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Gujarat HC dismisses Rahul Gandhi’s plea: Read what options he has now to evade continued disqualification as MP

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi may now go to a larger bench of the Gujarat High Court or the Supreme Court. If they overturn the verdict or even reduce the sentence, his disqualification will be withdrawn.
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News Reports

I am better than your wife: Dog owner tells man after being asked to put a muzzle on her pet inside a lift

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens have reached out to authorities in Noida seeking action against the dog owner.
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News Reports

Freedom of expression doesn’t mean free hand to terrorists: India strongly reacts to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s comments on Khalistani activities

OpIndia Staff -
MEA has said space must not be given to extremist and terrorist elements in the name of freedom of expression.
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News Reports

PM Modi fires salvos at Congress in Chhattisgarh, launches all-out attack over Rs 2,161 crore liquor scam under Bhupesh Baghel govt

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PM Narendra Modi fired salvos at the Congress-run Chhattisgarh govt in Raipur while addressing party workers at the Vijay Sankalp Yatra
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News Reports

Tablighi Jamaat Maulana invites PM Narendra Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath to convert to Islam, says over 20 lakh people became Muslim since...

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Inviting PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath to Islam, Mualana Tauqeer Ahmad claimed that a lot of things would improve if they accept Islam
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News Reports

PM Modi to lay the foundation stone for the redevelopment of Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats in Varanasi today

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi will lay the foundation stone for the renovation of Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats in Varanasi.
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News Reports

Fact Check: The Wire peddles lies, claims ‘Pune school Principal thrashed for conducting ‘Dear Lord’ prayers, no CCTV in girls’ washroom’, here is what...

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The WIRE has blatantly claimed in the report that the PI said that Principal Alexander Ried was targeted because of his Christian identity, which is untrue.
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP worker found dead in Birbhum ahead of panchayat polls, kins allege TMC hand in the brutal murder

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Just two days before the state's crucial Panchayat elections another horrific murder of a BJP worker has been reported from Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal
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News Reports

CISF to take over the security of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, govt approves new security plan

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The Central Armed Police Force (CISF) has been given the responsibility of overseeing the safety and security or Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
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News Reports

US ambassador Eric Garcetti pontificates on Manipur violence when his own country has seen 332 mass shootings, over 21000 gun-related deaths in 2023 alone

Gopal Tiwari -
While Eric Garcetti pontificates on Manipur violence, his own country has seen over 21,000 deaths in gun related incidents in just 6 months of 2023.
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News Reports

Selfie, hand-written letter, walk with PM and more: Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya generates more than ₹6 crore revenue in just one year, reveals RTI

OpIndia Staff -
The museum has also generated a whopping ₹42,48,650 through 'selfie with PM' activity.
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News Reports

PM Modi to attend Gita Press’ centenary celebrations, will release ‘Chitramay Shiva Puran Granth’ at Gorakhpur

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“We have made all preparations to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We will take him on a tour of the Lila Chitra Mandir that depicts stories of Lord Ram, Lord Krishna and Lord Shiva and a picture of Mahatma Gandhi,” said Gita Press manager Lal Mani Tiwari.
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News Reports

Gujarat High Court dismisses Rahul Gandhi’s review plea to suspend conviction in defamation case

OpIndia Staff -
The criminal defamation case was filed over a remark made by Rahul Gandhi during the 2019 Lok Sabha campaign. Referring to persons like Lalit Modi, and Nirav Modi, Rahul Gandhi had asked "Why do all thieves have the Modi surname?."
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News Reports

‘Cheating is not cool’: Twitter may take Meta to court over copycat Threads App while users flag issues of censoring

Shraddha Pandey -
With Twitter and Meta at loggerheads, with the former accusing the latter of using its trade secrets and intellectual property through ex-Twitter employees, the proposed cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg may actually happen in a courtroom.
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News Reports

Delhi liquor scam: ED arrests businessman Dinesh Arora, 13 arrests made in the case so far

ANI -
Arora has been declared an approver in the same case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
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News Reports

France passes law granting police the power to spy on people through mobile phones

OpIndia Staff -
As France grapples with rising violence and ongoing riots primarily involving Islamic refugees, the passage of this law reflects the government's determination to combat the security challenges faced by the country.
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News Reports

Centre for Policy Research, run by daughter of Mani Shankar Aiyar, cries foul after govt withdraws its tax exemption status

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"In response to the current order withdrawing our tax exemption status, CPR will be seeking &avenues of recourse that are available," it said.
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News Reports

“Over 100 Sharia courts in India, will establish more in Muslim-populated areas”: AIMPLB after meeting opposition leaders to raise concerns against UCC

