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Hindu science teacher arrested in Bangladesh after students complain against him over blasphemous comments, insult to Islam: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Teacher in Bangladesh, has been arrested for blasphemy, insulting Prophet Muhammed and Islam
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Opinions

While riot accused’s girlfriend’s culinary dilemma has mainstream media heart-eyed, the families of actual victims are forgotten

Saket Suryesh -
Cicero said that the life of the dead is set in the memory of the living. Where do those dead live whose memories too are erased and wiped off by scheming fanatics with no courage by men who have weaponised their words? 
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Opinions

Siddharth Varadarajan rants, repeats a probably fictitious sob story about a Hindu-Muslim couple he met in Italy: Here is the problem with it

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Siddarth Varadarajan who is an American citizen and the editor and co-founder of The Wire made one such innovative attempt today, through a tweet thread.
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News Reports

Videos of Ukrainian forces killing captured Russian POWs go viral

OpIndia Staff -
According to local Ukrainian reports, the attack on the Russian Prisoners of War (POW) was carried out by the "Georgian Legion", a group of Georgian volunteers formed in 2014 to fight for Ukraine.
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News Reports

Punjab and Haryana HC stays investigation against BJP leader Tajinder Bagga, issues notice to Punjab Police

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed investigation against Tajinder Bagga, sought reply from Punjab Police over the matter.
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News Reports

Guwahati Police take cognizance of viral audio clip of Instagram Influencer and her friend on how to ‘rape and kill Hindus’

OpIndia Staff -
Guwahati Police in a reply to a Twitter user said that they have already taken up the matter of the viral audio clip of an Instagram influencer and her friend.
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News Reports

TMC VP Yashwant Sinha loses cool, hurls abuse on Twitter, here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Ch*tiya is a derogatory term which is often used as an insult.
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Government and Policy

Parliament passes the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022: All you need to know about the bill on collection of information related to crimes

OpIndia Staff -
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill 2022 permits collection of identification data about persons for probe of crimes
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News Reports

Gujarat: AAP leader Yuvrajsinh Jadeja sent to judicial custody for assaulting policemen

OpIndia Staff -
Yuvrajsinh Jadeja tried to run his vehicle over the policemen and dragged one of them on the bonnet for a few meters.
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World

Friend of PM Imran Khan’s wife flees from Pakistan amid corruption charges, her ‘$90,000 bag’ picture goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Farah Khan is accused of receiving money for getting government officers transferred and posted according to their choices.
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News Reports

After NEET, Tamil Nadu govt now opposes Common University Entrance Test, CM MK Stalin urges PM Modi to withdraw it calling it ‘regressive’

OpIndia Staff -
MK Stalin called the Common University Entrance Test to be a regressive step saying it will benefit coaching centers and not the students
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Arif Masood criticizes party’s decision to celebrate Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti, asks why Ramzan not included in celebrations

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MLA Arif Masood questions party for celebrating Ram Navani and other Hindu festivals but not Ramzan
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News Reports

‘India has been an elder brother to Sri Lanka’: Former SL cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga lauds PM Modi for assistance amid economic crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Arjuna Ranatunga slammed the Rajapaksa government for the current economic crisis bedevilling Sri Lanka
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Social Media

Haldiram’s trends on social media after TV reporter confronts store employee over “Urdu” text on product packets

OpIndia Staff -
A reporter from Sudarshan News TV was seen having an intense debate with a woman employee at a Haldiram's store.
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav downplays the Gorakhnath Temple attack and accuses BJP of exaggerating it, calls the attacker ‘mentally unstable’

OpIndia Staff -
The doctor who treated the Gorakhnath Temple attacker refuted reports of him being mentally unstable.
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News Reports

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar meets PM Modi over ED’s action against Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut in Rs 1034 land scam case

OpIndia Staff -
The PM Modi-Sharad Pawar meeting lasted for 20-25 minutes. "If a central agency takes a step like this, then they have to take responsibility for it", said Pawar during the meeting.
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News Reports

AMU professor suspended, booked for hurting religious sentiments after he linked the history of rape in India to Hindu deities: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The AMU professor furnished an unconditional apology after outrage over his derogatory references to Hindu deities
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News Reports

British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran wins copyright trial over ‘Shape of You’ after London High Court rules that he did not lift a phrase from...

