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Assam cabinet approves SOP to regulate inter-religion land transfer, land purchase by NGOs from outside the state also to be scrutinised

OpIndia Staff -
In a move aimed at addressing concerns over demographic changes and potential security risks, the Assam Cabinet has approved a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for scrutinizing land transfers between individuals of different religions.
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News Reports

On Ganesh Puja, read about Stegodon ganesa: The prehistoric ‘ancestor of elephants’ that roamed South Asia 25000 years ago

Shriti Sagar -
The Stegodon ganesa. This prehistoric tusker, bigger than modern elephants, roamed South Asia 25,000 years ago and is remembered today through fossils, historic stamps, and cultural significance.
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News Reports

ED cracks down on businessman linked to notorious Gupta Brothers: How OpIndia had in 2018 exposed Kapil Sibal’s link, a shady land deal and...

Anurag -
OpIndia first exposed the nexus between Piyoosh Goyal, the Guptas and Kapil Sibal in 2018. Mainstream media ignored it, but fresh ED raids now highlight how shell companies and opaque deals tied politicians to international money laundering.
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News Reports

Devi Chamundeshwari is a Hindu Goddess, Dasara is a Hindu festival: Maharaja of Mysuru Yaduveer Wadiyar reminds DK Shivakumar after attempts to ‘secularise’ the...

OpIndia Staff -
Condemning Shivakumar's remarks, Yaduveer Wadiyar reminded him that Chamundeshwari Devi is a Hindu goddess and the Chamundi Hill is a Shakti Peeth, a sacred, revered religious site of Hindus.
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News Reports

Wanted terrorist Gurpatwant Pannun meets murder accused truck driver Harjinder Singh in Florida jail, claims he has ‘sorrow and suffering’ in eyes

OpIndia Staff -
Pannun held a press conference and claimed that Harjinder Singh, currently in St. Lucie County Jail, is ‘grieving’ and going through a mental anguish over the deadly incident.
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News Reports

Several countries including India stop parcel deliveries to USA after President Trump withdraws “de minimis” tariff exemption on small-value shipments

OpIndia Staff -
Countries, including Japan, Australia, Taiwan, and India, have suspended parcel shipments to the US after President Trump scrapped the “de minimis” rule, which allowed goods under $800 duty-free entry.
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News Reports

SC collegium recommends relative of CJI Gavai with 13 others for Bombay HC judge positions, but is a recusal enough? Read why judicial appointments...

Shriti Sagar -
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended 14 lawyers for elevation as judges of the Bombay High Court, including Raj Damodar Wakode, a relative of CJI Bhushan R. Gavai.
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News Reports

Bareilly: Abdul Majeed and 3 others arrested while preparing to circumcise a blind Hindu boy, inter-state conversion racket busted by Police

OpIndia Staff -
The police seized several incriminating materials from the possession of the accused and the victim, including religious literature promoting conversion, CDs containing videos of fugitive Islamist preacher Zakir Naik, skull caps, and garlands.
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News Reports

Bihar govt conducting geo-mapping of all healthcare units across the state: Read what it means and how it will improve healthcare services

Shraddha Pandey -
So far, around 20,000 healthcare units have been mapped under this initiative.
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News Reports

Kerala: Two teachers ask Muslim students not to attend ‘polytheistic’ festival of Onam, both suspended, case registered against teacher Khadija

OpIndia Staff -
Khadija asked Muslim parents to raise their children in Islamic culture and prevent them from participating in festivals of other religions.
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News Reports

Death toll in Vaishno Devi landslide reaches 32, rescue operations underway as several people feared trapped under the debris

OpIndia Staff -
The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has halted the yatra and advised the pilgrims to replan their journey after the weather conditions improve.
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Fact-Check

TheWire and Newslaundry peddle misleading claims about SIR in Bihar, get factchecked by ECI

Shraddha Pandey -
Refuting The Wire’s propaganda, the Bihar CEO first detailed the scope of SIR in an X post on 26th August, and said that verification of 7.89 crore voters was conducted house-to-house by booth level officers.
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News Reports

Milords, why do you want to be above criticism and questioning, you are not God, this is not how a democracy works

Anurag -
Retired judges are divided over Amit Shah’s remarks on Justice Reddy’s past judgment. One group defended him, another countered, insisting judicial independence is not immunity from criticism, especially once a judge steps into electoral politics.
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News Reports

People in Bihar say dead, duplicate and illegals should not be in voter list, OpIndia Ground Report finds massive public support for SIR amid...

