Thursday, November 26, 2020

Latest news

Farmer protests: Haryana CM ML Khattar asks Punjab CM Amarinder Singh to stop inciting farmers

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab CM Amrinder Singh and Haryana CM ML Khattar got into an argument on Twitter over the farmer protests.
Read more

Chitrakoot Donkey Fair: Shahrukh and Salman win the show while Pappu donkey fails here too

OpIndia Staff -
In the donkey fair organised on the last two days of Deepdan fair held after Diwali, donkeys are brought from across the country for sale.
Read more

Viral video: Noida man brutally beats 5-month old pet dog with a belt, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff -
A 5-month old puppy was rescued in Noida after the video of his owner beating him with a belt, and throwing against a wall went viral.
Read more

Mahakali idol destruction in Karnataka temple: ASI should get out of temple management if it can’t protect them

Chiranjeevi Bhat -
Despite the priest telling that Ashtabandha of the idol had weakened and needed to be re-applied, ASI had ignored that
Read more

Enforcement Directorate arrests Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik’s aide in connection with multi-crore MMRDA security deal

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik's aide Chandole was grilled by ED officials for nearly 12 hours before being placed under arrest.
Read more

Fact check: Did Congress remove Ahmed Patel’s profile from its website within hours of his demise

OpIndia Staff -
While fact-checkers claim that Congress didn't delete Ahmed Patel's profile from its website, evidences show it was deleted and then restored
Read more
Read all the latest news

In Focus

Congress party’s Lucknow office locked by employees over non-payment of salaries, office-bearers blocked from entering the office

News Reports
OpIndia Staff -
Protesting against the Congress party for unpaid salaries, the upset staffers and the employees locked up the gates of the Congress office
Read more

Editor's Picks

Read more
News Reports

Aziz Burney’s ’26/11 RSS ki Saazish’: Read how the Congress-favourite Urdu journalist gave Pakistan a clean chit and blamed Indian Army

OpIndia Staff -
Through his articles, Burney had tried to give a clean chit to terror-state of Pakistan by claiming that it was not the ISI or LeT that was behind the attack, but the RSS with covert support from Mossad and the CIA.
Read more
Media

Caravan Magazine asked us about our coverage on Wikipedia and its Left bias – Here is our detailed response

Nupur J Sharma -
OpIndia coverage of Wikipedia lies started after Delhi Riots and Caravan Magazine, with its strong Left bias, is clearly not happy about it
News Reports

‘Sant’ Rampal’s devotees have been flooding social media to tell Muslims how they don’t know Islam. Read bizarre details

OpIndia Staff -
Born in 1951 as Rampal Singh Jatin in Punjab, the 69-year-old self-styled godman is currently lodged in Hisar central jail for murder charges.
Read more
News Reports

Odisha: Largest ever vigilance raid in state unearths massive wealth gathered by IFS officer, fancy cars, ultra-luxurious lifestyle

OpIndia Staff -
Pathak's family reportedly owns a lavish apartment in Bhubaneswar with Italian marble flooring, ivory furnitures and other luxuries. The son is engaged to an MLA's daughter.
Read more
World

Germany expresses concern after corporate dependency on China increases

OpIndia Staff -
While German companies are happy that Chinese sales offset the fewer units sold in European countries amid the pandemic, they are also being cautious.
Read more
News Reports

Lucknow: Two medical colleges run by MMA Faridi and Mohammad Zafar Idris respectively, accused of organ trafficking, probe ordered

OpIndia Staff -
Probe has been ordered against Era’s Medical College and Integral Institute of Medical Science And Research over Human Organ Trafficking charges
Read more

Coronavirus
Latest status and reports from India

India
9,266,705
Total cases
Updated on 26 November, 2020 5:08 PM
India
8,679,138
Recovered
Updated on 26 November, 2020 5:08 PM
India
135,261
Deaths
Updated on 26 November, 2020 5:08 PM

Data automatically updated from this public source

60,834,776
Updated on 26 November, 2020 5:08 PM

Opinions

Opinions

Indian law never defined “marriage”: Here is why govt needs to be involved in inter-faith “marriage”

Abhishek Banerjee -
A number of very different legal institutions are grouped under the loose word “marriage.” Naturally therefore, the government has to step in and make rules about how to move between these very different institutions.
Read more
Opinions

Reservations for SC Christians: How it could affect the prospects of Dalit Hindus

Nivan Sadh -
There have been several calls for the inclusion of Dalit Christians in the reservation system meant for SC/St and OBC communities.
Read more

Memories of ‘Batta Mohalla’: How the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits continues to haunt the survivors even after three decades

Opinions Guest Author -
"The genocide of Kashmiri Hindus is a reality that lurks behind our celebrations, marriages, births and deaths."

Law against ‘Love Jihad’ does not violate anyone’s fundamental rights: Smashing the ‘liberal’ arguments with truth

Opinions Sambit Nayak -
The readers must know that this is not a law against interfaith marriage or any marriage to begin with. Interfaith marriages are and will continue to be allowed in India.

