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‘This temple has been snatched away from us’: Eyewitnesses confirm Hindu symbols in the disputed structure of Gyanvapi

OpIndia Staff -
Eyewitnesses said there are Hindu symbols carved all over the walls and pillars of the disputed Gyanvapi structure.
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Editor's picks

Anti-encroachment drive in Shaheen Bagh begins as planned, Delhi police provides cover: Reports

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The South Delhi Municipal Corporation had scheduled an anti-encroachment drive at Shaheen Bagh today.
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News Reports

Sharda University suspends prof Waqas Farooq Kuttay for setting question comparing Hindutva with Nazism and Fascism, issues ‘show cause notice’

OpIndia Staff -
Waqas Farooq Kuttay has studied from Jamia Millia Islamia University and had qualified the JRF and NET exams.
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News Reports

‘We are taught to not join the Indian army’: Kerala youth Aksar Ali, who is facing attacks for leaving Islam reveals

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"Our religion teaches us not to kill another Muslim and hence discourages from from joining Army. This is truly a dangerous education," Aksar Ali informed.
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News Reports

Russian space chief threatens Elon Musk with consequences for supporting the Nazi Azov Battalion with his Starlink internet equipment

OpIndia Staff -
Russian space chief has threatened Elon Musk of consequences for helping Ukraine armed forces and Nazi Azov Battalion with internet connectivity via his company Starlink.
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World

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau visits Ukraine a week after Russia allegedly captured Canadian Lieutenant-General in Ukraine

OpIndia Staff -
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has arrived in Ukraine to meet Ukrainian President Zelensky in the middle of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
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News Reports

Terror attack foiled in Punjab, IED packed with RDX recovered from Tarn Taran, two arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab police arrested two terrorists from a village in Tarn Taran and seized an improvised explosive device packed with RDX
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News Reports

‘Owaisi dreaming of becoming Jinnah’; BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav demands arrest of the AIMIM leader for his remarks on survey of disputed Gyanvapi...

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Owaisi wants to create a rift between Hindus and Muslims and he is dreaming of becoming Jinnah, said MP Harnath Singh Yadav
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IPL

IPL: Faf du Plessis and Wanindu Hasaranga keep RCB in the hunt for a playoff spot even though star player Virat Kohli continues to...

OpIndia Staff -
RCB are right in the hunt for the playoff spots in this IPL even as their star player Virat Kohli's struggles refuse to go away.
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News Reports

Anand Mahindra fulfils his promise, gifts a house to ‘Idli Amma’ on Mother’s Day

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Also known as Idli Amma, the elderly woman had expressed her desire for a new workspace to the Mahindra Group.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Ban on ‘Pattina Pravesam’ of the Dharumapuram Adheenam seer revoked after protests by Hindus

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The Tamil Nadu govt has revoked the ban imposed on ‘Pattina Pravesam’ tradition of Dharumapuram Adheenam
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OpIndia Scoops

Gujarat: Botad ‘don’ Siraj threatens businessman with ‘Kishan Bharwad’ style fate over loudspeakers for Hanuman Chalisa

લિંકન સોખડિયા -
On 25th January 2022, a 27-year-old youth, Kishan Bharwad, was shot dead in Dhandhuka taluka, which falls in Ahmedabad (Rural), over an allegedly blasphemous social media post.
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News Reports

Jammu Kashmir People’s Forum holds rally to pay homage to Pakistan Occupied Jammu & Kashmir’s martyrs

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People from all walks, including POJK refugees, participated in the rally. This event was named the Punyabhoomi Smaran Sabha.
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Media

Hindustan Times’ Mint wants brands to cancel YouTuber Gaurav Taneja for ‘politically motivated’ posts

OpIndia Staff -
unapologetic display of Hindu way of life by Gaurav Taneja seems to have not gone well with 'liberal-secular' media.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact check: Old image of Home Minister Amit Shah with IAS Pooja Singhal shared as recent one, details

OpIndia Staff -
The usual troupe of fake news peddlers on social media tried to pass off an old picture of Amit Shah with the civil servant as a recent image.
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News Reports

Court ordered Gyanvapi structure survey halted after Muslim mob blocked the gate, Hindu motifs seen on outer walls by survey team

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim mob in Varanasi blocked the Gyanvapi mosque gate to prevent court ordered survey and videography of the structure
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Opinions

How Sadanand Dhume passed off a Turkish ethno-supremacist as just another international figure

Abhishek Banerjee -
Ozil is not your average “international figure” as Dhume and some others would like us to believe. This is a man infamous for being a supporter of Erdogan. The same Erdogan who is on warpath against India over Kashmir.
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi inadvertently admits LPG cylinders cost more under the Congress-led UPA govt than under Modi sarkar

