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In case of hung house, fresh elections can be held to elect new house for rest of the term: Kovind committee report on One...

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The High Committe panel also recommended that elections to the Municipalities and the Panchayats be synchronised with the House of the People.
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I&B ministry bans 18 OTT platforms and their social media accounts for streaming obscene, vulgar, and pornographic content

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The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (I&B) on 14th March banned several OTT platforms and social media accounts over publishing obscene and pornographic content
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Mukhtar Ansari sentenced to life imprisonment in over 3 decades old fake gun licence case, the gangster-politician breaks down during the sentencing

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Gangster Mukhtar Ansari was already sentenced to life in prison by the special MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi.
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News Reports

‘F**k African monkey, black cat’: African footballer alleges assault and racial abuse during match in Kerala, FIR registered

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Hassane Junion further stated: “..to save my life, I ran away. The supporters and those belonging to the opposite team hurled stones at me. They hit me brutally. I escaped after supporters of my team intervened and stopped them.” The complainant also alleged that he was attacked due to his skin colour.
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Sand mining scam: ED conducts raids at former UP minister Gayatri Prajapati’s house and other locations in Maharashtra and Delhi, details

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The central agency had in January attached four Mumbai flats and multiple land parcels in Lucknow, worth more than Rs 13 crore of Prajapati, his family members and associates.
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News Reports

‘Either sell TikTok or get banned’: US House of Representatives passes bill targeting Chinese company ByteDance

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The bill was passed with a overwhelming majority, supported by both Democrats and Republicans. The bill still needs to be cleared by the Senate and get approved by the President to become a law in USA.
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News Reports

One Nation One Election: High-Level Committee headed by ex-President Ram Nath Kovind submits report to President Droupadi Murmu

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The High-Level Committee on 'One Nation One Election' chaired by former President Ram Nath Kovind met President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan and submitted its report on Thursday.
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News Reports

Umar Khalid Bail plea: Delhi Court grants more time to prosecution to file submissions

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Prosecution sought more time in Umar Khalid bail plea matter as IO assigned to the case was transferred and the new IO recently joined
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News Reports

NCPCR seeks investigation into ‘open schools’ by Jamait Ulama-i-Hind, says it is committing crime by keeping Madarsa children away from formal education

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NCPCR questioned the need to establish a new 'open school' by Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind for Madarsa students and asked to discontinue the courses. The NCPCR further suggested that the children studying in Madarsa must be enrolled in the formal education system given their right under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution.
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News Reports

ISIS Pune module: Shahnawaz, Yunus and Zulfikar robbed saree shop in Satara, bought bomb materials with looted amount

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During the court hearing, prosecution counsel Vijay Fargade told the court, “Probe has revealed that a part of the proceeds from the armed robbery in Satara were used to purchase components to assemble a bomb. Probe has  also revealed these members… used the proceeds of the crime for terror funding.”
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News Reports

‘Mamata ji doesn’t understand the difference between illegal infiltrators and persecuted refugees’: HM Amit Shah on CAA fearmongering by Bengal CM

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Speaking on illegal infiltrations, the HM said, "Assam's BJP govt has completely stopped illegal infiltration. But this goes on unabated in Bengal and unless the state government cooperates, it is difficult for the Center to gather data about the extent and quantity of illegal infiltration".
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News Reports

‘Kejriwal is out of control because his corruption got exposed, he never spoke against illegal Rohingyas’: HM Amit Shah on Delhi CM’s lies on...

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In an interview with ANI, Amit Shah said, "The Delhi Chief Minister has lost his temper after his party's alleged corruption got exposed."
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Law

Bombay High Court rejects application filed by Kunal Kamra and others, allows centre to notify Fact Check Unit

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Bombay High Court rejected plea of Kunal Kamra and others seeking interim restriction on GoI from notifying FCU
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Law

Live-in couples also covered under Uttar Pradesh Anti-Conversion Law: Allahabad High Court

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The court ruled that registration of a religious conversion is essential not just for marriage purposes, but also for marriage-like relationships.
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News Reports

‘No state CM can refuse it, only Central govt has the right to make citizenship laws’: Amit Shah on Mamata, Stalin’s statements on CAA

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In an interview with ANI, Amit Shah said that CAA has been brought by the Modi government and "it is impossible to repeal it". He accused the opposition leaders of practicing "politics of appeasement".
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News Reports

Nigeria: Islamic police in Kano arrests 11 for eating food during Ramzan, non-Muslims warned against undermining Islam

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Hisbah has increased patrolling across Kano, Nigeria to arrest any Muslim observed engaging in any practice that is not in accordance with the Islamic culture during the holy month.
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News Reports

