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Ludhiana court blast: The man who died during the attack was the bomb handler, says police

OpIndia Staff -
"Preliminary investigation suggests that the person who died in the blast was the handler/criminal," said Police Commissioner.
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Opinions

Dharma Sankat over Dharma Sansad: Calls for violence and a dilemma for Hindus

Nupur J Sharma -
For the past two days, Twitter is rife with videos of a three-day event called Dharma Sansad, organised in Haridwar, Uttarakhand
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News Reports

Punjab CM admits no evidence of sacrilege at Kapurthala, Gurudwara manager arrested and 100 people booked in the lynching case

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Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi has admited that there is no evidence of sacrilege in the Gurudwara in Kapurthala
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News Reports

Muslim youth gets police security after receiving threats from Islamic fundamentalists for chanting Jai Shri Ram at BJP rally in UP

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Muslim youth Ehsaan Rao had attended Amit Shah's rally in Saharanpur where he had chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Bharat Marta Ki Jai’
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News Reports

Court asks CBI to probe the role of Anil Deshmukh in document leakage case, calls him engine who pulls strings of conspiracy

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The court noted that CBI seems to have ignored the main man behind the case, Anil Deshmukh, and is going after only his associates.
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News Reports

Haridwar resident Gulbahar Khan files FIR against Waseem Rizvi for comments against Prophet Muhammad at Dharm Sansand: Read details

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The complaint further states that the remarks were derogatory and provocative in nature and were made under a pre-planned conspiracy. The accused also shared their speeches live on social media.
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News Reports

Khalistani organisation Babbar Khalsa behind Ludhiana court blast case, chief Wadhawa Singh colluded with local gangster: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Harvinder Singh had escaped to the neighbouring country of Pakistan and had recruited local gangsters to carry out the blast.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee throws another temper-tantrum, to skip the 24th Dec CM conference with PM Modi: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee was apparently miffed as she was not given an opportunity to speak at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's virtual meeting with chief ministers
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News Reports

NIA charge-sheets five LeT terrorists in Darbhanga railway station bomb blast case, accused had visited Pakistan several times: Details

OpIndia Staff -
NIA investigation revealed that LeT operatives had planned to set ablaze a moving Secunderabad-Darbhanga Express train by placing IEDs in the train.
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News Reports

Kanpur: Manufacturers of ‘Samajwadi Perfume’, Pan Masala raided by DGGI and I-T, cash counting images go viral

OpIndia Staff -
DDGI, I-T raids at Uttar Pradesh, cash worth over 100 crores found at premises of 'Samajwadi Perfume' manufacturer.
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News Reports

Ludhiana blast case: Punjab police ignored security alert raised on December 14 about the possibility of a terror attack. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab Police ADGP informed that the ISI handlers had sent large consignments of arms and explosive material to Harmesh Singh Kali in June and July this year.
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News Reports

FIR filed against ‘Dharma Sansad’ speeches, but here is the viral Owaisi speech that invited no FIR

OpIndia Staff -
The complaint was filed by Asaduddin Owaisi of AIMIM after which an FIR was filed against the speeches made during Dharma Sansad
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News Reports

‘If he was mentally unstable, why didn’t he come under a bus’: AAP MP Bhagwant Mann on Kapurthala lynching victim

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Bhagwant Mann also asked if the man was insane, why he didn’t go to his father, mother, sister, but only went to the Shri Guru Granth Sahi
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News Reports

BSP will repeat 2007 performance and form govt in Uttar Pradesh, BJP and SP giving Hindu-Muslim colour to elections: Mayawati

OpIndia Staff -
Mayawati said that other parties like BJP and SP are only talking about Hindu-Muslim to hide their failures during their governments.
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News Reports

Autopsy report reveals man lynched in Kapurthala Gurudwara had 30 sword-inflicted cuts, Punjab police yet to file FIR against accused

OpIndia Staff -
According to the autopsy report of the man who was lynched to death at a Gurudwara in Kapurthala, Punjab, he had 30 deep wounds on his body
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News Reports

‘Talking about cows can be a crime for some people, but for us, cow is mother’ – PM Modi in Varanasi

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People who make fun of cow-buffalo forget that the livelihood of 8 crore families of the country is run by such livestock, said PM Modi
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News Reports

