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Amidst ruckus by activists, Mumbai metro authorities begin cutting the trees for proposed car shed, 800 trees cut till now

OpIndia Staff -
At around 9 PM last night, despite the protests, the Mumbai metro authorities started cutting the trees after the BHC gave a green signal by dismissing pleas against BMC.
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Fact-Check

As Mumbai Metro starts cutting trees in Aarey Colony following HC’s green signal, activists spread new lie of 15 days waiting period

OpIndia Staff -
15 days waiting period for Aarey colomy tree cut already over on 29th September
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrests Maulana for sexually exploiting and extracting lakhs of rupees from a head female constable on the pretext of healing her...

OpIndia Staff -
Fed up by the mental and physical torture by the Maulana which lasted for almost a year, the head constable lodged a complaint at the Baghpat police station
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Opinions

India reclaiming Gilgit Baltistan can be the worst nightmare for Chinese ambitions and Pakistani dreams

User -
Gilgit Baltistan is one of the world’s most significant geostrategic points
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News Reports

PMC bank fraud: Mumbai police arrests suspended PMC Bank Managing director Joy Thomas, HDIL officials sent to police custody

OpIndia Staff -
The RBI has already dismissed the board of governors of PMC bank and has appointed an administrator
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Economy and Finance

India has significantly enlarged global profile steered by decisive leadership, shown remarkable resilience amid global slowdown: WEF President Borge Brende

OpIndia Staff -
World Economic Forum president Borge Brende said that India can play a crucial role in the development
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News Reports

NIA files supplementary charge-sheet against Yasin Malik and others in the 2017 terror funding case

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA has evidence of close ties of Yasin Malik & 4 others with Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin
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News Reports

Pakistan FM Qureshi fumes when cornered for endorsing a lie peddled by Pak PM imran Khan over Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
"On whose agenda are you working?" Qureshi snapped at talk show host Javed Chaudhry. "Are you going to tell me or decide which countries have or have not supported Pakistan at the UN?", he asked the host.
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Politics

Congress MLA from Rae Bareli, Aditi Singh, served show cause notice for defying party’s boycott call during special assembly session

OpIndia Staff -
Congress issues show cause notice to Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh for defying party's boycott call during special assembly session on Gandhi Jayanti
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Media

BBC Radio says talking about Sikhism may offend Muslims, veteran Sikh host Lord Singh quits in protest

OpIndia Staff -
Lord Singh said that the BBC tried to block him from discussing Sikhism as it may offend Muslims
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News Reports

IAF admits downing own chopper, ‘big mistake, will take action’ says Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Air Force showcased the story of the Balakot aerial strikes through a promotional video at the annual Air Force Day press conference.
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Opinions

A story told by defence spending of India, Pakistan and China over the decades

Vinayak Jain -
An analysis of defence spending of India, Pakistan and China over the decades
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Social Media

Accused Ayush Vedant arrested after woman’s allegations of online harassment go viral on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Accused Ayush Vedant is being taken to Jamshedpur while the whereabouts of other accused are not known yet.
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News Reports

Spreading misinformation, violating suspension orders: UP govt to probe fresh allegations on Dr Kafeel Khan

OpIndia Staff -
Kafeel Khan had allegedly taken to social media to spread false news that he has been given a 'clean chit' in the Gorakhpur children’s death case.
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Media

Propagandists share 2017 incident of Dalit man beaten to death allegedly for attending Navratri event as recent one

OpIndia Staff -
Several Hinduphobic propagandists have shared a 2017 report to allege as if the unfortunate incident of a Dalit man being beaten up allegedly for attending Garba event has happened during the current Navratri festival.
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News Reports

In a first, Western Railways installs three benches made of recycled plastic at railway station

OpIndia Staff -
Nearly 109 tonnes of plastic waste was collected during a fortnight-long cleanliness drive carried out by the Western Railways at its stations.
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News Reports

Guru Ravidas temple row: Supreme Court asks parties to come back to it with amicable solution for alternate site

OpIndia Staff -
The Ravidas temple was demolished on August 21 by the Delhi Development Authority following the Supreme Court's direction on long-standing land encroachment dispute.
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Opinions

