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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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News Reports

Who are Balen Shah and Sudan Gurung, the men spearheading the violent Gen Z protests that toppled the KP Oli govt in Nepal?

पूजा राणा -
Nepal’s GenZ uprising has toppled the government, with rapper-mayor Balen Shah and activist Sudan Gurung emerging as the controversial faces of a suspected foreign-backed regime change ops.
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News Reports

Over 27500 suggestions received from people: Read about ‘Samarth Uttar Pradesh’ portal, which is democratising governance through public participation

OpIndia Staff -
The portal samarthuttarpradesh.up.gov.in was launched under the "Samarth Uttar Pradesh - Viksit Uttar Pradesh @2047" campaign, which was flagged off by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 3rd September in Lucknow. 
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News Reports

PM Modi announces Rs 1600 crore assistance package for flood-hit Punjab, farmers, livestock rearers to receive help

OpIndia Staff -
The Prime Minister conducted an aerial survey of flood-affected areas in Punjab. Thereafter, he had an official review meeting in Gurdaspur with officials and elected representatives. PM Modi reviewed the relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken as well as assessed the damage that has occurred in Punjab.
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News Reports

Third act of chaos: After Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Southeast Asia, is it the suspected regime change ops that’s driving Nepal into turmoil?

Jinit Jain -
Nepal is in the throes of an unprecedented crisis as violent protests forced PM KP Oli to resign — scenes that point to an eerie symmetry with violence that swept Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
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News Reports

Yogi govt sends 48 trucks of relief supplies to flood-hit States, announces ₹10 crore aid for Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Each relief package sent through the 48 trucks contains: 10 kg flour, 10 kg rice, 2 kg tur dal, 2 kg roasted gram, 2 kg gram, 2.5 kg additional flour, 10 kg potatoes, 1 kg sugar, 1 kg mustard oil, 1 kg salt, two bathing soaps, candles and matchboxes, 10 packets of biscuits, sanitary pads, towels, mugs, Dettol, tarpaulins, buckets, cotton cloth, and disposable bags.
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News Reports

IIT Gandhinagar faces allegations of ‘favouritism’ and ‘conflict of interest’ in appointment of faculty but institute maintains complete silence

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday (8th September), columnist Harshil Mehta posed several questions to the IIT Gandhinagar and its hiring process on X (formerly Twitter). According to him, the wife of a Professor has been roped in as 'visiting faculty' for the Korean language at the educational institution.
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News Reports

PM Modi announces financial assistance of Rs 1500 crore for flood-hit Himachal Pradesh, praises the effort of NDRF and SDRF teams

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi announced a financial assistance of Rs. 1500 crore for Himachal Pradesh. There will be advance release of the second instalment of SDRF and PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, as per government sources. 
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News Reports

Convicted Al Qaeda terrorist Haroon Rashid Aswat, who took training in Pakistan, linked to London bombings, set to be released in UK despite ‘grave...

Shraddha Pandey -
The High Court judge, Robert Maurice Jay, not only granted release to Islamic terrorist Haroon Rashid Aswat, but also wished him “all the best”.
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News Reports

American man shoots Haryana youth for stopping him from urinating in open in California, victim Kapil had reached US through the Dunki route spending...

OpIndia Staff -
Kapil, a 26-year-old from Jind, Haryana, was shot dead in California after stopping a local man from urinating in public.
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News Reports

Days after Donald Trump denied writing letter to Jeffrey Epstein, Democrats release his alleged letter to convicted sex offender: Here’s what it says

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday (9th September), the House Oversight Committee members confirmed that they received a copy of a birthday book which contains the letter bearing Donald Trump’s signature. It also included a letter that references Trump with a crude joke about a woman from another Epstein associate.
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News Reports

Retired Judges slam Opposition’s VP candidate for meeting convicted criminal Lalu Prasad Yadav, question his sense of judgment and propriety: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The former judges expressed their strong disapproval of the private meeting between Reddy and Lalu Prasad, calling it "dismaying" and "dubious in nature."
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News Reports

Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska stabbed to death by black man in North Carolina, US legacy media’s selective silence sparks outrage

Shraddha Pandey -
Iryna Zarutksa was stabbed multiple times with a knife by Decarlos Brown Jr. and was pronounced dead the East/West Boulevard light rail station in South End, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said.
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News Reports

The Wire peddles fake news to defame ‘Jai Shri Ram’, falsely claims Muslim man was forced to chant the Hindu religious slogan, police debunk...

