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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Open letter from the most eminent citizens of civil society telling you idiots to vote for Congress

Sandeep Singh -
Eminent citizens are simply those who matter more than you, our opinion matters more than you, we are way way way richer than you
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News Reports

Directorate of Vigilance terminates the services of Bibhav Kumar, Arvind Kejriwal’s private secretary

OpIndia Staff -
“The Competent Authority hereby terminates the engagement of Bibhav Kumar, in terms of the provisions of Rule 5 of the Central Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1965, with immediate effect," the order by YVVJ Rajshekhar, Special Secretary Vigilance read.
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News Reports

Elon Musk to meet PM Modi in India this month and announce Tesla plant, company starts making cars for India in Germany instead of...

OpIndia Staff -
Musk will meet PM Modi in the week beginning 22 April, and will separately announce the plans of Tesla for India.
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News Reports

‘Dayanidhi Maran is useless without his family’s surname’: Annamalai hits back after ‘joker’ remark

ANI -
Annamalai also targeted the ruling DMK for Maran's remarks accusing the party of resorting to 'abuse and filth.'
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News Reports

Nehru’s views on Aksari Chin to Digvijaya Singh’s comments on Katchatheevu Island show how the Congress party has no regard for the nation’s integrity

अनुपम कुमार सिंह -
Congress leader Digvijaya Singh claimed that no one lives in the Katchatheevu Island thus dismissing the issue.
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News Reports

Odisha Police instructs Special Security Battalion personnel to remove tattoos in 15 days, says they are offensive, obscene and derogatory

ANI -
Odisha Police have instructed Special Security Battalion personnel to remove tattoos that are visible while wearing uniforms on their bodies within 15 days
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News Reports

Three independent MLAs, who have joined BJP, move Himachal Pradesh HC against Assembly Speaker for not accepting their resignations

ANI -
Three Independent MLAs moved Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday challenging the HP Assembly speaker for not accepting their resignations.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal using meetings with legal team to issue orders to ministers: Delhi Court rejects his plea to meet lawyers 5 times a week

OpIndia Staff -
Judge Baweja said that the Jail Rules which allow only two meetings in a week will apply to Kejriwal like any other inmate.
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News Reports

Russians cannot use honeytrap against French spies because ‘their wives already know about their affairs’: Reveals documentary on DGSE

OpIndia Staff -
French married secret agents told Russian agents that they can't be blackmailed over their lovers as their wives were used to their affairs.
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News Reports

POCSO case can’t be quashed even after a mutual compromise is reached between victim and accused: Allahabad HC

OpIndia Staff -
The Allahabad HC ordered that POCSO case can't be quashed on the grounds of mutual compromise between accused and victim.
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News Reports

Bihar: Goddess Bhagavati Temple in Araria vandalised and deities damaged, ‘XXX’ scrawled on the temple wall and mutton reportedly cooked within premises

OpIndia Staff -
The Maa Bhagavati temple in Bihar was vandalized prior to "Navratri." A case has been filed and a probe is launched.
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News Reports

Is there any level playing field for probe agencies in West Bengal? Calcutta HC raps Chief Secretary for not sanctioning prosecutions in school jobs...

OpIndia Staff -
The Calcutta HC further expressed displeasure with the WB government for standing with the accused persons in the scam. 
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News Reports

‘False narrative to influence judiciary in favour of Umar Khalid’: After AltNews and others, Prosecutor names Teesta Setalvad, Aakar Patel, Swati Chaturvedi and more

OpIndia Staff -
On 10th April, during the bail hearing of anti-Hindu Delhi Riots accused Umar Khalid in Karkardooma Court, Delhi, the public prosecutor said a false narrative is being set in media and on social media to influence the judiciary
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News Reports

Income Tax officials uncover plan to bring Rs 200 crore from Dubai for a Tamil Nadu-based political party ahead of LS elections

OpIndia Staff -
According to authorities in the IT Department, "It has been found through WhatsApp conversations on his mobile phone that he was planning to bring money from Dubai to Chennai through hawala for a prominent Tamil Nadu-based political party."
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News Reports

Ravi Shastri’s ‘thirst trap’ posts go viral: Former Indian cricketer and coach is ‘sixty and hottie’

OpIndia Staff -
Sharing his picture in a bathrobe, Ravi Shashtri, with his characteristic carefree attitude and rakish debonair, tweeted, "I am hottie, I am naughty, I am sixty."
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News Reports

Who is Rasika, who extended support to Umar Khalid in WhatsApp chats ‘as a Hindu’: Chat read out by prosecutor in court and anti-CAA...

