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UP: BJP leader Shalabh Mani Tripathi releases list of journalists active in Moradabad, suggests ‘media jihad’ with only Muslim reporters covering by-elections

OpIndia Staff -
The reportedly misinformation campaign launched in Moradabad was linked by the BJP MLA to "media jihad."
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World

Malaysia: 42-year-old to be caned for repeated Islamic offense of ‘close proximity’ with a woman, punishment to be meted out at Al-Muktafi Billah Shah...

OpIndia Staff -
Terengganu in Malaysia is controlled by the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS), which has pushed for a harsher interpretation of Islamic law.
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News Reports

Modi govt eliminates 5.8 crore fake ration cards through e-KYC and Aadhar verification, revolutionises India’s Public Distribution System

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India's Public Distribution System serves 80.6 crore beneficiaries and uses electronic Know Your Customer (eKYC) verification and Aadhaar-based identification.
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News Reports

Maharashtra polls: Voter from Solapur shoots illegal video while voting for Shiv Sena (UBT) inside Barshi booth, police action initiated

OpIndia Staff -
The accused person shot the video while inside the polling booth and exposed that he voted for Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Dilip Sopal. As per OpIndia sources, the voter who shot the video and posted it on social media has been identified as Rutwik Pawar.
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Editor's picks

Indian regulator CCI imposes Rs 213 crore penalty on Meta over sharing WhatsApp data with other entities, Meta to file appeal

OpIndia Staff -
The Commission also highlighted anti-competitive practices arising from the sharing of user data between Meta entities. Sharing WhatsApp user data with other Meta companies for purposes beyond providing WhatsApp services creates significant entry barriers for competitors, violating Section 4(2)(c) of the Act.
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav posts edited video to defend Muslim rioters, defame UP police: Know why an official had to point pistol during voting in Meerapur

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The authorities clarified that police official used his pistol to control the violent Muslim crowd which attacked them.
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News Reports

Prosecutors in New York, USA accuse Gautam Adani, 7 others with of bribery, and conspiracy to commit securities fraud

ANI -
Breon Peace further alleged that the people named in the indictment undermined the integrity of international financial markets and defrauded U.S. and global investors.
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Editor's picks

Hari Har temple dispute: All you need to know about the Sambhal Jama Masjid petition

Anurag -
A court survey at Jama Masjid, Sambhal, investigates claims it occupies the Shri Hari Har Temple site, protected under the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act.
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Politics

Jharkhand Elections: Most exit polls predict BJP-led NDA getting majority

ANI -
According to Today's Chanakya exit poll, BJP-led NDA is likely to win 45-50 seats in Jharkhand while JMM-led alliance could win 35-38 seats.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Communal tensions erupt in Burhanpur as Muslims claim Hindu religious site as ‘Dargah’, 4 injured

OpIndia Staff -
The fight between the two communities escalated as the Muslims claimed that the religious site worshipped by Hindus as Navnath Baba's grave was a 'Dargah'.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Crowd consisting Islamists pelt stones at police during Muzzafarnagar by-polls

OpIndia Staff -
The incident is believed to have happened when Muslims in huge numbers reached the spot to cast their votes. The Police then began controlling the crowd, checking the IDs of all the voters in line and asking them to follow the due procedure and discipline. Following this the crowd began pelting stones at the police after which the latter resorted to using a pistol to disperse the crowd.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Body of Dalit girl found in a sack, family says she was killed by SP goons for supporting BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking to the media, the mother of the victim said, "Yesterday, my daughter told Prashant that she does not fear anyone and will vote for Kamal [the political symbol of the BJP]." She asserted that her daughter was strangled to death for suggesting that she would vote for the BJP in the bypolls. Investigation into the murder of Dalit woman in Karhal is underway.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: ATS busts conspiracy to circulate fake currency during Mahakumbh, arrests Suleman and Idris, hunt on for mastermind Zakir

राहुल पाण्डेय -
The fake currency was obtained from Bangladesh by Zakir and then handed over to Suleman and Idris in Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

Ranting Gola, the troll who abuses BJP in all videos gets in trouble after video targeting Abu Azmi goes viral, comes up with an...

