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Virat Kohli fans to drop IIT and go to Lovely Professional University? Netizens go wild as the cricketer bats for LPU

Ghouta chemical attack: New study reveals involvement of Syrian rebels and not Assad, Obama wanted to bomb Syria in retaliation

Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar: Multiple cases of Grooming Jihad surface across the country

Tractor Rahul Gandhi drove to Parliament was sneaked into the area in a container, secretly offloaded at Congress MP’s office

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In Focus

Basavaraj Bommai to be new Chief Minister of Karnataka after Yediyurappa steps down

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Basavaraj Bommai was one of the frontrunners for the post after Yeddyurappa stepped down as the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Editor's Picks

Uttar Pradesh: ATS busts international human trafficking racket involving Rohingyas, Noor Muhammad and his accomplices arrested

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Afghanistan: Taliban releases video of Kandahari comedian being slapped prior to his execution

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Uyghur separatist group East Turkestan Islamic Movement now active in Afghanistan: UNSC Report

Jinit Jain - 27 July, 2021

Harappan-era city Dholavira in Gujarat inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage site list

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

OpIndia Explains

Assam-Mizoram dispute: How India’s colonial past rages violent interstate border conflicts

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announces financial assistance of Rs 50 lakhs to families of cops who died in border clash with Mizoram

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Coronavirus
Latest status and reports from India

India

31,470,893

Total cases

Updated on 27 July, 2021 8:54 PM

India

30,634,202

Recovered

Updated on 27 July, 2021 8:54 PM

India

421,712

Deaths

Updated on 27 July, 2021 8:54 PM

Data automatically updated from this public source

195,622,394

Updated on 27 July, 2021 8:54 PM

Opinions

The roots of Afghan civil war and its transformation into a safe-haven for world’s deadliest terror network: How did it all begin?

Shashank Bharadwaj - 27 July, 2021

At first, Afghans backed the Taliban by giving them a chance. For Afghans, who had witnessed a long war, the Taliban promised two things. First, security to Afghans and secondly, a truce among mujahideen groups that continued to fight to control Afghan lands.

Global media looks away as Biden’s NSA “unmasks” dissenting right wing journalist Tucker Carlson

Abhishek Banerjee - 24 July, 2021

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, an outspoken critic of President Biden, claimed that the NSA has been monitoring his communications.

Ravindra Jadeja shows how to bat against left-wing outrage mob, why others should follow

Jinit Jain - 23 July, 2021

Why His Holiness the Dalai Lama deserves the Bharat Ratna: India will be honouring its own traditions of Karuna and Ahimsa

Tsewang Rigzin - 23 July, 2021

Exploring the fine line of tragedy coverage in photojournalism: Who will decide where to draw the line?

Anurag - 23 July, 2021

From Suresh Raina to Neena Gupta: Clout chasing and perverse incentive structure that makes people hound them crying ‘Brahminism’

K Bhattacharjee - 23 July, 2021

Politics

BSP, SP scramble to woo the ‘Brahmin votebank’ ahead of UP elections, bet big on soft Hindutva

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

As the highly anticipated Uttar Pradesh elections get closer, the parties are gearing up to play their cards right

Woman disrobed, Arup Das kidnapped by TMC goons, found dead next day: Harrowing case documented by NHRC in Bengal violence report

27 July, 2021

‘Attack on democracy’ cries TMC as Prashant Kishor’s team detained for COVID protocol in Tripura

27 July, 2021

‘We want Hindu girls, they said. The police are with them’: Victim who was gang-raped by TMC goons in front of her father narrates...

26 July, 2021

Pakistan holds illegal elections in PoK, Imran Khan’s PTI emerges as largest party

26 July, 2021

Mamata Banerjee appoints senior member of NGO funded by US State Department, British High Commission to investigate Pegasus

26 July, 2021

Congress infighting in Chhattisgarh: Tribal MLA says Health Minister TS Singh Deo could get him killed to become CM

26 July, 2021

‘Justice Shinde has respect for terror accused Stan Swamy, please ask him to recuse himself from Bhima Koregaon cases’: LRO appeals to CJI

26 July, 2021

BS Yeddyurappa steps down as the chief minister of Karnataka

26 July, 2021

Fact-Check

Samajwadi Party leader spreads fake news days after it was already debunked

Sanjay Raut is ‘speechless’ after centre says ‘no state reported deaths due to oxygen shortage’, here is why he should ask his own govt...

Fact-check: Claims about Muslim mob thrashing policemen in a viral video false, old video circulated with fake claims

Fact Check: Aam Aadmi Party leader Mahesh Savani posts images from Pakistan to show Gujarat in poor light

Media

World26 July, 2021

Chinese citizens harass foreign journalists after BBC questions govt’s failure in containing floods: Here is what happened

Social Media25 July, 2021

Indians slam Bloomberg for claiming that world’s best Indian food is found in New York City

Sports25 July, 2021

‘Dig their own grave’: Times of India mocks Indian archers after Tokyo Olympics defeat

Media25 July, 2021

PTI pushes positive report on Chinese vaccine amidst global concern over its efficacy

Specials

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

Did you know that you can get tax free income if you inform govt about smugglers? This and more as OpIndia’s Nirwa Mehta chats...

OpIndia Staff - 25 July, 2021

Tip-off about porn racket in February, women lured with roles, Raj Kundra and his personal involvement: What led to his arrest and what we...

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2021

Olympics 1972: The Munich massacre and Israel’s audacious assassination operation ‘Wrath of God’ to avenge the dastardly attack

OpIndia Staff - 22 July, 2021

“Their fake fear is a story, your real story is phobia”: Watch Nitin Gupta ‘Rivaldo’ talking about forced religious conversions

OpIndia Staff - 21 July, 2021

Force, deceit and propaganda: Watch Nitin Gupta ‘Rivaldo’ try and demystify the evil designs behind forced conversion of minor Hindu girls

OpIndia Staff - 21 July, 2021

Bollywood, Sports & more

Shilpa Shetty cries, shouts at Raj Kundra as dramatic scenes unfolded when he was brought to his bungalow: Report

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Watch: Toddler draws inspiration from Mirabai Chanu, imitates her heroics from Tokyo Olympics

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Raj Kundra’s alleged porn company’s net profit target was over Rs 30 crores for 2023-24, SBI account in Kanpur with crores of rupees seized

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Kargil Vijay Diwas: When India sent missiles to Pakistan with Raveena Tandon’s ‘love’ message for Nawaz Sharif on it

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2021

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Bangladesh: Football match turns communal, Hindus attacked in Sheikh Hasina’s constituency on Eid. Here is everything you need to know

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

MHA seeks six more months till January 2022 to form rules for CAA

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine for children to be made available by August: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Pakistan: Muslim man forces Hindu boy to chant ‘Allahu Akbar’, abuse Hindu Gods

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Tamil Nadu: Nurse steals Covishield vaccine doses from the hospital for her relatives, suspended by authorities

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

‘Historian’ Irfan Habib gets a lesson in history amid violent clashes over Assam-Mizoram border dispute: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Stubble burning could have caused Covid-19 spike in Delhi during winter, suggests new study

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Kerala: Catholic Church Diocese announces financial incentive for families with five or more kids to increase population

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

IMA chief’s petition against a court order asking him to not use the platform to propagate religion rejected

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Assam: Man crushed by an elephant after crowd teases a herd of elephants, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

Man kills wife after sex in a cave near Nainital, 6 months after he married her to escape rape charges

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021

London court declares fugitive Vijay Mallya bankrupt

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2021