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‘It encourages divorce’: Turkey quits European treaty on violence against women claiming ‘protecting traditional social fabric’ will protect women

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The Turkish government claims that the Istanbul Convention undermines family structures, encourages violence and divorce.
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News Reports

A day after Mansukh Hiren death case transferred to NIA, DIG of ATS claims case has been solved without giving any details

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DIG of Maharashtra ATS claimed on Facebook today that they have solved the Mansukh Hiren death case, but didn't give any details
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Opinions

Stand up for the Black community, stand up for Muslims, stand up against racism and hate crimes

K Bhattacharjee -
Now that we have your attention, let’s talk about Hindus and Hinduphobia.
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News Reports

‘I will not let didi kick Bengal’s development’ says PM Modi taking a jibe at TMC’s drawings featuring Mamata Banerjee kicking his head

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The wall paintings by TMC show Mamata Banerjee putting her bandaged leg on the head of PM Narendra Modi
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News Reports

Devendra Fadnavis lashes out at Sharad Pawar, questions why he wants Julio Ribeiro to probe the case Param Bir Singh letter

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Fadnavis said it is unclear why would Sharad Pawar want a 90-year-old retired Indian police officer to investigate the case
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News Reports

Juma Masjid in Mumbai invites ‘non-Muslims’ to know Muslims better but ‘only men allowed’. Here is why

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Although there is no bar on women from entering mosques in Islamic laws, clerics often don't allow Muslim women to enter mosques
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News Reports

Delhi: Muslim mob attacks Hindu houses after Muslim girl marries Dalit man and goes to live with his family

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Hindu houses at Harijan Basti, Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi was attacked allegedly by an Islamist mob on Saturday.
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News Reports

Congress supporter Saket Gokhale requests Election Commission to pre-approve PM’s Modi’s speech in Bangladesh, delay the telecast in India

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Saket Gokhale requested the Election Commission to allow the broadcast of PM’s speech in Bangladesh only after 6 pm
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News Reports

‘Bengal will be free from infiltrators, Durga Puja will return in Bengal,’ says Amit Shah as he launches a scathing attack on TMC govt

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Sisir Adhikari, sitting Trinamool Congress MP from Contai, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Amit Shah
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Crime

Suspecting wife’s extra-marital affair, man sews her genitals with aluminium wire in Uttar Pradesh

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The accused, who worked as a driver, had suspected that his wife was cheating on him. He asked his wife to prove her loyalty with a fidelity test.
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News Reports

Sharad Pawar throws Param Bir Singh under the bus to save Anil Deshmukh as BJP takes fresh salvo at Maha Vikas Aghadi govt

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Why Param Bir Singh was briefing Pawar when he was not part of the government? asked Rai Shankar Prasad
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News Reports

HP government appoints non-Hindus to administer Maa Jwalamukhi Temple, one of the Shaktipeetha

Akshita Bhadauria -
Commenting on the appointment of non-Hindus VHP leader said, we cannot expect someone who is not emotionally connected or believes in that place of worship to work efficiently in the administration.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: 12-year-old boy gets addicted to porn while attending online classes, rapes 6-year-old girl

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The girl is a neighbour of the boy, and the parents of the girl work on the farm. He took her to his home and raped her after watching porn
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News Reports

‘No entry for non-Hindus’ banners come up in over 150 Dehradun Temples in response to BSP MLA’s threat: Report

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Hindu Yuva Vahini has out up banners in over 150 Temples in Dehradun saying that the entry on non-Hindus is banned.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Two cops critically injured after police team attacked by dowry case accused Rafiq and his family

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The women in Rafiq’s family pelted stones and bricks on policemen. They had to run to save themselves and call for additional force.
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News Reports

Pakistan finds itself in soup amidst escalating tension between the US and China: Reports

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As US seeks to contain the growing influence of China, Pakistan finds itself increasingly cornered by the States
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Media

Biden’s SecDef refuses to make negative comments against Indian Govt despite provocation from NDTV, others: Here’s what happened

K Bhattacharjee -
US President Joe Biden and his administration were a great hope for Indian liberals but things are not turning out as hoped.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: ATS arrests two people in Mansukh Hiren death case, including a former cop from Sachin Vaze’s team