China’s plan to break Taiwan: Infiltration of military ranks with spy networks, recruiting ex-officers with lavish gifts

OpIndia Staff -
The detailed investigation reports accessed by Reuters have reportedly revealed that China has systematically built a spy network to undermine Taiwan's defence capabilities, weaken its power and acquire detailed knowledge about its strategic weapons and plans.
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News Reports

‘No part of his speech questioned the beliefs of Muslims’: Madras HC quashes FIR filed against Maridhas over old video on Tablighi Jamaat

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The Madras High Court has quashed the latest FIR filed against Tamil Youtuber Maridhas over an old video where he was seen criticising Tablighi Jamaat
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News Reports

Watch: Mumbai cop assaults and threatens restaurant cashier for refusing to serve food and drinks beyond service hours

OpIndia Staff -
A video has gone viral on Twitter that shows a Mumbai cop hitting a hotel cashier as the latter refuses to serve beyond serviceable hours
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News Reports

Twitter adds ‘manipulated media’ tag: Read the fact check of fake video on Modi and Yogi posted by TMC leaders

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TMC leaders share a edited video to claim anti-Modi and anti-Yogi slogans were raised during inauguration of Kashi Viswanath Corridor
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Liquor mafia attacks RTI activist who had complained about the sale of illicit liquor, nails hammered into his legs

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RTI activist who had lodged complaint against liquor mafia was beaten up and legs pierced with nails by criminals in Rajasthan
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News Reports

YouTuber Abhisar Sharma blatantly lies about Income Tax raids on Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s aides

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YouTuber Abhisar Sharma has claimed that the I-T department had come back empty-handed following raids on Samajwadi Party leaders
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News Reports

Madras HC initiates contempt of court proceeding against lawyer who was seen in compromising position with a woman during online hearing

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In a viral video, a Madras HC advocate was caught canoodling with a woman while a judge was hearing a case through video-conferencing
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News Reports

CRPF readies the first contingent of women commandos for VIP protection, to be included in Z+ security details

OpIndia Staff -
This is the first time CPRF will deploy women commandos for VIP security.
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News Reports

Former Harvard professor convicted for fraud, hiding connections with China: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Lieber was contracted to take part in China's Thousand Talents Plan, a mass recruitment programme between 2012 and 2017. He was taking a lucrative salary from the Wuhan Institute of Technology too.
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News Reports

Assam: Man arrested for raping four minor girls shot in the leg as he tries to escape police custody

OpIndia Staff -
A 50-year-old man accused of raping 4 minors was shot in the leg by the police after he allegedly tried to flee custody in Assam
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News Reports

Two dead in blast in Ludhiana district court complex, several injured

OpIndia Staff -
Blast in Ludhiana court complex in Punjab on Thursday noon left two dead and several injured
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath orders inquiry into allegations of MLAs, bureaucrats purchasing land around Ram Mandir site through relatives after the Ayodhya verdict

OpIndia Staff -
UP govt orders probe into allegations that some MLAs and officials purchased land around the Ram Mandir site in Ayodhya after the SC verdict
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News Reports

Mumbai Police arrests 34-year-old SSR fan from Bengaluru for threatening Aaditya Thackeray

OpIndia Staff -
Initially Jaisingh had reportedly tried calling Aaditya Thackeray but could not talk to him. He then sent threatening messages to the minister and accused him of killing actor Sushant SIngh Rajput.
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News Reports

French first lady says she will take legal action against false claims calling her a transgender who was ‘born a man’

OpIndia Staff -
Unfounded news has been circulating on social media claiming that Brigitte, wife of Emmanuel Macron is a transgender woman whose name at birth was Jean-Michel Trogneux.
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News Reports

Punjab: Hindu temple in Amritsar looted, idols vandalised, police say theft, not ‘sacrilege’

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The police have stated that it is a case of theft and not 'sacrilege'.
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News Reports

‘Aimless, uneducated women will go astray if they remain unmarried till 21 years’: Nuh Bar Association president

OpIndia Staff -
Nuh District Bar Association president said that women who are educated and are aiming for something in their life can control themselves, but aimless, uneducated girls need to be married off earlier.
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News Reports

Meerut: Abdullah and two others gang-rape BJP Mahila Morcha leader, Police initiates probe amid communal tension

