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Sharjah-based ex-Indian Kalpana aka Kajal, who is one of the four wives of Pakistan businessman, now faces identity crisis

OpIndia Staff -
60-year-old Rasheed Khan has four wives, two each from India and Pakistan, and 10 children
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Culture and History

Purana Qilla may have been the site of Mahabharata’s Indraprastha: ASI to carry out another round of excavations

OpIndia Staff -
The ASI believes that a village named Indrapat existed at the site until 1913, which is the direct descendant of Mahabharata's 'Indraprastha', founded by the Pandavas as their capital.
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News Reports

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari recommends President’s rule in the state

OpIndia Staff -
President's rule recommended by the governor in Maharashtra as no party was able to form a government
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena to move Supreme Court against governor for declining to extend time, Kapil Sibal to represent the party

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena ropes in Kapil Sibal to move Supreme Court against Maharashtra governor for declining to extend time
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Media

Defence analyst slams Nidhi Razdan’s claim that she countered Pakistan at UK Kashmir event, exposes her lies and anti-India statements

OpIndia Staff -
Nidhi Razdan of NDTV had claimed that she countered Pakistan propaganda at the UK event on Kashmir, however, that seems far from the truth
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Editor's picks

VHP demands new mosque at Ayodhya be named after patriots like APJ Kalam or Ashfaqullah Khan, not a ‘foreigner’ or ‘attacker’ like Babur

OpIndia Staff -
VHP says new mosque at Ayodhya should not named after a ‘foreigner’ or ‘attacker’ like Babur
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News Reports

Bailable warrant issued against Shashi Tharoor in defamation case over ‘scorpion on Shivling’ remark

OpIndia Staff -
The warrant has been issued by Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court after Shashi Tharoor failed to appear.
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News Reports

Congress should not have said they support building Ram Temple: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Ayodhya verdict

OpIndia Staff -
He said it was clearly mentioned in Congress manifesto that they would honour and respect the SC judgement in Ayodhya
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Politics

BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party to fight Jharkhand elections solo on 50 seats

OpIndia Staff -
BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will fight the upcoming Jharkhand elections alone on 50 seats.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: As Pon Manickavel’s Idol Wing wades through legal and bureaucratic delays, hundreds of seized artefacts lie in the open

OpIndia Staff -
The artefacts include centuries-old stone sculptures, idols, stone pillars, wooden artefacts, 'Vahanas' or ritual vehicles, and other antiquities. They have been lying in the premises of CBI-CID's Economic Offences Wing in Chennai.
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News Reports

Give us 5 acres within 67 acres of Ram Janmabhoomi only, our kabristan and dargah are there: Muslim litigants demand

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim litigants in the Ayodhya case demand that the 5 acres of land Supreme Court awarded them be on the 67 acres of Ram Janmabhoomi only
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Media

NDTV’s Nidhi Razdan peddles another dangerous narrative about Kashmir, this time, about Hazaratbal shrine and Eid Milad

OpIndia Staff -
Nidhi Razdan from NDTV was caught spreading a dangerous narrative about Kashmir all over again that only helped Pakistan.
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News Reports

Rohingyas are a threat to national and regional security, says Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

OpIndia Staff -
Hasina was addressing the three-day 'Dhaka Global Dialogue-2019' in the Bangladeshi capital.
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Entertainment

Case registered against National Award winning Gujarati film ‘Hellaro’ for allegedly using casteist slur in dialogue

OpIndia Staff -
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation councillor has alleged that a dialogue in the film has hurt the feelings of a community.
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News Reports

Days after Turkey supported Pakistan in UN, Congress opens its overseas office in Turkey: Turkish media report

OpIndia Staff -
Turkish media report suggests that Congress has opened its overseas office in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Politics

Maharashtra Tragicomedy: Shiv Sena digs itself a hole and jumps right in, state possibly headed towards President Rule

OpIndia Staff -
NCP has been invited to form the Maharashtra government by Governor after Shiv Sena failed to show letters of support.
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News Reports

