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Babul Supriyo admits he joined TMC because Mamata Banerjee made an offer that would allow him to sing and resume normal public life

OpIndia Staff -
"I want that the captain of our party Mamata Banerjee becomes the Prime Minister in 2024", said new TMC member Babul Supriyo.
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World

Russia: 18-year-old Timur Bekmansurov guns down 8 people in Perm State University, several injured

OpIndia Staff -
The 18-year-old attacker was reportedly a student of the same university.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Former Minister and BJP leader Rajinder Pal Singh Bhatia committed suicide, police say

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Rajinder Pal Singh Bhatia, former minister of Chhattisgarh from the Bharatiya Janata Party, has committed suicide on Sunday.
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News Reports

NDTV share hits 10 per cent upper circuit over rumours of buyout: Here’s what it means

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Speculations are rife that Adani Group is soon going to acquire New Delhi-based NDTV.
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News Reports

Dalit unions call Congress’ move to make Charanjit Singh Channi Punjab CM ‘poll stunt’, Mayawati criticises move too

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The Dalit unions in Punjab have termed Congress' move to select Dalit-Sikh leader Charanjit Singh Channi as Punjab's next CM as a hollow election stunt.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Hindu family held hostage for fetching drinking water from mosque, tortured for ‘violating sanctity’

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Hindu family went to a nearby mosque in Pakistan's Punjab to get some water from the tap, where they were thrashed by local men.
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Media

Suresh Chavhanke points to dog and says ‘Owaisi is here’, Rakesh Tikait appears to agree in viral clip from interview

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Suresh Chavhanke has interviewed anti-farm law protests leader Rakesh Tikait on his channel Sudarshan TV.
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News Reports

Islamabad second safest city in South Asia? This is how Pakistani media went on to report this ‘achievement’

Nirwa Mehta -
As per the website, Kabul, Afghanistan, which recently fell to Islamist group Taliban, ranks 34 in the list of safest cities in South Asia.
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News Reports

‘Took 5 cr for Lok Sabha ticket, denied later’: Patna court orders FIR against Tejashwi Yadav, Misa Bharti based on Congress leader’s complaint

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The FIR against Tejashwi Yadav, Misa Bharti and others was ordered based on a case registered by Congress leader Sanjiv Kumar Singh.
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News Reports

Designer of AOC’s controversial ‘Tax the Rich’ Met Gala dress failed to pay over $100,000 in state and federal taxes

OpIndia Staff -
Aurora James’ record reflects six federal tax liens totalling $103,220 on the parent company of her fashion brand.
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News Reports

‘Church and our own people didn’t support us’: Kerala Professor whose hands were chopped off by Islamists reveals in his autobiography

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Extremists had chopped TJ Joseph's hands over false allegations of blasphemy in 2010. His college and church had disowned him following the allegations.
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Entertainment

Shah Rukh Khan says ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya’ and Islamists, with blue ticks, wish death on him, fourth year in a row

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That even celebrity Muslims have cancelled Shah Rukh Khan this year for celebrating Ganpati one only wishes and hopes that may Bappa protects Shah Rukh Khan and his family.
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News Reports

Punjab: ‘Sidhu is very popular,’ said Harish Rawat on Navjot Singh Sidhu being CM face in next assembly elections

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Not happy with Rawat's declaration, senior Congress Punjab leader Jakhar Tweeted, "Mr Rawats’s statement that 'elections will be fought under Sidhu, is baffling."
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News Reports

Karnataka: BJP’s Sadanand Gowda files complaint against lewd video, says it is deep fake

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Former Karnataka CM Sadanand Gowda stated that the deep fake video has been created to malign him and tarnish his image.
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News Reports

Taliban flags reappear on Lal Masjid in Islamabad, this time Maulana Abdul Aziz appears with a rifle and threatens cops

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Several Taliban flags were again found to be hoisted on the roof of the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, which were later removed by police
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News Reports

Ambika Soni, who declined offer to become Punjab CM, was Sanjay Gandhi’s aide during Emergency, oversaw his programmes including compulsory sterilisation

