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Maharashtra: Dr Ambedkar Jayanti procession attacked with stone pelting in Dhule; Isaq, Kallu Pathan, and Sahil among 7 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested persons have been identified as Sahil Lala Bagwan, Samir Lala Bagwan, Isak Mistri, Kallu Pathan, Vihaan Bagwan, Kausaar Mussa Khatik, and Ajya Khatik.
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News Reports

Elon Musk-owned ‘X’ (Twitter) suspends over 2 lakh Indian accounts for policy violations including promoting child sexual abuse, nonconsensual nudity & terrorism

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212,627 accounts were banned between 26th February and 25th March, 2024 for spreading illegal and dangerous content
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News Reports

‘Need to safeguard judiciary from unwarranted pressures’: 21 judges write to CJI Chandrachud alleging efforts to undermine judiciary

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The ex-judges pointed to the spread of false theories meant to harm the judiciary's reputation and the "overt and covert attempts to influence judicial outcomes in their favour."
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News Reports

“DMK born out of hatred for Sanatan Dharma, but why is Congress so compelled to support them?”: PM Modi takes on INDI Alliance in...

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On Electoral Bonds, PM Modi responded to the allegations saying that it is due to the electoral bonds brought about by the BJP that now money trail is available
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News Reports

Delhi Liquor Policy scam: SC grants no relief to Kejriwal on petition against arrest and remand, Rouse Avenue court extends judicial custody till 23rd...

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In a separate legal development in this case, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court extended the judicial custody of Arvind Kejriwal till 23rd April. 
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News Reports

Tesla signs deal with Tata Electronics to make semiconductor chips for its global operations: Report

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In recent weeks, Tesla has reportedly accelerated its efforts to establish an Electronic Vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant in India with an estimated investment of around $2-$3 billion. 
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Opinions

Congress decides to not use IUML and INC flags during Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad roadshow: INC’s dangerous duplicity and affair with Muslim extremists

Siddhi Somani -
While CPI(M) said Congress did not use its flags in Gandhi's roadshow because it was afraid of the BJP, the historic duplicity of the party suggest it may have to do with Muslim appeasement.
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News Reports

Big, fat Indian election: Largest family with 350 members in Assam to cast vote in 18th Lok Sabha election

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All memebrs of this family will cast their votes in the Sonitpur constituency in the first phase of voting on April 19 in the 18th Lok Sabha election
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News Reports

‘Congress using deep fake to target BJP’: MP Dinesh Lal Yadav to file FIR against IYC president BV Srinivas for video on Modi and...

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Malviya added that the party has all the screenshots, with time stamps and video recordings for a legal case against BV Srinivas.
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Politics

Bestselling author Amish Tripathi explains why he will be voting for the Narendra Modi government in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

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Admitting that he had refrained from commenting on political developments so far, Amish Tripathi categorically noted that he supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government. 
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News Reports

‘Misleading, malicious, and ill-motivated’: MHA rubbishes ‘journalist’ Sushant Singh over media reports on Chinese incursion threat list

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The MHA on Monday called out 'journalist' Sushant Singh over a report shared on Chinese incursion threat list, calling it 'misleading, malicious, and ill-motivated'.
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News Reports

Palghar Sadhu lynching: Uddhav Thackeray obeyed Rahul Gandhi’s order to halt the transfer of case to CBI, prevented timely probe, Shiv Sena alleges

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Five months after the incident, the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government had opposed the transfer of the Palghar Sadhu lynching case to the CBI
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Opinions

2024 Lok Sabha Elections: Ten things I like about the BJP manifesto and a few I wish were different

Ganesh R -
The very fact that BJP has chosen to go the development route in its 2024 manifesto shows it has the confidence to do so.
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News Reports

Mira Road, Mumbai: 4-year-old Hindu girl brutally raped, threatened with a knife, accused Md Imran Khan arrested. Here is what the FIR reads

Siddhi Somani -
The accused runs a chicken shop close to the Orange Hospital on Mira Road and was known to the victim. He used to offer her chocolates despite objections by her father.
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News Reports

UP: Muslim mob turns violent after claiming print on doormat resembles ‘Kaaba’, does stone pelting and sloganeering in Balrampur shopping mart

राहुल पाण्डेय -
When the aggressive mob moved ahead, numerous women employees and customers were present at V-Bazaar However, owing to the administration's proactive approach, they were all safe.
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News Reports

Thiruvananthapuram: Model Code of Conduct Nodal Officer issues warning to Shashi Tharoor over cash for votes allegations against Rajeev Chandrasekhar

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Shashi Tharoor alleged during an interview with a news channel that Rajeev Chandrasekhar offered money to voters
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News Reports

