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Kashmir: Islamic terror outfit The Resistance Front threatens to disrupt Amarnath Yatra, calls Yatris ‘stooges of Sanghi regime’

OpIndia Staff -
Islamic terrorists threaten against Amarnath Yatra, send warning letter saying increase in number of pilgrims an attempt to change demography.
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OpIndia Explains

Hybrid Terrorists: What are they, and why are they a threat to national security

OpIndia Staff -
Hybrid terrorists are 'boys next door' who are not ultras but radicalized to the point that they are willing to pick weapons
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News Reports

Water crisis in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad, supply disrupted across city: BJP to hold ‘Jal Akrosh Morcha’ to protest

OpIndia Staff -
When BJP and Shivsena entered into an alliance forming the state government, it ideated a Rs 1680-crore water project for the city. However, political differences between the parties derailed the project.
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News Reports

Assam: Bulldozers in action, 5 illegal houses of rioters accused of setting police station on fire demolished

OpIndia Staff -
The houses demolished by the Nagaon administration also included that of deceased fish trader Shafiqual Islam and his relative Majibur Rahman.
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News Reports

Intelligence Agencies issue alert over Pakistan’s ISI-sponsored terror attacks on railway tracks in India

OpIndia Staff -
Intelligence agencies alerted authorities about ISI sponsored targeted attacks on railway tracks in Punjab
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News Reports

Kashmir: ‘Human rights activist’ mocks Shivling found at Gyanvapi, netizens demand police action

OpIndia Staff -
In a tweet, Waqar Bhatti made a derogatory remark by comparing a fountain with Shivling and calling the followers of Hinduism 'Gobar Bhakt.'
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News Reports

Jharkhand: 62 people, including newly elected panchayat member Amina Khatoon, booked for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans

OpIndia Staff -
62 people were booked for allegedly shouting pro-Pakistan chants during a panchayat election victory march in Hazaribag.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Another temple-like structure found under a mosque in Mangaluru, VHP plans to perform rituals

OpIndia Staff -
A Hindu temple-like structure was found underneath an old mosque on the outskirts of Mangaluru in April 2022
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News Reports

WHO awards ASHA workers with Global Health Leaders Award, Muslim mobs had attacked them at various places during the Covid pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
During the initial days of coronavirus pandemic, several reports surfaced where ASHA workers were attacked by Muslim mobs for merely doing their job in Muslim dominated areas.
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Entertainment

Another Jug Jugg Jeeyo copying controversy: Pakistani singer Abrar Ul Haq accuses Karan Johar of copying his blockbuster hit ‘Nach Punjaban’

OpIndia Staff -
Karan Johar has been accused by Pakistani singer and politician Abrar Ul Haq of copying his hit song 'Nach Punjaban'
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Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did a man in Saudi Arabia marry four women from the same school

OpIndia Staff -
The viral message claims the Saudi man married four women from the same school. A student, a teacher, a supervisor and a principal.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi makes another pitch for foreign intervention in India, rants against his own country just because he is not the one ruling it

Shashank Bharadwaj -
As there are no takers for the Gandhis, and electoral success remains elusive for them, Rahul Gandhi perhaps wants the Western powers to intervene and overthrow the current government, so his party can rule.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Congress MLA Zameer Khan feeds a man then eats the same chewed food from his mouth to ‘set example against caste discrimination’, watch...

OpIndia Staff -
One can see Swami Narayana's bewildered expressions as he is made to take out chewed food from his mouth and feed the Congress MLA Khan.
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Opinions

Organiser of the London event where Rahul Gandhi spoke wants India fragmented and become how the West would want it to be

Suyash -
Beyond the impression of being hosted at the Cambridge University, it turns out that Rahul Gandhi's talk at 'ideas of India' event was hosted by Congress' in-house think tank
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News Reports

United States embassy in Pakistan condemned by Islamists for supporting LGBT rights, gets warned not to disrespect Islamic principles

OpIndia Staff -
Many Pakistanis called the US embassy's support for LGBT rights a blatant disregard for Pakistani laws and values.
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News Reports

Quad leaders’ meet: PM Modi pens a column in Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, here is what he wrote

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi is in Japan to attend the Quad leaders' meeting with his counterparts from Japan, USA and Australia.
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Opinions

