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Samsung India protest escalates as TN police detain over 900 workers: Read why employees of the tech giant have been protesting for the last...

OpIndia Staff -
Since September 9th, more than 1,000 workers have halted production and demonstrated in a temporary tent near the facility in Chennai over demands to increase their wages.
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News Reports

Bareilly Court warns of rising threat of Pakistan and Bangladesh-style religious conversions- What the court said while convicting Mohammed Alim of love jihad

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammed Alim convicted in a love jihad case; court warns of growing threats of Pakistan and Bangladesh-style religious conversions and criticises legal oversights.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Brothers Mehtab and Shadab operated gang to target, shut down pro-Hindutva handles online and extort money, arrested

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Mehtab and Shadab led a criminal gang consisting of hundreds of members who communicated via social media,
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Opinions

MK Gandhi was against cow slaughter and supported cow protection, but with a shade of Muslim appeasement

Siddhi Somani -
It can be stated that Gandhi's 'liberal' and pluralistic values took over his Hindu mind which believed cow protection to be the biggest service Hindus could ever adopt. Gandhi failed to stand by Hindus who demanded a ban on the slaughter of cows at the hands of Muslims while he himself believed that slaughtering the cows was one of the biggest sins anybody ever could commit.
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News Reports

Israel declares UN chief Antonio Guterres persona non grata, bans him from entering the country

OpIndia Staff -
Israel on Wednesday declared UN chief Antonio Guterres "persona non grata", banning him from entering the country.
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Opinions

10 years of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Throwback to the times when Rahul Gandhi was left red-faced after students told him ‘Swachh Bharat’ was working

Jinit Jain -
Rahul Gandhi is infamous for uttering remarks that cause him embarrassment but none has been as spectacularly embarrassing to him as his declaration that "Swachh Bharat wasn't working", only to be corrected by impressionable young students that it was indeed working.
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News Reports

Plagued with nighmares, son became ill: Thief writes apology letter and returns 100-year-old Radha Krisha idol he stole from temple in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
A thief who stole a Radha Krisha idol from a temple in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh returned it on 1st October and sought forgiveness from the priest
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News Reports

West Bengal: NIA raids 11 locations over revival of banned CPI (Maoist) organisation, recover incriminating documents, 6 people arrested

OpIndia Staff -
On 1st October, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at at least 11 locations in West Bengal over funding of Maoist groups.
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News Reports

Only person killed in Iranian missile attack against Israel was a Palestinian, Iron Dome and Bomb Shelters protect Israelis from nearly 200 missiles

OpIndia Staff -
During the Iranian missile attack on Israel yesterday, a Palestinian man was killed in the West Bank town of Nu'eima near Jericho after the falling fuselage of an intercepted missile hit him.
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News Reports

‘Iran made a big mistake’:As Netanyahu pormises severe retaliation, and US extends support, major war looms over Western Asia

Anurag -
Iran launched over 180 missiles at Israel, prompting retaliation vows from Netanyahu. The US pledged full support as tensions rise, and the UN called an emergency meeting.
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News Reports

‘Murdered his mother, chopped off her organs’: Bombay HC upholds death sentence of man who cut his own mother into pieces, put her heart...

OpIndia Staff -
A division bench of the high court, comprising Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice PK Chavan, heard Sunil's appeal against the Kolhapur Sessions Court's death sentence verdict. The convict also did not appeal against his conviction and the death penalty.
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News Reports

Pakistani family living illegally in India with fake Hindu identities: How ‘Sufi’ Mehdi Foundation facilitated illegal immigration, organised fake docs and paid the family

Rukma Rathore -
Mehdi Foundation International also paid the Pakistani preacher for giving sermons on its official channel.
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News Reports

Muslim lawyers slammed by court for demanding FIR against CM Shinde for sharing stage with Ramgiri Maharaj, govt says 67 FIRs filed against seer:...

