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‘Bizarre arrest’, ‘exemplary work’, ‘Altnews resented by ruling party’: How Editors Guild treated arrest of ‘not a journalist’ Zubair and editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami

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The Editors Guild of India issued a statement vigorously denouncing the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair.
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News Reports

Mohammed Zubair formatted his phone before the arrest, police says arrested due to evasion and non-cooperation

OpIndia Staff -
According to the remand copy, Mohammed Zubair has also refused to answer most of the questions put to him during the investigation
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News Reports

‘Highly provocative and more than sufficient to incite hatred among people’: FIR lays down serious allegations against Mohammed Zubair

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The FIR was filed after a Twitter user highlighted Mohammed Zubair's derogatory post against Lord Hanuman.
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Crime

Afghan MMA fighter, along with a mob of his Afghan supporters, attempts to murder an Indian fighter in Delhi, has a fake Aadhar, dual...

OpIndia Staff -
In a tweet on Tuesday, Pravin Dabas revealed that the Afghan MMA fighter had attempted to murder Srikant and is now planning to flee the country.
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News Reports

‘She filed scripted affidavits in Gujarat Riots 2002 case, had got Rs 5 lakhs’: Ex-aide of Teesta Setalvad says Congress funded her agenda to...

OpIndia Staff -
"Teesta was in contact with late Congress leader Ahmed Patel and others", said Rais Khan Pathan on Republic TV on June 27.
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News Reports

‘Liberal’ Meltdown continues as Mohammed Zubair spends a night in jail, alleged ‘fact-checker’ is now being hailed as ‘world’s finest journalist’

OpIndia Staff -
Some unhinged journalists even went as far as calling Mohammed Zubair the finest journalist of our times.
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News Reports

BJP worker found hanging from a tree in West Bengal; party blames TMC: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP has accused TMC of murder, alleging that his body was hanged from a tree to make it look like a case of suicide.
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News Reports

PM Modi gifts Nandi-themed Dokra Art from Chattisgarh to Argentina’s Pres during Germany visit, read the significance of Nandi

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PM Modi presented Argentina's President Alberto Fernández with a Nandi-themed Dokra Art from Chattisgarh.
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News Reports

Chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji group, Padma Bhushan Pallonji Mistry passes away at 93

OpIndia Staff -
Pallonji Mistry joined his family business in Shapoorji Pallonji Group at the age of 18 and helped in expanding the business to Dubai, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi during the 1970s.
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News Reports

‘How can he be arrested on the basis of tweet by anonymous user’: ‘Liberals’ cast aspersion on the law of the land over Mohd...

OpIndia Staff -
Not having social media presence should not be ground for Police not taking cognisance of grievance and filing a complaint for letting law take its course
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena workers clash with supporters of rebel Maharashtra minister Rajendra Patil (Yadravkar), policemen also attacked

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Violence broke out on the streets of Kolhapur as supporters of rebel Maharashtra minister Rajendra Patil and Shiv Sena workers clashed.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Actress Ketaki Chitale gets interim relief in 21 FIRs filed against her for sharing post criticising NCP supremo Sharad Pawar

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The Maharashtra Government told the Bombay High Court that it won't arrest Ketaki Chitale under these 21 FIRs
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News Reports

From the tweet that got him arrested to police custody: Here is the latest in Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair’s arrest

OpIndia Staff -
The timeline of arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair
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Editor's picks

Twitter user whose tweet triggered FIR against Alt News’ Mohd Zubair now seeks action against Pratik Sinha

OpIndia Staff -
Day after arrest of Alt News' Mohammed Zubair by Delhi Police over derogatory tweets on Hindu gods and goddesses, the Twitter user whose tweets led to the arrest has sought action against his colleague and cofounder Pratik Sinha
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: FIR filed against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma for derogatory remarks against NDA Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu

OpIndia Staff -
Ram Gopal Varma went unhinged and brought in the HIndu epic Mahabharata and the battle between Pandavas and Kauravas, where disrobing of Draupadi by Duryodhana, a Kaurava, was one of the most defining moments.
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News Reports

For a withheld tweet, Rana Ayyub gets support from people who either work for George Soros or are funded by Soros’s Open Society: Details

OpIndia Staff -
On June 26, a tweet by Rana Ayyub was withheld by Twitter in response to legal demand by the Govt of India, now, George Soros linked people are rallying for her
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi supports Alt News’ Zubair after his arrest over hurting religious sentiments, had made Hinduphobic posts

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi tweeted in support of Mohammed Zubair, who was recently in news over his Hinduphobic social media posts.
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Editor's picks

Joe Biden walks up to PM Modi to greet him as latter stands for a group picture with French President and the Canadian PM...

