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Poetic justice? ‘Student protestors’ in Bangladesh now demand resignation of Muhammad Yunus’ adviser, who masterminded the ouster of Sheikh Hasina

OpIndia Staff -
Life seems to have come to a full circle for Mahfuz Alam. In September 2024, 'chief advisor to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, hailed Alam as the ‘brain’ behind the sinister campaign to remove Sheikh Hasina from power.
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News Reports

Terror attack in Niger kills 2 Indian nationals: Here is what’s happening in the West African nation

OpIndia Staff -
The small size of its defence force, ineffective coordination among security services, budget shortfall, and instability in Burkina Faso, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, and the Lake Chad Basin, Niger's efforts to fight terrorism were hampered.
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News Reports

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal rejects Congress party’s plea seeking tax exemption on Rs 199 crore income: Here’s what the tribunal said

Shraddha Pandey -
The ITAT denied Congress’s claim for exemption, citing a violation of the conditions in Section 13A of the Income Tax Act.  The Appellate Tribunal noted that the returns were filed late, in addition, there was a violation of cash donation limits.
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News Reports

Over 37 lakh cases of dog bites in a year, but Govt action limited to ‘rules’, no emphasis on accountability, safety of children and...

Anurag -
While over 37 lakh dog bite cases were reported in 2024, the government reiterated its reliance on existing rules and guidelines, with continued emphasis on RWA compliance and no proposal for stray dog removal.
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News Reports

An Indian defence start-up, founded by two engineering students, delivers drones to the Indian Army: Read how India’s defence sector is moving towards self-reliance

OpIndia Staff -
As a result of India's Make in India initiative, the country's defence production reached reached ₹1.27 lakh crore in the financial year 2023-24, amounting to a 174% rise since 2014-15.
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News Reports

Chilling revenge in Lucknow: Man kills mother’s assaulter after 10-year pursuit, celebratory social media posts crack case

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Driven by decade-old revenge, a man in Lucknow hunted down and killed his mother’s alleged molester, with a celebratory social media post ultimately exposing the crime.
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News Reports

1.29 lakh bigha land occupied by Bangladeshi infiltrators and doubtful citizens freed in 4 years, informs Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff -
Sarma pointed out that his government had come under significant international pressure but refused to suspend the action.
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News Reports

VP Jagdeep Dhankhar calls it quits: Read how he kept questioning the judiciary, seeking accountability and objecting to their overreach

Shraddha Pandey -
In his letter to President Droupadi Murmu, Jagdeep Dhankhar invoked Article 67(a) of the Constitution to make his resignation effective immediately. Citing ongoing health challenges, he stated his intention to “prioritise health care and abide by medical advice.”
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News Reports

Former CEO of ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochhar, found guilty of ₹64 crore bribery, misused her power to sanction loans of ₹300 cr to Videocon:...

OpIndia Staff -
The tribunal further endorses the Enforcement Directorate’s case, claiming her inability to disclose her conflict of interest, and at the same time, the loan sanction violated ICICI Bank’s internal policies.
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News Reports

Major plot mistake in Special Ops S2: How did the makers, and the ‘top scientist’ character miss this basic fact about Nuclear Power Plants?

Anurag -
While aiming for drama, Special Ops 2 confuses a reactor meltdown with a nuclear blast. This misrepresentation misleads viewers and undermines public understanding of nuclear safety, especially amid India’s nuclear energy expansion plans.
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World

Klaus Schwab made World Economic Forum manipulate data to make Brexit look like a failure, India’s ranking was tampered with as well, internal investigation...

OpIndia Staff -
Klaus Schwab stepped down from the World Economic Forum following allegations made by a whistleblower against him.
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News Reports

Nadeem and his aides wanted to stir riots during Kanwar Yatra, peddled Pakistani video with the fake narrative of ‘Bajrang Dal killing children’: Here...