A climate change activist wants to ‘eat babies’ because they produce CO2. This is what alarmist theories have achieved

K Bhattacharjee -
One of Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's constituents declared during a townhall that we ought to start eating babies to effectively counter climate change.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi joins protests demanding lifting of night traffic ban through Bandipur forest in Karnataka, imposed due to death of animals

OpIndia Staff -
Night traffic on NH 766 through Bandipur forest has been banned to protect wild animals, Rahul Gandhi wants to lift it
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Law

Metro shed in Aarey Colony gets green signal as Bombay High Court dismisses all petitions against felling of trees

OpIndia Staff -
Path clears for Mumbai metro car shed as Bombay HC dismisses plea against BMC's decision to cut trees to make way for the depot
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News Reports

Watch: Tulsi Gabbard shuts down ‘Gujarat riots’ lies against PM Modi with one epic reply

OpIndia Staff -
Media has made many attempts to paint Tulsi Gabbard as a supporter of 'violent Hindu nationalism', in the same lines they declare PM Modi as a 'mass-murderer' and blame him for the Gujarat riots.
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Politics

Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam hints of leaving the party, threatens to not campaign in upcoming elections

OpIndia Staff -
The way it is losing out on its supporters one after the other, future looks bleak for the grand old party
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Politics

Madhya Pradesh Congress worker ‘worships’ Sonia Gandhi during Navratri, considers her a manifestation of ‘Devi’

OpIndia Staff -
In Datia, Madhya Pradesh, Dr TK worships Sonia Gandhi during the Navratri because he believes she is a manifestation of the goddess.
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News Reports

JNU: AISA members try to disrupt minister Jitendra Singh’s seminar on Article 370 abrogation

OpIndia Staff -
AISA members were reportedly trying to disrupt the seminar address by Union Minister Jitendra Singh at JNU Convention Centre.
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News Reports

Climate change activist in US urges everyone to start ‘eating babies’ because ‘even bombing Russia’ cannot help to reduce population

OpIndia Staff -
A woman supporter of controversial US lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) suffered a break down at a town hall event on Thursday evening over climate change, declaring that there are only "a few months left" and that it is time to "start eating babies".
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News Reports

‘Islam convert’ stabs four at police headquarters in Paris

OpIndia Staff -
The 45-year-old deaf IT worker who stabbed four people to death had converted to Islam 18 months ago.
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News Reports

Russian President Putin criticises climate activist Greta, dismisses her as a ‘poorly informed teenager’

OpIndia Staff -
In a histrionic rant, climate activist Greta Thunberg had chastised countries for not doing enough to stop climate change
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Politics

Watch: Pakistan minister meets Taliban leaders like old friends in an effort to revive peace talks with the US, exchanges hugs and smiles

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi was seen exchanging pleasantries and gifts with Talibani delegation in Islamabad
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Politics

BJP leader contradicts Hasan Minhaj’s claim, says comedian was offered seat in the audience but did not want it

OpIndia Staff -
Hasan Minhaj, the comedian, was denied entry at the Howdy Modi event in Houston during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the USA.
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Government and Policy

BRO is rapidly developing roads at India-China border to help army, giving strategic advantage to India

OpIndia Staff -
The rapid construction along the India-China border over the last few years has changed the military dynamics in the region.
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Politics

Language war: Kamal Haasan insults Hindi, compares it to a ‘little child in a diaper’

OpIndia Staff -
In September, Home Minister Amit Shah had slammed opposition parties for indulging in language politics.
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Media

Barkha Dutt demands Rs 74 lakh plus interest from Kapil Sibal backed Tiranga TV for terminating her contract early

OpIndia Staff -
Kapil Sibal and Promila Sibal had recently faced flak for arbitrarily sacking employees of Tiranga TV without serving them notice
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News Reports

Father of the Pakistani Hindu children who were denied admission in Delhi govt school approaches Delhi HC

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi schools are allegedly denying admissions to children of Pakistani Hindus on the grounds that they exceed upper age limit
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News Reports

McDonald’s India gets second legal notice for evasive reply regarding their ‘only Halal meat’ policy in their restaurants

