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Uttar Pradesh: I-Day celebration in school shows ‘Bharat Mata’ performing ‘Namaz’, police claims viral clip misleading, play about communal harmony

Iran blames Salman Rushdie and his supporters for the attack on Rushdie’s life

Daughter of Subhas Chandra Bose appeals to PM Modi to bring his ‘mortal remains’ from Japan: Here is what she said

The life and crimes of Lalu Prasad Yadav: From fodder scam, whitewashing murder of Hindus to terrorising Patna for his daughter’s wedding

Miffed Congress workers in Bihar hurl insults at state party in-charge for accepting only 3 ministerial berths in new Nitish Kumar Govt

Congress MP Manickam Tagore lies about death of Dalit child in Rajasthan, tries to deflect attention after netizens call out his falsehoods

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‘Hindus killed for being Hindus’ series: The tragic tale of Chandan Gupta, killed in the 2018 Kasganj communal clash over a flag march

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OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

Chandan Gupta was killed in a communal clash that took place in 2018 over a flag march in Kasganj.

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Why Agniveer scheme is important: Lessons from Afghanistan, how it can protect India’s assets, growing strategic role and challenges ahead for India

Lt Gen Abhay Krishna - 15 August, 2022

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As PM talked about nepotism in institutions beyond political parties, here is why Judiciary is one institution awaiting independence from this malaise

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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Politics

‘Liberals’ and ‘intellectuals’ find #HarGharTiranga problematic, say 50-year-celebrations were ‘simple’: Here is why it was simple and subdued

Nirwa Mehta - 15 August, 2022

Media

Rana Ayyub ‘corrects her mistake’ after fellow Muslims slam her for supporting Salman Rushdie, deletes tweet where she wished him recovery

Nirwa Mehta - 15 August, 2022

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As Owaisi attacks Jyotiraditya Scindia over ‘Mughals attacked India’ comment, here is a brief history of Razakars, perpetrators of Hindu genocide

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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For the first time in India, the Tricolour was hoisted amid a 21-gun salute by Made-In-India Howitzer gun, ATAGS: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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5 resolutions, respect for women, climate change, decolonisation and more: Here are the key takeaways from PM Modi’s Independence day speech

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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‘Hindus killed for being Hindus’ series: Story of Kishan Bharwad, a simple boy who loved cows, killed by Islamists before he could see his...

Gopal Tiwari - 15 August, 2022

Opinions

India @ 75: Remembering the Contributions of the Gorkha community to the Independence Movement

Guest Author - 14 August, 2022

The sacrifices and contributions of the Indian Gorkha community towards our freedom struggle and nation-building are immense,

Har Ghar Tiranga: How on one call of PM Modi people of India have come together to keep the Tricolour flying high

Nirwa Mehta - 14 August, 2022

Har Ghar Tiranga campaign shows that 75 years after India had a tryst with destiny, we will now wake up to a new dawn.

The reasons given by the average intellectual to oppose “Har Ghar Tiranga” and just how asinine they really are

Virender Kapoor - 12 August, 2022

Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha is a horribly made, boring parody of Forrest Gump, it is not surprising that nobody wants to watch it

Amit Kelkar - 12 August, 2022

Rangbaaz on Zee5 whitewashes Bihar’s jungleraj so much that now even I think Shahabuddin was a messiah and Chanda Babu a corrupt criminal

अनुपम कुमार सिंह - 11 August, 2022

SC clubs FIRs against Nupur Sharma: Missing accountability of Judiciary and how Bengal’s desperation signals a new strategy by Islamists and Leftists

Nupur J Sharma - 11 August, 2022

Politics

Pakistanis slam their Air Force for wasting money on Independence Day songs while the country faces an economic crisis

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

One Ahmad Zubair commented, "Mashallah. Much needed to defeat the inflation. Hope it will boost our economy. Great step Pak Air Force."

‘Sri Aurobindo: The Beginning of Spiritual Journey’: Movie on Sri Aurobindo Ghosh to be shown in schools & colleges and Indian missions abroad

14 August, 2022

Maharashtra portfolio allocation: CM Eknath Shinde keeps urban development, transport, environment and others, deputy CM Fadnavis gets home and finance

14 August, 2022

International Gorillay: When Pakistan fantasised about killing ‘kutta’ Salman Rushdie with ‘flying Quran’

14 August, 2022

Karnataka Congress puts up posters of Islamic tyrant Tipu Sultan in Bengaluru to celebrate 75 years of Indian Independence

