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Petrol price hike in Bangladesh triggers chaos as China woos the nation, reignites fears that Sri Lanka crisis could repeat in India’s neighborhood

Jamia engineering student Mohsin Ahmed turns out to be ISIS terrorist who raised and sent funds to Syria, NIA arrests him in Batla House

‘Fact-checker’ Mohammed Zubair of Alt News tries to question PM Awaas Yojana, ends up inadvertently promoting the scheme: Read details

Infighting breaks out between the CPI and CPIM in Kerala over projecting Pinarayi Vijayan above the party

Bihar: One Mohammad Jibril Alam beheads his wife and 3-year-old daughter, keeps wife’s head near her parent’s house

Filmmaker Kamal Chandra announces movie ‘Hum Do Hamare Baarah’, Islamists cry foul on social media

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In Focus

Telangana: Farmer harassed by local Sarpanch consumes pesticide to commit suicide, devastated mother also kills herself by consuming remaining poison

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2022

The local forest officer and the Sarpanch of the village wanted to set up a 'Nature Park' on the land owned by the farmer who committed suicide in Telangana.

Maharashtra: Nikhil Bhamre who was arrested for a tweet against Sharad Pawar joins Twitter with a new handle, thanks BJP and RSS for support

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2022

Political Fact-Check

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

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2022

Editor's Picks

‘Aurangzeb – Whitewashing Tyrant, Distorting Narrative’: New book debunks distortions around the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb

Suyash - 7 August, 2022

Commonwealth Games medalist Divya Kakran once again highlights the lack of support for athletes from Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2022

No money left to feed lions: Pakistan decides to sell the animals to save space and money

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2022

‘Darlings’ on Netflix: Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah make a ‘killer’ duo, far from endorsing, it shows domestic violence in all its stark reality

Sanghamitra - 7 August, 2022

Ashok Gehlot blames imaginary ‘hanging law’ for increase in incidents of murder of rape victims, except, he is wrong

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2022

Punishing a ‘collective art’ like a movie for one artist’s politics – why this seemingly unfair practice gets support

Nirwa Mehta - 7 August, 2022

Opinions

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

S. Sudhir Kumar - 4 August, 2022

On August 1st, 2022, The Hindu published a report with a headline – “Kishan Reddy defends flag import”.

Rahul Dholakia, who attacked ‘The Kashmir Files’, pontificates against boycott calls faced by Bollywood movies: Here’s why he is wrong

Jinit Jain - 3 August, 2022

Rahul Dholakia fails to grasp the fact that Indian constitution grants freedom of choice to audience to boycott movies they don't want to watch.

Laal Singh Chaddha: Why is Mr Perfectionist rattled? Isn’t he confident in his craft?

Sharmi Adhikary - 3 August, 2022

Aamir Khan claims he loves India, then why did he want to keep Gujaratis deprived of water

Nirwa Mehta - 2 August, 2022

Unremorseful after triggering a hate wave that claimed the lives of Hindus, Mohammed Zubair returns on Twitter to whitewash Jihadi violence

Amit Kelkar - 1 August, 2022

How The Hindu tortured data to claim ‘consumer sentiment weaker in Rural areas’: Here is an analysis of 5 graphs they misrepresented

S. Sudhir Kumar - 29 July, 2022

Politics

Jagdeep Dhankhar elected as the 14th Vice-President of Republic of India, defeats Margaret Alva by a wide margin

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

Jagdeep Dhankhar hails from the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. Born on 18th May 1951, a lawyer by profession, he is in active politics since 1989.

‘We won’t leave a Kafir alive’: Islamists attack Hindu youth Prateek Pawar with swords in Maharashtra for supporting Nupur Sharma and Kanhaiya Lal

6 August, 2022

Using public funds for party’s celebration: AAP spent over Rs 14 lakhs from state exchequer on its electoral victory march, RTI reveals

6 August, 2022

Supreme Court appointed expert committee finds no evidence of snooping using Pegasus app in phones submitted for analysis: Report

6 August, 2022

‘OIC remarks on Jammu and Kashmir reeks of bigotry’: External Affairs Ministry reacts to OIC statement on abrogation of articles 370 and 35A

5 August, 2022

Supreme Court refuses to stop construction of Mumbai Metro car shed at Aarey after MMRCL said no trees being cut, only trimmed

