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‘Structural violence, built-in-hierarchy and susceptible to abuse’: Anti-Brahmin activist demonises Yoga in her latest tirade

Dibakar Dutta -
"There are lot of Yoga traditions that try to sexually control the body in this idea of like purity and pollution," claimed Thenmozhi Soundararajan.
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News Reports

Hum uski ‘aukat’ batana chahtein hain: Congress leader Madhusudan Mistry makes derogatory remark against PM Modi, BJP hits back

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Congress leader made the distasteful remark against PM Modi when he was asked about Congress manifesto promise to rename the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad to Sardar Patel Stadium
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Cricket

‘Aap mein aur hum mein fark yehi hai’: Irfan Pathan gives a befitting reply to Pakistan PM over his tweet mocking India’s exit from...

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Irfan Pathan slammed Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif over his petty tweet mocking India over its exit from T20 WC.
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News Reports

Ganga Vilas Cruise: World’s longest river cruise set to sail from Varanasi to Dibrugarh in January, to cover 4000 km in 50 days

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Ganga Vilas Cruise will depart from Varanasi on January 10 and arrive in Dibrugarh in Assam on March 1, through Kolkata and Sundarbans
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Entertainment

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan stopped by Customs at Mumbai Airport, made to pay over Rs 6 lakh duty on expensive watches

OpIndia Staff -
The exact cost of the watches in Shah Rukh Khan luggage amounted to Rs 17,56,500. The star had to pay Rs 6,87,000 duty on that.
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World

SL cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka repeatedly choked victim while sexually assaulting her: All you need to know about the Sydney rape case

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Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka is facing rape charges after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her.
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News Reports

Nepal: 38 Indians working as bonded labourers in a brick factory rescued, handed over to SSB

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These laborers hailed from Uttar Pradesh. They were handed over to the Sashastra Seema Bal at Bairganiya in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district.
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News Reports

Karnataka: ‘If Tanveer Seth installs statue of Tipu Sultan, will demolish it like Babri’, says Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik

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Pramod Muthalik said, "How you can install a statue of Tipu Sultan? It is an anti-religious statement according to Islam. Muslims will hang Tanveer Seth for making such statements."
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News Reports

Punjab: Unavailability of ambulance forces Dera Bassi couple to ferry their ill son in a cart 16 km away to a hospital in Chandigarh

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The Dera Bassi couple ferried their son in a cart after the '108' helpline told them that they had no ambulance available.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Student Himank Bansal beaten up and forced to chant Allah-hu-Akbar in college hostel, complaint filed

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As per the complaint by Himank Bansal, 15 to 20 guys burst into his hostel room and beat him up while accusing him of hurting religious sentiments.
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News Reports

Malegaon: Hindu groups protest against the kidnapping of a minor tribal girl, family suspect Imran Sheikh and the ‘love jihad’ motive behind the abduction

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Hindu groups protested outside Malegaon police station over the kidnapping of a tribal girl & slammed them over inaction.
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Economy and Finance

Adani Group to launch open offer to acquire an additional 26% share in NDTV on November 22, will raise Adani’s total stake above 55%

OpIndia Staff -
The Adani Group has declared an open offer to purchase another 26% interest in NDTV commencing November 22.
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News Reports

Congress leader Abhay Thipsay, who had defended Nirav Modi in UK court, joins Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’

OpIndia Staff -
Abhay Thipsay, who joined Congress in 2018, appeared as a defence witness for Nirav Modi in a UK court in 2020
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News Reports

Love Jihad in Jharkhand: Abducted minor girl’s mother accuses Shahid Ansari of kidnapping, says he is forcing her to convert and marry him

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The mother of the victim has alleged that Shahid Ansari has kidnapped her daughter and forcing her to convert her religion.
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Politics

Telangana CM KCR throws a tantrum, skips PM Modi event in the state as the invitation did not come directly from the PMO

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Reddy stated that Union Health and Family Welfare and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had written to KCR personally inviting him to the RFCL inauguration. 
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Politics

Himachal Pradesh Elections: It is once again BJP vs Congress as AAP disappears mid-campaigning

OpIndia Staff -
Himachal Pradesh is famous for oscillating between Congress and BJP, as no party has been able to secure consecutive victories since Virbhadra Singh led Congress in 1985.
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News Reports

Remembering terror victims: 33 years since the massacre of 19 Hindu students by Khalistani terrorists in Punjab

