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Watch: Russia and the US swap ex-Marine Trevor Reed for convicted drug trafficker Konstantin Yaroshenko in a prisoner exchange

OpIndia Staff -
The prisoners exchange came in the midst of escalating tensions between Russia and the US over the Ukraine conflict.
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News Reports

Christian group CASA participates in Hindu Maha Sammelan: Read how the group is fighting ‘Love Jihad’ in Kerala

Dibakar Dutta -
Christian Association and Alliance for Social Action (CASA) will participate in 10th Ananthapuri Hindu Maha Sammelan in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala
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News Reports

Digital India RISC-V program launched: GoI sets timeline to roll out first indigenous microprocessors by Dec 2023

OpIndia Staff -
Rajeev Chandrashekhar said, "I am very focused to have the first set of commercial silicon of Shakti and Vega microprocessors available by December 2023."
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News Reports

Kerala govt decides to send official team to Gujarat to study system aiding good governance, sparks controversy as Congress and Muslim League oppose

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala Chief Secretary V P Joy and his staff officer Umesh NSK will visit Gujarat from April 27 to April 29
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World

UK: Tory MP ‘caught watching porn’ inside House of Commons, female MPs complain sexism in parliament

OpIndia Staff -
The Tory MP was reportedly seen watching the pornographic content by one of the female ministers.
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News Reports

Watch: Tamil Nadu Man sets his e-bike on fire after it breaks down

OpIndia Staff -
A man from Tamil Nadu set his Ola e-bike on fire after it stopped functioning in the middle of the road
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News Reports

Karachi University suicide bomber Shari Baloch was the mother of 2, had a master’s degree

OpIndia Staff -
BLA informed that Shari Baloch confirmed her decision to undertake a 'self-sacrificing attack' about 6 months ago and stood by it.
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Law

‘Merely attending jihadi meetings does not prima facie qualify as a terrorist act under UAPA’: Karnataka HC

OpIndia Staff -
The Karnataka HC granted bail to one Salim Khan, an alleged member of Al Hind group, and booked under UAPA
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News Reports

Russian energy giant Gazprom halts supplies to Bulgaria and Poland, reports say EU trying to increase gas purchase in Roubles to help them

OpIndia Staff -
Russian media has reported that the European Union would be temporarily increasing its gas purchases from Russia through countries which are ready to do their payments in Russian Roubles to compensate for the demand of Poland and Bulgaria.
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News Reports

Netizens slam Arvind Kejriwal for his casual approach during PM’s meeting on Covid-19, BJP calls him ‘mannerless’

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens react to casual approach of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal during video conference of PM with all CMs in Covid-19
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Entertainment

Ajay Devgn hits out on Kannada star Kiccha Sudeep, says Hindi was and will always be our national language

OpIndia Staff -
The tweet by Devgn came days after the Vikrant Rona actor stirred up controversy over KGF 2 film being referred to as 'pan India film'.
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News Reports

Netflix planning a major overhaul in Indian content after losing subscriptions, may bring in more ‘commercial’ genres: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Netflix India has decided to do away with its serious, dark content and try new ideas with a more commercial approach for the Indian audiences.
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News Reports

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi convicted in corruption case, sentenced to five years imprisonment

OpIndia Staff -
Presently, there are at least 10 more corruption cases pending against Aung San Suu Kyi, each with a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: CCTV footage catches Lucknow man Majid raping a cow, arrested after locals nabbed him

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Majid was caught having unnatural sex with a cow while reviewing CCTV footage, after which he was arrested
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Opinions

Islamofascists and ‘liberals’ do not differentiate between Hinduism and Hindutva, but they do so only to confuse ordinary Hindus

Jinit Jain -
'Liberals' have long been peddling the trope that Hinduism and Hindutva are two mutually exclusive ideologies
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News Reports

As BJP ruled states reduce VAT on fuel, PM Modi asks non-BJP states to follow suit even as they refuse, calling it a ‘political...

