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From bites to deaths: How dangerous has the stray dog menace become?

Anurag -
Fatal attacks, rabies deaths, and broken healthcare systems paint a grim picture of India's stray dog crisis. Beyond bites, the problem stems from failed sterilisation efforts, misplaced activism, and administrative inaction.
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Crime

AAP MLA Chaitar Vasava arrested in attempt to murder case in Gujarat’s Dediapada

OpIndia Staff -
AP MLA Chaitar Vasava was arrested in Gujarat after allegedly attacking a local panchayat leader during a meeting in Dediapada. He’s been booked for attempt to murder and other serious charges. AAP claims the arrest is politically motivated.
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Editor's picks

As Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday at Dharamshala, here is how he is challenging Beijing over Tibetan future and why China fears him

Balendu Singh Angad -
His Holiness Dalai Lama on his 90th birthday on Sunday said he intends to live another 30–40 years and steer the future of Tibetan Buddhism away from Chinese control.
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News Reports

From ‘weakest link’ to ‘bright spot’: How India’s position has strengthened in BRICS over the past decade

OpIndia Staff -
In 2012, India was considered the weakest link among BRICS countries such as Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. There were talks about the prospect of a country like Indonesia replacing India at BRICS.
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News Reports

Md Shahbaz from Begusarai married Hindu girl from Indore after Facebook love, then started harassing her for refusing to convert to Islam, complaint filed

OpIndia Staff -
A woman from Indore claims she was tricked into marriage by a man from Bihar, who she met on Facebook. She alleges he forced her to convert, pressured her to eat beef, and later assaulted her. Police have begun an investigation.
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News Reports

Agra: Congress leader and advocate Jalaluddin accused of raping a woman in party office, forcing her to convert to Islam, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff -
Jalaluddin took the victim to Congress office on the pretext of getting her medicines and raped her there on gunpoint.
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News Reports

Muslim man abuses Hinduism in public, says ‘stone worshippers are not trustworthy’, Islamic propaganda outlet presents him as the victim

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslim man had claimed," I am a Muslim. I have imaan. He is a mere stone-worshiper. How can he be trusted over me?” His insulting remarks about the Hindu religion outraged the customers present there, who countered him, and a scuffle broke out.
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News Reports

Supreme Court administration writes to govt seeking immediate eviction of former CJI DY Chandrachud from govt bungalow, says he is overstaying beyond extended period after...

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to take back possession of a government bungalow occupied by former CJI DY Chandrachud. The stay exceeded the allowed post-retirement period, despite previous extensions granted under special circumstances.
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News Reports

Leicester’s Diwali scaled down claiming ‘safety fears’: shadows of 2022 Islamist violence against Hindus and Shockat Adam’s rise to power may have fuelled the...

OpIndia Staff -
The council cited uncontrollable crowds and emergency service warnings for the scale-back, but concerns persist over whether fear of renewed Islamist unrest and rising communal polarisation shaped the cautious yet controversial decision.
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News Reports

Trial to begin in abetment of suicide case of IIT Bombay student Darshan Solanki as accused Armaan Iqbal Khatri withdraws petition

OpIndia Staff -
Nearly two and a half years after first-year IIT Bombay student Darshan Solanki died by suicide, the long-delayed trial against the main accused, Armaan Khatri, is finally set to begin
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News Reports

Muslim men were given money to lure minor Hindu girls and convert them to Islam, 40 victims identified: UP ATS busts racket of Jalaluddin...

OpIndia Staff -
Jalaluddin alias Chhangur Baba used to provide money to Muslim men for luring Hindu women and converting them to Islam. The Muslim men used to fake their identities and take Hindu names to target Hindu women.
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News Reports

Elon Musk launches new ‘America Party’ after dramatic public spat with US President Donald Trump: Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Rather than mounting a nationwide challenge, Elon Musk’s America party plans to wield influence by targeting pivotal congressional races.
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News Reports

Exclusive: Burqa-clad women assault Hindu journalist, reporting on anti-encroachment drive in Seemapuri, Muslim mob unleashes mayhem on streets

अनुराग -
The mob comprised burqa-clad women and minor boys who hurled abuses and looted equipment. Even a DTC bus the journalists tried escaping in was attacked, while the driver forced them off instead of helping.
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News Reports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Argentine President Javier Milei hold delegation-level talks in Buenos Aires

ANI -
Delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Argentine President Javier Milei began in Buenos Aires on Saturday.
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News Reports

Around 1000 tremors in 2 weeks in Japan, people scared to sleep: Read why the island nation in the Pacific is so prone to...

