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Karnataka DGP Praveen Sood appointed the new CBI Director

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The three-member committee to select the new CBI Director decided on SOod's name as the existing CBI Director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal's tenure is slated to end in May 2023.
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Crime

Maharashtra: Foreign cigarettes worth 24 crores seized by Revenue Intelligence in Mumbai, 5 individuals arrested

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DRI has seized 1.2 crore sticks of foreign origin cigarettes with an estimated market value of ₹ 24 crore.
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World

USA: 13-year-old girl thwarts a shark attack at Florida beach, gets bitten in the stomach, arm, knee and finger

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A 13-year-old girl is on the mend after she courageously fought off a shark that attacked her at a Florida beach on Thursday.
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News Reports

BJP turncoat Jagadish Shettar passes the buck after losing in Karnataka polls, blames ‘money power’

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"Money power can change a lot of things...There are a lot of business people and industrialists in the Hubbali constituency," Jagadish Shettar alleged.
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News Reports

Migrant worker from Bihar beaten to death in Kerala’s Mallapuram on suspicion of theft; 8 arrested

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A labourer from Bihar was beaten to death in Kerala's Mallapuram. The police said he was tied and brutally assaulted with sticks.
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News Reports

Elon Musk quotes OpIndia tweet on how CNBC was conned by fake Twitter employees, causes heartburn to left-liberals

OpIndia Staff -
Elon Musk quoted a video published by OpIndia from the time when two men posed and Twitter employees and duped media persons
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News Reports

The Kerala Story crosses the Rs 100 crore mark as the film continues its dream run at the box-office

OpIndia Staff -
Noted film critic Taran Adarsh shared an update regarding the box office collection of The Kerala Story as he stated that the film has become the fourth Hindi film this year to cross the Rs 100 crore mark.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Govt school girls fall ill after warden Elizabeth Toppo punishes them with 200 sit-ups for missing PT class

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As many as 170 girls fell ill after they were made to do 200 sit-ups by govt school warden in Jharkhand's Latehar.
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News Reports

Cyclone Mocha: Bangladesh’s St Martin’s Island may temporarily submerge in water

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Meteorologist Shahinul Islam stated the bulk and centre of the storm would pass over Myanmar and the rest would lash Cox's Bazar coast, as per Dhaka Tribune.
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News Reports

Amethi: Dalit minor girl gang-raped by Waris and one other, FIR registered

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The complaint said Waris and the other accused took the Dalit girl outside the village and raped her, fleeing from the scene afterwards.
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News Reports

I am getting rewarded for being a patriot: Former NCB official Sameer Wankhede of Aryan Khan case on CBI raids

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Sameer Wankhede said he was being punished for being a patriot after the CBI raided his house and other premises.
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News Reports

‘You were not even born when I was representing this country’: Ex-PM Imran Khan launches scathing attack on Pakistan army

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"Listen to me Mr DG ISPR... you were not even born when I was representing my country," Imran Khan said.
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World

‘There will definitely be very serious steps…Russia will definitely feel it’: Ukraine President Zelenskyy promises long-anticipated counteroffensive

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Talking with reporters in Rome after meetings with his Italian counterpart and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces were "preparing very seriously."
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News Reports

Karnataka polls: Amid the late-night drama, BJP candidate from Jayanagar CK Ramamurthy wins by a margin of 16 votes after recounting

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A drama ensued after Congress candidate was declared winner at the Jayanagar constituency. BJP demanded a recounting following which CK Ramamurthy was declared winner.
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Politics

Karnataka: Poster war begins between supporters of Siddaramaiah and DK Shivakumar ahead of decision on the CM post

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Following the sweeping victory in the Karnataka assembly election, the Congress party is already witnessing a power struggle for the position of chief minister in the state.
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Cricket

“They hit Prerak Mankad on the head…”: Jonty Rhodes over altercation with Hyderabad crowd during SRH vs LSG match

ANI -
he actual incident that provoked the fans has not been revealed but reports emerged that fans threw nuts and bolts at the LSG dugout.
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News Reports

Congress supporters bicker among themselves over who should get credit for the Karnataka election victory

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While one group hailed the local leaders, others remained fixated on Congress scion Rahul Gandhi and his ambitious political pilgrimage 'Bharat Jodo Yatra.'
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Instagram post allegedly ‘insulting Prophet’ triggers violent clashes in Akola, 1 dead, 26 arrested

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Clash between the members of two religions erupted over an allegedly offensive Instagram post on the Prophet, which was deleted later.
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News Reports

