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Punjab: FIR lodged against farmer leader and BKU Totewal state chief, US deportee says he paid ₹45 lakh for visa but was sent via donkey...

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US deportee Jaswinder Singh has revealed that he had spent Rs 45 lakhs on US visa but was instead deceived into travelling by boat, leading to his eventual deportation.
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News Reports

OpIndia Exclusive: Three more Muslim men detained in Beawar for trapping, raping and forcing minor Hindu girls to convert

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Speaking to OpIndia, Vijaynagar Police Station in-charge Karan Singh said, "Three more accused have been detained by the police. They are being questioned to determine their role in the matter. Five accused, who were arrested earlier, have been sent to police remand, and two minors have been sent to a juvenile house."
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Crime

Illegal immigrants from Punjab deported by the US paid around ₹34 lakh on average to agents to enter the country through donkey routes

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A PIL was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking action against the fake travel agents involved in smuggling people to foreign countries through donkey routes. The HC directed the state and the central government to respond within 30 days.
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News Reports

’20 lakh for Brahmin girl, 10 lakh for Dalit’ – How ‘Muslim gang’ in Beawar wanted to trade Hindu girls, training them in roza,...

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One of the victims said, "They once told me that a Brahmin girl would fetch ₹20 lakh if sold, and you (a Dalit) would get ₹10 lakh." The girls said in their statements that they were continuously blackmailed with obscene photos and videos and forced to bring in other girls.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Udhayanidhi Stalin leads DMK protest against National Education Policy, claims trilingual model is ‘Hindi imposition’

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DMK organized a major protest in Chennai against the BJP-led union government concerning the New Education Policy, the Trilingual Language System (Hindi imposition), and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
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News Reports

Kerala: SDPI opposes Waqf Amendment Bill at ‘Waqf Protection Rally’ in Kollam, accuses BJP of ‘secretly’ imposing Manusmriti through the amendment

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State general secretary of the Dakshina Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama, Thodiyoor Muhammed Kunju Moulavi said that the very existence of the Constitution of India was being destroyed through the amendment to the Waqf Act.
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Crime

J&K: ‘Pir Baba’ Maulvi Ajaz Ahmad Sheikh sexually abused minor boys for a decade by pretending to be possessed by ‘Jinn’, Chilling details

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The testimonies of multiple victims indicated that the accused Maulvi Ajaz Ahmad Sheikh had a modus operandi where he invited the victims for Islamic religious healing/problem-solving using supposed supernatural methods, isolated them, and then engaged in unnatural sexual acts.
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News Reports

Bihar: Khushbu Pandey arrested in Jamui, a day after Hindu procession came under attack while returning after reciting Hanuman Chalisa

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Khushbu Pandey also released a video and said, “There was a Hanuman Chalisa program in the Bhaleshwar Nath temple in Baliyadih village. While returning after taking the prasad, suddenly stone pelting started a little distance away from the mosque. The car was vandalized. Slogans of Allahu Akbar were being raised there.”
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Politics

As questions mount against Congress and its connection with US Deep State, trolls target Smriti Irani: Here’s what BJP said in response

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A report by IIM Indore documented the USAID program featuring Smriti Irani’s success in the given case.
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News Reports

As Muhammad Yunus downplays atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh, UN fact-finding report exposes the grim reality: A deep-dive

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The findings of the OHCHR expose the grim reality that Muhammad Yunus tried to brush under the carpet.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: CM Devendra Fadnavis directs cyber cell to contact Wikipedia over objectionable content against Sambhaji Maharaj

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday directed the cyber cell in the state to contact Wikipedia to remove the objectionable content against SambhaJi Maharaj.
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News Reports

‘Added fuel to fire, built narrative, incited people’: UP govt tears into Mohammed Zubair during hearing in Allahabad High Court

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The AAG, representing the UP Government, stated that Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair tried to construct a narrative via his posts without providing complete picture of the events.
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News Reports

