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Bandi Chhor Diwas: Read about the significance of Diwali in this Sikh festival

OpIndia Staff -
Sikhism has its roots in Hinduism and in recent years there have been attempts to create a wedge between the Hindu and Sikh community.
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Rana Ayyub celebrates Diwali, gets slammed by Islamists for committing ‘Shirk’

OpIndia Staff -
Rana Ayyub's attempt to safeguard the image of the extremists, whom she had been shielding for years, proved futile as the Instagram video was re-shared on Twitter.
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News Reports

How a ‘loyalty test’ and internal tiff led to the suicide of BDS student Vania Sheikh in Meerut

OpIndia Staff -
Vania Sheikh, a BDS student in Meerut jumped off the college building and later succumbed to her injuries. Her death was given a communal colour by usual propagandists.
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News Reports

How The Wire’s Tek Fog story, now withdrawn, was used to prove falling press freedom and democracy in India on global platforms

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Several international organisation, including Freedom House, RSF, cited Tek Fog story to tarnish India's reputation.
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News Reports

Noida thieves snatch the phone of ‘child activist’ Licipriya Kangujam while she was telling people not to burst crackers on Diwali

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Licypriya Kangujam's smartphone was snatched in Noida when she was giving advice against bursting crackers on Diwali.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal pats himself on the back for ‘least polluted air on Diwali in 7 years’ but does not give the full picture. Here...

Dibakar Dutta -
Due to the monsoon rains and delay in stubble burning activities, the air quality in Delhi was better off, unlike the previous years.
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News Reports

Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif killed in Kenya under suspicious circumstances, was facing FIRs for criticizing Sharif govt

OpIndia Staff -
Arshad Sharif was a vocal opponent of the present government and the country's leadership.
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World

Russia warns NATO countries that Ukraine may use ‘Dirty Nuclear Bomb’ during the war, Ukraine refutes allegations

OpIndia Staff -
In these calls, Defence Minister of Russia, Sergei Shoigu conveyed concerns about the possible provocation by Ukraine with the use of a dirty nuclear bomb.
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News Reports

Pakistani Hindu cricketer Danish Kaneria greets on Diwali, expresses wishes to pray at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Danish Kaneria has been regularly on the receiving end of the abuses owing to his Hindu identity and speaking out on Hindu persecution in Pakistan including his ill treatment by his teammates owing to his faith.
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News Reports

PM Modi lands in Kargil to celebrate Diwali, continues the trend of celebrating the festival with soldiers since assuming office

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PM Modi has been celebrating Diwali with the armed forces since he assumed office.
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News Reports

Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes down a Pakistani troll asking him to watch the “first three overs” of India-Pakistan match at T20 WC

OpIndia Staff -
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday tweeted that he celebrated Diwali by watching last three overs of match again.
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News Reports

Irony: Islamist outfit ‘Indian American Muslim Council’ finds the use of term ‘Hindu Americans’ divisive

OpIndia Staff -
HAF asked how an organisation with the words 'American Muslim' in it was objecting to the term 'Hindu American.'
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore cylinder blast a terrorist attack, accused has ISIS links, says TN BJP chief

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A 25-year-old man named Jamesha Mubin died on Sunday in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, after an LPG cylinder in his vehicle exploded. Another cylinder, ball bearings have been recovered from the damaged vehicle.
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News Reports

Pakistani fan does a ‘The Wire’, conjures up a quote by British commentator after a thrilling win by India in T20 World Cup

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A Pakistani fan attributed a fake quote to Nasser Hussain to raise aspersions on India's victory in T20 World Cup.
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News Reports

‘The Satanic Verses’ author Salman Rushdie loses vision in one eye, movement in one hand, was stabbed in New York in August

OpIndia Staff -
Author Salman Rushdie is best known for ‘The Satanic Verses‘, a book that led to death threats from Islamists around the world, particularly from Iran in the 1980s.
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News Reports

Dear Kapil Sibal, here are 15 instances of hate speech by Islamists against the Hindu community

OpIndia Staff -
Despite videographic evidence, a court in Hyderabad ruled that the 2012 speech of Akbaruddin Owaisi did not constitute hate speech.
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News Reports

As PM Modi celebrates Diwali in Ayodhya Deepotsav 2022, know his special bond with Ayodhya and Shri Ram