OpIndia Staff -
The judges ruled that no FIR would be filed against Eknath Shinde for sharing a stage with Ramgiri Maharaj, stating that there must be evidence of malafide intent for such action.
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News Reports

Haryana: High Courts asks Enforcement Directorate and police to arrest Congress MLA Dharam Singh Chhoker if he doesn’t surrender in 24 hrs

ANI -
He is considered a close aide of former Haryana Congress Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and is seeking re-election from the Samalkha constituency in the state assembly elections.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Hindu girl strangled to death by Shahenshah, Salman, Sarwar, and Javed, culprits arrested after encounter; victim killed over asking for marriage

OpIndia Staff -
The victim girl was in a relationship with Salman. He and his associates killed her after she asked him to marry her.
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News Reports

CBI says no evidence of forced religious conversion in Lavanya case: What she said about her missionary school in dying declaration and its evidentiary...

Anurag -
The CBI has dismissed the forced conversion angle in Lavanya’s suicide, focusing on academic stress. However, her dying declaration remains crucial as the court evaluates its legal significance.
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World

USA: Democrats against democracy – How the Democratic party has been subverting democratic processes

Vidyapati Gautam -
The Democrats claim to fight for the heart of American democracy. However, the party gives short stick to democracy within its own fold. The upcoming presidential election in USA and the two that precede it establish this conclusively.
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News Reports

SP workers and Muslim “journalists” exonerate Moeed Khan after Raju Khan’s DNA matches with the rape victim’s foetus: How their “celebration” is premature

OpIndia Staff -
Several Islamists on social media gave a clean chit to the SP leader Moeen Khan after DNA report of foetus matched with driver Raju Khan. But this premature celebration overlooks the fact that occurrence of rape isn't solely dependent on proof of fatherhood.
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Crime

12th pass, non-medicos became doctors and surgeons in Rajasthan: Media investigation reveals massive fraud in RMC registrations

OpIndia Staff -
98 such non-medicos became fake gynaecologists and surgeons in Rajasthan. The certificates, NOC, registration, and verification were done fraudulently.
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Crime

Pakistani preacher Rashid, his wife and family lived in India for 10 years using fake Hindu identites under ‘Sharma’ name: Arrested in Bengaluru

OpIndia Staff -
Siddiqui confessed that he was from Karachi's Liaquatabad and his wife and her family were from Lahore,
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News Reports

Ayodhya OBC girl gang-rape: DNA sample of SP leader Moeed Khan’s driver Raju Khan matches with foetus

OpIndia Staff -
The DNA sample of SP leader Moeed Khan's driver Raju Khan has matched with the foetus, confirming his guilt in the gang-rape case of an minor OBC girl in Ayodhya.
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Crime

Jharkhand: Feroze Alam converted 12 women to Islam after marring them, 1 of his 4 current wives exposes him after being thrown out of...

OpIndia Staff -
The victim while filing the complaint mentioned that she married her husband Feroze Alam in the year 1992. She stated that she was the second wife of the accused.
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World

USA: Satire website Babylon Bee sues Govt of California after it introduces laws aiming to censor satire and comedy in the name of ‘countering...

OpIndia Staff -
Criticising the Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillion said that one of the provisions of the law specifically targets satirists including writers at the Babylon Bee.
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News Reports

Admission of guilt? Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s wife offers to return 14 high-value plots after FIR against her husband in MUDA scam

OpIndia Staff -
The offer to return high-value plots came hours after the ED registered a money laundering case against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and others
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News Reports

Mohammed Bilal abused Lord Ram on Instagram, hurled caste abuses when confronted: High Court rejects “hacked” excuse, denies bail – Exclusive Details

OpIndia Staff -
Section 153A of the IPC prohibits encouraging animosity between various groups on the basis of religion, race, place of birth, domicile, language, and other factors, as well as engaging in acts that are detrimental to the maintenance of harmony.
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News Reports

Samajwadi MLA Mehboob Ali threatens BJP with increasing Muslim population in India, says your rule will end and we will come to power

OpIndia Staff -
Ironically, the Samajwadi party leader made the provocative remarks during an event named ‘Samvidhan Maan Diwas.'
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News Reports

