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Centre denies clearance to RJD leader Manoj Jha to attend a conference in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of External Affairs denied permission to RJD leader Manoj K Jha to attend conference in Pakistan.
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Former US President Donald Trump files defamation suit against CNN, asks for 475 million dollars in compensation

OpIndia Staff -
Former US President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN, asking for 475 million dollars in compensation.
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News Reports

First independent, standalone Hindu temple in Dubai opens today for thousands of devotees: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The first ever independent and standalone Hindu temple in Dubai is all set to be inaugurated on October 4, a day before Dussehra.
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News Reports

Elon Musk stirs hornet’s nest with tweets on Russia-Ukraine crisis, draws ire of Westerners. Here is what happened

Dibakar Dutta -
Elon Musk tried to draw attention to the fact that a peace proposal and Ukraine's neutrality is the most likely outcome anyway and the death of millions can be prevented if a peace proposal is agreed upon.
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News Reports

Terrorists murder Kashmir cop ahead of Amit Shah’s visit to ‘warn Hindutva regime’

OpIndia Staff -
Terror group People's Anti-Fascist Force (PAFF), an offshoot of Pakistan headquartered terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility of the murder of Jammu & Kashmir DGP (Prisons) Hemant Kumar Lohia.
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News Reports

Vadodara: Police arrest 40 over clash after youths from a local group attempted to install an Islamic flag near a Hindu temple

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Communal tension erupted in Salvi, Vadodara, after Muslims tried to install religious flag near a temple
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News Reports

Vadodara: 4 Muslim students attack Hindu students with iron belts, stones after they were asked not to play Islamic songs during Garba event

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Four booked for attacking six Hindu students with iron belt and stones after they objected to Islamic songs at Garba event
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News Reports

Gujarat: Kheda youth Arif and Zahir lead a mob, pelt stones during Navratri celebrations

OpIndia Staff -
Arif and Zahir objected to Navratri celebration in the village and said that the Navratri celebration should be stopped.
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Opinions

‘OMG, he is standing in rain’: RaGa fans go gaga over yet another inspiring act from him, here are some others

Amit Kelkar -
An assorted mix of propagandists went into raptures about Rahul Gandhi after he addressed a rally amid rains.
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News Reports

Congress leader Nana Patole blames Namibian Cheetah for bringing Lumpy virus to India from Nigeria, BJP demands Nobel Prize for this ‘research’

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Nana Patole attacked PM Modi by accusing him of purposely bringing the Lumpy disease from Nigeria by importing the Cheetahs from Namibia
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Media

India Vs Brazil: The doublespeak of BBC on EVMs and how it tried to interfere in India’s electoral process

Dibakar Dutta -
In 2017, Opindia had reported how BBC deliberately shared a 2010 article about alleged EVM hacking after BJP swept Uttar Pradesh polls in 2017.
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News Reports

Rana Ayyub shares tweet by fake handle to attack the RSS and the Modi government

OpIndia Staff -
Rana Ayyub shared a tweet by a fake account on Twitter to attack the RSS and the Modi government.
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News Reports

‘Disrespect and insult to the Hon’ble President of India’ – Delhi LG slams CM Kejriwal over his absence from Homage Program on 2nd October

OpIndia Staff -
LG further mentioned that neither Delhi CM Kejriwal nor any ministers of the Delhi government were present at the Raj Ghat or Vijay Ghat
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Politics

Congress social media account thinks our boss is their boss

Nirwa Mehta -
Congress Sevadal account tags Rahul Roushan, OpIndia CEO, in Bharat Jodo tweet instead of Rahul Gandhi, Wayanad MP.
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News Reports

Kriti Sanon’s old tweet on JNU violence goes viral after Adipurush teaser release

OpIndia Staff -
Adipurush actress Kriti Sanon's tweet on JNU violence from 2020 went viral on social media
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News Reports

Meerut police arrest main accused Asif and Faimidu Nat, recover severed head of Deepak Tyagi who was beheaded over relationship with a Muslim woman

OpIndia Staff -
Meerut police have arrested the two main accused Asif and Zehmeet who brutally beheaded the 20-year-old Hindu man Deepak Tyagi in Parikshitgarh in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Punjab: Pro-Khalistan slogans found on walls of forest department office in Bhatinda, Khalistani terrorist outfit SFJ claims responsibility

