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Morbi bridge collapse: Bajrang Dal volunteers saved lives of over 170 people amid heartbreaking scenes, read details

OpIndia Staff -
Amid all the tragedy, scenes of humanity have emerged where Bajrang Dal volunteers rushed to rescue those who were drowning and managed to save about 170 lives.
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News Reports

AltNews’ Mohammed Zubair files response to Delhi Police’s status report, claims evidence collected from his devices is all ‘inadmissible’: What he said

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammed Zubair of AltNews has filed affidavit in response to status report that opposed return of his devices
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News Reports

Morbi bridge collapse: CCTV footage reveals people shaking the bridge, moments before the tragedy

OpIndia Staff -
The bridge in Gujarat's Morbi town over the Machchhu river collapsed Sunday evening, plunging people into the river below.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Javed Shroff, chairman of Habib Esmail school booked on molestation charges, was earlier accused of not paying salary to school staff

OpIndia Staff -
The FIR against the chairman of Habib Esmail school in Dongri was registered in response to a complaint filed by a teacher at the school who claimed the chairman abused and molested her
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News Reports

Love Jihad in UP: Shahrukh befriends a cop’s daughter, threatens her with her obscene videos to convert to Islam or be ready for ‘Sar...

OpIndia Staff -
In another case of love jihad, a UP cop's daughter was threatened with 'Sar Tan Se Juda' for her refusal to convert to Islam.
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Social Media

“It has made me feel very paranoid about my privacy”, Virat Kohli reacts to the leaked video of his hotel room by a ‘fan’

OpIndia Staff -
Cricketer Virat Kohli's hotel room video was leaked on social media by a 'fan'. Kohli called it disgraceful and violation of his privacy
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News Reports

Lallantop shares fake news about Morbi bridge collapse, tweaks headline later: AAP MLA amplifies misinformation

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday (October 30), a suspension bridge on the Machhu river collapsed in the Morbi district of Gujarat, leading to the loss of over 135 lives.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Pastor Vijay Masih of Fatehpur caught carrying out illegal conversions, arrested

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The accused pastor has been targeting poor families and converting them to Christianity illegally through allurements. He was absconding in an earlier case of illegal conversion too.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Case registered against a man for arguing in rustic dialect that Ambedkar wasn’t a great man

Anurag -
Pratapgarh Police has filed a case against a man for criticising Dr BR Ambedkar in rustic language.
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News Reports

Morbi tragedy: FIR against the contractor that reopened bridge without fitness certificate, 135 feared dead, here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
A cable bridge over Machhu dam in Morbi district collapsed on Sunday evening. The bridge was closed for renovation a few months back and was reopened to public just a week back.
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Opinions

‘All news has bias’: Why Elon Musk is proving to be a nightmare for the Left cabal, which is petrified of free speech

Nupur J Sharma -
Recently, the $44 Billion deal reached its fruition, making Elon Musk the owner of social media giant Twitter.
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News Reports

The Wire tries to blame it all on their own ex-employee Devesh Kumar, complaint calls him ‘highly disturbed mentally’

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire claimed in its complaint against Devesh Kumar that he called and confessed to fabricating the material provided for the Meta stories. The Wire, after Amit Malviya filed civil and criminal proceedings against it, has tried to blame it all on Devesh Kumar.
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News Reports

Over 60 people die in Gujarat after British-era cable bridge collapsed in Morbi, state govt forms committee to probe

OpIndia Staff -
The Morbi cable bridge collapsed after a large number of people climbed on it after after it was reopened after renovation
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News Reports

China: Workers leave the largest iPhone factory in Zhengzhou to avoid Covid-19 restrictions, walk towards their homes in other cities

OpIndia Staff -
Workers of the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou that makes iPhones left the facility to escape severe Covid-19 restrictions
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News Reports

‘Engineer’ Jamesha Mubin, cylinder blast, recovery of explosives, and NIA takeover: Here is a timeline of the Coimbatore terror plot

Dibakar Dutta -
On October 27, Coimbatore blast case was transferred to the NIA by the Centre, following recommendation of Tamil Nadu CM
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News Reports

T20 World Cup: Pakistanis cheer for India against South Africa to keep Pakistan’s chances of survival in the tournament alive

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani fans had to support Bangladesh in the morning, Pakistan in the afternoon and India in the evening at T20 ICC World Cup
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News Reports

POCSO Act overrides Personal Law, minor Muslim girl’s marriage invalid as the age for sexual activities is 18 years, rules Karnataka High Court

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Karnataka High Court said that POCSO is a Special Act and it overrides Muslim Personal Law that allows marriage of minor girls
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News Reports

‘AAP sending black money to its Gujarat leaders through Hawala and Angadia routes’: Alleges Gujarat minister Harsh Sanghavi

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat minister Harsh Sanghavi claimed thatAAP is sending black money to Gujarat via Hawala and 'Angadia' from Delhi, Punjab, and other sources
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News Reports

‘Sun is worshipped as it is the centre of whole life and not just way of worshipping’: PM Modi talks about Chhath Puja in...

