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Maldives: Ruckus breaks out in Parliament, ruling MPs irritate Speaker with trumpets, engage in physical fight

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2024

The videos of the scuffle have gone viral on social media, with netizens questioning the political turmoil in the archipelago.

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Newslaundry whitewashes Mira Road violence against Hindus, cries ‘majoritarianism’ while painting Islamists as victims and harbingers of reconciliation

Dibakar Dutta - 28 January, 2024

The guilt-tripping did not end with painting Muslims as victims and Hindus as aggressors. 'Journalist' Manisha Pande went a step ahead and put the onus of 'inclusive behaviour' exclusively on the Hindu community.

Politics

Bihar: Nitish Kumar resigns as CM, submits resignation to the Governor, likely to take oath as CM again later today

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2024

Nitish Kumar He is expected to take the oath of office later today as the new chief minister for the ninth time with the backing of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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‘Handover the original site of Kashi Vishwanath to Hindus’: VHP calls on Intezamia Committee to hand over the disputed Gyanvapi site to Hindus

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2024

VHP sought that Hindus be allowed to do "sewa puja" on the 'Shivling' located in the "so-called Wazukhana area" of the disputed Gyanvapi structure.

Entertainment

Taylor Swift no longer searchable on X (Twitter) after AI-generated deepfake nudes of the singer went viral

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2024

This development follows the circulation of explicit AI-generated deepfake images depicting Taylor Swift.

News Reports

Exclusive: ASI finds Shivling, miniature temple, idols of Hindu gods and more buried in Gyanvapi cellars which were ‘deliberately blocked’ with debris

Raju Das - 27 January, 2024

When ASI removed debris in cellars at the Gyanvapi structure, they recovered a large number of items related to the pre-existing Hindu temple

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Karnataka: 19-year-old who refused to participate in Ambedkar puja paraded half-naked holding Dr B R Ambedkar’s portrait; case registered

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

A student at a hostel in Kalaburagi was attacked and paraded half-naked for refusing to attend 'Ambedkar puja.'

Government and Policy

Yogi Adityanath fulfils the wish of Asian Games gold medalist Parul Chaudhary to become DSP. Here is the backstory

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

Following her victory in the 5000-metre race in the Asian Games in October 2023, Parul Chaudhary had said, "In our UP, it takes a gold medal to get you the post of DSP. I hope this effort gets me that position.”

Crime

‘Woke up to him raping me’: 21-year old girl drugged and assaulted by ‘Instagram friend’ in Mumbai, netizens share similar experience with him in...

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

In her post, the victim said that she suspected she had been drugged with Roofy (Rohypnol), a sedative-hypnotic drug commonly referred to as the 'date rape drug'.

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