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Delhi police detain Tahsin Saiyed over attack on Delhi CM Rekha Gupta, accused had transferred money to attacker Rajesh Sakariya

OpIndia Staff -
Saiyed, from Rajkot, was detained for questioning after police discovered that he had transferred ₹ 2,000 to Sakariya. He was interrogated in Rajkot, along with four others, before being taken to Delhi on Friday night (16th August).
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News Reports

Dharmasthala ‘whistleblower’ arrested: How The News Minute, Zubair, and others furthered the ‘mass burial’ lie to demonise Hindus and their places of worship

Amit Kelkar -
With the arrest of the so-called Dharmasthala whistleblower, the anti-Hindu conspiracy spun by The News Minute and Mohammed Zubair is collapsing under its own weight.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Woman burnt alive by her husband for dowry, video of torture goes viral, 6-year-old son of victim exposes the killers

OpIndia Staff -
Nikki had been married to Vipin Bhati for nine years. But her family says she was constantly harassed for dowry. Her elder sister Kanchan, who is also married into the same family, said she saw Nikki being burnt alive right in front of her.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Gaza ‘Relief Fund’ scam: Syrian national arrested, three on the run

OpIndia Staff -
Authorities exposed the Gaza Relief Fund scam in Gujarat after seizing cash from a Syrian accused. Three associates remain at large, as investigators probe links, visa violations, and suspicious financial transactions tied to the fraudulent operation.
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News Reports

Four researchers of Gauhati University granted patent for plant-based formulation to fight obesity and related complications

OpIndia Staff -
Four researchers from Gauhati University have secured a patent for a plant-based formulation to address obesity and its related complications
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News Reports

Dharmashtala false mass burial case: Woman who said she never had a daughter named Ananya Bhat, now says a YouTuber pressured her to say...

OpIndia Staff -
The Dharmasthala “mass burial” case took another twist after Sujata Bhat changed her statement again, now claiming she was forced to deny having a daughter.
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News Reports

Karnataka: ED arrests Congress MLA KC Veerendra in connection with illegal betting case, seizes ₹12 crore in cash and other valuables

OpIndia Staff -
Veerendra's another brother, KC Thippeswamy, and Pruthvi N Raj allegedly handled his operations of online gaming from Dubai.
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Opinions

From oil to semiconductors: Once an insurgent-hit neglected state, Assam is now finding new wings under the BJP government

Debraj B -
Last decade has seen the ‘double engine government’ of NDA, in Assam and the Centre, lead to an unprecedented development for the region.
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News Reports

America and Europe buy oil and refined products from India, if you don’t like it, don’t buy it: India’s EAM S Jaishankar’s response amidst...

OpIndia Staff -
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar defended India’s oil imports from Russia, saying, “At the end of it all, we make decisions that are in national interest.”
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News Reports

Investments of ¥10 trillion, mutual concerns about China and US tariff war: Read why PM Modi’s visit to Japan is going to be a...

Divyansh Tiwari -
The visit is more than just a bilateral ritual.. India has emerged as an indispensable partner for Japan, which shares concerns about China's growing aggression, in the midst of a shifting global order.
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Crime

Burnt with hot iron tongs, fed toxins-laced drink: 26-year-old newly-married woman in critical condition after in-laws tortured her for dowry

Aditi -
Sonali was admitted to the hospital on July 26, 2025, after her mother-in-law fed her a soft drink laced with a toxic substance.
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News Reports

Trump names Sergio Gor as next US Ambassador to India, indicates intention to continue hostilities using a loyalist without any diplomatic experience

Raju Das -
US President Donald Trump on Friday nominated White House personnel director and longtime Trump loyalist Sergio Gor as the next US ambassador to India
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News Reports

Editors Guild goes missing in action after Congress hounds journalist Shiv Aroor for exposing ‘vote chori’ conspiracy theory of Rahul Gandhi, had rushed to...

OpIndia Staff -
Infamous for its selective activism, Editors Guild of India has recently advocated for Karan Thapar but has maintained stoic silence over the hounding of journalist Shiv Aroor.
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News Reports

BJP leaders Amit Shah, Vijay Sharma slam opposition’s vice-presidential candidate Justice Sudershan Reddy over Salwa Judum judgment of 2011

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chhattisgarh Deputy CM Vijay Sharma have criticised opposition Vice President candidate Justice B. Sudershan Reddy.
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News Reports

Union Government rejects rumours of TikTok returning to India, clarifies that the Chinese app is still banned after the website became partially accessible

OpIndia Staff -
The rumours started after the TikTok website became partially accessible to some users in India, causing excitement among its fans.
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News Reports

Dharmasthala: Woman accepts giving fake testimony about ‘missing daughter’, fuelled conspiracy theory of ‘mass burial’ at the behest of 2 activists

OpIndia Staff -
Sujatha Bhat had previously claimed that her 'daughter', Ananya Bhat, went missing in Dharmashtala in May 2003. She had alleged that the non-existent Ananya was an 18-year-old medical student who disappeared from the temple area.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: veteran journalist Bibhuranjan Sarkar found dead a day after he went missing, had sent his ‘final article’ to news portal before leaving home

OpIndia Staff -
Veteran Bangldaeshi journalist-columnist Bibhuranjan Sarkar, who went missing a day ago, was found dead on Friday
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News Reports

Union Govt sanctions 23 chip-design projects under Design Linked Incentive Scheme, Vervesemi Microelectronics announces advanced ICs

OpIndia Staff -
The Government of India has sanctioned 23 chip-design projects under the Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme as part of its effort to boost the country’s semiconductor design capabilities
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News Reports

After being angry at India for buying Russian oil, Trump is now ‘very angry’ at Ukraine for disrupting Russian oil supply to Europe by...

