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Signaling to Muslims again? Congress candidate from Ratlam, MP, says those with two wives will get Rs 2 lakh a month if party voted...

OpIndia Staff -
Kantilal Bhuria, the Congress candidate from Ratlam during an election rally said that if Congress comes to power, those who have two wives would get Rs 2 lakh a month.
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News Reports

Bombay HC orders registration of crime in alleged misappropriation of Tulja Bhavani Temple’s money in auction of donation boxes, slams govt for opposing filing...

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Bombay High Court on 9th May ordered to register a case in the case of embezzlement of donations from the Tulja Bhawani Temple in Maharashtra’s Tuljapur.
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News Reports

Our diplomats have been threatened with impunity, no relevant evidence given to us: MEA after 3 Indians arrested for Khalistani terrorist Nijjar’s Killing in...

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"No specific or relevant evidence or information has been given to us in this matter. Canada has informed us about the arrest. But we have not got any formal communication...," MEA Spokesperson said on three Indians arrested in Canada in Nijjar killing.
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News Reports

Won’t happen again: Maldives’ Foreign Minister on Maldivian ministers’ derogatory remarks about PM Modi

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Following derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maldives Deputy Youth Ministers Mariyam Shiuna, Mahzoom Majid and Malsha Shareef have been suspended indefinitely
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News Reports

NIA special court convicts Jahanzaib Sami Wani, his wife Hina Bashir Beigh and 3 others for anti-India activities, links with ISKP

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National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in New Delhi handed down varying prison terms to five accused including a Kashmiri couple in a terrorism case
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News Reports

Air India Express cabin crew ends strike, airline agrees to take back termination letters of ‘sick’ employees

OpIndia Staff -
a meeting was held on Thursday between Air India Express Union and the airline CEO to reach a solution. Apparently, after the meeting, a middle ground has been reached and the strike will end, much to the relief of the travelers.
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News Reports

2 women from Sandeshkhali withdraw complaints of rape: With 700 complaints and threats reported in 2021, here are 5 unanswered questions in the case

Anurag -
A woman and her mother-in-law have withdrawn complaints of rape against TMC leaders in Sandeshkhali
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News Reports

Understanding the rise of insurgency and violence in Balochistan amid escalation in attacks on outsiders from Pakistan’s Punjab and China in the region

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In recent times, Balochistan has witnessed a surge in violence where Baloch separatist groups have specifically targeted outsiders, especially from Pakistan’s Punjab province and China.
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News Reports

‘Abhishek Banerjee offered money to make false comments’: Woman seen in Sandeshkhali sting video says it is doctored, points out her audio and video...

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Talking to Bongo TV, Jaba Rani Singha asserted that she is committed to the movement by the Sandeshkhali woman against the TMC strongman Sheikh Shahjahan and his aides.
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Crime

Bareilly: Murdered 14-year-old girl was forcibly converted to Islam, was being stalked for months, Fariyad was threatening her and her brother: Exclusive details of...

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The family members of the victim said in the FIR that the minor had left her house on Wednesday (May 8, 2024) for her college studies.The accused forcefully abducted the Hindu minor on his bike from the road. After this, he raped her and then took her to a nearby railway line and threw her in front of a moving train.
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News Reports

1993 Bombay blast convict Ibrahim Moosa campaigns for Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Amol Kirtikar, video viral from Mumbai

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Ibrahim Moosa, one of the convicts in the 1993 Bombay bombings, was seen campaigning for Amol Kirtikar, the Maha Vikas Aghadi's (MVA) candidate for Mumbai North West
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Politics

Campaigning in elections not a fundamental right, bail to Kejriwal for electioneering will be discriminatory: Enforcement Directorate to Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
Saying that granting bail to Arvind Kejriwal will be discriminatory in nature, Enforcement Directorate said that no politician could be arrested and kept in judicial custody if they are granted interim bail for poll campaigning.
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Politics

Haryana: JJP supremo Dushyant Chautala renews offer of support to Congress to try and bring down incumbent BJP government

