Archives of OpIndia

News Reports

‘Hurt dignity of the high office’: Rashtrapati Bhavan slams “unacceptable” remarks by Sonia Gandhi, says President wasn’t tired at any point

ANI -
Earlier today, Sonia Gandhi, while interacting with the media outside the parliament, said the President looked tired.
Read more
News Reports

‘Elected representatives seeking to change party affiliation must resign and fight elections again’: Kerala HC

OpIndia Staff -
In a recent hearing, the Kerala HC noted that legislators who seek to change their political affiliation must resign and face people's mandate again.
Read more
News Reports

Sonia Gandhi calls President Murmu ‘poor thing’, BJP calls the remark elitist, anti-poor and anti-tribal

ANI -
"I and every BJP Karyakarta strongly condemns the usage of the phrase "poor thing" by Smt. Sonia Gandhi for Honourable President of India, Droupadi Murmu Ji. The deliberate usage of such words shows the elitist, anti-poor and anti-tribal nature of the Congress Party," JP Nadda, BJP President said in a post on X.
Read more
World

‘US invasion of Iraq was based on lies and fabrication, killed and displaced millions’: Tulsi Gabbard in her confirmation hearing. Here is how that...

Aditi -
Tulsi Gabbard criticised the US invasion of Iraq as a 'disastrous decision' which resulted in the death of American soldiers and the emergence of Jihadist groups.
Read more
News Reports

Salwan Momika wasn’t given 24×7 protection as Swedish Police doesn’t have enough resources, former police commissioner expresses concern over killing of Quran critic

OpIndia Staff -
Mårten Schultz, a legal commentator commented in the case that Sweden would become an unsafe place to stay if it appeared that alleged religious criticism led to Momika's death.
Read more
News Reports

Kinnar Akhara founder expels Mamta Kulkarni, also expels Mahamandaleshwar Laxminarayan Tripathi for inducting her without authorisation

OpIndia Staff -
Days after former Bollywood actor was inducted into Kinnar Akhara and anointed as a Mahamandaleshwar at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, she has been expelled from the Akhara
Read more
News Reports

Muslim Personal Law discriminatory, violates women rights: Read about ex-Muslim woman Safiya PM’s legal battle for secular inheritance law

Rukma Rathore -
Safiya PM, a Muslim woman from Kerala, petitioned the Supreme Court and requested that as she is not a believer, the Indian Succession Act should apply to her concerning the matters of inheritance, not the Muslim Personal Law
Read more
News Reports

Karnataka: Mubin kills college student for rejecting his marriage proposal, stabs her in the neck and slits throat

OpIndia Staff -
The victim was identified as 24-year-old Shifa, a resident of Lingasaguru.
Read more
News Reports

Pakistani origin Mohammed Zakriya arrested by NIA at Chennai airport for links with Pakistani terrorist organisation ‘Khalifa’

OpIndia Staff -
The Intelligence agencies suspect that Zakriya was heading the terrorist organisation's activities in India. The agencies suspect that his food business is a cover for his terror operations.
Read more
Culture and History

The Portuguese onslaught Part 2: When India’s Malabar coast went from peaceful spice trade to fierce naval battles, from Cochin to Kannur and more

Rukma Rathore -
The first Portuguese Viceroy of India, Francisco de Almeida also payed a key part in the historic "Battle of Diu."
Read more
News Reports

Uttarakhand UCC Rules Committee clarifies that certificate of religious leader not required for registration of live-in relationships

ANI -
Amid reports that a certificate from religious leaders is mandatory for registering live-in relationships under UCC in Uttarakhand, UCC Rules Committee has clarified that this requirement applies only to cases where marriage is legally prohibited
Read more
Economy and Finance

Economic Survey set to be presented in Parliament ahead of Budget Day: Read what it is, its importance, and history

ANI -
The wait for the Budget 2025 is over as the Narendra Modi-led NDA government is set to table the Economic Survey in the Parliament on Friday afternoon.
Read more
News Reports

China imposing its legal system in the USA through underground courts run by CCP linked nonprofit groups, claims investigative report

ANI -
China is reportedly imposing its legal system on American soil through a network of nonprofit organizations in the United States linked to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) intelligence agency
Read more
News Reports

UP: Education officer Babita Singh, accused of promoting love jihad and extorting money, removed from her post, inquiry underway

OpIndia Staff -
The complaint by the women teachers mentioned that Babita Singh is not only encouraging ‘Love jihad’ but also trying to spread communalism and casteism through her actions.
Read more
News Reports

Formulated in Vajpayee rule, implemented during Congress rule, but PM Modi finally used it to fight black money: ED gives details how PMLA strengthened...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
Under the PMLA implemented in 2005, the investigating agency ED has so far attached assets worth ₹ 1.45 lakh crore. In 2024 alone, the agency has attached assets worth more than ₹ 21 thousand crore.
Read more
News Reports

India’s Security Challenges, transfer of Islamic Radicals to Khalistan Movement, Internationalist Propaganda and Separatism

