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While Sanjay Raut praises Sachin Vaze as ‘honest’ and ‘capable’, latter names Shiv Sena leaders in Antilia explosives case

OpIndia Staff -
While Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut is busy hailing Mumbai Police, in particular, Sachin Vaze, the latter has reportedly named Shiv Sena leaders in the Antilia explosives case.
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Politics

West Bengal: BJP fields Union Minister Babul Supriyo from Tollygunge, likely to contest against Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee may also contest from Tollygunge, in addition to the Nandigram constituency
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News Reports

Sri Lanka announces ban on burqa, to shut down over 1000 Islamic schools in the country

OpIndia Staff -
Public Security Minister of Sri Lanka Sarath Weerasekara signed an order that sought Cabinet approval to ban Burqa
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News Reports

White Innova belonging to Mumbai Crime Branch that tailed explosive-laden Scorpio appears to have fake number plate: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
NIA officials have found that the white Innova that trailed the explosive laden Scorpio belonged to the CIU unit of the Mumbai Police
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Media

Govt of India pulls up Wall Street Journal for spreading fake news regarding jailing Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter employees

Nirwa Mehta -
The government put on record serious displeasure on the lopsided and fictional reportage by Wall Street Journal on this issue.
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News Reports

UN-affiliated group that demanded the release of chopper scam accused Christian Michel now wants Indian govt to ‘remedy’ Safoora Zargar arrest

OpIndia Staff -
UN affiliated WGAD is not a judicial body and its opinions are not legally binding on the Member States
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee may contest from ‘safe’ Tollygunge constituency in addition to Nandigram: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee is considering to contest from Tollygunge after suffering an injury, making it tough for her to campaign aggressively
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News Reports

‘I am a piece of iceberg’: Sachin Vaze has revealed involvement of other policemen, ‘bigger role’ of Shiv Sena leaders, claims report

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai top cop Sachin Vaze has admitted that he was involved in the Antilla Bomb Scare case and named Shiv Sena leaders.
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News Reports

White Innova car which accompanied explosives-laden Scorpio car recovered from Mumbai Police Commissioner Parambir Singh’s office: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA officials traced the white Innova to the Mumbai Police Commissionerate office, where the suspicious car was parked. As they took a closer look at the car, they found that 'Police' sticker on the back of the car.
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News Reports

‘We don’t need a certificate from others’: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar debunks India’s downgrading by foreign organisations

OpIndia Staff -
S Jaishankar said that the organisations who rate countries invent their rules, their parameters, and pass their judgements
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News Reports

Antilia bomb scare: IM terrorist Tehseen Akhtar questioned, phone on which Telegram group Jaish-ul-Hind was created was found from his barrack

OpIndia Staff -
Sachin Vaze, the encounter specialist of Mumbai Police was also arrested in the case on March 13
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath calls out Samajwadi Party’s nepotism, says ‘chacha, mama’ of Mahabharata have taken rebirth

OpIndia Staff -
Over 4 lakh youth have been given government jobs in past four years in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Watch: Cricketing legend Sir Vivian Richards thanks PM Modi for offering Covid-19 vaccines to the Caribbean nations

OpIndia Staff -
Legendary cricketer Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards said that he thanks India for its wonderful contribution of providing vaccines to his country.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Three arrested for sharing photo of children doing namaz on the road on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Jharkhand Police has arrested three people for making the picture of children performing namaz on road viral.
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Crime

Burqa-clad nanny who had beheaded a four-year-old kid in Moscow as revenge for ‘attacks’ on Muslims in Syria walks free

OpIndia Staff -
The 43-year-old nanny Gyulchehra Bobokulova was found carrying a decapitated head a four-year-old child Anastasia Meshcheryakov while shouting 'Allahu Akbar'
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News Reports

Antilia bomb scare: Sachin Vaze used same car to escort Alibaug Police in Arnab case which was found outside Ambani residence

OpIndia Staff -
The Times of India report states that for Anab Goswami arrest, the Scorpio car that escorted Alibaug Police was the same that was placed outside Antilia.
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News Reports

NIA arrests top-cop Sachin Vaze for his role in planting bomb-laden car near Mukesh Ambani’s Antilia: Details

