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MEA lays down procedure to re-issue passport after sex-change surgery abroad

OpIndia Staff -
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed the Delhi High Court on 7th January about the procedure through which Indian citizens who undergo sex-change surgery abroad, can change details in their passport
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News Reports

I have cured diabetes and liver failure, even Amit Shah’s sister was cured by me, her husband is a surgeon, claims Baba Ramdev

OpIndia Staff -
Baba Ramdev claimed that he has treated the ailments of millions and said that he also holds proof.
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Opinions

Foreign Policy joins Islamists in falsely claiming bulldozer action in India is ‘against Muslims’, ignores fact of illegal properties and encroachment

Shraddha Pandey -
The Foreign Policy piece mentioned the case of demolition of 11 houses belonging to Muslims in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla district after the police found that the accused Muslims had kept beef (cow meat) in their refrigerators and rescued live cattle kept for smuggling.
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Law

Supreme Court stays restoraion of well outside Jama Masjid in Sambhal, directs status quo to maintain peace and harmony

OpIndia Staff -
The masjid committee had approached the Supreme Court seeking direction to the district magistrate to maintain status quo regarding the mosque.
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News Reports

Wikipedia refuses to delete page on Fatima Sheikh after Dilip Mandal said that she is a fictional character, the author-activist gives more evidence on...

OpIndia Staff -
While a Wikipedia page on Fatima Sheikh was proposed to be deleted after Dilip Mandal said that she didn't exist, the proposal was rejected
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh orders demolition of Calvary Church that converted 3000 Hindus every month, illegal activities exposed

Siddhi Somani -
The controversy erupted in November 2024 after a formal complaint was filed against the church alleging that its operations were conducted without legal permission from government departments like the Panchayat Raj, Revenue, Police, and the Noise Pollution Control Board.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal, who aided the settlement of illegal Bangladeshis and Rohingyas, says voters from UP and Bihar are ‘farzi,’ BJP lashes out: What happened...

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The BJP slammed the AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal for his disparaging remarks against voters from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
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News Reports

‘The Hindu’ journalist Mahesh Langa granted bail in GST fraud case, but would continue to stay in custody, here’s why

OpIndia Staff -
This notably is the first relief for the journalist who is facing criminal charges filed against him at the DCB police station in Ahmedabad. However, he would continue to stay in jail as he is facing charges in 5 more cases relating to tax evasion.
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News Reports

Pakistan: TTP abducts 16 employees of Pakistan’s Atomic Energy Commission, seeks prisoner release in exchange

OpIndia Staff -
The Pakistan government has claimed that they have managed to 'rescue' 8 of the kidnapped persons. However, TTP has rejected the claims.
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News Reports

UK’s ruling Labour Party adopted document that ‘broadened’ the definition of Islamophobia, claimed terms like ‘grooming gang’ are anti-Muslim racism

Shraddha Pandey -
Labour Party adopted the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims (APPG) definition of Islamophobia in 2019, which said that use of term ‘Grooming Gang’ is Islamophobia
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News Reports

UP: Akeel allows his friends to rape his wife for money in Bulandshahar and watch the videos in Saudi Arabia, case filed

OpIndia Staff -
Akeel allowed his friends to rape his wife in exchange for money. He even asked them to record the videos of the act which he used to watch later.
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News Reports

Who in India is going to be most affected by Meta’s decision to do away with ‘fact checking’

Rukma Rathore -
Several companies that work as third party fact-checkers for Meta will go out of business as the social media giant is junking fact-checking and adopting community notes.
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News Reports

Adani Group collaborates with ISKCON for ‘Mahaprasad Seva’ at Maha Kumbh 2025, to serve meals to devotees during entire duration of the Mela

OpIndia Staff -
The Adani Group has announced that it has joined hands with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) to serve meals to devotees at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj
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News Reports

Pakistan’s passport ranked among the weakest in the world, ranked 103rd in Henley Passport Index

ANI -
Pakistan's passport has been ranked among the weakest in the world, securing the 103rd spot in the Henley Passport Index 2025, a significant drop from its position in the previous year
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News Reports

UK: Rotherham grooming gang victim turned activist says police asked her to delete posts on child sexual abuse

OpIndia Staff -
Sammy Woodhouse, a Rotherham grooming gang victim who has now become an activist, revealed that South Yorkshire Police called her asking to delete posts on child sexual abuse
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News Reports

Faridabad: Mutilated body of Hindu youth found, family says Fakruddin, Anwar, Idris and others killed him because he was witness in a rape case

OpIndia Staff -
Police spokesperson Yashpal Singh informed that a missing person case had been filed, and police were searching for Deepak since December 16. As of now, Deepak's body has been sent for postmortem in the Badhshah Khan Civil Hospital.
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News Reports

Sambhal Jama Masjid committee moves Supreme Court seeking to prevent use of well outside the mosque for Hindu religious purposes

ANI -
Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid committee moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to ensure that the status quo is maintained with respect to the private well situated near the entrance of the mosque.
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News Reports

Canada: All four Indians arrested for killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar released by court as case stayed on Canada govt’s request. Here is the procedural...

