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As hitlist of 950 leaders including judges is recovered from PFI terrorists, here is how SC gave bail to a PFI terrorist accused of...

Anurag -
Court ignored legal precedent that conspiracy need not involve direct execution. It said “only one person” was killed and granted bail, even as NIA exposed PFI’s 950-name hitlist including judges and Hindu leaders.
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News Reports

West Bengal school scraps 25-year-old practice of separate mid-day meals for Hindu and Muslim students after administration launched a probe

OpIndia Staff -
For over two decades, students at a village school in West Bengal were served mid-day meals separately based on their religion—Hindus and Muslims eating in different classrooms with food cooked in separate utensils.
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Editor's picks

When will Congress stop flogging this dead horse and stop peddling conspiracy theories about Maharashtra assembly elections?

Shraddha Pandey -
After the Election Commission invited Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for talks over his allegations regarding the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly polls, the Congress party on Thursday responded through a letter.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Durga Mandir in Dhaka demolished by administration two days after Islamic mob issued an ultimatum to remove it, idols crushed by bulldozer

OpIndia Staff -
A Durga Mandir in Bangladesh capital Dhaka was demolishedv by the administration 2 days after a large mob threatened to bring it down
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News Reports

Prime Ministers Museum and Library may file theft case against Sonia Gandhi for withholding Nehru’s papers: Read why

OpIndia Staff -
Despite repeated letters from the PMML Trust and historian Rizwan Kadri, Sonia Gandhi has not responded regarding the 51 cartons of Nehru’s papers taken in 2008. Legal options, including theft charges, are being considered.
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News Reports

Air India flight 171 crash: AAIB and NTSB start data extraction from the Black Box and CVR in Delhi laboratory

ANI -
According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the memory module was successfully accessed and its data downloaded at the AAIB Lab. The analysis of CVR and Flight Data Recorder (FDR) data is underway
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News Reports

Kailash Mansarovar Yatra resumes after a 5-year gap as India and China move towards normalising ties: All you need to know about the spiritual...

Aditi -
The yatra is an arduous journey involving high altitudes, difficult terrain and a challenging environment requiring physical and mental strength.
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News Reports

How Arunachal Pradesh is preserving the ancient craft of Mon Shugu paper, keeping the sacred tradition alive that is integral to Monpa people’s culture

Balendu Singh Angad -
At the roof of the world, where the Himalayan air is crisp and the Monpa people roam free, lies a centuries‑old secret: Mon Shugu, a handmade paper crafted not from trees, but from the bark of the Daphne papyracea shrub.
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News Reports

Taufiq tried to force ‘Rakhi-sister’ Neha into marry him, lied about not having a real sister: More details emerge after he killed her by...

OpIndia Staff -
Taufiq assaulted Neha's father, who rushed to rescue his daughter upon hearing the chaos on the rooftop.
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News Reports

India banks big on nuclear power, states urged to submit proposals, as Minister proposes NPP for Bihar

Anurag -
The Centre aims to scale nuclear capacity from 8,180 MW to 22,480 MW by 2031–32, with private sector participation and plans for new reactors in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, and Madhya Pradesh.
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News Reports

Assam govt intensifies crackdown on illegals in the state, 88 Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators detected and deported from Cachar in a month

OpIndia Staff -
Notably, a nationwide Operation Push-back is being conducted to detect, detain and deport illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya immigrants and Assam is leading the way.
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Opinions

Manorama Yadav, Neelam Yadav, Brajesh Yadav, all Kathavachaks, all with followers from every caste: Those looking at Etawah Kathavachak case with a caste angle...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
There are several angles to be considered during this entire episode from Etawah - caste sensitivity, the tendency to immediately rush to social media and give reactions without knowing facts of the case, and issues like the character of the Kathavachak.
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News Reports

Religious conversions in the name of ‘Jesus Darbar’ exposed: Over 500 Hindus converted through false promises, Pastor caught red-handed in Prayagraj

OpIndia Staff -
Police detained Pastor Anil Kumar along with his associates Krishan Kumar and Sanjay on the spot. Authorities revealed that this illegal congregation had been operating in Nevada village under Bahria police station limits.
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News Reports

Trump slams Spain for refusing to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP like other NATO members, says it is terrible and threatens to...

