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One of the most important relationships in the world: US Ambassador to India after the Embassy issues 1 million visas in the year

OpIndia Staff -
The US embassy in India surpassed its goal to process one million non-immigrant visa applications in 2023.
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Fact Check: Video of lathi charge on women in 2019 shared on social media claiming to be a recent incident

OpIndia Staff -
Old video from 2019 being shared as recent to target BJP-led Madhya Pradesh govenment
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Brothers Sualin, Rizwan and a minor rape and kill 7-year-old neighbour, hide her body in a sack on their terrace: Horrifying case emerges in...

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A 7-year-old girl was raped and strangulated to death by her three brothers namely Saulin, Rizwan and one other in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
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UP: 9-year-old boy allegedly raped an 8-year-old girl in Lucknow, case registered

OpIndia Staff -
a nine-year-old boy allegedly raped an eight-year-old girl on the night of Tuesday, September 26 in Lucknow
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Official website of Canadian Armed Forces hacked, pro-India group ‘Indian Cyber Force’ claims responsibility

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A group of hackers who call themselves 'Indian Cyber Force' hacked the official website of the Canadian Armed Forces
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Dhruv Rathee’s radicalised fans attacked us, broke our car: YouTuber Karolina Goswami and her husband say they were targeted in Europe for fact-checking Rathee

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YouTuber Karolina Goswami and her family were attacked by supporters of pro-AAP YouTuber Dhruv Rathee after she fact-checked Rathee
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Law

Bengaluru Court asks X to suspend ‘The Liver Doctor’ after Himalaya sued him for defamation, account no longer accessible in India

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X account of doctor withheld over lawsuit filed by Ayurvedic company Himalaya
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Atiq Ahmad gang member Abdul Saddam arrested by UP Police STF in Delhi when he went to meet his girlfriend in the night

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Special task force of the Uttar Pradesh police arrested Abdul Saddam, an active member of the Atiq Ahmad gang, in Delhi
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Rajasthan: Thieves steal 372 houses constructed under Gharonda Affordable Housing Scheme in Jhalawar, house owners find only debris

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372 houses of the Gharonda Affordable Housing Scheme in the Rajasthan were stolen by thieves as nobody lived there
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Opinions

Cartoon on the Ujjain case by TOI’s Sandeep Adhwaryu is a textbook case of Hitler-esque Hinduphobia: How ‘art’ is often propaganda

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Chief cartoonist of Times of India, Sandeep Adhwaryu, posted a Hinduphobic cartoon today on the Ujjain case
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Canada: Another Khalistani employed by the same Gurudwara as Nijjar was warned by Canadian police that he might get killed next

OpIndia Staff -
Gurmeet Singh Toor said that Surrey RCMP and the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) paid him a visit and delivered the warning to his residence on 24th August.
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Stuck in traffic jam on ORR, Bengaluru man gets pizza delivered to his car: Video goes viral

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A local youth from Bengaluru took to X to post a video wherein two delivery boys from Dominos were seen delivering pizzas to him as he was stuck on the Outer Ring Road in the city on Wednesday, Sep 25
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Cricket

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, who was arrested during the T20 World Cup, acquitted of sexual assault charges by a Sydney court

OpIndia Staff -
In November 2022, Danushka Gunathilaka was arrested from a hotel in Sydney over the charges of sexual assault.
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Another suicide in Kota: 20-year-old NEET aspirant from Uttar Pradesh kills himself, more than 25 such cases reported this year

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20-year-old NEET aspirant from Uttar Pradesh commits suicide at his room in Kota, Rajasthan.
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Madras HC expresses shock over govt land grab case involving DMK MP TRVS Ramesh and filmmaker Thangar Bachchan, orders probe

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Madras HC ordered inquiry into land grab scandal involving DMK MP T. R. V. S. Ramesh and filmmaker Thangar Bachchan
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Illegal properties of BJP leader’s cousin bulldozed; SHO removed: Yogi Govt silences opposition with impartial action in Sultanpur doctor murder case

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The district administration in Sultanpur, on Monday, September 25, bulldozed three properties belonging to Ajay Narayan Singh, the prime accused in Sultanpur doctor murder case
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Opposition politicians accuse PM Modi of donating ₹21 only in an envelope at Bhilwara Temple in Rajasthan, visuals expose the lie

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After priest of Devnarayan Temple in Rajasthan's Bhilwara claimed that white envelope with Rs 21 was donated by PM Modi, opposition leaders started to attack the PM
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Ujjain rape case: While Hinduphobic cartoon by Times of India’s cartoonist blames cow-worshipping Hindus, here is how Pujari Rahul Sharma helped the girl