OpIndia Staff -
British court rules that Ed Sheeran didn't copy the phrase “Oh I” in 'Shape of You' from “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri
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News Reports

‘Hindus should be raped, identified and killed’: Audio clip of Instagram influencer Sabnam and her friend Nadeem goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Instagram influencer Sabnam and Nadeem's audio goes viral, Nadeem called for identifying, raping and killing Hindus.
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Crime

CBI takes former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh into its custody on charges of corruption

OpIndia Staff -
Anil Deshmukh was arrested by the ED in November 2021, in connection with a money laundering case
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News Reports

Veteran singer Anuradha Paudwal seeks ban on loudspeakers Azaan, says even Muslim countries have banned it

OpIndia Staff -
Veteran singer Anuradha Paudwal stated that even in Muslim countries playing Azaan on loudspeakers is banned, so why not in India.
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News Reports

Delhi Court seeks reply of CBI on former Amnesty India head Aakar Patel’s plea against Look Out circular

OpIndia Staff -
Aakar Patel moves court against look out circular against him by CBI after he was stopped from leavening India
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News Reports

Telangana: AIMIM Corporator Ghousuddin Mohammed booked for threatening and abusing cops on duty, had said police can’t enter the locality during Ramzan

OpIndia Staff -
AIMIM Corporator Ghousuddin Mohammed booked for threatening cops who asked some shopkeepers to shut their shops after 2 AM
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News Reports

Pakistan political crisis: Imran Khan’s aide Fawad Chaudhry loses cool amid presser, calls reporter ‘Kiraye ke log’

OpIndia Staff -
PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry responded harshly when a journalist asked a question about Farah Khan, a friend of Pakistan PM Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi, and it quickly turned into a heated argument.
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News Reports

PTC TV MD arrested on a harassment complaint days after his channel debunked Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s ‘Rs 6 lakh bridge’ claims

OpIndia Staff -
Rabinder Narayan was arrested based on a complaint filed by one of contestants of Miss Punjab against PTC TV.
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News Reports

‘India is deciding what is best for our national interest’: EAM Dr S Jaishankar speaks on Ukraine issue in LokSabha

OpIndia Staff -
While answering questions on India's stand on Ukraine situation, EAM Dr S Jaishankar said India's stand is based on national interest.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: BJP leader attacked by alleged goons of DMK ally in Cuddalore, victim’s shop also vandalised

OpIndia Staff -
BJP's Babu Rasappan was attacked by alleged goons of VCK, an ally of DMK, in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu.
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Politics

Gujarat: Suspended Congress leader organises ‘Havan’ to purify the party, accuses Bharatsinh Solanki of adultery

OpIndia Staff -
Bharatsinh Solanki is son of Congress leader and former Gujarat Chief Minister Madhavsinh Solanki. He was the proponent of the KHAM (Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi, Muslims) votebank theory for Congress.
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Government and Policy

IMF paper hails Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, says Aadhar-based distribution saved people from sliding into extreme poverty

OpIndia Staff -
The IMF paper titled ‘Pandemic, Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from India’, said the extreme poverty in the country stayed at less than 1% despite the pandemic.
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World

Israeli PM Naftali Bennett says security forces foiled more than 15 terrorist attacks ahead of Ramzan

OpIndia Staff -
Israeli PM Bennett reported that more than 200 suspects have been rounded up for their alleged links to jihadi outfits
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News Reports

ED files FIR against activist Medha Patkar over money laundering charges during Narmada Bachao Andolan, had received suspicious donations

OpIndia Staff -
ED books Medha Patkar over allegations of Money Laundering during Narmada Bachao Andolan
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Viral video shows Mirzapur man Abdul and his family attack neighbours with rods and sticks for littering outside their house, details

OpIndia Staff -
The viral video was from an incident that took place in January 2022. However, the same was viral on social media only recently.
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News Reports

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa revokes State of Emergency, gives no indication to step down amid economic crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Rajapaksa asserted that he won’t resign but agreed to hand over the govt to whoever proves majority in Parliament.
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World

China warns of ‘Ukraine-like crisis’ after the US, Australia and the UK announce AUKUS hypersonic weapons deal

OpIndia Staff -
AUKUS partners on Tuesday announced joint cooperation for the development of hypersonic missile capabilitie
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News Reports

