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India’s IB launches crackdown on Rohingya infiltration: 5,000 recruits sought with local, Rohingya language skills

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The IB is recruiting 5,000 Security Assistants across India, with a special focus on youth fluent in Rohingya for postings in Kolkata for tackling the menace of illegal immigration from Bangladesh.
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World

Thailand launches strikes against Cambodia using F-16s as tensions between the neighbours reach a boiling point

OpIndia Staff -
Thailand and Cambodia's bilateral ties are at their lowest point in almost ten years after repeated skirmishes at the border.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays Bombay High Court order acquitting all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train bomb blast case

OpIndia Staff -
On July 11, 2006, seven bombs exploded in different compartments of Western Railway trains during the evening rush hour. Around 189 people were killed and more than 800 were injured.
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The US Justice Department told Trump that his name emerged in the Epstein files, claims Wall Street Journal after Trump sued the publication

OpIndia Staff -
About a week ago, Trump sued the WSJ for publishing a report claiming that Trump sent birthday letter to Epstein containing a portrait of a nude woman.
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News Reports

CBI unearths massive bribery and inspection scam in private medical colleges, senior officials from Health Ministry, NMC, UGC under lens: Read what the FIR...

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Colleges faked compliance using leaked NMC inspection schedules, dummy patients, and forged documents. Bribes funded temple construction, with officials from the Health Ministry and regulatory boards directly implicated in the organised corruption racket.
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Crime

Calcutta HC commutes death sentence of two men convicted of raping and murdering 5-year-old girl after TMC govt said they are from socially backward...

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Notably, the TMC government in West Bengal submitted that the perpetrators were from ‘socially backward’ background and ‘slow learners’ at school with little to no education.
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World

Lead poisoning scandal in China: 230 children hospitalised after school used industrial paint in cafeteria food, authorities tried their best to cover-up the incident

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In an attempt to boost admissions, the principal of the kindergarten had ordered to cook the food be made more attractive by using poisonous bright colours
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News Reports

Varanasi: Temple-gurudwara site sealed since Indira Gandhi’s assassination in 1984 opens after 42 years with a historic Hindu-Sikh truce

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A 42-year-old dispute over a religious site in Varanasi was peacefully resolved, with Hindu and Sikh committees agreeing to divide the land. The site, sealed after Indira Gandhi's assassination, will now host both a temple and a gurudwara.
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Uttar Pradesh: Six decades after they fled persecution in East Pakistan, Yogi Adityanath govt to grant land-ownership right to thousands of Bangladeshi Hindu refugees

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The 62-year-long wait is finally going to end after a recent directive by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The decision came after a high-level meeting regarding the same was chaired by CM Yogi Adityanath.
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News Reports

Arunachal Pradesh, India’s orchid capital: Read how its unique climate sustains over 600 orchid species, and how govt has been working on preservation, research...

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The significance of orchids is not limited to their aesthetic value, their use in bioremediation, which is a process of removing pollutants from the environment, is also being studied.
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News Reports

Legal sanction to desecration of temples? Karnataka HC quashes FIR against Muslims preaching Islam in Hindu temple because it ‘doesn’t amount to conversion’ —...

Jinit Jain -
Karnataka HC’s ruling that preaching Islam inside a Hindu temple is not an offence raises grave concerns over judicial apathy towards temple sanctity and the growing threat to communal harmony.
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News Reports

Naga organisations in Manipur object to India-Myanmar border fencing, demand restoration of FMR: Read how this open border has been fuelling violence and narcotics...

Chandrani Das -
For the effective management of the India-Myanmar border, as well as ensuring the fencing in the north-east region, over 1,500 km of fencing, which includes 300 km of electric fencing, will be deployed
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News Reports

Jharkhand’s 400-year-old twin Palamu forts to be restored, built by tribal Chero kings who fought against Mughals and destroyed by the British to crush...

