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Madhya Pradesh: Panic ensued after a hand grenade was found in the vacant ground of Bhind’s RSS office, bomb squad revealed it was ‘inactive’

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On Friday, some children found a ball-shaped object when they were playing in the RSS office compound in Bhind, it turned out to be a hand grenade
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Indus Water Treaty: India fully stops the flow of Ravi River water to Pakistan, water to be used for irrigation and hydropower generation

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On 24th February, India reportedly completely curtailed the flow of water from the Ravi River into Pakistan following the completion of the Shahpur Kandi barrage
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Crime

Punjab: Three associates of Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Landa arrested, 17 guns recovered during arrest

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Three associates of Canada-based gangster Lakhbir Singh Landa were arrested by Punjab police and 17 guns were recovered from them.
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News Reports

TN film producer Jaffer Sadiq, wanted in Rs 2,000 cr drug racket, was seen donating money during Michaung cyclone, photo with Udayanidhi Stalin emerges

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Drug peddler producer Jaffer Sadiq had shared photos with MK Stalin and Udhayanidhi Stalin in December when he went to donate money for CM relief fund
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Politics

TMC MLA Ajit Maity, close aide of absconding Sandeshkhali mastermind Sheikh Shahjahan, removed from his party post following a fresh protest seeking his arrest

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TMC leader Ajit Maity’s removal from the post was also confirmed by West Bengal Minister Partha Bhowmick who is on a visit to violence-hit Sandeshkhali.
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News Reports

Unattended goods train runs for over 70 km at 100 Kmph after driver left with the locomotive running, halted in Punjab

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A major train mishap was averted on Sunday (25th February) after an unattended driverless goods train travelled at 100kmph for more than 70 km, causing a scare in Punjab
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News Reports

Uttarakhand govt to table Public and Private Property Damage Recovery Bill for recovery of damages to property during riots and protests

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The Uttarakhand government is set to table the 'Uttarakhand Public and Private Property Damage Recovery Bill' in the assembly during the upcoming budget session
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News Reports

Land worth crores seized on Rs 10 stamp papers, Fauji Colony renamed to Rehmat Nagar: Shocking demographic change in Uttarakhand’s Ramnagar similar to Haldwani

OpIndia Staff -
A case of illegal occupation of government lands has also surfaced in the popular tourist destination of Ramnagar in Uttarakhand
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News Reports

Jaipur: Posters come up in Nandpuri colony urging Hindu families not to sell homes to Muslims, allege ‘land jihad’ going on in the area

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Residents of Nandpuri in Jaipur fear the migration of Hindu families would lead to demographic change
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News Reports

Withdraw the case or we will blow you up with a bomb: Plaintiff of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura receives threat over WhatsApp call

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Bhriguvanshi Ashutosh Pandey of Vrindavan Mathura is a litigant and a party to the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi case. He is also the chairman of 'Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Mukti Nirman Trust, Mathura'.
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News Reports

Hanif Sheikh, member of banned Islamist group SIMI, arrested by Delhi Police after 22 years

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Hanif Sheikh had been absconding for more than 22 years in a case of sedition and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act registered against him at the New Friends Colony Police Station in 2001.
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News Reports

Rumours of my firing exaggerated and highly inaccurate: After being ‘fired’ by Bjyu’s shareholders, B. Raveendran asserts he continues to be the CEO

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Byju's CEO Byju Raveendran refuses to accept decision of shareholders to fire him, calls the EGM invalid
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News Reports

Sandeshkhali Protests: All six members of independent fact-finding committee arrested under preventive sections by West Bengal Police

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Six members of an independent fact-finding committee, on their way to Sandeshkhali, were arrested at Bhojerhat in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Sunday afternoon.
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News Reports

“Divine Experience, Bhagwan Shri Krishna bless us all”: PM Modi after taking a deep dive to offer prayers at the submerged Dwarka city

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Taking to X, PM Modi wrote, “To pray in the city of Dwarka, which is immersed in the waters, was a very divine experience. I felt connected to an ancient era of spiritual grandeur and timeless devotion. May Bhagwan Shri Krishna bless us all.” 
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World

Backward, intolerant: France deports radical Tunisian Imam for referring to French flag as “Satanic” and “of no value to Allah”

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France recently expelled a Tunisian Muslim cleric after he was arrested over allegations of radicalism, and making unacceptable remarks about the French flag.
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News Reports

No Mann Ki Baat for next three months due to Lok Sabha elections, announces PM Narendra Modi

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‘Mann Ki Baat’ will not be broadcast for the next three months in the view of upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the PM said on Sunday.
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News Reports

TMC distances itself from Sheikh Shahjahan’s brother after angry villagers set his property on fire, cops stop fact-finding committee from reaching Sandeshkhali

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Partha Bhowmik went to Sandeshkhali on Saturday (24th February) and claimed that Sheikh Sirajuddin had been removed as the 'head of the Panchayat' a long time ago.
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Politics

Decisions are taken for the party, not a person – Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh justifies giving away Ahmed Patel’s bastion Bharuch to AAP...

