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Top Naxal leader Prashant Bose, accused of plotting to kill PM Modi in Bhima Koregaon case, arrested in Jharkhand

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Top CPI (Maoist) leader Prashant Bose alias Kishan Da arrested in a joint operation by Jharkhand Police and Intelligence Bureau
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News Reports

Manipur: Assam Rifles convoy ambushed near Myanmar border, seven persons including commanding officer, his wife and son killed

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Commanding Officer, his wife, their 6-year-old son, and 4 other soldiers of 46 Assam Rifles killed in ambush on their convoy in Manipur
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News Reports

PIL filed in Kerala HC against movie Kurup to protect the privacy of a man accused of murder and embezzlement of insurance money

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A Kochi-based lawyer filed a PIL alleging that movie Kurup infringed on the rights of proclaimed offender Sukumara Kurup.
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Politics

Varanasi: Home Minister Amit Shah highlights importance of ‘Swabhasha’, asks guardians to speak to children in native tongue

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Home Minister Amit Shah in Varanasi has highlighted the focus of the government on 'Swabhasha'.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Lady police officer forces female detainee to strip and dance naked in front of inmates, compulsorily retired

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Inspector Shabana Irshad in Que­tta in Pakistan sacked after probe found that she had forced a female detainee to strip and dance nude
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News Reports

Supreme Court raps Kejriwal Govt, suggests lockdown to curb pollution in Delhi caused majorly by stubble burning in other states

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The Supreme court also pulled up the Delhi government over the non-installation of smog towers and emission control projects.
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News Reports

American radio show defends “Gender Queer”, a book that was banned across schools in the US for pornographic content involving children

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NPR's 1A defended 'Gender Queer' book, which was pulled out from many schools across the US for its sexually explicit content
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News Reports

‘Trinamool Congress Govt linked to terrorists, smugglers’: BJP MLA hits out at Mamata Banerjee for opposing extension of BSF jurisdiction

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BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul hit out at Mamata Banerjee for opposing centre's decision to extend the BSF jurisdiction, calling West Bengal a terrorist hub
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Crime

Maharashtra: Muslim mobs resort to violence to protest violence in Tripura, pelt stones at cops and shops in three cities

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Muslim groups had taken out rallies in Nanded, Malegaon, Amaravati and some other places in Maharashtra which turned violent.
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Politics

King Kong vs Godzilla at Samajwadi party meet ahead of elections, workers throw blows at each other on stage

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Syed Ali managed to escape and reached the Raniganj police station to complain about the assault by Samajwadi Party workers.
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Crime

Agra: Hindu woman who married a Muslim man dies a suspicious death, family of deceased attacked, FIR registered

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Tensions erupted in Agra following the suspicious death of a 26 year old Hindu woman who had married a Muslim man.
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Politics

Narendra Modi was like all of us when it comes to the internet, watch old clip where he revealed it kept him awake late...

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Narendra Modi could be heard saying that he had become so fond of the internet that it kept him awake late at nights.
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News Reports

Salman Khurshid confirms Sonia Gandhi was ‘shaken’ by the death of Batla encounter terrorists, had earlier said she had cried bitterly

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Salman Khurshid said that Sonia Gandhi was shaken by the visuals of dead terrorists in the Batla House encounter.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: State urges Central Govt to rename Habibganj railway station in Bhopal after tribal queen Rani Kamlapati

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The MP Govt said that renaming Habibganj railway station will honour the 18th century tribal queen Rani Kamlapati.
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News Reports

‘Lord Shiva had swallowed the entire universe’: Janeu-Dhari Rahul Gandhi misquotes Hindu scriptures after saying he has read the Upanishads

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Rahul Gandhi said that like Shiva had swallowed the universe, once crystallised, Congress ideology will swallow BJP ideology
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News Reports

“Calculated attack”: Delhi court frames charges against four rioters for killing Hindu youth Deepak during Delhi riots

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Karkardooma Court frames charges against Anwar Hussain, Kasim, Shahrukh, and Khalid Ansari for killing Deepak during Delhi riots
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Politics

Punjab: Congress CM Channi announces ‘compensation’ of Rs 2 lakhs to 83 rioters arrested for Republic Day violence

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Punjab CM Channi has announced compensation of 2 lakhs to all the perpetrators of the Republic Day violence.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP and RSS of spreading hatred using Hindutva, says Hindutva is not Hinduism