Chandrani Das -
Seismic activity has been very active in the seas around the Tokara island chain since June 21. As of 4 p.m. the number has exceeded 900
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News Reports

Bilawal Bhutto claims Masood Azhar isn’t in Pakistan just like Osama Bin Laden wasn’t: Why Islamabad’s terror denials are a global joke

Rukma Rathore -
Bilalwal Bhutto insisted that Masood Azhar is not in Pakistan but possibly in Afghanistan, while talking to Al Jazeera.
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News Reports

CCI directs UltraTech, Dalmia Bharat, Shree Digvijay Cement to furnish financial records over alleged cartelisation: All you need to know why the cement companies...

Shriti Sagar -
India’s Competition Commission has asked UltraTech, Dalmia Bharat, and Shree Digvijay Cement to submit financial records over alleged cartelisation in ONGC tenders. The probe found the firms may have colluded to fix cement prices, harming fair competition.
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News Reports

Rawatpura Medical college bribery case: CBI uncovers massive bribery scam involving senior officials, retired bureaucrats and godman ‘Rawatpura Sarkar’

Aditi -
This is not the first time that Ravishankar Maharaj’s name has come up in a controversy. His trust has been accused of receiving undue favours in government schemes, road access projects, and electricity subsidies.
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News Reports

Former Union Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal head Sukhbir Badal declared ‘Tankhaiya’ by Sikh body, read what it means and how the former Deputy...

Shriti Sagar -
Sukhbir Singh Badal has been declared tankhaiya by Takht Sri Patna Sahib for ignoring religious summons linked to his alleged support of those violating a Hukamnama. This is the second time the SAD leader has faced such a reprimand.
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News Reports

“Voter list needs to be updated before every election as part of law”: Clarifies CEC Gyanesh Kumar amid objection to the process by opposition...

ANI -
As opposition parties continue to raise concerns over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), which is to be carried out in Bihar, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said it is a general practice to update the voter list before every election as a part of the law.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Muslim students harass Hindu Professor, forcibly stop his promotion, targeting of minority teachers continues unabated under Muhammad Yunus

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim students gathered outside the office building in a pre-planned manner and began creating a ruckus. Many of them were members of the radical Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS), the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
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News Reports

Indore: NSA invoked against absconding Congress councilor Anwar Qadri who gave lakhs to Muslim men to trap Hindu girls

OpIndia Staff -
Anwar Qadri had promised Muslim men lakhs of rupees if they trapped Hindu girls and converted them.
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News Reports

PM Modi arrives in Argentina as part of his 5-nation tour: Read why the visit to the South American nation is strategically important for...

Aditi -
With the volatility in the Middle East, India is gradually working towards removing its energy supply dependence on the Middle Eastern countries and diversifying its energy supplies to evade any conflict-driven market fluctuations.
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News Reports

Muharram-Kanwar Yatra season begins, so do peace committee meetings — But are Hindus being set up as scapegoats in the name of harmony?

श्रवण शुक्ल -
While aimed at maintaining harmony, these efforts spark debate over bias, with repeated concerns that Hindus are disproportionately held responsible for clashes, raising questions about the neutrality and purpose of such committees
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News Reports

MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT) holds joint anti-Hindi rally in Mumbai, Uddhav Thackeray says “We have come together to stay together” on his reunion...

ANI -
While addressing the 'Awaz Marathicha' joint rally in Mumbai, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said that he has come to "stay together" with his brother Raj Thackeray.
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News Reports

BJP leader Gopal Khemka shot dead outside his residence in Patna, CCTV footage shows killer fleeing on scooter after shooting him in his car

OpIndia Staff -
Khemka had been returning from the Bankipore Club when the attack occurred by an unidentified criminals
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Shahrukh and others lynch Hindu man near a mosque, set his vehicle on fire after it accidentally hits the cart of a Muslim...

