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The Wire claims Microsoft employee based out of Singapore ‘certified’ the fabricated documents in the Meta controversy

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook uses Microsoft's email services. The Wire tried to use the service provider to 'verify' details about one of their clients, quite likely without their consent and it seems, Microsoft's Ujjwal Kumar agreed.
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World

‘Animal cruelty’ activists in the UK spill milk in supermarkets to protest against dairy industry, irk even the vegans with this wastage of food

OpIndia Staff -
One woman wrote, "I'm verging on vegan, and I agree. If anything, this sets the vegan cause back years."
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Man arrested for asking people to buy only from Hindu shops for Diwali

OpIndia Staff -
Diwali is a Hindu festival which celebrates return of Shri Ram, Sita and Lakshman back to Ayodhya after slaying the demon king Ravan in Lanka.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Congress leader shares image of Nigerian crowd in Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra

OpIndia Staff -
In a bid to claim huge participation in Rahul Gandhi's rally, Congress leader resorted to using fake image.
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Media

Dear Western Media, get over your racism and stop making everything about Modi

Nirwa Mehta -
Why do legacy media in the West get so antsy when the 'dirty brown Indians' are calling out their subtle racism and bias?
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News Reports

Congress’ lesson 101 in ‘intolerance’: Party leaders gloat after online attacks force YouTuber Shubham Gaur and India Today’s Saurabh Dwivedi to apologise

OpIndia Staff -
YouTuber Shubham Gaur was bullied online by Congress supporters and sympathiser for his remarks on Rahul Gandhi.
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News Reports

The full-page ad on WSJ urging US govt to ban Nirmala Sitharaman and others, and its link to Rana Ayyub

OpIndia Staff -
Just like Rana Ayyub, Ramachandran Viswanathan, the man behind the ad, is also facing ED probe and has been declared a fugitive
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News Reports

‘Index is an erroneous measure of hunger and suffers from methodological issues’: India rubbishes Global Hunger Report 2022

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian government issued a statement saying that indicators used for the index were not representative of India's population.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh HC prevents the state government from taking over the Ahobilam temple

OpIndia Staff -
The Andhra Pradesh HC ruled that state govt has no authority, jurisdiction, or entitlement to administer Ahobilam temple.
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Opinions

Why the onslaught against Hindus of Mominpore is not going to be the last instance of communal violence in West Bengal

Dibakar Dutta -
The Mominpore violence reflects the larger malaise ailing West Bengal, where instances of anti-Hindu violence have shockingly become par for the course.
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Specials

‘We are heading toward becoming a Hindu Rashtra, a Ram Rajya with justice for all and appeasement for none’: Adv Vishnu Shankar Jain to...

Pallav -
Advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain spoke to OpIndia on various issues including Uniform Civil Code, Population Control and Hindu Rashtra.
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News Reports

Prayagraj: Faiz, Shamim, Wasim, Monis, Asgar, and Asif arrested for abusing Hindu deities over a saffron flag at Ramleela ground, 150 others booked

OpIndia Staff -
Six Islamists arrested in Prayagraj after a mob of over 150 Islamists storm a Ram Leela venue after seeing a saffron flag
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: 4 govt employees, a bank manager, dismissed for indulging in anti-India activities

OpIndia Staff -
4 government employees and a bank manager in Kashmir were dismissed from their jobs for indulging in anti-India activities
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Opinions

The Guardian accuses OpIndia of ‘attacking’ their journalist, here is our response decoding their discomfort

Nupur J Sharma -
On Friday, my phone buzzed to an incoming email from The Guardian, the subject of which was 'Guardian reporter Aina J Khan'.
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News Reports

Kashmiri Pandit shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian

OpIndia Staff -
Migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees in Jammu protested against the killing of Pooran Krishan Bhat by terrorists in Shopian.
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Editor's picks

‘When Modi became Gujarat CM, he added his caste to OBC’: JDU leader peddles disinformation ahead of polls. Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Records show that the Modh Ghanchi caste was classified as OBC in July 1994, much before Modi became the Gujarat Chief Minister (2001-2014).
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News Reports

Hindus marry one woman but keep 3 mistresses, we ruled over you for 832 years and you did ‘ji huzoor’ to Badshahs: AIMIM UP...

