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‘Sindh will always be part of India’: Rajnath Singh’s remarks affirm that political borders cannot alter civilisational and historical truths

Shriti Sagar -
Sindh is not just a geographical region; it is a major part of India’s ancient civilisational roots. The Indus River, or the Sindhu, flows through this land and has shaped the culture, agriculture, and early settlements of the entire region.
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News Reports

Unmistakable Delhi anti-Hindu riot connection to ‘anti pollution’ protest: How org linked to UAPA accused, Prashant Bhushan spearheaded pro-Hidma protest

Anurag -
CASR’s presence, alongside figures like Safoora Zargar, Asif Iqbal Tanha and Prashant Bhushan, highlights how individuals involved in anti-Hindu Delhi riots discourse keep resurfacing in organisations linked to protests, including those glorifying slain Naxal commander Madvi Hidma.
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News Reports

What is ‘The Himkhand’, the leftist organisation using ‘pollution’ as a cover to incite violence and glorify Maoists and the role played by urban...

Dibakar Dutta -
Urban naxals in India are now weaponising climate change and environmental activism to promote left-wing extremism and undermine the nation's sovreignity and territorial integrity.
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News Reports

Who are the Urban Naxals behind the Delhi Protest: bsCEM which believes ‘Naxalbari is the only way’, Ravjot Kaur who hailed Hidma and other...

Rukma Rathore -
bsCEM has been advocating for Maoists on a regular basis, praising them as revolutionaries and victims of the Indian state.
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News Reports

OpIndia Exclusive: Modi govt spent over 3,507 crore on rehabilitation, ex gratia payment and more in Naxal affected states, 1,217 crore given to central...

Anurag -
The latest RTI reply reveals detailed state wise SRE allocations and parallel funding to central agencies, highlighting how the Centre strengthened ground operations, supported surrenders and modernisation, and scaled its multi layered strategy against Left Wing Extremism.
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News Reports

Leadership gone, cadre wiped out, Naxal groups still want to play politics: Read why the latest ‘letter to CMs’ is another farce before the...

Shraddha Pandey -
In the letter signed by MMC Zonal Committee spokesperson Anant, the Committee expressed readiness to surrender under government rehabilitation schemes; however, it sought time until 16th February 2026, to reach all members and make a collective decision. The CPI(Maoist) MMC requested the state governments to suspend security operations until then.
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Opinions

How Urban Naxals are using ‘pollution’ as a ruse to drum up sympathy for Madvi Hidma, just like Islamists used CAA as a ruse...

Rukma Rathore -
Anti pollution protests in Delhi turned into a show of strength by Urban Naxals when protestors used chilli powder, lionised Madvi Hidma
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Editor's picks

Breaking down Delhi anti-Hindu Riot bail hearing in SC: Prosecution argument on how it was a regime change operation, videos of Sharjeel Imam’s speeches,...

Divyansh Tiwari -
The Supreme Court is hearing the bail petitions of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in Delhi anti-Hindu riots, with state argument that it was a regime change operation
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News Reports

Canada: Federal Court rejects Sikh man’s asylum bid, finds no proof of persecution for being pro-Khalistan or homosexual

Anurag -
Canada’s tribunal ruled Singh could safely relocate within India, citing no proof of police pursuit, Khalistan links or sexuality based danger. The case also reflects rising misuse of fabricated persecution narratives in asylum claims abroad.
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News Reports

RJD realises songs reminding people of Jungle Raj didn’t help in elections, issues legal notice to several pro-RJD singers over ‘unauthorised’ songs glorifying violence

OpIndia Staff -
During election rallies in Bihar, PM Modi mentioned this phenomenon of RJD playing songs about theft, pistols, and double-barrel guns in election rallies.
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News Reports

Proposed 131st Amendment sparks political storm in Punjab as parties oppose moving Chandigarh’s administration to centre, centre clarifies no final decision taken and it...

Shriti Sagar -
This Bill proposes to bring Chandigarh under the ambit of Article 240 of the Constitution.
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News Reports

Haryana: Kurukshetra sees 3,300+ dog bite incidents involving children between 2020 and July 2025; RTI reveals

Anurag -
RTI data exposes a worrying escalation in Kurukshetra child dog bite cases, with 858 incidents in seven months of 2025 alone, and reveals the district accounts for a striking share of Haryana’s total dog bite cases.
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News Reports

Amit in India talking about Dalit rights may turn out to be Abdul from Pakistan. X’s ‘account based in’ label is exposing foreign-run ‘Indian’...

