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‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj dreamt of a grand Hindavi Swarajya, Marathi kingdom was not on his agenda’: Says Kalicharan Maharaj

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Kalicharan Maharaj said that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj dreamt of a grand Hindavi Swarajya, not a Marathi kingdom
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World

Calling a man ‘bald’ is sexual harassment: UK employment tribunal

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The judge ruled that since hair loss is more prevalent among men, commenting on a man's baldness at the workplace is similar to commenting on a woman's breasts
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News Reports

‘We are not safe’: Kashmiri Pandits working under PM package submit resignation en-masse after Rahul Bhat’s brutal murder by Islamic terrorists

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After the murder of Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat, around 350 government employees working under Prime Minister’s employment package in Kashmir have submitted their resignation en-masse.
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News Reports

Kerala: Puraikkal Jaisal, hailed as a hero during the 2018 floods for rescuing people, arrested in an extortion case

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The 37-year-old Puraikkal Jaisal of Parappanangadi Avil Beach was arrested in connection with an extortion case that occurred on April 15, 2021.
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News Reports

Gujarat hate crime: Accused Shakir arrested for beating his sister’s boyfriend Mithun Thakur to death, girl attempts suicide

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The Police also stated that Shakir's sister Sumaiyya who had attempted suicide after Thakur's death was in a stable condition and is under treatment.
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News Reports

UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passes away, 40-day national mourning announced

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UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passed away on Friday, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced
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News Reports

‘Remove Police for 10 minutes, will send Owaisi to Aurangzeb’, Nitesh Rane on Akbaruddin Owaisi’s visit to Aurangzeb’s tomb

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Nitesh Rane said, "If tomorrow somebody goes to Aurangzeb's tomb and urinates there, shoots a video, and makes it viral, state government and its inaction will be responsible for its consequences."
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Opinions

The debate on Marital Rape has no easy answers: Here is why the Delhi High Court gave a split verdict

Sanghamitra -
Justice Shakdher stated that the legal exception provided to husbands in case of non-consensual sexual intercourse is 'steeped in misogyny' and effectively conveys that only the forced sex that happens outside of marriage is rape while forced sex inside a marriage is 'allowed'.
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News Reports

Twitter stock crashes after Elon Musk Tweets that the ‘Twitter deal is temporarily on hold’, here is what he said

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Elon Musk had earlier stated that one of his main priorities is to rid the micro-blogging platform of spam accounts.
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Opinions

Why ‘The Economist’ praising PM Modi is a trap: Why you should not play their game and how they are the enemy

Abhishek Banerjee -
For supporters of Prime Minister Modi, the article by The Economist praising India may feel like a moment of vindication - But it's not
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News Reports

Amanatullah Khan is officially a BC! Read why the Delhi Police declared the AAP MLA a ‘history-sheeter’ and what BC means

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The Delhi Police have declared AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan as "history sheeter" and "bad character (BC)"
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News Reports

NDTV claims Congress party’s ‘One Family One ticket’ rule exempts Gandhis, Congress hits back saying ‘fake news’: Here is what we know so far

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NDTV had reported that Congress agreed that a "'One Family, One Ticket' rule will exempt the Gandhis
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News Reports

Anti-Hindu Delhi riots accused Sharjeel Imam applies for bail a day after Supreme Court stays sedition law

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Sharjeel Imam, the alleged mastermind behind the Anti-Hindu Delhi riots, has filed a fresh plea pleading for bail in the sedition case against him
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News Reports

Supreme Court refuses to stay the survey of disputed structure of Gyanvapi Mosque, CJI to first read the case file before passing order

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Refusing to stay Gyanvapi mosque survey, Chief Justice of India said, "I don’t know anything, and how can I pass an order?"
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News Reports

Kashmiri Hindu demonstrators lathicharged and attacked with tear gas shells during protests demanding justice for Rahul Bhat

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The law enforcement officials attacked Kashmiri Hindu protesters with tear gas shells and batons
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Crime

West Bengal: Safizul Islam pretends to be ‘Rahul Sarkar’ to entrap girls, arrested for rape, abduction and trafficking

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Safizul Islam, working under the aliases of 'Raju' and 'Rahul Sarkar', entrapped girl under the pretext of love and married them.
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News Reports

Stone pelting in Jodhpur over an inter-faith love affair: How communal violence erupted in Rajasthan with 5 incidents in the past few days

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Two communities attack each other in Jodhpur after a boy of one community ran away with a girl from the other community
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Opinions

