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Law

Supreme Court refuses interim order against union govt’s decision to block propaganda BBC documentary, asks centre to produce original records

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Supreme Court refuses interim order against union govt’s decision to block propaganda BBC documentary without hearing the govt first
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Opinions

Why Muslims of the Indian subcontinent are always on the streets over alleged ‘blasphemy’ but Gulf Muslims never take to the streets

Amit Kelkar -
What we see is that Islam is there same everywhere, but Islamic protests are not. This is not to assume that the Muslims in the Gulf are not offended by or harbour the same sentiments as the subcontinent Muslims - perhaps more so.
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News Reports

Centre clears the deck for a 78-km highway in Arunachal Pradesh, reaching 4km close to India, China, and Myanmar tri-junction: Report

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The new highway will connect Dong, India's easternmost village, to Jachep, situated 4km from China and 20 km from Myanmar.
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News Reports

Chinese ‘spy balloon’ spotted flying high over Montana in USA, Pentagon says its keeping watch

OpIndia Staff -
According to authorities, the Pentagon decided not to take down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been observed over American airspace for a few days owing to the possibility of hurting people on the ground.
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News Reports

Assam govt launches massive crackdown on child marriage, over 1800 arrested so far in 4004 cases filed

OpIndia Staff -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma informed that 1800+ people have been arrested so far for violating provisions of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.
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News Reports

As AAP tries to play up the ‘corruption’ plank, targeting Adani, here are 7 questions they must answer about ED’s chargesheet in liquor scam

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Singh has been falsely trying to implicate the Union Government of being hands-in-gloves with Gautam Adani.
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News Reports

Kolhapur: Wahid abuses, forces 16-year-old Hindu girl for marriage, threatens abduction, attacks her brother

OpIndia Staff -
According to the FIR, the accused stalked the victim and told her that he wanted to marry her. He forced the victim to respond and also said that if her family had any problem with their 'relation' he would abduct her and then marry her.
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News Reports

Pakistan warns Wikipedia, asks to take down ‘blasphemous’ content or face shutdown

OpIndia Staff -
PTA has warned Wikipedia that its services will be blocked in Pakistan in case it fails to comply with the govt order.
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News Reports

Sweden: As migrant influx fuels gang wars and street crime, one-fifth of the population now wants the right to bear arms

OpIndia Staff -
In April 2022, the Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson said on that the integration of immigrants has failed, and it has fuelled gang crimes in the Scandinavian country.
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News Reports

Baba Ramdev takes on Abrahamics: From how some Muslims become terrorists but don’t forget Namaz to Christians trying to convert everyone

OpIndia Staff -
Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has lambasted Islamists and Christian evangelists who are hell-bent on forcibly converting the entire world
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News Reports

Notorious human trafficker Shamsher Khalifa arrested in Bihar, used to run prostitution business by holding minor girls and women hostage

OpIndia Staff -
Notorious women trafficker Shamsher Khalifa, who held women and minor girls hostage and pushed them into prostitution, has been arrested by Bihar Police
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Sports

Attempted rape charges against Manchester United and England footballer Mason Greenwood dropped

OpIndia Staff -
The 21-year-old Greenwood was arrested on 30th January 2022 after images and audio of the alleged assault emerged online.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: LeT terrorist Arif Ahmed teaching in a govt school arrested with a perfume bottle IED, was working under Pakistani handlers

OpIndia Staff -
Arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba-terrorist Arif Ahmed was involved in double blast that took place in Narwal area in which more than 9 people were injured
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Ex-MLC and mining mafia Haji Iqbal’s passport seized, notice issued to family members

OpIndia Staff -
Haji Iqbal, his brother Mehmood, and his children have been booked in several cases.
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Law

Supreme Court has been working an average of 222 days in a year: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

ANI -
The Supreme Court of India, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it under Article 145 of the Constitution of India, makes rules for regulating the Court's practice and procedures which includes its sittings and vacations, etc.
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News Reports

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui gets attacked, abused by Islamists for offering prayers to Lord Hanuman as he announces his Telugu debut ‘Saindhav’

OpIndia Staff -
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui came under vicious attack of Islamists after he shared pictures where he was paying obeisance to Lord Hanuman
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Law

You are indulging in arm-twisting: Supreme Court slams Kerala State Waqf Board

OpIndia Staff -
The tenancy had been declared unlawful in 2005, he noted, but the matter was left open until the amendment mandating criminal prosecution took effect, at which point the Kerala State Waqf Board used the 'draconian' act against the petitioner(s).
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News Reports

AAP used Delhi liquor scam money for its election campaign in Goa: Enforcement Directorate