OpIndia Staff -
A Hindu man was brutally beaten to death by a group of Muslim men in Bhilwara’s Jahazpur area after his car accidentally hit a vegetable cart near a mosque. The incident triggered communal tension, leading to market closures and police deployment.
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News Reports

Read all about the ancient origins of the Amarnath yatra and the mythological significance of the holy shrine

Aditi -
In the wake of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, which happened in April this year, the government has ramped up security arrangements for the Amarnath Yatra.
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Opinions

Urdu is the real ‘North Indian imposition’, not Hindi: Somehow MNS goons, Uddhav Sena leaders, Dravidian-Tamil politicians to Kannada warriors of Congress, everyone seems...

Shraddha Pandey -
While language chauvinists are fighting against so called ‘Hindi imposition’ in various states, they ignore the fact that Urdu is the real ‘North Indian imposition’, a language imposed by Mughal tyrants for their own benefit
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OpIndia Explains

DRDO is building a hypersonic bunker buster that can strike 3,000 km deep into Pakistan or China and destroy underground targets: Read what India...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
India is quietly building a game-changing Agni-V bunker-buster missile capable of destroying enemy nuclear sites buried 100 meters underground without crossing the nuclear threshold.
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News Reports

Amid reports of hurried deal before Trump’s deadline, Piyush Goyal affirms India does not do trade deals based on timeline, will happen only when...

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of Donald Trump’s July 9 deadline for reciprocal tariff, Indian govt has firmly said that the country does not do trade deals based on timeline
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News Reports

Kashmir: Palestinian and Hezbollah flags, banners of Khamenei and others waved during Muharram procession, deceased Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah’s poster pasted on police station

OpIndia Staff -
Authorities took down banners displaying Hassan Nasrallah's image from public areas, prompting protests in Magam.
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News Reports

‘Pakistan had just 30 seconds’: Shehbaz Sharif’s advisor exposes how BrahMos strike shattered Pak military’s nerve centre

OpIndia Staff -
In a startling admission that lays bare the hair-trigger dynamics of South Asia’s nuclear standoff, a top aide to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has revealed that his country’s military had merely 30-45 seconds to determine whether incoming BrahMos missile carried a nuclear warhead during a critical moment in this May’s Operation Sindoor.
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News Reports

India’s possible missile sale to Greece sparks tensions in Pakistan’s ally Turkey, Turkish media claims it will be used to target Ankara

OpIndia Staff -
The agreement highlighted a potential deal for India to supply its Long-Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LR-LACM) to Greece
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News Reports

Muslim mob vandalises Hindu temple, beheads idol of Goddess Shitala: Read how Islamic extremists are fanning communal tension in Tripura, one act at a...

Dibakar Dutta -
Islamic extremists have resorted to cow slaughter in public, violent agitation in the name of Waqf protests, targeting of Hindu homes and shops, multiple cases of temple vandalism and idol desecration and even co-opting the national 'Hijab movement' to destroy peace and harmony in Tripura.
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News Reports

‘Monojit’s Bar’: How Kolkata Law College Union room became a den of alcohol, intimidation and violence under rape-accused TMC leader’s control

Balendu Singh Angad -
For years, the student union room at South Calcutta Law College was never a platform for debate or leadership — under Monojit “Mango” Mishra’s grip, it became an illegal bar and a nightly hub for alcohol, intimidation, and organised crime.
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News Reports

Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid case: Court to hear plea seeking to ban Namaz and seal the mosque, High Court rejects Muslim side’s plea challenging...

OpIndia Staff -
A new petition has been filed in the Chandausi court demanding a temporary ban on Namaz in the Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid and seal the site till the issue is resolved
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News Reports

China using strategy of “killing with a borrowed knife,” gave Pakistan real-time inputs during Operation Sindoor to harm India without soiling its own hands:...

