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Nitish Kumar resigns from Bihar CM post as BJP-JDU alliance breaks in the state, JDU-RJD alliance set to return to form the government

OpIndia Staff -
This is not the first time that JDU has broken its alliance with the BJP in Bihar. The party walked out of the BJP-led NDA in 2013
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News Reports

Congress back to hating Gujaratis, social media in-charge of Mahila Congress says they are only good enough to loot banks, not to win medals

OpIndia Staff -
Congress couldn't stop itself from using even the wonderful performance at Comonwealth Games to once again target Gujarat and Gujaratis.
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News Reports

MP: Mirchi Baba who performed yagna for the victory of Digvijaya Singh arrested on rape charges; the victim had approached him for a child

OpIndia Staff -
Mirchi Baba performed a yagna for Digvijaya Singh's victory ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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News Reports

AAP MLA claims wrestler Divya Kakran never represented Delhi, she shows certificate

OpIndia Staff -
Divya Kakran shared certificate to prove she played from Delhi after Delhi MLA tried to deny it.
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News Reports

‘Not the job of court’: SC on a plea seeking minority status for Hindus in some states

OpIndia Staff -
Hearing a petition seeking to declare Hindus minorities in some states, the SC said it is not its remit to declare which communities constitute minorities.
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Opinions

Whoever is the king, it is Bihar that is at the loss. Whether Nitish Kumar stays with NDA or sides with ‘jungleraj’, he will...

अजीत झा -
As BJP-JDU alliance threatens to break in Bihar, here is how Nitish Kumar has ended up being a burden for the state.
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News Reports

UP: Video of Islamists waving Tiranga defaced with Islamic symbols during Moharram procession goes viral; complaint filed

OpIndia Staff -
During Muharram procession in Kanpur, Islamists defaced Tiranga by replacing Ashok Chakra with Islamic symbols.
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Opinions

Modi govt has completed yet another successful telecom spectrum auction and Congress is using it to wash its own 2G scam sins

S. Sudhir Kumar -
The Modi government has completed yet another successful telecom spectrum auction and Congress is using it to wash its 2G scam sins
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News Reports

Coimbatore: Corporation stops temple demolition as devotees, Hindu organisations protest, devotees move to High Court to save the temple

OpIndia Staff -
The incident happened on August 5 when the Corporation officials reached the spot to execute the demolition of the 200-year-old temple
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrest absconding Shrikant Tyagi in Meerut, was booked under Gangster Act

OpIndia Staff -
Shrikant Tyagi was arrested by UP Police in Meerut after they received a tip off about his location.
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Opinions

Pasmanda Muslims are ‘vote bank’, but rioting mob also usually consists of them: Eye Dalit quota but will vote for madarsa, maulvis

अजीत झा -
It appears that the benefits being extended to the Pasmanda community appear to be an extension of PM Modi's 'sabka saath, sabka vikas' policy he has been talking about. Even the BJP knows that this policy has neither received any political gains nor does it expect to gain anything.
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News Reports

Sukhpal Khaira asks AAP’s Laljit Singh Bhullar if he was present with Deep Sidhu during the Red Fort violence: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira took to Twitter to share a video of AAP minister Laljit Singh Bhullar seen with the late Khalistani sympathiser and actor Deep Sidhu at the time of violence at Red Fort on 26 January last year
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News Reports

New York Assemblywoman to hold a press conference to denounce hate crime at Shri Tulsi Mandir, says anti-Hindu crimes won’t be tolerated

OpIndia Staff -
New York State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar voiced against hate crime at Shri Tulsi Mandir in South Richmond Hill, Queens, NY
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News Reports

SFJ planning to replace Tiranga with Khalistan flag at Attari border? IB on alert after suspicious video of burqa-clad woman

OpIndia Staff -
The short 47 seconds video also shows the footage of the yellow flag being hoisted at the Red Fort during the January 26, 2021 violence. There is also a clip where the Tricolour is being shot with bullets.
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News Reports

Bhopal: NIA apprehends two ‘extremely radicalized’ Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terrorists for planning Jihad against India

OpIndia Staff -
NIA arrested two Bangladeshi individuals from Bhopal for encouraging Muslims to carry out Jihadi activities against India
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News Reports

Former TMC minister Partha Chatterjee given cot and chair after he sat on the jail commode till it broke: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
SSC Scam accused former TMC minister Partha Chatterjee allegedly broke his cell's commode by sitting on it for hours
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World

FBI raids Florida home of Donald Trump in presidential records probe, ‘these are dark times for our nation’, he says: Read the full statement

OpIndia Staff -
FBI conducted raids at the Florida residence of Donald Trump in connection to presidential records probe
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News Reports

