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Rahul Gandhi keeps asking ‘Adani mein Rs 20,000 crore kiske hain’, read why this is Pappu level question because Gandhi is not reading

Nirwa Mehta -
Rahul Gandhi has been casting aspersions about a mysterious Rs 20,000 crore money routed to Adani Group company and questioning whose money is it. Well, we try and make sense of this.
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News Reports

Cancer-causing baby powder: Johnson & Johnson wants to ‘settle’ lawsuits with $9 billion compensation

OpIndia Staff -
Johnson & Johnson offered to pay $9 billion to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits that alleged that its baby powder and other talc-based products cause cancer.
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News Reports

As Kajal Hindusthani receives Sar Tan Se Juda threats with Zubair and other Islamists dog whistling against her, here’s a timeline of how things...

OpIndia Staff -
Emboldened by inaction in the Nupur Sharma case, Mohammed Zubair recently dog whistled against Kajal Hindusthani.
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News Reports

Shaheen Bagh link emerges in Kozhikode train attack case, Kerala Police reach Delhi for probe

OpIndia Staff -
According to the police, Shahrukh Saifi a Shaheen Bagh native went missing from his house on March 30. Following this, his parents lodged a missing person complaint on Saturday.
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News Reports

Telangana: Police detains BJP MLAs amid protests over Bandi Sanjay Kumar’s arrest in SSC paper leak case

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana police detained BJP MLAs Raghunandan Rao and Eatala Rajender among other leaders after arresting Bandi Sanjay Kumar.
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News Reports

‘Majority of one religious group in a particular area cannot be grounds to prohibit processions carried out by another’: Madras HC in 2021 case

OpIndia Staff -
Madras High Court has said in a 2021 order, "Merely because one religious group is dominating in a particular locality, it cannot be a ground to prohibit celebrating religious festivals or taking processions of other religious groups through those roads."
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News Reports

Delhi man Azim tramples Ram Navami saffron flags and dumps them in a drain, arrested after a complaint filed

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police arrest Azim after tore Ram Navami saffron flags, trampled them and then dumped them in a drain
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News Reports

UK’s data privacy watchdog slaps fine of 12.7 million pound on Tiktok for allowing kids on the platform and misusing their data

OpIndia Staff -
Tiktok fined by the UK's privacy watchdog with a fine of $15.9 million for failing to block users under the age of 13 and exploiting their data
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News Reports

Delhi Police denies permission for Hanuman Jayanti in Jahangirpuri, had earlier denied permission for Ram Navami procession

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police had last month denied permission for a Ram Navami procession in Jahangirpuri.
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News Reports

“Example of their communal mindset and anti-India agenda”: India slams Organisation of Islamic Countries for its remarks on Ram Navami violence

OpIndia Staff -
India has condemned the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC) statement released on Ram Navami violence.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Congress MLA Brihaspat Singh assaults cooperative bank employee, video viral

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, it can be seen that the Ramanujganj MLA Brihaspat Singh grabbed a person by his collar and slapped him thrice while a large crowd gathered outside the bank. 
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News Reports

‘Lord Ram depicted in a manner contrary to natural spirit of Ramcharitmanas’: Complaint seeking FIR filed against Adipurush makers over new poster

OpIndia Staff -
"Maryadapurushottam Shri Ram ji has been shown in this poster in a costume against the natural spirit and nature of "Ramcharitmanas" mentioned in the Hindu scripture,” the complaint added.
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News Reports

Pakistan economic crisis: Country’s central bank raises key rate by 100 basis points to record 21% amid crippling inflation

OpIndia Staff -
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) raised its key interest rate by 100 basis points to a record 21 per cent on Tuesday.
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Opinions

19-year-old Sumit Shaw arrested for displaying gun during Ram Navami: 4 things it tells us about West Bengal politics and Hindu festivals

Nupur J Sharma -
Violence erupted in Howrah and Hooghly during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal, as Islamists went on a rampage
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News Reports

Karnataka: Kannada star Kiccha Sudeep receives threat letter amid speculations of joining BJP

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Acting on the complaint lodged by the actor's manager, the Puttenahalli police registered a case under sections 504, 506 and 120 (B) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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News Reports

Hoshiarpur Gurudwara, with over 250 branches across the country, under scanner as Amritpal Singh stayed there

OpIndia Staff -
On April 5, reports suggested the Police confirmed that the Gurudwara jathedar allegedly helped the fugitive pro-Khalistani preacher.
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News Reports