OpIndia Staff -
The popular fast-food chain which has been facing trouble ever since the global chain admitted on discriminating against non-Muslims as part of their business model in India in August 2019.
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Media

Dainik Bhaskar issues apology for not paying tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary on 2nd October

OpIndia Staff -
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of India and had succeeded Jawaharlal Nehru to the post.
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Politics

P Chidambaram’s judicial custody extended till October 17 by CBI court

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram was arrested by the CBI on August 21. He is currently lodged in the Tihar jail.
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Politics

BJP Mahila Morcha leader and TikTok star Sonali Phogat to contest Haryana Assembly elections against Congress’ Kuldeep Bishnoi

OpIndia Staff -
Phogat has been associated with the BJP and has also been part of the Mahila Morcha. She then ventured into acting and has acted in various serials.
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News Reports

Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh says ex PM Dr Manmohan Singh unlikely to go to Pakistan for inauguration of Kartarpur Corridor

OpIndia Staff -
Last week, Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had said that his country had decided to invite Manmohan Singh to attend the inaugural ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor.
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Crime

Terror alert in Delhi after inputs of JeM terrorists planning strike, police raids at 9 locations, security tightened

OpIndia Staff -
In the past weeks, security agencies have received several inputs about possible terror attacks by Pakistan-based groups in retaliation to Centre’s move on Article 370.
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News Reports

UNGA outcome: Erdogan’s anti-India stand may cost Turkish company a 2.3 billion USD deal with Indian Navy

OpIndia Staff -
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had broached the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations General Assembly recently, taking an anti-India stand.
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Media

The Hindu ‘journalist’ cannot distinguish between revenue and profit, gets mocked on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Vijaita Singh is known to have a complicated relationship with the truth.
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Politics

Heartburn over NRC is because India has never discussed religious privilege

Abhishek Banerjee -
Would you exchange this bit of extra paperwork burden for 1000 years of oppression that Hindus have faced? I doubt it.
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Crime

UP: Muslim mob stored stones on rooftops, pelted them when Hindu devotees went to install Hanuman idol at temple

OpIndia Staff -
Sagir Ahmed, Naeem, Saddik Ahmed, Riaz Ahmed, Irfan Ahmed, Asghar, Shabana, Naima and Shama have been identified as the accused in the stone-pelting case and are already arrested. 
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Politics

SP leader Firoz Khan weeps like a banshee before Mahatma Gandhi statue, mourns his death on his birth anniversary

Nirwa Mehta -
In a video which has gone viral on social media, Samajwadi Party leader Firoz Khan was seen weeping bitterly at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on 2nd October, Gandhiji's 150th birth anniversary.
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News Reports

Saradha Chit Fund scam: Ex Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar resurfaces, appears before Alipore Court

OpIndia Staff -
The former Kolkata police commissioner was on the run fearing an arrest as he is accused of destroying evidence in the Saradha Chit Fund scam when he was heading the probe.
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Social Media

Watch: Modi govt is not imposing Hindutva, but Hindus have begun to assert themselves after centuries of guilt, says Pakistani activist

OpIndia Staff -
The same mindset that once made Hindus pay Jaziya, now expects them to be ashamed of their religion and identity.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: A suspected Pakistani intruder apprehended by BSF while sneaking into India

OpIndia Staff -
As the Pakistani forces continued unprovoked mortar shelling and firing along the LoC and International Borde, the BSF was alert about the intrusion of terrorists from Pakistan across the Line of Control.
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Politics

Parody country Pakistan’s business tycoons meet the ‘Army Chief’ General Bajwa to express concerns over ‘dwindling economy’

OpIndia Staff -
It is rather strange that the business delegation of a country is appraising about the serious economic situation of the country to the Army Chief instead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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News Reports

The journey from Mohandas to Mahatma also started from a train: HM Amit Shah flags off Delhi-Katra Vande Bharat Express

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah today flagged off New-Delhi-Katra (Jammu & Kashmir) Vande Bharat Express in the national capital.
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Politics

Non-Muslims cannot become Prime Minister or President in Pakistan, Imran Khan govt rejects amendment to constitution

OpIndia Staff -
The parody country Pakistan has yet again displayed its contempt towards the already persecuted religious minorities in the country.
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