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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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News Reports

Bangladesh witnesses 24 new rape cases in 9 days, 2.81 lakh complaints in less than a year, law and order situation deteriorates drastically under...

OpIndia Staff -
According to a report by Dhaka Tribune, the heinous crimes were committed between 20th June and 29th June this year. The situation has become so grim that Sharmeen S Murshid described the sexual violence as 'pandemic-level crisis.'
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Opinions

Doubling trade, defence cooperation, maritime security and more: What PM Modi’s visit to Ghana meant for both nations

Anmol Kumar -
One of the most important announcements during the visit was India and Ghana setting a target to double bilateral trade from $3 billion to $6 billion in the next five years. This is a big leap, but not an unrealistic one.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: ‘No permission for Maharana Pratap Jayanti, but Muharram allowed?’ Hindu groups protest against permission granted for Tajiya procession in ASI-protected Kumbhalgarh Fort

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday evening, many people gathered and surrounded the Kumbhalgarh fort. They protested and demanded a ban on Muharram Tajiya procession.
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Media Fact-Check

Fact Check: Media claimed Uttar Pradesh has highest crime rate with 7.4 crimes per person citing imaginary NCRB report, while the state’s crime rate...

Praarabdh Raaya -
In May, several reports claimed that Uttar Pradesh has highest crime rate with 7.4 per capita crime as per NCRB 2024 report. But, latest NCRB report is from 2022, and 7.4 per capita crime is statistically impossible
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Opinions

Digital scam in the digital age: How scamsters use various techniques to commit cybercrime and trap innocent people

Chandrani Das -
Indian citizens lost an estimated ₹22,812 crore (USD 2.78 billion) to cybercrime scam in 2024.
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News Reports

Defence Acquisition Council clears 10 proposals worth ₹1.05 lakh crore for tri-services including Electronic Warfare System and Surface-to-Air Missiles

OpIndia Staff -
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Thursday cleared 10 capital acquisition proposals worth approximately Rs 1.05 lakh crore for procurement of indigenously sourced quick reaction surface-to-air missiles, naval vessels and more
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News Reports

Guwahati Police issue fresh summons to CNN News18 anchor Akanksha Swarup and Raja Raghuvanshi’s sister Shrasti over false claim that human sacrifice takes place...

OpIndia Staff -
CNN News18 Anchor Akanksha Swarup and Raja Raghuvanshi’s sister Shrasti have been issued fresh summons by Guwahati police in a case over their comments on Kamakhya temple after they ignored the previous summons.
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World

Sean “Diddy” Combs acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking, convicted on prostitution charges in landmark trial

OpIndia Staff -
In a stunning split verdict, hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was acquitted of federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges but convicted on two counts of prostitution-related offences.
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News Reports

Air India’s public perception takes a nosedive, faces backlash after fatal crash, mid-air emergencies and poor service allegations

Shriti Sagar -
A deadly crash in Ahmedabad, killing 241 people, has intensified scrutiny on Air India. In recent weeks, the airline has also faced mid-air technical issues, delays, and rising passenger complaints, sparking questions about its safety, service, and management under the Tata Group.
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Tech

The Artificial Intelligence reshuffle: Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Google and Intel navigate job cuts and workforce transformation as AI takes over

OpIndia Staff -
The tech industry's aggressive pivot toward artificial intelligence has triggered a historic workforce realignment in 2025.
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Crime

Special Court in Malda convicts one Rafikul Islam for rape of a 9-year-old girl, the first conviciton in 2021 West Bengal post-poll violence

OpIndia Staff -
The accused lured the victim, who was playing in a mango orchard, with money and raped her on the evening of June 4, 2021.
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News Reports

Caste survey in Bengaluru a farce? Bizarre sticker campaign to identify SC households sparks outrage among residents

OpIndia Staff -
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has ignited public anger due to its chaotic and insensitive execution of its caste survey
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News Reports

Bihar Assembly Polls: Opposition leaders attempt to polarise Muslim voters on Waqf & Sharia, no mention of development and constitution in their speeches

श्रवण शुक्ल -
The opposition charged the BJP with fostering polarization and communalism concerning the Waqf Amendment Act.
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Opinions

UK’s media declares India as the ‘enemy’ over military and commercial ties with Russia: How they have been buying India-refined Russian oil for years,...

Anurag -
While Europe sanctions Russian crude, it imports refined fuel via India, whose strategic autonomy is labelled duplicity by Britain. Meanwhile, London shelters economic offenders wanted in India, citing human rights to delay justice.
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News Reports

PM Modi conferred with the highest civilian award of Ghana, signed four MoUs with the African nation, shared UPI’s payment experience: Details from his...

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi is the third Indian Prime Minister to visit Ghana after Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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News Reports

Who is Soham Parekh, and why is he famous all over the internet, triggering a global meme-fest

Rukma Rathore -
Suhail Doshi exposed Soham Parekh, prompting people from other companies to share their own experiences with him.
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World

US: In yet another incident of hate crime against Hindus in North America, shots fired at ISKCON temple in Utah with devotees inside

OpIndia Staff -
Utah Temple President Vai Warden said that temple has come under attack on three different occasions in the month of June alone.
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Crime

Kasba rape case in Kolkata: Accused Monojit thought the victim wouldn’t go to the cops out of fear if he recorded her rape on...

