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Did Rahi Masoom Raza coin the words ‘Pitashree’ and ‘Matashree’ for Mahabharata based on Urdu words as Scroll claims? Here’s the truth

Supreme Court Collegium recommends 8 names as Chief Justices of High Courts, Calcutta HC acting CJ Rajesh Bindal made CJ of Allahabad HC

China’s top military scientist had collaborated with expelled scientist from Canada’s BSL-4 Lab for work on Ebola

Gujarat: Congress leader Farooq and son hacked to death by Rafiq Jeda and others over political rivalry

Muslim doctor charged with female genital mutilation of nine minor girls, lied to FBI: Read what the US Federal authorities said

Jammu Kashmir: Govt employees required to maintain absolute allegiance to India, detailed verification to be carried out

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In Focus

From Children’s Day to Vaccination Day: Here’s how India under PM Modi transitioned from glorifying politicians to prioritising the sanctity of human life

Jinit Jain - 17 September, 2021

India on September 17, 2021, achieved a stunning feat of administering more than 2 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses in a single day

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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan rejects conditional amnesty after Foreign Minister said govt was willing to offer the same: Details

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Al-Qaeda may resurface in Afghanistan within 2 years, caution US security officials while trying to gain access back in the country

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

‘Considering all legal options’, Republic TV issues statement after Sachin Vaze admits that Anil Deshmukh wanted Arnab Goswami arrested

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Banks suffer due to bad loans, then economy suffers as banks lend less – Read how ‘Bad Bank’ will break this vicious cycle

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

On PM Modi’s birthday, India achieves record vaccination numbers, 2 crore doses and counting in a single day

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Centre slams New York Times for its ‘distorted’ reportage alleging ICMR downplayed Covid threat for Modi’s ‘political goals’: Full details

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan

Presence of Taliban fans and apologists in India is a warning sign: Partition horrors can repeat unless we wake up

K Bhattacharjee - 16 August, 2021

Islamic terrorist group Taliban has managed to capture Afghanistan after the US Exit following two decades of warfare.

Afghanistan: Taliban stops entry of female employees inside Ministry of Women Affairs

News Reports 17 September, 2021

Afghanistan, France, India, Japan: Learn not to trust the USA

Opinions 16 September, 2021

Mullah Baradar refutes reports of clashes within Taliban, appears in interview to prove he is alive

World 16 September, 2021

The fall of Afghanistan: How the Taliban is the sword arm of Pakistan

Opinions 15 September, 2021

Coronavirus
Latest status and reports from India

India

33,384,263

Total cases

Updated on 17 September, 2021 8:18 PM

India

32,598,424

Recovered

Updated on 17 September, 2021 8:18 PM

India

444,302

Deaths

Updated on 17 September, 2021 8:18 PM

Data automatically updated from this public source

228,003,197

Updated on 17 September, 2021 8:18 PM

Opinions

How India mastered the COVID vaccination process and how the Media lied, obfuscated and shifted goal post to shame the nation

S. Sudhir Kumar - 16 September, 2021

Ever since India began vaccination for COVID, we have had a “If India vaccinates at this rate, it will take a million zillion years to vaccinate entire population” gang active in the English media.

Ex-Armyman tweets video of Army band playing Aarti music with misleading claims, liberals blame ‘Modi’s Hindutva’

Anurag - 16 September, 2021

Liberals blamed PM Modi's 'Hindutva' for inclusion of Aarti in passing out parade, peddling a false narrative that it has been included recently to 'saffronise' the Army.

The changing CMs of BJP: What it means and what to expect

Abhishek Banerjee - 15 September, 2021

Rajdeep Sardesai blames ‘Hindutva forces’ for Indian Muslims cheering for Taliban, how the ‘Dara Hua Musalman’ narrative is being played up

Nirwa Mehta - 15 September, 2021

Here is why Arshad Madani of the Darul Uloom Deoband suddenly supporting Mohan Bhagwat’s statement on ‘Hindu-Muslim same DNA’

Editorial Desk - 14 September, 2021

Dismantling Global Hindutva: When haters chose anniversary of Islamic terror on American soil to spew venom on Hinduism

Priyank - 13 September, 2021

Politics

‘Anil Deshmukh wanted to arrest Arnab Goswami in the TRP case’: Sachin Vaze submits before ED. Read Arnab’s response

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

'The conspiracy is out: Republic and Arnab have won. But more importantly, the people have won' Republic TV responds after Sachin Vaze's statement

Congress trolls abuse journalist Shiv Aroor, call him a ‘p*mp’ for sharing ‘edited’ video of Rahul Gandhi, end up exposing their master further

17 September, 2021

‘Deshmukh asked me to collect money from bars, collected Rs 40 crores from 10 DCPs for transfer’: Sachin Vaze’s statement to ED

