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Amidst anti-hijab protests in Iran, Iranian sports climber Elnaz Rekabi goes missing after competing in Seoul without a hijab

OpIndia Staff -
While competing at the Asian Sport Climbing Championships on Sunday, Elnaz Rekabi refused to wear a hijab and competed without it.
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News Reports

Alleged ‘Netflix’ documentary on corruption in Pakistan gets Imran Khan supporters excited: Here is all you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
The uproar on social media in Pakistan is over a documentary that is titled 'Behind Closed Doors'.
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News Reports

Pakistan: 14-year-old Hindu teenager kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her abductor Shaukat

OpIndia Staff -
Sindh province in Pakistan has been the hotbed of religious persecution, especially for those belonging to minority Hindu, Christian and Sikh communities.
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Media

Journalism means never having to say you’re sorry – What has The Wire ended up proving about left-wing journalism

Nirwa Mehta -
Most of those who are calling The Wire out today will likely side with them tomorrow on ideological narrative building, forgetting The Wire's history of shoddy reporting. That is 'liberal' privilege.
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Opinions

Raghuram Rajan’s latest rant about how world can’t afford India becoming a manufacturing hub like China: Half-baked stats and political humbug

Ganesh R -
Raghuram Rajan is one of these experts. Go over his track record, you will find he was very much part of the establishment for years.
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News Reports

Two UP migrant labourers killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian two days after a Kashmir Hindu was murdered, LeT terrorist Imran Bashir arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Lashkar terrorists killed two labourers from Uttar Pradesh in the Shopian district in Kashmir on Monday, October 17
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News Reports

Bravado no more: Killers who gloated about the murder of Kanhaiya Lal, now cry in jail as the possibility of death sentence looms

OpIndia Staff -
All the 9 accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder case have been kept inside dark solitary cells. They are only allowed to come outside of their cells for 1 hour every day, for cleaning themselves and having breakfast.
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News Reports

Lord Mountbatten accused of sexually abusing man 45 years ago, FBI files say he had lust for young boys, case filed by victim: All...

OpIndia Staff -
According to Lownie's book, Lord Mountbatten's favourite place was a gay brothel frequented by naval officers.
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News Reports

Bombay HC refuses bail to Jyoti Jagtap, says Elgar Parishad event was a conspiracy to further agenda of banned CPI (Maoist): What court said

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday, the Bombay High Court observed that the Elgar Parishad event which was organized in December 2017 was a smaller conspiracy within the larger agenda of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist)
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Opinions

Kantara, not a myth, but a legend: Why ‘liberals’ are bound to be upset with this movie and director-actor Rishab Shetty

jayatanaya -
The Kannada film Kantara, which translates to "Mysterious Forest," was written, directed, and starred by Rishab Shetty.
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Media

The Wire vs Meta: ‘Independent expert’ says they never sent the mail The Wire claims to have received and published as evidence

OpIndia Staff -
If an OTT series is not made on this absurdity to show how The Wire got taken for a ride, our team here would be really disappointed.
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News Reports

CBI debunks Delhi Deputy CM Sisodia’s claims of pressuring him to leave AAP: Here is their statement

OpIndia Staff -
On October 17, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issued a statement and debunked the claims of Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia
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News Reports

How Left Media and ‘journalists’ rallied to save The Wire after it published a hoax in an attempt to implicate Amit Malviya

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire threw the burden of proof under the rug and stepped away from the controversy after leaving so many lose ends
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Specials

Narcissism: A Dharmic dismantling of the modern politics of, and societal affinity to it

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
Pomposity or an inflated sense of self is not avant-garde. For millennia, people have used the tale of Narcissus from ancient Greece to criticize this repugnant practice of narcissism.
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News Reports

Netizens call out the hypocrisy of Shibani Dandekar and Richa Chadha over paid promotions for Bulgari mangalsutra: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Shibani Dandekar and Richa Chadha had shared their pictures on Instagram sporting a 'mangalsutra' by Italian brand Bulgari.
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News Reports

Family feud: Congress workers and supporters attack NDTV for referring to Mallikarjun Kharge as a ‘Gandhi-proxy’

OpIndia Staff -
Congress workers lashed out at NDTV for referring to Mallikarjun Kharge as a 'Gandhi-proxy'.
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News Reports