OpIndia Staff -
The G7 Summit is being held at Schloss Elmau in Germany. PM Modi is in Germany on a two-day visit from Sunday for this year's summit, where he has been invited as a special guest.
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Crime

Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s personal assistant PP Madhavan accused of raping a Dalit woman: Details

OpIndia Staff -
PP Madhavan, Sonia Gandhi's PA is accused of raping a Dalit widow after promising marriage and a job to her.
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Social Media

‘Liberal’ journalists suffer a meltdown on Twitter after Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair was arrested by Delhi Police for hurting religious sentiments

OpIndia Staff -
Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has been arrested by the special cell of Delhi Police on the charges of hurting religious sentiments and promoting enmity.
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News Reports

Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair arrested by Delhi Police for hurting religious sentiments

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammed Zubair of Alt News has been arrested by the Delhi Police under sections 153/295 of the IPC
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News Reports

‘Crash Landing On You’ actors Hyun Bin and Son Ye-Jin announce their pregnancy

OpIndia Staff -
K-drama 'Crash Landing On You' sensation Son Ye Jin took to Instagram to announce that she is pregnant.
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News Reports

Strike against propaganda accounts continues: Pakistan state broadcaster Radio Pakistan’s Twitter account blocked in India

OpIndia Staff -
The tweets from the official handle of Radio Pakistan are no longer visible in India now after this action by Twitter authorities.
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News Reports

Bombay HC dismisses plea challenging PoP ban for sculpting idols used during Hindu festivals, plea contends PoP’s pH level is similar to that of...

OpIndia Staff -
The Bombay HC has dismissed a plea challenging the validity of the revised guidelines which banned the use of Plaster of Paris (PoP) for making idols.
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World

US: Nude adults cycle in the Seattle Pride Parade attended by children and families

OpIndia Staff -
A group of nude adults cycled during the Seattle Pride Parade organised on June 26, which saw participation from young children.
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Crime

UP police arrest Soyab Khan for posing as a Delhi cop to extort money from shopkeepers in Bulandshahr

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr police Monday (June 27) arrested a man for allegedly impersonating a sub-inspector of the Delhi police
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News Reports

Rape-accused Malayalam actor Vijay Babu arrested in Kochi; to be released on bail

OpIndia Staff -
The victim, an actor herself, has accused Vijay Babu of abusing her many times in his Ernakulam home.
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News Reports

Kanpur violence: Administration seals 6 Baba Biryani outlets after food samples test unsafe for human consumption

OpIndia Staff -
According to reports, food samples from Baba Biryani outlets were collected and brought to Agra for testing, and many of them were deemed to be unsafe for human consumption,
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News Reports

SC grants interim relief to Eknath Shinde; extends the time to respond to disqualification notice till July 12

OpIndia Staff -
Eknath Shinde-led rebel camp issued a statement saying that their struggle was not a rebellion but a fight for self-esteem of Shiv Sena.
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Editor's picks

Gujarat riots 2002: Why the Tehelka sting of Babu Bajrangi was not admissible as evidence. All you need to know

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The Supreme Court said that while the petitioner has heavily relied on the Tehelka tapes featuring Babu Bajrangi that had appeared in 2007, they are not legally acceptable.
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News Reports

Kerala: Film on Moplah Massacre made by ex-Muslim who reverted to Hinduism denied censor certificate

OpIndia Staff -
The director of Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare, Ali Akbar, had recently reverted to Hinduism along with his wife.
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News Reports

VHP comes up with an action plan for 2024: From Love Jihad to missionary violence and hate speech against Hindus, here are their five...

OpIndia Staff -
VHP has urged state governments, especially that of Tamil Nadu to take stringent action against growing intolerance against the Hindu community in the state
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Political History of India

Maharaja Ranjit Singh death anniversary: Read how his son, last king of Sikh empire, was converted to Christianity and ‘lost’ the Kohinoor to British

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Maharaja Duleep Singh, who was the last king of the Sikh empire, accented to the throne at the tender age of five.
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Politics

Maharashtra political crisis: As 9 ‘rebel’ ministers get stripped of portfolios, Aaditya Thackeray says he is confident of winning with love on his side

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena is now left with 4 cabinet ministers in the government, CM Uddhav Thackeray, his son Aaditya Thackeray, Anil Parab, and Subhash Desai.
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World

