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Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: Why it is important to understand what caused them, Islamism and the Two-Nation Theory inherent in it

Political History of India

K Bhattacharjee - 14 August, 2021

The Direction Action Day, and the Partition Riots that followed a year later, marks one of the darkest phases of modern India.

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‘All religions same is a comfortable lie, truth is written on walls of destroyed temples’: Watch Nitin Gupta speak on temple destructions by Islamists

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

Political History of India

Tracing the events that led to Direct Action Day and genocide: From the late 19th Century to the Partition of Bengal, and beyond

K Bhattacharjee - 14 August, 2021

News Reports

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani calls for re-mobilisation of armed forces against the Taliban, speculations of his resignation turn out to be false

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

Political History of India

Liberals accuse PM Modi of ‘polarising’ Independence Day by remembering horrors of partition: Here’s why they are so angry

K Bhattacharjee - 14 August, 2021

News Reports

Twitter bows down to Congress demand, removes old notice on Rahul Gandhi’s Tweet that violated POCSO: Explainer

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

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#PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay: After decades, PM Modi finally institutionalises conversation around partition horrors on Pakistan Independence Day

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

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32,191,954

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India

31,368,460

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Opinions

Independence day siege plan: Why Rakesh Tikait and his supporters need to be charged with treason

Jinit Jain - 14 August, 2021

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has called on his supporters for a tractor rally along the borders of Delhi on Independence Day

Abandoning Afghanistan: Why should an Indian trust a word that liberals say about human rights concerns?

Abhishek Banerjee - 14 August, 2021

Joe Biden has begun his innings as President of the United States with possibly the worst, most humiliating military defeat for America in history.

A Comprehensive Perspective on Modern Strategies to Effectively Stand for Dharma

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 13 August, 2021

NDTV gives platform to Taliban spokesperson to whitewash the terror outfit’s crimes: Its history of apologia for Islamic extremism

Jinit Jain - 13 August, 2021

The Battle of Haldighati: The valour of Maharana Pratap and the history of Raja Man Singh who fought against him

Yogendra Singh - 13 August, 2021

How TMC is helping Congress: Absorbing the most toxic elements in the anti-Modi brigade

Abhishek Banerjee - 13 August, 2021

Politics

Congress-led panel tells other States to emulate ‘UP Model’ on women safety after Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi had criticised the same

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

Parliamentary panel led by Congress MP Anand Sharma praised the UP govt for its efforts in combating violence against women

NCPCR summons Facebook’s ‘Trust and Safety Dept’ head for failing to take down post by Rahul Gandhi compromising identity of minor victim: Details

14 August, 2021

Exclusive: Here is how Poetic Justice Foundation plans to target Independence Day with Khalistani campaign, was behind ‘Greta toolkit’

13 August, 2021

Indira Jaising is well aware of the provisions under POCSO Act, she still chose to defend Rahul Gandhi, a remarkable flip in just 3...

13 August, 2021

Old letter of BJP MP Sunny Deol asking for out of turn delivery of Mahindra Thar for MLA’s daughter goes viral

13 August, 2021

Community of Sant’Egidio: All you need to know about the org that allegedly invited Mamata Banerjee to ‘global peace event’

13 August, 2021

Rahul Gandhi slams Twitter but the symbiotic relationship between the two reveal it may just be a part of political shadow-boxing: Here is how

13 August, 2021

SC lawyer Indira Jaising lies about the law meant to protect minor rape victims to shield Rahul Gandhi: What the law says

13 August, 2021

Denying my 20m followers right to ‘opinion’: Watch Rahul Gandhi’s diatribe after his account was locked for compromising identity of minor rape victim

13 August, 2021

Fact-Check

Saket Gokhale spreads fake news as one last hurrah as Congress fan before joining TMC: Read details

Fact Check: Did Rahul Gandhi ask PM Modi to answer why Olympic Gold Medallist Neeraj Chopra was standing in ‘second place’

TMC Vice President Yashwant Sinha shares morphed image of Olympic Silver Medalist Mirabai Chanu to defame PM Modi

Rahul Gandhi Fan page spreads fake news about hockey captain Manpreet Singh rejecting prize money for not revoking the farm laws

Media

News Reports13 August, 2021

Barkha Dutt thanks Netizen for appreciating her interview with Capt Vikram Batra during Kargil war, gets a rude shock: Here is what happened

News Reports13 August, 2021

Locals had a grudge against him because of his association with Sudarshan News: Manish Singh’s father makes an appeal

News Reports13 August, 2021

Was working on a story about 3 Jihadi blasts, local journalist Afzal Alam was inquiring about it: Sudarshan TV CEO letter to MoS Home

Sports10 August, 2021

‘Liberals’ use Neeraj Chopra’s disgruntled former coach Uwe Hohn to discredit Modi govt’s support to athletes: Here is the truth

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Pinky Karmakar, the 2012 London Olympics torchbearer, is not an athlete: All you need to know about the latest ‘controversy’

OpIndia Staff - 10 August, 2021

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Rahul Gandhi not tweeting even after temporary ban over POCSO violation ended, wants Twitter to ‘apologise’, say sources

Nirwa Mehta - 8 August, 2021

News Reports

The second anniversary of abrogation of Article 370: Key changes made in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 2 years

Jinit Jain - 5 August, 2021

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As Tokyo Olympics marks the revival of hockey in India, read how Odisha’s Sundergarh district has become the ‘Cradle of Indian Hockey’

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2021

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OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2021

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‘Fans do not deserve this’: Rwanda President Paul Kagame trashes Arsenal management after defeat against Brentford

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

News Reports

“Delhi govt never offered any help”: Says Olympian Sarthak Bhambri referring to hoardings put up by AAP govt asking them to bring medals

OpIndia Staff - 11 August, 2021

Entertainment

Saif’s sister Saba, chief trustee of Bhopal’s waqf properties, defends him and Kareena for naming their second son ‘Jehangir’

OpIndia Staff - 11 August, 2021

Sports

Had to ‘fall at the feet’ of bureaucrats to get permissions: Serum Institute chairman Cyrus Poonawalla says no ‘maska polish’ required under PM Modi

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

News Reports

Goa NCP President instigated Sao Jacinto Island residents not to allow Indian Navy to hoist tricolour, Congress objects to Independence Day event

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

Crime

Delhi Rape Case: Delhi Police says they have no evidence that the 9-year-old was raped before being killed, court stops interim compensation to mother

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

News Reports

Residents protest Indian Navy hoisting Indian flag in Goa’s Sao Jacinto, CM promises iron fist, asks Navy to go-ahead: What happened

OpIndia Staff - 14 August, 2021

News Reports

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban, turns a blind eye as the terror group steps up atrocities in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2021

News Reports

Mumbai court sentences ‘Molester’ Mohammed Mansuri to 4 years in jail for lewd, sexual gestures towards a minor girl. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2021

Pakistani ‘Human Rights Minister’ celebrates fake news that Afghan vice president fled Kabul, taunts him for ‘not getting rescued by India’

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2021

Crime

Gujarat: Akhtar, father of 5 children, poses as ‘Mukesh’ to lure and marry a young Hindu girl, tries to forcibly convert her to Islam

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2021

Social Media

Twitter India head shifted out of country amidst ‘shadow boxing’ with Congress, move seen as ‘trick’ to escape punishment for not following IT rules

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2021

News Reports

One-third of editorial board members of American medical journal resign over papers that could help China persecute its minorities: Details

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2021

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