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West Bengal: Police stop BJP MP Locket Chatterjee from attending Hanuman Jayanti puja in her constituency calling her an ‘outsider’

OpIndia Staff -
Locket Chatterjee was stopped by West Bengal police officials from joining the Hanuman Jayanti procession in her constituency Hooghly
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WTF News

Brazilian social media star says her two ‘husbands’ cured her depression, wants to add one more to the mix

OpIndia Staff -
A Brazilian social media star claims she beat depression by having two partners and is open to take one more.
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News Reports

No smoking, more Namaz: Shahrukh Saifi had changed lifestyle before Kerala train fire attack, notes with Urdu words like Badkaar, Kufra, Fariqain, Maghloob etc...

OpIndia Staff -
Shahrukh Saifi who set a train on fire in Kerala changed his lifestyle in June last year as he quit smoking and would spend more time in Namaz
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OpIndia Explains

Will the ‘Chinese national’ who Rahul Gandhi is talking about please stand up?

Nirwa Mehta -
Rahul Gandhi has yet again floated conspiracy theories based on his very limited understanding of how businesses work. He should read up more if he does not want to end with an egg on his face.
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News Reports

Ministry of Home Affairs recommends CBI probe against Oxfam India over FCRA violations

OpIndia Staff -
Oxfam India's FCRA license ceased on 1st January 2022 after the organisation failed to apply for renewal.
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News Reports

Dear Rahul Gandhi, there is a difference between the Republic of China and the People’s Republic of China, here is what CCP did not...

Raju Das -
While targeting PM Modi and Adani, Rahul Gandhi alleges that a Taiwanese national is a Chinese person
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News Reports

Ministry of External Affairs condemns vandalisation of Hindu Temple in Canada, demands action against perpetrators

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"This issue has been taken up with the Canadian authorities to catch the perpetrator and ensure this doesn't happen again," MEA apokesperson added.
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News Reports

UK: Labour Party deselects 7 Indian-origin, all Hindu councillors in Leicester ahead of May local elections

OpIndia Staff -
The development comes a month before the scheduled local elections on May 4 this year.
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News Reports

Snake on a plane: South African pilot lands plane safely after a venomous cobra appears in the cockpit

OpIndia Staff -
Erasmus thought that his water bottle might have been leaking, however, when he looked down, he saw the cobra disappearing below his seat.
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News Reports

UPA era Defence Minister AK Antony’s son Anil Antony joins BJP, says his duty is to serve the nation, not a family

OpIndia Staff -
Anil Antony said, "Many leaders and workers in the Congress party believe that it is their duty to serve a family. But I think that it is my duty to serve the nation."
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News Reports

‘India has now realised its power, let us be as tough as Lord Hanuman against evil’: PM Modi’s mantra to the BJP on its...

OpIndia Staff -
6th April is the foundation day of the BJP. The party was founded in 1980 and is celebrating its 44th foundation day.
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Politics

Read how a CPM govt had ordered deletion of all mentions of atrocities by Muslim rulers, as party MP complains about ‘deleting Mughals’ from...

Ashish Dev Priy Ojha -
The letter written by Viswam is directly in contrast with the previous stance of the CPM government in West Bengal, which had ordered that there should be no mention of Muslim atrocities in textbooks during their tenure.
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Specials

Hanuman Janmotsav or Hanuman Jayanti: Is the ‘Jayanti’ term really incorrect, here is the truth

Shraddha Pandey -
Jayanti in Sanskrit means holy birth anniversary, victory, and also a flag, Janmotsav means the celebration of the birth.
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News Reports

The constitution will perish if India’s demography is altered, Indian tradition and Dharma protect it: Madras HC judge

OpIndia Staff -
Madras High Court judge has said that the Constitution of India will cease to exist if the country’s 'demographic profile' is changed.
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News Reports

Hyderabad Police arrested me before I could join the Hanuman Jayanti procession in Goshamahal: T Raja Singh

OpIndia Staff -
In Hyderabad, suspended BJP MLA T Raja Singh says that he has been arrested by the police before joining the Hanuman Jayanti procession.
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News Reports

Saraswati puja denied but Iftar allowed in Presidency University? BJP alleges discrimination after TMC had protested earlier: What we know

OpIndia Staff -
Presidency University in Kolkata has never allowed Saraswati Puja to be celebrated on campus, but its hostel have organised both the puja and Iftar
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News Reports

NPR, known for its anti-Hindu and anti-India takes, labeled by Twitter as US State-affiliated media. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
NPR now joins the ranks of Russia Today and Xinhua News Agency, which are designated as 'State-affiliated media' on Twitter
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News Reports

