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BJP to hold Parliamentary party meeting tomorrow amid suspense over next CMs in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh

ANI - 6 December, 2023

BJP will hold a Parliamentary party meeting tomorrow at Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament House complex amid suspense over the selection of CMs in 3 states

News Reports

Press release announcing Mahanth Balaknath Yogi as next CM of Rajasthan is fake: State BJP

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Taking to X, BJP's Rajasthan unit called out fake letter circulating as its press release appointing new leadership in Rajasthan.

News Reports

Decide in 3 months representation to ban dangerous dog breeds: Delhi HC asks Centre, stresses need to promote local breeds of dogs

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Delhi High Court asked the Union government to expeditiously make a decision, preferably within three months, on a representation to ban "dangerous" dog breeds like Pitbulls, Terriers, American Bulldogs, and Rottweilers.

News Reports

Delhi: INDI alliance meeting to be held today at Kharge’s residence

ANI - 6 December, 2023

The INDI alliance appears to be on shaky ground, especially after poll rout for Congress in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and MP.

News Reports

24 seats reserved in PoK because it belongs to India: Amit Shah in Parliament introducing bill to increase seats in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Amit Shah said that the two bills related to Jammu and Kashmir that the Union government introduced in parliament are geared at providing justice to those who have been denied their rights for more than 70 years.

News Reports

’PoK wasn’t a mistake, it was a blunder’: Amit Shah talks about ‘Nehruvian blunders’ in Kashmir in Lok Sabha, leaves opposition fuming

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Union Home Minister Amit Shah also held Congress responsible for the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley.

News Reports

Union government tells parliament it is working on new technologies such as Small Nuclear Reactors to make a clean energy transition

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Government said that it is working on new technologies such as Small Nuclear Reactors to make clean energy transition

News Reports

UP: FIR against Maulvi and Mutawalli of a mosque in Sitapur over the high volume of loudspeakers

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

The FIR was registered after a mosque in Sitapur was blaring Azaan on loudspeakers exceeding the prescribed decibel limit despite repeated warnings from the police.

Culture and History

Gujarat’s Garba declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO

ANI - 6 December, 2023

Garba, the famed traditional dance form of Gujarat has been declared as an Intangible Heritage by the UNESCO

News Reports

Pranab Mukherjee knew Sonia Gandhi would not make him PM, was upset over ‘politically immature’ Rahul Gandhi for tearing ordinance: Reveals Sharmistha Mukherjee

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Pranab Mukherjee was upset about the way Rahul Gandhi trashed the 2013 ordinance of his own govt, reveals Sharmistha Mukherjee in new book

News Reports

Maharashtra: Minor girl raped, blackmailed over personal photos and videos, accused Uvaish Ansari booked in Satara

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

The complainant has stated that she was being blackmailed over intimate photos and videos.

News Reports

Indian Banks Association has submitted a proposal for 5-day work week with off on all Saturdays, confirms Finance Ministry in Parliament

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Union Finance Ministry confirmed in Parliament that the Indian banking sector has formally proposed to declare all Saturdays as official bank holidays

News Reports

Delhi Riots 2020: Court summons ED special director over non-appearance of prosecution in PMLA case against Tahir Hussain

ANI - 6 December, 2023

The court noted that there was a direction to provide an advance copy to the counsel for the accused. However, neither an advance copy has been supplied nor even a reply has been filed in the Court. "In these circumstances, let the Special Director (Directorate of Enforcement) appear in person on the next date on December 8 at 2.00 PM," ASJ Rawat ordered on December 5, 2023.

News Reports

Did you know: 3,500 temples were demolished, and 2,400 Hindu women were raped in Bangladesh on suspicion of Babri demolition 2 years before karseva

अनुपम कुमार सिंह - 6 December, 2023

Two years before the karseva, Islamists in Bangladesh wreaked havoc, raping a parading naked over 2,400 Hindu women on suspicion of Babri demolition.

News Reports

‘I regret it’: DMK MP Senthilkumar expresses regret in Parliament for ‘Gaumutra’ remark after backlash, asks for the comment to be expunged

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Apart from the Hinduphobic ‘Gaumutra’ remarks, several old videos of DMK MP Senthilkumar have also resurfaced on the internet in which he could be heard mocking and abusing Hindu deities Shri Krishna and Shri Ram, Hindu epics Mahabharat and Ramayana as well as Hindu rituals.

News Reports

Love Jihad in UP: Dalit girl kidnapped, compelled to eat beef and converted to Islam by Shoaib

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

A Dalit girl was kidnapped and compelled to eat beef by Shoaib. He forcefully married the victim and then raped her.

News Reports

National level athlete to Lawrence Bishnoi’s ‘manager’: Who is gangster Sampat Nehra who killed Rajput Karni Sena leader Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Sampat Nehra, who hails from Raigarh, met Lawrence Bishnoi in his college days and has been involved in a range of criminal activities since then.