Rukma Rathore -
The Chero clan governed Palamu for approximately 200 years and defended the region against Mughal invaders.
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News Reports

ED files FEMA case against Myntra alleging ₹1,654 crore FDI violation, says company was doing retail sales while declaring itself as wholesale business

OpIndia Staff -
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a FEMA complaint against Myntra and its related firms for allegedly violating FDI rules worth ₹1,654.35 crore. ED claims Myntra posed as a wholesale business while engaging in multi-brand retail trading.
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World

PM Modi set to visit Maldives: Read how India’s $400 million ‘Sanjeevani Booti’ rescued the island nation’s economy

Divyansh Tiwari -
The pandemic and global economic slowdowns had a significant impact on the Maldives, which relies significantly on tourism.
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News Reports

Bombay HC questions Maharashtra govt’s policy for Visarjan of Ganesh idols, asks why taller idols allowed to be immersed in natural water bodies

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The Bombay High Court raised concerns over Maharashtra's plan to allow over 7,000 large Ganesh idols in natural water bodies. The court asked the state to consider immersing idols up to 8 feet in artificial tanks to reduce environmental harm.
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News Reports

Agra conversion racket: Goa girl SB Krishna brainwashed by Kashmiri students at Panjab University to become Muslim, she then joined the gang and collected...

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Kaleem Siddiqui who is already behind bars in another case has been discovered to be the mastermind of the conversion gang.
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News Reports

‘Customer is king’: Supreme Court refuses to stay UP and Uttarakhand govt’s orders to display QR codes in restaurants during Kanwar Yatra

Shraddha Pandey -
A division bench of Justice MM Sundaresh and Justice NK Singh dismissed the petition filed against the UP government's order to install QR codes in restaurants .
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News Reports

Trump’s H-1B visa overhaul: long-planned policy shift may hit Indians hardest

Chandrani Das -
This visa program plays a vital role for US tech companies, enabling them to recruit highly skilled foreign professionals, many of whom are from India
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News Reports

Around 51 lakh voters to be removed from Bihar voter list as ECI finds major discrepancies in SIR exercise due to duplicate entries, death...

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission has flagged major issues in Bihar's voter list, identifying 18 lakh deceased voters, 26 lakh who have shifted, and 7 lakh duplicates. The move has triggered political backlash, with the Opposition calling it an attempt to remove genuine voters.
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News Reports

Agra Islamic conversion racket: Rescued Hindu victim tells police how Muslim girls brainwashed her and only those girls who refused to become Muslim were...

OpIndia Staff -
She added that in November 2024, he marriage was fixed and when she informed Junaid about this, the accused allegedly began pressuring her to leave everything for the sake of Allah and come to him.
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News Reports

Indian Ambassador to Ireland slams biased media coverage after an Indian man faces a racist attack: How online hate fuels racism against Indians, especially...

Jinit Jain -
A brutal assault on an Indian man in Dublin and its whitewashing by Irish media exposes a deeper, global pattern of rising Hinduphobia and anti-Indian racism in the West.
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News Reports

Law college rape case: Kolkata court asks state authorities, ‘What were you doing when there were over 12 complaints of molestation against the accused...

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During the hearing, the counsel didn’t plead for bail, instead merging two petitions to allow the presence of the counsels of the accused at the time of interrogation
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News Reports

Union Cabinet approves India-UK FTA to be signed by PM Modi in London: Read how the landmark deal will benefit India

Shriti Sagar -
Union cabinet approved the India-UK free trade agreement. It was set to sign on 24th July during PM Modi’s visit to London. The deal aims to double trade to $120 billion by 2030.
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News Reports

Balrampur Islamic conversion racket: Jalaluddin’s arrest, modus operandi, foreign funding, links with politicians, ISI and Christian Missionaries- Here is what all have been revealed...