OpIndia Staff -
NATO leaders have agreed to increase their defence spending to 5% of the GDP by 2035, as demanded by US. However, Spain refused the same, causing an angry outburst by Trump
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News Reports

Operation Sindhu: Total 3,154 people evacuated so far from Iran, operation to be gradually winded down due to ceasefire announcement

ANI -
Another special flight carrying 296 Indian nationals and four Nepalese nationals stranded in conflict-hit Iran landed safely in New Delhi on Wednesday, taking the total number of people evacuated under Operation Sindhu to 3,154
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News Reports

What are Satra lands and how the Himanta govt in Assam is taking them back from illegal encroachers

Dibakar Dutta -
Satra is a spiritual institution and has been the centre of traditional performing arts (literature, music and theatre) in the State. Typically, it consists of a large prayer hall, bathing tanks, dormitories, and guest accommodation.
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News Reports

50 years of Emergency: While most media houses bowed down to Indira Gandhi’s diktats, here is how some newspapers refused to give in to...

Chandrani Das -
In the shadow of the 1975 Emergency, when India’s democracy was stripped of its voice, the press stood as both victim and quiet rebel. Amid blank editorials, censorship orders, and mass arrests, journalists and newspapers found subtle yet powerful ways to resist.
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Opinions

Millennia-old palaeochannel traced in Rajasthan again hints at ancient Saraswati: Read how Leftists have kept denying its existence, despite cultural legacy and scientific evidence

Shraddha Pandey -
What emerged from the excavation conducted between April 2024 and May 2025 has drawn the attention of historians and archaeologists, who link the discovered paleochannel to the Saraswati River.
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News Reports

Anti Corruption Bureau probing another AAP scam: What is Delhi Hospital Scam in which AAP leaders Saurabh Bhardwaj and Satyendar Jain are facing investigation

Rukma Rathore -
The Delhi government under AAP allocated ₹5,590 crore for 24 hospital developments in the years 2018-19.
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Law

Telangana High Court cites Quran’s verses while ruling that Muslim wife has absolute right to divorce by Khula without husband’s consent

OpIndia Staff -
The Telangana High Court ruled that a Muslim woman can end her marriage through khula without needing her husband's consent or a certificate from any religious authority, making it a legally valid and self-executing form of divorce.
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News Reports

Union Cabinet approves Phase 2 of Pune Metro Rail Project with a cost of ₹3,626.24 crore

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Pune Metro Rail Project Phase-2
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Political History of India

50 years of Emergency: As PM Modi talks about the 42nd Amendment and Constitution being violated, read why Ambedkar was against it

Jinit Jain -
With PM Modi weighing in on the 42nd Amendment, it is significant to highlight how Dr BR Ambedkar opposed to embedding rigid ideological labels like 'socialist' and 'secular' into the Constitution.
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News Reports

Arrest of Tamil actor Srikanth for Cocaine use blows the lid off other crimes including job scams, blackmail cases, and land grabbing

OpIndia Staff -
Tamil actor Srikanth arrested after allegedly involving in a drug case. He is remanded to judicial custody until June 7.
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News Reports

PFI kept a hitlist with 950 names, including a former judge: As NIA gives evidence in court against banned Islamist org, read how Congress...

OpIndia Staff -
NIA revealed that PFI operated through specialised units and created hit lists based on surveillance. Names recovered included leaders from other communities and a former judge, indicating targeted planning to eliminate ideological opponents.
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News Reports

TMC MP Sagarika Ghose blames RSS for the Emergency, whitewashes role of the Congress party and sings eulogies for Indira Gandhi: Here is the...

Dibakar Dutta -
The Indira Gandhi government invoked Article 359 to deny Indians the right to seek judicial remedy for violations of their fundamental rights. Sanjay Gandhi oversaw arbitrary arrests, torture in police custody forced sterilisation drives.
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News Reports

Tejashwi Yadav refers to victims of “Jungle Raj” as cockroaches to undermine the brutality, attacks media for highlighting the dark period of Bihar under...

