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Crime

Bhalswa Dairy murder: Naushad and Jagjit Singh killed a man and chopped up his body to impress their terror “bosses” in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
During their questioning, they confessed to their terror activities, and when the police searched their residences and nearby areas, the chopped-up body was found in a drain in Bhalswa Dairy.
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Culture and History

Hari’s Loot: The Kirtan dedicated to Lord Krishna which passes through the streets singing his praises to mark the Sankranti

Dibakar Dutta -
Hari's loot is not an isolated ritual. It is preceded by the burning down of a temporary, thatched hut, built on the eve of Poush Parbon.
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News Reports

CBI seized my computer without providing ‘hash value’ to plant files to maliciously frame me: Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia

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"CBI is trying to maliciously frame me, seized a computer without providing Hash Value," said Manish Sisodia
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News Reports

Tripura assembly elections: 154 CPIM workers join BJP after the CPIM announces alliance with Congress

OpIndia Staff -
154 CPIM workers on joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Sepahijala district in in Tripura after CPIM-Congress formed alliance
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News Reports

Prayagraj: Mohammed Alam posed as Anuj Pratap Singh to trap and marry a Hindu woman, raped and tortured her when the truth was revealed

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The victim has alleged that Mohammed Alam has called her and threatened to kill her family and dump their dead bodies in a sever. 
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News Reports

Sindhi Temples in Madhya Pradesh continue to submit Bir of Shri Guru Granth Sahib to Gurudwaras

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Furthermore, the Sindhi Panchayat of Biragarh has requested the police to increase security at Sindhi Temples as they suspect Nihang Sikhs might visit the Temples and cause a law and order situation.
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Opinions

We can improve our education system by using a very large talent pool that is already available to us- The Armed Forces

Virender Kapoor -
In recent years, armed forces have realized that academic degrees do matter, especially for post-retirement employability, and hence serious, concerted efforts have been made in this direction.
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News Reports

Made-in-India Prachand Light Combat Helicopter performing very well in joint wargames, say IAF pilots

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IAF pilots say that Prachand is one of the most potent combat helicopters in the world which possesses air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles
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World

Embarrassing to ask for more loans: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif

OpIndia Staff -
Shehbaz Sharif urged the civil servants to serve the country with their utmost capacities and hoped that they will navigate Pakistan out of its financial troubles.
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News Reports

Battle Squads to be converted into Integrated Battle Groups, old establishments and units are being disbanded or revamped: Army Staff

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"Our aim will be to move from a manpower-intensive to a technologically driven Army," said Army chief General Manoj Pande
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News Reports

Kerala: DTE directs technical institutes to monitor labs as police issues alert on suspected arms production

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala DTE issued circular to be vigilant after ADGP reported swords were being manufactured in college labs
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Culture and History

Watch: Gujarat celebrates Uttarayan; fireworks, kite flying and more

OpIndia Staff -
Undhiyu, a traditional spicy winter Gujarati dish, and other local sweets like Chikki and Tal Sakli are among the most popular delicacies during Uttarayan.
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News Reports

Miss USA R’Bonney Gabriel crowned the new Miss Universe

ANI -
Miss USA R'Bonney Gabriel was on Sunday crowned the new Miss Universe at a dazzling and dizzying pageant in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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News Reports

‘Only Islam teaches love and peace’: Video of Bihar Minister Chandrashekhar surfaces after his controversial Ramcharitmanas comments

OpIndia Staff -
In a video from last year, Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar is heard saying that only Islam teaches love and peace
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News Reports

Saudi Arabian cleric faces death charges for using social media platforms like Twitter and WhatsApp to share his views

OpIndia Staff -
Saudi Arabian cleric Awad Al-Qarni has been sentenced to death for using social media platforms to allegedly spread anti-govt news
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News Reports

It is time to recalibrate our policy towards India, writes Pakistani analyst, says Pakistan has been reduced to a footnote in Indian script

ANI -
It is time to recalibrate our policy towards India, writes Pakistani analyst, says India’s global footprint is remarkable
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News Reports

19 injured after bulls go berserk at Jallikattu event in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai

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Also known as 'Eru Thazhuvuthal' and 'Mancuvirattu', Jallikattu started in full swing in three villages of Tamil Nadu's Madurai on Sunday. 
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News Reports

Congress party starts preparing for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, shortlists 56 SC/ST reserved seats to focus on

OpIndia Staff -
Congress is planning to identify individuals in the shortlisted constituencies who have the required skills and a local support base
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News Reports