The Life and Travails of Dr Sathiavani Muthu: A window to the experience of Dalits in the Dravidian movement

Political History of India Suren -
Sathiavani Muthu participated in electoral politics for 3 decades and served as Minister in the Tamil Nadu Government twice.

How Congress lost Gujarat to save Ahmed Patel’s Rajya Sabha seat

Politics Nirwa Mehta -
The 2017 Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections which were contested by Ahmed Patel were one of the lowest points for Congress.
Load more

Politics

News Reports

Shiv Sena’s Pratap Sarnaik, who threatened to break Kangana’s mouth, went from being an autorickshaw driver to multimillionaire

OpIndia Staff -
MLA Pratap Sarnaik used to eke out a living by driving an auto rickshaw in Mumbai in 1980s, as per a report in Indian Express.
Read more

BJP releases audio, accuses Lalu Yadav of trying to lure NDA MLAs with offer of ministerial berths after he brings Nitish govt down

Politics OpIndia Staff -

Hyderabad elections: Owaisi makes ‘beef biriyani’ sly on BJP leaders, Raja Singh offers him pork biriyani

News Reports OpIndia Staff -

Sonia Gandhi aide Ahmed Patel dies at 71, was infected with coronavirus

News Reports OpIndia Staff -

Telangana: BJP leader Tejasvi Surya pays tribute to martyrs of the statehood movement, despite opposition from TRS govt

News Reports OpIndia Staff -

Congress under lens for receiving unaccounted Rs. 106 crore cash at party headquarters, much of it before 2019 general elections: Details

News Reports OpIndia Staff -

‘Mamata Banerjee most secular leader in India, has championed Muslim cause’: Former AIMIM leader as he joins TMC with several others

Politics OpIndia Staff -

Bihar’s newly elected AIMIM MLA refuses to say ‘Hindustan’ during the oath-taking ceremony

News Reports OpIndia Staff -

Former Assam Chief Minister and Congress stalwart Tarun Gogoi passes away at 86

Politics OpIndia Staff -

Fact-Check

Fact-Check

Fact Check: Did Arfa Khanum Sherwani eat the goat she was petting in the photographs she posted?

Arfa Khanum Sherwani took social media by storm after she posted photographs of herself with a beautiful white goat.
OpIndia Staff -
Read more
Social Media Fact-Check

Fraud fact-checker accuses TrueIndology of lying, when caught, wants an HD-quality photo from 1904

Pratik Sinha's lies were exposed in an OpIndia report. After his shoddy 'fact-checking' was called out, he has now resorted to name calling and shifting goalposts.
OpIndia Staff -
Read more
Social Media Fact-Check

Fraud fact-checking: AltNews co-founder Pratik Sinha spreads fake news while attempting to ‘fact-check’ old picture of a Hindu Sadhu

AltNews's Pratik Sinha posted fake information about an old image of a Hindu Sadhu in Kashmir in his hurry to call TrueIndology as a fraud.
OpIndia Staff -
Read more
Social Media Fact-Check

NDTV journalist spreads fake news regarding IMA scam accused ex-Congress MLA Roshan Baig, wrongly drags BJP

After several netizens pointed out the error, Gunasekar posted another tweet with correct information that Baig was never with BJP.
OpIndia Staff -
Read more

Media

News ReportsOpIndia Staff -

Karnataka HC slams Mumbai Police for following Republic COO Priya Mukherjee to Bengaluru to question her, grants her transit bail

Mumbai police had followed Priya Mukherjee to Bengaluru to question her after she informed them that she was visiting her ailing father
Read more
MediaOpIndia Staff -

HuffPost India shuts shop days after public notice asking for lowering down FDI in digital media

HuffPost India is shutting down its operations from the 24th of November, an announcement on its website read.
Read more
LawJinit Jain -

Arnab Goswami was served letter threatening action for approaching SC at insistence of Speaker: Maharashtra Assembly Assistant Secretary

SC had issued notice to Maharashtra Assembly Assistant Secretary, terming the threatening letter to Arnab Goswami as direct interference
Read more
OpIndia ExplainsNupur J Sharma -

Anvay Naik suicide case for which Arnab Goswami was arrested: Letters exchanged, the closure report, and unanswered questions

On 4th of Nov, the country watched as Arnab Goswami was dragged out of his house by over 20 armed policemen for a closed 2018 suicide case
Read more

Specials

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

News Reports

The manufacturer of the radio carried by JeM terrorists killed in Nagrota encounter is operated from Pakistani military bases- Read Details

OpIndia Staff -
The Digital Mobile Radio carried by the terrorists is manufactured by Pakistan based Micro Electronics International Pvt Ltd
Read more
OpIndia Explains

When China moved away from Mao, Varavara Rao wanted to keep that flag flying high: Here is a profile of his most deranged thoughts

S. Sudhir Kumar -
The rise of Varavara Rao in the literary world happened at a time when poverty ruled the roost in our country.
Read more
News Reports

After Delhi defies arbitrary firecracker ban, claims of Diwali causing pollution busted as air quality improves after Diwali

