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Which part of the ‘rules-based order’ justifies what the world did in Afghanistan: Dr Jaishankar shows the mirror to the West once again

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Jaishankar pointed out how Europe simply advised India to just do more trade when the same rules-based order was under threat in Asia.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Islamists attack Hanuman Shoba Yatra in Nellore with beer bottles; BJP demands ‘bulldozer justice’ against miscreants

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The Islamists in Nellore threw beer bottles and displayed uncivilised gestures to Hindus during Hanuman Shobha Yatra
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World

Wokes in India and elsewhere proceed to lose their minds after Elon Musk buys out Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
The cabal, which actively censors individuals for not toeing their line of speech under the pretext of hate, is now threatened by their sudden loss of power.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh govt orders removal of illegal loudspeakers from religious places including mosques across state

OpIndia Staff -
While Eid and the Hindu festival of Akshaya Tritiya are likely to fall on the same day in May, The CM has directed that usage of loudspeakers should not inconvenience others during religious processions of any kind, which should not be taken out without police permission.
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Social Media

Donald Trump not returning to Twitter even after Musk’s takeover, will stick to his personal platform TRUTH Social

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"Twitter became very boring because conservatives were thrown off or got off the platform when I left," Donald Trump complained.
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News Reports

Kerala university distributes answer key instead of question papers to students, Governor seeks report over major exam goof-ups

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Reportedly, none of the students during the exam had reported that they were given the answer keys of 'Signals and Systems' instead of question papers.
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News Reports

Goa Electricity Board’s Twitter account shows the human behind the handle, winning hearts and empathy during a power outage

OpIndia Staff -
The staffer handling the Twitter account of the Goa Electricity Department won hearts on the platform recently, for taking the effort to constantly update consumers about power restoration works after a massive outage.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Cricketer MS Dhoni’s wife raises voice against power crisis in state

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, the coal crisis in power plants has power crisis in Jharkhand because of which load shedding is done in many parts of the state.
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News Reports

Twitter locks source code, to only allow critical updates temporarily. Here is what we know so far

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Disclose.Tv, claimed that Twitter employees have added an empty public repository titled 'the-algorithm' on Github before the temporary cessation of updates to the platform.
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News Reports

Jignesh Mevani copies ‘Jhukega Nahi’ move from Jahangirpuri riot accused Ansar after being arrested again in Assam, watch

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Jignesh Mevani was being taken by Assam Police after they re-arrested him when he made the signature move from the latest Allu Arjun blockbuster movie Pushpa.
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Media

Silence of the Ecosystem: How ‘fact-checkers’ kept mum over fake claims that Hrithik Roshan contributed to the fund they promoted

OpIndia Staff -
The ecosystem which sought money to help the 'victims' of action against encroachments, conveniently let the rumour of Hrithik Roshan contributing the money do rounds on social media.
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News Reports

Watch: Muslim woman from Jahangirpuri wishes that Allah sends another calamity that would strike only Hindus, not Muslims

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In the wake of the anti-encroachment drive that tore down illegal constructions in violence-stricken Jahangirpuri, Islamists resorted to scaremongering
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Featured

It is official! Elon Musk is finally the new owner of Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
World's richest person Elon Musk is now going to be the 100% owner of Twitter as Twitter's board accepts his proposal to buy out all of Twitter
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IPL

IPL: Punjab survive Ambati Rayudu blitzkrieg to beat CSK by 11 runs

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Punjab's death bowlers, Arshdeep Singh and Kagiso Rabada kept their cool in the face of the onslaught with Rabada finally accounting for Rayudu.
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News Reports

Centre’s ceiling price for jute higher than WB govt’s recommendation: The truth about TMC’s faux outrage on jute price cap

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Centre has set Rs 6,500/quintal for jute while the TMC govt had recommended keeping it Rs 6,000/quintal
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Featured

Veer Kunwar Singh, the legendary king of Jagdishpur who chopped off his own arm at the age of 80 for India’s freedom

Jhankar Mohta -
Kunwar Singh, also known as Babu Kunwar Singh or Kuer Singh, was a prominent leader during the first freedom struggle of 1857
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News Reports

Priyanka Chaturvedi justifies sedition charges slapped against Navneet Rana, claims Hanuman Chalisa recital posed a security threat to PM Modi