अजीत झा -
Tejashwi Yadav maintained that "Jungle Raj" is a construct of the media and referred to the media before 2014 as "innocent."
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News Reports

Axiom Mission-4 piloted by Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla lifts off aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Florida

ANI -
The Axiom Mission 4 launched aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida
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News Reports

Iran’s nuclear program only dented, regime change talks disappeared – What has the US actually gained by bombing Iran?

Anurag -
Despite bold claims, the US failed to destroy Iran’s nuclear capacity. With regime change no longer on the table and Iran still holding enriched uranium, Washington’s intervention appears strategically hollow and politically counterproductive.
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News Reports

‘St Joseph school running on temple land’: Madras HC issues notice to 5 IAS officers for disregarding order, failing to remove encroachment even after...

OpIndia Staff -
The notices were issued on a contempt plea filed by the petitioner, S Vinoth Raghavendran, alleging the non-compliance of an April 2024 order issued by the Madras High Court. In April 2024, the High Court had asked the state government authorities to find an alternate land for the St Joseph school that has been running on the encroached temple land.
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News Reports

China delaying India’s Bullet Train project: 3 German-made tunnel boring machines needed for the project stuck at a Chinese port for months awaiting clearance

OpIndia Staff -
Three tunnel boring machines critical for Mumbai–Ahmedabad bullet train's underground section are stuck at a Chinese port, raising concerns of delay. The government has involved the Ministry of External Affairs, as the machines are vital for tunneling beneath Thane Creek.
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News Reports

Video of NYC mayoral candidate vowing to arrest Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu goes viral: Everything to know Zohran Mamdani, who earlier led hate mob...

OpIndia Staff -
"No. As Mayor, New York City would arrest Benjamin Netanyahu. This is a city where our values align with international law. It's time that our actions are also," Zohran Mamdani brazened out.
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News Reports

Centre to launch ₹1,000 crore scheme to boost rare earth magnet manufacturing, reduce China dependence

OpIndia Staff -
Only 20% of India's geological potential has been explored, despite it having the 3rd-largest rare earth reserves globally.
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News Reports

Nizam’s shadow in Telangana CM: Revanth Reddy’s “Hindi imposition” rhetoric masks Urdu appeasement agenda

OpIndia Staff -
In a move that exposes glaring ideological contradictions, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has launched a vigorous campaign to revive Urdu in the state’s education system, even as his government continues its vehement opposition to Hindi—a language he dismisses as “imposed.” This dual stance raises urgent questions about linguistic authenticity, historical revisionism, and political appeasement in India’s youngest state
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News Reports

Donald Trump is “unhappy” with Iran, “really unhappy” with Israel, and absolutely miserable as his Nobel dreams go up in smoke with missiles still...

Shriti Sagar -
The ceasefire between Iran and Israel, brokered by Donald Trump, is under strain as missile strikes continue. Iran denies recent attacks, but civilian deaths in Israel raise doubts. Trump’s Nobel ambitions face setbacks, while Pakistan controversially nominates him for the peace prize.
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World

2025 NATO Summit: Iran conflict overshadows landmark 5% defense deal, Ukraine sidelined by the alliance it is seeking to join

OpIndia Staff -
Leaders of 32 NATO members converge at The Hague on Tuesday, June 24 for a NATO summit meticulously calibrated to navigate the return of Donald Trump to the global stage, only to witness its agenda overtaken by exploding Middle East violence and existential questions about the alliance's future.
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News Reports

Impeachment for UCC, but silence on corruption: Opposition’s selective morality over justices Yadav and Verma exposed

श्रवण शुक्ल -
Opposition MPs demand for impeachment of Justice Shekhar Yadav but remained silent on corruption charges against justice Yashwant Verma— a staggering hypocrisy that has come to define India’s leftwing ecosystem.
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News Reports

India pushes to renegotiate Ganga water treaty as renewal nears: All you need to know about the treaty with Bangladesh

