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GST collection in December 2022 goes up by 15% to reach almost 1.5 lakh crore

OpIndia Staff -
Gross GST revenue collected during December 2022 reached ₹1,49,507 crore, going up by 15% compared to December 2021
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World

North Korea rings in New Year by firing ballistic missiles toward South Korea

OpIndia Staff -
North Korea fired ballistic missiles towards South Korea
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News Reports

Russian man who had gone missing after protesting against Putin in Bhubaneswar found by Railway Police, handed over to special branch

OpIndia Staff -
Russian citizen living in Odisha detained by police for questioning after he protested against Putin at a Railway Station
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News Reports

Haryana sports minister and former Olympian Sandeep Singh booked for sexual misconduct

OpIndia Staff -
A woman coach alleged that Sandeep Singh committed sexual misbehavior with her when she went to him for collecting some documents.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Man who pretended to be transgender sentenced to jail for 7 years for rape of a woman and performing black magic

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A sessions court in Mumbai sentenced a 47-year-old man to seven years in jail for raping a woman by posing as a transgender
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News Reports

Haryana Roadways staff who helped save Rishabh Pant’s lives to be honoured by Uttarakhand govt

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On December 30 around 5.30 am, Pant met with a serious accident while returning from Delhi to Roorkee to surprise his mother as his car collided with the divider on the Narsan border of Roorkee near Hammadpur Jhal on Friday. 
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News Reports

Odisha CID intensifies probe into the death of 2 Russian nationals, here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
One Russian citizen, named Andrew Glagolev, who was spotted near Bhubaneswar railway station was also detained by the investigation agency.
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News Reports

Here is a list of countries imposing restrictions on arrivals from China amidst a surge in Covid cases in the country

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With Covid cases surging in China, several countries have started imposing restrictions on travellers arriving from China. 
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World

French authorities notify ‘safe spaces’ to keep cars from being set ablaze on NYE, here is how the arson ‘tradition’ started

OpIndia Staff -
For decades, on New Year's Eve, while the residents stay inside their homes, hooligans take to the roads in France and set hundreds of cars on fire. There have been recurrent incidents of car burning in France over the years, and it has taken the shape of an annual event.
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News Reports

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan challenges Pakistan’s sovereignty, declares parallel government with new cabinet

OpIndia Staff -
According to Pakistani Minister Rana Sanaullah, TTP terrorists have a numerical strength of 7,000-10,000 in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
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News Reports

Delhi had 1,096 hours of ‘good’ air quality in 2022, that is 45 out of 365 days

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The IMD said it was a better 2022 compared to 2021 in overall AQI. 
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News Reports

A cat comes and sits in lap of UP CM Yogi Adityanath at his office in Gorakhpur, read details

ANI -
As per the statement, the chief minister shared the endearing picture with the caption 'Hit Anhit Pashuo Panchiyo Jana'. Adityanath quoted a Hindi proverb that means "even birds and animals can differentiate between friends and foes". 
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News Reports

Delhi Riots accused Umar Khalid returns to Tihar after attending sister’s wedding

OpIndia Staff -
On December 31, his father, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, a former member of the banned Islamic Terrorist organisation SIMI, took to Twitter and informed that Khalid has returned to prison and said his family would wait for "justice to prevail".
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World

Andy Cohen accuses James Corden for ‘ripping off’ his ‘Watch What Happens Live’ set

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As per a report by Deadline, Cohen started his show in July 2009 on Bravo where he has celebrity guests nightly. His set is made up of relics from popular culture and extras from the network's many programmes. 
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News Reports

As 2022 comes to an end, here is a quick recall of the worst jihadi moments of the year in India

Gopal Tiwari -
Jihad is an Islamic duty of a believer Muslim and he is supposed to fight against the enemies of Islam - a term that essentially covers everyone and everything that is non-Muslim - till the end of the universe.
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News Reports

Ahmedabad: Locals clash with people dressed as Santa Claus saying they were converting people, later Santa also chants Jai Shri Ram

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Santa Clause appears in 'Kankaria Carnival' in Ahmedabad city in Gujarat, people chase them away alleging illegal conversion
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News Reports

Reach of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana expands with over 9000 stores, people saved around ₹18,000 crore in 8 years

