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The Michigan Kidnapping Conspiracy: How a US army veteran-turned-FBI informant instigated a plot to abduct a Governor

Dibakar Dutta - 26 July, 2021

Dan's job was to pass on crucial information to the FBI, participate in group activities with the condition that he must not do anything illegal.

News Reports

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

Apparently, Raveena Tandon is ex-Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's favourite actress and Indian soldiers wrote this on the warhead as a taunt to him.

News Reports

‘You have no right to intervene’: Bombay HC slams Javed Akhtar in Kangana Ranaut passport renewal case, refuses to hear his plea

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2021

Akhtar, who is busy spending his free time engaging himself in legal battles against national award winning actress Kangana Ranaut, had filed an intervening petition earlier this month.

Interviews

‘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...

Nupur J Sharma - 26 July, 2021

Since the 2nd of May, Ritu said that they have been running around, trying to be safe. They hardly come back to their own home and when they do, they do not go out even to the terrace.

News Reports

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

K Bhattacharjee - 26 July, 2021

The West Bengal commission to investigate Pegasus is to be headed by former judge of the Supreme Court Madan Lokur.

News Reports

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

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2021

Congress MLA Brihaspati Singh has alleged that Health Minister TS Singh Deo’s kin attacked his convoy when he was travelling to Ambikapur for an event.

News Reports

Delhi Police confiscates the tractor Rahul Gandhi drove to Parliament to protest against farm laws

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2021

It is not yet clear whether Rahul Gandhi was in violation of traffic rules and whether he did have the licence to drive the agriculture tractor on the streets of Delhi.

World

China’s Huawei hires Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta, Trump administration had branded Huawei national security threat

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2021

Tony Podesta hired by Huawei as lobbyist to smoothen relationships with Biden administration

News Reports

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

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2021

Stan Lourduswamy, commonly known as Stan Swamy, an undertrial prisoner in the Bhima Koregaon violence case was praised recently by Justice SS Shinde after his demise.

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