Parth Raman -
The first link between Jaish-e-Mohammed and Khalistanis can be with the threat towards the Sanatan religious places
Read more
News Reports

Syria: De-facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa appointed president to lead the country during its transition period

ANI -
Syria has entered a transitional phase with its de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, appointed as President
Read more
News Reports

Despite being targeted by Hindenberg, Indian opposition, and even the Biden administration, Adani Group companies achieve increased profit

OpIndia Staff -
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd. on Thursday (30th January) announced a growth of 32 per cent in its net profits during the first three quarters of the financial year 2024-25
Read more
News Reports

ECI asks Arvind Kejriwal questions over his “Haryana poisoning Yamuna” claim, Kejriwal attacks Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in response

OpIndia Staff -
The ECI asked the AAP Chief to provide factual evidence with specific and pointed responses to type, quantity, nature, manner of poisoning of Yamuna and details of engineers, location and methodology of detecting the poison by Delhi Jal Board engineers
Read more
News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Imran places foot on Shivling, shoots video for Instagram in Ratlam; arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu organizations told the police that the accused had deliberately insulted the Hindu God and was last located near the Polyground. The complainant said that the accused shot the video on the same location and uploaded it from his ID named 'Sukkha Maharaj'.
Read more
News Reports

Delhi riots accused Sharjeel Imam moves Delhi HC against movie “2020 Delhi” based on the violence, court issues notice

ANI -
Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on two petitions seeking direction to postpone the release of "2020 Delhi," a film based on the 2020 North-East Delhi riots
Read more
OpIndia Explains

Mahakumbh stampede: UP govt cancels all VVIP passes, while Opposition attacks Yogi govt for ‘mismanagement’, what caused the tragedy and how VIP movement affected...

Shraddha Pandey -
Nearly a week before the stampede on Mauni Amavasya, the Uttar Pradesh government had declared that the Mahakumbh area in Prayagraj would be a no-vehicle and no VIP zone from 27th to 30th January.
Read more
News Reports

Rajasthan HC directs State and Central authorities to set up competent authority for registration of live-in relationships

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre and the State legislatures to formulate a procedure for the registration of live-in relationships
Read more
News Reports

No survivors found yet after American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter collide near Reagan Airport in Washington DC

ANI -
A large-scale search operation is underway after a tragic mid-air collision between a American Airlines plane and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, DC On Wednesday night
Read more
News Reports

Trump halts US foreign aid, sends shockwaves to NGOs and ‘media’ organizations who were working on fuelling conflicts

OpIndia Staff -
US government led by Donald Trump decided to hold on to the 'America first' policy and freeze foreign funding assistance under several USAID projects
Read more
News Reports

Meta to pay Donald Trump $25 million to settle lawsuit over suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts

OpIndia Staff -
Meta has agreed to pay President Donald Trump $25 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit alleging First Amendment violations and other claims for suspending his Facebook and Instagram accounts
Read more
World

Echoing US Vice President JD Vance, British MP Suella Braverman says UK could become an ‘Islamist nation with nuclear weapons’

OpIndia Staff -
Agreeing, with the statement of the US Vice President JD Vance made last year, Braverman said that the UK could become an Islamist nation with nuclear weapons.
Read more
News Reports

West Bengal: College professor faces inquiry for performing marriage rituals with a student, calls the wedding ‘part of a project’

OpIndia Staff -
The professor defended herself claiming that the marriage ritual was part of a purely academic exercise and was recorded for internal documentation.
Read more
Culture and History

The Portuguese onslaught Part 1: How Vasco da Gama’s ‘discovery’ of India brought years of bloodshed, murders and violence to our shores

Rukma Rathore -
King Manuel of Portuguese wanted to find a direct sea route to India to bypass Arab and Venetian merchants.
Read more
News Reports

Chhattisgarh: 29 Naxals, including seven women surrender before Narayanpur SP

ANI -
Earlier, security forces took control of a Maoist training camp in the core area of PLGA Battalion No. 01 in the dense forests of Bhattiguda, Bijapur district. The camp was left abandoned by the Maoists, who fled during the army's search operation.
Read more
News Reports

Cabinet Committee on Security clears ₹10,000-crore Pinaka rocket project for Army, Solar Industries & Munitions India to manufacture

ANI -
The Cabinet Committee on Security cleared the project to buy over Rs 10,000 crore worth of ammunition for the Indian Army's Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher systems.
Read more
News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal spreads fake news to reiterate his ‘Poisoned Yamuna’ allegation, posts doctored video of Haryana CM drinking Yamuna water

Raju Das -
Arvind Kejriwal falsely claimed that Saini pretended to drink water, and then spat the wated back into Yamuna
Read more
Opinions

India’s big immigration problem: From Rohingyas to Bangladeshis, the challenges entailing the deportation of lakhs of illegal immigrants

Shraddha Pandey -
Despite international scrutiny, pressure from politicians practicing Muslim appeasement and media, the Modi government is detecting, detaining, and deporting illegal immigrants.
Read more
News Reports

Maharashtra: Minister Nitesh Rane demands ban on burqa in 10th and 12th board exams, writes to state Education Minister

