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Who is Anish Gawande, NCP (SP) leader, whose house Abhijit Dipke was staying in?

Aditi -
Before joining politics, Anish Gawande was an LGBTQ+ rights activist and a writer.
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News Reports

Gujarat tops NITI Aayog’s Investment Friendliness Index: From ports to semiconductors, read how it became the first choice of investors

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
The goal of making India a developed nation by 2047 cannot be achieved by the central government alone. Ultimately, industries are set up in the states, employment is created in the states, and the biggest impact of investment also falls on the states.
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News Reports

How UP won the battle against encephalitis

Divya Bharti -
By executing structural, multi-departmental reforms, the Yogi government changed Uttar Pradesh’s fight against encephalitis from reactive hospital treatment to proactive prevention. Massive door-to-door immunisation, clean water initiatives, and local critical care upgrades successfully reduced seasonal Japanese Encephalitis deaths by 95%.
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News Reports

How the Cockroach Janta Party is setting the stage for violence with their ‘Parliament march’

Dibakar Dutta -
The spokespersons of the Cockroach Janta Party have started speaking the language of violence. It's not overt and explicit but veiled and subtle dogwhistling. Abhijeek Dipke is leading the cabal with his shrewd incitement and deliberate provocation.
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News Reports

From Pooja Pal to Roli Tiwari Mishra and Richa Rajput: Whenever SP leaders are questioned, goons of Akhilesh launch misogynistic, hateful attacks on non-Yadav...

विशेषता -
Everyone witnessed the era of Mulayam Singh Yadav, when he defended rapists by saying, "They're boys, boys make mistakes."
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News Reports

Skyroot Aerospace’s Vikram-1 launch creates history: All you need to know about India’s first privately developed orbital rocket

Shriti Sagar -
Named after Dr Vikram Sarabhai, regarded as the father of India's space programme, Vikram-1 is a 24-metre-tall, four-stage launch vehicle built primarily using lightweight carbon-composite materials.
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News Reports

Sonam Wangchuk hospitalised but CJP falsely claims ‘abduction’ to unknown location, Abhijeet Dipke lies about being detained: Here is what happened so far

OpIndia Staff -
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member turned CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke seized the opportunity to peddle fake victimhood. First, he claimed that people were being beaten at Jantar Mantar and then he tweeted about being detained by Delhi police.
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News Reports

Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike: Pointless, farcical and likely to end just like Irom Sharmila’s 16-year search for relevance

Rukma Rathore -
Wangchuk was apprehended under the National Security Act last year following the outbreak of violence in Leh.
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Opinions

Trump declassifies documents claiming China tried to manipulate elections to make Joe Biden win: In India, how The NewsClick saga proves the necessity for...

Shraddha Pandey -
The Trump administration in the US has declassified and publicised several intelligence and law enforcement documents from 2020, alleging that China acquired 200 million American voter data and exploited vulnerabilities in the US election system to influence the poll in Joe Biden’s favour.
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News Reports

Viral post by former Japanese minister criticising India is actually an endorsement of the country’s decisions: Read how Modi govt chose self-interest in the...

Raju Das -
Makihara is frustrated that Japan is losing out on lucrative contracts for trains and the critical signalling system in the Bullet Train project
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News Reports

Pakistan foreign ministry fumbles, avoids responding to reports of Chinese mining company shutting down in Balochistan

Rukma Rathore -
"We are not obliged to talk about news stories whose facts remain questionable," retorted a senior Pakistani spokesperson.
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News Reports

Delhi HC lectures journalists who got attacked by Muslim mob for asking questions, blames them for conduct of attackers

Amit Kelkar -
Besides being assaulted by a Muslim mob for engaging in citizen journalism, Supriya Pathak and Shyam are now being virtue-signalled about 'journalistic ethics' by the same Delhi High Court that granted bail to the accused.
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News Reports

PM Modi to flag off India’s first hydrogen-powered train in Haryana: Read how the rail project is significant and how the technology works

Aditi -
The Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology used in the rail project is a clean and sustainable method of generating power.
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News Reports

How Khalistani terrorists targeted buses, trains and markets to identify and massacre Hindus