OpIndia Staff -
However, as Shamita Yadav aka Ranting Gola published a ‘clarification’ video over her rant against Abu Azmi, many raised questions about her conduct and questioned if she makes videos targeting politicians only for money.
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News Reports

Survey of Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh: Muslims protest as court-ordered survey conducted

OpIndia Staff -
The court-ordered Jama Masjid survey in Sambhal triggered protests, market closures, and heightened tensions. Authorities ensured security, with findings to be reviewed on 29th November.
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News Reports

Outrage on Vinod Tawde, silence ‘bitcoin scam’ allegations against Supriya Sule: Is Rajdeep Sardesai repaying Sharad Pawar’s favour to his father Dilip Sardesai?

OpIndia Staff -
Rajdeep Sardesai's cricketer father Dilip Sardesai was arrested in October 1993 over charges of money laundering.
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News Reports

Madras High Court stops Madras Music Academy from adding MS Subalakshmi’s name to the Sangita Kalanidhi award to controversial personality TM Krishna

Shraddha Pandey -
In an interim order, Justice G Jayachandran stated that the Madras Music Academy can present the ‘Sangita Kalanidhi’ award to TM Krishna, but the name of legendary artist MS Subulakshmi shall not be added to it.
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News Reports

PM Modi meets Acharya Jonas Masetti in Brazil and lauds his passion towards Vedanta and Bhagavad Gita

Rukma Rathore -
Jonas Masetti was dissatisfied with his Western life style which led him to the ancient Indian knowledge and philosophies.
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News Reports

PM Modi visits Guyana, first Indian PM to do so after 56 years, here’s how Modi’s Guyana visit matters for India’s energy security

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During his visit, PM Modi is scheduled to address a special sitting of Guyana's parliament. He will also join leaders from the Caribbean partner countries for the 2nd India-CARICOM Summit.
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News Reports

Survey conducted at Sambhal’s Jama Masjid over temple claim, court cites petition on historical significance, demolition by Babar

Anurag -
The court-ordered survey at Jama Masjid Sambhal was conducted following petition suggesting it was built on demolished Hindu temple site. The survey was conducted under the Advocate Commissioner with security arrangements.
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News Reports

ED probe finds direct links between the preferred sellers of Amazon and Flipkart, e-commerce giants under scanner: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Among the sellers interrogated by ED, one seller's testimony reportedly indicated glaring disparities between his annual turnover of several thousand crores and his minimal annual profit of Rs 20 lakh, implying that Amazon and Flipkart may similarly influence profit margins.
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News Reports

Bengal hospital: Woman suffering labour pain delivers premature baby on toilet floor, newborn carried away by stray dog

OpIndia Staff -
At Sonamukhi Rural Hospital, West Bengal, a stray dog allegedly carried off a premature baby, exposing severe lapses in hospital security. Authorities have initiated an inquiry.
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News Reports

PM Modi reaches Guyana, first Indian PM to visit the country in 56 years, welcomed by President Md Irfaan Ali

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In an unprecedented gesture, he was received at the airport by the President of Guyana, Mohamed Irfaan Ali, and over a dozen cabinet ministers.
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News Reports

“No use in blaming others”: Union Minister ML Khattar amid Delhi’s severe air crisis

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ML Khattar highlighted that between September 15 and 18 November, Haryana recorded 1118 cases of stubble burning, whereas Punjab logged 9600 during the same period.
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World

Thousands of farmers march towards London against Labour Party’s imposition of Agricultural Inheritance Tax: All you need to know

Shraddha Pandey -
The NFU president Tom Bradshaw has said that around 75% of the working farms will fall under the scope of the agricultural inheritance tax. He also called the tax imposition as a “stab in the back”.
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Politics

