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Pakistan: 2 years after being attacked over a false allegation of ‘blasphemy’, Hindu teacher awarded life imprisonment

OpIndia Staff -
Notan Lal was the owner, principal of a private school in Ghotki. His school was attacked and damaged by local Muslims after he was detained on false blasphemy charges.
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Opinions

Dangers of ‘instant feminism’ and the burqa row: How it creates unsafe space for non-Hijabi women

Sneha -
It is time to move beyond simplistic virtue signalling on the issue of Hijab and analyse the issue without bias. We owe it to the pioneers of feminism.
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News Reports

‘Tujhe equity chahiye toh ek chummi to de de’: Former ScoopWhoop anchor accuses CEO Sattvik Mishra of sexual assault

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ScoopWhoop's former employee Samdish Bhatia has alleged that CEO Sattvik Mishra had sexually assaulted him.
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News Reports

Agra: Bail plea of Qayoom Qureshi and Naeem Qureshi charged with murder of a Hindu woman rejected; FIR says accused used to call her...

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The victim's brother claimed family members of Faim used to call his sister “Kafir ki Aulaad” and demean Hindu religion.
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News Reports

MEA summons South Korea Ambassador over the pro-terror stance of Hyundai Pakistan on Kashmir, Korean Minister, too, expresses regret

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South Korean automobile giant Hyundai Motors courted controversy after its Pakistani company extended support to so-called 'Kashmir Solidarity Day' which endorses accession of Kashmir from Union of India.
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News Reports

PM Modi takes Congress to the cleaners in Rajya Sabha, says how things would have been different ‘agar Congress nahi hoti’

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi in his speech in the Rajya Sabha questioned many existing notions around Democracy, Federalism and India as a nation.
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News Reports

Tinder Swindler’s Shimon Hayut, also known as Simon Leviev, banned from the dating app Tinder

OpIndia Staff -
Netflix's "Tinder Swindler" is a documentary based on the life of conman Shimon Hayut, who swindled women on the dating app.
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News Reports

Telangana: Manikonda land belongs to State govt, not Waqf Board, rules Supreme Court, read Details

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The SC rejected Waqf Board’s claims on the Manikonda land and said that Dargah Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali has no right on it.
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News Reports

‘Lost our sons, family was jailed under SP regime’: Kin of Sachin and Gaurav who were murdered in 2013, says Yogi govt has improved...

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"Yogi Adityanath govt is supported by the entire Jatt community. There's no division among Jatts. Yogi will return to power", Munesh Devi said.
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News Reports

Justin Trudeau claims protestors in Canada do not have the right to block economy, had supported ‘protesting farmers’ in India for the exact thing

OpIndia Staff -
Justin Trudeau vowed that the Canadian government will do everything necessary to bring the situation under control.
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News Reports

Suvendu Adhikari cautions UP voters not to fall for hollow words of ‘tyrant’ Mamata Banerjee after she announced support for Samajwadi Party

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Suvendu Adhikari shared horrifying visuals of post-poll violence in Bengal to warn UP voters against Mamata Banerjee's rhetorics
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News Reports

Congress MPs create ruckus, walk out of Upper House during PM Narendra Modi’s address in Rajya Sabha

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Congress MPs created a ruckus and stormed out of the Upper House while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was replying to Motion of Thanks on President’s address in Rajya Sabha
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News Reports

Modi calls out opposition for spreading vaccine hesitancy, misinformation amid covid pandemic for selfish political gains

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While speaking about the vaccination programme, PM Modi said that the government is working towards achieving 100% vaccination.
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News Reports

SC denies interim bail to SP leader Azam Khan for participating in poll campaign, asks him to approach Allahabad HC

OpIndia Staff -
Azam Khan has been lodged in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur jail since February 2020 for a number of cases registered against him.
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News Reports

PM Modi tears into opposition for not keeping India’s interest in heart, says how they’re still stuck in 2013

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PM Modi was replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Rajya Sabha.
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Opinions

As Rahul Gandhi picks a ‘Dalit’ for Punjab CM, here’s a cautionary tale from Maharashtra that should worry Charanjit Singh Channi

Suyash -
There is uncanny symmetry between the appointment of Charanjit Singh Channi as Punjab CM and Sushil Kumar Shinde’s elevation to the Maharashtra CM office in 2003
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News Reports