OpIndia Staff -
Some audio messages were also circulated claiming that Bajrang Dal members killed Muslims in Mansoorpur and other nearby villages in Muzaffarnagar. According to police, the videos were from Pakistan and were circulated as part of a plot to create communal riots amid the Kanwar Yatra.
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News Reports

Will the Opposition waste Rs 189 crore this Monsoon Session?Modi govt ready for debate on ‘Operation Sindoor’, yet disruption continues: Here’s how chaos has...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
With 7560 minutes of proceedings expected this Monsoon Session, the total cost is estimated at ₹189 crore. Will the opposition continue to waste taxpayers money by creating chaos, again?
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News Reports

Ex-Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan, who had flagged danger of Love Jihad as early as 2010, dies aged 101

OpIndia Staff -
Achuthanandan was famous for taking bold positions on matters that others, even in his leftist fold, didn't dare to approach. One of these was in 2010, when he created political controversy by warning against an organised campaign to Islamise Kerala in what he called "Love Jihad."
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News Reports

21st July 1993: How Mamata Banerjee used election conspiracy theory and an ill-managed protest march against CPIM to gain power in West Bengal

Dibakar Dutta -
The experience of 21st July 1993 came in handy to Mamata Banerjee during the years 2005-2007 when she led mass protests against the CPIM government in Singur and Nandigram.
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News Reports

Bills in Monsoon Session 2025: From shipping reforms to tax overhaul, here’s what Parliament may take up

OpIndia Staff -
Monsoon session 2025, spanning 21 july to 21 august, features 21 sittings with bills on tax reform, maritime laws, tribal representation in Goa, sports governance, and Manipur’s budget, sparking intense parliamentary debates.
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News Reports

Agra conversion racket: Mastermind Abdul Rehman arrested from Delhi, missing Haryana girl rescued from his home

OpIndia Staff -
Abdul Rehman, suspected mastermind behind Agra religious conversion racket, has been arrested by ATS and IB from Delhi.
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News Reports

2006 Mumbai local train blasts: All 12 convicted by MCOCA court 7/11 case set free by High Court: Read what happened between then and...

Anurag -
From copied confessions and missing call data to hostile witnesses and weak recoveries, the High Court flagged serious gaps in the investigation that led to the reversal of the 2015 convictions in the 7/11 case.
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News Reports

Agra conversion racket: Piyush Panwar became Mohammad Ali for a girl, she rejected him after converting him, he then joined the conversion mafia to...

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammad Ali, earlier known as Piyush Panwar, now arrested in Agra conversion case, came in contact with a PFI member Mohammad Gaus during his conversion to Islam.
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News Reports

Drone swarming, smart war rooms, real-time monitoring of battle: How the Indian Army plans to integrate AI, Machine Learning and Big Data into its...

Shriti Sagar -
The Indian Army has drawn up a detailed plan to adopt AI, machine learning, and big data analytics by 2026–27. The goal is to boost battlefield awareness, surveillance, and combat readiness, with a new task force guiding the tech transformation.
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News Reports

Over 11,000 untraceable voters with Indian IDs: ECI’s SIR in Bihar exposes suspected infiltration by illegal immigrants, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas

श्रवण शुक्ल -
The verification process in poll-bound Bihar has been concluded for 95.92% of the 7.90 crore voters.
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News Reports

Language no bar, build in Andhra: Minister Nara Lokesh rejects language politics, invites Mahindra group and other manufacturing giants to open plants in state

OpIndia Staff -
Nara Lokesh has been promoting Andhra Pradesh as a prime location for manufacturing and industries to boost the state's economy.
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News Reports

Bombay HC acquits all 12, including Majid, Muzammil, and Tanveer in 7/11 Mumbai train blasts, earlier MCOCA court had convicted and sentenced 5 of...

OpIndia Staff -
The Bombay High Court has acquitted all 12 accused in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts case, citing lack of reliable evidence and weak prosecution. The verdict comes nearly a decade after some were sentenced to death and life imprisonment.
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News Reports

Wanted to ‘protect Constitution’, protested for women safety: Meet Udit Pradhan, the Odisha President of student wing of Congress, arrested for raping 19-year-old girl

OpIndia Staff -
Udit Pradhan was spotted alongside Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in one of his Instagram posts. He was also seen celebrating the victory of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Wayanad in November 2024.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: After Balrampur and Agra, now illegal conversions in Aligarh, 97 missing women suspected to have become victims of this racket

OpIndia Staff -
A major illegal religious conversion racket has been busted in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, where 97 women are reportedly missing. Police is trying to ascertain if they fell victim to this illegal conversion network
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News Reports