Anurag -
From Dhilwan and Muktsar to Lalru, Ludhiana and Sohian, repeated massacres showed a deliberate pattern in which commuters, workers, families and worshippers were selected as targets because they were Hindu civilians during Punjab’s insurgency years.
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News Reports

Gujarat government operationalises Anti-Radicalisation Cell: Read how The Wire made baseless allegations that the new SOP targets Muslims

Shriti Sagar -
The move comes months after the Gujarat Home Department approved the creation of more than a hundred new posts for the ARC structure across district and commissionerate offices as part of the 2026-27 service year.
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News Reports

Mystery of ‘contaminated fuel’ in YouTuber’s Toyota SUV solved? Petrol pump owners’ admission and Raipur Consumer Court order shift focus beyond E20

Jinit Jain -
A Raipur consumer court's order replacing a non-E20-compatible Grand Vitara, Toyota's 'contaminated fuel' finding in YouTuber Manish Kashyap's case, and petrol pump owners' admissions together shift the spotlight from E20 alone to possible pump-level fuel contamination.
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News Reports

How virtual magnet technology of an Indian startup can reduce the country’s dependence on rare earth magnets and break China’s monopoly on EVs

Rukma Rathore -
Vimag Labs has created a groundbreaking software-defined electric motor that replaces the conventional permanent magnets which are critical components and rely on rare earth minerals with copper coils, steel and software-controlled electromagnets.
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Social Media

Is Sonam Wangchuk really ‘Phunsukh Wangdu’? No patents to his name, son of Congress MLA and more – busting the myth

Shraddha Pandey -
Numerous reels have been posted with the “Behti hawa sa” song from the 2009 film 3 Idiots. These reels are giving calls to “save” Phunsukh Wangdu (also spelt Phunsuk Wangdu) and to pressure the Central government into heeding Wangchuk’s demands.
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News Reports

‘Our Tahir Hussain is innocent, Allah knows’: Neighbours rally behind Ankit Sharma’s killer as OpIndia visits Chand Bagh after conviction

केशव मालान -
The court recently found Tahir Hussain and four others guilty in the murder case, while acquitting six of the 12 accused. The sentencing is yet to be announced.
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News Reports

From Mohammad Ahad to Mohammad Ali and more: How Pakistan-linked terror networks have repeatedly targeted Bihar

Rukma Rathore -
Police stated, "Ahad was in contact with Pakistan-based handlers and was planning to execute a major incident in the country."
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News Reports

From Punjab jails to California drug routes: How Jaggu Bhagwanpuria’s gang became a global crime syndicate

Anurag -
Nitish Kaushal’s addition to the FBI’s wanted list has put fresh focus on a network accused of recruiting Punjab youths, moving cocaine from Southern California and threatening diaspora families through relatives in India and abroad.
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News Reports

Adulterated prasad pedas, detergent milk, unhygienic restaurants: Read how Maharashtra FDA Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe is spearheading action against food adulteration

Aditi -
In a major push for public health, IAS Officer Tukaram Mundhe, who assumed the office of Food Commissioner on 25th May, launched a sweeping enforcement across Maharashtra.
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News Reports

Faster Tatkal bookings, seat selection, fare calendar and more: Biggest changes in the new IRCTC website

Shriti Sagar -
The redesigned platform promises much faster page loading and quicker response times throughout the booking process.
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News Reports

Ladakh to set up autonomous hill councils across all 7 districts, empowering local communities with direct control over land, jobs, and funds

Divya Bharti -
The Ladakh administration announced that all seven districts, including the five newly created ones, will get elected Autonomous Hill Development Councils, granting local communities identical powers over land, finance, and district-level employment.
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Opinions

US senators propose 100% tariffs on Russian oil buyers in new sanctions bill: The hypocritical and capricious American policy

Shraddha Pandey -
The revised bill, however, narrows tariff provisions against buyers of Russian oil, and proposes authorising the US president to impose tariffs up to 100% on exports from the five largest Russian oil buyers, namely, China, India, Slovakia, Hungary, and Azerbaijan.
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News Reports

Restoration of Gurdwara Patshahi Chhevin, demand to screen Satluj and more: What is behind Pakistan’s newfound love for the Sikh community

Rukma Rathore -
Pakistan has gained notoriety for the persecution of its minorities, which includes both Hindus and Sikhs.
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News Reports

