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WB, Maharashtra, Delhi impose 25%+ tax on Aviation Fuel, the reason why flight tickets are expensive: Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

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Hardeep Singh Puri slammed non-NDA ruled opposition-ruled states for not slashing VAT on fuel prices to provide relief to the public
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News Reports

Remember Ayesha Khan who died of suicide by jumping in Sabarmati river over dowry and harassment, her husband got 10 years jail time

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In February 2021, Ayesha Khan, an Ahmedabad woman, had committed suicide after making a video accusing her husband and his family of dowry and harassment.
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News Reports

As reports of Rahul Gandhi absconding emerge, Congress loyalist journalist Vir Sanghvi says Gandhi-scion should take a sabbatical and do PhD instead

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The left-liberals, who saw Prashant Kishor as a 'guardian angle' who could give rebirth to the Congress party, want Rahul Gandhi to quit politics.
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News Reports

‘My mother was vomiting blood, but they refused to admit her’: Delhi man accuses state govt hospital of medical negligence in viral video

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The man in the video held the state government responsible for his mother's death.
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News Reports

90 swords and daggers recovered from a car in Dhule of Maharashtra, four arrested

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Arms worth Rs 7,13,600 were recovered from a car near the Songir village in the Dhule district of Maharashtra.
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News Reports

‘Brahmin Teri Kabar Khudegi’: Hate slogans surface on BHU campus after Iftar party, furious students burn VC’s effigy

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Students claimed that the VC ended the tradition of sending fruits to students during Navratri and started new tradition of Iftar Roza party.
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News Reports

Children’s home in Ranchi with links to Harsh Mander tried to conceal a child sexual abuse case, didn’t report to police: Says NCPCR chief

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NCPCR chief Priyank Kanoongo visited a children's home in Ranchi after the home tried to conceal a child sexual abuse case
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News Reports

PM Modi in Assam: Inaugurates 7 cancer hospitals, lays the foundation for 2950 Amrit Sarovar projects and much more

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The PM also laid the foundation of various projects that include Veterinary College (Diphu), Degree College (West Karbi Anglong), and Agricultural College (Kolonga, West Karbi Anglong).
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Minister Hafizul Hassan says if 30% of minorities are disturbed, the 70% majority will have to suffer too

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Hafizul Hassan said, "Whatever the Central government is doing against us will cause them equal damage."
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News Reports

Ex CEO of Twitter, after whose exit stocks of Twitter had jumped, now targets the new owner Elon Musk over Vijaya Gadde

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday, Twitter owner Elon Musk had put an infographic highlighting the left-wing bias of the Twitter platform and its policy head Vijaya Gadde.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Eight members of two Muslim families revert to Hinduism

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Mahant Swami Yashveer Maharaj and Swami Mrigendra Maharaj of Swami Yashveer Ashram Parishad at Bagra brought these families back to Hinduism after performing the havan and puja rituals.
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News Reports

Punjab: Guru ki Sarai allegedly converted to mosque by intimidating a Sikh family in Patiala, situation tense as Hindu organisations protest

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Hindu organisations have alleged that Muslim community forcefully took over Guru Ki Sarai and converted it into a mosque
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News Reports

Twitter user fakes ‘car for dowry for sister’s wedding’ story over ‘delayed delivery’

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A Twitter user alleged his would-be brother-in-law has threatened to call off the wedding as a Tata Nexon car has not been delivered yet
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News Reports

Prashant Kishor’s refusal to join Congress is of relief to Ashok Gehlot, loss for Sachin Pilot: Here is how

OpIndia Staff -
Gehlot on April 23 had mentioned that he had given his permanent resignation to Sonia Gandhi on the day he had become the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Gehlot on April 23 then had mentioned that he had given his permanent resignation to Sonia Gandhi on the day he had become the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. He said that Gandhi would decide whether to keep him or remove him from the position and that when that happens, people won't even get a hint. He said that the speculations of Pilot taking over the control of Rajasthan were just 'rumors'.
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News Reports

Joe Biden’s Russia sanctions coordinator Daleep Singh takes ‘leave of absence’, had threatened India over Russian oil imports

OpIndia Staff -
US President Joe Biden's economic advisor Daleep Singh to take leave of absence from White House
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News Reports

Centre makes FCRA clearance mandatory for educational institutes to collaborate with China’s Confucius centres after control changes hand: Details

