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Major bites again: US President Joe Biden’s dog bites the second person in a month

OpIndia Staff -
After biting a Secret Service employee, Joe Biden's dog Major has bitten a National Park Services staffer at the White House
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News Reports

‘Ishrat Jahan was a terrorist, no evidence of otherwise’: CBI court discharges last three cops accused of fake encounter

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IPS officer GL Singhal retired police officer Tarun Barot and Anaju Chaudhari, the last three accused in the case, had filed the discharge applications on March 20.
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News Reports

Media reports of Bihar farmer growing a unique vegetable that costs Rs 1 lakh per kg is false, claims a report

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The vegetable is called 'hop-shoots' and it has a number of uses beverages making to medicines and skin treatments.
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Economy and Finance

World Bank revises India’s GDP growth forecast from 5.4% to 10.1% for the financial year 2021-22

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World Bank said public consumption will contribute positively, however, suppressed private demand is expected to fade by the end of 2021
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News Reports

As IMA president proceeds to play victim, Haggai deleted interview and tweet where he had spoken about converting people to Christianity

OpIndia Staff -
IMA's president played victim card and claimed his statements were taken out of context, threatened IMA would take action.
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World

Australia: Young boys forced to apologize for “rapes committed by their gender” to female classmates

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In the Brauer College assembly, male students were asked to stand up and issue a symbolic apology to girls and women.
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News Reports

Has Pakistan proposed resumption of trade with India after unilaterally snapping ties in the wake of Article 370? Read details

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Pakistan had severed all ties with India in August 2019, shortly after New Delhi passed a resolution abrogating Article 370
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News Reports

‘Writer’ Ravinder Singh compares ban on sale of meat on Tuesday to ‘Hindu Taliban’

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Ravinder compared the decision to ban the sale of meat on a particular day in a Hindu majority area to the military establishment of the Taliban in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan.
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News Reports

North Delhi Municipal Corporation mandates meat shops and restaurants to display whether meat sold by them is ‘Halal’ or ‘Jhatka’

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Earlier SDMC and EDMC had mandated restaurants and shops to display whether the kind of meat sold by them is Halal or Jhatka
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News Reports

‘Picking up broom and cleaning will not make you less of a Darbari’: Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife urges men to help women in household...

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Rivaba Jadeja's appeal to men to help women in household chores has not gone too well with some people.
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News Reports

CNN claims biological sex is a ‘disputed term’ and gender cannot be determined at birth, gets criticised on social media

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CNN believes it is not possible to determine gender of a person at the time of birth. It has called the term biological sex as 'disputed'.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Muslim mob stops Hindus from celebrating Holika Dahan in Akola, pours water to douse the ritualistic fire

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A Muslim mob stopped Hindus in Akola district of Maharashtra from burning the pyre during Holika Dahan on eve of Holi
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News Reports

From Jai Shri Ram chants to placing Om flag outside Mamata’s house: How Nandigram battle has played out

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A day before Nandigram goes to vote, read how things heated up during the run-up to the bitter battle
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News Reports

USA: Biden administration formally declares China’s treatment of Uyghurs as genocide

OpIndia Staff -
First declared by Trump administration in January, Biden administration formalizes genocide declaration against China.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh government to grant a day off to government and private employees for getting Covid vaccine

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The Uttar Pradesh government is also organising Covid-19 testing camps for journalists. Over 60 journalists were tested in the last camp.
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Opinions

How the cruel practice of raising animals for meat is close to being torn down

Priyank -
The cruel, senseless, and unnecessary farming of animals for meat is destined to meet a similar end.
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News Reports

Congress worker threatens Haryana BJP leader with ‘Arun Narang’ like fate, hints at mob attack on his rally

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"If you have the guts, conduct a public meeting in Haryana, you will meet the same fate as Arun Narang.." Congress worker Vikram Dangi has threatened the BJP leader.
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Politics

Mamata losing Nandigram, says leaked image of Prashant Kishor’s internal survey, TMC cries foul

