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United States: Here are 4 mass shootings where trans and ‘non-binary’ assailants gunned down innocent people

Dibakar Dutta -
Iowa school shooter Dylan Butler identified as 'non-binary' on his Instagram and TikTok accounts. He used the pronouns 'he/they' and the profile bio reflected a 'pride flag' (representative of the LGBTQ+ community).
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News Reports

‘Who is this woman?’ Orry responds as Suchitra Krishnamoorthi warns against ‘Orry culture’ of popularity taking precedence over talent

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi had called "Orry Culture" dangerous, talking about the latest Bollywood trend where popularity takes precedence over talent.
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News Reports

‘Will kill you and your family in 72 hours’: UP BJP leader Rubi Asif Khan receives threat letter for organising Ram puja in her house

OpIndia Staff -
The threat letter, which an unknown miscreant threw in her house on Thursday night threatened BJP leader Rubi Asif Khan and her family with death for conducting Ram Puja in her house
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News Reports

Karnataka MLA Iqbal Hussain says Ram is his ‘family God’, claims Congress never uses religion to divide people: Here is how the party has...

Shraddha Pandey -
On the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Hussain said, “Some people do something for their political gain but the Congress never uses God and religion to divide people. The Congress has an ideology, commitment and discipline, which I follow."
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Thane court orders Digvijaya Singh to give written apology for insulting former RSS chief Golwalkar Guruji

OpIndia Staff -
Digvijaya Singh ordered by a Thane court to apologise for a contentious post insulting former RSS chief MS Golwalkar Guruji
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News Reports

UP: Married Afshana burns close friend Zeenat to death in Meerut to escape with lover, gets life imprisonment

OpIndia Staff -
A court in Meerut has sentenced Afshana Begum to life imprisonment for killing her friend Zennat Begum by setting her on fire.
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News Reports

US man sues Dunkin’ Donuts claiming a toilet at its Florida outlet exploded on him and covered him in human feces and urine

OpIndia Staff -
A man has sued the American multinational coffee and doughnut company Dunkin' Donuts franchise store in Florida claiming that a malfunctioning toilet in the outlet exploded on him leaving him covered in debris including 'human feces and urine'
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News Reports

Karnataka: ‘Shrikanth Pujari may be released tomorrow’, informs the Kar Sewak’s lawyer

ANI -
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in Karnataka, R Ashok alleged that the reason behind the arrest of the Hindu activist is the scheduled grand consecration of Ram Mandir on January 22.
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News Reports

Did you know that a dumping yard in Rajasthan’s Kishangarh is famously known as the Switzerland of Rajasthan? Here’s why

OpIndia Staff -
The location is a hot choice for the film industry and influencers alike as it offers the perfect design set up and instagrammable pictures and videos at afforable prices.
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News Reports

‘Has she fought any election?’: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s befitting response to CPIM’s Brinda Karat

OpIndia Staff -
In response to Brinda's remark that Arif Khan might run for Lok Sabha from Kerala on a BJP ticket, he asked, "Has she contested any election? I wish to treat her comments with the contempt it deserves."
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News Reports

All queries already addressed, no new issue raised, have full faith in EVMs: ECI responds to fresh allegations on EVM and VVPAT by Congress

ANI -
"Election Commission has full faith in use of EVMs" ECI refutes Congress' allegations on EVMs
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News Reports

Union Home Ministry orders CBI probe into supply of sub-standard medicines in govt hospitals and Mohalla Clinics in Delhi

ANI -
Home ministry asked the CBI to register an FIR into the supply of "sub-standard" drugs to Delhi government-run hospitals.
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News Reports

‘Have violated Islamic values’: Taliban now arrests women for wearing ‘bad hijabs’ in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Abdul Ghafar Farooq, a spokesman for the vice and virtue ministry, did not indicate how many women had been jailed for what constitutes "bad hijab." However, he said that the arrests were made three days ago.
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World

South Korea orders evacuation of islands after North Korea fires more than 200 artillery rounds nearby in a significant flare-up

OpIndia Staff -
North Korea fired more than 200 artillery shells, prompting South Korea to order evacuation of residents of its two islands.
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News Reports

Gautam Adani overtakes Mukesh Ambani to become India’s richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

OpIndia Staff -
The majority of Adani's wealth arises from the Adani group's six listed entities. According to Bloomberg, the companies and stakes are as follows: Adani Power (70%); Adani Total Gas (37%); Adani Energy Solutions (73%); Adani Ports (66%); and Adani Green Energy (56%).
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News Reports

Days after defending PM Narendra Modi on EVM issue, Ajit Anjum says that Modi doubted EVMs before 2014

OpIndia Staff -
Ajit Anjum has now said that PM Modi had doubted the EVMs in the past. On 3rd January, Ajit Anjum shared a fact check that showed how such allegations against Modi are false.
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News Reports

