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Language no bar, build in Andhra: Minister Nara Lokesh rejects language politics, invites Mahindra group and other manufacturing giants to open plants in state

OpIndia Staff -
Nara Lokesh has been promoting Andhra Pradesh as a prime location for manufacturing and industries to boost the state's economy.
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News Reports

Bombay HC acquits all 12, including Majid, Muzammil, and Tanveer in 7/11 Mumbai train blasts, earlier MCOCA court had convicted and sentenced 5 of...

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The Bombay High Court has acquitted all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, citing lack of reliable evidence and weak prosecution. The verdict comes nearly a decade after some were sentenced to death and life imprisonment.
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News Reports

Wanted to ‘protect Constitution’, protested for women safety: Meet Udit Pradhan, the Odisha President of student wing of Congress, arrested for raping 19-year-old girl

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Udit Pradhan was spotted alongside Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in one of his Instagram posts. He was also seen celebrating the victory of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Wayanad in November 2024.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: After Balrampur and Agra, now illegal conversions in Aligarh, 97 missing women suspected to have become victims of this racket

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A major illegal religious conversion racket has been busted in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, where 97 women are reportedly missing. Police is trying to ascertain if they fell victim to this illegal conversion network
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News Reports

Delhi Police arrests seven members of cheating syndicate including two Nigerians for operating nationwide fake lottery scam

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The Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested seven members of a cheating syndicate, including five Indians and two Nigerian nationals, who had been operating a nationwide scam using fake lottery and gift schemes.
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News Reports

Karnataka government forms SIT to probe allegations on Dharmasthala mass burials, mother of missing girl lodges complaint after former sanitation worker made shocking claims

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The former sanitation worker claimed that he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies of murder victims, including women and young girls, many of whom were sexually assaulted.
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News Reports

Children, disabled and the elderly: The most vulnerable victims of stray dog attacks

Anurag -
Children are being mauled, disabled persons attacked, and the elderly killed while dog feeders and activists block urgent reforms. ABC Rules prioritise stray dogs over public safety, creating a growing nationwide health and legal crisis.
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News Reports

India-Maldives relations return to normalcy after a year of turbulence as PM Modi to visit the island nation next week, signals loosening of China’s...

Shriti Sagar -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a four-day visit to the United Kingdom and the Maldives from 23rd July, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday.
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News Reports

‘Cases of Love Jihad are a potential threat to national integrity’: Says Haryana court while convicting Shahbaj for sexually assaulting minor Hindu girl

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Shahbaj was forcing the minor Hindu girl to befriend a Muslim juvenile, who stalked her on her way to school.
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News Reports

SIT arrests YSRCP MP, who happens to be a close aide of Jagan Mohan Reddy: Read about his role in the ₹ 3,200-crore liquor...

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PV Midhun Reddy has been termed by the SIT as a "core conspirator" in the liquor scam. He is accused of influencing the officials of the Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited (ABPSCL).
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News Reports

Telangana: BRS govt tapped phones of more than 600 people, including Opposition politicians, before 2023 Vidhan Sabha election

OpIndia Staff -
During the run-up to the 2023 Assembly elections, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found that the Special Operations Team (SOT) of Telangana’s Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) has allegedly tapped the phones of at least 600 individuals. Many of them belong to political leaders from the opposition.
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News Reports

Kerala High Court prohibits use of AI tools by courts to issue orders or reach conclusions, warns action for violations

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The Kerala HC directed the courts not to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to issue orders. The High Court has issued special guidelines in this regard for judicial officers and others.
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News Reports

India’s shifting religious composition: Hindu population declines, Muslim and Christian shares rise in West Bengal and North-Eastern states

Shriti Sagar -
Research based on Census 2011 data shows a visible rise in Muslim and Christian populations in West Bengal and Northeastern states, while the Hindu population share is declining.
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News Reports

Indian cricket veterans withdraw from playing against Pakistan at World Championship of Legends, match called off: Details

