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Bengaluru restaurant forced to remove Odia language signage despite prominent Kannada board: How politics over ‘Kannada pride’ is fuelling hooliganism and hatred

Shraddha Pandey -
Despite this, the man issues a warning to the Odia restaurant owner asking him to remove the Odia language board and that he would come back in a week to check. The Kannada language goon asserted that in Karnataka, the Kannada language and Kannada people should get first priority.
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Biju Patnaik birth anniversary: Read why Odisha’s former CM was awarded Indonesia’s highest honour, ‘Bhoomi Putra’, and their honorary citizenship

Aditi -
Patnaik flew in a Dakota aircraft and rescued Indonesian Vice President Mohammad Hatta and Prime Minister Sutan Sjahrir on July 21, 1947. The Dutch threatened to shoot down his aircraft but Patnaik replied that if his aircraft was shot down, no Dutch aircraft would be able to fly across Indian skies.
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News Reports

‘Send him to UP, we will treat him’: Yogi Adityanath on Abu Azmi over comments praising Aurangzeb, the SP MLA suspended from Maharashtra assembly

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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath came down heavily on Maharashtra MLA and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Abu Azmi for praising Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb
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News Reports

Fraudsters who ran a ₹3,558 crore ‘cloud space’ scam arrested: How the ED and UP government busted the data centre scam

Rukma Rathore -
The ED arrested Vuenow Group CEO Sukhvinder Singh Kharour and his wife, Dimple, for a ₹3,558 crore Ponzi scheme involving fraudulent "cloud particle" investments.
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News Reports

US House Committee report says Chinese govt gives subsidies and grants for production and export of Fentanyl precursors, calls for urgent action

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A recent inquiry by the House Select Committee focused on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party has brought to light troubling information regarding the CCP's role in exacerbating the fentanyl epidemic in the United States.
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News Reports

US announces reciprocal tariffs against India, China to be effective from April 2

OpIndia Staff -
Justifying reciprocal tariffs, the US President said that other countries have been unfairly taxing the US and therefore now it is the turn of the US to tax them.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Man booked under anti-conversion law in Shravasti for running conversion racket in the guise of prayer meetings

OpIndia Staff -
The police suspect that Singh might have fled to Punjab. A team has been dispatched to locate him. Given Shravasti's proximity to the Nepal border, authorities are monitoring the area to prevent any possible cross-border escape.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Hindu infant girl child abducted from hospital after mother’s death, converted to Islam

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The Muslim couple, who abducted the child, claimed that they had taken the orphaned infant out of compassion. They further asserted that they had even applied for legal adoption at the Collector's office in Sagar.
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News Reports

CBI busts East Central Railway paper leak scam, 26 railway officials arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Overall, 26 Railway officials have been arrested in this case so far, CBI said. Searches were conducted at 8 locations, which resulted in the recovery of Rs. 1.17 crore in cash.
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News Reports

After targeting vulnerable Hindus, Christian missionaries embark on “Mission Muslim”: Evangelicals in UP intensify efforts to convert Muslims to Christianity

Shraddha Pandey -
The Christian Missionaries in UP have set their eyes on a new target: vulnerable Muslims, who could be lured into eschewing their faith for Christianity.
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News Reports

Mahakumbh: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi shares story of boatman earning Rs 30 crores during the historic event

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Refuting the Samajwadi Party's claims of boatmen being exploited during Mahakumbh Mela, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath shared a success story of a boatman's family who earned Rs 30 crore in 45 days during the congregation in Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26.
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‘Punjab can’t be a dharna state’: AAP, which supported farmers’ dharna at Delhi border, now hits out at farmers for organising a dharna in...

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The farmers have organised a "Chandigarh Chalo" protest on 5th March against Punjab government. Bhagwant Mann wanted them to withdraw the protest but they refused.
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Economy and Finance

India’s historic breakthrough: Extreme poverty nearly eradicated, sharpest inequality decline in decades, reveals new study

Jinit Jain -
The recent household expenditure surveys for 2022-23 and 2023-24 released by the government of India reveal India has nearly eradicated extreme poverty.
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World

Serbian Parliament witnesses chaotic scenes as opposition politicians hurl smoke grenades and tear gas inside the house, several politicians injured

OpIndia Staff -
The Serbian Parliament witnessed major chaos on Tuesday, March 4, after opposition deputies threw smoke grenades and tear gas inside the Parliament during a legislative session.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Nephew of Hamid Mia attempts to encroach land of Hindu family, attacks with sharp weapon on resisting

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Vctim Pulak Kumar informed, "I and my brothers had been living on this land, which was purchased about 40 years ago. We have all the documents. Bitan and his aides trespassed into our land, created chaos and began a fight."
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News Reports

China, Canada retaliate to US tariffs by announcing counter-tariffs on US goods, Mexico prepares a backup plan

