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US President Donald Trump admits tariffs have strained ties with India, but urges G7 allies to impose similar measures

OpIndia Staff -
US President Donald Trump on a recent talk show on Fox News admitted that tariffs caused a rift in the relationship with India.
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UP: Yogi govt to set up state cooperative college to boost research and training, revive 16 cooperative banks

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh will establish a State Cooperative College and expand MPAX, banking, and storage reforms as CM Yogi Adityanath pushes cooperatives as engines of trust, growth, and rural employment.
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Sushila Karki sworn in as interim Prime Minister of Nepal, becomes the first leader of a government in the world to be elected on...

OpIndia Staff -
Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel administered the oath of office to former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the head of the interim government on 12th September evening
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News Reports

Indian Air Force submits proposal to acquire 114 Made in India Rafale fighter jets with 60% indigenous content

OpIndia Staff -
The Defence Ministry has received a proposal from the Indian Air Force for acquiring 114 'Made in India' Rafale fighter jets, and is considering the same
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News Reports

Pune: Cybercriminal posing as IIT-Bombay professor dupes a private university of ₹2.46 crores by promising DRDO projects

OpIndia Staff -
The cybercriminal posing as IIT Bombay professor had assured that on 28th August, there would be a meeting in Pune to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU). However, the meeting did not happen.
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News Reports

Kerala High Court rebukes Travancore Devaswom Board for removing gold-plated coverings of deities in the Sabarimala temple without following procedure

OpIndia Staff -
The division bench said that the properties of temples, deities and Devaswom Boards should be protected by trustees/ archakas/ shebaits or employees.
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News Reports

Days after saying India will say ‘sorry’ to US, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says US will sort out India once New Delhi stops buying...

Shraddha Pandey -
“So, the president (Trump) called nonsense on that and said you got to stop that stuff. So, I think India, we’ll sort it out once they stop buying Russian oil,” Howard Lutnick added.
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News Reports

From abuses to deepfakes: Congress targets PM Modi’s mother with an AI video, sparks outrage ahead of Bihar polls

Aditi -
Following a massive backlash over the video on social media, the Bihar Congress had to launch a so-called inquiry into the matter, while senior Congress leader Pawan Khera defended the offensive video.
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Government and Policy

PM Modi to visit Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar from 13 to 15 September, states to get projects worth over ₹71,850 crore

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi will reach Mizoram on 13th September, and then proceed to Manipur in the afternoon. He will return to Assam in the evening on the same day
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Opinions

Is The Bengal Files really a flop movie?

સૌરભ શાહ -
I watched it a third time yesterday, Thursday, at a late evening show. The audience was about 50%, with half of them evidently affluent and cultured citizens, going by their appearance even from a distance. The rest half were mostly smart Mumbaikars in their 20s and 30s.
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath government to develop Ayodhya, once ruled by Lord Ram’s Suryavansh dynasty, into a model ‘Solar City’: Here are the highlights of the...

OpIndia Staff -
The Ayodhya Solar City project is a 5-year project, which commenced in 2023 and is expected to be completed by 2028.
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News Reports

Badaun: Muslim Shanu lures Dalit Hindu girl pretending to be Hindu and rapes her in moving car with Arif’s help, both shot in leg...

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The victim, a resident of Badaun, came in contact with a man named 'Sunny' on Instagram, who had hidden his real name Shanu.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: 10 Naxal terrorists killed in an encounter, including senior Naxal leader Modem Balkrishna, who carried a reward of ₹1 crore

OpIndia Staff -
Joint teams of E-30, STF, and COBRA launched an anti-Naxal operation after receiving inputs about the presence of Naxals in the Mainpur forest region.
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News Reports

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi Pakistan links case: SIT submits its report to Assam govt, CM Sarma says a conspiracy was underway to undermine India’s...

OpIndia Staff -
He further said that the inquiry also shed light on how Pakistan's Ministry of Interior facilitated the visit of an Assam MP to the neighbouring country.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi violated security protocols 113 times since 2020, CRPF forced to write letter to Congress President: Read about the ‘yellow book’ for VIP...

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi has repeatedly made unscheduled movements without prior imitation to the CRPF. This gross violation of security protocol was witnessed during both domestic travel and international visits to Italy, Vietnam, UAE, Qatar, UK, and Malaysia.
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Despite Trump’s pressure to impose 100% tariff on India, EU is all set to sign FTA with India, its Trade Commissioner arriving in New...

OpIndia Staff -
European Union is accelerating negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India, even as Donald Trump urges the bloc to impose up to 100% tariffs on India
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News Reports

Supreme Court quashes false rape case filed by a woman, frames four-step test for HCs to quash frivolous complaints

OpIndia Staff -
While dismissing the case, a bench comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta on Wednesday (10th September), said that there is a “clear distinction between rape and consensual sex”.
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News Reports

Hundreds of South Korean women, who were forced to work as prostitutes for the US Army, file a lawsuit demanding justice and apology

OpIndia Staff -
The South Korean government has been named as a defendant in the lawsuit, as under the existing laws, the onus to compensate the victims of illegal acts committed by the US soldiers on duty lies on it.
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News Reports

PM Modi visits Dehradun and assesses damage caused by floods in Uttarakhand, announces financial assistance of ₹1,200 crore for the state

OpIndia Staff -
PM Narendra Modi visited Dehradun on 11th September 2025 and reviewed the flood situation and damage caused due to cloudbursts, rains and landslides in affected areas of Uttarakhand.
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News Reports

‘Nepo Kids’ of Nepal: Read how mass anger against luxury life of children of politicians Vs the abject poverty for common people drove Gen...