OpIndia Staff -
Air Quality Index dropped in Delhi significantly a night after people burst firecrackers on Diwali in the NCR defying the ban
Read more
OpIndia Explains

Kishanganj and how BJP’s Hindu candidate in a 70% Muslim dominated area will give sleepless nights to Mamata Banerjee: 35 seats at stake

Editorial Desk -
The Kishanganj story at the Bihar Elections 2020 holds some lessons for Mamata Banerjee and the West Bengal Elections to come.
Read more
Law

With Arnab Goswami facing multiple FIRs and remaining in jail, here is how the cases against some other journalists were handled by courts

OpIndia Staff -
While Arnab Goswami unable to get relief, several other journalists were granted instant relief by different courts of the country
Read more

Bollywood, Sports & more

News Reports

Six Pakistani cricketers test positive for Coronavirus in New Zealand, NZ authorities say they breached isolation protocols

New Zealand Cricket has revealed that few members of the Pakistan party breached the protocols on the first day of managed isolation.
OpIndia Staff -
Read more
Entertainment

Ex-Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim, who quit showbiz for Allah, asks fans to remove her pics

Zaira Wasim had earlier asked her fans to stop praising her as it is dangerous for her 'Iman'.
OpIndia Staff -
Read more
Entertainment

Bombay HC grants interim protection from arrest to Kangana Ranaut and sister Rangoli, asks them to appear before Mumbai Police on Jan 8

Mumbai Police had filed an FIR against Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel, accusing them of trying to create hatred and communal tension through their posts on social media.
OpIndia Staff -
Read more
Entertainment

‘Was humiliated and targeted’: Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj called out for toxic work environment and workplace harassment

Allegations of mistreatment of 'women-of-colour' at the sets of the 'Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj' have now surfaced on social media.
OpIndia Staff -
Read more

All articles

Social Media

As Congress remembers the 26/11 Mumbai attacks anniversary, netizens remind the grand old party of its double standards

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi was found partying at a friend's house soon after the Mumbai attacks.
Read more
News Reports

OIC snubs Pakistan again, no mention of ‘Kashmir’ in Foreign Ministers’ meeting agenda: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's foreign office had claimed that during the 2-day session, the Kashmir issue will be discussed too. The OIC's agenda has made no mention of it.
Read more
News Reports

After allowing Israelis to visit without visa, UAE stops issuing visas to citizens of 13 countries including Pakistan and Turkey

OpIndia Staff -
The decision of UAE to stop issuing visas to citizens of 13 countries is reported to have been taken due to security decisions.
Read more
News Reports

Algerian-born Muslim cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika stripped of his citizenship by Australia after convicted of terrorism

OpIndia Staff -
Benbrika was convicted of directing a terrorist group, and possessing material associated with planning of a terrorist attack in Australia
Read more
News Reports

Fact-check: No, the government has not issued Rs.1,30,000 to the citizens towards Covid-19 funding

OpIndia Staff -
Fake message circulated claims that govt of India has issued Rs.1,30,000 to every citizen above the age of 18 as Covid-19 funding
Read more
News Reports

Indian Navy inducts two American Predator drones on the lease, can be deployed on India-China border for surveillance

OpIndia Staff -
The Predator drones has been leased from a private company for one year, India plans to purchase 18 such drones from USA
Read more
News Reports

Forgotten daughter of Uttarakhand: Before Nirbhaya, girl working in Delhi was kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered in Haryana

OpIndia Staff -
In February 2012, a 19-year-old girl from Delhi was abducted, gang-raped, brutalised and abandoned to die at a mustard field in Haryana
Read more
Crime

UP: Woman given triple talaq for not bringing Rs 20 lakh and a car in dowry

OpIndia Staff -
The woman from Rampur has alleged that her husband and in-laws have been harassing her for not bringing Rs 20 lakhs and a car.
Read more
News Reports

China comes to defend Pakistan after PM Modi accused the latter of harbouring terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
After PM Modi's remarks against Pakistan, China praised Pakistan for making positive contribution toward counter-terrorism cause
Read more
News Reports

Cyclone Nivar is fast approaching Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and parts of Andhra: All you need to know

Anurag -
Cyclone Nivar is expected to his coastal states in next few hours, currently travelling at 11 KMPH, it may cause severe damage to houses, roads, crops, electricity and communications lines.
Read more
Social Media

PM Modi tops Twitter engagement in October, Sonu Sood emerges top among Bollywood entertainers: Report

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi topped the charts for October 2020 in terms of Twitter engagements while Rahul Gandhi came a distant second.
Read more
News Reports

28 foreign companies set to make investments worth over 9000 crores in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Out of these companies, 28 foreign companies have signed agreements for investments worth Rs 9357 crores with the Yogi government. 29 domestic companies have made agreements worth Rs 37,441 crore.
Read more
Load more

Contact: info@opindia.com

About us

News and opinion website that brings you reports and narrative from a perspective often ignored or suppressed by the mainstream media of India.

Follow us

© OpIndia.com