Thursday, November 21, 2024

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News Reports

West Bengal witnesses new ‘tab scam’ under watch of Mamata Banerjee, criminals siphon off student funds meant for purchasing tablets

OpIndia Staff -
In the meantime, West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu had attempted to downplay the severity of the case and dubbed it as a' one-time glitch.'
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News Reports

Maharashtra polls: ED raids at 23 locations after illegal transactions worth Rs 125 crores traced in Malegaon bank

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The money laundering case stems from a Malegaon Police FIR filed last week against a local trader named Siraj Ahmed Harun Meman, who runs a tea and cold drinks agency apart from some of his associates.
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Specials

Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas on November 15: Meet the heroes from diverse Indian tribes who shaped the history of our nation

Rukma Rathore -
Tribal communities played an immeasurable part in the country's freedom struggle and in preserving its Sanatan culture.
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News Reports

Petitioner in Krishna Janmabhoomi case receives threats from Pakistan to blow up Allahabad High Court and him

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Asutosh Pandey of Mathura received 22 WhatsApp audio clips on WhatsApp threatening to bomb Allahabad HC on 19 Nov and then him on 20 Nov
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News Reports

Indian govt urges Canada to extradite Khalistani terrorist Arsh Dalla to India after his arrest

ANI -
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday called on Canada to extradite Arsh Dalla, a Khalistani terrorist to "face justice in India."
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath government reacts swiftly to controversy over UPPSC exams, decides to hold PCS exams on same day in single shift

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath acknowledged the students' concerns and directed the UPPSC to interact with the demonstrators.
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News Reports

Khalistanis raise calls for Canadians to leave the country, say ‘we are owners of Canada, white people should go back to Europe’

OpIndia Staff -
A viral two-minute video of a 'Nagar Kirtan' in the country Khalistan supporters called Canadians "invaders", telling them to "go back to England and Europe". "This is Canada; our own country. You (Canadians) go back. White people should go back to Europe, England, and Israel."
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News Reports

After Guardian, Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia leaves X, calls it a “platform for conspiracy theories and misinformation”

OpIndia Staff -
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia has announced that it will no longer publish tweets directly on the social media platform X
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar makes sexist comments targeting DY CM Devendra Fadnvis’ wife Amruta, party defends him

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Kanhaiya Kumar targeted Devendra Fadnvis' wife Amruta with sexist comments by saying she is always busy making reels
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News Reports

Indian exports surge by over 19% in October, set to meet the export target of $800 billion for the year

ANI -
Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said that India will cross the export target of $800 billion for the year
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News Reports

Journalist Mithun Mishra released on bail a month after arrest over reporting Bihar floods, had highlighted Christian conversion activities too

OpIndia Staff -
After coming out of jail, Mithun Mishra said that if exposing the illegal Christian conversion activities is a crime, he will commit this crime again.
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Media

As leftist newspaper ‘The Guardian’ quits X because it is ‘toxic’, here’s why it started throwing a hissy fit after Musk refused to censor...

Shraddha Pandey -
Contrary to the expectations The Guardian must have had, the X users expressed their joy over The Guardian’s decision to quit posting on X with many calling it a “good riddance”.
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News Reports

Stubble burning incidents cross 10000 mark this year: Worrying trend shows Madhya Pradesh competing with Punjab with over 2000 cases

OpIndia Staff -
While states like Punjab and Haryana, historically affected by stubble burning, have shown signs of stabilisation, incidents of farm fires are on the rise in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

Dominica announces its highest national honour the Dominica Award of Honour to PM Narendra Modi

ANI -
The Commonwealth of Dominica will bestow its highest national award, the Dominica Award of Honour, upon PM Narendra Modi, in recognition of his contributions to Dominica during the COVID-19 pandemic
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News Reports

Mumbai: Md Sattar kills Raghunandan Paswan after discovering relationship with his sister, cuts body into 7 pieces and dumps at Gorai beach, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The Mumbai Police after a thorough investigation confirmed that an 'interfaith relationship' was the main motive behind Raghunandan’s murder.
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Economy and Finance

Five times more people are earning over 50 lakhs per year since PM Modi came to power, together they pay over 75% of Income...

OpIndia Staff -
Taxpayers making less than Rs 10 lakh now make up a smaller portion of the income tax collection in Modi regime, the Income Tax Returns data shows.
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Crime

Lottery scams and money laundering: ED conducts raids in multiple places across Sikkim, Bengal and Tamil Nadu in Santiago Martin case

ANI -
On the basis of the charge sheets filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, the ED had initiated a money laundering probe against Martin and his company, Future Gaming Solutions (P) Limited (presently Future Gaming and Hotel Services (P) Limited and formerly Martin Lottery Agencies Limited).
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News Reports

Iranian man, who was taken down from gallows and resuscitated earlier, hanged again after the victim’s family revoked their forgiveness

