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Chhattisgarh liquor scam: Baghel govt under scanner as ED goes to PMLA court, says babus and netas laundered a whopping Rs 2,161 crore

OpIndia Staff -
The nexus in the scam comprised senior government officials, politicians, and other individuals, ED alleged.
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News Reports

India, with its rising global profile, can play a significant role in ending the war in Ukraine: US Ambassador to Kyiv

OpIndia Staff -
US ambassador to Kyiv, Bridget Brink positioned India’s role in the Ukraine crisis in the context of PM Narendra Modi’s successful state visit to the US and President Joe Biden’s description of the US-India partnership as among the most consequential in the world.
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Opinions

Eight years of PM Modi’s Digital India initiative: Empowering the nation with technological advancements and inclusive growth

Pallav -
Digital India has propelled a multitude of notable initiatives, yielding extraordinary outcomes across diverse spheres. Foremost among these accomplishments is the laudable feat of ameliorating the urban-rural digital divide.
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World

Cocaine discovered in the White House, culprit unlikely to be found: Law enforcement official

OpIndia Staff -
The West Wing entry area is said to be a heavily trafficked area which implies that it is highly unlikely that the source of the Cocaine could be determined.
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News Reports

Pakistan Army calls off military exercises because of fuel shortage: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
owing to fuel shortage and inflation, Pakistani Army suspended all military exercises till December 2023
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News Reports

NCP breaking up: Sharad Pawar leaves for Delhi to hold National Executive Meeting to assess the situation

OpIndia Staff -
Sharad Pawar said, "PC Chacko, Jayant Patil, Supriya Sule, Fauzia Khan, and many of the members of the committee were not informed when Ajit Pawar faction held the meeting on June 30, no notice was issued for that meeting."
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News Reports

After 2 months, schools reopen in Manipur as the state tries to return to normalcy

OpIndia Staff -
The schools have been shut ever since violence broke out in Manipur on 3rd May killing over 100 people and injuring many others.
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Editor's picks

Meta officially launches Threads, an Instagram-linked, text-based social media App: All you need to know

Anurag -
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta launches Threads, a new Instagram-linked social media App set to rival Twitter
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News Reports

Stones pelted on Bengaluru-Dharwad Vande Bharat Express, second such attack in a week

OpIndia Staff -
According to the Railways officials, the outer glass of C5 coach seat numbers 43, 44 and EC-1 coach toilets were damaged due to stone pelting on the Vande Bharat Express.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Indian Secular Front MLA Naushad Siddiqui booked for raping a woman under the false promise of marriage

OpIndia Staff -
The victim woman has alleged that Naushad Siddiqui continued to have sexual relations with her by making false promises of marriage. Later when the woman pressurised him for marriage, he first started avoiding her, and later threatened her with dire consequences.
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News Reports

Delhi: 11,000 Women participate in a colourful Kalash Yatra to mark the beginning of Hanuman Katha by Baba Dhirendra Krishna Shastri

OpIndia Staff -
On 5 July, the first day of the Hanuman Katha recitation by Baba Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, around 11000 Women participated in a Kalash Yatra in Delhi
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News Reports

Rs 15,000 crore tax evasion detected and over 4,900 fake GST registrations cancelled in an ongoing drive

OpIndia Staff -
The two-month-long pan-India drive against fake GST registration began on the 16th of May and will end on the 15th of July.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Married Asim Shaikh arrested for raping a minor Hindu girl for 5 years, police call it a “love jihad” case

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim man was arrested by Navsari police for raping and blackmailing a Hindu girl for nearly five years.
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News Reports

Rajasthan school teacher Nida Bahlim who eloped with a minor Hindu girl found in Chennai

OpIndia Staff -
Days after a female Muslim school teacher eloped with a 17-year-old Hindu girl in Bikaner in Rajasthan, the duo have been found in Chennai
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News Reports

India saved at least USD 7 billion in foreign exchange in 14 months by importing discounted Russian crude oil

OpIndia Staff -
Indiam refiners saved over USD 7 billion in foreign exchange by increasing crude oil imports from Russia
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News Reports

Social media abuzz with rumours that SFJ chief Gurpatwant Mann Singh Pannu died in a car crash in the USA, Khalsa Today editor denies

OpIndia Staff -
Social media is rife with rumours that Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Mann Singh Pannu has died after he met with an accident in the USA
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News Reports

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar slams Kerala govt for targeting a YouTube channel, here is how Malayalam journalist Shajan Skariah is facing police action for...

