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EGI, Press Club outrage after police summon ‘journalists’ who spread propaganda against terror financing linked to mosques and madrasas? Here’s what we know so...

Amit Kelkar -
The outrage over journalists being summoned in Kashmir for reporting on a possible counter-terror financing exercise involving mosques and madrasas
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News Reports

Pak-linked LeT recruitment and radicalisation case in West Bengal: NIA special court in Kolkata sentences Syed M Idris to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment; read...

Anurag -
The NIA court detailed how Idris abetted LeT activities through cyberspace, recruited impressionable youths, and conspired with co-accused, while rejecting probation and stressing deterrence in terrorism cases despite expressions of repentance.
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Government and Policy

Landmark step towards Viksit Bharat: Modi govt approves ₹5,000 crore equity infusion into SIDBI to enhance MSME credit, create job opportunities for youth

OpIndia Staff -
The investment will be made in three stages, with ₹3,000 crore going towards the first phase in FY 2025-26.
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News Reports

11 years of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao: Read how the scheme helped curb female foeticide and improved the male-female ratio

Shraddha Pandey -
Ever since its launch on 22nd January 2015, the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao initiative has played a significant role in addressing the decline of the child sex ratio (CSR), preventing gender-biased sex-selective elimination, including female foeticide and infanticide, and promoting the protection and education of girl children.
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News Reports

Punjab: Amritsar police arrest Sikh man for desecrating Hindu deity images, Hindu activist flags rising attacks; Exclusive details

Anurag -
The accused was booked under Section 298 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after identification from social media clips. Hindu organisations demanded strict action, cautioning authorities against attributing deliberate religious desecration to mental instability claims casually.
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News Reports

‘One lakh fake forged birth certificates issued in two months through Central Registration System (CRS)’: All you need to know about Kirit Somaiya’s explosive...

Jinit Jain -
Senior BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has alleged that over one lakh fake birth certificates were generated by hacking the Centre’s CRS portal in just two months, calling it a serious national security threat.
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News Reports

Donald Trump made himself richer by $1.4 billion after becoming President for second term, says report: Read details

Shraddha Pandey -
The NYT report titled “How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion” was published on 20th January, marking the first anniversary of Trump’s second presidential term. Donald Trump has pocketed at least $1,408,500,000 since his January 2025 return to the White House, through an unprecedented exploitation of the office for his personal enrichment.
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News Reports

FF BOT at armament depots: Indian Army signs ₹62 crore deal with Swadeshi Empresa for “Made in India” firefighting robots developed under iDEX initiative

Rukma Rathore -
The Indian Army has taken action to acquire the indigenous FF BOT after it was showcased at Army House in last December.
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News Reports

India’s poorest households are consuming gutkha, other tobacco products at an alarming rate, spending more and more on it: Study reveals

Rukma Rathore -
The country is expanding its subsidised healthcare system while gutkha is being consumed at an alarming rate.
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News Reports

‘Isko batana hai… anjaam kya hota hai’: Bombay HC denies bail to Yusuf Khan, accused in Umesh Kolhe’s murder, says killing was ‘meant to...

Anurag -
The bench rejected the business dispute defence, noting deliberate exposure of the victim, covert participation through intermediaries, and cumulative circumstantial evidence. It held bail standards under UAPA require only prima facie truth at this stage.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 10 illegal mazars on Suheldev Medical College land in Bahraich finally bulldozed by administration after years of legal battle

Rukma Rathore -
The management committee of the shrine declined to dismantle the unlawful structures despite offering numerous assurances.
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News Reports

Maneka Gandhi’s remarks irresponsible and should invite contempt: Read what SC said on callous statements by former minister over stray dogs issue

Anurag -
The court restrained dog lovers’ advocates from disputing the child’s cause of death, heard allegations of hospital negligence, questioned responsibility for repeat dog attacks, and underscored that public safety cannot be overshadowed by selective activism.
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News Reports

‘Udhayanidhi Stalin made hate speech against Hindus’: Madras HC quashes FIR against BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya, says DMK has a history of...