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is participating in the Ayodhya Deepotsav on 23rd October 2022.
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News Reports

India scripts history as ISRO successfully launches 36 OneWeb broadband satellites in its heaviest LVM3-M2 rocket

OpIndia Staff -
ISRO successfully launched 36 broadband communication satellites of a UK-based customer into the orbits with LVM3-M2 rocket
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 5-Year-old Hindu boy forcibly circumcised by madrasa cleric, Maulana Aslam arrested

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A 5-year-old Hindu child was forcibly circumcised by an Islamic cleric in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Ayodhya all set to celebrate Diwali with spectacular arrangements, PM Narendra Modi to be the chief guest

Gopal Tiwari -
With Yogi Adityanath's vision for the Diwali celebrations, it is now established that Ayodhya breathes Ram and so does India.
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Abhishek Bachchan gives befitting reply to social media troll, users laud actor for his cool response

OpIndia Staff -
Abhishek Bachchan was last seen in the movie Dasvi, co-starring Yami Gautam and Nimrat Kaur.
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News Reports

Son of the National Conference spokesperson and doctor to separatist leader Geelani co-authored The Wire’s Tek Fog, was part of Meta saga, read details

Anurag -
Along with Devesh Kumar, Ayushman Kaul, who is currently with London based Logically.ai, which offers services of doxxing amongst others, co-authored TekFog absurdity and was also part of Meta controversy
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News Reports

Chinese President Xi Jinping secures 3rd term in power after re-election as General Secretary of the ruling CCP

OpIndia Staff -
China's President Xi Jinping was re-elected as the Communist Party's General Secretary for a historical third five-year term.
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News Reports

The Wire suspends its story on the fictitious Tek Fog app after withdrawing the fake Meta story

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire suspended the Tek Fog Stories after withdrawing the Meta stories, authored by same reporting teams
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News Reports

Muslim Twitter users abuse journalist Rubika Liyaquat for celebrating Dhanteras, call her ‘begairat insan’

OpIndia Staff -
Many Muslim celebrities are on the receiving end of the abuse by hand of Islamists who get angry at them for celebrating Hindu festivals which, according to Islam, is a sin.
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News Reports

Punjab Police arrest Ajmer Dargah cleric’s son Tausif Chishti for having links with terrorist group Babbar Khalsa

OpIndia Staff -
Tausif is the son of Tariq Chishti, a relative of Fakhar Jamali, who was arrested in July by Rajasthan police in July.
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News Reports

Ambedkarite professor from Haryana University gets upset over Honda Car India’s wishes to two different individuals on a new car, forcefits caste angle

OpIndia Staff -
There is a pattern one has noticed, especially on social media, where these 'activists' create an issue where none exists owing to their preconceived assumption of caste-based discrimination.
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News Reports

The Wire formally retracts its Meta story after it was found to be based on fabricated evidence, to review previous stories done by same...

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire was forced to withhold the Meta stories and had decided to do an ‘internal review’ after the reports were found to be completely fake
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News Reports

Kerala governor Arif Mohammed Khan says ‘Kerala is replacing Punjab as the capital of drugs’

OpIndia Staff -
In September, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan indulged in a war of words. Khan had slammed the ruling LDF for relying heavily on lottery and liquor sales to generate revenue.
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Entertainment

Minor actress Riva Arora’s mother dismisses concerns raised about her sexualisation, justifies it as for being an ‘actor’

OpIndia Staff -
Riva Arora has also been on the receiving end of sleazy comments on her Instagram posts where many times men have also said how they are masturbating to her images, videos.
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News Reports

Organiser of Diwali party in US to raise funds for Pakistan-based jihadi outfit cries Islamophobia, says AlKhidmat recommendation came via American public broadcaster

OpIndia Staff -
This raised concerns if the Diwali fundraiser for AlKhidmat Foundation could be used to fund terror activities in India and abroad.
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News Reports

Modi govt cancels FCRA licence of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust, both are chaired by Sonia Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Both the trusts, chaired by Sonia Gandhi, will not be able to receive any foreign contribution.
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News Reports

Kerala: Swapna Suresh accuses top CPI(M) leaders of seeking sexual favours from her, promises ‘nuclear bomb’ in her biography

OpIndia Staff -
Swapna Suresh, prime accused in Kerala gold smuggling case, has now alleged that three senior CPI(M) leaders sought sexual favours from her
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News Reports

