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Kutch Copper: Adani Group’s greenfield copper unit in Mundra commences operations, to become the world’s largest single-location smelter

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Adani Enterprises Limited, through its subsidiary Kutch Copper, marked a milestone with the commissioning of the first unit of its greenfield copper refinery project in Mundra.
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News Reports

Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra to skip ED summons and campaign in her Krishnanagar constituency, had ignored previous two summons

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TMC leader Mahua Moitra has stated that she will campaign in her Krishnanagar seat on 28th March disregarding summons from Enforcement Directorate
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News Reports

Minor girl raped during Holi celebrations in Guwahati, accused Raju Ali and Mandal Ali nabbed while Inamul Ali on the run

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A minor girl was abducted, raped and then thrown onto the streets from a car in Guwahati by Inamul Ali, Raju Ali and Mandal Ali
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News Reports

China says Pakistan will be its friend in ‘combating terrorism’ after KP blast: Reality is, it has been protecting Pakistani terrorists from UN sanctions

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Days after the Dasu attack in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa that killed 5 Chinese citizens, China has declared that they will 'fight terrorism' together with Pakistan, in a statement that reads like a sad joke.
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News Reports

Importance of mutual respect, deplore expressions of hatred against any individual or group: Ashoka University reacts after students raise anti-Brahmin slogans

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Ashoka University claimed that the "freedom of expression is not unlimited" per the guidelines of the institution.
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News Reports

Trouble mounts for Arvind Kejriwal? CBI, which was first to initiate investigation into Liquor Policy scam, to seek custody as ED custody ends: Reports

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Custody of Arvind Kejriwal granted by Sessions court to ED is ending on 28th March. Reports suggest CBI may seek his custody in liquor policy scam.
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News Reports

Mahua Moitra effect? Naveen Patnaik drops 4-time MP Pinaki Mishra, announces Arup Patnaik as candidate for Puri Lok Sabha seat against BJP’s Sambit Patra

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Pinaki Mishra's name was mentioned by Darshan Hiranandani as Mahua Moitra's close friend. The 4-time Puri MP had even fought Mahua's case in court.
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News Reports

Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections: CM Pema Khandu and five other BJP candidates likely to win unopposed as no other candidate files nomination

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In Arunachal Pradesh, six BJP candidates, including CM Pema Khandu, are expected to be elected unopposed
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News Reports

‘Contesting election in South needs money, what community you belong to’: Nirmala Sitharaman says she won’t contest LS polls, but is grateful to BJP...

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"But I don't have that kind of money to contest, I also have a problem because whether it is Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu, there is also going to be a question of various winnability criteria that they use, are you from this community or from that religion.
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News Reports

“Ram Lalla played Holi in Awadh for the first time in 500 years”: UP CM Yogi Adityanath hails voters for making it possible

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CM Yogi says this time on Holi, only one song was being played everywhere "Jo Ram Ko Laye Hai Hum Unko Laayenge."
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IPL

IPL 2024: Sunrisers Hyderabad smash records, score the highest ever team total in tournament’s history

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Sunrisers Hyderabad absolutely demolished IPL record as they ended with 277 for 3 wickets in 20 overs against Mumbai Indians.
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News Reports

IndiGo flight grazes stationary Air India plane at Kolkata airport, DGCA off-rosters pilots

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An IndiGo aircraft made contact with stationary Air India Express plane awaiting clearance to enter runway for its scheduled flight to Chennai.
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News Reports

Delhi High Court refuses to grant interim relief to Arvind Kejriwal, asks ED to file a reply on plea challenging his arrest and remand...

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Justice Sharma noted that it would be like deciding on the main matter if ED was not given a chance to file their response on interim relief for Arvind Kejriwal. 
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World

Pakistan: Spy camera in Judges’ bedroom, colleague’s brother-in-law kidnapped, given electric shocks; ISI’s interference in Pak Judiciary

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During routine maintenance last year, one of the IHC judges found that his official residence had been bugged with spy cameras by ISI officials.
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News Reports

Delhi: Kabir Nat alias Shakil Khalifa and Bablu Nat arrested in connection with the 8-year-old murder case of Bandhu Rai who had given them...

