Archives of OpIndia

Punjab: Pro-Khalistan slogans raised in Jalandhar ahead of chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s visit

Posters welcoming Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to Jalandhar were vandalised with pro-Khalistan slogans

‘I am a nationalist, live with it’ – Anupam Kher opens up about The Kashmir Files, Boycott culture and re-inventing himself as an actor

Anupam Kher said though he feels bad he is not getting roles from Karan Johar and likes, it has helped him in re-inventing himself as an actor

West Bengal: TMC issues notice to Minister Shrikant Mahato after he criticizes fellow party leaders for corrupt practices

Shrikant Mahato said that TMC leaders like Uma Sareen, Sandhya Roy, Moon Moon Sen, June Mallya, Sayani, Sayantika, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan, Nepal Singh, Sandeep Singh, and Uttara Singh are looting people and party is considering them as assets.

As PM Modi inaugurates earthquake memorial ‘Smriti Van’ in Bhuj, locals recall how he helped Kutch resurrect while working as Gujarat CM

Many people have shared their memories about Narendra Modi's contribution in the rehabilitation of Kutch after the 2001 earthquake

California Shooting: 3 people injured in a shooting incident outside Gurudwara in Stockton, unconfirmed links to SFJ emerge

There have been unconfirmed reports that the shooting incident outside Gurudwara happened between two groups linked to Dharamvir and Pavittar Singh.

Jharkhand: Hindu girl Ankita dies after being set ablaze by neighbour Shahrukh Hussain for refusing his advances

Ankita being treated at a hospital in Jharkhand after Shahrukh Hussain poured petrol on her and set her ablaze.

As India is set to face off against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2022, here is a look back at the history of the encounters...

India has won eight out of the thirteen Asia Cup encounters versus Pakistan and haven't lost to them in the T20 version of the tournament.

‘What do you mean by Gandhi family gave so much? Is this a registered party or some Mughal sultanate?’: Maharashtra Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan said, "There is no election for the Congress working committee in the last 24 years."

Congress Party President Elections are finally set to take place on October 17 this year

Currently, Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi is serving as the interim President since 2019, a position she also held on a full-time basis from 1998 to 2017.

As Noida’s Twin Towers get demolished, here is a look at the world’s 5 biggest controlled demolitions in human history

As the Twin Towers are brought down, here is a list of the 5 biggest controlled demolitions in human history.

Watch: A look at the immediate impact of the demolition as the Twin Towers finally come down in Noida

The demolition of Twin Towers was executed using 3700 KGs of explosives, and it was carried out by two companies named Edifice Engineering and Jet Demolitions

Pakistan: Emergency declared as deadly floods claim more than 1000 lives

Pakistan's Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman claimed that the current state of Pakistan is worse than the floods of 2010.

Watch: Supertech Twin towers in Noida reduced to dust in a controlled demolition, debris to be cleared in 3 months

Ending months of preparation, Supertech Twin Towers demolished to the precision by Edifice Engineering and Jet Demolitions

Gujarat: Hindu youth Rohit Singh dies by suicide after his Muslim wife and brother-in-law forcefully feed him beef

Rohit Singh committed suicide after his wife Sonam and her brother Mukhtar fed him beef, and then they didn't inform his family about the death

Twitter finds meme opportunity even in Supertech Twin Tower demolition, and some of those are, umm, dark

Supertech Twin Tower demolition by authorities trigger meme and joke fest on social media and things turn dark quickly.

Allahabad HC upholds conviction of Kanpur man Ishrat who had mutilated private parts of a 4-year-old girl 34 years ago

Irshat was arrested in December 1988 and charged under Indian Penal Code Sections 324 and 354 for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl

Adolf Hitler joins Trinamool Congress in Meghalaya, gives the party a big boost

Adolf Hitler is not the only oddly named politician in Meghalaya politics. Back in 2013, Hitler fought assembly elections against two similarly strange names in Franken

Indian women who faced racist attack by Texas woman say they want ‘nothing to do with Hindutva types’, sided with anti-India org CAIR

Last week, a Mexican American woman had verbally abused four women of Indian origin in Plano, Texas and asked them to go to India after a long racist rant.