Delhi High Court rejects bail plea of AAP leader Satyendra Jain, Manish Sisodia moves high court after trial court denied bail in liquor scam

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi High Court said while rejecting the bail plea of Satyendra Jain, "The petitioner Satyendra Jain is an influential person and has the potential to tamper with the evidence, as indicated by his conduct during the custody."
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News Reports

China releases propaganda video featuring woman in Buddhist attire dancing in Grand Kuqa Mosque to reiterate that Uyghur Islam evolved from Buddhism

OpIndia Staff -
A recent state-sponsored promotional video by China claims that Grand Kuqa Mosque, the people and the religion are 'Chinese.'
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Sajid Khan uploads video with beef, abuses BJP workers and Hindu organisations

OpIndia Staff -
A man by the name of Sajid Khan from Chhattisgarh posted a video online abusing Bharatiya Janata Party members and Hindu organisations.
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News Reports

Plea in court says it is the constitutional right of every Muslim employee of govt to be sent on Haj deputation: Why the argument...

Nupur J Sharma -
An advocate, Aamir Javed, has filed a plea in the High Court claiming that it is the "constitutional right" of every Muslim employee of the Central and State government to be sent on deployment to Jeddah during the Haj pilgrimage
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu police slap stringent NSA on YouTuber Manish Kashyap over ‘fake videos’ of attacks on migrant workers, multiple FIRs in Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
Last month, Manish Kashyap was arrested in the case related to the ‘fake videos’ of attacks on migrant workers from the state in Tamil Nadu
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Politics

AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava demands separate Bhil Pradesh to be carved out of Gujarat, MP, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
Chaitar Vasava, an AAP MLA from the Dediapada seat in Gujarat’s Narmada district, has raised the demand for a separate ‘Bhil Pradesh’
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News Reports

Karnataka: Local Congress leaders want Rahul Gandhi to stop attacking Adani, but it seems he may not listen as he has his ‘own mind’

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi will be addressing a rally in Kolar in Karnataka where he had made the infamous 'Modi surname' speech which got him disqualified as an MP following conviction in defamation case.
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News Reports

Lawless San Francisco: CashApp creator Bob Lee stabbed to death as city suffers from ‘Defund The Police’ political campaign, Musk calls it zombie-land

OpIndia Staff -
The San Francisco Police Department informed that no arrests have been made so far in connection to the case.
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News Reports

Man bites off snake’s head in Tamil Nadu as revenge, video goes viral, watch

OpIndia Staff -
Tamil Nadu resident Mohan bit off the snake's head as an act of vengeance as the snake had bit him.
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World

‘Declare Modi terrorist, Hindustan Murdabad’: Anti-India graffiti comes up on Hindu temple in Canada

OpIndia Staff -
Two masked men vandalised the Satyanarayan temple in Windsor, Canada on 5th April, 2023.
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News Reports

‘Lethargic attitude’: Allahabad High Court slams ASI for delay in filing response about a scientific evaluation of Shivling inside Gyanvapi disputed site

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Arvind Kumar Mishra -I has now extended the last date for submitting the desired report to April 17, 2023.
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News Reports

Two groups of Muslims clash, pelt stones at each other over namaz during Ramzan in Roorkee, 7 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Four people were left injured in the clashes that followed over the namaz row.
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News Reports

‘When you are in Congress, you are spineless’: Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad lashes out at book launch, lambasts Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Ghulam Nabi Azad said if Rahul Gandhi had not opposed the ordinance in 2013, he would have saved his seat in Lok Sabha
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News Reports

Hindu student who took Anjaneya Deeksha stopped from attending class in missionary school for wearing saffron attire

OpIndia Staff -
The protesting Hindus said that the actions of the school hurt the sentiments of the Hindus. Later, the school principal, a nun, reportedly apologized.
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News Reports

Delhi Police gives permission to take out shobha yatra on Hanuman Janmotsav in Jahangirpuri

ANI -
Earlier in the day, Delhi Police had denied permission to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and another group to undertake processions in the Jahangirpuri area of the national capital on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti on April 6. 
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News Reports

Another Congress supporter becomes Pappu to target PM Modi’s degree, claims former Gujarat University VC, who is alive, died before he became the VC

OpIndia Staff -
Congress supporter claims VC who signed Modi's degree in 1983 died in 1981, while that person is still alive
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News Reports

‘I thought BJP government won’t give anything to a Muslim, PM Modi proved me wrong’, says Padma Shri awardee Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri

