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Data show FDI inflow into India has not come down, govt says a record number of investment deals signed in the year

OpIndia Staff -
Sources in the union govt say that FDI inflow has not come down, and a record number of deals were signed in the current financial year
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News Reports

Daughter-in-law of Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan questions Congress, says he could not fight for his own family and only BJP stands for women’s right

OpIndia Staff -
Nida Khan, daughter-in-law of Maulana Tauqeer Khan has slammed her former husband's uncle Tauqeer Raza Khan for his hypocrisy on the issue of women's rights
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Opinions

Of fear and favour: Why Hindu women seldom speak out on the atrocities unleashed upon them in grooming jihad

Nirwa Mehta -
How lopsided narratives on religious persecution built by popular media and 'liberal' voices don't let more Hindus speak up on the atrocities unleashed upon them.
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Government and Policy

India’s jet engine dilemma: A call for action

Chiranjeevi Bhat -
One of India’s enduring challenges in military and civil aviation has been the inability of Indian industry and research agencies to design and produce an indigenous jet engine
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News Reports

IIT Delhi slammed for inviting habitual fake news peddler Ashok Swain to speak on politics, postpones event citing Covid

OpIndia Staff -
The IIT Delhi event was heavily criticised on social media for inviting habitual fake news peddlers and Left propagandists to speak at their event.
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News Reports

Qatar based Eid Charity, accused by US of assisting Al Qaeda, sent almost ₹60 crore to India for Muslims, finds study by think tank

OpIndia Staff -
Qatar-based Sheikh Eid Bin Mohammad Al Thani Charitable Association, also referred to as Eid Charity, has been funding millions of dollars to organisations associated with the Wahhabi school of thought since 2008-2009.
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Crime

Kerala DYFI member who preaches women empowerment on YouTube booked for raping a woman ‘fan’ twice

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Kerala Youtuber and DYFI member Sreekanth Vettiyar booked on rape charges after woman files complaint against him
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News Reports

‘Congress has ruined our lives’: Rajasthan farmers protest against auction of land despite Rahul Gandhi’s tall promises

OpIndia Staff -
The Gehlot government had recently faced heavy criticism after a deceased farmer's land got auctioned by the bank for failure to repay loan.
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News Reports

Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede’s father files contempt plea against NCP leader Nawab Malik in Bombay High Court

OpIndia Staff -
Sameer Wankhede's father Dnyandev Wankhede files contempt plea against Nawab Malik for not keeping the assurance given to the court
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News Reports

Delhi Riots 2020: Dinesh Yadav is the first person to be convicted, gets 5 years in jail

OpIndia Staff -
A special Delhi court has sentenced 25-year old Dinesh Yadav to 5 years in jail. Yadav was convicted of rioting and and setting an old woman's house on fire.
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News Reports

Raebareli: Aditi Singh formally resigns as MLA and quits Congress membership, had already joined BJP in November

OpIndia Staff -
Aditi Singh had earlier joined the BJP in November 2021.
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OpIndia Explains

Marital rape debate: Case right now, arguments for criminalisation, and 5 arguments that need to be considered before legislating

OpIndia Staff -
A High Court bench is hearing a batch of petitions that argues against the 'marital rape' exception in the Indian Penal Code.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: 12th standard girl ends life after missionary school allegedly pressurised her to convert to Christianity to continue her study

OpIndia Staff -
17-year-old Lavanya killed herself by consuming pesticide after Sacred Heart school was pressuring her to convert to Christianity
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News Reports

Actor Naseeruddin Shah’s brother Zameer Uddin Shah attacked by Islamists for suggesting dialogue between Hindus and Muslims for peace

OpIndia Staff -
Ex-army man Zameer Uddin Shah has come under attack of Islamists for suggesting a dialogue between Hindus and Muslims
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News Reports

‘Feel safe only under BJP govt’: Hindu exodus victims in Kairana say they will leave again if SP comes back to power in UP

OpIndia Staff -
Hindus in Kairana, who had left the place during SP govt and returned under Yogi govt, say they will leave again if SP wins UP polls
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News Reports

Sikhs For Justice instigates Islamic terrorists from Kashmir to ‘leave valley’ and reach Delhi to sabotage Republic Day

OpIndia Staff -
A burqa-clad woman joined SFJ's Pannu in the video to urge Kashmiri separatists to reach Delhi and stop PM Modi and Tiranga on Republic Day.
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News Reports

Pakistan: 26-year-old woman sentenced to death for sharing ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp status

OpIndia Staff -
The 26-year-old Pakistani woman has been sentenced to death under section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code for an alleged 'blasphemous' Whatsapp status.
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News Reports