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In his letter, JJP chief Dushyant urged the Haryana Governor to seek a floor test at the earliest and impose President's Rule if the government failed to prove its majority in the House.
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News Reports

US Embassy issues advisory warning about terror threat at Karachi Port in Pakistan, asks officials to restrict access to concerned areas

OpIndia Staff -
On Tuesday (7th May), the US Embassy in Pakistan issued an advisory highlighting a threat of terror attack on Karachi port in Pakistan
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News Reports

Air India Express crisis: 30 staffers sacked over sick leave, ultimatum issued to others as 86 flights were canceled, operations halted until 13 May

OpIndia Staff -
The termination letter was sent by Air India Express to 30 employees on 8th May who participated in the mass leaves.
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News Reports

ED plans to file preliminary chargesheet against Arvind Kejriwal in excise policy case, agency calls him ‘kingpin’ of the scam

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The ED's move will coincide with Kejriwal's interim bail plea in the liquor policy case at the Supreme Court on Friday (10th May). In the chargesheet, the ED would make reference to Kejriwal as a 'kingpin' and main conspirator in the liquor policy case. 
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Opinions

Importing terrorists, slacking on law and order, fraud ‘student visa’ industry are Canada’s own problems: How Trudeau govt’s India blaming is pathetic cover up...

Shraddha Pandey -
Canada government was quick to blame India, however, it should answer as to why it allowed Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was designated a terrorist by India’s National Investigation Agency in 2020 to live in Canada and gave him space to become politically strong.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Whistleblower D Ferdin Rayan hacked in Tirunelveli, had complained about illegal constructions, illicit stone mining under the DMK govt

OpIndia Staff -
Social activist and whistleblower D. Ferdin Rayan (36) was brutally attacked in Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, on 4th May, using a sharp-edged weapon
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News Reports

Facing personnel shortage, Ukraine passes bill to recruit convicted prisoners into the military, murderers and rapists excluded

ANI -
excluded from eligibility are individuals convicted of sexual violence, multiple homicides, severe corruption, and former high-ranking officials, clarified Olena Shuliak, a leader of Zelenskyy's party.
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News Reports

‘Bakwas ki hai,’ people associated with Gandhi family should think before doing anything: Robert Vadra on racist rant by Sam Pitroda

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Robert Vadra rubbished Sam Pitroda's 'racist' remark and expressed surprise at how such an educated person could make these types of comments
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World

Canadian bank faces money-laundering probe over allegations of drug traffickers using the bank to launder money from sale of Fentanyl in USA

OpIndia Staff -
Bharat Masrani, CEO of TD Bank, said "Criminals relentlessly target financial institutions to launder money and TD has a responsibility and an obligation to thwart their illegal activity."
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Akhtar Ansari brutally kills his tribal wife, caught while trying to burry the body with his brother-in-law Sanaullah Ansari

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The active locals caught the accused red-handed after which a case was registered against him and he was arrested.
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Law

Allahabad Court upholds tenets of Islam to deny live-in relationship rights to previously married Muslim, says illicit relationships prohibited by Islamic law

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"Islamic tenets do not permit live-in relationships during the subsisting marriage. The position may be different if the two persons are unmarried and the parties being major choose to lead their lives in a way of their own," the bench said.
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News Reports

‘If left to Congress there would be no country for Hindus’: BJP tears into Congress after EAC-PM study shows Hindus in India shrunk 8%

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"Share of Hindus shrunk 7.8% between 1950 and 2015. The Muslim population grew by 43%. This is what decades of Congress rule did to us. Left to them, there would be no country for Hindus," Amit Malviya wrote on X after EAC-PM study showed a dip in Hindu population.
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News Reports

Instagram influencer Bhupendra Jogi, whose reel mocking Dhruv Rathee went viral, attacked by unknown assailants: Read what happened

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While returning from his shop, two masked assailants attacked Bhupendra Jogi in the New Market area at around 9 PM. He tried to save himself but sustained severe injuries and ended up getting around 40 stitches on the back and on his right arm.
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News Reports

UP: Minor Hindu girl’s body, chopped into two, found near railway tracks; family says Fariyad took her to mosque and converted her to Islam...

