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The Gujarat High Court, in its detailed 2,223-page judgment on the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, held that Hindus were the intended targets of the terror conspiracy, upheld the death penalty for 38 convicts as a arest of rare case, and affirmed life imprisonment for 11 others.

The conviction of Tahir Hussain is not only about ensuring justice for Ankit Sharma but also confirms what OpIndia has been saying for years: that the 2020 Delhi riots were not spontaneous but the eventuality of a pre-planned conspiracy hatched by Islamo-leftists.

Six years after IB officer Ankit Sharma was brutally murdered during the 2020 Delhi riots, a court's conviction of Tahir Hussain lays bare the evidence, dismantles his PCR-call defence, and reinforces the prosecution's case that the violence was a targeted attack on Hindus.

S. Jaishankar arrived in New York from the Gulf and left for Brussels and the EU-India Trade and Technology Council. The UNSC bid itself carries the same signature: India positions itself both as a power the West actively courts and as the self-described voice of the Global South.

Bus and train massacres, assassinated editors, murdered Sikh opponents and targeted police officers reveal a history increasingly reduced to statistics while militants receive political context and sympathetic retellings.

The journey of Puri's Jagannath Rathyatra to Ahmedabad is rooted in centuries of shared faith. Seen as a manifestation of Lord Krishna, whose final relic floated from Gujarat to Odisha, Jagannath was embraced by local Vaishnav traditions.

Residents of Harij's decades-old Jhapatpara locality have alleged that its name has gradually been changed to Islampura in government documents amid demographic changes, prompting Hindu organisations to demand an inquiry and restoration of the original name.

After they beat Switzerland, and after that ridiculous comeback against Egypt, the Argentina players did what they always do now when they win, they sang. Not the national anthem but they belted out La Cuarta Estrella, the song written specially for this World Cup, the one that reaches straight back to Maradona and forward to Messi and never once forgets to name the islands Argentina still calls the Malvinas

The investigations found that the PFI formed secret teams called Service Teams or Killer Squads to carry out killings of its perceived enemies and targets, the NIA had stated in its chargesheet.

Pannun has sought Qaumi Shaheed status for Jaswant Singh Khalra as pro-Khalistani groups use Diljit Dosanjhs Satluj to revive separatist propaganda in Punjab.

Maharashtra has removed over 92 lakh beneficiaries from its flagship Ladki Bahin Yojana after a statewide verification drive exposed widespread eKYC failures and eligibility violations, a move that could save the state more than Rs 16,500 crore annually while raising fresh questions over the scheme's financial management.

In response to Zubairs post, Northern Railway issued a clarification. It said that the Rudrabhishek puja ceremony was not performed in a regular passenger coach, but in a privately chartered saloon coach booked commercially via IRCTC.

The expressway will significantly improve connectivity between the two major cities of the state and considerably reduce the distance as the travel time.

Senator Graham frequently targeted New Delhi for its independent foreign policy, highlighting his anti-India stance through severe economic threats.

The case of the cancer patient was no less 'urgent' than the cases of Yakub Memon and Teesta Setalvad. Her life was at stake and was eventually lost amid the procedural complexities of the judicial system. However, she did not get an urgent hearing because perhaps it takes more than just a 'life and death situation' or a threat to personal liberties to attract the Indian courts' rare attention.

As soon as wrong map showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan flashed on the screen, Second Secretary at the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Pooja Kumari Jha, stopped the programme midway and registered a strong objection

A nine-year-old child faced bullying in her classroom and ended her life in a posh school in the capital city of Rajasthan, without anyone as much as noticing.

SSP Avinash Pandey justified the police action and informed that the protesters had turned violent and attacked police personnel during the demonstration.

Videos of hundreds of snakes slithering through floodwaters after Typhoon Maysak destroyed a snake farm in China's Guangxi province have gone viral, drawing global attention to the terrifying escape of nearly 900 reptiles and the country's little-known snake farming industry.

The Dhamrai Rath Yatra, a 500-year-old tradition in Bangladesh, once drew subcontinental pilgrims with a colossal 60-foot chariot. Despite its brutal destruction by the Pakistani Army in 1971, the festival endures today as a testament to deep-seated cultural resilience.

Reports suggest that the DRDO is reviving the long-dormant Kaveri engine programme to produce a viable indigenous fighter jet engine, curbing reliance on foreign suppliers.

Uranium ore in Domiasiat in Meghalaya is a low-depth sandstone deposit, and mining it will require open-cast methods, which may be hazardous for the environment

On 8th July, Mohsin Kazmi from Jharkhands Jamshedpur, who claims to be working at Jindal Steel in Odishas Sambalpur, uploaded a video on his Instagram page with more than 3 lakh followers.