OpIndia Staff -
Shortly after Monojit and the co-accused Pramit Mukhopadhyay and Zaib left the campus, the survivor called her father. She told him to pick her up after the heinous crime on June 25.
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News Reports

UP: Dozens arrested after ‘Bhim Army’ supporters of Chandrashekhar Azad’s party unleash mayhem in Prayagraj, NSA, Gangster Act slapped on miscreants

OpIndia Staff -
While the now arrested miscreants were vandalising police vehicles, assaulting local people and damaging public property on 29th June, visuals have surfaced showing them holding years and apologizing in the police station.
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Crime

UP: Naushad Tyagi posed as Rahul Tyagi and Ricky Tyagi, pretended to be a cop, sexually exploited and duped 20 women nationwide

OpIndia Staff -
Naushad Tyagi from Muzaffarnagar was arrested for impersonating a UP police constable and using multiple Hindu identities to lure and exploit women across four states.
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World

Pentagon says US strikes set back Iran’s nuclear program by up to two years

OpIndia Staff -
On 2nd July, Wednesday, the Pentagon shared that U.S. military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities have degraded the country’s nuclear program by one to two years.
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News Reports

From Rare Earths to iPhones: How China is waging a silent war on India’s tech rise as Foxconn recalls Chinese staff from Apple factories

Jinit Jain -
Foxconn Technology Group has reportedly directed hundreds of its Chinese workforce based in India to return home.
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News Reports

“What option do I have?” DK Shivakumar’s helplessness exposed as Siddaramaiah asserts 5-year term amid Karnataka power tussle

OpIndia Staff -
“What option do I have? I have to stand by him and support him," Shivakumar told reporters, his tone expressing a mix of resignation and frustration.
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News Reports

Husband dead, affairs with brothers-in-law, and mother-in-law murdered for property: The full story of the Pooja Jatav saga

Shraddha Pandey -
When Sushila's daughter-in-law, Pooja Jatav, vanished following the murder, the case—which had been initially investigated as a potential robbery—took a sinister turn as more details emerged.
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News Reports

Uber, Ola, Rapido can now charge 2x of the base fare during peak hours: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
The new regulations permitted the use of private motorcycles for passenger travel via aggregators after state govt's approval.
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News Reports

Yunus-led regime convicts ousted PM Sheikh Hasina, grants 6-month jail term in contempt case

OpIndia Staff -
The case relates to a leaked phone call, in which Hasina allegedly told Bulbul that she has obtained license to kill 227 people.
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News Reports

India’s growing stray dog population: A silent crisis that no governments are paying attention to

Anurag -
Dog bite cases are soaring, rabies deaths are increasing, and sterilisation programmes are failing. Yet authorities remain paralysed, allowing millions of strays to endanger everyday life in India’s streets, colonies and even gated communities.
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News Reports

As PM Modi embarks on his first-ever visit to Ghana, a resource-rich African nation locked in a standoff with China over illegal gold mining:...

Shraddha Pandey -
At the invitation of President John Dramani Mahama, PM Modi will visit Ghana on July 2-3. A key Global South ally, Ghana holds a vital role in the African Union and West African affairs.
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News Reports

Land for job scam: Lalu Prasad Yadav named ‘kingpin’, Tejashwi and Rabri Devi ‘beneficiaries’ in CBI chargesheet

OpIndia Staff -
CBI has named 78 individuals in its chargesheets, including Lalu Prasad Yadav
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Opinions

Stop this nonsense already, people are not ‘suddenly dying’ because of COVID-19 vaccines or due to some grand modern medical conspiracy 

Sanghamitra -
The fear-mongering against COVID-19 vaccines, and the general anti-vaxxer rants against vaccines are all stemmed from the larger propensity among uninformed, unscientific and superstitious masses against modern medicine. Unfortunately, in India, a large part of the anti-vaccine propaganda has been done by politicians and fraudulent 'researchers' misusing academic facilities.
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World

Beijing’s worst fear? Dalai Lama likely to outline a succession plan ahead of 90th birthday

OpIndia Staff -
Dalai Lama will address a major three-day gathering of Buddhist religious leaders this week, which will be attended by over 100 Tibetan Buddhist figures and include a video message from him.
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World

Is Trump bringing 500% tariffs on India? Read about the new bill the US is set to pass that targets countries buying Russian oil

OpIndia Staff -
In the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India has been buying oil from Russia at discounted rates. India fulfils around 88% of its crude oil demand through imports.
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News Reports

Shazia Ilmi defamation case: Rajdeep Sardesai withdraws appeal against court order that directed him to take down Ilmi’s unauthorised video

OpIndia Staff -
The single judge had directed Sardesai to remove Ilmi's video holding that it violated her right to privacy.
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News Reports

UP: Muslim cleric linked to Atiq Ahmed gang forces Hindu teacher and her 5-year-old daughter to convert to Islam, had already converted her spouse,...