Pragya Bakshi Sharma -
Offices and homes of employees of Kerala-based Marunadan Malayalee news portal raided by police following a defamation and SC-ST case against it
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News Reports

‘You are 83 years old now, when will you retire?’: Ajit Pawar takes a swipe at his uncle Sharad Pawar, defends joining the Maharashtra...

Gopal Tiwari -
Ajit Pawar urged Sharad Pawar to step down and give a chance to the new generation, stating that he is 83 and should retire now
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Accused Pravesh Shukla’s illegal encroachment demolished, was arrested earlier for urinating on a tribal youth

OpIndia Staff -
Pravesh Shukla was arrested by MP police in the early hours of July 5.
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News Reports

Punjab: SGPC suspends 51 workers in Golden Temple langar scam case for allegedly siphoning Rs 1 crore

OpIndia Staff -
The scam was exposed by the SGPC flying squad (an investigation wing). They found out that the alleged scam continued for more than three years from April 2019 to December 2022.
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News Reports

Kolhapur: Waqf claims properties worth Rs 3500 cr of Mohamedan Education Society founded by Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj

OpIndia Staff -
The Mohamedan Education Society's office holders assert that the organisation is not governed by the waqf board. They also say that it should remain independent because Shahu Maharaj founded it with educational goals in mind.
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News Reports

India refuses to endorse China’s Belt and Road Initiative at the virtual SCO summit hosted by India

OpIndia Staff -
India has again opted out of supporting China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
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Crime

Delhi: Gunshots fired in Tis Hazari court during a clash between two groups of lawyers, caught in video

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police officials stated that two different groups of lawyers argued on some issue. Afterward, a few shots were fired in the air.
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News Reports

Pakistan announces nationwide protest on Friday over Quran burning incident in Sweden

OpIndia Staff -
In the said meeting it was decided that nationwide protests would be held to condemn the Quran-burning incident. Sharif urged the Pakistani people, including all political parties, to join the protest.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Man enters ladies’ compartment of a local train, smokes ganja despite the objection of passengers

OpIndia Staff -
In viral video, a man is seen smoking ganja inside the ladies adies' compartment of a local train in Mumbai
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News Reports

Sharad Pawar’s grandnephew NCP MLA Rohit Pawar invents an ‘EVM angle’ to justify his party breaking up: Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Rohit Pawar said, "BJP broke NCP and Shiv Sena by keeping the forthcoming elections in mind."
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News Reports

Enraged netizens demand phone ban in Kedarnath Dham after a proposal video goes viral, temple committee warns social media influencers

OpIndia Staff -
The woman identified as Vishakha Fulsunge who is an influencer with more than 8 lakh followers on Instagram, sat down on her knees and proposed to her boyfriend in the temple premises. The video was criticized by netizens.
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News Reports

Congress supporters, Live Hindustan and others attribute misleading quote on Manipur to Sunil Chhetri: Details

OpIndia Staff -
A fake quote on Manipur has been attributed to India's ace footballer and Men's team captain Sunil Chhetri
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News Reports

Manipur: One man killed after a mob tries to loot weapons from a security force camp in Thoubal, one Assam Rifles jawan shot at

OpIndia Staff -
An Assam Rifles jawan was shot at and a man was killed after a mob tried to loot firearms from an Indian Reserved Battalion camp in Manipur
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News Reports

Odisha Conversion Case: NCPCR seeks a detailed inquiry report after 11 Hindu minor children were being converted to Christianity by a ‘Canadian’

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR stated that around 11 Hindu minor children were being illegally converted in an event in Odisha
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News Reports

Amid a tussle over control of NCP, Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar call separate meetings of MLAs by issuing whips, Ajit Pawar support of...

OpIndia Staff -
The Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar factions have appointed separate whips and they have called meetings of NCP MLAs.
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News Reports

Pathologist conducts postmortem exam of a dead whale in Canary Islands, finds ‘Treasure’ worth $500,000 inside it

OpIndia Staff -
Scientists found a valuable treasure worth $500,000 inside a dead sperm whale in the Canary Islands.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Ganesh and John insult Hindu Gods, lure Hindu woman to convert to Christianity, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Two persons in Madhya Pradesh for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus and forcing them to convert their religion to Christianity
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News Reports

23 years of Naveen Patnaik rule: Odisha BJP highlights dismal performance in law and order, jobs, and more

Shraddha Pandey -
Taking to Twitter, BJP spokesperson Anil Biswal posted a video of him showing some placards with statistics about Odisha indicating where the state stands with 23 years of the BJD in power.
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News Reports