OpIndia Staff -
NIA arrested 'encounter specialist' Sachin Vaze in the case where an explosive-laden car was planted near Mukesh Ambani residence
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee was injured in an accident, no evidence of attack: Says report by special observers to the EC

OpIndia Staff -
The observers said that the Mamata Banerjee was surrounded by heavy police cover at the time of the incident in Nandigram
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Opinions

‘Savarnas’ and ‘Intersectional equity’: Climate Justice is more about Leftist ‘Woke’ politics than climate, Disha Ravi’s statement shows why

K Bhattacharjee -
Climate Activist Disha Ravi has been at the heart of the global campaign against India over the farmer protests.
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News Reports

Pakistani university expels 2 students after video of girl proposing boy and hugging each other inside the campus went viral

OpIndia Staff -
Hadiqa Javaid and Shehryar Ahmad were expelled by Lahore University for publicly hugging inside the campus
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News Reports

Hindu Council of Australia slams NSW Senator David Shoebridge who called RSS and VHP ‘Neo Nazis’: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu Council of Australia demanded evidence in support of allegations made by senator David Shoebridge
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News Reports

‘Apolitical farmer protest’ leader Rakesh Tikait seen riding a ‘Congress Tractor’ in Jodhpur

OpIndia Staff -
It is evident that through these farmers’ meetings Rakesh Tikait is actually trying to build up his own political base.
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News Reports

While Rahul Gandhi questions the rise in Adani’s wealth in 2021, Gautam Adani had registered highest wealth gain during UPA too

OpIndia Staff -
Just like 2021, Gautan Adani had seen highest increase in his wealth in 2011 too, when Congress-led UPA was in power
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Social Media

After Yashwant Sinha joins TMC, netizens wonder which party Subramanian Swamy might join

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens pointed out that Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy could be the next person who could jump the ship.
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News Reports

FIR filed against Akhilesh Yadav and SP workers for assault on journalists, SP files counter-complaint against two reporters

OpIndia Staff -
FIR against Akhilesh Yadav registered under sections 147, 323 and 342 of the Indian Penal Code for assault on journalists in Moradabad
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Politics

Sitaram Yechury claims Abbas Siddiqui, who wanted Allah to send virus that killed 50 crore Indians, will save India: Here is everything he said

OpIndia Staff -
The CPIM has allied with Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui and his Indian Secular Front (ISF) ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections.
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Opinions

Circus of the damned: Mainstream media welcomes new digital media guidelines but begs to be exempt, left leaning outlets are heartbroken

K Bhattacharjee -
Members of Digital News Publishers' Association (DNPA) met Prakash Javadekar recently over the new guidelines for Digital Media.
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News Reports

UP Police nab 3 persons for trafficking 15 minor children from Bihar to Delhi, rescue the children from a bus

OpIndia Staff -
During the counselling, the children said that the trio told them that they were being taken for a trip to the National Capital.
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Opinions

How I discovered that Bengal is full of ‘meat-eating vegetarians’

Abhishek Banerjee -
The BJP is now polling a solid 15 per cent of the vote in Kerala and gaining ground in Puducherry. And then, there is Bengal.
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News Reports

Election Commission says West Bengal government’s report on Mamata Banerjee’s injury is ‘sketchy’, asks to submit a new report with details

OpIndia Staff -
Election Commission said that although the report says that CM’s leg was hit by the door, it does not mention how it happened
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Politics

Shiv Sena forges an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi led AIMIM for Amravati Municipal Corporation Committee elections: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena and AIMIM have been staunch rivals not only in the past but until today, both in state and national level politics
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Politics

‘Mamata Banerjee had offered to go to Kandahar as hostage’: The bizarre assertion of latest TMC convert Yashwant Sinha

OpIndia Staff -
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who joined the Trinamool Congress on Saturday, has issued a bizarre statement about Mamata Banerjee
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Politics

Signs of tension between Pilot and Gehlot emerge in Rajasthan yet again, MLAs from Pilot’s camp threaten to quit alleging bias against SC/STs

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress government in Rajasthan appears to be set for fresh trouble as rebel MLAs of Pilot faction threaten to quit.
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News Reports

Mumbai top cop Sachin Vaze embroiled in Antilla Bomb Scare case says ‘time to say goodbye to the world’ is coming closer in WhatsApp...