OpIndia Staff -
The ED claims that over Rs 70 lakh in cash was paid to the volunteers who made up the AAP's survey teams.
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News Reports

The Wire pretends to ‘criticise’ BBC documentary but casts aspersions on Godhra carnage, here are the answers to questions raised

Gopal Tiwari -
Pretending to criticise BBC documentary, The Wire raises questions on Godhra carnage which have already been answered by courts
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News Reports

MEA condemns Khalistani attack on Indians in Australia, urges authorities to disallow territory for anti-India activities

OpIndia Staff -
"We have asked to ensure the safety and security of the Indian community and their properties," MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said.
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Social Media

‘Why are you still out’: Netizens question The Wire’s Arfa Khanum after she pulls out ‘Muslim journalist’ card following Siddique Kappan’s release

OpIndia Staff -
'Journalist' Arfa Khanum Sherwani didn't miss the opportunity to use the bail of Siddique Kappan to play her Muslim victimhood card
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News Reports

7 posts of Supreme Court judges, 333 posts of HC judges vacant: Law Minister Rijiju informs in Parliament

ANI -
"142 proposals recommended by the High Court Collegiums are at various stages of processing. Out of these 142, 4 proposals are pending with the Supreme Court Collegium and 138 are under various stages of processing in the Government," he added.
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Crime

Agra Police arrest Haider Ali, Amir, and Furkan Ali for duping Swiss national at the Taj Mahal

OpIndia Staff -
Haider Ali owns an emporium at the east gate of the Taj Mahal, Amir is the salesman at his shop and Furkan Ali is a tourist guide.
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News Reports

Islamnagar to be known as Jagdishpur once again after 308 years, read how Mughal general Dost Mohammad Khan had changed the name

Rukma Rathore -
Madhya Pradesh renames Islamnagar to its original name Jagdishpur, 308 years after Dost Mohammad Khan had changed the name
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OpIndia Explains

Adani Group canceled its 20,000 crore FPO, but what is an FPO: Here are the details

Anurag -
Calling it a morally correct step, Gautam Adani said in a statement that the board took the decision to withdraw the FPO considering the volatility of the market.
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News Reports

‘Scan the QR code to watch’: Posters of BBC documentary pasted on walls of Aligarh Muslim University, administration scrambles to remove them

OpIndia Staff -
The documentary is banned by the government of India.
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News Reports

Congress fanboys and leftists attack NDTV, decide to boycott it after they shared Gautam Adani’s video message on calling off the FPO

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV, like several other media outlets, published Adani's video message on its official Twitter handle on February 2, which miffed several Congress fanboys and left liberals
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News Reports

Delhi Riots: Courts convict a Hindu, bail 6 Muslims and acquit 9 based on different interpretations of the same law. Miscarriage of justice?

Nupur J Sharma -
Delhi Court gave 'benefit of the doubt' to 9 Muslim accused in the Delhi anti-Hindu Riots and acquitted them
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News Reports

‘Hindu Canadians are pained by rising Hinduphobia’: Canadian MP raises the issue of attack on Hindu temples in Parliament

OpIndia Staff -
The rising Hinduphobia in Canada is profoundly upsetting to Hindu Canadians, Arya stated in the Canadian parliament.
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News Reports

Republican senators write to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, tell him Chinese aggression against India and Taiwan is unacceptable

OpIndia Staff -
The Republican senators led by Marco Rubio wrote in their letter to Antony Blinken, "Chinese Communist Party has stepped up its attack in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond."
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News Reports

J&K Police demolishes Hurriyat leader Qazi Yasir’s shopping complex built on encroached government land in Anantnag

OpIndia Staff -
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) recently seized the office of the All Party Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar
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World

Germany: Iraqi woman Shahraban along with her boyfriend kills Instagram ‘lookalike’ by stabbing her more than 50 times, to fake her own death

OpIndia Staff -
Shahraban K, a 23-year-old German woman of Iraqi origin has been accused of mercilessly killing another woman who looked like her in an attempt to fake her own death.
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World

Iran threatens to impose $18 billion penalty on Pakistan: Here is why

OpIndia Staff -
The Iran-Pakistan Pipeline Project, also known as Peace Project, had initially included India as well.
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News Reports

VHP and Bajrang Dal demand ban on non-Hindu vendors from temple fair in Karnataka’s Gubbi, submit memorandum with DC

OpIndia Staff -
In a petition to the Tumakuru District Collector, Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad requested that non-Hindu sellers not be allowed to participate in the fair on Thursday at the Gosala Sri Channabasaveshwara Swamy Temple in Gubbi.
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Media

