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‘Not entertainable’: Meghalaya HC dismisses plea filed by jailed TMC leader Saket Gokhale against NPP for violation of electoral rules

OpIndia Staff -
Ironically, TMC leader Saket Gokhale, who has accused the Meghalaya government of misappropriating funds, is himself in jail for misusing funds raised through crowdfunding
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News Reports

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif flexes ‘nuclear’ muscle against India even as his country faces worst economic crisis

ANI -
Even as Pakistan struggles with food, power, fuel amid severe economic crisis, their PM Shehbaz Sharif cannot stop obsessing over India.
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News Reports

Muslim journalist refers to Hindus singing bhajans in the train to Ayodhya as Mujra, others draw false equivalence to namaz in public places

Anurag -
Hindu pilgrims were singing bhajans and dancing to religious music as part of worship in a train privately booked but Islamists used the opportunity to mock the faith of Hindus.
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News Reports

Akhil Bharatiya OBC Mahasabha members Mohammad Salim and Satyendra Kushwaha charged under NSA for desecration of Ramcharitmanas

OpIndia Staff -
Lucknow police has invoked the stringent NSA against Mohammad Salim and Satyendra Kushwaha for destroying the copy of Ramcharitmanas in support of SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya
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News Reports

Earthquake in Turkey: PM Modi promises all possible help, 100 NDRF commandos, relief materials to be sent immediately

OpIndia Staff -
The PM's office has announced in a press release that 2 NDRF teams with 50 personnel each with trained dog squads for rescue operations, relief materials and necessary equipment will be immediately despatched to Turkey. In addition, medical teams with trained doctors, paramedics and essential medicines will be sent too.
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Economy and Finance

The crux of Budget 2023 and its impact on direct taxes

Guest Author -
This was the last full budget of this government before the general elections in 2024 but even then, the government resisted the temptation to go for populist measures.
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News Reports

‘India can go to hell’: Former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad hits out at BCCI for not sending Indian team to the country for Asia...

OpIndia Staff -
Former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad has lashed out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for not sending the Indian men's cricket team to the 2023 Asia Cup
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News Reports

3 members of Sikh Jatha go ‘missing’ in Canada, may seek asylum by portraying they are pro-Khalistan

OpIndia Staff -
Just before they left for Canada, the three preachers got their pictures clicked with Punjab MP Simranjit Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) who has been a vocal supporter of Khalistan.
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News Reports

UP: Video of a naked woman ringing doorbells of houses at night goes viral, here is what the Rampur police said

OpIndia Staff -
Rampur Police said that the woman was mentally unstable and has been undergoing treatment since past five years.
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Social Media

Armaan Malik’s two wives confirm he has not gotten himself a third wife, clarify the ‘third wife’ video was a prank

Nirwa Mehta -
YouTuber Armaan Malik's 'third wife' prank video and other problematic content churned out by the family.
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News Reports

Indian badminton player Tanya Hemanth forced to wear hijab during award ceremony at Iran Fajr International Challenge in Tehran

OpIndia Staff -
The organisers of the badminton tournament held in Iran had reportedly forced the Indian player to wear a hijab before collecting her award.
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Social Media

Netizens react after Subramanian Swamy feels ‘sorrowful’ for the death of Pervez Musharraf, ex-Pakistani dictator and architect of the Kargil war

OpIndia Staff -
Just like many other Indian liberals, Subramanian Swamy was 'sorrowful' at the passing of the man he believed was 'always anxious to find a way to peace with India'
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News Reports

Amazon de-platforms book ‘Modi and Me’ by author Saurav Dutt, cites ‘Hindutva themed literature’ as the reason, Amazon denies

OpIndia Staff -
Amazon de-platformed book on PM Modi calling it "Hindutva themed literature," author Saurav Dutt shares
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News Reports

As Shashi Tharoor continues to defend his ‘man of peace’ remark for Musharraf, here is how Indian soldiers were mutilated under Musharraf’s command

OpIndia Staff -
While conceding the role of Pervez Musharraf in Kargil, Shashi Tharoor lauded the ex-military dictator for being a beacon of peace.
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News Reports

Maharashtra ATS finds book named ‘365 Days: Through A Thousand Cuts’ from PFI members, unravels agenda to bring India under Islamic rule

OpIndia Staff -
The ATS further revealed that the arrested members of the PFI had a long-term plan to make India an Islamic state.
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News Reports

Powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey, extensive damage reported

OpIndia Staff -
United States Geological Survey has shared that a later quake measured at 6.7 on the Richter Scale was registered an hour later in Central Turkey.
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News Reports

Watch: One Abdul Zafar threatens to attack the public with knives in Kalaburagi, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The police had to open fire on him before he could be arrested.
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News Reports

Humans of Bombay gets called out for glorifying illegal immigration

OpIndia Staff -
Humans of Bombay page on Instagram narrated a story about a man who spent 12 years of his life in UK as an illegal immigrant and glorified it as a tragic story with happy ending.
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News Reports

Delhi: Man acquitted by SC in Chhawla gang-rape and murder case just 3 months back gets arrested for murder

OpIndia Staff -
It was revealed during interrogation that Vinod was acquitted in 2012 Chhawla gang rape and murder case earlier.
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News Reports

‘Can’t open a pandora’s box for power’: After Tripura CM, Himanta Biswa Sarma says demand for separate Tipraland state not acceptable

OpIndia Staff -
BJP reiterates that Tripura Motha's demands for a separate Tipraland state by dividing Tripura is not acceptanle
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News Reports

Hindu daughters not eligible for inheritance if mother converted to Islam: Ahmedabad court denies daughters’ claim on converted mother’s property

OpIndia Staff -
The court said that since their mother had converted to Islam, her daughters are no longer entitled to any benefit.
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World

Protests held across Bangladesh over China’s mistreatment of Uyghur Muslims

ANI -
Various NGOs and civil societies, Ulemas, and other organisations observed the 26th Anniversary of the Ghulja Massacre to support the legitimate demand of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities being suppressed by China through various events and programs in different parts of Bangladesh
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News Reports

Centre bans 138 betting apps and 94 loan lending apps with Chinese links

OpIndia Staff -
The central government imposed an 'urgent' and 'emergency' ban on around 230 Chinese apps, including 138 betting apps and 94 loan apps
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News Reports

Bihar: Locals raise slogans against CM Nitish Kumar, set fire to posters of CM and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav during ‘Samadhan Yatra’

ANI -
At an event on the sidelines of the yatra, at Tirthakoul village of Sandesh block, a farmer, who was in the audience, stood up and demanded provision of canal water for irrigation.
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News Reports

Indian ‘Liberals’ praise Pervez Musharraf after his death, paint him as the messiah of peace ignoring that he was the butcher of Kargil

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian liberals ignored the fact that Pervez Musharraf masterminded the 1999 Kargil War, which claimed the lives of 500+ Indian soldiers.
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Specials

Pervez Musharraf and his role in increasing Pakistan’s terror activities and hostility toward India

Anurag -
Musharraf, who is infamously known for his role in instigating the Kargil war and the increase in terror activities in India, was suffering from amyloidosis.
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News Reports

Pakadua Vivah in Bihar: Boy flees after a girl’s family allegedly gets him forcefully married to her in court, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
A family of a boy in Bihar alleged that another family forcefully took him to a court and got him married to their daughter
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Media

‘Ghanti’ for Budget, finding Hindenburg chief in a river: Ravish Kumar’s mental health a concern following his resignation from NDTV

Dibakar Dutta -
On February 2, Ravish Kumar went bonkers while teaching mediapersons in the country about 'ethics of journalism.'
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News Reports

‘Deport Nihangs on temporary visa, ban Sikhs from carrying weapons’: Australian Hindus hand over demands to home minister

OpIndia Staff -
When Home Minister Clare O’ Neil visited a Durga Temple in Melbourne, Australian Hindus handed over demands seeking actions against Khalistanis
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News Reports

Pakistan: North Nizamabad’s Assistant Commissioner gets abused for sharing ‘pride flags’; amidst his denial, his old posts with rainbow flag surface

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's newly appointed North Nizamabad's assistant commissioner denied accusations of putting up "pride flag"
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Opinions

Don’t mock the dead, unless the dead person is someone like Pervez Musharraf, then all memes are fine

Amit Kelkar -
We remember the late Vinod Dua's words today because some people are getting uncomfortable over all the jokes and memes mocking the death of former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Man abducts two co-passengers in a train after his wife’s purse is stolen, holds them hostage in his house for 2 days

OpIndia Staff -
Azhar Sheikh kidnapped Sajid Ansari and Sajjad and kept them hostage in his house for 2 days accusing them of stealing his wife's purse on a train
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News Reports