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Last week, various opinion polls had suggested that the BJP has fair chance of forming government in West Bengal and Banerjee is set to lose Nandigram.
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News Reports

Khalistan sympathizer Deep Sidhu, accused in Republic Day riots case, applies for bail: Details

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Deep Sidhu, accused in Republic Day riots case, was arrested by the special cell of the Delhi Police on the 9th of February.
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News Reports

Mob barges into Machhindranath temple and chants ‘Allahu Akbar’ to disrupt aarti, reports Shiv Sena mouthpiece: Know the story behind viral video

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A mob of 50-60 Muslim mob burst into the Machhindranath temple and tried to stop Hindu devotees from performing the annual aarti.
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News Reports

Ajaz Khan, who has now been arrested by NCB, had mocked Arnab Goswami after he spoke about the Bollywood drug nexus case

OpIndia Staff -
Ajaz Khan was arrested by the NCB earlier today in connection with its investigation into the Bollywood drug nexus.
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World

U.K. Tourism Minister asks citizens to ‘resist temptation’ of hugging their loved ones, urges to call out people who do so

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The Minister, Nigel Huddleston, was speaking to the BBC regarding the easing of lockdown in the U.K. when he made the comment.
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Politics

Watch: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee greeted with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on her visit to Nandigram

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BJP supporters greeted Mamata Banerjee with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans in Nandigram, a slogan she and her party oppose.
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Politics

West Bengal: Former cricketer and BJP candidate Ashok Dinda suffers injuries after attack while returning from campaigning

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Former cricketer and BJP candidate from Moyna, Ashok Dinda, escaped with minor injuries on his neck, hands and legs
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Politics

‘Do what needs to be done,’ Mamata Banerjee incites Nandigram residents to engage in mob violence: Here’s everything she said

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Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday was seen advocating mob justice and inciting the people of Nandigram to unleash violence.
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World

Vatican official offered businessman a prostitute to say ‘thank you’ for brokering £300 million deal: Report

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A Vatican official offered a prostitute to a businessman as a show of gratitude for brokering a £300 million deal.
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News Reports

Forest officer had threatened with SC/ST Act: All you need to know about death of Maharashtra’s ‘Lady Singham’ and her suicide note

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Forest Range Officer Dipali Chavan-Mohite, 28, who has accused IFS officer Shivkumar of sexual harassment and torture in her suicide note, was 5-months pregnant at the time of her death.
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Entertainment

NCB arrests Ajaz Khan, who said he will keep Quran above Constitution, in connection with Bollywood drug nexus investigation

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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has taken actor Ajaz Khan into its custody in the Bollywood drug nexus investigation.
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News Reports

MobiKwik issues statement denying allegations of data breach, subtly blames users for the leak: Details

Anurag -
MobiKiwk claimed the breach did not happen at their end and the users might have uploaded the leaked details on multiple platforms
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Cricket

Rumored cold war between Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma comes to an end with ‘renewed friendship’ between the two: Report

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The alleged rivalry between Indian cricketers Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma has been put to rest, claims report.
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News Reports

‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans raised during Holi celebration triggers TMC goons in Jalpaiguri, Bengal, violence unleashed against BJP: Reports

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West Bengal is not new to violence over the ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan. Mamata Banerjee herself gets so triggered every time she hears the slogan
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Sports

Claude, one of the most popular AFTV contributors, passes away, condolences pour in

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Claude became popular through the YouTube channel AFTV which has a massive online following.
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News Reports

‘Testing tolerance of a calm and civilized society is not appropriate’: Read what VHP said about the Holika Dahan case in Delhi

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Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has demanded action against the police officers who allegedly put off Holika Dahan in Delhi.
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News Reports

‘BJP will kill a woman from its own party’: Mamata Banerjee peddles bizarre theory amidst growing fear of loss from Nandigram

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Amidst ongoing State Legislative elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was seen making outrageous claims about BJP
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News Reports

Data of over 3.5 million MobiKwik users up for sale on darknet by hackers: January hack, what OpIndia found and what users can do

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Mobikwik has denied the claims of data breach but the experts believe that the leak is real.
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News Reports

BMC orders private hospitals to keep 80% beds vacant for COVID-19 patients, says Mumbai may face shortage of beds within a week

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In another attempt to free up space for critical Covid-19 patients, the BMC has decided to discharge asymptomatic patients with no comorbidities
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News Reports

‘You do not act against those blocking roads for Namaaz’: Video of Delhi Police putting out Holika Dahan with water goes viral, police deny...

