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Old tweets from UPA era show how India was in a messed-up state before 2014: Here is how the trend started and the role...

OpIndia Staff -
While the public had forgotten the grim days of the UPA era, the Dhurandhar film became a trigger to relive those dark memories.
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News Reports

Muslims used Hindu names, recruited Hindus, transmitted live CCTV footage to Pakistan: Read the shocking revelations in the ISI-linked Ghaziabad spy ring case

Rukma Rathore -
Hindus were deliberately singled out for discrediting them while minimising the repercussions for the Muslim community.
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News Reports

‘Information and narrative Laundering’: US media investigation reveals how CCP stooge Neville Roy Singham pumped $600 million to set up pro-China propaganda network

Shraddha Pandey -
The Fox News reportage suggests that Vijay Prashad of TriContinental, a Massachusetts-based think tank, is quite an influential figure in the House of Singham network. OpIndia has previously reported on Vijay Prashad, TriContinental, and NewsClick’s anti-India shenanigans.
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News Reports

The curious case of ‘Dhurandhar’: Here is why India’s highest grossing film film triggered a never-before-seen liberal meltdown

Abhinav Agarwal -
Liberal propaganda requires absolute monopoly, an uncontested space, and the complete silencing of dissent. Given its contradictions and intellectually incoherent underpinnings, liberal propaganda—call it alt-leftism, wokeism—needs the nourishment of totalitarianism to survive.
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News Reports

Amid war and sanctions, how India navigated a tricky terrain in the Middle East to secure energy, trade, and strategic interests

Debraj B -
Walking a diplomatic tightrope, India has navigated war in middle east, oil disruptions, and regional alliances smartly
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News Reports

Who is pushing the ‘propaganda’ tag against Dhurandar on Wikipedia? How an anti-Hindu Wikipedia ‘Editor’ booked in Manipur for inciting violence cited fake news...

Anurag -
Talk page debates show multiple editors objecting to selective sourcing, misrepresentation of The Independent, and violation of neutrality norms, arguing that the “propaganda” label lacks consensus and reflects contested editorial push, not established fact.
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News Reports

India says NO to woke nonsense: Transgender Bill 2026 sets boundaries straight — definition of ‘transgender’ does not include the pronoun gang. Read details

Jinit Jain -
The Transgender Bill 2026 redraws legal boundaries by replacing vague self-identification with clear, verifiable criteria, aiming to ensure targeted protection, prevent misuse, and make the law truly enforceable.
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Government and Policy

Dangerous for those who force religious conversion: Union government tables FCRA Amendment bill in Parliament, read about key changes for NGOs

Rukma Rathore -
"The govt won't tolerate any misutilisation of foreign funding and will take strong action against such elements," Rai warned.
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Opinions

Bangladesh PM’s Genocide Day statement calling Pakistan’s 1971 Operation Searchlight a “pre-planned massacre” signals reversal of Yunus govt’s policy of rewriting history: Read how

Raju Das -
Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman signals reversal of Yunus govt’s policy of forgetting Pakistan’s 1971 atrocities by calling Operation Searchlight a “pre-planned massacre”
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News Reports

No refund if tickets cancelled before 8 hours or less, boarding station change and more: Read about the new Railway rules of 2026

Shriti Sagar -
In another major relief, passengers will now be able to upgrade their travel class up to 30 minutes before the train departs.
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News Reports

CAPF Bill 2026 explained: How the government plans to streamline forces, address stagnation, and retain strategic IPS oversight

Ramesh P Singh -
The CAPF Bill 2026 institutionalises IPS–CAPF synergy, balancing cadre reforms with a unified and stronger national security framework.
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News Reports

From piggybacking on Congress, Left and TMC to supporting radical Islamic parties: How decades of appeasement and demographic shift in West Bengal are changing...

