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Modi 2024: Why not just the TINA factor

Nirwa Mehta -
There are alternatives - Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar - who, just like Modi have been chief ministers of their states many times. Just because you may not vote for them you cannot ignore those who did.
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News Reports

Delhi ACB arrests AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in connection with Waqf Board corruption case

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi ACB had recovered unlicensed gun and Rs 12 lakhs after raids at the premises of Amanatullah Khan.
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World

India assumes Presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation for 2023: Putin and other world leaders extend wishes

OpIndia Staff -
India will take over the rotating annual chairmanship of the Shanghai Coorperation Organisation (SCO) for 2023 from Uzbekistan
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News Reports

Delhi court acquits Yogendra Singh and Suraj in a Delhi Riots FIR filed by Shamshad, says case not proved beyond reasonable doubt

OpIndia Staff -
Karkardooma Court in Delhi acquits Yogender Singh and Suraj in a Delhi riots case saying their involvement in the riot was not proved
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News Reports

Delhi ACB recovers an unlicensed weapon, Rs 12 lakh after raids at AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s house and other locations

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi ACB on Thursday issued a summons to Aam Aadmi Party leader Amanatullah Khan for questioning in a two-year-old case involving the Waqf Board.
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News Reports

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh terms the opening of locks of Babri structure a mistake, party had earlier questioned the existence of Lord Ram

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking to Ashutosh, Jairam Ramesh said Congress committed many blunders, including opening of locks of Babri structure.
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News Reports

Watch: How Shazia Ilmi stood up to Aatish Taseer-led liberal bullies chanting anti-India slogans at JLF New York

OpIndia Staff -
Aatish Taseer had instigated a protest against BJP leader Shazia Ilmi at Jaipur Literature Festival in New York
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News Reports

Rape and murder in Lakhimpur Kheri: Family allows bodies to be cremated after district administration agrees to fast track case, demand for death sentence

OpIndia Staff -
The relatives of the victims consented for the bodies to be cremated after the Lakhimpur district administration made five promises to the families.
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News Reports

Ahmedabad court sentences Jignesh Mevani and 18 others to six months in prison in 2016 roadblock protest case

OpIndia Staff -
Jignesh Mevani and 18 others are sentenced to six months in prison in the 2016 roadblock protest case.
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News Reports

Surat: Restaurant owner Sarfaraz Mohammad Khan arrested for serving beef to customers, butcher who supplied cow meat is now absconding

OpIndia Staff -
In the FSL report it was found that out of 60 kg of meat, 20 kg was cow meat and 40 kg of buffalo meat.
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News Reports

Kerala HC upholds life sentence of Beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham for the brutal murder of security guard Chandrabose

OpIndia Staff -
Besides the Chandrabose murder case, Mohammed Nisham is charged with 11 other criminal cases.
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Opinions

Blasphemy murders: The Pakistani origins of ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogan and why it should be treated as a precursor to a terrorist act

Jinit Jain -
'Sar Tan Se Juda' chants have become a dangerous constant and a chief staple of Islamist protests across India.
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News Reports

‘Liberal’ panellists withdraw from Jaipur Literature Festival in New York because BJP leader Shazia Ilmi was a panellist

OpIndia Staff -
According to a report by Middle East Eye, at least 3 panellists withdrew from JLF in New York because Shazia Ilmi was a panellist
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News Reports

‘He asked his family to destroy his devices if he is arrested’: Delhi Police opposes Md Zubair’s plea to return seized gadgets

OpIndia Staff -
"Quashing/ setting aside PC orders by Ld. CMM/ Patiala House Court will make the recovery inadmissible," the Delhi police argued.
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News Reports

63-year-old Abu Abdullah from Saudi Arabia marries 53 women in 43 years, says he was looking for ‘peace and stability’, not ‘personal pleasure’

OpIndia Staff -
A 63-year-old man from Saudi Arabia, Abu Abdullah, nicknamed as 'polygamist of the century' revealed on September 10 that he had married 53 women in his life
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News Reports

BBC blames ‘Hindu hierarchy’ for rape and murder of Dalit sisters, forgets to mention that the arrested accused were Arif, Sohail, and Junaid among...

Pallav -
BBC has intended to imply that the incident occurred due to the existence of 'Hindu hierarchy'. While it emphasized the Dalit identity of the victims, it forgot to mention that the culprits were named Junaid, Airf, Sohail, Hafiz, Karimuddin and Chhotu.
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News Reports

As Arvind Kejriwal says he does not understand what Delhi liquor scam is about, here is an explainer to help him understand what his...

