kashmiri Hindu family that returned to the state was prevented from constructing a house on their land
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News Reports

NEET UG controversy: What went wrong, why are students upset and why are authorities saying there was no paper leak

Shraddha Pandey -
Many candidates are concerned that the mark inflation in the NEET UG 2024 results will make it more difficult to get into medical school this year. Several students have taken to social media to demand that the results be cancelled and a re-examination be held.
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Bihar: Police arrest Chinese man travelling illegally in India, finds map of China in his possession

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The accused was identified as Li Jiaqi. He claimed to be a resident of Shandong province in China.
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