OpIndia Staff -
"Preliminary investigation confirms that the incident was criminal in nature and not religious. Allegations about forcing the victim to chant religious slogans remain unsubstantiated," the Bankura police informed.
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Specials

CSDS, The Spider Web – Undermining India’s Democracy: Detailed research paper on the foreign funding nexus

Nupur J Sharma -
A detailed research paper on CSDS, the foreign entities that fund it and the nefarious break India designs
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News Reports

‘I’ll slit their throat…’: Aly Goni cites Quran to defend his silence at Ganesh Puja, but dragging his non-Muslim girlfriend to mosque in abaya...

पूजा राणा -
Aly Goni recently courted controversy after a video of him staying silent during Ganesh Puja even as his girlfriend kept chanting, "Ganpati Bappa Morya" went viral on social media.
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News Reports

Wikipedia distorts ‘The Bengal Files’, politically motivated editors brand the movie as ‘propaganda’: Here is how OpIndia had flagged issues regarding the ‘free encyclopedia’

Dibakar Dutta -
The deliberate distortion of 'The Bengal Files' on Wikipedia is based on movie reviews (which are opinion pieces and not fact-based news articles) by what the free encyclopedia classifies as 'reliable sources/perennial sources.'
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World

300 Koreans detained in Hyundai factory, Japan PM resigns citing ‘humiliating’ trade deal: How the USA treats its ‘close’ allies and partners

Shraddha Pandey -
Trump administration’s ‘bully the friends, humiliate the allies, squeeze maximum profits, leave nothing behind’ approach has inflicted humiliation and burdening trade deal on another key ally ­­—Japan.
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News Reports

Islamists spit on Ganesh idols, hurl stones from mosques: Ganesh Visarjan processions attacked in Karnataka; 21 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday (8th September), Hindu organisations staged a protest against the stone pelting incident. The police, however, resorted to lathi-charge to disperse the protesting Hindus, including women, and even arrested some of them.
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News Reports

Sonia Gandhi attacks Great Nicobar Project: How Congress has been using the pretext of ‘ecological concerns’ to stall archipelago’s development

Jinit Jain -
Sonia Gandhi’s article is less an environmental plea than a political tactic. By crying “disaster” at every bold step forward, Congress reveals not vision but fear of change. The real disaster would be to let such alarmism derail India’s strategic future.
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Opinions

Film review: The Bengal Files shatters the delicate and sophisticated image of a ‘peaceful society’ living under umbrella of secularism

Ratan Sharda -
The story moves back and forth between the fateful months prior to August 15, 1947 and the current minority driven politics of Bengal.
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News Reports

Kolkata: TMC worker and his aide rapes woman in the guise of birthday party, both accused on the run

OpIndia Staff -
Accused Debangshu Biswas is a Trinamool Congress worker. Coincidentally, he is a revenue inspector with the land reforms department of the Mamata-led West Bengal government.
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News Reports

Bareilly: Rashid repeatedly raped 11-year-old girl, the victim gave birth to a premature child who died later, accused arrested and FIR lodged

OpIndia Staff -
Accused Rashid also reportedly recorded a video of the victim to blackmail and have sexual relations with her multiple times.
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News Reports

Despite committing to supply two F404 engines every month for Tejas Mk1A, GE fails to deliver any engine in August, HAL to ask it...