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When asked about giving away Amhed Patel's bastion to AAP, Jairam Ramesh said decisions are taken for the benefit of the party and not of a person.
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News Reports

Farmer protests: 34 cops injured in Hisar clash, Singhu and Tikri borders to partially reopen, mobile internet restored, ‘Delhi Chalo’ march on hold

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The Haryana government has started to resume the amenities that were snapped due to the farmer protests
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News Reports

Gujarat: As PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Sudarshan Setu in Gujarat, read key features of the longest cable-stayed bridge in India

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Built for Rs 980 crore, the Sudarshan Setu stretches over 2320 meters, realising Prime Minister Modi's visionary initiative.
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: Sultan poses as Raj to entrap minor Hindu girl online, booked under POCSO Act

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Muslim man Sultan from Sarangpur posed as Hindu man Raj on Instagram to entrap a Hindu minor girl.
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Tech

‘Sorry unreliable’ does not exempt one from law – Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar hits out at Google for ‘malicious’ responses in Gemini AI

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Union Minister warned Google not to use Indian DigitalNagriks for experimental unreliable platforms like Gemini AI.
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News Reports

‘Sheikh Shahjahan took MNREGA wages of villagers for voting against TMC, police did not take action’: NCST team in Sandeshkhali

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The development was confirmed by a three-member team of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST).
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News Reports

PM Modi inaugurates Sudarshan Setu, longest cable-stayed bridge in India; lays foundation of multiple other projects

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Sudarshan Setu is a 2.32 KM long cable-stayed bridge built for Rs 980 crores. It has a unique design that features a footpath adorned with verses of the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and images of Bhagwan Krishna on both sides
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Crime

Tamil Film producer the mastermind of Rs 2000 Crore international drug racket, now absconding after NCB busts the racket

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The operation, led by NCB officials in conjunction with the Delhi Police Special Cell, culminated in the arrest of three individuals hailing from Tamil Nadu and the seizure of 50 kilograms of pseudoephedrine.
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News Reports

West Bengal Minister Partha Bhowmick claims sexual assault allegations by women in Sandeshkhali are ‘fake’, says land grabbed by local leaders will be returned

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"No woman has raised the issue of assault... This is fake and it has been established today," said West Minister Partha Bhowmick after visiting Sandeshkhali
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News Reports

‘Goddess Saraswati contributed nothing to education’: Govt school teacher in Rajasthan suspended for hurting religious sentiments

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The teacher hurt the religious sentiments of the locals by claiming that Goddess Saraswati contributed nothing to school and education.
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News Reports

Delhi LG writes to CM Kejriwal over delay in presenting budget, accuses AAP govt of “stalling the budget for no apparent reason”

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Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena wrote to CM Arvind Kejriwal and accused it of "stalling the budget for no apparent reason"
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Crime

West Bengal: Body of missing tribal girl found with her face ‘smashed’, body dumped in a brick kiln allegedly after rape and murder in...

OpIndia Staff -
Taking cognizance of the reports of the murder and alleged rape of a minor tribal girl, NCW strongly condemned the worsening law and order situation in West Bengal. Taking to X, the commission urged immediate action, adding that NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma has sent a letter to the DGP West Bengal demanding to invoke relevant provisions, ensure swift arrest of the accused, and submit a detailed report within 4 days.
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News Reports

Petition in Supreme Court seeks direction to centre, states to consider ‘reasonable demands’ of protesting farmers, allow gathering in Delhi

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Sikh Chamber of Commerce MD files PIL in Supreme Court seeking directions to consider demands of protesting farmers and allow Delhi march
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World

US President Joe Biden, 81, says the key to his successful marriage is ‘good sex’, new book reveals

OpIndia Staff -
US President Joe Biden revealed that the key to his successful marriage is "good sex", an upcoming book by Katie Rogers titled 'American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden' revealed.
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News Reports

Rubbed chillies on sensitive parts: West Bengal cop tortures woman for 11 hours suspecting her son stole his gold bracelet, gives Rs 1000 to...