OpIndia Staff -
During a recent address, Lt Gen Rahul R Singh revealed that China gave Pakistan real-time inputs during Operation Sindoor. He said India faced a coordinated threat from Pakistan, China, and Turkey, calling China’s involvement a case of "killing with a borrowed knife."
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News Reports

Indore: Molester shooting coach Mohsin Khan used to focus on trapping Hindu girls, called Muslim girls sisters, boasted about having ‘nude video calls’ in...

विशेषता -
Mohsin used to stop Hindu girls from wearing Kalawa or applying Tilak. Mohsin Khan used to feed meat to those girls who did not eat it. This included Jain and Rajput girls.
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News Reports

Vaccine remarks or political diversion? Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah blames COVID-19 vaccines for heart attacks, faces backlash from Scientists, industry leaders

Chandrani Das -
Studies by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have categorically found no proven link between COVID-19 vaccinations and sudden cardiac arrests.
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News Reports

TMC MLA Savitri Mitra says they like Islam the most because Muslims don’t protest and only Hindus do politics on religion, BJP calls it...

OpIndia Staff -
Trinamool Congress MLA Savitri Mitra has created a massive controversy in West Bengal by claiming that Muslims don’t do politics on religion, only Hindus do that.
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News Reports

Centre notifies Waqf Rules 2025 for portal and database of Waqf properties, read what this means and how will this work

Rukma Rathore -
An investigation into the complaint of an incorrect declaration of any property as Waqf must be finalized within a year.
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News Reports

Kerala: Trials in drugs, and POCSO-related cases are getting delayed because forensic labs have staff shortage, High Court tells govt to fill vacancies ASAP

Balendu Singh Angad -
The Kerala High Court has issued a stern directive to the state government to immediately fill critical vacancies in forensic science laboratories (FSLs), citing severe delays in narcotics and child protection cases that are undermining Kerala’s fight against a spiralling drug epidemic in educational institutions.
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Law

‘Burnt cash’ Judge Yashwant Varma finally to face justice: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju says there is all party agreement on impeachment motion against...

Shraddha Pandey -
In June this year, a panel consisting of three judges from the Supreme Court has proposed the dismissal of Justice Yashwant Varma.
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News Reports

PM Modi says Indians in Trinidad and Tobago are “messengers of a timeless civilisation”: Read how they arrived as indentured labourers and persisted through...

Rukma Rathore -
PM Modi praised the first female prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, referring to her as a daughter of Bihar.
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World

19-year-old American Ethan Guo flies his small aircraft to 6 different continents, gets detained by Chilean government for illegal entry into Antarctica

Shriti Sagar -
Teen pilot Ethan Guo, aiming to fly solo to all seven continents, was detained in Antarctica by Chilean authorities after landing without permission.
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News Reports

Congress celebrates one year of Rahul Gandhi as Leader of Opposition, a year filled with more failures and controversies

Aditi -
Either Rahul Gandhi does not attend the Parliament sessions, or when he does, he ends up creating trouble for himself and his party with his controversial statements or activities.
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Opinions

MNS goons assault shopkeeper in Mumbai, Aaditya Thackeray sidesteps condemnation: Are language goons being used by some parties to regain political relevance?

Balendu Singh Angad -
In a brazen display of political hooliganism, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers assaulted a 48-year-old sweetshop owner in Mumbai's Mira Road suburb on 29th June, sparking statewide outrage over escalating language-based violence and the tacit endorsement of such tactics by regional parties. The incident, captured on video and circulated by the perpetrators themselves, reveals a disturbing pattern of intimidation tactics employed by Raj Thackeray's party as elections approach.
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News Reports

Metro mess in Bengaluru: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya calls for a public push as yellow line faces fresh delays

OpIndia Staff -
As Bengaluru grapples with chronic traffic congestion, the long-awaited Yellow Line of the Metro promises to ease commute times for lakhs of daily travellers.
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News Reports

PM Modi carried Sarayu River water and a replica of Ram mandir to Trinidad and Tobago, read why this was not just a ceremonial...

OpIndia Staff -
During his visit to Trinidad and Tobago, PM Modi brought a replica of the Ram Mandir and holy Sarayu water for the Indian community.
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