Muslim organisations denounce new ‘haram’ laws in Thailand pertaining to cannabis and same-sex marriage: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
The League of Islamic Council of Southern Thailand has denounced three bills under consideration in the Parliament of Thailand
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Politics

As Sanjay Raut says they might abandon MVA alliance if rebels return, here is why BJP must not re-align with Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena

Dibakar Dutta -
There were two core issues that bound the BJP and the Sena for several years i.e. commitment to Hindutva and disdain for minority appeasement.
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News Reports

Haryanvi singer comes up with a counter to Sidhu Moosewala’s pro-Khalistani SYL song: Here is what it says

OpIndia Staff -
In the song Masoom Sharma has mentioned how the water from SYL canal is a right of the people of Haryana as per the agreement in 1966.
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News Reports

Amidst ongoing political crisis in Maharashtra, ED summons Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut for questioning in fraud case

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Raut has been called by the ED on Tuesday, June 28, for questioning in connection with Patra Chawl land fraud case.
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News Reports

Gujarat riot case: Ahmedabad Crime Branch seeks custody of jailed anti-Modi cop Sanjiv Bhatt, had attempted to sensationalise the Gujarat riots by lying

OpIndia Staff -
Two days after the arrest of retired DGP RB Sreekumar, and 'activist' Teesta Setalvad, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch has sought the remand of jailed former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt
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News Reports

Delhi: Hindu group protests outside Pakistan High Commission over decapitation of a newborn Hindu child in Sindh

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Jai Sri Ram Sena marched to the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi protesting atrocities on Hindus in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Sikh man shot dead ‘execution-style’ in a New York neighbourhood, the area had previously seen hate crimes against Sikhs in April

OpIndia Staff -
Satnam Singh was shot dead while sitting in a jeep near his home in New York's South Ozone Park neighbourhood, next to Richmond Hill.
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News Reports

Twitter account of pro-Khalistan author withheld in India, had previously blamed Hindus for attack against Sikhs in Afghanistan by Islamists

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter account of Kashmir-based pro-Khalistan author Amaan Bali has been withheld in India on the instructions of the Govt of India.
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News Reports

25 years of Harry Potter: Author JK Rowling thanks the readers on the occasion for making the books a success, here is what she...

OpIndia Staff -
JK Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series has taken to Twitter to thank her fans on the 25th anniversary of the publication of her first book
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Entertainment

Ahead of Bramhastra’s release, Alia Bhatt posts a picture of ‘baby coming soon’ amid pregnancy rumours

OpIndia Staff -
Alia Bhatt has posted a picture on her Instagram with a caption 'Our Baby...Coming Soon'. Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's Brahmastra is set to be released on September 7 this year.
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News Reports

‘Ecosystem’ gets into first gear to cry ‘democracy in danger’ over arrest of Teesta Setalvad by ATS, characterises system as dictatorial

OpIndia Staff -
On June 25, 2022, a squad from Gujarat's Anti-Terrorism Squad apprehended so-called activist Teesta Setalvad. She was detained from her residence in Mumbai's Juhu locality at about 3 PM and brought to Ahmedabad via road.
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Politics

Fireworks expected as Sr advocate Harish Salve takes on Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi in Maharashtra political crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Harish Salve and Abhishek Manu Singhvi had faced each other last time in the Rajasthan political crisis.
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News Reports

Rana Ayyub cries victim after her incendiary tweet on Gyanvapi survey is withheld in India, judge giving survey order had received death threats

OpIndia Staff -
The Varanasi judge who had ordered the videography of the Gyanvapi 'mosque' had received death threats after the Shivling was discovered inside the premises.
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News Reports

Eknath Shinde camp moves Supreme Court challenging actions of Deputy Speaker against rebel Shiv Sena MLAs

OpIndia Staff -
Eknath Shinde is backed by more than 50 MLAs of the Maharashtra assembly out of which around 40 are Shiv Sena MLAs.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Another incident of love jihad in Navsari, one Ashfaq Sheikh pretends to be Jigar and elopes with a Hindu girl

OpIndia Staff -
The victim girl's brother wrote to Navsari's superintendent of police and urged him to take appropriate action.
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News Reports

Teesta Setalvad arrested for false testimony in Gujarat riots: Here is how the cabal of journalists and activists defended her over the years

Dibakar Dutta -
Rajdeep Sardesai is yet to apologise to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his decade-long insinuations about the former's complicity in the riots.
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