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Justice for Sacrilege, liquor, electricity and more: Navjot Singh Sidhu writes to Sonia Gandhi, demands action on 13 issues in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Navjot Singh Sidhu has written to Sonia Gandhi highlighting 13 issues for the government to address in the state.
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News Reports

Targeted attacks on non-locals continue in Kashmir, another golgappa vendor from Bihar and carpenter from UP killed by terrorists

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Arbind Kumar Sah from Bihar and Sagir Ahmad from UP were killed by terrorists in Kashmir in two more incidents of targeted attacks on non-locals
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News Reports

As Punjab farmers begin to burn stubble, Delhi air quality dips to ‘very poor’

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier last month, Delhi government had banned firecrackers this Diwali citing 'air pollution' even though studies have shown firecrackers contribute negligible to air pollution as compared to stubble burning.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s grandson sacked from government job over charges of terror links

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Geelani's grandson Anees-ul-Islam was working as a research officer in Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre in Srinagar.
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Politics

Don’t upset Punjab, Indira Gandhi had lost her life: Sharad Pawar says ‘upsetting’ farmers will have ramifications

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Sharad Pawar warns of 'ramifications' if farmers' demands are not met, invokes Indira Gandhi's assassination.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Crude bomb hurled during Durga Visarjan in Durgapur, read details

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After the immersion of idols, a group of men from one neighbourhood tried to solicit money from another group to buy alcohol.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: More Hindu temples attacked, petrol bombs hurled in fresh Islamist attack in Feni district

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The attackers torched a passenger vehicle at Kalipal, hurled crude bombs, vandalised a fire truck and attacked Hindu temples such as JoyKali, Jagannathbari, Kalibari Temple and Gaziganj Ashram.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: One dead as car rams into devotees during Durga Puja idol Visarjan in Bhopal, disturbing visuals emerge

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Two people have been injured after speeding car rammed over devotees in Bhopal as per reports. The police has said that the driver will be nabbed soon.
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Media

Scroll, The Swaddle columnist justifies attack on ISKCON temple and Hindu devotees in Bangladesh by Islamists

OpIndia Staff -
Scroll and The Swaddle columnist Genesia Alves not only justified violence unleashed upon Hindus in Bangladesh by an Islamist mob for celebrating the Hindu festival Vijayadashami/Dussehra but also gave 'context' to the same justification.
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News Reports

Two more Nihang Sikhs arrested in Singhu border lynching case after they were felicitated by fellow Nihangs

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After Saravjeet Singh and Narain Singh, Nihang Sikhs Bhagwant Singh and Govind Singh arrested in the Singhu border lynching case
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News Reports

NSG deployed at Indian Air Force Bases in Srinagar and Jammu to provide protection against drone attacks

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NSG deployed at Indian Air Force Bases in Srinagar and Jammu after drone attack on Jammu Air Base in June this year
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Entertainment

‘They wanted only virgin girls who had not kissed ever’: ‘Pardes’ star Mahima Chaudhry reveals sexist nature of Bollywood during her prime

OpIndia Staff -
Mahima Chaudhry said a massive change has taken place with regard to the position of female actors in Bollywood.
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News Reports

Security forces gun down 2 terrorists in Kashmir including LeT Commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey, 13 terrorists neutralised after targeted killings

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Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Umar Mushtaq Khandey, who was behind the killings of two cops, killed in the encounter in Pampore
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Crime

Another man recalls assault by Nihang Sikhs at farmer protest site, left hand still does not function properly: Details

OpIndia Staff -
At the advent of the heinous killing of Lakhbir Singh, another victim has come forth to reveal similar atrocities meted out at him by the Nihang Sikhs.
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World

Bangladeshi actress Rafiath Rashid Mithila suffers sexual insults online from Islamists for wishing Hindus on Vijaya Dashami

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The Islamist attack against Rafiath Rashid Mithila comes hot on the heels of a slew of attacks against Hindus in Bangladesh
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News Reports

Rakesh Tikait blames government for Singhu border lynching case, says conspiracy to defame the farmers’ movement

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Rakesh Tikait said that farmer organizations have nothing to do with the lynching of Lakhbir Singh at the main farmer protest site
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Crime

Bangladesh: Blogger reveals chilling details of rape of an entire Hindu family by Islamists, police denies, calls it ‘rumour’

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The incident reportedly took place in Hajiganj Upazila in Chandpur district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
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Entertainment