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A day after the horrific case of rape of a 12-year-old girl came to the fore from Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain city, Times of India has targeted the Hindu religion through their cartoon on the crime.
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News Reports

Blinken did not even mention Canada’s baseless allegations during discussion with Dr Jaishankar: US State Dept says issue didn’t come up

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S Jaishankar and Antony Blinken convened in New York during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session on Friday, September 22. India-Canada issue was not discussed in this meeting.
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News Reports

MS Swaminathan, father of India’s ‘Green Revolution,’ passes away at the age of 98

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Renowned Agricultural scientist and the driving force behind India's Green Revolution MS Swaminathan, passed away on Thursday, at the age of 98.
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Extremely irresponsible: Indian diaspora in Canada slams Justine Trudeau over Nijjar killing comments, says the controversy was easily avoidable

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Nijjar killing: Justin Trudeau’s statement irresponsible, could have been reworded, rephrased, say Indian diaspora in Canada
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USA: Over 60,000 official emails of State Dept stolen by Chinese hackers, major Microsoft breach hounds Biden govt

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Hackers linked to the Chinese govt stole 60,000 emails from the unclassified inboxes of 10 State Dept employees.
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How Md Zubair and RJ Sayema tried to peddle false Muslim angle after a man was beaten at NAS college, Meerut Police bust propaganda

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Congress, Islamists and media houses spread fake news claming a Muslim man was beaten up in Meerut college for wearing skull cap.
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Ahmedabad: Manager Mohsin booked for brutally assaulting woman outside his spa, FIR filed as Sindhubhavan Road video goes viral

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The incident took place at Galaxy Spa located in time square building on Sindhubhavan Road in Ahmedabad city. Mohsin is the manager of Galaxy Spa and his attack on the woman can be seen in the viral video.
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News Reports

After 14 years of marriage, Kolkata-based businessman Tabish Ehsan discovers his wife is a Bangladeshi national

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Tabish Ehsan, 37, a citizen of Asansol in Bengal, married Nazia Ambreen Quraishi in 2009. Nazia introduced herself as an Uttar Pradesh native.
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UP: Raees and his son Salman arrested for hoisting the Pakistani flag at their residence in Moradabad

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Kuldeep Kumar, the in-charge of the Northeast Frontier Area (NEFA) outpost, was sent to the location to assess the situation. It was determined that a Pakistani flag was in fact flying atop the accused Raees' residence.
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Manipur: Brutal murder of Meitei students sparks fresh protests in Imphal, 50 students injured as youngsters demand justice

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Meanwhile, medical students from JNIMS and Shija Academy of Health Sciences organised a demonstration calling for the arrest of those responsible for the suspected murder of the two missing Meiteis.
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Kerala: KTDFC unable to pay back Kolkata-based Ramakrishna Mission’s fixed deposit worth Rs 130 crores, RBI to cancel license

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KTDFC contends that the prevailing predicament stems from KSRTC's (Kerala State Road Transport Corporation) inability to repay a loan of Rs 360 crore, which has since ballooned to Rs 900 crore, inclusive of accrued interest.
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‘Summons was quashed by SC’: Congress leader Sukhpal Khaira arrested by Punjab police in drugs case, had slammed Raghav Chadha hours before arrest

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Congress MLA Sukhpal SIngh Khaira arrested by Punjab Police in old drug seizure case, in a Facebook live, Khaira accused police of high handedness
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Public transport like Metro rail and buses are capital-intensive, making them free of cost for political gains is not good: Hardeep Singh Puri

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"All these facilities - Metro and electric buses, these have to be economically viable. I believe that economically viable schemes will have good service delivery and the citizens will be happy with it. There will be no problem," Puri said in Indore.  
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From Swachh Bharat to the promotion of Digital payments and Vocal For Local, here is what PM Modi appealed in his address at YouTube...

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During his address, PM Modi made an appeal to the YouTube community to join forces and empower mass movement with three key priorities - Swachh Bharat, promotion of Digital payments, and vocal for local.
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Comedian Trevor Noah’s Bengaluru show cancelled due to bad sound system, audiences also complain about bad seating, bad AC and bad location

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South African comedian Trevor Noah’s show in Bengaluru on 27 September was cancelled due to a bad sound system
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Scientists remove the lid of the OSIRIS-REx Sample canister retrieved from near-Earth asteroid Bennu, find its ‘dust and debris’

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The space agency is taking due diligence to not come into contact with the sample retrieved from asteroid Bennu and the hardware removal process will be done delicately taking necessary precautions to avoid risk of contamination.
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Arab countries ask Pakistan not to send beggars disguised as pilgrims as 90% of beggars caught are Pakistanis: Secretary of Overseas Pakistanis