14 August, 2022

Did Veer Savarkar ‘propose’ two-nation theory? How Islamists and Congress have lied about the idea that is inherent in Islamic theology

14 August, 2022

BJP Karnataka skips Jawaharlal Nehru in the list of freedom fighters, triggers Congress’ meltdown

14 August, 2022

The ‘Satanic’ saga: When Islamists ran riot in Mumbai and intimidated a Professor in Jamia Millia Islamia

13 August, 2022

No reservation to converts, concealing religion for marriage punishable: Stringent provisions included in new anti-conversion bill of Himachal Pradesh

13 August, 2022

Fact-Check

Rahul Gandhi targets Modi govt over price rise: Here is how data proves his claims are wrong aimed to create inflation hysteria

PIB busts fake claims made by NDTV and Saket Gokhale, confirms no GST on rent of properties rented for personal use

Fact-check: Did Amul print the Tiranga on the packets of its products as alleged by netizens

Varun Gandhi apes the IQ of his cousin Rahul, gets confused between ‘loan waiver’ and ‘loan writeoff’, Kejriwal follows suit

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News Reports14 August, 2022

NDTV changes its Tiranga DP hours ahead of Independence Day

News Reports13 August, 2022

‘Mid Day’ dropped veteran journalist Kanchan Gupta as a columnist for his 2015 article lampooning Aamir Khan for his anti-India statements

News Reports5 August, 2022

Srinagar Police deny reports that Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are under house arrest, request media not to spread fake news

Opinions4 August, 2022

The Hindu wilfully misrepresents what Kishan Reddy said about #HarGharTiranga program to insert China, KTR furthers the propaganda

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‘Anubrata Mondal is MAFIA, Mamata Banerjee created HIM’: as BJP slams Mamata Banerjee’s neta, here is a list of his past crimes

OpIndia Staff - 11 August, 2022

Interviews

India an honest neighbour to us, without India Sri Lanka would have gone bankrupt much earlier: Roshan Abeysinghe in Exclusive interview with OpIndia

Siddharth Chhaya - 8 August, 2022

OpIndia Scoops

Several mazars have come up inside Jim Corbett National Park, demographic shift continues to remain a burgeoning issue in Uttarakhand

राहुल पाण्डेय - 8 August, 2022

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The India connection to Elon Musk vs Twitter: Read how it’s not just the bots, but ‘battle in India’ that Musk has pointed out...

Nupur J Sharma - 5 August, 2022

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Sanjay Raut arrest: All you need to know about Patra Chawl Land Scam Case

OpIndia Staff - 1 August, 2022

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Jaya Hey 2.0: 75 eminent artistes perform Tagore’s Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata, 1st stanza of which became the national anthem

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

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Noted film critic Taran Adarsh says calls to boycott film affected box office collection of Laal Singh Chaddha

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

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‘Rajasthan Royals owner slapped me for getting out on duck’: New Zealander cricketer Ross Taylor makes shocking revelations in autobiography

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2022

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After saying ‘don’t like, don’t watch’, Kareena Kapoor follows Aamir Khan’s footsteps, pleads not to boycott Laal Singh Chaddha: Here is what she said

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2022

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News Reports

‘These kinds of incidents happen in every state’, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot plays down death of Dalit boy in Jalore after being beaten by...

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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After the Antilia bomb scare, Mukesh Ambani gets fresh death threats over phone, one suspect arrested

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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Indians in America take out rally to celebrate Independence Day, ‘Baba ka bulldozer’ also makes an appearance leaving Islamists at IAMC fuming

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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As Europe battles price rise and energy crisis, European Commission approves locusts, crickets and worms as ‘food’

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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Mumbra man Almatash Dalvi slits the throat of pregnant girlfriend to avoid marrying her, arrested

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

World

Metropolitan Museum of Art returns stolen 14th and 11th century artefacts to Nepal

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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PM Modi’s big push on decolonization as India celebrates 75th year of Independence: Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff - 15 August, 2022

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Rajasthan student death: School denies Indra Meghwal was beaten for drinking water from ‘upper caste water tank’, says there is only one tank for...

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

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UP Police arrest one Sarfaraz from Rajasthan for threatening to bomb CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

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Canada: Two Khalistanis, including Bhindranwale’s relative, fail to get rid of ‘terrorist’ tag, federal court upholds them being on ‘no fly list’

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

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Rajasthan: 8-year-old Dalit kid succumbs to injuries after being beaten by teacher for touching drinking water pot, what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

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Founder of Khalsa Aid stokes separatist sentiments ahead of Independence Day, says doesn’t trust India

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2022

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