Paid lakhs for illegal entry into US because he hated family business: Why politicians should stop trying to portray deported Indians as victims

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Bhagwant Mann has promised jobs to those who are "eligible," portraying them as victims of circumstances. He even tried to claim that US planes carrying deported individuals are being landed in Amritsar as part of conspiracy and demanded they should land elsewhere.
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News Reports

This is Mrityu Kumbh, not Maha Kumbh: Mamata Banerjee in Bengal assembly

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She further on the disparity in the arrangements made for the rich and the poor saying, "For the rich, the VIP, there are systems available to get camps (tents) for as high as Rs 1 Lakhs. For the poor, there are no arrangements at Kumbh..."
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News Reports

Ranveer Allahbadia case: SC asks Central Govt to regulate obscene content on YouTube and other social media platforms

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The top court's remarks came in the wake of inappropriate comments by YouTuber and Podcaster Ranveer Allahabadia during his guest appearance on the show India's Got Latent.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Karim Mia and his aides murder Hindu man in broad daylight after he objects to robbery, hit victim on the head repeatedly with...

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"Sumon Kumar Pal was hit on the head. It was only after that they robbed the shop. If the purpose was robbery, then they would not have hit him with the intention to murder," the locals told Ajker Patrika.
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Opinions

Nupur Sharma continues to get vilified, this time by Ranveer Allahbadia’s lawyer: Who is to blame? Abhinav Chandrachud or Justice Suryakant

Nupur J Sharma -
It was Justice Suryakant who was one of the judges that made vicious comments against the very victim they were meant to protect. It was this very Supreme Court which incentivised the vilification of Nupur Sharma that Abhinav Chandrachud indulged in today.
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Opinions

Germany pontificated to India about freedom of speech, now it raids people calling their politicians ‘idiots’: Those Germany defended would be in jail if...

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German prosecutors justified the crackdown on 'internet trolls' by suggesting that it is a bigger crime to insult someone online than in public. His argument was that a public insult fades away quickly, while an online insult remains indefinitely.
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Crime

Ajmer 2.0 in Beawar in Rajasthan: Muslim youths exploit and blackmail minor girls, force them to convert, pressurise victims to introduce their female friends...

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The Muslim gang in Rajasthan preyed on underage girls by luring them with mobile phones and then started to rape them and pressurise them to introduce their minor friends to them.
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News Reports

SC turns down petition for ‘urgent hearing’ by Soros-funded ADR, had challenged appointment of Chief Election Commissioner: All you need to know about the...

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Justice Surya Kant did not appear inclined to entertain the demands of Prashant Bhushan. "We will see tomorrow subject to any other important matter," he stated, refusing to direct Registry to take the matter higher up in order.
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News Reports

Suicide case: Videos of KIIT authorities threatening, insulting Nepali students trigger outrage, varsity takes U-turn after forcing Nepal students to leave campus

OpIndia Staff -
Several videos of KIIT authorities threatening Nepali students to leave the campus surfaced on social media on 17th February. In one such video, the varsity authorities are seen telling students “Pack your bags and leave” the campus. In her bid to defend the varsity’s founder, one of the KIIT officials went on to brag about how the founder feeds 40,000 students for free. 
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News Reports

South Africa: World’s first ‘openly gay’ Imam shot dead in Cape Town, had established a mosque for gay Muslims

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Citing Eastern Cape Provincial Police, CNN said that the police were investigating the death of Muhsin Hendricks, who was 58, in Bethelsdorp stating that the motive behind the killing was unclear.
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Opinions

AI from India, for the world: The state of AI in India, key sectors focussing on the use of AI and the future

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India has witnessed appreciable progress in AI within a few key industries and the future looks promising
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News Reports

Pune: 300 cats found inside one apartment, resident was rescuing stray cats from streets

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"The owner of a flat on the 9th floor has kept several cats in that flat, resulting in foul smells in the society. After the complaint, a team visited the flat and served notice to shift the cats," Police said.
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News Reports