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said that the tradition of Sun Worship is proof of how deeply our culture and our faith are connected to nature
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Media

The Wire throws Devesh Kumar under the bus in the Meta controversy, files a complaint against him, but questions remain

OpIndia Staff -
A complaint has been filed against Devesh Kumar, who was associated with The Wire as a 'consultant', over the fabrication of documents in Meta controversy
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News Reports

‘India will become a major manufacturing hub for large aircraft’: PM Modi lays foundation stone for Tata-Airbus C-295 aircraft plant in Vadodara

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'I can foresee the days when large passenger planes of the world will also be made in India', PM Modi said while launching he C-295 plant in Vadodara
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News Reports

Retired army personnel claims his statement attributing Capt Vikram Batra’s Param Vir Chakra to Barkha Dutt’s interview was ‘not what he meant’ after severe...

Anurag -
Retired Major General Yashpal Mor in a session on Unacademy had said that had it not been for journalist Barkha Dutt interviewing Captain Vikram Batra, he would not have become famous and not have been awarded the Param Vir Chakra.
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News Reports

Vladimir Putin mocks Germany’s energy crisis after its sanctions backfire. Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Vladimir Putin held the mirror to the German government for agonising its own citizens in the hopes of 'crippling' Russia economically.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Violence breaks out over rasgulla at a nikah ceremony, one killed, 35 injured

OpIndia Staff -
One of the guests present, Arif, said his son was injured in clashes so he avenged the same by stabbing another guest, Sunny, with a fork. Sunny has now succumbed to injuries.
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News Reports

2003 Nadimarg Massacre: Jammu and Kashmir HC orders resumption of trial closed in 2011, says trial court decision was wrong

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Jammu and Kashmir HC orders resumption of trial of Nadimarg Massacre trial where 24 Kashmiri Hindus were killed in 2003
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News Reports

Coimbatore blast: Jamesha Mubin was radicalised by reading books on Jihad, married hearing and speech-disabled woman in ‘spirit of sacrifice’

OpIndia Staff -
Jamesha Mubin, who died in the car blast in Coimbatore, was motivated by the Islamic State and was preparing for jihad.
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News Reports

Aligarh: 55-year-old stepfather raped 10-year-old girl for 2 years, case registered under POCSO Act after getting caught red-handed

OpIndia Staff -
Man booked for raping minor step-daughter after BJP leader's intervention in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Coimbatore blast was a terror attack intended to destroy a large area including temple, failed because Jamesha Mubin learnt bomb-making from Internet

OpIndia Staff -
Coimbatore blast: Jamesha Mubin planned to destroy an area of 100 metres radius including Sangameswara temple
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News Reports

Meme fest erupts as Rahul Gandhi’s ‘morning run’ video during his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
While his supporters called him 'fit' and 'fast' for his sprint, others mocked him and wondered if that was how Rahul Gandhi ran away from Amethi to Wayanad during 2019 general elections.
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News Reports

Survey reveals over 7,500 madarsas are unrecognised in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
The survey is being conducted in order to grant recognition to unrecognized madarsas that meet the government's specified prerequisites.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Alt News’ Mohd Zubair shares misinformation about railway platform ticket during Diwali festive rush, here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
'Fact-checkers' choose not to put out facts, mislead readers about railway platform ticket charges
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World

South Korea: Over 150 dead in stampede during Halloween in Seoul, viral videos show bystanders providing CPR on roads

OpIndia Staff -
The Halloween festival was the first major public gathering in recent months where Covid-19 restrictions were eased by the South Korean government.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did a man earn USD 1,00,000 by getting 1,000 COVID vaccine shots in just 16 days

Anurag -
One Jack Raines had shared on various social media networks that he earned USD 1,00,000 in just 16 days by getting 1,000 shots of COVID-19 vaccines in New York. However, the satirical post was taken as fact by many.
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News Reports

UK: Doctor suspended for 9 months for asking a female patient to remove her veil during consultation

OpIndia Staff -
UK: Dr. Keith Wolverson of Royal Stoke University Hospital suspended for asking female patient to remove veil
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News Reports