Operation Samudragupt: 2500 Kilograms of Methamphetamine, worth Rs 12000 crore, seized off the Kochi coast

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The NCB described it as the largest-ever methamphetamine seizure in the country as part of "Operation Samudragupt", which targets the maritime trafficking of drugs originating from Afghanistan. 
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News Reports

Classic case of unlawfully occupying temple property to earn profits: Madras High Court upholds order of eviction from temple land

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The court said that the present case represented a classic case in which the petitioners were attempting to unlawfully remain in possession of the temple property without any legal authority.
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News Reports

‘Elephants don’t respond to barking dogs’: Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shatri of Bageshwar Dham starts Katha in Patna. Read what he said and why

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The Hanuman Katha in Patna by the chief priest of Bageshwar Dham was opposed by leaders and members of the ruling Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal coalition in Bihar.
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News Reports

Raghav Chadha and Parineeti Chopra finally get engaged: See pictures

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The engagement ceremony of Raghav Chadha and Parineeti Chopra took place at Kapurthala House in Connaught Place
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News Reports

‘I take responsibility for this debacle’: Outgoing CM Basavaraj Bommai on Karnataka election results

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Karnataka's outgoing CM Basavaraj Bommai took responsibility for the poll debacle stating that the party would introspect over the election results.
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News Reports

Odisha assembly by-poll in Jharsuguda: BJD registers thumping victory, BJP increases its vote share while Congress loses deposit. Read full details

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The incumbent Biju Janata Dal (BJD) won the Jharsuguda by-election in Odisha whose outcome was declared with the result of Karnataka assembly polls today.
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Opinions

With Congress’ victory in Karnataka, here is what might happen on issues of Muslim reservation, PFI ban, Bajrang Dal and Hijab: What lies ahead...

Gopal Tiwari -
If Bajrang Dal is banned in Karnataka during the Congress rule, Hindus in the state must find an equally effective way to stop cow slaughter and smuggling, fight love jihad, intercept forced conversions, and protect Hindu processions from stone pelting.
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News Reports

Karnataka: 15 of 16 SDPI candidates lose deposit, they had previously declared to not field 100 candidates to help Congress: Sedition, murder accused and more

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Out of the 16 SDPI candidates who contested the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections, 15 had to forfeit their deposits
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News Reports

Kaneez Fatima, who protested against Hijab ban in school wins in Muslim majority constituency, Edu Minister, who upheld ban loses in Hindu majority area

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Congress leader Kaneez Fatima who led hijab protests in her constituency Gulbarga North Assembly elections 2023
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News Reports

AAP and Communist parties lose deposit in Karnataka elections, while AAP increases vote share, Communists slip further: Details

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AAP had lost deposits on all 28 seats it contested in 2018 elections. In 2023 elections, it contested on 209 seats and lost deposits again.
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News Reports

Dhirendra Krishna Shastri reaches Patna amidst shadow of a terror alert ahead of Bageshwar Dham’s program in Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, the incumbent peethadhishwar of Bageshwar Dham received a grand welcome when he reached Patna, Bihar on Saturday, May 13.
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News Reports

As the Congress-JDS alliance becomes redundant, here is a throwback to the time when HD Kumaraswamy described it as ‘swallowing poison’

Dibakar Dutta -
HD Kumaraswamy, who has already conceded that JD(S) is now too small a party to impact the outcome of Karnataka elections, does not need to 'swallow poison' anymore by allying with Congress this time.
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News Reports

Listen to what PM Modi had said when asked who is blamed when BJP loses and what the party does in the wake of...

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PM Modi said that when they face electoral reverses, even then they try to find hope and positivity in defeats instead of sinking into negativity.
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News Reports

RJD Chief Lalu Yadav steps out of his Patna home for the first time, wears skull cap, a green chadar and prays at Mazar:...

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On Friday, May 12, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav visited a Mazar near Patna High Court
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News Reports

Love jihad is an agenda of undeclared terrorism against humanity: UP CM Yogi Adityanath after watching ‘The Kerala Story’

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Yogi Adityanath added that the UP administration has a zero-tolerance attitude for any distortion that undermines social cohesion, imperils national security, or endangers humanity.
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News Reports

Karnataka election result: Dozen cabinet ministers including CM Bommai win, 11 ministers face defeat as BJP loses the only southern state it ruled

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BJP has now lost the only Southern State it ruled.- Karnataka - as the results clearly indicated Congress coming back to power
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Politics

Congress is set to win Karnataka comfortably, but it has its next battle on its hands: Who will be CM, Siddaramaiah vs DK Shivakumar