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Centre has notified that the educational institutes that intend to collaborate with China's Confucius centres will need to have prior FCRA clearances
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Government and Policy

‘To understand Indian thought process, it is necessary to study the Mahabharata’: Dr Jaishankar explains ‘the India way’ through the greatest story ever told

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In his book 'The India Way' Dr Jaishankar explains why, for India to understand its strategies and choices, and for the world to understand India, it is necessary to study the Mahabharata, 'the greatest story ever told'.
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News Reports

Centre cancels FCRA licenses of four NGOs for diverting funds and not complying with rules

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Ministry of Home Affairs revoked FCRA licenses of multiple NGOs citing violation of the FCRA Act
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News Reports

Sharad Pawar summoned by the Bhima-Koregaon enquiry commission to appear for recording his statement: Here is why

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NCP leader Sharad Pawar has been directed by the independent enquiry commission on the Bhima-Koregaon 2018 violence to appear before it for recording a statement.
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News Reports

As elements from the USA pontificate to India, American Islamist body CAIR says discrimination against Muslims in the USA increased by 9%

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In a recently released report titled "Still Suspect: The Impact of Structural Islamophobia", the controversial Islamist body Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has said that there has been a rise in discrimination against Muslims living in the United States.
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Law

Different yardsticks for Hindus and Muslims: How acquittal of Noor Mohammad and conviction of Dinesh in Delhi Riots raise questions

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Delhi Court acquitted Noor Mohammad of all charges in relation to the Delhi anti-Hindu riots of February 2020
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News Reports

Jahangirpuri violence: Two more accused, Jafar, Babuddin arrested, minor given bail by Juvenile Justice Board

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Violence broke out in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area when a Hanuman Janmotsav procession was attacked by miscreants on April 16
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News Reports

Alwar: Muslim group files case against Congress, alleges party incited unrest using temple demolition drive

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Former Congress leader Sahoon filed a complaint that the Congress MLA was responsible for demolition and the local Muslims had nothing to do with it.
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News Reports

After Twitter takeover, Elon Musk jokes he wants to buy Coca-Cola to ‘put cocaine back’

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Musk had also tweeted a parody tweet asking him to buy McDonald's 'and fix all of the ice-cream machines'.
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News Reports

Prashant Kishor responsible for party’s ‘humiliating’ loss in Goa elections, alleges TMC state chief as he resigns

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Kiran Kandolkar claimed that Prashant Kishor had come to blackmail Congress and eventually helped the BJP.
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Delhi 2020 riot accused Noor Mohammad acquitted because of lack of evidence

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police had booked Noor Mohammad under various sections related to rioting, unlawful assembly, arson and vandalism in Bunny Bakery Shop at Chand Bagh Pulia on February 25, 2020.
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News Reports

UP Police remove over 11,000 loudspeakers, 35,000 lower volume as per guidelines: Details

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After state government's order UP Police removed over 11,000 loudspeakers in the state
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News Reports

Did you know that USA funded a dam project in PoK in 2011 and UPA govt, led by Congress, remained a mute spectator? Details

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On January 6, 2011, USA announced that it would provide 66 million dollars to support the construction of two dams in Gilgit-Baltistan
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IPL

IPL: Rashid Khan stuns former team Sunrisers Hyderabad in a last-over thriller to keep Gujarat Titans on top of the table

OpIndia Staff -
Rashid Khan won the game for Gujarat with 2 sixes off the last 2 balls, something his partner Tewatia did earlier in IPL against Punjab.
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Crime

Honour killing in Mainpuri: Dalit man kills his sister for marrying a Brahmin boy, her husband and in-laws injured in the attack

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Dalit girl killed by brother and uncle for marrying a Brahmin boy in Uttar Pradesh, her husband and in-laws injured
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World

Watch: Russia and the US swap ex-Marine Trevor Reed for convicted drug trafficker Konstantin Yaroshenko in a prisoner exchange

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The prisoners exchange came in the midst of escalating tensions between Russia and the US over the Ukraine conflict.
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News Reports

Christian group CASA participates in Hindu Maha Sammelan: Read how the group is fighting ‘Love Jihad’ in Kerala