Mithunkumar -
People of Bihar have rejected the 'vote chori' campaign of Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, and said that the dead, duplicates, and people from Bangladesh should be removed from the voter list.
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News Reports

Our aim is to make India a Vishwaguru; the essence of 100 years is ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on true meaning of...

OpIndia Staff -
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said the idea of a Hindu Rashtra means uniting everyone, not opposing anyone, and stressed that every citizen must share responsibility to make India a Vishwaguru.
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News Reports

Eggs thrown at Ganesha idol in Vadodara, three including Sufyan-Shahnawaz arrested, pre-planned conspiracy suspected

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On the one hand, preparations are underway for the Ganeshotsav in Gujarat, and on the other hand, miscreants are throwing eggs at the statue of Ganesha to hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus in Vadodara.
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News Reports

12,000 kg rotten meat seized in Jammu and Kashmir, the chemically-treated rotten meat was sourced from Delhi’s Ghazipur mandi and sold in J&K...

OpIndia Staff -
The crackdown against rotten meat supply in Kashmir began in early August, when an insider in the meat trade informed a local news outlet about rotten meat making its way into Jammu and Kashmir markets from Delhi’s Ghazipur mandi.
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News Reports

Exclusive: Complaint against Pinaki Misra alleges Odisha trust used for financial fraud, money laundering and anti-Russia questions undermining India’s defence

Anurag -
Documents reveal allegations of Vidya Jyoti Trust being used for laundering funds, suppressed school income, and bogus expenses, alongside parliamentary questions on defence seen as anti-Russia in tone, prompting scrutiny by authorities into Pinaki Misra’s role.
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News Reports

Fiji, a small nation with a big role in India’s Indo-Pacific strategy, read why their PM’s visit to India was highly important

Anmol Kumar -
During their meeting, the two prime ministers discussed issues related to defence, health, agriculture, education, trade and investment, cultural cooperation, sports, and skill development.
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News Reports

UK Rape Gang Inquiry says Pakistani Muslim rape gangs have been active in 85 areas: British MP shares detailed report

Shraddha Pandey -
The report highlights that although the survivors have their own unique stories of abuse and torment they were subjected to, however, “patterns of targeted exploitation by predominantly Pakistani males, combined with gross negligence from public bodies, are identifiable.”
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Politics

Samajwadi Party used digital copies to claim ‘18,000 affidavits’ of voters submitted to ECI, investigation reveals many of them were in the names of...

OpIndia Staff -
The UP CEO highlighted that some people denied presenting any affidavits when they were shown their names. in affidavits submitted by Samajwadi Party.
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News Reports

Hindu women share chilling accounts of Islamic conversion: Indic scholar Rajiv Malhotra stresses ‘Purva Paksha’ to counter indoctrination

OpIndia Staff -
In an eye-opening conversation with Indic scholar Rajiv Malhotra, four Hindu women revealed how they were lured into the trap of Islamic conversion.
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News Reports

PM Modi flags off Suzuki’s first battery electric vehicle e-Vitara from Gujarat plant, Made-in-India BEVs to be exported to over 100 countries

OpIndia Staff -
Celebrating a major success of Make in India initiative, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and flagged off the "e-VITARA", Suzuki's first global strategic Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) during his Gujarat visit
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News Reports

US issues notice to confirm imposition of additional 25% tariff on Indian goods as Donald Trump moves ahead with 50% tariff on Indian products

OpIndia Staff -
The Donald Trump tariffs will apply to any items arriving for use in the United States from India or released from warehouses after 27th August.
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Politics

No affidavit or apology from Rahul Gandhi to Election Commission after the 7 days period provided: Read how “vote chori” conspiracy is peddled by...