OpIndia Staff -
The PMBJP product range includes 1759 pharmaceuticals and 280 surgical equipment that span all significant therapeutic categories
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Opinions

If you are politically wrong, you are actually right

Virender Kapoor -
Political correctness is used to describe language, policies, statements, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society.
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News Reports

Meghalaya: Border Security Force sniffer dog along Indo-Bangladesh gets pregnant, court of inquiry ordered

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The Border Security Force ordered a court of inquiry after a sniffer dog deployed at Indo-Bangladesh border got pregnant.
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News Reports

Popular non-leftist history account TrueIndology back on Twitter, new review policy under Elon Musk found earlier suspension unfair

OpIndia Staff -
After Elon Musk started restoring arbitrarily banned Twitter accounts, TrueIndology Twitter handle has been restored
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News Reports

The Times of India shares misleading claims about the arrest of 3 army officials for bribery, gets fact-checked by the Army

OpIndia Staff -
The Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADGPI) Department of the Indian army has rubbished the claims made by the English daily.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Haldwani encroachers protest against court’s eviction orders, seek resettlement and offer Islamic prayers on streets

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A raft of encroachers in Haldwani protested against the court verdict ordering eviction from illegally occupied lands.
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News Reports

Force-feeding beef, hiding marriage and Muslim identity to forced conversion to Islam: Analysis of 153 cases of Love Jihad that OpIndia covered in 2022

Jhankar Mohta -
OpIndia has consistently been at the forefront of reporting incidents of Love Jihad or Grooming Jihad, in which vulnerable Hindu women are groomed to accept their own subjugation at the hands of Muslim men
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News Reports

‘Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was never a Dharmaveer, he was a Swarajya Rakshak’, says NCP’s Ajit Pawar, here is why he is wrong

Gopal Tiwari -
Ajit Pawar said, "Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj never upheld Dharma anywhere in his life. But few people keep saying Dharmaveer, Dharmaveer, Dharmaveer."
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News Reports

Former Pope Benedict XVI passes away at 95

ANI -
Pope Benedict passed away two days after Pontiff Francis asked to pray for the "very sick" former Pope, CNN said in a report.
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News Reports

The one who wears a sweater during winter is scared of the cold, I am not scared of the cold: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
"Do you want me to wear a sweater?" he questioned reporters, adding that after the Bharat Jodo Yatra, he would produce a video showing how to walk in a t-shirt while braving the cold.
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News Reports

Indian media spreads fake news that Indian Rupee was the worst-performing Asian currency in 2022, here is the truth

Raju Das -
Indian media houses spread fake news claiming that Indian Rupee has ended the year as the worst-performing Asian currency
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News Reports

From details on Rana Ayyub’s scam to debunking rumours of military coup in China, Nupur Sharma, Kashmir Files: Read Top 10 articles of 2022

Editorial Desk -
Here are the top 10 most read articles from OpInda - ranging from global politics, to Islamist crimes against Hindus
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News Reports

From fake ‘Nobel nominations’, to fake news spread by ‘fact-checkers, Hinduphobic lies by western profs, media lies: Top 20 OpIndia fact-checks of 2022

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia tried its best to bust as many lies as we possibly could. Here are top 20 fact-checks done by OpIndia in the year 2022, in no particular order.
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Crime

Rubika murder case: 29 of the 50 pieces of her body found, head recovered after 14 days of the murder by her husband Dildar...

OpIndia Staff -
In the brutal murder case, Rubika's husband Dildar Ansari, along with his family allegedly first killed Rubika Pahadan, then removed the skin of the corpse, and later it was cut into 50 pieces
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News Reports

From Kanhaiya Lal, Umesh Kohle, Ankita Singh, to Ankita Bhandari and the Kerala human sacrifice saga: 10 crimes of 2022 that shook India

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia compiles 10 such brutal cases that have left an indelible mark on the nation.
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News Reports

No one can occupy even an inch of India’s land as they know ITBP personnel are guarding Indian frontiers: HM Amit Shah

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In his address, the Home Minister lauded the Himveers of ITBP for their dedicated service to the nation and said the government has been undertaking all possible steps to make the service conditions of the jawans better.
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News Reports

Anti-Pakistan protests intensify in Gilgit Baltistan over illegal land grab by the Pakistan Army

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The Pakistan Army has been grabbing land from the locals for years, but this is the first time the locals have risen against the Army.
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News Reports

