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Congress ecosystem ‘launches’ Rahul Gandhi again ahead of 2024 elections, for the umpteenth time

Shraddha Pandey -
In an opinion piece for Gulf News titled “Gandhi 3.0: Rahul Gandhi’s complete reinvention for 2024 India elections”, Swati Chaturvedi 'launched' Rahul Gandhi as a ‘resilient’ leader a purpose ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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News Reports

FIR against Assam Rifles personnel for preventing Manipur Police from chasing armed Kuki miscreants, unit calls it ‘fabricated attempt to malign their image’

OpIndia Staff -
Manipur police personnel are seen in the video accusing Assam Rifles of interfering with their operation while chasing the armed miscreants. In the footage, an Assam Rifles officer is heard claiming that he is merely performing his job.
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News Reports

Does the CCP’s India operation have a Congress link? Huawei, Neville Roy Singham, Jairam Ramesh, and Rahul-Sonia’s MoU with China

Anurag -
BJP MP Mahesh Jethmalani questioned if CCP's India operations have a Congress link too, in the backdrop of NewsClick controversy
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News Reports

Action against fake news peddlers: Sweden-based troll Ashok Swain’s Twitter handle withheld in India

OpIndia Staff -
The serial fake news peddler Swain teaches at Upsala University and has been caught multiple times peddling fake news to malign India and present a false narrative of Muslim victimhood in the country.
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News Reports

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren summoned by Enforcement Directorate for questioning

OpIndia Staff -
The Jharkhand CM has been asked to come next week to the agency’s office in the state capital, Ranchi. The Central investigation agency will question him in connection with the land scam case.
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News Reports

Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Delhi Court frames charges against ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, his brother, and eight others for acts of vandalism and arson

OpIndia Staff -
The court order noted Tahir Hussain was pointing towards some shops on the opposite side of his house, which included the bakery of Md. Zahid. After which the rioters vandalised, looted, and set fire to the shops.
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News Reports

Yogi govt tables report on 1980 Moradabad riots which indicted Muslim League leaders and Congress CM VP Singh for the violence

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh government has tabled an inquiry report into the 1980 Moradabad riots that saw the death of at least 83 people and left 112 others injured in the UP Assembly
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Opinions

As US State Department spokesperson says they “will continue to raise rights concerns with India,” here is a look into United States’ human rights...

Pragya Bakshi Sharma -
The United States is in the habit of releasing reports on "religious freedom and human rights violations" in India so much so that one can argue it is its favourite hobby.
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News Reports

Islamist violence over Nupur Sharma’s remark: Ranchi Police initiate action against rioters, seek warrants against 39

OpIndia Staff -
The Ranchi Police have initiated actions against Islamists who ran amok on the streets of Ranchi in Jharkhand on June 10 2022, in protest against Nupur Sharma’s remark
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News Reports

CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat had close ties to Neville Roy Singham, accused of spreading Chinese propaganda and funding NewsClick, email exchanges reveal

Jinit Jain -
Neville Roy Singham reportedly wrote to Prakash Karat, informing him of Chinese media's wide coverage of CPI(M) in reference to Mao Zedong's birth anniversary.
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Politics

Indian Youth Congress President Srinivas detained for trying to do ‘Sansad Gherao’, failed to do a runner this time

OpIndia Staff -
In one of the videos, Srinivas was seen being taken away by the police from the protest site. Unfortunately for Srinivas, he failed to do a runner this time.
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News Reports

Derek O’Brien allowed to attend RS after Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar changes his decision, had earlier announced his suspension over ‘unruly behaviour’

OpIndia Staff -
RS Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar first announced that Derek O'Brien has to withdraw from the House but later let him back into the House
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News Reports

‘She is a minor, I am worried: Father of Dehraduni singer files complaint against Prashant Bhushan after he spread fake news amid Manipur unrest,...

Siddhi Somani -
A complaint has been filed against Prashant Bhushan by the father of the minor Dehraduni singer about whom he spread fake news, linking her to Manipur
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News Reports

Nuh Violence: Fresh complaints state devotees were injured, looted and held hostage at Nalhar Temple by Islamist mob, complainants demand action

OpIndia Staff -
On 31st July, an Islamist mob in Nuh of Mewat, Haryana, attacked thousands of Hindu devotees attending the Jalabhishek Yatra on Shravan Somvar.
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News Reports

Prabir Purkayastha and NewsClick team were introduced to Chinese handlers by Neville Roy Singham for defending China’s handling of COVID-19: Details

Jinit Jain -
In a recent emergence of purported email exchanges, Neville Roy Singham introduces NewsClick team to their Chinese handlers.
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News Reports

Nuh Violence: FIR reveals Hindu businessman’s shop looted, burnt to ashes by Muslim mob, complainant demands action

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu businessman's shop was burnt to ashes during Nuh violence where Islamists unleashed violence against Hindus
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News Reports

Punjab: 13 including Rohingya refugees arrested for cattle smuggling, prime accused Imran Qureshi absconding, wore tilak and saffron gamchas to hide identities

OpIndia Staff -
Jalandhar (Rural) police raided the premises of a factory in Dhogri and arrested 13 persons involved in illegal cattle smuggling and trade. Twenty-five quintals of beef were also recovered from the factory during the raid.
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News Reports

Should I tell everyone what PM Modi said inside your Office: Gaurav Gogoi insinuates ‘secret talks’ between PM Modi and Om Birla, Amit Shah...