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Priyanka Chaturvedi said the Hanuman Chalisa recital by Navneet Rana could have posed security risk to PM Modi
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News Reports

Clothing brand removes bikini collection, featuring Hindu deities, after social media outrage

OpIndia Staff -
Sahara Ray is yet to apologise or issue a statement for hurting the religious sentiments of 1.3 billion Hindus.
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News Reports

When communal violence erupts, Aman Committee surfaces: All you need to know about how and why Congress constituted these committees

Anurag -
Peace Committees surface almost immediately after riots. These committees are formed based on guidelines issued by Congress govt. Read details.
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World

Twitter may be sold to Elon Musk as early as today: Here is what we know

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter kicked off negotiations with Elon Musk on Sunday over the possible sale of the social media company.
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News Reports

Bombay HC dismisses plea of MP Navneet Rana, husband MLA Ravi Rana to quash FIR in Hanuman Chalisa row

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Bombay HC refuses to quash FIR filed against independent MP Navneet Rana and MLA Ravi Rana in Hanuman Chalisa row.
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News Reports

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting blocks 16 YouTube channels for spreading disinformation about India’s national security

OpIndia Staff -
As per the ministry, these YouTube channels were involved in targeted disinformation against India, that was designed to hurt India's internal security
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News Reports

Priyanka Gandhi sold off MF Hussain’s gift to Rajiv Gandhi: Here is her letter to the ex-CEO of Yes Bank acknowledging the payment

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The MF Hussain painting was given to Rajiv Gandhi by the painter himself in 1985 during the centenary celebrations of Congress.
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News Reports

Comedians, influencers, and ‘ideologically inclined news portals’: Digital ‘master plan’ of Prashant Kishor to push Congress to victory in 2024

Amit Kelkar -
Prashant Kishor has previously worked with Congress on the disastrous campaign in UP in 2017, and with Punjab Congress before abandoning them ahead of their electoral drubbing
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News Reports

Assam police re-arrests Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani in connection with another case moments after securing bail

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Jignesh Mevani was arrested by Assam Police last week over his tweets against Prime Minister Modi.
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News Reports

Transgender Muslim doctor asks Muslim men to quickly marry multiple times before polygamy becomes illegal for them, suggests marrying transgenders

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"Don’t fall for romantic online relationships with non-Muslims," Dr Aqsa said while asking Muslims to avoid romantic liaisons with non-Muslims.
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Entertainment

Actress Kangana Ranaut reveals she was sexually assaulted as a child

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Kangana talked about her experience after contestant, and controversial comedian Munawar Faruqui said that he was sexually abused by a close relative when he was young.
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News Reports

‘Historian’ S Irfan Habib clarifies he’s not leaving India after netizens offer to sponsor his tickets following a cryptic tweet

OpIndia Staff -
According to S Irfan Habib's Twitter profile, he is a Historian of Science and Modern Political History based in New Delhi, and he is not to be confused with Professor Irfan Habib of Mughal history at Aligarh Muslim University.
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News Reports

Hanuman Chalisa row: MP Navneet Rana writes a letter to Lok Sabha speaker, alleges casteist abuse by Maharashtra Police

OpIndia Staff -
Navneet Rana claimed that the cops denied her water because she belonged to the SC community
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News Reports

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hails state police for crackdown on modules of Ansar-ul Bangla Team, the Bangladeshi terror group with Al-Qaeda links

OpIndia Staff -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday took to Twitter to laud the Assam police for cracking down on several modules of the Bangladesh-based terror group Ansar-ul Bangla Team.
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News Reports

ABC News journalist brings in bizarre correlation against Will Smith’s reported meeting with Sadhguru to spread misinformation on CAA

OpIndia Staff -
Avani Dias, the South Asian correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, disseminated false information on Twitter.
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News Reports

Images of Chhabra riots prime accused Asif Ansari at Rajasthan CM’s Iftar party go viral, BJP demands strict action

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Pictures of Asif Ansari, the prime accused in last year's Chhabra riots, at Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot's Iftar Party went viral.
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News Reports

Those who want CM Uddhav Thackeray to chant Hanuman Chalisa are ‘neech’ and ‘h*rami’: MVA Minister Vijay Wadettiwar