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Secretary Overseas Pakistanis shared that 90% of beggars arrested abroad were of Pakistani origin.
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Home Ministry orders CBI probe into Arvind Kejriwal’s lavish Sheesh Mahal, all documents to be handed over by PWD by 3rd October

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The CBI has directed the Public Works Department (PWD) under the Delhi government to hand over all documents by 3 October. The CBI will now enquire into all aspects related to the alleged irregularities that were revealed by an enquiry conducted by the Chief Secretary of Delhi.
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What is Disease X that experts claim is 20 times deadlier than COVID-19: Details

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Disease X has the potential to cause 20 times more fatalities than the coronavirus, which had led to the loss of over 2.5 million lives globally.
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Depraved double life of Adam Britton: British crocodile expert admits he raped, tortured and killed dozens of dogs in a “torture room”

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British crocodile expert Adam Britton has confessed to 60 charges against him in connection with bestiality.
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Travesty of justice: Court asks state to pay Rs 1 lakh compensation to prisoner who spent 3 years in jail because authorities could not...

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A prisoner continued to remain in jail despite securing a bail order because the jail authorities failed to open the order.
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Manipur government declares the entire state a ‘disturbed area’, AFSPA extended for 6 months except in 19 police stations

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Manipur government announced that AFSPA will remain in force for another six months in view of the present law and order situation in the state
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Madhya Pradesh: Semi-nude and injured, 12-year-old rape survivor walks on streets of Ujjain seeking help; video goes viral

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"A girl, aged around 12 years, was found bleeding on a street located under the Mahakal police station area in Ujjain on Monday. She was taken to a hospital, where her initial medical examination confirmed that she had been raped," Superintendent of Police (SP) Sachin Sharma said.
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Terrorist-gangster-smuggler nexus: NIA conducts raids at 53 locations in 6 states, finds conspiracies being hatched by gangsters in jails and foreign countries

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NIA conducted raids at 53 locations across the country in connection with the terrorist-gangster-drug smugglers nexus case
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Cauvery water, Bengal drama, and Punjab question: Forget unity against BJP, I.N.D.I. alliance cannot even unite own parties as 2024 approaches

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As Lok Sabha elections are approaching it is getting harder for I.N.D.I alliance to stay together
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Manipur: CBI team headed by Special Director reaches Imphal to probe the alleged kidnapping and murder of two Meitei students

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A CBI reached Imphal in a special flight earlier today to investigate the alleged "kidnapping and killing" of two students, Sources said.
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“Guys, I am Alive”: ‘Thapki Pyar Ki’ fame TV actress Jigyasa Singh slams YouTubers for spreading her death rumours

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TV actress Jigyasa Singh has said that the rumours of her death floating on YouTube are incorrect
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IAS officer Rinku Dugga, who got the Thyagraj stadium vacated to walk her dog, faces compulsory retirement over track record

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1994 batch IAS officer Rinku Dugga has been compulsorily retired by the government. She was in news in 2022 after she and her IAS husband emptied the Tyagraj stadium to walk their dog.
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UP: Md Afzaal injured in a police encounter after a minor Hindu girl attempted to commit suicide after being harassed by him during Ganesh...

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The harassment incident left the victim in trauma. Following the incident, the 14-year-old victim attempted suicide by hanging herself, but was saved in time by her family.
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‘Reports biased, ideological agenda’: EAM Jaishankar’s befitting response to The Caravan contributor on India’s position on democracy indices

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EAM Jaishankar slammed the journalist and said that it was nothing difficult to understand. "I think it answers the question if you would be objective enough to understand it. I think it says very clearly that the people who are writing these reports have a strong bias, often they distort facts. Many of these reports are riddled," Jaishankar was heard saying.
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‘I am not the son of a fodder thief, I will not bow down’: Another case registered against Manish Kashyap, Bihar govt suspends 5...

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Bihar govt suspended 5 policemen and demanded clarification from the team that escorted Manish Kashyap.
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Tovino Thomas starrer Malayalam film ‘2018 – Everyone Is A Hero’ to be India’s official entry to Oscars 2024

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The 96th Academy Awards will be broadcast live on ABC on Sunday, March 10, 2024, and will be hosted in the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Saket Gokhale asks for details on Urban Naxals: Here’s how he should inquire about it to TMC ally and INDI alliance partner Congress

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The UPA govt in an affidavit filed in November 2013 said that urban Naxals come to control “mass organisations” organically linked to Maoists under the cover of human rights.
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