Dibakar Dutta -
Coomi Kapoor narrated how her husband Virendra was put under arrest on November 1, 1975, for challenging the authority of Ambika Soni
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: PDP workers remove national flag from govt building and hoist their party flag, FIR registered by police

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PDP workers replaced the national flag with their party flag at a Dak Bungalow in Kotranka where Mehbooba Mufti was scheduled to stay
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News Reports

Anil Deshmukh prima facie received Rs 4.7 crores from Sachin Waze and aide, says Court

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The court made the comment while taking cognizance of a charge sheet filed against Sachin Waze and others in a case of money laundering.
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News Reports

All round development, Rs 3 lakh crore investment, 4.5 lakh govt jobs: UP CM Yogi Adityanath narrates achievements of his govt in 4.5 years

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath addressed a press conference in Lucknow to give a report on achievements of this govt in last four and half years
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News Reports

Ahead of Gujarat elections, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi to meet don Atique Ahmed in Sabarmati jail: Reports

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Earlier on September 7, Atique Ahmed's wife Shaista Parveen joined AIMIM in the presence of Asaduddin Owaisi
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News Reports

Charanjit Singh Channi announced new Punjab CM, was accused of sending inappropriate messages to woman IAS officer during #MeToo movement

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In October 2018, Charanjit Singh Channi was accused of sending inappropriate messages to a woman IAS officer.
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News Reports

Sports equipment given by Olympians and Paralympians attract high bid prices at the third auction of gifts received by PM Modi

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Gifts and mementoes received by PM Modi up for auction, including sports equipment donated by Olympians and Paralympians
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News Reports

Babul Supriyo justifies decision to join TMC amid strong criticism, says ‘didn’t create history by shifting sides’

OpIndia Staff -
Babul Supriyo claimed that he was not the first to switch sides and thus did not create a historical precedent in this process.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Ishaque Ali became Raj to stalk minor girl, tried to assault her when real identity revealed, arrested and case filed

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Ishaque Ali had hidden his identity and introduced himself as Raj to befriend a 14-year-old girl, arrested after he tried to assault her
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News Reports

Pakistani Minister Fawad Chaudhry defends Navjot Singh Sidhu after Amarinder Singh said Sidhu is national security threat

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Pakistan Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has rushed to the defence of senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu
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Politics

Sukhjinder Randhawa likely to become new Punjab CM after Amarinder Singh’s resignation, formal announcement soon

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Sukhjinder Randhawa is set to become the new Punjab Chief Minister following the resignation of Captain Amarinder Singh.
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Politics

Sometimes there is only one treatment – bulldozer, Yogi Adityanath hits back on Akhilesh Yadav

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“Nirdosh logon ki sampati wa sarkari sampati par awaidh kabja karne walon ka ek hi upchar hai—bulldozer,” Yogi Adityanath tweeted.
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Entertainment

Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw indulge in the viral ‘Mani, pohe banenge’ meme, video viral

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Shikhar Dhawan and Prithvi Shaw entertain their fans by doing the 'Mani, pohe banenge' viral reel on Instagram
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Entertainment

Manyavar’s ‘Kanyadaan’ ad featuring Alia Bhatt stirs controversy, netizens slam brand for painting Hindu ritual as ‘regressive’

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The Manyavar ad featuring Alia Bhatt portrays 'Kanyadaan' as an oppressive practice and suggests 'Kanyamaan' as an alternative.
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Media

Viral video suggests Rajdeep Sardesai was doing what Sidhu asked him to do when he interviewed Captain amid Punjab crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab political crisis are tumbling a lot of skeletons out of the closet
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News Reports

Karnataka: Muslim mob assaults Hindu man for riding with a Muslim woman, two arrested by Bengaluru Police

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Hindu man stopped, abused and beaten up by Muslim mob for riding with a Muslim woman in Bengaluru, woman's husband also abused
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News Reports

ED files charge-sheet against former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse, says he manipulated records to buy govt land using tainted money

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ED says that Eknath Khadse had manipulated land records misusing his office to purchase controversial MIDC land using tainted money
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 22-year-old Chand Akbar Sheikh from Pune befriends minor on Instagram, then rapes her

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A case has beed filed under POCSO Act against Chand Akbar Sheikh for raping a minor girl
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News Reports

