Archives of OpIndia

Entertainment

Arvind Kejriwal calls ‘The Kashmir Files’ a “jhoothi” film, refuses to make it tax-free, had earlier made movies like ’83, Saand Ki Aankh tax-free

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government refuses to make The Kashmir Files tax-free, a move that could have reduced ticket prices making film on Kashmiri Hindu genocide accessible to wider audience
Read more
Tech

Love pours in after creator of GIF file format Stephen Wilhite passes away at 74

OpIndia Staff -
In 1987, while working as an information manager at Compuserve, Stephan Wilhite invented the Graphics Interchange Format or GIF which later became an important tool of memetic conversation.
Read more
News Reports

Karnataka: Hindu seers watch ‘The Kashmir Files’ in Belagavi, says the movie is attached to emotions of Hindu community

OpIndia Staff -
After watching the movie, the Hindu seers in Belagavi in Karnataka requested the people to watch The Kashmir Files
Read more
News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Hindu women stopped from carrying out ‘Basauda Pujan’ for Sheetala Mata near Idgah mosque in Mathura

OpIndia Staff -
Basauda Pujan is also called as 'Sheetala Saptami' or 'Sheetala Ashtami' and is celebrated every year around the Ashtami date of the Krishna Paksha of Chaitra month of Hindu calender.
Read more
News Reports

TMC demands removal of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar for raising his voice against the Birbhum massacre

OpIndia Staff -
TMC demands removal of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar saying his work is against the constitutional system
Read more
Editor's picks

Preparing ground to blame Centre for non-fulfilment of AAP’s freebie promises? Punjab CM asks for Rs 50,000 crore aid per year

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab CM met PM Modi and sought Rs 50,000 crore package per year for two years to "stabilize financial condition" of the state
Read more
News Reports

Kashmiri Hindus demand the restoration of over 200 destroyed temples that were attacked by Islamists in the 1990s

OpIndia Staff -
2012 Government figures show that over 438 temples in the valley, around 2018 had been damaged over the years. 57 temples were vandalised in Srinagar alone, while 56 faced damage in the Anantnag district.
Read more
News Reports

Delhi: UDF MPs from Kerala fight with Delhi Police during a protest against Pinrayi Vijayan govt’s Silver Line project

OpIndia Staff -
UDF leaders from Kerala protested against Silver Line project in Delhi when Kerala CM was in Delhi to meet PM Modi
Read more
News Reports

Ravindra Jadeja succeeds MS Dhoni as captain of the Chennai Super Kings

OpIndia Staff -
Ravindra Jadeja is now regarded as one of the best all-rounders in the world and one of the finest players in the IPL.
Read more
News Reports

Massacre in Bengal: Autopsy report reveals victims were brutally beaten up before being burnt alive

OpIndia Staff -
the autopsy report of the eight victims who were charred to death in Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district has revealed that they were mercilessly beaten up before the carnage.
Read more
News Reports

Islamists and ‘liberals’ have a meltdown after Delhi court rejects Umar Khalid’s bail plea under UAPA

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police apprehended Umar Khalid on September 13, 2020, and charged him on November 22, 2020, under several provisions of the UAPA and the Indian Penal Code. In July 2021, Khalid filed a bail application.
Read more
Politics

Bihar: Three MLAs of NDA ally Vikassheel Insaan Party quits party and joins BJP, making it the single largest party

OpIndia Staff -
With the joining of the three VIP MLAs, the total number of BJP MLAs has risen to 77 from the existing 74 in Bihar
Read more
News Reports

‘Rape is rape, marriage doesn’t give any special privilege’, Karnataka HC declines to drop rape charges against man accused of raping his wife

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka High Court says that a man raping his wife will have to face rape charges, marriage won't protect him
Read more
News Reports

Karnataka govt hands over Harsha murder case probe to NIA

OpIndia Staff -
The Karnataka government has turned over the investigation into Bajrang Dal activist Harsha murder case in the state's Shivamogga city to the NIA
Read more
News Reports

‘Surrender or else’ – Rape accused surrenders after UP Police park bulldozer outside his house threatening to demolish it

OpIndia Staff -
UP Police parked bulldozer outside rape accused's house, warned if he did not surrender they would raze down the house
Read more
News Reports

Delhi court denies bail to former JNU student Umar Khalid in Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case in connection with Delhi Riots

OpIndia Staff -
Umar Khalid filed the bail application in July 2021 after he was arrested by Delhi police in September 2020
Read more
Crime

Munawwar Khan, Musharraf Khan and Mozim Khan brutally murder Dhaba owner Sewaram after an argument for Rs 4

