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Desperate Pakistan holds unilateral Indus Waters Treaty conference to issue empty threats: Read why the exercise is futile as India won’t talk until terrorism...

Shriti Sagar -
Despite Pakistan's repeated appeals and public statements, India has made it clear that the conference and the statements made there will not change its position.
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News Reports

Latest Guardian sob story on Umar Khalid is another indication that NEET is a mask – the real intention is to free Delhi Riots...

Anurag -
Khalid’s latest bail plea coincided with CJP’s first Delhi protest, where supporters called him their leader, while Discord members described him as a revolutionary, freedom fighter and potential future Defence Minister of India as well.
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News Reports

How a war between Israel and Arab nations more than 50 years ago had pushed Brazil to blend Ethanol with Petrol, with India and...

Divya Bharti -
India’s mandatory shift to E20 petrol has sparked debate over vehicle mileage and engine safety. While car owners express concern, the government defends the rollout as a highly strategic, decades-old national policy modeled after Brazil to slash oil imports and boost rural economies.
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News Reports

Woman forced man’s signature to claim they are married: Read how the Hindu Marriage Act came to his rescue after he approached the Gujarat...

Aditi -
The High Court observed that the essential Hindu rituals, as required under the Hindu Marriage Act, form the foundation of a Hindu marriage.
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Editor's picks

West Bengal assembly passes two OBC amendment bills, removes OBC quota granted by the Mamata Banerjee govt to 77 Muslim communities

Divya Bharti -
The West Bengal Assembly has passed two amendment bills to implement a May 2024 Calcutta High Court order. The legislation reduces the state’s total OBC reservation to 7% and removes the OBC status previously granted to 77 Muslim communities.
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News Reports

‘The cow is sacred to Hindus’: Gujarat HC denies bail to repeat offender Mohammad Arif, says beef smuggling can hurt religious sentiments and trigger...

મેઘલસિંહ પરમાર -
The court stated, "Continuous engagement in the act of cow slaughter can offend religious feelings and incite social unrest."
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News Reports

Meghalaya HC upholds Sonam Raghuvanshi’s bail in honeymoon murder case: Why the court allowed the prime accused to walk out of jail

Rukma Rathore -
Meghalaya HC stated, "It is evident that such preparation was made without any application of mind."
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News Reports

Telangana: ECI says printing voter enumeration forms in 3 languages would burden exchequer after HC asks it to consider Urdu forms. Read what the...

Divya Bharti -
The Telangana High Court has directed the Election Commission to consider providing electoral revision forms in Urdu in constituencies where over 20% of voters know the language. The ECI opposed a statewide rule, arguing multilingual printing poses heavy administrative and financial burdens.
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News Reports

WhatsApp announces usernames: How to reserve yours, hide your number and what concerns are being raised; all you need to know

Anurag -
Reservations are opening gradually before the full 2026 launch. Users can hide phone numbers, claim Meta-linked handles and use an optional username key to block first-time messages from people who do not know the code.
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News Reports

Chinese fraudster hailed by Western media as ‘dissident’ sentenced to 30 years in US prison for $1 billion scam: The Guo Wengui story and...

Shraddha Pandey -
The case of Guo Wengui building a fake persecution story, building a following by attacking a regime or political ideology despised abroad, defrauding people, and when accountability knocks on the door, crying ‘politically motivated persecution’, by a fascist or authoritarian regime, reminds one of Rana Ayyub, the Washington Post columnist and notorious Hinduphobe.
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Opinions

The economic doom that never came: Despite fear-mongering by Congress and their ecosystem, India sailed through the West Asia crisis and maintained growth

Sanghamitra -
On June 3, Rahul Gandhi predicted an imminent doom and gloom for India. Speaking at an event, he proclaimed, "A severe economic Tsunami is going to hit the country, one that will cripple our economy, and it will be worse than any economic crisis you have seen in your lives. The entire system is collapsing, and the Modi government is not capable of stopping it.”
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Opinions

Rs 1 crore for wedding shopping, a cancelled Bali trip, and a failed cliff-top incident: The Ketan Agarwal case is as much about ignored...