Nepal: Yeti Airlines plane crashes near Pokhara airport, 72 onboard, at least 68 dead

OpIndia Staff -
Videos of the plane on fire and crashing have gone viral on social media.
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News Reports

Ex-Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh wants ban on country’s cricket team for posing with UN-designated terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani

OpIndia Staff -
Amrullah Saleh demanded ban n Afghan cricket team after a picture of Afghan cricketers posing with Sirajuddin Haqqani went viral
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News Reports

Manish Sisodia vs CBI: No raid, just computer seized, says probe agency

Shraddha Pandey -
On January 14, Sisodia had claimed raids were going on at his office and challenged the probe agency to investigate as much as they want and claimed he is innocent.
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News Reports

TMC leader slaps a man for raising a complaint in West Bengal, video viral

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, Ghosh was speaking to the villagers to take stock of the grievances when BJP’s Sagar Biswas came as a common villager and expressed his grievances to the minister.
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News Reports

Air India crew member says ‘witness’ in PeeGate scandal wanted an upgrade to first class, says the victim was on the window seat

OpIndia Staff -
One of the crew members said that she spoke to people aware of the incident and was informed that the alleged victim was sitting on the window seat on the other side of aircraft while the accused on aisle seat and said it would have been difficult to urinate on her.
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News Reports

‘Manipulative, sex maniac’ – Woman accuses Alt News’ co-founder Pratik Sinha of sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
Calling Sinha a fake, a fraudster, and someone who "ogles at women's breasts", the woman expressed her anguish over the fact that someone who calls himself "the buster of fake information, champion of truth and warrior of women's rights" allegedly duped her with lies.
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News Reports

Muslim man assaulted on train for molesting woman, not for refusing to chant Jai Shri Ram, complaint filed a day later after talking to...

OpIndia Staff -
Railway Police have said that Asim Hussain was beaten on a train in Moradabad for molesting a woman, not for refusing to chant Jai Shri Ram
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News Reports

The Wire gives platform to Jamaat-e-Islami linked IAMC to insult, gaslight American Hindus in their lawsuit against Audrey Truschke

Jhankar Mohta -
The Wire has gone on to provide platform to Rasheed Ahmed, the executive director of the Indian American Muslim Council
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News Reports

UK imposes sanctions on Iran’s Prosecutor General after the execution of British-Iranian Alireza Akbari by Iran

ANI -
UK sanctions Iran prosecutor general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri for execution of British Iranian national Alireza Akbari
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World

China records almost 60,000 Covid related deaths in one month, claims ’emergency peak’ to the latest surge appears to have passed

OpIndia Staff -
China's health authorities disclosed that about 60,000 Covid-related deaths occurred in the country between December 8, 2022, and January 12 this year
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News Reports

Body chopped into three pieces found in a drain in North Delhi after arrest of terror accused Jagjit Singh and Naushad

OpIndia Staff -
he Delhi Police Special Cell on Saturday recovered a dead body, chopped into three pieces, from the Bhalswa drain in North Delhi.
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News Reports

Video of DMK leader Krishnamoorthy’s speech against Tamil Nadu Governor found defamatory in nature: DCP Cyber Crime Cell

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"If you (Governor) do not read out the speech given by the Tamil Nadu government, then go to Kashmir, and we will send terrorists so that they'll gun you down," Krishnamoorthy said.
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News Reports

Indian cricket team visits famed Padmanabhaswamy temple in Trivandrum ahead of third ODI against Sri Lanka

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Many members of the Indian Cricket team wearing dhoti and angavastram visited the famous Padmanabhaswamy temple.
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News Reports

Pakistani consulate in China tweets on Rights and Freedom of Uyghurs, Islamabad says account hacked

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"We will work closely on matters of mutual interest including the Rights and Freedom of the Uyghurs community." tweeted Pakistan Consulate General Chengdu 
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Hindu organisations protest after the severed remains of a calf found in Awagarh

OpIndia Staff -
On January 12, a calf's severed head and skin were found near a vacant plot in Sai Colony in Awagarh
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News Reports

George Soros-funded group played key role in suppressing the Hunter Biden story before 2020 US elections: Reveal Twitter Files documents

OpIndia Staff -
Claire Wardle of George Soros-funded First Draft News had attended a strategy meeting to suppress the Hunter Biden story
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News Reports

Hindu terrorism does not exist: RTI activist says citing MHA’s response to his RTI