OpIndia Staff -
The UP AIMIM State President also spewed venom on the Supreme Court's ruling in the Hijab controversy.
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News Reports

After giving $450 million F-16 package to Pakistan, US President Joe Biden calls it “one of the most dangerous nations”

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, USA President Joe Biden tore into Pakistan by calling it one of the most dangerous nations in the world
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News Reports

Karnataka: Syed Moin first man to be arrested under anti-conversion law, held for converting a woman on the pretext of marriage

OpIndia Staff -
The incident in Karnataka was discovered when a 19-year-old woman disappeared on October 5 and her mother went to Yeshwanthpur Police Station to report her missing.
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News Reports

Supreme Court suspends Bombay High Court order acquitting urban Naxal GN Saibaba, says the HC erred by not going into merits of the case

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court suspended Bombay HC order acquitting GN Saibaba in a case for his links with Maoists, along with 5 others
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News Reports

Tajinder Bagga calls AAP’s Gopal Italia “Congress ka paap”, Congress hits back calling AAP ‘Najayaz Aulad’ of RSS

OpIndia Staff -
Daman and Diu Congress Sevadal on Twitter called the Aam Aadmi Party as the 'najayaz aulad' of the RSS.
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News Reports

Telangana court acquits 24 out-on-bail Muslim men accused in 2008 Bhainsa communal riots that broke out during Durga puja Visarjan

OpIndia Staff -
A local court in Telangana acquitted 24 Muslim men in the 2008 Bhainsa communal riots that took place during Durga visarjan.
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News Reports

Iran: Ayatollah Khamenei warns further crackdown of anti-Hijab protests, says Islamic Republic is ‘mighty tree’ that cannot be uprooted

OpIndia Staff -
Khamenei equated the Islamic Republic of Iran to an unshakeable tree. "That seedling has grown into a mighty tree, and no one should dare to think they can uproot it," he warned on state TV.
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News Reports

Former Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court shot dead by unidentified assailants outside a mosque

OpIndia Staff -
The former chief justice of the Balochistan High Court suffered serious injuries in the targeted shooting as he was leaving a mosque.
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News Reports

Story behind full-page ad asking USA to ban Nirmala Sitharaman, former SC Judges, ED officials, others: Magnitsky Act, UPA era deal and a fugitive

Dibakar Dutta -
Ramachandran Viswanathan, a US citizen of Indian origin, has been at loggerheads with the Indian government
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Virat Kohli fan murders his friend, a Rohit Sharma fan, after the latter mocked the cricket captain, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
In Tamil Nadu, a cricket debate between two drunken friends turned violent when one was stabbed to death by the other for mocking his icon
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News Reports

After Rajasthan HC denied bail to Gauhar Chisti, Nadeem Ansari, who posted a video depicting Nupur Sharma’s beheading, granted bail by Allahabad HC

OpIndia Staff -
Nadeem Ansari submitted the immediate bail application in the court and claimed that he was innocent.
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News Reports

Torch bearers of freedom of speech and the press, Congress, threatens to take action against ScoopWhoop over old memes of Rahul Gandhi: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leaders have taken to Twitter to threaten ScoopWhoop with legal action over some old memes of Rahul Gandhi
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News Reports

Kerala Human Sacrifice: Police scrutinizing accused Mohammad Shafi’s financial dealings, Shafi travelled across Kerala, searched SM for targets

OpIndia Staff -
The SIT is also finding out if the main accused Shafi received help from a fourth party in carrying out the heinous crime.
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News Reports

“The mob intended to kill Hindus”: Delhi court frames charges against former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and 5 others in 2020 Delhi riot case

OpIndia Staff -
Tahir Hussain is accused in the anti-Hindu riots which took place in Delhi on 25th February 2020.
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News Reports

UK: Britain-based Hindu group writes to PM Liz Truss over targeted hate crimes against Hindus, seeks urgent action

OpIndia Staff -
Over 180 Hindu organisations have signed the letter to PM Liz Truss, drawing attention to targeted attacks against Hindus.
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News Reports

‘Europe is garden, rest of the world is jungle’, says EU foreign policy chief, Russia responds by saying ‘garden was built by plundering jungle’

OpIndia Staff -
European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that 'Europe is a garden and the rest of the world is a jungle.'
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News Reports

West Bengal: Protesters reportedly backed by TMC stop NCPCR chief from visiting Hooghly victim’s family, wave black flags

OpIndia Staff -
Priyank Kanoongo was stopped by protesters reportedly backed by TMC from visiting the family of the deceased girl in Hooghly.
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News Reports