49 percent of the child sexual abuse content shared on web platforms is on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
The vast majority of child sexual abuse imagery we find is linked to darker places of the internet
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Governor invites NCP to stake claim for government after declining to extend time for Shiv Sena to gather support

OpIndia Staff -
Both NCP and Congress clarified that they have not sent any letter of support for Shiv Sena
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News Reports

Kalyan Singh, Class of 92: 6th December, 1992 a matter of National Pride, No Regret, No Repentance, No Grief

K Bhattacharjee -
Kalyan Singh was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1992 when the disputed structure was demolished.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena stakes claim to form government without enough numbers as Congress yet to decide on supporting them

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sema met the governor to stake claim for Maharashtra government, but had no letters of suppor
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Media

Financial Times publishes a shredded Indian Tricolour in its anti-Modi article, netizens enraged

OpIndia Staff -
In the Article titled "Narendra Modi has had a free pass from the west for too long", the Financial Times displays a featured image that has the Indian Tricolour in tatters.
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Opinions

Six things that follow from the new Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress govt and what the Hindus of India should learn from this

Abhishek Banerjee -
A Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra, facilitated by the Congress and the NCP, with BJP sitting it out
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Government and Policy

Ayodhya makeover: Ram Mandir-style railway station, Lord Ram’s statue on the banks of Saryu, airport and much more

OpIndia Staff -
Among the major development and beautification projects is a grand railway station in the form of the Ram Temple, modern airport and holiday resorts.
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Culture and History

The Hindu history and heritage of Kerala: The land of the Chera kingdom associated with Lord Parashurama

dauhshanti -
Kerala as the land of Chera kingdom existed as early as 5-4th centuries BCE during the early Tamil Sangam age.
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Social Media

Welcome to Lemurverse: Satirical world of ‘Dravidian’ politics where Lemurs and Red Pandas are locked in heated battle

anonBrook -
This is an attempt to introduce the participants, the backstory and terminologies of the twitter "Lemurverse"
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Politics

Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut invokes fictional Dawood in current Maharashtra crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut tweeted a dialogue from the film 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai' spoken by Emraan Hashmi whose role was inspired by Dawood
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Politics

To know Aaditya Thackeray’s ‘potential’, watch YouTube, says Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant, who had resigned from the post of a Union Minister in the NDA government earlier today, stated to the media that Aaditya Thackeray has a lot of potential and vision to become a true leader.
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Opinions

Sadanand Dhume: Typical brown sepoy ‘liberal’ who peddles nonsense unfettered by reality hitting him in the face

K Bhattacharjee -
In the liberal clown world, competence is not a concern, allegiance to the dogma is. And one person who has benefited greatly from it is Sadanand Dhume.
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Social Media

Twitter erupts with memes as Shiv Sena breaks alliance with BJP to possibly form government in alliance with NCP-Congress

OpIndia Staff -
Logjam in Maharashtra continues as Shiv Sena breaks off its alliance with the BJP over chief ministership.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Security increased after man threatens to blow up Har Ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar, one arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The accused who allegedly threatened to blow up Har Ki Pauri was arrested from there itself.
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Social Media

Ayodhya Verdict: 77 people under arrest by UP Police for sharing objectionable content on social media

OpIndia Staff -
The UP Police had initiated action against 8275 social media posts, a significant part of which belonged to Twitter and Facebook.
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News Reports

Feminist journalist mocks man for proposing his bride at KFC, dozens of companies and individuals organise a grand wedding for them on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
After a video of a man proposing his bride at KFC went viral, companies and individuals came up with gifts
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News Reports

JNU students asked to pay for electricity, hostel cleaning, etc. leftist groups attack police during protests

OpIndia Staff -
JNU Students Union (JNUSU) is holding protests against the Draft hostel manual that has provisions for the fee hike, curfew timings and dress code restrictions on the students
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Media

Nobody needs to ‘plant evidence’ to prove that the Gyanvapi Mosque was built over a Temple: Caravan should stop fear mongering

Editorial Desk -
The Caravan has released a baseless video that claims that the Modi government is paving the way for another "Babri incident" to take place where the Kashi-Vishwanath corridor is taking shape and the Gyanvapi mosque stands.
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Politics

