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‘BJP swallows its allies’: Old accusation is back after Annamalai’s departure, but It’s the allies who backstabbed BJP first

शिव -
Despite Annamalai leaving the party, it does not prove that BJP abandons its leaders or allies. History shows BJP’s coalition politics has been the strategy of taking allies along.
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As Congress and AAP fight to take credit for developing the ‘education sector’ of Punjab, read how Arvind Kejriwal was accused of passing Sheila...

Dhruv Mishra -
While AAP has claimed credit for Punjab’s rise in the education sector, the timeline suggests the state’s improvement may have begun before the party came to power in 2022. The AAP government was sworn in in March 2022. But some key surveys or studies have cited the data prior to 2022. It raises the question: Does the AAP government deserve the actual credit, or are they riding on someone else's work? 
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As Bloomberg retracts its report claiming RBI sold gold worth $12 billion, read how its economist used different pricing data to arrive at the...

Dhruv Mishra -
Bloomberg has retracted the article claiming that RBI sold gold worth $12 billion, because they used domestic price, while RBI uses London Bullion Market Association price.
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The opportunism of Tollywood: How actors turned TMC choti-chatas in Bengali film industry abandoned Mamata Banerjee and her nephew after the 2026 election

Rukma Rathore -
TMC and Tollywood existed in a mutually beneficial relationship for more than a decade. The latter did not merely extend indirect or passive support, but many of its key figures, such as Deepak Adhikari alias Dev, Saayoni Ghosh, Sayantika Banerjee, Kanchan Mullick, Soham Chakraborty, June Malia, Aditi Munshi and Raj Chakraborty formally joined hands with the party as its campaigners, candidates and star symbols.
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Accounting fraud, fake revenue and more: Who is Rajesh Mehta and why is his company Rajesh Exports under the scanner of SEBI

Shraddha Pandey -
While Rajesh Exports came under SEBI scanner in 2024, many analysts and investors have been voicing suspicions about the extraordinarily high revenues, cash balances, and subsidiary opacity. Some even compared the story of Rajesh Exports to the Geetanjali Gems collapse, a major jewellery export scam.
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‘First they offer namaz in a temple, then claim it was a mosque’: From Bulandshahr to Bhojshala, examining the Islamist pattern of encroaching Hindu...

विशेषता -
From Bulandshahr’s Hanuman temple to Malihabad’s Kans Fort and Dhar’s Bhojshala, the Islamist practice of offering namaz at Hindu religious sites is often the first step in a larger pattern of encroachment, citing historical disputes, legal battles, and documented cases of temple occupation.
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Tiananmen Square Massacre: When the Communist regime in China killed thousands of pro-democracy protestors in 1989, Indian comrades supported the crackdown

Shraddha Pandey -
One such courageous but unsuccessful movement took place in China in 1989. The 4th of June marks 37 years of the Tiananmen Square massacre, which the Chinese Communist Party downplays and calls the ‘June Fourth Incident’.
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Explained: How counterfeit refrigerant gases, illegal refilling practices and import dependence could be contributing to a rise in deadly AC fire incidents across India

Rukma Rathore -
Authentic gases in RAC equipment are being supplanted by R-152a in the secondary refiller market.
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Opinions

Did 8,056 people really die in Uttar Pradesh due to heatwave? Read how data from 10 cities was used to estimate nationwide mortality based...

Dhruv Mishra -
In recent days, a figure claiming that 8,056 people died in Uttar Pradesh during a five-day heatwave has spread rapidly across the media reports and social media discussions.
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Kautilya 3, Shahinshah121 and others: A look at the anti-Hindu editors who vandalised the Wikipedia page of Hindu American Foundation

Shraddha Pandey -
ew research by the Neutral Point of View (NPOV) Media reveals how the anti-Hindu editors have peddled propaganda against the US-based Hindu American Foundation (HAF) on Wikipedia.
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AAP worker-turned-CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke refuses to seek permission for Delhi protest: How the 2018 SC verdict led to Delhi Police’s 7-day notice requirement

Shriti Sagar -
Delhi Police has been operating under specific guidelines for demonstrations at Jantar Mantar since 2018.
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Why were the CBSE chairman and secretary only transferred, not sacked? Read what Article 311 is and how it grants constitutional protection to bureaucrats

Shriti Sagar -
Article 311 was created to protect civil servants from arbitrary dismissal, removal or demotion.
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Delays in salaries, protests by employees, PSPCL’s critical situation and more: As financial crisis deepens in Punjab, CM Bhagwant Mann announces monthly grant for...