Gujarat court acquits 28 of the 77 accused from the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case that killed 56 and left hundreds injured

OpIndia Staff -
After a prolonged trial that lasted almost 13 years in the serial bomb blast case, the Gujarat court delivered its verdict today acquitting 28 of the 77 accused.
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News Reports

Hyundai issues another statement, says post by Pakistani counterpart unauthorised, expresses ‘regret’ for pro-terrorist stand

OpIndia Staff -
Hyundai India has issued a second statement in 2 days, expresses regret for pro-terrorist stand and distances itself from the Kashmir post.
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Opinions

The govt of a secular democracy is not obligated to follow Islamic practices, if Islam takes precedence over education, the students should go to...

Pallav -
No one disputes the right to wear a hijab or a burqa at a Madrassa, but wearing them in a public school, where pupils from various socioeconomic backgrounds and religions study in the same room, is not justifiable.
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Entertainment

Praveen Kumar Sobti, who played role of Bheem in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat, passes away at the age of 74

OpIndia Staff -
Praveen Kumar Sobti, a former BSF Deputy Commandant, was also an athlete and represented India on various sporting platforms.
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News Reports

National auto dealers’ body condemns car manufacturers for pro-terrorism stand on Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
FADA also condemned Suzuki Motorcycle Pakistan, Honda Cars Pakistan, Honda Motorcycle, and Isuzu Pakistan for their pro-terrorist stance.
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OpIndia Scoops

Furkan, Mukim, Sabir still intimidate Kairana… Yogi Raj’s ‘Danda’ heavy on SP government’s ‘hooliganism’

अजीत झा -
The results of the election in Kairana will be determined by whether Samajwadi Party Nahid Hasan can side individuals who have been left out.
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News Reports

‘What will happen to you when Bhaiya (Akhilesh Yadav) comes to power’: Deoband youth Ahsan gets threats, abuses for chanting Jai Shri Ram

अजीत झा -
Ahsan Rao says that he has been receiving threatening calls from his own community and also from abroad.
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News Reports

PM Modi hits out at Congress, lists out projects completed by BJP governments which were derailed for decades

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday replied to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the budget session.
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Opinions

How Congress is clueless and has got just contempt for India if their idea of countering PM Modi is Mani Shankar Aiyar

Jinit Jain -
Congress state units on Monday shared images of Mani Shankar Aiyar following PM Modi's fiery speech in Lok Sabha
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News Reports

Three weeks after TMC invited Elon Musk’s Tesla to invest in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee says she can’t get land for another airport in Kolkata

OpIndia Staff -
Eager to invite Elon Musk in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee still is yet to clear land for an alternative airport at Kolkata.
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News Reports

Congress state social media accounts post mysterious, out of context pictures of Mani Shankar Aiyar

OpIndia Staff -
Mani Shankar Aiyar was the Congress leader who used the 'chaiwala' jibe ahead of 2014 elections, which PM Modi then used to his massive advantage to campaign for the elections.
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News Reports

‘Those making fun of Make in India have become a joke themselves’: PM Modi slams Congress, calls them the leader of ‘Tukde Tukde Gang’

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said Congress was targeting 'Make in India' as they won't get any commission and cannot commit corruption.
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News Reports

KFC Pakistan had also extended support to pro-terror message calling for secession of Kashmir in 2021

OpIndia Staff -
After Hyundai Motors and Kia Motors, KFC too draws flak as its post from 2021 supporting so-called Kashmir Solidarity Day goes viral
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News Reports

PM Modi tears into Congress’ ‘Garibi hatao’ facade, exposes how they made 17 crore poor people ‘rich’ in 2013

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In 2013, the Planning Commission under the Congress led UPA had said that estimated poverty line set at Rs 27 a day for person in rural area and Rs 33 per day in urban area.
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News Reports

Congress, AAP encouraged migrant workers from UP, Bihar to breach COVID-19 lockdown and head back to their native places: PM Modi in Lok Sabha

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PM Modi said Congress urged migrant workers from UP, Bihar in Maharashtra to break lockdown restrictions
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News Reports

Your “ecosystem” doesn’t let your hubris go away, PM Modi takes a dig at Congress while taking the grand old party to the cleaners

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while replying to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address took a dig at Congress and pointed out how the grand old party has become irrelevant.
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News Reports

