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Karni Sena president Vinay Singh found dead in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur, bullet injury, gun in left hand: What we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Singh left his home on 19th April and was untraceable throughout the day. The distress led to a missing person complaint, eventually leading the police to the crime scene. His motorcycle was also recovered from the scene. Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bachan Deo Kujur, said that the matter is under investigation.
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News Reports

US: Former law firm partner of pro-Khalistani Harmeet Dhillon dogwhistles against Indian-orign FBI special agent for arresting terrorist

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Deol, the now ex-partner of Harmeet Dhillon, was seen dog-whistling against Indian-origin Siddhartha Patel, the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Sacramento Field Office.
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Editor's picks

Maharashtra: Wadala Police stop Ram Navami procession, detain 30, Hindus say permission was repeatedly denied

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Several videos of the incident went viral on social media, where Hindu activists were seen getting into a minor scuffle with the police who had come to stop the procession. At least six Hindu activists were reportedly injured.
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News Reports

Over 67,000 Pakistanis may miss Hajj this year due to delays and mismanagement, PKR 36 billion collected from pilgrims stuck in Saudi Arabia

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Around 67,000 Pakistani pilgrims may miss the Hajj this year due to delays and mismanagement by private tour operators
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While Rahul Gandhi called IUML ‘secular’, the offshoot of Jinnah’s Muslim League calls itself “a political entity dedicated to safeguarding Muslim rights” in petition...

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The IUML, which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi once boasted of as a 'secular party', has described itself as "a political entity dedicated to safeguarding Muslim rights" in its petition filed before the Supreme Court.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Doctor and Red Cross worker terminated for assaulting and dragging out 77-year-old man from Chattarpur Hospital, Superintendent suspended

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After a video of a 77-year-old man being assaulted and dragged out of Chattarpur district hospital in Madhya Pradesh went viral on social media, the authorities have sacked a doctor and a Red Cross worker, and suspended the superintendent
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News Reports

Newslaundry ropes in ‘journalist’ to downplay exodus of Hindus from Murshidabad, tries to shield Muslim mobs by claiming ‘provocation’: Here is the actual truth

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"I am living with you. You live next door to me. Suddenly, one morning, I come up and I kill you. So, unless there is a provocation, this never happens with a certain interest," claimed 'journalist' Nirmalya Mukherjee on Newslaundry.
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News Reports

Dehi: Nine people including main accused ‘Lady Don’ Zikra and two minors arrested for murder of Hindu boy in Seelampur

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Nine people, including women and minors, have been held by the Delhi Police in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old boy in the Seelampur area.
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Rahul Gandhi invokes Nehru’s legacy of truth and courage; forgets how Motilal Nehru pulled strings to get Jawaharlal out of Nabha prison, abandoned a...

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A shrewd Jawaharlal Nehru, who conceded that he did not want to relive his short term in Nabha jail, deserted Acharya Gidwani and chose not to remain loyal to his colleague
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Canada: Over half a million people with Khalistan flags join Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade in Surrey, effigies of Modi, Shah and Jaishankar in jail...

OpIndia Staff -
Annual Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade in Surrey included a truck with a mock-up of a jail with effigies of Modi, Shah and Jaishankar inside in jail uniforms
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Canada: Gurdwara in Vancouver and Surrey’s Lakshmi Narayan Temple desecrated with pro-Khalistan graffiti, people call it ‘attempt to instill fear’

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The Gurdwara management called on all Canadians, Sikhs and people of goodwill to stand together in the face of extremism. “We must denounce these acts and reaffirm our shared commitment to the values of peace, unity, and respect. This attack is an attack on all of us – on the very unity that makes Canada strong."
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News Reports

‘Throw my ashes in drain if justice not done to me’: Engineer takes own life alleging harassment by wife and in-laws in UP’s Etawah,...

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A 33-year-old engineer, Mohit Yadav, committed suicide in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, accusing his wife and in-laws of harassment
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News Reports

Is West Bengal police acting as ‘mouthpiece’ of TMC? Official X handle shares politically motivated ‘peace appeal’ targeting BJP and RSS

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The West Bengal police, which have failed to protect Hindus in riot-torn Murshidabad, prevent the destruction of their homes and properties, and stop the exodus of victims to the nearby Malda district, is now acting as the 'mouthpiece' of the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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Mangaluru: Video shows Muslims protesting against Waqf law being ferried in police vehicle, police deny allegations

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The Congress-ruled state witnessed a massive demonstration against the recently passed Waqf Act on 18th April.
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Hyderabad Cricket Association ordered to remove Azharuddin’s name from Stadium stand, was renamed from VVS Laxman Pavillion when the Congress leader was HCA president

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The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has been ordered to remove the name of Mohammed Azharuddin from the North Pavilion Stand of the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad
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Editor's picks

BJP distances itself from comments made by Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma about Supreme Court, says party always respects Judiciary: Here is...