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19 students were killed by Khalistani terrorists at Thapar Engineering College in Patiala in the night of 10 November 1989
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News Reports

‘Twitter Blue’ blues: Stocks of ‘Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals’ plummet after fake verified account tweets about offering free insulin. Here is what happened

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Notably, a verified Twitter account posing as Eli Lilly tweeted Thursday afternoon, "We are excited to announce that insulin is now free."
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Nikah Halala ends in gang rape as husband’s brother, Islam, refuses to divorce the woman. Read details

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The woman in the complaint said that based on the suggestion of Islamic cleric Guddu Haji, Salman made her marry his younger brother
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News Reports

Sculptor Arun Yogiraj accuses ‘The Hindu’ of not crediting him for the chiselling of Netaji statue at Kartavya Path: Here is what we know...

OpIndia Staff -
A tweet posted by the Ministry of Culture on September 13 also appreciated Arun Yogiraj for his "breathtaking" work over a span of 75 days.
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News Reports

Sukesh Chandrashekhar drops another letter bombshell: Arvind Kejriwal used his money for paid article in American paper about Delhi’s education model

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Earlier, Chandrashekhar had confessed to providing Rs 10 crore as “protection money” to incarcerated Aam Aadmi Party minister Satyendar Jain.
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News Reports

Here is how Pentecostal Pastors are leading Christian conversion menace in Punjab: From police officer pastors to ambitions of ‘largest Church in Asia

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The reality of conversions to Christianity in Punjab is widely known, but it has received little attention
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Political History of India

His father wanted him to be a ‘Pir’, but Nehru made him India’s first education minister: Read how Abul Kalam Azad distorted history to...

Jhankar Mohta -
Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of India, exalted Mughals and attempted to whitewash their sins by obfuscating history.
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News Reports

Another big blow to Uddhav Thackeray, senior party MP Gajanan Kirtikar joins the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena MP Gajanan Kirtikar joined the Eknath Shinde faction of the party on Friday evening
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News Reports

E-Nuggets gaming app fraud case: ED freezes Bitcoins worth Rs 22.82 crores in a raid on Binance Crypto Exchange

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ED freezes 150.22 Bitcoins worth Rs 22.82 Crore in a raid on Binance Crypto Exchange in E-Nuggets gaming app fraud case
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World

Pig heads and banners: Why South Koreans are objecting to the construction of a mosque by immigrant Muslims in Daegu

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The locals in Daegu city of South Korea feared that a mosque would exacerbate the demography change in the neighbourhood.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad arrested for stopping a show of movie ‘Har Har Mahadev’ in Thane

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NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad arrested by Vartak Nagar police in Thane for stopping the show of Marathi film 'Har Har Mahadev'
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News Reports

As Congress outrages about the release of Rajiv Gandhi’s killers, here’s how Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter and the Gandhi siblings sought a pardon

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The Congress party on Friday criticised the SC over its decision to release former PM Rajiv Gandhi's killers.
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News Reports

Supreme Court extends bail granted to Godhra Train Carnage convict Abdul Rehman Abdul Majid till March 2023

OpIndia Staff -
The bail of Godhra Train Carnage convict Abdul Raheman Abdul Majid extended by Supreme Court till March 2024
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Tourism minister threatens Hindu seers protesting against illegal mining and stone crushers in Bharatpur

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Seers in Rajasthan have intensified their protests against illegal mining and stone crushing in Bharatpur district
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News Reports

Kerala: Missing doctor from Kasargod found dead after Muslim League leaders had threatened him in his clinic, Hindu groups demand strict action

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According to a report by Organiser, the doctor had received threats from leaders of the Muslim League and some other locals to extend support to another dental hospital recently opened in town. The doctor had also received extortion threats and was forced to shut his clinic or face threatening consequences, as per the report.
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News Reports

Delhi: 10-year-old girl molested inside a mosque in Maujpur, accused Mohammed Arman arrested

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24-year-old Mohammed Arman arrested for molesting a 10-year-old girl in a mosque in Delhi's Maujpur
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News Reports

Hindus contribute 40% of donations for Ayodhya Mosque against 30% by Muslims which was declared haram by Islamists, construction yet to start

OpIndia Staff -
Around 40 percent of the donations received by Ayodhya Masjid Trust were given by Hindus, while Muslims have only contributed 30 percent.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi conjures up a 100kg heavy RSS leader during his Kedarnath PR stunt in 2015: Here is what he said then and saying...

