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The SG’s argument in ‘same sex marriage’ hearing that people will soon demand legalisation of incest is not hollow rhetoric: Here is how it...

OpIndia Staff -
Given the recent arguments about gender, privacy, and sexual autonomy in the Indian Supreme Court, petitions seeking legal sanction for incest are not 'far-fetched' five years down the line.
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News Reports

Mukhtar Ansari grabbed temple land worth crores of rupees to build Ansari University, officers fear to take action: OpIndia Ground Report

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Chhotelal Gandhi explained how Mukhtar ansari used to grab lands through his henchman Ganesh dutt Mishra and make ploting to sell them.
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News Reports

‘If I resign, wrestlers will say my term was already over’, says Wrestling Federation president Brijbhushan Sharan Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Brij Bhushan sharan singh said, "Their demand changes every now and then. You should consider the agitation right from the beginning."
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News Reports

Delhi High Court allows minor rape survivor from Nepal to terminate 27-week pregnancy

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi HC was hearing a plea moved by the victim’s mother seeking direction to allow the termination of the pregnancy of her minor daughter
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News Reports

Kaliyaganj minor rape-murder case: Calcutta HC directs state police to file a detailed report of investigation

OpIndia Staff -
The Calcutta High Court sought a detailed report from Mekhilygunge Police in Kaliyaganj case.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority takes cognisance of a mosque constructed illegally inside Madarsa Jami ul uloom, sends notice

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MDDA recently sent a notice to the Madrasa Jamiul Uloom in Sahaspur in Dehradun, Uttarakhand for flouting construction guidelines
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News Reports

Operation Kaveri: 754 Indians evacuated from Sudan reaches Delhi and Bengaluru from Jeddah on IAF’s C-17 Globemaster planes

OpIndia Staff -
392 Indians reach Delhi and 362 Indians reach Bengaluru from Jeddah after their evacuation from Sudan under Operation Kaveri
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World

‘Islamic extremism and terrorism biggest faith-based challenge’: UK faith advisor Colin Bloom

OpIndia Staff -
"Islamic extremism and terrorism is the biggest faith-based challenge," Bloom said in an interview with ANI.
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News Reports

Jailed SP MLA Irfan Solanki’s lawyer Gaurav Dikshit refuses to fight his case due to non-payment of fees, Solanki hires new lawyers Karim Ahmed...

OpIndia Staff -
Irfan Solanki allegedly owes a legal bill of Rs 32 lakh that has accrued over the course of four months, according to his attorney, Gaurav Dikshit.
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News Reports

Poonch terror attack: Six locals who supported and sheltered terrorists arrested; Chinese weapons used in the army truck attack

OpIndia Staff -
Security forces arrested six locals who supported the terrorists in attacking the army truck in Poonch.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays ED-CBI probe in municipal recruitment scam ordered by Calcutta HC, orders transfer of teacher recruitment scam case to a different judge

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court stays Calcutta HC's Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay order for ED probe in municipal job scam, orders to transfer teacher recruitment scam case from the same judge
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News Reports

‘ISIS bride’ Nimisha alias Fathima, who converted to Islam to join ISIS with her husband, confirms that the story of The Kerala Story is...

OpIndia Staff -
In the upcoming movie movie The Kerala Story, character of Shalini is loosely based on Nimisha who became Fathima and became an ISIS bride
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Political History of India

After Gandhi’s assassination, Congress workers executed a fatal attack on Dr Narayan Damodar Savarkar: Read about one of independent India’s first mob lynching

Gopal Tiwari -
Congress supporters got angry and gathered around Veer Savarkar's house. Dr Narayan Damodar Savarkar was dragged out, he was hit with stones and bricks so much that he fell in a pool of blood.
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News Reports

After spending Rs 45 crores on ‘renovation’, Delhi govt to merge 2 bungalows and 8 flats to expand CM’s residential complex

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi govt has issued eviction notices to judges and IAS officers occupying 2 bungalows and 8 flats to merge the houses with CM's residence
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News Reports

Viral letter in Ali Ahmed’s name accuses Akhilesh Yadav of being a part of conspiracy to kill Atiq Ahmed, asks Muslims not to vote...

