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As ‘Jai Shri Ram’ gets vilified as a provocative ‘war cry’, ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’, a literal call for beheading gets a free pass

Amit Kelkar -
While Jai Shri Ram is just a praise of lord Ram, the beheading call of Sar Tan Se Juda is a precursor to a terror attack and a direct incitement to violence.
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News Reports

Can call Sai Baba a fakir, but not a God: Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri of Bageshwar Dham

OpIndia Staff -
Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, popularly known as Bageshwar Dham Sarkar, is currently conducting a Dharmik preaching in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
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Entertainment

Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan queue up to get their photo clicked with Tom Holland and Zendaya, image viral

ANI -
Spider-Man star Tom Holland looked dapper as always in a sleek yet classic black tuxedo
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News Reports

‘Will discipline the rioters by hanging them upside down’, Amit Shah asserts in Bihar, says ‘BJP will never ally with Nitish Kumar again’

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah said in Bihar, "Nitish Kumar has changed many parties in his life. He betrayed many people."
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News Reports

Bihar Violence: Hindu women accuse police of entering their homes forcefully, union minister Giriraj Singh says Nitish Kumar is CM of Muslims only

OpIndia Staff -
Following violence in Bihar, Union Minister Giriraj Singh asked Nitish Kumar to proclaim himself as the Chief Minister of Muslims exclusively.
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News Reports

Pakistan launches propaganda in support of Kashmiri ‘journalists’ arrested for anti-India activities

Anurag -
Jammu & Kashmir Counter Disinformation Centre (JKCDC) detailed multiple campaigns being run by Pakistani handles in support of so-called Kashmiri 'journalists' arrested by security agencies for their involvement in anti-India activities.
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News Reports

Muslim mob assaults UP businessman for playing Hanuman Chalisa and threatens to cut him into pieces, case registered against Taufiq and 12 others

OpIndia Staff -
Siddhant Tiwari from Banda in UP said that 15-20 Muslims vandalised his house and smashed music system for playing Hanuman Chalisa
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News Reports

Varun Dhawan slammed for lifting and kissing American model Gigi Hadid, Dhawan defends it, Gigi calls it her ‘Bollywood moment’

OpIndia Staff -
Varun Dhawan along with other Bollywood celebrities was performing at the newly inaugurated NAMCC in Mumbai. Many Hollywood celebrities were also in attendance.
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News Reports

Howrah violence: BJP state chief Sukanta Majumdar stopped from visiting Shibpur, says West Bengal CM is the CM of only one religion

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar was stopped by police officials while he was on his way to Howrah’s violence-hit Shibpur area.
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News Reports

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind submits an intervention application to oppose the recognition of same-sex marriages

OpIndia Staff -
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, via advocate HR Shamshad, submitted an intervention application in the Supreme Court to oppose pleas seeking recognition of same-sex marriages.
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News Reports

BJP releases ‘Congress Files’ episode one to expose corruption over the years, puts the figure at Rs 48,20,69,00,00,000

OpIndia Staff -
In the video message titled "Congress means corruption", the BJP stated, "Congress has looted Rs 48,20,69,00,00,000 from the public in 70 years of its rule."
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Cricket

Indian cricketing legend Salim Durani passes away, PM Modi leads the tributes

ANI -
"India's first Arjuna Award winning cricketer and a man who hit sixes on public demand, Salim Durani. Om Shanti. Heartfelt Condolences to his family, friends and loved ones," said VVS Lakman in a tweet.
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News Reports

1 dies in firing between two groups in Bihar Sharif, 6 injured in Sasaram bomb blast: Violence continues in several places in Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
Police said that six people were seriously injured during handling of bombs in Sasaram in Bihar, while gunfire killed one in Bihar Sharif
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News Reports

Delhi: PWD bulldozes illegal dargah encroaching footpath in the Nizamuddin area

OpIndia Staff -
The caretaker of the dargah said that the dargah is around 500 years old. It is there since a time when there were no roads.
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News Reports

NYTimes loses verified badge on Twitter

ANI -
Twitter first introduced verified accounts in 2009 to help users identify that celebrities, politicians, companies and brands, news organisations, and other accounts "of public interest" were genuine, not impostors or parody accounts. The company didn't previously charge for verification. 
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News Reports

Amid media reports of Hindus leaving their homes in Sasaram after Ram Navami violence, Bihar police claims situation under control

OpIndia Staff -
Violence broke out in Bihar's Sasaram on March 31, day after Ram Navami celebrations concluded. However, Bihar Police is claiming that the situation is under control.
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News Reports

West Bengal: State CID arrests 38 people, registers 2 cases over the violence on Ram Navami in Howrah

OpIndia Staff -
38 people have been arrested in connection with the Howrah violence that erupted on Ram Navami.
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News Reports

Gwalior: Gym trainer Firoz Khan rapes woman by keeping her son at knifepoint after she learnt that he was faking to be Hindu and...