OpIndia Staff -
Iran on Wednesday executed for the second time 26-year-old Ahmad Alizadeh, a man on death row for murder who was previously hanged for 28 seconds before being resuscitated
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News Reports

No prosecution on occupying waqf property before 2013: Kerala HC quashes case against Postal Department for setting up post office on alleged waqf land

OpIndia Staff -
The Waqf Board had filed the complaint against the postal officials as they had not vacated the property.
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News Reports

CIA official Asif W. Rahman arrested by FBI for leaking classified documents revealing Israel’s plans for attack on Iran

OpIndia Staff -
A CIA official identified as Asif William Rahman has been arrested in charge of leaking classified documents revealing Israeli military preparations for a potential strike on Iran
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News Reports

Karnataka: Congress government claims no proposal over Muslim reservations under consideration and it is only a demand, documents reveal the truth

OpIndia Staff -
While the Karnataka government is now rejecting the reports of it considering a proposal for Muslim reservations in public works contracts, the documents suggest that not only the demand for Muslim reservations were made but a proposal regarding the same was also under the government’s consideration.
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News Reports

‘Hugs and kisses in teenage affection can’t be considered a crime’: Madras HC quashes sexual harassment charges against a man

OpIndia Staff -
The Madras HC noted that hugs and kisses in teenage affection can't be construed as crime.
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News Reports

DMK health minister Ma Subramanian sparks controversy by wrongly claiming that attacker who stabbed senior doctor in Chennai is North Indian

OpIndia Staff -
DMK Health Minister Ma Subramanian faces backlash for misidentifying a doctor’s attacker as North Indian, later retracting his statement amid controversy in Tamil Nadu.
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News Reports

Meerut: 30 families return to Hinduism after jailed Pastor Bijju Mathew converted them to Christianity in name of curing diseases and funding weddings

OpIndia Staff -
Pator Mathew and his spouse spent the last 15 years in multiple parts of Meerut to convert poeple to Christianity.
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News Reports

Merit over identity politics: Trump says colleges need to be cleansed of ‘radical Marxist lunatics’ who have been wasting taxpayer money. Here is his...

Anurag -
Donald Trump presented 7-point plan for higher education aims to replace identity politics with merit and accountability, restoring American values and affordability in colleges. The viral video is part of Agenda 47 released a year ago.
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News Reports

Supreme Court orders NCP’s Ajit Pawar faction not to use Sharad Pawar’s videos and images in campaign for Maharashtra elections

OpIndia Staff -
"Whether or not it is an old video, with Mr Pawar you have an ideological difference and you are fighting against him. Then you should try to stand up on your own legs,” Justice Kant said.
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News Reports

First all-women battalion for CISF approved by the Home Ministry, to be tasked with the responsibility of protecting airports, metro rails, and VIP security

OpIndia Staff -
The CISF battalion will recruit 1,025 women in total and will be headed by a senior commandant-rank officer.
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News Reports

‘Never gave clean chit to Anil Deshmukh, govt didn’t provide enough evidence ‘: Justice Chandiwal who headed commission to probe monthly ₹100 crore extortion...

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Chandiwal said that his report nowhere made the mention of clean chit and indicated that a different outcome might have been possible had the evidence been produced.
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News Reports

‘He used to call me dwarf, I called him black. What’s wrong with that’: Karnataka Minister BZ Zameer after racist “Kaalia” slur against HD Kumaraswamy

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan on Tuesday tendered his apology for referring to JD(S) leader and Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy as "Kaalia", but justified it by saying there is nothing wrong with it
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News Reports

ECI checked bags of Devendra Fadnavis, Nitin Gadkari too, but Uddhav Thackeray chose to create fuss, misbehave with ECI officials for checking his bags

OpIndia Staff -
"What is wrong with getting the bags checked? We had our bags checked during the campaigning too. There was no need of this level of frustration," Devendra Fadnavis said adding that the NVA candidates were trying to seek the votes by whining.
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News Reports

Canada: Brampton Triveni Mandir cancels consular camp after Peel Police conveyed its incompetence to protect against Khalistanis, had allegedly demanded ‘protection money’

Shraddha Pandey -
Meanwhile, the Chief of Police with the Peel Regional Police, Nishan Duraiappah wrote to the Brampton Triveni Mandir authorities and asked to consider rescheduling the Consular camp event.
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News Reports

Controversial Twitter historian who regularly lies about Hindus now says she is getting threats from Muslims for talking about Hijab, may not talk about...

Anurag -
Ruchika Sharma faces harsh backlash for anti-hijab comments.
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News Reports

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the Donald Trump administration

ANI -
"Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies - Essential to the "Save America" Movement. This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!," the statement by Trump read.
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Crime

Firoz kidnapped tribal girl from Kondagaon in Chhattisgarh, took her to Dharavi and raped her for over a year, burnt her private part with...

