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Tek Fog App not found on prominent App and APK stores: IT Minister Rajeev Chandrashekar clarifies in Parliament

OpIndia Staff -
The IT Minister Rajeev Chandrashekar said they tried to locate Tek Fog app on major app and APK stores but could not find it
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News Reports

Opposition MPs join LS speaker Om Birla in criticising Mahua Moitra for disrespecting the post of Chair

OpIndia Staff -
In a series of tweets, Mahua Moitra had accused the Speaker of not allowing her to complete her 13 minutes of allotted time
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News Reports

‘Never discriminated on passports’, EAM S Jaishankar responds straight to DMP MP who asked whether e-passports be issued only in Gujarat, Mumbai, Delhi

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DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran asked whether the government was planning to issue e-passports only in Gujarat, Mumbai and Delhi
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News Reports

Samajwadi Party workers raise anti-National, pro-Pakistan slogans during a rally in Kanpur, party pins the blame on BJP

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Samajwadi Party claimed that the video of its workers chanting anti-India and pro-Pakistan slogan is doctored by BJP
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News Reports

Pakistani Hockey Federation bans Olympian Rashid-ul-Hasan for 10 years for ‘abusing’ Imran Khan govt on WhatsApp

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Pakistani hockey player Rashid-ul-Hasan Was dished out a 10-year ban for calling out PM Imran Khan over false promises.
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News Reports

Karnataka High Court agrees to Hear Muslim student’s plea against hijab ban in college

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The plea to Karnataka High Court asks to allow wearing hijab in educational institutions stating that wearing hijab is a fundamental right.
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News Reports

“Beware of fake Samajwadis”, says PM Modi as he praises Yogi Adityanath for establishing law and order in Uttar Pradesh

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PM Modi said that the upcoming UP polls are to keep history-sheeters out and to make new history.
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News Reports

DMK MP Senthilkumar speaks the language of Pulwama terrorist, makes ‘gaumutra’ jibe to refer to BJP-ruled states

OpIndia Staff -
Senthilkumar said that if they (BJP government) want to implement National Education Policy, they should do it in their gau-mutra states."
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News Reports

Noida: I-T raid on premises of ex IPS officer ‘very close’ to Samajwadi Party, recovers cash worth several crores

OpIndia Staff -
The ex-IPS officer Ram Narayan Singh, on whose premises the raid was conducted by the IT Dept, is said to be closely associated with the Samajwadi Party.
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News Reports

Five AAP corporators of Surat Municipal Corporation go ‘missing’, likely to leave the party and join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Five AAP corporators in Surat are missing for the last two days, and they are likely to join BJP soon
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Opinions

Haryana approaches Supreme Court against HC order staying 75% quota for locals in private sector jobs: Why such a move spells disaster?

Jinit Jain -
The introduction of reservations for locals in the private sector by Haryana govt could set a dangerous precedent, making others state to follow suit.
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News Reports

Canadian truckers take a leaf out of farmers’ book, build wooden structures, store food and fuel for the long haul

OpIndia Staff -
Truckers protesting in Ottawa are constructing wooden shelters and planning to stay for an extended period of time.
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News Reports

Kerala govt suspends employee for sharing a video of CM Pinarayi Vijayan dressed in shirt and trousers in Dubai

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A Manikuttan, an employee in Kerala govt, suspended after he shared a video of Pinarayi Vijayan in shirt and trousers
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News Reports

US Professor who was seen endorsing paedophilia barred from interacting with students, entering college campus

OpIndia Staff -
During the online interaction, Stephen Kershnar had gone on to claim that there are benefits to sexual relationships between underage children and grown adults.
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News Reports

Centre approves renaming of two cities in Madhya Pradesh: Hoshangabad becomes Narmadapuram while Babai changed to Makhan Nagar

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MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan informed that center has approved renaming Hoshangabad and Babai
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News Reports

Independent probe reveals financial irregularities at BharatPe, founder Ashneer Grover and his family’s involvement surfaces: Details

OpIndia Staff -
BharatPe to terminate services of founder Ashneer Grover after probe reveals financial irregularities
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News Reports

Tibetans in Delhi stage protests against the Beijing Winter Olympics, burn Chinese flags and demand freedom

OpIndia Staff -
Tibetans in Delhi staged protests in front of the Chinese embassy against Beijing Winter Olympics that begins later today
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Crime