‘Prejudiced’ Professor Chris Allen tasked to lead ‘independent inquiry’ into Leicester violence, draws ire of Hindu community. Here is what happened

Dibakar Dutta -
Dr Chris Allen wrote a propaganda piece blaming Hindus for the Leicester violence and absolving Islamists of any wrongdoing.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu BJP chief writes to NCW seeking action against DMK leader Saidai Sadiq’s sexist jibe at female BJP leaders

OpIndia Staff -
DMK spokesperson Saidai Sadiq's sexist jibe at Khushbu Sundar and other women BJP leaders has kicked up a storm with BJP seeking immediate action against the leader
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Editor's picks

Delhi Police register FIR against The Wire on complaint of Amit Malviya against it, its Founding Editors and Deputy Editor for fake Meta story

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Malviya files complaint against The Wire, Siddharth Varadarajan. Sidharth Bhatia, MK Venu, Jahnavi Sen for the fake Meta story
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News Reports

Kerala Gold smuggling case: Kapil Sibal gets Rs 15.5 lakh for every appearance on behalf of the Kerala govt at SC

OpIndia Staff -
The ED filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court earlier this week, requesting that the trial in the gold smuggling case be moved from Thiruvananthapuram to Bengaluru. Sibal represented the state government at the Supreme Court on October 10 after the petition filed by the ED was considered. State Law Secretary V Hari then directed an order to transfer Rs 15.5 lakh to Sibal.
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News Reports

Suicide bomber had planned to blow up a temple in Coimbatore, accused Firoz Ismail confesses to meeting Easter blasts terrorists: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Firoz Ismail, arrested in Coimbatore blast case, admitted to meeting the terrorists involved in Easter blasts in Sri Lanka.
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News Reports

‘All symbols of colonialism in the state will be renamed’, announces Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami

OpIndia Staff -
In line with recent push for decolonisation by PM Modi, Uttarakhand CM announced that all colonial symbols in the state will be rechristened
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News Reports

Meerut mass conversion: VHP leader sheds light on methods used by Christian missionaries and Islamists to lure gullible Hindus

Jhankar Mohta -
OpIndia spoke with Raj Kamal Gupta, VHP Zone General Secretary, on the Meerut mass conversion racket busted this week.
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News Reports

Odisha HC denies reports that Chief Justice S Muralidhar held a ‘closed-door meeting’ with CM’s private secretary, calls it fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Odisha HC refutes lawyer Srinivas Mohanty’s claim that Chief Justice S Muralidhar held a closed door meeting with CM’s pvt secretary VK Pandian
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News Reports

Union govt refutes allegations of Kapil Sibal that amendments to IT Rules make social media unsafe, says no provision for prosecution added as claimed

OpIndia Staff -
Refuting claims of Kapil Sibal on Amendments of IT Rules, govt said that no new provision for prosecution has been made
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News Reports

Ahead of Chhath Puja, Twitter users compare the clean Sabarmati riverfront with the polluted Yamuna

OpIndia Staff -
The images of clean Sabarmati riverfront has evoked comparisons with Yamuna riverbank, which continues to remain in squalor.
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News Reports

Stubble-burning incidents in Punjab record a 20 percent rise, plunging Delhi’s AQI to ‘very poor’ category

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab witnessed around 8147 incidents of stubble-burning from Sep 15 to Oct 27 this year, a staggering 20 per cent rise.
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News Reports

Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh to hand over power of attorney of Gyanvapi Cases to UP CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath to fight the Gyanvapi cases as Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh is handing over power of attorney of the cases to him
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Opinions

Kantara: A fierce feeling of deep devotion, the man-nature conflict and reclaiming our civilisational roots

Sharmi Adhikary -
A friend from Bihar exclaimed over the phone during Deepawali weekend - “What’s this film, Kantara that has made everyone’s mind go dhuan dhuan
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News Reports

Gujarat government looks to introduce Uniform Civil Code in the state ahead of assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
After Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Gujarat will be the third BJP ruled state to adopt the Uniform Civil Code.
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Opinions

The Wire’s fabricated story about Meta and Amit Malviya: Does Left ecosystem need protection or do people need protection from this ecosystem

Ganesh R -
In selecting Amit Malviya as a punching bag, The Wire and its editors may have thought they found a juicier soft target than, say, Jay Shah
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News Reports

Statue of Belief, the world’s tallest Shiva statue to be unveiled in Nathdwara of Rajasthan, to be visible from 20 kilometres away

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The Shiva statue is named as Vishwas Swaroopam or the 'Statue of Belief', and was conceived by Mr. Madan Paliwal.
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