OpIndia Staff -
Since 2021, West Bengal has been witnessing a new trend. It appears as if Mamata's open favouritism, preferential treatment and brazen appeasement have fallen short to placate the radical ideas of the Muslim community. As such, there is a growing interest in new and emerging parties whose ideology is 'political Islam.'
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News Reports

‘Thank you, India’ to ‘Thank you, Kashmiris’: How Iran buckled on Kashmir to appease anti-India voices after seeking donations from Indians

Shraddha Pandey -
Thanking India was diplomatically, factually and logically correct, yet, instead of standing its ground, the Iranian embassy in India, soon caved in and deleted the “Thank you, India” post and has since published on separate, narrowed thanks specifically to “the kind people of Kashmir”, in a deliberate extrication of any reference that acknowledges Kashmir as part of India.
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News Reports

Rajasthan Muslim groups urge Congress to nominate Delhi Riots accused Umar Khalid to the Rajya Sabha: A closer look at his anti-Hindu riots links

Shraddha Pandey -
On 23rd March, Muslim organisations presented a joint representation to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, advocating Umar Khalid’s candidature, arguing that it would showcase the party’s commitment to ‘civil rights’ and address the issue of a lack of sufficient Muslim representation from Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha.
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News Reports

Long queues in many cities after rumours of petrol-diesel shortage spread in Gujarat: What was the real reason and how did the situation worsen...

મેઘલસિંહ પરમાર -
The Gujarat state government repeatedly confirmed that the fuel was available, but media continued to mislead the people.
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News Reports

85,510 waqf properties in Bengal, only 18,497 approved while 3,509 rejected during UMEED verification: Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju informs in Parliament

Shraddha Pandey -
Regarding West Bengal, the minister said that during the initial six months, “23,091 existing waqf properties were initiated by Makers on the Portal. Out of these, 716 properties were validated and approved by Approvers, while 161 properties were rejected during verification. The remaining were at various stages of uploading.”
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News Reports

Are Trump’s sudden announcements of escalation and ceasefire with Iran linked to US stock market manipulation? Read what we know

Anurag -
Large trades in oil and S and P 500 futures, executed just before Trump’s announcement, coincided with sharp market moves and estimated profits within minutes, as Iran rejected claims of talks and called the narrative misleading.
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News Reports

How does India prepare for LPG supply disruptions? Read about the caverns of LPG reserves in Mangaluru and Visakhapatnam

Rukma Rathore -
"The facility has now achieved a successful gas-in, marking a major milestone," Hardeep Puri had posted about the Mangaluru LPG cavern in 2025.
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News Reports

Christian missionary or a geopolitical actor? Decoding pastor Sean Feucht, the American evangelist driving a global conversion network and his attempts to target Hindus...

Shraddha Pandey -
In a video published on his Instagram page, Sean Feucht said that the Zion Centre facility will house 1300 children, supposedly rescued from human trafficking and child sex abuse-related crimes.
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News Reports

Who is Meera Thakur: Arrested by Ghaziabad police for installing CCTV at sensitive sites, linked to Pakistan spy network, earlier released on humanitarian grounds...

Anurag -
Earlier arrested in a Delhi Police arms case and granted bail due to her children, Meera allegedly continued operations, with police recovering over 100 videos and uncovering links to multi-state reconnaissance and encrypted communication networks.
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News Reports

Health Insurance: How much sum insured is enough for a family in 2026?

OpIndia Staff -
A medical emergency not only impacts a family financially, but it is also emotionally draining. In an emotional situation where your family member is in a lot of physical pain, getting an unexpected bill for an enormous amount is the last thing one wants.
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Opinions

Akhilesh Yadav and other ‘seculars’ outrage over Atiq Ahmed’s Pakistani link shown in Dhurandhar 2: Read how the Left-Liberal ecosystem hails and hates movies...

Rukma Rathore -
Akhilesh charged, "I believe they have substantial financial resources, as they are also allocating funds for movie releases."
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News Reports

What is Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, and how will it impact startups, MSMEs, and corporate compliance in India

Shriti Sagar -
The proposed changes are largely based on suggestions made by the Company Law Committee (CLC), which was set up by the government to review corporate laws.
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News Reports

War, pandemic or disaster: How supply shocks lead to hoarding, black marketing and inflation across the world

Shriti Sagar -
This crisis has resulted in the release of oil from the International Energy Agency’s emergency oil reserves.
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News Reports

OpIndia Exclusive: A 20-year-old Hindu man stabbed to death by Ashik Khan in Mumbai’s Dharavi, cross FIRs filed; read what the FIRs state

Aditi -
In the counter FIR, Khan stated that he works as a labourer and is addicted to drugs.
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News Reports

UNI office sealed in Delhi: Inside the HC order that triggered the action and how left-liberals gave it an ‘attack on press freedom’ spin

Shriti Sagar -
The action came just hours after the Delhi High Court dismissed UNI’s plea challenging the cancellation of its land allotment. Soon after, the property was sealed by authorities, triggering a wider debate over press freedom and government action.
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News Reports

Iran’s Diego Garcia gambit: The missile strike that failed, but still shook America’s illusion of distance

Jinit Jain -
Iran didn’t need to hit Diego Garcia, it only needed to prove it could try, and in doing so, it shattered the illusion of distance as sanctuary for the United States.
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News Reports

As NIA arrests foreign nationals who came to train Myanmar militants in drone warfare, read how India’s Kuki insurgents used weaponised drones to bomb...