Supporting terrorism and bad policies are to blame for Pakistan’s economic catastrophe: Report

OpIndia Staff -
A confluence of decades of poor policy has led to current economic disaster of Pakistan, according to Asian Lite
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News Reports

Asia Cup 2023 likely to be moved out of Pakistan as the Indian team won’t travel to the country, final decision in March

OpIndia Staff -
BCCI said that Indian cricket team will not travel to Pakistan for Asia Cup 2023 as Indian govt has not given permission to travel to Pakistan
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Social Media

Meme fest erupts as ex-Pakistani Dictator and mastermind of Kargil War against India dies

OpIndia Staff -
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf dies, Indians say good riddance.
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Crime

Pakistan: Armed men rape a woman in Islamabad’s famous F-9 park at gunpoint, ‘advice’ her not to be in the park late at night

OpIndia Staff -
After raping her in the Islamabad park, the attackers returned all the things belonging to the two colleagues and even offered them a thousand rupees to keep quiet about the incident.
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News Reports

Ex Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf dies, had masterminded the Kargil War against India

OpIndia Staff -
In 2019, Pervez Musharraf was handed the death penalty for imposing Emergency in Pakistan in 2007.
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News Reports

Vinod Kambli accused of domestic violence by his wife, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff -
Vinod Kambli's wife Andrea Hewitt has accused him of hitting her with a cooking pan in an inebriated state.
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News Reports

Pakistan: 12 year old kills mother over ‘honour’ in Gujranwala, probe initiated

OpIndia Staff -
The woman was killed on the spot by her son over alleged illicit relationship with another man.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Tailor Tai Ibrahim creates fake Instagram IDs of women and sending sexually explicit content to other women, arrested

Mahesh Purohit -
One of the victims, Ramila (name changed) was shocked when she saw an Instagram profile in her name using her name and photographs. When she called, she saw a naked man on the other end.
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Editor's picks

US Air Force shoots down Chinese balloon, draws ire of the CCP

OpIndia Staff -
The Pentagon announced on Thursday (February 2) that it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon that was floating high over the United States. The incident accelerated tensions between the two sides.
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World

Pakistan: Oil industry on verge of collapse, largest refinery shuts for a week amid severe economic crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan is facing unprecedented economic crisis with people running riots over shortage of basic necessities like flour.
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News Reports

Karnataka Congress’ official website hacked, spoof website describes its leaders as corrupt, criminal, and communal

OpIndia Staff -
The spoof website of Karnataka Congress unit describes party leaders as corrupt, criminal, and communal.
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News Reports

A huge brawl delays a flight in Brazil for 2 hours after women fight over a window seat, 15 passengers deplaned

OpIndia Staff -
Two groups of women slapped each other, pulled hair over a window seat in an aircraft in Brazil, flight takes off after kicking off 15 passengers
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Politics

Congress ecosystem tries to prove Rahul Gandhi is not a ‘Pappu’ after his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, but in vain

Dibakar Dutta -
The Congress ecosystem is desperately trying to convince the new age voters that Rahul Gandhi is no more the 'Pappu' that he once used to be in the political sphere of India.
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News Reports

SEBI responds to the Adani Group stock volatility, says it is committed to ensuring market integrity

Jinit Jain -
SEBI said that the Indian market has demonstrated stability and is continuing to function in a transparent, fair and efficient manner
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News Reports

Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha alleges encroachment and illegal construction at her academy in Kerala, harassment by local authorities

OpIndia Staff -
Former Olympic track and field athlete PT Usha alleged that illegal encroachment and construction have been taking place on the land allotted to her Usha School of Athletics in Balussery, Kerala
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News Reports

Odisha LoP and BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra gives up security, says no faith in police after murder of minister Naba Kishor Das by a...

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"I don't have trust in Odisha Police. I gave up the PSO appointed by the state government for my protection," Odisha Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Jayanarayan Mishra said
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News Reports

Apple CEO Tim Cook bullish on India, calls the country a “hugely exciting market”

OpIndia Staff -
In addition to setting quarterly records in Brazil and India, Apple reported revenue of USD 117.2 billion for the quarter ending in December.
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News Reports

‘I can’t pass urine. I have a prostate problem’: Pakistan’s former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed to the medical team in Zardari remarks case

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's ex-interior minister Sheikh Rasheed said he couldn't pass urine to medical team sent to collect his urine sample.
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