Iran-Israel conflict: Blinken dials up Turkey, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, asserts US position on ‘avoiding escalation’ in the region

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The top US official also spoke with his counterparts in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia following Iran's attacks in Israel. During his phone calls, Blinken emphasised the importance of avoiding escalation in the region and the importance of "a coordinated diplomatic response."
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News Reports

Prashant Bhushan beats the dead horse again, wants ECI to reveal the source code of EVM, a demand already rejected by Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan attacked the ECI for not revealing the source of the EVMs, but the fact is that Supreme Court has already dismissed this demand.
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News Reports

Firing outside Salman Khan’s residence: CCTV footage and pictures of two suspects released, booked for attempt to murder

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The police have also seized the bike which was allegedly used by the attackers who shot bullets outside Salman Khan's house
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News Reports

Muslims will never tolerate UCC and will oppose it like CAA-NRC, Modi will not become PM again: Maulana Mushtaq Malik rants against BJP

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Maulana Mushtaq Malik claimed that by introducing UCC the BJP is trying to turn the Muslims into 'second-grade' citizens.
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News Reports

Israel calls off retaliatory strike on Iran after phone call between Netanyahu and Biden: Report

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Israel had decided to carry out a retaliatory attack on Tehran, however it was cancelled after a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
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News Reports

‘Eat fish, pig, or elephant but why make it a show?’: Rajnath Singh lambasts opposition, says people on bail are threatening to send PM...

OpIndia Staff -
In his Banka rally, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asked who has dared to jail PM Modi and firmly said in Hindi, “Kisne maa ka doodh piya hai jo Modi ji ko jail mein dalenge."
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News Reports

Is being Hindu a crime in Jharkhand: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey receives notice after Mohammad Aftab files complaint over rescuing cows

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The Jharkhand police has asked Nishikant Dubey to produce himself on 19th April for interrogation in the case.
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News Reports

‘Command’ & ‘Communication’ not same, this is master-slave bus: ECI schools Left-wing propagandist Ravi Nair on the basics of EVM and English language

OpIndia Staff -
Responding to ulterior motives of Ravi Nair casting aspersions on EVM cloaked as “logical questions”, the ECI explained factual inaccuracies in his post.
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News Reports

‘Hindus targeted with impunity’: BJP says homes and religious places attacked in West Bengal’s Murshidabad, party shares video

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"Hindus targeted in West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee's regime," the X handle of BJP added.
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News Reports

Agents of candidates allowed to accompany election official team: ECI clarifies after Congress alleged presence of BJP worker during home voting in Bengaluru

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The Election Commission of India has clarified that agents of all candidates in a constituency can accompany the team of election officials visiting houses of voters for home voting
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News Reports

Unknown gunmen strike again in Pakistan: Amir Sarfaraz alias Tamba who was convicted of killing Sarabjit Singh in jail shot dead in Lahore

OpIndia Staff -
Sarabjit Singh was an Indian national jailed in Pakistan. He was arrested as a suspected Indian spy in Pakistan.
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News Reports

TMC MP Sagarika Ghose’s husband Rajdeep Sardesai greeted with Modi-Modi chants in Bengaluru, video goes viral

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Rajdeep Sardesai, who has courted controversies in the past for alleged meltdown, ‘heckling’ and ‘clashing’ with Modi supporters, is then seen hastily trying to leave the scene.
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News Reports

‘BJP has fielded a prostitute from Mandi to turn parliament into a brothel’: Bihar politician Rudra Pratap Kushwaha attacks Kangana Ranaut with sexist remarks

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Rudra Pratap Kushwaha is the national president of the Yuva Vichar Manch organisation.
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News Reports

Empowering India’s youth, schemes for the poor, putting an end to appeasement politics: Here is why the BJP Lok Sabha manifesto is a game...

Dibakar Dutta -
Unlike the manifestos of the Congress party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the BJP laid out a clear vision to take the nation forward on the path of progress and development.
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News Reports

Online ‘Special 26’: Scammers dupe high profile victims while posing as law enforcement officers to extort money

OpIndia Staff -
These recurrent cases of Cybercrime have brought to the spotlight a growing trend in which scammers have adopted this modus operandi that resembles the online version of the plot shown in the old Bollywood film, ‘Special 26’.
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News Reports

Will not participate in any offensive operations: Biden tells Netanyahu that the US will not support any Israeli counterattack to Iran’s assault

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The US estimated that almost all Iranian drones and missiles launched against Israel have been knocked out of the sky.
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News Reports

BJP govt will expand Vande Bharat trains to every corner of country, 3 new bullet trains will run in North, South and East India:...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday promised that his government will expand Vande Bharat trains to every corner of the country
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Maulana Sonu Hafiz arrested for raping a 14-year-old girl in Kanpur, the cleric gave abortion pills to the girl after three months...