OpIndia Staff -
The victim was threatened by Pappan Peer, who invoked the names of Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf when she protested.
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OpIndia Explains

ECI is going door to door to verify voters in Bihar, Tejashwi-Owaisi-Sagarika to Ravish Kumar, all are rattled: Read what is the SIR process,...

श्रवण शुक्ल -
RJD's Tejaswi Yadav said that this is a conspiracy to snatch the votes of the poor. AIMIM's Owaisi called it 'backdoor NRC' because documents are needed for this. TMC's Sagarika Ghosh and journalist Ravish Kumar are also calling it suspicious.
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News Reports

LGBTQ ‘activist’ who led online mob against JK Rowling gets 24 years jail sentence for raping a minor boy

OpIndia Staff -
Stephan Ireland, who co-founded 'Pride in Surrey' and projected himself a voice of LGBTQ+ youths, led an online mob that, for years, harassed JK Rowling for expressing views about biological sex and women’s rights.
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World

China wages war on gay erotica: Women writers face arrest for breaking censorship lines as crackdown on queer fiction deepens

Chandrani Das -
At least 30 writers—nearly all of them women in their 20s—have been arrested across China since February for publishing gay erotica.
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News Reports

Odisha: OAS officers in 16 districts go on strike after assault, BJP suspends 5 members including accused corporator in Bhubaneswar over massive outrage

OpIndia Staff -
Odisha chief minister assured the OAS officers that the perpetrators would be brought to justice.
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News Reports

Delhi’s ban on old petrol, diesel vehicles dates back to 2014 NGT order, upheld by SC: here’s why a special drive is underway and...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
With over 400 petrol pumps equipped to deny fuel and seize vehicles, lakhs of Delhi-NCR residents owning banned cars now face two options—scrap their vehicles for incentives or sell them in permitted states.
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News Reports

Musk vs Trump: Billionaire dares “CUT IT ALL” as US President threatens to pull the plug on subsidies and deport him

OpIndia Staff -
Musk shared the results of his poll from last month on social media, claiming the need for a third political party in the US.
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News Reports

South Kolkata Law College case: Rape accused TMC leader had 11 cases against him, was protected by the party, students expose his track record...

OpIndia Staff -
A 4th year student stopped going to college since September 2025 after being assaulted by Monojit Mishra for not including him at the Teacher's Day event. He was forced to relocate to New Town and undergo several months of treatment.
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News Reports

Bangladesh clears $437 million dues months after claiming it had the ‘capacity’ to cope without Adani Power, supply fully restored amid improved financial assurances

OpIndia Staff -
Bangaldesh has reportedly requested Adani Power to resume full electricity supply from both units of the Godda plant, which meets approximately 10 per cent of country's electricity demand.
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News Reports

As Court allows CBI to close Najeeb case, propagandists start peddling false narrative: Was he assaulted by ABVP the day he went missing? Nope....

Shraddha Pandey -
A court in Delhi has accepted CBI closure report in Najeeb Ahmed case, putting paid to Islamo-leftist groups' conspiracy theories blaming ABVP for his disappearance.
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Politics

DK Shivakumar or Siddaramaiah: Congress caught in a fix as the ‘high command’ tries to navigate through the political crisis in Karnataka

Balendu Singh Angad -
In an attempt to stamp out simmering dissent, the Congress high command tried to shut down speculation that party is replacing Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with DK Shivakumar.
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News Reports

Himachal Congress minister Anirudh Singh allegedly assaults NHAI officer months after HPPCL engineer death row

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress minister abused and thrashed the two NHAI engineers in the presence of authorities and locals.
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World

Thailand PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra suspended over a phone call: Border tensions, a leaked call, and global power plays that led to this moment

OpIndia Staff -
On 1st July, Tuesday, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was suspended from office by Thailand’s Constitutional Court. The suspension stems directly from a leaked diplomatic phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Five people try to forcibly convert Hindu couple in Jabalpur under guise of medical treatment, all are linked to Ankur Narula Ministries;...

OpIndia Staff -
An FIR has been filed at Adhartal police station. The accused allegedly took ₹2 lakh and jewellery, made the couple drink a liquid called “Jesus’s blood,” and pressured them to adopt Christianity through fear.
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News Reports

Kazakhstan bans niqabs citing security concerns, President Tokayev had earlier described it as an outdated form of clothing imposed by radical groups

OpIndia Staff -
President Tokayev said this law supports the country’s secular values and helps protect public safety.
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News Reports

Vikas running on fast track in North East India: How the region has seen tremendous growth in Railway connectivity under Modi government

Balendu Singh Angad -
In the last eleven years, India’s Northeast, a region historically considered remote, disconnected, and underdeveloped has undergone a transformational journey powered by railway connectivity under Modi government.
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