News Reports

BJP lodges police complaint against TMC leaders for insulting PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

BJP filed complaints against TMC leaders for raising derogatory slogans against PM Modi and HM Shah

News Reports

Bihar: IPS officer surrenders in case for creating fake WhatsApp profile of Chief Justice of Patna HC and influencing criminal proceedings against him

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

IPS officer Aditya Kumar reportedly created a fake WhatsApp profile of a former Patna HC Chief Justice to influence criminal proceedings against him.

News Reports

US-protected Khalistani terrorist Pannun issues another warning to India, threatens to attack Parliament and invokes Afzal Guru

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun threatened to attack the Indian Parliament on or before 13 December.

News Reports

31 years of Babri demolition: Remembering the Karsevaks who razed the face of adharma to the ground to pave the way for a Bhavya...

Pragya Bakshi Sharma - 6 December, 2023

As Ram Mandir in Ayodhya prepares for its grand opening, it is noteworthy to recollect the sacrifices made by Karsevaks in demolishing the symbol of tyranny.

News Reports

Unknown gunmen strike again in Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed’s aide Hanzla Adnan, who plotted the Udhampur attack, killed in Karachi

Gopal Tiwari - 6 December, 2023

Hanzla Adnan was the key conspirator of the 2015 attack on a BSF convoy in Udhampur and the 2016 attack on a CRPF convoy in Pampor - both in Jammu and Kashmir.

News Reports

400 Rohingyas from Bangladesh in 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea for 2 weeks, UN Refugee Agency asks neighbouring nations to help

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Two boats carrying around 400 Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh are adrift in the Andaman Sea for around 2 weeks, UN seeks help

News Reports

Adani stocks rally after the US govt calls Hindenberg allegations ‘irrelevant’, contributing 65% to Tuesday’s market gains

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Out of Rs 2.9 trillion added in the market, the rally in Adani stocks contributed Rs 1.9 trillion, the largest single-day increase in value for the conglomerate.

News Reports

Manipur: 13 Meiteis killed in fresh violence, contrary to claims that they were Myanmar militants, all identified as locals

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

13 Meiteis killed in Manipur. Initially, it was believed they were militants from Myanmar but later they were identified as civilians from Manipur.

News Reports

For Revanth Reddy, Sonia Gandhi is ‘Mother of Telangana’, but he has ‘better DNA’ because KCR’s Kurmi caste ancestors came from Bihar

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Earlier, Reddy thanked the national Congress leaders for supporting him throughout the campaign in the state and called Congress' Sonia Gandhi as 'Mother of Telangana'.

News Reports

Meta removed thousands of China-based Facebook accounts influencing opinions in India and the US ahead of elections

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

The report underscored that these China-based fake accounts posing as journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders etc posted the same propaganda content on both Facebook and Elon Musk-owned X. In a bid to appear authentic false accounts commented on and shared each other's posts.

News Reports

DMK MP Senthil Kumar shares half-hearted apology after throwing hateful ‘Gaumutra’ comment: Here is how he has been a repeat offender

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Senthil Kumar said, "Gaumutra doesn't translate into a cow. It doesn't just translate into a sacred animal thing which people are saying."

News Reports

‘Calling for the genocide of Jews is not harassment, will consider only when they actually get killed’: Harvard, UPenn and MIT presidents

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

Harvard, MIT and UPenn Presidents refused to term call for genocide of Jews as bullying and harassment under university policy.

News Reports

Old video of Islamist Mohammed Hijab threatening Douglas Murray goes viral: What he said after attack on Salman Rushdie and why the video is...

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

An old video of Islamist Mohammed Hijab who provoked Muslims during the 2022 anti-Hindu violence in Leicester, has been doing rounds on the internet.

News Reports

Hindenburg’s allegations ‘irrelevant’: US govt says on $553 million loan to Adani group for Sri Lanka port project

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2023

The US official confirmed that the DFC was satisfied with its due diligence as it found no relevance in Hindenburg's allegations of Adani pulling off supposed corporate malpractices.

News Reports

‘Sunk in 3 States, has Zamindari culture’: TMC mouthpiece slams Congress after poor election performance, hints at making Mamata I.N.D.I. Alliance leader

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

The TMC mouthpiece used the 'Zamindar' phrase to refer to Congress' culture of big-brotherly attitude and its tendency to look down upon other Opposition parties within the I.N.D.I. Alliance.

Opinions

BJP increases vote share in Telangana but fails to win even as anger brewed against KCR: How it got the chemistry wrong, not mathematics

S. Sudhir Kumar - 5 December, 2023

For many decades leading up to the 2019, victory in Telangana has eluded the karyakarta. Hence the anguish. They saw real hope post-2014. Hence the excitement.

