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UK: Dobby the house elf’s ‘grave’ at a beach in Wales allowed to stay, as long as Harry Potter fans stop giving him socks

OpIndia Staff -
Dobby's grave has been marked with decorated pebbles, endearing messages, and dozens of mismatched socks, just as the house elf loved them. Thousands of Potterheads, as Harry Potter fans call themselves, visit the grave every year.
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News Reports

‘Fear regime in Kerala under Pinarayi Vijayan’: Governor Arif Mohammad Khan

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan described the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government as a fear regime.
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News Reports

Air pollution worsens in Delhi with increasing stubble burning, demand to shut down schools grows as average AQI nears 500

OpIndia Staff -
People in Delhi complain of respiratory illness due to air pollution as AQI plunges to 'severe' and ‘hazardous’ categories
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News Reports

2000 Red Fort attack: SC rejects review petition of convicted LeT terrorist Mohammad Arif, upholds death penalty

OpIndia Staff -
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq, prime accused in 2000 Red Fort terrorist attack, was awarded death penalty in 2005
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Opinions

The Wire and its ignominy: What went wrong, its impact and how it should be

Rajan Laad -
It is a time of considerable ignominy for The Wire. The organization was compelled to make not one but two retractions of major news stories it broke.
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News Reports

Gujarat poll dates announced: Voting to take place in two phases on December 1 and 5, counting to take place on December 8

OpIndia Staff -
The commission said that around 51,782 polling stations would be set up across 182 Assembly Constituencies in Gujarat to ensure a hassle-free comfortable voting experience.
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News Reports

Farmers in other parts of India don’t burn stubble at this scale, read why Punjab parali is choking Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Stubble burning incidents are rooted in a decision taken by state governments to discourage farmers from using ground water
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News Reports

Is AAP lying? LG says they received no request from Delhi govt to extend ‘Dilli ki Yogshala’ program beyond 31st Oct

OpIndia Staff -
The Aam Aadmi Party has initiated a new offensive against Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena by utilising the 'Dilli Ki Yogshala' program
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News Reports

Subramanian Swamy is a Z category protectee, security arrangements for him are adequate: Centre tells Delhi High Court

OpIndia Staff -
Subramanian Swamy filed a petition with the Delhi HC on October 27 alleging that the Centre has not made proper security arrangements for him at his private residence.
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News Reports

UN Security Council: India abstains from voting on Russian resolution seeking an investigation into alleged bio-weapons in Ukraine

OpIndia Staff -
The motion, which was sponsored by Russia, sought to form a commission to probe Moscow's claims that the US and Ukraine are conducting "military biological activities" in Ukrainian laboratories
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News Reports

‘We are sitting idle, no complaints of corruption in Goa in last few years’: State CBI chief encourages people to come forward and report...

OpIndia Staff -
CBI is currently prosecuting 80 cases of corruption in the state while only eight cases are under investigation.
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Opinions

As much as I admire the ongoing torture of the Left by Elon Musk, here is his massive handicap that he might need to...

Ganesh R -
If you recall my earlier article on Elon Musk, I said that India should not accept his unreasonable terms and offer any special deal to Tesla just to get him to sell in India.
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Politics

Congress giving up on Gujarat already? The Grand Old Party casts aspersions on Election Commission ahead of state polls

Nirwa Mehta -
As Election Commission announces dates for the upcoming state assembly elections in Gujarat, Congress has already started its attack on the institution.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Statue of symbolic warrior woman vandalized in Islamabad

OpIndia Staff -
Unknown individuals vandalised a statue of a symbolic woman warrior in the Kachnar Park of Islamabad, Pakistan.
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News Reports

Bangladesh accuses Virat Kohli of ‘fake fielding’ and influencing umpires in India’s tense victory in T20 World Cup

OpIndia Staff -
Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan complained that the on-field umpires had overlooked an instance of "fake fielding" by Virat Kohli.
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News Reports

As AAP blames the Centre for pollution, here is how Kejriwal cannot escape the responsibilities

OpIndia Staff -
Contrary to allegations by AAP, Centre's panel on pollution said Punjab Government failed to deploy measures to control stubble burning in state.
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News Reports

BJP leader Kapil Mishra recreates Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ song to highlight pollution in Delhi due to a ‘useless CM’. Listen to the song

OpIndia Staff -
In a tweet, Mishra exposes the apathy of Delhi government as well as Punjab government to control the stubble burning fires which lead to intense pollution over the northern India, particularly the national capital region.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Youth Ziaur Rahman assaulted after he entered a girl’s house in the night, the girl Tanu commits suicide after he dies of...