Explained: How Iran started intelligence division to fight Mossad, but its agents were all working for Mossad, stole nuclear documents

Anurag -
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad alleges Mossad infiltrated Iran’s intelligence, including a key unit tasked with countering Israeli espionage, raising concerns about Iran’s security vulnerabilities.
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News Reports

Love Jihad in UP: Md Aalim becomes Anand Kumar to rape and convert Hindu woman, jailed for life in UP, Court suspects foreign funding

OpIndia Staff -
Aalim has been arrested and charged with rape, criminal intimidation, and voluntarily causing harm. His father, Mohd Sabir, has also been charged with criminal intimidation under IPC section 504.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Cops arrest Hindu boy over ‘blasphemy’, Muslim mob attacks police station, army vehicle for not being able to lynch victim

OpIndia Staff -
A mob of radical Muslims gathered outside the Patiya police station. They demanded the handover of Partha Biswas Pintu so that they could lynch him like Utsab Mandal.
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News Reports

Kerala: CPM leader Sebin Francis arrested under POCSO over sexual assault of minor student, had given death threats to victim

OpIndia Staff -
The incident which led to the CPM leader's arrest occurred in 2023 when he raped the 12th class student.
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News Reports

Another protest rocks Himachal Pradesh, protesting Hindu groups demand the demolition of an “illegal” mosque in Kullu, Muslim body denies claims

OpIndia Staff -
As per the reports, a minor scuffle is reported to have happened between the Hindu protesters and the police. This is as the protesters of the 'Hindu Dharam Jagaran Yatra' marched from Hanuman temple to Akhara Mosque amid tight security.
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News Reports

Adani Foundation clarifies that transfer process of Mount Carmel School in Chandrapur adhered to all required protocols & approvals from CBSE and state govt

OpIndia Staff -
In their official statement, Adani Group said, " The transfer of management of Mount Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School, owned by ACC Ltd was initiated as per the wishes and decisions of the Carmel Education Society to discontinue managing the school."
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News Reports

“If you are a Muslim, why don’t you use your name?”: BJP leader questions Muslim shopkeepers in Delhi for keeping misleading names, video goes...

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Ravinder Negi warned a shopkeeper Mohammad Ayan who runs 'Raval Dairy' to write his real name on the shop’s nameboard.
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News Reports

3 Adani Group firms join the World Economic Forum to advance global decarbonisation initiative

OpIndia Staff -
The initiative aims to enhance cooperation between businesses in the cluster to support economic growth, job creation, and decarbonisation efforts with the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
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News Reports

‘No proof of the use of contaminated ghee’: Supreme Court questions CM Naidu on public statements about Tirupati laddus

OpIndia Staff -
The SC questioned CM Naidu for publicly alleging adulteration in Tirupati laddus, questioning the appropriateness of his statements while an investigation was still underway.
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Media

Mumbai: Removal of illegal portion of Dharavi Mosque starts after massive uproar, action taken after BJP’s Prasad Lad complained

OpIndia Staff -
The portion where the process was carried out was covered by a green curtain. First, the illegal dome built on the mosque was demolished, followed by the removal of other illegal structures.
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News Reports

Odisha: Nabeel Abdul Mubin Shaikh arrested for duping 189 Muslims over Mecca Umrah pilgrimage

Shraddha Pandey -
Speaking about Shaikh’s arrest, a senior Odisha Economic Offences Wing officer informed that Nabeel Abdul Mubin Shaikh ran a travel agency named ‘Al-Adam Tour & Travels’ along with his father Firdos Bi Abdul Mubin Shaikh and sister Saima Anjum Shaikh, in association with one Mohammad Bismillah Shaikh who runs AlIzma Tours & Travels in Vikhroli Kurla area of Mumbai.
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News Reports

SC issues contempt notice to Assam govt over Sonapur demolition drive meant to clear encroached lands belonging to members of ST community, orders status...

