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‘Ram Mandir will be destroyed like 360 idols of Kaaba’: Al Qaeda’s Ghazwa-e-Hind magazine asks Indian Muslims to wage war against ‘Hindu’ rule.

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Calling the Indian governance system a 'hell of secularism', it urges Indian Muslims to abandon the ideas of co-existence with non-Muslims.
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Law

‘Divorced Muslim women are entitled to maintenance beyond Iddat period until remarriage’: What the Allahabad High Court said

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Allahabad High Court held that a divorced Muslim woman is entitled to maintenance from her ex-husband for the rest of her life until she remarries and not only till the completion of Iddat period.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Landslide scare in Joshimath as 561 houses develop cracks, CM Dhami to hold a high-level meeting on Friday

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Cracks have reportedly developed in as many as 561 houses in Joshimath as a result of continued land subsidence in the town, stated the District Disaster Management Department.
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News Reports

‘99% of us are good people’: Actor Suniel Shetty urges UP CM Yogi Adityanath to help stop the ‘Boycott Bollywood’ campaign

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Moreover, Suniel Shetty also asked CM Yogi to discuss the anti-Bollywood campaign with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming that "99% of the people" in the industry are good.
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Law

CJI Chandrachud recuses himself from hearing a contempt case against ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra: Here is what we know so far

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Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud recused himself from hearing a contempt case against 'comedian' Kunal Kamra.
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News Reports

Punjab Vigilance Bureau registers criminal case against Congress leader and former minister along with IAS officer and 10 govt officials: Here is why

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The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Thursday registered a criminal case against former minister Sunder Sham Arora, Neelima, IAS, and 10 government officials
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World

Russian President Putin orders ceasefire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas

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This is the first ceasefire ordered by the Russian president Putin since the Russian offensive against Ukraine began in February 2022.
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News Reports

‘Ram Mandir in Ayodhya will be ready by 1st January 2024’: Amit Shah

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Amit Shah said, "Rahul baba, open your ears and listen, on January 1, 2024, you will have the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya ready."
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News Reports

Outsiders involved in the Haldwani anti-eviction protests led by a cleric: reveals OpIndia ground report

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The Haldwani encroachers said that the Maulana who is leading the protests against the eviction is an outsider
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Social Media

Pakistani commentator confuses retired Kiwi player Danny Morrison with pornstar Dani Daniels, latter reacts after video goes viral

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Pakistani commentator Bazid Khan confused former New Zealand cricketer Danny Morrison with pornstar Dani Daniels
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News Reports

Another incident of peeing in the sky: Man urinated on female passenger’s blanket during Paris-Delhi Air India flight

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Incident of December 6 has come to light in which a "drunk man urinated on blanket of a co-passenger" while the Air India flight was on its way from Paris to the national capital
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News Reports

‘Imran Hafeez asked many small children to come dressed in Madarsa uniforms’, reveals Minor boy who participated in the Haldwani ‘protest’

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A minor child named Mohammad Sameer told OpIndia how one Imran Hafeez had coerced him and many other children to participate in the Haldwani 'protest.'
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OpIndia Explains

As Supreme Court says 50,000 people cannot be uprooted overnight, here is how 1 lakh people were displaced during the Khori Gaon eviction

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On June 7, 2021, Supreme Court had directed the removal of illegal encroachments on forest land in Khori Gaon, a village at the foothills of the eco-sensitive Aravallis in Haryana’s Faridabad within six weeks.
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News Reports

Central govt stays Jharkhand Govt’s decision to convert Shri Sammed Shikharji Tirth into a tourist hub, orders to protect the sanctity of Jain shrine

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The Central govt has asked Jharkhand Govt to halt all tourist activities at the Shri Sammed Shikharji Tirth with immediate effect
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News Reports

“Bahar nikalne ke baad dekh lunga”: jailed AAP minister Satyender Jain threatens and intimidates Tihar officials, complaint filed

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Tihar Jail authorities have filed a complaint against Satyender Jain with the Director-General (Prisons), accusing him of threatening them
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News Reports

DGCA issues show cause notice to Air India over the incident of urination in a flight from JFK to Delhi

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The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday issued Show Cause notices to Air India, crew members and pilots of the New York-Delhi flight in connection with the urination incident onboard on November 26 last year.
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News Reports

As videos showing journalist tutoring Haldwani encroachers emerge, time to recall how it’s not new for ‘liberal media’ to tutor and twist for setting...