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The India vs Pakistan Legends cricket match in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) was cancelled on July 20, 2025, after Indian players including *Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, and Pathan brothers withdrew.They cited national sentiments following the Pahalgam terror attack (April 2025) and India's retaliatory *Operation Sindoor*. WCL organisers apologised for "hurting sentiments"
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News Reports

How the Balrampur conversion racket exposes the modus operandi of sexual harassment, blackmail, and a foreign-funded Islamist network in India

Anurag -
The ATS found links between Jalaluddin, Pakistan’s ISI, and missionary groups targeting poor Hindus. Fake documents, blackmail, benami properties and caste-based conversion payments revealed a dangerous Islamist syndicate hiding in plain sight.
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News Reports

Aligarh Muslim University: Hindu employee narrates how he is being mocked for wearing tilak, accuses officer Sameer of harassment and religious discrimination

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Ashish Sharma said that Sameer Mursil Khan has been harassing him due to his Hindu religion since the past year.
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Opinions

Rajdeep Sardesai lies about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to whitewash Mughal atrocities: When false moral equivalence becomes historical slander

Jinit Jain -
In a recent 'Democratic Newsroom' episode, Rajdeep Sardesai peddled lies about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to draw false moral equivalence with Mughal tyrants.
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News Reports

Bihar ADG Kundan Krishnan issues apology for claiming that farmers become contract killers when they have no work, says ‘didn’t mean to hurt anyone’

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Bihar’s Additional Director General (ADG) of Police, Kundan Krishnan, issued a public apology on Saturday after his earlier remarks linking the rise in murders to the lack of farm work before the monsoon
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News Reports

ISIS-style conversion racket busted: UP Police exposes pan-India Islamic radicalization syndicate; 10 accused linked to PFI, SDPI arrested

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An investigation into the disappearance of two sisters from Agra led to the arrest of the ten accused by the UP Police.
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News Reports

Trump admin escalates tensions with Brazil, revokes visa of Supreme Court Judge for ordering ankle monitor, house arrest & other restrictions on ex-president Bolsonaro

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The U.S. on Friday revoked the visa of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, overseeing the case against former president Jair Bolsonaro, in a sharp escalation of tensions between the two nations
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News Reports

First Balasore self-immolation, now Greater Noida suicide: Why do we need such tragedies to wake us up to the problem of harassment of students

Chandrani Das -
Two accused teachers have been suspended so far. A committee has also been formed to investigate the matter. Action will be taken against those found guilty based on the committee’s report, university's PR officer reported.
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Assam govt cracks down on illegal encroachment, ‘rattled’ Mamata Banerjee claims persecution of Bengalis, Himanta Biswa Sarma slams appeasement politics of TMC supremo

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma lashed out at Mamata Banerjee for misleading people and conflating action against illegal encroachment as action against Bengalis.
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News Reports

UP Islamic conversion racket: Jalaluddin posed as RSS member, used PM Modi’s photo on letterhead to lure and convert minor Hindu girls to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Jalaluddin Shah, mastermind of a religious conversion racket in UP’s Balrampur, posed as a senior RSS-linked figure and used PM Modi’s photo to gain trust. The ED and ATS are now probing his alleged ₹500 crore foreign funding and terror links.
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News Reports

European Union’s hypocrisy marches unchecked: EU won’t stop using Russian gas but wants India to jeopardise energy security of 140 crore Indians

Shriti Sagar -
Even as the EU keeps buying Russian gas, it has now targeted Indian refineries and flagged ships carrying Russian oil. India has hit back, calling out the West’s double standards and asserting its right to secure energy for 140 crore people.
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Political History of India

Mangal Pandey turned ‘greased cartridge’ into a weapon of 1857 revolt; scared British hanged the revolutionary 10 days early: The spark from Barrackpore shook...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
The British feared that Mangal Pandey’s spark would ignite a nationwide uprising, so they advanced his execution by 10 days, desperate to snuff out the rebellion before it spread.
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News Reports

