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Lachit Borphukan: The hero of the 1671 Battle of Saraighat against the Mughals and preserver of Northeast Indian civilisation

Virender Kapoor -
Lachit Borphukan foiled Mughal bids to capture North East India, most notably in the battle of Saraighat in 1671.
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News Reports

Suitcase with badly decomposed body parts found in Faridabad, Police suspects a link with Shraddha Walkar murder

OpIndia Staff -
Suitcase with torso and limbs killed months ago found in Faridabad, police suspect it can be linked to Shraddha Walker murder
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News Reports

Richa Chadha draws support from Pakistan after being supported by Congress leaders and employees of a propaganda portal edited by a US citizen

OpIndia Staff -
Richa Chadha drew support from a Pakistani media outlet which hailed her for her Galwan jibe against Indian Army.
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News Reports

Controversial Chinese ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqe, who had instigated the Oli govt against India, transferred to Indonesia

OpIndia Staff -
Hou Yanqi had hatched conspiracies against India in many ways by growing closeness with former Prime Minister of Nepal KP Sharma Oli.
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News Reports

Elon Musk announces the launch of blue, grey and gold verification badges on Twitter, authentication to be mandatory

OpIndia Staff -
Elon Musk has confirmed verification badges will be activated only after authentication, which he describes as "painful but necessary."
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News Reports

‘Colour grey hair; no pearls, big bindi, religious threads allowed’: Air India issues new grooming guidelines for cabin crew

OpIndia Staff -
Air India issued a circular regarding the revised image and uniform guidelines, for both male and female crew members.
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News Reports

‘Muslims imitating Christians will be punished on judgment day’: Deoband Maulana Abdul Qasmi calls birthday celebrations ‘Haram’

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Qasmi said that Muslims should not celebrate because it is not permitter in Islam, and only Christians celebrate it
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News Reports

Rising Jihadi violence in Nigeria: Muslim herders attack farmers of Eha Amufu communities, burn houses, kill at least 10 including women and children

OpIndia Staff -
Armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen launched a dastardly attack on farmers in their farm settlements at Agu-Amede and Mgbuji communities in Eha Amufu, Nigeria
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News Reports

Richa Chadha saga: After hailing Rihanna, Trudeau over farm protests, liberals attack Akshay Kumar with ‘foreigner’ jibe for standing up for Army

OpIndia Staff -
Akshay Kumar attracted the wrath of insufferably hypocritical 'liberals', who had drooled over Trudeau's comments on farm laws
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News Reports

Supreme Court issues notice to Center on pleas seeking legalization of same-sex marriages under Special Marriage Act

OpIndia Staff -
The petitioners contended that although Section 4 of the Special Marriage Act allows any two people to conduct a marriage ceremony, the accompanying restrictions in sub-Section (c) limit its application to only males and females.
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News Reports

‘Our history was distorted under a colonial conspiracy’: PM Modi at 400th birth anniversary celebration of Lachit Borphukan

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Indian history was distorted under a conspiracy during the colonial era
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Opinions

Good governance during a natural calamity: How we can find ways to alleviate the adverse effects

Guest Author -
Karnataka displayed some strong management skills during COVID - other natural disasters have also managed with alacrity
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Fact-Check

Rahul Gandhi claims RSS helped the Britishers when they hanged tribal leaders Tantya Mama and Birsa Munda: Here’s the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi accused RSS of conspiring with the British even though it came into existence 36 years after Mama's death.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: BJP posts video, says ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised during ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Khargone, Congress claims video doctored

OpIndia Staff -
Congress' general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh responded to the allegations put forth by Malviya and said that the video was doctored.
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News Reports

Will Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM get support in Muslim majority seats of Surat? Here is an OpIndia Ground Report

મેઘલસિંહ પરમાર -
OpIndia obtained details from the ground to know how AIMIM is performing in both the seats of Surat and especially among Muslim voters.
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News Reports

Delhi HC restrains infringement of Amitabh Bachchan’s personality rights after he moved court against WhatsApp scammers using his name: Here is what it means

OpIndia Staff -
Amitabh Bachchan approached the Delhi HC seeking protection of his personality rights as scammers were using his name and images
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News Reports

‘India will be on fire’: Maulana Sajid Rashidi threatens after Uttarakhand govt decides to modernise madarsas

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Sajid Rashidi, earlier tried to corner the Uttar Pradesh government for surveying the unrecognised madarsas. On September 14, he urged madarsa authorities to welcome state surveying authorities with slippers and shoes.
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News Reports

Netizens slam cosmetic brand Mamaearth for defending anti-Army tweet of actress Richa Chadha, Congress leader tries to rescue Chadha too

OpIndia Staff -
Social media users accused the cosmetic brand of desperately trying to justify the now-deleted tweet of Richa Chadha.
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News Reports

US govt agency USCIRF uses Tek Fog to allege a lack of religious freedom in India, a month after the fake story was withdrawn...