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Rahul Gandhi said that while the scriptures of Hinduism did not suggest killing of an innocent, the ideology of Hindutva supports it
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Editor's picks

Protest against Namaz on public ground in Gurugram escalates, Hindu activists spread cow dung on the ground for puja, plan to build volleyball court

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Rven though Muslims had assembled at the spot in Gurugram sector 12A as per routine, they could not offer Namaz as it was covered with cow dung
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World

Afghanistan: Massive explosion at mosque during Friday Namaz rocks Nangarhar, multiple casualties feared

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The explosion occurred in front of a mosque in the Spin Ghar district in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan during the Friday Namaz.
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Entertainment

Movie on Islamist Kunjali Marakkar IV sparks row ahead of its release: Read why

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The film is based on the 'heroics' of Mohammed Ali, who was the Kunjali Marakkar IV between the period 1595 – 1600.
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Crime

Former Samajwadi Party minister Gayatri Prajapati sentenced to life imprisonment in gang rape case: All you need to know

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Gayatri Prajapati, a key member of Akhilesh Yadav's Cabinet, was convicted on Wednesday in a gang rape case.
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News Reports

Father of Sameer Wankhede produces 28 documents to counter Nawab Malik’s accusations, certificates show he belongs to Mahar community, a scheduled caste

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The Bombay High Court is hearing the defamation suit filed by father of Sameer Wankhede against NCP leader Nawab Malik
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News Reports

‘No, he is absolutely fine and in good spirits’: Anil Deshmukh’s advocate corrects journalist who claimed Deshmukh is in bad health in ED custody

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TV9 Marathi journalist asked lawyer of Anil Deshmukh why ED was bent on getting his client's custody extended yet again
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News Reports

Myanmar court jails US journalist for 11 years for breaching immigration laws and encouraging dissent against military

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Fenster’s trial took place behind closed doors, inside Insein prison, where he and many of those detained are imprisoned.
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Cricket

‘Have taken the bullet for 7 years’: Ravi Shastri speaks up after stepping down as India’s coach

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Ravi Shastri has spoken to Arnab Goswami of the Republic TV after stepping down as Team India's head coach.
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News Reports

Water supply scheme named after ‘Pakistan’ causes outrage in Assam, officials say result of distorted name of the place

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As the name Pak Sthan had become Pakistan in oral use, the distorted entered the records of PHE dept in Assam and used it in a nameplate
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Fact-Check

AltNews and The Wire whitewash Akhilesh’s Jinnah statement, call it fake news while admitting that he indeed made the statement

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AltNews and The Wire claimed that people saying Akhilesh Yadav praised Jinnah as a freedom fighter was 'fake news' because Yadav had not named Jinnah alone, he had named others too.
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News Reports

‘Enough evidence to show they extorted, threatened to kill him and his family’: Delhi Court frames charges against AAP MLA in a doctor’s suicide...

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Delhi court framed charges of abetment of suicide against AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal and his aide in connection with the suicide of a South Delhi-based doctor.
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Cricket

Pakistani captain Babar Azam first blames Hassan Ali, then asks teammates not to blame anyone for defeat against Australia

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani cricket fans are hurling vile abuses against Hassan Ali and his family, blaming him for the match loss.
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World

US President Joe Biden calls Baseball legend Satchel Paige the ‘great Negro’ during Veterans Day address

OpIndia Staff -
Joe Biden has called Satchel Paige "the great negro" at during his Veterans Day address at the Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday.
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News Reports

After judges complain of being ignored by CBI, probe agency seeks Interpol help to nab 2 social media trolls

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About 6 people from different places in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been already arrested and sent to judicial custody in relation to cases over sharing insulting remarks against HC judges.
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Cricket

‘Dil toot gaya, awaaz nahi nikal rahi’: Pakistanis cry copious tears after semifinal defeat versus Australia

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After Pakistan lost to Australia in the T20 World Cup semifinal, several videos of heartbroken Pakistani fans have surfaced.
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Law

Justice Chandrachud led Supreme Court bench warns Army of contempt over permanent commission for women

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The SC warned the Army of contempt action in a plea related to permanent commission for women.
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News Reports

Were you dead for 2 years? Get out: Rajasthan Congress Minister mocks elderly man asking for help after his son went missing in 2019