News Reports

As Congress supports ‘special rights’ to Muslims, BJP leader Bommai hits out, says Siddaramaiah is diverting SC,ST funds, indulging in minority appeasement

ANI - 5 December, 2023

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday accused the state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of indulging minority appeasement politics while doing "injustice" to Dalits and tribal communities.

News Reports

TMC leader calls Syama Prasad’s slogan ‘Ek Pradhan, Ek Nishan, Ek Vidhan’ a ‘political slogan’, HM Amit Shah hits out: Read about the war...

ANI - 5 December, 2023

While replying to TMC MP Saugata Ray on J-K bills debate in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah countered him asking how can a country have two PMs, two constitutions and two flags?

News Reports

Gangster associated with Lawrence Bishnoi claims responsibility for the murder of Karni Sena chief. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

According to India Today, Rohit Godara has over 32 serious cases registered against him since 2010.

Crime

Madhya Pradesh: Valik Pathan attacks BJP workers for celebrating victory, wife Shabnam throws boiling water from roof, son attacks with knife

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

BJP workers' victory procession attacked by Vakil Pathan and family in Indore. They attacked the workers with knief and threw boiling water on them.

News Reports

‘Congress lost Rajasthan because they ignored Karni Sena’: What Karni Sena President Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi said only two days before he was shot dead

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

BJP Rajasthan Chief CP Joshi said that an attempt is being made to disturb the atmosphere in the state. On 3rd December, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla too warned that the Congress ecosystem is planning an all-out revenge

News Reports

Sachin Pilot was being followed and his phone was tapped: Here is what Ashok Gehlot’s OSD said, widening rift in Rajasthan Congress

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

Gehlot's OSD alleged that the Former Rajasthan CM cheated the party's high command and prevented accurate feedback from reaching the top.

Crime

Delhi Police arrest Zishan and Zubair for posing as Police officials to loot spa and massage centres, used to demand sexual favours too

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

Delhi Police busted gang led by Zishan that posed as police officials and looted massage parlours in the national capital

News Reports

Ghaziabad: Teacher at Holy Trinity Church school smears student’s face with fluid for writing Jai Shri Ram, Bajrang Dal protests

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

The teacher in her apology letter claimed that she only put two dots of fluid on the student's face and that she did not have any ill-intentions

News Reports

Khalistan Liberation Force chief and Bhindranwale’s nephew Lakhbir Singh Rode dies aged 72 in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Rode died of cardiac arrest in Pakistan.

News Reports

DMK MP Senthilkumar speaks the language of Pulwama terrorist, calls ‘Hindi Heartland’ states as ‘Gaumutra states’ in Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

In Lok Sabha, DMK leader Senthikumar said, “The people of this country should think that the power of this BJP is only winning elections mainly in the heartland states of Hindi, what we generally call as the ‘Gaumutra states’.”

News Reports

Jaipur, Rajasthan: Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena chief Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi shot dead by unknown assailants

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

PTI reported that the murderers had come to meet the leader. They introduced themselves and stated that they wanted to meet Gogamedi. After having tea, they started firing at the Karni Sena leader.

OpIndia Explains

Riots reduced by 50% under PM Modi Govt, 2022 the most peaceful year: Riots reduced by 90% in BJP-ruled states, increased by 30% in...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी - 5 December, 2023

States like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam have succeeded in reducing riots in the last five years. Incidentally, cases of rioting had increased in Chhattisgarh under the rule of the outgoing Congress Govt.

News Reports

Viral Video: Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya who vowed to blacken his face if BJP won 50 seats in MP, reveals the date &...

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

In an exclusive interview, Phool Singh Baraiya told Aaj Tak that he is firm on his words and will blacken his face himself at 2 pm in front of Bhopal Raj Bhavan on 7th December.

News Reports

‘Kamal’ in, Kamal Nath out? Congress orders former MP CM to resign from post of state party president after defeat, reports say

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

Reports quoting sources claim that the Congress leadership is upset over Kamal Nath's remarks against several leaders of the INDI Alliance including Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar over seat sharing.

News Reports

I.N.D.I. Alliance meeting, called by Congress post defeat in Assembly elections, cancelled after several ‘allies’ pulled out

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

Several Congress allies, including Akhilesh Yadav, and Nitish Kumar had earlier pulled out of the meeting.

Politics

Modi hai to mumkin hai: JD(U) MP Sunil Kumar Pintu after BJP’s success in Assembly Elections

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

The JD(U) MP had also rejected the Bihar government's caste census released in October saying that the data has huge irregularities.

Media

Rajdeep Sardesai tortures data to death, and compares apples with oranges, to try and give hope to Congress after party’s drubbing in assembly elections

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2023

Rajdeep Sardesai misrepresented election trends to give hope to Congress after the defeat in the Assembly Elections.

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