Anurag -
By showing the actual origin of user accounts, X’s update is exposing foreign-based political handles that long posed as local voices, triggering debate on transparency, credibility and the extent of overseas influence in India’s digital discourse.
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News Reports

Himanta Biswa Sarma signs loan agreement with British Museum for Vrindavani Vastra: Read about Assam’s 16th century spiritual and cultural legacy, and how it...

Shriti Sagar -
To ensure that the Vrindavani Vastra can be safely displayed in Assam, the state government and the JSW Foundation will build a world-class museum in Guwahati.
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News Reports

Trump turns the Leftist media’s ‘fascist’ jibe into a joke, tells Zohran Mamdani ‘it is ok’ to call him that

Aditi -
Notably, during his election campaign, Mamdani had called Trump "despot" and a "fascist", a favourite jibe of the Left politicians and the Leftist media to target all conservatives.
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News Reports

Negative G forces, engine seizures, or bird strike: What may have caused the Tejas crash at Dubai air show, and why such tragedies are...

Jinit Jain -
The Tejas crash at the Dubai Air Show underscores the extreme risks of aerobatic military flying, where pilots and machines operate at the very edge of human and technological limits.
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News Reports

As Siddaramaiah vs Shivakumar power tussle intensifies, here’s a timeline of the infighting within the Congress party in Karnataka

Shraddha Pandey -
The imperative to remind Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge of the supposed power-sharing promise arose as the Congress government completes 2.5 years under Siddaramiah.
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News Reports

Assam govt directs 5 illegal immigrants to leave India within 24 hours under ‘forgotten’ 1950 law brought back by Himanta Biswa Sarma govt

Aditi -
The absconders have been identified as Hanufa, Mariyam Nessa, Fatema, Monowara, and Amjad Ali, all from the Dhobokata village of the district.
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News Reports

The opposition parties, its liberal ecosystem is outraged because the judiciary refused to dismantle the constitution and uphold separation of power: Selective outrage and...

Rukma Rathore -
MK Stalin, the Left and the liberal faction criticised the Supreme Court because it did not rule in favour of their agenda.
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News Reports

The Wire whitewashes crimes of slain Maoist Madvi Hidma, calls him a ‘hero of the masses’: Here is all you need to know about...

Aditi -
The Wire, which conveniently omits to present the pain of the families of the security personnel killed in Naxal attacks, mentions how Hidma's mother and other people from his native village mourned his death.
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News Reports

As SIA raids Kashmir Times office and recovers ammunitions, read about its executive editor Anuradha Bhasin and how she has been publishing anti-national content

Shraddha Pandey -
Around 14 AK-47 cartridges, pistol rounds and three grenade safety levers were recovered during the searches at the newspaper’s office. The authorities have registered an FIR under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against Kashmir Times, its promoters and Executive Editor Anuradha Bhasin.
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Opinions

Sanctions, markets and margins: Why Reliance halting purchase of Russian crude for Jamnagar refinery doesn’t mean India has bent to the US

Divyansh Tiwari -
India and Russia continue to have deeper energy links that are structural rather than transactional. While Rosneft owns over 49% of Nayara Energy's Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, Indian PSUs possess nearly half of Rosneft's Vankorneft subsidiary, a substantial investment in Taas Yuryakh, and a longstanding position in the Sakhalin-1 project.
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Editor's picks

China ran an anti-Rafale propaganda campaign during Operation Sindoor to undermine India: How Congress, which signed an MoU, followed the same pattern

Rukma Rathore -
China launched a disinformation drive to prevent the sale of French Rafale aircraft in favour of its own J-35s during the Operation Sindoor in May 2025
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News Reports

Ganja in the Eastern Ghats, poppy in Manipur: How illegal cultivation of narcotics has been a major money source for Naxals and other violent...

