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Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’ upsets Madhya Pradesh Ulama Board, say won’t let movie release because it insults the Muslim community: Details

ANI -
Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'Pathaan' has landed in trouble, with the Madhya Pradesh Ulema Board raising objections to the release of the movie in the state.
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News Reports

Chhapra Hooch tragedy: Bihar death toll from toxic liquor reaches 50, issue disrupts Rajya Sabha

ANI -
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, when questioned regarding the Chhapra Hooch tragedy, on Thursday told media that "if someone consumes liquor, they will die", that has not gone down well with victim families among others.
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News Reports

“Kasab was smiling, did not have iota of remorse”: What Indian nurse Anjali Kulthe who saved many during 26/11 said at UNSC

OpIndia Staff -
Anjali Kulthe, the nurse who rescued several people during the dreadful Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks spoke at the UNSC about her ordeal
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu govt’s HR&CE dept has taken over 38,000 Hindu temples, SC seeks response over Indic Collective’s plea

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The plea contended that the state had violated the Articles 25, 26 and 29 of the Constitution of India by appointing Executive Officers in the temples of Tamil Nadu.
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News Reports

Punjab: AAP govt tells SC that it will offer country liquor in pouches as ‘healthy substitute’ to avoid Bihar-type hooch tragedies

OpIndia Staff -
The Bench set the matter for further hearing on February 10th, noting that it would monitor the case's progress. "Let us see, we will monitor how it progresses," the bench stated.
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News Reports

EAM S Jaishankar gives a reality check to Pakistani reporter who was trying to blame India for terrorism in South Asia, watch video

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"It is the ministers of Pakistan who will tell you how long Pakistan intends to practice terrorism," S Jaishankar said.
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News Reports

Blow to Swati Chaturvedi as Delhi court refuses to give her relief in the defamation case filed by BJP’s Tajinder Bagga

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In his original complaint dated 16/03/2017, Bagga stated that he was neither involved in the beating up of advocate Prashant Bhushan nor was he ever arrested in any case pertaining to sexual harassment.
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News Reports

Elon Musk nukes Twitter accounts of ‘journalists’ after they posted his live location, leading to his son being doxxed: What happened

OpIndia Staff -
According to New York Post journalist, Jon Levine, several reporters have faced the wrath of the new Twitter owner under the new doxxing rules.
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OpIndia Explains

Missing 54: The heroes who never returned after the 1971 war, who they were and the chronology of the quest to get them back

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54 POWs declared as 'Missing In Action' since the 1971 war with Pakistan never returned India - Here is their story
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News Reports

Delhi: Ulema of Madarsa rapes minor boy, NCPCR says Madarsa is unrecognised and kept 24 children from UP and Bihar

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Delhi govt has neither taken action nor sent Child Welfare Committee, said NCPCR chief Priyank Kanoongo after rape of minor by Ulema in Madarsa
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News Reports

“Questions are being raised on civil liberties and freedom of expression”, says Amitabh Bachchan in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee demands Bharat Ratna for him

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee said, "Amitabh Bachchan has come and elaborately said what no one of us can say."
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News Reports

‘Social media driven by narrowness of view’: Shah Rukh Khan amid outrage over Besharam song in Pathaan, says cinema can sustain counter-narrative

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Shah Rukh Khan criticises social media during inauguration of Kolkata Film Festival, says Cinema can be counter-narrative
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News Reports

India successfully carries out night trials of the Agni-V nuclear-capable ballistic missile at its full range of 5500 km

OpIndia Staff -
Ballistic missile Agni-V, which India successfully test fired today, has a very high degree of accuracy and can strike targets over 5,000 kilometres away
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News Reports

Congress leader DK Shivakumar gives clean chit to the Mangaluru blast accused who had ISIS connections, BJP condemns his statements

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DK Shivakumar said, "Was it a terror attack like what happened in Mumbai or Kashmir or Pulwama? There is nothing in it."
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Opinions

Someone needs to speak up: A response to the Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid for calling a film on Kashmiri Hindu genocide “vulgar propaganda”

Virender Kapoor -
I am writing about a crass remark/comment by a respected Israeli film director who was at IFFI Goa, international jury chair Mr. Nadav Lapid who is known for his anti-establishment views.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Made in Pakistan candy containing beef gelatine sold in Udaipur, unsold products seized after complaints

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Chili Mili Jelly made in Pakistan that contains beef gelatine was found at a shop in Udaipur in Rajasthan
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Crime

Punjab and Haryana HC denies bail to Ayushi Bhatia, arrested by Gurugram police for filing 9 fake rapes cases against 9 men in one...

