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2022: The year when ‘Gustakh-e-Rasool’ led to riots, beheading, murders, a cautionary tale

Nirwa Mehta -
The ‘seculars’ in India have often taken pride in the ‘Ganga-Jamuni’ tehzeeb (the peaceful coexistence of two different communities – Hindus and Muslims) in India where usually the onus of maintaining such ‘tehzeeb’ is squarely on the shoulders of Hindus.
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News Reports

National Commission for SC issues notice to Bigg Boss, Colors TV after a casteist remark was made to a contestant Congress leader in the...

OpIndia Staff -
National Commission for Scheduled Castes issued notice to Endemol India Pvt Ltd, the maker of the TV Show 'Bigg Boss' after one of the candidates of the show named Vikas Manaktala, allegedly referred to another cast member, Archana Gautam, as "Neech jati ke log
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News Reports

Police refutes reports that men present at the spot looted money from Rishabh Pant’s bag after car crash

OpIndia Staff -
Rishabh Pant has injuries in his head and leg. He has been taken to Dehradun's Max Hospital for treatment.
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‘After 100 years a mosque will be built after demolishing Ram temple’: Maulana Sajid Rashidi spews hate, says Muslims will not be silent in...

OpIndia Staff -
As the construction of a grand temple at the Shri Ram Janambhoomi continues in full swing, Maulana Sajid Rashid, the chairman of All India Imam Association has stoked controversy
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News Reports

Russian ambassador Denis Alipov bursts Manish Tewari’s ‘Hercule Poirot’ theory over deaths of 2 Russian nationals in Odisha

OpIndia Staff -
Antova Anna Pavlovna and Vladimir's son Bynanov Anton Vladimirovich had both sent their written documents giving Rayagada police the power of attorney to cremate the bodies of their fathers.
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News Reports

Rishabh Pant meets with an accident, escapes his burning car by breaking the glass, hospitalised: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Indian ace cricketer Rishabh Pant has met with a serious accident at the Narsan border of Roorkee in Uttarakhand
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News Reports

Brazil’s three-time World Cup-winning football legend, Pele, passes away at 82

ANI -
Brazil's three-time World-cup winning football legend, Pele passed away at the age of 82 following a cancer battle
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News Reports

‘In Maa, I have always felt that Trimurti’: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, Heeraben, passes away

OpIndia Staff -
Heeraben, the mother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has passed away at the age of 99 years.
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News Reports

TMC’s Saket Gokhale arrested by Gujarat police third time in a month, for a case involving siphoning off money in the name of activism:...

OpIndia Staff -
Trouble seems to mount for TMC leader Saket Gokhale as he has been arrested for the third time in a month by the Gujarat Police.
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Law

‘State dutybound to maintain cows and calves in gaushalas’: Telangana High Court

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana High Court said in its order, "It is primarily the executive function of the State to look after and maintain gaushalas, therefore, the State should provide adequate funds to the gaushalas through the board."
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News Reports

Kerala CPM leader insults Lord Ayyappa by saying he was born out of unnatural relationship, apologises after outrage

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala CPM leader K Mukundan apologises after saying that worshippers of Lord Ayyappa are frauds
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Bhavya Sharma changes religion twice for marriages, gets killed by her third husband after he sees her with her second husband

OpIndia Staff -
Bhavya Sharma had changed her religion three times for marriage. She first married Yogendra Kumar in 2004. Then in 2017, she married Anees. In 2019, she married Vinod
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Iram, Shehnaaz, and now Amrina: Muslim woman from Bareilly marries Pappu, says fear of triple talaq is over

OpIndia Staff -
After converting to Hinduism, Amrina named herself Radhika. She said, "I am married to Pappu"
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News Reports

Suspected Chinese spy detained in Bodh Gaya, was an alleged threat to Dalai Lama

ANI -
The security agencies released the sketch of the suspected woman and started searching for the Chinese woman in Gaya, suspected of spying on Dalai Lama.
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News Reports

ECI develops Remote EVM to enable remote voting for domestic migrants, read how the proposed system will work

Raju Das -
The ECI has invited all registered political parties for a demonstration of how the proposed Remote Electronic Voting Machine (RVM) will work
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News Reports

Is the new SRK-Deepika song ‘Jhoome Jo Pathaan’ copied by composers Vishal-Shekhar? Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Music composers Vishal-Shekhar accused of stealing composition from decade old song Karam Ki Talwar.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Intezaar Khan pretends to be Sonu while giving a job to a girl in his gym, then rapes her on the pretext...

