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Bengaluru: Several schools get bomb threats over e-mail, premises searched after evacuation

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The Bengaluru City Police, along with a bomb disposal squad, rushed to the areas to conduct additional searches.
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American Airlines announces ‘buses-as-flights’ plan to combat pilot shortage and high fuel prices, netizens remind them, ‘they are just buses’

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So basically, while the tickets will be sold by the AA as flight tickets, passengers will check-in in Allentown or New Jersey airports and travel to Philadelphia by bus, provided by the airline.
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‘Those who do not work and become an obstacle for public work will be transferred’: Sikkim govt creates a new department for lazy employees

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Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh has announced that all nSikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, better known as PS Golay, who has been advocating harsh measures against employees who arrive late for work or skip work, announced earlier this week that non-performing government employees will be transferred to the newly created department
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Calcutta High Court directs a CBI probe into ‘murder’ of TMC leader, Bhadu Sheikh, that sparked Birbhum violence. Here is what it said

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The Court reiterated that the investigation would be easier if one agency was to probe both Sheikh's murder and the incident of Birbhum violence.
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World

Ukraine: 30 dead and over 100 injured as rockets strike escaping Civilians in Kramatorsk station

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30 people were killed and over 100 were injured in a Russian rocket strike on a railway station in east Ukraine today.
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News Reports

From protest against French President Macron to support for Triple Talaq: Who is Arif Masood, Congress leader who attacked his own party for “Hindu...

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After starting his career in Congress party, Masood switched to Samajwadi Party in 2003. However, he returned to Congress after 2007
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News Reports

Meta removes a network of Russian accounts from Facebook for allegedly mass reporting Ukrainian accounts

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Meta said they have purged hacking campaigns, influence networks and scam operations amidst the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Haryana: 182 Kashmiri Pandit families get land ownership papers after 30 years, under CM Khattar’s ‘Mission Vachanpurti’

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About three decades ago, 209 families had purchased a total of 10 acres of land in Sector 2 of Bahadurgarh but HUDA had acquired the land and they could not get ownership.
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News Reports

‘You are Kaafirs for betraying Islam and supporting the BJP’: Locals attack a Muslim family for backing BJP in Uttarakhand assembly polls

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A Muslim family residing in Uttarakhand's Rudrapur was attacked by locals for extending their support to BJP
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Delhi Police arrest one Babu Wasim who had supplied weapons to Shahrukh Pathan during anti-Hindu Delhi riots in 2020

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Babu Wasim admitted that he supplied the pistol flashed by Shahrukh Pathan during the anti-Hindu Delhi riots
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News Reports

‘Not surprised’: Karnataka CM orders probe into the Al-Qaeda video lauding pro-hijab protester Muskaan

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Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai ordered a probe into a video by Al-Qaeda in support of pro-Hijab protests
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News Reports

MP: Relatives and friends of theatre artist gherao cops to oppose arrest, probe ordered after journalist, others, detained and stripped at the police station

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Reportedly, the police first resorted to using force against the mob before detaining them under the IPC Section 151.
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Kanpur: Policeman slaps one Mehtab Alam 5 times in seconds, know the story behind the viral video

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On Thursday, April 7, a video of ACP of Colonelganj in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, thrashing a youth named Mehtab Alam after catching him harassing a girl on the road went viral.
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News Reports

‘AAP using Punjab Police to target BJP workers’, says BJP leader Naveen Jindal after FIR filed against him over video of Arvind Kejrwal

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Punjab Police file FIR against BJP leader Naveen Jindal for allegedly sharing doctored video of Arvind Kejriwal
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‘Muslims shut shops just before Karauli violence started’: Another Hindu exodus looms large. Here is what the victims said

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The victims of the recent Karauli communal clashes, where the mob mercilessly attacked Hindus on the day of the Hindu new year, said they do not feel safe in Karauli and planning to move to other secure location with their families.
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Uttar Pradesh: Sabir Mirza arrested for abduction, forced conversion and ‘nikah’ of an 18-year-old girl, Maulvi’s role being probed too

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Sabir Mirza kidnapped the girl and took her to a mosque in Banda district. He allegedly married her after converting her to Islam.
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Opinions

Founding editor of TheWire, Siddharth Varadarajan, his fictitious tales and agenda journalism: How he spun a yarn yet again