ET publishes offensive memes on Shivling despite multiple FIRs over those memes, once again highlighting the callousness of media towards Hindu sentiments

Pallav -
The Economic Times published a meme mocking Hindus by depicting the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as a Shivling
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News Reports

Heavy rains, thunder, hailstorm lash Delhi-NCR, temperature drops 10 degrees in an hour, trees uprooted

OpIndia Staff -
The surface temperature fell by 11 degrees from 29 degree Celsius to 18 degree Celsius in just an hour because of sudden weather change leading to thunder and rain in Delhi-NCR
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Sports

South Africa T20 series: Rohit, Kohli, Bumrah rested, Hardik Pandya & Dinesh Karthik make a comeback

Ritesh -
The Indian team will play 5 T20I matches against South Africa during the month of June.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Aurangabad youth Imran Khan, accused of shooting fake ‘Jai Shri Ram’ assault video to incite communal disharmony, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, Imran Khan is being beaten by 15 other youths.chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' as they beat Imran Khan. It is revealed that all of them are Muslims.
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Featured

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clarifies that only the center will bear the burden of excise duty reduction on fuel, hits out at the opposition’s...

OpIndia Staff -
The Finance Minister clarified that the central government will bear the whole cost of the excise duty cut on fuel.
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News Reports

Union Minister G Kishan Reddy cites speeches by Dr Ambedkar to school Rahul Gandhi on his ‘India is a Union of States’ remark

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Ambedkar was a jurist, economist and politician who headed the drafting committee of the Constitution of India.
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Editor's picks

West Bengal: Arjun Singh defects to TMC, had accused party goons of repeatedly attacking him

OpIndia Staff -
Until 3 days ago, Arjun Singh was seen promoting an event in Vadodara where Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed a large gathering of young individuals.
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News Reports

AAP MLA ‘bc’ Amanatullah Khan sends defamation notice to Delhi Police

OpIndia Staff -
In case the Delhi police do not apologize, Amanatullah Khan has asked for a compensation of rupees 10 crores.
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News Reports

Man threatens to sue Karan Johar for using his script to make Jug Jugg Jeeyo

OpIndia Staff -
Vishal A Singh alleged Jug Jugg Jeeyp is based on a script he had shared with Dharma Productions in 2020
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OpIndia Scoops

Punjab: Christian Missionaries organise ‘satsang’ in Zirakpur, face strong protest from locals during their attempted forced religious conversion program

Anurag -
When the locals started chanting slogans like Jai Shri Ram and Bharat Mata Ki Jai against the missionary program, the person addressing the attendees from the stage termed Hindus chanting slogans as ‘adharmi’.
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News Reports

Why does PM Modi usually travels to foreign countries at night: Here is an interesting detail

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi follows a regular pattern during his foreign visits to save time and resources.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Bomb squad detonates crude bombs in time in Purba Medinipur, explosion caught on camera, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
As many as 800 active crude bombs were discovered in Bakcha village in Moyna Block in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal.
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Social Media Fact-Check

TMC leader Saket Gokhale peddles misinformation about recent reduction in petrol, diesel prices

OpIndia Staff -
The latest reduction in the duty is not from the Excise Duty but instead from the Additional Excise Duty, which is not shared with the states. Hence, the proposed reduction is entirely borne by the Centre.
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Entertainment

Vishal Kotian releases deceased actor Siddharth Shukla’s song, fans outrage at release of the song against Shukla family’s wishes

OpIndia Staff -
Television actor Sidharth Shukla died of a heart attack in Mumbai on 2nd September 2021.
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News Reports

West Bengal: 3 arrested for printing counterfeit US dollars in Burdwan, BJP says TMC linked to the racket

OpIndia Staff -
The Burdwan police found fake Identity cards, affiliated to the CBI and Anti-Corruption Foundation of India, in the name of accused Gopal Singh.
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News Reports

Qutub Minar: Minister of Culture denies reports that the Archaeological Survey of India is asked to conduct excavation at the complex

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, media had reported that ASI has been tasked with conducting an excavation drive in the Qutub Minar complex to ascertain the facts about the structure
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Featured

‘Is Matoshree a mosque?’ MNS chief Raj Thackeray hits out at Rana couple for trying to recite Hanuman Chalisa there

OpIndia Staff -
Raj Thackeray said, "I wanted to have a darshan of Ram Janambhoomi, but I also wanted to see the place where my karsevaks were killed."
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World