OpIndia Staff -
AIMPLB spokesperson said that by establishing Sharia courts, they are attempting to reduce the burden on the Constitutionally-run Indian courts.
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News Reports

Predator drones and Boeing P-8I aircraft have proved useful in surveillance in Ladakh: Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar

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Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said the P-8I surveillance planes along with the two leased Predator drones have proved useful in Ladakh
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News Reports

Gujarat: Ashish Goswami of Jetpur who converted to Islam to marry a Bangladeshi Muslim girl does a Ghar Wapasi, returns to Hinduism

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Ashish Goswami who became Sheikh Mohammad Alsami did a Ghar Wapasi on the advice of Mahant Kanhaiyanand Maharaj
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News Reports

Rajasthan elections: Congress promises to fight the polls unitedly after strategy meeting in Delhi, Sachin Pilot says party has accepted his demands

OpIndia Staff -
Sachin Pilot after the meeting said that there is no question of a split and there is only Rahul Gandhi-Mallikarjun Kharge group in the Congress party.
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News Reports

From soft power ascendancy to global leadership: India’s inspiring rise and future prospects in the international arena

Guest Author -
India has a vision of a relatively pluralistic government, non-violent, and liberal with a non-threatening global leadership.
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News Reports

Pune: Outrage at DY Patil High School after Principal Alexander installs CCTV cameras in girls’ washroom, imposes Christian prayers and insults Hindu traditions, suspended

Siddhi Somani -
Principal and some Christian teachers of DY Patil High School in Pune accused of molestation, religious conversion and insult to Hindus
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News Reports

No end to Congress VVIP culture: Karnataka assembly speaker demands separate lane at toll gates for MLAs, backtracks after criticism

OpIndia Staff -
Speaker UT Khader asked the Karnataka government to have the NHAI to provide a separate VVIP lane for smooth passage of lawmakers through toll gates
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News Reports

London: Khalistanis announce ‘Kill India’ rally outside Indian High Commission on 8th July, name Indian diplomats as targets

OpIndia Staff -
Pro-Khalistani elements have announced a ‘Kill India’ rally outside India High Commission in London on 8th July.
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News Reports

I am NCP president, still effective whether 82 or 92: Sharad Pawar hits back at Ajit Pawar, expels Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and SR...

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Sharad Pawar expelled Praful Patel, Sunil Tatkare and SR Kohli from NCP for backing his nephew Ajit Pawar.
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News Reports

‘SFJ’s Gurpatwant Singh Pannu is dead’: claims FPJ citing sources even as a new video of Pannun surfaces a day after rumours of his...

OpIndia Staff -
Khalistani Pannu's video surfaced day after rumours of his death, FPJ claimed he indeed died in road accident
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News Reports

Lalu Prasad Yadav hits multiple targets with one arrow, says having a PM without a wife is wrong days after urging Rahul Gandhi to...

Pragya Bakshi Sharma -
Hitting two birds with one stone, Lalu Prasad Yadav said that the PM living in the PM residence without a wife is "very wrong"
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News Reports

World’s first malaria vaccine: GAVI to launch 18 million doses in 12 countries, know how India’s Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute are going to...

OpIndia Staff -
Gavi, the vaccine alliance, to provide 18 million doses of malaria vaccine to African countries. Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute of India are going to be the manufacturers in the global effort.
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News Reports

Delhi Excise Policy Scam: Manish Sisodia moves Supreme Court challenging Delhi High Court order denying him bail

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Manish Sisodia is accused in cases that concern irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy. He was arrested on 26 February on allegations of corruption in connection with the formulation and implementation of Delhi's 2021–22 excise policy.
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News Reports

UP: Saddam and Rizwan arrested under UAPA for supporting terrorism, wanted Sharia rule in India and were willing to sacrifice lives for jihad

OpIndia Staff -
Two middle-aged men from Bengaluru and Kashmir were detained by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for supporting terrorism on social media
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News Reports

White House turns down question about Hunter Biden’s ‘Unacknowledged’ love child with ex-stripper Luden Alexis Roberts

OpIndia Staff -
White House has declined to answer yet again a question about Navy Joan Roberts, the estranged granddaughter of US President Joe Biden
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First IIT campus outside India to be set up be in Zanzibar in Tanzania, two governments and IIT Madras sign MoU

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The first IIT campus outside India will be set up in Tanzania's Zanzibar
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Maharashtra: NCP (Sharad Pawar) concedes to Congress claim over leader of opposition, Chhagan Bhujbal says all legal aspects studied before Ajit Pawar faction joined...