‘Victims being Hindus was not a mere coincidence’: Gujarat HC says 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts were planned to target Hindus

મેઘલસિંહ પરમાર -
The Gujarat High Court, in its detailed 2,223-page judgment on the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, held that Hindus were the intended targets of the terror conspiracy, upheld the death penalty for 38 convicts as a "rarest of rare" case, and affirmed life imprisonment for 11 others.
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Featured

Tahir Hussain and five others finally convicted in Ankit Sharma murder case: How OpIndia’s Delhi Anti-Hindu Riots coverage told stories that nobody else did

Shraddha Pandey -
The conviction of Tahir Hussain is not only about ensuring justice for Ankit Sharma but also confirms what OpIndia has been saying for years: that the 2020 Delhi riots were not spontaneous but the eventuality of a pre-planned conspiracy hatched by Islamo-leftists.
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News Reports

Exclusive on Tahir Hussain’s conviction: Tahir Hussain claimed his PCR calls proved his innocence. Here’s why the court didn’t buy his propaganda

Nupur J Sharma -
Six years after IB officer Ankit Sharma was brutally murdered during the 2020 Delhi riots, a court's conviction of Tahir Hussain lays bare the evidence, dismantles his PCR-call defence, and reinforces the prosecution's case that the violence was a targeted attack on Hindus.
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News Reports

Amid wars and chaos, India campaigns for SHANTI at the UN Security Council

Divyansh Tiwari -
S. Jaishankar arrived in New York from the Gulf and left for Brussels and the EU-India Trade and Technology Council. The UNSC bid itself carries the same signature: India positions itself both as a power the West actively courts and as the self-described voice of the Global South.
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News Reports

Hindus massacred, journalists silenced and nearly 1,800 policemen killed: The victims erased from Punjab insurgency narratives

Anurag -
Bus and train massacres, assassinated editors, murdered Sikh opponents and targeted police officers reveal a history increasingly reduced to statistics while militants receive political context and sympathetic retellings.
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Opinions

With 20% fee claim, is Donald Trump trying to justify toll in the Strait of Hormuz? The passage was both free and safe before...

Rukma Rathore -
Trump stated, "We are reinstating the Iranian blockade to stop only Iran's ships or customers from entering or leaving."
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Culture and History

From Puri to Ahmedabad: How the Jagannath Rath Yatra became Gujarat’s biggest religious festival

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
The journey of Puri's Jagannath Rathyatra to Ahmedabad is rooted in centuries of shared faith. Seen as a manifestation of Lord Krishna, whose final relic floated from Gujarat to Odisha, Jagannath was embraced by local Vaishnav traditions.
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News Reports

First came the mosque, then the rise in Muslim population, followed by the locality’s renaming: How Harij’s ‘Jhapatpara’ became ‘Islampura’ — Exclusive Ground Report

લિંકન સોખડિયા -
Residents of Harij's decades-old Jhapatpara locality have alleged that its name has gradually been changed to "Islampura" in government documents amid demographic changes, prompting Hindu organisations to demand an inquiry and restoration of the original name.
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Opinions

Argentina vs England match will be more than just football, because Messi’s team sings ‘Por Malvinas’

Divyansh Tiwari -
After they beat Switzerland, and after that ridiculous comeback against Egypt, the Argentina players did what they always do now when they win, they sang. Not the national anthem but they belted out La Cuarta Estrella, the song written specially for this World Cup, the one that reaches straight back to Maradona and forward to Messi and never once forgets to name the islands Argentina still calls the Malvinas
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News Reports

Two more absconders, Abdul Nasir and Naushad, from PFI’s “Killer Squads” arrested: The Praveen Nettaru murder case explained

Shriti Sagar -
"The investigations found that the PFI formed secret teams called Service Teams or Killer Squads to carry out killings of its perceived enemies and targets," the NIA had stated in its chargesheet.
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News Reports

Khalistani terrorist Pannun seeks ‘martyr’ status for Khalra, projects him as pro-Khalistani; how Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Satluj’ is fuelling separatist propaganda

Anurag -
Pannun has sought ‘Qaumi Shaheed’ status for Jaswant Singh Khalra as pro-Khalistani groups use Diljit Dosanjh’s Satluj to revive separatist propaganda in Punjab.
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Failed eKYC, income ceiling, CAG audit and more: Why Maharashtra dropped 92 lakh Ladki Bahin beneficiaries