Rukma Rathore -
Rahul Gandhi's lies to establish the narrative of "vote chori" has been repeatedly busted by the Election Commission and by multiple fact checks.
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Law

Vasanta Dupare raped and murdered a 4-year-old, got death sentence, now Supreme Courts reopens the case after the convict’s plea

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court has reopened the sentencing of death row convict Vasanta Dupare, who was convicted of raping and killing a four-year-old girl.
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News Reports

Delhi: Mohammed Salim strangles Rupa to death over money dispute, dumps her body in a drain, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
According to the police, accused Salim was going to dispose of the girl's body by placing it on his bike but the body slipped off the bike on the way. In a hurry, Salim threw the body in the drain and fled.
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News Reports

OpIndia Exclusive: ‘Propaganda, sheer defamation’ – Panvel voter slams The Hindu and Rajdeep Sardesai over false double voting charge

OpIndia Staff -
Quoted in The Hindu and amplified by Rajdeep Sardesai, Poraji was accused of double voting in Panvel. He rubbished the allegation as “sheer defamation” and accused the media of exploiting his name to malign the ECI.
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News Reports

West Bengal SSC scam: TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha arrested by ED, had jumped over a wall, thrown phone into bushes while trying to...

OpIndia Staff -
The ED arrested TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha from his Murshidabad home after a five-hour raid in the SSC recruitment scam case.
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News Reports

Poison of Communism and Islamist appeasement of Mamata Banerjee destroyed Bengal: Read how the civilisational model of the BJP is the only alternative

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
CPIM and TMC buried Bengal’s economy and dignity. What remains is a state run not by Ma-Mati-Manush but by Migrant, Misrule, and Mamata.
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News Reports

More than 1000 Hindu and Christian girls are forcefully converted to Islam each year in Pakistan, reports human rights body: Read about some of...

OpIndia Staff -
In the last decade, nothing has changed in the failed state of Pakistan, their economy remains in shambles, their army continues to dominate and persecute Pashtuns and Baloch. Besides inflation, hatred for Hindus and IMF loans are the only two things that never go down in Pakistan.
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News Reports

‘Attacks caused widespread distress within the Hindu community’ – Indo-Fijians urge PM Modi to seek action over temple vandalism and targeting of Hindu homes

Anurag -
Amid rising cases of temple vandalism, theft of sacred idols, and intimidation of Hindu families, Indo-Fijian organisations have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to press Fiji’s leadership for accountability, protection, and stronger safeguards.
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News Reports

Pakistan refuses to apologise for 1971 genocide in East Pakistan, claims the issue was ‘settled’ as Bangladesh demands apology for the atrocities and $4.52...

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, on a rare visit to Dhaka, rejected Bangladesh’s demand for an apology over the 1971 genocide in East Pakistan
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Opinions

India’s strategic autonomy in a shifting geopolitical order: Trump’s tilt towards Pakistan and the new test for New Delhi’s foreign policy

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
Donald Trump’s Pakistan pivot has only strengthened PM Modi’s resolve to anchor India’s rise on strategic autonomy and multi-alignment.
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News Reports

HM Amit Shah recalls his bail episode under Justice Alam while defending 130th amendment bill

OpIndia Staff -
In his ANI interview, Amit Shah defended the 130th amendment bill, stressed governance cannot run from jail, recalled his bail episode under Justice Alam, and criticised the Delhi CM for clinging to office despite imprisonment.
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News Reports

As Rahul Gandhi drags kids into his political agenda, read how a young girl raised the slogan ‘Rajiv Gandhi chor hai’ during an All...