OpIndia Staff -
Ayushi Bhatia was arrested last year in December by the Gurugram police after she filed 9 fake rape cases against 9 men in a span of 14 months in 2020, purportedly to extort money from the men she accused.
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News Reports

‘Nobel nominated fact-checker’ Md Zubair spreads fake news that Raghuram Rajan didn’t propose Islamic banking in India, uses a different unrelated report

Raju Das -
Md Zubair of Alt News deliberately uses different report on similar subject to make false claim that Raghuram Rajan didn't propose Islamic Banking in India
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News Reports

Dalit family reverts to Hinduism in Karnataka, says the Pastor forcibly converted them to Christianity, and his son raped their minor daughter

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The Dalit family in Karnataka accused a pastor and his wife of forceful conversion, and their son pf raping their minor daughter
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News Reports

Rishi Rajpopat, an Indian PhD scholar at Cambridge University solves a 2500-year-old Sanskrit grammar conundrum

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking about wisdom propagated by ancient Indian scholars, Rishi Rajpopat says, “We’ve been made to believe that we are not important. I hope this discovery will infuse confidence, a sense of pride, and hope among Indian students that they too can achieve great things.”
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News Reports

Fugitive Nirav Modi loses plea in UK Court against his extradition to India: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The UK Supreme Court on Thursday denied fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi plea against his extradition to India.
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Opinions

Besharam Rang from Pathaan may be a cheap and vulgar video but it doesn’t warrant any FIRs, and definitely doesn’t deserve politicians’ attention

Amit Kelkar -
Viewers disliking the video from Pathaan is one thing, but strangely, the video is starting to attract much more extreme reactions from some corners.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Mukhtar Ansari sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, asked to pay Rs 5 lakh fine under Gangster Act

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Gangster Act was imposed against Mukhtar Ansari in five different cases, the oldest of which dates back to 1996.
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Entertainment

Vivek Oberoi slams Bollywood for its ‘God complex’, says few people have too much power in their hands to even destroy people: What he...

OpIndia Staff -
Actor Vivek Oberoi revealed that the entire Bollywood lobby tried to push him down through his career and had stopped offering him films
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News Reports

DCW issues notice to Amazon and Flipkart over ‘easy availability of acid’ after police said acid thrown on girl in Dwarka was bought on...

OpIndia Staff -
DCW sent notices to Flipkart and Amazon after it police said that acid used in Delhi acid attack incident in Delhi was bought from Flipkart
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News Reports

Adv Vineet Jindal files complaint against Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan for hurting religious sentiments, seeks ban on ‘Besharam Rang’

OpIndia Staff -
Complaint filed against Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan for vulgarity and hurting religious sentiments in their song 'Besharam Rang'.
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News Reports

Shraddha Walkar murder case: DNA report confirms the bones recovered from Delhi forest belong to Shraddha Walkar

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi police sources revealed that DNA from skeletal remains found by the Delhi Police in the Mehrauli forest in connection with the gruesome Shraddha Walkar murder case matched with specimens from the victim's father.
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News Reports

FIFA World Cup: Moroccan football players prostrate before Allah after defeat, invite people to convert to Islam on Instagram live

OpIndia Staff -
Two Moroccan players, Zakaria Aboukhal and Abdelhamid Sabiri returned to their hotel after the match against Spain and asked the viewers on their Instagram page to embrace Islam.
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News Reports

‘Child activist’ Licypriya Kangujam claims her family is so poor they don’t even have a bed, her own social media posts expose her lies

Raju Das -
Licypriya Kangujam claims her family is poor and can't afford a bed, her own photos show a decent house, TV, computer and various furniture
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News Reports

39 dead in Bihar after consuming toxic liquor: CM Nitish Kumar says ‘Jo Piyega Wo Marega’, shrugs away responsibility

OpIndia Staff -
Chirag Paswan took a dig at the CM saying, "Jo piyega wo marega, but jo bechega, wo bachega", meaning, the govt is protecting those who sell toxic liquor.
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News Reports

‘Who permitted these Muslim organisations to certify Halal products?’ BJP MLC to introduce a bill seeking a ban on Halal certification: Details

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N Ravikumar, BJP MLC from Karnataka sought permission to present private bill seeking ban on Halal certification
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Law

Farook Bhana, convicted in the Godhra carnage case where 59 Hindus were burnt to death gets bail from SC bench, led by CJI Chandrachud

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On 15th December 2022, the Supreme Court of India granted bail to Farook Bhana who is sentenced to life in the Godhra carnage case.
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Crime

Haryana: ‘Pir’ Babulal drugs and rapes a Hindu girl under the guise of exorcism, marries her, and forces her to convert to Islam

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The Hindu woman has accused a 'Pir' (Muslim saint) of kidnapping, rape and forced conversion in Haryana's Sonipat district
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News Reports

‘Sharia law is the real expression of the Prophet’: Kerala Govt all set to vouch for legal and Constitutional validity of Islamic law, report...