’17-year-old’ Amjad Fayed ‘killed’ by Israeli forces was a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, had fought Israeli forces

OpIndia Staff -
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group identified Amjad Fayed as its fighter and said that he had fought Israeli forces.
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News Reports

Afghanistan: Female TV presenters defy diktat to cover their faces, receive threats from the Taliban government

OpIndia Staff -
“If they don't comply, we will talk to the managers and guardians of the presenters,” Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Sadeq Akif Mohajir said.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Cops book one Rafiq Mansoor for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
Mansoor, who hails from Surat, had made despicable comments about a Hindu deity.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin hugs Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict upon his release, Congress ally had been fighting to get him out of jail

OpIndia Staff -
In the tweet, MK Stalin mentioned Perarivalan as a ‘brother’ and wished for his better future along with his mother, Arputhammal, who had been fighting for his release.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Aam Aadmi Party leader arrested with 8 others for obstructing development work in Jamnagar

OpIndia Staff -
The Gujarat Police arrested AAP activist Nindresh Mandan Bhochiya for blocking Jetco Company's operations of installing an electricity pole.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: 14-year-old minor girl raped at knifepoint inside the delivery room of govt hospital, accused Nasir Khan absconding

OpIndia Staff -
The accused Nasir Khan saw her alone, took her to the nearby delivery room and raped her at knifepoint. Nasir Khan thrashed the minor girl and dragged her to the delivery room of the hospital.
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News Reports

Assam: Mob burns down police station and assault cops after alleged custodial death of fish trader Safiqul Islam

OpIndia Staff -
A mob of around 2000 people burned down the Batadrava Police station after Safiqul Islam died allegedly in custody
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World

Australia: Scott Morrison loses national elections, Labor Party’s Anthony Albanese to become the new PM

OpIndia Staff -
Albanese had focused his campaign on ending Australia’s 'climate wars', adopting more ambitious emissions targets, and introducing a federal corruption watchdog.
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Featured

Petrol and diesel to get cheaper as center reduces excise duty, announces subsidy on gas cylinders under Ujjwala Yojana

OpIndia Staff -
Excise duty on petrol will be reduced by rupees 8 per litre while that on diesel will be reduced by rupees 6 per litre.
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News Reports

Punjab: Thousands of dairy farmers stage protest against the AAP government in the state

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab is contributing more than 6 percent of the total dairy production in India.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi govt bulldozes off three illegal properties owned by gangster Mohammad Asif, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Mohd Asif is one of the prominent gangsters in UP, with several cases, including murder, loot, and extortion, registered against him.
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News Reports

Kerala court dismisses anticipatory bail plea of former MLA PC George, was earlier arrested for speaking against Islamic jihadism in the state

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala court has dismissed anticipatory bail plea of former MLA PC George after an FIR was filed against him for speaking about the growing menace of Islamic Jihad in Kerala
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News Reports

Arrested for making derogatory remarks against Shivling, DU professor tells court he is a follower of Hindu religion, gets bail

OpIndia Staff -
Ratan Lal was arrested over a derogatory social media post after a Shivling was found in the disputed Gyanvapi complex.
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News Reports

“Your security is equivalent to ours”: Turkey pledges support to strengthen Pakistan’s military infrastructure

OpIndia Staff -
Turkey president said that he considers Pakistan's security, stability, and prosperity equal to that of Turkey.
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Economy and Finance

Current inflation caused by global events over which Indian govt have no control: OpIndia talks to a chartered accountant, Sumeet Mehta, over inflation

Sachin R -
CA Sumeet Mehta said that India is facing 'imported inflation', which is inflation caused by the Russia-Ukraine war
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Politics

Kerala: Bajrang Dal holds massive “Shourya Rally” in response to Islamist organization PFI’s ‘Save the Republic’ march

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, the Kerala High Court observed that the PFI and the SDPI are extremist organisations, which have not yet been banned in India.
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News Reports

Self-manifested Jyotirlinga of Lord Adi Vishweshwara lies 100 feet below the surface at the disputed Gyanvapi site: Advocate Rastogi in Court

OpIndia Staff -
Vijay Shankar Rastogi said that the Shivling of Adi Vishweshwara could be just below the central dome of the Gyanvapi structure.
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