President Droupadi Murmu appoints Justice DY Chandrachud, son of former Chief Justice YV Chandrachud, as the Chief Justice of India

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Chandrachud will take over as the 50th Chief Justice of India with effect from 09th November 2022.
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News Reports

Amidst rising Hinduphobia, a resolution passed in the US to label Hindu Groups as ‘severe hate groups’, ‘offshoots of RSS’

OpIndia Staff -
A resolution designating various Hindu organisations as severe hate groups was passed in the US.
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OpIndia Explains

Nirmala Sitharaman said it’s not rupee sliding but dollar strengthening: Here’s what she meant and how she is right

Jinit Jain -
Indian Finance Min Nirmala Sitharaman said that rupee is not sliding but the US dollar is strengthening. And she is right.
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News Reports

As CBI grills Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in liquor scam case, here are some questions that he may be asked to answer during...

OpIndia Staff -
Manish Sisodia was summoned to the CBI headquarters for questioning on Monday, October 17.
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Opinions

Salman Rushdie, Islamic terror and Freedom of Expression: Why those who could have condemned the attack chose to stay silent

Prasad Binoy -
On 12 August 2022, a murderous attack on the author, Salman Rushdie left us all shocked and broken - Here is why
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Entertainment

Bhojpuri star Rani Chatterjee accuses MeToo accused Sajid Khan of asking about her breast size, touching her inappropriately

OpIndia Staff -
Bhojpuri actress Rani Chatterjee accused Sajid Khan for touching her inappropriately and asking about her 'breast size'.
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OpIndia Explains

Anti-semitic outfit ‘Stop Funding Hate’ rattled by OpIndia’s take on Guardian’s coverage of Leicester violence. Here is what you need to know about it

Dibakar Dutta -
Stop Funding Hate has in its board members associated with far-left organisations. They have been described as ‘far-left Corbynistas’ in numerous publications.
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News Reports

Bhora Kalan Masjid case: VHP says Muslim outsiders are doing land jihad, asks Maulanas to pack their bags

OpIndia Staff -
Surendra Jain, the joint general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, on Sunday advised Muslim clerics to "pack their belongings" from the area.
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OpIndia Explains

The Wire vs Meta – All you need to know about the controversy

Anurag -
We break down the ups and downs and back and forth in the Meta vs The Wire saga that has been going on for over a week now.
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Social Media

TMC leader Kirti Azad shares alleged quote by RSS ideologue Golwalkar, netizens correct him: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kirti Azad has a lengthy history of disseminating misinformation.
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News Reports

‘Satire’ account The Wire based its story on, now claims they did not blame Malviya, throws The Wire reporter under the bus

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire's first source of the reports against Meta said they did not blame Malviya as it was Wire's reporter Sen who claimed his alleged involvement.
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News Reports

‘Persecuted Hindu Tamils from Sri Lanka can obtain Indian citizenship under the CAA’: Madras HC

OpIndia Staff -
The court observed that although Sri Lanka is not covered under CAA, the Hindu Tamils in the Island country could obtain Indian citizenship under the Act as they were the "primary victim of racial strife"
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Opinions

Jairam Ramesh mentions 5 issues on which he wants debates to take place: Here are the things he should consider before complaining

S. Sudhir Kumar -
General Secretary of Congress, newly appointed as in-charge of Communication, Jairam Ramesh did a podcast with the Editor of ANI
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News Reports

The Wire reveals one of their reporters had personal relationship with Meta ‘insider’ over hoax story regarding Amit Malviya and his superpowers

OpIndia Staff -
To put things in perspective, Meta has dismissed all allegations by The Wire and said that the 'evidences' provided were fabricated.
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News Reports

Hijab row in Bihar- “Will go to functions without dupatta, but won’t show ears during exams”, Fatima exposes the Muslim students who created a...