As team India shines in 2022, read about the CWG scam of 2010 where one toilet paper roll was purchased for Rs 4,000

OpIndia Staff -
While India shines at CWG 2022, the scam of 2010 continues to haunt as cases related to the scam are still pending in courts
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News Reports

PM Modi writes to cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife, lauds her for opening Sukanya Samrddhi accounts for 101 girls on their daughter’s 5th birthday

OpIndia Staff -
Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja took to Twitter to share PM Modi's letter lauding his wife for opening Sukanya Samriddhi accounts.
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News Reports

Advocates write to the AG seeking contempt of court proceedings against Kapil Sibal over his controversial remarks on judiciary

OpIndia Staff -
Advocates Vineet Jindal and Shashank Shekhar Jha have written separate letters to AG KK Venugopal asking him to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Kapil Sibal.
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News Reports

As ‘BoycottLaalSinghChaddha’ gains momentum, Aamir Khan pulls out the victim card and starts weeping in an interview: Here is why

OpIndia Staff -
Aamir Khan had tears in his eyes while recalling his family's hardships during his childhood days.
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News Reports

Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar undergoes surgery after being in ‘great pain’, shares emotional video

OpIndia Staff -
Plagued with injuries throughout his playing career, looks like the injury woes are far from over for Shoaib Akhtar even in retirement.
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Opinions

BJP’s Pasmanda outreach could be a game changer but two questions must be answered: Will they bite and will it take away Hindu votes

Ganesh R -
BJP’s choice of going for the “deprived” is wise - especially the Pasmanda Muslims - be that as it may, the result is what matters. 
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News Reports

The Economist draws ire for calling women in Arab countries fatter

OpIndia Staff -
Many Muslim Twitter users including Islamists from India too attacked The Economist for stating that women in Arab countries, where they do not have as much freedom and privilege as men, are fatter.
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News Reports

Film critic and reviewer KRK endorses Arvind Kejriwal, known for regularly reviewing movies, for the post of PM of India 

OpIndia Staff -
KRK recently took to Twitter to endorse AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal for the post of Prime Minister of India.
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News Reports

Former Union Coal Secretary and Manmohan Singh aide HC Gupta given three-year jail term, charged 1 lakh fine in UPA-era coal scam

OpIndia Staff -
A special CBI court Monday awarded a three-year jail term to former Union Coal secretary HC Gupta in the UPA-era coal scam case
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Opinions

The anatomy of protests: The devil, the people, the truth behind the truth and a protest against protests

Ankur Jhunjhunwala -
Just as an airplane, which makes the world a smaller place, can be used to cause 9/11, protests can also be weaponised by people with mal-intent
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News Reports

AAP leader turns bully: MLA Karambir Singh Ghuman gets toll forcibly opened, forcibly passes 20+ vehicles without paying toll

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Karmbir Singh Ghuman forced toll plaza employees to open barriers, manager accused Ghuman of occupying toll booth
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Entertainment

My sex life isn’t interesting: Taapsee Pannu takes a dig at Karan Johar, reveals why she has not been invited on ‘Koffee With Karan’

OpIndia Staff -
Answering a question from the media persons as to why she never gets invited on Karan’s chat show Taapsee Pannu said that her sex life is not interesting enough to be invited to the show
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News Reports

Nupur Sharma controversy: SC protects Times Now anchor Navika Kumar, orders states’ police not to take coercive action against her

OpIndia Staff -
Navika Kumar was the anchor on Times Now when the debate took place where Nupur Sharma made comments on Prophet Muhammad.
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Sports

Mohammed Azharuddin calls Indian women’s team’s batting “rubbish”, gets reminded of his own record by social media users

OpIndia Staff -
However, these remarks by Azharuddin didn't go down well with the social media users as they reminded Azhar of his own record
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Opinions

The University of Chicago’s fellowship to Rana Ayyub should come as no surprise as they had already revealed their Hinduphobic leanings: Details

Amit Kelkar -
Rana Ayyub recently took to Twitter to announce her fellowship with the University of Chicago.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: BJP leader raises concerns over Islamisation of government schools, targets JMM-Congress Govt for appeasement politics

OpIndia Staff -
Nishikant Dubey, a member of the BJP, has accused the Hemant Soren-led JMM-Congress coalition in Jharkhand of abusing the state's educational system to pursue appeasement politics
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News Reports

Pasmanda outreach by BJP: OBC Morcha demands 50% reservations for Pasmanda Muslims in Muslim institutions such as AMU, JMI

OpIndia Staff -
BJP OBC Morcha demanded 50% reservation for Pasmanda Muslims in Muslim institution continuing outreach program
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Crime

