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Congress objects to solar park in Gujarat a day after British portal The Guardian says India’s Khavda energy park is problematic because ‘it is...

Sanghamitra -
Common sense dictates that a sophisticated energy plant that supplies power to millions of households and companies like Google will be protected from external threats and security challenges by a state-of-the-art security system, surveillance tech and personnel. For The Guardian and Congress to try and claim that the world's largest green energy project will be a 'security risk' is not juvenile, it is misleading and clearly intended to spread fear among the masses.
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News Reports

Prime Minister Modi set to meet Elon Musk, likely to discuss Starlink’s foray into India: What reports claim

ANI -
Elon Musk likely to hold a meeting with PM Modi and the Indian government expects these could include Starlink's plans
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News Reports

Trump signed proclamations to close existing loopholes to restore 25 pc tariff on steel, aluminium to put ‘American workers first’: White House

ANI -
US President Donald Trump restores the 25 per cent tariff on steel and raises the tariff on aluminium to 25 per cent
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News Reports

PM Modi meets US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard during his US visit, discusses various aspects of India-US friendship

ANI -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with US Director Of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard in Washington, DC on Wednesday (local time). PM Modi and Gabbard discussed various aspects of India-US friendship.
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News Reports

Udhav Sena left red-faced after alliance partner Sharad Pawar felicitates Eknath Shinde, BJP says acknowledgement of Shinde being superior to Thackeray

Jinit Jain -
Uddhav Sena was left fuming after alliance partner Sharad Pawar felicitated Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
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News Reports

Samay Raina deletes all videos of ‘India’s Got Latent’ from YouTube, reacts to the BeerBiceps controversy

ANI -
Comedian Samay Raina has finally broken his silence on the ongoing controversy surrounding his YouTube show, 'India's Got Latent'.
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News Reports

As USAID links to Left media get exposed, here’s how Asian College of Journalism—linked to Omidyar Network, Congress, and Alt News—is connected to US...

Suren -
Asian College Of Journalism is run by Media Development Foundation, which gets funds from Omidyar network through Luminate Group > Media Development Investment Fund > Asiaville
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News Reports

Gujarat: 15 Bangladeshi infiltrators involved in trafficking of minor girls and prostitution deported

OpIndia Staff -
15 Bangladeshi immigrants deported from Gujarat by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, 35 more to be deported by March
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Specials

L’affaire Savarkar: The great leap into cold waters at Marseilles, high-stakes drama at ICJ, and how his daring escape put India’s sovereignty under the...

Shraddha Pandey -
On 8th July 1910, when Veer Savarkar was being transported to India for trial aboard the British ship SS Morea, leapt through the porthole of the ship at Marseille port. Savarkar managed to escape even though a strict vigil was placed on him by the police and there were no portholes in the room he was kept in.
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News Reports

‘Ensure no discrimination in education’: Supreme Court seeks residential details of Rohingya refugees for school admissions

Jinit Jain -
In response to a PIL seeking govt benefits and school admissions for Rohingya refugees, the SC said education shall be provided to all children without discrimination.
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News Reports

Barabanki: Restaurant owner arrested in connection with forced conversion and circumcision of a minor Dalit Hindu boy

OpIndia Staff -
The boy’s father had reportedly performed a second marriage with a Muslim woman after the death of his first Hindu wife and the boy’s mother. The boy alleged that his father was killed by his step-mother for property.
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News Reports

Adani Group partners with Singapore’s ITEES, to establish a centre for advanced technical training for 25,000 learners at Mundra

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"Delighted to announce one of India’s largest Skill & Employ initiatives! In partnership with Singapore’s ITEES, the global leader in technical training, the Adani Group is launching the world’s largest finishing school in Mundra" Gautam Adani posted.
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News Reports

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Congress leader Sajjan Kumar convicted in murder case of father-son duo after 40 years

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This case is related to the killings of one Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh in Saraswati vihar area on November 1, 1984.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal is going to stage a coup against Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann by blaming him for various issues: BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa

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BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa alleged Arvind Kejriwal of attempting to stage a 'coup' against Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann
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News Reports

Gaurav Gogoi’s British wife has ISI links? Assam CM’s cryptic post sparks debate, the Congress MP’s NGO questioned over alleged FCRA violations

Raju Das -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launched an attack on Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, without naming him, on the issue of Gogoi’s wife retaining her British citizenship after their marriage in 2013
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News Reports

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint vilifies NCPCR to shield madrasas: Read how it rescued a missing Hindu boy converted to ‘Mohammed Umar’ from a UP madrasa

Amit Kelkar -
A recent article published in ThePrint sought to vilify Priyank Kanoongo and NCPCR for their efforts to protect children from radicalization in madrasas.
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News Reports

Broken parts of Somnath Shivling preserved by Agnihotri Brahmins for hundreds of years to be consecrated by Sri Sri Ravishankar

OpIndia Staff -
Spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will be performing the consecration of the fragmants of the Somnath Jyotirling. The broken pieces of the Jyotirlinga were being preserved by generations of Agnihotri Brahmins since its destruction. The pieces are still very active and behave like magnets as demonstrated by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
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News Reports

Australia: Viral video shows NSW health workers Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh threatening to kill Israeli patients, investigation ordered

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh can be seen telling Veifer that any Israeli patient coming to them will be killed. The male health worker in the video, after coming to know that Veifer was from Israel, first praised him for having beautiful eyes and then said that he would go to hell for being Israeli.
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News Reports

AI struggles to draw a man writing with his left hand. Netizens flood social media with responses after PM Modi pointed it out in...

