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Attack on Hanuman Jayanti Shobha Yatra in Jahangirpuri was planned a week in advance by mastermind Ansar Sheikh: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Sources in the Delhi police have revealed that Md Ansar Sheikh had convened a meeting a week ago to decide how they would block the Hanuman Jayanti procession.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Bulandshahr man Zakir Ali booked after 3 of his 9 daughters file complaint accusing him of sexual assault

OpIndia Staff -
A complaint has been registered against one Zakir Ali, who has been accused of molestation by his own daughters.
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News Reports

Kerala: SDPI workers Muhammad Bilal, Rizwan, Riyassuddin, Sahad arrested for brutal murder of RSS leader in Palakkad

OpIndia Staff -
On April 16, the SDPI attackers armed with machetes had attacked RSS leader SK Sreenivasan inside his shop in the Melamuri area of Palakkad.
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News Reports

SC verdict helps Firoz escape harsher punishment for rape and murder of 4-year-old girl: Read what post-mortem report of his victim said

OpIndia Staff -
The postmortem report noted that the victim was asphyxiated to death before being raped and assaulted.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Christian family booked for forcibly converting Hindu girls in the Tapi district

OpIndia Staff -
The complainant said, "His father told us that we were unclean and we were called there only to make us pious by converting into Christianity."
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News Reports

Irfan Pathan vs Amit Mishra, with clown journalists in between: How Mishra gave a befitting response to Pathan

OpIndia Staff -
Though Amit did not reply to or quoted Irfan's tweet, it was clear that Mishra's tweet was a response to Irfan Pathan's earlier tweet about India's 'potential'.
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Politics

AAP govt in Punjab reveals that it formed SIT against Tajinder Singh Bagga for ‘harming and causing hurt’ to Arvind Kejriwal by his tweets

OpIndia Staff -
AAP-led Punjab govt has disclosed in high court that a SIT was formed to look into 'provocative' statements of Tajinder Bagga
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IPL

With Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli woefully out of form, should India look beyond them for the T20 World Cup?

OpIndia Staff -
If these 2 great servants of Indian cricket don't manage to turn their form around during 2nd half of the IPL, should India pick a side for T20 internationals on the basis of reputation alone
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News Reports

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and his MLA brother in trouble as Election Commission seeks details in quarry lease case, High Court to hear PIL

OpIndia Staff -
CM Hemant Soren was granted a leave for a stone quarry near Ranchi by the mines department, violating norms
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News Reports

India lashes out at Ilhan Omar, Biden official says her PoK visit was ‘unofficial, personal’, does not represent US government policy: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Omar visited PoK and met its President Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry. She discussed the alleged violation of human rights in J&K and assured about discussing the issue in the United States
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News Reports

Udupi: Students who filed petition against Karnataka Hijab ban not permitted to take exams wearing burqa

OpIndia Staff -
Two students who had filed petition against Karnataka hijab ban were not allowed to take class 12 exams wearing burqas
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News Reports

Jahangipuri violence mastermind Ansar Sheikh has close links with TMC, was part of TMC goons that attacked Suvendu Adhikari’s car, says West Bengal BJP

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Suvendu Adhikari said that Ansar Sheikh had smashed his car with bricks on May 2 2021 after the assembly polls
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Law

‘Hateful, inciteful, obnoxious’: Delhi HC observations while hearing plea challenging refusal of bail to Delhi anti-Hindu riot accused Umar Khalid

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi HC court made the scathing remarks while hearing the plea challenging the refusal of bail to 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riot accused Umar Khalid
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News Reports

Jahangirpuri Riots: Delhi Police Commissioner writes to ED, asks for probe against prime suspect Ansar under PMLA

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana has written to ED Director to probe Ansar under PMLA in Jahangirpuri riots case
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News Reports

Entitlement, sycophancy, posts for Gandhis, demand to report directly to Sonia Gandhi: Prashant Kishor gives suggestions for Congress’ revival

OpIndia Staff -
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, whom the Congress Party is eyeing to help it emerge from political oblivion, has asked the Congress leadership to elect a non-Gandhi as the party president
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Crime

Lawyer who helped child rapist Firoz justifies his actions, insinuates ‘Hindus deserve what happened to the 4-year-old victim’

OpIndia Staff -
Adv Meshram stated in a tweet that he was the one who helped Firoz secure a stay order on his death sentence in 2014.
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Opinions

How SS Rajamouli is filling the canvas of Bhartiya cinema with civilisational beauty