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Kerala Government to vouch for Sharia Law in Supreme Court in a matter related to the inheritance share of Muslim women
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News Reports

Former PFI Chairperson Abubacker seeks interim bail on health grounds, NIA tells he is ‘perfectly fine’ and getting treatment

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA apprehended Abubacker on September 22 as part of a national operation on the now-banned organization. The agency charged him with violating the provisions of the Indian Penal Code Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
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Crime

Delhi acid attack: Accused purchased acid from Flipkart, wanted to take ‘revenge’ after girl ended their friendship

OpIndia Staff -
Special Commissioner of Police, Sagar Preet Hooda informed that the acid used in the attack was bought from the e-commerce platform Flipkart.
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Opinions

It is 2022, but Bollywood still thinks it can lure audience by making women gyrate their semi-naked bodies before older men

Amit Kelkar -
For at least the last 70 years, when these item songs first became a regular thing in Bollywood, they have not evolved a single bit, and still think a female actor's tantalising dance is enough to get the audience to cinema halls.
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News Reports

Kashi Vishwanath temple draws 7.35 million devotees within a year of the inauguration of a corridor by PM Narendra Modi

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Within a year of the inauguration of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham corridor, the iconic temple saw a record-breaking five-fold increase in donations from devotees
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News Reports

Delhi: Hindu refugees from Pakistan who have come to India almost a decade ago finally get electricity after HC order

OpIndia Staff -
After the Ministry of Defence, which owns the land where the refugees reside gave a No Objection Certificate (NOC) the bench ordered TPDDL to provide electricity supply to the refugee camps. 
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World

FIFA 2022: Moroccon fans go on rampage as France celebrates victory in FIFA semi-finals, 14-year-old part of group attempting to bring down French flag...

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14-year-old Moroccan boy killed during riots that broke in France after Morocco got defeated in FIFA semi-finals
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Politics

Rahul Singh Chaddha’s prolonged Yatra is pointless and clueless, just like the megaflop Amir Khan movie

Sanghamitra -
When the poor sincere leaders of Congress were desperately trying to salvage the fortunes of their party in Gujarat and running a spirited campaign in Himachal, because there were elections coming, the Prince was walking somewhere in the South, oblivious to all political 'Moh Maaya'.
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News Reports

Assam: Muslims trying to grab land in Dhing region, says Hindu family, CMO takes stock of the situation, directs probe

OpIndia Staff -
According to the SP, a Hindu household complained that a land-grab effort was attempted by certain persons of the Muslim community.
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News Reports

Bihar Love Jihad: Muslim man pretends to be Samir Khanna, wears Kalawa to lure a Hindu woman into marriage

OpIndia Staff -
Cases of Love Jihad continue to appear from the state of Bihar led by CM Nitish Kumar who in June ruled no need for an anti-conversion law in the state.
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News Reports

Maharashtra government forms committee to study and collect information on interfaith and intercaste marriage couples: Details

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The 12-member committee has been named as Intercaste/Interfaith marriage-family coordination committee.
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Media

‘More job cuts next year’: WaPo announces layoffs post losing 500k subscribers in a year, employees outraged as publisher refuses to answer questions

OpIndia Staff -
The Washington Post publisher Fred Ryan announced during a meeting with employees that company would eliminate some positions in 2023
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News Reports

Hosting Osama Bin Laden, attacking neighbouring Parliament: What Jaishankar said in the UN in response to Pakistan’s Bhutto raising Kashmir bogey

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EAM S Jaishankar slammed neighbouring state after Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari raked up Kashmir at UN
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News Reports

Union Home Minister Amit Shah lays out a five-point action plan to resolve the Maharashtra-Karnataka border dispute

OpIndia Staff -
On Maharashtra-Karnataka border conflict, Amit Shah said disputes cannot be settled on the streets in a democratic process.
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News Reports

‘Balakot airstrikes sent a clear message to Pakistan that they will suffer more if they attack India’: Former Army General Manoj Naravane

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In his interaction with Smita Prakash, General Naravane said Pakistan has been sent a clear message with Balakot airstrikes.
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News Reports

Chaos at a blanket distribution event of Suvendu Adhikari in Asansol, three people trampled to death

OpIndia Staff -
Three persons died and several were injured in a stampede during a blanket distribution event at Asansol in West Bengal.
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News Reports

‘Machis kis ke haath mein thi?’: Nirmala Sitharaman gives a befitting response to Mahua Moitra, questions her on post-poll violence in Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Responding to Mahua Moitra's tirade, Nirmala Sitharaman questioned her over the widespread arson, looting, and rapes during the post-poll violence in Bengal.
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