West Bengal: Violent clash erupts after murder of a man in Eastern Burdwan, 39 persons arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Following murder of a man, violent clashes erupted in Galsi, Eastern Burdwan in West Bengal. 39 arrested.
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News Reports

More than 310 places, including temples, mosques, commercial establishments issued notice by Bengaluru police for defying HC order on loudspeakers

OpIndia Staff -
The Bengaluru police have issued notices to over 125 mosques, 83 temples, 22 churches, 59 commercial establishments including pubs and bars, for using loudspeakers during banned hours or crossing the limit of 60 decibels of noise level.
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News Reports

Explained: How an animal is slaughtered in the ‘halal way’ and why stunning may not adhere to Islamic principles

Dibakar Dutta -
Devout Muslims, who believe that Sharia is valid for all times and places, refuse to adapt to the modern technological advancements in the meat industry.
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News Reports

Gorakhnath Temple attack: ‘Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi had no interest in married life’, ex-wife alleges domestic violence

OpIndia Staff -
Gorakhnath Temple Attacker's ex-wife said he was deeply religious and did not have any interest in married life.
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News Reports

Terror org Al-Qaeda chief recites poem for burqa-clad protestor during Karnataka hijab row, incites Indian Muslims to take to violence

OpIndia Staff -
In the video titled "The Noble Woman of India", which carried an infographic depicting Muskan Zainab Khan, Zawahiri recited and dedicated a poem he had composed to praise Khan.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Pasha, Shahid and a juvenile stab Chandru to death for ‘not speaking Urdu’, police deny claims

OpIndia Staff -
As he passed by Haleguddadahalli, his bike touched another bike. The bike rider, identified as Shahid Pasha, picked up an argument with Chandru. The arguments took an ugly turn when the accused attacked Chandru with a knife.
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News Reports

Ex-Amnesty India head Aakar Patel stopped at Bengaluru airport: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Aakar Patel said that the CBI officer informed him that he is on a Look Out Circular because of the case against Amnesty International India regarding the FCRA violations.
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News Reports

Kashmir: Rajouri teacher Nisar Ahmed accused of beating up girl child for turning up at school with a tilak during Navratri

OpIndia Staff -
The teacher has since been suspended and an inquiry into the allegations has been initiated by Rajouri district administration.
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News Reports

VHP plans to organise over 1,000 Shobha Yatras in West Bengal on Ram Navami: Report

OpIndia Staff -
As many as 20 Shobha Yatras will be taken out in Kolkata alone, the VHP spokesperson said.
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News Reports

Police deployed to guard the 2 remaining Hindu families in a Kashmiri village after a terror attack

OpIndia Staff -
Police has been deployed in the Chotigam village of Shopian district to protect the two remaining Kashmiri Pandit families after one of them was attacked
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News Reports

Rajya Sabha passes bill to merge three municipal corporations of Delhi into a single entity

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, Amit Shah questioned the step-motherly treated given to three municipal corporations of Delhi
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News Reports

Punjab: All you need to know about the Muslim Gujjar-Jat clash that led to the death of two Muslim Gujjars in Majitha

OpIndia Staff -
Argument between members of Muslim Gujjar and Jat community in Majitha, Punjab led to death of two Gujjars.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Rs 1 lakh bounty, a fatwa issued against a Muslim doctor for supporting the RSS; accused arrested

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The fatwa mentions that anybody who kills Dr Mohammad Nizam Bharti would be rewarded with Rs 1 lakh.
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News Reports

CEO Parag Agrawal welcomes Elon Musk to Twitter’s board, Musk says will make ‘significant improvement’ to Twitter in coming months

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has jow formally welcomed the American billionaire Elon Musk to the company board.
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News Reports

Delhi Jal Board withdraws circular for “Ramzan leave” for Muslim employees after online outrage

OpIndia Staff -
After Delhi Jal Board announced the leave for the Muslims during Ramzan, it led to widespread anger among the netizens
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Opinions

A new headmaster’s son is born? How mid-day wrote a sob story to whitewash the crimes of Umar Khalid, accused in Delhi anti-Hindu riots

Pallav -
An article in 'Mid-Day' has attempted to whitewash the culpability of Umar Khalid, the prime accused in Delhi riots case.
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