OpIndia Staff -
The production of India’s indigenous Tejas Mk-1A fighter jet has hit a setback after US-based General Electric (GE) failed to deliver any F404-IN20 engines to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in August
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Opinions

After finishing his ‘assignment’ in Bihar, part-time politician Rahul Gandhi is chilling in Malaysia, people question did he went to meet Zakir Naik

सौम्या सिंह -
Whenever the Congress party needs leadership, Rahul Gandhi secretly goes abroad. In 2021, when the Congress was in crisis due to the resignation of Amarinder Singh in Punjab, the Gandhi family was holidaying in Shimla.
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News Reports

Odisha Police seek Rajiv Gandhi Foundation’s foreign funding records in Rahul Gandhi’s anti-India remarks case, questions funding from Zakir Naik and Chinese Govt

OpIndia Staff -
The Jharsuguda police in Odisha have issued a notice to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in connection with an FIR against Rahul Gandhi over alleged anti-India remarks.
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News Reports

Russian scientists announce success of mRNA cancer vaccine Enteromix after preclinical trials, phase I clinical trial initiated

OpIndia Staff -
In a groundbreaking announcement that could revolutionize cancer treatment worldwide, Russian health officials have declared that the Enteromix mRNA-based cancer vaccine is ready for clinical use following successful preclinical trials
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News Reports

Ravish Kumar, who earlier claimed that GST was financial burden for consumers, whines after the Modi govt makes insurance tax-free

OpIndia Staff -
In the past, Ravish Kumar had argued that insurance was becoming too costly for the common man, and that high GST was discouraging people from buying or renewing policies.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Around 200 cattle, being smuggled from Uttar Pradesh, rescued by police in the Garhwa district on tip-off by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang...

OpIndia Staff -
Cattle smugglers reportedly transport the cattle in large container trucks from Uttar Pradesh to Nawada village in the Garhwa district in Jharkhand.
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News Reports

TMC MLA Abdur Rahim Bakshi threatens to burn BJP MLA’s face and mouth to ashes by pouring acid, instigates party workers to rip down...

OpIndia Staff -
In a shocking threat, Trinamool Congress (TMC) district president and MLA Abdur Rahim Bakshi from Malda district has threatened to pour acid in the mouth of a BJP leader.
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News Reports

India stresses on need for export diversification, reducing dependency at SCO meeting in Russia, proposes SCO cooperation on fair & secure e-commerce frameworks

OpIndia Staff -
India stressed the scope to leverage the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) collective strengths for shared prosperity at the SCO Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in Vladivostok in Russia on 6 September 2025
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Editor's picks

Rajdeep Sardesai endorses ‘bench hunting’ and ‘forum shopping’ by Umar Khalid, rationalises repeated withdrawal of bail applications by the Delhi riot accused

OpIndia Staff -
While Rajdeep Sardesai does not deny that Khalid's lawyer has been seeking adjournments, he goes on to justify their delaying tactics and forum shopping, which were seen through by the High Court during his bail hearing.
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News Reports

Trump’s attack dog Peter Navarro gets mad at ‘community notes’ of X for debunking his lies about Russian oil imports by India

OpIndia Staff -
"Navarro's claims are hypocritical. India's legal, sovereign purchases of Russian oil for energy security do not violate international law. The US, while pressuring India, continues to import billions in Russian goods, like uranium, exposing a clear double standard," the community note on Peter Navarro's post read.
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News Reports

President Donald Trump, who wants to end all wars in the world, renames Department of Defense as Department of War, signages at Pentagon changed

OpIndia Staff -
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order renaming the Department of Defense to Department of War.
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News Reports

‘What was the need of emblem?’ ‘Emblem at our religious place is blasphemy’: Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti defend vandalism of national emblem at Hazratbal...

OpIndia Staff -
CM Omar Abdullah, in a shocking display of implicit support to vandalism, asked the need for the Ashoka emblem at a religious place.
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News Reports

New York mayoral race: Academicians, ex-civil servants, and diaspora leaders urge action against Zohran Mamdani for Hinduphobic lies in letters to S Jaishankar, Mira...

