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‘Sun is worshipped as it is the centre of whole life and not just way of worshipping’: PM Modi talks about Chhath Puja in...

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PM Modi said that the tradition of Sun Worship is proof of how deeply our culture and our faith are connected to nature
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Media

The Wire throws Devesh Kumar under the bus in the Meta controversy, files a complaint against him, but questions remain

OpIndia Staff -
A complaint has been filed against Devesh Kumar, who was associated with The Wire as a 'consultant', over the fabrication of documents in Meta controversy
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News Reports

‘India will become a major manufacturing hub for large aircraft’: PM Modi lays foundation stone for Tata-Airbus C-295 aircraft plant in Vadodara

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'I can foresee the days when large passenger planes of the world will also be made in India', PM Modi said while launching he C-295 plant in Vadodara
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News Reports

Retired army personnel claims his statement attributing Capt Vikram Batra’s Param Vir Chakra to Barkha Dutt’s interview was ‘not what he meant’ after severe...

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Retired Major General Yashpal Mor in a session on Unacademy had said that had it not been for journalist Barkha Dutt interviewing Captain Vikram Batra, he would not have become famous and not have been awarded the Param Vir Chakra.
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News Reports

Vladimir Putin mocks Germany’s energy crisis after its sanctions backfire. Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Vladimir Putin held the mirror to the German government for agonising its own citizens in the hopes of 'crippling' Russia economically.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Violence breaks out over rasgulla at a nikah ceremony, one killed, 35 injured

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One of the guests present, Arif, said his son was injured in clashes so he avenged the same by stabbing another guest, Sunny, with a fork. Sunny has now succumbed to injuries.
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News Reports

2003 Nadimarg Massacre: Jammu and Kashmir HC orders resumption of trial closed in 2011, says trial court decision was wrong

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Jammu and Kashmir HC orders resumption of trial of Nadimarg Massacre trial where 24 Kashmiri Hindus were killed in 2003
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News Reports

Coimbatore blast: Jamesha Mubin was radicalised by reading books on Jihad, married hearing and speech-disabled woman in ‘spirit of sacrifice’

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Jamesha Mubin, who died in the car blast in Coimbatore, was motivated by the Islamic State and was preparing for jihad.
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News Reports

Aligarh: 55-year-old stepfather raped 10-year-old girl for 2 years, case registered under POCSO Act after getting caught red-handed

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Man booked for raping minor step-daughter after BJP leader's intervention in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Coimbatore blast was a terror attack intended to destroy a large area including temple, failed because Jamesha Mubin learnt bomb-making from Internet

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Coimbatore blast: Jamesha Mubin planned to destroy an area of 100 metres radius including Sangameswara temple
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News Reports

Meme fest erupts as Rahul Gandhi’s ‘morning run’ video during his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ goes viral

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While his supporters called him 'fit' and 'fast' for his sprint, others mocked him and wondered if that was how Rahul Gandhi ran away from Amethi to Wayanad during 2019 general elections.
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News Reports

Survey reveals over 7,500 madarsas are unrecognised in Uttar Pradesh

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The survey is being conducted in order to grant recognition to unrecognized madarsas that meet the government's specified prerequisites.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Alt News’ Mohd Zubair shares misinformation about railway platform ticket during Diwali festive rush, here is the truth

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'Fact-checkers' choose not to put out facts, mislead readers about railway platform ticket charges
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World

South Korea: Over 150 dead in stampede during Halloween in Seoul, viral videos show bystanders providing CPR on roads

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The Halloween festival was the first major public gathering in recent months where Covid-19 restrictions were eased by the South Korean government.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did a man earn USD 1,00,000 by getting 1,000 COVID vaccine shots in just 16 days

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One Jack Raines had shared on various social media networks that he earned USD 1,00,000 in just 16 days by getting 1,000 shots of COVID-19 vaccines in New York. However, the satirical post was taken as fact by many.
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News Reports

UK: Doctor suspended for 9 months for asking a female patient to remove her veil during consultation

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UK: Dr. Keith Wolverson of Royal Stoke University Hospital suspended for asking female patient to remove veil
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News Reports

‘Prejudiced’ Professor Chris Allen tasked to lead ‘independent inquiry’ into Leicester violence, draws ire of Hindu community. Here is what happened