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Former chief minister Siddharamaiah and the Karnataka State Congress president DK Shivakumar are two prominent aspirants in the party for the coveted CM post.
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News Reports

Vivek Agnihotri asks Srinagar Mayor Junaid Mattu why he still has a Hindu surname, Mattu accuses ‘The Kashmir Files’ director of demonising Kashmiris

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This came after Vivek Agnihotri, reacting to Mayor Mattu’s controversial tweet declaring Farooq Abdullah an apostate, asked why Junaid Mattu still has a Hindu surname. 
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News Reports

Despite scoring a big fat zero in UP mayor polls, Akhilesh Yadav uses Karnataka to drown his sorrows and Netizens can’t stop laughing

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Despite scoring a big fat zero in the UP civic body polls, Akhilesh Yadav instead of introspecting, descended on Twitter to target BJP over the Karnataka poll results
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News Reports

BBC says Congress represents India but BJP is only ‘Modi’s’, publishes article by author Zubair Ahmed who calls Hanuman ‘monkey God’, Netizens fume

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After result, handle of the BBC News World wrote, "India's Congress ahead of the Modi's BJP in Karnataka state polls."
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News Reports

Karnataka election results: BJP’s vote share hasn’t decreased even by 1 per cent, Congress gains at the expense of JDS’ loss

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While the BJP has managed to keep its vote share intact, the JDS has lost its vote share to the Congress party.
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News Reports

In Karnataka, BJP loses Puttur constituency to Congress: Rebel Sangh and Hindutva leader gets more votes than BJP candidate, but not enough to win

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Rebel Sangh leader Arun Kumar Puthila caused major damage to BJP candidate's vote share in Puttur constituency
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News Reports

SC may consider a three-month extension to SEBI for concluding its enquiry in the Hindenburg research report

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Mauritius has refuted claims that the Adani Group's Shell companies are present in the Island country, an allegation that Congress has repeatedly used to target the Indian conglomerate
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News Reports

SDPI Puttur candidate Shafi Bellare loses deposit in Karnataka Assembly Elections, was chargesheeted by NIA in killing BJYM leader Praveen Nettaru

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Shafi Bellare of SDPI, accused in Praveen Nettaru case lost deposit in Karnataka elections on Puttur district
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Politics

Karnataka Poll Results: BJP’s Yashpal Suvarna, who received ‘sar tan se juda’ threat during the Hijab row, comfortably wins from Udupi

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BJP leader Yashpal Suvarna, who recieved sar tan se juda threats during hijab row, comfortably won Udupi seat with a margin of over 30,000 votes
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News Reports

Kapil Mishra calls out the bluff of AAP MLA Atishi Marlena about the CBSE Board results of Delhi’s government-run schools: Details

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Following the declaration of the CBSE 10th Std Board results, AAP leaders took to social media to browbeat about Delhi education policy.
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News Reports

Karnataka polls: Jagadish Shettar, who had quit BJP to join Congress ahead of elections, loses to BJP’s Mahesh Tenginakai with a huge margin

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Congress' Jagadish Shettar, who had quit BJP to join Congress ahead of the polls is trailing by a huge margin in the Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency
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Politics

DK Shivakumar gets emotional while talking about Congress victory in Karnataka, says he assured Gandhi family that he will deliver the state

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DK Shivakumar said, "I have said in the beginning, thinking together is progress, and working together is success. That is what I said on the first day."
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News Reports

Rana Ayyub lambasts the people of India for making The Kashmir Files and The Kerala Story blockbuster: But what does the success of PK,...

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Rana Ayyub recently bewailed that The Kerala Story and The Kashmir Files validates the prejudice and hate that exists within.
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Crime

Maharashtra: NCP MLA Sunil Shelke and his brother Sudhakar Shelke among 7 booked for the murder of activist Kishore Aware

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Police have booked NCP MLA Sunil Shelke and six others for the murder of Kishore Aware in Pune.
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News Reports

Businesses use Sachin Tendulkar’s name and voice in fake advertisements to sell their products, frustrated ‘God of cricket’ files police complaint

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According to a statement issued by the Sachin Tendulkar Foundation's Management Team, there have been attempts to illegally imitate Sachin Tendulkar's attributes in order to promote products and services not associated with him.
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News Reports

Congress wins Challakere Assembly constituency becoming the first registered win, leads in over 120 seats

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Congress candidate T Raghumurthy was on Saturday declared winner from the Challakere Assembly constituency becoming the first registered win
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