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Both the accused will now be produced before a local Court. The ATS will demand the remand of Vinayak Shinde and Naresh Dhare.
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News Reports

Former Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit praises Mamata Banerjee, calls her ‘the tigress of West Bengal’

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While calling her the tigress of West Bengal, Basit in an article published in Arab News extended his support to her in the upcoming West Bengal elections.
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News Reports

Rajasthan ACP who was arrested for seeking sexual favours from rape victims given compulsory retirement

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Days after the arrest of Rajasthan ACP for demanding sexual favours from rape victim, government retires him compulsorily
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News Reports

Congress MP distances himself from Parliamentary panel report endorsing farm laws, here are the minutes of the meeting that has his name

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A day after the Standing Committee report that asked the government to implement the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 in "letter and spirit" was tabled in Parliament, Congress MPs who are part of the panel have now attempted to disassociate themselves from it.
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News Reports

Indian Railways completes trial of first LHB AC 3-tier economy class coach. Here is what to expect

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To ensure passenger comfort, the Indian Railways will introduce more head space for the middle and upper berths along with improvised ladders for their access.
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News Reports

Congress supporter spreads conspiracy theories on Parambir Singh’s letter saga, blames BJP IT cell

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Ex-Mumbai CP Parambir referring to himself as 'Shri' triggered Rahul Gandhi fanboy enough to float a conspiracy theory and accuse BJP IT Cell of writing the letter
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Politics

Despite current state of affairs in Maharashtra, Sanjay Raut wants MVA-model across India, urges Sharad Pawar to head UPA

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Sanjay Raut claims Sharad Pawar the only leader who can help UPA government regain its ground in national politics
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Government and Policy

Indian Railways over the years: How it went from a primitive mode of transportation to modern, electrified network

Akshita Bhadauria -
Even though Indian Railway was regarded as the lifeline of independent India, it was plagued with multiple plights from primitive maintenance methods to ageing track to outmoded rolling stock technology.
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News Reports

As Uddhav Thackeray questions authenticity of letter by Param Bir Singh, Anil Deshmukh speaks up, Singh authenticates letter: Details of the drama

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Param Bir Singh wrote a letter to Uddhav Thackeray alleging that Anil Deshmukh asked Sachin Vaze to collect Rs. 100 crore every month
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News Reports

What does ‘Baizuo’ mean? A term widely popular in China used to describe ‘ignorant and arrogant’ Western Liberals

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Former US President Barack Obama was considered by the Chinese state media as an advocate of baizuo ideology.
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News Reports

Anil Deshmukh’s interference, suicide of MP, conversation with Uddhav Thackeray: Details of what Param Bir Singh revealed in his letter

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Param Bir Singh said that home minister ANil Deshmukh regularly interfered in police by bypassing the police commissioner
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News Reports

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti apologises for his 2018 remark asking Sudarshan News journalist to take up prostitution, case closed: Details

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Somnath Bharti had asked Ranjana Dwivedi to ‘stop doing bh*dwagiri’ followed by directing her to become a prostitute.
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News Reports

KCR and police should be ashamed for falsely implicating Hindu Vahini in Bhainsa Riots: Telangana MP Arvind Dharmapuri to OpIndia

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MP from Nizamabad Arvind Dharmapuri spoke about Bhainsa Riots in an exclusive interview to OpIndia.
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News Reports

Maharashtra cabinet minister and CM Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aaditya Thackeray tests positive for the coronavirus

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Aaditya Thackeray said that he has tested positive for coronavirus today, urged everyone to follow protocols
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News Reports

Watch: Video shows Afghan military Mi-17 helicopter was shot down by fighters of warlord Alipoor, not an accident as reports claimed

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The investigators have found that the helicopter was shot down by militias associated with warlord Abdul Ghani Alipoor.
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Politics

Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmukh rejects allegations levelled against him by Param Bir Singh regarding Sachin Vaze, to file defamation case

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Maharashtra HM Anil Deshmukh has responded to the explosive letter by Param Bir Singh with regards to Sachin Vaze.
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News Reports