OpIndia Staff -
Prosecution told Court that Rasika Agashe, wife of Zeesha Ayyub, was in touch with Umar Khalid after the anti-CAA riots
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News Reports

“DMK immersed in arrogance of power”: PM Modi comes to the defence of Annamalai after “joker” jibe by DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran

ANI -
In an interview with India Today, Dayanidhi Maran, a former union minister, sought to dismiss the challenge posed by Annamalai in the Lok Sabha polls when he made the insulting remark
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News Reports

“AAP neck deep into corruption”: Delhi Minister with 7 portfolios Raaj Kumar Anand resigns from Kejriwal cabinet and quits AAP

OpIndia Staff -
While announcing his resignation from Delhi govt minisrty and quitting AAP, Raaj Kumar Anand said, "The party has become embroiled in corruption, now I cannot stay in this party."
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News Reports

Jain Acharya Lokesh of Ahimsa Vishwa Bharati honoured with the American Presidential Award

ANI -
As part of the honour, he was honoured with the Presidential Award, Golden Shield, Certificate of Honor and a citation bearing the signature of President Biden. The certificate and citation were read by US Congressman Brad Sherman, according to the statement released by Ahimsa Vishwa Bharati.
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News Reports

“It is astounding”: Calcutta HC bars West Bengal police from arresting NIA officials in Bhupatinagar case, slams police for adding baseless charges

OpIndia Staff -
Calcutta High Court stopped the West Bengal Police from detaining NIA officials in a case booked for allegedly violating women's modesty
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News Reports

China, not India, interfered in 2019 and 2021 Canada elections, says Canadian panel probing charges of foreign interference

OpIndia Staff -
India has denied allegations of interference in Canada elections in 2019 and 2021
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News Reports

Calcutta HC orders court-monitored CBI probe into sexual assault, land grabbing allegations against TMC leaders in Sandeshkhali, instructs to launch portal to file complaints

OpIndia Staff -
While transferring the probe into Sandeshkhali incident to CBI, the court emphasised the need for an impartial investigation into these allegations.
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News Reports

‘Do this in a hijab’: Christians outraged after Rihanna’s ‘sexy nun’ photoshoot for Interview, singer had earlier apologised to Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
Many users blasted Rihanna for making light of a sacred Christian religious garment and dared her to do the same with an Islamic attire.
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News Reports

‘IQ test’: Tejashwi Yadav gives bizarre explanation after BJP hounds him for posting fish-eating video during Navratri fasting

OpIndia Staff -
Tejashwi Yadav was seen dining on fish and Roti alongside Mukesh Sahni, the chief of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), aboard a helicopter.
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News Reports

Sensex crosses 75000 mark, was at 25000 when Modi govt came to power in 2014: How 10 years of Modi rule has been a...

OpIndia Staff -
The historic milestone aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre for the last ten years. When Narendra Modi first became Prime Minister in 2014, the Sensex celebrated the historic verdict by surging roughly 1400 points to exceed the 25,000 mark. Now, ten years later, as PM Modi is vying for a third term in the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections of 2024, the Sensex has crossed the landmark 75,000 mark.
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News Reports

‘Be ready for something next’: Supreme Court rejects Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna’s second apology in misleading Patanjali ads case

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court told Patanjali Ayurveda and its representative to be prepared for action in the contempt case over misleading ads
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News Reports

Elon Musk’s Tesla in talks with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries to set up EV manufacturing plant in India: Report

OpIndia Staff -
A source aware of the development stated that the talks between Tesla and Reliance are in the initial stages and have been “ongoing for over a month”.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 5, including 4 from a family, die of suffocation while saving a cat in an abandoned well containing a slurry of biogas

OpIndia Staff -
The villagers immediately reached the spot and saw Kale family members struggling to survive in the abandoned well.
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News Reports

5,000 guns and 500,000 rounds of ammunition seized from ships sending Iranian weapons to Houthis transferred to Ukraine: US

OpIndia Staff -
The US has transferred weapons, ammos seized from Iran to Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
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News Reports

‘DMK and Congress deceived not only fishermen but also the entire nation’: PM Narendra Modi raises Katchatheevu island issue in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore

OpIndia Staff -
Modi said, "The DMK party has 'earned' the 'first copyright' on corruption. It has been badly looting the state of Tamil Nadu."
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News Reports

Prosecution plays SQR Ilyas’ TheWire interview with Arfa Khanum Sherwani in court: How the interview attempted to influence judicial process in favour of Umar...

Nupur J Sharma -
During the hearing, Prasad played a specific interview in open court. The interview was of Umar Khalid's father, SQR Ilyas, with TheWire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani.
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Tamil Nadu: Fortune teller arrested after parrot predicts victory for PMK candidate from Cuddalore

OpIndia Staff -
The forest officials said that the fortune teller would be let off with a warning and a penalty
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Canada: Indian student Tejeshwar Kalia faces 14 years in jail for hitting robber with baseball bat in self-defence, police accused of misdescribing the incident

OpIndia Staff -
While Tejeshwar Kalia is facing 14-year jail term for hitting a robber in self-defence in Canada, the robber got just 14 months in jail
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USA: 3-year-old girl whose body was found in a church in 2021 was tortured to death by her family during ‘exorcism’, documents reveal