Delhi Police arrests seven members of cheating syndicate including two Nigerians for operating nationwide fake lottery scam

ANI -
The Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested seven members of a cheating syndicate, including five Indians and two Nigerian nationals, who had been operating a nationwide scam using fake lottery and gift schemes.
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News Reports

Karnataka government forms SIT to probe allegations on Dharmasthala mass burials, mother of missing girl lodges complaint after former sanitation worker made shocking claims

OpIndia Staff -
The former sanitation worker claimed that he was forced to bury hundreds of bodies of murder victims, including women and young girls, many of whom were sexually assaulted.
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News Reports

Children, disabled and the elderly: The most vulnerable victims of stray dog attacks

Anurag -
Children are being mauled, disabled persons attacked, and the elderly killed while dog feeders and activists block urgent reforms. ABC Rules prioritise stray dogs over public safety, creating a growing nationwide health and legal crisis.
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News Reports

India-Maldives relations return to normalcy after a year of turbulence as PM Modi to visit the island nation next week, signals loosening of China’s...

Shriti Sagar -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a four-day visit to the United Kingdom and the Maldives from 23rd July, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Sunday.
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News Reports

‘Cases of Love Jihad are a potential threat to national integrity’: Says Haryana court while convicting Shahbaj for sexually assaulting minor Hindu girl

OpIndia Staff -
Shahbaj was forcing the minor Hindu girl to befriend a Muslim juvenile, who stalked her on her way to school.
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News Reports

SIT arrests YSRCP MP, who happens to be a close aide of Jagan Mohan Reddy: Read about his role in the ₹ 3,200-crore liquor...

OpIndia Staff -
PV Midhun Reddy has been termed by the SIT as a "core conspirator" in the liquor scam. He is accused of influencing the officials of the Andhra Pradesh State Beverages Corporation Limited (ABPSCL).
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News Reports

Telangana: BRS govt tapped phones of more than 600 people, including Opposition politicians, before 2023 Vidhan Sabha election

OpIndia Staff -
During the run-up to the 2023 Assembly elections, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has found that the Special Operations Team (SOT) of Telangana’s Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) has allegedly tapped the phones of at least 600 individuals. Many of them belong to political leaders from the opposition.
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News Reports

Kerala High Court prohibits use of AI tools by courts to issue orders or reach conclusions, warns action for violations

ANI -
The Kerala HC directed the courts not to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to issue orders. The High Court has issued special guidelines in this regard for judicial officers and others.
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News Reports

India’s shifting religious composition: Hindu population declines, Muslim and Christian shares rise in West Bengal and North-Eastern states

Shriti Sagar -
Research based on Census 2011 data shows a visible rise in Muslim and Christian populations in West Bengal and Northeastern states, while the Hindu population share is declining.
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News Reports

Indian cricket veterans withdraw from playing against Pakistan at World Championship of Legends, match called off: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The India vs Pakistan Legends cricket match in the World Championship of Legends (WCL) was cancelled on July 20, 2025, after Indian players including *Shikhar Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, and Pathan brothers withdrew.They cited national sentiments following the Pahalgam terror attack (April 2025) and India's retaliatory *Operation Sindoor*. WCL organisers apologised for "hurting sentiments"
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News Reports

How the Balrampur conversion racket exposes the modus operandi of sexual harassment, blackmail, and a foreign-funded Islamist network in India

Anurag -
The ATS found links between Jalaluddin, Pakistan’s ISI, and missionary groups targeting poor Hindus. Fake documents, blackmail, benami properties and caste-based conversion payments revealed a dangerous Islamist syndicate hiding in plain sight.
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News Reports

Aligarh Muslim University: Hindu employee narrates how he is being mocked for wearing tilak, accuses officer Sameer of harassment and religious discrimination

OpIndia Staff -
Ashish Sharma said that Sameer Mursil Khan has been harassing him due to his Hindu religion since the past year.
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Opinions

Rajdeep Sardesai lies about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to whitewash Mughal atrocities: When false moral equivalence becomes historical slander

Jinit Jain -
In a recent 'Democratic Newsroom' episode, Rajdeep Sardesai peddled lies about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to draw false moral equivalence with Mughal tyrants.
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News Reports