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim boy Ziaur Rahman beaten by family of Tanu alleging that he was molesting her, but Tanu committed suicide after his death
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News Reports

2nd November 1990: The day when Mulayam Singh Yadav ordered to open fire at karsevaks protesting for Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Mulayam Singh Yadav was UP CM in November 1990 when the police opened fire at karsevaks protesting for Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Man arrested for removing bolt from pandal of PM Narendra Modi’s public meeting in Tharad

OpIndia Staff -
After the video of a man removing a bolt from pandal of PM Modi's meeting in Gujarat went viral, the man has been arrested
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News Reports

Devesh Kumar of Meta Vs The Wire saga denies being ‘mentally disturbed’ as claimed by the portal, says he is cooperating with police

OpIndia Staff -
Devesh Kumar said, "I am not mentally unstable. This is the first time something like this is happening in my life."
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News Reports

WC T20: Pakistanis attack umpire Marais Erasmus as India clinch thriller against Bangladesh, diminishing Pakistan’s chances of qualifications

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistanis targeted Marais Erasmus after India secured a close win against Bangladesh, taking them closer to the semis.
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News Reports

Kerala Human sacrifice: Son of victim waits for mortal remains of mother, accuses Pinarayi Vijayan govt of apathy

OpIndia Staff -
Son of Kerala Human sacrifice victim has written a letter to CM stating that he has been struggling to survive without work and money
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News Reports

Haryana: 11-year-old Hindu girl raped by 32-year-old Sajid from Mewat, was sexually exploited for months

OpIndia Staff -
Sajid was nabbed by Faridabad's Sector 65 Crime Branch and Mahila Thana Police. According to the police, Sajid has been charged under Section 506 of the IPC and the POCSO Act.
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News Reports

Devesh Kumar, who is now being blamed by The Wire, had been in left-wing activism for a long. Read how

Anurag -
Devesh Kumar, Ayushman and The Wire kept on building a story based on an app that never existed
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World

North Korea fires 23 missiles, one landing off the South Korean coast for the first time; Seoul responds with counter missiles

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this year, North Korea fired missiles over Japan, ringing alarm bells in Tokyo and Washington over Pyongyang's continued escalation.
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News Reports

Arunachal Pradesh: Modi Government approves naming of Hollongi Greenfield Airport in Itanagar as Donyi Polo Airport

OpIndia Staff -
Donyi Polo reflects the people's reverence for the Sun and the Moon and the state's traditions and rich cultural heritage.
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News Reports

Selling girls for sex in Rajasthan: Report details powerful prostitution racket in 4 districts, police, local administration aware and even complicit

OpIndia Staff -
A series of investigative reports by Hindi daily Bhaskar details the targeting, purchase and sexual exploitation of minor girls rampant in 4 districts of Rajasthan. Caste Panchayats are reportedly complicit in the crime.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: ED attaches 28 immovable properties worth Rs 10.12 crore of slain gangster Vikas Dubey, his aides

OpIndia Staff -
ED had launched a money laundering investigation against gangster Vikas Dubey based on an FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police
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Editor's picks

Freedom House, that downgraded India to ‘partly free’ and cited The Wire reports, fails to retract its pronouncements even after Tek Fog reports are...

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire withdrew its Tek Fog reports from public viewing after it was discovered the stories written on Meta that involved same team as Tek Fog, had fabricated documents and evidence
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News Reports

The truth about the Morbi tragedy survivor’s ‘bandage changed to plaster for Modi visit’ fake news spread by usual suspects

OpIndia Staff -
Morbi bridge collapse survivor Ashwin revealed that plaster was put up on his leg after the doctors found fracture in X-ray
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News Reports

As Pooja Bhatt joins Rahul Gandhi in ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, here’s a throwback to the time when her father praised hate preacher Zakir Naik

OpIndia Staff -
Pooja Bhatt is daughter of film director Mahesh Bhatt and sister of Rahul Bhatt, the man who had links with 26/11 terrorist.
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News Reports

Morbi Bridge Collapse: Morbi and Rajkot Bar Associations decide not to represent nine accused from the Oreva Group

OpIndia Staff -
Morbi and Rajkot Bar Association ave decided not to defend nine arrested accused of Oreva company in Morbi Bridge collapse incidcent
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News Reports

From ‘OMG cringe’ to ‘hope it is not anti-Pak or Islamophobic’, fans react as SRK drops Pathaan trailer on his birthday