Shraddha Pandey -
Chhangur Baba had a fixed incentive structure for conversions. Rs 15-16 lakh was fixed for conversions of Brahmin, Sikh or Kshatriya women, Rs 10-12 lakhs for OBCs and Rs 8-10 lakhs for other castes. The accused Chhangur Baba had also published a book, ‘Shijra-e-Tayyaba’, meaning ‘To propagate Islam’.
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News Reports

Truck still stuck on collapsed Gambhira bridge in Gujarat: As media blames officials, Anand district collector shares the real reason with OpIndia

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The Anand District Collector said that the administration was carrying out a rescue operation on priority after the bridge accident.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Rs 30 pav bhaji payment helps police to solve 2 crore gold heist case from jewellery shop in Kalaburgi

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Mastermind Farooq Ahmad Malik, Sohail Shaikh alias Badshah and Ayodhya Prasad Chouhan have been arrested.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: DMK govt renames Waddells Road after Archbishop Erza Sargunam, who called Hinduism ‘artificial’ and urged violence against Hindus

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In a 2018 speech, Sargunam urged radical Islamic group SDPI to “take on Hindus” after the murder of PMK activist Ramalingam who had opposed religious conversions.
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News Reports

Goa CM Pramod Sawant proposes anti-conversion law in the state, multiple states have introduced the legislation till now to tackle the problem of forced...

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The matter was raised in Goa after SB Krishna alias Ayesha was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police in illegal conversion racket
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News Reports

Poetic justice? ‘Student protestors’ in Bangladesh now demand resignation of Muhammad Yunus’ adviser, who masterminded the ouster of Sheikh Hasina

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Life seems to have come to a full circle for Mahfuz Alam. In September 2024, 'chief advisor to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, hailed Alam as the ‘brain’ behind the sinister campaign to remove Sheikh Hasina from power.
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News Reports

Terror attack in Niger kills 2 Indian nationals: Here is what’s happening in the West African nation

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The small size of its defence force, ineffective coordination among security services, budget shortfall, and instability in Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, and the Lake Chad Basin, Niger's efforts to fight terrorism were hampered.
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News Reports

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal rejects Congress party’s plea seeking tax exemption on Rs 199 crore income: Here’s what the tribunal said

Shraddha Pandey -
The ITAT denied Congress’s claim for exemption, citing a violation of the conditions in Section 13A of the Income Tax Act.  The Appellate Tribunal noted that the returns were filed late, in addition, there was a violation of cash donation limits.
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News Reports

Over 37 lakh cases of dog bites in a year, but Govt action limited to ‘rules’, no emphasis on accountability, safety of children and...

Anurag -
While over 37 lakh dog bite cases were reported in 2024, the government reiterated its reliance on existing rules and guidelines, with continued emphasis on RWA compliance and no proposal for stray dog removal.
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News Reports

An Indian defence start-up, founded by two engineering students, delivers drones to the Indian Army: Read how India’s defence sector is moving towards self-reliance

OpIndia Staff -
As a result of India's Make in India initiative, the country's defence production reached reached ₹1.27 lakh crore in the financial year 2023-24, amounting to a 174% rise since 2014-15.
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News Reports

Chilling revenge in Lucknow: Man kills mother’s assaulter after 10-year pursuit, celebratory social media posts crack case

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Driven by decade-old revenge, a man in Lucknow hunted down and killed his mother’s alleged molester, with a celebratory social media post ultimately exposing the crime.
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News Reports

1.29 lakh bigha land occupied by Bangladeshi infiltrators and doubtful citizens freed in 4 years, informs Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

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Sarma pointed out that his government had come under significant international pressure but refused to suspend the action.
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News Reports

VP Jagdeep Dhankhar calls it quits: Read how he kept questioning the judiciary, seeking accountability and objecting to their overreach

Shraddha Pandey -
In his letter to President Droupadi Murmu, Jagdeep Dhankhar invoked Article 67(a) of the Constitution to make his resignation effective immediately. Citing ongoing health challenges, he stated his intention to “prioritise health care and abide by medical advice.”
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News Reports

Former CEO of ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochhar, found guilty of ₹64 crore bribery, misused her power to sanction loans of ₹300 cr to Videocon:...

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The tribunal further endorses the Enforcement Directorate’s case, claiming her inability to disclose her conflict of interest, and at the same time, the loan sanction violated ICICI Bank’s internal policies.
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News Reports

Major plot mistake in Special Ops S2: How did the makers, and the ‘top scientist’ character miss this basic fact about Nuclear Power Plants?