OpIndia Staff -
Female college students suspected of wearing bluetooth devices under hijab during exams, create controversy citing religion.
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News Reports

Meta says ‘evidence’ provided by The Wire is manufactured, spoof video used to ‘prove’ their theory

OpIndia Staff -
What The Wire was passing off as 'Instagram' dashboard turned out to be a free trial Workspace account created on 13 October, much after the stories were published in the propaganda site.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Akram poses as Amar to entrap Hindu woman, absconds after raping the victim in a hotel, pressurising her to convert to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Akram was booked under the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religious Act 2020, on the basis of the complaint of the Hindu girl.
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News Reports

Muslim Twitter users abuse a Muslim woman in the USA for hosting ‘Gustakh-e-Rasool supporter’ Rana Ayyub

OpIndia Staff -
Rana Ayyub wished for well being of author Salman Rushdie. Islamists therefore call her a Gustakh-e-Rasool supporter
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News Reports

Indian Railway launches its first aluminium freight rake, plans to deploy over one lakh such made-in-India wagons

OpIndia Staff -
Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw inaugurated India's first aluminium freight rake at Bhubaneswar railway station
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News Reports

Hindu organisations halt illegal conversion in Varanasi, pastor Chotelal Jaiswal used to lure people with money to convert to Christianity

OpIndia Staff -
A new case of religious conversion has been reported in Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

Raj Thackeray requests Devendra Fadnavis to not contest Andheri East bypoll against Uddhav Sena candidate, the Dy CM says he can’t decide it alone

OpIndia Staff -
Raj Thackeray requested Devendra Fadnavis that as the late MLA's wife is contesting from the seat, the ruling alliance should not contest the bypolls.
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News Reports

Arunachal Pradesh: Families of two youths missing for 56 days approach the government for help, suspect PLA might have detained them

OpIndia Staff -
The families of the missing boys expressed their apprehension that the two might have inadvertently crossed the Line of Actual Control (LAC). 
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News Reports

Delhi: Bajrang Dal worker Nitesh dies after he was beaten by Ufiza, Adnan, and Abbas 3 days ago, police deny communal angle

OpIndia Staff -
Nitesh was beaten on October 12 after which he was admitted to the hospital, but he died on October 15
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News Reports

The Wire now claims its secure encrypted email account was hacked by hacking of a MacBook, netizens continue to disbelieve

OpIndia Staff -
Siddharth Varadarajan rushed to Twitter again to reveal that The Wire's protonmail account had been hacked.
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News Reports

Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra continues legal battle against Mamata Banerjee govt, attends 72 court hearings in 10 years for a joke

OpIndia Staff -
Ambikesh Mahapatra was booked for forwarding a cartoon targeting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
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News Reports

TV actor Vaishali Takkar found hanging in her Indore residence, suicide note recovered

OpIndia Staff -
Vaishali Takkar got engaged with a Kenya-based dental surgeon Abhinandan Singh in April this year.
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News Reports

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh defends urban Naxal GN Saibaba, forgets that UPA govt had arrested him

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress leader attempted to portray convicted criminal GN Saibaba and other Urban Naxals as innocent.
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Media

The Wire claims email account of their ‘tech expert’ working on Meta story is hacked, gets mocked by netizens for their tech expertise

OpIndia Staff -
This claim has come after Meta’s assertation that an alleged expose by the leftist portal 'The Wire' was based on fabricated evidence.
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News Reports

Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeats reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament

OpIndia Staff -
Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated reigning five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen during the prelims of Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament.
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World

25-year-old gay Palestinian Ahmad Abu beheaded in West Bank, was living in hiding in Israel for past 2 years

OpIndia Staff -
Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, a 25-year-old Palestinian, was abducted and brutally beheaded in Hebron, a city in the West Bank.
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Crime

Kerala Human Sacrifice case: Main accused Mohammad Shafi stored 10 kg of human meat in a freezer, used to cook and consume it

OpIndia Staff -
The special investigation team informed that the main accused in the Kerala human sacrifice case used to cut and store the private parts of his victims.
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News Reports

Punjab: AAP government’s claims of controlling stubble burning fall flat, farmers start burning farm residue ahead of Diwali

OpIndia Staff -
More than 700 farm fires have been reported so far in Punjab, despite state govt's claim of plans to prevent it
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News Reports

The Wire ties itself in knots as tech experts call out their photoshopped screenshots of ’emails’ to target Meta and BJP

Anurag -
The Wire has been accused of fabricating screenshots of emails for the latest report targeting Meta and BJP
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Imam Abdul Qadir rapes a minor girl in a mosque in Amroha, gets arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The Imam asked all the students to go to their homes and instructed the victim minor girl to stay back.
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