OpIndia Staff -
Although Rahul Gandhi tried to attack Modi government over LPG prices, he ended up proving how LPG cylinders are now cheaper than before.
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News Reports

Chinese workers and citizens in Pakistan feel insecure as they lose confidence in Pakistani security systems

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, many Chinese workers went back to their motherland after the Karachi University attack and it was being seen as equivalent to an exodus.
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News Reports

Taking the opposite stand to Rahul Gandhi, health ministers from Congress-ruled states slam the WHO report on Covid-19 deaths in India

OpIndia Staff -
The CCHFW which includes health ministers from Congress-ruled states has taken an opposite stand to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who used the flawed report to target the Indian government.
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News Reports

Did Vietnamese youths build a replica Bugatti Chiron car using clay as claimed in viral video: A fact-check

Raju Das -
Fake claim circulated that youths built a Bugatti Chiron car using clay, which was made using fibreglass and steel with the help of clay model
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News Reports

Foreign Correspondents’ Club and Indian Women Press Corps asked to vacate bungalows in Lutyens’ Delhi, asked to look for other accommodation

OpIndia Staff -
Notices have been issued to Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) and Indian Women Press Corps (IWPC) by the Directorate of Estates under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to vacate the bungalows allocated to them.
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News Reports

Need to revive India’s ancient culture, restore principles of ‘Sanatan Dharma’: Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan

OpIndia Staff -
Inaugurating a school in Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Arif Mohammad Khan said that there is a need to work towards reviving the ancient culture of the country.
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News Reports

‘Come Make in India’, Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla advises Tesla chief Elon Musk

OpIndia Staff -
Taking to Twitter, Adar Poonawalla asked Elon Musk to invest in India. He assured Musk that it would be the best investment he would make
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Church blocks access to public road for Hindus, denies education to children for refusing to convert

OpIndia Staff -
More than 3000 Hindu residents of the village have been denied access to the public road because they refused to convert to Christianity.
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News Reports

First trainset for Delhi – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System handed over by Alstom from its Gujarat factory

OpIndia Staff -
Alstom has been awarded the contract to manufacture trainsets for the Regional Rapid Transit System in NCR
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News Reports

‘Comedian’ Munawar Faruqui wins ‘Lock Upp’ hosted by Kangana Ranaut, goes home with Rs 20 lakh prize money

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, Faruqui received 18 lakh votes and also the vote of Kangana Ranaut to emerge as the winner. The 'comedian' also won a car, cash of ₹20 lakhs and an all-expense-paid trip to Italy.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Son of BJP worker found dead, body hung from a tree in East Medinipur district

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The 22-year-old Debashish Manna was found hanging from a tree in Khejuri, East Medinipur. Debashish is the son of a BJP booth worker Muktipada Manna.
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News Reports

Tajinder Bagga gets relief from arrest by Punjab and Haryana HC in midnight hearing: Here are the events leading up to the court verdict

OpIndia Staff -
Tajinder Bagga had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court after the Judicial Magistrate of SAS Nagar in Mohali, issued an arrest warrant against him.
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News Reports

Khalistan flags placed by suspected ‘Punjab tourists’ appear on Himachal Pradesh Assembly gates

OpIndia Staff -
Khalistani elements claim parts of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, which formed part of Greater Punjab till 1966, as part of 'Khalistan', an idea supported by ISI backed separatists. They want to 'liberate' Himachal Pradesh and Haryana and 'merge' into 'Khalistan'.
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News Reports

‘Which party wants to ally with Congress?’ TRS leader KT Rama Rao ridicules Rahul Gandhi’s comment that Congress won’t ally with TRS in Telangana

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"Today, which party in the country is interested to be in alliance with Congress. There is none," said TRS leader KT Rama Rao
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News Reports

Punjab: CBI raids Aam Aadmi Party MLA Jaswant Singh in connection with Rs 40 crore bank scam, recovers 94 signed blank cheques

OpIndia Staff -
The CBI searches were conducted in connection with the case against the Amargarh MLA over a complaint lodged by Bank of India
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News Reports

Bollywood entertainer Swara Bhasker shares the stage with people behind anti-India propaganda during her USA trip

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Swara Bhasker met the members of Hindus for Human Rights in USA, a group known for anti-India propaganda
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News Reports

Mathura: Married Pappu Khan kills his married girlfriend Dolly with an axe after inviting her for Eid

OpIndia Staff -
Dolly and Pappu Khan were both married and had been living separately from their families in a live-in relationship
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News Reports

As Pfizer releases more than 80000 pages on its Covid-19 vaccine, claims about it flood social media: Here are the facts

