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Indian contingent ends Paris Paralympics with 29 medals including 7 gold: A look at India’s best campaign ever, many records and firsts established

ANI - 8 September, 2024

The Indian contingent concluded its historic Paris Paralympics campaign with a total of 29 medals, including seven gold, nine silver and 13 bronze medals, the most by the country in the history of the competition.

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Black Myth Wukong: How journey to the “West” in China’s popular new game is journey through India

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2024

Since its release on 19th August, the Chinese video game – Black Myth: Wukong – has broken several records for single-player titles.

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Bangladesh: Top Jamaat-e-Islami lawyer and co-convenor of Jamaat offshoot political party made chief prosecutor of International Crimes Tribunal

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2024

Muhammad Yunus-led interim govt of Bangladesh on Saturday appointed pro-Jamaat Supreme Court lawyer Md Tajul Islam as the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal.

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Ganeshotsav: Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak’s role in making it Maharashtra’s main festival and how it helped to fight British occupation – A look into...

Anurag - 8 September, 2024

In 1893, Bal Gangadhar Tilak revitalised the Ganeshotsav festival and turned it into a public event to mobilise Indian sentiment against British rule. Ganesh Chaturthi became a platform for Indians to gather, express solidarity, and communicate nationalist ideas under the guise of a religious festival.

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Corruption, strong-arm tactics, no-confidence in state government: TMC MP Jawahar Sircar resigns from Rajya Sabha citing RG Kar rape and murder case, quits politics

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2024

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar quits MP post in protest against RG Kar hospital rape and murder incident, writes to party supremo Mamata Banerjee.

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‘Agent brought us here, we were supposed to leave for Bengaluru’: Tripura police arrest four Bangladeshi nationals, booked for crossing border illegally

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2024

The accused were identified as Mohammed Hanif, Yusuf Ali, Parul Begum and Jasmine Akhter. During police interrogation, they admitted to crossing the border illegally from Bangladesh

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Manipur: CM holds emergency meeting amid rocket attacks by Kukis, and drone sightings in villages; escalation of violence leaves seven dead

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2024

Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh, held an emergency meeting with the state's ruling coalition leaders, including MLAs from the BJP, Naga People's Front, and National People's Party.

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West Bengal: POCSO court awards death penalty to Md Abbas for brutal rape and murder of minor schoolgirl in Siliguri last year

OpIndia Staff - 7 September, 2024

A special POCSO court in West Bengal’s Siliguri on 7 September sentenced one Md Abbas to death for rape and murder of a minor girl last year.

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50th Anniversary of Pakistan declaring Ahmadiyyas Non-Muslims, the community that was at the forefront of demanding a separate Pakistan

Paurush Gupta - 7 September, 2024

7th September 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the infamous day when Pakistan constitutionally relegated the Ahmadiyya community as a non-Muslim minority.

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