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Radio Mirchi’s RJ Sayema laments over criticism against Bakra Eid, gets reminded of her own statements against Diwali

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Radio Mirchi's Sayema stated that Muslims are not being allowed to celebrate Bakra Eid 'peacefully'.
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News Reports

Watch: Chinese govt mouthpiece tweets video of ‘world’s largest’ amphibious aircraft with a mysterious helicopter appearing out of nowhere

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, Chinese Communist government's mouthpiece, People's Daily tweeting a video where it claimed that the world's largest amphibious aircraft was taking off at Shandong airport for a test flight.
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News Reports

Ahead of his questioning by Mumbai Police in Sushant Singh Rajput death case, Mahesh Bhatt posts cryptic tweet

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, Anil Deshmukh, Home Minister, Maharashtra, said that Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt would be summoned for questioning in connection to the investigation into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.
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News Reports

Nation pays tribute to the ‘People’s President’ Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on his 5th death anniversary

OpIndia Staff -
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam passed away at the age of 83 after having a cardiac arrest while giving a speech in the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong on 27th July 2015
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Media

Himachal man sold his cow to buy mobile for daughter’s education? Read how media manipulated report and mocked his poverty

OpIndia Staff -
The district administration of Kangra district found that the man had 7 animals and he sold his cow because he did not have a place to keep the animal in his cowshed during the monsoons
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News Reports

Indian government bans 47 Chinese apps operating as ‘clones’ of the earlier banned apps

OpIndia Staff -
The ban on 'clone' Chinese apps comes a month after Govt of India banned 59 apps including TikTok over security concerns.
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Fact-Check

Samrin Bano becomes Sakshi Sharma to cheat people and collect donations, Indore police debunk claims of ‘stray dog shelter home’ woman

OpIndia Staff -
Investigation has revealed that the woman in the viral video is a Muslim woman named Samrin Bano who has been operating under several false names to portray herself as a 'dog lover' and seek donations from people.
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News Reports

Bon Voyage: First batch of five Rafale jets leave for India. Watch video as they soar the sky

OpIndia Staff -
Rafale jets will take a short break in UAE before finally leaving for India.
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News Reports

“We believe Ram was our ancestor”, Muslim Ram Bhakts set to witness Bhoomi Pujan for grand Ram temple

OpIndia Staff -
Ahmed, who identifies himself as a 'devout Muslim' and has been to a pilgrimage to Mecca, is also of the belief that Lord Ram is 'Imam-e-Hind'.
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News Reports

India welcomes persecuted minorities from Afghanistan: First batch of 11 Hindus and Sikhs arrive in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, the first batch of the last remaining Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan landed in India. India is to grant them permanent residency and eventually citizenship.
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News Reports

Nantes cathedral fire: Rwandan refugee seeking asylum in France confesses to arson

OpIndia Staff -
Rwandan refugee arrested for deliberately starting the fire at France's Nantes cathedral.
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News Reports

Latest updates and important links about COVID-19 coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Live statistics and tracking of news related to COVID-19 coronavirus with focus on India.
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News Reports

‘No one gave me work in Bollywood after I won the Oscar’: Academy award winning sound designer Resul Pookutty reveals shallow world of glam...

OpIndia Staff -
Oscar award winning sound designer Resul Pookutty on Sunday night took to Twitter to reveal that the Hindi film industry shut down its doors for him after he won the award.
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News Reports

‘I was tortured, slut shamed on social media’: Tamil actress Vijayalakshmi attempts suicide, admitted to hospital in Chennai

OpIndia Staff -
Tamil actress Vijayalakshmi on Sunday evening attempted suicide after uploading a video on her Facebook page.
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News Reports

This is why the American editor of The Wire wants to silence IPS officer Nageswara Rao

OpIndia Staff -
Siddharth Varadarajan, has hit out at former interim-director of CBI M Nageswara Rao after the latter spoke out against what he calls "Project Abarahamosation of Hindu Civilisation".
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News Reports

“Muslims have raped at least 5 lakh Kaffirs in the UK in last 40 years,” says survivor of Pakistani grooming gangs- Read excruciating details

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The medical practitioner highlighted how the grooming gangs use 'scriptures' to justify rape after a young girl hits her period.
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News Reports

Police arrest Md Ismail gets for duping Coronavirus patients, media gives it a ‘Hindu spin’ by calling him ‘fake baba’

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Cyberabad police have arrested Mohammed Ismail, a 50-year-old godman, for claiming to treat Coronavirus patients
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News Reports