OpIndia Staff -
Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri said, "I quit applying for this award thinking that the BJP government never gives anything to a Muslim. But Modi Ji chose me and proved that my thought was wrong."
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Tech

Apple to discontinue online services such as App Store, Siri, and Maps for older devices

OpIndia Staff -
Apple is reportedly shutting down services for older devices, including iPhones, Macs, iPads, and iWatches.
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News Reports

NCERT textbook controversy: References to 2002 Gujarat riots removed from Class 11 Sociology book

OpIndia Staff -
The deleted paragraph from the class 11 sociology textbook "Understanding Society" discussed how class, religion, and ethnicity frequently result in the segregation of residential areas and used the communal unrest in Gujarat in 2002 as an example of how communal unrest contributes to ghettoization.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Violence clashes erupt between two groups in Ahmednagar, stone pelting takes place in Nandurbar

OpIndia Staff -
Three policemen were injured in the violence in Nandurbar. Four people were injured in the violence that took place in Ahmednagar.
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News Reports

Calcutta HC directs the West Bengal government to deploy central forces for the Hanuman Jayanti processions

OpIndia Staff -
The Calcutta HC ordered the West Bengal government to request central forces to maintain peace during Hanuman Jayanti processions.
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News Reports

While Arvind Kejriwal throws ‘anpadh PM’ barbs, AAP leader Manish Sisodia is not even a graduate as per his election affidavit

OpIndia Staff -
Former Education Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia was not a graduate. He only has a Diploma in Journalism.
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News Reports

‘I am shocked, hurt’: Prakash Raj after Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep extended his support for BJP for the upcoming Karnataka polls

OpIndia Staff -
Prakash Raj was shocked and hurt after Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep extended his support for BJP in the upcoming Karnataka elections
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News Reports

A Twitter thread by user Meer Faisal got thousands of RTs, claiming Hindus perpetrated violence during Ram Navami: Here are 15 lies he peddled

Editorial Desk -
‘Journalist’ Meer Faisal posted 30 videos on Twitter to allege that Hindus started violence during Ram Navami, all of them expose his lies
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News Reports

185 non-residents bought land in Jammu and Kashmir in 3 years: Centre in Rajya Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
The Centre on Wednesday said that 185 persons from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought land in the Union Territory in three years.
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News Reports

‘Why on yoga mat?…cover your entire body’: Rakhi Sawant shares video of offering namaz on Instagram, gets schooled for her “inappropriate” attire

OpIndia Staff -
A raft of Muslim Instagram users criticised Rakhi Sawant for offering namaz on a yoga mat in an 'inappropriate' dress.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Bride’s ex-boyfriend ‘gifts’ home theatre rigged with explosives in wedding, kills her husband and three others

OpIndia Staff -
The accused had reportedly kept the gift box of the explosive laden home theater music system in the marriage pandal and went away. When the family took it at home and plugged in, it exploded.
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News Reports

Chinese debt trap: World Bank president expresses concerns over Beijing’s loans to developing countries

OpIndia Staff -
The World Bank president David Malpass sounded alarm over burgeoning Chinese loans to developing economies.
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News Reports

‘Politicians cannot have special immunity’: SC refuses to entertain PIL by 14 political parties claiming CBI and ED are being used to target Opposition

OpIndia Staff -
A division bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala refused to consider the plea, stating that it was impossible to issue general directions without regard to specific factual context.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee’s close ceric Pirzada Toha Siddiqui holds Iftar feast on a road, Muslim netizens slam him calling it drama and hypocrisy

OpIndia Staff -
Toha Siddiqui, the Pirzada of Furfura Sharif in West Bengal, took his iftar meal on a road while returning home from somewhere
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Opinions

Key things Kajal Hindustani said, for which she is now getting ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ threats: Why it is important to talk about it

Nupur J Sharma -
Islamists raised slogans of ‘sar tan se juda’ in Gir Somnath, accusing Kajal Hindustani of giving an anti-Muslim speech during the Ram Navami procession.
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News Reports

Home Ministry issues advisory for maintenance of law and order during Hanuman Jayanti, asks states to ensure communal harmony

ANI -
"The MHA has issued an advisory to all states in preparation for Hanuman Jayanti. The governments are encouraged to ensure the maintenance of law and order, peaceful observance of the festival, and monitoring of any factors that could disturb communal harmony in society," tweeted the Union Home Ministry.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Human rights fact sheet exposes appalling condition of minorities, from textbooks to streets, non-Muslims face discrimination everywhere

OpIndia Staff -
There is significant increase in the religious content against minorities in curriculum and textbooks in Pakistan, the report highlighted.
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