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Parsadi Lal Meena summoned his security personnel and asked them to escort Mithalal and his relatives out of the camp.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Cattle smuggles from Bangladesh attack BSF team at the border in Cooch Bihar, two smugglers killed while one jawan injured

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After Bangladeshi cattle smugglers attacked BSF personnel with iron rods, sticks and sickles, BSF retaliated and 2 smugglers were killed
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OpIndia Explains

12 November 1969: The day when the ‘Syndicate’ expelled the then Indian PM Indira Gandhi from the Congress party

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Indira Gandhi was expelled from the party on the grounds of "fostering a cult of personality" and violating party discipline
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News Reports

Big brain liberals “slam” PM Modi for not giving Padma Award to Neeraj Chopra because he is a ‘farmer’s son’: Here is how they...

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Neeraj Chopra was not awarded a Padma Award because the awards were for 2020 and announced on January 26th, much before the Olympics
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Cricket

Big W for Gautam Gambhir: Former opener takes aim at Ponting, Warne, questions campaign against Ashwin over Warner’s six

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Gautam Gambhir took potshots at Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting after David Warner hit a ball for six after it had slipped out of Mohammad Hafeez's hand.
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News Reports

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad calls Salman Khurshid’s comparison of Hindutva with ISIS ‘factually wrong’: Details

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Ghulam Nabi Azad is the first from Congress to respond to Salman Khurshid's remark comparing Hindutva and ISIS
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News Reports

‘Over 55% donations to regional parties from unknown sources,’ reveals ADR report: TRS, TDP, YSRCP, DMK and JD(S) top the list

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In another report from October, parties like Shiv Sena, AIADMK, Aam Aadmi Party, BJD and YSR-C had declared the highest donations in FY 2019-20. Additionally, AAP and Samajwadi Party reported a maximum increase in their income from donations between FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20.
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News Reports

Minor son of Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA commits suicide, shoots himself in his house, leaves a suicide note

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Vaibhav Yadav, teenaged son of Congress MLA from Bargi assembly constituency Sanjay Yadav, reportedly committed suicide on Thursday afternoon
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News Reports

Fiddlehead founder Melinda Byerley goes from calling Indians ‘parasites’ to ‘underprivileged’ in apology that came late: Details

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The silicon valley entrepreneur in her Twitter post on Friday ‘thanked’ the netizens for the honest feedback. She further apologized for her statements and for ‘taking too long to understand.’
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News Reports

T20 World Cup: Pakistanis abuse bowler Hasan Ali for being a Shia Muslim, blame him for match loss against Australia

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Pakistanis were seen abusing Hasan Ali for being a Shia. It is notable here that Sunni majority Pakistan considers Shia as inferior.
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News Reports

Has Haryana govt ‘banned’ procurement of paddy in 12 districts because it is ‘conspiring’ against farmers? How Congress misled

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President of Haryana Pradesh Congress made tall allegations against the BJP led Haryana government for paddy procurement
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News Reports

Part-time politician missing again: How Rajasthan CM went to meet Congress top guns but Rahul Gandhi’s location was unknown

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A senior Congress leader simply said that Gandhi’s residence was a ‘convenient location’ for the meeting. 
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News Reports

Maharashtra: ED raids 8 locations in Waqf Board land scam case, Nawab Malik claims he is running a cleanup campaign

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In August this year, Pune police had registered a case of cheating against 2 persons named Chand Mulani and Imtiyaz Shaikh for misappropriating Rs 7.76 crores in the name of one Waqf registered endowment Trust.
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News Reports

Conspiracy theory group claims US govt has replaced all birds with surveillance drones, asks Twitter to change its logo

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Birds Aren't Real says every bird is a govt surveillance drone and every use of “bird” imagery is intentional pro-bird social programming
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News Reports

Woman accuses cricketers, senior Congress leader of rape, police says no FIR filed and no evidence found yet

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Wife of Dawood Ibrahim's aide Riyaz Bhati has accused her husband, two cricketers and a senior Congress leader of raping her
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News Reports

Guwahati Airport refutes media report that operator Adani Group has banned traditional clothes, sindur, bindis for female employees

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Guwahati International Airport has refuted a report by Pratidin Times that it issued a dress code for employees banning traditional clothes
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