Karnataka: ITI student Shashank beaten up by Taufiq and 3 others for speaking to a Muslim girl

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Four men brutally attacked a Hind youth inside a bus for speaking to a Muslim girl in Karnataka
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News Reports

‘There is more that can be done’: White House asks Spotify to take ‘further’ action against podcaster Joe Rogan

OpIndia Staff -
Joe Rogan had stated that young Americans were not at risk of contracting COVID-19 and therefore should not take vaccines.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh police detain 2 for firing on the car of Asaduddin Owaisi, govt provides him Z category security cover

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The detained suspects have claimed that they attacked the car of Asaduddin Owaisi as they were hurt by his 'anti-Hindu' statements
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News Reports

NCP MP Supriya Sule mocks DRDO; makes false claims about vaccines in Parliament: Details

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Taking a dig at DRDO, Sule said despite being the leading scientific institution, they were now manufacturing masks and sanitisers
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News Reports

Mahua Moitra makes false claims in Parliament, says Govt ‘replaced’ Urdu with Hindi as official language of Jammu and Kashmir

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Mahua Moitra was seen spreading lies and making false claims in the parliament.
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Crime

Operation Desert Storm: Customs and DRI joint team seizes 23kg gold from Kerala airport, 23 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The joint team seized nearly 23 kgs of smuggled gold and arrested 23 smugglers, making it the largest single-day haul of yellow metal in recent times in the country.
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News Reports

Mark Zuckerberg loses almost $30 billion in net worth in one day, Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani now richer than Facebook founder

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The biggest ever single-day market value wipeout has pulled down founder and Chief Executive Officer Zuckerberg's net worth to $85 billion.
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News Reports

Bhupinder Singh ‘Honey,’ the nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi arrested by ED for money Laundering

OpIndia Staff -
The ED had recovered more than Rs 10 crores from the properties of Bhupinder Singh and others in a raid conducted on January 18.
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News Reports

‘We stand with friends’: US govt supports India’s decision, condemns China’s attempts to politicise 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

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"We've previously voiced our concerns on Beijing’s pattern of ongoing attempts to intimidate its neighbours," remarked US State Department spokesperson.
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News Reports

Pakistan President plays Wordle while Army personnel are killed by Baloch fighters, netizens outrage

OpIndia Staff -
The ill-timed tweet posted by Pakistan President evoked strong reactions from the public, who criticised Arif Alvi for his insensitivity.
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News Reports

Navi Mumbai: NMMC fails to take action against alleged Bangladeshi immigrants encroaching plots in Sanpada neighbourhood

Anurag -
Speaking to OpIndia, Krishna said that after months of following up, until today (February 2, 2022), the administration had taken no concrete action.
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News Reports

Lavanya suicide: Tamil Nadu government goes to SC against Madras HC order transferring the case to CBI, victim’s father had filed caveat

OpIndia Staff -
Tamil Nadu files petition at Supreme Court seeking stay on Madras HC order transferring Lavanya suicide case to CBI
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Media

Param Bir Singh reveals TRP Case was a hoax, says allegations against Republic TV were part of a political conspiracy

OpIndia Staff -
Param Bir Singh has admitted before the ED that TRP case against Republic TV was a conspiracy by Anil Deshmukh
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News Reports

Another witness in the Malegaon bomb blast case takes a U-turn, says was pressurized by Maharashtra ATS to frame RSS leaders

OpIndia Staff -
17th witness in the Malegaon blast case turns hostile, says Maharashtra ATS had tortured him to frame RSS leaders
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Political History of India

Challenging the idea of India, stoking sub-nationalism – Rahul Gandhi’s new playbook of polarisation

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Rahul Gandhi dismisses the idea of India's national identity and peddles left-liberal narrative of India being just a union of states
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News Reports

Baloch Liberation Army claims to have killed over 100 Pakistani soldiers in Balochistan, refutes Pakistan’s claim that the attack was repulsed

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Balochistan Liberation Army says it attacked two Pakistani military camps in Panjgur and Naushki & killed over 100 soldiers
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News Reports

Dance video of Samajwadi Party candidate Chandrawati Varma goes viral on social media

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A video of SP candidate Chandrawati Varma dancing on a Bollywood song 'Ole Ole' has gone viral on social media
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News Reports

Asaduddin Owaisi’s tyre gets punctured triggering security scare, says bullets were fired at his car in Meerut