OpIndia Staff -
A gym trainer named Firoz Khan has been booked in Gwalior for allegedly raping a woman by keeping her son at knifepoint.
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP leader Raju Jha shot dead by unknown attackers in Bardhaman

OpIndia Staff -
A BJP leader, Raju Jha, was shot dead by unidentified people at Shaktigarh in West Bengal.
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News Reports

‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans raised in Una in Gujarat on Jumma during Ramzan, stone pelting also took place, read details

OpIndia Staff -
The hateful slogans were raised on March 31, 2023, a day after Ram Navami, right in front of the police station in Una in Gir-Somnath district of Gujarat.
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News Reports

Ten days after conviction in defamation case, Rahul Gandhi appeals against 2 years jail sentence, read details

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi was convicted by Surat Magistrate Court on 23 March 2023. He was held guilty in a criminal defamation case filed against him over his remarks insulting the Modi surname.
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News Reports

Banned terrorist outfit Khalistan Liberation Force takes responsibility for setting fires at three locations across Haryana, Delhi and UP

OpIndia Staff -
Three fire incidents took place in a factory in Wazirpur, Hotel Azma in Panchkula, Haryana and at the Kanpur market in Uttar Pradesh on 31 March 2023.
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News Reports

Wanted criminal Rashid, accused of murdering Suresh Raina’s relative, killed in a UP Police encounter

OpIndia Staff -
According to senior Superintendent of Police Sanjiv Suman, Muzaffarnagar, the wanted criminal also identified by his other names 'Sipahiya' and ‘Chalta Firta’, who carried a cash reward of Rs 50,000 was killed in an encounter.
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World

Free flour quota in Pakistan’s Dera Ghazi Khan division insufficient to meet demands

ANI -
In one place where the demands are not met, in other places, there rush of people at the centres that are leading to stampedes and ultimately death of people. 
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News Reports

Vandalism of statue leads to clashes in Jalgaon, Maharashtra, read details

ANI -
Earlier on March 30, 56 people were arrested in connection to a clash which broke out between two groups in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district over music being played outside a Mosque while Namaz on March 28, the police said. 
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News Reports

Taliban shuts down Afghanistan’s only women-run radio station for allegedly playing music

OpIndia Staff -
Women-run radio station Sada-e-Banowan has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: 5 sustain burn injuries in fire torch march by Congress against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the parliament

OpIndia Staff -
Two of the five injured youths have sustained serious burn injuries during the fire torch march.
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News Reports

Navjot Singh Sidhu comes out of Patiala jail after completing jail sentence for killing a person, says ‘there is no democracy’

OpIndia Staff -
Navjot Singh Sidhu said after his release, "There is no such thing as democracy right now. There is a conspiracy to bring President’s Rule in Punjab."
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World

Actress Gauahar Khan fumes after Hailey and Justin Bieber ridicule Ramzan fasting

OpIndia Staff -
Gauahar Khan took to Instagram and slammed Hailey and Justin Bieber for ridiculing fasting during Ramzan.
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News Reports

‘Will kill you using AK-47’: Sanjay Raut gets death threat allegedly from Lawrence Bishnoi gang, a suspect arrested from Pune after he filed a...

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Raut said, "I have intimated the police about the threat call, but do not think any action would be taken." A suspect was arrested within hours of filing the complaint.
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News Reports

Shraddha Walkar murder case: Aftab Poonawalla physically assaulted by jail inmates

OpIndia Staff -
Aftab Poonawala's lawyer claimed that his client was physically thrashed by inmates.
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News Reports

How can a ‘Microsoft font’ of 1992 be present in PM Modi’s degree certificate of 1983? Don’t be a Pappu. Read to know how

Raju Das -
A Congress supporter claimed that Modi’s Gujarat University MA degree is fake because it is from 1983, and a font used in the certificate didn’t exist before 1992
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News Reports

Satellite pictures show new military infrastructure being built in strategically important Myanmar-controlled Coco Islands, Chinese hand suspected

OpIndia Staff -
The images reveal that China might be rapidly expanding its military presence in the Myanmar-controlled Great Coco Islands.
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Crime