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi drew attention to a major issue with generative AI models, they cant generate images where humans are writing with their left hand.
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News Reports

Plea moved in SC to provide food, jobs, education, healthcare to illegal Rohingyas: Read who Colin Gonsalves is and his links to Soros

Shraddha Pandey -
The Rohingya Human Rights Initiative and Colin Gonsalves want the Central and Delhi governments to treat Rohingya ‘refugees’ as Indian citizens without them really having Indian citizenship.
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News Reports

85% of the acquisitions by the Indian Army are now indigenous, a big step towards self-reliance: Army Chief Gen Dwivedi

ANI -
Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday announced that a whopping 85 per cent of the army's acquisitions are now indigenous, marking a significant milestone in the country's journey towards self-reliance in defense production.
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News Reports

‘Mrs’ review: Sanya Malhotra’s movie is a solid ‘Prime Number’ for asking some hard questions through a simple story

Siddhi Somani -
Richa's mother in law is a victim of the machine herself. But her light has dimmed and died long back. She no longer questions or objects but does her chores with a robotic perfection. Richa doesn't dislike her; she is terrified of becoming her because that is what everyone expects her to.
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News Reports

AICWA demands ban and legal action against ‘India’s Got Latent’ show after Ranveer Allahbadia’s crass comments

OpIndia Staff -
All Indian Cine Workers' Associations (AICWA) has written to the Union Home Minister and Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, demanding a ban on the YouTube show 'India's Got Latent'.
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Specials

How Jawaharlal Nehru aided the conversion of Hindus when he met USAID-funded World Vision’s founder & Evangelist Billy Graham, Indira continued his legacy

Nupur J Sharma -
USAID gave billions to World Vision to convert Hindus - it was actually Jawaharlal Nehru who unleashed the NGO
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News Reports

Punjab CM and AAP MLAs travel to Delhi after being summoned by Kejriwal: Is Bhagwant Mann Kejriwal’s puppet?

Shraddha Pandey -
Punjab government officials being removed and appointed alongside the cabinet reshuffle at the whims of the top leader of the ruling party in Delhi indicates that Punjab’s autonomy is more a decorative concept than a reality.
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News Reports

When former US diplomat exposed how USAID attempted to tarnish PM Modi’s image before 2019 Lok Sabha election

OpIndia Staff -
Mike Benz stated that besides the US agencies, influential think tanks and social media giants were involved in this campaign against PM Modi.
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News Reports

AI Action Summit: PM Modi emphasises AI can be used to enhance human potential, says work does not disappear due to technology

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the AI Action Summit in Paris, where he emphasised that artificial intelligence should be used to enhance human potential rather than replace human labour.
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News Reports

PM Modi and US Vice President JD Vance together at Paris AI Action Summit

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PM Modi is scheduled to head to Washington following his two-day visit to France, Earlier, the French president greeted the two leaders and expressed his enthusiasm for the AI Action Summit.
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News Reports

PM Modi highlights threat of deepfakes and disinformation, urges to democratize AI technology

ANI -
PM Modi noted the threat of unemployment due to AI and urged that skilling and re-skilling of people is needed to tackle such issues.
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News Reports

US Congressmen question Adani indictment under Biden Administration, warn it will strain ties with India

OpIndia Staff -
The lawmakers cautioned that any fallout in US-India relations over Adani indictment would directly benefit adversaries like China, as India has a crucial role in countering China's influence in the Asia-Pacific region.
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News Reports

Mahakumbh: Allahabad High Court dismisses plea against loudspeakers during the historic event

OpIndia Staff -
Allahabad High Court noted that there is no sufficient data to suggest that the public address system was causing noise above permissible limits.
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News Reports

Deeply religious and a devoted Krishna bhakt: Tablighi Jamaat connection? Attacked for his religious identity? What we know so far about the Kharghar murder...

OpIndia Staff -
In the latest development in the brutal murder case of the Hindu man Shivkumar Sharma in Kharghar, the police have nabbed one of the two accused Rehan Shaikh while the other, identified as Faizan Shaikh is still absconding
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World

Elon Musk slams Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for funding hotels for illegal migrants, including Pakistan-owned hotel, despite Trump’s ban

OpIndia Staff -
The agreement involved leasing all 1,025 rooms of the hotel to the city at price of over $200 per night. Initially, the contract was signed for one year but Rafique expressed hope that it would be extended for full three years. The hotel in question was built in 1924 and PIA had taken its control in 2000.
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News Reports

Sri Lanka faces blackout because of a monkey? Monkey blamed for nation-wide power disruption

OpIndia Staff -
The event led to a breakdown at the Norochcholai coal power plant, which further resulted in scheduled power cuts on Monday and Tuesday for around 90 minutes.
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News Reports