OpIndia Staff -
On 27th May 1988, a program was aired from the Patna Radio Station where a young girl was told to share a joke and she responded with the slogan "Gali gali mein shor hai, Rajiv Gandhi chor hai"
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News Reports

Who defeated Japan during World War II? Taiwan and Communist China fight to claim credit for victory and win the battle of ‘historical narrative’

Shraddha Pandey -
Interestingly, the CCP government in China continues to propagate how it played the key role in defeating the Japanese. In reality, it was the Chiang Kai-shek-led Republican government that played the central role.
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News Reports

Modi government pushes for first dedicated count of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in upcoming Census, will help implement focused welfare schemes for the group

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of Tribal Affairs has asked the Registrar General of India to separately count Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in the upcoming 2027 Census.
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News Reports

Syeda Hameed, Planning Commission member during Congress govt, says Bangladeshis can live in Assam because Allah made the earth for humans and they are...

OpIndia Staff -
Activist Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, who was a member of the Planning Commission during the Manmohan Singh government, has said that Bangladeshis have the right to live in India as they are also humans
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News Reports

UP: Conspiracy to implicate BJP leader Virendra Shukla in false gangrape case busted, police arrest 3 including his brother and a woman

OpIndia Staff -
In Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh, the police have exposed a conspiracy to implicate a BJP leader in a fake gangrape case by his own brother and other relatives
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News Reports

Gujarat: Hindu student beaten by four Muslim classmates in Sabarkantha School – Victim’s father and school principal narrates the incident to OpIndia

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A Class 7 Hindu student was allegedly attacked by four Muslim minors at a school in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat.
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News Reports

Bihar SIR: ECI receives documents of 98.2% electors with 8 more days remaining till the deadline

OpIndia Staff -
Over 3 lakh new voters, who have attained the age of 18 or above are going to be added to the voter list in the state at the end of the SIR.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi peddles lies about the Constitution of India, MK Gandhi and Nathuram Godse

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday was heard peddling lies on the Constitution of India, MK Gandhi and Nathuram Godse
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News Reports

Florida crash case: Harjinder Singh, dunki route entry, and Khalistan link; Read how he played the ‘Khalistan card’ in asylum claim

Anurag -
Harjinder Singh’s Florida crash highlights the misuse of asylum claims by Punjabi migrants, many of whom use fabricated persecution narratives to gain entry and work permits in the US, raising concerns about systemic immigration abuse.
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News Reports

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hits back at Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind for demanding his removal, says “Jamiat leaders should also be sent to Bangladesh”

OpIndia Staff -
The CM has repeatedly framed the eviction and Aadhaar policies as part of a larger effort to safeguard the rights of indigenous Assamese and prevent illegal migration from Bangladesh.
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News Reports

INDI Alliance struggles to put up a unified front against PM-CM removal bill: Congress allies refuse to join the Joint Parliamentary Committee

OpIndia Staff -
The decision of the TMC and the SP stand in contrast with the stance by other INDI Alliance parties, including the Congress, which have been in favour of the bills being examined by the JPC.
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News Reports

DRDO successfully conducts maiden flight-tests of Integrated Air Defence Weapon System, a multi-layered air defence system

OpIndia Staff -
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the maiden flight-tests of Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) off the coast of Odisha on August 23, 2025
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News Reports

Dream11 steps down as lead sponsor of Indian Cricket team after Online Gaming Bill became law, BCCI to find new sponsor before Asia Cup...

OpIndia Staff -
After the passage of Online Gaming Bill in the parliament, fantasy sports platform Dream11 has decided to back out as the lead sponsor of the Indian cricket team.
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News Reports

Viral audio exposes Kerala Congress MLA threatening woman with murder if she refuses to undergo abortion, was earlier accused of sexual misconduct

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil is facing fresh trouble after an audio clip surfaced where he threatened a woman and forced her to undergo an abortion.
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News Reports

Pakistani women Imrana Khanam and Firdousia Khanam living in Bihar since 1956, had voter ID cards, caught during SIR exercise by Election Commission

OpIndia Staff -
The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the removal of two Pakistani women’s names from Bihar’s voter list after they were identified during verification. The discovery has raised questions on infiltration, illegal stay, and systemic lapses.
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