Dibakar Dutta -
Christian Association and Alliance for Social Action (CASA) will participate in 10th Ananthapuri Hindu Maha Sammelan in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala
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Digital India RISC-V program launched: GoI sets timeline to roll out first indigenous microprocessors by Dec 2023

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Rajeev Chandrashekhar said, "I am very focused to have the first set of commercial silicon of Shakti and Vega microprocessors available by December 2023."
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Kerala govt decides to send official team to Gujarat to study system aiding good governance, sparks controversy as Congress and Muslim League oppose

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Kerala Chief Secretary V P Joy and his staff officer Umesh NSK will visit Gujarat from April 27 to April 29
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World

UK: Tory MP ‘caught watching porn’ inside House of Commons, female MPs complain sexism in parliament

OpIndia Staff -
The Tory MP was reportedly seen watching the pornographic content by one of the female ministers.
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News Reports

Watch: Tamil Nadu Man sets his e-bike on fire after it breaks down

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A man from Tamil Nadu set his Ola e-bike on fire after it stopped functioning in the middle of the road
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Karachi University suicide bomber Shari Baloch was the mother of 2, had a master’s degree

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BLA informed that Shari Baloch confirmed her decision to undertake a 'self-sacrificing attack' about 6 months ago and stood by it.
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Law

‘Merely attending jihadi meetings does not prima facie qualify as a terrorist act under UAPA’: Karnataka HC

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The Karnataka HC granted bail to one Salim Khan, an alleged member of Al Hind group, and booked under UAPA
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News Reports

Russian energy giant Gazprom halts supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, reports say EU trying to increase gas purchase in Roubles to help them

OpIndia Staff -
Russian media has reported that the European Union would be temporarily increasing its gas purchases from Russia through countries which are ready to do their payments in Russian Roubles to compensate for the demand of Poland and Bulgaria.
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Netizens slam Arvind Kejriwal for his casual approach during PM’s meeting on Covid-19, BJP calls him ‘mannerless’

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Netizens react to casual approach of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal during video conference of PM with all CMs in Covid-19
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Entertainment

Ajay Devgn hits out on Kannada star Kiccha Sudeep, says Hindi was and will always be our national language

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The tweet by Devgn came days after the Vikrant Rona actor stirred up controversy over KGF 2 film being referred to as 'pan India film'.
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News Reports

Netflix planning a major overhaul in Indian content after losing subscriptions, may bring in more ‘commercial’ genres: Report

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Netflix India has decided to do away with its serious, dark content and try new ideas with a more commercial approach for the Indian audiences.
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News Reports

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi convicted in corruption case, sentenced to five years imprisonment

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Presently, there are at least 10 more corruption cases pending against Aung San Suu Kyi, each with a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: CCTV footage catches Lucknow man Majid raping a cow, arrested after locals nabbed him

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Majid was caught having unnatural sex with a cow while reviewing CCTV footage, after which he was arrested
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Opinions

Islamofascists and ‘liberals’ do not differentiate between Hinduism and Hindutva, but they do so only to confuse ordinary Hindus

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'Liberals' have long been peddling the trope that Hinduism and Hindutva are two mutually exclusive ideologies
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News Reports

As BJP ruled states reduce VAT on fuel, PM Modi asks non-BJP states to follow suit even as they refuse, calling it a ‘political...

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"The petrol prices in some states are way higher than in others. This is not only an injustice to the people living in these states but it also affects the neighboring states," PM Modi added
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Rahul Gandhi gone abroad again, remains ‘unreachable’ as deal with Prashant Kishor fails: Reports

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India Today reported that Rahul Gandhi had left for a foreign destination about a week ago while leaving the Congress party in a state of political turmoil.
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‘If required, we will use a bulldozer to remove encroachments, Delhi govt rehabilitating Bangladeshi and Rohingyas’: SDMC Mayor

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NDMC mayor surveyed areas under his jurisdiction for encroachments, blamed AAP for rehabilitating illegal Rohingyas and Bangladeshis.
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Uttar Pradesh: Railways issues notices to remove illegal Mazar, Mosque from Agra Cantonment Railway land

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Indian Railways has issued notices to several religious structures built on the land owned by Agra Cantonment railway board
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‘It is better to engage with the world as who we are rather than how we are perceived’: Foreign minister S Jaishankar at Raisina...

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S Jaishankar said that India needs to engage with world with its own identity, rather than pondering over how others perceive us
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