Indian High Comission in Colombo slams China for false insinuation about bullying, interfering in Sri Lankan affairs. Read details

Qi Zhenhong alleged that the decision by the island nation to allow Yuan Wang 5 to berth at the Hambantota port was its sovereign decision.

“Temples many times cause law and order problems” Madras HC observes while ordering closure of temple in Erode till ‘fit person’ is appointed in...

A temple in Erode is in legal tangles over worshipping the deity. The court said how it was a paradox that temple which is supposed to bring peace is causing such ego clashes.

Virat Kohli says he enjoyed watching Pakistan’s Babar Azam play, had earlier said ‘don’t live in India if you love batsmen from other countries’

Virat Kohli heaped praises on Babar Azam ahead of the much-anticipated India-Pakistan clash at Asia Cup 2022.

Telangana: Home Ministry orders NIA probe into PFI module in Nizamabad where weapons training was provided in the name of karate classes

25 PFI members were involved in running a weapons training module in Nizamabad in Telangana in the name of Karate classes

Sonali Phogat death case: PA Sudhir Sangwan forcibly made the deceased BJP leader drink from a bottle, new CCTV video appears

Sudhir Sangwan has appeared in three leaked videos with deceased BJP leader Sonali Phogat since her death

All preparations completed to bring down Supertech Twin Towers: All you need to know about the Supreme Court ordered demolition

Apex and Ceyane, the twin towers built by Supertech, will be demolished on August 28 as per Supreme Court's order

Farooq Abdullah runs away from Times Now interview with Navika Kumar when asked about genocide of Kashmiri Hindus, accuses her of bias

Farooq Abdullah said that all those Kashmiri Hindus killed were like their brothers. He also accused Navika Kumar of being biased in her profession.

Gujarat: Communal tension in Kutch ahead of PM Modi’s visit as 20-year-old Hindu youth Paresh Rabari stabbed to death by Suleiman Sana in Bhuj

The accused Suleiman called Paresh Rabari and stabbed him with a knife multiple times. Injured Paresh Rabari was admitted to hospital where he died.

Islamists triggered after Grammy winner Ricky Kej shares video tour of Ram Mandir site in Ayodhya, says he can’t wait for the temple to...

Islamists had a meltdown after musician Ricky Kej shared the video tour of Ram Mandir site in Ayodhya.

Argentina expresses interest in buying Tejas fighter aircraft during EAM Jaishankar’s visit, bilateral trade in own currencies proposed

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar confirmed that Argentina has shown interest in Tejas fighter aircraft for Argentine Air Force

Delhi tops the list of fake universities in the UGC list, one of the fake universities even boasts of Arvind Kejriwal’s photo and signature...

UGC has released a list of 21 fake universities across the country, which include universities in Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Puducherry, and Andhra Pradesh apart from Delhi.

How Dainik Bhaskar reached out to a Pakistani man who issued beheading threats to Gyanvapi case Hindu petitioner, only to whitewash him

Dainik Bhaskar provided its platform to the Pakistani man and downplayed his threat to the Gyanvapi petitioner.

Make in India: Luggage maker Samsonite to expand its Nashik plant to make India its largest manufacturing base

Samsonite India is expanding its Nashik plant by adding new machines and assembly lines which will make it the largest plant of the company

Meghalaya: Bangladeshi nationals, Misba Uddin and Badrul Alom, arrested along the Indo-Bangladesh border for aiding illegal infiltration

Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested along the Indo-Bangladesh border in the East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.

‘Puri Shankaracharya didn’t allow Dalit MP to touch his feet’: Dalit lawmaker busts viral claim, demands strict action against fake news peddlers

The viral claim says Puri Shankaracharya practised untouchability against Dalit MP Ramshankar Katheria.

Jharkhand: As Hemant Soren waits for his disqualification order, the CM and UPA MLAs leave Ranchi in buses, claim they are going for a...

