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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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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News Reports

UP police books Samajwadi Party MLA Shazil Islam after his video in which he was seen issuing threats to BJP and CM Yogi Adityanath...

OpIndia Staff -
UP police booked Samajwadi Party MLA Shazil Islam, party's district unit vice president Sanjeev Kumar Saxena and some other party leaders for threatening CM Yogi Adityanath
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Girlfriend of Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid threatens legal action after rumours of her pregnancy go viral, Khalid has been in jail for over...

OpIndia Staff -
Banojyotsna Lahiri, the girlfriend of Delhi anti-Hindu riot accused Umar Khalid has taken to Twitter to warn legal action against social media users who have been spreading her pregnancy rumours
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News Reports

News Nation sacks journalist Wajid Ali over hateful post abusing Hindu Gods

OpIndia Staff -
While talking to OpIndia, Wajid Ali claimed, "When I checked, those comments were not found anywhere on my profile. I have lodged an online complaint with the cyber cell. I am suffering because of being named Wajid, obviously, no one will believe me."
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Opinions

How meat has been used as a political tool to hurt religious sentiments of Hindus during festivals

OpIndia Staff -
It is one thing to oppose ban on sale of meat, another thing to cook, sell meat right across temples of Jains and publicly slaughter cows with specific intention to hurt the sentiments of Hindus.
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News Reports

Bumper tourist season in Kashmir, for the first time in a decade over 1.8 Lakh tourists in March

OpIndia Staff -
As the rising mercury levels in the rest of the country leave Indians sweating, it is bringing great joy to Kashmir and its tourism industry.
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News Reports

Gorakhnath Temple Attack: Doctor who treated attacker Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi refutes reports of him being mentally unstable

OpIndia Staff -
The reports that emerged in the wake of Gorakhnath Temple attack said the attacker Murtaza Abbasi was mentally unstable.
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Maharashtra: ED attaches Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s properties worth Rs 11.5 crore in the 1034 crore land scam case

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Earlier, the ED had arrested Maharashtra based businessman Pravin Raut in connection with the floor space index (FSI) fraud at Patra Chawl in Goregaon.
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Delhi Jal Board announces 2-hour leave for Muslim employees during Ramzan, no concession for Hindus observing Navratri

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The notification stated that the Muslim employees are expected to complete their work within the remaining office hours during Ramzan.
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Elderly Indian Sikh man assaulted while on his way to Gurudwara in New York, police call the unprovoked assault a case of hate crime:...

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On April 3, Sunday, a 75-year-old Indian Sikh was attacked while he was on his way to Gurudwara Sahib in Queens, New York to offer his obeisance
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The Wire journalist tells a woman who felt violated to ‘not weaponise her privilege’ against man who ‘was from lower-class chain’

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A woman on Twitter expresses her ordeal at a hospital where she felt violated by a hospital staff during a medical procedure, but The Wire journalist asked her not to 'weaponise her privilege'
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Govt blocks 18 Indian, 4 Pakistan Youtube channels for spreading misinformation on India’s foreign relations, national security, including Ukraine war: Details

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The Blocked YouTube channels were used to post fake news and anti-India content on various subjects on the Indian Armed Forces, Jammu and Kashmir, etc.
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Gujarat: Over 150 AAP leaders, workers join BJP a day after Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann’s visit to the state

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party in Gujarat has also suffered the turmoil as several Congress members have joined BJP.
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Opinions

Why the anti-Halal movement has to be driven by the people

Jinit Jain -
The anti-halal opposition needs to coalesce into a people-driven movement for stakeholders to take cognisance of it.
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Opinions

Netresh Sharma gets forgotten for saving life from Islamic mob but ‘Muskan Khan’ becomes the face of resistance for shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’

Suyash -
What place does Netresh Sharma find in the battle of narratives when Muskan Khan has already been heralded as a symbol of resistance?
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News Reports

ED attaches immovable properties worth Rs 4.81 crores of companies named in the DA case against AAP minister Satyendra Jain

OpIndia Staff -
The ED action was taken in connection with the disproportionate asset and money laundering case registered against AAP leader Satyendra Jain and others.
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Allahabad High Court denies bail to Irfan Shaikh, accused of role in illegal conversion of hearing and speech impaired students

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Allahabad High Court denied bail of Irfan Shaikh who was involved in a mass conversion racket in Uttar Pradesh
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Saas-Bahu and Saajish? Indira Gandhi’s daughter in law had published explicit sexual photos in her magazine to target political rival Jagjivan Ram

OpIndia Staff -
Jagjivan Ram had to shoulder the weight of the sex scandal involving his son, and as a result, had to to drop out from the race for Janata Dal leadership.
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News Reports

Rajasthan Govt to ensure uninterrupted power supply in Muslim dominated areas in Jodhpur for the month of Ramzan, issues directive

Jhankar Mohta -
Similar instructions have been given to Jaipur and Ajmer discoms to ensure uninterrupted power supply during the month of Ramzan.
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Black Lives Matter leaders secretly buy a property worth $6 million in California, fail to explain the financial gap in donations received

OpIndia Staff -
They had secretly purchased properties worth $6 million in the year 2020 in cash out of the money that was donated to the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation.
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