OpIndia Staff -
Trump said that he was ‘very angry’ at Ukraine for bombing Druzhba pipeline that carries Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia
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News Reports

FBI raids house of Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton amid his criticism of tariff and foreign policy, old ‘national security’ case revived

OpIndia Staff -
John Bolton described Trump's tariffs against India as a "lack of focus' and "unforced error" which pushed India closer to Russia and China.
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News Reports

Digital hawala of JeM: Masood Azhar wants to raise Rs 390 crore to build over 300 Markaz in Pakistan, uses digital wallets to avoid...

शिव -
Similar to "digital hawala," these digital wallets allow financial transactions without depending on a banking network.
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News Reports

Sambhal mosque case: Supreme Court orders maintenance of status quo on challenge by Muslims to Allahabad High Court order, permitting survey of the disputed...

OpIndia Staff -
A bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and A.S. Chandurkar passed an interim order of status quo and issued notice to the Hindu petitioners in the matter.
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News Reports

Raising slogan praising Pakistan without denouncing India is not sedition, says Himachal Pradesh High Court while granting bail to Suleman

OpIndia Staff -
The counsel for the state submitted before the court that the image was shared by the accused at a time when the relations between India and Pakistan were strained.
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News Reports

Israel warns Hamas that ‘gates of hell’ will open on the terror leaders if they don’t release all hostages and lay down weapons, to...

OpIndia Staff -
Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz on Friday warned Hamas that the “gates of hell” will open for the terror group if they don’t release all the hostages and agree to the Israel’s terms of ceasefire
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News Reports

First victory of OpIndia: Public feeding banned, aggressive dogs not to be released back – Read what Supreme Court said in Stray Dog Menace...

Anurag -
By prohibiting public feeding and re-release of dangerous dogs, imposing penalties on activists, and expanding scrutiny nationwide, the Supreme Court’s latest order marks a turning point in India’s stray dog menace litigation and OpIndia’s first victory.
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News Reports

Delhi: Security breach at Parliament, “mentally incoherent” man reaches up to Garuda Dwar before being caught by security

OpIndia Staff -
The man is in custody of the security personnel and is being questioned. He will be handed over to the local police.
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News Reports

India extends privileges and immunities under UN Act to International Big Cat Alliance as per host country agreement

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Government has extended privileges and immunities under the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 to the International Big Cat Alliance, its representatives, and officials
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News Reports

West Bengal: Mamata govt falls in line before expiry of deadline set by Election Commission, suspends four tainted officers who allowed fake voter applications

OpIndia Staff -
Sources told The New Indian Express that a complicance report has been sent to the ECI by the Chief Secretary Manoj Pant.
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News Reports

From being run by a foreign church to serious allegations of conversion attempts: Know the background of Ahmedabad’s ‘Seventh Day School’, where a Muslim...

OpIndia Staff -
The school is run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church Organisation, which is a part of a global network. The headquarters of the organisation are located in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Swara Bhasker whitewashes rape and murder of 1200 Jews by Hamas terrorists in Israel at CPI(M)’s pro-Palestine rally at Azad Maidan

OpIndia Staff -
Swara Bhasker asserted that Israel is inflicting brutality upon Palestine as a form of retribution for the Jewish Holocaust
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News Reports

The Times of India distances itself from ‘Deputy Manager’ who abused my mother as ran*i and hij*a, first claims not our employee and then...

Dibakar Dutta -
Divya Rana had no qualms about calling my 70-year-old mother 'r*ndi (prostitute)', 'hij*da' (eunuch), besides wishing to parade her naked in public. Not to forget, her threat of destroying my life using the power and influence of her Judge father.
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News Reports

Assam: FIR registered against YouTuber Abhisar Sharma on complaint of provoking communal tensions and endangering unity of India

OpIndia Staff -
The Guwahati Crime Branch on Thursday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against YouTuber Abhisar Sharma on a complaint of provoking communal sentiments
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Opinions

While US accuses India of profiting from Russian oil, it has been profiteering heavily from the Russia-Ukraine war: From weapons to LNG and more,...

