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Uttar Pradesh: Faiz Mohammed of Muzaffarnagar goes for Kanwar Yatra after getting darshan of Lord Shiva in his dreams, adds ‘Shankar’ to his name

OpIndia Staff - 24 July, 2022

For the last five years, Faiz Mohammed participates in the Kanwar Yatra. He has also started to write his name as Faiz Mohammed alias Shankar.

WTF News

Man suing Christmas market for nearly 2 Crore rupees as he can’t stop farting since eating a ham roll there in 2017

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2022

Prades says that he has developed flatulence ever since he ate that ham roll, and it embarrasses him in public. He also mentioned that his farts wake him up at night as well.

WTF News

Pakistan: SHO asks a male constable to wear hijab for mandatory photo of a female officer with female criminal in Gujrat, suspended

OpIndia Staff - 21 July, 2022

As per the Pakistan Police Act, if there is a woman among those apprehended, the presence of a lady constable is required in such images.

WTF News

WATCH: Weird creature caught on CCTV camera in United States, netizens baffled with thoughts of an ‘Alien’

OpIndia Staff - 19 July, 2022

A whitish, lanky weird creature emerges stooped down near an apartment's rear yard in the 33-second video.

World

Woke concepts creeping into science? Gender activists push to stop anthropologists from marking human remains as ‘male’ or ‘female’

Anurag - 19 July, 2022

Gender activists want anthropologists to stop marking human remains as male or female.

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Uttar Pradesh: Farmer files complaint against Lord Indra for lack of rain in Gonda, Tahsildar forwards it to district admin

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

A tahsildar in Gonda district UP received a complaint from a farmer against Lord Indra for no rains since a long time.

Satire

Statue of the lion with claws: A dystopian world where Rahul Gandhi is the Prime Minister

Ganesh R - 14 July, 2022

Just when the liberals thought they can take a short break from outraging over his doing puja and relax over a cup of the first flush from the Janpath estates, he has forced them to rush to action

News Reports

The RSS has faced a ban from the Indian govt on multiple occasions, and has emerged stronger each time: Read details

Pallav - 12 July, 2022

It was on July 12, 1949, that the first ban on RSS was lifted after a span of 16 months following assassination of MK Gandhi.

Satire

Ichhadhaari protestor Yogendra Yadav heads to Sri Lanka to become the leader of the protests against the local government

Amit Kelkar - 11 July, 2022

Out of work, and out of headlines, since the farmers' protest in India, the andolanjeevi inside Yogendra Yadav couldn't stop himself after seeing the news of the protests on TV.

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