Jinit Jain -
Maharashtra has removed over 92 lakh beneficiaries from its flagship Ladki Bahin Yojana after a statewide verification drive exposed widespread eKYC failures and eligibility violations, a move that could save the state more than Rs 16,500 crore annually while raising fresh questions over the scheme's financial management.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Outrage over Rudrabhishek Puja in train saloon coach: The ill-informed public vs private space debate and truth about ‘safety hazard’ argument

Shraddha Pandey -
In response to Zubair’s post, Northern Railway issued a clarification. It said that the Rudrabhishek puja ceremony was not performed in a regular passenger coach, but in a privately chartered saloon coach booked commercially via IRCTC.
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News Reports

Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway in UP to be inaugurated: All you need to know about the country’s first barrier-free expressway

Aditi -
The expressway will significantly improve connectivity between the two major cities of the state and considerably reduce the distance as the travel time.
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News Reports

Who was Lindsey Graham? The US senator who wanted 500% tariffs on India over Russian oil 

Shriti Sagar -
Senator Graham frequently targeted New Delhi for its independent foreign policy, highlighting his anti-India stance through severe economic threats.
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News Reports

Midnight court hearing for Yakub Memon and Teesta Setalvad but none for cancer patient who died waiting despite 57 listings: The story of two...

Aditi -
The case of the cancer patient was no less 'urgent' than the cases of Yakub Memon and Teesta Setalvad. Her life was at stake and was eventually lost amid the procedural complexities of the judicial system. However, she did not get an urgent hearing because perhaps it takes more than just a 'life and death situation' or a threat to personal liberties to attract the Indian courts' rare attention.
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News Reports

Bangladeshi diplomat showed Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan, Pooja Jha stopped the presentation to raise objection: Know who India’s outspoken young diplomat is

विवेकानंद मिश्र -
As soon as wrong map showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan flashed on the screen, Second Secretary at the Indian High Commission in Dhaka, Pooja Kumari Jha, stopped the programme midway and registered a strong objection
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News Reports

A nine-year-old girl was driven to kill herself: How a posh school in Jaipur failed her?

Aditi -
A nine-year-old child faced bullying in her classroom and ended her life in a posh school in the capital city of Rajasthan, without anyone as much as noticing.
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News Reports

Viral video of Meerut SSP Avinash Pandey slapping protestors: Read what happened and how a 2-month-old murder case is being politicised in UP

Shriti Sagar -
SSP Avinash Pandey justified the police action and informed that the protesters had turned violent and attacked police personnel during the demonstration.
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News Reports

900 snakes escape flooded breeding farm as Typhoon Maysak wreaks havoc: What is snake farming and why China breeds snakes

Jinit Jain -
Videos of hundreds of snakes slithering through floodwaters after Typhoon Maysak destroyed a snake farm in China's Guangxi province have gone viral, drawing global attention to the terrifying escape of nearly 900 reptiles and the country's little-known snake farming industry.
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The forgotten glory of Bangladesh’s Dhamrai Rath Yatra: How the Pakistan Army burnt a 500-year-old Jagannath Rath but couldn’t extinguish the spirit of a...

મેઘલસિંહ પરમાર -
The Dhamrai Rath Yatra, a 500-year-old tradition in Bangladesh, once drew subcontinental pilgrims with a colossal 60-foot chariot. Despite its brutal destruction by the Pakistani Army in 1971, the festival endures today as a testament to deep-seated cultural resilience.
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Featured

From abandonment, online trend to revival: Kaveri engine gets a new life

Shraddha Pandey -
Reports suggest that the DRDO is reviving the long-dormant Kaveri engine programme to produce a viable indigenous fighter jet engine, curbing reliance on foreign suppliers.
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News Reports

Why Meghalaya says no to Uranium mining

Raju Das -
Uranium ore in Domiasiat in Meghalaya is a low-depth sandstone deposit, and mining it will require open-cast methods, which may be hazardous for the environment
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Antique idols taken from Tamil Nadu temples to return home from Australia

Rukma Rathore -
Minister of Culture called the repatriation "a profound testament to the civilisational resonance anchoring modern diplomacy."
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