San Francisco attack: Khalistanis associated with SB403 main witness ‘Dalit Diva’ Thenmozhi? Congressional Candidate highlights her sharing stage with SFJ

OpIndia Staff -
Photograph of Equality Labs Thenmozhi Soundararajan with Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun shared by Ritesh Tandon US Congressional Candidate after attack on Indian Consulate in San Francisco
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Bulldozer action continues against Sikandar Khan, who raped a 19-year-old Hindu girl and crushed her head in Fatehpur

OpIndia Staff -
The Fatehpur police had arrested the accused Sikandar Khan on June 26. The rape incident took place on June 22 and the victim girl succumbed to injuries after two days.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Accused Pravesh Shukla who was seen urinating on a tribal youth in viral video arrested, CM Chouhan says strict action will be...

OpIndia Staff -
Initially, the media and social media users speculated the person urinating on the poor tribal was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader. But Gurudutt Sharan Shukla, son of Sidhi MLA Kedarnath Shukla and the MLA himself clarified that this person is not associated with the BJP.
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News Reports

USA: Cocaine found inside White House’s West Wing when President Biden was away at Camp David

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"We have a yellow bar saying cocaine hydrochloride," said the radio dispatch. The area where the cocaine was recovered is regularly accessed by tour groups.
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News Reports

Covering up and spray painting was not enough: Taliban orders closure of all hair and beauty salons run by women

OpIndia Staff -
The Taliban stated that it respects women's rights in accordance with its interpretation of Islamic law and Afghan customs.
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World

US: 5 dead and 2 injured in Philadelphia mass shooting, shooter in custody

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested suspect carried multiple magazines, an "AR-type rifle," a handgun, and a police scanner.
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News Reports

Jaipur: Sohail Khan abducts and rapes minor girl, later brainwashes and attempts to convert her to Islam, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Jaipur police have arrested a man named Sohail Khan for allegedly kidnapping, raping and trying to forcibly convert a minor girl to Islam
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 15 killed in Dhule after truck crashes into 4 vehicles, rams into hotel

OpIndia Staff -
CCTV footage of the collision showed the truck colliding with a white car as it was being driven at high speed. There were massive dust plumes in the air as the truck and the car collided.
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News Reports

Saiyad Arifali files complaint in Mumbai against director and producer of 72 Hoorain for ‘insulting’ and ‘disrespecting’ Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai-based man named Saiyad Arifali Mahemmodali has filed a complaint at Goregaon Police Station against the director and producer of the film 72 Hoorain
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Politics

Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann accuses previous Congress govt of helping Mukhtar Ansari, says they allotted prime land of Waqf Board to Ansari sons in...

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab Police arrested Mukhtar Ansari for allegedly making an extortion call to a Mohali-based realtor for Rs 10 crore. Punjab Police brought Ansari from Bonda jail in UP, where he was lodged at the time, waiting for trial in MP/MLA court.
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News Reports

UK PM Sunak and Australian PM Albanese join the debate around the controversial run out of Jonny Bairstow in the second Ashes Test

OpIndia Staff -
The controversial run out of English batter Jonny Bairstow in the second Ashes test sparked uproar among cricket fans and cricket pundits worldwide
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News Reports

ISI-backed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi responds to Quran burning in Sweden, says will attack churches and Christians in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
This development came after the incident in Sweden on June 28, the first day of the Muslim Eid al Adha holidays, when an ex-Muslim tore and burned a Quran outside Stockholm’s major mosque
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News Reports

After AAP extended in-principle support to UCC, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann says ‘same laws for everyone will divide people’

OpIndia Staff -
On 4 July, Senior AAP leader took a contradictory line with his own party. While AAP extended 'in-principle support' to UCC, Punjab CM opposed UCC.
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News Reports

After Canada, Khalistani posters targeting Indian diplomats appear in Australia

OpIndia Staff -
Indian diplomats have been named as "killers" of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. A march on the Indian Embassy has been announced in the poster which is scheduled for 8th July in Melbourne.
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News Reports

Shah Rukh Khan meets with an accident, undergoes surgery in Los Angeles, USA

OpIndia Staff -
The Bollywood actor is said to have broken his nose while filming in Los Angeles for a project. He started bleeding, and was taken right away to the hospital.
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News Reports

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to launch Twitter competitor App named ‘Threads’: Here is what Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk say

OpIndia Staff -
Meta to launch text-bassed App 'Threads' as a potential competitor to Twitter
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