Contested election against Omar Abdullah, campaigned for AAP: Read how terrorist Nazir Ahmed escaped agencies for 30 years

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Nazir Ahmed was declared as a star campaigner for the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir assembly election by AAP.
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Politics

Big pre-poll allegation hits Maha Vikas Aghadi: Supriya Sule, Nana Patole used Bitcoin scam cash to fund polls, claims former IPS Ravindranath Patil

ANI -
A day before the state of Maharashtra goes to the polls, Ravindranath Patil, former-IPS officer from Pune made a major allegation against NCP-SP Leader and Baramati MP Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole.
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World

Putin signs a new nuclear weapons doctrine as a warning after US govt approves longer-range missiles for Ukraine

Siddhi Somani -
Moscow's decision to lower the threshold for a nuclear attack came after the US govt approved the usage of longer-range missiles for Ukraine.
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News Reports

Polio still prevalent in India’s neighbourhood despite getting eradicated in rest of the world: Pakistan reports 50th polio case in 2024

ANI -
According to NEOC, the National Reference Lab identified the latest Polio case involving a 20-month-old girl from Tank district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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News Reports

Anmol Bishnoi, dreaded gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother, fled India using fake documents; caught in the US while using name ‘Bhanu’

OpIndia Staff -
Anmol Bishnoi, brother of Lawrence Bishnoi, caught in California by the FBI. CBI seeks extradition to India for crimes including Baba Siddique’s murder.
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World

Germany: Reminder of Nazi era of Jews persecution in the country as Berlin Police issues warning; advises Jews to stay away from Arab areas

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier last month, an armed pro-Palestinian crowd 'hunted down' a Jewish junior football team in Germany, forcing them to seek police protection. 
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Opinions

The Sabarmati Report: 7 reasons why you should watch the movie, 7 reasons to ignore it, and the 3 controversial scenes

चंदन कुमार -
The movie is not without faults but it dives deep into the issue and brings out uncomfortable truths for its audiences.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Top cleric claims VPN use is un-Islamic, PM Shehbaz Sharif uses VPNs to post on X because his country has banned the platform

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan’s clerics declared VPNs un-Islamic, citing Sharia concerns. The government seeks to ban non-registered VPNs, threatening free expression and impacting Imran Khan supporters' protests.
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News Reports

Kerala High Court objects to 2010 ‘Muslim survey’ by foreign company in India: Know about the case and the ruling requiring Centre’s approval

OpIndia Staff -
The Kerala High Court stated that prior permission from the Central government is a must for foreign companies before conducting surveys and research in India.
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News Reports

Congress govt in Telangana to spend Rs 3.5 crores on constructing Vaastu-compliant gates for the Secretariat: Report

OpIndia Staff -
As per the official documents, the estimated cost of constructing the Vaastu-compliant gates at the state Secretariat in Telangana will be Rs.3.50 Crore.
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News Reports

Himachal Bhavan in Delhi attached by state High Court after Congress government failed to pay Rs 150 crore dues to an energy company

OpIndia Staff -
In 2009, Himachal Pradesh Govt allotted a 320 MW power project to the Seli Hydro Company to be set up in Lahaul and Spiti district.
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News Reports

Extorting non-locals, women militia raised to provoke violence and more: Intelligence report sheds light on conspiracy to destabalise Manipur

OpIndia Staff -
The Kuki outfits plan to target Bihar and Nepali businessmen to extort around Rs 1 to 1.5 lakh from them.
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News Reports

Tirumala Temple Devasthanams Board mandates removal of non-Hindu staff, bans political statements at temple premises

Anurag -
Following the meeting, the Chair Naidu announced that all non-Hindu employees at Tirumala Temple would either be offered a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) or transferred to other government departments.
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Crime

Gujarat: Tapan Parmar, son of former BJP councilor, murdered in police presence; Babar, Mehboob, Wasim and others arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Several people gathered at the Police Station in the Maheta Wadi area of Vadodara yesterday and agitated over the murder of a former BJP councillor's son, Tapan at the hands of Babar and his associates. They demanded the strictest punishment against the accused individuals.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi meets Mufti Salman Azhari, the Islamist cleric demands strict blasphemy laws