After three rounds of marathon meeting at CM's house, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and ruling coalition MLAs left Ranchi with luggage

Mallikarjun Kharge says they would force Rahul Gandhi to become Congress chief again, a day after Ghulam Nabi Azad blamed him for party’s downfall

Congress senior leader and the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the party would force Rahul Gandhi to return as Congress President

Chennai: Drunk man makes hoax bomb threat, Indigo’s Dubai-bound flight carrying 180 passengers delayed, arrested

Following the threat call, the security agencies at the airport were alerted who conducted a severe check in and around the flight to ascertain if any explosive items were planted in the flight. However, no such explosive items were found on the aircraft

What is wrong with being a ‘chaprasi’: As Congress leader Manish Tewari uses the term derogatorily, can Rahul Gandhi explain why Congress leaders keep...

This disdain towards 'chaprasis' or peons just betrays the Congress' and Manish Tewari attitude towards the people who make this country run.

Congress leader Siddaramiah invited to Chinese event to oppose ‘US imperialism’, claims he had ‘refused to attend’ after outrage

Siddaramiah claimed that he had denied the invite after outrage swept social media over invitation to Chinese event.

Sonali Phogat murder: Two more arrested, Goa club owner and a drug peddler, police say she was drugged before the murder

Goa Police said that Sonali Phogat was forcefully drugged by mixing obnoxious chemical into a liquid and made to drink it

Why is the cover of Sai Deepak’s new book ‘India, Bharat and Pakistan’ green? Here is what the author said

Author J Sai Deepak launched his second book of the Bharat Trilogy on Tuesday at a function in Delhi.

West Bengal SSC Scam: Relative of Partha Chatterjee arrested, once a house painter, Prasanna Kumar Roy now owns hotels in Dubai, Puri and Uttarakhand

Prasanna Roy, Partha Chatterjee's relative, owns hotels not only in Dubai but also in Darjeeling, Uttarakhand, and Puri.CBI discovered several bighas of land in his name in North Bengal.

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim man and his wife from Lucknow, who reconverted to Hinduism, get death threats in the name of Mukhtar Ansari

A Muslim family in Lucknow which reconverted to Hinduism and became Hindu is being threatened with death.

Jaipur: Municipal officers fear being implicated in fake bribery and molestation cases for conducting anti-encroachment drives

Jaipur municipal officers fear being implicated in false bribery and molestation cases by influential illegal builders

Arvind Kejriwal refuses to answer how many new schools his govt opened in Delhi, ignores offer from Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to visit...

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that schools and colleges in Assam were 1000 times better than those in Delhi. Sarma also invited Kejriwal and offered to show the medical colleges in the state.

After Ghulam Nabi Azad quits, Manish Tewari says ‘Chaprasis of Congress leaders are giving gyaan’: Here are speculations on who the ‘chaprasi’ might be

A day after veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad severed ties with the Congress, party leader Manish Tewari slammed those mouthing platitudes about winning elections and criticising Azad.

Rohingyas hold a rally in Bangladesh for ‘justice’, issue 7 demands, including the return to Myanmar: Read details

Thousands of Rohingya Muslims refugees held rallies in various parts of Bangladesh to demand repatriation back to their home state of Rakhine in western Myanmar.

Police busts racket issuing fake Aadhaar cards to Muslims in Hindu names in Maharashtra: How 1 was arrested after an undercover investigation

Kandivali police in Mumbai have busted a syndicate that issued Aadhaar cards from banks ranging in price from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000.

Telangana HC issues notice to Home Ministry, seeks ‘Action Taken Report’ against Twitter users spreading ‘hate messages’ against Islam: Details

Telangana High Court directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to publish the 'Action Taken Report' against the social media users who post 'inflammatory' posts against Islam.

Bihar: Mob, including Md Akram, Md Munna, beat up Dalit man by tying his hand and legs, force him to drink urine, release him...

A Dalit man in Darbhanga, Bihar was brutally thrashed and further forced to drink urine by a Muslim mob over suspicion of theft

Delhi Police denies permission to the show of Munawar Faruqui amidst law and order concerns, VHP had warned of protests if show was held

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad warned about holding protests against Munawar Faruqui in a letter to the Delhi police.