Sharmi Adhikary -
Heavily influenced by Bharatiya itihaasa, Ramayana and Mahabharata, SS Rajamouli is known for his larger-than-life cinema
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Hindu temple in Alwar district demolished by bulldozer, over a hundred families made homeless in Rajgarh

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot had stated that homes cannot be demolished without proper notice. But hundreds of shops and houses have been reportedly demolished in Rajgarh without notice.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Hindu Temple-like structure found inside a mosque in Mangaluru, locals suspect the presence of a temple in the past

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu temple-like structure has been found underneath an old mosque on the outskirts of Mangaluru in Karnataka.
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News Reports

India raises security concern: Pakistan misusing the Kartarpur corridor to make contact with Indian pilgrims, hold business meetings

OpIndia Staff -
By interacting with the Indian pilgrims and holding business meetings at the corridor, Pakistan has violated the 2019 Kartarpur pact.
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Crime

‘Kids may throw stones while playing’: Jama Masjid committee in Jahangirpuri asks Muslims not to bring children to Friday Namaz

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu residents fear that the mobs might unleash violence on Hindus yet again, and kids are being deliberately kept away from the mosque to keep them away from harm.
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News Reports

Assam: Court in Kokrajhar rejects Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani’s bail plea, remands him to 3-day police custody

OpIndia Staff -
Mevani's lawyers have informed that a review petition will be filed in the Guwahati High Court on Monday.
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Social Media

Tesla chief Elon Musk secures $46.5 billion funding to buy Twitter, may consider buying stocks directly from shareholders

OpIndia Staff -
Elon Musk has lined up $46.5 billion in debt and equity financing to buy Twitter Inc. The billionaire investor is also considering buying shares directly from shareholders.
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News Reports

What does ‘Every Sinner has a Future’ mean? How Oscar Wilde’s quote, used by the SC, might be one of the most misunderstood

OpIndia Staff -
While suggesting 'Every Sinner has a Future,' the Court quoted Wilde but gave a message that stands exactly opposite of what he penned.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 18 ministers availed COVID-19 treatments in private hospitals using taxpayers’ money in the last two years

OpIndia Staff -
18 Maharashtra ministers spent Rs 1.39 crore for specialized Covid-19 treatment in private hospitals in last 2 years
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News Reports

Rihanna’s Boyfriend Rapper A$AP Rocky arrested by Los Angeles Police in a shooting case, released on bail

OpIndia Staff -
Rihanna's Boyfriend Rapper A$AP Rocky arrested by LA police in a November 2021 shooting case in Hollywood
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News Reports

Nitin Gadkari assures action after several incidents of e-scooters catching fire, asks companies to recall defective vehicles: Read details about the problem

Jhankar Mohta -
Nitin Gadkari shared his concerns about several e-scooters catching fire and assured enquiry into these incidents
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News Reports

‘If Muslims come on streets, nobody can control’: Cleric Maulana Tauqir Raza issues threats again, calls for ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ after Ramazan Eid

OpIndia Staff -
Ittihad-e-Millat Council chief Maulana Taukir Raza said, "If Muslims come to the streets, they will be uncontrollable."
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News Reports

MEA condemns US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s visit to PoK, says her ‘narrow-minded politics’ violated India’s territorial integrity, sovereignty

OpIndia Staff -
Somalia-born radical Islamist Ilhan Omar visited Pakistan occupied Kashmir, and met its 'President' Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry
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News Reports

MP Home Minister criticizes Congress for failing in digital membership drive, says ‘Congress prefers fighting on Twitter than on fields’

OpIndia Staff -
MP Home Minister Dr. Narrotam Mishra took a jibe at Congress party for poorly failing in the digital membership drive
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News Reports

Bandipur Tiger Reserve witnesses rare twin elephant birth, new calves seen taking baby steps as mother watches

OpIndia Staff -
Wild mother elephant in Bandipur Tiger Reserve gives birth to twins.
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News Reports

Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust in Mathura stops using loudspeakers following Yogi Adityanath’s guidelines

OpIndia Staff -
The Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust in Mathura has stopped using loudspeakers to broadcast prayers
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News Reports

ED submits 5000-page charge sheet against NCP’s Nawab Malik, plans to file next charge sheet against sons Faraz and Aamir Malik

OpIndia Staff -
The charge sheet filed against Malik contains 5000 pages and includes statement of witnesses and other documentary evidences.
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News Reports

Hubballi riots: Police arrest Maulana Wasim Pathan, AIMIM leader who delivered hate speech standing on police commissioner’s car along with Congress leader

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Wasim Mobalik, alias Pathan had gone missing after a Muslim mob went on a rampage, pelting at the old Hubli police station, a nearby temple, and a hospital in Hubballi, Karnataka on April 16
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News Reports

Former Pakistan Minister Fawad Hussain makes sexist jibe at Hina Rabbani Khar, says she is a ‘low IQ woman’ only known for ‘bags and...