OpIndia Staff -
The purported letter by Ali Ahmed, the son of Atig Ahmed, urges Muslims to stand united and not vote for the BJP or SP in the upcoming local body elections
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News Reports

Dantewada attack: Preliminary report suggests Maoists received signals about jawans’ presence

OpIndia Staff -
A preliminary assessment by the CAPFs revealed that Maoists received signals about the presence of uniform-clad jawans.
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News Reports

Raped, forced conversion, threatened with trafficking her minor daughter: Ajmal Khan booked for sexual assault of a Hindu woman

OpIndia Staff -
Ajmal Khan reportedly held the Hindu woman hostage, strung her with sedatives, and raped her.
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News Reports

SC dismisses plea seeking pan-India guidelines to control violence during Ram Navami processions, says has ‘expressed no opinion on merits of the case’

OpIndia Staff -
On 28th April 2023, the Supreme Court of India dismissed a plea seeking pan-India guidelines to control violence during Ram Navami processions.
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News Reports

Manipur: Mob sets ablaze new gym ahead of inauguration by CM opposing forest survey, demolition of illegal churches, section 144 imposed and internet snapped

OpIndia Staff -
Internet was suspended and section 144 imposed after a mob set ablaze a newly constructed open gym in Manipur
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News Reports

Amar Chitra Katha eulogises Arundhati Roy in a Facebook post, deletes it later

Shraddha Pandey -
The Amar Chitra Katha website also has an author profile of Arundhati Roy, written by one Mrinalini Manda.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Several BJP workers injured after assault by Congress workers led by Siddaramaiah’s nephews, India Today claims clash erupted over road accident

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A political campaign turned violent after Siddaramaiah's nephews and Congress workers allegedly assaulted BJP workers in the poll-bound Karnataka
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Opinions

Dear Mamata Banerjee, as a Bengali myself, I need to ask you one question: Why do you hate outsiders so much?

Dibakar Dutta -
Since 2019, Mamata Banerjee has blamed 'outsiders' for incidents of violence and unrest that took in the State.
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News Reports

Violence against minorities, threats to freedom of religion, more mob lynching in Pakistan: Here’s what Pakistan Human Rights Commission report reveals

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan Human Rights Commission said that prevalence of mob lynching seemed to have increased in the country
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News Reports

‘Hurts me to see our athletes on streets’: Neeraj Chopra, Kapil Dev extend support for protesting wrestlers

OpIndia Staff -
Neeraj Chopra and Kapil Dev have come in support of the protesting wrestlers and sought justice for them.
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News Reports

Viral videos show men engaging in sexual activities inside metro trains, including Delhi Metro

OpIndia Staff -
Two obscene videos have gone viral on social media wherein men engage in sexual activities in metro trains, including Delhi metro
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News Reports

Dantewada attack: Improvised explosive device (IED) was planted a day or two before the deadly assault, say investigators as more details emerge

OpIndia Staff -
Investigators suspect that the IED used to blow up the police vehicle was planted a day or two before the incident.
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News Reports

In Rajasthan, Ajmal Khan rapes, threatens and forcefully marries Hindu woman, converts her to Islam, throws her murtis out of the house: Read full...

OpIndia Staff -
Ajmal Khan threatened the woman that he would abduct and sell the 8-year-old daughter of the victim if she would refuse to agree to marry him and change her religion to Islam. The woman got scared. Later on December 17, the woman forcefully married Ajmal and converted her religion to Islam.
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News Reports

‘Can promote misleading info’: Madras HC sends case back to Special NIA court which refused to release Hizb-ut-Tahrir terrorist because it relied on info...

OpIndia Staff -
Justice M Sundar and Justice M Nirmal Kumar's division bench referred to the Supreme Court's guiding principle which reads, "Wikipedia is based on a crowd-sourced user-generated editing model and therefore is not completely dependable in terms of academic veracity and can promote misleading information."
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News Reports

We have seen Whatsapp messages…There was a love affair: Mamata Banerjee downplays Kaliaganj case but this isn’t her first time

Dibakar Dutta -
On April 21 morning, the dead body of a 17-year-old Dalit girl was discovered floating in a canal in the Kaliagunj area in Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal.
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News Reports

How a George Soros-backed District Attorney set a masturbating predator free on Probation in Austin, Texas: Details

OpIndia Staff -
José Garza, the George Soros-backed district attorney, released Antonio Rios despite the fact that he admitted to aggravated assault causing severe bodily harm.
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News Reports

China has been using surveillance against its minorities based on foreign countries, many receive threats for talking about Tibetans, Uyghurs: Details

ANI -
China has been using surveillance on its miniorities based in foreign countries for intimidation, blackmail and coercion. 
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News Reports

IOA President PT Usha criticises wrestlers for protesting on the streets

OpIndia Staff -
IOA president PT Usha said, "Instead of going to the streets protesting wrestlers could have come to us earlier."
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Case registered against 1700 Muslims for offering Eid namaz on the streets

OpIndia Staff -
The police said that before Eid, the people of the area were told that namaz will not be allowed on the road.
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News Reports

Customs held a Tanzanian passenger for carrying narcotics dissolved in whiskey bottles

