Archives of OpIndia

News Reports

“How could you embarrass an embarrassment?”: Union Minister Smriti Irani on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Gandhi said Rahul Gandhi does not evoke an iota of respect since he has never had any productive job in 50 years of his life
Read more
News Reports

Lava International to shift mobile phone manufacturing, R&D from China to India, to invest ₹800 crores in next 5 years

OpIndia Staff -
Lava International has announced that it will shift its Design, Manufacturing, and R & D hub from China to India in next 6 months
Read more
News Reports

Mahants of Kashi Vishvanath Mandir bans entry of Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan after he asked govt to appropriate all gold from Hindu temples

OpIndia Staff -
Mahant of Jyotirlinga Kashi Vishvanath temple has decided to ban Prithviraj Chavan and his family from entering the temple
Read more
News Reports

Coronavirus: 20 people repatriated from Dubai to Mangaluru on special flight on Tuesday test positive for COVID-19

OpIndia Staff -
Before boarding the flight from Dubai to Mangaluru, all of the 168 passengers were tested through rapid sampling but all came negative
Read more
News Reports

From sexual harassment to pushing fake currencies into India to stealing wallets, Pakistani diplomats abroad embarrass Islamabad

OpIndia Staff -
While the reputation of Pakistan is degrading around the globe due to its alleged links with terror activities, the diplomats of the Islamic nation seem to be contributing to worsening the country's global image.
Read more
News Reports

Pakistani Doctor on H1B visa who wanted to carry ‘lone wolf’ terror attacks in the USA indicted by grand jury on charges of providing...

OpIndia Staff -
Muhammad Masood was formally accused by US grand jury on charges of attempting to provide material support to ISIS
Read more
News Reports

Hindu couple forcibly converted to Islam in Sindh region of Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, a Hindu couple was forcibly converted to Islam at a mosque in the city of Nawabshah in the Sindh district of Pakistan.
Read more
Economy and Finance

Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan: Fourth tranche of economic package focuses on 8 sectors including coal, aviation and defence

OpIndia Staff -
FM Sitharaman while announcing the fourth tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore package said that by building a self-reliant India, the country needs to prepare for global competition.
Read more
Opinions

Niṇyāvacāṁsi: Essence of the Vedas; which not just describe Satya, but themselves are Satya – the Absolute Truth

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
The Rig Veda and other Vedas speak of the knowledge of self-realisation and unity consciousness in Brahman
Read more
News Reports

Delhi: Coconut seller Shahrukh hurls casteist abuses, thrashes up MCD worker Dharampal, family demands justice

OpIndia Staff -
MCD worker Dharampal had simply asked Shahrukh, a coconut seller, to not litter his waste on road, which provoked the latter to unleash his rage against the MCD worker
Read more
Politics

May 16: The hardworking Dr. Raghuram Rajan and the story of a gold import circular

Abhishek Banerjee -
Except for the very young, most Indians would remember May 16 as the day the results of the 2014 General Election were announced.
Read more
News Reports

US government to sue tech-giant Google for monopolising online ads

OpIndia Staff -
The Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Alphabet-owned Google
Read more
News Reports

After donating Rs 10 crores to Haryana Corona Relief Fund, Mata Mansa Devi temple in Panchkula preparing over 2000 food packets daily for the...

OpIndia Staff -
Mata Mansa Devi temple in Panchkula is preparing over 2000 food packets daily for the needy amid Lockdown
Read more
News Reports

Congress shares a picture of Rajguru to commemorate the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Sukhdev

OpIndia Staff -
The official Twitter handle of Punjab Congress shared freedom fighter Rajguru while paying tributes to Sukhdev on his birth anniversary
Read more
News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Security forces recover remote-controlled IEDs placed by Maoists for the first time

OpIndia Staff -
Remote-controlled IEDs connected to an antenna planted by Maoists recovered by security forces in Chhattisgarh
Read more
Social Media

Union Minister and Amethi MP Smriti Irani’s befitting reply to Congress IT cell member who mocked her wins the Internet

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani, while calmly responding to Gaurav Pandhi, took a shot against Gandhi-scion Rahul Gandhi, who lost humiliatingly to Smriti Irani in Amethi constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Read more
News Reports

Plagiarism row: Social Media users expose Loksatta editor Girish Kuber for passing off a blog post by UK based economist as his editorial

OpIndia Staff -
Loksatta editor Girish Kuber copied UK PhD expert Andrew Lilico's blog post titled "A sense of proportion" and reproduced it in his Marathi editorial piece- 'Covidscope'
Read more
News Reports

Data leak from Chinese military-run university suggests that coronavirus cases in China could be more than 640,000

OpIndia Staff -
A database leaked from military run National University of Defence Technology in China suggested the country could have 640,000 Coronavirus cases
Read more
News Reports

Ahead of Ramzan Eid, lockdown and social distancing norms go for a toss in Mumbai’s Shivaji Nagar, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya demands deployment of...