Constable Ratan Lal murder during Delhi Riots: Accused woman who was absconding for 2 years arrested from Noida

OpIndia Staff -
Woman accused in constable Ratan Lal murder during Delhi riots arrested from Noida, was absconding for 2 years
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News Reports

Teacher recruitment scam: ED unearths letter addressed to Mamata Banerjee along with other incriminating evidence

OpIndia Staff -
The ED has reportedly recovered a letter addressed to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
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News Reports

‘Electoral Bonds Scheme is a transparent system for raising political funding’: Centre to Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
In defence of the electoral bonds scheme, SG Tushar Mehta said that there is absolutely no scope for black money or unaccounted money in the electoral bonds scheme. 
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News Reports

‘You happily wear a bikini. Why should we take off our hijab’, Asaduddin Owaisi asks in a rally

OpIndia Staff -
Asaduddin Owaisi asked if Muslim women should wear bikini if they are not allowed to wear hijab
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News Reports

‘Agar kheera utha lun to poori plate dustbin mein daal dete hain’: Hindu woman narrates religious discrimination she faces in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu girl had joined the company as a 'textile designer' and was being tortured for belonging to the Hindu religion. She also said that the Islamists in her office were treating her like animals.
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News Reports

Kerala police add non-bailable charges against Congress MLA Eldhose Kunnappilly for sexually assaulting a woman: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala crime branch filed fresh rape charges against the Congress MLA who was previously being probed for kidnapping and assaulting his estranged girlfriend.
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News Reports

Rana Ayyub pulls the usual victim card after ED files a chargesheet against her, refuses to offer an explanation

OpIndia Staff -
ED filed a chargesheet against Rana Ayyub alleging that she illegally acquired funds in the name of charity.
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News Reports

Bombay HC acquits former DU professor GN Saibaba over a technicality, not merits, says he was charged under UAPA without govt sanction over Maoist...

OpIndia Staff -
Bombay High Court acquitted former Delhi University professor Gokarakonda Naga Saibaba in a case for his links with Maoists
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News Reports

Pakistan: Hundreds of human corpses found abandoned, decomposing at the Nishtar Hospital in Multan, probe ordered

OpIndia Staff -
A six-member committee is formed to probe the incident in Multan in which hundreds of dead bodies were found abandoned in the premises of the Nishtar Hospital.
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World

Switzerland to impose $1,000 fine on those violating ‘Burqa Ban’

OpIndia Staff -
The Swiss government sent a draft law to parliament seeking to impose fine of $1,000 on 'Burqa Ban' violators.
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News Reports

Varanasi Court rejects plea for a scientific evaluation of Shivling inside Gyanvapi mosque: Details

OpIndia Staff -
On May 17 this year, the Supreme Court of India ordered that the Shivling found inside the Gyanvapi mosque should be protected.
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News Reports

Elon Musk says he is just following Ukrainian diplomat’s recommendation to ‘f*ck off’, informs US govt that he can no longer provide free Starlink

OpIndia Staff -
Elon Musk's SpaceX has reportedly informed the US government that they can no longer provide Starlink internet services to Ukraine for free.
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Interviews

Vishnu Shankar Jain talks to OpIndia about the Gyanvapi case, the Places of Worship Act and Hindu symbols found during the survey

Pallav -
he Shringar Gauri-Gyanvapi complex case has been heated with lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain being at the forefront
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News Reports

Hijab debate: Muslim panellists misquote Rigveda to make derogatory remarks against Sita, Lakshmana, exposed when asked to cite Shloka

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Sajid Rashidi cited Rigveda to claim that Goddess Sita wore purdah in front of Lord Lakshamana.
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News Reports

European Union’s top court rules hijab can be banned at work, says ban not discriminatory and unlawful if it is part of a broader...

OpIndia Staff -
Court of Justice of the European Union said that hijab can be banned at workplaces and it does not violate EU laws
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News Reports

Russia gives green signal to NIA to interrogate ISIS terrorist, trained in Turkey, who wanted to kill prominent Indian leader over Nupur Sharma remarks

OpIndia Staff -
Two months after the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia nabbed an ISIS suicide bomber, it has now given nod to India's request to interrogate the terrorist.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Two policemen deployed for the security of chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s hoarding in Jaipur

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan Police has deployed two cops to secure a hoarding of CM Ashok Gehlot at Gandhi Circle in Jaipur
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