Dibakar Dutta -
Dr Chris Allen wrote a propaganda piece blaming Hindus for the Leicester violence and absolving Islamists of any wrongdoing.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu BJP chief writes to NCW seeking action against DMK leader Saidai Sadiq’s sexist jibe at female BJP leaders

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DMK spokesperson Saidai Sadiq's sexist jibe at Khushbu Sundar and other women BJP leaders has kicked up a storm with BJP seeking immediate action against the leader
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Editor's picks

Delhi Police register FIR against The Wire on complaint of Amit Malviya against it, its Founding Editors and Deputy Editor for fake Meta story

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Amit Malviya files complaint against The Wire, Siddharth Varadarajan. Sidharth Bhatia, MK Venu, Jahnavi Sen for the fake Meta story
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News Reports

Kerala Gold smuggling case: Kapil Sibal gets Rs 15.5 lakh for every appearance on behalf of the Kerala govt at SC

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The ED filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court earlier this week, requesting that the trial in the gold smuggling case be moved from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengaluru. Sibal represented the state government at the Supreme Court on October 10 after the petition filed by the ED was considered. State Law Secretary V Hari then directed an order to transfer Rs 15.5 lakh to Sibal.
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News Reports

Suicide bomber had planned to blow up a temple in Coimbatore, accused Firoz Ismail confesses to meeting Easter blasts terrorists: Reports

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Firoz Ismail, arrested in Coimbatore blast case, admitted to meeting the terrorists involved in Easter blasts in Sri Lanka.
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News Reports

‘All symbols of colonialism in the state will be renamed’, announces Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

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In line with recent push for decolonisation by PM Modi, Uttarakhand CM announced that all colonial symbols in the state will be rechristened
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News Reports

Meerut mass conversion: VHP leader sheds light on methods used by Christian missionaries and Islamists to lure gullible Hindus

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OpIndia spoke with Raj Kamal Gupta, VHP Zone General Secretary, on the Meerut mass conversion racket busted this week.
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News Reports

Odisha HC denies reports that Chief Justice S Muralidhar held a ‘closed-door meeting’ with CM’s private secretary, calls it fake news

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Odisha HC refutes lawyer Srinivas Mohanty’s claim that Chief Justice S Muralidhar held a closed door meeting with CM’s pvt secretary VK Pandian
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News Reports

Union govt refutes allegations of Kapil Sibal that amendments to IT Rules make social media unsafe, says no provision for prosecution added as claimed

OpIndia Staff -
Refuting claims of Kapil Sibal on Amendments of IT Rules, govt said that no new provision for prosecution has been made
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News Reports

Ahead of Chhath Puja, Twitter users compare the clean Sabarmati riverfront with the polluted Yamuna

OpIndia Staff -
The images of clean Sabarmati riverfront has evoked comparisons with Yamuna riverbank, which continues to remain in squalor.
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News Reports

Stubble-burning incidents in Punjab record a 20 percent rise, plunging Delhi’s AQI to ‘very poor’ category

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Punjab witnessed around 8147 incidents of stubble-burning from Sep 15 to Oct 27 this year, a staggering 20 per cent rise.
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News Reports

Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh to hand over power of attorney of Gyanvapi Cases to UP CM Yogi Adityanath

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Yogi Adityanath to fight the Gyanvapi cases as Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh is handing over power of attorney of the cases to him
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Opinions

Kantara: A fierce feeling of deep devotion, the man-nature conflict and reclaiming our civilisational roots

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A friend from Bihar exclaimed over the phone during Deepawali weekend - “What’s this film, Kantara that has made everyone’s mind go dhuan dhuan
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News Reports

Gujarat government looks to introduce Uniform Civil Code in the state ahead of assembly elections

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After Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Gujarat will be the third BJP ruled state to adopt the Uniform Civil Code.
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Opinions

The Wire’s fabricated story about Meta and Amit Malviya: Does Left ecosystem need protection or do people need protection from this ecosystem

Ganesh R -
In selecting Amit Malviya as a punching bag, The Wire and its editors may have thought they found a juicier soft target than, say, Jay Shah
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News Reports

Statue of Belief, the world’s tallest Shiva statue to be unveiled in Nathdwara of Rajasthan, to be visible from 20 kilometres away

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The Shiva statue is named as Vishwas Swaroopam or the 'Statue of Belief', and was conceived by Mr. Madan Paliwal.
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News Reports

‘Social Media has become an instrument of a terrorist toolkit to spread conspiracy theories’: EAM S Jaishankar at UN Counter-Terrorism meet