Aditi -
Billionaire investor Warren Buffet has described Trump's tariffs as ' an act of war'. "Tariffs are actually-we've had a lot of experience with them-they're an act of war, to some degree," said Buffet. He said that tariffs are ultimately paid by consumers who purchase taxed goods. "The Tooth Fairy doesn't pay'em, " he added.
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Madhya Pradesh: Waqf Board lays claim to Hindu-majority village including Shivling; villagers outrage

OpIndia Staff -
There are families that have lived in Makhni for generations. They have made it clear that they will not give up their land and are prepared to fight against the Waqf Board's actions. Notably, the claim over the Shivling has caused significant resentment among the locals, who have accused the board of overreach and wrongful encroachment.
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News Reports

Muhammad Yunus lies through his teeth about ‘law and order’ situation in Bangladesh during BBC interview, human rights report exposes him

Dibakar Dutta -
On Monday (3rd March), BBC Bangla published a 17-minute interview of Muhammad Yunus wherein he claimed that the 'crime rate' in Bangladesh had not increased after his interim government came to power.
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP challenges TMC’s Voter Roll purge claim, accuses it of removing names of Hindu refugees, linguistic minorities

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The TMC's campaign on the alleged "ghost voters" from Punjab, Haryana and Gujarat has already drawn flak from the BJP.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Dhananjay Munde resigns from CM Fadnavis cabinet amid row over aide’s involvement in Santosh Deshmukh murder case

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Dhananjay Munde's key associate Walmik Karad was named as the mastermind in the Beed sarpanch murder case.
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News Reports

Pakistan’s Hindus under siege: HRCP report exposes alarming rise in violence, forced conversions, and systemic persecution of minorities in Pakistan

Anurag -
Hindus today are merely 2% of the country's population, most of whom live in rural Sindh. They are consistently in a state of perpetual fear of extremist elements.
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News Reports

Delhi University proposes inclusion of Manusmriti in undergraduate History honours syllabus, faces opposition from sections of faculty members and students

OpIndia Staff -
The DU committee also proposed to include several other ancient texts including Harsha Charit, Matsyapurana, Sangam Kavya and Sanskrit inscriptions of the Delhi Sultanate in the syllabus. However, the inclusion of Manusmriti is being opposed particularly.
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News Reports

Punjab police raids farmer leaders after CM Bhagwant Mann abruptly leaves meeting with Samyukta Kisan Morcha leaders

OpIndia Staff -
Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal described Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as unusually angry, noting that he had never witnessed such an outburst, even in high-level negotiations.
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Crime

Bhilwara: Woman gangraped for a year, blackmailed through obscene photos and videos, police arrests 8 accused including Ashraf Ali, Shoaib Sheikh, Khalid and others

OpIndia Staff -
The Bhilwara victim said Ashraf Ali's friends Amir and Shoaib threatened her and forced her to introduce them to other women. The accused also forcibly gained access to her social media accounts.
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Maharashtra: Zero FIR filed against Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi for his remarks on Aurangzeb

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"A sedition case should be filed against Abu Azmi. He has no right to stay in India. Aurangzeb who destroyed thousands of Hindu temples, tortured women, brutally tortured Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, was against the country, he looted our country", SS MP Naresh Mhaske said.
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News Reports

‘Ordered mechanically without delving into details’: Bombay HC stays FIR order against ex-SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and others

OpIndia Staff -
The Bombay HC observed that the special court had issued the order without thoroughly examining the details or assigning specific roles to Buch and the other accused.
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News Reports

Supreme Court rules that calling someone ‘Pakistani’ or ‘Miyan-Tiyan’ does not hurt religious sentiments: Here is what you need to know

Dibakar Dutta -
The case dates back to November 2020, when a government official (name undisclosed) was called 'Pakistani' or 'Miyan-Tiyan' during a heated argument with an elderly man named Hari Nandan Singh (the petitioner in the case).
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News Reports

Beawar sexual exploitation case: All you need to know about the 1992 Ajmer case redux that has shocked a small town in Rajasthan

Shraddha Pandey -
One of the victims from Beawar disclosed that the ‘Muslim gang’ used to pressurise her to go to the local maulvis and mosques.
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Chhattisgarh: Hindu groups protest against Churches in Mohla, say tribals are being converted with false promises

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VHP district president Tekram Bhandari said in a statement, "The tribal communities have long been rooted in their traditions and culture. We will not tolerate any illegal conversions in the district. The administration must take strict action against those engaged in such activities."
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News Reports

Pakistan intruder shot dead along Punjab border by BSF

ANI -
The legal formalities of handing over the dead body of the Pak intruder to Ramdas police station are being carried out, the PRO added.
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Opinions

World Wildlife Day: How PM Modi-led India has been a success story in conservation efforts, setting an example for the world

Rukma Rathore -
Given the ongoing success of wildlife conservation in India under PM Modi's direction, the recommendations are expected to help India overcome a number of obstacles and proceed in the right direction.
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News Reports

566 under-trials, 225 cases reported in just 8 months in 2024: HRCP report exposes blasphemy laws as a tool to persecute religious minorities in...

