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Pakistan struggles as power crisis hits, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore face massive power outages after grid failure amid cost-cutting

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this month, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif ordered all the federal departments to reduce power consumption. Restaurants in the country were ordered to close by 10:30 PM and shopping centres were asked to close by 8:30 PM
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News Reports

Sweden: Copy of Quran burnt during anti-Turkey protests, Islamic nations outrage

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The Quran burning incident in Sweden has sparked controversy.
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News Reports

Australia: ISKCON temple desecrated with slogans of ‘Khalistan Zindabad’, third attack in two weeks

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The temple walls were defaced with anti-India slogans of 'Khalistan Zindabad' and 'Hindustan Murdabad.'
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News Reports

Himanta Biswa Sarma pulls up Indian Express for taking a dig over Shah Rukh Khan’s 2 AM call

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Sarma was responding to an article by Indian Express titled, "Politics | ‘Who is SRK to Shri SRK in only 24 hrs’: Opposition takes digs at Himanta Biswa Sarma".
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Sports

Hosts India blow a 3-1 lead as they crash out of the Hockey World Cup after losing a thriller against New Zealand

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New Zealand will lock horns with defending champions Belgium on January 24 for a berth in the semifinals for the Hockey World Cup while India will face Japan on January 26 for the 9th-16th position in the tournament.
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World

China records startling 13,000 covid deaths in a week between January 13 to January 19

OpIndia Staff -
As of January 12, China reported that approximately 60,000 individuals had died from Covid during the past month.
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News Reports

Kiren Rijiju shares video of retired HC judge saying Supreme Court “hijacked” constitution by appointing judges itself, calls them “sane views”

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that the majority of people have the same "sane views" as a retired High Court judge who stated that the Supreme Court has "hijacked" the Constitution by choosing to nominate judges on its own.
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News Reports

Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri asks Oil Marketing Companies to cut retail prices of petrol and diesel

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Puri was talking to the media during a function to flag wave a CNG-driven boat race on the river Ganga here. This function was organized as a run-up to India Energy week which will take place next month in Bengaluru.
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Crime

Uttarakhand: Private Muslim fund operator Abdul Razzaq disappears with crores of rupees deposited by thousands of Muslims

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According to the police, the accused was running an interest-free transaction office in Jwalapur in the name of the Muslim Imdadi Fund for the last 10 years.
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News Reports

Drone with 5 kg heroin shot down along India-Pakistan border in Punjab, 2 arrested

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According to Punjab Police, at around 4 am, a joint patrolling party of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Amritsar Police heard the humming sound of a drone and shot it down at the Lopoke area in Kakkar village, and seized 5 kg of heroin.
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World

Mass shooting during a Lunar New Year celebration in Los Angeles leaves 10 dead, shooter still on the loose

OpIndia Staff -
Ten individuals were killed in a mass shooting that happened late Saturday in an area east of Los Angeles following a significant Lunar New Year event that attracted thousands of attendees.
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Crime

3,000-page chargesheet prepared against Aftab Poonawala in the Shraddha Walkar murder case, includes 100 testimonies

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police would most likely submit the chargesheet against Aftab in the Shraddha Walkar murder case by the end of January.
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Media

Gems of BBC: Twitter user collates headlines of BBC news which range from ‘Sanatani way of peeing’ to ‘why men wear dirty underwear’

OpIndia Staff -
The national broadcaster of United Kingdom, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), which is being peddled as gold standard of journalism by Modi haters has indeed done some 'groundbreaking investigative' journalism like finding out why men wear dirty underwear.
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News Reports

Woman manhandled, pushed out from Rajasthan minister Mamta Bhupesh’s residence, video viral

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It is notable that Mamta Bhupesh who is also an MLA from Sikrai in Dausa is said to be close to CM Ashok Gehlot. 
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News Reports

Four girl students assault classmate over drug use in Lahore, Pakistan, watch viral video

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The four girls who are assaulting the other girl can be seen laughing and kicking her while the act was bing recorded.
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News Reports

Protest march against forced religious conversion, cow slaughter carried out in Pune, Maharashtra

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Earlier Hindu organisations staged a 'Jan Aanch' march in Maharashtra's Kolhapur against 'love jihad', alleged illegal conversions and cow slaughter.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Brawl over ‘Free Fire’ video game behind the killing of teen in Surat