China: Former president Hu Jintao escorted out of closing ceremony of party congress, causes a stir

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Former Chinese president Hu Jintao was escorted out of the closing session of the Communist Party’s Congress
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The Wire ombudsperson Pamela Philipose says the portal took serious missteps in handling the fake Meta story, accuses Meta of tarnishing Wire’s image

Raju Das -
Despite being proven completely fake, Pamela Philipose said that The Wire 'investigation' on Meta was significant
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News Reports

How Waqf Boards have been insidiously encroaching upon and occupying various properties and claiming their right over them

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The Waqf Boards are accused of using fraudulent means to obtain lands and public spaces and claiming their ownership.
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News Reports

Central Forensic Laboratory refuses to share the DNA report of Gumnami Baba, believed to be Netaji Bose in disguise, sought in an RTI query

OpIndia Staff -
Many people believe that Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose survived the plane crash in 1945 and lived as Gumnami Baba in UP
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Video of men offering namaz onboard a train in UP’s Kushinagar goes viral, probe ordered

OpIndia Staff -
The viral video of men offering namaz is from Satyagraha Express having train number 15273 in UP’s Kushinagar.
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News Reports

Did Manmohan Singh violate the Official Secrets Act? Here is what Sanjaya Baru said after controversy over Tavleen Singh’s remarks

Raju Das -
After Sanjaya Baru said that he never claimed that Manmohan Singh violated Official Secrets Act, Tavleen Singh conceded she was wrong to claim the same
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News Reports

‘He was kind enough to leave the child alive’: Madhya Pradesh HC Court commutes life sentence of rape convict

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The life sentence of the rape convict was reduced to 20 years by Madhya Pradesh High Court's Indore bench.
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Allahabad High Court grants anticipatory bail to SP corporator Fazal Khan in the Atala violence case

OpIndia Staff -
SP Corporator Fazal Khan is accused of inciting violence, arson, and stone-pelting in three cases related to Atala violence.
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Kerala: 4 Police officers thrash Indian Army soldier and his brother in a fabricated case, suspended

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The Kerala Police filed a police report against the brothers, which said that Vignesh and Vishnu attacked the officer. However, the CCTV footage showed officers beating the brothers.
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Opinions

The history and unconstitutionality of the Collegium system: It is time for our Judiciary to reform before the public loses faith

Saket Suryesh -
The Collegium System is an archaic, unconstitutional system that needs to be reformed urgently because law fails when people lose faith
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News Reports

Amid firecrackers ban in several states, traders in Telangana expect roaring business as Diwali nears

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Telangana is likely to witness a rise in firecracker sales this Diwali and give a much-needed boost to the fireworks industry.
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Opinions

From Leicester violence to The Wire fabricated story saga: The Omerta, unity of the Left and Islamists and the small victory for Hindus

Ganesh R -
On the face of it, the recent anti-Hindu riots in Leicester, UK and the Wire serial lying saga appear completely unrelated and independent - but are they?
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News Reports

Delhi’s best-in-the-world education minister Manish Sisodia greets Dhanteras by praying to “Maa Dhanvantari”, here is a little education for him

OpIndia Staff -
Manish Sisodia did not even know that Dhanvantari is a god and not a goddess as he mentioned in his tweet.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Woman abducted, gang-raped, murdered after being forced-fed beef, made to offer namaz in Bharatpur, case registered

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The abducted woman was forcibly fed beef and made to offer namaz by her abductors, the deceased's father said in a complaint.
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News Reports

‘Ran 40 servers to defeat ‘BJP IT Cell’, used NIT and IIT infra, formatted devices 2-3 times a day’: Read the claims of The...

OpIndia Staff -
Posts by Devesh Kumar on Reddit reveal a lot about his reservations and ideological subscriptions.
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News Reports

‘I am beholden to pope…I did what I was told to’: Pastor among 3 arrested in the sexual assault case of a 15-year-old boy

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All three pastors accused in the sexual assault case of a 15-year-old boy are charged under the POCSO Act.
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News Reports

UP Madarsa Survey finds Darul Uloom Deoband to be an unaided madarsa registered under the Societies Registration Act

OpIndia Staff -
The UP Madarsa survey found the 156-year-old Darul Uloom Deoband to be a non-aided madarsa.
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