Jinit Jain -
Rs 1 crore for wedding expenses, a mysteriously missing passport, a failed cliff-top incident and an ill-fated return to Lohagad, the Ketan Agarwal case is as much about ignored red flags as it is about the murder conspiracy.
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News Reports

PM Modi’s Seychelles visit: Why this tiny island nation is central to India’s grand maritime strategy and Indian Ocean ambitions

Rukma Rathore -
PM Modi initially visited Seychelles in 2015 and is currently on his second visit to the vital island nation.
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News Reports

Nimbuda-Nimbuda to Newton and 1600+ mistakes in Odisha school textbooks: Read what the fiasco is and what action the Mohan Majhi government is taking

Sanghamitra -
The mistakes range from spelling and grammatical errors to serious factual, scientific, and contextual inaccuracies. Class 8 textbooks reportedly contain the highest number of errors, around 705. Among the most glaring blunders are descriptions of Sir Isaac Newton as a “great pilot” instead of a scientist, and an anecdote claiming he boiled “water.”
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News Reports

‘Ancient Pakistan’: Why, after decades of claiming to be Arabs, Turks, Pakistanis suddenly jumped to appropriate ancient Indian history?

Shraddha Pandey -
From claiming custodianship and inheritance of the Indus Valley Civilisation or the Sindhu-Saraswati Civilisation, Pāṇini, Chanakya, Raja Porus/Purushottam to decoupling Hindu aspect of these, Pakistanis are concocting a corrupted, dishonest, and desperate ‘ancient Pakistan’ identity.
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News Reports

From preventive detention to the auctioning of properties of goons: Read about the 2 bills introduced by the BJP govt in West Bengal to...

Shriti Sagar -
The main objective of the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, is to prevent organised crime before it takes place. The West Bengal Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes that people convicted of damaging public or private property during riots, unlawful assemblies, protests or other disturbances affecting public order can be made to compensate for the losses.
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Fact-Check

Seychelles ‘created’ a new award not for PM Modi, but due to its own domestic politics: Read why the outrage in India is stupid

Shriti Sagar -
Several critics claimed that the distinction had been specially created to honour PM Modi during his visit, implying that the Seychelles government had hurriedly introduced a new award solely for the Indian Prime Minister. However, this is not true.
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News Reports

Obscene photos with a man of the Nihang who was issuing threats in Uttarakhand goes viral, another Nihang called ‘Vicky Thomas Singh’ calls him...

OpIndia Staff -
The controversy emerged after Jasdeep joined Nihang groups at the Uttarakhand border demanding the release of four men arrested following an altercation in Chamoli, where videos showed swords being drawn against local residents during clashes.
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News Reports

IndiGo’s historic landing at Udaipur: Read what GAGAN is and how this satellite navigation system could transform Indian aviation 

Shriti Sagar -
Satellite-guided approaches will allow aircraft to land more safely during bad weather, reducing cancellations, delays and diversions. Airlines will be able to operate more efficiently, while passengers will experience more reliable flight schedules.
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News Reports

Who is Faiyaz Premji, accused of distributing rat poison capsules during the Mumbai Muharram procession: All you need to know

Anurag -
Faiyaz disguised the poison as painkillers and Ayurvedic supplements, distributing professionally packaged sachets near Rehmatabad Cemetery before one victim’s vomiting prompted doctors to alert police and trigger his later arrest from a Dongri hotel.
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News Reports

The Gandhi family wants India to abandon Israel and side with Palestine: Read how the Congress party is overlooking the nation’s interest for appeasement...

Shriti Sagar -
The primary obligation of the Indian state is to protect its own citizens, defend its borders, and secure its economic interests. Getting deeply involved in distant ideological disputes offers no clear strategic returns and risks disrupting vital defence supply lines.
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News Reports

From fatal stabbings to sword displays: Muharram processions across India marred by violence, clashes, and public disorder

OpIndia Staff -
From fatal clashes and attacks on police to weapons displays and public disorder, Muharram processions across several states witnessed multiple incidents of violence and controversy.
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News Reports

‘Trap girls, impregnate them before Nikah, and take the child’: What is ‘Jihad al-Akbar’, the radicalisation campaign under scanner for targeting Hindu women?

विशेषता -
Police are investigating a ross-border online network after recovering deleted data and audio clips from the main accused Moin Khan's phone in the Kota conversion and exploitation case.
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News Reports

‘Cremation business’ controversy erupts after Isha Foundation modernised Asia’s largest crematorium in Patna: Read what the organisation told OpIndia about the project

सौम्या सिंह -
The organisation said it has been managing crematoriums in partnership with the Tamil Nadu government for nearly 15 years.
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News Reports

UN Special Rapporteur found to be under China’s payroll: Read how OpIndia had flagged his anti-India bias and Islamic appeasement tendencies after the Pahalgam...