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Journalists and activists have been caught tutoring the witnesses what to speak on camera, as seen in viral videos from Haldwani
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Crime

Urdu teacher Dilshad takes Maulvi Wasim from Panipat to Kairana, beats him to death, and buries him in an under-construction house

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The accused Dilshad told the police that he had taken the deceased Wasim to Kairana on the pretext of getting him a job.
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News Reports

Zakir flashes his private part at a woman passenger in DTC bus in Delhi, pretends to cry when caught by marshal: Watch

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A DTC marshal caught and confronted Zakir after he allegedly flashed his private part at a female passenger on a bus in Delhi
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News Reports

Kanjhawala Death Case: Delhi police deny the possibility of murder charges, 7 accused identified so far

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The police have denied the possibility of any murder charges on the accused in this case. Delhi Police have also revealed that there are 7 accused in the case, and not just 5
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News Reports

CPIM women’s wing AIDWA uses former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto’s face for its national conference

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CPIM women's wing used a picture of Pakistan’s former PM Benazir Bhutto as the cover photo for their upcoming national conference.
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News Reports

California: Indian-origin man drives his Tesla off 300-foot cliff in a suicide attempt, family of four survives crash

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The driver of the car, Dharmesh Patel of Pasadena, California, is being treated for his injuries and will be booked into San Mateo County Jail upon his release from the hospital, according to CHP.
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News Reports

Cracks in houses, families relocated: Severe landslides continue to cause concern in Joshimath, Uttarakhand

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On Monday night, there were major cracks in 50 residential buildings of JP Company in the Marwari ward of Joshimath.
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OpIndia Scoops

‘Muslim crowd, Arfa, religion… speak in Hindi, not Urdu’: Haldwani encroachers being trained by journalist claiming to be from The Wire

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A journalist who claimed to be with The Wire can be heard tutoring illegal encroachers at Haldwani who have been protesting against High Court order of their removal.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays demolition drive to clear illegal encroachment from Railways land in Haldwani, says there has to be rehabilitation before eviction

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The apex court Thursday put a stay on the matter of the removal of encroachment from Indian Railways land in Haldwani, Uttarakhand
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News Reports

‘Hockey comes home’: As Odisha gears up to host Hockey World Cup, Birsa Munda Stadium, world’s largest, to be inaugurated today by CM Patnaik

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When the Indian national hockey teams, both Men's and Women's, were struggling to find a sponsor around 2018, CM Naveen Patnaik had come forward, and opened Odisha's purse, and heart for hockey.
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News Reports

‘Don’t talk about religion, don’t wear saffron, become modern’, Maharashtra Congress leader Hussain Dalwai mocks UP CM Yogi Adityanath

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Maharashtra Congress leader Hussain Dalwai mocked the customary saffron robe of UP CM Yogi Adityanath, stating the latter should junk saffron and instead dress more contemporarily
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Crime

Maharashtra: Sameer Saleem Patel lures a minor Hindu girl, rapes her several times on the pretext of marriage, booked

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The accused has been sexually assaulting the victim girl since June last year. The case has been registered under section 376 (n) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO), and sections 3 (1) (w), 3 (2) (v) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
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News Reports

Kerala: Muslim politicians and organisations outrage after state-run school festival depicts a terrorist as a Muslim

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Muslim organizations slammed Kerala government for allegedly sanctioning an ‘Islamophobic’ program at Kerala School Kalolsavam
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Law

‘Dogs aren’t humans’, Bombay HC imposes fine on State for filing FIR against delivery boy for ‘killing’ a dog by ‘rash driving’

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The Bombay HC quashed an FIR against a Swiggy delivery executive who had accidentally mowed down a stray dog while delivering a food parcel
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News Reports

“If I open my mouth, your Dhoti, Pyjama…”: Prashant Kishor takes a dig at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav over party funding

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Prashant Kishor accused Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav of looting the money of the poor people of Bihar.
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News Reports

OpIndia Exclusive: Streets named as per ‘Line Number’ after ‘Railway Lines’, the inside story of encroachments in Haldwani

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As the usual suspects have jumped in to defend illegal encroachment, t the Supreme Court will hear petition against anti-encroachment drive in Haldwani January 5
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News Reports