OpIndia Staff -
Criticising the views expressed by Dubey and Sharma, Nadda emphasised that the BJP has always respected the judiciary and considered all the courts, including the Supreme Court, as an internal part of the democracy.
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Terrorist Santokh Singh Khela features in ‘Khalsa day’ parade in Canada: Read about his role in AI-112 bombing plot and association with SFJ

Anurag -
Santokh Singh Khela is also the organiser for the Khalistan referendum conducted by Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) at Dashmesh Gurdwara. Sikhs For Justice was banned by the Indian Government on July 10, 2019, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for anti-India activities.
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News Reports

Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk visits water terminal and India’s first Multi Modal Logistics Park at Assam’s Jogighopa to assess functionality for exports...

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King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk visited the IWT terminal at Jogighopa in Assam to assess its functionality for cargo exports from Bhutan
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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accuses Supreme Court of driving the country towards anarchy, says Parliament should be shut down if the court makes laws

OpIndia Staff -
Nishikant Dubey said that the government will introduce the National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) in the next session of the Parliament to get rid of nepotism in the appointment of judges to the Supreme Court.
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PM Modi’s Saudi visit to focus on regional and global issues including situation in West Asia, Israel-Palestine conflict, threat to maritime security from Houthis:...

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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that P< Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia would provide an important opportunity to discuss pressing regional and global developments
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Muslim students outnumber Christians in Vienna schools: Signs of demographic shift mirror what India has witnessed in Kashmir, border regions, and Murshidabad

Anurag -
The right-wing Freedom Party of Austria has termed the situation as “displacement, not immigration.” Hannes Amesbauer of the Freedom Party said, “Austrians will soon be strangers in their own country.”
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Madhya Pradesh: Communal clash erupts in Sagar after a Muslim man eloped with a Hindu girl a day before her wedding

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Naryavalli MLA Pradeep Lariya claimed that this was the fifth incident of this kind in the area. He demanded the filing of an FIR.
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As Urvashi Rautela now claims she never claimed that Badrinath’s Urvashi temple is dedicated to her, read the fact behind her ‘worship’ as Damdami...

Raju Das -
After triggering outrage by claiming that Urvashi temple in Badrinath is dedicated to her, Urvashi Rautela on Saturday claimed that her comments were misinterpreted
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Scotland creates history: Parliament passes first-ever motion to combat Hinduphobia

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Tabled by Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern and member of the Alba Party, the motion marks a watershed moment in the fight against religious discrimination.
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News Reports

Who is ‘Lady Don’ Ziqra, prime suspect in Delhi’s Seelampur murder case who has terrorised Hindus in the area: Read details

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In her social media posts, Ziqra is frequently seen flaunting weapons. In her profile picture, she has used the picture of the flag of Palestine instead of her own picture.
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News Reports

As Baloch people rise up against tyrannical Pakistan government, the Islamic state brings back ‘kill and dump’ policy to quell the uprising: Know what...

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Dead bodies of "kill and dump" show signs of brutal torture, including broken limbs, pulled fingernails, cigarette burns, acid marks, and gunshot wounds. Many of them bear indicative signs of execution-style killings.
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Judicial sentimentalism over constitutional pragmatism: SC judge who romanticised Urdu in Maharashtra signboard ruling and backed hijabs in schools

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"Urdu is the finest specimen of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb," an SC bench comprising of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia went into a florid rhetoric while delivering verdict in Akola signage case.
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‘Dangerous precedent, dangerous delay’: HNG Workers Union accuse CCI and AGI Greenpac of derailing SC-backed insolvency process, writes to FM

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The HNG Workers' Union has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman expressing concern about delayed IBC process
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Anger rising against Cricketer turned TMC MP Yusuf Pathan within his own party: When Murshidabad was burning, the MP was sharing pictures of having...

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His behaviour is being questioned by his fellow party leaders, who are calling Pathan, who is from Gujarat, an 'outsider'.
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Suspended cop peddles fake news about ‘EVM manipulation’ in 2024 Maharashtra polls, Congress ecosystem amplifies lies, ECI debunks claims

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The Election Commission pointed out that the disgraced cop Ranjeet Kasale was not part of any election duty in the 2024 Maharashtra polls and was instead posted at the Beed Cyber Police Station.
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Baghpat: 4000-year-old Chalcolithic age objects unearthed during archaeological excavation in Tilwara Sakin

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The objects, said to be around 4000 years old, are similar to those discovered during the Sinauli excavation.
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Is it time to re-think how we appoint judges: Collegium system, NJAC and the fire incident at the house of Justice Varma

Aayush Pandey -
The Justice Varma incident, whatever its outcome, highlights the need for reform, not to condemn, but to preserve.
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Congress, DMK, and CPM stir language wars again, oppose names of NCERT English textbooks being changed: Debate over decolonisation

Shraddha Pandey -
A fresh row has erupted over the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), replacing the names of some English textbooks with Hindi ones
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OpIndia Explains

What is Article 142, which VP Dhankhar called a ‘nuclear missile’, that the judiciary is using against the legislature, trying to remote control an...