Kolkata: Special POCSO Court awards life sentence to Mohammed Mofizuddin and Abhishek Roy for raping a 4-year-old girl

OpIndia Staff -
The complaint under POCSO was made by the child's parents on November 30, 2017, alleging that their daughter was led into the washroom by two men—one of whom was known to the children as "Chocolate Kaku"—and then sexually assaulted.
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News Reports

Kanjhawala hit-and-drag case: Delhi Police files 800-page chargesheet against seven accused

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police on Saturday filed an 800-page chargesheet against seven accused in the Kanjhawala hit-and-drag case.
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News Reports

Australia: Khalistani elements disrupt Vaisakhi mela, organisers threatened by Khalsa Aid

OpIndia Staff -
A group of pro-Khalistani elements disrupted an event organised to celebrate the Vaisakhi festival in Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia
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News Reports

Another defamation case filed against Rahul Gandhi, this time for calling RSS the ’21st century Kauravas’ during Bharat Jodo Yatra

OpIndia Staff -
The complaint has been filed under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). On April 12, the court will hear the complaint,
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Satire

Muslim intellectuals condemn attack on Ram Navami shobha yatras by Muslim mobs

OpIndia Staff -
The civil society comprising the Muslim community of India has spoken against threats of Islamofascism.
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News Reports

Mohammad Nurujjaman, Seikh Miraj Uddin arrested in detonator consignment case, 27,000 kgs of ammonium nitrate, enough to flatten a city, recovered

OpIndia Staff -
NIA arrested Mir Mohammad Nurujjaman and Seikh Miraj Uddin in connection with West Bengal’s detonatot consignment case.
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News Reports

Kerala: IAS and IPS officers barred from accepting private awards without permission of the state government

OpIndia Staff -
All IAS and IPS officers in Kerala are prohibited from accepting awards from private organizations or people.
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News Reports

Full emergency declared at Delhi airport after Dubai-bound FedEx flight suffers a bird hit, takes off later after making a safe landing

OpIndia Staff -
A Full emergency was declared at the Delhi airport after the Dubai-bound FedEx flight FX5279 suffered a bird-hit soon after take off
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News Reports

Violence during Ram Navami in Bihar Sharif: Mobile phones worth Rs 3 crores looted amid stone pelting and gunfire, 27 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Violence erupted in Bihar Sharif in the Nalanda district of Bihar on 30 March during Ram Navami celebrations
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News Reports

Georgia becomes first American state to condemn Hinduphobia, passes resolution

OpIndia Staff -
The US state of Georgia passed a resolution condemning 'Hinduphobia,' becoming the first state in the country to do so.
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News Reports

Amritpal Singh on the run: New CCTV footage surfaces, shows key aide Papalpreet Singh roaming around in Hoshiarpur

OpIndia Staff -
Papalpreet Singh, a key aide of Amritpal Singh, was spotted walking in a compound of Gurdwara Sahib in Hoshiarpur.
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News Reports

Malad Ram Navami violence: Radicals chanted ‘Allah-Hu-Akhbar’ before throwing stones and chappals causing severe injuries, 21 arrested and over 400 booked

Siddhi Somani -
Around 100 to 150 Muslims gathered on the Abdul Hamid Road in Malad, raised the slogans of 'Allah-hu-Akhbar' and pelted stones on Ram Navami procession
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News Reports

Amit Shah’s visit to Bihar’s Sasaram cancelled amid Section 144 following violence on Ram Navami 

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah's visit to Sasaram was cancelled in the wake of Section 144 imposed in the district following violence on Ram Navami.
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World

Indians among 8 drowned while attempting to enter the US from Canada

OpIndia Staff -
The dead bodies were recovered in a marsh by a riverbank close to Akwesasne, near the border of Quebec, Ontario, and New York.
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News Reports

Unethical Photoshop or April Fools prank? People amused as Kerala Tourism posts doctored photo of Hollywood stars Tom Holland and Zendaya

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala Tourism posts morphed photo of Tom Holland and Zendaya from Boston with a tea garden in the background
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News Reports

After 10 months in Patiala jail for killing a person, senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu gets released today

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu is set to walk out of Patiala jail today, after 10 months.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Islamists attack Hindus for chanting devotional slogans during Ram Navami amid Ramzan evening prayers

OpIndia Staff -
In Hyderabad, a group of Islamists attacked Hindu devotees for chanting devotional slogans on the occasion of Ram Navami.
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