OpIndia Staff -
The top court also instructed the state government officials to maintain the status quo until the next hearing.
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News Reports

Supreme Court asks Andhra govt if they have proof that contaminated ghee was indeed used for prasadam laddu, slams Naidu for going to media

ANI -
Supreme Court asked the Andhra Pradesh government about the proof that the contaminated ghee was used in the preparation of prasadam laddus.
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News Reports

Maharashtra government grants cows the status of ‘Rajya Mata Gaumata’, cites its cultural importance

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra has a number of indigenous cow breeds, including Devri and Lalkanari in Marathwada, and Dangi and Shavdabhat in Northern Maharashtra.
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News Reports

UP: Arsh and Junaid take a 5-year-old boy from his home to a nearby field and gang-rape him, bystanders Rizwan and Alfez shoot videos

OpIndia Staff -
A 5-year-old boy was gang-raped by Arsh and Junaid in UP's Hapur. Two bystanders, Rizwan and Alfez shot the video and uploaded it on social media.
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News Reports

Activist Snehamayi Krishna who got court order for FIR against CM Siddaramaiah in MUDA scam gets booked by police

OpIndia Staff -
RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna, battling corruption charges against CM Siddaramaiah, faces an FIR for alleged harassment. He claims the charges are a conspiracy to silence his anti-corruption fight.
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Crime

Pressure to convert, love jihad, forcibly fed beef: 3 different states, 3 different cases of forced conversions – Complaints filed against Shadab, Shahzad,...

OpIndia Staff -
Arshad has already been arrested by the authorities in Lucknow in the love jihad case. The probe in all three cases is currently underway.
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News Reports

How ‘proportional representation’ ruined a prosperous Lebanon and why ‘Jitni abadi, utna haq’ campaign of Rahul Gandhi can be a disaster for India

Amit Kelkar -
As the Muslim population surged in Lebanon, support for homegrown radical Islamic outfits grew and hostility towards the Christian community increased.
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News Reports

Home Minister Amit Shah slams Mallikarjun Kharge over his bitter ‘I will not die’ statement against PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Mallikarjun Kharge declared that he would not die until PM Modi was removed from office after suffering a syncopal attack.
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News Reports

Terror apologists in India express solidarity with Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, posters hailing him put up outside Chennai mosque

OpIndia Staff -
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in his bunker in an Israeli air strike. The strike was approved by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu while he was attending a United Nations meeting in New York. The dead body of the dreaded terrorist was recovered from his bunker in Beirut which was destroyed in the Israeli air strikes.
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News Reports

Diu: School Principal Edmund Mascarenhas beats up 3 children for raising ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Jai Hind’ slogans, FIR registered after Hindu organisation...

OpIndia Staff -
After the national anthem was performed during the prayer, some students raised patriotic slogans like "Bharat Mata Ki Jai". However, principal Edmund Masacrenhas became enraged upon hearing these slogans.
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Opinions

Glorifying terrorists as martyrs: How Western media is whitewashing Hezbollah chief Nasrallah’s bloodstained legacy and portraying him as a ‘charismatic’ crusader

Anurag -
Since his killing by Israel, western media organisations have buckled down in their pursuit of projecting Hassan Nasrallah as a 'charismatic leader' and whitewash his bloodstained legacy as Hezbollah chief.
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News Reports

Coldplay tickets ‘black marketing’ case: Mumbai Police sends 2nd summons to BookMyShow CEO; All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Ashish Hemrajani is the CEO of Big Tree Entertainment Private Limited which is the parent company of BookMyShow which sold Coldplay tickets.
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Culture and History

Why did the US Ambassador have to visit Puri Jagannath temple from outside? The difference between Patitapavan Darshan and ‘Chaturdha Murti’ darshan

Sanghamitra -
Some of the most famous personalities throughout history, who were denied entry to the Jagannath temple in Puri include Sant Kabir, BR Ambedkar, Lord Curzon the then Viceroy of India, former queen of Thailand Mahachakri Siridharan, and former PM Indira Gandhi, because she was married to a Parsi.
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