It has been reported that the alternate mosque project in Ayodhya has been drastically scaled back due to a severe funding crunch and lack of support from the Muslim community.

India had faced continuous criticism and accusations from the Trudeau government of Canada regarding the killing of Nijjar.

Delivering the order, Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad observed that the circular, when read in its entirety, did not contain any compulsory or coercive direction requiring students to take part in activities that go against their faith.

Nida Khan filed an application for the modification of the bail order, requesting reduction in the security amount.

A World Cup handshake dispute has descended into an ugly war of words, with Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla hurling abuse at Kylian Mbapp as racism allegations and legal threats intensify.

The TMC leader has an opprobrious record of threatening FIRs against anyone who criticized his party or Mamata Banerjee. Nilanjan Das is a close aide of TMC motormouth MP Mahua Moitra.

Australias huge superannuation pool has grown faster than its domestic market. Funds are moving overseas for liquidity and diversity as India offers infrastructure, equities and private markets at scale for stronger long-term returns.

The assault on a woman doctor in Maharashtra is more than an isolated act of violence. It lays bare a disturbing reality of Indian politics, where many elected representatives, intoxicated by power, behave less like public servants and more like feudal warlords, resorting to intimidation and violence whenever their authority or ego is challenged.

With Satluj, Diljits past controversies have returned to focus, from his farmers protest stand and refusal to clearly condemn Khalistan to support for Jagtar Singh Johal, named in cases involving Hindu and RSS leaders.

The preliminary report by the SIT into the embezzlementof funds and valuables from daily chadhava or donations at the Ram Mandir reveals that the Chanda Chori was a preventable theft, had the temple authorities been less egoistic and more accountable.

The outrage over Argentina's victory says less about refereeing and more about how football has become a battleground for political and ideological conflicts far beyond the game itself.

Law enforcement authorities in the United States, Canada and Europe have launched a major crackdown on organised criminal gangs operating in their respective regions.

The court relied on 17th February chats about road blockade and inciting violence. The timing destroys the narrative blaming Kapil Mishras 23rd February speech for the riots.

The latest incident follows a pattern seen repeatedly during periods of heightened public interest in India-China relations. Old military footage, unrelated videos of troop movements, satellite images or clips from other countries are often repackaged with new captions claiming a fresh Chinese incursion into Indian territory.

Sabangs future lies in differentiation. It can become Indonesias western maritime-services hub as Great Nicobar anchors container movement, creating economic spillover across the Andaman Sea without forcing Jakarta into a security-heavy frame or rivalry narrative.

Indonesia will become the first country to import Indias indigenous Astra Mk1 beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM).

Bloomberg has received backlash for the Indian governments notification to Meta for the removal of child porn, a regulatory headache for the US tech giant.

Babu Jagjivan Ram fought caste with uncompromising resolve, but unlike Ambedkar, believed Hindu society could be transformed from within rather than abandoned.

Pakistans sudden embrace of the pre-Islamic history of the Indian subcontinent is pretentious, agenda-driven, a tactic of retrofitting facts to appropriate the history of ancient India.One or two pre-partition name changes do not change the fact that Pakistans foundation is still rooted in the Two-Nation Theory that essentially says that Muslims cannot co-exist with Hindus.

In practice, this is the difference between the cost of supply rate and the rate a household actually pays. A rural lifeline consumer using up to 100 units a month effectively pays around 3.00 per unit after subsidy, even though the underlying cost of that power is much higher. The state government is absorbing the gap for now, not the consumers.

No rational government would or could keep its borders open for anyone to enter its country. Open borders are impractical for any nation, including India and Bangladesh. There is a reason why nations like Egypt and Jordan resolutely refuse to accept displaced Palestinians, despite their overwhelming support for them

ZEE5 has publicly affirmed its support for the film and stated that it is exploring all appropriate avenues to restore it, underscoring that the episode reflects the procedural complexities of digital content regulation rather than outright censorship.

The Zion Church is among the largest underground or house churches in China that are unregistered with authorities.

The relationship between India and Japan is no longer confined to diplomacy alone. It is expanding rapidly across multiple sectors, including investment, technology, clean energy, and the future economy.

The Petroleum Ministry said no E20 proposal existed. Yet Lamsang turned Bhutans request for continued conventional petrol into a rejection story. His past posts show a long record of hostile commentary on India and Modi.

Bhutan requested Indian OMCS to keep supplying pure petrol as long as it remains available in India, and to give advance notice before supplying E20

Himanta Biswa Sarma has been unabashed about his Hindu identity and has meticulously worked to unite the community across linguistic and ethnic lines in Assam. The historical differences between Assamese Hindus and Bengali Hindus have healed, and the State has moved in the direction of permanent reconciliation.