Maharashtra conundrum: Sanjay Raut desperate to form government, Sanjay Nirupam apprehensive over alliance with Sena

OpIndia Staff -
The governor of Maharashtra has asked Shiv Sena to show a willingness to form the government by today evening.
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News Reports

As RJD drags caste is Ayodhya, they forget that Hanuman Mandir in Patna has a Dalit priest

OpIndia Staff -
No sooner was the Ayodhya verdict out, the usual suspects were busy playing caste politics over caste of the priest at the Ram Mandir.
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News Reports

NDTV’s Nidhi Razdan attends UK ‘Kashmir’ event, gets endorsed by JKLF

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV reports and shows have already been quoted and mentioned by Pakistan to further their lies. Now, it seems, Pakistan has found useful work for employee Nidhi Razdan too
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News Reports

To take of not to take: Sunni Waqf Board to take a decision on the 5 acre land by 26th November

OpIndia Staff -
Following the Ayodhya verdict, UP Sunni Central Waqf Board chief Zufar Farooqui has said that he is getting multiple suggestions on whether to take the land or not.
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News Reports

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi continues to stoke passion, says if Babri Masjid was illegal, why is there a case against Advani

OpIndia Staff -
At a public meeting organized on occasion of Milad un Nabi, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi continued to stoke passions post Ayodhya verdict
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News Reports

Ram Mandir construction may begin on Ram Navami in April 2020: Media reports

OpIndia Staff -
The construction of Ram Mandir is expected to take about 2-3 years.
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News Reports

Read how leftist historians had accepted they argued against Ram Mandir in Allahabad High Court without any knowledge of the subject

OpIndia Staff -
The statements of left historians are recorded in the Allahabad High Court judgment on Ram Mandir
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Opinions

This is how aligning with Congress and NCP can be ‘ideologically justified’ for Shiv Sena

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena was formed with the help of Congress, so it can go back to its roots easily
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News Reports

Maharashtra governor asks Shiv Sena to explore the possibility of forming govt, NCP offers support if Shiv Sena leaves NDA

OpIndia Staff -
The Governor of Maharashtra has invited Shiv Sena to form the government and asked to respond by Monday evening
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News Reports

Pakistan sets lower bar in basic decency, installs mannequin of Wing Commander Abhinandan in its War Museum

OpIndia Staff -
A Pakistani journalist suggested that the PAF should place a cup of tea in the mannequin's hand.
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Politics

Maharashtra: BJP to not stake claim to form government, asks Shiv Sena to go ahead if it could

OpIndia Staff -
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and other BJP leaders arrived at Raj Bhavan to meet Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to convey their stand on the issue of government formation in Maharashtra. 
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Cricket

‘I am Virat Kohli’, says Indi Rae, little daughter of Australian cricketer David Warner

OpIndia Staff -
Candice Warner captioned the video stating, "This little girl has spent too much time in India. Wants to be Virat Kohli".
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Media

For the first time, Congress mouthpiece National Herald apologizes for article denigrating Hindu sentiments

OpIndia Staff -
National Herald has apologized for the article titled 'Why a devout Hindu will never pray at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya'.
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News Reports

‘Courts mirror public sentiment, Muslim Community should have seen the writing on the wall’: Lt Gen Zameeruddin Shah

OpIndia Staff -
Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah said Muslims should have made an out of court settlement on the Ram Janmabhoomi issue
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Media

Congress mouthpiece compares Supreme Court of India to Pakistan’s after Ayodhya judgement

OpIndia Staff -
Aakar Patel in his article wrote regarding judiciary of Pakistan given conflicting judgements from the days of Ghulam Muhammad to the days of General Musharraf, which resulted in long term repercussions for the state of Pakistan. 
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Culture and History

Three Generations, One Dream: Here’s why Yogi Adityanath considered the Ram Mandir his life’s mission

K Bhattacharjee -
For Yogi Adityanath, the construction of the Ram Mandir will also be the fulfilment of his Gurudev's dream
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