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Kerala: CPM cadres attack BJP candidate Shobha Surendran’s convoy, party workers injured

OpIndia Staff -
After the attack on Shobha Surendran, the DYFI members fled from the spot and took shelter inside the CPM booth office.
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Politics

‘Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami is born of an illegitimate affair, less worthy than Stalin’s slippers,’ says DMK leader A Raja

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A Raja abused Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami by referring to him as an illegitimate child.
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Sports

Manchester United FC attacked on social media for wishing their Hindu supporters a happy Holi

OpIndia Staff -
Manchester United Football Club wished Hindus a happy Holi on the occasion of the festival of colours.
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Politics

Maha Extortion Case: Retd High Court judge to probe allegations against Anil Deshmukh

OpIndia Staff -
The assurance from the Maharashtra Chief Minister comes after Deshmukh had written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, urging him to order a probe into the allegations.
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Crime

Punjab: Middle-aged man befriends minor Hindu girl at mazar, lures, kidnaps and rapes her in Amritsar

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40-year-old Mohammad Junaid Hussain reportedly repeatedly raped her for three days on pretext of marrying her.
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World

International outcry grows louder as Myanmar armed forces suspected of killing over 100, including children, in one day: All you need to know

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Over 100 people were suspected of being killed in Myanmar by armed forces in ongoing attempts to suppress protests.
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Politics

West Bengal BJP leader Locket Chatterjee attacked with chemical-laced colours by TMC goons

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The incident took place when Locket Chatterjee had gone to participate in Basant Utsav celebrations at Kalitala ground in Rabindra Nagar in Chunchura
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Crime

Mamata aide, who had served jail time for assassination bid on former Bengal CM, arrested by NIA again: Here is why

Dibakar Dutta -
Chhatradhar Mahato also served a 10-year-sentence for his involvement in bombing cases and landmine blasts.
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News Reports

Fearing Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal publishers refused to publish Yogi Adityanath’s bestselling biography, says author

Dibakar Dutta -
Recounting the experience, Shantanu Gupta emphasised, "Publisher after publisher, everyone almost said the same thing. Didi & TMC will not like Yogi Adityanath’s biography to be published in Bengali.
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World

New Zealand Catholic Church apologises to victims of abuse, some as young as nine-months-old, at faith-based institutions

OpIndia Staff -
The report of the Commission said that the victims of sexual abuse included nine-month old babies who suffered years of abuse.
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World

Suicide bomber detonates himself outside a Church in Indonesia ahead of Easter

OpIndia Staff -
Priest Wilhelmus Tulak said he heard a "very loud explosion" at around 10.30 am on Sunday after a second mass finished. He had that suspected bomber who attempted to enter the church grounds on a motorbike but was stopped by a security guard.
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World

Nike, H&M, Uniqlo and other brands face fire in China after comments on forced labour camps in Xinjiang

OpIndia Staff -
Shares of H&M, Nike Inc. and others have said to have plummeted after Chinese government officials endorsed the boycott and celebrities cut ties with brands including Adidas, New Balance and Japan’s Uniqlo.
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News Reports

UP Minister says practice of wearing burqa is ‘inhumane’ and ‘evil custom’ suggests a ban in India

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Anand Swarup Shukla said that practices like triple talaq and burqa encourages Wahabi culture in India.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Miscreants burn Holika before Holi in Muzaffarnagar

OpIndia Staff -
The incident took place on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday, two days prior to the prescribed time of Holika Dahan.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Plastic veil to ‘protect’ over 40 mosques in ‘sensitive’ areas ahead of ‘Joota Maar Holi’ procession to maintain peace

OpIndia Staff -
As there are mosques located along the route of the procession, the officials have added a thick security blanket across the town.
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News Reports

Rakesh Tikait threatens to cut off electricity in 16 states if Centre does not reconsider farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
Rakesh Tikait has not yet clarified which 16 states he plans to plunge into darkness. As of now, there are twelve states where BJP is the ruling party and 6 states where BJP is part of the ruling coalition.
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World

Woman dead, six injured as man goes on stabbing spree at Canada’s Vancouver library, suspect arrested