Gopalganj horror: How the Bangladesh Army perpetrated atrocities against unarmed civilians at the behest of Muhammad Yunus

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury -
It is part of a larger, calculated strategy orchestrated by radical Islamists and jihadists who seized power through what many now call the Jihadist Coup of 2024, orchestrated with the direct patronage of Nobel laureate-turned-Islamist-political-aspirant Muhammad Yunus.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘witch hunt’ claim after Robert Vadra was charge-sheeted shows how Congress’s first family thinks it is beyond due legal process, betrays their...

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
By attempting to paint legal action as a “witch-hunt,” Gandhi has once again exposed the Congress’s decades-old habit of shielding its own from scrutiny, invoking martyrdom to mask malpractice.
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Crime

Delhi man’s death by electrocution turns out to be murder by wife, incriminating chats show how Sushmita discussed how to kill Karan with his...

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Days after a man in Delhi died of electrocution, post mortem report and WhatsApp chats have shown that he was killed by his wife who had an affair with his cousin
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Opinions

Deep in financial strife, Boeing can’t afford its Dreamliner aircraft to catch any blame for Ahmedabad crash, is this why western media is pushing...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
787 Dreamliner is Boeing’s most vital aircraft as the company currently sells only 737 MAX, 787 Dreamliner, and 777X
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News Reports

Bangladesh: BNP leaders gang-rape minor Hindu girl after she returns home from Rath Yatra, crime comes to light after the victim attempts suicide

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On the night of 16th July, the girl's father filed a complaint against the 6 BNP leaders at the Khagrachhari Sadar Police Station.
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News Reports

Balasore suicide horror: 71 classmates signed a letter defending accused professor, victim was vilified by BJD, Congress student wings before she immolated herself

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A 20-year-old student in Odisha immolated herself days after she was reportedly character-assassinated by BJD and Congress student wings.
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News Reports

While left liberals have a problem with Akbar being called a brutal conqueror in NCERT books, read how the Mughal King massacred 30000 Hindus...

Aditi -
The remaining Rajput soldiers put up a final resistance before the Mughal armies and laid down their lives, before the fort was finally captured on February 23-24, 1568.
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Astronomer CEO Andy Byron placed on leave after viral ‘affair’ video caught by ‘kiss cam’ at Coldplay concert

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A video of a couple captured at a recent Coldplay concert, which led frontman Chris Martin to joke about them possibly having an "affair," has now resulted in Astronomer CEO Andy Byron being placed on leave.
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Economy and Finance

India becomes world’s 8th largest tourism economy surpassing Japan and France: Read how Modi government’s efforts turned around the sector

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India has now surpassed Japan and France, moving two steps ahead in the global ranking in World Travel and Tourism Council report
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News Reports

US President Donald Trump sues Wall Street Journal, demands $10 billion in damages: All you need to know about the Epstein files controversy

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch, claiming defamation over a report linking him to Jeffrey Epstein. The story has reignited controversy around the unreleased Epstein files and MAGA supporters' demands for answers.
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Opinions

Protecting Druze, furthering its strategic interests, maintaining buffer zones: Understanding why Israel decided to launch strikes inside Syria

Anmol Kumar -
However, this was not just about saving Druze but also about inflicting damage to the Syrian military and maintaining buffer zones between Israel and Syria.
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News Reports

Russian woman who went missing with son amid custody battle with estranged Indian husband remains untraceable, not left India by legal means: Centre tells...

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The central govt informed Supreme Court that Russian woman VIctoria Basu, who allegedly absconded with her son amid custody dispute with her Indian husband has not left the country through legal channels but remains "untraceable".
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Opinions

UK to lower voting age to 16: A move towards strengthening democracy or a poor decision giving such responsibility to teens who may not...