Aditi -
The central agency submitted to the court that foreign nationals had plotted to train the ethnic armed groups in Myanmar in drone warfare, operations, assembly, jamming technology, and more.
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News Reports

Assam Elections 2026: The arithmetic of power and the psychology of victory as BJP-led NDA appears set for a comfortable hat-trick

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
When Assam’s voters deliver their verdict on May 4, it is likely to reaffirm not just a government but a political order, one defined by the BJP’s ability to combine structural advantage with strategic execution.
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News Reports

Congress attacks Modi govt after X crackdown on trolls sponsored by opposition parties: Read how anti-India propaganda was being spread

Rukma Rathore -
"This is not merely about shaping narratives; it is an encroachment on the very spirit of free expression," Supriya Shrinate stated.
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Opinions

Jihadistan 2026: Pakistan wins top spot in the Global Terrorism Index, worse than Burkina Faso

Divyansh Tiwari -
Last year, there was a decrease in terrorism worldwide. But there are still unresolved issues in the story of South Asia. The numbers don't lie. The real question is whether Islamabad will finally listen?
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Editor's picks

Fact Check: No, Bill Gates is not creating rainfall in North India using experimental technology, read how viral claims are misleading people

Dhruv Mishra -
Over the last 2 days, North India has witnessed sudden rainfall, thunderstorms and even hailstorms, after which social media users are claiming that it is caused by Bill Gates
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Opinions

Amidst outrage over Muslims doing Iftar and throwing bones in Ganga, TheWire attempts to secularise the sacred river for the old objective of shielding...

Shraddha Pandey -
In an opinion piece titled, "Who Owns the Ganga? A River of Many Faiths, Not One", a Delhi-based writer, translator and researcher, Rakhshanda Jalil, offers family memories, Urdu poetry, and a dash of melodrama to establish a narrative that Ganga is a ‘secular’ river not owned only by Hindus.
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News Reports

From killings of Hindus and rapes of minors to wars and riots: 50+ incidents show how peaceful Ramadan 2026 was, fundamentalists did not even...

सौम्या सिंह -
Pakistan and Afghanistan are Islamic countries, yet, they have been indulging in violence and attacks during Ramadan. In 2026, not only Islamic fundamentalists but even Islamic countries disregarded this month. In just 30 days, countless incidents of murder, looting, assault, violence, and rape occurred.
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Opinions

No atta, No electricity, and yet Pakistan ranks higher than India in the 2026 World Happiness Report: Read how such international indexes are a...

Rukma Rathore -
"In most countries, approximately 1,000 people are contacted by telephone or face-to-face each year," WHR's website read.
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Opinions

The Wire and Delhi Riot conspirator Apoorvanand push ‘Muslim Victimhood’ spin on Uttam Nagar lynching: Read how the Left reframes crimes against Hindus to...

Shraddha Pandey -
The op-ed titled, “In Delhi's Uttam Nagar, Hate is Free, But Muslim Safety Isn't,” 2020 Delhi Riots accused professor Apoorvanand peddled the Muslim victimhood bogey, even as it is a Hindu family that has lost its son to a Muslim mob instigated by a Muslim woman who could not tolerate Holi colours splashed over her mistakenly.
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News Reports

2025 Nagpur violence: The Indian Express does what it does best, finds fault with Maharashtra govt for not acting against Hindu victims and prosecuting...

Rukma Rathore -
Similar to other mainstream media that acts as a spokesperson for jihadis to whitewash their atrocious conduct, The Indian Express also shifted the blame for the unrest onto Hindus rather than those who truly unleashed terror on the streets.
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News Reports

Matthew VanDyke, arrested by NIA for training and arming terrorists against India, fought wars that ‘Bellingcat’ sold: Read how the mercenary worked closely with...

