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NEET UG 2026 cancelled after paper leak scandal: Here’s how a handwritten ‘guess paper’ exposed the system

Shraddha Pandey -
The National Testing Agency (NTA) issued a statement on 12th May, and said that the NEET UG examination conducted on 3rd May stands cancelled and a fresh date for reconducting the exam will be announced later.
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News Reports

Price rise, fuel rationing, shutdowns, work from home and more: How India’s neighbours have been handling challenges brought by Iran-US war

Rukma Rathore -
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other neighbours have turned to India for assistance during the crisis from US-Iran war.
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News Reports

Islamabad’s double game exposed: ‘Mediator’ Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft at Nur Khan Airbase to shield them from US attacks. Here’s what...

Shraddha Pandey -
A CBS News report has cited US officials privy to the matter, to say that Pakistan allowed Iranian military aircraft to be parked in its airfields to shield them from American attacks.
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News Reports

14 decisions Suvendu Adhikari took within 48 hours of becoming CM of Bengal: From no namaz in public, reopening 2021 post-poll violence cases and...

OpIndia Staff -
Suvendu Adhikari has clearly shown the people of Bengal that his intent is in the right place. Within just 2 days of assuming Office, he has announced 14 key decisions which will change the course of the State.
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Opinions

The Kolkata Trials: What Nuremberg-like trial against TMC and its masters would look like, the legal framework and the moral requirement

Divyansh Tiwari -
In order to properly administer the legislation it has passed, Parliament may create more courts under Article 247. A Bengal Atrocities Tribunal with a defined jurisdiction could be established by a specific legislative act passed by a government with the mandate currently held nationally by the BJP.
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Culture and History

Somnath was never just a temple: Meet the Acharyas and Kings who kept Shaivite civilisation alive after every invasion

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
The history of Somnath is an extraordinary narrative of cultural survival. While often remembered for medieval invasions, the temple’s true strength lies in its roots as a center of knowledge
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News Reports

As West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari approves land handover to BSF for fencing along India-Bangladesh border, read how Mamata Banerjee had stonewalled the project...

Shraddha Pandey -
CM Adhikari announced on 11th May 2026, that the process of handing over the required land to BSF, with over 90% already identified, would be completed within 45 days. The BJP government in West Bengal aims to enable the BSF to erect fencing and secure vulnerable stretches presently exploited by Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators.
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Opinions

Somnath at 75: The temple that powered India’s maritime economy and global trade, defied invaders, and rebuilt Hindu civilisation

Piyush Goyal -
75 years after its reconstruction, Somnath Temple stands as a powerful symbol of India’s civilisational revival, maritime resurgence and enduring cultural confidence.
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News Reports

Inside The Timothy Initiative: Tracing the breadcrumbs of founder David Nelms’ visits to India and Christian conversion activities

Anurag -
TTI, earlier known as Project India, faces scrutiny after ED found Rs 95 crore withdrawn through foreign debit cards while old posts reveal repeated India links of the Nelms family.
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News Reports

PM Modi asks Indians not to buy gold for a year: Read how gold imports burden economy, cause massive Forex outflow and widen trade...

Rukma Rathore -
PM Modi declared, "In the national interest, we must resolve not to purchase gold for a year," during a speech in Hyderabad.
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News Reports

India’s first mini-micro LED display unit to be set up in Gujarat’s Dholera: Read about this advanced technology and ways it can make Bharat...

OpIndia Staff -
Display technology has become extremely important in today's world of smartphones, smartwatches, premium televisions, EVs and AR/VR devices. The brighter, more energy-efficient and thinner the screen, the better the user experience is considered.
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News Reports

From restoring schools to reopening temples and shops: How the BJP is reclaiming Bengal from TMC’s ‘Jungle Raj’ after its landslide victory in the...