Bihar ADG Kundan Krishnan issues apology for claiming that farmers become contract killers when they have no work, says ‘didn’t mean to hurt anyone’

ANI -
Bihar’s Additional Director General (ADG) of Police, Kundan Krishnan, issued a public apology on Saturday after his earlier remarks linking the rise in murders to the lack of farm work before the monsoon
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News Reports

ISIS-style conversion racket busted: UP Police exposes pan-India Islamic radicalization syndicate; 10 accused linked to PFI, SDPI arrested

OpIndia Staff -
An investigation into the disappearance of two sisters from Agra led to the arrest of the ten accused by the UP Police.
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News Reports

Trump admin escalates tensions with Brazil, revokes visa of Supreme Court Judge for ordering ankle monitor, house arrest & other restrictions on ex-president Bolsonaro

ANI -
The U.S. on Friday revoked the visa of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, overseeing the case against former president Jair Bolsonaro, in a sharp escalation of tensions between the two nations
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News Reports

First Balasore self-immolation, now Greater Noida suicide: Why do we need such tragedies to wake us up to the problem of harassment of students

Chandrani Das -
Two accused teachers have been suspended so far. A committee has also been formed to investigate the matter. Action will be taken against those found guilty based on the committee’s report, university's PR officer reported.
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News Reports

Assam govt cracks down on illegal encroachment, ‘rattled’ Mamata Banerjee claims persecution of Bengalis, Himanta Biswa Sarma slams appeasement politics of TMC supremo

OpIndia Staff -
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma lashed out at Mamata Banerjee for misleading people and conflating action against illegal encroachment as action against Bengalis.
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News Reports

UP Islamic conversion racket: Jalaluddin posed as RSS member, used PM Modi’s photo on letterhead to lure and convert minor Hindu girls to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Jalaluddin Shah, mastermind of a religious conversion racket in UP’s Balrampur, posed as a senior RSS-linked figure and used PM Modi’s photo to gain trust. The ED and ATS are now probing his alleged ₹500 crore foreign funding and terror links.
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News Reports

European Union’s hypocrisy marches unchecked: EU won’t stop using Russian gas but wants India to jeopardise energy security of 140 crore Indians

Shriti Sagar -
Even as the EU keeps buying Russian gas, it has now targeted Indian refineries and flagged ships carrying Russian oil. India has hit back, calling out the West’s double standards and asserting its right to secure energy for 140 crore people.
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Political History of India

Mangal Pandey turned ‘greased cartridge’ into a weapon of 1857 revolt; scared British hanged the revolutionary 10 days early: The spark from Barrackpore shook...

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The British feared that Mangal Pandey’s spark would ignite a nationwide uprising, so they advanced his execution by 10 days, desperate to snuff out the rebellion before it spread.
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News Reports

Gopalganj horror: How the Bangladesh Army perpetrated atrocities against unarmed civilians at the behest of Muhammad Yunus

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury -
It is part of a larger, calculated strategy orchestrated by radical Islamists and jihadists who seized power through what many now call the Jihadist Coup of 2024, orchestrated with the direct patronage of Nobel laureate-turned-Islamist-political-aspirant Muhammad Yunus.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘witch hunt’ claim after Robert Vadra was charge-sheeted shows how Congress’s first family thinks it is beyond due legal process, betrays their...

Dr. Prosenjit Nath -
By attempting to paint legal action as a “witch-hunt,” Gandhi has once again exposed the Congress’s decades-old habit of shielding its own from scrutiny, invoking martyrdom to mask malpractice.
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Crime

Delhi man’s death by electrocution turns out to be murder by wife, incriminating chats show how Sushmita discussed how to kill Karan with his...

ANI -
Days after a man in Delhi died of electrocution, post mortem report and WhatsApp chats have shown that he was killed by his wife who had an affair with his cousin
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Opinions

Deep in financial strife, Boeing can’t afford its Dreamliner aircraft to catch any blame for Ahmedabad crash, is this why western media is pushing...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
787 Dreamliner is Boeing’s most vital aircraft as the company currently sells only 737 MAX, 787 Dreamliner, and 777X
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