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Following a tip-off, the Delhi Police devised a trap and captured the two fleeing culprits from Najafgarh Anaj Mandi.
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News Reports

UP: Imam threatens woman who left Islam for Hinduism, says repent to Allah or Muslims will kill her

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Several videos of Imam Raees that have gone viral show the Muslim cleric not only sitting beside guns and obscene books but threatening girls converted to Hinduism in the name of Allah.
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News Reports

Money Laundering: Case filed by ED against Veena Vijayan, daughter of Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, over allegations of ‘illegal payments’

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A private mineral firm made ‘illegal payments’ to Kerala CM’s daughter Veena Vijayan and her company without it offering any service to the mining firm. 
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News Reports

Double jolt to AAP: Jalandhar MP Sushil Kumar Rinku and MLA Sheetal Angural join BJP

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According to sources, BJP may field Sheetal Angural from Jalandhar and Sushil Rinku from Hoshiarpur.
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Crime

Hyderabad Horror: Mohammad Sameer Syed kills ‘best friend’ Praneeth Teja, slits throat, pulls out intestines; suspected victim of having relationship with his sister

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The accused and the victim, both 20-year-old, were childhood best-friends, and grew up on the same street in Hyderabad.
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Crime

Disgraced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt convicted after 28 years in 1996 Drug Peddling case where he tried to frame an innocent lawyer

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Sanjiv Bhatt was arrested by the Gujarat CID on the accusation of falsely implicating the lawyer Sumersingh Rajpurohit by planting opium in a hotel room in Palanpur.
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News Reports

‘I will not work for Khichdi Chor’: Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam furious over Uddhav Sena’s Mumbai candidate, gives one-week ultimatum to Congress leadership

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He gave a one-week ultimatum for the Congress leadership to rectify things. He warned the party that if they fail to do so, he had all his options open. 
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News Reports

Congress sympathiser Tehseen Poonawalla criticises Uddhav Sena for declaring candidates on ‘Congress seats’, takes a dig that Uddhav Sena lost party, symbol and leaders

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Tehseen Poonawalla, the Congress sympathiser and brother-in-law of Robert Vadra slammed the Shiv Sena (UBT) for unilaterally deciding to field candidates on the three seats Congress was seeking.
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Law

Severe consequences for organising a protest in court: Delhi High Court cautions AAP legal cell planning protests following Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest

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Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, who composed the division bench, expressed reservations on the viability of protests inside court buildings
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News Reports

‘Brahmin-Baniyawaad Murdabad’: Hinduphobic sloganeering by Ashoka University Students sparks online outrage, netizens demand stern action

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Mr Sinha, a popular nationalist X user, demanded "belt treatment" for those raising 'Brahmin-Baniyawaad Murdabad' slogans at the Ashoka University.
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News Reports

‘Kejriwal’s body is in custody, but soul is free, close your eyes and feel him’: Scam-accused Delhi CM’s wife makes bizarre claims

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While the AAP ministers and their followers are out on streets wearing yellow t-shirts with Kejriwal badges printed on it, Sunita Kejriwal held a press conference in a very 'official setup' sending 'proxy CM' vibes.
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Politics

Sunita Kejriwal, wife of jailed Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, says her husband will provide proofs in Liquor Scam case on March 28

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"Arvind Kejriwal will reveal where the money of the liquor scam is", Sunita Kejriwal added.
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News Reports

‘Working to ensure Rs 3,000 crores looted from poor, seized by ED, returned to Bengalis’: PM Modi to BJP candidate from Krishnanagar Amrita Roy

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Regarding PM Modi’s query on local sentiments, Rajmata Amrita Roy said, “When I ask about Mahua Moitra, people of Bengal say she is only headed towards jail.”
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News Reports

India replaces Germany as Russia’s top medicine supplier, supplies 294 million packages of pharmaceuticals in 2023

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Indian manufacturers increased their exports by 3% last year, delivering about 294 million packages of pharmaceuticals to Russia.
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News Reports

‘Expected to be respectful of sovereignty and internal affairs of others’: India strongly objects to the US over remarks on Kejriwal’s arrest

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The MEA released a statement saying, "We take strong objection to the remarks of the Spokesperson of the US State Department about certain legal proceedings in India."
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News Reports

‘Muslim area’, no songs during Namaz and more: 9 incidents where Hindus were attacked for playing Holi

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In Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district, a Muslim mob including women attacked several Hindus celebrating Holi on the 25th of March
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Politics

Assam: Politician lying on a bed of Rs 500 notes, pic goes viral

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The image of Benjamin Basumatary has quickly garnered attention throughout social media platforms
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News Reports

‘TMC violating model code of conduct, PM Modi’s pictures removed but Mamata Banerjee’s pictures are everywhere’: Suvendu Adhikari

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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari claimed blatant violation of model code of conduct in Bengal.
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News Reports

Baltimore bridge collapse: Racist online attacks on ‘Indian crew’ of ship MV Dali despite local pilots steering it

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While social media users indulged in racial attacks on Indians, it was the Indian crew that alerted the port authorities about the possible collapse after ship lost power. Even President Biden has praised the crew's timely action.
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News Reports

Agra: Muslim mob including women armed with sharp weapons, sticks attack Hindus celebrating Holi, FIR against Jamil, Shaukat, Chaman among dozens others

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Two victims of the mob, Vishwajeet and Mithun, suffered injuries
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News Reports

