Archives of OpIndia

News Reports

‘Omicron is mild, do not hoard medicines or oxygen’: AIIMS director Dr Guleria says India is better prepared to manage case surge

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Guleria said that the Omicron variant is a mild one and doesn't cause a significant fall in blood oxygen levels.
Read more
News Reports

‘Chhattisgarh govt violated interstate protocols’: Kalicharan Maharaj was arrested without informing state police, says MP govt

OpIndia Staff -
Kalicharan Maharaj was arrested from Khajuraho for allegedly criticizing Mahatma Gandhi for partition and hailing Nathuram Godse for killing him.
Read more
News Reports

Rahul Gandhi on ‘personal trip’ to Italy, second foreign trip in a month’s time

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi had come back from an almost month-long trip to London just before the winter session in Parliament started.
Read more
News Reports

‘Liberal’ elite is dehumanizing Indians, and why it no longer makes sense to argue with liberals

Abhishek Banerjee -
The most explicit dehumanizing language such as “baby factory” or “termites” comes from Sadanand Dhume and Vidya Krishnan.
Read more
News Reports

Mumbai: Pastor sentenced to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor boy in church

OpIndia Staff -
A special court in Mumbai convicted pastor Father Johnson Lawrence under the relevant sections of POCSO
Read more
News Reports

Madras HC bans liquor sale in Puducherry for 3 hours on new year night in the wake of 2 omicron cases who have recovered

OpIndia Staff -
Madras High Court has ordered a ban on the sale of liquor in Puducherry for 3 hours from 10 PM to 1 AM on the new year night
Read more
News Reports

Anti-CAA propaganda, dubious links with China, and spiteful lies: The sordid shenanigans of NGO director Jo Chopra and her husband Ravi Chopra

OpIndia Staff -
US citizen Jo Chopra had peddled fake news that Christmas celebrations were banned in Uttarakhand in her attempt to malign Hindus
Read more
News Reports

Karnataka govt to bring bill to free temples from govt control, announces CM Basavaraj Bommai

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka CM said that under the new law, there will be no government control over temples except some regulations
Read more
News Reports

Taliban terrorists smash harmonium and sentence a TV to death, because ‘music is haram’

OpIndia Staff -
Videos show Taliban radicals destroying musical instruments and a TV in Afghanistan.
Read more
News Reports

The devastating flood of Kedarnath and Vijendra Singh Rathore’s 19-month long quest to find his wife

OpIndia Staff -
Vijendra Singh Rathore's wife Leela was lost in Kedarnath floods, he kept looking for her and found her after 19 months
Read more
News Reports

Jharkhand: CM Soren announces Rs 25 concession to 2-wheeler riders per litre of petrol, but conditions apply

OpIndia Staff -
The concession is to be implemented from January 26 onwards.
Read more
Crime

Bihar: Minor Hindu girl missing for 10 days, kidnapping accused Shahbaz has shared ‘marriage’ photo on social media

OpIndia Staff -
The victim’s brother accused their neighbour Munia Khatoon of involvement in the abduction of his sister. He added that Munia Khatoon has a previous record of trafficking girls.
Read more
News Reports

Civil Aviation Ministry issues advisory to play Indian music on planes and at airports on the request of ICCR

OpIndia Staff -
ICCR had equested civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to make it mandatory to play Indian music at airports and on planes
Read more
News Reports

FIR against Samajwadi Party workers for conspiring to incite riots during PM Modi’s rally in Kanpur; SP office-bearer arrested: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Samajwadi Party workers deliberately indulged in vandalism, and burnt PM Modi's effigy to instigate BJP workers into stirring disruption, FIR said
Read more
News Reports

Did you know: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh took 101 items gifted by various foreign leaders while leaving office

Anurag -
A Bose music system, a fancy Piaget ladies wrist watch and a carpet were the most expensive gift items PM Singh had retained.
Read more
News Reports

Kerala: Cop suspended for leaking sensitive information to SDPI, BJP raises concerns over SDPI’s deep assets in Kerala Police

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala cop PM Anas suspended for sending sensitive information related to RSS workers to the SDPI activists through WhatsApp
Read more
News Reports

PM’s new Mercedes Maybachs not an upgrade but a routine replacement; Sonia Gandhi had used Range Rovers procured for the then PM

OpIndia Staff -
The decision to procure Mercedes Maybachs was taken by security detail without seeking the preference of the protectee PM Modi
Read more
News Reports

Tale of two UPs: Akhilesh promises compensation to those killed fighting bulls, while Yogi controlled stray cattle menace

