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Step towards setting up kangaroo courts run by Sharia? Telangana Govt mulls giving Waqf Board far more power than it deserves: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The Minority Welfare Minister Koppula Eshwar has stated in the assembly that the CM will soon consider granting judicial status to Waqf boards.
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Media

People must listen to VHP because the Church’s mission in India is not a failure: Here is how The Print is wrong

Suren -
Once in a while, opinion pieces are published that seek to mollify upper-middle-class Hindu anxiety about rapid conversion by Christian denominations. One such piece...
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News Reports

If Uddhav Thackeray comes to Ayodhya, he will face opposition: Read why Hindu seers of Ayodhya are irate with Maha CM

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu seers of Ayodhya on Thursday said that Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray was no more welcome in the temple town of Ayodhya.
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Entertainment

Broken moral compass: How the media came together to defend Netflix’s paedophile movie ‘Cuties’

K Bhattacharjee -
Netflix's Cuties has been slammed by people across the board for the sexualisation of children but the media has continued to defend it.
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News Reports

“Release my journalists, you have not written the constitution,” Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami demands immediate release of two reporters arrested by Maharashtra govt

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Goswami said that Shiv Sena cannot touch his network as the people of Mumbai, Maharashtra and India are with him
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News Reports

After the Moscow meeting between the Indian and the Chinese Foreign Ministers, China releases statements not made by India

OpIndia Staff -
China makes claims after meeting of foreign ministers which were rejected by India and not included in joint statement
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Media

Newslaundry columnist Jas Oberoi exploits the death of a social media user’s father to peddle his propaganda against Ram Mandir

OpIndia Staff -
Jas Oberoi had attacked a social media user, who had been a fierce proponent of Ram Temple, at a time when she lost her father to heart-attack
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Opinions

Netflix’s ‘Cuties’ is worse than just perverse sexualisation of children, it is a leftist mind-trap

Sanghamitra -
'Cuties' is not a movie, it is a leftist mind trap designed to make people accept that pedophilia, child sexualisation are 'normal'.
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News Reports

“Don’t start the tradition of pre-censorship”- Sudarshan News editor’s letter to I&B ministry after clarification was sought on “UPSC Jihad” show before telecast

OpIndia Staff -
Sudarshan News editor had told I&B ministry that there is precedence of asking clarification before telecast of a show
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Entertainment

Model accuses Sajid Khan of harassment, says he asked her to strip in front of him to get a role in Housefull: Here is...

OpIndia Staff -
In 2018, IFTDA had suspended Sajid Khan for one year over the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him
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News Reports

Nandini Sundar sends notice to Garuda Prakashan in an attempt to stop publication of the book on Delhi Riots: Here is their response

OpIndia Staff -
Nandini Sundar served a 'cease and desist' notice to Garuda Prakashan against the publishing of the highly anticipated book, 'Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story
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News Reports

Andhra govt orders CBI probe, activists say ‘organised attempt to target Hindu temples’ after century-old temple chariot was burnt

OpIndia Staff -
Century-old chariot of the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple at Antarvedi in Andhra Pradesh was destroyed in a fire
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News Reports

Kangana Ranaut questions Sonia Gandhi’s silence over how her government in Maharashtra is hounding a woman

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana questions Sonia Gandhi's silence on the 'mockery of law and order' in Maharashtra over the MVA govt's continued harassment of the actress.
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News Reports

India-US release joint statement on counter-terrorism, ask Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of 26/11, Pathankot attacks to justice

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian and US government highlighted the threats posed by radical Islamist terror outfits such as ISIS/Daesh, Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), al-Qa’ida, Hizb-ul Mujahideen etc and also reiterated the need for 'concerted action' against the said terror organisations.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena asks cable TV operators to stop airing Republic Bharat channel because it is insulting Uddhav Thackeray

OpIndia Staff -
In a letter issued on Thursday, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has asked the cable TV operators to stop airing Republic Bharat channel immediately.
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News Reports

Central Government appoints Expert Committee to make an overall assessment in relation to waiver of interest on loans

OpIndia Staff -
The Expert Committee will be looking into matters including waiver of interest and waiver of interest on interest.
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Social Media

From Farhan Akhtar’s girlfriend to Rohini Singh: How ‘feminists’ attacked actor Ankita Lokhande for questioning Rhea Chakraborty