OpIndia Staff -
On 24th September 2021, the dead body of Arely Naomi Proctor, the minor girl, was discovered within the premises of a church in San Jose.
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‘Will work for farmers, women’: Vidhya Rani, daughter of sandalwood mafia Veerappan campaigns to contest LS polls from Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff -
Vidhya, who will face Congress candidate K Gopinath, C Narasimhan (BJP), and V Jayaprakash (AIADMK) in the April 19 Lok Sabha elections, said her campaign promises would include pushing for a railway station in Krishnagiri, better health facilities, and ensuring basic amenities for hilly residents.
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Muslim clerics maintain strategic silence on suggesting voting preferences to the community, want to avoid polarisation of Hindu votes: Report

OpIndia Staff -
This 'strategic' silence about political parties is hailed as a 'political maturity' because the Muslim clergy fears that if they openly support any non-BJP party or alliance, the Hindu votes will consolidate for the BJP automatically.
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West Bengal: Islamists attack Hindus during Devi idol immersion in Diamond Harbour, police whitewashes violence, books 12 Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal: Islamists attack Hindus during Devi idol immersion
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Telangana: Congress decides not to field a candidate against Asaduddin Owaisi in Hyderabad after months of calling AIMIM as BJP’s B team

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking to TIme Now TPCC General Secretary said AIMIM and Congress have a pact that the grand old party will not field any candidate against Asaduddin Owaisi.
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USA: California man files lawsuit against 50 women, seeks $2.6 million for calling him a ‘bad date’ on a viral Facebook page, ‘Are we...

OpIndia Staff -
After finding no evidence of conspiracy in the said lawsuit, the judge granted an anti-SLAPP motion to prevent the abuse of the legal system to silence the women. 
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OpIndia Explains

From struggling to buy fighter jets during Congress rule to exports worth Rs 88,000 crores under Modi govt: How defence sector is powering Atma...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
Registering a growth of more than 1900%, the defence exports amounted to Rs 88,319 crore in the ten years of the Modi government (2014-2024). 
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Baba Ramdev, Acharya Balkrishna tender unconditional apology for misleading advertisements by Patanjali

ANI -
The court was dealing with an Indian Medical Association plea seeking to frame guidelines for prohibiting false and misleading advertisements in relation to allopathy and modern medicine.
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‘Nehru said ‘bye bye’ to Assam during the war with China’: Amit Shah recalls how Nehru govt left the northeast state to its fate...

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah asserted on Tuesday that China's ambitions to seize Indian territory under PM Modi's leadership are futile.
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Husband’s relatives are often booked under Section 498A without any evidence: Karnataka HC expresses concerns over misuse of the IPC section

OpIndia Staff -
Citing misuse of Section 498A, the court observed that even relatives who don't stay with the complainant are often brought under the purview of the provision.
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‘Columnist’ Andy Mukherjee goes on a blocking spree after Indians point out gaping holes in his Bloomberg op-ed claiming South India is ‘rejecting’ Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Andy Mukherjee recently came up with a comical opinion column wherein he claimed India's south has been rejecting Modi.
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Crime

Chandigarh: Woman burnt alive in a park at night, case registered against male friend

OpIndia Staff -
According to police officials, the woman sustained 80% burns to her arms, legs, and torso. She was taken to the Government Multi Specialty Hospital (GMSH) in Sector 16, where doctors sent her to PGI Chandigarh.
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Anti-Hindu Delhi Riots: Umar Khalid was in touch with Swara Bhaskar, Sushant Singh, Alt News, Pooja Bhatt, set false narrative on social media and...

OpIndia Staff -
The prosecution played an interview of Umar Khalid's father with The Wire's Arfa Kanum Sherwani to show how he was lying and creating a false narrative.
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Politics

‘Modi bhakt hai Mahakal ka, jhukta hai keval janta ya Mahakal ke saamne’: PM Modi slams I.N.D.I. Alliance for issuing threats to him 

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi added that he would not be deterred by their “Geedar Bhabki” (empty/false threats). 
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‘Not going to get in the middle of this’: US steers clear, refuses to comment on Pakistan’s claims about India getting terrorists assassinated

OpIndia Staff -
The response by US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller came after he was asked about Washington’s stance on a recent UK media report citing Pakistani officials alleging that India carried killings of individuals associated with terrorism and extremism on Pakistani soil.
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Delhi HC dismisses Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest by ED in liquor policy case, asserts that ED’evidence shows his involvement

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi HC said the material collected by ED indicates Arvind Kejriwal conspired and played an active role in the use and concealment of proceeds of crime.
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Opinions

Threats to judicial autonomy in Pakistan: Judges accuse ISI of undue interference, indicating a dangerous mix of politics and military in judiciary

Amit Kelkar -
The complicit role of the establishment raises serious concerns about its commitment to democracy and accountability. Instead of upholding democratic principles, it appears to be compounding the challenges faced by the judiciary, further eroding the foundations of democracy.
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