Corrupt dynasty of Philippines, Sri Lanka and uncanny parallels: A cautionary tale and what India needs to do to avoid the same fate

Ganesh R -
Developments in Sri Lanka as well as the recent Presidential elections in the Philippines need to be analysed so India can avoid the same fate
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News Reports

Street vendor occupies public road and calls himself Khadim of a Mazar, Uttarakhand police remove him after locals protest, Mazar to stay, says police

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The locals in Uttarakhand held a protest outside a Mazar (tomb) on a public road in Dehradun after a street vendor had allegedly occupied the Mazar to build illegal structures
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News Reports

AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi draws ire for visiting the tomb of the barbaric Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, comparing MNS chief Raj Thackeray to a ‘dog’

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AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi has drawn ire for visiting the tomb of the barbaric and bigoted Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, comparing Raj Thackeray to a 'dog'
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News Reports

Nigeria: Christian woman beaten to death by fellow Muslim students in college over ‘blasphemy’, killers shout ‘Allahu Akbar’ while burning her

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In videos of the brutal mob lynching and burning that have gone viral, Deborah's killers can be seen shouting 'Allahu Akbar', showing off the matchbox with which they burned her battered corpse and rejoicing in the violent deed.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu Commission for SC/ST cries ‘discrimination’ over the exclusion of beef biriyani from the ‘Ambur Biryani Tiruvizha 2022’, calls it ‘communal’

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, the District Collector of Tirupattur had called for the exclusion of beef and pork biriyani from the 'Ambur Biriyani Thiruvizha 2022.
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News Reports

‘If you have even a drop of Rajput blood within, show those documents’: Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy challenges BJP MP Diya Kumari

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Prince Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy said, "My message to the nation is the same as the message given by Modi Ji. Don't pay any attention to what these blabberers are saying."
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News Reports

‘Atmosphere of fear being created’: Judge RK Diwakar, who allowed videographic survey of disputed structure ‘Gyanvapi Masjid’, fears for his life

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Civil Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar who allowed videographic survey of the disputed structure ‘Gyanvapi Masjid’ expressed safety concerns
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Crime

Tamil Nadu: Police arrest Iman for leaking nude images of Hindu woman for not converting to Islam, had forced her to wear Hijab, abused...

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21-year-old man named Iman Hameef was arrested for forcibly trying to convert a Dalit Hindu woman to Islam and posting her intimate pictures on social media.
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News Reports

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s wife asks Okhla residents to protest against the arrest of her husband by keeping their shops shut on Friday

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The Delhi Police have sent AAP MLA from Okhla to Tihar jail after they arrested him for creating nuisance during the anti-encroachment in Delhi.
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News Reports

YouTuber Abhisar Sharma says India is known world over because of Taj Mahal, here are some brilliant architectural marvels predating it

Siddhi Somani -
As Hindus demand to open the closed doors of Taj Mahal, YouTuber Abhisar Sharma claims it identifies India
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News Reports

“Atmosphere of fear was created”: Varanasi judge who ordered survey of Gyanvapi mosque disputed structure says his family is concerned about his safety

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Varanasi civil judge Rabi Kumar DIwakar said that an atmosphere of fear was created after his order to survey Gyanvapi mosque
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News Reports

‘We are the father of your Gods and you bastards don’t allow us to enter the temples?’: Sharad Pawar creates controversy by quoting a...

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Sharad Pawar said, "We are the father of your Gods. Therefore we will not tolerate any injustice."
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Kashmiti Pandit govt employee shot dead by terrorists in Tehsildar’s office in Budgam

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A Kashmiri Pandit named Rahul Bhat was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district
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News Reports

Singing of national anthem made mandatory for students and teachers in all madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, Madrasa Education Board issues order

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Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board makes singing of national anthem mandatory in all madrasas in the state
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News Reports

WaPo columnist and donation fraud accused Rana Ayyub dog-whistles using OpIndia report on cattle smugglers, ends up spreading misinformation

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Rana Ayyub used an OpIndia report about cow smugglers and implied that they have been shot dead, which was not true.
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News Reports

Financial crisis grips Kerala as the state fails to get loans, Pinarayi Vijayan govt considers deferring salaries of govt employees

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The union govt is delaying permission to borrow more money to Kerala considering there are issues in the statements of previous years
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News Reports

Allahabad High Court rejects petition seeking to open the ‘closed rooms’ of the Taj Mahal, says matter should be left to historians

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Dr. Rajneesh Singh had said in his petition that the Taj Mahal is an old Shiva Temple which was known as 'Tejo Mahalaya'.
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News Reports