Shraddha Pandey -
Justice S Srimathy said, “There is a clear attack on Hinduism by the Dravida Kazhagam, and subsequently, along with the DMK, for the past 100 years, to which the minister belongs. While considering the overall circumstances, it is seen that the petitioner had questioned the hidden meaning of the minister’s speech."
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News Reports

Rs 8031.56 crores saved, lakhs of fraudulent transactions stopped: Read how Centre’s Suspect Registry is helping India combat cyber frauds

Shraddha Pandey -
Over 18.43 lakh suspect identifier data received from Banks and 24.67 lakh Layer 1 mule accounts were shared with the participating entities of Suspect Registry and declined transactions worth Rs. 8031.56 crores.
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News Reports

Shimjitha Musthafa booked after a man commits suicide following sexual harassment allegations: Kerala tragedy exposes dangers of social media vigilantism

Shraddha Pandey -
On 16th January, Deepak U, a resident of Kozhikode’s Govindapuram area had taken a KSRTC bus, where Shimjitha Musthafa was also travelling. During the crowded bus journey, Shimjitha Musthafa recorded and shared a video claiming that Deepak inappropriately touched her.
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Opinions

Those who fear Babur should not guard Bharat’s culture

Aabhas Maldahiyar -
When the national debate on Babur resurfaced following NCERT changes, I was among the very few historians, apart from RC Majumdar and Sir Jadunath Sarkar, who were publicly referenced as part of the so-called “Nationalist-wing” scholarly tradition. When people now claim that the Right produces no scholars, it is precisely because individuals occupying decorated offices lend credibility to such lazy generalisations.
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News Reports

Has Iran been able to ‘deal with’ the protests despite Trump’s bravado? Here is what is happening under Ayatollah regime now

Anurag -
After weeks of unrest, Iranian authorities say order has been restored through arrests, patrols, and surrender ultimatums, even as foreign monitors dispute casualty figures and Trump’s rhetoric fuels regime change narratives with implications beyond Iran’s borders.
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News Reports

‘American consumers paying nearly all of the price’: Study finds the real casualties of US President Donald Trump’s tariff war

Rukma Rathore -
The report is titled, "America's own goal: Americans are largely responsible for funding Trump's tariffs."
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi walks out of the assembly again: Protocol, pride and the seeds of separation in Tamil Nadu

Divyansh Tiwari -
Regional pride is essential in a diverse democracy. However, India's unity and integrity are undermined when regional pride is used as a weapon to marginalise national symbols. The Constitution's preamble pledges to protect the unity and integrity of the nation.
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Opinions

UGC’s equity regulations risk turning campuses into DEI laboratories that India can’t afford

Ankur Pathak -
What the UGC has proposed is not a modest reform but a sweeping bureaucratic architecture that closely resembles Western DEI frameworks, models that promised inclusion but instead delivered polarisation, litigation, and institutional paralysis. India is at risk of importing a failed ideological export at precisely the wrong moment.
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News Reports

Sabarimala gold theft case: ED raids 21 locations including properties of Devaswom Board’s former chief and CPIM leader. Thanthri Sabha seeks CBI probe

Shraddha Pandey -
Meanwhile, the SIT is set to visit the Sabarimala shrine today for conducting on-site evidence collection.
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News Reports

UPSC educator Vijender Chauhan claims ChatGPT favours Upper-Caste: How UPSC coaching faculties are injecting caste discrimination in education

Rukma Rathore -
Vijender Chauhan asserted that ChatGPT is inherently biased and exhibits caste bias following the backlash on social media.
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News Reports

Times of India’s Wikipedia interview avoids tough questions: Ideological sourcing, silenced dissent, India-specific bias, and enforced ‘consensus’ through ‘reliable sources’

Anurag -
While the Times of India interview amplifies Wikipedia’s neutrality claims, documented editing practices reveal how approved sources, enforced consensus, and editorial privilege restrict debate, marginalise dissenting voices, and shape coverage of India-related and Hindu-focused issues.
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News Reports

Bareilly Namaz row: How it is not just about ‘offering prayers’ but a precursor to encroachment, land grab, and forced conversions

Shraddha Pandey -
What begins as a seemingly harmless practice of religious rituals soon evolves into de facto religious structures, and religious sentiments are weaponised to hold on to the illegally encroached properties as well as conversion activities in the name of the right to practice one’s religion.
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Opinions

Is Kerala really a Communist state? The myth of the ‘Kerala Model’ and Left govt’s misleading claims of eradicating extreme poverty

Dhruv Mishra -
Most importantly, Kerala operates within India's capitalist constitutional framework. It depends heavily on central government tax transfers, national financial institutions, private-sector employment, and foreign remittances in capitalist economies. But none of this comes under the actual communist economic system.
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Fact-Check