Lucknow: Hindus protest against Christian conversion activities in Gomti Nagar church, locals say Christians buying land and houses at double price

OpIndia Staff -
Some locals alleged that the police are hushing up the matter instead of acting against the Christian missionaries.
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Opinions

Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Raina, and public outrage – why comedians will never be ‘left alone’: The serious business of ‘jokes’

Rahul Roushan -
Ranveer Allahbadia (BeerBicepsGuy) and Samay Raina need to realise comedy is serious business
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh: Mandi SDM attacked by mining mafia, suffers injury

ANI -
"The SDM was attacked when he went to inspect a mining site. We are investigating the matter and we will take his and his driver's statement too, before we file an FIR. The attacker had been detained," ASP Chandra said.
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News Reports

Ravish Kumar, Pratik Sinha, and more: Know leftwing propagandists associated with Prashant Bhushan’s Sambhaavnaa Institute and its link with USAID-funded Internews

Anurag -
The USAID's propaganda network is yet to be fully exposed. From funding media houses to set narrative, regime change, censorship, promoting religious conversions and other dubious activities, USAID has misused billions and billions of dollars over decades.
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News Reports

Adani Group to partner with US’ Mayo Clinic to establish ‘Adani Health City’ and provide affordable healthcare and education

OpIndia Staff -
An initial donation exceeding INR 6,000 Cr will support the construction of the first two campuses in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, with future expansions planned in other cities and towns.
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News Reports

Lex Fridman will fast for 48 hours before talking to PM Modi, finds PM’s spiritual side fascinating: Why the interview may be unique

Shraddha Pandey -
Last month, the American podcaster announced that he would be travelling to India to host Prime Minister Modi later in February at the popular “The Lex Fridman Podcast”. “I've never been to India, so I'm excited to finally visit and experience many facets of its vibrant, historic culture and its amazing people as fully as I can,” Fridman said.
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News Reports

Roorkee, Uttarakhand: 14-year-old Hindu girl abducted, parents suspect two Muslim men, communal tensions erupts

OpIndia Staff -
At present, given the communal tensions, a massive police force has been deployed at the spot. A special investigation team has also been formed to recover the girl and look for the accused who are absconding at present.
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News Reports

OpIndia exclusive investigation into Sam Pitroda’s NGO being funded by USAID and the US State Department stirs a storm in Parliament

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey kicked up a storm in the parliament as he spoke about the USAID funding to trusts owned by the Gandhi family and individuals closely affiliated with the Congress, a matter first reported exclusively by OpIndia.
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Politics

CAG report on Govt expenses on Arvind Kejriwal’s ‘Sheesh Mahal’ will be tabled in first session of Delhi Assembly: BJP’s Vijender Gupta

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Vijender Gupta emphasized that the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on Sheesh Mahal of Arvind Kejriwal will be tabled in the first session of the Delhi Assembly.
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News Reports

Budget Session: Trinamool MP Nadimul Haque raises concerns in Parliament over standard of Radio cricket commentary

ANI -
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Nadimul Haque on Monday in Rajya Sabha, expressed concerns over alleged declining standards of cricket commentary on All India Radio (AIR)
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News Reports

Mumbai: 16 illegal Bangladeshis arrested, fake documents seized, police crackdown on illegals continues

OpIndia Staff -
A 14-member team led by DCP Dr. Pravin Mundhe raided Kalamboli, Panvel, Kopar Khairane, Kalyan, Mumbra (Navi Mumbai), and Shivdi Darukhana, Mankhurd, and Chembur (Mumbai) and arrested 16 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. All these accused persons have been booked by the police.
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News Reports

UP: Madani Masjid illegally built over govt land bulldozed in Kushinagar

OpIndia Staff -
After the complaint, an investigation was started on 18 December 2024. The mosque committee did not respond to the three notices during the investigation.
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OpIndia Explains

WikiLeaks exposé reveals ties between USAID funded Internews and ‘Factshala’ which has Shekhar Gupta and Faye D’Souza as ‘Ambassadors’

Anurag -
WikiLeaks reveals USAID’s covert funding of Internews Network, exposing its link to Factshala in India, raising concerns over foreign influence on media narrative in India.
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Politics

“Congress used all its strength to defeat AAP,” Amanatullah Khan blames Congress for AAP’s defeat in Delhi

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After the BJP's decisive victory in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and victorious candidate from Okhla, Amanatullah Khan blamed the Congress and All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) for his party's defeat.
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Opinions

Another election lost, another zero scored, lost deposit on 96% seats: Will Congress finally change its central leadership after Delhi elections

Aditi -
Rahul Gandhi was away from the campaign trail for about two weeks, practically leaving the Congress party leaderless with no senior leader involved in the Delhi assembly election campaign.
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News Reports

No Chicken Biryani on sundays, only Beef Biryani due to “popular demand”: Notice from Aligarh Muslim University goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The notice is apparently about the food menu in the Suleman Hall mess in Aligarh Muslim University. The notice bears the names of Mohammad Faizullah and Mujassim Ahmed Bhati, of the Senior Food Dining Hall.
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