Anurag -
Blasphemy laws have long been used as a stick to beat religious minorities in Pakistan and exact obedience from them.
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World

After antagonising US President Trump and VP JD Vance, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy clashes with US Senator Lindsey Graham, his long-time supporter

OpIndia Staff -
Days after getting publicly reprimanded by US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has indulged in a war of words with US Senator Lindsey Graham.
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News Reports

From being trafficked to execution for the alleged murder of an infant: How UP’s Shahzadi Khan ended up in front of a firing squad...

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From being a small-town girl from UP's Banda, Shahzadi Khan was initially trafficked to Abu Dhabi by a couple, and later convicted for murder of their 4-month-old son.
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News Reports

“Drug menace in Kerala now becoming extremely serious”: Congress MP from Kerala Shashi Tharoor

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Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor on Monday expressed concern over the growing drug menace in Kerala, calling for a united effort to address the issue
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As Nitesh Rane backs ban on Muslim traders during holy yatra in Maharashtra, read why similar demands are raised during Hindu festivals

Rukma Rathore -
A resolution was passed by gram panchayat to prevent Muslim traders from setting up stalls during Madhi Chi Yatra.
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Cab driver who threw out Pakistani and his Indian girlfriend for abusing people of Delhi now puts up posters of Aurangzeb, Akbar and Babur...

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan Today, in one of its reports, called the group of men pasting posters "the extremist group wearing saffron scarves". Miffed by the act, Pakistani media claimed that it was not an isolated incident but part of a "broader, coordinated campaign led by Hindutva groups and far-right politicians".
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‘Indians are bad, I beat the sh*t out of that Indian Doctor’: US man who brutally assaulted 67-yr-old Indian-origin nurse inside a hospital to...

OpIndia Staff -
The judge ruled in favour of the prosecution noting that the accused is a threat to the community comparing Stephan Scantlebury to a dynamite that could explode anytime again.
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Can’t reach our homes, can’t perform Puja: 150 Hindu families from Baisi in Purnia share their pain of living in a Muslim-dominated area, Mukhia...

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About 150 Hindu families in Sharma Toli of Shadipur Bhutha village in Baisi block of Purnia are facing a lot of trouble for the last several days. Local people say that the Muslim side has blocked the path to their homes.
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Opinions

British PM Keir Starmer promises to help Ukraine with full military support, EU agrees, what will it mean for NATO and the USA

Shraddha Pandey -
Asserting that Europe must do the heavy lifting in Ukraine, Keir Starmer said, “Not every nation will feel able to contribute, but that can’t mean that we sit back. Instead, those willing will intensify planning now with real urgency."
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Bangladesh: Extremists break idol of Goddess Saraswati, vandalise Durga Mandir. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
While speaking about the matter, temple caretaker Uttam Karmakar stated, "I went to the temple on Sunday (2nd March) morning to offer puja and found the idol broken."
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Taufiq and his aides put Hindu man under house arrest, forcefully convert him to Islam. Read FIR details

OpIndia Staff -
Ramprasad's son had been working in Haridwar Mandi for the past 4-5 years, where he came into contact with Taufiq. The latter lured his son by offering to marry the victim to his sister Shabnam and facilitated their communication via mobile phone.
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Nepal’s rhino census faces uncertainty after suspension of USAID funding, work suspended due to financial crunch

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Nepal's rhino census conducted in an interval of every five years now faces an uncertain future with the suspension of USAID, one of the major donors for the project
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Maharashtra: Hindu activist rescues girl entrapped by Mizanur Gazi, unites victim with her parents in West Bengal

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The Hindu activist also shared an emotional video where the victim, identified as Arpita Sarkar, could be seen uniting with her parents.
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News Reports

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces USD 4 billion military aid to Israel, reversing Biden’s arms hold

ANI -
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a significant boost in military assistance to Israel, with approximately USD 4 billion in aid set to be expedited.
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Mumbai: Court orders FIR against former SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Buch. Here is what we know so far

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Upon reviewing the material on record, the Court noted that the allegations disclose a cognizable offense and, hence, necessitate an investigation.
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Over 54,000 separated individuals were reunited with families at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, Computerised Lost and Found Centers helped over 35,000 separated devotees

ANI -
Thanks to the foresight of the Yogi government and its dedicated efforts, 54,357 separated individuals were successfully reunited with their families at Maha Kumbh
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News Reports

ECI clarifies identical EPIC numbers don’t indicate duplicate or fake voters

ANI -
"The Commission has decided to ensure allotment of unique EPIC number to registered electors. Any case of duplicate EPIC number will be rectified by allotting a unique EPIC number. The ERONET 2.0 platform will be updated to aid and assist in this process." ECI stated.
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News Reports

‘Congress and elections ultimately took her life’: Mother of Himani Narwal, whose body was found in a suitcase, accuses party of murder

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Himani's mother said that everyone at the party office, including Asha Hooda and MP Hooda himself knew that there was enmity against her within the party.
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Uttarakhand Avalanche: One more body recovered, death toll goes up to 5 while 3 remains missing

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Body of one more person missing in the avalanche that hit near Mana village in Uttarakhand on February 28 has been recovered by the Army
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