OpIndia Staff -
All four Indian Sikhs arrested for the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar have been released from custody
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News Reports

1921 Munshiganj massacre: How British forces mercilessly killed over 700 peacefully protesting farmers in Raebareli

Rukma Rathore -
The massacre took place a few years after the Jallianwala Bagh incident and reportedly resulted in even more bloodshed.
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News Reports

What is Miyawaki technique, the Japanese approach used to create 56,000 square meters of dense forest in Prayagraj ahead of Maha Kumbh Mela

OpIndia Staff -
Maha Kumbh 2025: 56,000 sq meters of dense forests created in Prayagraj using Miyawaki technique
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Illegal mosque being constructed in Haridwar sealed by authorities

OpIndia Staff -
The mosque was being on an illegally occupied piece of land without obtaining prior permission of the authorities.
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News Reports

India’s first Muslim teacher Fatima Sheikh never existed? Writer-activist Dilip Mandal says he invented the ‘fictional character’

OpIndia Staff -
Author and activist Dilip Mandal has claimed that Fatima Sheikh, celebrated as India's first Muslim school teacher, never existed, and he created the ‘fictional character’
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Editor's picks

Dima Hasao coal mine tragedy: Indian Navy divers descend into 300-foot deep shaft at 3 Kilo, only one body found so far

ANI -
Assam Mines and Minerals Minister Kaushik Rai confirmed on Wednesday that so far only one body has been recovered from the mine, as teams from the Army and Navy work to rescue trapped miners. Efforts are underway to dewater the mine to determine the number of people trapped inside.
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News Reports

As Justin Trudeau is set to resign as PM, here is how his father Pierre Trudeau was accused of child sex abuse

OpIndia Staff -
Anneke Lucas, a sex trafficking survivor, claimed Justin Trudeau's father Pierre Trudeau was one of her abusers
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News Reports

Files on the 1978 Sambhal riots to be reopened? UP govt seeks all details, report to be submitted by district administration

OpIndia Staff -
The probe was ordered after CM Yogi addressed the history of violence in Sambhal during his address in state assembly.
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News Reports

Sultanpur, UP: AAP leader Mahmood Khan arrested for raping a Hindu woman under false name, forcing her to convert to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
The victim told the police that the Aam Aadmi Party leader forced her to eat meat and tried to convert her to Islam by calling other people. The victim suffered atrocities while being imprisoned in the accused AAP leader’s room. On the 25th of November 2024, she managed to escape Mahmood Khan’s captivity.
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News Reports

Tirupati Temple stampede: 6 devotees dead, TTD says stampede result of overcrowding, will investigate and take ‘serious action’

ANI -
As many as six people lost their lives and several others were injured after a stampede broke out near the Tirupati temple
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News Reports

Aligarh: Civil Court to hear petition claiming that Uparkot Jama Masjid is built over an ancient temple site

OpIndia Staff -
Aligarh civil judge’s court is set to hear a petition filed on Monday claiming the presence of archaeological evidence relating to a Buddhist Stupa, a Jain temple and a Shiv temple inside Uparkot Jama Masjid in Aligarh.
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News Reports

Indore Police bust gang involved in bank fraud, arrest six including 3 employees of a private bank

ANI -
Indore police have busted a gang involved in withdrawing money from customers' current accounts at a private bank by committing account fraud
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News Reports

Meta’s new moderation policies now allow Facebook users to call members of the LGBTQ community ‘mentally ill’

OpIndia Staff -
The latest guidelines from Meta permits Facebook users to refer to members of the LGBTQ community as 'mentally ill' on its platform.
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News Reports

Canada doomed: How World Sikh Organisation, a Khalistani terror group, has say in ongoing liberal party discussions on Justin Trudeau’s replacement

Rukma Rathore -
World Sikh Organisation is playing a major role in Liberal Party electing next PM of Canada after Justin Trudeau announced his resignation
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News Reports

‘Japan will go extinct’: Expert warns that low birthrates will wipe out Japanese population soon, develops a ‘ticking clock’ to display data

OpIndia Staff -
As per recent calculations, around 695 years from now, the country will be left with no people, just a minor aged below 14. The projection, updated annually since April 2012 is part of Professor Yoshida's effort to draw attention to Japan's population crisis.
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News Reports

Kerala court sentences NRI man to double life imprisonment for raping his daughter for 7 months causing pregnancy

OpIndia Staff -
Due to Covid restrictions, the man was kept in a separate room and the responsibility of giving him food and water was given to his eldest daughter who was 13 years old. When his daughter went to give him food, her father raped her.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Why are students of govt medical college in Haridwar protesting? Know why alleged privatisation news has sparked outrage

OpIndia Staff -
The students are against the privatisation of the medical college and are demanding the decision to privatise the college to be rolled back.
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News Reports