Raju Das -
Claims and facts about the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine after the company released over 80000 pages on the vaccine
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News Reports

Tajinder Bagga has injuries on his back and shoulder after his arrest by the Punjab Police: Medical report

OpIndia Staff -
Tajinder Bagga was arrested by Punjab Police on May 6 for his remarks against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal. 50 policemen in several cars had arrived at his residence to arrest him.
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News Reports

Punjab court issues arrest warrant against BJP leader Tajinder Bagga for his remark against Arvind Kejriwal, asks police to produce him in court

OpIndia Staff -
The court of Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Ravtesh Inderjeet Singh of Criminal Courts, SAS Nagar has issued an arrest warrant against BJP leader Tajinder Pal Bagga under IPC sections - 153A, 505, 506.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: In the wee hours of the night, Islamists wave swords, bang at doors of locals for no apparent reason, five arrested for terrorizing...

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested accused roamed with swords, axes, and knives in their hands and they terrorized local residents of Dahisar Mori and Thakurpara villages in Thane.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi in Hyderabad but has no time to meet the bereaved family of brutally murdered Hindu man Nagaraju, says Congress leader Geeta Reddy

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Geetha Reddy has confirmed that their senior leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Telangana, will not be able to meet the family of Nagaraju
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News Reports

Mac store owner describes encounter with drunk Hunter Biden: Here is why he ‘washed his hands’ after checking laptop with password ‘an*lf*ck69’

OpIndia Staff -
John Paul Mac Isaac's upcoming book - "American Injustice: My Battle to Expose the Truth," which narrates what transpired on the night Isaac met Hunter Biden in April 2019.
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News Reports

Survey of disputed Gyanvapi Mosque structure: Muslims demand removal of court commissioner accusing him of partiality, court dismisses the plea

OpIndia Staff -
There has been an uproar over the survey of several idols, including the Shringar Gouri idol located in the Kashi Vishwanath and the disputed structure of the Gyanvapi Mosque complex in Varanasi.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Nurani mosque in Mumbai’s Bandra and Cemetery mosque in Santacruz booked for violating SC order on use of loudspeaker

OpIndia Staff -
The Mumbai Police on Saturday booked two mosques in the Bandra and Link Road area of Mumbai for not complying with the Supreme Court orders regarding the usage of loudspeakers.
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Media

Rajasthan police reach News18 editor Aman Chopra’s residence despite Rajasthan HC order not to take coercive action, UP police escort them away

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia has accessed information that the Rajasthan police officials have entered the housing society in Noida where News18 journalist Aman Chopra resides.
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World

Taliban supreme leader issues decree making ‘head-to-toe’ burqa mandatory for women

OpIndia Staff -
The latest decree will make the lives of the women even worse in Afghanistan under Taliban as they will be required to wear the all-covering chador at all times in public.
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News Reports

Udaipur: Zakir Hussain, Nazim Shaikh and Shoaib caught cooking meat on the terrace of a Hanuman Mandir, arrested after devotees outrage

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On May 5 Udaipur police arrested some Muslim youths after they were caught cooking meat on terrace of a Hanuman Mandir in Alipura
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News Reports

Asaduddin Owaisi spreads hate again, says court paving way for ‘anti-Muslim violence’ with survey of disputed structure ‘Gyanvapi Mosque’ premises

OpIndia Staff -
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi criticized the Varanasi court's decision to survey the disputed structure of the Gyanvapi mosque and the Shringar Gouri temple complex there.
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News Reports

Centre approves salary hike for Delhi MLAs, monthly salary and allowances to increase from Rs 54,000 to Rs 90,000

OpIndia Staff -
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal approved a 66 percent hike in the salary and allowances of Delhi MLAs as proposed by the Centre.
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News Reports

BJP leader Arjun Chowrasiya, found hanging in an abandoned building, had fled after during post-poll violence after Mamata Banerjee’s victory

OpIndia Staff -
BJP state secretary Priyanka Tibrewal disclosed that nearly 70 party workers, including Arjun Chowrasiya, were forced to flee from Cossipore
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News Reports

Manjinder Singh Sirsa makes sensational claim, says Punjab cop behind the arrest of Tajinder Bagga was involved in the Bhola drug scam

OpIndia Staff -
Manjinder Singh Sirsa accused AAP (Punjab) of using Kulwinder Singh to execute illegal operations and intimidate political opponents.
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News Reports

Hindustan Times labels BJP as ‘party of goons’, later deletes tweet and issues apology: Here is what they said

OpIndia Staff -
On Saturday morning, the national English daily Hindustan Times courted controversy for labelling the BJP as 'Gundon ki Party'.
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