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Bar Council of India bars enrolment of 2026 NALSAR Law graduates after students oppose CJI Surya Kant’s convocation invitation

From guns to the ramp: Former women Naxals who once roamed Bastar forests walk fashion show in Raipur

CJP supporter seen during Jantar Mantar protest turns out to be a fraud from Rajasthan

Kerala: Teacher moves High Court after Congress govt suspends him for framing a quiz question on Veer Savarkar

Former employee accuses ex-Newslaundry manager, who was involved in #MeToo case in 2018, of workplace harassment

Air India altitude drop case: Flight’s pilot was on sleep medication, earlier failed 2 drug tests

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In Focus

Who are Heather McPherson and Jenny Kwan? The pro-Khalistani Canadian MPs seeking a ban on RSS and Mohan Bhagwat

News Reports

Shriti Sagar - 13 August, 2026

Their public stances, actions, and key political associations unequivocally suggest that they act in close alignment with pro-Khalistani supporters and regional separatist interests

Crime

Sukhbir Singh Badal attacked by Nihang Jaspal Singh in Nanded: A look at the growing list of Nihang-linked violence

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2026

News Reports

The Telephone Exchange expose by S Gurumurthy, Dayanidhi Maran and a battle that continues today, even after a decade

Nupur J Sharma - 13 August, 2026

Editor's Picks

BCI withdraws enrolment freeze on NALSAR’s 2026 batch, says majority of students were not involved in CJI row

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2026

News Reports

‘Did you hug me thinking I’m Meloni?’ Sandeep Dikshit and Rahul Gandhi’s sexist banter exposes the party’s deep-rooted misogyny

Aditi - 13 August, 2026

Featured

Punjab and Haryana High Court stays Pharmacy Officers and State Rural Livelihoods Mission recruitments over irregularities and cheating: AAP, CJP silent

Shraddha Pandey - 13 August, 2026

News Reports

Karnataka Bandh explained: Why pro-Kannada groups are protesting Cauvery water release to Tamil Nadu

Divya Bharti - 13 August, 2026

Fact-Check

Assam govt ‘reducing’ Eco-Sensitive Zone of Kaziranga: Read how the decision follows Supreme Court order, and how the issue exposes Congress hypocrisy

Raju Das - 13 August, 2026

News Reports

From unused funds to unfulfilled promises: How the 2026 CAG report exposed former Delhi govt led by Arvind Kejriwal

Aditi - 13 August, 2026

Opinions

‘Amit Shah planned’: CJP cockroach Saurav Das alleges ‘political intimidation’ by Puducherry Police over home visit, police refute claim

Shraddha Pandey - 13 August, 2026

Saurav Das linked Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent visit to Pudduchery to the police’s visit to his family home. He claimed that Shah met Pondicherry Home Minister and Lieutenant Governor and “planned the intimidation tactic”.

Floral showers on Kanwariyas ‘undermine’ secularism: Indian Express peddles Muslim victimhood bogey

Shraddha Pandey - 12 August, 2026

Floral showers by state officials only signify respect and are cultural symbolism; this gesture is deification of Kanwariyas.

Global trade choke points and the need for new routes: India, Central Asia and the INSTC

Rukma Rathore - 12 August, 2026

Ram Mandir donations external audit confirms Rs 3,300 crore fully accounted for

Shraddha Pandey - 12 August, 2026

Melting Arctic ice is opening a window for India, and we need to act soon

Divyansh Tiwari - 11 August, 2026

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal casts aspersions on the integrity of Supreme Court Collegium: The dissection of the veiled attack on recent judicial appointments

Shraddha Pandey - 10 August, 2026

Politics

What is Himachal Pradesh’s new Widow and Orphan Cess? After ‘Khatakhat’ destroys the economy, Congress govt is inventing unique cesses

Divya Bharti - 12 August, 2026

The Himachal Pradesh government has imposed a 60 paise per litre ‘Widow and Orphan Cess’ on petrol and diesel to fund welfare schemes. Charged at the first point of sale, the new levy highlights the cash-strapped state's growing reliance on additional public taxes.