Out of the oven, into the frying pan: Even after quitting Congress, Priyanka Chaturvedi mimics Rahul Gandhi’s asininity, spreads fake news on Shramik trains

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Priyanka Chaturvedi confuses revenue with profit, wrongly claims Railways made profit from Shramik Special trains
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News Reports

Balasaheb’s legacy undone: ‘Secular’ Uddhav Thackeray says that Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan should be done via video conferencing

OpIndia Staff -
Uddhav Thackeray says Ram Bhakts cannot be stopped to attend Bhoomi Poojan, therefore it should be done via video conferencing
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News Reports

Even after Supreme Court delivered a unanimous judgement, Bloomberg calls Ram Janmabhoomi a ‘disputed site’

OpIndia Staff -
Bloomberg expressed its disappointment over Bhoomi Pujan at Ram Janmabhoomi site and referred to it as a 'disputed' site
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News Reports

From Shamshad trapping Priya impersonating a Hindu to killing her and her daughter: The complete story of the Meerut love jihad case

जयन्ती मिश्रा -
Priya's best friend Chanchal narrates the incidents that led to the brutal murder of the mother-daughter duo Priya and Kashish in love jihad
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Interviews

Afghan journalist and founder of Khaama Press talks about Talibanisation, ISI involvement in terror and evolving India-Afghanistan relations

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
This is an exclusive interview with a rising star of Afghanistan – Khushnood Nabizada, political expert, journalist and owner as well as founding editor of The Khaama Press News Agency, the largest online news service of Afghanistan.
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Opinions

Kargil Vijay Diwas: Congress treated Atal Bihari Vajpayee no better than they treat PM Modi

Abhishek Banerjee -
It is July 26, which is Kargil Vijay Diwas. Who is celebrating? The whole country for sure. But did you know that it wasn’t always like that?
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News Reports

‘For people like me, India was home and always will be’: Afghan Sikh who migrated to India in 1994 at the start of the...

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Sardar Iqbal Singh migrated to India from Afghanistan during the initial stages of the civil war. His daughter was around a year old when they came to India.
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News Reports

Left dominated Wikipedia displays bias against conservative voices yet again, ‘downgrades’ reliability of Fox News after ‘discussion’ by Wiki Editors

OpIndia Staff -
While most editors on Wikipedia said that regular news reports of Fox News are unbiased, admins downgraded its reliability
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News Reports

11 Afghan nationals granted 6-month visas to India, including abducted Nidan Singh and girl who was kidnapped to be converted to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
According to Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee President, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, the tickets and accommodation have reportedly been arranged for the 11 Afghan Nationals who are scheduled to reach Delhi via Kam Air flight under Vande Bharat Mission.
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Crime

“Kill as many Kaffirs as you can”: ISIS calls upon Muslims in India to annihilate ‘disbelievers’ by spreading Coronavirus and carrying weapons

OpIndia Staff -
Islamic State asks radical Islamists to spread Coronavirus to kill as many kaffirs as possible, praises Tablighi Jamaat for doing the same
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News Reports

Kerala: Travancore Devaswom Board appoints Arabic teachers in schools under it

OpIndia Staff -
CPI-M led Kerala government has now decided to employ Arabic teachers in schools managed by Travancore Devaswom Board
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News Reports

Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt to be summoned in connection with investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s death

OpIndia Staff -
Anil Deshmukh has declared that filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt will be summoned in the investigation into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.
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News Reports

Nazariya QFRG accuses OpIndia of ‘misrepresenting facts’ after indoctrinating and brainwashing children, OpIndia responds

K Bhattacharjee -
Nazariya QFRG has issued a statement on the reports by OpIndia wherein it accused us of inciting hatred.
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Fact-Check

No, controversial SP leader Azam Khan is not threatening Jal Samadhi if not invited to Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan: A fact check

OpIndia Staff -
Azam Khan who wants to attend Bhoomi Pujan for Ram Mandir is not the SP leader, but the president of Muslim Kar Sevak Manch
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News Reports

Jordan joins other Islamic nations to dissolve the radical organisation ‘Muslim Brotherhood’: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Jordan's top court dissolved the transnational Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood last week. Since 2014, the Jordanian authorities had considered it illegal, arguing its licence was not renewed under a 2014 law on political parties.
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Opinions

The Wire uses turncoat NCP worker to defame ABVP

Nivan -
The Wire on 22nd July published a piece by turn-coat NCP worker Jay Kholiya on the opinion section of its website, where he wrote about his reason for leaving ABVP
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Media