Raju Das -
Delhi liquor scam involves two major components, grant of licences for bribe, and loss to exchequer due to various decisions
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Homes of 7 accused jailed for assaulting a woman in Hamirpur forest park bulldozed

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, the Hamirpur administration and Police in the state of Uttar Pradesh bulldozed residential properties of seven accused who have been arrested for assaulting a girl in the city forest park.
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Economy and Finance

String of freebies and imprudent financial decisions, can Punjab face Sri Lanka-style economic crisis?

OpIndia Staff -
Recent media reports reveal that Punjab government even failed to provide salaries for the month of August to state employees in time
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Opinions

Neither ‘Dara Hua’ nor ‘Jai Bheem’: As Muslim side declares Ambedkar’s views on Hijab ‘offensive’ in SC, it’s time for a reality check

Nupur J Sharma -
Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging Karnataka HC order banning Hijab in educational institutes
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World

Tehran: 22-year-old woman dies after she was beaten into a coma by ‘Morality Police’ for ‘improper hijab’

OpIndia Staff -
Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman, was whisked away by Morality Police in Tehran for not completely covering her hair with hijab
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 7-year-old Dalit girl in a critical condition after rape by one Talib, accused arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Talib was arrested by Uttar Pradesh police for raping a 7-year-old Dalit girl in Aligarh on Wednesday.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu Waqf Board now claims ownership of 7 Hindu-majority villages and a 1500-year-old temple; villagers show documents to counter claims

OpIndia Staff -
Tamil Nadu Waqf board has claimed ownership of 7 Hindu villages and the 1500-year-old Sundareswarar Temple in the state
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News Reports

Kerala: 2 Indigo employees Sajid Rehman and Mohammad Samil arrested for aiding smuggling of gold worth Rs 2.5 crores at Calicut airport

OpIndia Staff -
According to department officials, gold combined with other metals worth over Rs 2.5 crore was smuggled in with the help of two Indigo Airlines officials.
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Law

Youtuber who had questioned release of Maridhas, went on a tirade against Nupur Sharma, sentenced to jail for 6 months in contempt of court...

OpIndia Staff -
Madras HC sentenced Youtuber Savakku Shankar to 6 months in prison in a contempt of court case pertaining to release of Maridhas
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News Reports

Hijab hearing in SC: Muslim parties cancel Dr Ambedkar’s statement quoted in HC judgement, call it ‘deeply offensive’ and ‘biased’

OpIndia Staff -
“Ambedkar’s statement, although he was a pillar, is a deeply offensive statement. It is not a statement that should be repeated in India, great though he may have been. (It was a) totally biased statement,” senior advocate Gonsalves, representing some of the Muslim girls, said to SC.
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News Reports

Kerala: Congress workers attack shop of vegetable vendor Anas demanding donation money for Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kollam

OpIndia Staff -
A mob of Congress workers reportedly stormed a store in Kollam demanding Rs 2000 donation for the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kerala.
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News Reports

Organiser journalist receives ’Sar Tan Se Juda’ threats for supporting Hindutva and criticising Islamists, FIR filed

OpIndia Staff -
As per the FIR, the intimidator referred to Kanhaiyalal and Umesh Kolhe, he warned Nishant to stop writing in support of Hindu organisations if he doesn't want to end up getting killed in the same way.
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News Reports

Son of Hindu tailor Kanhaiya Lal, beheaded by Islamists, says he will remain barefoot until murderers Riyaz and Ghaus are hanged

OpIndia Staff -
Yash had stopped wearing slippers since the day after the beheading of his father on June 28, 2022.
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News Reports

Indian Diplomats angry after Bhagwant Mann lied about BMW setting up a plant in Punjab, say he hurt India’s credibility: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has ended up hurting the credibility of India after he lied about BMW setting up a plant in Punjab
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Specials

Muslims buying Hindu land at higher price, building ‘Saudi-style’ mosques, installations with details inscribed in Urdu and Arabic- Ground report from UP-Nepal border areas

राहुल पाण्डेय -
What follows here is the twelfth episode of the series of OpIndia reports documenting the Islamisation of the UP-Nepal border
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News Reports

Eight militant groups of Assam sign tripartite peace agreement in Delhi, government announces special development package

OpIndia Staff -
Five Adivasi militant groups and 3 splinter groups in Assam signed peace pact with Assam govt and Central govt
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 62-year-old Muslim cleric arrested in Raigad for molesting 3 minor girls aged between 5 to 12 years

OpIndia Staff -
The cleric has been sent to police custody till Friday after a case was registered against him under the relevant sections of the POCSO Act.
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News Reports