ANI -
Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane wrote a letter to state Education Minister Dada Bhuse requesting a ban on wearing burqas at examination centres for the 10th and 12th board exams
Read more
News Reports

Gujarat: Two brothers brutally kill man for having an affair with their mother, take out his intestines

OpIndia Staff -
The two brothers were opposed to the victim's relationship with their mother, which they considered as a dishonour of their late father's memory.
Read more
News Reports

Haryana govt to file FIR against Arvind Kejriwal over allegation that BJP is mixing poison in Yamuna waters, EC asks for evidence

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal accused the BJP government in Haryana of playing dirty politics by mixing poison in Yamuna water, draws analogy with US nuclear attack on Japan.
Read more
News Reports

Gautam Adani expresses grief over Maha Kumbh stampede, promises all possible help to victims

ANI -
"All the members of the Adani family present at the Maha Kumbh and the entire Adani Group, in collaboration with the fair administration and the state government, are committed to provide all possible assistance to the affected families," he added.
Read more
News Reports

Delhi riots conspiracy accused and AIMIM candidate Shifa Ur Rahman granted custody parole to campaign in assembly election

ANI -
Shifa Ur Rahman, an accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, was granted custody parole by the Karkardooma Court to campaign for the Delhi Assembly election.
Read more
News Reports

Aligarh: Violence erupts over illegal installation of Dr BR Ambedkar’s statue on govt land; mob pelt stones at police, burn vehicles

OpIndia Staff -
On Tuesday, 28th January, massive violence erupted in Bheempur in the city of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh over the installation of Dr BR Ambedkar's statue on government land
Read more
News Reports

Husband deemed to be the child’s father even if it was born out of wife’s adultery: Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
The SC ruled that if a man and woman are married and had access to each other, the husband is legally considered the father of any child born to the wife, even if she alleges the child was conceived through an extramarital affair.
Read more
World

US rapper weighing 220 kgs sues ride-hailing app Lyft after driver tells her she wouldn’t fit into his car

OpIndia Staff -
Danjua Blanding sued the cab company despite the driver assuring her a refund on her ride. She accused the driver of discriminating against her. She said it hurt her feelings.
Read more
Opinions

As Tahir Hussain gloats about the large Muslim crowd gathered to support him, the Muslim community of India should be ashamed

Nupur J Sharma -
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted custody parole to Delhi riots accused Tahir Hussain to campaign for upcoming assembly polls.
Read more
News Reports

Trump administraion stops $50 million US aid for condoms in Gaza strip, calls it “a preposterous waste of taxpayer money”

OpIndia Staff -
The Trump administration's recent decision to suspend all US foreign aid also involved the suspension of the outflow of $50 million of the US taxpayers' money being used for funding condoms in Gaza
Read more
News Reports

‘Violation of Article 14’: SC declares domicile-based reservations in PG medical seats unconstitutional

OpIndia Staff -
The bench stated that providing admissions based on residence-baed reservations would violate the constitutional guarantee of equality and hence, it can't be allowed.
Read more
News Reports

There was no stampede, it was just overcrowding causing some injuries, everything will be carried out traditionally: Mahakumbh DIG

ANI -
Mahakumbh DIG Vaibhav Krishna said that Amrit Snan is about to begin and police and administration will assist all the akharas in completing their traditional processions.
Read more
News Reports

Inside ISIS’s digital playbook: How the terror organisation has been giving step-by step guidance for new breed of Islamic Jihadis online

Anurag -
The author explained how every activity on the internet leaves a trace, which can be used in the future against the person who published it. Furthermore, the article stated that posting on social media, using search engines, or even clicking on certain links accumulates digital footprints, which can expose an individual’s identity, location, and activities.
Read more
News Reports

Maha Kumbh: Saints begin processions as normalcy returns after stampede-like situation, 10 crore devotees expected during the day

ANI -
After a brief halt due to large crowds, saints began their procession as they headed to Triveni Sangam for the second Amrit Snan of MahaKumbh 2025 on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya on Wednesday.
Read more
News Reports

UP: Missionary couple lures poor Hindus to Christianity using money and woman to marry, arrested with help of Hindu groups in Fatehpur

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday, 26th January arrested an Odisha-based missionary couple for attempting to convert Hindus to Christianity.
Read more
News Reports

Naga, Kuki organisations oppose border fencing along Indo-Myanmar border and the suspension of the Free Movement Regime: Read what they want

OpIndia Staff -
The Meitei community in Manipur welcomed the Centre's decision to set up fence along the Indo-Myanmar border citing the problem of infiltration and cross-border narco-terrorism from Myanmar.
Read more
News Reports

Modi govt revokes non-profit status of Soros-funded group of ‘journalists’, which peddled fake news about India’s poverty index: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
"The tax authorities have cancelled our non-profit status, claiming journalism does not serve any public purpose and therefore cannot be carried out as a non-profit exercise in India," Reporters' Collective alleged.
Read more
1...103104105...1,520Page 104 of 1,520