Kerala train fire: Suspect Shahrukh Saifi arrested from Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri, was seeking treatment for burn injuries

OpIndia Staff -
According to media reports, accused Shahrook Saifi is currently under the custody of the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).
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World

Former US President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts – what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Trump termed the case against him as fake and alleged the charges were brought up against him to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election.
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News Reports

Ludhiana Police arrest Influencer Jasneet Kaur, book Youth Congress leader Lucky Sandhu for blackmailing SAD leader’s son

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, in September 2022, accused Jasneet Kaur who is from Punjab's Sangrur had attempted to extort Rs 2 crore from Gurbir Singh by threatening to make their conversation public.
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News Reports

Ahead of PM Modi’s visit, Telangana BJP chief detained by police, read details

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Telangana Police reached the state president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar's residence in Karimnagar and took him into custody.
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Social Media

Paisa ho to kya kuch nahi ho sakta: Netizens take a dig as old video of Salman Khan performing as background dancer for Anant...

OpIndia Staff -
A video of Bollywood actor Salman Khan from a previous Ambani family function has also gone viral. In this video, Salman can be seen in the role of background dancer behind industrialist Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani.
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News Reports

Muslim boys were making bombs for self-defence: RJD MLA Nehaluddin

OpIndia Staff -
The RJD MLA from Rafiganj Assembly Constituency said that some members belonging to the Muslim community were making bombs in self-defence
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News Reports

‘Mob brought petrol bombs, burnt our shops’: Hindu victims of Ram Navami violence in Bihar Sharif share their ordeal with media

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu victims of violence that broke out on Ram Navami in Bihar Sharif said the mob attacked them with petrol bombs.
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News Reports

It is a lie, chapters on Mughals history not removed: NCERT director refutes media reports

OpIndia Staff -
The NCERT director has refuted media reports that chapters on the Mughal period have been dropped from class 12 history textbooks
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‘Trying to learn Hindi and English in my own humble way’: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma gives a befitting reply to an elitist Congress...

OpIndia Staff -
The troll's attempt to mock Himanta Biswa Sarma backfired, and he was left looking petty and small-minded.
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Politics

Party leader wanted to have a physical relationship with me: Woman Congress leader from Chhattisgarh

OpIndia Staff -
The female leader said that Jayant wanted to have a physical relationship with her. Some time ago, the female leader also posted a social media post against Jayant on Facebook
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News Reports

New Yorker journalist attacks chief of Hindu American Foundation on Twitter, gets called out by Netizens for his racist and Hinduphobic comment

OpIndia Staff -
Isaac Chotiner, a staff writer at The New Yorker, launched an unprovoked attack on Suhag A Shukla, co-founder and executive director of advocacy organisation Hindu American Foundation
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News Reports

Ram Navami violence: MHA seeks a detailed report from the West Bengal government over communal clash in Howrah

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The MHA has sought a detailed report over violence that erupted during Ram Navami procession in Howrah.
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Social Media

‘Liberals’ and Islamists mock Rajputs after NCERT reportedly removes a chapter on Mughals

OpIndia Staff -
Mainstream media widely speculated that NCERT has amended its publications, notably the 12th-class History book, and removed certain chapters on the Mughal empire
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News Reports

AAP does what it does best – lie through its teeth. Here are 6 lies about PM Modi and Adani that Arvind Kejriwal spread

Raju Das -
Arvind Kejriwal made several allegations accusing Modi of benefiting Adani group by undue allocation of coal, all of which are false and baseless
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News Reports

‘Bulletproof burqa’: Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan appears in Lahore court surrounded amid heavy security and a bulletproof bucket covering his head

OpIndia Staff -
Security personnel were surrounding Khan from all possible angles with bulletproof material. They were also acting as human shields for the ex-PM. Pakistani media reported that since the attack during his rally in Wazirabad last year, Khan fears for his life and has been stepping out only under high security.
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OpIndia Explains

As Swara Bhasker calls Modi supporters ‘jaahil’, here is the origin of the word, straight from the Quran

OpIndia Staff -
Swara Bhasker vented out her frustration using Arabic term ‘jaahil’ after NCERT removed chapters on Mughals from Class 12 books.
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News Reports

7 killed in Sikkim avalanche, rescue operations underway

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Earlier in the day, at about 11.30 AM, a massive avalanche hit the 15th Mile on Jawaharlal Nehru road connecting Gangtok with Nathu La.
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News Reports