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Sharad Pawar faction of NCP has taken a step back and said that largest opposition party can choose the leader of opposition
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‘I don’t think the US can or should lecture any other country on democracy and human rights’: Senior White House official Kurt Campbell on...

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Kurt Campbell said he doesn’t think US can or should be in a position to give lectures to any other country.
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Chhattisgarh: Tension grips Bhilai after two groups get into an argument, Hindus allege stones pelted at their temple, police says personal dispute

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According to the local Hindus, the dispute erupted when some local youths pelted stones in a Hanuman Mandir, in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
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Assam: Jabir Ahmed and Ansar Uddin arrested for brutally raping two minor schoolgirls in Hailakandi, one victim dies

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Taking to Twitter, Hailakandi police informed about the arrest of accused Jabir Ahmed Barbhuiya and Ansar Uddin Mazumdar.
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MP: Arif, Shahid and 4 others arrested for assaulting 2 Dalit men, and parading them around with garland of shoes

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“A group of members from a minority community bashed two men, blackened their faces, garlanded them with shoes and paraded them in Varkhadi village on Friday,” confirmed Magroni police post in-charge Deepak Sharma. The video of the incident is going viral over the internet.
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West Bengal panchayat elections: One person dies while making crude bombs, death toll reaches 16 on last day of campaign

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One person was killed in an explosion while he was making crude bombs at Beldanga in West Bengal's Murshidabad.
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World

Sweden: After Quran burning, requests filed to burn Torah outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm

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Police in Stockholm received three new applications to burn religious texts in public, including a Torah and Bible.
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Mark Zuckerberg breaks his Twitter silence after 11 years as he launches Twitter clone Threads, taunts Elon Musk with Spiderman meme

OpIndia Staff -
Mark Zuckerberg taunted Elon Musk with spiderman clone meme after launching Twitter clone Threads
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‘Safety of staff at the Indian High Commission in London is paramount’, says UK foreign secretary James Cleverly

OpIndia Staff -
UK's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly stated that the UK will not tolerate any direct attacks on the Indian High Commission in London.
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Delhi LG puts a stop to non-transparent postings in Delhi Government, no engagement of ‘fellows’, ‘advisors’ without LG’s approval

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The official notification issued by the services department of the Delhi Government said that the appointments of fellows, Associate Fellows, Advisors, Dy. Advisors, Specialists, Senior Research Officers, and Consultants were made without the approval of Delhi LG. 
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Instagram for conversion in Gujarat: Ashish Goswami becomes Sheikh Mohammad Alsami after being lured into nikah by Bangladeshi Muslim girl, Zakir Naik link emerges

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Ashish Goswami - a resident of Jetpur in Gujarat - has converted to Sheikh Mohammad Alsami to marry his Bangladeshi Muslim girlfriend.
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Crime

Chandigarh: Auto driver and his accomplice kidnap and rape a 60-year-old woman in broad daylight

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According to the complaint lodged at the Sector 3 police station, the victim woman was walking towards Saketri Temple when two men in an auto stopped her near Kaimbwala.
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Biden administration opposes Pakistani-origin 26/11 terrorist Tahawwur Rana’s petition challenging his extradition to India

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"The United States respectfully requests that the Court deny Rana's petition for a writ of habeas corpus," said E Martin Estrada, US attorney for Central District of California in his petition opposing the plea from Tahawwur Rana.
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Manipur: Ethnicity, land, drugs, religion, and identity – the many fault lines that go beyond the Meitei vs Kuki conflict

Pragya Bakshi Sharma -
Illegal migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, illegal villages, poppy cultivation and terrorism pose a direct threat to the demography and resources of Manipur
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Maharashtra fight reaches Delhi: Sharad Pawar group uses Kattappa-Bahubali posters to call Ajit a ‘traitor’

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Nationalist Congress Party Students' Wing put up posters based on a scene from the film 'Bahubali - The Beginning'. It shows 'Kattappa' stabbing 'Amarendra Bahubali' in the back.
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Opinions

Do not demean the Indian school education system, it prepares you to be the best

Virender Kapoor -
I agree that times are changing and yes we need to upgrade our school curriculum but we cannot just trash our earlier system. We have been doing some things right as well.
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Police say video is one year old, kins allege it was purposely released before elections, CM washes victim’s feet: Latest in the Sidhi urination...

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Madhya Pradesh police investigating the Sidhi urination case said that the video which emerged on 4th July 2023 showing a man engaging in an appalling act of urinating on a poor tribal individual was a one-year-old video
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