OpIndia Staff -
Pro-Khalistan and anti-India slogans were found written on the outer wall of the office of the Divisional Forest Officer in Punjab's Bathinda city, a stronghold of the Aam Admi Party (AAP)
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News Reports

CPI (Maoist) comes out in support of PFI, calls the ban on the radical Islamist outfit draconian and anti-democratic

OpIndia Staff -
CPI (Maoist) issued a press release and condemned the ban imposed on the Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) by the Ministry of Home Affairs,
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News Reports

Ground Report from Chhattisgarh: The village in Jashpur that once forced pastors out finds no place for Hindus today

अजीत झा -
The roadside crosses in the villages inside Chhattisgarh are territory markers. "Only a few Hindus are left here", is the message they give.
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News Reports

The Quint columnist invokes ‘Dalit Christian’ bogey over neighbourly quarrel, here’s how it is problematic

OpIndia Staff -
The tweets by The Quint columnist Shalin Maria Lawrence act as a cautionary tale on how certain laws can be misused if someone gets vindictive enough.
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News Reports

‘Teesta Setalvad and Rana Ayyub are not in touch with me’ – Convicted ex-IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt’s wife says ‘activists’ provided zero support

OpIndia Staff -
Convicted ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt's wife said Rana Ayyub and Teesta Setalvad never called her to help in the cases against Bhatt.
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News Reports

As Islamist outfit PFI is outlawed, here is how the series of events unfolded leading to the ban

OpIndia Staff -
Government of India banned the Islamist organisation PFI and its associated outfits with immediate effect on September 28.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Man impersonates a cop to avoid paying toll tax, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
"I wear this uniform and keep the ID of an inspector to avoid paying toll tax," Mukesh was heard as saying.
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News Reports

Bomb threat onboard China-bound Iranian passenger flight flying across Indian airspace, IAF scrambles fighter jets: Details

OpIndia Staff -
ANI reported a 'bomb threat' onboard an Iranian passenger jet flying over Indian airspace
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Entertainment

‘Ravan riding a giant bat, weird-looking characters’: Om Raut’s Ramayana remake Adipurush gets mocked on social media after teaser release

OpIndia Staff -
There is also a hilariously copy-pasted scene of Saif as Ravan riding a giant, monster bat. Social media users were quick to point out that it was a rather stupid attempt to recreate the Night King character from Game of Thrones where he rides a skeletal zombie dragon.
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News Reports

Chinese govt repressing Tibetans through colonial-style boarding schools, Zero-Covid Policy, and bulk DNA collection: Tibetan activists

OpIndia Staff -
A resolution passed at the Tibetan communities' third General Meeting in Milan voiced concern about the Chinese government's acts of repression against Tibetans
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World

US: Lawyer Urooj Rahman, who led arson attack on cops during 2020 George Floyd Protests, blames it on ‘unprocessed trauma’ and alcohol

OpIndia Staff -
Citing her therapy sessions and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, Rahman's lawyers also alleged that the arson attack was “a marked deviation from her otherwise exemplary life.”
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Opinions

‘Muslims must stay away from Garba’: A viral tweet and a conversation I must have with my readers

Nupur J Sharma -
Muslims should stay away from Garba, because it is a deeply religious celebration of the Navdurga - Here is why
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Specials

A year on, Kawardha violence still haunts the Hindus, accuse Congress govt of Muslim appeasement: Ground report from Chhattisgarh

अजीत झा -
On October 3, 2021, a Muslim mob tore off a saffron flag in Kawardha that triggered violence against Hindus. A year later, questions remain unanswered.
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News Reports

Canada: Signboard of Bhagwat Gita Park vandalised in Brampton, police refutes claims after Indian High Commission expressed concern

OpIndia Staff -
Canada: Police refuted the claims of vandalism of signboard of Bhagwat Gita Park, said it was damaged during installation.
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News Reports

‘No such proposal under consideration’: Centre on media reports that said it is mulling over scrapping the Ministry of Minority Affairs

OpIndia Staff -
The Centre said no proposal of scrapping Ministry of Minority Affairs is under consideration.
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News Reports

Congress presidential elections: When party chief Sitaram Kesri was locked in a room to make way for Sonia Gandhi

Dibakar Dutta -
Sitaram Kesri died in 2000 after being subject to glaring indifference by a party, to which he dedicated his entire life.
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News Reports

