Archives of OpIndia

News Reports

Hong Kong: Pro-democracy media leader Jimmy Lai arrested under China’s new ‘national security law’, may face a long prison sentence

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, Jimmy Lai may face a prison sentence from 10 years up to life, if found guilty of 'collusion with foreign forces' by the Chinese Communist regime.
Read more
Media

Times of India publishes response by Police to their article on Delhi Riots as ‘letter to editor’: How TOI is deceiving its readers

Editorial Desk -
It was only a few days ago when Delhi Police had written a scathing response to an editorial published by the Times of India that questioned the Delhi Police over its handling of the Delhi Riots.
Read more
News Reports

Lawyer’ Mehmood Pracha, the cover-page boy of pro-ISIS magazine, wants to start anti-CAA-NRC protests from August 15

OpIndia Staff -
Mehmood Pracha had earlier appeared on the cover of a pro-ISIS publication that had asked Indian Muslims to reject nationalism and join the caliphate
Read more
Media

Rahul Gandhi loses even in Twitter poll by India Today

OpIndia Staff -
Amusingly, India Today's other poll also binned Rahul Gandhi and his monologues which the media house tried to pass off as criticism.
Read more
News Reports

Bengal: Second accused Mabud Ali arrested in the suspected murder of BJP MLA Debendranath Roy, had borrowed Rs 1 crore

OpIndia Staff -
While the West Bengal police has ruled out 'foul play', the BJP unit of West Bengal has alleged that the Debendranath Roy was murdered.
Read more
News Reports

Nepal: KP Oli insists that Madi municipality is ‘Ayodhyapuri’, plans to build Mandir and do Bhoomi Pujan there

OpIndia Staff -
Nepal PM KP Oli is adamant on his claim that Madi municipality is the real 'Ayodhyapuri'. Lays out plan to build a temple and do Bhoomi Pujan.
Read more
News Reports

Delhi residents receive calls from unknown numbers trying to incite communal tension on Ram Mandir ahead of Independence Day, security tightened

OpIndia Staff -
It should be noted that Delhi's Khajuri Khas is the area which was amongst the worst affected in the anti-Hindu riots that broke out in February this year after the anti-CAA protests turned violent.
Read more
News Reports

A call from Ireland: Read how efforts of Delhi and Mumbai police prevented a potential suicide

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook Ireland, Delhi Police and Mumbai Police worked together to save a suicidal man.
Read more
News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: PFI and other Islamist organisation under scanner ahead of Independence Day celebrations in wake of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan

OpIndia Staff -
Security has been increased across India, especially in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Independence Day, keeping in mind the threat perception just days after the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan.
Read more
News Reports

Chhattisgarh: 100 kg cow dung collected for sale under Godhan Nyay Yojna stolen away

OpIndia Staff -
The Baghel government had launched the Godhan Nyay Yojna in July. It is aimed at enriching the rural economy.
Read more

Coronavirus recoveries in India cross 15 lakh mark

OpIndia Staff -
Total confirmed cases of coronavirus in India has crossed 22 lakh mark.
Read more

Sonia Gandhi to continue as Congress ‘interim’ President

OpIndia Staff -
Even as her tenure comes to an end, Sonia Gandhi will continue to be the interim President of Congress as the party has not yet elected a full-time party president.
Read more
News Reports

Rajasthan: Muslim auto driver was thrashed by drunk miscreants for tobacco and money, communal angle not confirmed by police

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim Auto driver in Rajasthan was thrashed for looting him, not for not chanting Jai Sri Ram as alleged, confirms police
Read more
News Reports

“Mumbai gave him prosperity, not Bihar”: Sanjay Raut attacks Sushant Singh Rajput’s family, throws mud on deceased actor’s father

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Raut said that Bihar govt should not have interfered in the matter of Sushant Singh Rajput as the actor was a Mumbaikar
Read more

Aamir Khan resumes filming of movie Laal Singh Chaddha in Turkey

OpIndia Staff -
Laal Singh Chaddha is the official Hindi remake of the 1994 film Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Read more
News Reports

Rhea Chakraborty leaks WhatsApp conversation to accuse that Sushant Singh Rajput considered his sister Priyanka as ‘pure evil’

OpIndia Staff -
Rhea Chakraborty tries to prove that Sushant Singh Rajput did not like his family, releases chat messages with him
Read more
Media