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“I’m not easily given to pessimism” declared Siddharth Varadarajan this morning while doing, what he does best - manufacture an imagined story
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News Reports

Karauli anti-Hindu violence: Rajasthan Police books BJP leader Somya Gurjar’s husband, Gurjar community protests, demands CBI inquiry

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The Gurjar community says that if Rajaram Gurjar's name is not released from the FIR, they will stage protests.
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Ex-Amnesty chief Aakar Patel claims he was stopped at airport again, CBI to challenge the court order that set aside the Look Out Circular

OpIndia Staff -
Given that the Rouse Avenue Court issued its directives only on April 7, it is possible that the CBI did not receive the written copy of the court order by the time Patel tweeted about being stopped at Bengaluru airport.
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News Reports

Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal recounts how a drunk Mumbai Indians player had him dangling outside a balcony on the 15th floor of a hotel: What...

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Yuzvendra Chahal recalled a terrifying incident that occurred in 2013 while he was playing for Mumbai Indians in the IPL.
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News Reports

Gorakhnath Temple attack: Terrorist Ahmad Murtuza Abbasi, with connections to ISIS, confesses he was angry over ‘CAA, NRC, atrocities against Muslims’

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Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, accused in Gorakhnath temple attack, said that his attack was a response to passing of CAA
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TMC leader Babul Supriyo equates Indian and Pakistani Muslims to wash away the “communal stamp” that was supposedly put on him: What he said

OpIndia Staff -
TMC leader Babul Supriyo is now trying his best to wash away the "communal stamp" that was put on him when he was with BJP
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Days before Ram Navami and other Hindu festivals, Rajasthan govt bans religious flags on public properties

OpIndia Staff -
Installation of religious flags on public places will be prohibited in many districts of Rajasthan till 7th May 2022.
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United Nations General Assembly votes to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council, India abstains from voting

OpIndia Staff -
United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from Human Rights Council due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine
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Maharashtra: Kashmiri Hindu activist detained by police for seeking permission to attend a propaganda program against The Kashmir Files, released after hours

OpIndia Staff -
Kashmiri Hindu activist Rohit Kachroo detained by Pune police after he approached to seek permission to attend a program
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News Reports

Controversy over ‘only Muslim’ recruitment at Mini-Ratna Pawan Hans helicopter service, here is how there could be a Jamia connection

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On Thursday, 7th of April 2022, a controversy broke out on Indian social media over the recruitment practices of Pawan Hans Limited
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Washington Post columnist Khaled Beydoun spreads lies, blames Hindus for the attack on Hindu New Year celebration in Karauli in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
Khaled Beydoun has turned around the facts and tweeted lies about the violence that took place in Karauli in Rajasthan.
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News Reports

‘Better do a DNA test, you can’t be a Muslim’: MNS corporator gets threats for supporting Raj Thackeray’s call for ban on loudspeakers in...

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MNS corporator Salim Sheikh received threats call after he appealed Muslims to remove loudspeakers from mosques
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Punjab: AAP’s promise of 300 units of free electricity out of sight after almost one month of winning elections

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AAP had promised 300 units of free electricity in Punjab before elections, but yet to implement it after forming govt
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Media

‘It’s extremely disrespectful’: Actor Yami Gautam Dhar slams Anupama Chopra’s Film Companion for mocking her acting abilities in ‘Dasvi’ review

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Bollywood actor Yami Gautam Dhar has taken to Twitter to slam the movie critic Anupama Chopra's “Film Companion”
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After ‘Ghost of Kyiv’ and ‘legendary sniper Wali’, lady sniper ‘Charcoal’ becomes the latest mythical hero for Ukraine

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Ukrainian Army posted a series of images of a female sniper, "Charcoal", seen in camouflage, covering her face with a green mask.
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Media reports claim Bareilly man Kamran thrashed for equating Modi and Yogi to Lord Ram and Krishna, Uttar Pradesh police say they are checking the...