OpIndia Staff -
The tribal girl has been admitted to the district hospital of Kondagaon after escaping Firoz.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Siraj Ahmed booked for misusing 12 people’s bank accounts and making illegal transactions worth Rs 90 crores. Read FIR details

OpIndia Staff -
Around 12 bank account holders identified as Rahul Kale, Manoj Misal, Pratik Jadhav, Pavan Jadhav, Lalit More, Rajendra Giri, Dhanraj Bacchav, Bhavesh Ghumre, Divakar Ghumre, and Dattatray Kailas were alarmed when they discovered the large sums of money transacted through their accounts.
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News Reports

‘Be grateful to Muslims, or else Pakistan would have extended not just to Lahore but to Lucknow’: Ex-MP Mohammad Adeeb’s comment sparks a row

OpIndia Staff -
Adeeb lamented that during his college days, leaders used to be scared of Muslim backlash but things have changed now.
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News Reports

Muslim cleric allegedly spits into water bottles held by his followers, video goes viral: Read about the significance of spitting in Islam and how...

OpIndia Staff -
An undated video of a Muslim cleric spitting in bottles of water held by eager devotees has gone viral on the internet.
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh: Decorated officer Baddi SP Ilma Afroj vacates her bungalow, sent on a 15-day leave after rift with Congress MLA

OpIndia Staff -
The matter transpired in August of this year when a dispute arose between the official and a Congress MLA.
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Politics

Maharashtra polls: Netizens fear censorship and arbitrary arrests if Maha Vikas Aghadi comes to power again

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens indicated that if MVA returns to power in Maharashtra, a series of targeted attacks and deliberate assaults would continue against people raising their voices against the government.
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News Reports

‘We will not let Bangladeshis come here’: How rampant settlement of illegal immigrants has become as a key poll issue for locals in Jharkhand

OpIndia Staff -
The locals in Sahibganj also conveyed their happiness over Ram Mandir's construction and credited the BJP for the same.
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News Reports

Students protest against UPPSC over multiple shifts, normalisation policy and more: Read what they want, and what the commission said

Shraddha Pandey -
The protest against the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) was a week after multiple shifts for a single exam were scheduled. Notably, the RO-ARO preliminary exams will take place in three shifts on December 22 and 23, while the UPPCS PCS preliminary exams will be held in two shifts on 7 and 8 December.
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Opinions

Halal meat won’t be forced upon non-Muslims on Air India flights – How this decision is a step in the right direction

Anurag -
Air India respects religious diversity by making Halal an option, not a mandate, allowing non-Muslims the choice of non-Halal meals in line with India’s pluralistic values.
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World

Pro-India and hawkish on China and Pakistan: Mike Waltz, Donald Trump’s pick for National Security Advisor

Anurag -
President-elect Trump reportedly picked Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser, who has strong stances on China, Pakistan, NATO, and alliances with democratic partners like India.
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Editor's picks

‘Check my urine pot too’: Uddhav Thackeray loses his cool over ECI checking his bags in Wani, had earlier asked PM Modi to campaign...

OpIndia Staff -
As Maharashtra polls draw closer, Thackeray seems to have lost his mental balance, going on bizarre rants like targeting the PM for not campaigning for the MVA.
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News Reports

FCRA license of NGOs to be revoked for being involved in religious conversions, anti-development activities: MHA announces stricter FCRA regulations

OpIndia Staff -
MHA released the notice to present the "consolidated reasons" after many NGOs sough clarity on the issue.
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News Reports

Congress ‘Nyay Patra’: Karnataka govt led by CM Siddaramaiah may bring Muslim quota in govt tenders for contractors, says report

OpIndia Staff -
The Siddaramaiah administration is considering a proposal to give Muslims preference in public contracts for building (civil) projects worth up to Rs 1 crore. If the plan is approved, Karnataka will receive a 47% quota in government bids.
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News Reports

Oxford Union invites ‘activist’, with ties to Pakistan’s ISI and terror funding to speak on ‘independence’ of Kashmir, was earlier thrashed for anti-India propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
Muzzammil Ayyub Thakur will speak for the motion 'This House Believes in the Independent State of Kashmir' at the Oxford Union.
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News Reports

Rajasthan police arrests Rafiq for sexually exploiting women by scaring them with ghosts, media defames Hindus by calling him ‘Tantrik’

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, while our report mentions that the man accused of violating women is Rafiq alias Ali Khan, the media, in reporting on this case, refers to him as a 'Tantrik' and uses terms like tantra-mantra. Apart from that, it has written Bengali Baba in the headline leaving the readers in the impression that the arrested accused is a Hindu 'baba' and conveniently covering up his Muslim identity.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Congress minister Zameer Khan uses racist slur against Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, refers to him as a ‘K*aliya’

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka Minorities Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan sparked controversy by using a racist slur against Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
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News Reports

Bhopal: Hindu girls in Barkatullah University forced to write apology for attending Sunderkand, warden Ayesha Rais tells them to take permission to visit temple

OpIndia Staff -
ABVP staged a protest on the issue in Bhopal and warned that such incidents would not be tolerated under the rule of CM Mohan Yadav.
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