No, Bareilly Police did not arrest Muslim men for offering Namaz in their own homes, as claimed by Islamists online. Here’s the truth

Shraddha Pandey -
Contrary to the claims made by the usual suspects on social media, the Bareilly Police only detained, not arrested, 12 Muslims, not for simply offering Namaz in their own homes, but for doing so inside a vacant private house without administrative permission.
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News Reports

Love jihad dismissed, conversions ignored, Hindu expression labelled hate: How CSOH’s hate speech report distorts data to push an anti-Hindu narrative

Anurag -
The Washington-based CSOH's study claims to track hate speech but relies on activist networks, ignores police records and court proceedings, and applies scrutiny only to Hindu groups while excluding Islamist and missionary activities from comparable examination.
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News Reports

How BJP elect its National President? Read about the election process, constitutional rules, the electoral college, and the past presidents

श्रवण शुक्ल -
As the "Sangathan Parva" concludes, the BJP prepares for the formal election of Nitin Nabin as its national president. Nominations are scheduled for January 19, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to lead the proposers. At 45, Nabin represents a strategic generational shift, taking the helm as the party focuses on expanding its footprint in southern and eastern India.
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News Reports

Muslim mobs run rampage in Murshidabad over ‘migrant issues’, attack journalists, carry out arson and stone pelting: Read how West Bengal has emerged as...

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslim mob thrashed several reporters and photojournalists and even molested some of them. One case in point is that of Soma Maiti, a female journalist who works for Zee 24 Ghanta News. She was punched, kicked and sexually assaulted in the middle of the road.
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News Reports

Maharashtra civic poll results show Muslim vote bank is moving out of Congress shadow: A trailer for the full show in Assam and West...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
Maharashtra municipal elections mark a Muslim voter shift, with AIMIM winning 114-125 seats peaking at 33 in Sambhajinagar and Malegaon's Islam Party securing 35. Frustrated with Congress, voters back local voices on civic issues, eyeing similar changes in Bengal, Assam.
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News Reports

VGRC, maritime jobs and multi-crore investments: How the Gujarat govt is linking the state’s vast coastline with the Blue Economy

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
Gujarat is charting its next growth phase through the blue economy, as advanced coastal mapping and massive VGRC-linked investments unlock the state’s vast maritime potential for jobs, infrastructure, and sea-led development.
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News Reports

Resort politics returns to Mumbai: Eknath Shinde moves Sena corporators to a hotel amid fears of poaching and battle for BMC’s mayoral post

OpIndia Staff -
Resort politics has resurfaced in Mumbai as Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena shifted corporators to a luxury hotel amid poaching fears and a high-stakes battle for control of the BMC mayor’s post.
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News Reports

PM Modi to perform Bhumi Pujan for Kaziranga Elevated Corridor in Assam: All you need to know about India’s most wildlife-friendly highway project

Shriti Sagar -
During this visit, the Prime Minister is to lay the foundation stone of the Kaziranga Elevated Corridor, which is one of the most environmentally sensitive road projects in India to date.
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Editor's picks

A R Rahman plays Muslim victimhood card by saying he lost work in Bollywood, claims ‘it might be a communal thing’: Read how his...

Shraddha Pandey -
Beyond the insinuation that there he may have been a target of industry politics due to his South Indian or Tamil background or for other reasons, A R Rahman cited Chinese whispers, to suggst that him not getting more work in Bollywood could be a “communal thing”.
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News Reports

Punjab Kesari Group accuses Bhagwant Mann govt of targeted witch hunt: Read how AAP govts have been hounding the media and journalists over the...

Rukma Rathore -
"Punjab Kesari" was recognised for its anti-Khalistan articles, which led to the killing of its founder Lala Jagat Narain.
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Opinions

The right to die debate: Euthanasia’s global journey and India’s delicate balance between morality and lack of adequate palliative care

Divyansh Tiwari -
The moral dilemma stands. Does the right to die free the individual or endanger society's most vulnerable members in a world that prolongs life while barely reducing suffering? It is up to you to decide between the triumph of individuality and the untouchable sanctity of life.
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News Reports

As NASA gears up to return humans to the Moon, here’s all you need to know about the Artemis II mission