OpIndia Staff -
Sachin Vaze said that his 'time to say goodbye to the world' is coming closer in the cryptic WhatsApp status.
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News Reports

‘Keyboard warrior Kunal Kamra can inculcate poisonous ideas in people’s minds,’ petitioner files rejoinder after alleged comedian plays victim

OpIndia Staff -
In his rejoinder, the petitioner said that 'keyboard warriors' like Kunal Kamra can inculcate "poisonous ideas" in people's minds.
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News Reports

‘Encounter specialist’ Sachin Vaze reaches NIA office to record statement in Antilla Bomb Scare case

OpIndia Staff -
'Encounter specialist' Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vaze has reached the NIA office to record his statement in the Antilla Bomb Scare case.
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News Reports

Ghaziabad police arrest one Mohsin after a video of him spitting on rotis before cooking at an engagement ceremony goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Ghaziabad police registered an FIR against Mohsin and arrested him after video of him spitting on dough for rotis went viral
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Politics

Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joins Mamata’s TMC, three years after quitting his former party

OpIndia Staff -
Yashwant Sinha, former BJP leader turned vehement anti-Modi critic, has joined the Trinamool Congress on Saturday.
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News Reports

‘Apolitical Farmer leaders’ jump into electoral politics to ‘teach BJP a lesson’, reaches West Bengal: What their pamphlet says

OpIndia Staff -
Rakesh Tikait and other 'farmer leaders' will actively campaign against BJP in West Bengal during the assembly elections
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News Reports

AICTE withdraws notification, says Physics, Mathematics continue to be important subjects for engineering courses

OpIndia Staff -
A day after reports that mathematics and physics at Class XII-level are being made optional for engineering courses, AICTE has done a u-turn
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News Reports

Man attempts suicide by setting himself on fire at the residence of Congress leader Maha Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat: Here is why

OpIndia Staff -
A man tried to set himself on fire at residence of Maharashtra Revenue Minister and Congress legislator Balasaheb Thorat.
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News Reports

BJP booth president stabbed to death in the poll-bound state of Assam: What CM Sarbanand Sonowal and Himanta Biswa Sarma said

Aditi -
The reasons for the murder are not yet known. However, the police have arrested one person in connection with the killing.
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Crime

As Waseem Rizvi files petition to remove parts in Quran that ‘promote terrorism and Jihad’, Muslim cleric offers bounty of 20k to behead him

OpIndia Staff -
Islamic Cleric Hasnain Jaffrey Dumpy, the national president of Islamic organisation - Shiane-Haider-e-Karrar Welfare Association, has now announced a bounty of Rs 20,000 to anybody who beheads Rizvi.
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World

Australia: Two women arrested, face up to 10 years in jail for planning genital mutilation of a two-week-old baby girl

OpIndia Staff -
The woman had requested a doctor to perform the genital mutilation who refused and reported the matter to authorities.
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News Reports

Trouble mounts for Sachin Vaze in Mansukh Hiren death case: Anticipatory bail rejected, bail hearing now on hearing on March 19

OpIndia Staff -
While hearing his bail plea on Friday, the court refused to provide any relief to Sachin Vaze and adjourned the hearing in the case till March 19.
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News Reports

After humiliating Hindu students, Rutgers issues a follow up ‘apology’, but stays silent on alleged ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke: What we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
The Rutgers University, which has backed Audrey Truschke and her bigotry against Hindus, said that they value Hindu students
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Politics

Watch: TMC leader insults ‘Jai Shri Ram’ chant, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra dares her to talk about ‘Allah hu Akbar’

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra slammed a TMC MP named Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar for mocking Hindu sentiments.
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News Reports

So-called farmers protesting at Singhu border start building illegal, two-storey pucca houses: Details

OpIndia Staff -
It has been over 100 days since the so-called farmers protest, spearheaded by Khalistanis from India and abroad, has been raging on
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Politics

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee goes from a leg in plaster to crepe bandage in 2 days flat, Netizens ask her about the ‘magic cure’

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, Mamata Banerjee, who is alleged to have suffered a serious hairline fracture was seen with a crepe bandage, raising questions about the seriousness of her injury.
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News Reports

USA: Alabama House of Representatives passes bill to end Yoga ban, but postures to have only English names and no ‘Namaste’

OpIndia Staff -
The Alabama House of Representatives has approved a bill that will enable K-12 school systems to teach Yoga.
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