OpIndia Staff -
USCIRF under US govt publishes a report on Religious Freedom Conditions in India mentioning Tek Fog after it was withdrawn by Wire
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News Reports

‘Jihadis will behead you, it is Allah’s order’: Bihar Professor receives ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ threat letter, accused of abusing Muslim women

OpIndia Staff -
Prem Mohan Mishra, a professor at Lalit Narayan Mithila University, said he had received 'Sar Tan Se Juda' threat letter.
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News Reports

‘No one can stop us from correcting history’: Amit Shah encourages scholars to free Indian history from distortions

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah encouraged scholars to conduct studies about 30 great Indian civilisations and 300 soldiers who fought valiantly.
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News Reports

Delhi Vigilance Directorate recommends probe into ₹1300 crore scam in construction of classrooms by AAP government

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi vigilance directorate has recommended a probe by a specialized agency into the alleged irregularities and corruption in the construction of 2,405 classrooms in 194 govt schools in Delhi.
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World

Club Q shooter claims he is ‘non-binary’, Wokes who claimed gender identity must be respected and trusted, start to doubt his identity

OpIndia Staff -
Primary suspect in Colorado Springs nightclub (Club Q) shooting, Anderson Lee Aldrich, submitted before court that he was non-binary
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Opinions

Judicial overreach? Every constitutional lacuna is not for the Judiciary to fill: Why contempt accused Prashant Bhushan’s latest petition is problematic

Saket Suryesh -
The Constitutional Bench is sitting to hear on the matter of the process of selection of Election Commissioners by Prashant Bhushan
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News Reports

UN Committee calls for probe into brazen human rights abuse against Muslims in Xinjiang under the Chinese government

OpIndia Staff -
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on the Chinese Govt to immediately investigate all allegations of human rights violations against Muslims in Xinjiang.
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News Reports

India invites Egypt President El Sisi as Chief Guest on Republic Day: Govt’s efforts to strengthen political, military relations with Cairo

OpIndia Staff -
In September 2016, President Sisi had visited India. Sisi also met PM Modi in October 2015 at the Third India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi. Both leaders also had met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York the same year.
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News Reports

Shraddha murder: Aftab Amin Poonawala used multiple weapons to dismember Shraddha Walkar’s body

OpIndia Staff -
On November 14, the Delhi Police solved the six-month-old murder case and arrested Aftab Amin Poonawala for murdering her, and chopping her body into pieces.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Hindu students wear ‘Namabali’ after school allows Hijab wearing students entry, asks Hindu students to respect ‘dress code’ to ‘diffuse tension’

OpIndia Staff -
Scuffle broke out between two groups of students over wearing religious attire to school in Howrah, West Bengal
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News Reports

Mangaluru blast: Islamic Resistance Council claims responsibility, says ‘Hindutva temple’, a bastion of ‘saffron terrorists’ was their target

OpIndia Staff -
Mangaluru Police ADGP Alok Kumar has stated that the police is verifying the authenticity of the note issued by the Islamic Resistance Council, as well as the alleged outfit's background and activities.
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News Reports

Family of Dalit sisters raped and killed in Lakhimpur left to fend for themselves, stuck making rounds of court, cheques from UP Congress bounce:...

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MLA Virendra Chaudhary gave a cheque of Rs 1 lakh and the UP Congress Committee gave a cheque of Rs 2 lakh.
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News Reports

Jama Masjid revokes the ban on entry of women without male companions after LG VK Saxena intervened, notices removed

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena asked Shahi Imam Bukhari to revoke the order banning women's access to the Jama Masjid.
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News Reports

‘Sachin Pilot is Gaddar, can’t be made the CM’, says Ashot Gehlot, Pilot responds by posting pictures with Gandhis at Bharat Jodo Yatra

OpIndia Staff -
Ashok Gehlot alleged that the 2020 revolt by Sachin Pilot camp was funded by BJP, and Amit Shah led it
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News Reports

Death of Disha Salian was accidental, concludes CBI, Narayan Rane alleges ‘clean up’ was done before CBI got the case

OpIndia Staff -
There is no indication that she was murdered. It was just an accident, said CBI probing the death of Disha Salian
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Muskan Khatun embraced Hinduism, married Ram in a Hindu temple, now receiving death threats from her family

OpIndia Staff -
In October, the couple reached a local court to register their marriage, however, the family members of Muskan Khatun got to know about this and reached the court premises and assaulted her.
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News Reports

Richa Chadha was invited to Ladakh International Music Festival, praised the Army, but is now mocking the sacrifice of soldiers in Galwan

OpIndia Staff -
On November 23, Richa Chadha mocked the Indian Army in a tweet in response to a statement from the Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command of the Indian Army that they are prepared to take back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir if the government issues such an order.
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News Reports

Pakistan PM picks Pulwama attack architect and former ISI chief Asim Munir as next Army Chief, Imran Khan says president will discuss with him...