OpIndia Staff -
A case has been filed against Abdullah and three others including the woman who had allegedly offered the spiked drink.
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News Reports

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia slams CPIM MP for misrepresenting facts on airports and trying to stir north-south divide

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia said Madurai MP Su Venkatesan's insistence on according Madurai airport international status was incomprehensible
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News Reports

‘You reap what you sow’: Captain Amarinder Singh takes a dig at Harish Rawat’s disappointment at Congress leadership

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Rawat played a key role during Punjab Congress crisis that ultimately led to Singh's resignation from the post of CM, and Sidhu's elevation.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh administers 19 crore doses of coronavirus vaccines, over 6.6 crore people fully vaccinated

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh is the first state to administer 19 crore vaccine doses. According to data, 15.04 crore people in Uttar Pradesh are eligible for vaccine jabs.
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News Reports

Sunny Leone’s new music video Madhuban causes outrage, netizens call for boycotting the song for hurting Hindu sentiments

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Netizens slam Sunny Leonoe's Madhuban music video for sensual dance on a song on the love or Radhe and Krishna
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World

‘The man should be fired on the spot’: Dr Fauci responds on Fox News host’s “kill shot” comments

OpIndia Staff -
Fox News host Jesse Watters had exhorted people to "ambush" Fauci in the streets and to record a rhetorical "kill shot"
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News Reports

Punjab lynching cases: Kapurthala Gurudwara caretaker was pro-Khalistani ultra, had travelled to Pakistan many times, reveals report

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Kapurthala Gurudwara caretaker had alleged that the victim had committed sacrilege before he was beaten to death by a mob
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News Reports

UP government confiscates Mukhtar Ansari’s illegal housing properties worth over Rs 10 Crore under Gangster Act

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The property includes 550.1 square meters of land where Mukhtar Ansari had built 17 shops, which are on the name of his son Abbad Ansari.
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News Reports

‘It’s Your Sky’: Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Akasa Air unveils tagline, logo and livery of the new low-cost airline

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‘It’s Your Sky’ is the brand’s promise to embrace everyone, said Akasa Air while unveiling its logo, tagline and livery
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News Reports

3,117 religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan granted citizenship in the past four years: Home Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
3,117 Hindu, Sikh, Jain, and Christian minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan were granted Indian citizenship from 2018 to 2021
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World

From mocking CNN to calling wokeness huge threat to modern civilisation: What Elon Musk told Babylon Bee

OpIndia Staff -
Besides CNN and wokeness, Musk spoke on over-taxation, Tesla stocks etc. during his interview with satire website Babylon Bee
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Sports

Hockey: India beats Pakistan 4-3 in Asian Champions Trophy, brings home Bronze

OpIndia Staff -
Defending champions India lost the semi-final to Japan 3-5 on Tuesday.
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News Reports

‘She The People’ gets cancelled by ‘liberals’ and ‘feminists’ for reporting Mathura MP Hema Malini’s comments on Krishna Janmabhoomi temple

OpIndia Staff -
SheThePeople, on its website, says that it is India's first women's channel inspired by real stories and seeks to change the discourse on, about and for women.
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Crime

Kerala Police arrest five SDPI workers for murder of BJP leader Renjith Sreenivasan

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The accused have been identified as Nishad, Asif, Sudheer, Arshad, and Ali.
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News Reports

Amazon deleted all ratings and reviews of Xi Jinping’s book from its China website after authorities asked them to remove all non 5 ratings

OpIndia Staff -
Amazon has removed all customer reviews for a book by Chinese premier Xi Jinping on its Chinese website, as asked by the Chinese govt
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World

Another major embarrassment for Pakistan, its embassy in Argentina calls for replacement of PM Imran Khan

OpIndia Staff -
The Pak embassy in Argentina took to Instagram to state political substitution in Islamabad would revive country's credibility
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Opinions

Does liberal privilege deny the existence of BJP in Bengal?

Abhishek Banerjee -
The people of Bengal might want the BJP to be the main opposition, but in the media, it is the CPIM that gets to have the voice.
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News Reports

PM Imran Khan regrets Pakistan’s decision to support America’s ‘war on terror’, says it did so for ‘dollars’

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Imran Khan said joining US-led 'war on terror' was a 'self-inflicted wound' for Pakistan, one that was taken for dollars
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