Mocking Dalit leaders Arjun Ram Meghwal, Ramdas Athawale shielding Tablighi Jamaat: How liberal media betrays its bigotry

K Bhattacharjee -
Arjun Ram Meghwal tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus and was subjected to mockery.
Read more
News Reports

Ahead of peace talks, Afghanistan assembly approves release of 400 Islamic terrorists of Taliban

OpIndia Staff -
Afghanistan assembly Loya Jirga approved release of 400 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture ahead of peace talks
Read more
News Reports

Reports claim Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager Disha Salian’s post-mortem report says she was found nude after her death, Mumbai police deny the reports

OpIndia Staff -
According to the post-mortem report of Disha Salian, her body was found nude, which was not revealed by the police so far
Read more
News Reports

After Pakistan threatens to split Saudi Arabia led OIC for not discussing Kashmir, Saudi govt decides not to renew oil supply pact with Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Saudi Arabia defers oil supply contact with Pakistan after Imran Khan Govt Threatens to Split OIC over Kashmir
Read more
News Reports

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain blames outsiders for rising cases of Coronavirus in the National Capital

OpIndia Staff -
However, since the number of Coronavirus cases is again on the rise in Delhi, Satyendra Jain chose to shift the blame on the outsiders instead of taking up the responsibility.
Read more
News Reports

Rapper Badshah confesses to having paid Rs 75 lakh for fake views and likes of his videos: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Rapper Badshah had paid Rs 75 lakh for additional views on one of his music videos, in a bid to break a viewership record in first 24 hours
Read more
Politics

Was Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh thrashed by Dalit Morcha of AAP, asks BJP leader Kapil Mishra

OpIndia Staff -
Kapil Mishra made the comment at a time when Sanjay Singh from the AAP has been leading a spirited effort to brand the BJP 'anti-Dalit'.
Read more

Rajasthan: 11 Pakistani Hindu refugees including five children die in Jodhpur

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani Hindu refugees who had come from Sindh province were found dead in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Read more
Political History of India

Kakori Train Robbery: On this day in 1925 one of the most landmark events of Indian independence movement took place

OpIndia Staff -
The Kakori Train Robbery also known as the Kakori conspiracy was an armed robbery which took place on August 9, 1925, on a train in central Uttar Pradesh and the subsequent court trial instituted by the government of British India against more than 20 Indian revolutionaries accused of involvement, directly or otherwise, in the crime.
Read more
News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Video of intoxicated man hanging son upside down and brutally beating him goes viral, case registered by Agra police

OpIndia Staff -
According to Superintendent of Police Ravi Kumar, the accused seen in the video was miffed with his eldest son
Read more
News Reports

“Delete the video or there will be negative consequences,” Chinese embassy threatens India based strategic affairs portal over a critical video on Xi Jinping

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese authorities were irked with the portrayal of Xi Jinping in a 'negative light' by Indian portal 'Strat News Global run by Nitin A Gokhale
Read more
Editor's picks

Maharashtra: Mount Carmel school teacher Sunita Joseph suspended for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
Catholic school teacher in Maharashtra suspended for sharing a Hindophobic message on the school's class 6 WhatsApp group
Read more

Amit Shah’s COVID19 test not yet conducted, say MHA officials

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday took to Twitter to announce that Home Minister has tested negative for coronavirus.
Read more

India Today Group shuts down Mail Today tabloid, several employees laid off

OpIndia Staff -
India Today group today announced that it is shutting down its Delhi-tabloid Mail Today.
Read more
News Reports

Sushant Singh Rajput’s brother-in-law gives a befitting reply to toxic journalism of Shekhar Gupta’s portal

OpIndia Staff -
Sushant Singh Rajput's brother-in-law Vishal Kirti on Sunday slammed Shekhar Gupta and his portal for toxic journalism.
Read more
News Reports

Atmanirbhar Bharat gets a push as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces import embargo on 101 weapon systems

OpIndia Staff -
The Defence Minister said that the decision to impose embargo 101 items will give a big boost to India’s self-reliant initiatives in the defence sector.
Read more
Politics

Congress party may face suspension or disqualification if it fails to elect a party president soon: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Even though there are no rules for ensuring mandatory compliance, the Election Commission can time-and-again take a call on the matter, if and when, it deems appropriate.
Read more

Andhra Pradesh: Fire breaks out at coronavirus facility in Vijaywada, seven dead

OpIndia Staff -
Seven died in fire at Covid facility in Vijaywada, probe ordered
Read more
News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Ahead of Independence Day, journalists receive mysterious calls demanding creation of ‘Urdustan’, FIR lodged