17 September, 2021

Telangana Congress chief calls Shashi Tharoor ‘useless donkey’ in a viral audio, later apologises: Here is what had happened

17 September, 2021

Suvendu Adhikari writes to union health ministry objecting approval of private medical college managed by scam accused TMC leader Anubrata Mondal

16 September, 2021

Gujarat cabinet sees complete overhaul with 24 new ministers in Bhupendra Patel ministry

16 September, 2021

Unending fight of ‘Amra Akranto’: Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra continues a long battle for sharing Mamata Banerjee’s cartoon in 2012

16 September, 2021

Viral video: Congress supporters in UP waiting for Priyanka Gandhi have no idea who she is

16 September, 2021

‘Critics of Central Vista project cunningly quiet on Defence Offices Complexes’: Says PM Modi inaugurating new defence offices in Delhi

16 September, 2021

Fact-Check

No, Harsh Mandar, ‘Allah’ does not appear in Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji over 1000 times, ‘Hari’, ‘Prabhu’ and ‘Ram’ do

Fact Check: Old image from Czech magazine goes viral claiming to be the creation of Afghan graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani

UP Congress shares fake news to malign Yogi Govt and state police: Here is the truth about the Baghpat rape victim who was ‘kidnapped’

Rahul Gandhi tries to pass off old image of a Kisan rally as that of recent Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar

Media

Media12 September, 2021

Hitjob against Yogi by Indian Express? Newspaper apologises for using Kolkata flyover image in UP ad

News Reports11 September, 2021

Rana Ayyub blames ‘hate and propaganda’ after FIR was registered against her fundraising campaign: Details

Entertainment11 September, 2021

Actor Yami Gautam calls out sexism by India Today, asks why movie reviews should leave out the names of female actors

Media10 September, 2021

IT Department raids offices of Newslaundry, Newsclick: Reports

Specials

Our special offering of interviews, detailed reports, explainers, and more...

Riots, corruption and ‘toffee model’: Busting the myths about ‘fascist’ Modi

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Pune’s favourite ‘Halwai’ shares inspiring video on Engineers’ Day: This is how Chitale Bandhu uses machines for making modaks, laddoos and more

Jinit Jain - 15 September, 2021

Unholy Nexus: Read how the Vatican snubbed the West, ignored the persecution of Christians to forge a deal with China

Dibakar Dutta - 12 September, 2021

The Neel Patel Saga: Over 500 people allegedly scammed of crores. What we know so far

Anurag - 6 September, 2021

Third anniversary of Section 377 verdict: How Manmohan Singh govt stonewalled the removal of a colonial law that criminalised gay relationships

Jinit Jain - 6 September, 2021

Bollywood, Sports & more

‘Puppet of US, BCCI’, ‘You are not men’: Pakistani cricket fans blame India after New Zealand cancels cricket series in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

New Zealand abandons cricket series in Pakistan citing security concerns even after Imran Khan told their PM they have the ‘best intelligence system’

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

TMC MP Nusrat Jahan names her newly born son Yishaan J Dasgupta, birth certificate mentions Debashish aka Yash Dasgupta as his father

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

Virat Kohli to step down from T20 captainship after T20 World Cup in Dubai

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

All articles

Rakesh Asthana accuses two Prashant Bhushan linked NGOs of running a ‘proxy war’ against him, one has links to missionary funded group: Details

K Bhattacharjee - 17 September, 2021

Neeraj Chopra’s javelin, Lovelina’s boxing gloves and much more: Gifts received by PM Modi to be e-auctioned for Namami Gange Mission

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

I do not endorse ‘fokat class’, for good roads you must pay toll: Nitin Gadkari on demand for exemption from toll tax for media...

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Islamic Radicalisation and extremism main challenges to peace and security: Here is what PM Modi said at SCO summit

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Aligarh Muslim University releases a ‘comprehensive’ book on their founder, the man who first propagated the two-nation theory

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

World Bank discontinues ‘Doing Business’ Report after investigation reveals connivance of top executives in boosting China’s rankings

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

NCPCR approaches Delhi HC, seeks removal of AltNews co-founder Zubair’s Tweet doxxing a minor

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Kuch khaas hai zindagi main: Watch the 2021 version of the iconic Cadbury ad

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Telangana: KCR govt announces quota for BCs, SCs and STs in the opening of liquor shops

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2021

Narendra Modi and democracy: How Chief Minister of a state was grilled for hours and he followed the rule of the land

Nirwa Mehta - 17 September, 2021

PepsiCo India sets up its largest greenfield food plant in Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, a year after wrapping up business in Kerala

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

As Congress celebrates PM Modi’s birthday as ‘Bad Omen Day’, here is how Congress CMs let Gujaratis die in 2002

Nirwa Mehta - 16 September, 2021