Shraddha Pandey -
The same US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who accused India of profiteering from Russia-Ukraine war, was seen gloating over US’s strategy of selling weapons to Europe intended for Ukraine with a 10% markup.
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News Reports

UP: Cleric Raees Ahmed arrested in Rampur for issuing death threats to ex-Muslim woman and making obscene videos, country-made guns recovered

OpIndia Staff -
Raees Ahmed was even obserevd trying to rape a girl in two videos found by OpIndia during its investigation.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Lawyer sentenced to life imprisonment for filing fake rape and SC-ST cases using a Dalit woman – Read what the court said

OpIndia Staff -
The court expressed concern over the rising cases of misuse the laws relating to rale and of the SC/ST Act, said that the law is being misused monetary gains.
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News Reports

Bulldozer action in Bhopal: Illegal buildings of the Machhli family’s criminal empire demolished, Read how they were involved in Love Jihad and drugs

OpIndia Staff -
The Madhya Pradesh government demolished illegal properties of the Machhli family in Bhopal, accused of running a criminal empire involving drugs, arms and ‘love jihad’.
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News Reports

Assam to stop issuing Aadhaar to adults to prevent illegal Bangladeshi immigrants from enrolling, CM Sarma announces cabinet decision

OpIndia Staff -
In a significant decision, the Assam cabinet on Thursday decided to stop issuing Aadhaar to adults in the state
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News Reports

Indian Railways to run over 12,000 special trains for Diwali and Chhath festivals, new Amrit Bharat and Vande Bharat trains announced

OpIndia Staff -
For the convenience of passengers during Diwali and Chhath festivals, Indian Railways has decided to operate more than 12,000 special trains.
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News Reports

Another Trump gambit amid tariff war? US Embassy in Dehi now calls his ‘$21 million for voter turnout in India’ claim fake

OpIndia Staff -
Back in February 2025, Trump made an explosive claim, stating that USAID had spent $21 million on voter turnout in India.
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Law

Orissa High Court commutes death sentence of man went on a murder spree, killed 2 persons, attacked and brutalised a pregnant woman, killed her...

Shraddha Pandey -
"So in the opinion of the Senior Superintendent of Circle Jail, Berhampur the convict’s behavior is quite normal. He prays to God and reads Holy Gita regularly and other daily newspapers and his behavior towards others is very normal," Orissa High Court observed.
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News Reports

‘Maarna nahi chaiye tha, jo ho gaya woh ho gaya’: Chilling conversation of minor Muslim student who stabbed his Hindu senior to death in...

OpIndia Staff -
The accused told his friend that he killed the Hindu boy and the latter told him that he should not have stabbed him.
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News Reports

With around ₹20,000 crore lost annually in online betting, govt to ban real money games, e-sports and creative gaming to be promoted – Read...

Aditi -
Amid the rising incidents of gambling, addiction, financial losses and extreme consequences like suicides linked with online gaming, the government has been prompted to take this significant step to regulate the online gaming industry.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Two FIRs filed against psephologist Sanjay Kumar of CSDS for creating fake voter data used by Congress to attack the Election Commission

OpIndia Staff -
Two FIRs have been filed against psephologist Sanjay Kumar in Nagpur and Nashik after he shared incorrect voter roll data on social media.
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News Reports

Amid Trump’s tantrums on tariff and US pressure on trade deal, India advances in FTA talks with Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union

Rukma Rathore -
A proposed free trade agreement with the five-member EAEU is to increase market access for Indian exporters.
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News Reports

Karnataka govt grants Rs 10 crore for Priyanka Gandhi’s parliamentary seat Wayanad in Kerala, BJP asks ‘why’

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP has alleged that the CM Siddaramiah-led Karnataka government is allocating funds for Kerala’s Wayanad because Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is the parliamentary constituency of senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi. 
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News Reports

Cindy Rodriguez Singh, on the ‘ten most wanted fugitives’ list of FBI, arrested from India, had killed her 6-year-old son

OpIndia Staff -
The FBI, in coordination with Indian authorities and INTERPOL, arrested Cindy Rodriguez Singh from India.
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News Reports

Ahead of Vidhan Sabha election, infiltration-prone West Bengal witnesses spike in new voter registration in bordering districts: Details

OpIndia Staff -
In the past 3 months, new voter registration through Form-6 has increased 9 times in Muslim-dominated Malda and Murshidabad, Nadia, Uttar Dinajpur, Cooch Behar, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas.
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News Reports

Trump claimed he brought peace between Congo and Rwanda, but over 300 people have been killed by militias since then; Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Despite Trump’s boast of settling Congo-Rwanda tensions, over 300 civilians were killed in recent militia attacks. The Congolese army and M23 rebels accuse each other of violating both the Washington peace deal and Doha declaration.
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Media

Media reports claimed that Dalits couldn’t get their hair cut in a Gujarat village, OpIndia found a completely different story when it reached the...

મેઘલસિંહ પરમાર -
Media reports claimed that for the first time a Dalit could get a hair cut in this Gujarat village. However, the truth is something entirely different as OpIndia learnt during its ground report.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi’s Adani-Ambani jibe imported from the US? Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent charges ‘India’s richest families’ are profiteering from Russian oil

Rukma Rathore -
Scott Bessent declared plans to slap more tariffs after accusing "wealthy Indian families" of gaining from Russian oil deals.
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