OpIndia Staff -
Furthermore, the Home Ministry stated that the government has bolstered the legislative framework by amending UAPA, 1967, and NIA Act, 2008 in the year 2019.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Complaint lodged against DMK leader for threatening the Governor with assassination

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DMK’s Shivaji Krishnamoorthy sparked a controversy with his remark against Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi.
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Social Media

Scam-accused Washington Post columnist says Nupur Sharma’s ‘privilege’ got her a gun license after her co-religionists threatened her with rape and beheading

OpIndia Staff -
Facing death threats for months, being locked in her own house for months, may seem like a privilege to Rana Ayyub, but for any sensible person, these are genuine grounds to grant a gun license to Nupur Sharma.
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News Reports

North Indians sell panipuri in Tamil Nadu, Governor of the state is also like them: DMK leader RS Bharathi

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"There is an old saying in villages, 'don't count the leaves (banana leaves used as plates for feast), if you are asked to pick it'...Governor's job is similar to picking up leaves," the DMK leader said.
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News Reports

Nihang Sikhs removed Hindu idols from Sindhi temples in Indore because Guru Granth Sahib was also kept there, video goes viral

Anurag -
Nihang Sikhs objected to presence of both idols of Hindu deities and the Guru Granth Sahib in Sindhi temples, and removed the idols
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Politics

‘If the Governor does not read speech given by govt, go to Kashmir, we will send terrorists so that they gun you down’: DMK...

OpIndia Staff -
While speaking at an event, Shivaji Krishnamoorthy said, “Don't I have the right to assault the Governor if he refuses to utter Ambedkar's name in his address to the Assembly? Go to Kashmir and we'll send terrorists so that they will gun you down there if you (governor) don't read the speech given by the Tamil Nadu government.”
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News Reports

Human Rights Watch advises governments not to move trade from China to India alleging human rights violations, repeats familiar lies

Raju Das -
Human Rights Watch asks governments not to shift businesses from China to India alleging India is mimicking China in violations of rights
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News Reports

1994 ISRO espionage case: Allegations of spying against Nambi Narayanan false, part of an international conspiracy, CBI tells Kerala HC

OpIndia Staff -
CBI told Kerala HC that allegations of spying against Nambi Narayanan were fake and part of international conspiracy.
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Media

‘Nobody should be denigrated, everyone has the right to dignity’, SC criticises media trial of man accused of peeing in Air India flight

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court remark came while hearing a batch of petitions seeking a curb on hate speech incidents across the country and action against the culprits
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News Reports

Odisha governor backs non-Hindu entry into Puri Jagannath Temple despite devotees’ opposition: Here is why they are barred

Shraddha Pandey -
Odisha Governor Lal stated that despite knowing that many people are opposed to allowing entry to non-Hindus into the temple, he proposed to allow them entry due to his association with Odisha. 
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News Reports

Delhi: Suspected Khalistani and Islamist terrorist arrested from Bhalswa Dairy area over links with terror outfits, two hand grenades recovered

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Besides two hand grenades, the police recovered three pistols and 22 live cartridges from the Naushad and Jagjit.
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News Reports

Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal disqualified from Lok Sabha after being convicted in an attempt to murder case: Details

Jhankar Mohta -
NCP MP from Lakshadweep Mohammed Faizal, who had earlier declared beef-eating a ‘constitutional right’, was disqualified from Lok Sabha after being convicted for 10 years in attempt to murder case
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News Reports

Abrogation of Article 370 helped in lifting the economic state of people of Jammu and Kashmir: Report

ANI -
A report by Asian Lite said abrogation of Article 370 has improved the economic state of people in Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

Pakistan: 3 police officials killed in Peshawar after terrorists attack a police station

ANI -
The assailants attacked the police station in Peshawar's Sarband area with long-range rifles and hand grenades in the early hours, ARY News reported.
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Opinions

‘Liberal’ Salafism, UCC being ‘election propaganda’, ‘not letting secular votes get divided’: Shashi Tharoor playing with fire to become Kerala CM?

Editorial Desk -
Shashi Tharoor has been busy meeting several religious leaders in Kerala recently and is now getting wider support from the Muslim community after his recent meetings.
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News Reports

Body of missing woman cricketer found hanging from a tree, family blames Cricket Association of Odisha for her death

OpIndia Staff -
Rajashree Swain, a 26-year-old Odisha woman cricketer, was discovered hanging from a tree in a deep forest in Cuttack district on January 13
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