OpIndia Staff -
Asaduddin Owaisi has claimed that tyres of his care were punctured after 3-4 men fired 4 bullets on his car in Kithaur, Meerut.
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News Reports

Kerala: Already married Nazim poses as Hindu to lure Hindu girl, assaults her and causes miscarriage after learning she is pregnant

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Kerala police have arrested Mohammed Nazim who had trapped a Hindu girl posing as a Hindu man
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Jindal Global Law School professor peddles anti-India rhetoric, tells students that J&K is ‘India occupied Kashmir’

OpIndia Staff -
Assistant Prof. Arijeet Ghosh in an ongoing class was seen peddling Anti-India rhetoric on Kashmir, telling students that Kashmir is 'India Occupied Kashmir'.
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News Reports

‘China and Pakistan close allies since Nehru era’: Veteran Congress leader Natwar Singh schools Rahul Gandhi

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Natwar Singh refuted Rahul Gandhi's claim that China and Pakistan became close during Narendra Modi govt
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News Reports

‘Need to finish Hindus, make separate nation for Muslims’: Govt counsel continues to present scathing evidence to oppose bail to Umar Khalid

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Opposing bail plea of Umar Khalid, prosecutor said that the accused wanted to create a separate nation for Muslims
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News Reports

Indian envoy to boycott the opening and closing ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics, Doordarshan to not telecast it live either

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MEA also said that the India has taken the issue of the torture of Arunachal Pradesh boy who was taken in custody by the Chinese side earlier in January.
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News Reports

Telangana: Md Haji Pasha, Md Sohail and 5 others arrested for assaulting, looting migrant workers in Hyderabad

OpIndia Staff -
Saifabad Police has recovered the stolen property and charged accused under section 365, 395, 384, 420 r/w 109 of the Indian Penal Code.
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News Reports

Kishan Bharwad murder case: Maulana Ayyub printed 1500 copies of a book to brainwash Muslim youths, hawala connection also found

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Maulana Ayyub had printed 1500 copies of book 'Jajba-e-Shahadat' to distribute among Muslim youths to brainwash them
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News Reports

‘They kept slipping and being rushed downstream’: New report on Galwan clash says 38 PLA soldiers had drowned in river

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Reportedly, 38 personnel from the PLA had drowned in the Galwan river, with Chinese Col. Fabao being hit by Indian soldiers with 'sticks' on his head.
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News Reports

Mumbai: ED raids premises of Sujit Patkar, business partner of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s daughters, in Rs 1,034 crore land scam

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Sujit Patkar, business associate of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's daughters, Purvashi and Vidhita, raided by ED in land scam
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News Reports

Alleged victims of Pegasus snoop who gave their devices to self-proclaimed ‘experts’ fail to submit phones before SC panel

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On January 2, 2022, the technical committee appointed by the Supreme Court had issued a public notice asking citizens and alleged victims of the Pegasus spyware to come forward and contact the panel if they suspected that their mobile devices were infected by Pegasus malware.
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News Reports

Bengaluru man tries to smuggle red sandalwood in Allu Arjun-starrer Telugu movie ‘Pushpa’ style, gets arrested

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Bengaluru-based driver attempted to smuggle red sandalwood in 'real' life, inspired by the 'reel' smuggler Pushpa
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News Reports

Punjab: BJP rally attacked by alleged Congress workers with sharp weapons in Pathankot, several BJP workers injured

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Four BJP workers were injured after 40-50 miscreants attacked a election rally of the party in Pathankot in Punjab
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News Reports

Lawyer of Delhi riots accused wants screenshots of WhatsApp chats that implicate Umar Khalid and others deleted

OpIndia Staff -
Khalid Saifi's lawyer Rebecca John has asked the Delhi court to order LawBeat, an Indian legal news portal, to take down Tweets regarding Umar Khalid's yesterday's bail hearing
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: NCPCR investigation reveals the ‘hostel’ where Lavanya was staying is a Vatican funded orphanage with expired licence

OpIndia Staff -
The 'hostel' where Lavanya was staying is actually a Vatican funded orphanage, finds NCPCR investigation
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Opinions

Understanding the ‘Item Number’ Rahul Gandhi did in Parliament: More than ideology, its petty ego, the Gandhi family hubris

Sanghamitra -
It was a gimmick to grab headlines. The latkas and jhatkas of the item number did attract a lot of whistles, as we can see in the media and social media today, but it was not directed at the BJP. The targets were other people.
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