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EAM Jaishankar highlighted the flip sides of technology, saying that it has posed new challenges to the governments.
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News Reports

Mass conversion racket busted in Meerut: Christian evangelists lure 400 Hindus to convert, remove idols and threaten against performing puja

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Christian missionaries allegedly forced, lured and coerced vulnerable Hindus into conversion in Meerut in UP
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News Reports

Kerala Court restrains Kantara makers from playing the song ‘Varaha Roopam’ in theaters, streaming platforms

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Kantara, Kannada blockbuster’s plot revolves around the greed of the King’s successors to reclaim the land granted to the tribal people.
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News Reports

Why did prankster who conned CNBC as ex-Twitter employee fired by Elon Musk choose ‘Ligma’ as his name: Read about the origin of ‘Ligma...

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Ligma is a fictional testicular disease, which is meant to make people say ‘lick my balls’ in response to the joke.
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News Reports

Mumbai NCB files 200-page charge sheet against comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa in 2020 drug case

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Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa have been booked under sections 20(b)(ii)(A) and 8(c) and 27 (consumption of drugs) of the NDPS Act.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: 4 Muslim youths vandalise Hindu temple, Govardhan Puja prasad thrown on floor, protestors say Congress MLA was trying to protect accused

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Vandalism in a temple on the day of Govardhan Puja has been reported in the Bhiwadi district of Alwar, Rajasthan.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: One Sheikh Jahid pretends to be a Brahmin, rapes a Hindu woman for over 7 years, forces her to convert to Islam,...

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After the Court marriage the accused began to harrass the woman. He forced her to convert her religion to Islam, offer Namaz and also asked her to consume meat. On being refused, he used to thrash her brutally.
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News Reports

Random men carrying boxes pose as ‘Twitter employees’ fired by Elon Musk, prank CNBC reporters: Here is what happened

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CNBC fell for a prank by random strangers who posed as Twitter employees fired by company's new owner Elon Musk
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News Reports

Muslim girls above 15 years can marry, it would not violate the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act: Punjab and Haryana HC cite Sharia law

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In his order, Justice Vikas Bahl stated, "Such a marriage would not be void in terms of Section 12 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006."
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News Reports

After deporting 3 Swedish preachers, Assam police detain 7 Germans for giving religious speeches on tourist visas, to be deported

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Seven German nationals detained in Assam for violating tourist visa norms by participating in religious activities
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News Reports

Govt takes another step in preventing arbitrary suspension of social media accounts, amends IT Rules to form Grievance Appellate Committees

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The central government has amended IT Rules, 2021, to constitute Grievance Appellate Committees for supervising content moderation policies of social media intermediaries.
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News Reports

UP Global Investors Summit 2023: Mexico and Thailand to become partner countries as Yogi Adityanath plans to visit multiple nations to pitch summit

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself along with his key ministers will visit different countries.
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News Reports

Amit Malviya to lodge FIR against The Wire and its management for fake Meta story, says it was a criminal conspiracy to tarnish his...

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Amit Malviya said that while Wire has apologised to its readers for the fake Meta story, they have not apologised to him
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News Reports

As ‘censor chief’ Vijaya Gadde is fired, read how Twitter had refused to take down child porn even as victim’s parents begged for its...

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In 2021, Twitter had refused to removed child porn from its platform despite request made by victim's parents for its removal.
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News Reports

‘Politicians are involved’: NCPCR and NCW take cognizance after NHRC issues notice to Rajasthan Govt over auctioning of minor girls

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Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar published a report saying that minor girls were being auctioned on stamp paper in several districts of Rajasthan to pay off family loans.
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News Reports

Coimbatore Blast: NIA recovers bomb-making material, Jihadi literature from the residence of deceased Jamesha Mubin

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Terror link emerges in the Coimbatore blast case, incriminating items found from house of Jamesha Mubin
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News Reports

Rishi Sunak and PM Modi hold their first conversation after Sunak became UK PM, both agree to sign Free Trade Agreement soon

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After talking to Rishi Sunak, PM Modi tweeted, "We will work together to further strengthen our Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. "
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News Reports

Elon Musk to become Twitter CEO after Parag Agrawal’s departure, reverse lifetime bans on users: Reports

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Elon Musk is expected to stay Twitter CEO in the interim but may eventually relinquish the position in the long run
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