OpIndia Staff -
Sharing an old interview of Pakistan minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Fawad Hussain described her as a "low IQ" woman
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Pakistan slogans raised during rally, panchayat candidate Md Shakir Hussian and his two aides arrested after video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The Jharkhand police have arrested three people after videos of pro-Pakistan slogans being raised during a political procession in the state went viral on social media.
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News Reports

Elon Musk calls out Wikipedia’s bias and its editors’ complicated relationship with facts: What he said

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Billionaire Elon Musk called out Wikipedia's bias and its editors' complicated relationship with facts while talking about Tesla
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Political History of India

Emergency Files: Inside Sanjay Gandhi’s ‘beautification drive’ that bulldozed unauthorized settlements in Old Delhi

Suyash -
In Sanjay Gandhi's Delhi Beautification Drive, a total of 70,000 people were displaced from slums and commercial properties in mere 21 months
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News Reports

UP priest not booked for reciting Hanuman Chalisan during Azaan time as claimed by media, only notice sent: Details

OpIndia Staff -
UP police deny reports that a Hindu priest was booked for reciting Hanuman Chalisa during Azaan near a mosque
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News Reports

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits JCB’s new ‘bulldozer’ plant in Gujarat

OpIndia Staff -
Britain's PM Boris Johnson visited the heavy construction machines giant JCB plant in Halol today to inaugurate a bulldozer plant.
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News Reports

UK PM Boris Johnson visits MK Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram, spins Charkha, often cited as symbol of India’s freedom struggle from British Empire

OpIndia Staff -
At the Sabarmati Ashram, UK PM Boris Johnson tried his hands at spinning the Charkha, a symbol of the 1905 Swadeshi movement
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath government forms Priest Welfare Board as promised before the elections

OpIndia Staff -
UP govt has ordered the formation of Priest Welfare Board for the welfare of elderly saints, sages, and priests of temples
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News Reports

Gujarat: ATS, DRI seize heroin worth Rs 2500 crores at Kandla port, drugs were smuggled from Afghanistan via Iran

OpIndia Staff -
The consignment was intercepted by the DRI based on specific intelligence that high-quality heroin was being smuggled in containers from Afghanistan to Gujarat’s Kandla port via Iran.
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OpIndia Scoops

Mazaar illegally constructed inside Civil Hospital, Surat, administration writes to police to get it removed

Nirwa Mehta -
On condition of anonymity, the people in the know said that they were not aware since when the mazaar has been around on campus but they have now requested the police to remove the illegal construction.
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News Reports

Russian President Vladimir Putin declares Mariupol ‘liberated’, it was the base of the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion

OpIndia Staff -
Russia declares Mariupol 'liberated', last remaining Ukrainian troops surrounded in Azovstal plant.
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News Reports

Meet Tahaffuz-E-Deen India YouTube channel, calls Khalistani terrorist ‘Hindu’, uses BBC’s misleading report against Kashmiri Pandits and more

Anurag -
Islamic channel Tahaffuz-E-Deen India spreads fake and misleading reports about Hindus. Uses false claims to spread misinformation.
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News Reports

As Supreme Court orders to continue status quo in Jahangirpuri anti-encroachment drive for two weeks, here is what the lawyers argued before the bench

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court has ordered a status quo on the anti-encroachment drive in Jahangirpuri for another two weeks
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News Reports

Days after Akbaruddin Owaisi’s acquittal, Asaduddin Owaisi threatens with radicalising South Indians

OpIndia Staff -
After MK Venu said that representation of Southern states will decrease, Asaduddin Owaisi talked about radicalising South Indians
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Opinions

Standing on top of 28,000 dead bodies in Bengal, Brinda Karat objects to a bulldozer

Abhishek Banerjee -
Communist leader Brinda Karat hitting the streets in Jahangirpuri instead of being at 5-star hotel lobbies was most unprecedent
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News Reports

Brinda Karat moves SC against anti-encroachment drive: Here’s why MCD may not be obligated to stop action on media reports

OpIndia Staff -
Brinda Karat has filed a petition in the Supreme Court urging the court to cancel the anti-encroachment drive in Jahangirpuri
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