Ghaziabad: Preeti Sharma slits throat of live-in partner Firoz after he refused to marry her, stuffs dead body in a trolley bag

OpIndia Staff -
Woman named Preeti Sharma was pressurising barber Firoz, her live-in partner in Ghaziabad for marriage. When he refused, she slit his throad with a razor
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News Reports

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan comes to terror-accused Jamia student Mohsin Ahmed’s rescue, declares him ‘innocent’ as NIA arrests him for ISIS connection

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan "declared" terror-accused Jamia student Mohsin Ahmed innocent
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News Reports

Noida residents chant ‘Yogi Zindabad’ as illegal properties of Shriknat Tyagi, who verbally abused a woman, is demolished, SHO suspended

OpIndia Staff -
In a video that had gone viral on social media, Noida resident Shrikant Tyagi was seen verbally abusing a woman. He had claimed to be a BJP leader but the party has denied him holding any post.
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Interviews

India an honest neighbour to us, without India Sri Lanka would have gone bankrupt much earlier: Roshan Abeysinghe in Exclusive interview with OpIndia

Siddharth Chhaya -
Amidst Sri Lanka the crisis, Roshan Abeysinghe, spoke to OpIndia for an exclusive interview on a host of subjects
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OpIndia Scoops

Several mazars have come up inside Jim Corbett National Park, demographic shift continues to remain a burgeoning issue in Uttarakhand

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Mazars have sprung in and around Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand triggering fears of demography change.
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News Reports

Prateek Pawar attack: 8 more Islamists, including a minor, arrested for attacking Hindu man for supporting Nupur Sharma, had said, ‘we won’t leave a...

OpIndia Staff -
Eight more Muslim men have been arrested for the attack against Maharashtra youth Prateek Pawar, for his social media post supporting Nupur Sharma
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Three die, and several injured in a stampede at Shri Khatushyam Mandir in Sikar

OpIndia Staff -
The incident took place at around 5 AM on Monday morning when devotees had gathered in large number on occasion of Ekadashi.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Hindu temple attacked, idols vandalised, three madarsa students arrested

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, the attack on the temple took place after the temple administration asked a few Muslim boys from madarsa not to play football on the field adjoining the temple.
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Sports

Yet another golden day for India at the Commonwealth Games, but it will still fall well short of its tally from the last edition:...

OpIndia Staff -
In the last edition of the commonwealth games in Gold Coast in Australia, India finished in 3rd place on the table with 26 golds, 20 silvers, and 20 bronze medals.
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News Reports

Nirbhaya’s mother slams Ashok Gehlot who continues to blame capital punishment for the increase in rape and murder of minors

OpIndia Staff -
Nirbhaya's mother said, "Ashok Gehlot free all the rapists at least in his state and include them in his party and build a vote bank out of them."
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News Reports

Petrol price hike in Bangladesh triggers chaos as China woos the nation, reignites fears that Sri Lanka crisis could repeat in India’s neighborhood

OpIndia Staff -
Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Bangladesh has witnessed a sharp dip in its foreign exchange reserves.
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News Reports

Jamia engineering student Mohsin Ahmed turns out to be ISIS terrorist who raised and sent funds to Syria, NIA arrests him in Batla House

OpIndia Staff -
According to NIA, Jamia student Mohsin Ahmed raised funds from India and other countries and sent to ISIS in Syria through cryptocurrency
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News Reports

‘Fact-checker’ Mohammed Zubair of Alt News tries to question PM Awaas Yojana, ends up inadvertently promoting the scheme: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
In fact, Zubair's tweet did make many people check the status of the progress under PMAY and how Crores of people have got pucca houses under the scheme.
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News Reports

Telangana: Farmer harassed by local Sarpanch consumes pesticide to commit suicide, devastated mother also kills herself by consuming remaining poison

OpIndia Staff -
The local forest officer and the Sarpanch of the village wanted to set up a 'Nature Park' on the land owned by the farmer who committed suicide in Telangana.
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Books

‘Aurangzeb – Whitewashing Tyrant, Distorting Narrative’: New book debunks distortions around the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb

Suyash -
While books whitewashing Aurangzeb, the tyrant, including those authored by Truschke met divisive criticism, Saurabh Lohogaonkar took it upon himself to write a book which is answer to series of whitewashing of the tyrant ruler
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News Reports

Commonwealth Games medalist Divya Kakran once again highlights the lack of support for athletes from Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government

OpIndia Staff -
Divya Kakran has previously won medals in CWG 2018 and the Asian Games 2018. She had criticized the Delhi government for poor support at that time as well
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