Param Bir Singh says Maha HM Anil Deshmukh told Sachin Vaze to collect Rs 100 crore per month from business establishments: Report

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Param Bir Singh has levelled grave charges against Maha Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in connection with Sachin Vaze.
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News Reports

20 hours after terming it ‘fake news’, BKU Ekta Ugrahan confirms that Joginder Singh Ugrahan tested positive for COVID-19: Here is what happened

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Joginder Singh Ugrahan, the State General Secretary of BKU Ekta Ugrahan has tested positive for COVID-19.
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News Reports

Dattatreya Hosabale elected as the new general secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

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The decision to elect Dattatreya Hosabale as General Secretary was was taken in RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Prathinidhi Sabha
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News Reports

Ration kits distributed to 73 lakh people, 5 crore food packets, 90 lakh masks: RSS reveals the extent of its Coronavirus relief measures

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RSS conducted humanitarian service at 92,656 places across the country, more than 5,60,000 active volunteers contributed in the service.
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News Reports

Drunk driver smashes his SUV into MiG-29 jet of Ukrainian Air Force, fighter plane completely damaged

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A drunken Ukrainian Air Force officer crashed his Volkswagen Touran SUV with the MiG-29 fighter jet, badly damaging both the vehicles
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Media

‘Jai Siya Ram is acceptable, Jai Shri Ram is objectionable’: Ajit Anjum toes Mamata Banerjee’s line while reporting on Bengal elections

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Ajit Anjum has been in Kolkata ahead of the assembly elections in West Bengal, reporting on the mood of the public.
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Media

Metro Man and BJP candidate in Kerala E Sreedharan shuts NDTV up, slams media for being ‘purchased by opposition’: Here is what happened

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NDTV journalist tried her best to peddle her anti-Modi narrative, but E Sreedharan made it clear that he does not agree with her
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News Reports

Dalit goons in Latur demolish Hindu temple to build Ambedkarite temple, assault a girl and slap SC/ST act against her for protesting: Report

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Dalits in Kingaon Kopra village in Latur demolished a Hindu temple to build their own Ambedkarite temple, assaulted a girl for opposing it
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News Reports

After vehemently opposing the Farm Laws, Congress and others demand implementation of the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020

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All along, the hypocrisy and double-standards of these opposition politicians over the farm laws have been laid exposed
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World

Pakistan PM Imran Khan tests positive for Covid-19 within 2 days of taking Chinese vaccine

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19 within 48 hours of receiving the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine Sinopharm.
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World

‘We will rise with roar of Osama bin Laden, we are Rasul soldiers’: Muslims in Bangladesh protest against visit by ‘Hindu Nationalist’ PM Modi

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Muslims and 'student activists' in Bangladesh took out a protest march ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit to Dhaka
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Sarpanch mowed down by tractor for complaining against forest land encroachment, Faqeer Ahmed and his four sons arrested

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Santram Valmiki killed by a tractor because he had complained against Faqeer Ahmed and his 4 sons for encroaching 100 bigha of forest land
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Crime

4 cases of dog rape in Mumbai in past few months as concerns over animal safety grow: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
There has been a gradual rise in the crimes against animals, especially dog rape in Mumbai, who are subjected to bestiality.
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Crime

Home Ministry transfers Mansukh Hiren death case to NIA, Maharashtra ATS was earlier investigating the matter: Details

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The MHA has given formal orders to NIA regarding the same. Maharashtra ATS was investigating the death of Mansukh Hiren.
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World

After sounding the alarm bells over Trump’s stumble, media gives Joe Biden a free pass over stairs fall: Here is how the coverage differed

OpIndia Staff -
Joe Biden stumbled and fell on the stairs while boarding Air Force One on Friday, raising further questions regarding his health.
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News Reports

Congress candidate in Assam brags that she allowed people to enrol in voter lists without any verification when she was a govt official

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Sibamoni Bora said that when she was a BDO, during the hearings for updating voter list, she didn't visit the addresses for verification
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Law

‘How long will reservations continue?’, Supreme Court asks during the Maratha reservation case: Here is what the 5-judge bench said

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SC raised a significant question on the controversial issue of reservation policies in the country during a case pertaining to Maratha reservation
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