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DCP, Shahdara has denied the allegation of Delhi Police dousing the Holika Dahan with water on the occasion of Holi.
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Politics

Shashi Tharoor’s nephew develops a game where you have to solve a ‘suspicious death’: Netizens remember a certain Leela Palace case

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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday announced that his nephew Nihal Tharoor has invented a game with his colleague.
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News Reports

Bombay High Court: Justice Shinde calls PIL seeking probe into allegations against Anil Deshmukh as ‘cheap publicity stunt’

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Justice SS Shinde of the Bombay High Court (BHC) rebuked a lawyer named Dr Jaishri Laxmanrao Patil for seeking a CBI probe into the allegations of extortion levelled by former Mumbai CP Param Bir Singh against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
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News Reports

What IMA President thinks: Using hospitals to convert to Christianity, contempt for Hinduism, seeing COVID as a ‘silver lining’ because of conversions and more

Jinit Jain -
IMA president Dr JA Jayalal expressed his desire to use hospitals and medical colleges to convert people to Christianity.
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News Reports

The day a BJP worker’s wife is raped by TMC in Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee says she is contesting from there to ‘pay respect to...

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While Mamata Banerjee continues to indulge in tall talks about protecting "mothers and sisters" of her constituency, her own party cadres have raped a woman in Nandigram
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Politics

He will teach girls to bend: Here is why Communist leader from Kerala wants girls to stay away from ‘unmarried’ Rahul Gandhi

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Left leader Joyce George has caused a controversy following his comments on former Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
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News Reports

Another plot twist to Sachin Vaze case: Number plate retrieved from Mithi river traced to Aurangabad official who claims his car was stolen

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Vehicles and fake number plates have had critical roles to play in the case of Mumbai's tainted cop Sachin Vaze
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News Reports

A year after becoming a coronavirus hotspot, Nizamuddin Markaz opens again just as COVID cases begin to rise

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On March 24, the Union government had told the Delhi High Court that 50 people chosen by the Waqf Board can offer prayers inside the Markaz.
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News Reports

Manipur govt caves in to ‘liberal’ pressure, rescinds order passed to curb influx of Myanmar nationals: Details

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The Manipur Government has rescinded an order that was passed to curb the influx of illegal immigrants from Myanmar.
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News Reports

‘Judas betrayed Lord Christ for a few pieces of silver. LDF has betrayed Kerala for a few pieces of gold’: PM Modi in Kerala

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PM Modi took a 'biblical' jibe at the Kerala government over the Gold smuggling scam.
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Opinions

Are you a little tired? How independent media speaks truth to power: When Newslaundry interviewed ‘Kerala’s sweetheart’

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“Kerala’s sweetheart as she is known is contesting from this constituency,” says Nidhi Suresh of Newslaundry as she gets tough with KK Shailaja
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World

Amidst chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’, illegal immigrants set on fire an immigration detention centre in Corinth, Greece: Read the details

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Illegal immigrants held at the pre-departure immigration detention facility at Corinth, Greece set the facility on fire
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News Reports

As Suez Canal blockage ends, fear of legal action clouds over the Indian crew of #EverGiven

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The Indian Crew onboard Ever Given ship may face legal action by the Suez Canal authorities, says a TOI report.
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News Reports

Parts of a 400-year-old crematorium, ashram set on fire in Bangladesh, idols reduced to ashes too: Details

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Islamists continue to burn the Hindu remnants, including temples in Bangladesh to protest Narendra Modi's visit to the country
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