OpIndia Staff -
Lt Gen Asim Munir was the chief of ISI when India witnessed the Pulwama terror attack in February 2019.
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News Reports

“Those who are dreaming that CAA won’t be implemented are wrong”: What Amit Shah said at Times Now Summit

OpIndia Staff -
“CAA, NRC has not been put in the cold freezer. CAA is a law, and it cannot be changed now", Amit Shah said
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UK scientists had shut down Covid lab leak theory despite knowing it may be true: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Reports suggest that experts in the United Kingdom aided in stopping the covid lab leak theory and dismissed it despite knowing that it is a possibility..
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News Reports

Delhi HC refuses to quash trial against Tahir Hussain in PMLA case linked to 2020 Delhi riots

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi HC declined to vacate a trial court ruling against Tahir Hussain, in a money laundering case related to the 2020 North-East Delhi Riots
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News Reports

Police complaint filed against actress Richa Chadha for mocking Indian Army and martyrs of Galwan clash

OpIndia Staff -
Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit has sought legal action against actor Rich Chadha for mocking the Indian Army and martyrs of the Galwan clash
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News Reports

Gujarat Elections: Rs 75 lakh cash seized from car in Surat, search on for Congress leader BM Sandeep who ran away from Police

OpIndia Staff -
The inspection began at about 11.30 pm when the car MH 04 ES 9907 arrived. The police detained the driver and two more people, but one of them got away and fled the scene. The one who fled the scene later was identified as BM Sandeep from Karnataka.
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News Reports

Tipu Sultan book banned to ‘not offend Muslim sentiments’, judge had earlier granted interim bail to the girl with ‘Free Kashmir’ placard during anti-CAA...

OpIndia Staff -
Sessions court judge JR Mendonca had previously granted interim bail to Nalini Balakumar, who held a ‘Free Kashmir’ placard during anti-CAA protests
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News Reports

‘Girls do improper acts after giving time to boys’, Delhi’s Jama Masjid bans entry of ‘unaccompanied women’

OpIndia Staff -
The Jama Masjid in its order mentioned that females will be permitted to enter the Mosque only with their husbands or family members.
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Entertainment

Daughter of deceased actor Siddhaanth Suryavanshi alleges mistreatment of her father by the woman he married in 2017 in an emotional message

OpIndia Staff -
Diza posted an Instagram story where she spoke about Siddhaanth Suryavanshi being in an abusive relationship and being mistreated by the lady he married in 2017.
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Entertainment

Richa Chadha brazens out her ‘Galwan says hi’ jibe on the Indian Army with a half-hearted apology amid boycott calls for Fukrey 3

OpIndia Staff -
Before issuing the half-hearted apology, Richa Chadha deleted her tweet and had also locked her account for some time.
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Crime

Rajasthan: Anjali shot by husband Abdul Lateef’s brother over interfaith marriage in Murlipura

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, accused Aziz had threatened Anjali and Lateef in December last year that they will have to pay the price for their interfaith marriage.
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News Reports

Former Pakistani minister Ch Fawad Hussain claims he will turn India to ‘Endia’ over PoK remark, gets befitting replies

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's ex-Science and Technology Minister Fawad Chaudhry sought to scare India with dire consequences, but Indians mocked him instead
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Social Media

Print columnist Dilip Mandal starts ‘Casteist BCCI’ trend as Surya Kumar Yadav is rested during Bangladesh ODIs, blames commentator Shastri for it

OpIndia Staff -
Someone who doesn't even know that Shastri stopped being an Indian coach quite a while back commenting on cricket is laughable as it is, but Mandal also accused BCCI of casteism for keeping Sanju Samson out of the ODI squad.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand government to modernise madarsas, decides to implement dress code, NCERT syllabus

OpIndia Staff -
Uttarakhand's madarsas have been asked to register with the state education board within a month or risk closure
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News Reports

Will Elon Musk release Twitter internal discussions to censor NY Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story before US elections? Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Musk favoured making public all internal communication at Twitter that led to the decision of restricting the NY Post story on Hunter Biden just before the US elections.
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