‘Visiting Churches in Goa is nonsense’: Read Darul Uloom’s interesting Fatwas before NCPCR shuts down their website

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Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary in UP's Saharanpur that is the birthplace of the Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement.
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News Reports

NSUI’s Nadeem Khan throws Congress flag on Rahul Gandhi’s convoy, watch video

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NSUI's Nadeem Khan threw flag on Rahul Gandhi, Police denies security breach.
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News Reports

Meet Dr Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, the first woman vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University

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She holds a bachelors degree in History and Social Psychology as a Gold Medallist from Presidency College, Madras and Masters in Political Science from the same college. She has a doctorate from JNU in International Relations.
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News Reports

Centre had already provided security to Owaisi which he refused to accept, he even refused to accept upgraded security: HM Amit Shah in Rajya...

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Earlier this month, four rounds of bullets were fired upon the car in which Owaisi was travelling. He escaped unhurt.
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News Reports

#BoycottHyundai trends in India after South Korean car maker’s unsatisfactory statement on ‘Kashmir solidarity’ post

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The half-hearted statement by Hyundai further enraged social media users, who were already angry over the Kashmir post by company's Pakistani dealer
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News Reports

Karnataka Edu Minister debunks media reports on separate classrooms for Muslim students, says students must follow dress code

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"There are over 100 Muslim students in that class. All of them are attending classes peacefully," the minster said.
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Punjab: Family of Faridkot firing victim awaits justice, says neither Captain nor Channi did anything

OpIndia Staff -
Sukhraj Singh said Congress came in power with a promise they would take action against culprits of sacrilege and the police firing incident but nothing happened.
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OpIndia Explains

Did Lata Mangeshkar refuse to sing Ambedkarite songs? Here is what we know

Gopal Tiwari -
A strong nationalist, believer, and supporter of Hindu culture and identity, Lata Mangeshkar had always been a personality that usually stayed away from any controversy.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Violence erupts in Hazaribagh-Koderma after Muslim residents protest against Saraswati Visarjan procession, one minor dead

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Violence erupted at several places in Jharkhand on the occasion of Saraswati Puja and Murti Visarjan
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Kishan Bharwad case: 26 people were on target of Islamists, Maulvis including Yati Narsinghanand, Jitendra Narayan Tyagi alias Wasim Rizvi

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Investigating agencies are probing whether the people on the list were also targets of assassination by the radicals
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UK: ‘Jihadi’ Imam, who supported Al-Qaeda terrorist Aafia Siddiqui and murder of Salman Taseer, allowed to open nursery school

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Hussain is the founder of Al-Hikam mosque. He was ousted from his role in 2019 over allegations of misconduct. He was reappointed in 2020.
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News Reports

NCPCR orders shutting down of Darul Uloom Deoband’s website for issuing misleading, illegal fatwas on child rights issues

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The child rights body has written to Saharanpur DM, to initiate action against the Deobandi school for publishing misleading fatwas on its website that violate Indian laws on rights of children.
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News Reports

Students wearing hijab to be given separate rooms, no entry in regular classroom: Karnataka College’s decision

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The Muslim girls have been demanding the right to wear hijab inside classroom, in violation of the college's uniform rule.
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NRIs come together, carry out car rallies to garner support for the BJP back home in upcoming state assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
Several cars were decorated with posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
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News Reports

On this day, Dr Li Wenliang died of Covid after warning the world about it: Read how China had silenced him

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Li Wenliang, the whistleblower who tried to tell the world about the Covid pandemic had died on February 7, 2020.
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News Reports

Inconsistencies appear in two versions of the attack on Asaduddin Owaisi, different things mentioned in two FIRs

OpIndia Staff -
Two FIRs were registered in Asaduddin Owaisi, attack case, Owaisi's aide Yamin, and the other one by the police
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News Reports

FIR registered against 8 Shiv Sena leaders including Sanjay More for assaulting Kirit Somaiya in Pune

OpIndia Staff -
FIR filed against 8 Shiv Sena leaders for attacking BJP leader Kirit Somaiya in Pune Municipal Corporation office
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Specials

Lata Mangeshkar: The Nationalist Voice of Independent India

Suyash -
A account of Lata Mangeshkar's support for Indian Nationalism, weaved with the notes in her music
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