OpIndia Staff -
"The petrol prices in some states are way higher than in others. This is not only an injustice to the people living in these states but it also affects the neighboring states," PM Modi added
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi gone abroad again, remains ‘unreachable’ as deal with Prashant Kishor fails: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
India Today reported that Rahul Gandhi had left for a foreign destination about a week ago while leaving the Congress party in a state of political turmoil.
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News Reports

‘If required, we will use a bulldozer to remove encroachments, Delhi govt rehabilitating Bangladeshi and Rohingyas’: SDMC Mayor

OpIndia Staff -
NDMC mayor surveyed areas under his jurisdiction for encroachments, blamed AAP for rehabilitating illegal Rohingyas and Bangladeshis.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Railways issues notices to remove illegal Mazar, Mosque from Agra Cantonment Railway land

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Railways has issued notices to several religious structures built on the land owned by Agra Cantonment railway board
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News Reports

‘It is better to engage with the world as who we are rather than how we are perceived’: Foreign minister S Jaishankar at Raisina...

OpIndia Staff -
S Jaishankar said that India needs to engage with world with its own identity, rather than pondering over how others perceive us
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News Reports

‘Hindu terror’ proponent Digvijaya Singh floats new conspiracy theory after stone pelting attacks on Hindu festivals

OpIndia Staff -
Digvijaya Singh accuses BJP of hiring poor Muslims to pelt stones on Hindu festivals, says the claim is not verified
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News Reports

US senator writes to Elon Musk, demands third party audit into past censorship attempts by Twitter. Here is what he said

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"The American people deserve to know the truth about what went on at Twitter for years behind closed doors," Josh Hawley remarked.
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World

Donald Trump’s Truth Social beats Twitter and TikTok on Apple Store

OpIndia Staff -
Truth Social was announced by former US President Donald Trump after he was deplatformed from Twitter following the Capitol Hill siege last year.
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News Reports

Karauli violence: Rajasthan govt attaches property of 4 accused, including Rajaram Gurjar and Saheb Singh Gurjar

OpIndia Staff -
Congress-led Rajasthan government started the process to attach properties of four Karauli violence accused including Rajaram Gurjar and Saheb Singh Gurjar.
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News Reports

Twitter’s top lawyer Vijaya Gadde cries during internal meeting, Elon Musk slams censorship of Hunter Biden laptop story

OpIndia Staff -
Elon Musk called Twitter censorship of NYP over Hunter Biden story 'incredibly inappropriate' .
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News Reports

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan scraps discretionary quota of MPs for 2022-23 admissions, offers COVID-19 orphans seats over and above class strength

OpIndia Staff -
The MP quota allowed a parliamentarian to recommend a maximum of 10 students from their respective constituencies for admission in classes 1 to 9 of Kendriya Vidyalayas.
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News Reports

Elon Musk mocks ‘wokes’ again after Twitter takeover, calls censoring of Hunter Biden story ‘incredibly inappropriate’

OpIndia Staff -
"I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law," Elon Musk had emphasised.
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Editor's picks

Muslim Personal Law Board says Uniform Civil Code is unacceptable to Muslims, read details

OpIndia Staff -
AIMPLB alleged that Uniform civil code issue has been brought up to divert attention from real issues and promote an agenda of hatred and discrimination
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News Reports

‘Would have attacked PM Modi too if he had challenged us like Kirit Somaiya’: Shiv Sena leader Dipali Sayyed

OpIndia Staff -
Deepali Sayyed brazened out attack against Kirit Somaiya, saying the car would have been attacked even if PM Modi were in it.
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News Reports

Congress panel recommends suspension of Ex-PPCC chief Sunil Jakhar, removal of KV Thomas from all party positions for anti-party activities

OpIndia Staff -
Congress Disciplinary Committee served Sunil Jakhar, KV Thomas, and the five Meghalaya MLAs with a show-cause notice, asking them to explain why action should not be taken against them
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News Reports

Foreign-based organisations linked to Pakistan and ISI lobbying against India on global forums, reveals Disinfo Lab report

OpIndia Staff -
The report says lobbyist and organisations backed by Pakistan influenced UNSCRIF’s decision to add India to the list of ‘Country of Particular Concern'
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News Reports

West Bengal: Police use water cannon to disperse BJP protest rally against Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal police Tuesday, used water cannons to disperse BJP workers who participated in protest rally against TMC government
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Tech

Google turns woke, launches ‘prompts’ to suggest ‘politically correct’ words

OpIndia Staff -
Google has launched new feature 'prompts' which suggests users to use words that are "politically correct".
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News Reports

Love Jihad in MP: Illegal house of Imran who feigned as Raju to marry a Hindu girl demolished; his brother and a Maulana had...