FIR on Bageshwar Dham’s Dhirendra Krishna Shastri for his ‘Sai Baba is not god’ comment, read details

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"Sai Baba can be a saint, can be a fakir but cannot be God." Dhirendra Krishna Shastri of Bageshwar Dham had said.
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Bihar excise team goes on a raid to find liquor, gets beaten up by villagers

OpIndia Staff -
As per the villagers, the excise team tried to arrest a man who had come home for a ritual related to the death of a family member and the team members also assaulted women.
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News Reports

Hussain, Marakkar, Shamshuddeen, Satheesh and 10 others held guilty for 2018 murder of a tribal man in Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
The case's trial was finished on March 10 and the verdict was to be posted on March 18. However the date was pushed to April 4.
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News Reports

‘The perpetrators of Mumbai 26/11 attacks should be brought to justice’: Israel Knesset speaker visits Nariman House, praises India for being a friend

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Before his visit to Mumbai, Ohana and Israel's parliamentary delegation held a meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday. The two sides discussed strengthening India-Israel ties and promoting cooperation in I2U2.
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‘We were made to lay like corpses…then the raping began’: Survivors recount the horrors inflicted by Pakistani forces in 1971 Bangladesh war

Siddhi Somani -
The rape survivors of the 1971 Bangladesh war recounted the horror inflicted upon them by Pakistani forces.
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Rahul Gandhi once again attacks a journalist for asking a question regarding his appeal in the defamation case

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was once again back to targeting the media as he attacked a journalist for asking a question about his defamation case.
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Andhra Pradesh: Lord Ganesha’s ancient idol vandalized by miscreants in search of hidden treasure, BJP expresses anger, slams state

OpIndia Staff -
The miscreants entered the temple and vandalized the idol in search of some hidden treasure.
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World

UK decides to clamp down on Pakistani ‘Grooming gangs’, PM Rishi Sunak creates Special Task Force to prevent sexual exploitation of girls

OpIndia Staff -
The UK has announced constituting a Special Task Force to tackle the growing menace of grooming gangs in the country.
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World

French minister Marlene Schiappa comes under fire for appearing on the cover page of Playboy

OpIndia Staff -
Marlene Schiappa, a French minister, has sparked outrage after appearing on the cover of the adult magazine Playboy
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News Reports

Russia: 14-year-old girl hires other teenagers to kill mother after she was banned from meeting her boyfriend: Report

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As a result of the boy's negative influence on her daughter, Anastasia allegedly sought to make him stay away from her daughter. While returning home, estate agent Anastasia was viciously murdered.
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“Invented names will not alter reality”: India rejects China’s attempt to rename places in Arunachal Pradesh

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The statement of Arindam Bagchi comes after China's Ministry of Civil Affairs came up with the names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh, which it referred to as "Zangnan, the southern part of Tibet."
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Kerala train attack: Investigation leads UP ATS to Shahrook Saifi from Bulandshahr, questioned and let go

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The UP ATS released one Shahrook Saifi from Bulandshahr after questioning, asserting that it was a false lead.
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Opinions

‘Tu jaanta hai main kaun hu?’ How appeal against the conviction of Rahul Gandhi, the part-time politician and full-time Aristocrat, reaks of elitism

Nupur J Sharma -
On Monday, a spectacle was created by the Congress party as Rahul Gandhi flew from Delhi to Surat to file the appeal against his conviction.
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Flour being sold in ‘black market’ as Pakistan’s Punjab govt stops subsidy during Ramzan amid severe economic crisis

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After stopping the selling of subsidised flour, the Punjab government increased the rate of those subsidized bags of a 10-kilogram from Rs 648 to Rs 1150. 
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Elon Musk changes Twitter’s blue bird logo to ‘Doge’ meme

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter's logo changed to Doge meme on Web version. Musk says 'as promised'.
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West Bengal: Fresh stone pelting in Hooghly, train services suspended after rioters attack railway station

OpIndia Staff -
Train services suspended in Hooghly, West Bengal following fresh incidents of stone pelting.
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Opinions

The ‘fearless voices’ who regularly exposed the poor Bihar administration, why are they missing from the ground in Bihar Sharif and Sasaram

अजीत झा -
These YouTubers are the reason why, in recent times, the problems of Bihar got discussed at the national level even though the mainstream media keeps ignoring those problems.
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