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The comment from MVA Minister Vijay Wadettiwar came in the wake of the Hanuman Chalisa row in Maharashtra
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Opinions

Bollywood celebrities and assorted activists distorting Sanatan Dharma: The significance of saat pheras, sindoor and kanyadaan

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Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, despite having a Hindu Punjabi marriage, did only four pheras
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News Reports

Did Hrithik Roshan donate to an outfit that helped Rohingya Muslims settle in India for their Jahangirpuri fundraiser? Here is what we know

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A Twitter user claimed Hrithik Roshan donated for rehabilitation of 'victims' of anti-encroachment drive in Khargone
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News Reports

After sending an MP and MLA to jail, MVA props NCP leader Fahmida Hasan Khan to ‘chant prayers of every religion’ outside PM residence

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"If Hindutva, Jainism elevates for country's benefit to reduce inflation, unemployment, starvation, I'd like to do it," NCP leader Fahmida Khan said while talking to the media.
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News Reports

Pakistani boat ‘Al Haj’ apprehended on the Indian side of Arabian sea with heroin worth Rs 280 crores

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A Pakistan boat 'Al Haj' with narcotics worth Rs 280 crores was apprehended when it ventured into the Indian side of the Arabian Sea
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OpIndia Explains

Congress supporter Jignesh Mevani’s journey from being Mukul Sinha’s sidekick to ‘Dalit leader’ to ‘Independent MLA supporting Congress’

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How 'independent' is the 'Independent MLA' Jignesh Mevani from Vadgam, Gujarat.
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Opinions

Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation report in final stage, however, POJK refugees fear the worst: The ramifications of keeping 24 seats vacant

Vijay Kranti -
Delimitation Commission, appointed by EC on the instructions of the NDA govt is in the last stages of finalizing its report on Jammu & Kashmir.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Four children injured while playing with crude bombs they found near a mosque in Malda, investigation underway

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Police stated they are looking into who stored the crude bombs beneath a litchi tree next to the nearby mosque.
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News Reports

‘Converted tribals should not be entitled to ST benefits’: Gujarat BJP MP lambasts those involved in forced conversions

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"Like you can't change your parents. you can't change your faith", Vasava emphasized.
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News Reports

Uddhav Thackeray government to launch probe to identify ‘elements’ who persuaded Ranas to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree

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The Rana couple had announced that they would recite the Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's ancestral home Matoshree.
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News Reports

Ancient Nalanda Buddha statue returned to India from USA, was among the 14 bronzes looted from Nalanda Museum

OpIndia Staff -
The sculpture of Buddha Shakyamuni, also known as the Bodhisattva Maitreya, is made of gilded copper alloy.
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OpIndia Scoops

Gujarat: Illegal structure around ‘dargah’ inside Heritage Complex in Surat demolished

Nirwa Mehta -
According to sources, the illegal structure was demolished on Wednesday itself last week after authorities were made aware of the encroachment.
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News Reports

Hanuman Chalisa at Matoshree: MLA Ravi Rana shifted to Taloja jail while his wife, MP Navneet Rana is sent to Byculla women’s jail

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Navneet Rana and Ravi Rana were earlier arrested by Mumbai police for planning to Hanuman Chalisa in front of Matoshree.
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World

France re-elects Emmanuel Macron as President, congratulations pour in

OpIndia Staff -
Macron won the election with 58.55 per cent votes against 41.5 per cent votes for the contender.
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Tech

“Moving On”, Elon Musk’s cryptic tweet sends people guessing about his future plans with Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Social media users are wondering whether Musk will acquire Twitter fully or the Twitter board's 'poison pill' strategy will stop him from succeeding.
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News Reports

More than a dozen farmers commit suicide in Punjab in less than a month, low crop yield and higher loan amounts responsible: Report

OpIndia Staff -
According to the largest farmers association in Punjab, 14 farmers committed suicide in April only, with 11 of them in the Malwa region itself.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Church priest Albert arrested for raping 11-year-old minor girl after luring her with money

OpIndia Staff -
Church priest in Baghpat rapes minor girl who had gone to the church, arrested after she informed her parents
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News Reports

Who is Ilhan Omar, the controversial US Congresswoman who tried to legitimize Pakistan’s control over occupied Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
For years now, Omar has indulged in propagating anti-India narratives, especially targeting the Narendra Modi government
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