5 August, 2022

‘Congress chose August 5 to protest and wear black clothes to subtly promote appeasement politics’: Amit Shah

5 August, 2022

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

5 August, 2022

Rahul Gandhi insinuates his family is above law, says ED summons for him and his mother is an attack on democracy

5 August, 2022

Fact-Check

Fact-check: Has Gujarat Govt introduced GST on playing Garba this Navaratri as being claimed by Congress and AAP? Here’s the truth

Fact-check: Did Shah Rukh Khan ‘donate’ Rs 23 lakh for an RO plant at Vadodara railway station? Here is the truth

Did Nawab Malik ask Sanjay Raut to get extra pairs of Jockey underwear for him in Arthur Road jail? A fact-check

TMC’s Saket Gokhale spreads misinformation about the Agnipath scheme after Government rejects his bizarre RTI

Media

News Reports2 August, 2022

NDTV, in service of Congress: How the rag tried to downplay scathing observations made by HC in Smriti Irani case, against Congress leaders

Media31 July, 2022

India Today’s Consulting Editor is also liaison officer with West Bengal govt: A brief profile of Mamata loyalist

News Reports29 July, 2022

“Absolute rubbish”: Ola and Uber deny Indian media reports speculating merger between the two

News Reports29 July, 2022

Burnt documents supporting ban on Jamaat-e-Islami but released those supporting RSS ban: Reveals Kerala journalist O Abdurrahman

Specials

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

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

OpIndia Explains

Why did Arvind Kejriwal government revert to the old Excise Policy in Delhi despite earning huge profits? Here is all you need to know

OpIndia Staff - 31 July, 2022

As centenary year of the late Padma Vibhushan Babasaheb Purandare completes, know how he went on to be known as the Shiv-Shahir

Gopal Tiwari - 29 July, 2022

From Praveen Netturu to hand chopping of Kerala professor: Read about PFI’s Taliban-esque Darul Khada, giving orders to kill Hindus

Jhankar Mohta - 29 July, 2022

Sahkar thi samruddhi: As PM Modi inaugurated new cooperative dairy plants, read the great success story in cooperative sector in Gujarat

Raju Das - 28 July, 2022

Bollywood, Sports & more

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat creates history, becomes first Indian woman to win Gold at CWG and Asian Games

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2022

Avinash Sable creates history: Becomes first non-Kenyan to win a Commonwealth medal in 3000 meters steeplechase in the 21st century

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

Bollywood website Koimoi tries to bust ‘rumour’ that Aamir Khan met Pakistani Maulana Tariq Jameel, ends up confirming that Aamir did meet him

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

‘You got me hate, I got you flowers’: Netizens can’t keep calm after Youtuber Gaurav Taneja trolls Livemint

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

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Karnataka NGO ‘Recycle India’ draws ire after showing Tilak sporting ‘evil’ man creating plastic pollution, here are its trustees

OpIndia Staff - 7 August, 2022

Kolkata: CISF jawan opens fire using AK-47 rifle, surrenders after one assistant sub-inspector killed and a head constable injured

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

A tale of 2 missing girls: How unresolved cases have haunted the top cops for years

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

After whitewashing Aurangzeb, Audrey Truschke moves on to downplay the Portuguese Inquisition of Goa and atrocities committed against Hindus

Jinit Jain - 6 August, 2022

Derek O’Brien moves bill for women who get harassed online, while Calcutta HC had rapped TMC govt for ‘casual attitude’ over violence against women

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

Delhi liquor controversy: LG approves suspension of 11 Excise Dept officials including former commissioner for lapses

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

Delhi govt to resume selling liquor after controversies around private licenses, to open 700 vends including 5 premium stores

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

Two factions of Congress workers beat each other up in Himachal Pradesh during party’s ‘Rojgar Sangharsh Yatra’: Watch

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

Maharashtra: Four Christian missionaries arrested in Dahanu for attempting to forcibly convert tribals

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

Bangladesh: ‘What have we done to deserve this’, wails her child as a Hindu woman was gang raped, disrobed and killed in a paddy...

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022

Old video of Rajdeep Sardesai chased away during an interview in MP’s Mandsaur goes viral: Here are 7 instances when he faced embarrassment

Jinit Jain - 6 August, 2022

Kerala: Muslim group says sorry for allowing a woman inside mosque for her own wedding, says no more brides in mosques in future

OpIndia Staff - 6 August, 2022