OpIndia Staff -
On Saturday, Lucknow-based journalists received calls from foreign countries informing them of protests against the Ram Mandir on Independence Day.
Read more

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi will represent Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra govt in Supreme Court in Sushant Singh Rajput case

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Rhea had hired Mumbai's top lawyer Satish Maneshinde. Maneshinde had represented Sanjay Dutt in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast case.
Read more

Rhea releases images of Sushant’s ‘properties’ she possesses, late actor’s ex-aide says she fired his entire staff

OpIndia Staff -
Rhea Chakraborty, late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's girlfriend, released images of the 'possessions' she has of Sushant after the Enforcement Directorate grilled her and her brother last week.
Read more
Politics

Udta AAP: After crushing defeat in 2017, AAP dissolves core committee, district units and all wings in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Member of Parliament Bhagwant Mann will continue to remain the president of AAP Punjab.
Read more
News Reports

Shiromani Akali Dal leaders to protest outside Sonia Gandhi’s house alleging involvement of Congress leaders in production & peddling of spurious liquor in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Akali Dal has alleged that Congress is involved in supply of spurious liquor that has resulted in more than 100 deaths in Punjab
Read more
News Reports

Punya Prasun Bajpai makes absurd comparison of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan’s viewership on TV with BJP’s vote in 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Punya Prasun Bajpai on Saturday took to Twitter to discredit the success of the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony by making illogical claims
Read more
News Reports

Ram Mandir will be able to withstand natural calamities for 1000 years, says Ram Janmabhoomi Trust member

OpIndia Staff -
Ram Mandir trust member Champat Rai stated that the pillars for the Ram Mandir will be as deep as bridges built on rivers
Read more
News Reports

Child Rights Commission takes cognisance of tweets by AltNews co-founder where he had doxxed a minor girl: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair had targeted a minor girl in his Twitter fight with a social media user
Read more
News Reports

Air India Express crash: Civil Aviation Safety Advisory Council had warned about ‘possible accident’ at Kozhikode airport in 2011 due to runway deficiencies

OpIndia Staff -
The tabletop runway at Kozhikode airport is unsafe for landing during rains due to steep drops around it and very less buffer zone
Read more
News Reports

RMP in collaboration with OpIndia launches #Tweet4Bharat, India’s first Twitter-Thread Competition: Win cash prizes and get published

OpIndia Staff -
Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP) launched India’s first twitter-thread competition called “#Tweet4Bharat” last week in collaboration with OpIndia.com
Read more
News Reports

‘Who are you to tell me what my ancestors fought for?’ Instagram blogger receives rape and death threats for celebratory post on Ram Mandir...

OpIndia Staff -
Instagram blogger wanderingkamya received rape and death threats for a celebratory post on Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan.
Read more
News Reports

Married Hindu woman abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married by her abductor in Pakistan: Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
Another incident of Hindu girl abducted by Muslims, forcefully converted to Islam and married by abductor in Pakistan comes to light
Read more
Political History of India

The ‘Revolutionary Poet’ and the ‘Great Scholar’: Behind the veils of the Dravidian Delusion

Suren -
One of the persistent pieces of given wisdom in Indian political discourse is that the Dravidian movement was a progressive one.
Read more
News Reports

Tension in UP village after Lord Shiva Idol found vandalised by unknown miscreants during Shravan Mela

OpIndia Staff -
An idol of Lord Shiva was found vandalised by unknown miscreants in a Shiva Mandir in Sheikhpura Kabiruddinpur village in UP
Read more
Opinions

The curious case of Laila Tyabji’s epic meltdown, the ‘personal saree shopper’ of Sonia Gandhi

Shefali Vaidya -
On the eve of #NationalHandloomDay on 7th August, founder of Dastkar and textiles Prima Donna Laila Tyabji chose to rant about this govt’s decision of scrapping of the Handloom Board
Read more
Media

Does Rajdeep Sardesai think that untimely death of Sushant Singh Rajput doesn’t deserve attention because he was not a “very big star”? Seems so

OpIndia Staff -
Calling the investigation into death of Sushant Singh Rajput a 'circus', Rajdeep Sardesai went on to claim that the issue has now turned out to be another feud between Mumbai Police and Bihar Police.
Read more
1...1,0151,0161,017...1,516Page 1,016 of 1,516