Aditi -
A recent report of the UN Watch has accused the United Nations Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism, Ben Saul, of ideological bias and conflicts of interest. The report reveals that Saul has been receiving funding from the Chinese government.
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News Reports

Who are the eight accused arrested by the police in connection with the Ram Mandir donation embezzlement case: Read details

Aditi -
All the accused were involved in the process of counting cash and valuables received as donations at the temple.
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Opinions

Nazia Elahi Khan is an excuse: Islamists of Kolkata are desperate to show some street power after losing their political power

Rukma Rathore -
The political heft and the non-stop access to power for the Islamists have ceased with the dismissal of the TMC government in West Bengal. The numerous protests, violent threats and complaints against Nazia are a symptom of that.
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Editor's picks

‘A convert to Islam is only a Muslim, he cannot claim reservation benefits’: Madras HC strikes down Tamil Nadu govt order, slams attempt to...

Aditi -
The High Court said that when a person converts to Islam, he becomes a Muslim, and his place in Muslim society is not determined by the caste to which he belonged before his conversion.
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News Reports

As Europe faces a massive heatwave, read how EU regulations pose hurdles to the purchase of Air Conditioners

Shraddha Pandey -
With rising temperatures, electricity prices are also increasing. However, the obvious resort to relief in peak summers, Air Conditioners are not that easily available in Europe.
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News Reports

Venezuela earthquakes: How Google’s Android phones sensed tremors and sent alerts before disaster struck

Aditi -
This early detection of P-waves gives a tiny but crucial window before the disaster hits that can save lives.
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News Reports

The Wire targets the Indian Army, claims armed forces are undergoing Hinduisation and Hindisation: Author Ali Ahmed concocts 2H to vent out his inner...

Shraddha Pandey -
Published on 24th June, the article titled, “Indian Army’s New Found Love for Hindi and Hindutva Has Serious Consequences”, framed the use of Hindi language by the Indian Army in its communications and institutions, as a “sign of political control over the military.”
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News Reports

AMCA faces a massive engine dilemma: Govt looking for alternatives as GE deal turns costly, while Rolls-Royce makes a strong pitch amid Safran’s reliable...

Raju Das -
The Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) project, India’s flagship fifth-generation stealth fighter programme, is facing a massive engine dilemma that threatens to impact its development timelines and overall strategy.
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News Reports

A controversial video, fake lab reports, 10 lakh bribery, arrests and more: Trouble mounts for CM Bhagwant Mann as the spiralling row rocks Punjab...

Rukma Rathore -
Mann argued, "They can no longer show their faces in Punjab. Thus, they have resorted to using religion to discredit me."
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Economy and Finance

West Bengal’s economic fall explained: How the state slipped from 5th richest in India to 19th

Shriti Sagar -
The analysis highlighted how the state, once among India's strongest economic performers, gradually lost its position over several decades and now faces the challenge of catching up with the national average.
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News Reports

Who are Gujarat’s Agariyas? The salt workers of Kutch now set to benefit from ‘School on Wheels’

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
Gujarat's new "School on Wheels" initiative is converting 28 retired buses into mobile, smart classrooms. The project brings continuous, digital education directly to the children of the migratory Agariya salt-farming community living across the remote Rann of Kutch.
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News Reports

MEA says passport is only a travel document: What actually proves Indian citizenship in India? Here is what the law says

Anurag -
Aadhaar, PAN, voter cards and birth certificates establish specific facts but cannot override the Citizenship Act, while Section 14A already provides a framework for registering citizens and issuing national identity cards through a nationwide exercise.
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News Reports

Wikipedia bans its co-founder from editing articles after his outspoken views on leftist censorship and admission of anti-Hindu bias – Here is what happened

Anurag -
Jimmy Wales called the proposed indefinite ban “ludicrous”, but editors overruled him after accusing Larry Sanger of canvassing supporters, challenging source rules and backing greater accountability for Wikipedia’s powerful anonymous administrators during the online dispute.
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News Reports

Pune Vat Purnima row: Maharashtra Archaeology issues fresh notice, backs continuation of old rituals at Mahatma Phule Wada after Hindu advocacy groups raise concern

