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Remembering Haqiqat Rai: The first Hindu victim of the blasphemy law who was stoned to death on Basant Panchami in Mughal era

Gopal Tiwari -
Haqiqat Rai was a 15-year-old Hindu boy in Sialkot in 18th-century India. He is known as the first noted victim of Islamic blasphemy laws. He was stoned to death in Lahore.
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Social Media

As the Pakistani rupee sinks to a record low, social media erupts with meme fest amid deepening economic crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's economic predicament is getting worse day by day as its currency had its largest one-day drop in over 20 years.
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News Reports

Congress attacks Adani Group over the Hindenburg report, after the party-led governments awarded multiple contracts to the group

OpIndia Staff -
While Adani group secured projects in several Congress-ruled states in the past, the party is now targeting it over the Hindenburg report
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News Reports

‘Hindu saints are Aatanki and Jallad’: SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya; had earlier made objectionable remarks on Ramcharitmanas

OpIndia Staff -
SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya vilified the Hindu saints, comparing them to terrorists and executioners.
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News Reports

Kashmir police refute Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of security lapse at Bharat Jodo Yatra, say Gandhi discontinued the yatra without informing them

OpIndia Staff -
Jammu and Kashmir Police said that full security arrangements were in place for Bharat Jodo Yatra, and refutes allegations of lapses made by Congress
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News Reports

‘ISI propaganda movie’: Netizens slam makers of ‘Pathaan’ for portraying Pakistan’s ISI in a good light

OpIndia Staff -
Several social media users have slammed Shah Rukh Khan's latest release Pathaan for portraying Pakistan's ISI in good light
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Crime

PFI terrorists who murdered Praveen Nettaru had hidden weapons in Mosques and Madrasas, Praveen suspected the plot to kill him

OpIndia Staff -
NIA has revealed that the PFI had hidden lethal weapons like machete were hidden in Mosques, Madrasas, and houses.
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News Reports

NIA arrests a fruit seller used by PFI to source info on RSS, BJP events, earlier ISIS admitted to recruiting PFI terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this month, the NIA detained Muhammed Sadik, a fruit seller employed by PFI to gather info on RSS, BJP events.
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News Reports

‘Your God is weaker than Jesus, so become a Christian’: Pastor’s conversion bid foiled in Indore, 7 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Tribal Hindu Man Singh's family was lured to convert to Christianity by a pastor in a church in Madhya Pradesh.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Police lodge FIR against 31 people in one month for forced conversion to Christianity in rural areas

OpIndia Staff -
ADG Prashant Kumar informed that the accused had adopted illegal means such as inducement, and allurement to facilitate conversions to Christianity.
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News Reports

Bizarre: Kamal Haasan’s party announces merger with Congress on its website, takes the site down claiming it was hacked

OpIndia Staff -
Kamal Haasan-led Makkal Needhi Maiam party removes statement from its website announcing merger with the Congress party
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News Reports

‘Why should not religious places be left to religious people?’: Supreme Court dismisses Andhra govt’s plea to take over Ahobilam Temple administration

OpIndia Staff -
The top court ruled that the Andhra Pradesh government has no legal authority, jurisdiction, or entitlement to appoint an executive officer of the Sri Ahobilam Mutt Parampara Aadheena Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam (Ahobilam Mutt Temple).
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News Reports

53% of respondents believe Muslim men indulge in ‘love jihad’: India Today Mood of the Nation survey

OpIndia Staff -
The India Today’s Mood of the Nation survey indicated that 53 per cent of the over 1.40 lakh respondents believed that Muslim men indulge in love jihad.
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News Reports

After meeting Rahul Gandhi, Kamal Hasaan’s party ‘Makkal Needhi Maiam kills Makkal Needhi Maiam’, to merge with Congress to ‘fight Hindutva’

OpIndia Staff -
Kamal Haasan led Makkal Needhi Maiam party has decided to merge with Indian National Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections
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Satire

Shah Rukh Khan’s “Pathaan” is promoting nationalist jingoistic rhetoric of fascist Modi government, Arfa Nizami of The Tyre writes

OpIndia Staff -
Showing a Muslim actor, named Pathaan, as an agent of India is an attack against the Muslim minorities in India.
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News Reports

Sindhi Hindus to adhere only to Sanatani practises and return all copies of the Guru Granth Sahib back to Sikhs: Top Udasi Seer

OpIndia Staff -
A top Udasi seer had stated that Sindhi Hindus would adhere only to "Sanatani" practices and return the Guru Granth Sahibs to Sikhs.
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News Reports

‘Many removed, notices sent to several others’: Govt responds to petition in Allahabad HC about illegal mosques, mazars built on Govt land

OpIndia Staff -
The Govt was responding to a PIL that sought the removal of mosques and Mazars illegally constructed on government land in UP
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News Reports

1262-page chargesheet filed in Morbi Bridge collapse case, Overa MD Jaysukh Patel named as accused