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After throwing the Hindu minor before a speeding train, the accused Fariyad Hussain, also attacked the deceased's mother with a knife
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News Reports

Hindu temple attacked in Trinidad, idols smashed, premise vandalised in Curepe city

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Meanwhile, Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha said: “Six murtis sized four feet were destroyed, and smashed to pieces in the most violent manner. Once again a place of worship was attacked."
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News Reports

Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Army to stop importing ammunition from next financial year as India now capable of manufacturing all it requires domestically

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Indian Army, from the next financial year, will not import any foreign ammunition
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News Reports

Ex-Pakistani Army commando and Pakistani terrorist among three terrorists who attacked the IAF convoy in Poonch: Identity and pictures released

OpIndia Staff -
So far the investigation has revealed that an Ex-Pakistani Army commando and a Pakistani terrorist were involved in the Poonch terror attack. 
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News Reports

‘US neither understands, nor respects the sovereign Indian state’: Russia slams Biden govt over Pannun blame, reports on ‘religious freedom’

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The Russian Foreign Ministry dismissed the US's allegations against India for a foiled assassination plot against pro-Khalistan radical Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, saying that Washington has not yet provided any reliable evidence of Indian citizens' involvement in the case
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News Reports

Islamist mob launches a deadly attack on Prerna Peeth Nishkalki Temple in Ahmedabad: Several idols of deities vandalised in ‘pre-planned attack’, says VHP

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According to the VHP, it was a pre-planned attack in which the Islamist mob vandalised several Murtis (idols) of Hindu deities. 
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News Reports

Hindus in India shrunk 8%, Muslims grew 43% while in Pakistan, Hindus declined and majority Muslims increased: What EAC-PM study says about global demographic...

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According to the study, the share of Hindus in India's population saw a decrease from 84% in 1950 to 78% in 2015.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s wealth redistribution plan underway in Karnataka? Congress govt appoints ‘Nawaz’ to oversee a Shri Avimukteshwara Swamy Temple event

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The appointment of a non-Hindu man, Nawaz, to the Avimukeshwara Swamy Temple’s Brahmarathotsava Samiti has sparked outrage.
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Opinions

No one ever lost a job for playing Dafli in support of Palestinians: Why Parveen Shaikh case is not about any ’cause’ but Islamofascism

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Parveen Shaikh was sacked by Somaiya Vidyavihar after a report detailed her social media behaviour, which involved liking pro-Hamas tweets, pro-Zakir Naik posts among other things. 
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News Reports

Over 50,000 infiltrators living in Kerala with fake Aadhaar cards, bogus identities: Report citing military intel

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Central intelligence agencies had a year ago indicated that foreigners were infiltrating Kerala using forged Aadhaar cards.
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OpIndia Explains

Remember murder of ‘rationalist’ Dabholkar? Here is how investigation was botched up and Sanathan Sanstha was blamed without evidence to raise ‘Hindu Terror’ bogey

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Almost immediately after the muder of Narendra Dabholkar, Sanatan Sanstha became the prime target of the media trial
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Politics

Ideological Guru of Rahul Gandhi, brain behind Congress policies, Sam Pitroda resigns from his post as Overseas Congress chief following his racist remarks

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The resignation comes after Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda, popularly known as Sam Pirtoda, claimed that Indians native to the Eastern side of the country resemble Chinese people, those living in the West appear middle eastern while North Indians look like ‘white people’ and the ones in the South are similar in appearance to the people of ‘Africa’.
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News Reports

Pradeep Bhandari resigns from Zee News amid rumours of a ban on live coverage of PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath and HM Amit Shah

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"I have resigned from Zee News. I will not be hosting your favourite shows Taal Thok Ke at 5 PM, Aapka Sawal at 8 PM, & 24 Ki Sarkar at 10 pm, or present Exit Poll on Zee this election season," Bhandari tweeted.
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News Reports

‘5,457 illegal immigrants detected’: Manipur CM says deportation process underway