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In 2015, Rahul Gandhi said that he opted for trekking to the Kedarnath shrine out of respect for the victims of 2013 floods.
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News Reports

Kejriwal lists 10 promises for Delhi MCD elections, claims poll dates are planned so that his time gets divided between Gujarat, Himachal and Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal said, "This time BJP will not get more than 20 seats in the MCD elections. I can give it in writing if you ask me so."
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News Reports

‘Event was scheduled on public land’: Delhi HC denies permission for Maa Bhagwati Jagran despite permission from civic authorities

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The 'Mahila Hawkers Welfare Association' pointed out that the cops disrupted the event last year due to no prior imitation.
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News Reports

Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan and others brandish swords during the celebration of Islamic tyrant Tipu Sultan’s Jayanti

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Notably, Tipu Sultan, the Islamic tyrant has been a source of contention in the state, particularly since 2015, when the BJP and the Congress fought over the need to commemorate the 18th-century ruler's birth anniversary.
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News Reports

UPSC coaching centre Drishti IAS Managing Director compares Hindu Goddesses Sita to dog-licked food, brainwashes students against Hinduism

Jhankar Mohta -
UPSC coaching centre Drishti IAS has landed in trouble after a video of its managing director mocking Hindu god and goddesses has gone viral on social media
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News Reports

Supreme Court suspends sentence imposed on YouTuber Savukku Shankar by Madras High Court for contempt of court

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Supreme Court suspended YouTuber Savukku Shankar's six-month prison sentence imposed by the Madras High Court for contempt of court
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News Reports

Supreme Court orders premature release of Nalini Sriharan, R P Ravichandran and 4 other convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination

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With the release of Nalini Sriharan, R P Ravichandran and 4 others, all surviving convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case have been released
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News Reports

After flagging Indian cough syrup for deaths of children in Gambia, WHO fails to provide documents to Govt, investigation delayed: Details

OpIndia Staff -
On October 31, the Medicine Control Agency of Gambia informed that they did not find any link between the deaths and the cough syrups.
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News Reports

Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022: BJP out with the first list, 160 names announced including Hardik Patel and Rivaba Jadeja. Details

OpIndia Staff -
The struggle for Gujarat has heated up, with the BJP and the AAP sprouting up as the top two competitors.
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Opinions

President Draupadi Murmu: Breaking a hundred glass ceilings

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India's first President from the tribal community, Draupadi Murmu represents limitless possibilities and a million dreams. She is a message to every little girl in this country that nothing is beyond their reach.
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News Reports

Assam: Executive Magistrate, SP, other cops and govt doctors arrested for protecting accused in rape and murder of a minor girl

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Senior govt officials arrested in Assam after they tried protect a rape and murder accused in exchange for money by terming it a suicide case
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News Reports

Elon Musk warns of Twitter going bankrupt amidst top executives quitting and cash burn

OpIndia Staff -
According to the report, Musk told Twitter employees that the cash burn needed to stop and that if the company did not generate more cash revenue, it may face bankruptcy.
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News Reports

SG Tushar Mehta at UNHRC slams Pakistan for raking Kashmir issue on the world stage, reiterates ‘J&K, Ladakh was, will always be India’s integral...

OpIndia Staff -
Tushar Mehta reply came after Pakistan's envoy broached the topic of Kashmir during his comments in the review process
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News Reports

Brussels: 2 police officers stabbed in a suspected terror attack, one dies, witnesses say attacker yelled ‘Allah-hu-Akbar’ while stabbing

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Belgian Police suspect that attack was a terror-related attack and anti-terrorist squad of the Belgian Police has taken over the investigation
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News Reports

TMC remodels ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore into party office, gets rapped by Calcutta High Court. Here is what we know so far

Dibakar Dutta -
The Calcutta High Court directed the administration of Rabindra Bharati University and the West Bengal government to protect the heritage building from being tampered.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Unlawfully constructed hotel of AIMIM leader Taufeeq Pradhan bulldozed by Bareilly Development Authority

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The Bareilly Development Authority demolished a lavish hotel owned by AIMIM politician Taufeeq Pradhan.
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News Reports

Delhi excise policy leaked to select liquor companies, Manish Sisodia and others changed 140 phones to destroy evidence: ED

OpIndia Staff -
ED has stated that the suspected individuals include all of the main accused, liquor barons, senior government officials, the Delhi excise minister, and others.
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