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Culture and History

Democratizing Temple administration: Throwing the baby out with the bathwater

Sai Priya Chodavarapu -
In the ongoing discussion about state entrenchment in Hindu Temples, we come face to face with the question of what the alternative system would be
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Crime

Agra: Lady doctor brutally murdered for rejecting senior’s marriage proposal, arrested accused confesses to the crime

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Yogita's body was found from the fields in Bamrauli Katra area under Dauki police station of Agra.
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Culture and History

From Java, Philippines, Bali, Cambodia, Borneo to Burma: Understanding Ganesha from an iconographical perspective

Monidipa Bose Dey -
Ganesha, also popularly referred to as Vighnesvara, is the god who presides over obstacles, by both placing them in the way and also removing them
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Crime

Karnataka police books 61 accused under UAPA for involvement in Bengaluru riots

OpIndia Staff -
A week after the horrific Bengaluru riots, the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) has questioned two Congress corporators, including a former mayor, in connection with the violence.
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Opinions

Throwing India to the radicals: Biden, Harris and why India is the perfect target of hate for the American left

Abhishek Banerjee -
Left to his own devices, Joe Biden would have no hostility towards India. He’s not the problem: the problem is his party. Rather, what his party has become.
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News Reports

UK-born Head of Christian Evangelical Mission in Odisha sexually assaulted minor boy in shelter home, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Odisha Police have booked John Patrick Bridge under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) and POCSO Act for sexually assaulting minor boy
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News Reports

SC rejects Prashant Bhushan’s plea for sentencing by another bench, Bhushan says wont apologise for tweets

OpIndia Staff -
The bench observed that it can be "very lenient" only if the person concerned can show a sense of remorse from the core of his heart.
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Social Media

‘Will Sonia Gandhi do the same for Balasaheb’: Netizens question as Uddhav Thackeray offers floral tribute to Rajiv Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Many social media users wondered what the late Balasaheb Thackeray would have thought about his son playing tributes to Rajiv Gandhi as an alliance partner of Congress.
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News Reports

Russian opposition leader and critic of Vladimir Putin ‘poisoned’, admitted at ICU after becoming unconscious in a flight

OpIndia Staff -
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny lost conscious after his flight from Tomsk, Siberia to Moscow took off, suspected to be poisoned
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Cricket

‘Dhan-Kuber’ of Indian sports BCCI hurts patriotic sentiments by awarding IPL sponsorship to China-backed Dream 11

rajnishk -
Interestingly, China-backed Dream 11 was already an 'official partner' of the BCCI and organizes the controversial fantasy version of the IPL.
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News Reports

PM Modi writes an outstanding tribute to MS Dhoni on his retirement. Read the letter

OpIndia Staff -
Former Indian captain MS Dhoni has shared a heartfelt letter of appreciation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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News Reports

As Congress tries to paint Rajiv Gandhi as the catalyst in reclamation of Ram Janmabhoomi, book by close friend shatters that myth: Here are...

OpIndia Staff -
The memoir by Rajiv Gandhi's friend and old school mate claims that the former PM was not aware of the unlocking of Ram Ramjanmabhoomi site in February 1986.
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Specials

Shah Bano Case: When Rajiv Gandhi overturned SC judgement protecting Muslim women’s right to maintenance during talaq

OpIndia Staff -
Rajiv Gandhi govt had passed the Muslim Women (Protection on Divorce Act), 1986 to overturn the SC verdict in Shah Bano case
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Political History of India

Nagpur Riots of 1923: How it played in Dr K.B Hedgewar’s life and lead to the formation of RSS

Nivan -
The incident of 1923 made Dr Hedgewar think intensively about the condition of Hindus in Nagpur, and played a major role in his decision of founding the RSS
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News Reports

Construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya begins, the Mandir trust requests devotees to donate copper

OpIndia Staff -
The trust has asked devotees across India to donate copper wires and copper rods for the construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
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Opinions

Hayat Baloch: Dragged and murdered by the Pakistani establishment, with 8 bullets fired point black

Hakeem Baloch -
Since the brutal murder of Hayat Mirza, Baloch people have been protesting across Balochistan and demanding justice for Hayat Baloch.
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News Reports

Curious case of ‘United Nations’ NGO appreciating ‘Kingdom of Mamata Banerjee’ for their Covid-19 work. Here is what we know

Anurag -
An 'international NGO' associated with the 'UN' appreciated the West Bengal govt's efforts for coronavirus. Except, the 'UN' here is not United Nations.
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News Reports