Anurag -
While aiming for drama, Special Ops 2 confuses a reactor meltdown with a nuclear blast. This misrepresentation misleads viewers and undermines public understanding of nuclear safety, especially amid India’s nuclear energy expansion plans.
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World

Klaus Schwab made World Economic Forum manipulate data to make Brexit look like a failure, India’s ranking was tampered with as well, internal investigation...

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Klaus Schwab stepped down from the World Economic Forum following allegations made by a whistleblower against him.
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News Reports

Nadeem and his aides wanted to stir riots during Kanwar Yatra, peddled Pakistani video with the fake narrative of ‘Bajrang Dal killing children’: Here...

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Some audio messages were also circulated claiming that Bajrang Dal members killed Muslims in Mansoorpur and other nearby villages in Muzaffarnagar. According to police, the videos were from Pakistan and were circulated as part of a plot to create communal riots amid the Kanwar Yatra.
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News Reports

Will the Opposition waste Rs 189 crore this Monsoon Session?Modi govt ready for debate on ‘Operation Sindoor’, yet disruption continues: Here’s how chaos has...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
With 7560 minutes of proceedings expected this Monsoon Session, the total cost is estimated at ₹189 crore. Will the opposition continue to waste taxpayers money by creating chaos, again?
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News Reports

Ex-Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan, who had flagged danger of Love Jihad as early as 2010, dies aged 101

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Achuthanandan was famous for taking bold positions on matters that others, even in his leftist fold, didn't dare to approach. One of these was in 2010, when he created political controversy by warning against an organised campaign to Islamise Kerala in what he called "Love Jihad."
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News Reports

21st July 1993: How Mamata Banerjee used election conspiracy theory and an ill-managed protest march against CPIM to gain power in West Bengal

Dibakar Dutta -
The experience of 21st July 1993 came in handy to Mamata Banerjee during the years 2005-2007 when she led mass protests against the CPIM government in Singur and Nandigram.
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News Reports

Bills in Monsoon Session 2025: From shipping reforms to tax overhaul, here’s what Parliament may take up

OpIndia Staff -
Monsoon session 2025, spanning 21 july to 21 august, features 21 sittings with bills on tax reform, maritime laws, tribal representation in Goa, sports governance, and Manipur’s budget, sparking intense parliamentary debates.
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News Reports

Agra conversion racket: Mastermind Abdul Rehman arrested from Delhi, missing Haryana girl rescued from his home

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Abdul Rehman, suspected mastermind behind Agra religious conversion racket, has been arrested by ATS and IB from Delhi.
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News Reports

2006 Mumbai local train blasts: All 12 convicted by MCOCA court 7/11 case set free by High Court: Read what happened between then and...

Anurag -
From copied confessions and missing call data to hostile witnesses and weak recoveries, the High Court flagged serious gaps in the investigation that led to the reversal of the 2015 convictions in the 7/11 case.
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News Reports

Agra conversion racket: Piyush Panwar became Mohammad Ali for a girl, she rejected him after converting him, he then joined the conversion mafia to...

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Mohammad Ali, earlier known as Piyush Panwar, now arrested in Agra conversion case, came in contact with a PFI member Mohammad Gaus during his conversion to Islam.
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News Reports

Drone swarming, smart war rooms, real-time monitoring of battle: How the Indian Army plans to integrate AI, Machine Learning and Big Data into its...

Shriti Sagar -
The Indian Army has drawn up a detailed plan to adopt AI, machine learning, and big data analytics by 2026–27. The goal is to boost battlefield awareness, surveillance, and combat readiness, with a new task force guiding the tech transformation.
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News Reports

Over 11,000 untraceable voters with Indian IDs: ECI’s SIR in Bihar exposes suspected infiltration by illegal immigrants, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas

श्रवण शुक्ल -
The verification process in poll-bound Bihar has been concluded for 95.92% of the 7.90 crore voters.
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