Researcher organises ‘conference’, sponsored by Michigan University, to peddle anti-India propaganda, had objected to OpIndia’s expose of George Soros: Here are the speakers

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Joyojeet Pal has organised 4 editions of the 'Social Media and Society in India (SMSI)' symposium at the University of Michigan since its inception. And each time, he had been successful in platforming a large number of anti-India propagandists on one stage
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News Reports

Kerala hand-chopping case: NIA chargesheets PFI worker for sheltering key accused who chopped professor TJ Joseph’s hand over blasphemy accusations

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NIA investigations revealed that Shafeer knowingly sheltered Savad, the prime assailant of Professor TJ Joseph, by providing asylum, a false-identity job, and other aid. Savad was chargesheeted in 2011.
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News Reports

‘Not party’s views’: Congress once again distances itself from Sam Pitroda’s remarks, this time on China

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Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X, "The views allegedly expressed by Sam Pitroda on China are not those of the Indian National Congress."
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News Reports

Are thousands of Muslims being forced to flee Sambhal, as claimed by AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi? Local Muslims and police bust the claim

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Local Muslims debunked Owaisi's exaggerated claims of Muslim exodus from Sambhal.
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World

Bangladesh: Mohammad Yunus govt launches “Operation Devil Hunt” to persecute Sheikh Hasina loyalists, 4700 arrests so far

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The administration has so far arrested and imprisoned over 100 Awami League MPs and former ministers under multiple offenses including prominent woman leader Dipu Moni.
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News Reports

India’s Got Latent Row: FIR filed against all members of Samay Raina’s show, YouTube channel deactivated

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An FIR against all members of Samay Raina's 'India's Got Latent' was filed following the controversy over Ranveer Allahbadia's comments on the show.
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Opinions

New Delhi Railway Station stampede: It is ‘the system’ that lacks civic sense, not the crowd

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I am used to it, used to the overcrowded trains, the struggle, the dysfunction and the chaos. Because this is what the system has taught me. I wasn't taught 'civic sense' by the system. The system taught me to live with the chaos, to struggle to carry myself, my family and our luggage through the crowd, to suffer the overcrowded train inside the so-called 'reserved' coaches too, because that is what the system allows, enables.
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Specials

USAID, NED, Dr Fauci and COVID paranoia about ‘millions of deaths’ in India: Sordid saga of media darling Ramanan Laxminarayanan and fearmongering

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Dr Ramanan Laxminarayanan was used by the media to discredit India and PM Modi effort against COVID - he is funded by USAID, NED
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Crime

UP: Rahul becomes Murshad for Muslim girlfriend, kills her after she marries someone else, girl’s family kills him in return for revenge

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Reports say that the girl got married to someone else in December 2024, and after learning about this, Murshad was infuriated. On 16th February, Murshad killed his girlfriend.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: 97 detained, 3 booked after Hindu groups’ protest against forced conversion at a religious event in Durg

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The police took action based on a complaint by Meenakshi Sharma, a resident of Ayodhya Nagar. In her complaint, she accused Dr Vinay Sahu, Krishnakant Kurre, and Dhal Singh Sahu of converting people to Christianity.
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News Reports

Kerala: Palakkad mosque glorifies Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists, posters of Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Hassan Nasrallah displayed

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The event took place in the presence of notable leaders, including Minister MB Rajesh and Congress leader VT Balram.
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News Reports

Bihar: Stone-pelting on Hanuman Chalisa devotees near a mosque amidst chants of “Allahu Akbar”, a Muslim mob of over 300 had women and children,...