BJP MP says China’s PLA has abducted Indian teen from Arunachal Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
According to the BJP MP Tapir Gao, the incident came to light when Taron’s friend Johny Yaiying who was also abducted by PLA, managed to escape
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News Reports

Mumbai: Irfan, Ahmad, Imran arrested for operating gay sex racket through Grindr, assaulting and looting client

OpIndia Staff -
The accused were running a gay prostitution racket through the mobile app Grindr.
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News Reports

Abusive phone call controversy: BharatPe founder Ashneer Grover to be on leave for ‘best interests of the company’

OpIndia Staff -
An audio allegedly of Ashneer and his wife abusing a Kotak Mahindra Bank employee had gone viral on January 5.
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OpIndia Scoops

‘Aapka paigam London pahucha diya hai, achha kaam ho raha hai’: Fraud, funding, forced religious conversion, tales from Gujarat

Nirwa Mehta -
OpIndia's Nirwa Mehta travels to the hinterlands of Gujarat to speak to the tribals who were lured to convert to Islam and how they were brainwashed to hate Hinduism and inspired to take up Jihad.
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News Reports

The face of Congress party’s ‘ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’ campaign Priyanka Maurya set to join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Maurya, face of Congress party's 'ladki hoon, lad sakti Hoon' campaign in UP, is expected to join BJP soon
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News Reports

Pakistan-backed law firm in the UK requests London police to ‘arrest’ India’s army chief and home minister for killing Islamic terrorist in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan-backed law firm in the UK Stoke White has requested the UK police to arrest Indian Army Chief and Home Minister
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Hindus in Ratlam put up ‘on sale’ signs outside their houses fearing persecution from Muslims, Govt takes cognisance

OpIndia Staff -
Hindus in Surana village of Ratlam have threatened to leave their houses alleging threat from the Muslim community
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News Reports

Tamil MPs of Sri Lanka write to PM Modi for seeking intervention in implementing the 13th amendment of Sri Lankan constitution

OpIndia Staff -
Tamil MPs of Sri Lanka have appealed to PM Modi to urge Sri Lankan govt to fully implement the 13th Amendment of the Constitution
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News Reports

Vadodara: FCRA license of NGO AFMI Charitable Trust cancelled for illegal mass conversion, funding anti-CAA protests using foreign funds

OpIndia Staff -
Home Ministry revoked FCRA license of AFMI Charitable Trust for siphoning off foreign funds for “illegal Islamic activities”
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Opinions

How 21st-century invaders are capturing Chhatrapati Shivaji’s forts the way even Mughals didn’t

Suyash -
Illegal encroachments on Chhatrapati Shivaji's forts are an assault to his legacy. The conquest of Hindu cultural site are far from over.
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News Reports

4-yr-old Swarnav tracked down by Pune Police, was kidnapped last week from Balewadi

OpIndia Staff -
4-yr-old Swarnav Chavan aka Duggu who was kidnapped from the Balewadi High Street was found at Punawale near Wakad in Pune.
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News Reports

Congress model of ‘farm loan waiver’: Farmland in Rajasthan auctioned after farmer died without repaying loan, BJP slams Rahul Gandhi

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Bank in Rajasthan auctions farm land after farmer died without repaying outstanding farm loan including interest amounting to 7 lakh
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News Reports

Grooming Jihad in Madhya Pradesh: Minor girl lured into marriage by Arbaaz posing as Vishal, gang-raped and pressurised to accept Islam

OpIndia Staff -
The girl fled her home to marry Arbaaz, who along with his friend Sadiq raped her and forced her to embrace Islam
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News Reports

As Kevin Pieterson hails PM Modi for success in Rhino conservation efforts in Assam, read how he also plays an important role in saving...

OpIndia Staff -
Kevin Pieterson thinks India is the global leader in Conservation of endangered Rhino species and has taken to Twitter to laud India's efforts
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News Reports

Kidnapped toddlers, then murdered them: The story of serial killer sisters Renuka Shinde and Seema Gavit

Anurag -
Though it is believed the two sisters killed over 40 children, prosecution was able to prove only five murders.
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News Reports

BJP brings in sarees with Modi and Yogi images from Surat ahead of Uttar Pradesh elections

OpIndia Staff -
As the election fever heats up, BJP brings more than one lakh Sarees from Surat to UP with pictures of PM Modi and CM Yogi printed on them
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News Reports

“I deserved a promotion”: TMC’s Babul Supriyo’s entitled take on why he left BJP after fussing more for his car than karyakartas

OpIndia Staff -
Babul Supriyo had a meltdown on Twitter after a user lauded Centre for the developmental work done in Bengal
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News Reports