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14-year-old Irfan, who was addicted to Free Fire, was playing the game with his friend Dilshad, when the two entered into an argument over winning and losing.
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News Reports

Mann govt transfers Health Secretary Ajoy Kumar after he objects to spending Rs 30 crore on advertising Mohalla clinics outside Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab Health Secretary Ajoy Sharma was allegedly removed after he refused to allow 30 crore expenditure on Mohalla clinics ads
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Entertainment

Sasural Simar Ka’s Dipika Kakar Ibrahim and husband Shoaib announce pregnancy, expecting first child soon

OpIndia Staff -
Sasural Simar ka star Dipika Kakar Ibrahim and her co-star and now husband Shoaib announced that the couple is expecting their first child soon.
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News Reports

‘Some are not over colonial intoxication, consider BBC above SC,’ Kiren Rijiju on documentary on PM Modi

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The Union Minister alleged that they "lower" the country's dignity and image to any extent to "please their moral masters". Taking to Twitter, Rijiju said that minorities in the country are moving ahead positively. 
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Sports

Vinod Tomar, Wrestling Federation’s Additional Secretary, suspended by Sports Ministry following the wrestlers’ protest

OpIndia Staff -
The assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Vinod Tomar, was suspended on Saturday by Anurag Thakur's Sports Ministry in response to the protest organised by India's decorated wrestlers against the WFI.
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News Reports

‘Want to reduce madarsas in Assam’, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

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This comes after Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, the Director General of Police (DGP) for Assam, confirmed that discussions about reforming madarsas in the state were in progress.
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Entertainment

JD Majethia, Himanshu of the popular serial “Khichdi”, narrates how the then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi encouraged him

OpIndia Staff -
JD Majethia, while speaking about the show, recalled how PM Modi always encouraged him and also spoke about how PM Modi wins everyone’s heart with his warmth.
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Social Media

Rahul Gandhi’s bizarre analogy on pilots and planes leaves netizens amused, here is how it was an assault on our sensibilities

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Rahul Gandhi said, "Be ahead of the plane. So the pilots have to be significantly ahead of the aircraft. That's the first thing.
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News Reports

“Achha hisaab liya jayega”: Former CM Kamal Nath issues threat to Police officials in Madhya Pradesh

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Taking a jibe at Congress after the remark by Kamal Nath, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that the party has always believed in an emergency mindset, in intimidation, revenge, and vendetta politics.
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News Reports

‘Excited as eloping teenagers’: Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin gets married on his 93rd birthday

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Dr. Anca Faur who has a Ph.D. in chemical engineering is the executive vice president of Buzz Aldrin's company, Buzz Aldrin Ventures LLC since 2019.
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News Reports

BJP urges Delhi LG to suspend DCW chief Swati Maliwal for fair probe into molestation case

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It is alleged that the man who allegedly molested Swati Maliwal is a close aide of AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal.
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Entertainment

Shah Rukh Khan calls Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma at 2 AM after protests take place over Pathaan screening

OpIndia Staff -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma assured Shah Rukh Khan that it is duty of the state to maintain law and order and no untoward incident will take place over Pathaan screening.
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News Reports

Mahamed Sharif of Karnataka arrested for impersonating a UAE official and cheating Leela Hotel for over Rs 23 lakhs

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Mahamed Sharif had stayed in Hotel Leela in Delhi for about three months and fled without paying the huge bill.
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News Reports

Kejriwal govt organises transit camp for pilgrims attending Urs at Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer Sharif, details

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Arrangements for about 80,000 pilgrims going for the Urs is set up at Burari Ground in Delhi and will be there till February 5.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact Check: Did Pakistan’s foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari dance on ‘Besharam Rang’ from Pathaan

OpIndia Staff -
While netizens had a good laugh on the dance moves of 'Bilawal Bhutto', it turned out that the person dancing was not the Pakistani minister but a student and model named Mehroz Baig
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Media

Did Vice India use the image of a “pure vegetarian” restaurant in the Islamic country UAE to shame Indians for casteism?