Rukma Rathore -
The increase in debt can significantly jeopardise Punjab's economy in the future as the financial pressure keeps escalating.
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Hindu ex-employee of Wipro Technologies reveals shocking details, says she faced workplace harassment, religious discrimination and was forced to resign: Read exclusive report by...

Aditi -
According to the complaint, Shaheena knew that the victim was living alone and would ask uncomfortable questions to her relating to her personal life.
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From Brazil’s World Cup ‘Baptism’ to IPL’s Shiva Tribute: Why Hindu symbols alone trigger secular outrage

Dhruv Mishra -
While Brazil’s Christian symbolism is seen as culture and national identity in sport, Hindu symbolism at the IPL faces secular outrage, raising questions over selective scrutiny of faith in public events.
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USTR proposes 12.5% tariffs on India, others over ‘forced labour’: Is Trump inventing new ways to reimpose tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court?

Shraddha Pandey -
In the report titled “Acts, Policies, and Practices of Various Economies Related to the Failure to Impose and Effectively Enforce a Prohibition on the Importation of Goods Produced with Forced Labor”, the USTR detailed the findings of the investigation launched into trading partners under Section 301 (b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974.
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Delhi court convicts Ishtiaque Ali for the abduction and killing of Delhi University student Ayush Nautiyal: Read about the 2018 case

Aditi -
Even after killing Ayush, Ali made his father believe that his son was alive and would be freed on receiving the ransom amount.
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‘Sanatan safeguarded tribal identity, missionaries are wiping it out’: Ex-Jharkhand CM links conversions to demographic shift, asks, ‘If tribals worship nature, why are there...

रुपम -
Former CM Champai Soren has raised concerns over Jharkhand’s changing demographics due to religious conversions and infiltration. He is questioning whether converted tribals should retain reservation benefits and is demanding an inquiry into land transfers for religious structures.
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Gujarat launches Operation Mule Hunt 2.0 following Deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi’s midnight cybercrime review: Read how the crackdown will work

પ્રાર્થના અમીન -
The decision was taken after a high-level review meeting chaired by Gujarat’s Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi.
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Burqa, hijab are very freeing identity markers, Sita is tired of patriarchy: The Hindu journalist Lavanya Narayanan attacks IPL ceremony, peddles anti-Hindu rhetoric

Rukma Rathore -
"Please take one good long look at Sita's face. She's so done with this patriarchy-pavitrta shit," Lavanya claimed in a post.
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Mahabharata as ‘Book of War’, Yama as a king: How Indo-Iranian exhibition ‘Shared Epic Worlds’ mistakes cultural parallels for philosophical equivalence

Anshika Agrawal -
Despite its visual grandeur, the exhibition often privileges Persian narratives and reductive parallels over a nuanced understanding of the Mahabharata's civilisational ethos.
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First electricity was cut in Raidhanpar, then a pre-planned attack on Hindus took place: Fresh FIR by power company confirms facts highlighted in Opindia...

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
A third FIR filed by the PGVCL power department has confirmed that electricity supply to five Kutch villages, including Raidhanpar, was deliberately tampered with and disrupted by human intervention at the exact time violence broke out on 29th May.
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Meet Talisman: The electronic warfare system that can protect India’s most important fighter jet

Dhruv Mishra -
Already operational on the Indian Navy’s MiG 29K fleet, Talisman can automatically detect hostile radar signals, generate countermeasures and protect nearby friendly aircraft, strengthening India’s focus on electronic warfare.
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Dark web networks, Narco mafias and a generation at risk: Kerala launches ‘Operation Toofan’. Here’s how the drug crisis spiralled

Rukma Rathore -
"No political influence, social status, or state borders will shield traffickers." warned Kerala Home Minister.
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After 8 lion cub deaths in Gir, swift government intervention brings situation under control: Here is the whole story and what wildlife experts say

OpIndia Staff -
The Gujarat government has controlled the situation in Gir after eight lion cub deaths from suspected Babesia infection.
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As NIA opens its first Hamas terror probe in the Pahalgam attack, the forgotten story of how the Gaza-based terror group funded Islamist networks...