ANI -
Based on profiling by IGIA Customs/DRI, a Tanzanian nationality passenger who arrived from Addis Ababa was followed from the deboarding gate, added the statement.
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News Reports

Mumbai: BEST prohibits loud phone conversations, audio and video on mobile phones on the buses, mandates use of headphones

OpIndia Staff -
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has prohibited people from loud phone conversations, audio and video on the buses in Mumbai
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Media

Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon gives befitting reply to a Pakistani woman who called India and Israel ‘terrorist countries’

OpIndia Staff -
Israeli Ambassador Naor Gilon gave befitting reply to a Pakistani troll who wished for the destruction of both Israel and India.
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News Reports

Why do some, including Rahul Gandhi, not like the Vande Bharat Express: Here is what Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said

OpIndia Staff -
Ashwini Vaishnaw said, "There is a large section of the political establishment that doesn't like Vande Bharat Express. Because they never upgraded when the world was going at a rapid pace far ahead."
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Politics

AAP reacts following Kejriwal’s Sheesh Mahal controversy in which Rs 1.45 cr were spent just on toilets, will protest against PM Modi for wasting...

OpIndia Staff -
AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha said on April 27 that the party would stage massive protest against the BJP led Central Government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 'squandering' public money.
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News Reports

Operation Kaveri: Second batch of 246 Indians evacuated from Sudan lands in Mumbai from Jeddah, fresh batch of 297 Indians reach Jeddah

OpIndia Staff -
IAF brought back 246 Indians from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on C17 Globemaster aircraft after they were evacuated from Sudan
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News Reports

Delhi: School van driver Mohammad Azhar arrested for molesting a 6-year-old girl for over a year in the vehicle

OpIndia Staff -
The victim’s mother got to know about the crime after the girl said that she is having pain in her private parts and refused to get into the school van.
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News Reports

Not tolerated on this platform: Elon Musk after suspension of Twitter account that created paedophilia flag

OpIndia Staff -
The idea behind celebrating the day is to term paedophiles as “Youth Attracted Persons”, giving legitimacy to their “sexual orientation” or “sexual attraction” towards kids.
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News Reports

Gujarat: ‘If I die, don’t do anything to Brijesh,’ says Shaista’s suicide note, post mortem carried out after Hindu boyfriend’s complaint

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Shaista's boyfriend Brijesh Patel has accused her family of honour killing.
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News Reports

Warner Bros. and its HBO content to be exclusively available on JioCinema in India, Viacom18 signs multi-year agreement with the Hollywood giant

OpIndia Staff -
As per a deal signed by Viacom18, content from Warner Bros. including HBO will be available on JioCinema in India.
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News Reports

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on grant of social benefits to same-sex couples

ANI -
The Supreme court also noted that there will be social requirements such as banking, insurance, admissions etc where the Centre will have to do something.
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Opinions

As Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other ‘liberals’ outrage about PM Modi cracking a “suicide joke”, here is how it was anything but that

Amit Kelkar -
At the Republic summit, Prime Narendra Modi regaled the audience with an amusing joke about a professor fussing over the spelling of a word after his daughter pens a suicide note saying she will end her life at the Kankariya Lake.
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News Reports

Ajju Sheikh, Raju Sheikh brutally rape a 17-year-old in Maharashtra’s Karjat, threaten to kill her family

Siddhi Somani -
Team OpIndia contacted the 17-year-old victim to know about the recent updates in the case. The girl said that she has resumed her daily wage job with her mother and that no arrests have yet been made by the Police in the case.
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News Reports

‘5 years later someone may challenge provisions prohibiting incest’ – SG Mehta argues in same-sex marriage case in Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
Giving a hypothetical situation, SG Mehta questioned what would happen if, five years down the line, someone approached the court and challenged provisions prohibiting incest.
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News Reports

Watch: UP CM Yogi Adityanath speaks in Kannada in Karnataka’s Mandya, says reservation based on religion not possible after religion-based partition of India

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath said in Karnataka that reservation was not possible for Muslims since the country was divided on religious lines in 1947.
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News Reports

‘Maut ka Saudagar’ redux: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calls PM Modi a ‘poisonous snake’ ahead of Karnataka elections

OpIndia Staff -
During the Gujarat assembly elections of 2022, Mallikarjun Kharge had compared PM Modi with Ravan.
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News Reports

Karnataka Elections: PM Modi to address 22 rallies across the state in 6 days

ANI -
As per the sources on 29th April, Modi will address rallies in Humnabad, Vijayapura, Kudachi and Bengaluru North. The following day on 30th April Modi will be doing rallies in Kolar, Channapattna and Belur.
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