Kerala: Leaked internal document of CPIM warns about radical Islamists grooming young women for terror activities

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala CPIM internal note says that extremist forces have 'infiltrated' into mainstream Muslim organisations to create communal disharmony
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: BJP functionary hacked to death, Police arrests three

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Hailing from Virampatti village in Sivagangai district, Muthupandi was appointed as District Vice President of Fisherman’s team of BJP.
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Politics

Not without our Gandhis: Congress social media wants Rahul as party president, leaders want Priyanka as UP CM candidate

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At the first sign of trouble, party workers huddle up and look towards the Nehru-Gandhi-Vadra family as saviour even though their recent history of dealing with crisis has been disastrous, to put it mildly.
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Politics

OSD to Rajasthan CM Gehlot ‘resigns’ after his tweet amid Punjab political crisis sparks controversy

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Lokesh Sharma's tweet triggered controversy on Twitter, considering there is a political tussle even in Rajasthan Congress with Gehlot camp vs Sachin Pilot camp, the way things stand in Punjab with multiple players playing the power play.
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News Reports

Adani Group to launch media venture, appoints former Quint President Sanjay Pugalia as CEO and Editor-in-chief

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Sanjay Pugalia has joined Adani Enterprises as Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-chief to lead the group’s media initiatives
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News Reports

Environmental group writes to NGT, demands stay on BMC’s cycle track project over Powai Lake citing damage to ecology

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Sahyadri Rights Forum has registered a complaint with the NGT over the alleged exploitation of Powai Lake in Mumbai.
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Government and Policy

4.5 lakh people got govt jobs in UP, 1 crore 61 lakh received employment opportunities: CM Yogi Adityanath

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Yogi Adityanath said that Uttar Pradesh has risen from being the sixth largest economy to the second spot under the BJP government
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News Reports

Pakistan: Nuclear scientist accuses Imran Khan govt of Talibanising education, forcing burqa upon women, TV host wears hijab in protest

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Pakistani nuclear physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy slammed Imran Khan govt over 'Talibanisation' of education under new Single National Curriculum
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World

Australia: Violent protesters take to streets against draconian lockdown restrictions, assault police officers

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Several states in Australia have gone under lockdown since the resurgence of COVID-19 outbreak in June 2021
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News Reports

Moradabad shocker: Man stabbed to death in broad daylight over ‘unapproved’ marriage of victim’s brother with killer’s sister

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Ubaid stabbed Zahid to death in Moradabad because Zahid's brother had married Ubaid's sister without the approval of her family
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Politics

Amarinder Singh says Navjot Sidhu as Punjab CM will be threat to national security, will he join BJP? Here’s everything he said after resigning

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Amarinder Singh, after resigning as the Chief Minister of Punjab, has said that he feel humiliated by the Congress party.
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News Reports

Vaccines often cause side effects, a political party getting fever after 2.5 crore doses administered in a day: PM Modi takes a jibe at...

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Without naming Congress, PM Modi said that a political party is getting fever after record 2.5 crore vaccinations on 17th September
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Politics

BJP MLA accuses Mamata Banerjee of disrespecting Sikhs during her Gurudwara visit: Here is what happened

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Clad in a khaki shirt and blue jeans, the security guard was seen accompanying Mamata Banerjee into the Sant Kutiya Gurudwara.
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News Reports

Google India found guilty of stifling competition and innovation in probe by Competition Commission of India

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Google India found guilty of adopting anti-competitive, unfair and restrictive trade practices in mobile operating system and related markets
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News Reports

CBI lodges two more FIRs in Bengal post-poll violence cases in two murders, including the murder of first-time voter Anand Burman

OpIndia Staff -
With two more FIRs filed, the total number of cases registered by CBI in Bengal post-poll violence cases has gone up to 35.
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News Reports

‘I feel humiliated’: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh submits his resignation to the governor

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Around 40 MLAs had written to party leadership expressing their dissatisfaction with Amarinder Singh and demanding his resignation
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Politics

Months before the UP assembly elections, Akhilesh Yadav starts his EVM drama: Read what he said

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SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had recently raised the bogey of EVM manipulation as Uttar Pradesh gears up for assembly elections
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