OpIndia Staff -
Om Birla intervened into the matter and stated, "We should never make remarks, which are not rooted in facts and truth."
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Entertainment

Ujjain Mahakaleshwar temple priests send legal notice to makers of OMG-2, ask for deletion of scenes trivialising Lord Shiva in the movie

OpIndia Staff -
Through the legal notice, the Ujjain Mahakal temple priests have asked the filmmakers to remove the offending scenes from OMG 2 and also issue a public apology.
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World

Bug-infested room, open toilet, C-class facilities: Imran Khan’s lawyer shares the detail of former Pakistan PM’s jail cell

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan was detained from his Lahore residence, just after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of "corrupt practices" in the Toshakhana corruption case and sentenced him to three years in prison.
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News Reports

AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj, who had authorised midnight raid in dept, stripped of Services and Vigilance portfolios after Delhi Services Bill passed in RS

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah had alleged that crucial files linked with corruption cases against the Delhi govt and AAP were tampered with, stolen or transferred in a midnight ‘heist’.
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World

Ukraine gets rid of Soviet-era hammer-and-sickle sign from Kyiv statue, replaces it with trident coat of arms

ANI -
Ukraine has taken down Soviet-era signs from a hilltop monument in Kyiv and replaced the hammer-and-sickle symbol with a trident coat of arms, CNN reported.
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Politics

TMC MP Derek O’Brien suspended from Rajya Sabha for the entire Monsoon session: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The suspension came after a motion was moved by Union Minister Piyush Goyal against Derek O'Brien "for continuously disturbing the proceedings of the House, disobeying the Chair and continuously and wilfully creating a disturbance in the House."
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News Reports

“Too little too late”: Justice Ganjoo’s family as J-K Police reopen 1989 murder case

ANI -
On Monday, the SIA in Jammu and Kashmir initiated a fresh investigation into the 1989 murder of retired judge Neelkanth Ganjoo.
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Crime

20-year-old Afreen from Amethi killed by father and brother for being in a relationship with a Hindu boy, body buried to hide the truth:...

Siddhi Somani -
The girl was then brutally beaten by her father and brother resulting in her death. She was later buried in a nearby piece of land on August 5. The neighbours and other relatives of the family were told that the girl was ill and that she died due to lack of treatment.
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News Reports

Murder case of retired Judge Neelkanth Ganjoo, who fell prey to Islamic jihad in Jammu and Kashmir over 3 decades ago, to be reopened...

OpIndia Staff -
Almost 34 years after Judge Neelkanth Ganjoo was shot by JKLF terrorists in the valley, the government of India has decided to reopen his murder case
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News Reports

Rashmi Samant launches new book, Islamists, leftists, Congress and Pakistanis join hands to deny Hinduphobia at Oxford University. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Rashmi Samant said, "No amount of bullying in the past could stop me from speaking out against the bullies and faculty who openly challenged my "practicing Hindu" identity. They can't now."
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News Reports

Members of Tigra Mahapanchayat submit a memorandum to DC, say youth arrested in ‘mosque burning’ are innocent, demands immediate release

OpIndia Staff -
The members of the Mahapanchayat also demanded their immediate release asserting that they have been falsely implicated in this case.
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Fact-Check

Prashant Bhushan caught spreading fake news amid Manipur unrest, calls Dehraduni singer and her father Manipuri- ‘one Kuki, other Meiti’: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan claimed that the girl was from Manipur. He also said that she belonged to one of the communities at the core of Manipur unrest and was singing with a Meiti man. The girl confirmed the false claim and said that she in the video is singing with her father.
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News Reports

Newsclick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha exchanged emails with US millionaire Neville Roy Singham, discussed how to report India-China border dispute, and more

OpIndia Staff -
China was dictating leftist media portals in the likes of Newsclick to parrot the Chinese line, revealed NYT and the email
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News Reports

AAP’s Raghav Chadha claims that consent of MPs is not required for including their names in proposal for Select Committee, rules say otherwise: Details

Anurag -
5 MPs accused AAP MP Raghav Chadha of forging their signatures and not taking consent for giving their names for a select committee
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News Reports

Audio clip instigating Muslims to kill Hindus participating in Nuh Jalabhishek Yatra surfaces, after which violence was unleashed against Hindus: Details

OpIndia Staff -
India Today released audio clips from a WhatsApp group of Muslims from Mewat where a person was instigating others to kill Hindu devotees participating in Nuh Jalabhishek Yatra.
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News Reports

Rajya Sabha passes Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023

OpIndia Staff -
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023 passed in Rajya Sabha
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News Reports

Ruckus in parliament over Raghav Chadha trying to table Delhi Services Bill without consent of Rajya Sabha members he named: What happened

OpIndia Staff -
AAP's Raghav Chadha was accused of fraud for naming Rajya Sabha members as part of a proposed select committee without their consent.
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News Reports

‘They claim we take instructions from Nagpur, but at least it is a part of India. We don’t take instructions from China’: Amit Shah...