Writing such judgments is absolutely wrong: Supreme Court criticises Calcutta HC judges after they advised adolescent girls to ‘control sexual urges’

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court deemed the observations by the Calcutta High Court as 'problematic' and also questioned the legal principles involved in the judgment.
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News Reports

Senior prosecutor who indicted Donald Trump in Capitol Hill riot case had shut down FBI probe into the Clinton Foundation in 2016: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Senior prosecutor Ray Hulser had declined the prosecution of the Clinton Foundation in 2016. He is currently part of the team that has indicted Trump in the 2021 Capitol Hill riot case
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News Reports

Cargo ship with 15 Indians hijacked near Somalia coast, Navy sends missile destroyer INS Chennai to help

ANI -
In response to the situation, the Indian Navy launched an Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) and diverted INS Chennai, deployed for maritime security operations, to assist the vessel.
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News Reports

Story of the Karsevak Sanjay Kumar Singh, who sacrificed his life for Ram Mandir, was shot dead by police on Mulayam govt’s order in...

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Kumar Singh left his house quietly on October 30, 1990, leaving two daughters and his wife behind. He was killed on the same day, and was cremated on the banks on Sarayu
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Political History of India

How Nehru ordered the removal of Ram Lalla from inside the Babri structure and how brave officials thwarted his plans

OpIndia Staff -
As 22nd January is approaching, the holy city of Ayodhya is decked up for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Shri Ram Mandir - but tales from this past have been emerging - this time, about Jawaharlal Nehru's treachery.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena UBT’s Sushma Andhare booked for insulting, and raising questions over Lord Rama, Lord Krishna’s character: Here’s what the FIR reads

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, the Uddhav Sena leader questioned Lord Rama for allegedly not trusting Goddess Sita and sending her into exile.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Mob attacks ED team, journalists during raids on TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh in North 24 Parganas, BJP flags Rohingya menace

OpIndia Staff -
As the ED team attempted to enter Shajahan Sheikh's house following multiple unanswered calls, a large group of men and women converged at the location, raising slogans. They also assaulted the officials.
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News Reports

Lakshadweep tours of former PM Rajiv Gandhi and PM Narendra Modi are not the same; read the differences between duty and picnic

OpIndia Staff -
PM Narendra Modi's visit to Lakshadweep celebrated development and promoted tourism while that of Rajiv Gandhi was just a picnic using public money.
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News Reports

Encounter underway between security forces, terrorists in J-K’s Shopian

ANI -
In the early hours on Friday, an encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Chotigam area of the Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

Jeffrey Epstein case: Donald Trump never visited sex island, Bill Clinton went over 25 times. New documents reveal more high-profile names

OpIndia Staff -
Former US President Donald Trump is mentioned four times in the records, in the context of questions being asked about his visits. The witness replies that Trump had never visited Epstein's island or any of his houses.
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News Reports

NCPCR summons chief secretaries of 11 states and UTs for failing to give data on non-Muslim children studying in madrassas

OpIndia Staff -
The summons has been issued to CS of Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Telangana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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News Reports

Murshidabad: 8-year-old mistakes bomb for a toy lying out in the open near a school, dies

OpIndia Staff -
Murshidabad is notorious for bomb blasts and bomb making. Several blasts rocked the city after the state panchayat elections leading to several casualties and severe injuries.
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News Reports

Police fired on orders of CM Mulayam Singh Yadav, ‘cremated’ body forcefully in Ayodhya: Story of a ‘Postman’ who sacrificed his life for Ram...

राहुल पाण्डेय -
In the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the idol of Ram Lalla will be installed within the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on 22nd January 2024
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News Reports

‘Modi is terrorist’: Khalistanis desecrate Hindu temple in US, attacks on Hindu places of worship continue unabated

OpIndia Staff -
The Vijay's Sherawali Temple in Hayward city of California was spray-painted with slogans such as 'Khalistan Zindabad' and 'Modi is terrorist.'
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News Reports

EAM Jaishankar in Kathmandu: India announces NPR 1000 crores help for Nepal for earthquake relief measures

ANI -
The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu stated on Thursday that Jaishankar and Foreign Affairs Minister of Nepal NP Saud also witnessed the handover of the fifth tranche of post-Jajarkot earthquake relief supply provided by the Indian government.
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News Reports

US: 1 student killed in shooting at Iowa high school, shooter dead

OpIndia Staff -
The accused, a transgender, was a 17-year-old student at the school and has died of "self-inflicted" gunshot sounds
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News Reports

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh sexual harassment case: Delhi Police begins arguments afresh after the transfer of judge

ANI -
Delhi Police on Thursday began its arguments afresh on the framing of charges against former WFI Chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the sexual harassment case
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News Reports

‘Mamata Banerjee is busy serving Modi’: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury attacks the TMC chief after TMC offers just two seats to Congress in...