Vijay Deo Jha -
The election campaign in Uttar Pradesh has taken a surreal turn it seems with Samajwadi Party making curious poll promises
Read more
News Reports

Kolkata: Employees of Karim’s restaurant attack customers with knives and rods following arguments over cold food and extra onion

OpIndia Staff -
Social media user narrates how her brother and his friend were attacked by the employees of Karim's restaurant in Kolkata
Read more
World

Ever Given: The most famous ship of 2021, and why we love it

OpIndia Staff -
Ever Given, the ship that got stuck, was the world's most talked about ship this year.
Read more
News Reports

Bet Dwarka Waqf Board controversy: MP Poonam Maadan says ownership claims made for Shiyal Bet in Amreli not for the holy site

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MP from Jamnagar, Poonamben Maadan, has issued clarification that the Waqf Board has staked claim on Shiyal Bet in Amreli and not the two islands in Bet (or Beyt) Dwarka as reported earlier.
Read more
OpIndia Scoops

Bharuch mass conversion case: Arrest warrant issued against five of the main accused including NRI Haji Abdullah Fefdawala, read details

Nirwa Mehta -
On issuance of the arrest warrant under section 70 of the CrPC, the police can take help of police from across the state as well as outside of state to arrest the accused.
Read more
News Reports

‘Bachpan Ka Pyar’ fame Sahdev Dirdo is stable and out of danger, had suffered head injury in accident: Read what doctors said

OpIndia Staff -
Sahadev Dirdo is being treated at Jagdalpur Medical College, as per reports.
Read more
News Reports

AIIMS doctors call off strike after receiving assurance from Union Health Minister

OpIndia Staff -
The strike by AIIMS Doctors was against the delay in counselling session for PG NEET admissions for the year 2021.
Read more
News Reports

NGO director lies about Christmas celebrations being banned in Uttarakhand to malign Hindutva, apologises after being called out

OpIndia Staff -
The director of Latika Foundation had earlier posted a tweet stating that Christmas celebrations were banned in Uttarakhand
Read more
News Reports

Sikh man who broke into Windsor Castle claims he wanted to assassinate Queen Elizabeth for Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The man who tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth has been sectioned under the UK's Mental Health Act after a mental health assessment
Read more
Opinions

Diplomatic pressure leads to the arrest of an SFJ terrorist in Germany. Can Canada and UK be next?

OpIndia Staff -
A gruelling 72-hour long diplomatic effort by Modi government resulted in the arrest of an SFJ terrorist in Germany.
Read more
World

Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani runner up in ‘corrupt person of the year’ list topped by Belarus’ Lukashenko

OpIndia Staff -
The Corruption and Organized Crime Reporting Project (OCCRP) named ex-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani as the runners up in the list of most corrupt individuals in 2021.
Read more
News Reports

“Is Aaditya Thackeray related to cats? Does he sound like cats?”: Narayan Rane after Sena demands suspension of Nitesh Rane over ‘meow meow’ catcalls

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena had alleged that Nitesh Rane made ‘meow’ sounds while looking at Aaditya Thackeray in the Vidhan Sabha premises
Read more
News Reports

Telangana Congress leader Rashed Khan, who had called for Wasim Rizvi’s murder says he will not allow India to become a Hindu Rashtra

OpIndia Staff -
Rashed Khan had earlier announced a bounty of Rs 25 lakhs on former Shia Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi.
Read more
News Reports

Gujarat: FIR against Congress student leader for taking money for admission, issuing death threats, read details

OpIndia Staff -
NSUI leader from Ahmedabad, Narayan Bharwad, has been accused of taking Rs 90,000 on promise of giving admission to a student and then issuing death threats when he asked for money back after admission was not secured.
Read more
News Reports

PM Modi inaugurates Kanpur Metro Rail, the fastest built metro project in the country

OpIndia Staff -
The completed 9 KM long section of the Metro Rail Project runs from IIT Kanpur to Moti Jheel. The entire length of the project is 32 KM and it is being built at ₹11,000 crore.
Read more
News Reports

Witness in 2008 Malegaon blast case says Mumbai ATS tortured, forced him to falsely name Yogi Adityanath and RSS leaders

OpIndia Staff -
A witness has told the Special NIA court that he was coerced to falsely name then BJP MP Yogi Adityanath in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
Read more
Opinions

Jawhar Sircar trivialises security of head of state as he peddles propaganda against PM Modi over new Mercedes-Maybach 650 Guard in his convoy