Jinit Jain -
As the NIA probes Hamas links in the Pahalgam terror attack for the first time, a look back at SIMI's history reveals how the Gaza-based terror group funded and ideologically influenced radical Islamist networks operating in India.
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Amidst row over illegal mosque in Kawagoe, Pakistan Embassy in Japan urges Pakistanis to follow law: Is Japan witnessing Islamic takeover?

Shraddha Pandey -
Pakistan Embassy in Japan had to issue an embarrassing statement schooling its Muslim nationals to abide by Japanese laws, especially in matters of mosque construction, due to the controversy of the illegal building and opening of the Japan Jame Masjid Ramzan, in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture.
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‘Hindu men are incapable, Muslim men are more attractive’: How Arfa Khanum and Nivedita Menon echoed Islamist supremacist tropes to whitewash Love Jihad

Shraddha Pandey -
The viral clip is from a podcast Sherwani hosted in February 2026. In this, Nivedita Menon and The Wire’s propagandist not only laugh off the concept of Love Jihad, but also dismiss concerns about a predatory pattern involving Muslim men targeting Hindu women due to religious hatred for Kafirs, as mere Hindu male insecurity.
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What are undersea Internet cables, and why are nations racing to defend them? Explained

Shraddha Pandey -
Colloquially called undersea cables, submarine communications cables are fibre-optic lines laid on the seabed to carry the massive amount, nearly 95-99% intercontinental data, voice, and financial traffic.
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What is the ‘signature scam’ of the TMC, which has created a political storm in Bengal and caused embarrassment for Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
The Trinamool Congress on Monday, 1st June, expelled two of its MLAs, Ritabrata Banerjee and Sandipan Saha, after both leaders raised serious allegations regarding forged signatures in a document submitted to the West Bengal Assembly Speaker’s office. The controversy, now widely referred to as the Bengal “signature scandal”, has triggered a major political storm in the state and intensified tensions between the ruling BJP government and Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.
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Who is Munna Jhingada: The Dawood aide, Bangkok fugitive and the ISI operative behind a foiled terror conspiracy

Rukma Rathore -
Shukla stated, "We have collected evidence buildings and security establishments at which these attacks were being planned."
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Uttar Pradesh: Aligarh police book Qasim, Nasir, Salman, their mother Parveen and others for assaulting Dalit couple over ₹500, hurling casteist slurs and issuing...

पूजा राणा -
"You ba*ta*d Chamars, if we catch you again, we will either kill you or drive you out of the village," the Muslims threatened.
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Rajasthan: Hindu man from Udaipur accuses Adil and Safin of brainwashing his wife for religious conversion, taking her away with 9-year-old daughter in Mumbai;...

Anurag -
The complainant accused Adil and Safin of brainwashing his wife for conversion, threatening him, taking away his daughter, and pushing a larger conspiracy to convert Hindu women.
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The Red Horrors: Remembering the 1990 Bantala case in West Bengal, when CPI(M) goons brutally gang-raped 3 female medical officers

Shriti Sagar -
The victims were Anita Dewan, Deputy District Extension Media Officer; Uma Ghosh, a senior official in the West Bengal Health Department; Renu Ghosh, associated with UNICEF and WHO programmes; and their driver Avni Naiya.
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Mamata Banerjee claims her nephew Abhishek could have died after being hit by eggs: Read how the TMC supremo downplayed the murders of BJP...

Dibakar Dutta -
In April 2023, Mamata Banerjee had claimed, “Koyekta choto choto ghotona ghote chilo election er por, samanno ghote thake sob jaigai (Some small-time incidents took place after elections. These happen all the time at other places).” 
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The Spy Club: How Delhi Gymkhana Club became the favourite playground of CIA agents to steal top military secrets by trapping Indian officials

आशीष नौटियाल -
The Gentlemen’s Club of Spies: Read how CIA turned Delhi Gymkhana into a security nightmare for the Indian government
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Who is Ashok Ozha? The AAP leader seen with Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann and Sisodia, now arrested in the fake ‘IB call’ case

OpIndia Staff -
AAP alleged that Gujarat workers were being threatened through fake ‘IB calls’, but the police probe has now led to the arrest of the party’s own Vadodara city president, exposing an alleged case of internal factionalism rather than state intimidation.
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The Hindware-Google trademark dispute explained: Why the Delhi HC held Google liable for trademark infringement and how the ruling could reshape digital marketing in...