‘Not wearing a shirt while visiting temples is Brahminical mindset’: ‘Reformer Mutt’ and Left government in Kerala join hands to attack Hindu faith

श्रवण शुक्ल -
Sachchidananda Swami of Shivgiri Mutt says that tradition of visiting temples without shirt should be abolished, calling it a kind of casteism, Kerala govt agrees
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News Reports

Bombay HC rejects plea by Hindu, Muslim families to quash FIRs against each other, says ‘communal frenzy led to scuffle’

OpIndia Staff -
The court rejected the claim by both families stating they had resolved the issue and intended to stay peacefully. Acknowledging the specific allegations in both FIRs, the bench concluded that the legal process should proceed through trial.
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Opinions

POCSO cases cannot be ‘settled’ on pleas of family honour, and ‘compromise’: How courts have been firm on cases of sexual crimes against children

Rukma Rathore -
The issue of sexual crimes targeting children has impacted the entire world, with India being no exception.
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News Reports

Anna University sexual assault case: House of accused is built on encroached temple land where he lives with 2 wives, reveals probe

OpIndia Staff -
Anna University sexual assault accused Gnansekaran has reportedly constructed a three- story building on the illegally encroached temple land
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News Reports

“Sufficient material to show terror activity”: What Madhya Pradesh HC said rejecting bail of Zakir Naik inspired ISIS terrorist, who formed WhatsApp group to...

Shraddha Pandey -
Madhya Pradesh High Court denied bail to Mohammed Shahid Khan, an Islamic terrorist who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in 2023 when it busted the ISIS Jabalpur module
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World

‘Chasing rumours abroad risks critical alliances with key partners’: US Congressman slams Biden govt’s decision to investigate Adani

OpIndia Staff -
Republican Congressman Lance Gooden penned a sharply worded letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, criticizing the indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani and labelling it a "selective action" that could jeopardize Washington's vital partnership with India. 
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Editor's picks

Land dispute between 2 parties, Yadav man hit with an axe: How a fight between two families is being termed as ‘casteist attack’

OpIndia Staff -
Several reports attempted to give casteist color to the matter as they said that the 'Casteists' crushed the huts of the victims with a tractor and destroyed their crops. However, Yadavs claim that the Sahariya family hit them with an axe.
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Opinions

Why should history be kind to Dr Manmohan Singh – a leader who oversaw many disasters

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Dr Manmohan Singh had said that history would be kind to him - but why should that be when he presided over so many disasters
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Amid ongoing persecution, Hindu youth Sudeb Haldar hacked to death, activists say he was murdered for being Hindu

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu youth Sudeb Halder, son of Subrata Halder of Betora village in Sadar upazila, was found hacked to death in Bangladesh
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News Reports

Allahabad HC dismisses PIL challenging impeachment motion against Justice SK Yadav over his address at VHP event

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Yadav of Allahabad HC had delivered a lecture at a VHP event that underscored the threat posed by Islamic fundamentalists.
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News Reports

Where Guru Dattatreya chanted Vedas, 200 acres of donated land by Mysuru Wodeyars and queen Chennamma, now a Muslim Mujawar and Dargah: All you...

Shraddha Pandey -
CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justices Sanjay Kumar and KV Viswanathan were hearing the challenge to the Karnataka HC order, which rejected the State's decision in March 2018 to allow only a Mujawar (Muslim Priest) to execute the rites at the Datta Peeta.
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News Reports

Hostility, betrayal, and a long road to justice – The chilling details of how Chandan Gupta’s family was pressurised during trial

Anurag -
Two of close friends of Chandan Gupta, Anupam Chouhan and Vivek Maheshwari, who the family was counting on as key witnesses, didn’t appear in court at all.
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News Reports

Deceit, sexual extortion, and pressure to embrace Islam: How Armaan sexually exploited a Hindu woman in Gwalior for over 5 years

OpIndia Staff -
The accused's uncle Zahid Khan also forced the Hindu victim to convert and the two even tried to abduct her on motorbike.
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News Reports

How George Soros made a detailed plan to flood Europe with fake asylum seekers: Elon Musk calls radical leftist billionaire a hater of humanity

Dibakar Dutta -
In 2015, George Soros wrote an article for 'Project Syndicate' wherein he suggested a 6-step comprehension plan to settle 'asylum seekers' (read illegal immigrants) in Europe.
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Crime

UP: Gulzar and Salman mowed down two girls with their vehicle in Gorakhpur for opposing molestation, one dead, the other injured

Shraddha Pandey -
In Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, Gulzar and Salman mowed down two cousin sisters with a loader van after they protested against molestation.
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News Reports

How Indian media and ‘liberals’ romanticised UAPA accused: From Campa Cola to mutton, Umar khalid gets celebrity treatment during his one-week bail

Anurag -
So-called comedian Kunal Kamra shared a photo of Umar Khalid and wrote, "Heart knows no concept of time," suggesting that even though they had not met for years, Khalid and Kamra were still friends.
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