OpIndia Staff -
Taking to X, Abu Azmi shared a video of his meeting with Mufti Salman Azhari and said, "Today, I had a special meeting with Mufti Salman Azhari and discussed the issues of Govandi. Namoos-e-Risalat is our mission, our demand is that an anti-terror law should be made against anyone who disrespects the evening of the Prophet (peace be upon him), and we will not rest until this law is made."
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News Reports

Undersea internet cable connecting Germany and Finland destroyed beneath the Baltic Sea, sabotage feared

OpIndia Staff -
Similar cases of cables being severed in Baltic Sea have happened in the past. Investigators of a 2023 case involving damage to telecom cables and a subsea gas pipeline pointed to a Chinese container ship as the possible culprit. They believed that the ship dragged its anchor, resulting in the damage. However, it remains unclear whether the incident was deliberate or accidental.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Situation in Beldanga remains tense after onslaught on Hindus, internet suspended, Governor seeks report from Mamata govt

OpIndia Staff -
A resident of Beldanga told OpIndia that the ban on internet services is preventing more videos and photos of violence from emerging on social media.
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News Reports

Delhi: Chinese national Fang Chenjin arrested for cyber fraud, was running trading scams via WhatsApp

ANI -
DCP Shahdara, Prashant Gautam said that there are also 17 criminal complaints registered with the Cyber Crime Portal, all linked to the same Fincare Bank account with the total amount defrauded exceeding Rs. 100 crores.
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Opinions

Delhi Pollution: ‘Power plants worse than stubble burning’, crackers ban and more – How misleading ‘research’ headlines and political drama are hiding real causes

Rukma Rathore -
AAP govt also attributed Delhi pollution to Diwali crackers and thermal power plants, ignoring its own incompetence.
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News Reports

Maharashtra polls: Swara Bhaskar hails Islam, Prophet; says ‘no caste or religion barrier to following and respecting Prophet Mohammed’

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While campaigning for her husband Fahad Ahmad, Bhaskar tried to woo Muslim voters claiming that no religion or caste is barrier to respecting Prophet Muhammad.
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News Reports

The Wire columnist compares Afghanistan’s currency with INR to insinuate its economy is stronger than India’s, becomes the butt of all jokes

OpIndia Staff -
Currency comparison is not a comprehensive or universally effective yardstick for measuring economic performance. But athe Wire's Ravi Nair insinuated that the Afghan economy is stronger because 1 Afghan Afghani is equivalent to Rs 1.26.
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Crime

Chhattisgarh: Mukhtar Ansari killed 3 members of a Hindu family, including 2 minors, with an axe, skeletons found two months later

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking about the matter, Balrampur SP Vaibhav Banker said that the accused Mukhtar Ansari, originally from Jharkhand was arrested by the police and presented before the court.
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News Reports

Kerala: JCB owner N Thangaraj fined Rs 45 lakh for wetland violation for removing soil from a Kabristan, Mosque authorities who hired him excluded...

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala JCB owner N Thangaraj fined ₹45 lakh for wetland violation as the mosque committee, that hired him, distances itself. His family faces financial ruin, seeking relief under law.
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News Reports

How Wikimedia Foundation makes editorial decisions for Wikipedia, censors dissenting admins and engages in favouritism

OpIndia Staff -
According to Pirate Wires, 'The Movement Strategy' was launched in 2017 to veer Wikipedia into a 'hyper-centralised space of top-down justice activism and advocacy' by 2030.
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World

Joe Biden throwing oil on fire: Russia reacts to US allowing Ukraine to use American missiles to target Russian territory

OpIndia Staff -
The statement from the Kremlin added that if missiles provided by the US are fired deep into Russia following Joe Biden's decision, Moscow will view the attack as not from Ukraine, but from the US itself.
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