Rukma Rathore -
On 17th November, 41 acres of illicit poppy production was wiped out in Manipur's Tengnoupal and Kangpokpi districts. A joined team identified and uprooted the crops during the day-long operation which was conducted in the Khudei Khullen hill range under Tengnoupal Police Station.
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News Reports

Congress awards Indira Gandhi Peace Prize to former UNHR head Michelle Bachelet: Read how she invoked Kashmir, challenged CAA, attacked India during her tenure

Rukma Rathore -
Bachelet took anti-India positions and did not pass up any opportunity to interfere in the country's internal issues.
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News Reports

18 years before Delhi Red Fort blast, Al Falah University produced another jihadi: Read link to the 2008 serial bombings and Congress’ massive betrayal

Aditi -
The terror accused is Mirza Shadab Baig, the main accused in the 2008 serial bombings in Delhi and Ahmedabad, who is on the run and is believed to be living in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Presidential reference case: Everything you need to know about the Supreme Court judgement on timelines for acting on bills, deemed assent and more

Shriti Sagar -
This Supreme Court ruling came in response to a Presidential reference filed by President Droupadi Murmu under Article 143(1). She asked the apex court t to clarify whether the judiciary can impose timelines or create procedural rules for the Governor and President.
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News Reports

SIA raid at Kashmir Times: AK-47 cartridges and pistol rounds seized in Jammu office, even as liberals defend the newspaper accused of anti-national activities

Divya Bharti -
The SIA raided the Kashmir Times Jammu office, recovering firearms and a grenade. Executive Editor Anuradha Bhasin has been booked under UAPA. Meanwhile, the NIA revealed a Hamas-style drone attack plot linked to the Delhi Red Fort blast, arresting a key technical expert in Srinagar.
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News Reports

US approves fresh Javelin missile deal with India: Everything you need to know about the $93 million package and why it matters

Shriti Sagar -
The DSCA said the sale fits directly into Washington’s broader foreign policy and security goals, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region.
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News Reports

How Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma helped Nitish Kumar formulate the Rs 10,000 scheme for women: Inside NDA’s stunning Bihar victory

Divya Bharti -
The NDA’s landslide in Bihar is being widely credited to the massively popular “das-hazari” Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, shaped with key inputs from Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and inspired by PM Modi’s push for women-led economic empowerment.
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News Reports

Kerala: Mother and stepfather attempt to lure minor into ISIS; face stringent UAPA charges in Thiruvananthapuram

Anurag -
The case began after a madarsa raised concerns about the boy’s behaviour, leading relatives to file a complaint alleging he was exposed to ISIS videos in the UK, triggering a UAPA investigation by Venjaramoodu Police.
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Opinions

The manufactured outrage over Amar Sonar Bangla shows how Bengal’s cultural icons have become convenient shields for Mamata’s political insecurities

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
The Amar Sonar Bangla controversy is not about Tagore, not about culture, not about pride; it is about a ruling party that has mastered emotional distraction
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Law

SC overturns its earlier order mandating demolition of infrastructural projects constructed without environment clearance: Read what the top court said

Aditi -
In his dissenting opinion, Justice Bhuyan criticised the majority opinion and termed the review decision as a "step in retrogression".
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News Reports

Ram Mandir-Babri dispute, bulldozer justice, Delhi riots, and more: Decoding USCIRF’s 2025 Report and its multi-year campaign against India, especially Hindus

Jinit Jain -
With the mention of Ram Mandir-Babri dispute, an issue resolved by the Supreme Court of India in 2019, USCIRF’s 2025 report reveals it is less of a human-rights assessment and more of a recycled political narrative designed to undermine India’s institutions and malign the Hindu majority.
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Opinions

Death sentence for Sheikh Hasina in 2025 Bangladesh has a disturbing echo of the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto saga from 1978 Pakistan

Shraddha Pandey -
While decades separate Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Sheikh Hasina, there are parallels in their cases. Both reached the pinnacle of power and popularity in their respective countries, and both ended up getting accused of centralising authority. Both faced allegations of electoral fraud and dictatorial conduct by the opposition. Both of them were abruptly and forcibly removed from power, and their departure plunged their countries into the jaws of Islamist fanatics and triggered chaos.
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News Reports

Muslim outfit CAIR linked to Rahul Gandhi’s 2023 Houston event designated terror group: Read about its anti-Hindu propaganda, ties to Hamas, Al Qaeda and...

Anurag -
Governor Abbott’s order details CAIR’s ties to convicted extremists, references the FBI decision to cut contact in 2008, and triggers enhanced penalties under Texas law by designating the group a foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organisation.
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Opinions

Delhi bomber glorifies suicide bombing as martyrdom: How Islamist doctrine, scriptural sanction, and intellectual gaslighting sustain Islamic terrorism

Jinit Jain -
The Delhi bomber's video glorifying suicide bombing reveals how Islamic terrorism isn’t just about bombs or drones, it is rooted in religious doctrine, sanctioned by scriptures and defended by intellectual gaslighting.
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Politics

Did Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party hurt NDA or MGB more by ‘cutting votes?’ Read what data says