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Following massive outrage by villagers who staged a protest outside the Police outpost, West Bengal police has suspended its officer who was accused of assaulting and torturing a woman for 11 hours at the Police station
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News Reports

NCPCR takes cognisance of complaint filed by Hindu activist group against Christian Missionary for violating tourist visa norms, preaching Christianity

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On February 15, the Hindu activist group, in a thread of posts on X, highlighted how the Christian Missionary was staying on a tourist visa and not only secretly preaching Christianity but also trying to brainwash and convert young children by denigrating Hinduism.
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News Reports

Congress gives Bharuch and Bhavnagar seats in Gujarat to AAP despite opposition from local leaders: Read what could be reasons

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The Congress will contest in 24 out of the total 26 seats in Gujarat. The remaining two seats will see AAP candidates, Bharuch and Bhavnagar
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News Reports

CBS fires journalist who covered Hunter Biden laptop story, seizes her personal files in an unprecedented move but later cries foul

OpIndia Staff -
The House Judiciary Committee said in a letter, “The unprecedented actions of CBS News threaten to chill good journalism and ultimately weaken our nation’s commitment to a free press."
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Politics

I.N.D.I. Alliance: Seat sharing formula between Congress and Samajwadi Party in UP leaves veteran leader Salman Khurshid disgruntled

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The Congress is set to contest 17 seats from the largest state while the Samajwadi Party and other small parties in the alliance will contest 63 seats.
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News Reports

Haldwani violence mastermind Abdul Malik arrested from Delhi by Uttarakhand police, his lawyers file bail plea

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n a major breakthrough in the Haldwani violence that broke out on 8th February in the Banbhoolpura region, the mastermind Abdul Malik was arrested on Saturday in Delhi
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News Reports

Bangladeshi author draws attention to the vile anti-Hindu; anti-India propaganda being peddled by France-based ‘neo-Muslim’ YouTuber Pinaki Bhattacharya

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Prominent Bangladeshi author and Blitz magazine editor Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury highlighted how Pinaki Bhattacharya has been thorugh his YouTube channel exhorting his 1.6 million followers to boycott Indian products in Bangladesh.
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News Reports

India’s three new criminal laws replacing British-era IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act to come into effect from July 1

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Home Ministry issued a gazette notification to this effect on Friday, February 23, 2023.
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News Reports

Car of woman who stood up against bullying ‘farmers’ blocking roads vandalised

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The car of a woman who stood up against bullying 'farmers' for enforcing blockades, a video of which had gone viral, was vandalised.
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News Reports

Delhi High Court quashes petition to perform night-long Shab-e-Barat prayers at demolished 600-year-old Akhoondji Mosque location in Mehrauli

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Delhi High Court was of the view that the site in question was already in possession of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
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News Reports

Canada: Shooting at Nijjar’s friend’s house, for which Khalistanis blamed India, was carried out by angry son of the man, investigation reveals, two teenagers...

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Canadian police arrest two teenagers for shooting at house of Nijjar’s friend Simranjeet Singh, deny foreign involvement, one boy claimed to be Singh’s son
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News Reports

Sandeshkhali: 700 complaints in 6 days; people queue up at Block Development Office to register complaints against TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan

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Out of more than 700 complaints in Sandeshkhali, around 150 concerns with land grabbing-related accusations while around 70 were related to money and extortion. 
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News Reports

TMC to go solo in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, ‘desperate’ Congress still hoping for Mamata Banerjee’s change of heart

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In the meantime, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed, "Heated discussions keep taking place between the two parties but we respect Mamata Banerjee.”
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News Reports

Muslims only follow Shariat and Quran: Samajwadi Party MP ST Hasan reacts to Assam govt repealing Muslim Marriage and Divorces Act

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Samajwadi Party leader ST Hasan declared that Quran and Shariat supersedes every law made by the government.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Woman arrested for kidnapping a TV anchor to marry him, had installed a car tracking device to monitor his movement

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A 31-year-old businesswoman was arrested on Feb 22 for stalking and kidnapping a TV anchor with the intent of marrying him.
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News Reports

Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant pre-wedding bash: Rihanna, Arijit Singh, and Diljit Dosanjh among others to perform

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Rihanna, Diljit Dosanjh, and Arijit Singh will be among those to perform at the Anant Ambani-Radhika Merchant pre-wedding bash.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Drunk Zubair sets ablaze 7 cars in Agra, claims he was angry for not getting help, locals allege cars parked in houses...

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On Thursday (22nd February), late in the night, one Zubair from Panipat in Haryana torched 7 vehicles in 27 minutes in Agra.
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Politics

Deeply apologise to cadre: Ahmed Patel’s daughter Mumtaz Patel shares disappointment after Congress gave her father’s stronghold Bharuch seat to AAP

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Ahmed Patel was a senior Congress leader from Gujarat, and Bharuch was his stronghold. He was a long-term Gandhi family loyalist.
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News Reports

Marriage of minors, incompatibility with POCSO and modern laws: Here is why Himanta govt is repealing Assam Muslim Marriage and Divorces Registration Act but...

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Instead of removing provisions pertaining to the marriage of minors from the legislation, the Congress govt in 2013 increased the registration charges for such marriages from 4 annas to ₹10.
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