OpIndia Staff -
Munawwar Khan, Mozim Khan and Musharraf Khan had brutally killed the Dhaba owner after an altercation ensued over Rs 4.
Read more
News Reports

Bihar: Four men assault, attempt to gang-rape 17-year-old girl near a mosque in Munger’s Tarapur

OpIndia Staff -
Four men attempts gangrape 17-year-old girl in Tarapur in Bihar, flee after villagers gather at the spot
Read more
News Reports

Pakistan: Muslim Man climbs on the cross of a church and vandalizes it, chants Islamic verses terrorising local Christians, video viral

OpIndia Staff -
The incident happened in a church located in the Green Town locality of Lahore city in Pakistan.
Read more
News Reports

Supreme Court refuses early hearing of appeal against Karnataka HC’s Hijab verdict, asks pro-Hijab lawyer not to sensationalise the issue

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Justice NV Ramana said, "Exams have nothing to do with the issue. Don't sensationalise." The court said that it will hear the case in due course.
Read more
Media

Ukraine war: Russia bans Google News for ‘spreading disinformation’ weeks after Google blocks Russian media portals

OpIndia Staff -
Russia’s Interfax news agency said on Wednesday confirmed that Russia's communication regulator Roskomnadzor determined that the website "provided access to numerous publications and materials containing unreliable socially significant information about the course of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine."
Read more
News Reports

Ajmer: UP man Arshad Khan befriends minor girl over social media, blackmails her, lures and gang rapes her before slitting her throat, 4 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
As per initial investigation, it has come to the fore that Arshad Khan had befriended the minor girl over Instagram and would threaten to either kill himself or harm her if she did not give in to his demands.
Read more
News Reports

Himachal Pradesh bans entry of vehicles with flags of Khalistani terrorist Bhindranwale, SGPC chief objects

OpIndia Staff -
Himachal Pradesh Govt has issued order denying entry to vehicles with flags of Khalistani terrorist Bhindranwale.
Read more
Fact-Check

Sympathisers of disgraced cop Sanjiv Bhatt claim that he was a Kashmiri Pandit: Here is what we know

OpIndia Staff -
Some far-left trolls and pro-Congress handles have claimed that Sanjiv Bhatt is a Kashmiri Pandit too, as an indirect sly against the Modi government which is promoting the movie The Kashmir Files.
Read more
News Reports

‘China has no locus standi on Kashmir, it is India’s internal matter’: India rejects Chinese foreign minister’s comments on J&K at OIC

OpIndia Staff -
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said other countries including China should note that India refrains from the public judgement of their internal issues.
Read more
News Reports

Delhi police condemn section of netizens who wilfully misrepresented viral video of a man with J&K ID denied room in Delhi hotel

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police said discrediting the image of Delhi Police through willful misrepresentation of the video in circulation can attract penal action.
Read more
News Reports

Kerala: Congress workers uproot survey stones of high speed rail project to protest against Pinarayi Vijayan govt’s ambitious project

OpIndia Staff -
The opposition parties had disrupted the Budget session of the Kerala Assembly and had staged a boycott in the House.
Read more
News Reports

Vellore: Cops nab 2 men fighting over robbed money, find out 5 men had gangraped a woman after kidnapping her along with her friend...

OpIndia Staff -
Vellore police accidently finds out that a woman was gangraped by five men after she and boyfriend were kidnapped
Read more
News Reports

PM Modi condemns Birbhum violence, asks West Bengal government to punish the culprits

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi assured central government’s help in bringing perpetrators of the Birbhum violence to book
Read more
Opinions

Self-declared liberals finally declare Mamata Banerjee is running a jungle raj after 8 Muslims are burnt alive in Birbhum violence

Jinit Jain -
A raft of liberals took to Twitter to castigate Mamata Banerjee following the deaths of 8 Muslims in the Birbhum incident
Read more
News Reports

Non-Hindus not allowed to do business in and around Hindu temple premises as per law made during Congress rule: Karnataka govt in assembly

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka govt says can’t interfere in Hindu temples not leasing shops to non-Hindus as it is as per law
Read more
News Reports

Actor Randeep Hooda to portray Veer Savarkar in biopic directed by Mahesh Manjrekar, says ‘he is most misunderstood, unsung hero’

OpIndia Staff -
Randeep Hooda is set to play Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in biopic Swatantra Veer Savarkar by Mahesh Manjerkar
Read more
News Reports

Disney employees draw swords against the company over the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill in Florida, here is all what happened

Suyash -
Disney Employees protest against the company after Florida passed 'Don't Say Gay' bill restricting teaching 'gender identity' to children
Read more
News Reports