Dhruv Mishra -
Jan Suraaj did not change who gets to govern Bihar, but it did change how competitive, unpredictable, and divided the race became and that influence, even without seats, is now part of the state’s electoral record.
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News Reports

Who was Madvi Hidma? India’s most-wanted Naxal commander behind 26 attacks finally killed in Andhra encounter

Anurag -
Killed just days before a planned capture deadline, Madvi Hidma had long evaded agencies with his deep forest networks, multi-layer security ring and leadership of PLGA Battalion No 1, linked to India’s deadliest Naxal attacks.
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News Reports

Kerala BLO suicide points to alleged CPM pressure: Read how Rajdeep, TNM and others used the incident to blamed the SIR process and ECI

Anurag -
National media focused solely on the SIR workload claim, but officials denied any such distress and Congress released audio alleging CPM pressure, revealing how selective reporting shaped a misleading narrative around the Kerala BLO’s suicide.
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News Reports

Mahagathbandhan’s influencer op exposed: Propagandist Zakir Ali Tyagi reveals RJD won’t pay Delhi YouTubers after hauling them to Bihar. Read details

Rukma Rathore -
Zakir disclosed that RJD officials misappropriated the funds intended for the YouTubers recruited during Bihar elections.
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News Reports

CNN takes note of rising anti-India racism in US but quotes Islamist and anti-India bigots: Here is what you need to know

Dibakar Dutta -
While it was evident that CNN published the article to berate the Republicans and champion the cause of 'anti-racism', the American news channel ironcially roped in individuals known for anti-India and anti-Hindu rhetoric.
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News Reports

As Hinduphobia peaks in the US, Christian and Islamist groups push new campaign against Hindus: How NY State Council of Churches and IAMC have...

Shraddha Pandey -
The events titled “The Weaponization of Hinduism in Northern Carolina and India and the Relationships to Global Religious Nationalisms” are being co-organised by the Islamist group IAMC. The additional sponsorship for these anti-Hindu events comes from the White Christian Nationalisms Task Force of the California-Nevada Conference of the United Methodist Church.
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News Reports

Red Fort Blast: How a white collar jihadi module is being whitewashed by twisting a routine police detention into a ‘Hindu terror’ narrative

Anurag -
Despite the probe exposing an organised Islamist network behind the Red Fort blast, online propagandists misused Dr Priyanka Sharma’s brief detention to float a fake Hindu terror angle and divert attention from the real white-collar module.
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Culture and History

Viral visuals of Himachal’s festival of fairies capture national imagination: The sacred Raulane festival of Kinnaur unveiled

Aditi -
The festival forms a bridge between the locals and the mystical fairies and marks an expression of the former's gratitude towards the latter.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Weapons recovered from Kodinar Dargah days after Red Fort blast, caretaker Aminsha Ismailsha detained. Read FIR details

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
SP Jaideepsinh Jadeja confirmed to OpIndia that the combing operation was launched after the Delhi car blast case.
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News Reports

Is the simple student demand for Senate elections at Panjab University being hijacked by political groups, unions and identity factions? – an OpIndia report

Anurag -
When OpIndia visited campus, students were calm and focused on resuming studies, but outsiders with tractors, flags and political motives dominated the space, turning a routine Senate election issue into a larger confrontation that students never sought.
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Books

‘Many Shades of Saffron’ by Chandrachur Ghose: Understanding the RSS through a century of growth in the complex socio-political landscape of India

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
Many Shades of Saffron addresses the polarised landscape of literature surrounding the RSS. Insider accounts have often been devotional, while outsider critiques have tended to be suspicious, even hostile. Both have contributed to a climate in which the RSS is either heroised or demonised, with little space for historical nuance. Ghose consciously avoids both traps.
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News Reports

Scam loading? Congress govt’s Rs 613 crore sweeper rental proposal in Karnataka sparks outrage, opposition warns of a massive kickback racket

Rukma Rathore -
The opposition and netizens highlighted the inflated costs and accused the Congress government of perpetrating another scam.
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News Reports

Rohini-Tejashwi fight, sisters leaving house: Is this new episode in Lalu Yadav’s family drama a ploy to attract media attention and divert public focus...

Shraddha Pandey -
After Lalu Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya snapped ties from her family and announced departure from politics, Lalu Yadav’s other four daughters, Rajlakshmi, Ragini, Hema and Chanda have also left the family. The four of them travelled to Delhi along with their children hinting a wider rift within the family that is out in open as Bihar rejected RJD.
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