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Kerala Catholic Bishop and five priests arrested for illegal sand mining in Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff - 9 February, 2022

Sabitha, the then Assistant Director of Minerals, has been accused of permitting the sand robbery. Her husband Mohammad Sameer was arrested in Chennai on January 23 in connection with the scam.

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Gujarat: Waqf board gets stay on demolition of illegal madarsa after Surat Municipal Corporation fails to update records on time

Nirwa Mehta - 3 February, 2022

Earlier in November 2021, the Surat Municipal Corporation headquarters at Muglisara had been declared waqf property.

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Uttarakhand: Illegal mosque built near Tehri dam finally removed by authorities

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2021

Authorities remove illegal mosque near Tehri Dam after OpIndia report highlighted the issue and demands of local residents.

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Illegal mosque near Tehri Dam: Locals demand removal of encroachment, govt, administration accused of laxity and delay

Anurag - 27 September, 2021

Locals living near Tehri dam are protesting against an illegal mosque and the delay by local administration in its removal. SDM promised it will be removed soon.

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Odisha: 20 tonnes of beef seized while being transported to West Bengal, Javed and Bapi Mandal arrested

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2021

As per a report in Organiser, one Javed Mandal (40) and Bapi Mandal (30) of North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal have been arrested in connection to the matter.

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China to ban karaoke songs containing ‘illegal content’, to create a blacklist of songs that endanger national unity

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2021

China will create a blacklist of karaoke songs containing "illegal content", content providers asked to scrutinise songs for banned content

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UP mass conversion: ATS arrests 6th person, NGO run by accused had received Rs 10 crore in foreign funding in 4 years

OpIndia Staff - 1 July, 2021

UP ATS in a statement has informed that Sheikh confessed to knowing Umar Gautam and diverting hawala money to Umar to fund the religious conversion activities.

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Bengaluru: Two arrested for helping Pakistani spies obtain sensitive Army information by running a parallel telephone exchange

OpIndia Staff - 11 June, 2021

A probe into the matter revealed that the Pakistan-based intelligence operatives exploited such illegal exchanges to route their calls to connect with Indian citizens and obtain information of military installations.

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