Aditi -
Article 142 is a one of its kind provision in the Indian Constitution which confers vast discretionary powers on the Supreme Court. The contours of the Supreme Court's power under this provision transcend the boundaries of procedural and substantive law.
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Economy and Finance

Bangladesh economic crisis: IMF withholds $1.3 billion in 4th and 5th instalments of funding for not fulfilling conditions, delegation leaves country without confirming release

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The $1.3 billion fourth and fifth tranches of the $4.7 billion IMF loan package to Bangladesh have not yet been released.
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Adani Realty honoured with prestigious Grohe Hurun India Visionary Real Estate Brand of the Year Award at the Real Estate Leaders’ Conclave in Delhi

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Adani Realty, the real estate arm of the diversified Adani Group, has been honoured with the prestigious Grohe Hurun India Visionary Real Estate Brand of the Year Award at the Real Estate Leaders' Conclave 2025
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Supreme Court stays demolition of illegal dargah in Nashik, seeks report from Bombay HC for not listing plea challenging demolition notice

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The Supreme Court has put an interim stay on the Nashik Municipal Corporation's April 1 demolition notice to the Hazrat Saatpeer Sayed Baba dargah in the city
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How the Indian government is giving more benefits to the poor, without increased spending of tax payer’s money

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A study shows that DBT achieved a cumulative savings of ₹3.48 lakh crore via its effective implementation.
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As Graham Staines murder convict Mahendra Hembram is released after 25 years in jail, read how a witness had accused the Australian missionary of...

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Back in 2003, during a hearing in the Graham Staines murder case, a woman witness, Hemlata Karua, told a trial court that she had converted to Christianity under Staines’s influence and that he had tried to outrage her modesty. She told the judge that she and her husband had been to a church in their village where they met Graham Staines and his wife in October 1998.
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‘Brahmins pe main mootunga…koi problem?’ Anurag Kashyap abuses Brahmins after ranting over Phule controversy

Shraddha Pandey -
Anurag Kashyap questioned that if casteism didn’t exist in this country, why would Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule have needed to fight against it, and if these Brahmin groups either feel ashamed, are dying of shame, or perhaps they’re living in some alternate Brahmin-only India. He asked: "Who is the real ‘Ch*&t^ya' here?"
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Seelampur, Delhi: 17-year-old Hindu boy stabbed to death by Sahil and his gang, locals name ‘lady don Ziqra,’ CM Gupta assures justice

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A 17-year-old Hindu boy from J Block, Seelampur, Delhi was stabbed to death on the night of Thursday. He was pronounced dead at the LNJP Hospital.
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Opinions

We are the ISIS which came before ISIS: What Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Asim Munir, essentially said and what it means for India

Nupur J Sharma -
Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir’s recent remarks to the diaspora reaffirm Pakistan as the ideological predecessor to contemporary Islamic jihad movements.
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Government considering 18% GST on UPI payments over ₹2000? Here is the fact behind the baseless claim

Raju Das -
A false claim is made by some media houses and social media users that the Union government has proposed imposing GST on UPI transactions
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Robert Vadra’s grilling by ED in Gurgaon land case: Questioning over in one case, other witnesses to be examined

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There is a strong possibility that fresh summons may be issued to Robert Vadra if the ED requires his presence for cross-questioning with other witnesses or in light of new evidence that may emerge during the ongoing investigation.
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6 mosques to be demolished in Varanasi’s Dalmandi area: Read details of the road widening project and how 100s of shops are set to...

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Located about 100 metres away from the Kashi Vishwanath temple, the Dalmandi market area faces the problem of overcrowding and frequent traffic jams because of the narrow size of the road passing through it.
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Shivamogga, Karnataka: Students forced to remove janivara (sacred thread), Rudraksha at CET centre, Brahmin community leaders protest

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The students were even told to remove "Kashi Dara" from their wrists. Another centre asked candidates to take off Rudraksha.
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Murshidabad: Hindus continue to live in fear, priest and barber afraid to go to ‘shradh’ of father-son duo, killed by Muslim mob

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A relative named Chitradeep Das informed The Indian Express, “Today (17th April) was the shradh ceremony. We had asked a purohit (priest). But he said he can’t come because it is a security issue.”
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Hindu homes were selectively marked with ‘black ink’ before Murshidabad carnage, later bombed and set on fire, reveals ground report

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Journalist Pankaj Prasoon was heard saying, "They have made these markings so that rioters can know which house needs to be bombed and which house needs to be set ablaze."
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Dawoodi Bohra community helped a lot in shaping the Waqf Amendment Act, even down to the smallest detail: PM Modi

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PM Modi also lauded Dawoodi Bohra spiritual leader Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin for playing a key role in the drafting process.
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Varanasi gang rape case: Further arrests stopped after claims by families of accused that victim was active on social media during her abduction and...

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In a major development in the Varanasi gangrape case, Police Commissioner Mohit Agarwal has said that there will be no further arrests in the case until the probe is completed by a SIT
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