Anurag -
India is seeking a shorter, updated Ganga treaty with Bangladesh to meet development needs. Bangladesh fears reduced water share. Climate concerns, domestic politics and regional tensions are expected to shape the outcome of talks.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Muslim mob ambushes Durga temple, threatens Hindu devotees to vacate land or face demolition

OpIndia Staff -
According to reports, the extremists gathered outside the 'Sri Sri Durga Mandir' and gave an ultimatum to the Hindu devotees to remove the temple by 12 pm on Tuesday (24th June).
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World

Israel promising “strong response” to ceasefire violations, Iran saying its hand is on the trigger: While Donald Trump is busy taking credit for peace,...

OpIndia Staff -
The recent tensions flared up just hours after US President Donald Trump claimed he has facilitated a ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
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News Reports

Kanwar committees to get funds directly through Direct Benefit Transfer: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

ANI -
As the national capital gears up for the upcoming Kanwar yatra, the Delhi cabinet has decided that Kanwar committees will be getting funds directly from the Delhi government through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced.
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Opinions

Mark Carney calls Kanishka bombing the deadliest attack, but his words ring hollow as Canada continues to harbour all kinds of terrorists

Shraddha Pandey -
Multiple Khalistani terrorists outfits are active in Canada and operating with impunity since neither government and police, nor the political opposition dares to call out Khalistani terrorists nor its enablers in the country.
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World

Iran’s missing Uranium: 400 Kg of the material, enough for 10 Nukes, unaccounted, say reports

OpIndia Staff -
International nuclear watchdog agencies are faced with a crisis following the disappearance of approximately 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium from Iran.
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News Reports

Exclusive: Don Bosco School in Assam forcibly removes tilak of Hindu KG student, threatens her with corporal punishment, victim’s uncle files police complaint

Dibakar Dutta -
The victim's uncle told OpIndia that a few days earlier, the Tulsi Mala of a Hindu Bengali student was forcibly removed by the Don Bosco School authorities.
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News Reports

Congress reduced to AAP’s “B Team”, BJP’s infighting, and Gujarat’s shifting ground: What the Visavadar, Kadi by-polls reveal

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
AAP and Congress maintained their mutual accusations, each claiming the other was the "B team" for the BJP.
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News Reports

12-day war ends? Trump declares ceasefire between Israel and Iran but sirens continue to sound in Israel

OpIndia Staff -
Trump called it the “12-day war” and claimed credit for brokering peace. Iran’s foreign minister denied an agreement but left room for de-escalation. Israel has not yet issued any official statement on the ceasefire.
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World

Middle East on the brink: Trump’s reluctant entry into Israel-Iran war leaves the region in strategic flux

Lalit Ambardar -
US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites mark Trump’s reluctant entry into Israel’s ‘Rising Lion’ campaign to dismantle Tehran’s atomic and clerical power structure.
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News Reports

Number of Indian tourists visiting Turkey sees a sharp drop after boycott calls over its support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Following Operation Sindoor, Indians had called for a strong boycott of Turkey due to its support to Pakistan. Turkey supported Pakistan by providing it drones and other military equipment.
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Culture and History

Rani Durgavati: The brave warrior queen from Mahoba who fought Akbar’s Mughal army, and died fighting for her people

Shriti Sagar -
Rani Durgavati, the warrior queen of the Gond kingdom, is remembered every year on June 24 for her courage and sacrifice. She bravely fought Mughal forces and chose martyrdom over surrender. Her legacy continues through cultural events and historical preservation efforts.
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News Reports

From slums to modern flats with all amenities: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana transforming the lives of slumdwellers and giving them a life of dignity

Chandrani Das -
Under PM Awas Yojna hundreds families of Ashok Vihar cluster relocated to modern flats. The shift offers a better living condition for the residents living at JJ Cluster.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Musabbir molests minor girl in broad daylight in Bareilly, shot in the leg by police while trying to flee, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Musbbir fired upon the police as he attempted to escape on his bike, resulting in injuries when the police responded.
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