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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...

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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

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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

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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

OpIndia Staff -
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...

OpIndia Staff -
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

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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

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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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World

Pakistani Army storms into Police station on Eid, thrashes and humiliates Police personnel, makes them kneel amidst dramatic scenes in Punjab province

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The Pakistan Army personnel then went on to brutally assault cops, humiliate them, and make them kneel as the injured cops were seen bleeding.
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News Reports

‘President not invited for Ram Mandir inauguration because she is Adivasi’: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi peddles vicious lies during election campaign

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The truth is that President Murmu was formally invited by a delegation representing the Ram Temple Trust to attend the Pran Prathistha ceremony in Ayodhya.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Kids taught namaz in the name of Eid event at play school, parents and Hindu outfits protest, principal denies accusations

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu activists also agitated against teaching namaz at the Eid event in the play school in Roorkee, Uttarakhand.
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Government and Policy

Government instructs e-commerce platforms to remove drinks and beverages including Bournvita from ‘Health Drink’ category

OpIndia Staff -
The ministry cited a finding by the child rights body NCPCR that there is no beverage category called Health Drink under the rules.
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World

Australia: At least five killed after mass stabbing in a Sydney mall, multiple victims, including a 9-month baby, in critical condition; attacker shot dead

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The mass stabbing incident unfolded at 3.20 pm (local time) on Saturday afternoon (13th April) when a man in an NRL jersey began stabbing shoppers at random, including a woman and her nine-month-old baby.
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Variety

Crowdfunding collects Rs 34 crore “blood money” in 4 days to save Kerala native Abdul Rahim, convicted of killing a 15 years old, from...

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Abdul Rahim from Kerala went to Saudi Arabia in 2006 and was imprisoned merely twenty-eight days after landing there on accusation of killing a 15-year-old.
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News Reports

Rameshwaram cafe blast mastermind Abdul and bomber Mussavir used fake Hindu identities while on the run, were planning the next attack

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NIA officials intend to interrogate Tahaa and Mussavir Hussain Shazib regarding the 'colonel's' identity, the frequency of their meetings with him, methods of payment for terrorist activities, and their future intentions. 
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Supreme Court to hear Arvind Kejriwal’s petition against his arrest in Delhi excise policy scam case on 15 April

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Arvind Kejriwal approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi HC judgement that dismissed his plea against arrest by the ED and his subsequent remand in the excise policy case.
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Uttar Pradesh: Shehzadi pretends to be ‘Naina Verma’ to entrap Hindu man in Meerut, forces him to convert to Islam and circumcises minor step-son

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Shehzadi forged documents and assumed the identity of 'Naina Verma' before getting married to Vipin.
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News Reports

Power ministry issues order to operationalise all gas-based power plants to meet increased electricity demand during summer

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In order to help meet the high electricity demand in the country during the summer season, the Government of India has decided to operationalize the gas-based power plants
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‘Muslims not bonded labours of RJD, won’t tolerate Nazi attitude’: RJD leader Sarfaraz Alam slams Lalu and Tejashwi after party gives his ticket to...

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RJD leader Sarfaraz Alam alleged that his party leadership had betrayed him and put a knife in his back by not giving him a ticket.
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Politics

Karnataka: Congress MLA Laxman Savadi seeks Mallikarjun Kharge’s permission to chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ during a rally

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Laxman Savadi represents Congress in the Karnataka state legislative assembly from the Athani constituency.
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Politics

Chaos in Rajasthan Congress days ahead of polls: 400 workers quit the party after suspension of 3 leaders over charge of campaigning for BJP

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Congress workers in Rajasthan resigned from the membership over the party's alliance with the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP).
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News Reports

US President Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel ‘sooner than later’

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Biden said he expects Iran to attack Israel 'sooner than later' after Tehran vowed revenge after Israel launched airstrikes on the Iranian embassy in Damascus
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World

Pakistan: Ancient Hindu temple in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa demolished for commercial complex, was earlier attacked by Islamists in 1992

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Pakistani administrative officials claimed that they were unaware that there was any temple at this place even though land records show its existence.
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News Reports

US: Riddhi Patel who earlier said ‘f*ck Hindu fascism’ gives death threats to city council members to support Hamas, arrested

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"We'll see you at your house. We will murder you," Riddhi Patel was heard saying.
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“How can you prevent a repeat of 26/11 without reacting to it?”: EAM S Jaishankar says can’t have rules when dealing with terrorists

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Jaishankar said Pakistan sent tribal people from its north-western part to launch attacks in the erstwhile Indian province but the Congress government back then labelled them as 'infiltrators', and not 'terrorists'
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World

Forced marriages and conversions of Hindu women: UN experts condemn Pakistan for atrocities against minority women in the country

OpIndia Staff -
A panel of experts from the UN issued a statement in Geneva and slammed Pakistan for the forced marriages and religious conversions of Christian and Hindu women in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Khatakhat paisa aata rahega: Rahul Gandhi claims magical method to remove poverty, gives old Alu-Sona, the escape velocity of Jupiter logics

Rukma Rathore -
Similar to the Congress Lok Sabha manifesto, Rahul Gandhi did not provide a strategy for carrying out his commitment.
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News Reports

‘Fact-checker’ Md Zubair spreads fake news, falsely claims that BJP received donations from ‘beef exporting company’

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‘Fact-checker’ Md Zubair spreads fake news that BJP received donations from ‘beef exporting company’ Allanasons, which actually exports boneless buffalo meat
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