OpIndia Staff -
Shah Rukh Khan shared the trailer of his upcoming movie Pathaan, an action-packed thriller, on his 57th birthday on November 2.
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Crime

Praveen Nettaru murder case: NIA declares cash rewards for information on 4 absconding PFI members

OpIndia Staff -
NIA announces Rs 5 lakh each for information on the two accused and Rs 2 lakh each for two other accused in Praveen Nettaru murder
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News Reports

Bloomberg retracts column on Tek Fog, but the other publications like WaPo, Print which used syndicated feed, continue to peddle Tek Fog lies

Anurag -
While some of the media houses have retracted Tek Fog stories after they were proven to be false, many continue to peddle the lies.
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News Reports

Illegal mining: ED summons Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in money laundering case, asks to appear on Nov 3

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, ED, in this case, has already arrested political close aide of CM Hemant Soren, Pankaj Mishra. Mishra who currently is in judicial custody was arrested on July 19 this year.
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News Reports

Morbi bridge collapse: ‘It was God’s will’, says Oreva manager as Police alleges poor bridge maintenance, rusted cables

OpIndia Staff -
"The bridge was on a cable, and no oiling or greasing of the cable was done. No documentation of what works and how it was done has been maintained. The material procured/used, if its quality was checked, remains to be probed", the officer maintained.
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World

Benjamin Netanyahu to return as Israel Prime Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Benjamin Netanyahu's government was toppled last year and he had vowed to come back to power as soon as possible.
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News Reports

Musk says Twitter Blue will cost $8 per month, Blue check verification badge among other features included: Read Details

Anurag -
Media houses have reported that Blue Tick on Twitter will cost $8 which is misleading. Blue Tick or verified badge will only be a part of Twitter Blue which is a set of services.
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News Reports

Anti-Hindu professor Chris Allen, appointed to conduct ‘independent inquiry’ into Leicester violence, steps down after Hindu organisations protest

OpIndia Staff -
Chris Allen, 52, is an associate professor at the University of Leicester. He is an expert on 'Islamophobia, hate, and extremism,' according to his Twitter profile (which has now been deleted).
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Opinions

As The Wire scapegoats Devesh over its Meta fiasco, here is why Siddharth Varadarajan is equally responsible for its forgery and fraud

Anurag -
Siddharth Varadarajan cannot wash his hands of Meta fiasco after The Wire retracted its reports amid allegations of forgery.
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News Reports

Kerala airport closes its runway and suspends all flights for five hours to allow passage to Lord Padmanabhaswamy’s procession

OpIndia Staff -
According to the traditional practice, the processional idols of the temple deities are carried to the sea behind the airport for a holy dip twice a year in a ceremonial march.
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News Reports

Usual suspects peddle misinformation to insinuate victims were planted ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Morbi: Here’s the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Several left-liberals took to Twitter to insinuate that victims are planted in hospitals ahead of PM Modi's visit to Morbi.
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Government and Policy

How the Modi government spearheaded the largest disinvestment initiatives in Indian history: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The Modi government is planning to rid itself of loss-making assets and maintain a 'minimum presence' in only strategic sectors.
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News Reports

Bihar: Maulana forces Dalit youth to spit and lick over an affair with a Muslim girl, police refrains from invoking SC/ST Act against the...

राहुल पाण्डेय -
In the video that had gone viral, a Maulana is seen forcing a Dalit youth to spit and lick over his affair with a Muslim girl.
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OpIndia Explains

I listened to The Wire’s ‘tech team’ talk about Tek Fog absurdity for over 90 minutes so you don’t have to

Nirwa Mehta -
The Wire's Devesh Kumar, Ayushman Kaul and Siddharth Varadarajan had spoken to their readers and answered their questions on 'Tek Fog', a super secret app they 'investigated which does not exist.
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World

China inches closer to launching its own space station as the final module completes docking with Tiangong

OpIndia Staff -
China launched the third and final module of its space station named Tiangong space station on Monday.
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Entertainment

Comedian James Corden called out for plagiarism for copying a Ricky Gervais joke word by word

OpIndia Staff -
British comedian James Corden has been called out for copying a joke from fellow British comedian Ricky Gervais word by word during his Late Late Night Show.
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News Reports

When former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi held a hanky to her nose while visiting the Machchhu dam disaster site in 1979

OpIndia Staff -
In 2017, Modi recalled how the then PM Indira Gandhi had visited the disaster-stricken Morbi district in Gujarat holding a hanky to her nose.
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