OpIndia Staff -
Somaiya demanded deployment of Indian Army in areas like Shivaji Nagar which are one of the worst hits with coronavirus in Mumbai.
Read more
News Reports

West Bengal: Deceased Coronavirus patient cremated without informing family members kept in quarantine, informed after 4 days

OpIndia Staff -
Family of of a deceased Coronavirus patient in West Bengal says the hospital cremated the body without informing them about the death
Read more
News Reports

Under fire for selling discriminatory ‘halal only’ meat, online grocery store Big Basket makes jhatka meat available for sale

OpIndia Staff -
Days after Big Basket stoked controversy by admitting that it sells 'Halal only' meat to its customers, the online grocery store has now made jhatka meat products available for purchase.
Read more
News Reports

Indore: Video of a 6-year-old child shouting slogans to kill PM Modi goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
6-year-old child shouts slogans to kill PM Modi after Coronavirus positive family member discharged from hospital, family encourage the kid
Read more
News Reports

Union Minister VK Singh slams Shekhar ‘Coupta’ for suggesting to plant fake news against Modi government, calls him sold out

OpIndia Staff -
Taking a note against the misinformation war by the Congress ecosystem against the ruling BJP, senior party leader and Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways - Retd General VK Singh on Friday lambasted 'journalist' Shekhar Gupta for his endorsement of fake news campaign to target the Modi government.
Read more
News Reports

24 migrants die in road accident in Uttar Pradesh, CM Yogi Adityanath seeks immediate report

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath has directed all injured migrants to be provided immediate medical attention after an accident that killed 24 and injured 22
Read more
Media

Deccan Chronicle quietly removes the ‘Bhakts’ jibe from its report on Indian Army’s Tour of Duty proposal for civilians

OpIndia Staff -
Deccan Chronicle, on Thursday, ran a story on Indian Army's proposal of allowing civilians join the Armed Forces for three years needlessly dragging the 'bhatks' jibe in it.
Read more
News Reports

Trump administration moves to cut Huawei off from global chip suppliers, bars it and its suppliers from using American equipment and technologies

OpIndia Staff -
The US administration on Friday decided to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei from major global chipmakers
Read more
News Reports

Gujarat: Migrant workers bow down to their ‘Karmabhoomi’ before leaving for their hometown on Shramik Express, promise to return back

OpIndia Staff -
An elated Krishnavati reiterated, "Gujarat has given us everything. We will be back."
Read more
News Reports

United States stands with India, US President Donald Trump announces that America will donate ventilators to India and together ‘beat the invisible enemy’

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump also said that the US will cooperate with India for developing the vaccine to fight the invisible enemy
Read more
Media

NDTV reporter asks ‘migrant worker’ to pose and walk again while crossing river Yamuna. Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
The fact that the 'migrant worker' was asked to pose and walk again was spotted by alert netizens who questioned the authenticity of the clip.
Read more
News Reports

Defence Minister Rajnath warns about non-traditional threats in the sea, commissions three new coast guard vessels

OpIndia Staff -
Defence minister Rajnath Singh said that all the agencies related to maritime security must work mutual coordination.
Read more
Media

FIR No. 59: Delhi Police slams The Wire for ‘dull-witted’ fake news report, says journalist was in a ‘frenzy’ to allege ‘bias and discrimination’

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police has slammed The Wire for a report where the far-left propagandists had accused the Police and the Judiciary of bigotry against the Muslim community.
Read more
News Reports

General Secretary of Congress student wing NSUI makes Hinduphobic remarks on Facebook, deactivates account on being called out

OpIndia Staff -
Shokit Ali Shaheen, General Secretary of NSUI posted derogatory comments about Hindus on his Facebook page
Read more
News Reports

Hooghly violence: 125 people arrested and explosives recovered, prohibitory orders revoked

OpIndia Staff -
Communal clashes ensued in West Bengal's Hooghly district after Muslims in the locality allegedly refused to follow coronavirus lockdown orders
Read more
News Reports