OpIndia Staff -
Questions directed at Rhea by Ankita Lokhande unnerved the pseudo-feminists who dubbed her the "princess of patriarchy"
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News Reports

After doxxing a minor girl on Twitter, Alt News co-founder cries foul, demands Rs 50 lakh from NCPCR for ‘harassment and defamation’

OpIndia Staff -
Alt News co-founder Md Zubair to file defamation suit against NCPCR chief for filing complaint against him in child doxxing case
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News Reports

Attacks on Hindu temples in Andhra Pradash increased during JM Reddy’s regime: Pawan Kalyan after temple chariot burning

OpIndia Staff -
Pawan Kalyan along eith BJP leaders sat on a hunder strike today protesting against increased attack on Hindu temples in Andhra Pradesh
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News Reports

Beirut in fumes again, fire breaks out at Beirut port a month after devastating explosion in the city

OpIndia Staff -
Around a month ago massive explosion had taken place at Beirut port leaving hundreds of people dead.
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News Reports

‘Terrorist groups clicking pictures of my house’, Judge who pronounced death sentence to Jaipur serial blast convicts fears threat to his life

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In 2008, the Jaipur serial bomb blast had ripped through Rajasthan's capital city leaving 71 people dead and over 250 injured
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News Reports

‘We have been Congress supporters, but Amit Shah helped us’: Kangana’s mother Asha Ranaut speaks up after her daughter was hounded

OpIndia Staff -
Despite being Congress supporters, my daughter did not receives any support from them, said Kangana's mother Asha Ranaut
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News Reports

Fraudster withdraws Rs 6 lakh from Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust’s bank account using cloned cheques, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff -
Fraudster managed to withdraw Rs. 6 lakh using two bogus cheques from bank account of Ram Janmabhoomi rust
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News Reports

India Army strengthens its position along the Pangong Tso lake, occupies heights overlooking Chinese positions at finger 4

OpIndia Staff -
After southern bank, now Indian Army occupies heights on the northern bank of Pangong Tso lake, consolidates its position
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News Reports

Serum Institute halts trials of Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in India after DCGI notice

OpIndia Staff -
DCGI had asked Serum Institute why it had not informed them about AstraZeneca halting its trials in other countries.
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News Reports

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad points out how judiciary’s independence was compromised by the ‘ecosystem’ decades earlier

OpIndia Staff -
Ravi Shankar Prasad launched a scathing attack on the recent trend of the opposition of launching vicious attacks on the judiciary
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News Reports

Read Sudarshan TV’s statement as Ministry of I and B allows the broadcast of channel’s programme on ‘UPSC jihad’

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi High Court had earlier passed an order to stay the broadcast of the programme.
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News Reports

Contempt of Court proceeding sought against India Today employee Rajdeep Sardesai. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The plea which sought contempt action against Rajdeep Sardesai for making comments against country's judiciary stated that Rajdeep Sardesai's tweets showed that these were "not only a cheap stunt of publicity among people but a deliberate attempt to spread hatred in form of Anti India campaign."
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News Reports

Sandalwood drug case: Serving and retired senior police officers were in touch with accused, says report

OpIndia Staff -
Deccan Herald has stated citing sources in CCB that a retired IPS officer was in contact with Kannada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani until a day before her arrest on Tuesday.
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Crime

After NCPCR takes cognisance of OpIndia report, kidnapped minor Hindu girl rescued, accused Sabir arrested in Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
A day after our report, NCPCR chief had informed that the commission would moniter the case.
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News Reports

Twitter sends notice to Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer saying that his tweet violated laws of Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter informs Jihad Watch director that one of his tweets posted in 2018 has violated laws of Pakistan, and issued a notice to him
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News Reports

Delhi High Court asks Arnab Goswami to exercise restraint in reporting on Sunanda Pushkar death case, says media cannot run a parallel trial

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi High Court asks Arnab Goswami to exercise restraint in Sunanda Pushkar case untill court disposes Shashi Tharoor's please
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News Reports

Kejriwal takes on Goa: Spends lakhs in COVID-19 advertising and ‘opinion surveys’ in Goa amid rising coronavirus cases in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
The Aam Aadmi Party campaign in Goa comes at a time when coronavirus cases in Delhi has seen a rise, leading to speculations that the national capital was expecting a second wave of the pandemic.
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News Reports

‘Brave’ comedians who crawled in front of Shiv Sena mock Kangana Ranaut for refusing to bow to threats