Shriti Sagar -
Over last few days, a series of videos and tweets erupted on Instagram and other social media under the banner #NepoKids. They featured the kids of senior politicians flaunting their Gucci handbags, private aircraft, and overseas university degrees. Their glamorous lives contrasted starkly with the struggle of poor Nepali families.
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Nepal under curfew after violent Gen Z protests, no decision yet on interim chief, now Kulman Ghising emerges as frontrunner after Sushila Karki

OpIndia Staff -
Nepal remains under curfew after violent Gen Z-led protests left 31 dead. Talks on an interim government are ongoing, with three names: Sushila Karki, Balen Shah, and Kulman Ghising.
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News Reports

Delhi police bust ISIS module running Pakistan sponsored ‘Khilafat model’, arrested terrorist Ashhar Danish had a postgraduate degree in English

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police's special cell has busted a "pan-India terror module" which was hatching a Pakistan handler-sponsored "Khilafat model" in the country
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News Reports

Rajasthan High Court upholds order cancelling the license of meat shops near Hindu temple, dismisses claim that the place of worship was ‘private’

OpIndia Staff -
"This Court finds no substance in the arguments of the counsel for the petitioner that the temple situated within a 50-meter radius of the petitioners’ meat shops is not a public temple," the Judge noted in its order dated September 1, 2025.
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News Reports

Under Yogi govt, 60 lakh youth have got jobs, UP has received investment proposals of over 45 lakh crores in the private sector in...

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, CM Yogi Adityanath shared that 60 lakh youth have got private sector jobs, while addressing the public in the Gorakhpur Industrial Development Authority (GIDA) area.
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News Reports

PM Modi hosts Mauritius PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam in Varanasi callng it spiritual union of a family, several MoUs and a Special Economic Package announced

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 September 2024 hosted Mauritius Prime Minister Dr. Navinchandra Ramgoolam in Varanasi for bilateral discussions that underscored the deep cultural and strategic bonds between the two nations
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘vote chori’ document was made out of India? Congress tries to defend itself as tech details hint at foreign collaboration

OpIndia Staff -
In its metadata analysis, the X user 'khurpenchh' found that all three versions (English, Hindi and Kannada) of Rahul Gandhi's presentation have been created in the Myanmar Standard Time (MMT).
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News Reports

Malayali actress Navya Nair fined ₹1.14 lakh by Australian authorities for wearing jasmine flowers in her hair: Read what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Nair explained that the fine was imposed as per the law of the country, but she tried to explain to the authorities that she did not do it intentionally.
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News Reports

Charlie Kirk’s brutal assassination in Utah: As Trump orders USA flag to be flown at half mast, Left-Liberals celebrate murder in public

Shraddha Pandey -
Liberals are making TikTok videos wherein they are seen cheering over Kirk’s killing. “Charlie Kirk was just shot in the neck at a Utah event”, wrote a woman, danced and made weird faces expressing her happiness.
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News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai falsely claims that Modi govt approves projects only before elections in states, asks some silly questions: A fact check

Raju Das -
Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai accused Modi govt of approving major infrastructure projects for electoral benefit, data shows how his claims are wrong
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News Reports

Nepal Gen Z protesters support former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim PM after government collapse, her BHU background reflects deep connection with India 

OpIndia Staff -
Nepal’s Gen Z protesters, who brought down the government, have backed former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim Prime Minister.
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News Reports

Amid devastating floods, Jammu and Kashmir witnesses massive anti-govt protests and curfew: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
The prohibitory order comes at a time when tensions in Doda have been simmering over the detention of Doda MLA Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA).
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News Reports

From facilitating close people-to-people ties to being a preferred route of Islamic fundamentalists and smugglers: How an open India-Nepal border poses a challenge for...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
The ongoing political turmoil in Nepal has increased tension on the India-Nepal border. The problems of farmers in the Mithila region of Bihar, especially in Madhubani, Sitamarhi and Supaul, have increased.
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News Reports

IIT Bombay sponsors event that claims PM Modi, Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath are ‘fooling people’, institute claims ‘no knowledge’ and blocks columnist for...