Visakhapatnam espionage case: NIA arrests key conspirator Mohammed Haroon in Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
On December 30, 2019, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had taken over the Visakhapatnam espionage case
Read more
News Reports

US President Donald Trump threatens to cut ties with China, says he has lost interest in speaking to Xi Jinping

OpIndia Staff -
US President Donald Trump said he was very disappointed with China's failure to contain the Wuhan Coronavirus.
Read more
Government and Policy

Myanmar hands over 22 militants to India after being persuaded by NSA Ajit Doval, reflecting deepening ties between the two countries

OpIndia Staff -
The decision of the Myanmar Government to hand over insurgents is the result of enhanced defence and intelligence co-operation.
Read more
News Reports

Meerut: Massive lockdown violation in Coronavirus hotspot Jali Kothi, five including Yusuf Badshah arrested

OpIndia Staff -
13 individuals have tested positive for Coronavirus thus far in Jali Kothi, Meerut and the area has been declared a hotspot.
Read more
News Reports

World Bank praises Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan announced by PM Modi in the fight against Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
World Bank's India Director Junaid Ahmad appreciated India's efforts in providing social assistance to poor and vulnerable
Read more
News Reports

Coronavirus lockdown: When flights resume, airlines may mandate the usage of full PPEs, including face shields for cabin crew members, say reports

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, it will be mandatory for each crew member of Indigo to wear a surgical mask, gloves, face shields along with a gown or a bodysuit. Vistara is planning to have its cabin crew wear a lap gown, face mask and face shield.
Read more
News Reports

UP government to monitor people buying cold, cough and fever medicines, asks medical stores to collect information of buyers and send to govt

OpIndia Staff -
Medical stores will have keep details of people buying fever, cough and cold medicines and send to the health department on daily basis
Read more
News Reports

As she left hospital after treating Coronavirus patients, a pregnant nurse was raped by an illegal migrant in Italy: Her 45-minute horror

OpIndia Staff -
The illegal migrant continued to assault the Italian nurse for almost 45 minutes until a bus arrived and the driver noticed and screamed
Read more
News Reports

145 Shramik Special Trains moved 2.10 lakh people to their native places in one day: Indian Railways

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, 145 Shramik trains were operated by Indian Railways and nearly 2.10 lakh passengers were ferried home
Read more
Social Media

Did Munnawar Rana steal the lines of his famous poem ‘Maa’ from a couplet by poet Alok Srivastava? All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, Munawwar Rana's controversial tweet alluding Hindus as animals had kicked up a storm in the social media.
Read more
News Reports

Shekhar Gupta’s The Print urges opposition parties to spread fake news to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi

OpIndia Staff -
An article on The Print argues that liberals should spread fake news in their war on Prime Minister Modi.
Read more
News Reports

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces third tranche of economic revival package focussing on agriculture, major reforms announced

OpIndia Staff -
Finance minister announced 11 measures for agriculture, 8 on strengthening infrastructure, the rest 3 on governance and administrative reforms.
Read more
Law

Allahabad High Court rules that reciting Azaan over loudspeaker not necessary part of Islam: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
The Court observed that use of loudspeakers for Azaan is subject to public order, health and morality.
Read more
News Reports

Supreme Court judge, family put under quarantine after cook tested positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
As a preventive measure, the judge and his family have been advised to stay quarantined for the next 10 days. Reportedly, the family members had no contact with the cook for the last seven days.
Read more
News Reports

US Senate passes Uyghur Bill to sanction China amidst deteriorating diplomatic relations

OpIndia Staff -
As the diplomatic relation between Beijing and Washington sour, the US Senate has passed a legislation to sanction China for its inhuman and discriminatory treatment of its Uyghur minority population
Read more
News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Baba who dreamt about ‘1000 tons gold’ passes away, 4000 disciples booked for violating lockdown orders

OpIndia Staff -
Baba Shobhan Sarkar alias Suryabhan Tiwari had risen to fame during the UPA era when the Manmohan Singh-led government had started excavation in the area indicated by the baba, hoping for a massive gold reserve.
Read more
News Reports

Times They Are a-Changin’: INOX meltdown, drive-through strip clubs, PPE stores in airports and the way businesses adapt to the Age of Coronavirus

Editorial Desk -
The Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic will change the world as we know it.
Read more
1...1,0661,0671,068...1,516Page 1,067 of 1,516