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PFI had plans to blow up Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir and build Babri Masjid there: Maharashtra ATS

OpIndia Staff -
The Police also said that the arrested PFI jihadis were part of a WhatsApp group that is administered from Pakistan. The group consisting of around 175 members from India, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Afghanistan discussed conspiracy to carry out destructive activities in the country.
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News Reports

Mominpore violence: Anti-terror agency NIA files FIR, probe begins on MHA’s orders

OpIndia Staff -
The MHA is said to have directed the NIA to take over the probe after it received a report from the state government. Also, Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly had asked the MHA to deploy central paramilitary forces in the violence-hit parts of the state and had demanded a probe by NIA.
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News Reports

Ballia BJP MP Virendra Singh announces auditorium in memory of late Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav

OpIndia Staff -
MP Singh has termed it as his tribute to contribution of Mulayam Singh Yadav to national politics and his work for the upliftment of backward classes.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Mob violence in Rohingya refugee camp over drug trade, 2 ‘leaders’ hacked to death, ARSA involvement suspected

OpIndia Staff -
The refugee settlements, which house over one million Rohingya refugees, have seen an increase in violence in recent months.
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News Reports

‘Paedophilia, hormone therapy’: 38-year-old Karan Kundrra’s problematic reel ‘romancing’ a 12-year-old girl draws criticism and disgust on social media

Anurag -
Several users posted lewd, explicit comments under child artist Riva Arora's posts on Instagram.
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News Reports

Muslim victimhood, hijab row and the art of shielding Islamists: A rebuttal of Rana Ayyub’s anti-India tirade in Washington Post

Dibakar Dutta -
In April this year, Rana Ayyub used the stage of the International Journalism Festival (IJF) in Italy to cast aspersions about India's democracy.
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News Reports

The Wire withdraws all its stories claiming Amit Malviya had special powers to block content on Instagram, says they will set up a committee...

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire said it is suspending stories on Meta and setting up an internal review—an implicit admission that they had erred.
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Politics

From comparing Rahul Gandhi to Lord Ram to offensive statement on Lakshman: How Congress leaders have mocked Hindu faith

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party and its leaders have repeatedly abused the sensibilities of millions of Hindus by denying the existence of Lord Ram
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News Reports

‘Murdered by a mob that came from mosque’s vicinity’: Bajrang Dal worker’s mother says police is denying communal angle due to fear of Islamists

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Nitesh Chaudhary, a member of Bajrang Dal, died after being assaulted by Ufiza, Adnan and Abbas on October 12.
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Law

People unhappy with the Collegium system, the government should appoint judges: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

OpIndia Staff -
Kiren Rijiju said that the collegium method of appointment of judges in India needs to be reconsidered
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News Reports

‘My character was loose, that’s why I could not marry Gauahar Khan’: Bigg Boss contestant Sajid Khan’s interview goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Gauahar Khan, the winner of 'Bigg Boss 7,' had got engaged to Sajid Khan, brother of Farah Khan in 2003.
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News Reports

HC denies Umar Khalid bail in larger conspiracy case: Here is what court said and how it busts the ‘anti-Muslim pogrom’ narrative yet again

Nupur J Sharma -
Delhi HC rejected bail of Umar Khalid in the case pertaining to bigger conspiracy in 2020 anti-Hindu Delhi riots
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News Reports

Kerala: Probe ordered against former health minister KK Shailaja over allegations of corruption in the purchase of PPE kits during Covid

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala Lokayukta ordered a probe against KK Shailaja over alleged corruption in the acquisition of PPE kits during COVID-19.
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News Reports

OpIndia’s coverage of anti-Hindu violence in Leicester broke the back of Islamist propaganda peddled by leftist news outlets. Here is how

Dibakar Dutta -
Understanding the close nexus between Islamists and leftist media outlets is crucial to understanding the victimisation of the Hindu community in Leicester.
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News Reports

Delhi HC rejects bail plea of Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots case, says appeal has no merit

OpIndia Staff -
Umar Khalid was arrested under several sections of IPC and UAPA for his role in conspiring the 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riots.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Nandi idol damaged inside Shiva temple, case registered against unknown miscreants

OpIndia Staff -
Authorities in the area said that the unidentified culprits broke into the temple's premises and vandalised the Nandi idol in an effort to steal it.
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News Reports

‘Different personal laws hamper national unity’: Centre files its first affidavit on Uniform Civil Code in SC

OpIndia Staff -
Arguing in favour of Uniform Civil Code, the Centre said different personal laws hampered national unity.
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News Reports

Toddler files police complaint because his mother would ‘steal his chocolates’ when at school, MP Police officer indulges in viral video

OpIndia Staff -
An adorable video showing a three-year-old angry toddler lodging a complaint against his mother for preventing him from eating chocolates has gone viral on social media
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News Reports

PM Modi set to visit Kedarnath and Badrinath ahead of Diwali, to celebrate the festival with soldiers

OpIndia Staff -
Prior to Diwali, on October 21 and 22, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Kedarnath and Badrinath.
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World

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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