Lok Sabha elections: Nitin Gadkari, Basvaraj Bommai, and Manohar Lal Khattar among BJP’s second list of 72 candidates

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The list includes three former Chief Ministers namely Manohar Lal Khattar, Trivendra Singh Rawat, and Basvaraj Bommai.
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News Reports

‘If I were not a minister, I would have chopped him into pieces’: DMK Minister Anbarasan threatens PM Modi

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"I am maintaining silence and speaking softly because I am a Minister. If I were not a Minister, I would have torn him into pieces," News reports quoted DMK Minister TM Anbarasan as saying for PM Modi.
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Uttar Pradesh: Asib kidnaps a Hindu girl from her house with the help of family members; cash and jewellery also missing

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Police have registered an FIR against five accused, including Asib, under IPC sections 366 and 120-B for kidnapping a Hindu girl.
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News Reports

No tractor, trolleys, and any kind of weapons allowed: Delhi Police grants NOC to SKM’s ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ at Ramlila Maidan with conditions

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no tractor and trolley are allowed for tomorrow’s event and the protestors can’t bring weapons of any kind. The program will strictly last only for three hours from 11 am to 2 pm
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News Reports

Ghaziabad: Suleman arrested for molesting an 8-year-old Hindu girl, charged under POCSO Act

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The Ghaziabad police has launched a case and invoked Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act against the accused.
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News Reports

“To fulfil the promise to the public, I will contest LS elections”: Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh, who turned down BJP ticket, takes a U-turn;...

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Singh is reportedly in talks with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) as the actor plans to contest from his home state Bihar.
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News Reports

‘Never faced any trouble in getting funds’: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy punctures Arfa Khanum’s attempt to vilify the Centre

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Telangana CM Revanth Reddy told Arfa Khanum Sherwani that his government faced no problems in receiving funds from the Centre
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“Muslims have more brains than PM & Amit Shah, we won’t react now as elections are coming”: Moulana Mushtaq Malik of Tehreek Muslim Shabban...

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In a social media post in 2022, Malik had organised and incited Muslims to join a protest against former BJP leader Nupur Sharma over her remarks on prophet mohammad.
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News Reports

Sheikh Shahjahan, currently in the custody of CBI, begged the court to protect him from arrest by ED in ration scam, plea rejected by...

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HC dismissed plea by suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh for anticipatory relief in multi-crore ration distribution scam
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Entertainment

Babita Ji of ‘Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ fame rumoured to be engaged with Tappu aka Raj Anadkat, sources close to the actor reject...

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Sources close to Munmun Dutta have, however, rejected rumours of her engagement with Raj Anadkat.
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‘Petitioner has itself to blame’: Delhi HC rejects plea by Congress seeking a stay on proceedings initiated by IT Dept for recovery of Rs...

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The Delhi High Court delivered a decision that rejected the Indian National Congress Party's (INC) appeal against the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's (Tribunal) decision to dismiss their application to halt the Income Tax Department's recovery proceedings for Rs 135 crores (comprising interest accrued).
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Fact-Check

Fact-check: Has the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs appointed two Election Commissioners? No, PIB busts fake news

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PIB said in a post on X that notification about Election Commissioners' appointment was fake.
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News Reports

‘The Kerala Story’-like incident in Ghaziabad: Minor Hindu girl lured by her Muslim friend found with Rahisuddin, was drugged and reportedly raped

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Rahisuddin's aunt and sister were also complicit in the crime against the 15-year-old Hindu girl in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
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Media fans the same flame as 2019 that caused 2020 riots: After CAA notification, media jumps to paint Shaheen Bagh Muslims as victims, even...

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Misleading information about CAA still lingers among Indian Muslims, especially in Shaheen Bagh. Mainstream media has been fanning it.
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2024 Lok Sabha elections: Mamata severs ties with brother Babun Banerjee who opposed candidate from Howrah, says “don’t want to be a dynast politician”

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Mamata's brother Babun said that he can never forget the insult meted out to him by Prasun, a former footballer.
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‘Come back king, save the country’: Protests erupt in Nepal for the return of Hindu monarchy and the nation’s former status as a Hindu...

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Thousands have hit the streets in Nepal demanding the restoration of the country to its former status as a Hindu state.
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Aamir Khan’s ex-wife Kiran Rao talks about developed railway stations with tiles and ‘modern’ look, says it was hard to find ideal stations for...