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According to an eyewitness, the Hanuman Chalisa devotees were attacked near a mosque in Jamui, amidst chants of "Allahu Akbar."
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Opinions

Is the Indian system incapable of controlling the Indian ‘Bheed’? Stampede after stampede, the crowd behaviour stays unchanged, just like the bureaucratic incompetence

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Larger problem lies in the lack of an effective apparatus to avert these incidents, which have become more common, especially during large gatherings or major events. 
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News Reports

US funding for ‘voter turnout in India’ scrapped: How MSM and ‘journalists’ passed off suspension of foreign interference as a ‘blow to India’

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The real concern, however, is that one of the funders of IFES is Open Society Foundations (OSF), which is owned by George Soros. Notably, Soros has been involved in funding anti-India activities for a long time.
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Crime

UP: Dilshad abducted minor Hindu girl to convert her to Islam and do nikah with her in Moradabad, arrested

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The complaint further stated that the Hindu girl’s family suspects that Dilshad lured the girl to elope with him on the pretext of marriage.
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News Reports

Assam CM announces Rs 27 crores for renovation of rural roads in Kokrajhar: Bodoland Council welcomes decision

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Assam Legislative Assembly session is being held outside the capital city for one day for the first time in the state's history.
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World

Ramia Abdo Sultan of Australian Palestinian Advocacy Network defends the 2 Islamist nurses who threatened to kill any Israeli patient

OpIndia Staff -
Ramia Abdo Sultan even advised her co-religionists not to trust anyone and avoid any social media interactions on the Israel-Palestine conflict or on the issue of Muslim hate for Jews as she claims these conversations are meant to entrap Muslims and use the same against them.
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News Reports

CBI arrests Ministry of Defence’s senior auditor and two private defence suppliers for asking Rs 10 lakh bribe from drone manufacturer

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The FIR was registered on 7th February 2025 under Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act against two accused, including a public servant from the Office of the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA), Ministry of Defence, Defence Offices Complex, New Delhi, and a private individual who was a defence supplier.
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News Reports

Congress leader Sam Pitroda says no need to consider China as an enemy, earlier Rahul Gandhi had praised China multiple times

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"To assume that China is the enemy from day one is just not fair, not just to China but to anybody," Sam Pitroda brazened out.
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News Reports

Assam Cabinet directs probe against Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheikh and his accomplices in India amid allegations of links with Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s...

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The Assam Cabinet on Sunday directed an enquiry into the activities of Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheikh targeting India and Assam
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News Reports

BCCI announces schedule for IPL 2025, opening and final matches to be held at Eden Gardens in Kolkata

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The 'Mecca of Indian Cricket', Eden Gardens will mark both the commencement and the conclusion of the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025
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News Reports

USAID, Soros, ECI and DY Qureshi: Deep dive into how ECI in 2012 partnered with Soros backed agency for ‘voter turnout’ in India

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The real concern arises with IFES’s private funders, which include Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Open Society Foundations (OSF). Notably, OSF is owned by George Soros, a figure widely accused of funding anti-India activities.
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News Reports

Remembering Meghnad Saha, the Indian scientist who revolutionised the world of astrophysics through his Thermal Ionisation Equation

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In 1920, Meghnad Saha made a revolutionary contribution to the world of astrophysics by formulating the Thermal Ionisation Equation also known as ‘Saha Equation’
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News Reports

Confusion between Prayagraj Express and Prayagraj Special led to the stampede in New Delhi railway station, says Police after initial probe

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The Delhi Police on Sunday stated that confusion over the identical names of two trains--Prayagraj Express and Prayagraj Special-- led to confusion and triggered the stampede
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News Reports

Is Bangladesh turning into Pakistan? Poet arrested on allegations of ‘insulting’ Prophet Muhammad, High Court had earlier recommended death penalty for blasphemy

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105 academics came forward to appeal to the Muhammad Yunus regime to release Sohel Hasan Galib. However, it fell on deaf ears. Yunus had been jailing people for criticising his regime while pandering to the Islamists at the same time.
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News Reports

Woman says she has given birth to Elon Musk’s 13th child, read who Ashley St. Clair is and how Musk reacted to her claim

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Ashley St. Clair said that she has been in private discussion with Elon Musk regarding a co-parenting agreement.
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