Balendu Singh Angad -
On Thursday, 17 July, the United Kingdom made the age of 16 the voting age for all UK elections. It represents a fundamental change in democratic participation.
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News Reports

RBI to roll out climate change disclosure rules for banks and financial institutions, recognises climate change as a source of major financial concern: Read...

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A 52-page draft note of the RBI, accessed by Reuters, prescribes a methodology for predicting and analysing the impact of extreme climate events and transition risks on the borrowers' ability to repay loans.
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News Reports

Tickets for Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ sold out at IMAX 70mm a year before July 2026 release, the movie on classic Greek mythology is...

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The tickets for Christopher Nolan's upcoming film 'The Odyssey' went on sale in Imax 70mm film ahead of the movie's release in 2026, and the tickets were sold out
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Crime

Impressed businesses with lavish mansion, and then scammed them out of their money: How Mangaluru conman Rohan Saldanha duped multiple people of several crores

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Rohan Saldanha posed as a high-level financier and used his lavish bungalow in Jappinamogaru, Mangaluru, to lure investors into his trap
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News Reports

Delhi HC quashes 16 FIRs against 70 Indian Muslims who sheltered foreign Tablighi Jamaat members during Covid-19 outbreak: Read what were the charges and...

Shraddha Pandey -
The Delhi High Court further observed that there is no evidence to show that the Tablighi Jamaat congregation, which was planned way before the outbreak of Covid, was held after the promulgation of the notification under Section 144.
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News Reports

Ujjain: Govt school teacher Shakeel Mohammad burns pics of Hindu gods, threatens students, forces them to do Namaz and read Quran

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Shakeel Mohammad is charged with committing similar acts while working in other schools as well.
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News Reports

MEA rejects claims that ‘Grand Mufti from Kerala’ played a crucial role in halting Nimisha Priya’s execution in Yemen: Read how media hailed the...

Chandrani Das -
Randhir Jaiswal said this is a very sensitive matter, and the Government of India has been offering all possible assistance in the case
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News Reports

India says a strong no to ‘non-veg milk’: Know what is it, and why Modi government has a ‘non-negotiable red line’ on US dairy...

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As trade negotiations between India and the United States enter their final phase. An unusual term, "non-veg milk," has emerged as the deal-breaker. India has firmly declared its refusal to allow US dairy imports a "non-negotiable red line". This comes amid US President Donald Trump’s August 1 deadline to reach a deal with countries or face steep tariffs.
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Culture and History

Mizoram: ASI declares the ancient menhirs in Lianpui village as ‘monument of national importance’

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The menhirs with unique carvings offer a glimpse into the life, rituals, customs, and beliefs of the early Mizo people.
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News Reports

Robert Vadra, Congress government in Haryana, and a land deal worth 58 crores: What does the ED chargesheet against Priyanka Gandhi’s husband say

OpIndia Staff -
The ED has named 11 others in its chargesheet against Robert Vadra including Satyanand Yajee, Kewal Singh Virk, M/s Sky Light Hospitality Pvt. Ltd., M/s Onkareshwar Properties Pvt. Ltd
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News Reports

Madras HC says no ‘Nama Sankeertanam’ can happen in residential societies without permission, says ‘peace and silence are best prayers’

OpIndia Staff -
The Madras High Court said that peace was the best prayer and silence was the greatest prayer.
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News Reports

EU imposes sanctions on Vadinar Oil Refinery in Gujarat in the latest round of sanctions against Russia, calls it one of the strongest sanctions...

OpIndia Staff -
In the 18th package of the sanctions announced today, the EU targets Russian oil exports, including refining of Russian oil in other countries. This includes “the biggest Rosneft refinery in India,” and the Indian flag registry.
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Karnataka: Researchers find evidence of a 4,000-year-old human settlement in Maski, 110 years after Ashoka inscription was discovered at the site

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Scientists from the United States, Canada and India came together to learn more about the history of Maski.
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