News Reports

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News Reports

India’s LCA Tejas crashes at Dubai Air Show, pilot killed

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2025

India’s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has crashed at the Dubai Airshow. As per reports, the mishap happened during a flight display on the afternoon...

Editor's picks

SIT files report against ‘activists’ who fuelled the Dharmasthala ‘mass burial’ hoax: Details

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2025

The SIT report names the sanitation worker, who was the first to fuel the hoax about mass burials in the temple town. Besides him, formal charges were filed against 5 other 'activists'. hey include Mahesh Shetty Timarodi, Girish Mattannavar, Vittal Gowda, Jayant T, and Sujatha Gowda.

Opinions

Sanctions, markets and margins: Why Reliance halting purchase of Russian crude for Jamnagar refinery doesn’t mean India has bent to the US

Divyansh Tiwari - 21 November, 2025

India and Russia continue to have deeper energy links that are structural rather than transactional. While Rosneft owns over 49% of Nayara Energy's Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, Indian PSUs possess nearly half of Rosneft's Vankorneft subsidiary, a substantial investment in Taas Yuryakh, and a longstanding position in the Sakhalin-1 project.

Editor's picks

China ran an anti-Rafale propaganda campaign during Operation Sindoor to undermine India: How Congress, which signed an MoU, followed the same pattern

Rukma Rathore - 21 November, 2025

China launched a disinformation drive to prevent the sale of French Rafale aircraft in favour of its own J-35s during the Operation Sindoor in May 2025

Crime

Terror module hub Al-Falah University received minority grants in crores without UGC grant status, repeatedly got favourable rulings against govt orders

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2025

Al-Falah University, the private minority institution in Faridabad, Haryana, has come under intense investigation following its association with the busted Jaish-e-Mohammed terror module involving...

Crime

Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad seeks complete details of Madrasa students and teachers of 8 districts amid heightened probe into terror modules

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2025

Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj and Minority Welfare Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar said that in the past, several madrasas in the state have been found engaging in illegal activities, and therefore, the scrutiny is required.

News Reports

USA: Millions of dollars in taxpayers’ money sent back to Somalia to fund Al Qaeda-linked terror outfit Al Shabaab, says report

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2025

An investigative report has revealed that in the US state of Minnesota, millions of dollars in welfare funds have been sent back to Somalia...

Editor's picks

Reliance Industries stops import of Russian crude oil amid ban by European Union and expiry of ‘wind down’ period by US: Details

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2025

The European Union, which serves as a key market for RIL, had declared a blanket ban on petroleum product imports that are derived from Russian crude oil in 3rd countries.

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Maharashtra: Assaulted for not speaking Marathi, 19-year-old student dies by suicide

OpIndia Staff - 21 November, 2025

In Maharashtra’s Kalyan, a 19-year-old student has died by suicide after an alleged assault over language. As per reports, 19-year-old Arnav Jitendra Khaire was...

Crime