OpIndia Staff -
In a video that has now gone viral, the perpetrator can be seen stabbing himself in his leg before he was taken into custody.
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News Reports

Facebook services down, Bangladesh deploys border guard as Islamist protests over PM Modi’s visit continue: Details

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Facebook services are down in Bangladesh as Islamists protest against the visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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News Reports

‘It is better to call out hypocrisy of vested interests rather than allowing them to set narrative’, EAM Jaishankar slams agenda-driven ‘watchdogs’

OpIndia Staff -
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said that there is a need to call out hypocrisy of vested groups which target India over several issues
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News Reports

Concerns rise as men of Pakistani origin found sexually assaulting women in Greece with alarming frequency

OpIndia Staff -
While most victims are native women, in some cases, even children have been assaulted by men of Pakistani descent.
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Politics

Punjab: Anti-farm law protestors attack BJP MLA, strip him naked after thrashing him

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'Farmer protestors' in Punjab attacked BJP MLA from Abohar, Arun Narang, and tore off his clothes after thrashing him.
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News Reports

President Ram Nath Kovind to undergo bypass procedure on Tuesday on the advice of AIIMS doctors in Delhi

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President Ram Nath Kovind had visited Army's Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi yesterday after he had felt discomfort in chest
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Politics

New leaked audio shows Mamata Banerjee allegedly instructing aide to bury BJP leader in a pit: Details

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Arjun Singh said, "Who leaked this audio tape, only Mathurapur MP CM Jatua or Mamata Banerjee can answer."
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World

USA: CDC chief under Trump admin says he believes the novel Coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab

OpIndia Staff -
Ex CDC chief Robert Redfield has said that he believes that the novel Coronavirus escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
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News Reports

‘I had to drag my husband like dead animal’: Victim of Mumbai hospital fire narrates ordeal, says hospital didn’t help them after the incident

Jinit Jain -
Madhuri Godhwani and her husband Chetan Godhwani had to wait hours on road before finding a hospital after escaping fire at Sunrise hospital
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News Reports

Thousands of students and parents express solidarity with British teacher who was suspended for showing Prophet Muhammad cartoons in class

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The petition launched by a student at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire said the teacher had "pure intentions"
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News Reports

BJP leader Pralay Pal speaks up after Mamata Banerjee begged him to help her in Nandigram, says he will remain loyal to Suvendu Adhikari

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Pralay Pal said that he will remain loyal to Suvendu Adhikari after Mamata Banerjee called him asking for his help in Nandigram
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Corrupt Tehsildar burns cash worth Rs 20 lakh on gas burner after ACB officials knocked on his door to raid his house

OpIndia Staff -
ACB officials video recorded Tehsildar Kamlash Jain burning bundles of Rs 500 notes on the gas burner with his wife
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Politics

Remember the Tamil Nadu candidate who promised a trip to the moon in election manifesto? Here’s why he promised the freebies

OpIndia Staff -
Thulam Saravanan said that his aim was simply to spread awareness and to caution voters against parties promising freebies.
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Opinions

Bangladesh liberation and PM Modi: What ‘liberal’ disbelief says about our world

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The other day, PM Modi mentioned in his speech that he once had to go to jail during a satyagraha for the liberation of Bangladesh.
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Politics

Mamata Banerjee wants PM Modi’s visa cancelled, insinuates there is nothing wrong if Bangladeshi actor campaigns for TMC: Details

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Mamata Banerjee wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi's VISA to be cancelled for his official visit to Bangladesh.
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor tweets, apologises to Prime Minister Modi: Read why

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today posted a tweet in which he admitted his mistake and apologised to Prime Minister Modi
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News Reports

“I am feeling the same emotions my Matua brothers and sisters in India feel coming here”: PM Modi meets Matua community members in Bangladesh

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met members of the Matua community in Orakandi during his 2-day visit to Bangladesh
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Politics

Smells like Saket Spirit: Mamata Banerjee claims PM Modi’s visit to Bangladesh violates model code of conduct. Read why she is wrong