Forbes speculates that Adani bought his own now-withdrawn FPO, calls it “evidence” of wrongdoing

OpIndia Staff -
Forbes report claims there is evidence to show Adani group likely bought into its own FPO but does not provide any such 'evidence'
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News Reports

Twitter Blue subscription service to launch soon in India, price and other details yet to be revealed

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter Blue is a premium subscription service that offers a blue tick to verified users along with an option to edit tweets, publish high-resolution 1080p videos, and more.
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News Reports

18-year-old ISIS terrorist Md Irfan was radicalised by Zakir Naik videos, was planning to carry out three deadly attacks in Singapore: Details

OpIndia Staff -
An 18-year-old ISIS terrorist named Muhammad Irfan Danyal bin Mohamad Nor was arrested in Singapore in December for planning to carry out three targeted attacks in the island country.
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News Reports

Kharagpur Data Science Hackathon reaches the finale: 3500 sharpest minds, 700 teams and much more. Read about the event

OpIndia Staff -
The country's biggest hackathon - the Kharagpur Data Science Hackathon - finally reached its grand conclusion with an explosive Finale
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News Reports

Pakistan: Former interior minister Sheikh Rashid arrested for saying that former President Asif Ali Zardari conspired to assassinate Imran Khan

OpIndia Staff -
Meanwhile, the PTI chief Imran Khan has condemned the arrest of his ally and slammed the alleged “vindictive and biased caretaker government.”
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News Reports

Punjab: IT raids conducted at premises of ‘Yeshu Yeshu’ pastor Bajinder Singh and pastor Harpreet Deol, documents, computers, registers seized

OpIndia Staff -
The Income Tax officers revealed that the pastors have been operating churches under the guise of healing ministries, which are self-styled congregations that accept significant amount of funding from foreign nations. These are either registered as autonomous religious entities or as societies led by a pastor.
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News Reports

PFI ‘journalist’ Siddique Kappan, facing charges under UAPA and PMLA, gets bail after 2 years in prison

OpIndia Staff -
The government in the Supreme Court had stated that Siddique Kappan was an office-bearer of the now banned Islamist organisation Popular Front of India(PFI) and was on his way to Hathras pretending to be a newspaper journalist from a Kerala-based outlet called ‘Tejas’ that was closed in 2018.
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News Reports

#BoysWillBeBoys: Pakistanis resort to memes, self-deprecating dark humour as country’s economic crisis worsens

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistanis used memes to show how their country is suffering from an economic crisis
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Two YSRCP MLAs allege phone tapping by own party, point fingers at CM Jagan Reddy

OpIndia Staff -
Anam Ramnarayana Reddy had earlier alleged that the party leadership is tapping the phones of two of his personal assistants.
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Economy and Finance

Adani Enterprises not to go ahead with its FPO of shares worth 20,000 crore, to return money to investors

ANI -
Gautam Adani, Chairman, Adani Enterprises Ltd referred to the volatility in the stock over the last week and said the interest of the investors is paramount and to insulate them from any potential financial losses, the Board has decided not to go ahead with the FPO.
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News Reports

Amid the economic crisis in Pakistan, people in PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan protest on the streets demanding food and power

ANI -
People in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, are protesting in the streets, demanding wheat flour, pulses, and power supply
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News Reports

Shubman Gill’s unbeaten century powers India to a mammoth score of 234 against New Zealand in the 3rd T20I

ANI -
Shubman Gill smashed 125 off 63 balls with the help of 12 boundaries and 7 sixes in the 3rd T20I against New Zealand.
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News Reports

Ramcharitmanas row: Hindu Mahasabha sends a letter written in blood seeking action against SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu Mahasabha has written a letter demanding action against Swami Prasad Maurya for remarks against Ramcharitmanas.
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News Reports

Bihar: HS examination candidate hospitalised after he fainted because he was the only boy among over 500 girls in the centre

OpIndia Staff -
Bihar HS exam candidate Manish Shankar fainted as he was the only male candidate among over 500 girl students in the exam centre
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News Reports

GE jet engines to be made in India in collaboration with DRDO for Tejas Mark II and AMCA fighter planes

OpIndia Staff -
Joe Biden administration has already given the green light for General Electric to produce 98 kilo-newton thrust GE-F414 engines in India
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News Reports

Twitter user spreads fake news about Dalit woman being beaten for contaminating the river, AAP leader calls for vengeance

OpIndia Staff -
The misleading tweet by @softgrowl was further amplified by Congress apologist and fake news peddler, Mona Ambegaonkar.
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