Shriti Sagar -
The BJP’s reclamation efforts have also extended to the religious and cultural heart of Bengal. In a viral incident from Rampurhat in Birbhum district, BJP leaders reopened the Bhog room of the Sri Sri Radha Govinda Temple.
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News Reports

From daily riots under SP rule to zero kidnapping-for-ransom cases: How Yogi govt transformed UP’s law and order landscape

रामांशी -
During the SP government, between 2012 and 2017, questions were raised about law and order in the state. According to the NCRB report, on average, approximately 19 riots and 33 kidnappings occurred daily.
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News Reports

800-year-old Kakatiya-Era Shiva Temple demolished in Congress-ruled Telangana, case filed after outrage: What the controversy is and why the temple matters historically

Shriti Sagar -
Following the backlash, Warangal District Collector Dr Satya Sharada and Narsampet MLA Donthi Madhava Reddy visited the site and assured locals that the temple would be reconstructed.
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News Reports

Drugged doctor, secret videos, blackmailing and illegal gambling: Multiple FIRs reveal a long criminal history of Bareilly gym owners Akram and Alam Beg

विशेषता -
The FIRs filed against the accused reveal a long, ongoing chain of criminal acts of the accused, involving targeting women, bullying, threats, assault, and creating an atmosphere of fear in the area.
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News Reports

Over 47178 MW of renewable energy production capacity, development of Dholera Special Investment Region and more: How Gujarat is emerging as India’s green energy...

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
Gujarat is leading India’s green transition by integrating massive renewable generation in Khavda with high-tech industrial hubs like Dholera.
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News Reports

Women dragged, clothes torn, electricity cut: Read how TMC goons illegally occupied a school which provided free education, and how it was freed after...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
BJP acknowledged Amrit Bose Gupta's struggle and posted a video of the school's liberation on its official X handle. The school is now being cleaned and the tricolour is being hoisted. It's worth noting that local residents and NGO workers broke open the locks of Aranyaj School and freed it from the clutches of TMC leaders.
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News Reports

Modi govt approves Vadinar Ship Repair Facility in Gujarat: Read how it will make India Atmanirbhar in ship repair capacity

Shraddha Pandey -
What will make the Vadinar Ship Repair Facility an optimal location for repair operations, particularly for large commercial and foreign‑flagged vessels, is its natural deep draft, connectivity to major shipping routes, and proximity to key ports such as Mundra and Kandla.
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News Reports

As PM Modi is set to visit Somnath to mark 75 years of its restoration, read how Islamic invaders repeatedly destroyed the ancient temple...

Shraddha Pandey -
From the British Colonial Raj to Congress Raj, the blatant snubbing of Hindu rights continued in both pre- and post-independent India. This blatant disdain for Hindus was reflected in the conduct of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was outspokenly against the reconstruction of the Somnath Temple.
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News Reports

No one killed 75 CRPF personnel? Chhattisgarh HC acquits 10 in 2010 Tadmetla ambush case: Here is how botched investigation, hostile witnesses caused the...

Aditi -
The High Court expressed dismay over the failure of the prosecution in establishing the identities of the accused, who carried out the barbaric attack.
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Opinions

‘Empires rose and fell, but Somnath continued to endure in our consciousness’: PM Modi pens a heartfelt note to mark 75 years since inauguration...

Narendra Modi -
I urge my fellow Indians to travel to Somnath in this special time. When you stand on the shores of Somnath, let its ancient echoes speak to you.
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News Reports

The Wire claimed SIR helped BJP win Bengal, here is why its theory falls apart under scrutiny

Dhruv Mishra -
The Wire confuses correlation with causation, leans on speculative no SIR models, and ignores that TMC won 13 of the 20 Assembly seats that recorded the highest number of voter deletions.
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News Reports

Why AC blasts are rising in India: Causes, risks and safety measures explained

Shraddha Pandey -
Besides, electrical faults and other external factors may also lead to an AC blast. These factors may include voltage fluctuations, short circuits, substandard or old wiring.
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News Reports

One year of Operation Sindoor: How India shattered Pakistan’s terror infrastructure after the Pahalgam massacre and rewrote its counter-terror doctrine

Aditi -
Operation Sindoor was India's much-needed and long-overdue military action against Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.
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News Reports

Gym trainers Akram and Alam Beg drugged Hindu woman’s pre-workout drink, raped, blackmailed her to extort money using video taken from hidden camera in...