As crimes peak in Punjab, the AAP government to set up fast-track courts for NRI Punjabis

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab govt to set up of fast-track courts to enable the Punjabi Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to resolve their issues speedily.
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News Reports

Kapil Sibal deems Law Minister’s comments against Supreme Court ‘unacceptable’; here is what he had said about the SC only a few months ago

OpIndia Staff -
While Kapil Sibal mouthed platitudes about the Independence of the Judiciary, he has been at the forefront of casting aspersions on the integrity of the apex court.
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News Reports

Tunisha Sharma death: Vasai court sends accused Sheezan Khan to 14-day judicial custody

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Tunisha Sharma's mother Vanita Sharma, addressing a press conference in Mumbai on Friday made several allegations against Sheezan and also raised suspicion of "murder".
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News Reports

Bihar hooch tragedy: Police arrests mastermind behind spurious liquor case from New Delhi

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The Bihar hooch tragedy, identified as Ram Babu Mahto was arrested from Dwarka area, New Delhi.
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News Reports

True spirit of a Karmayogi: Just as he returned to work after the last rights of his mother, PM Modi returned to work after...

OpIndia Staff -
On December 30, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi passed away at the age of 100.
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News Reports

Delhi: Md Imran issues death threats to a Hindu ‘friend’, asks her to divorce her husband while forcing her to wear Burqa, rapes her...

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The Delhi Police have registered a complaint against a Muslim person named Mohammad Imran for issuing death threats to a Hindu woman and raping her several times since 2021.
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News Reports

Ghulam Nabi Azad rubbishes reports of re-joining Congress, blames party leaders for planting stories to demoralise his supporters

OpIndia Staff -
Ghulam Nabi Azad slammed the Congress for planting stories in the media about his 'comeback' into the grand-old party.
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News Reports

Bank gross NPA at 7-year low at 5%, net NPA at 10 year low: What the RBI Financial Stability Report says

OpIndia Staff -
In the 26th issue of FSR, RBI noted that the global economy is confronted with formidable headwinds with recessionary risks looming large.
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News Reports

How good samaritans, who don’t watch cricket and had no idea who Rishabh Pant was, rescued him from a burning car

OpIndia Staff -
The duo was later felicitated with a memento and an appreciation certificate for saving the life of Rishabh Pant.
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News Reports

2023 promises a high-stakes political battle in India with at least 9 states set to witness Assembly Elections: All you need to know

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As 2023 is knocking at the door, the next year is going to be politically crucial as several high-stakes political battles are set to take place
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News Reports

‘Rishabh Pant’s belongings were not stolen after the accident, he was rescued by 2 persons and all belongings handed over to family’: Uttarakhand police

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Uttarakhand Police deny reports that belongings of Rishabh Pant were stolen after his car crashed
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Opinions

Columnist with Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint and Harper Collins author dehumanises PM Modi and his ailing mother

Amit Kelkar -
Amit Schandillia dehumanised PM Modi and his mother after he visited his ailing mother in Ahmedabad hospital on Wednesday.
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News Reports

Remembering Heeraben Modi: The pillar in the life of PM Narendra Modi

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“In my Mother’s life story, I see the penance, sacrifice, and contribution of India’s matrushakti", PM Modi had said about his mother Heeraben Modi
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News Reports

Govt of India achieves the goal of operationalising 1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres by the end of 2022

OpIndia Staff -
1,50,000 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) have been operationalised before the 31st December deadline
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News Reports

Telangana: Devotees hold protest over Bairi Naresh’s derogatory remarks on Lord Ayyappa

OpIndia Staff -
Protests swept Telangana after Bairi Naresh made disparaging remarks against Lord Ayyappa, stirring massive outrage.
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News Reports

NIA arrests PFI hit squad trainer and high court advocate Mohammed Mubarak in Kerala, weapons recovered

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NIA has arrested a practicing Kerala High Court advocate and Popular Front of India (PFI) Martial Arts and Hit Squad Trainer Mohammed Mubarak
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News Reports

Mumbai: Mount Mary church receives attack threat from Lashkar-e-Taiba, mother of a ‘mentally challenged’ claims her child sent it

OpIndia Staff -
The Mount Mary church received another email in which a woman claimed that her 'mentally challenged child' had sent the threat email.
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