Jinit Jain -
Jawhar Sircar insinuated that the new armoured vehicle of PM Modi was an extravagance and not a security prerequisite
Read more
News Reports

‘An entire batch of 45,000 doctors hasn’t joined yet’: Why NEET-PG counselling is stuck, why are doctors protesting? All you need to know

Dibakar Dutta -
The resident doctors' protest initially began earlier in December but was withdrawn on December 9, following an assurance that the schedule for NEET PG counselling will be released in a weeks' time. That has not happened.
Read more
Media

The Atlantic, Caravan Magazine columnist goes hysterical, calls Indian diaspora ‘termites’ over ‘Hindu homeland’ rant

Jhankar Mohta -
Vidya Krishnan, columnist with The Atlantic and Caravan Magazine, goes on hysterical rant against Indian diaspora, calls them 'termites'
Read more
News Reports

Punjab: Mentally challenged youth accused of sacrilege bid in Muktsar Sahib, arrested

Anurag -
Mentally challenged youth picked up Guru Granth Sahib and tried to run away with it but was stopped in the courtyard, reports say.
Read more
Opinions

‘Farmer’ groups, politics and democracy: Why the new political outfit is one of the best news in recent times

Ganesh R -
The saying is, death is a great leveler. But so is democracy.
Read more
News Reports

From Nidhi’s Harvard job to Aurangabad teen’s NASA claims: Most talked about frauds of 2021

Anurag -
Year 2021 saw journalist Nidhi Razdan falling for a fake job offer from Harvard and witnessed child activist Licipriya's father being exposed as a scamster who conned students.
Read more
News Reports

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly hospitalised in Kolkata after testing positive for Covid-19, condition stable

OpIndia Staff -
BCCI President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19
Read more
Opinions

Lawyers, including Prashant Bhushan, write to CJI over Dharma Sansad speech: How they continue to ignore hate crimes committed against Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
76 lawyers have written to the CJI, asking him to take suo moto cognisance of the alleged hate speech made at 'Dharma Sansad'
Read more
News Reports

Ludhiana court blast: SFJ terrorist Jaswinder Multani arrested by German police on India’s request, was planning to target Delhi and Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
Jaswinder Singh Multani was involved in Ludhiana blast. He was conspiring to target cities like Delhi and Mumbai and has been recruiting people to arrange for weapons and explosives, as per reports
Read more
News Reports

Congress flag falls off as Sonia Gandhi tries to unfurl it on party’s foundation day, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
On Indian National Congress' foundation day, the flag fell down as Sonia Gandhi tried to unfurl it.
Read more
News Reports

‘He made meow sounds looking at Aaditya Thackeray’: Shiv Sena seeks suspension of Nitesh Rane

OpIndia Staff -
Nitesh Rane allegedly made a 'meow' sound when Thackeray was entering the building.
Read more
World

CDC shortens recommended quarantine, isolation time for COVID-19 infections

OpIndia Staff -
In a statement released to the media, the CDC said that on basis of information available on COVID-19 and the omicron variant, the CDC has shortened the recommended time for isolation from 10 days to 5 days for asymptomatic patients.
Read more
News Reports

Bombay HC allows 12-year-old rape victim to abort, says continuance of pregnancy will violate her fundamental rights

OpIndia Staff -
Citing a 2019 order, Bombay HC said continuance of pregnancy will violate the fundamental right of the victim.
Read more
News Reports

China’s plans to undermine sovereignty of nation-States through its ‘debt trap’ policy is beginning to backfire: Report

OpIndia Staff -
One Road One Belt (OBOR) has been dubbed as the 'project of the century' by Chinese Premier Xi Jinping.
Read more
News Reports

IPS officer Rashmi Shukla approaches SC after Bombay HC rejects her plea of quashing petition in phone tapping case

OpIndia Staff -
IPS Rashmi Shukla has challenged Bombay HC's recent rejection of quashing her petition in the phone tapping case in the SC
Read more
News Reports

Gharwapsi in Karnataka: Nine members of a Christian family revert to Hinduism in Jannapur’s Rama Bhajan Mandir

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, nine members of a Christian family returned to Hinduism in an event at the Rama Bhajan Mandir in Jannapur, Karnataka
Read more
News Reports

Missionaries of Charities itself says bank accounts not frozen by Centre after Mamata Banerjee raises a storm: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Missionaries of Charity also contradicted Mamata's claims, stating that no freeze was ordered by the MHA on its bank accounts
Read more
1...715716717...1,515Page 716 of 1,515