OpIndia Staff -
Chargesheet in in Morbi Bridge collapse case lodged against the ten suspects under IPC sections 304, 308, 114, 336, 337, and 338
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Entertainment

An annoyed Ranbir Kapoor throws away a fan’s phone, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The fan was apparently not satisfied with the quality of photos and kept asking Ranbir to pose again.
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News Reports

Gautam Adami drops to 7th position on world’s richest people list as shares of Adani Group companies crash by 20%

OpIndia Staff -
Gautam Adami dropped to 7th position on the Forbes Billionaires list as his net worth fell by over $22 billion following the Hindenburg Research report
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Islamists vandalise Saraswati idol, attack Hindu worshippers, Farook and 5 others nabbed

OpIndia Staff -
During the assault, two Hindus named Hriday Biswas and Shayan Sarkar were grievously injured.
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News Reports

‘Criticism is Shuddi Yagna for a harmonious democracy’: PM Modi during Pariksha Pe Charcha 2023 in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
On January 27, PM Narendra Modi interacted with students, teachers and parents during the 6th edition of 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' 2023 in Delhi
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News Reports

‘NSUI did not seek permission, such behaviour won’t be tolerated’: DU proctor says won’t allow screening of propaganda BBC documentary

OpIndia Staff -
NSUI and the Bhim Army Student Federation have announced that they will screen outlawed BBC documentary.
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News Reports

Congress leader Rashid Alvi demands evidence of the surgical strike, earlier Digvijaya Singh had raised aspersions on the Pulwama attack

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Rashid Alvi came out in support of Digvijaya Singh as he demanded for evidence of surgical strikes.
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News Reports

BBC documentary row: Leftist groups screen banned propaganda series at multiple universities, ABVP responds with screening The Kashmir Files

OpIndia Staff -
SFI screens BBC Documentary "India: The Modi Question" at University of Hyderabad and Jadavpur University in Kolkata, plans more screening
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News Reports

‘Goonjega toh sirf Jai Shri Ram’: Actress Kangana Ranaut takes a dig at ‘love trumps hate’ comment over Pathaan’s box-office performance

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana said it is India's inclusiveness and love that a movie named Pathaan, which shows Pakistan in good light got a positive response at the box-office.
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News Reports

‘Mood of the Nation’: India Today-CVoter survey says 72% happy with PM Modi’s performance, govt’s approval rating soar to 67%. Details

OpIndia Staff -
As the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in 2024, the India Today-CVoter Mood of the Nation survey indicated on Thursday that India's citizens appear to be content with PM Modi
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News Reports

‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ brigade, which includes Mohammad Zubair, gets back to work, splash pictures of Hindu men accused of sloganeering against Mohammad

OpIndia Staff -
The controversy over the Shahrukh Khan starrer Pathaan movie has taken a dangerous turn after it was reported that Islamists in Indore had raised the murderous "sar tan se juda"
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News Reports

Bihar: Rabies-infected stray dog goes on a biting spree in Arrah, attacks over 80

ANI -
Over 80 people visited the district hospital in Arrah with cases of dog bites. The stray dog was beaten to death following the incident.
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News Reports

‘A very sorry state of affairs’: Delhi HC directs AAP government to pay unpaid salaries of Maharshi Valmiki Hospital workers by February 8

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi HC orders Delhi government to pay salaries to employees of Maharishi Valmiki Hospital, not paid since April last year
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: 1100 Christian converts welcomed back to Hinduism in ‘ghar wapsi’ event, State BJP Sec washes their feet with Gangajal

OpIndia Staff -
“It is a bigger and more important task to save Hindus and stop them from converting to other faiths. Whenever Hindus have been divided, the Hindu population has declined," said Chhattisgarh BJP’s state Secretary Prabal Pratap Singh Judev after the event.
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News Reports

Bihar: Claims of Pakistani flag hoisted on one Ashfaq’s house in Purnia stirs outrage; police say it was a religious flag

OpIndia Staff -
Claims of a Pakistan's flag hoisted on a house in Bihar's Purnia stirred a furore, creating a tense atmosphere on the 74th Republic Day.
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News Reports

After claiming that Delhi LG mocked democracy by refusing to meet all AAP MLAs, Delhi CM Kejriwal refuses to attend the meeting citing his...

OpIndia Staff -
After demanding meeting with the LG along with all MLAs, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has sought rescheduling the meeting due to his Punjab visit
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News Reports

Primary teacher Hasmuddin refuses to sing National Anthem and offer flowers to Maa Saraswati, Bharat Mata, says it’s against Islam: Video viral

OpIndia Staff -
Hasmuddin, a primary school teacher in Aligarh, refuses to sing the national anthem and pay floral tribute to Maa Saraswati and Bharat Mata
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News Reports

‘Is Pfizer working to make Covid more dangerous so it can sell more vaccines?’ US Senator sends letter to Pfizer CEO Bourla after Project...