Amazon to layoff over 18,000 employees, had fired 10,000 in November 2022

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"Between the reductions, we made in November and the ones we're sharing today, we plan to eliminate just over 18,000 roles. Several teams are impacted; however, the majority of role eliminations are in our Amazon Stores and PXT organizations," CEO Andy Jassy said in a statement.
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News Reports

Assam: Hindu minor girl allegedly kidnapped by a married Muslim man recovered

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According to the reports, the 17-year-old girl was missing since December 31 and the family members lodged a complaint at Duliajan police station on January 1.
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News Reports

MCD demolishes shanty of Pratima Devi, rendering her and 200 dogs homeless, Delhi HC orders status quo

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Delhi High Court asked Delhi Govt and MCD to explore possibility of rehabilitation of Pratima Devi.
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World

China is intimidating women journalists and researchers online to silence and discredit them, report says

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Harassment largely ranged from insults about an individual's appearance to accusations of being a traitor or threats of violence and rape. 
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News Reports

Madarsa teacher arrested for making obscene videos of minor students and blackmailing in Bihar

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Shahadat is a resident of Garhi village under Khaira police station area of Jamui district. Police booked Shahadat Hussain under POCSO Act. 
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News Reports

Sheru Pathan conceals identity to join Vadodara school as a temporary dance teacher, harasses Hindu girls on Instagram

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Sheru Pathan has used the name Shiv to temporarily join a school in Vadodara to teach dancing to students for school festival
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Woman from Mahadev Koli community denied caste certificate for worshipping Hindu Gods, sparks protests

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Mahadev Koli community members were denied caste validity certificate citing they were worshipped Hindu Gods.
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News Reports

Mamaearth co-founder Ghazal Alagh refutes charges that the company’s IPO is overvalued, says DRHP doesn’t mention valuation

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Mamaearth co-counder Ghazal Alagh said that valuation figure of company's IPO is purely speculative and the company has not released any valuation
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News Reports

‘What if stones are hurled at us?’ Ratna Pathak scared over Naseeruddin Shah’s outspokenness, months after Islamist violence over Nupur Sharma controversy

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Actor Ratna Pathak recently confessed that she holds back her husband Naseeruddin Shah from speaking his mind out.
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News Reports

Kanjhawala death case: Victim Anjali’s mother refutes claims of victim’s ‘friend’, says Nidhi might be involved in a well thought-out conspiracy

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After Nidhi blamed Anjali for Anjali's horrific death in Kanjhawala, the victim's mother says Nidhi might be involved in a conspiracy
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News Reports

US-based billionaire Darshan Singh Dhaliwal picked for Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, was denied entry to India for supporting farmer protests

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US-based Darshan Singh Dhaliwal, who was denied entry into India for supporting farmer protetsts, to be facilitated with Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
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Entertainment

Aamir Khan to delay son Junaid Khan’s debut after Laal Singh Chaddha’s box-office failure: Report

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Aamir Khan is reportedly putting a gap between his son's debut and box-office failure of Laal Singh Chaddha.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Decomposed body of a young woman found in a chemical-filled drum at Yesvantpur railway station

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The decomposed body of a young woman was found at the Yesvantpur railway station in Bengaluru in Karnataka.
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News Reports

AAP promotes foul-mouthed Gopal Italia to national-level role, month after dismal performance in Gujarat assembly election

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Interestingly, while Gopal Italia embarks on the journey of national politics, AAP’s chief ministerial face Isudan Gadhvi in the recent state assembly elections has been appointed as the party’s state President. This comes after AAP could only win five seats while it contended on 180 of 182 seats. 
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News Reports

Centre to deploy 18 additional CRPF companies in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of terror attacks on civilians

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The 18 CRPF companies—approximately 1,800 personnel—will be deployed in Poonch and Rajouri districts.
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News Reports

Patna: BSSC job aspirants lathi-charged by police for protesting against exam paper leak

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Due to accusations of question paper leaks on social media channels, the first sitting of the BSSC third graduate level joint preliminary test was cancelled, triggering student protests.
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News Reports

CISF denies claims of Musician Krishani Gadhvi that she was humiliated during security check at Bengaluru Airport, contemplates legal action

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CISF said that Krishani Gadhvi was asked to remove her denim jacket, not her shirt, and she was searched behind curtains
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Khaleel Miya arrested for force-feeding beef to tribals in Hazaribagh

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In Dulmaha, Jharkhand, one Khaleel Miya threatened locals to consume beef and attempted to convert them to Islam.
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