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee appears to be fearing the worst for her party in the assembly elections that are underway in the state.
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Cricket

33 arrested for betting on the 2nd ODI between India and England, bookies attacked police: Details

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Pimpri Chinchwad Police in Maharashtra have arrested 33 bookies for allegedly betting on the 2nd ODI match between India and England
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News Reports

‘Bharat Bandh’ by ‘farmer protestors’ in Punjab leads to Rs 500 crore loss: Reports

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Congress, AAP, BSP and SAD workers were seen in protests in different parts of Punjab on Friday during the 'Bharat Bandh'.
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Politics

Leaked audio clip shows Mamata Banerjee pleading BJP’s Nandigram leader for help, Pralay Pal refuses to betray the Adhikaris: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
A leaked audio clip of a conversation between Mamata Banerjee and BJP district Vice President Pralay Pal has surfaced.
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News Reports

NCPCR seeks probe into allegations of misconduct against IPS officer Praveen Kumar, says Christian missionaries are being allowed inside state-run schools

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NCPCR said that Praveen Kumar is running the government organization TSWREIS as if it was his own personal fiefdom
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News Reports

Delhi High Court clears the decks for the trial of the accused in the Delhi riots case under the stringent UAPA Act

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Delhi High Court vacated its earlier stay order on the trial of the Delhi riot accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
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Politics

Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari’s brother Somendu’s car attacked, driver assaulted, TMC’s Ram Govind Das accused of leading attack

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The car of Somendu Adhikari, brother of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was reportedly attacked on Saturday.
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News Reports

Hours into the first phase of polling in WB, TMC raises EVM bogey, claims votes are automatically being transferred to BJP

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TMC has started creating doubt on EVMs by claiming that EVMs have started transferring TMC votes to BJP during 1st phase polls
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News Reports

Ground Report: As TMC banks on former Maoists, will red corridor areas of Jhargram and Jangalmahal turn saffron this election

OpIndia Staff -
While voters are satisfied with roads and lights in their areas, they have lots other complaints against the TMC government- A ground report
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Crime

Former union minister Swami Chinmayanand acquitted in rape case filed by law student, the ‘victim’ acquitted in blackmail and extortion case

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The girl had withdrawn charges against Chinmayanand saying that she was forced to do this by certain persons.
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News Reports

PM Modi prays at Jashoreshwari peetha in Bangladesh: All you need to know about the historic temple, where left palm of the Devi lies

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers in Jashoreshwari temple in Satkhira district in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
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News Reports

Sachin Vaze admits that he destroyed five mobile phones after the dead body of Mansukh Hiren was found, NIA says he was using 13

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The prime accused in the Mansukh Hiren death case - Sachin Vaze - has reportedly admitted to the NIA that he destroyed five mobile phones
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World

Shia cleric slaughtered with an axe over allegations of blasphemy in Pakistan, video goes viral: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
“The suspect in his statement confessed to having killed the victim, Taqi Shah, over blasphemy allegations,” Jhang District Police Officer Sarfraz Virk informed
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Crime

Sachin Vaze had forgotten to plant threat letter inside explosive-laden Scorpio, had gone back to place it: NIA

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA has revealed that Sachin Vaze had first forgotten to place the threat letter inside the Scorpio and had later gone back to plant it.
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News Reports

FIR lodged against CM Ashok Gehlot’s OSD in connection with Rajasthan illegal phone tapping case: Here are the details

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Delhi Police Crime Branch has lodged an FIR against Ashok Gehlot's OSD Lokesh Sharma in Rajasthan illegal phone tapping case
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World

USA invites 40 world leaders for online climate summit including PMs of India, Bangladesh and Bhutan, Pakistan not included

OpIndia Staff -
President Joe Biden announced that the United States of America would be holding an online World Leaders' Climate Summit in the month of April.
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News Reports

West Bengal polls: Election Commission’s vehicle set ablaze by miscreants in erstwhile Maoist stronghold, driver escapes narrowly

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Reportedly, the polling station is located just half a kilometre away from the place, where the Election Commission's vehicle was torched
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