OpIndia Staff -
In a letter dated Thursday (January 26), Rubio said, "An investigative report suggests that Pfizer may be conducting gain-of-function research, which it dubs “directed evolution” research to mutate the SARS-CoV-2 virus to create additional, more potent variants and vaccines to combat future variants."
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News Reports

India issues notice to Pakistan for modification of Indus Water Treaty, asks to come for negotiations within 90 days

ANI -
India has always been a responsible partner in implementing the IWT. Pakistan's actions, however, have encroached on the provisions of IWT and their implementation and forced India to issue an appropriate notice for modification of IWT, sources said.
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News Reports

Pfizer director assaults journalist after being caught on camera saying the Pharma giant is working on ‘mutating Covid-19 virus’. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
In his defence, the Pfizer director claimed, "I was trying to impress a person on a date by lying."
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News Reports

BuzzFeed decides to use OpenAI for generating content, employees ask if they will lose jobs

OpIndia Staff -
As per a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, one of the employees inquired about Peretti's plans for countering "inevitable legal issues" involving the company's visual work produced by illustrators, photographers, and art directors as well as content covered by U.S. copyright.
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News Reports

Barabanki: Islamic flag hoisted on Republic Day in Madarsa, accused say celebrating national festival, hoising tricolour not allowed in Islam, two arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The men hoisted Islamic flag during the event instead of India's national flag and also distributed sweets after the function
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News Reports

Assam: Mofidul Islam buys 120 tickets to watch SRK’s ‘Pathaan’, detained for making derogatory comments

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of the film’s release, actor Shah Rukh Khan had recently called Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and expressed concern over the protests. CM Sarma had assured law and order as the head of the state.
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Entertainment

Internet explodes with memes as Tara Singh of Gadar returns after over 2 decades

OpIndia Staff -
The team of Gadar,that broke box office records 22 years ago, is returning with Gadar 2 this year.
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News Reports

Goddess Benzaiten: For ages, the Japanese have worshipped this Buddhist manifestation of the Hindu deity Maa Saraswati

Jhankar Mohta -
Did you know that the Japanese Buddhist goddess Benzaiten has origins in the Hindu goddess Maa Saraswati and shares a lot of the same characteristics
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News Reports

‘Gareebi mein aata geela’ situation for Pakistan: With the country struggling to feed its people amid flour shortage, it now stares at loan default

Rukma Rathore -
Pakistan has to repay $500 million debt to a Chinese bank within 48 hours to avoid defaulting on the loan, and it has no money
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News Reports

The best tableau in the Republic Day parade will be awarded, here is how you can vote and help your favourite state/ministry win

OpIndia Staff -
People can vote for their favouring Tableau and the Marching Contingent in Republic Day parade for popular choice awards
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News Reports

Indian High Commission in Australia condemns repeated temple vandalisations, asks Australian government to ensure Indians’ safety

ANI -
According to the Indian High Commission in Canberra, India's concerns have been shared with the Australian Government, both by the High Commission and by India's Consulates in Australia, and by the Indian Government with the Australian High Commission in Delhi.
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News Reports

iNCOVACC can produce 3 immune responses, no other nasal vaccine in the world can produce: Bharat Biotech Chairman Dr Krishna Ella

ANI -
An initial manufacturing capacity of several million doses per annum has been established, this can be scaled up to a billion doses as required. iNCOVACC is priced at INR 325/dose for large volume procurement by State Governments and Govt of India, as per an official release.
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Specials

Meet Dr SL Bhyrappa – Padma Bhushan awardee of 2023

Anurag -
Dr SL Bhyrappa has written 24 novels, four volumes of literary criticism, and books on aesthetics, social issues, and culture. Over the past three decades, he has been a Professor of Philosophy at NCERT.
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News Reports

Bihar: E-Rickshaw driver returning from mother’s last rites beaten to death for offering ₹20 as donation instead of demanded ₹1000

OpIndia Staff -
Ravindra Rajbanshi was lynched for not giving ₹1000 as a Saraswati Puja donation when he was returning from last rites of his mother.
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News Reports

‘If younger brother leaves, elder brother will grab ancestral property,’ Upendra Kushwaha hits back after Nitish Kumar asks him to quit party

OpIndia Staff -
Trouble continues to brew within Bihar’s ruling JD (U) with CM Nitish Kumar asking his aide Upendra Kushwaha to leave the party if he so wishes
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Entertainment

Sunny Deol’s Gadar 2 set to release on Independence Day, will clash with Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Animal’ and Alia Bhatt’s Hollywood debut ‘Heart of Stone’

ANI -
'Gadar 2' is all set to hit the theatres on August 11, 2023, and interestingly, Ranbir's next action thriller film 'Animal' and Alia Bhatt's Hollywood debut film 'Heart of Stone' will also be releasing on the same day.
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