OpIndia Staff -
The accused, Intezaar Khan and his family, are running an ASR gym in the Shahberi area of the local police station, in which the victim was given a job as a manager in June.
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News Reports

Serbia govt releases special stamp to honour 75 years of India’s independence

ANI -
Indian Embassy in Serbia noted that the presence of Ivica Dacic underlined the "close relationship" between the two nations.
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‘New Year parties are Haram’: Raza Academy President urges Muslims to avoid new year celebrations

OpIndia Staff -
In another tweet, Raza Academy appealed to Muslims to organise prayers and religious events instead of indulging in obscene acts in the name of new year celebrations. 
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Maharashtra: Shabnam restrains a woman allowing Imran, Shahnu, Akbar and Bashir to gang-rape her, case registered against the five

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Police books 5 persons including a woman for gang-raping a 27-year-old woman and in Bhingaar in Ahmednagar district
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News Reports

Ambani-Merchant wedding: Anant Ambani to wed Radhika Merchant, date to be announced soon

OpIndia Staff -
Anant Ambani graduated from Brown University and currently leads the energy business at Reliance Industries Limited
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PM Modi’s mother Heeraben recovering well at Super-Speciality Cardiac hospital, to be discharged soon

OpIndia Staff -
Heeraben Modi was hospitalised on Tuesday at UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology & Research Centre, after her health deteriorated.
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Congress’ Jairam Ramesh spreads misinformation about Indian syrups over deaths of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan to target Modi govt

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader spread misinformation about the Indian cough syrup, incorrectly linking them to deaths of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan.
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News Reports

Tunisha Sharma suicide: Uorfi Javed comes out in support of Sheezan Khan, says can’t blame him for her death

ANI -
On Tuesday, Waliv Police said that Khan repeatedly keeps changing his statements and has not yet given any clear reason why he broke up with his 'Ali Baba Dastaan-E-Kabul' co-star.
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‘Medicine was given without prescription’: Uzbekistan Health Ministry on ‘Indian cough syrup’ controversy and deaths of children

OpIndia Staff -
Uzbekistan Health Ministry said the medicine given to the victim children surpassed the allowed dosage levels and was given without a prescription.
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Kerala: 3 PFI leaders go ‘missing’ in Pathanamthitta ahead of NIA raids on 56 locations in the state linked to the banned outfit

OpIndia Staff -
Residence of Muhammad Rashid, the PFI state secretary, is being searched in Pathanamthitta. The residence of Nizar, a member of the state committee, is also being raided.
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‘Sar tan se juda’: Hindu woman raped and beheaded in Pakistan’s Sindh province, head defleshed and breasts chopped off

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu woman Diya Bheel was gang-raped, beheaded, and her breasts chopped off by unidentified persons in Sindh in Pakistan
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Chinese spy in Bodh Gaya, sketch of Chinese woman suspected to be spying on Dalai Lama released, security agencies alert

OpIndia Staff -
Followers of Buddhism from all over the world have come to Bodh Gaya. Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama is also on a month-long stay at the holy site for the Kaal Chakra puja
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News Reports

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’ awarded the ‘Best Feature Film on Human Rights’ by LIFFT India

OpIndia Staff -
"Happy to inform that The KashmirFiles has been awarded as ‘Best Film on Human Rights’ by LIIFT 2022," tweeted Vivek Agnihotri
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News Reports

CRPF denies Congress’ claim of security breach in Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, points out 113 violations of protocols committed by the Congress leader

Jhankar Mohta -
The CRPF denied allegations of security breach by Congress and instead, stated how Rahul Gandhi himself has, on several occasions in the past, disregarded protocols
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News Reports

Karnataka: FIR registered against BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur in Shivamogga for saying Hindus should sharpen their knives to defend themselves

OpIndia Staff -
On the basis of a complaint made by HS Sundaresh, the president of the Shivamogga District Congress Committee, the FIR was filed in accordance with sections 153A, 153B, 268, 295A, 298, 504, and 508 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Political History of India

‘Sare Jahan Se Achcha’ fame and ‘liberal’ hero Iqbal seeded two-nation theory in the presidential address on December 29, 1930: Read details

Anurag -
Muhammed Iqbal, one of the most significant proponents of the two-nation theory and the creation of Pakistan in the first half of the 20th century.
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Entertainment

Besharam Rang: Censor Board advises Pathaan filmmakers to make certain changes in film, including songs