Shaheen Bagh woman calls Republic TV journalist ‘digital tawaif’: How Liberals celebrate abuse of journalists they don’t agree with

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Abusive troll Aiman Rizvi hackled Republic Bharat's female journalist at Shaheen Bagh, liberals celebrate
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News Reports

‘I did not run away with 8 crore rupees’: Former Congress social media chief Divya Spandana says the story was ‘planted’ in media

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After remaining out of the spotlight for a while, ex-Congress IT cell chief Divya Spandana has returned to Twitter to criticise her ex-colleagues for maligning her reputation.
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Media

China devising new ways to harass and intimidate foreign journalists, says a report by Committee to Protect Journalists

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According to a CPJ report published last year, the Chinese govt had imposed restrictions on free speech and freedom of media
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News Reports

‘Goray chale gaye, gadhey chor gaye’: Singer Adnan Sami takes on AAP MLA Naresh Balyan over ‘ex-Pakistani’ jibe

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Adnan Sami and AAP MLA Naresh Balyan got into a Twitter fight after the singer posted video of gaffe by Punjab CM
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News Reports

Hyderabad hate crime: ‘Murder was planned’, police report says Mubin Ahmed had used spyware to track Nagaraju

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According to the report, the accused Mubin Ahmed had used spyware to track the location of Nagaraju in a premeditated conspiracy to kill him.
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News Reports

Sanskrit added to Google translate, Assamese, Maithili, Konkani, Mizo, Dogri, Meiteilon, and Bhojpuri among other Indian languages in the new list

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Along with Sanskrit, the newly added 24 languages include other Indian languages such as Assamese, Maithili, Konkani, Mizo, Dogri, Meiteilon which is Manipuri, and Bhojpuri.
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News Reports

This is why PM Modi got emotional while speaking to Ayub Patel and his daughter during the ‘Utkarsh Samaroh’ in Bharuch

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The Bharuch district administration had carried out a 'Utkarsh Initiative' drive from January 1 to March 31 to ensure the complete coverage of schemes providing assistance to widows, elderly and destitute citizens. According to the PMO's office, a total of 12,854 beneficiaries have benefited due to the government schemes.
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News Reports

Gyanvapi verdict: Court allows videographic survey of premises, orders opening of basement

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Earlier this week, the court ordered video survey of the disputed structure which is believed to be the original Kashi Vishwanath Mandir, destroyed by Mughals, was halted after Muslim mob blocked gate and prevented the team from entering the premises.
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News Reports

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan and aides create ruckus during anti-encroachment drive in Madanpur Khadar in Delhi, was booked for similar acts at Shaheen Bagh

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AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was earlier booked for obstructing demolition drive in Shaheen Bagh on May 9
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News Reports

The New York Times changes its factually correct headline on Al Jazeera journalist’s death in West Bank after outrage

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The New York times forced to change headline to say that Al Jazeera journalist was killed by a gunshot in West Bank
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News Reports

Gujarat: 22-year-old Mithun Thakur beaten to death by Muslim girlfriend’s brother in Rajkot

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A young man named Mithun Thakur, a resident of Rajkot in Gujarat, has been killed by his Muslim girlfriend's brother.
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News Reports

Serial fake news peddler CJ Werleman shares another fake news claiming that ‘Hindutva extremists’ thrashed a Muslim man

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Sharing an edited video of a Muslim man thrashed in Delhi for molesting a minor girl, Werleman claimed that Hindu extremist mob assaulted him
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Crime

USA man accused of killing his mother and grandfather to obtain $42 million, court to hear 2016 case next week

OpIndia Staff -
If convicted, accused Nathan Carman will face life imprisonment in the case. The Federal Court is scheduled to hear the case on Monday, May 16, 2022.
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News Reports

Ghaziabad: Cattle smugglers Zeeshan, Saddam and Qasim shot in police encounter, stolen cow rescued

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Ghaziabad Police saved a cow from smugglers. The fleeing thieves Zeeshan, Saddam and Qasim got shot during encounter
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News Reports

Balochistan: Fake encounters on the rise, 442 disappearances and 366 people killed in 2021, says Human Rights Commission report

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HRC reports suggest Human Rights violation in Balochistan increased in 2021.
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News Reports

Burqa-clad protester Muskan Khan visits Saudi Arabia a month after getting high praise from Al-Qaeda chief

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Muskan Khan has left for Saudi Arabia on a religious trip with her family on April 25. The controversial hijab protestor and her family are scheduled to visit Mecca on May 18, as per reports.
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