Designed to last six months, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission stops communicating with Earth after 8 long years

OpIndia Staff -
ISRO has lost communications with the Mars Orbiter Mission, fuelling speculations about the end of its life
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Hyderabad: Police foil ISI terror attack plan, 3 including Abdul Zahed arrested with grenades, Zahed was earlier released for lack of evidence

OpIndia Staff -
Hyderabad police arrest Abdul Zahed, Md Sameeuddin and Maaz Hasan Farooq with grenades who were planning terror attacks
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Arvind Kejriwal cites ‘IB report’ to claim that AAP is winning Gujarat elections after his MLA shared 2017 report to claim BJP losing Gujarat

OpIndia Staff -
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal claimed in a press conference that his party will form government in Gujarat citing a 'IB Report'
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Gujarat: Ancient Hindu temple in Tapi demolished to build a Church, Hindus prohibited from offering prayers

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Around 98 percent of the people in this village in the Tapi district have become Christians and Hindus have been reduced to a minority.
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News Reports

Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav’s health critical, admitted to ICU at Gurugram hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Mulayam Singh Yadav was hospitalised at Gurugram's Medanta hospital for a chronic health problem.
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Myanmar: Bullet fired from the ground pierces through fuselage of an aircraft at 3500 feet and injures a passenger

OpIndia Staff -
A bullet fired from ground hit an ATR 72 of Myanmar National Airlines mid-air and injured a passenger inside the plane
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News Reports

Chandigarh University video leak case: Police say prime accused Sanjeev Singh blackmailed multiple women, Singh denies the charges

OpIndia Staff -
The main accused of Chandigarh University Video Leak case allegedly blackmailed other women too
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Furore on social media over participation of #MeToo accused Sajid Khan in Bigg Boss, netizens slam show host Salman Khan

OpIndia Staff -
Following the announcement of Sajid Khan participating in Bigg Boss, there is a furore all around including on social media.
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News Reports

Delhi: ‘We Killed him, pick up the body’, Aalam, Bilal, and Faizan tell Sunder Nagari locals after killing Manish by stabbing him 60 times

OpIndia Staff -
Manish was killed because he was testifying in court against Qasim and Mohsin who snatched his mobile phone and stabbed him one year ago.
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Greet with ‘Vande Mataram’ not ‘hello’: Maharashtra govt issues circular for officials

OpIndia Staff -
The resolution asserts that numerous freedom fighter laid their lives singing 'Vande Mataram', a song written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee.
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Entertainment

20% memory lost: Film critic Kamaal R Khan says 10 days of incarceration led to permanent brain damage

OpIndia Staff -
Kamaal R Khan/Kumar alias KRK was arrested on August 29 this year for tweeting disparaging remarks against Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan.
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News Reports

Sidhu Moosewala Murder Case: Accused Deepak Tinu escapes from police custody; Lawrence Bishnoi gang pleads police not to kill him in the encounter

OpIndia Staff -
Two accused in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case were encountered in July 2022. Sidhu Moosewala was murdered on 29th May 2022.
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Bihar: Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh resigns alleging corruption in his department, says ‘can’t continue if Mandi system is not restored’

OpIndia Staff -
Bihar's Agriculture Minister resigned demanding restoration APMC act and Mandi system in the state
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Gujarat: Muslim teacher makes students perform Tajia instead of Garba during Navratri

OpIndia Staff -
Students were asked to come to school to play Garba, but were made to perform mourning dance as per Tajia instead.
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Pakistan: Clerics oppose women’s sport in Gilgit stadium because it is used for namaz also, cricketer Diana Baig asks why no opposition to men’s...

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's woman cricketer called out Maulana Jalal Abid for opposing women's sporting event in PoK
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Media

The Hindu bats for PFI, accuses Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind of pandering to BJP, here is why it is problematic

Dibakar Dutta -
Quoting one Jamiat member, he suggested that the Islamic organisation has been forced to reach an 'existential compromise' with the ruling BJP.
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Several PFI members went to Syria to join ISIS and become Jihadis, reveals NIA document on the banned group

OpIndia Staff -
There have been instances of PFI members being killed or arrested on foreign land and then deported back to India, according to the NIA
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PFI cadres were being trained to infiltrate RSS and gather sensitive information to share with Islamic nations: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The major goal of this PFI infiltration was to keep an eye on the operations of RSS as well as to get classified material.
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