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Judicial overreach? Every constitutional lacuna is not for the Judiciary to fill: Why contempt accused Prashant Bhushan’s latest petition is problematic

Saket Suryesh -
The Constitutional Bench is sitting to hear on the matter of the process of selection of Election Commissioners by Prashant Bhushan
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News Reports

UN Committee calls for probe into brazen human rights abuse against Muslims in Xinjiang under the Chinese government

OpIndia Staff -
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on the Chinese Govt to immediately investigate all allegations of human rights violations against Muslims in Xinjiang.
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News Reports

India invites Egypt President El Sisi as Chief Guest on Republic Day: Govt’s efforts to strengthen political, military relations with Cairo

OpIndia Staff -
In September 2016, President Sisi had visited India. Sisi also met PM Modi in October 2015 at the Third India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi. Both leaders also had met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York the same year.
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News Reports

Shraddha murder: Aftab Amin Poonawala used multiple weapons to dismember Shraddha Walkar’s body

OpIndia Staff -
On November 14, the Delhi Police solved the six-month-old murder case and arrested Aftab Amin Poonawala for murdering her, and chopping her body into pieces.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Hindu students wear ‘Namabali’ after school allows Hijab wearing students entry, asks Hindu students to respect ‘dress code’ to ‘diffuse tension’

OpIndia Staff -
Scuffle broke out between two groups of students over wearing religious attire to school in Howrah, West Bengal
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News Reports

Mangaluru blast: Islamic Resistance Council claims responsibility, says ‘Hindutva temple’, a bastion of ‘saffron terrorists’ was their target

OpIndia Staff -
Mangaluru Police ADGP Alok Kumar has stated that the police is verifying the authenticity of the note issued by the Islamic Resistance Council, as well as the alleged outfit's background and activities.
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News Reports

Family of Dalit sisters raped and killed in Lakhimpur left to fend for themselves, stuck making rounds of court, cheques from UP Congress bounce:...

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MLA Virendra Chaudhary gave a cheque of Rs 1 lakh and the UP Congress Committee gave a cheque of Rs 2 lakh.
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News Reports

Jama Masjid revokes the ban on entry of women without male companions after LG VK Saxena intervened, notices removed

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena asked Shahi Imam Bukhari to revoke the order banning women's access to the Jama Masjid.
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News Reports

‘Sachin Pilot is Gaddar, can’t be made the CM’, says Ashot Gehlot, Pilot responds by posting pictures with Gandhis at Bharat Jodo Yatra

OpIndia Staff -
Ashok Gehlot alleged that the 2020 revolt by Sachin Pilot camp was funded by BJP, and Amit Shah led it
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News Reports

Death of Disha Salian was accidental, concludes CBI, Narayan Rane alleges ‘clean up’ was done before CBI got the case

OpIndia Staff -
There is no indication that she was murdered. It was just an accident, said CBI probing the death of Disha Salian
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Muskan Khatun embraced Hinduism, married Ram in a Hindu temple, now receiving death threats from her family

OpIndia Staff -
In October, the couple reached a local court to register their marriage, however, the family members of Muskan Khatun got to know about this and reached the court premises and assaulted her.
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News Reports

Richa Chadha was invited to Ladakh International Music Festival, praised the Army, but is now mocking the sacrifice of soldiers in Galwan

OpIndia Staff -
On November 23, Richa Chadha mocked the Indian Army in a tweet in response to a statement from the Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command of the Indian Army that they are prepared to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir if the government issues such an order.
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News Reports

Pakistan PM picks Pulwama attack architect and former ISI chief Asim Munir as next Army Chief, Imran Khan says president will discuss with him...

OpIndia Staff -
Lt Gen Asim Munir was the chief of ISI when India witnessed the Pulwama terror attack in February 2019.
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News Reports

“Those who are dreaming that CAA won’t be implemented are wrong”: What Amit Shah said at Times Now Summit

OpIndia Staff -
“CAA, NRC has not been put in the cold freezer. CAA is a law, and it cannot be changed now", Amit Shah said
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News Reports

UK scientists had shut down Covid lab leak theory despite knowing it may be true: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Reports suggest that experts in the United Kingdom aided in stopping the covid lab leak theory and dismissed it despite knowing that it is a possibility..
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News Reports

Delhi HC refuses to quash trial against Tahir Hussain in PMLA case linked to 2020 Delhi riots

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi HC declined to vacate a trial court ruling against Tahir Hussain, in a money laundering case related to the 2020 North-East Delhi Riots
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News Reports

Police complaint filed against actress Richa Chadha for mocking Indian Army and martyrs of Galwan clash