Batla House terrorists should be given martyr status, says Congress party’s newest favourite Maulana, Sonia too had cried for terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
Congress ally Maulana Tauqeer said that if there was a probe in Batla House encounter, the terrorists would have been proved to be martyrs
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News Reports

Meet Savitri Devi, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s mother and how she coped with her son becoming a monk

Suyash -
Savitri Devi, 85, who lives in Panchur, Uttarkhand is a mother to seven children including UP CM Yogi Adityanath
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OpIndia Explains

Bodybuilder Sevayat from viral photo wants more compensation, slams Odisha govt’s Shri Jagannath Temple corridor project in Puri

OpIndia Staff -
In August 2019, the Odisha government had announced that all structures around a 75-metre radius of the Jagannath Temple's Meghanada wall will be removed to ensure the safety and integrity of the 12th century shrine. After initial PILs were filed against it, the Amicus curie appointed by the SC had held that the Odisha govt's action is legal and justified.
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News Reports

Ukraine and US say Russia can invade Ukraine anytime as Russian forces have completed build-up on the border

OpIndia Staff -
Russia has deployed more than 1,27,000 army, air force and navy personnel in its offensive against Ukraine in anticipated invasion
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News Reports

Kerala: ‘Meppadiyan’ movie attacked for showcasing Seva Bharati ambulance, Lord Hanuman statue and portrayal of actor as Hindu

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The detractors of the movie claim that it instigates people by using Seva Bharati ambulance and a statue of Lord Hanuman
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OpIndia Explains

Aparna Yadav joins BJP, her husband Prateek was accepted as legitimate son of Mulayam Singh Yadav when CBI inquiry on his income reached Supreme...

Anurag -
The love affair of the Samajwadi Party patriarch that the Yadav family would rather not talk about.
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News Reports

Accused hailed and acquitted, victim shamed by Court and Church: A timeline of the Bishop Franco Mulakkal case

Dibakar Dutta -
On October 17, 2018, Bishop Franco Mulakkal was welcomed like a hero at Jalandhar after he was granted conditional bail by the Kerala High Court. The rape accused Bishop was showered with rose petals and also garlanded by his supporters as he reached the Bishop House around 5 pm.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena’s ‘lagbhag mana’ moment as Congress subs alliance partner in Goa Assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
Congress had similarly snubbed Aam Aadmi Party ahead of 2019 general elections after Kejriwal had tried to woo the grand old party to forge an alliance.
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News Reports

Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya faces eviction from his luxurious London home over unpaid loans

OpIndia Staff -
Mallya family trust owned Rose Capital Ventures, which is based out of British Virgin Islands, mortgaged his London property in 2012 to UBS for a 5 year loan of 20.4 million pounds. In 2017, the loan had expired and Mallya was not able to pay the outstanding dues on it.
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Editor's picks

‘Antrix-Devas deal a fraud by Congress, of Congress, for Congress’: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

OpIndia Staff -
FM Nirmala Sitharaman said SC order on the 2005 Antrix-Devas deal is "proof of the Congress's misuse of power"
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News Reports

Videos of Kejriwal coughing incessantly during campaign trails trigger concerns after Delhi CM claimed recovery from COVID in 5 days

OpIndia Staff -
Kejriwal was diagnosed with COVID-19 on January 4 but on January 9 he said he is clear of the virus
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News Reports

‘True character of party exposed’: BJP slams Congress for endorsing Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan who had ‘warned Hindus’

OpIndia Staff -
In 2009 too, Congress had joined hands with Maulana Tauqeer Raza despite his habit of whipping up communal passions
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News Reports

Bombay HC commutes death penalty of serial-killer sisters who killed 5 children to life imprisonment: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The two sisters had kidnapped 13 children between 1990 and October 1996, killing five of them.
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News Reports

SP leader Azam Khan who is in jail in fake birth certificate case to contest UP assembly elections from Rampur seat: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Besides Azam Khan, his son Abdullah Azam who has 43 cases against him will be reportedly fighting on an SP ticket from Suar constituency
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Politics

I am willing to resign from MP post, but please give MLA ticket to my son: Rita Bahuguna Joshi to BJP leadership

OpIndia Staff -
Rita Bahuguna Joshi stated that if the party decides to only issue 1 ticket per family, she will resign as an MP to make way for her son for Mayank.
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News Reports

Delhi HC grants bail to Tahir, Shahrukh, Faizal and 3 others who had brutally murdered Dilbar Negi during anti-Hindu riots

OpIndia Staff -
Negi's hands and feet were chopped off and he was burnt inside the sweet shop where he worked.
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