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Sonu Hafiz often called the girl to his room on some pretext and used to take off all the clothes of the victim and rape her.
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News Reports

BJP releases manifesto ‘Sankalp Patra’ with tagline “Modi Ki Guarantee”, promises UCC, one nation one poll, focus on women empowerment, upliftment of youth &...

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The BJP presented its manifesto in the presence of several party leaders and union ministers in the national capital.
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News Reports

We not seek conflict with Iran but will not hesitate to act to protect American and Israeli forces: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that the US does not seek conflict with Iran but will not hesitate to act to protect their forces and support Israel's defence.
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News Reports

Telangana phone-tapping case: Former SIB officials confess to unauthorised surveillance and cash transports in govt vehicles on instructions of BRS leaders

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The statement given by Radha Kishan Rao revealed information about the alleged involvement of three ministers, three BRS MLAs and three party MLCs in the phone-tapping case.
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World

Iran-Israel war: Israel launches counter-strike on Iran-backed Hezbollah in southern Lebanon in response to attack on the Jewish country

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As per Israel Defense Forces' statement on their official channel on Telegram, IDF fighter jets struck a number of military structures linked to Hezbollah's Radwan Forces in Jbaa.
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News Reports

Punjab: Two bike-born assailants murder VHP leader Vikas Prabhakar, probe initiated

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According to CCTV footage, two men (one wearing a helmet and the other covering his face with a cloth) reached the shop of the victim at about 4:47 pm.
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World

Iran launches drone and missile attack on Israel – India calls for immediate de-escalation

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Israel-Iran war: This is the first time Iran has launched a direct attack on Israel. Earlier, it used to attack Israel using its proxies.
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News Reports

Gunmen open fire outside Salman Khan’s house in the Galaxy Apartments in Mumbai, shooters yet to be identified

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Salman Khan had received threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang last year. A probe in this firing case has been initiated.
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News Reports

Congress leaders and supporters spread fake ‘Nielsen-Dainik Bhaskar survey’ predicting INDI Alliance win in elections, the newspaper promises legal action

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Several I.N.D.I. Alliance supporters continued to peddle the fake survey even after Dainik Bhaskar categorically called it out as fake news.
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News Reports

An individual being in jail does not affect govt schemes: Delhi LG assures that power, water, bus subsidy schemes will continue despite Kejriwal’s arrest

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Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday said the ongoing electricity, water and bus fare subsidies will continue in Delhi
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News Reports

Teesri Baar Modi Sarkar?: CSDS-Lokniti 2024 pre-poll survey suggests no near contender to BJP, holds 12% lead over I.N.D.I. Alliance

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Modi Ki Guarantee" is gaining traction among voters, according to the CSDS-Lokniti survey.
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News Reports

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi announces party’s support to AIADMK, says it has promised to never ally with BJP and oppose CAA, NPR, NRC

OpIndia Staff -
Taking to X, AIMIM Chief Owaisi claimed that AIADMK, has committed that it will never ally with the BJP in the future and has also assured that it will oppose the CAA, NRC, and NPR. 
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News Reports

Iran-Israel tensions: Vehicle blows up near Iranian embassy in Damascus, Iran seizes Israeli-linked ship with 17 Indians near Strait of Hormuz

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Iran had promised retaliation for a strike on a building in the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus.
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News Reports

CPI-based retail inflation eases to a 10-month low, stands at 4.85% for March 2024, Industrial output at a 4-month high

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from a decrease in retail inflation, the industrial output rose to a four-month high marking further signs of buoyancy towards the end of the fiscal year (FY) 2023-24.
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News Reports

‘What is the need to go to Ram Mandir?’: Patliputra RJD candidate and Lalu Yadav’s daughter Misa Bharti claims only capitalists were invited to...

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Misa Bharti repeated the same old anti-Modi rhetoric in her speech. She said that the four Shankaracharyas were not invited to the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony, and all the capitalists were invited there.
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News Reports

Patanjali Issue is a reflection on the ethics of our medical fraternity

Ratan Sharda -
IMA complained against Patanjali but remains silent on similar practices by other FMCG and Pharma companies, raising questions on ethics in the industry
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Farooq kills mentally challenged Hindu man for insurance money, buries victim with the help of his family

OpIndia Staff -
Basha lured a mentally challenged Setty Prathap to his food grains warehouse in Pamulapadu mandal. After locking the victim inside the warehouse, he set it ablaze.
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