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"The movie period set in the time frame of 2001 demanded old, underdeveloped railway stations. But nowadays these people (the government) are trying to make the stations look very fancy. Don't know why. Everything is so chrome and new tiling, etc," Rao said.
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World

‘Where’s the evidence?’: NZ Deputy PM raises questions over Canada’s allegations against India in Nijjar killing, Khalistani Terrorist Pannun threatens him

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New Zealand Deputy PM Winston Peters asked Canada to show evidence, if it had any, that could link India with the alleged murder of the Khalistani terrorist, Nijjar.  
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Maharashtra cabinet approves renaming of Ahmednagar district as ‘Ahilya Nagar’

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In addition, the cabinet has also approved the renaming of 8 British-era railway stations in Mumbai area. Also, a proposal to construct a sea link between Uttan (Bhayander) and Virar (Palghar) has been passed.
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Popular X user asks Elon Musk why no ‘community notes’ for Indians, gets stamped with wrong ‘community note’ to his post. Read how Indians...

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X user highlighted how X is biased against Indians in giving them permission to write Community Notes
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Gujarat: PM Modi donates his govt allocated plot in Gandhinagar for construction of Naad Brahma Institute of Indian Music

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The "khat mahurat" or ceremonial groundbreaking took place at the allotted plot 401/A in sector 21 in the presence of Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil and state's Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on 12th March.
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Action against encroachments continues in Gujarat, after Dwarka and Somnath, three illegal Dargahs bulldozed in Kutch: Details

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The administration conducted the demolition drive amidst stringent police security with three dargahs bulldozed
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SC Collegium overrules objection by Central Govt to appoint CPI(M) sympathiser advocate as Kerala HC judge, says ‘political background not sufficient reason’

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The Central government had opposed Madhavan's nomination since he was a supporter of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))
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Uttar Pradesh: Man arrested in Lakhimpur Kheri for making derogatory remarks on social media against Shri Ram and PM Modi

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A man was arrested in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri for passing derogatory remarks against Shri Ram, PM Modi, and a community.
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World

‘France is already Allah’s’, ‘Submit to Allah’, ‘Happy Ramadan, non-Muslims’: 58 graves, war memorial, and church vandalised with Islamic graffiti

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A total of 58 burial sites in Clermont-d’Excideuil cemetery in France were scribbled over with offensive Islamic writings. 
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Ramzan Special: ‘Hold your breath while defecating otherwise your anus will suck water and roza will break’, Hyderabad mufti’s old video goes viral

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Qasmi said using water for cleaning post-excretion might break the Ramzan fast as the water might enter the stomach through the excretory organ.
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Opinions

Hyderabad Liberation Day, Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: Why India needs to scrape away the whitewashing and look at the dark realities of its past

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By commemorating the 'Hyderabad Liberation Day', and Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, the GOI is ensuring that the present generation of Indians knows how hard it was to secure a fragmented nation, how difficult it was to protect a wounded, bleeding country from enemies outside and inside, and how hard our predecessors fought for our sovereignty to build today's India.
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Anti-CAA protests: 8 Fraternity Movement ‘activists’ arrested in Kerala, 70 detained from Delhi University, 40 NSUI members booked for blocking train and more

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Protests have been staged in different states nationwide after the Central government notified the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast: NIA arrests key suspect Shabbir from Ballari

OpIndia Staff -
The development comes after the NIA on 8th March arrested four suspects in the Rameshwaram cafe blast case who were also arrested in the ISIS Ballari module
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Arvind Kejriwal fear mongers about CAA and ‘additional votes to BJP’, launches tirade and brands persecuted Hindus from Islamic states as ‘Pakistanis’: What he...

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AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal indulged in fearmongering over CAA and also launched a tirade against the persecuted Hindus seeking citizenship
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Appeasement galore: ​School timings for the month of Ramzan revised in Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh, work hours of Muslim employees reduced in Telangana

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The special directives have been issued on account of the Islamic festival of Ramzan
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‘We Muslims just have fun with a cha**ri like you’: Muslim man pretends to be Hindu, rapes, forces victim to have abortion, says won’t...

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Love Jihad: Muslim man pretended to be Hindu and raped a woman - after his identity was revealed, he hurls casteist abuse
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‘Red terror down down’: ABVP stages nationwide protest against SFI after torture by their members pushed a veterinary student to suicide in Kerala

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ABVP staged protests in various universities after student JS Siddharthan committed suicide in Kerala owing to torture by SFI
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Chaos over free haleem in Hyderabad after restaurant announcement goes viral: Police lathi-charge to disperse crowd

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Hyderabad police restored to lathi-charge to disperse large crowd gathered to get free haleem outside Azebo Hotel
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