OpIndia Staff -
A poster of the contentious workshop was shared on X (formerly Twitter) by columnist Harshil Mehta, which depicted a so-called 'pyramid of capitalist India.' One section of the pyramid, which read 'We fool you', had caricatures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
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Himanta Biswa Sarma’s Silchar Speech: A call for Hindu unity beyond linguistic divides

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
At a time when identity politics in the Northeast is repeatedly stirred for partisan gains, Sarma’s words offered a counter-narrative of Hindu civilizational unity, rejecting the manufactured binary of Assamese versus Bengali.
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News Reports

India slams Switzerland at UNHRC for remarks on minorities and freedom in India, offers help to deal with racism, discrimination and xenophobia

OpIndia Staff -
At the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, India sharply retorted to comments made by the Swiss representative on India, and offered to help Switzerland in combating racism in the country.
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News Reports

Election Commission holds conference of Chief Electoral Officers of all States and UTs to assess preparedness for nationwide SIR

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday convened its third Conference of Chief Electoral Officers (CEOs) this year to evaluate preparations for the nationwide Special Summary Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls
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AAP leader Vikas Sharma’s son and Rahul Gandhi’s pet troll glorifies violent protests in Nepal, urges Indian youth to follow suit

OpIndia Staff -
Arpit Sharma lamented that the Indian youth were not courageous enough to organise similar violent demonstrations against the Indian government.
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News Reports

US turning socialist: After taking stake in Intel and share of chip sales to China, Trump admin to take up to 50% share of...

OpIndia Staff -
US govt proposes to force universities to pay upto 50% of their patent income to the federal govt, particularly for those patents those developed with federal funding.
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News Reports

Kolkata ‘birthday’ rape case: Police nab accused Chandan Malik, another accused TMC worker Debangshu Biswas remains absconding

OpIndia Staff -
Kolkata Police arrested Chandan Malik in the gang-rape of a 20-year-old woman in Haridevpur. The victim was lured to a ‘birthday party’ on 5th September.
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Opinions

Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and now Nepal: How India has remained a strong, stable democratic force in an increasingly chaotic and unstable neighbourhood

Shraddha Pandey -
In a stark contrast to its neighbours, who have undergone violent protests that resulted in regime change, violence, democratic collapse and economic pushback, India has braved all storms displaying its resilience as a stable democratic force.
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News Reports

Assam tightens immigration rules, district officials can deport suspected illegal infiltrators within 10 days if they fail to prove citizenship under new SOP

OpIndia Staff -
The Assam Cabinet has approved a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to deal with the long-standing problem of illegal infiltration.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi government launches ‘Farm Stay’ initiative to establish villages as hubs of Agri-tourism

OpIndia Staff -
The scheme will empower farmers and rural entrepreneurs by offering them an opportunity to diversify their income sources and, at the same time, preserve their traditional lifestyle.
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News Reports

France comes to a standstill with ‘Block Everything’ protests: As Macron govt is paralysed by blockades, fires, and clashes, is the nation reckoning with...

Jinit Jain -
France is reeling under the leaderless “Block Everything” protests, as highways, schools, and depots burn while 80,000 police struggle to contain nationwide fury against Macron govt.
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News Reports

Pappu Yadav’s viral audio threatening a govt official is remnant of the same Jungle Raaj that killed NHAI engineer Satyendra Dubey in 2003

OpIndia Staff -
In the audio clip, the voice that is reportedly Pappu Yadav then asks his associates where the official lives. When he was told that he works in a hospital in Purnia, he then asks what post he holds.
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News Reports

UP: Bulldozers roll in Meerut’s Abdullah Residency after Energy Minister demands action, highlighting ‘Muslim only’ policy

OpIndia Staff -
90 per cent of the plots in Abdullah Residency have been sold to Muslim people. There are a total of 75 plots in the colony.
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News Reports

Trump’s olive branches and Navarro’s rants: How India has been dealing with a confused, dual-faced US leadership amid trade talks and tariff chaos

Anurag -
India continues importing Russian oil and protecting domestic industries despite US tariff threats and Navarro’s rants. Trump’s olive branches contrast with Washington’s coercion, highlighting America’s confused stance and India’s firm commitment to independent trade policy.
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News Reports

As Nepal continues to grapple with violence even after fall of Oli government, here are the highlights of what transpired during the protests

OpIndia Staff -
The violent protestors targeted the politicians, ministers, their residences and government offices during the protests. Many politicians, including PM Oli are said to have fled the country as the situation in Nepal slipped out of the government's control.
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News Reports

Israel strikes Hamas leadership in Doha in a bold escalation, Qatari PM says their radar didn’t detect the missiles, Hamas claims top leaders still...

OpIndia Staff -
The attack came at a time when Qatar, one of the lead mediators between Israel and the United States, on the one hand, and Hamas on the other, had been trying to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.
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News Reports

Udta Punjab under AAP: 2 brothers in Tarn Taran die of drug overdose, their elder brother had died similarly years ago, family says drugs...

Shraddha Pandey -
Revealing details of the matter, DSP Atul Soni said that a video circulating online showed that deceased brothers Malkeet and Gurpreet Singh were involved with narcotics and self-use. 
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‘India-US continuing trade negotiations’: Trump softens tone on India, PM Modi expresses confidence in India-US partnership

Shraddha Pandey -
Responding to Trump’s ‘announcement’, Prime Minister Narendra affirmed confidence in paving a way in trade negotiations to unlock the potential of India-US partnership.
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