Shraddha Pandey -
According to the complaint filed by the Hindu victim who joined the Ultimate Fitness Gym in 2024, accused Alam and Akram of spiking her pre-workout drink, which they gave her in the name of fast weight loss, raping her, recording her obscene videos and using them to blackmail her.
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News Reports

As the BJP sweeps Bengal, pro-TMC newspaper The Telegraph takes an abrupt pivot: Understanding why it’s opportunism and not an ideological shift

Shraddha Pandey -
The front page of the Calcutta edition of the newspaper published on 5th May dominated BJP’s Bengal victory, with a large front in saffron colour “BJP’s Bengal” with an illustration of the iconic Howrah Bridge worked into the lettering. Below it is the headline “Saffron tsunami sets aside TMC”.
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News Reports

Inside The Timothy Initiative: How TTI manual teaches church planters to use leaders from each caste to push conversions among Hindus

Anurag -
Book 10 does not discuss caste as a social problem. It presents caste as a practical missionary tool. It says selecting leaders from each caste can help missionaries reach local people to Christ more effectively.
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News Reports

From TMC strongman to BJP’s CM frontrunner: How Suvendu Adhikari broke Mamata Banerjee’s political fortress and emerged as the face of the BJP in...

Aditi -
In a major political surprise, Adhikari snapped ties with the TMC and joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 state assembly elections.
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News Reports

Cash handouts to women and youth, 8 gram gold, silk sarees, 6 LPG cylinders and more: Vijay’s TVK may form the govt, but how...

Aditi -
In fulfilling the poll promises, the state government's projected annual expenditure on welfare spending alone will go up to ₹1 lakh crore.
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Opinions

As Mamata Banerjee refuses to resign from CM post, here’s what the Constitution says and why the TMC supremo is doing this drama

Shraddha Pandey -
The outgoing Chief Minister has refused to resign. Short on numbers, Banerjee has accused the BJP of ‘rigging’ and claimed that the TMC has won the elections ‘morally’.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee’s undignified rejection of electoral defeat and brazen insult to Bengal’s public mandate exposes the real face of fascism that the Left always...

Jinit Jain -
Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to accept Bengal’s electoral verdict exposes the very authoritarianism and contempt for constitutional morality that the Congress-Left ecosystem has long accused the BJP of embodying.
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News Reports

TCS Conversion Scandal: Nashik court rejects Nida Khan’s anticipatory bail, says prima facie material shows her involvement in organised attempt to convert victim to...

Anurag -
Rejecting her plea for pre arrest protection, the Nashik court observed that the material collected during investigation pointed to a wider and organised effort, making custodial interrogation necessary to uncover the full conspiracy behind the case.
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News Reports

‘Conspiracy against Hindus to avenge Babri demolition’: TADA court sentences 12 convicts in the 1993 Gosabara arms case linked to Dawood Ibrahim and associates....

Aditi -
In its verdict, the special TADA judge held that a conspiracy was hatched by the conspirators against the Hindu community to avenge the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
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News Reports

Lies, fearmongering, and distortions: How foreign media outlets, including NYT, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, pushed falsehoods on the BJP’s Bengal and Assam wins

Shraddha Pandey -
Several foreign media publications covered the BJP’s thumping victory, though not without peddling propaganda about the victorious party’s ‘Hindu nationalist’ ideology, ‘Muslim minority under threat’ bogey and falsehoods about the pre-poll SIR exercise.
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News Reports

How the RSS rewired Bengal’s social consciousness and played a pivotal role in the BJP’s historic electoral breakthrough

Jinit Jain -
A decade of quiet, decentralised groundwork by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh reshaped Bengal’s social consciousness and voter behaviour, laying the foundation for the BJP’s historic breakthrough.
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News Reports

A househelp, a survivor of sexual harassment and a mother of a rape victim: Meet Kalita Majhi, Rekha Patra and Ratna Debnath who are...

Shraddha Pandey -
It is the BJP’s candidate selection and focus on real issues that propelled the party to 206 seats for its maiden triumph. BJP’s women candidates brought their own grassroots stories, carried pain and yearning to bring change that resonated with Bengali voters.
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News Reports

Supreme Court slams the Indian Young Lawyers Association over the 2006 Sabarimala reference: A detailed breakdown of the top court’s concerns over petitioners’ locus...