OpIndia Staff -
Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit has sought legal action against actor Rich Chadha for mocking the Indian Army and martyrs of the Galwan clash
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News Reports

Gujarat Elections: Rs 75 lakh cash seized from car in Surat, search on for Congress leader BM Sandeep who ran away from Police

OpIndia Staff -
The inspection began at about 11.30 pm when the car MH 04 ES 9907 arrived. The police detained the driver and two more people, but one of them got away and fled the scene. The one who fled the scene later was identified as BM Sandeep from Karnataka.
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News Reports

Tipu Sultan book banned to ‘not offend Muslim sentiments’, judge had earlier granted interim bail to the girl with ‘Free Kashmir’ placard during anti-CAA...

OpIndia Staff -
Sessions court judge JR Mendonca had previously granted interim bail to Nalini Balakumar, who held a ‘Free Kashmir’ placard during anti-CAA protests
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News Reports

‘Girls do improper acts after giving time to boys’, Delhi’s Jama Masjid bans entry of ‘unaccompanied women’

OpIndia Staff -
The Jama Masjid in its order mentioned that females will be permitted to enter the Mosque only with their husbands or family members.
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Entertainment

Daughter of deceased actor Siddhaanth Suryavanshi alleges mistreatment of her father by the woman he married in 2017 in an emotional message

OpIndia Staff -
Diza posted an Instagram story where she spoke about Siddhaanth Suryavanshi being in an abusive relationship and being mistreated by the lady he married in 2017.
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Entertainment

Richa Chadha brazens out her ‘Galwan says hi’ jibe on the Indian Army with a half-hearted apology amid boycott calls for Fukrey 3

OpIndia Staff -
Before issuing the half-hearted apology, Richa Chadha deleted her tweet and had also locked her account for some time.
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Crime

Rajasthan: Anjali shot by husband Abdul Lateef’s brother over interfaith marriage in Murlipura

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, accused Aziz had threatened Anjali and Lateef in December last year that they will have to pay the price for their interfaith marriage.
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News Reports

Former Pakistani minister Ch Fawad Hussain claims he will turn India to ‘Endia’ over PoK remark, gets befitting replies

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's ex-Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry sought to scare India with dire consequences, but Indians mocked him instead
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Social Media

Print columnist Dilip Mandal starts ‘Casteist BCCI’ trend as Surya Kumar Yadav is rested during Bangladesh ODIs, blames commentator Shastri for it

OpIndia Staff -
Someone who doesn't even know that Shastri stopped being an Indian coach quite a while back commenting on cricket is laughable as it is, but Mandal also accused BCCI of casteism for keeping Sanju Samson out of the ODI squad.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand government to modernise madarsas, decides to implement dress code, NCERT syllabus

OpIndia Staff -
Uttarakhand's madarsas have been asked to register with the state education board within a month or risk closure
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News Reports

Will Elon Musk release Twitter internal discussions to censor NY Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story before US elections? Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Musk favoured making public all internal communication at Twitter that led to the decision of restricting the NY Post story on Hunter Biden just before the US elections.
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News Reports

Mangaluru blast case: Accused Shariq dealt in cryptocurrencies to execute the terror operation, received funds online from Middle East

OpIndia Staff -
The central agencies noted that Shariq and his handlers used cryptocurrencies and the dark web to make the financial transactions and received funds online to execute the blast. Shariq traded in bitcoins and received funding online from the Middle east for the terror operation.
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Hate preacher Zakir Naik at FIFA World Cup: Qatar says did not send official invite after New Delhi raises concerns

OpIndia Staff -
Qatar informed India that Zakir Naik was not officially invited to attend FIFA World Cup in Doha.
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Congress supporters, ‘liberals’ hail Richa Chadha for ‘Galwan’ jibe on Indian Army even as she gets befitting replies from netizens

OpIndia Staff -
Richa Chadha has since deleted her tweet and protected her Twitter account.
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News Reports

Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha declares police forensic report where PFI leader was found chanting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ as faulty

OpIndia Staff -
Alt News gave a clean chit to PFI leader Abdul Salam and claimed that ‘SDPI Zindabad’ slogans were raised which were being passed off as ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans on social media.
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On his 400th birth anniversary know all about Lachit Borphukan, the legendary Ahom general who inflicted a crushing defeat on tyrannical Mughals in 1671

OpIndia Staff -
'Mahaveer' Lachit Borphukan deployed a brilliant combination of guerilla tactics, subterfuge, diplomacy, daring and psychological warfare to defeat the much larger army of Mughals
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Bollywood actress Richa Chadha mocks Indian Army with a ‘Galwan taunt’ after they said they can take back PoK from Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
It was strange to see Richa Chadha use that incident, where Indian soldiers fought with the Chinese army without any weapons, and managed to push them back, to mock them.
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News Reports