‘There will be bloodshed in the country if Gyanvapi verdict is against Muslims’: Babri petitioner Haji Mehboob

OpIndia Staff -
Haji Mehboob said that Muslims wont accept a verdict against them in Gyanvapi case like they did in the Babri case
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Sports

Tennis: Roger Federer announces his retirement after next week’s Laver Cup in London

OpIndia Staff -
The Laver Cup, an event Federer founded, scheduled for next week will be the last time we will get to see Federer playing professionally.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 6 people arrested from hookah bar posing as family restaurant in Budaun, allegedly used to blackmail Hindu women in attempted love jihad

OpIndia Staff -
Allegedly the Hookah Bar owner Arbaz Khan used to collect names and phone numbers of Hindu girls visiting the bar and shared the details with his friends
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News Reports

Yogi Government suspends Joint Director (Health) Tabassum Khan for arbitrarily ordering govt hospitals to feature signboards and nameplates in Urdu

OpIndia Staff -
The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has suspended Dr Tabassum Khan, Joint Director (Health), over a September 1 directive mandating all govt hospitals to feature signboards and nameplates in Urdu
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News Reports

China ruins Dussehra festival in Nepal, goods worth billions stuck due to closure of border points after anti-China protests in Nepal

Raju Das -
As China blocked Nepal border trade points following anti-China protests in Nepal, the Dussehra festival will be ruined
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Media

Journalist who writes for Wire and Caravan wonders why ‘Dalit identity’ of Lakhimpur victims is not highlighted: Concern turns to mirth when her hypocrisy...

OpIndia Staff -
Immediately after the incident was reported, "concerned" journalists started wondering why the Dalit identity of the victims is not being highlighted while reporting the crime
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News Reports

Mathura: Maulana of Shadullah Masjid absconds after raping a woman, other clerics from committee accused of helping him escape

OpIndia Staff -
Ajay Kishore, the inspector in charge of the police station, stated that a team has been dispatched to Moradabad to arrest the accused Maulana.
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News Reports

Teacher Mohammed Kasif in UP intermediate college thrashes students for visiting Shiv temple, asks priest to shut temple, VHP protests: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
VHP reached Bapu Uparaudh Intermediate College in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh to demand the reopening of Shiv temple inside the college premises
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Crime

Siwan violence: Bihar Police says the juvenile arrested for pelting stones from masjid is 13, not 8 as claimed by Owaisi, read what happened

अनुपम कुमार सिंह -
FIR states that the Islamist mob was pelting stones from the masjid and also chanting communal slogans.
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Specials

Circumcision of Hindu children, love jihad, increased POCSO cases and more: Ground report from UP’s Balrampur district along Indo-Nepal border

राहुल पाण्डेय -
What follows here is the eleventh episode of the series of OpIndia reports documenting the Islamisation of the UP-Nepal border
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News Reports

Mathura: Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha treasurer files plea seeking removal of Meena Masjid from Krishna Janmabhoomi complex

OpIndia Staff -
Dinesh Sharma had earlier filed a petition seeking the removal of the Shahi Masjid Idgah, adjacent to the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi.
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News Reports

Doordarshan turns 63: A history of India’s public broadcaster and a tale of controversies under the Congress government

OpIndia Staff -
Public boradcaster Doordarshan completed 63 years of service - Here is a look back at its history and some the controversies that it faced
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News Reports

Delhi liquor scam: Sting video of accused number 9 Amit Arora goes viral, reveals the rampant corruption under AAP government

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, Amit Arora can be heard sharing how bribes and corruption have been organized under the Delhi excise policy.
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News Reports

‘Not shot the way it is being shown’: Actor Ranveer Singh tells Mumbai police that controversial nude photo for Paper magazine was ‘morphed’

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst the nude pictures of Ranveer Singh that went viral, the actor claims that the photo showing his private parts has been 'morphed'
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News Reports

‘I would have shot them in head’: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee says police showed unnecessary restraint in stopping BJP’s Nabanna Chalo rally

OpIndia Staff -
Abhishek Banerjee accused BJP workers of creating ruckus in the state during the Nabanna Chalo rally
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News Reports

India dodges global economic slowdown, exports grew by 19.7% in April-August over the same period last year

OpIndia Staff -
Indian exports of merchandise grew by 17.7% April-August this year against same period last year, and overall exports grew by 19.7%
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Specials

From SSB base camp to deserted fields, Madarsas and Mazars cropping up everywhere between UP’s Balrampur and Jarwa border in Nepal: Ground Report

राहुल पाण्डेय -
What follows here is the tenth episode of the series of OpIndia reports documenting the Islamisation of the UP-Nepal border
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