ANI -
The film's track 'Besharam Rang' dropped online on December 12, and soon it became the talk of the town. While several liked the peppy track, there were also some who found the song objectionable over the use of saffron and green costumes.
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News Reports

‘Viscera wasn’t preserved’: CID probe ordered in the death case of millionaire Russian tycoon and his friend in Odisha

OpIndia Staff -
The visceral samples of Vladimir Bydanov, Antov's friend who had died of a 'heart attack' on December 22, were preserved. However, the officials have revealed that the cops did not ask to preserve the visceral samples of Antov, who apparently committed suicide 2 days later.
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Jharkhand actress and YouTuber Riya Kumari shot dead in Bengal during a robbery attempt, police suspect foul play

OpIndia Staff -
Riya Kumari, an actress and YouTuber from Jharkhand popular by her stage name Isha Alya, was on her way to Kolkata from Ranchi along with her husband Prakash Kumar, and her three-year-old daughter.
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Twitter logs out users worldwide, outage remains for over an hour

OpIndia Staff -
Some Twitter users were not able to log in for a few hours earlier in the day. Many users have been also facing the log in issues for two-factor authorisation.
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56 locations related to PFI raided in Kerala, details

ANI -
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday carried out searches at 56 locations in Kerala in the Popular Front of India (PFI) conspiracy case.
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World

Iranian Chess player competes at tournament without hijab

ANI -
Iranian Chess player Sara Khadem, also known as Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, recently took part in a tournament without wearing a hijab
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World

Greta Thunberg mocks Andrew Tate with a ‘small d**k energy’ jibe after the kickboxer tweets about emissions from his cars

OpIndia Staff -
Greta Thunberg made it to the news after she protested outside the Swedish parliament in 2018 when she was 15.
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Media, AAP and others mock UP cop for ‘not knowing how to load a gun’, police clarify it was the correct procedure for the...

OpIndia Staff -
UP Police condemns claims that one cop failed to load a gun properly, saying plastic pellets in anti-riot rifle needed to be loaded from the muzzle
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‘India ready to bid for hosting Olympic games in 2036’: Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur

OpIndia Staff -
Thakur stated that the government will offer a roadmap to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members during the IOC session in Mumbai in September 2023.
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World

Elon Musk takes a dig at leftist media outlets for glossing over Twitter Files

OpIndia Staff -
The development comes days after Jimmy Fallon mocked Elon Musk on his show for banning doxxers on Twitter.
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News Reports

Telangana: Shahbaz throws newborn daughter in thorn bushes after his live-in partner Divya dies, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Newborn girl child was thrown in thorn bushes in Telangana by her father Mohammad Shahbaz after her mother Divya died of seizure
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Chhattisgarh: 22-year-old social media influencer Leena Nagwanshi found hanging, police seize mobile phone

OpIndia Staff -
The death of Leena Nagwanshi comes close on the heels of actor Tunisha Sharma’s suicide, who ended her life last week.
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‘Sushant was punched in his eye’: Autopsy staffer says he didn’t trust Uddhav govt, ready to record his statement with probe agencies

OpIndia Staff -
The Cooper hospital staffer said he did not make the claims in 2020 because of he did not trust the Uddhav Thackeray govt.
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Leopard attacks at least 16 people including forest officers in Assam’s Jorhat, tranquillized and captured after a day of terror

OpIndia Staff -
A leopard who caused attacked at least 16 in Jorhat in Assam was tranquilized and captured by the forest department on December 27
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Udaipur: Hindu businessman receives ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ threat from ‘Mohammad Gadi’, probe initiated

OpIndia Staff -
A businessman in Udaipur received ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ threat, six months after the brutal beheading of Kanhaiya Kumar.
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Jharkhand: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey rescues 10,000 cows from being smuggled to Bangladesh, accuses Hemant Soren govt of supporting cattle smuggling

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey claimed that he rescued around 10,000 cows which were being smuggled to Bangladesh, and handed over two men to police
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PM Modi visits his mother Heeraba at hospital in Ahmedabad, she was hospitalised on Tuesday after her health deteriorated

OpIndia Staff -
Heeraben Modi was hospitalised at the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre on Tuesday night.
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China’s ingress in Arunachal Pradesh has to do with control of Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism: Report

ANI -
Tawang, in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, is home to the oldest and second-largest monastery of Tibetan Buddhism outside of China's control, according to a report in Voices Against Autocracy. 
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