Akshay Kumar thanks Major for pointing out wrong depiction of Khukri in ‘Gorkha’ poster, invites suggestions for accurate portrayal

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Major Manik Jolly informed Akshay Kumar that the Gorkha movie poster wrongly depicted the Khukri weapon.
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Crime

Nihang Sikh accused of killing Lakhbir Singh at Singhu border felicitated with garland of money at Gurudwara in his village, arrested

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According to Punjab Police, Narain Singh has confessed that he chopped the leg of Lakhbir Singh, causing him to bleed to death
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News Reports

‘Their role is same as that of culprits’: National Commission for Scheduled Castes slams ‘farmers’ for lynching of Lakhbir Singh at Singhu protest site

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National Commission for Scheduled Castes chairperson said that 'farmers' are equally culprits in lynching of Lakhbir Singh as Nihang Sikhs
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Political History of India

When Jawaharlal Nehru blamed Sikh arrogance for Hindu-Sikh tensions and said Akalis do not care about sentiments of Hindus

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Jawaharlal Nehru during the 1920s blamed Sikhs and arrogance of the Akalis for the growing discord between Hindus and Sikhs.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: After vandalising Durga Puja pandals, radical Islamists launch anti-India protest in Dhaka, clash with police

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Frenzied mob of Islamists in Bangladesh took to the streets after offering Jumma Namaz to raise anti-India slogans, and threw sandals and bricks
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News Reports

Illegal Islamic conversion racket in India had received Rs 150 crore in foreign funding, reveals Uttar Pradesh ATS

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The conversion racket run by Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui had received Rs 150 crore from Gulf countries Bahrain, Britain, Turkey and others
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Politics

Jharkhand Minister Hafizul Hassan mourns death of Manmohan Singh while he is still alive, blames fake news on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Hafizul Hassan belongs to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party. He is a Minister in the govt where Congress is an ally.
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News Reports

‘Horrid goblin of an orc mayor’: London Mayor Sadiq Khan accused of downplaying murder of British MP by Somali migrant

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has attracted sharp criticism over a tweet expressing condolence over the brutal murder of Sir David Amess.
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News Reports

Four arrested in Hyderabad NRI Zubaidi murder case, accused Rayees says Zubaidi had spoiled his life by using him in gold smuggling

OpIndia Staff -
Rayees Jabri told the police that Zubaidi spoiled his life as he was caught and arrested in a gold smuggling case and his passport was also impounded.
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Politics

Asaduddin Owaisi asks Muslims to create fear of Allah, says Ulemas issued fatwa prescribing Jihad against British

OpIndia Staff -
Asaduddin Owaisi claimed at a rally that his life's mission is to create political leadership for Muslims in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere.
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Cricket

Cricket South Africa congratulates Ngidi on CSK winning the IPL but ignores Faf Du Plessis and Imran Tahir, slammed by Dale Steyn and fans

OpIndia Staff -
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has stirred a massive controversy after leaving out Faf Du Plessis from its congratulatory post on CSK winning IPL.
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News Reports

Unaccounted income worth Rs 184 crore detected in IT raids at premises linked to Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s kins

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On October 7, the IT department had conducted raids at 70 premises linked to Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and his kins
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News Reports

Sonia Gandhi says she is ‘full-time and hands-on Congress president’, Rahul Gandhi says he will consider the post, election delayed by one year

OpIndia Staff -
Sonia Gandhi is acting as the interim Congress president since 2019, and she will remain in the post for one more year
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News Reports

‘You call people sniffing a pinch of Ganja drugs mafia’: Uddhav Thackeray says NCB interested in clicking pictures with celebrities

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Uddhav Thackeray said politicians who lost power were maligning the state like "jilted lovers sometimes throw acid on girls who spurn them"
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Media

NDTV journalist Mohammad Ghazali targets Hindus for protesting Namaz in public space, accuses them of spreading venom

OpIndia Staff -
The NDTV journalist did not find anything wrong with the behaviour of his co-religionists creating law and order situation in the area.
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News Reports

‘Media outlets like NDTV, The Hindu do not stand by ex-colleagues’: Journalist Aditya Raj Kaul thanks Arnab Goswami for support in defamation case

OpIndia Staff -
Aditya Raj Kaul thanked Arnab Goswami for standing by him and fighting the defamation case on his behalf, even after he left Republic TV
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World

China: Popular Quran app removed from Apple Store following request from govt officials