Undated video shows Delhi hotel denying accommodation to Kashmiri man, similar incidents happened earlier too but Islamists blame The Kashmir Files

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists alleged a Kashmiri man was denied accommodation in a Delhi hotel because of The Kashmir Files
Read more
News Reports

Lawyer seeks Attorney General’s consent to initiate criminal proceedings against ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra for misusing and dishonouring national emblem

OpIndia Staff -
Advocate Chandni Preeti Vijaykumar Shah seeks Attorney General's consent for criminal proceeding against Kunal Kamra
Read more
News Reports

Birbhum Massacre: Calcutta High Court orders state govt to submit status report on probe by tomorrow, orders protection of evidence and witnesses

OpIndia Staff -
Calcutta HC orders WB govt to submit case diary / probe report on Birbhum Massacre by 2 PM on March 24
Read more
News Reports

Pakistani men attack Esra Bilgic, who portrayed ‘Halima Sultan’ in the Ertuğrul series, for showing ‘too much skin’ in the Victoria’s Secret ad

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani men castigated Ertugul actor Esra Bilgic after she appeared in an advertisement of lingerie brand Victoria's Secret
Read more
News Reports

Such incidents are more common in UP, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan: Mamata Banerjee on Birbhum massacre

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee attempted to dilute the Birbhum massacre by claiming that incidents more common in other states
Read more
OpIndia Scoops

Mysterious Mazar inside 10 Janpath, can the Waqf Board stake claim to Sonia Gandhi’s official residence? Here is what we know

Anurag -
Does Sonia Gandhi live in a house that is a Waqf property? Whose mazar is inside the enormous compound at 10, Janpath? How real are the superstitions?
Read more
News Reports

Provisions of Disaster Management Act to contain Covid-19 revoked after two years, requirement of face masks to stay

OpIndia Staff -
NDMA says now no longer needed to impose Disaster Management Act to contain the Covid-19 pandemic
Read more
World

Afghanistan: Taliban orders closure of girls’ schools hours after reopening

OpIndia Staff -
The Taliban regime in Afghanistan had earlier announced reopening of schools for girls starting March 23.
Read more
News Reports

Did you know: There is a mazaar deep inside Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, uncomfortably close to the runway

OpIndia Staff -
As per the hearsay, the mazaar or dargah at Delhi International Airport belongs to two Sufi saints - Bade Baba (Baba Kale Khan) and Chhote Baba (Baba Roshan Khan).
Read more
News Reports

Calcutta High Court registers suo-moto case in Birbhum violence, matter listed for hearing at 2 PM today

OpIndia Staff -
A suo-moto case was registered by Calcutta High Court after the killings of eight people in Birbhum in West Bengal
Read more
News Reports

“Indian History is not Mughal and Nehru-Gandhi dynasty History”: JNU VC in an old speech, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The JNU VC made a passionate case for rewriting of history to accommodate multiple narratives.
Read more
Government and Policy

Haryana Assembly passes anti-conversion bill amid protests by Congress, puts the burden of proof on the accused

OpIndia Staff -
Haryana assembly passed the Haryana Prevention of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Bill, 2022 amid protests by Congress
Read more
Editor's picks

Gulf CEOs visit Kashmir valley to explore business opportunities

OpIndia Staff -
The visit of the CEOs from several Gulf countries comes two months after the UT of Jammu and Kashmir signed six agreements with the global investors at the Dubai Expo 2020.
Read more
News Reports

Uttarakhand govt to implement Uniform Civil Code soon, says Pushkar Singh Dhami ahead of swearing in

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttarakhand Chief Minister-designate Pushkar Singh Dhami said soon after cabinet formation, his government would set up a committee of experts to draft a framework for implementing the UCC.
Read more
News Reports

Delhi Court says Saleem Khan one of the organisers of Chand Bagh protest sites where inflammatory speeches were given, denies bail in larger conspiracy...

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi court rejected bail plea of accused Saleem Khan in larger conspiracy case in Delhi Riots
Read more
News Reports

Kerala: Judge Kalam Pasha stops renowned Mohiniyattam dancer Dr Neena Prasad from performing, humiliates her

OpIndia Staff -
Judge Kalam Pasha said that Dr Neena Prasad's Mohiniyattam performance was a 'nuisance' to him
Read more
News Reports

Wikipedia editors delete profiles of those who praised ‘The Kashmir Files’, had earlier vandalised movie page: Here is what we know so far

Anurag -
Wikipedia is allegedly deleting profiles of people who have heaped praises on 'The Kashmir Files'
Read more
1...669670671...1,516Page 670 of 1,516