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The officer searching Tiémoué Bakayoko was told by his colleague that the man he is searching is actually an AC Milan footballer, after which he let him go.

Opinions

How three bizarre articles published on the same day reflects the pathological anti-Modi bent of The Hindu

S. Sudhir Kumar - 18 July, 2022

The Hindu on Monday published three bizarre articles to perpetuate its propaganda against the Modi govt.

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Kerala: Female students forced to remove undergarments at test centre during NEET exam in Kollam

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

This is not the first time that female students have suffered harassment at the NEET exam centres in Kerala

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Second case of Monkeypox confirmed in India, both patients are from Kerala

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

Second case of Monkeypox confirmed in Kerala after Dubai-returned man found infected.

Cricket

Ace England all-rounder Ben Stokes announces his retirement from ODI cricket, will play last match against South Africa at his home ground in Durham

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

Having made his debut against Ireland in 2011, Ben Stokes has played 104 games for England in the format so far, with his 105th game set to be his last ODI.

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‘Earlier Hindus thronged the premises, distributed food, and money’: Dewan of Delhi’s Nizamuddin dargah says Hindu visitors have decreased by 60% in the past...

अजीत झा - 18 July, 2022

Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah's Dewan claimed that during the past year, the number of Hindu visitors to the Dargah has decreased by almost 60%

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Odisha: Congress MLA Md Moquim votes for BJP’s Draupadi Murmu, PCC considers disciplinary action

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

In June this year, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik had appealed to all State MLAs to vote in favour of Draupadi Murmu.

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Supreme Court calls FIRs against Zubair a ‘vicious cycle’: Directs UP police not to take any precipitative steps without their permission

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

Through his lawyer Vrinda Grover, Zubair requested SC to immediately list his case for the quashing of FIRs.

Watch: Hindus celebrate the first Monday of Shravan, mesmerizing visuals from across the country

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

Mondays are dedicated to Bhagwan Shiv, and thus Mondays falling in the month of Shravan are often seen as the holiest days, especially by Shiv devotees.

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Rajasthan: Hindu student in Asind, hometown of Kanhaiya Lal’s killer, receives death threats from Islamist over Facebook post

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

A 23-year-old student in Asind municipality of Bhilwara district received death threats after posting a video on his Facebook profile.

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VP candidate Margaret Alva spills the beans about Sonia Gandhi’s ill-treatment of former PM Narasimha Rao, her old clip goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

Margaret Alva also revealed that there is no picture of PV Narasimha Rao in the Congress headquarters.

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Expelled BJP leader Naveen Jindal releases video footage, repeats claim of attack on PCR van outside his house after Delhi Police said it was...

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

Naveen Jindal has released a video footage on Monday to reiterate his claims that the PCR van stationed outside his house was attacked by extremists

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As India reached the 200 crore doses milestone, here is how politicians and the media had fuelled vaccine hesitancy and wild claims

Dibakar Dutta - 18 July, 2022

Several politicians including TS Singh Deo, Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and Akhilesh Yadav had tried to peddle vaccine hesitancy and misinformation

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Ghaziabad: Bahu Kavita plans with lover Irshad, gets Sasur Jaswant Sharma killed after making own son held at gunpoint

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

A woman named Kavita conspired with her lover Irshad and got her father-in-law killed in Ghaziabad.

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Patna Police bust PFI group with links to Pakistan, Bangladesh: ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ group was created to radicalize Muslims, glorify Islamic terrorism

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

PFI sleeper cell module with links to terrorists from Pakistan, Yemen, Bangladesh etc busted in Patna.

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Allahabad HC refuses to quash FIR against man who abused PM Modi, says Freedom of speech does not include hurling abuses

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

While dismissing the petition filed by Mumtaz Mansoori to quash an FIR registered against him, the Allahabad High Court observed that "freedom of speech does not include hurling abuses"

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Telangana: Chief Minister KCR peddles conspiracy theories, claims ‘foreign hand’ in Godavari floods

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

"There are theories that these cloudbursts are being done to destabilise the country,” KCR suggested.

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Voting for the next President of India begins, Over 4,800 MPs & MLAs to cast votes on green and pink ballot papers

OpIndia Staff - 18 July, 2022

The ballots will be counted on July 21, and on July 25, the newly elected President of India will take the oath of office.

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Meet Ahmed Patel, the Gandhi family loyalist who hired Teesta Setalvad to work against Narendra Modi, as per SIT

Pallav - 18 July, 2022

Ahmed Patel, a former MP and a close ally of Sonia has been a Gandhi family loyalist from the times of Indira Gandhi.