OpIndia Staff -
In a letter dated August 26, addressed to Dr. S. Jaishankar, the signatories urged India to take a firm stand against what they described as Mamdani’s “Hinduphobic lies” and defamatory remarks about PM Modi and India.
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News Reports

Whenever Pizza orders spike around Arlington, Virginia, people dread a US military action somewhere, read what is the Pentagon Pizza Index

Aditi -
While the connection between US government officials working late hours and the spike in pizza deliveries to the US government offices seems plausible, the theory lacks a scientific basis and has not always been true.
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News Reports

From groceries to gadgets, check your savings after tax cut: Govt of India launches website to track benefits of GST reform

OpIndia Staff -
The site, launched right after the announcement of the GST Council’s latest reforms, is being pitched as a tool to make tax savings more transparent and relatable for ordinary citizens.
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News Reports

The Crypto President: How Donald Trump is using his office to enrich his family, has added $5 billion to his wealth after WLFI crypto...

Shriti Sagar -
The Trump family helped launch World Liberty Financial last year during the height of the 2024 presidential campaign.
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News Reports

Trump looking for a way out after his anti-India stance? How SCO camaraderie, PM Modi-EU talks, and dissent from within the USA may be...

Raju Das -
In a surprising shift, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to have softened his aggressive stance toward India
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Opinions

The Guardian calls India’s refusal to crawl before the US a diplomatic blunder, while American bullying ‘realpolitik’: Brown Sepoy blames PM Modi for standing...

Jinit Jain -
The Guardian’s latest sepoy sermon by Mukul Kesavan reduces India’s dignified defiance of American bullying into a ‘failure’, proving once again that for brown sepoys, Western arrogance is wisdom and Indian sovereignty is hubris.
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News Reports

Kerala police books Hindus for making Pookkalam with ‘Operation Sindoor’ on it, image of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, says it was ‘done to cause riots’...

OpIndia Staff -
The celebration attracted action by the Kerala Police, who booked several people for creating the floral art allegedly with the intention of "creating a riot".
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News Reports

Canadian government report on terror funding reveals Khalistani terrorist groups receiving funds in the country: Read how Canada has been backing Khalistani elements over...

OpIndia Staff -
The report places Khalistani terrorist organisations like Babbar Khalsa International and the International Sikh Youth Federation under "Politically Motivated Violent Extremism" (PMVE), along with Islamic terrorist organisations such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
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Opinions

Islam puts women in a lose-lose situation: How women are dying after deadly earthquake in Afghanistan because Taliban’s Sharia imposition stops men from rescuing...

Shriti Sagar -
Taliban's Sharia law disallows men from rescuing women, and since women can't work, there are no women rescuers to save them after Afghanistan earthquake
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Books

Book review of ‘Blade of Fury’, the second part of ‘Rama of the Axe’ trilogy: A fiery tale of Parashurama which can alter the...

Shalini -
Blade of Fury is the second in the Parashurama trilogy that Ranjith Radhakrishnan has embarked upon and it does give centre stage to this avatara of Maha Vishnu
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News Reports

Deeply appreciate and fully reciprocate President Trump’s sentiments: Prime Minister Narendra Modi says after Trump climbs down from his tirade against India

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated that he deeply appreciate and fully reciprocate President Trump's sentiments and positive assessment of India-US ties.
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News Reports

Hiring slowdown continues in US in August after Trump fired the head of the Labour Statistics for reporting falling job numbers in July

OpIndia Staff -
The U.S. labour market continued its downward trajectory in August, adding just 22,000 jobs, as per the report published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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News Reports

Kashi Vishwanath Temple priests and employees to get government employee status, salaries to increase three times

OpIndia Staff -
This decision was taken in the 108th meeting of the Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust Council on 4th September 2025.
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News Reports

Muslim mob smashes Ashoka Emblem carved on foundation stone at Hazratbal Dargah in Srinagar after NC leader called it ‘forbidden idol worship’

OpIndia Staff -
A mob smashed the Ashoka Emblem carved on the marble plaque marking the foundation stone of a new structure within Hazratbal Dargah in Srinagar, calling it anti-Islam.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu CM unveils portrait of Periyar, who was called criminal and lunatic by Nehru, at Oxford University: Know about the organisers and speakers...

OpIndia Staff -
While Periyar is revered by the likes of Stalin's Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK), the genocidal views of the anti-Hindu activist forced even a 'liberal' PM Jawaharlal Nehru to brand him a 'lunatic' and a 'criminal with a perverted mind.'
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