Jinit Jain -
The Archaeology Department’s order to stop Vat Purnima rituals at Mahatma Phule Wada has triggered a legal challenge, with petitioners alleging the ban is based on Phule's ideological legacy rather than any valid archaeological or legal grounds.
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News Reports

Pakistan court sentences Baloch activist Mahrang Baloch to life imprisonment: From a doctor to the fiercest voice of Balochistan freedom

Shraddha Pandey -
Alongside Dr Mahrang Baloch, the “Lioness of Balochistan”, the court sentenced fellow Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Sibghatullah Shah got life sentence, in addition to a fine of PKR 200,000 each.
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Opinions

Guwahati’s lost summit: As Japan PM’s Assam visit is cancelled, here is how Comrade Marshall Baruah’s activities from CAA protests to Zubeen mural traffic...

Divyansh Tiwari -
Marshall Baruah gained notoriety amid the anti-CAA protests, and in 2024, he painted 'Kick Himanta Save Nature,' a direct and personal insult directed against the CM.
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News Reports

‘USAID was influencing elections around the world, making corrupt politicians rich, created COVID in Wuhan and even caused the Ukraine-Russia war’: Elon Musk

Rukma Rathore -
"The reality is that (USAID) money was being sent to corrupt politicians under the guise of aid," Elon Musk fired.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays Delhi HC order directing release of 1993 Bowbazar blast ‘mastermind’ Rashid Khan who ‘intended to kill Hindus in Kolkata’: Read what...

Anurag -
The 1993 Calcutta explosion killed 69 people after stockpiled explosives detonated inside a clandestine workshop. First CPM govt in 2007 and then TMC govt in 2015 tried to prematurely release mastermid behind the explosion, Rashid Khan.
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News Reports

‘Purificatory ceremonies in temples should comply with Shastras’: Maharashtra court stays restoration of idols in Shri Vitthal-Rukmini Temple using chemicals

Aditi -
The court said that the temple administration cannot claim any sovereignty or ownership over the temple idol.
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Editor's picks

BBC sanitises Antifa terror: British broadcaster calls Antifa attackers ‘protestors’ after US court hands them 450 years in prison over Texas ICE attack, cop...

Shraddha Pandey -
The BBC gave ‘protestors being incarcerated’ victimhood spin to the conviction and sentencing of eight Antifa terrorists who ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Alvarado in the US’s Texas, and shot a police officer in the neck.
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News Reports

Bangladesh hunts for $230 billion stashed abroad: As its economy struggles, a look at how Indian liberals once cited it to attack the Modi...

Shraddha Pandey -
Clearly, Bangladesh is in a deep financial quagmire and is taking desperate measures, including the recovery efforts for the siphoned $230 billion worth of assets stashed abroad.
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News Reports

Smart locks turning into death traps? From Delhi to Lucknow, biometric doors jammed during power outages: Why is ‘fail-secure’ technology costing innocent lives?

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
Recent tragedies in Delhi and Lucknow highlight a deadly flaw in smart locks: power failures during emergencies can trigger "fail-secure" modes, trapping people inside. Experts urge the adoption of "fail-safe" mechanisms and manual overrides to prioritize human life over property protection.
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Why are Asiatic Lions, which once roared from Greece to the Ganges, confined to Gir? A journey from the brink of extinction to a...

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ -
The Asiatic lion has staged a remarkable recovery in Gujarat, reaching a population of 891 by 2025.
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Guarding the Dharmic land: How India’s new FCRA Rules finally shut the door on conversion money

Divyansh Tiwari -
Existing FCRA associations have one year to specify their purposes under the new schedule, while a pending bill proposes government control over assets held by organisations whose registrations are cancelled, surrendered or allowed to lapse.
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News Reports

US lifts sanctions on Iranian crude: How Tehran’s oil exports are rebounding after years of restrictions and why prices could ease

Rukma Rathore -
"Strait of Hormuz crossings rebounded sharply over 19th-21st June, with 71 confirmed transits," pointed out Kepler.
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Hassan Suhrawardy was no ‘academic’: He was a Muslim League Jihadi, whose nephew was the ‘Butcher of Bengal’ – why Gopal Mukherjee deserves his...

Shriti Sagar -
The road has now been named after Gopal Chandra Mukherjee, popularly known as Gopal Patha, a controversial but influential figure linked to the events that followed the Great Calcutta Killings of 1946.
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