The Wire and Shashi Tharoor say Muslims have a greater claim on India than Hindus: Why this notion needs to be mocked and dismissed

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire columnist claims Muslims have greater claim to India than Hindus because they bury their dead, Shashi Tharoor agrees
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News Reports

NIA probe unearths terror funding link with Kerala Gold smuggling accused Rameez

OpIndia Staff -
Rameez, the mastermind of gold smuggling case, was first booked in 2014, at the tender age of 20, for smuggling 15kg gold through cargo
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Entertainment

Words from Quran cannot be used to describe a woman’s beauty: When AR Rahman was hounded by Islamic clerics

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The song 'Noor-un-Ala-Noor' composed by AR Rahman was called 'blasphemous' by Islamic clerics at the time, and it resulted in the movie being dropped completely
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Political History of India

While India fought Pakistan at the border in 1999, here are 6 ways in which Congress insulted Kargil victory and our war-heroes

OpIndia Staff -
While India fought Pakistan at the border during Kargil in 1999, it was also fighting an internal enemy - the Congress party headed by Sonia Gandhi
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News Reports

Coronavirus fight: Human trial of vaccine begins in 6 Indian cities, no major side effects yet

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Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech, is used for human trials in several Indian cities such as Delhi, Hyderabad, Patna, Kancheepuram, and Roht
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Entertainment

The Bollywood ‘gang’ gets to AR Rahman too: Read what he said about the industry hounding him and spreading rumours

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Music maestro and Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman has opened up about his experience about a vicious 'gang' that has been working tirelessly to ensure that he finds less work in Bollywood
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News Reports

Here are the 11 sacred places, including Jain temple and Gurudwara, the soil from which have been sent to Ayodhya for Bhoomi Pujan

OpIndia Staff -
The VHP, which spearheaded the Ram Mandir movement, has despatched water and soil collected from 11 sacred sites collected from Hindu and Jain temples, Sikh Gurudwaras to Ayodhya.
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News Reports

Complaint filed by neighbour against ABVP President over harassment charges withdrawn: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The student outfit, late at night, issued a statement saying the complainant, Balaji Vijayaraghavan, the woman's nephew, has withdrawn the complaint.
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Political History of India

Nehru helped PLA forces to rampage and decimate Tibet by supplying rice in 1950s: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Jawaharlal Nehru had supplied rice for PLA troops in Tibet when Chinese army was rampaging and decimating the Tibetan way of life
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh police register FIR after 40 cows die due to suffocation in Bilaspur

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, the Sarpanch put the cows inside the Bhawan for two days without informing or seeking permission from their owners.
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News Reports

PFI student leader in JNU Sajid Bin Sayed booked for anti-India, anti-Indian Army posts

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police has registered a case against PFI student leader in JNU Sajid Bin Sayed for promoting hatred against the Indian Army
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Crime

Nepal: Indian national Munna Mohammed throws acid at woman on the orders of Nepalese employer Mohammad Alam, both accused arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Munna Mohammad attacked the woman at the behest of his employer Mohammad Alam, who is a citizen of Nepal.
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Opinions

While BJP trying to strengthen the future of the party, Congress focuses on the family’s future

Pranjal Chaudhari -
While BJP is grooming next generation leaders, Congress is alienating young leaders to preserve the rule of the family
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News Reports

Azam Khan pledges to take jal-samadhi in Saryu river if not invited for Bhoomi Pujan ceremony of Ram Mandir

Jinit Jain -
Ram Mandir Nirman Muslim Kar Sevak Manch president Azam Khan says he will take jal samadhi if not invited Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan
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News Reports

Efforts underway to mainstream ‘Drag Queen Story Hours’ in India, ‘volunteers’ from classes 9 to 12 being trained to further gender identity politics

K Bhattacharjee -
Students at the Tagore International School were introduced to Drag Queen Story Hour to mainstream gender identity politics.
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News Reports

Srinagar: President of Anjuman-e-Islamia arrested for flouting social distancing norms and delivering provocative and seditious speech

OpIndia Staff -
Anjuman-e-Islamia president in Bhaderwah, Pervaiz Ahmed Sheikh booked under sedition and other charges for provocative speech
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News Reports

‘PM Modi demonetised notes overnight, he should bring Coronavirus vaccine overnight too if he has guts’: former Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav

OpIndia Staff -
Tej Pratap Yadav said that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is not making public appearences because he has tested positive for Coronavirus
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