Jinit Jain -
Amit Shah slammed the opposition parties, alluding that they are taking instructions from China and Russia.
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News Reports

P Sainath’s PARI removes references to Neville Roy Singham after NewsClick Chinese funding expose: Here’s how they are linked in more ways than one

Jinit Jain -
P Sainath, the founder of People's Archive of Rural India (PARI) serves as one of the senior fellows at Neville Roy Singham's nonprofit accused of sowing Chinese propaganda
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Economy and Finance

Biggest Crypto-ponzi scam of India busted in Odisha, Bollywood actor Govinda had released promotional video of the company

OpIndia Staff -
The EOW officials found that the company was using popular terminology like green energy and solar technology to hide its scam.
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News Reports

Vegetable vendors tell Rahul Gandhi that eliminating middlemen is the way to curb price rise; Congress opposed Farm Bills which did that

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi, who had vociferously opposed the 2020 Farm Laws, was completely taken off guard when the vendors reminded the Gandhi scion how eliminating middlemen is the only solution to curb price rises and tackle inflation
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World

“Indians are Uber drivers & Deliveroo people”: Sydney teacher who hurled racist remarks at Indians ordered to undergo ‘disciplinary warning and training’

OpIndia Staff -
As per the student, the teacher also said that "all Indians are Uber drivers and Deliveroo people, and their service is bad".
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News Reports

Islamists in Jamia blame Hindus for Nuh violence, call it an ‘anti-Muslim pogrom’ where Hindu devotees were attacked

OpIndia Staff -
A bunch of Islamists organised a demonstration turning facts upside down and blaming Hindus for violence in Nuh.
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Crime

Ahmednagar Ground Report: Twin incidents of harassment of Hindu women in Rahuri, shortly after Love Jihad racket exposed in same area

Siddhi Somani -
Victim girl talked to OpIndia and confirmed that Shahnawaz forcefully kissed her and clicked a selfie. Later he used that image to blackmail her
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Retired engineer’s divorce case finalised by Gwalior court after 38 years, had filed in 1985

OpIndia Staff -
The engineer's arduous divorce case started in the Bhopal Court and subsequently traversed through the Vidisha Family Court, the Family Court of Gwalior, the High Court, and ultimately reached the Supreme Court.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s Prime Ministerial dreams come back to life as MP status is restored: Here is how the drama started, peaked, and came a...

OpIndia Staff -
The development comes three days after the apex court on 4th August stayed Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his Modi surname remark. The apex court had also restored his status as a member of Parliament.
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News Reports

After whining about Rahul Gandhi’s video being ‘algorithmically suppressed’, Congress celebrates his mythical YouTube success: What the real numbers say

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu published an article hailing the social media connect of Rahul Gandhi and talking about how his YouTube channel has zoomed ahead.
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Law

Fake cases under SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act abuse of the process of law, clogging judicial system: Karnataka HC

OpIndia Staff -
The court categorically highlighted that on account of false cases under the SC/ST Act or others, the judicial system gets clogged leaving the genuine petitioners to suffer the ill consequences of it.
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News Reports

First Kerala Speaker AN Shamseer insults Lord Ganesha, now P Jayarajan insults Bhagwan Parashuram. BJP hits out at Pinarayi Vijayan govt

OpIndia Staff -
Even as controversy was brewing over Shamseer's insulting statement, Kerala CPI(M) State Secretary MV Govindan too said Lord Ganesha is a myth. Shockingly, when asked about Allah, he said not all beliefs are myths.
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News Reports

SC dismisses plea by Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji, wife challenging ED custody in a money laundering case

OpIndia Staff -
The SC allowed ED to have the custody of Senthil Balaji till 12 August in the cash-for-jobs scam case.
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News Reports

Shame on you: Netizens slam Youtuber Abhisar Sharma after Chinese financing of NewsClick emerges

OpIndia Staff -
Abhisar Sharma features regularly on NewsClick videos wherein he is seen either defending the Congress party or furthering anti-India narratives.
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News Reports

‘Magistrate seems to have hurriedly passed order’: Gauhati HC quashes FIR against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in alleged hate speech case

OpIndia Staff -
Quashing the FIR against Himanta Biswa Sarma, Gauhati HC stated that the Magistrate seemed to have hurried passed order.
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News Reports

Punjab and Haryana HC takes suo moto notice of demolition of illegal structures in Nuh, puts a stay

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab and Haryana High Court stayed the Haryana government’s demolition drive on the illegal encroachments of rioters involved in Nuh violence
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