OpIndia Staff -
'Quran Majeed' is claimed to have hosted illegal content, although it is not clear what the controversial contents precisely were.
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News Reports

British MP Sir David Amess stabbed to death by Somalian immigrant, police call it an act of terrorism linked to Islamist extremism

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British Conservative MP Sir David Amess was assassinated by a 25-year-old Islamic terrorist of Somalian origin in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, UK
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News Reports

How Ambedkarites are trying to whitewash the lynching of Lakhbir Singh by turning it into a ‘Brahmin vs Dalit’ issue

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Lakhbir Singh who was brutally murdered by Nihang Sikhs had reached the farmer protest site at the Kundli border a week ago.
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News Reports

Gurugram residents continue to protest against Namaz being done in the open, sing Bhajans and hold placards

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On Friday (October 15) afternoon around 100 people carrying placards, singing bhajan and raising slogans came to the ground.
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News Reports

Postmortem report reveals Kundli border victim Lakhbir Singh died due to excessive bleeding, 22 wounds found on his body: Details

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The autopsy report is a testimony of the barbarity inflicted on Lakhbir Singh by the Nihang Sikhs before he succumbed to his injuries
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After vandalising Durga Puja pandals, 400-500 strong Muslim mob in Bangladesh targets ISKCON temple, kill 2: All you need to know

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A frenzied mob of radical Islamists attacked ISKCON temple in the Noakhali district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.
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Politics

Navjot Singh Sidhu withdraws resignation as Punjab unit chief after meeting Rahul Gandhi, had said he considers Gandhis ‘supreme’

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Congress' Punjab unit's longstanding deadlock may have come to an end, as Navjot Singh Sidhu has retracted resignation as the Punjab unit chief.
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News Reports

‘I have no regrets’: Nihang Sarabjit Singh accused in Kundli border case makes a statement to media before being arrested

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Nihang Sarabjit Singh, the arrested accused in the brutal murder of Lakhbir Singh at the Kundli border claimed full responsibility for the barbaric act
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News Reports

As we bid goodbye to Maa, take a look at some of the stunning Durga Puja pandals and murtis from Kolkata

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In this reports we have included some of this year's most intriguing themes for Durga Puja Pandals in West Bengal
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News Reports

As 43 get arrested and Jamaat involvement emerges in Bangladesh Durga Puja attacks, MEA takes stock, PM Haseena speaks up: Details

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Citing sources, Hindustan Times reported that the Jamaat-e-Islami had been fanning communal sentiments in Bangladesh ever since the Taliban took over Kabul.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: 18 crude bombs recovered from a temple a day after Islamic extremists vandalized multiple Durga Puja pandals

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The RAB found the crude bombs while they were conducting search operations following multiple attacks that took place on Durga Puja pandals across Bangladesh on Wednesday
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News Reports

Who are Nihang Sikhs, in limelight after the brutal execution of Lakhbir Singh at the Kundli border ‘farmers’ protest site

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As blood-curdling videos of recent incidents have surfaced online it has left people to demand answers to the simple question- Who exactly are the Nihang Sikhs?
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News Reports

Haryana Police arrests one Nihang Sarabjit accused in the brutal murder of Lakhbir Singh at Kundli border amidst chants of ‘Bole So Nihaal’

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A media report suggests that the 'Nihang' was arrested after he surrendered claiming responsibility for killing Lakhbir Singh at Kundli border
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More than one and a half dozen girls missing from the Singhu-Kundli farmer protest site: Report

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A mutilated corpse of a badly beaten man was found hanging at a police barricade near Singhu-Kundli farmer protest site on Friday morning
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Crime

Grooming Jihad: Waseem pretends to be ‘Akash’ trying to convert Hindu women to Islam, raped her, threatened to leak revenge porn

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By withholding this critical information about his religious identity, he managed to win the trust of the victim and then continued to sexually abuse the victim.
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News Reports

Devotees in a Durga Visarjan procession get crushed under a speeding car in Chhattisgarh, 1 dead: What we know so far

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The incident took place when unsuspecting devotees were walking to immerse an idol of Goddess Durga - in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district.
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News Reports

Jathedar Baba Narain Singh, accused of chopping Lakhbir Singh’s leg, had recently called for beheading those who disrespect Guru Granth Sahib

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Jathedar Baba Narain Singh had called for beheading the person who disrespects Guru Granth Sahib in September
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