Shriti Sagar -
The ruling is being viewed as an important judgment in India’s digital advertising space because it directly addresses how trademarked keywords are used in search engine advertising.
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From Narendra Modi Stadium to SVP Sports Enclave: Read how Ahmedabad is building a world-class ecosystem to become India’s sports capital

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
Shifting from factories to stadiums, Ahmedabad is actively building a world-class sports ecosystem. Backed by mega-projects like the SVP Sports Enclave and grassroots programs, the city is laying the groundwork to cement its status as India's true sports capital and a future Olympic host.
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Norwegian propagandist Helle Lyng endorses The Wire: How foreign ‘activists’ and India’s left-wing media collaborate to push anti-India narratives

Shriti Sagar -
Lyng herself had become a controversial figure earlier this month after she attempted to publicly heckle Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Norway.
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Cow head severed, Hindu boy slaughtered and more: Read about 9 incidents of communal violence by Muslims during Bakrid 2026

Shraddha Pandey -
From tensions in Mira Road housing society over Muslim bringing Qurbani goats inside, court petitions seeking permission for the slaughter of cows, which Hindus revere, to full-fledged violence in Nuh, Bakrid this year witnessed communal tensions in some places and clashes between rival groups in others.
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Centre considering IAF deployment for NEET UG question paper transportation: The questionable move shows deep distrust in the current exam administration

Shraddha Pandey -
The rationale behind involving the IAF is the goal of tackling multifaceted challenges, particularly the paper leak that led to the cancellation of the original NEET UG exam held on 3rd May.
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The Impact of Wearables on Health Insurance Premiums in India  

OpIndia Staff -
Wearables are evolving into an effective way to manage health insurance premiums for both insurers and insureds. Tap to read what’s changing.
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Apoorvanand defends Muslims, spews venom against Hindus in propaganda article for “The Wire” on Bakrid: Truth behind “selective secularism” of the DU Professor linked...

विशेषता -
"Can PETA run a similar campaign at Kamakhya temple," Apoorvanand maliciously asked in his column for The Wire.
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Syllabus changed, books missing, students forced to study through PDFs: When will NCERT wake up to the ground reality?

रुपम -
As NCERT struggles to supply revised textbooks months after the academic session began, students across CBSE schools are being forced to study through PDFs amid growing concerns over poor planning, syllabus overload and digital inequality.
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Supreme Court upholds ECI’s Special Intensive Revision exercise: A detailed look at what the verdict said on electoral roll purity, citizenship verification and constitutional...

Shriti Sagar -
The Supreme Court clearly ruled that the Election Commission was fully empowered to conduct the Special Intensive Revision.
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Anti-Hindu hate, disdain for feminine representation in Sanatan and more: Why do Muslims want to slaughter only the cow despite not being mandatory in...

Shraddha Pandey -
Recently, the Calcutta High Court dismissed a batch of petitions, including the petitions filed by ‘secular’ political parties, Trinamool Congress and the CPIM, challenging the notification issued by the Suvendu Adhikari government, which prohibited Qurbani of cows and bulls on Eid-ul-Adha or Bakrid.
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Pakistan based Shahzad Bhatti, ISI proxy and gangster, emerges as mastermind behind Tehreek-e-Taliban Hindustan: What is TTH, its propaganda, targeted killings and terror modules...

Anurag -
Subtitle, 35 words: From graffiti in Delhi and Faridabad to targeted attacks on policemen in Punjab, agencies believe TTH is being used to spread fear, recruit local youths, and give Pakistan a convenient layer of deniability.
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Siddaramaiah forced out as CM to make way for DK Shivakumar: Inside Congress’s bitter Karnataka power tussle

Rukma Rathore -
Addressing a Press Conference, Siddaramaiah revealed that he had tendered his resignation after the Congress high command told him to resign. Siddaramaiah further added that DK Shivakumar will be the new chief minister.
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“If my son had been shot, I would have felt less pain”: Why Gopal Sharma’s father said this and what happened to the 15-year-old...

शिव -
On Saturday, 23rd May, Gopal Sharma's body was recovered from a room in an abandoned house in Rohi village, four kilometres from his village.
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