OpIndia Staff -
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary said that Mamata Banerjee saying that she is "busy serving" Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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News Reports

Viral photographs of PM Modi in Lakshadweep cause huge jump in people searching for more information on the islands and snorkelling

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi shares photos of snorkelling in Lakshadweep, causes huge jump in Google searches for the terms
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News Reports

‘No intention to humiliate’, ‘did not know woman’s caste’: Punjab and Haryana HC quashes SC/ST FIR against Times Now journalist Bhawana Gupta

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, 4th January, the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashed an FIR filed last year against Times Now Navbharat reporter Bhawana Gupta (Bhawana Kishore) for allegedly hitting a Dalit woman with a car and hurling casteist slurs against her.
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News Reports

Karnataka: After Kar Sewak’s arrest, Congress govt reopens yet another case against a Hindu activist in connection with demolition of tomb in Dattapeetha

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress-led state government has reopened another case against Hindu activists in Karnataka after arresting one Kar Sewak
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News Reports

Who is Devendra Tiwari, who conspired to send threats to Yogi, Ram Mandir and himself: Fought polls on SP ticket, supported Congress, supported Tikait...

OpIndia Staff -
Devendra Tiwari, who conspired to send threats to Yogi, Ram Mandir and himself, was a SP member, supported Congress before assuring support to BJP
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News Reports

Kar sevak Shrikant Poojary arrested: Discrepancies between Hubbali-Dharwad police and Karnataka Home dept versions raise suspicion over intent of arrest

OpIndia Staff -
In view of the above information, the timing of Poojary's arrest has come into question which comes days ahead of the Pran Pratishtha ceremony on 22nd January
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News Reports

Dawa Daru dono me ghotala: BJP launches fresh attack on Delhi’s Kejriwal government after the exposure of fake lab test scam at Mohalla Clinics

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi's AAP govt is facing fake medicine scam and fake lab test at Mohalla Clinics scam, following the liquor policy scam
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News Reports

Delhi: Special Cell of Delhi Police arrests most wanted terrorist Javaid Mattoo of terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested terrorist Javaid Mattoo had a prize of Rs 5 lakhs on his head. He hails from Jammu and Kashmir and was absconding after executing multiple terrorist activities and several murders in Kashmir.
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Opinions

Eastern Horizon: Israel and India’s unrealized strategic alliance

Yeshaya Rosenman -
Never before Oct 8. had Israel been flooded with so many Indian reporters. Of the few thousand foreign journalists who rushed to Israel to cover the war, over a hundred arrived from India, including many of the most famous faces of Indian media.
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News Reports

Over 23,000 ghost patients with fake mobile numbers in just 7 clinics in 3 months: Read details of the massive fake lab test scam...

Raju Das -
Hundreds of crores of public money may have been looted through fake lab test scam at the Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics in Delhi
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News Reports

Karnataka: BJP holds protest against Kar Sewak’s arrest by Congress govt, MLA Sunil Kumar detained for holding placard saying ‘I am a Kar Sewak’

OpIndia Staff -
CT Ravi staged protest against arrest of Kar Sewak Srikant Poojari in Karnataka
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Crime

Punjab: Drug addict auto-rickshaw driver arrested for killing Arjuna Awardee DSP Dalbir Singh

OpIndia Staff -
The postmortem report concluded that DSP Dalbir Singh was shot in the head from point-blank range.
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News Reports

NCP’s Jitendra Awhad apologises for remark, yet claims scriptures mention Lord Ram eating meat: What Ayodhya temple priest said rubbishing his claims

OpIndia Staff -
NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad apologised for hurting the sentiments of Hindus after claiming that Lord Ram was a non-vegetarian.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Mumbai police book Aditya Thackeray’s close aide contractor Rahul Gomes in Covid Jumbo Center scam case

OpIndia Staff -
According to FIR, Oaks Management Consultancy Pvt Ltd of Rahul Gomes contributed to the COVID-19 relief measures by supplying beds, fans, etc. Then the company transferred control of these facilities to the BMC at very high rents.
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World

USA: Violent criminal jumps over courtroom bench to attack the Judge in Las Vegas court, video viral

OpIndia Staff -
In a scene captured on video, Deobra Redden, 30, jumped over a courtroom bench onto Judge Mary Kay Holthus in the Las Vegas court.
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News Reports

“Will keep appealing Muslim brothers to avenge Babri demolition by kafir Hindus”: UP ATS nabs Jibran Makrani, 24, from Jhansi for threats to Ram...

OpIndia Staff -
When questioned about the screenshots of such contentious posts, Jibran said that he is upset with the "atrocities against Muslim brothers" and that he reposts the contents of such screenshots on his X handle in order to promote wide and far the inciteful posts amongst his Muslim brothers.
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Politics

Former Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra withdraws her plea from Delhi High Court challenging the order to evacuate government bungalow

OpIndia Staff -
Mahua Moitra will now go to the union government's Director of Estates to seek permission to live in the provided accommodation facility.
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