Mahesh Bhatt plants a paid article praising himself after finding himself at the centre of nepotism debate in Bollywood

OpIndia Staff -
To counter allegations of nepotism, Mahesh Bhatt plants paid article praising himself saying he gave opportunity to many newcomers
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News Reports

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris says Coronavirus is a racist virus during her speech accepting her nomination

OpIndia Staff -
Kamala Harris called Covid-19 a racist virus during her acceptance speech of the nomination for the post of Vice President
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News Reports

Pre-partition Hanuman Mandir razed to the ground in Pakistan: Here is how builder took advantage of lockdown to demolish Temple

OpIndia Staff -
The radical Islamists beileve that the construction of Hindu temple in Pakistan is against the ideas of Islam
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News Reports

Congress era NSA with links to George Soros insinuates India’s domestic policy should be decided by the USA

OpIndia Staff -
Why does a former NSA think that India's democratically elected government should need the permission, evaluation and approval of the USA before deciding on its domestic policies is another large question mark.
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News Reports

Facebook removes hundreds of pro-Trump QAnon groups ahead of US elections, limits their reach

OpIndia Staff -
QAnon is a collective term for groups of activists and conspiracy theorists who share anonymous claims. Facebook has said that many of these groups show patterns of violent behaviour.
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News Reports

Trump ‘cancels’ Goodyear, calls for boycott of its tyres after company policy banning MAGA attire goes viral, the company distances itself from the policy

OpIndia Staff -
After internal slide of Goodyear listing 'MAGA Attire' in unacceptable category emerged on Internet, President Trump hits back
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News Reports

AMU organises webinar to discuss Khilafat movement, BJP calls it a threat to country’s internal security, seeks action against varsity

OpIndia Staff -
AMU had conducted the webinar on August 13 and a Turkish professor also took part in the discussion on the Khilafat movement
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News Reports

Retired judges, bureaucrats, lawyers write to CJI demanding action against those opposing Prashant Bhushan’s conviction in contempt of court case

OpIndia Staff -
The group has urged the Supreme Court to take exemplary action against the naysayers who have been maligning the court by peddling falsehoods
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News Reports

D-Company aide Chhota Shakeel’s gang member apprehended by Gujarat ATS, was plotting to kill BJP leader

OpIndia Staff -
FIR against Chhota Shakeel was filed after Delhi police got intel that he was plotting to kill political leaders and judges
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News Reports

Posters come up in Aligarh threatening to burn Muslim women alive, banish from Islam, for worshipping Ram Lalla

OpIndia Staff -
Woman BJP leader Rubi Asif Khan and Nargis Mehboob in Aligarh receives threats after performing pooja of Ram Lalla
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News Reports

Congress leader Pankaj Punia insults women, mocks the Re 1 sanitary napkin scheme announced by PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Pankaj Punia mocked RSS supporters by asking them to use Re 1 sanitary napkin provided by govt to poor women
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News Reports

Balochistan: It has been 11 years since Dr Deen Mohammad was kidnapped in 2009. All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Deen Mohammad Baloch was kidnapped in 2009. After 11 years of protests, requests and hunger strikes, the family is yet to receive any information about his whereabouts.
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Crime

Kerala: Poachers kill pregnant wild buffalo, cut open the mother for the meat of the foetus

OpIndia Staff -
Seven accused namely, Pullara Nanippa alias Abu (47), Parothodika Mohammad Bustan (30), Talakottupuram Mohammad Ansif (23), Chemmala Aashiq (27), Pilakkal Suhail (28) and Suresh Babu have been arrested.
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News Reports

Women groove to the ‘Nagin Nagin’ song at Independence Day event organised by Trinamool Congress in West Bengal: Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
Video of women doing 'Nagin dance' to a Bollywood song at an Independent Day program organised by TMC has gone viral on Internet
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News Reports

Mahesh Bhatt denies links with modelling firm accused in a sexual abuse case, issues statement after appearing before NCW

OpIndia Staff -
Mahesh Bhatt said that IMG Ventures used his images without authorization in posters of Mr and Miss Glamour 2020
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News Reports

Is Parth Pawar, Sharad Pawar’s grandson, at odds with the Maha Vikas Aghadi government?