Divyansh Tiwari -
Opindia uncovers a historical cover-up by following the thread of VanDyke's recent arrest in India, revealing Bellingcat as a sophisticated front for the CIA and MI6, as the evidence clearly indicates.
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Opinions

Crying ‘hate speech’ ahead of Eid after Islamists lynched a Hindu man on Holi: How Harsh Mander-linked APCR’s PIL seeks to shift focus from...

Jinit Jain -
After Tarun Kumar’s brutal killing in Uttam Nagar, APCR’s petition seeks to shift the spotlight from the mob violence to a narrative centred on alleged “hate speech” and minority victimhood.
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News Reports

Remember the 2016 Una flogging case? Judgement reveals how ‘victims’ of ‘flogging’ by gaurakshaks didn’t even have broken bones, their lies resulted in death...

મેઘલસિંહ પરમાર -
Gir Somnath court convicted five in the Una case, acquitted 35 citing lack of evidence, and ruled key charges like attempt to murder were not proven.
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News Reports

Libya, Ukraine, Myanmar and more: The work-life of arrested American mercenary Matthew VanDyke aligns precisely with US military and strategic ‘interest areas’ on the...

Shraddha Pandey -
The likes of ideologically driven Matthew VanDyke operate as private citizens and NGO founders with combat training, funding and media reach in major strategic hotspots, providing their government with power without accountability.
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News Reports

“Only bones were thrown into the Ganga, Hindus immerse ashes”: How the left-liberal ecosystem is defending the actions of Muslim youths, with Congress calling...

पूजा राणा -
The Iftar controversy underscores a deeper clash between religious reverence for the Ganga and what many see as a deliberate disregard for those sentiments under the guise of individual freedom.
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Opinions

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry tries to shield arrested suspects and castigate NIA: Read how they have been undiplomatic and habitually arrogant for years

Rukma Rathore -
Ukraine has a tradition of challenging India for its decision to remain neutral in the war against Russia. On several occasions, the statements of their Foreign Ministry have been downright rude and arrogant toward India.
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News Reports

Pakistan’s attack on drug rehab centre in Kabul draws global condemnation, but WHO and Norway avoid naming Pakistan in their ‘call for peace’

Shraddha Pandey -
While the world leaders have mostly been indifferent to Pakistan’s offensives against Afghanistan, its strike on the drugs rehab centre has invited rare global pushback.
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Opinions

Carving a Christian nation in South Asia? As Ukrainians and an American get arrested for arming and training terrorists, read how NE India-Myanmar border...

Shraddha Pandey -
The recent arrest of six Ukrainian and an American citizen by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for providing arms and training to Chin National Army-linked militants in Myanmar indicates that there are many dots that, if connected, may lead to the heart of the subversive activities of the US in the India-Myanmar-Bangladesh border region.
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News Reports

When the Portuguese held the Strait of Hormuz: A century of rule, controlling trade routes from Arabia to India, until British and Persia joined...

Rukma Rathore -
The Portuguese managed to conquer the island of Hormuz two times and erected a fortress there to solidify their control.
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Opinions

Is India’s GDP overstated? As a study claims 20 years of ‘misestimation’, read why it is not that straightforward and all conclusive

Dhruv Mishra -
At its core, GDP is not a directly observable number but an estimate constructed from multiple data sources, surveys, and statistical techniques. In a country like India, where a significant portion of economic activity occurs in the informal sector, measuring output with precision is inherently challenging.
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Politics

Odisha Congress seeks disqualification of own MLAs, targets Sofia Firdous again over Rajya Sabha polls: How the Party has been alienating the State’s first...

Divya Bharti -
The Odisha Congress has moved to disqualify three MLAs, including rising star Sofia Firdous, for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha polls. The move follows their defiance of a party whip, which led to a victory for BJP-backed candidate Dilip Ray.
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News Reports

NIA arrests a shady US mercenary ‘VanDyke’ for working with Myanmar-based militants and training insurgent groups active in NE India border: What we know...

Divyansh Tiwari -
News videos that had the visuals of NIA officials loading the arrested foreigners into a jail van had one thin, long-haired individual wearing a mask. Soon, the name Matthew VanDyke was all over social media.
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News Reports

Bombay HC quashes 16-year-old SC/ST case as an ‘act of vengeance’: How a woman filed three cases against Mumbai professor for questioning reservation eligibility

Amit Kelkar -
When a credentials dispute leads to three SC/ST cases, each failing on legal grounds, it raises serious concerns about misuse, something the Bombay HC has now explicitly flagged as harassment through legal process.
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