Mumbai Police detains Hinduphobic ‘comedian’ Munawar Faruqui and 13 others after raid on illegal Hookah bar, case registered

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Munawar Faruqui has been booked under The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 or COTPA, 2003.
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News Reports

‘They cannot digest India’s success under PM Modi’: Indian student Satyam Surana faces hate and smear campaign at LSE student union elections

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Satyam has alleged that, just 12 hours before the voting, a very 'well-planned' campaign was launched against him, somehow linking him with the Bharatiya Janata Party and calling him a 'fascist' to boycott him and his campaign.
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News Reports

‘Rapes in mosques, arms, women’s trafficking’: Ex-Muslim victim who converted to Hinduism writes to CM Yogi, alleges ‘sex parties with girls happen after Friday...

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An ex-Muslim victim has written a letter to UP CM Yogi Adityanath, underlining grave accusations of rape against girls occurring after Friday prayers within the mosque.
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News Reports

USA: All 22 crew members aboard the ship, which collided with Baltimore Bridge under Pilotage, are Indians; shipping company confirms they are safe

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Owners and managers of the Singapore-flagged container ship “DALI” (IMO 9697428) said that the vessel collided with one of the pillars of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore whilst under pilotage with two pilots onboard
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News Reports

TMC using Sandeshkhali women for political rhetoric after persecuting them for years only underscores importance of central forces in Bengal during 2024 elections

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OpIndia had previously reported how the Trinamool Congress, led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, have left no stone unturned to trivialise the sexual violence committed against women in Sandeshkhali.
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Politics

BJP moves Election Commission over Supriya Shrinate’s sexist social media post against Kangana Ranaut

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BJP has come out strongly in defense of the new entrant to politics, Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut, after she faced sexist slurs and attacks from Congress leaders and their supporters on Social Media.
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News Reports

Sonam Wangchuk ends 21-day fasting over demands for Ladakh’s statehood and preservation of Himalayan ecosystem

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Sonam Wangchuk ended the 21-day fasting over demands for Ladakh's statehood and preservation of Himalayan ecosystem.
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Crime

Hapur: 42-years-old Md Zunaid rapes a minor Dalit, his aides Arif and Jamiruddin say ‘Dalit girls are meant for fun only’ after the crime,...

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The accused offered Rs 2-4 lakh to the victim's father to keep his mouth shut. When the complainant refused to compromise, Jamiruddin and Arif abused him by using caste-related slurs.
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News Reports

Know the truth of video claiming ‘RSS has supported INDI Alliance’ – the fake RSS Online with Abdul Gafoor as working president

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Janardan Moon's 'RSS Online', a namesake of the original RSS, was founded in 2017, and has extended its support to INDI Alliance.
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Politics

Punjab: Grandson of former Congress CM Beant Singh, and former Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Ravneet Singh Bittu joins BJP

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Ravneet Bittu, the former Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha during 2021, gave a major jolt to the party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. He likely to contest from Ludhiana on BJP ticket.
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News Reports

‘Shakti Swaroopa’: PM Modi speaks to Sandeshkhali victim and BJP candidate Rekha Patra, lauds her for becoming the voice of Shahjahan’s victims

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PM Modi referred to Rekha Patra as ‘Shakti Swaroopa’ for becoming the voice of several Sandeshkhali women who fell victim to the atrocities of Sheikh Shahjahan and his goons
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Politics

People will slap Congress through voting: Former CM Bommai slams Karnataka Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi for ‘youth chanting Modi Modi should be slapped’ remark

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Reacting to Karnataka Minister Tangadagi's remark that those who chant 'Modi Modi 'must be slapped', Bommai said, "Wait for some time; people will slap the Congress party through voting."
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Social Media

Making reels on moving scooter while applying Gulaal proves expensive, Noida Police files FIR after imposing Rs 33,000 traffic fine

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Noida Police has informed that a hefty fine of Rs 33,000 was imposed on the three people seen making reels in the viral video.
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News Reports

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’s ‘Mrs. Sodhi’ Jennifer Bansiwal wins sexual harassment case against producer Asit Modi

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She said, “The local committee ordered my due amount, which I deserve. This verdict clears that my case was not fabricated, and I wasn't seeking cheap publicity. "
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News Reports

Delhi Excise Policy Scam: Delhi HC to hear Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging arrest, ED remand tomorrow

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Kejriwal was arrested by the central agency late Thursday night on charges of corruption in relation to the Excise Policy Scam.
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News Reports

Pakistan faces China’s fury over killing of 5 of its citizens in suicide bombing; asks Pakistan to conduct immediate probe and punish the perpetrators

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Mohammad Ali Gandapur, the regional police chief told the media that a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers which was on its way from Islamabad, Pakistan to Dasu
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