OpIndia Staff -
Parth Pawar, the son of the Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, has tweeted 'Satyameva Jayate' after the SC verdict of Sushant Singh case.
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News Reports

Congress troll Saket Gokhale spreads fake news claiming Ankhi Das has links with RSS using her twin sister’s image

OpIndia Staff -
Saket Gokhale uses images of Rashmi Das to spread fake news that her sister and Facebook executive Ankhi Das is linked with RSS
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News Reports

‘No FIR filed in Sushant Singh Rajput case, no investigation on complaints yet’: Read Supreme Court’s comments on Mumbai police

OpIndia Staff -
SC said that political interference is being alleged in both states (Maharashtra and Bihar), which has the potential to discredit the investigation.
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Social Media

MX Player releases trailer of Bobby Deol starrer ‘Aashram’, social media claims negative portrayal of Hinduism

OpIndia Staff -
Aashram, an upcoming web series by Prakash Jha is being criticized over alleged negative depiction of Hindu practices and sadhus.
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News Reports

Salman Khan assassination plot? Sharpshooter nabbed from Faridabad, had conducted recce in Mumbai to plan murder

OpIndia Staff -
The plan to assassinate Salman Khan reportedly could not be executed because of coronavirus outbreak.
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News Reports

“Bihar ke mukhyamantri pe comment karne ki aukaat Rhea Chakraborty ki nahi hai”: Watch Bihar DGP respond to comments made by Rhea Chakraborty

OpIndia Staff -
Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey said that Rhea Chakraborty has no standing to pass a comment on the Bihar chief minister
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News Reports

Begusarai: Hindu minor girl who was abducted on gunpoint rescued from Patna after 25 days, main accused Nazmul absconding

Jhankar Mohta -
The Hindu minor girlf from Begusarai had been kidnapped on July 26 on gunpoint by one Nazmul and 6 others
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News Reports

Non-Gandhi should lead the Congress party: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

OpIndia Staff -
Agreeing with Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that a non-Gandhi Congress member should be made its chief
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News Reports

Watch: Senate member says democracy is ‘sexually transmitted’ in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Senate member of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Muhammad Ali Saif was seen lashing out at the prevailing dynasty politics and nepotism in Pakistan
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News Reports

West Bengal: Murshidabad village Fatwa bans music, lottery, watching TV, liquor, punishment includes fine and sit-ups

OpIndia Staff -
Fatwa against music, carom, lottery, watching TV and liquor issued in West Bengal village.
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Supreme Court orders CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput death case

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court further directed the CBI to also look into any other cases registered in future in relation to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
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News Reports

Pakistan’s slapgate: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi slaps Imran Khan’s principal secretary. What we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani media reported that Qureshi wanted to meet Imran Khan. However, outside the PM's office, Azam Khan stopped Qureshi from entering the premises, which angered Qureshi and he reportedly slapped him.
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News Reports

Rajdeep, who had wanted Sushant’s family to ‘mourn quietly’, accuses their lawyer of holding a media trial, gets a ‘befitting reply’

OpIndia Staff -
Vikas Singh, lawyer representing Sushant Singh Rajput's father, walks out of an interview on India Today by Rajdeep Sardesai.
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Netflix cancels Hasan Minhaj’s ‘Patriot Act’

OpIndia Staff -
Online video streaming platform Netflix has cancelled comedian Hasan Minhaj's show 'Patriot Act'. Minhaj took to Twitter to make the announcement.
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News Reports

Saudi Arabia snubs Pakistan as Army chief Bajwa returns without a meet with Crown Prince

OpIndia Staff -
Failing to secure a meet with Prince Salman, Bajwa finally met Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Saudi Arabia's military chief of staff General Fayyad bin Hamid Al-Ruwaili.
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News Reports

“Wanted to turn India into an Islamic republic”, Delhi riots accused Asif Iqbal Tanha reveals how he engineered anti-CAA riots in Jamia

OpIndia Staff -
Asif Iqbal stated that the JCC received funding from radical Islamist organisation such as PFI and Jamia Alumni Association
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Media

Shekhar Gupta’s website The Print spreads misinformation about Modi govt’s proposal to review marriage age for women, Health Ministry corrects them

OpIndia Staff -
ThePrint has many times maliciously resorted to publishing fake, embellished or distorted articles to malign Modi govt
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News Reports

Mewat: Bajrang Dal activists rescue Raju, a minor boy from WB who was held hostage and tortured for the last five years by one...

Jhankar Mohta -
When Raju was able to tell a shopkeeper that he has been forcefully held by Muslim family in Mewat, Bajrang Dal rescued him
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