Karnataka court stops sale of a book on Tipu Sultan after former Waqf board official moves court claiming the book spreads misinformation

OpIndia Staff -
Additional City Civil and Sessions court in Bangalore stayed the distribution and sale of a book on Tipu Sultan titled Tipu Nija Kanasugalu
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Pune: Seminar organised to brainstorm on how to use Waqf properties for the development of the Muslim community

OpIndia Staff -
Salim Mulla, one of the organizers said, "The Waqf properties are the national assets which are an important and useful tool of social welfare."
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Sports

Qatar 2022: 4-time champions Germany lose to Japan in another massive shock at the World Cup

OpIndia Staff -
The result shocked Germany who dominated large parts of the contest without driving their advantage home, leaving themselves open to a stunning comeback from Japan.
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Gujarat Assembly Elections: Video of cash distribution for attending Arvind Kejriwal’s roadshow in Amreli goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
A video of cash being distributed for AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal's rally in Amreli, Gujarat, has gone viral on the internet.
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Ahmedabad: Nasir Hussain Ghanchi poses as Sameer Prajapati to entrap a Hindu girl, calls friends to gang-rape her

OpIndia Staff -
Nasir Hussain, along with his friends, gang-raped a Hindu girl who stayed with him in a live-in relationship
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Kanye West to contest 2024 US Presidential elections, wants Donald Trump as his ‘running mate’

OpIndia Staff -
After Donald Trump announced his candidature for presidential elections, Kanye West said he is also contesting, and wants Trump as his runnine mate
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News Reports

‘India is homophobic’: Ayushmann Khurrana on Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui’s box-office failure

OpIndia Staff -
Ayushmann Khurrana said India is homophobic while explaining about Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui's box office failure.
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Shakib and his family members, accused of chopping Ekta Deshwal into pieces are now out of jail, ‘no criminal history’ cited as grounds for...

राहुल पाण्डेय -
In 2019, Ekta was killed by Shakib and his associates. She was first beheaded and then her body was chopped into several pieces and buried, as per police report.
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Satyendra Jain moves Delhi court, seeks direction to restrain media from airing CCTV clips of his room inside Tihar Jail

OpIndia Staff -
The court has requested a thorough report from Tihar prison officials on Jain's meals and any nutritional adjustments made. The court also gave Tihar officials time until Monday to provide a comprehensive report on Jain's medical condition.
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Israel: 1 killed, several hurt in two separate bomb blasts at bus stops in Jerusalem, police call it terror attack

OpIndia Staff -
Two massive explosions occurred at two bus stations in Jerusalem killing a teenage boy and wounding more than a dozen of Israeli citizens.
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PFI leader arrested over ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans after forensic examination of viral video, Alt News and Md Zubair had given him a clean chit

OpIndia Staff -
Alt News and Mohammed Zubair had given a clean chit to PFI leader Abdul Salam, who is arrested for pro-Pak slogans.
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Associated Press fires its reporter James LaPorta over the false ‘Russian missile in Poland’ story

OpIndia Staff -
On November 15, a missile of unconfirmed origin hit Poland and killed two people. in the village of Przewodów, located around 15 KM from the Poland-Ukraine border. A number of media organisations and government channels had falsely claimed that it was fired by Russia.
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Nidhi Gupta murder case: Accused Mohammad Sufiyan was forcing her to convert to Islam, FIR reveals

OpIndia Staff -
Sufiyan was forcing Nidhi to convert to Islam, FIR says.
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USA: At least 10 people die in mass shooting in a Walmart store in Virginia, shooter found dead

OpIndia Staff -
At least 10 people died and several more injured in a mass shooting in a Walmart store in Chesapeake in Virginia,
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World

Elon Musk finds #StayWoke T-shirts at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, shares video

OpIndia Staff -
Elon Musk has revealed that Twitter has a closet full of "stay woke" t-shirts at its San Francisco headquarters.
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Yunus Pasha blackmails and rapes a minor Hindu girl, forces her to convert to Islam, arrested under anti-conversion law and POCSO

OpIndia Staff -
Yunus Pasha threatened to spread private videos of the victim on social media if she does not have sex with him
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‘He threatens to kill me, cut me into pieces, throw me away’: Shraddha’s police complaint against Aftab in 2020

OpIndia Staff -
In her police complaint filed in 2020, Shraddha Walkar alleged that Aftab threatened to kill her, and cut her up into pieces.
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