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Bareilly police say no confirmation that Kamran was thrashed by Muslim mob for praising PM Modi and UP CM Yogi Adityanath
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Ex-Amnesty India head Aakar Patel roots for American interference after Ilhan Omar repeats her Anti-Modi rhetoric again

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Aakar Patel thanked Ilhan Omar after she repeated her Muslim Human rights narrative against India and Modi govt
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Opinions

Arvind Kejriwal claims Bhagwant Mann was demanding Punjab’s own money while seeking central aide, this is why he is playing a dangerous game

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Arvind Kejriwal claims centre is hoarding money belonging to states, says Bhagwant Mann's demand of grant was Punjab's money
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Azaan row: Haji Salees of Sunni Ulema Council says 24 hour Akhand Path creates noise pollution

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, a lot of people including celebrities have raised their voice against the loudspeakers used for azaan even though the same has been banned in many Muslim countries.
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Haryana: Ex-Congress leader Nirmal Singh joins AAP with daughter, was accused of shooting three cows

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In 2020, a police case has been registered against Singh for shooting three cows at a farmhouse which had led to the death of one of them.
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Delhi court allows ex-Amnesty head Aakar Patel to travel to the US till May 30, HC had earlier allowed donation fraud accused Rana Ayyub

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ormer Amnesty International India head Aakar Patel has been granted allowance by the Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi to leave the country for foreign travel.
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Editor's picks

‘Your brother stole all the money, nothing left to pay salary’: BharatPe CEO says to Ashneer Grover’s sister on employee’s post seeking salary

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Former BharatPe CEO Ashneer Grover's sister and BharatPe's current CEO Suhail Sameer had spat on LinkedIn.
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News Reports

NMA asks ASI to move two Ganesha idols from Qutub Minar complex to a ‘respectable’ place at the National Museum: Report

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The Indian Express reported that NMA has asked ASI to move two Ganesha idols from the Qutub Minar complex and keep it in the National Museum.
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From drones to robot dogs: How China is keeping its citizens under strict lockdown, as COVID cases surge

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Shanghai administration is using robot dogs and drones to direct people to stay inside during indefinite lockdown
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Uttar Pradesh: Illegal petrol pump of SP MLA Shahjil Islam demolished after he threatened Yogi Adityanath saying ‘our guns will fire’

OpIndia Staff -
Petrol pump built by SP MLA Shahjil Islam demolished by UP govt as it was built without taking required approvals
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Keys to the treasure room of Puri Jagannath temple have been ‘missing’ for years and Odisha Govt’s response has been confusing

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The treasure room or Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath Temple has 2 chambers. The outer chamber is regularly opened and ornaments are used to adorn the Gods, but the inner chamber has not been opened in decades and no one knows where are the keys.
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Gujarat: Congress MLA accused of cheating in exam after caught with mobile phone

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The Congress MLA Indrajitsinh Parmar said that as he reached the centre late, he forgot that his mobile was left in his pocket in a hurry.
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Pakistan: Opposition lawmakers in Punjab hold assembly session in a hotel and ‘elect’ new CM after the assembly was sealed with barbed wires

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Pakistan: Opposition parties of Punjab led by PML-Nawaz held an assembly session at a hotel to elect a new CM
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Uttar Pradesh: ‘Madarsas should teach nationalism, not terrorism’, says Minister Dharampal Singh, directs to reclaim encroached waqf properties

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UP minister Dharampal Singh said that madrasa education syllabus in the state will be based on New Education Policy
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Gorakhnath Temple Attack: Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi sent lakhs to ISIS terrorists, ATS had raided his house a day before, but found him missing

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Investigation into Gorakhpur Temple attacker Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi’s life, reveals incident being a planned attack
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‘Will perforate him the day we find his address’: Khalistanis plot murder of Sikh activist on Twitter Spaces, reveals viral audio clip

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An undated Twitter Spaces recording showed Khalistanis have been plotting murder of a Sikh activist
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‘No ruling party should politicise the education sector’: West Bengal state board warns penal action after some students write ‘Khela Hobe’ in exams

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West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education warned strict penal action against those students who are found writing Mamata Banerjee's genocidal election slogan 'Khela Hobe' in their answer sheets
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Madurai: Group Sex video of a govt school teacher and her students goes viral, cyber cell to crack down on all those who shared...

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The Cyber Cell department in its probe is investigating whether the video was uploaded on international pornographic sites for money or whether it was circulated among close people.
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PM Modi’s security breach: SFJ chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannu used US-based telecom service to threaten SC lawyers, reveals Delhi Police

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The Delhi Police has registered several FIRs against Pannu for threatening the SC lawyers. The investigation has revealed Pannu's direct involvement in the case.
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