OpIndia Staff -
It is highly unlikely that Vice will now attack UAE for promoting casteism, but it can always use restaurants from UAE to guilt trip Indians for promoting casteism.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Islamists associated with the Indian Secular Front clash with TMC in Bhangar and police in Kolkata

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The Kolkata police arrested ISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui and escorted him to the Lalbazar police headquarters in a car.
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World

China lifted its ‘zero covid’ policy in Tibet to eradicate Tibetans, bring them misery: Report

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The report said relaxing zero covid policy was a part of Beijing's plan to let COVID-19 spread and create misery for Tibetans.
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News Reports

Video of BBC propaganda against PM Modi blocked by Govt of India for casting aspersions on the credibility of Supreme Court

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Union govt orders blocking videos of BBC documentary on PM Modi on YouTube and their links on Twitter
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Entertainment

New kid on the block: Raveena Tandon’s daughter Rasha Thadani set to make her debut in 2023

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Many star kids are set to hit the silver screen this year and one of them is none other than Raveena Tandon's 17-year-old daughter Rasha Thadani.
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World

US: Trans man shares experience of giving birth after getting pregnant in a ‘one-night stand’ during the transition

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A trans man from Seattle documented their experience of giving birth using the reproductive organs they were born with.
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News Reports

62-year-old man killed in Tamil Nadu for calling neighbour’s pet dog a ‘dog’, Nirmala Fatima and her sons Daniel and Vincent arrested for the...

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The Tamil Nadu police said that the deceased was punched in the chest by his neighbour for calling his pet a 'dog'
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‘He told a lot of lies about me’: Abhay Deol calls Anurag Kashyap a liar and toxic person

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Abhay Deol says that Anurag Kashyap lied when he claimed that Deol had demanded 5-star hotel during Dev D shooting
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Modi administration prepares to combat prejudiced media narratives by the global Left: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The Modi government is gearing up to combat prejudiced media narratives as 2024 general elections approach closer.
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News Reports

Nora Fatehi always brainwashed me against Jacqueline Fernandez, wanted me to date her: Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar

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Alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar on Saturday claimed that Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi has always been jealous of Jacqueline Fernandez.
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News Reports

‘Rationalist’ KS Bhagwan claims Valmiki Ramayana mentions Lord Rama having wine with Sita every afternoon

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Bhagwan has previously expressed objectionable opinions about Lord Ram. In December 2018, the writer had stirred up a controversy after claiming that according to Valmiki Ramayan, Lord Ram used to drink 'intoxicants' and made Sita consume them too.
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News Reports

Rahul Kanwal steps on Raghuram Rajan’s tail as he tries to criticise Modi govt’s economic policies: Read how the former RBI governor is wrong

Raju Das -
Raghuram Rajan attacks Modi govt's productivity linked incentive scheme, but he is grossly wrong in his claims
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News Reports

Retired judges, bureaucrats, and army veterans slam British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) over its propaganda documentary on PM Modi: Here is what they said

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Recently, BBC aired a two-part documentary series attacking PM Narendra Modi for his role as Gujarat Chief Minister during the Gujarat riots of 2002.
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News Reports

Food poisoning cases plaguing Kerala: Read how eateries using rotten Halal meat and stale oil to prepare Arabic food might be the cause

Jhankar Mohta -
In recent months, multiple deaths and hospitalisations in Kerala have been reported as a result of severe food poisoning caused by eating Arabic food
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News Reports

Twin blasts rock the Narwal area of Jammu, at least seven people injured

OpIndia Staff -
Seven people were injured in twin suspected IED blasts within 15 minutes in the transport yard in the Narwal area of Jammu.
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World

USA and its allies fail to come to an agreement on sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

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NATO and defence leaders from about 50 countries met at the American Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Friday, the latest in a series of arms-pledging conferences since Russia invaded Ukraine 11 months ago.
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Bihar: Students protest after govt college denies permission to celebrate Saraswati Puja, threatens legal action on non-compliance

OpIndia Staff -
The state administration's orders regarding this year's Saraswati Puja or Vasant Panchami celebrations, which is to be held on January 26, have caused a commotion in Bihar
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News Reports

Man posing as NSG personnel tried to enter VVIP section at PM Modi’s Mumbai rally, arrested

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A team of police officers deployed at the entrance to the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) grounds ahead of Modi rally stopped Mishra and detained him.
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News Reports

Mangaluru: VHP, Bajrang Dal put up banners restricting non-Hindus in the temple complex after the cooker blast, police remove them

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On January 19, the Mangaluru police removed the banners, reportedly, to maintain peace and harmony in the area.
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