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USA: Transwoman shifted out of women’s prison after ‘she’ impregnates two female prisoners through consensual sex

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Transwoman kept in female prison in New Jersey impregnates two female inmates, shifted to male prison

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‘I dig deeper than gold, prefer diamonds, and buy them myself’: Sushmita Sen pens a heartfelt note over her relationship with Lalit Modi

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Sushmita Sen responds to accusations of being 'gold digger' for her relationship with Lalit Modi

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Delhi Lieutenant Governor grants sanction to CBI to prosecute AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in corruption case

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Delhi LG VK Saxena has granted prosecution sanction to CBI to proceed against AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.

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Patna PFI crackdown: Accused Islamist planning to turn India into Islamic State shortlist these three media houses as preferred propaganda channels

Anurag - 17 July, 2022

Arrested PFI members prefer NDTC, BBC and The Wire to spread propaganda

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Bangladesh: Hindu victims in Narail recount how Islamist attack turned their lives upside down

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

"The only reason they beat me up was that I was Hindu," recounted fertilizer trader Gopal Saha.

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Award-winning Imam blames women’s exposed thighs for soaring meat prices

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Imam Doolov said, "Do you know when meat prices go up in your town? It goes up when women's flesh cheapens."

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Uttar Pradesh: Farmer files complaint against Lord Indra for lack of rain in Gonda, Tahsildar forwards it to district admin

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

A tahsildar in Gonda district UP received a complaint from a farmer against Lord Indra for no rains since a long time.

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‘Community awards 25 lakhs for marrying a Hindu woman’: Salman, Kalu Khan, and Aslan threaten to kidnap and marry a Hindu girl in Jaipur

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

A case has been lodged at the Jaisinghpura Khor police station in Jaipur and an inquiry into the matter of love jihad has been initiated.

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‘This man roams around as a big Hindu leader, beat him’: Islamist mob assaults Bajrang Dal leader in Surat

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Bajrang Dal leader assaulted in Surat for raising questions on Muslims purchasing land in sensitive areas

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Journalist Pritish Nandy raises ‘Muslim PM bogey’ ahead of presidential elections, here is why it is dumb and evil

Dibakar Dutta - 17 July, 2022

Pritish Nandy claims a Muslim will never be the prime minister or president of India in future

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Burning smell noticed in vents of Air India Express Calicut-Dubai flight, diverted to Muscat: DGCA

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Dubai-bound Air India Express flight was diverted to Muscat after a burning smell was noticed.

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‘Is it a sin to be a Hindu’: Nambi Narayanan reacts to complaints of his portrayal as a Hindu in his biopic ‘Rocketry: The...

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Nambi Narayanan said, "When I am a Hindu and my story is shown, they will show me a s a Hindu only. They can't put me as a Muslim or as a Christian."

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Rajasthan: Bhilwara Police arrest five over death threats to man for supporting Nupur Sharma

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Bhilwara Police arrested five people on Saturday, July 16, for giving death threats to a Hindu man for supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma

Opinions

Times of India columnist romanticises ‘Muslim tailors’ hiding their religious identity, what gives?

Nirwa Mehta - 17 July, 2022

This kind of romanticising of criminal behaviour only makes it worse for rest of the Indian Muslims as it increases the distrust level. 'Liberals' are the worst allies Indian Muslims have.

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Islam in China must adhere to socialist principles and be Chinese in orientation: Xi Jinping in Xinjiang

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Xi Jinping has advocated for the "sinicization" of Islam, meaning to bring it in line with principles of Communist Party of China.

Featured

After Sangrur MP Simranjit Singh Mann compares Bhindranwale with Bhagat Singh, Khalistani sympathizers claim Bhindranwale was even greater

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Khalistani sympathizers claimed Bhindranwale was more significant than Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh

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Tamil Nadu: DMK MP S Senthilkumar objects ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ for road project, insults Hindu priest

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

DMK MP S Senthilkumar said that if Bhoomi Pujan is done, rituals of other religions also must be conducted

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Humans of Bombay issues clarification after netizens question the authenticity of Muskaan’s story

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Fundraiser of one 22-year-old girl, Muskaan, who wanted to crowdfund her studies at Harvard, has gone viral on social media where netizens have raised suspicion on the authenticity of the same.

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Hindus demand implementation of Disturbed Areas Act in Ambaji, one of the Shaktipeeth where Devi Sati’s heart had fallen

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Ambaji is one of the 51 Shaktipeethas and an important Hindu pilgrimage site. It is believed the heart of Sati Devi fell here.

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Rajasthan: Two more men get ‘sar tan se juda’ threats in Udaipur, probe initiated

OpIndia Staff - 17 July, 2022

Kanhaiya Lal was beheaded by Islamists for extending support to Nupur Sharma who has been receiving death threats over allegations of blaspheming against Prophet Muhammad.

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