Divyansh Tiwari -
The top court called the Sabarimala PIL filed by the Indian Young Lawyers Association an “abuse of process,” questioning both its legal basis and the petitioner’s standing.
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News Reports

West Bengal Assembly Election 2026: As opposition and left liberals blame SIR for TMC’s defeat, data shows Mamata’s party won 13 of 20 seats...

Anurag -
Rahul Gandhi, Sayema, Arfa Khanum Sherwani and Sanjay Singh blamed the SIR after the results. Yet the top deletion seats tell a different story, with the TMC winning 13 out of the 20.
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News Reports

How BJP went from 0 seats to winning the West Bengal election in 15 years: A closer look at the architects who made it...

Dibakar Dutta -
The meteoric rise of the BJP from 0 seats in 2011 to winning the 2026 Vidhan Sabha election tells a different story. It did not happen by sheer chance. The party was built brick by brick by its State leaders and its cadres in the past 15 years.
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Opinions

As BJP heads towards a historic win in West Bengal, liberals suffer a massive meltdown, ignore 15-years of anti-incumbency and declare BJP victory ‘unfair’

Shraddha Pandey -
The anti-BJP brigade has recycled its formulaic ‘Hum hare nahi humein haraya gaya hai’ bogey by casting aspersions on the integrity of the Election Commission, instead of gracefully accepting the Janadesh.
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News Reports

The year India buried the red: From Naxalism in hinterland to Communist Party in Kerala, read how 2026 marked the end of India’s Left

Jinit Jain -
2026 marks the end of India’s Red era, with the Left losing its last state in Kerala and Maoist insurgency collapsing under sustained state action.
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News Reports

Approval granted for the upgradation of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project: Read details about the major step towards achieving self-reliance in energy

Rukma Rathore -
NPCIL stated, "Kudankulam Units 5 & 6 stand as a testament to India’s commitment to safe, clean and reliable nuclear power."
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News Reports

How Indian mainstream media frames an ‘upper-caste villain’ in every crime

अजीत झा -
The reader is duped into assuming that the accused most likely comes from an upper caste and has political influence.
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News Reports

Tipu over Truth: SP MP’s ‘Tipu gave women the right to cover breasts’ remark during debate sparks a row. Read about the ‘Breast Tax’...

रामांशी -
Toofani Saroj said, "Tipu Sultan gave women the right to cover their breasts."
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News Reports

Allahabad HC rules that offering namaz on public land is not a religious right, gatherings on private property should be strictly private, not disruptive:...

Rukma Rathore -
The court stated, "It is not an unlimited right. It cannot be exercised in a way that affects others or disturbs public life."
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News Reports

As EU votes to define rape and consent, read how sexual abuse of Gisele Pelicot and the revelation of chats discussing rape of drugged...

Rukma Rathore -
"We can't have the meaning of rape change as we cross from one border to another," voiced a Polish MEP.
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News Reports

Muslim organisations oppose creation of 5 new districts in Ladakh: Read why the administrative restructuring was needed and how it will have no impact...

Shraddha Pandey -
The Nubra, Sham, and Changthang districts were carved out of the existing Leh district, while Zanskar and Drass were formed out of the existing Kargil district.
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News Reports

Social media ‘influencers’ join Rahul Gandhi in fearmongering over the Great Nicobar Project to undermine national security: Read the facts and how left-liberals are...

Rukma Rathore -
"This is not development. This is destruction dressed in development's language," Rahul Gandhi accused.
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Opinions

The Great Nicobar Project should have been done decades ago: Read how India has underutilised its maritime potential and neglected the blessings of geography

Sanghamitra -
Land-locked or maritime-hesitant nations inevitably find themselves at the mercy of those who command the oceans. For India, blessed with one of the longest coastlines and a commanding position astride the Indian Ocean, the imperative is stark: it must fully realise its maritime potential or risk remaining a continental giant overshadowed by true blue-water powers.
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Opinions

From Punjab, not India: How Diljit Dosanjh’s response at ‘The Tonight Show’ feeds into problematic narratives and encourages Khalistani separatism

Jinit Jain -
By projecting Punjab in isolation while omitting India, Diljit Dosanjh has turned cultural pride into a narrative that risks normalizing separatist framing on the global stage.
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