Shraddha Pandey -
The Artemis II mission will launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida using the American space agency’s most powerful rocket, the SLA Block 1.
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News Reports

US nuclear-powered supercarrier heads towards Middle East while Trump announces ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, reports of secret Israel-Iran understanding via Russia. Read details

Rukma Rathore -
According to reports, Trump will chair the "Board of Peace" which will have global representatives to oversee its operations.
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News Reports

UGC ‘equity’ Regulation: Explicit bias against ‘general caste’, uncanny similarities with Congress’ Communal Violence Bill, no safeguard for false SC/ST complaints and more

Nupur J Sharma -
The structural design of the UGC Promotion of Equity Regulations, 2026, raises serious concerns about procedural balance and institutional fairness. The framework prioritises speed, perception, and compliance, but leaves critical gaps in safeguards, clarity, and due process, thereby furthering dangerous stereotypes, assuming guilt, and demonising those belonging to the general category, while disregarding false complaints and their impact on the lives of innocent students.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Kerala origin pastor jailed over religious conversion racket operating through house church in Kanpur

Anurag -
Investigators are examining recovered religious material, possible funding sources, and whether the accused, originally from Kerala, operated independently or as part of a wider conversion network active across Kanpur and neighbouring districts.
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News Reports

US freezes visas for Pakistani immigrants: Read how Islamabad’s continuous bootlicking has no impact on the Trump administration

Rukma Rathore -
Pakistan had extended its thanks to Trump for his alleged mediation resulting in a ceasefire during "Operation Sindoor."
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News Reports

‘Wanted to turn the court into Jantar Mantar?’: SC lashes out at the TMC for organising protests inside Calcutta HC

Shraddha Pandey -
During the hearing on 15th January, the Supreme Court bench comprising PK Mishra and Vipul Pancholi asked if the TMC wanted to turn the Calcutta High Court’s courtroom into Jantar Mantar.
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Culture and History

Several ancient statues of Hindu deities discovered during excavations at various places in Bihar, including Vishnu, Ganesha, Surya and Buddha idols

OpIndia Staff -
The 1500-year-old Ganesh idol found in Jamui is holding a dessert called 'Pedakiya', which is believed to be the original version of the 'Modak'.
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News Reports

From floods to landslides: How the Indian Army became the backbone of India’s Disaster Response

श्रवण शुक्ल -
When a bridge collapses in Wayanad, floods hit Assam, or violence erupts in remote districts, the Indian Army is the first to be called by the state. The reason is its unique combination of mobility, engineering prowess, medical depth, logistics, and a disciplined command structure. This capability has been honed through the rigors of war.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: ‘Obscene, vulgar, dangerous for society’, Mother files FIR after children exposed to sexually explicit Instagram reels by influencer in Agra

Anurag -
The FIR names an unknown accused and cites provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the IT Act. Police are tracing the Instagram account as concerns grow over unchecked obscene content accessible to minors.
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News Reports

Supreme Court turns to Manusmriti while granting widowed woman assets of her late father-in-law: Read how the ancient Hindu text became a guiding light...

Divyansh Tiwari -
This ruling is an example of how judges interpret laws such as the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (HAMA), using classical Dharmashastra as moral and historical guidelines rather than as legally obligatory.
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News Reports

PM Modi-led Appointments Committee appoints IPS officer Rakesh Agarwal as the new Director General of the NIA: all you need to know about the...

Shraddha Pandey -
In his home cadre, Rakesh Agarwal served as Director General of Home Guards in Himachal Pradesh before moving to central deputation.
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News Reports

Bangladesh cricket crisis explained: Why cricketers are boycotting the BPL and demanding the exit of BCB director M Nazmul Islam

Jinit Jain -
A bitter standoff between Bangladesh’s cricketers and the BCB over a director’s controversial remarks has triggered a player boycott, throwing domestic cricket into chaos as the fate of BPL hangs in the balance.
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News Reports

Archaeologists discover imprints estimated to belong to a 10,000-year-old civilisation at the Sambalpur district of Odisha, ASI starts survey

Aditi -
ASI Superintending Archaeologist DB Gadnayak described the survey work as delicate. He has been surveying with a 15-member team of experts.
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News Reports

Is a US strike on Iran imminent? Troop pullouts, threats and signals that point to escalation

Rukma Rathore -
The ties between Iran and the United States are worsening in light of the continuing protests within the Islamic Republic.
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