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Last week, 38 illegal immigrants were deported to Myanmar from Manipur, bringing the total number of illegal Myanmarese migrants deported to 77 since 8th March.
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News Reports

Delhi HC rejects PIL seeking media gag for reporting demands for Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation, slaps Rs 1 lakh fine on petitioner

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The PIL was filed by advocate Shrikant Prasad. He had submitted before the court that the media was creating “pressure and airing sensational headlines” regarding Arvind Kejriwal's resignation and imposition of presidential rule in Delhi.
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News Reports

‘Return the mosque to rightful owners’: Jain monks and VHP leaders visit Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra in Ajmer, symbols from Ramayan and Mahabharat found

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Speaking to TOI, Muni Sunil Sagar said: “Today, I visited Adhai Din Ka Jhopra and discovered that it is not a mere shanty but a palace. I observed many symbols from the Ramayana and Mahabharata. I even found broken statues from the Hindu faith, yet ironically, it is called a mosque.”
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News Reports

Mumbai: 14-year-old Hindu girl raped, threatened, and asked to ‘follow Islamic traditions’, accused Ibrahim Khan booked

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The police have filed an FIR under sections 376 and 376(3) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and sections 4 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012. Also sections 3(1)(w)(i) and 3(1)(w)(ii) of the SC/ST Act, 1989 have been imposed against the accused.
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News Reports

Toughest, highest, remotest: Read how ECI navigates India’s vast geography to ensure no voter is left behind

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In the recently conducted voting on 7th May, the polling team drove to the foothills of Raireshwar to reach the voting location, which is located 30 kilometers from Bhor taluka in rural Pune.
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News Reports

‘Even Lord Krishna was dark’: PM Modi slams Congress over Sam Pitroda’s racist remarks, asks if skin colour is the reason they opposed President...

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PM Modi pressed, "...'Shehzade aapko jawaab dena padega'. (Prince of Congress party you will have to answer for this.) My country will not tolerate the disrespect  of my countrymen on the basis of their skin colour and Modi will never tolerate this..."
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi, who chose Wayanad for its Muslim vote bank, would resign from Rae Bareli and retain Wayanad if he wins both, read what...

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Rawal claimed that Rahul Gandhi had put forth a condition before agreeing to contest from Rae Bareli. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had, as per Rawal, said that if Congress abandons both Rae Bareilly and Amethi, then it will send a wrong message to the public as polling of five phases has yet to commence.
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News Reports

‘It’s Waqf Board’s nature to encroach properties and declare it as its asset’: Hindu side in Krishna Janmabhoomi case urges court to deny permission...

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Rina N Singh, the counsel for the Hindu side, urged the court not to grant permission to the Waqf Board to carry out such practices where it encroaches upon a property and declares it as Waqf's asset
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News Reports

How much black money has Congress received from Adani and Ambani?: PM Modi questions Rahul Gandhi’s unusual silence on businessmen

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Refering to Rahul Gandhi as Shehzada, PM Modi insisted, "Shehzada ye ghoshit karein ki Ambani-Adani se kitna maal uthaya hai."
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News Reports

Teachers won’t be able to use cell phones, action to be taken if they go to worship or offer namaz while on duty: Rajasthan...

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Rajasthan Education Minister said teachers won't be able to leave the school premises while on duty to worship or offer namaz.
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OpIndia Explains

Canada’s Bill C-63 – Weaponising undefined ‘hate speech’: Trudeau govt to penalise individuals for ‘hate speech’ even if made years ago. Why India needs...

Anurag -
Bill C-63 specifically noted that anyone who commits an offence under any Act of Parliament where is motivated by hatred based on race, national or ethnic origin, language, colour, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression, would be considered an indictable offence. The penalty for such an offence can be as severe as life imprisonment.
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News Reports

UP: Akhilesh Yadav and Muslim leaders desecrate temple where non-Hindus are not allowed, wear shoes in premises, Hindus purify the temple

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The BJP workers undertook purification of a Hindu temple in Kannauj alleging that Akhilesh Yadav was accompanied by Muslim leaders who entered the temple wearing shoes.
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