OpIndia Staff -
Agrima Joshua who had posted an apology video in fear of Shiv Sena, has tried to mock Kangana Ranaut.
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News Reports

Noida: Afzal, Gulzar and Sharafat threaten to kill Swaraj Singh after brutally beating him up for playing loudspeaker in temple

OpIndia Staff -
The accused including Afzal, Gulzar and Sharafat threatened to kill the victim if he played loudspeaker in the temple again.
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News Reports

Rafale fighter jets formally inducted in Indian Air Force at Ambala Air Base in the presence of French defence minister

OpIndia Staff -
Defence minister Rajnath Singh formally hands over the Rafale fighter jets to Indian Air Force at Ambala Air Base
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News Reports

Ottawa-based think tank’s report on Khalistan extremism says Pakistan’s ‘geopolitical project’ is now a top terrorist threat to India and Canada

OpIndia Staff -
Prominent Canadian think tank Macdonald-Laurier Institute's report says Khalistan 'movement' is a geopolitical project developed and nurtured by Pakistan.
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News Reports

Police complaint filed against Kangana Ranaut for ‘offensive’ remarks against Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana vs Shiv Sena battle intensifies as a police complaint is registered against her in Vikhroli police station
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OpIndia Explains

If Congress had come back to power, delimitation of seats with Muslim population would have been a reality, thanks to Zakat Foundation: Details

OpIndia Staff -
When Congress was in power in 2013, the Zakat Foundation had met the then PM, Manmohan Singh and demanded that seats where Muslims form a large population be 'delimited'
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News Reports

BMC issues notice to fashion designer Manish Malhotra over illegal construction, gives seven days time to respond

OpIndia Staff -
After demolishing Kangana Ranaut's office, BMC issues notice to Manish Malhotra for his house located in the same area
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Opinions

Nazism in Kashmir? How a liberal dehumanizes “Bihari beggars”

Abhishek Banerjee -
Twitter handle belonging to one Khaleel Tickoo, who claims to be an accountant and passionate human rights advocate, was found dehumanising Indians
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News Reports

Indian economy shows signs of recovery as exports go up by 13% in the first week of September

OpIndia Staff -
With the reopening of the economy in the country, Indian export to China was highest during the first week of September
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News Reports

Traditional Sarva Dharma Puja performed to mark the formal induction of the first five Rafale fighter jets into the Indian Air Force

OpIndia Staff -
The IAF has formally inducted the first 5 Rafale jets as a part of the 'Golden Arrows' squadron at Ambala.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Pro-Congress, AAP trolls spread fake news that Kangana Ranaut will campaign for BJP in Bihar elections

OpIndia Staff -
Multiple social media handles shared a screenshot with ABP News logo which claimed that Kangana Ranaut will campaign for the BJP in upcoming state assembly elections.
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News Reports

Retired SC judge Markandey Katju to depose in favour of Nirav Modi in UK court, says he is being made a ‘scapegoat’ by BJP...

OpIndia Staff -
Katju has stated that the Indian judiciary is subservient to the BJP government and the government wants to make Nirav Modi a 'scapegoat' to hide their own failures.
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News Reports

Kejriwal breaks yet another promise: 17 Delhi Police cops lost their lives in coronavirus duty, no compensation received as promised

OpIndia Staff -
In April this year, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced Rs 1 crore compensation to those coronavirus warriors who lost their lives in line of duty while fighting COVID-19.
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News Reports

Media reports of villages in Arunachal Pradesh near China border being vacated are false, says Defence Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
Some media portals had claimed that people living in villages near the Tibet border in Arunachal's Tawang area have been fleeing amidst the LAC tension with China.
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News Reports

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal fact-checks Subramanian Swamy on JEE aspirants issue

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier on Wednesday, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Twitter had claimed that only 8 lakh out of the 18 lakh who had downloaded the JEE admit card actually appeared for the exam.
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News Reports

#HappyBirthdayCharsiAnurag trends on Twitter. Read why

OpIndia Staff -
#HappyBirthdayCharsiAnurag was trending on Twitter from Wednesday night through Thursday morning when it became one of the top trends.
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Crime

Mumbai: 12th pass Alfaz Jamani arrested for stalking, blackmailing and child pornography using Instagram photos of minor girls

OpIndia Staff -
20-year-old Alfaz Jamani arrested by Mumbai Police cyber cell for child pornography and blackmail of minor girls through their Instagram accounts.
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