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The Love Jihad victim revealed that Imran’s family had forced her into prostitution and she was raped by multiple men.
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Editor's picks

Did Prashant Kishor just refuse to be Gandhis’ scapegoat for the 2024 Lok Sabha loss?

Amit Kelkar -
Declining the offer, Prashant Kishor said, "I declined the generous offer of #congress to join the party as part of the EAG & take responsibility for the elections."
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World

Watch: Hijab-clad woman blows up a van carrying Confuscious Institute director Ding Mupeng and 3 others in Karachi attack

OpIndia Staff -
The victims of Karachi attack include Huang Guiping, director of Confucius Institute, two other Chinese citizens—Ding Mupeng and Chen Sa.
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News Reports

‘Too much English on sets, scripts should be in Devanagari’: Nawazuddin Siddiqui criticises lack of Hindi in the Hindi film industry in viral video

OpIndia Staff -
The actor stated that the movie scripts that are printed in English should be printed in Devnagri and that all the actors should demand script in Hindi language.
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Politics

Disgruntled Navjot Singh Sidhu posts selfie with ‘old friend’ Prashant Kishor hours after poll strategist rejected Congress’ offer to join party

OpIndia Staff -
Sidhu was asked to resign from the post of Punjab Congress chief after the 2022 state assembly elections where Aam Aadmi Party won the elections.
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World

Tucker Carlson, censored for referring transgender woman as a man, returns to Twitter after Elon Musk takeover

OpIndia Staff -
Tucker Carlson was censored on Twitter for referring to Assistant health secretary of US, a transgender woman, as a man
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News Reports

Sanjay Raut defends his call for burying the Ranas 20ft deep, accepts it as an open death threat: Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has gone on record to defend his call for burying MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana 20 feet deep after the Hanuman Chalisa row in Mumbai.
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News Reports

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Bombay HC dismisses plea filed by ‘Urban Naxal’ Gautam Navlakha seeking transfer from Tiloja jail to house arrest

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Bombay HC dismissed a petition filed by Gautam Navlakha seeking to be removed from Tiloja jail and put under house arrest instead
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World

Greenpeace activists chain themselves to a Russian oil tanker in protest, officials clarify the oil was bought before Russian sanctions

OpIndia Staff -
The tanker in question was the Ust Luga tanker parked at the Aasgaardstrand harbor in Norway carrying Russian oil.
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News Reports

Sacked Assistant Professor from Lovely Professional University apologizes for Hinduphobic remarks, claims she was ‘depressed’

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Former LPU assistant professor Gursang Preet Kaur apologized for her derogatory remarks against Bhagwan Ram in a Facebook post.
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News Reports

7 Indian sailors rescued by the Indian government from Houthis’ captivity in Yemen reach India, thank PM Modi

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The rescued sailors finally reached Delhi on 26th of April after a nearly 4 months-long ordeal in Yemen.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Explosion near Karachi University, 4 including 2 Chinese nationals dead. Here is what we know so far

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Gulshan SP informed that a probe has been launched to determine whether the attack was an accident or a terror attack.
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News Reports

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor rejects Congress’ offer to join party after giving 600 slide presentation on how to revive it

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Days after giving suggestions to Congress on how to stop itself from vanishing into oblivion, Prashant Kishor rejected party's offer to join it officially.
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News Reports

Govt of India gets Netflix on board to tell stories of Indian women who faced incredible odds to set examples

OpIndia Staff -
Netflix and the I&B Ministry also plan to organize training workshops and masterclasses to encourage filmmakers in India to create inspiring content on various topics under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
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News Reports

The region is a ticking time bomb of illegal immigrants, criminal activities and radicalisation: Fact-finding report on Jahangirpuri violence

OpIndia Staff -
The fact finding team of GIA observed that Jahangirpuri is a crime-prone area due to thriving encroachment and illegal trade
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Opinions

Mehdi Hasan, who ranted against non-Muslims, goes on a tirade against Modi and Hindutva, but his propaganda was impeccable: Here is why

Nupur J Sharma -
A classic example of the perfect Goebbels-esque propaganda was the recent diatribe by Mehdi Hasan in MSNBC
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Man playing music on Bluetooth speaker in his own house booked for playing ‘loudspeaker’ in front of a mosque during Azaan time

OpIndia Staff -
Kishore Malkunaik who works as a Railway Sub-Inspector has been booked under IPC sections 505 (B) and (C) intending to incite any class or community of persons to commit any offence against any other class or community and Maharashtra Police clause 135.
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