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Jharkhand: Dalit family forced to consume beef, ostracised by Christian villagers for refusing to embrace Christianity

OpIndia Staff -
Christian villagers in Gumla, Jharkhand are reportedly torturing a Dalit family for their refusal to convert to Christianity
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News Reports

Pune: Commissioner of Police Krishna Prakash sustains injuries while trying to catch a criminal gang

OpIndia Staff -
Criminals opened fire at police team led by CoP Krishna Prakash.
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News Reports

BJP formally announces alliance with Amarinder’s Punjab Lok Congress, Dhindsa’s SAD (Sanyukt)

OpIndia Staff -
BJP, Punjab Lok Congress and SAD (Sanyukt) will soon issue a joint manifesto for the upcoming 2022 Punjab assembly elections
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News Reports

Raid on perfume merchant Piyush Jain: 284 crores seized, ED may file money laundering case too

OpIndia Staff -
Rs 177 crores were recovered from Jain's Anandnagar house in Kanpur, and another 107 crores were seized from his house at Kannauj, reported the Times of India.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee claims Centre froze all bank accounts of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, church official reacts

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has taken to Twitter on Monday, December 27 to claim that the central govt has frozen all bank accounts of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity
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News Reports

Thoothukudi people say they were cheated in the name of protests, want reopening of Sterlite Copper plant they got shut in 2018

OpIndia Staff -
In May 2018, Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi owned by Vedanta was ultimately shut down by Tamil Nadu government following protests by the local people on the grounds of alleged environmental hazards caused by the plant.
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Opinions

What India should watch out for if the Russia Vs Ukraine war breaks out with China overseeing the fiasco

Saptorshee Chakraborty -
India has long acknowledged Tibet as a part of Chinese territory. The policy has not changed even in the current dispensation.
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OpIndia Explains

As cryptocurrency exchanges up their PR campaign, NDTV deletes its ‘paid tweet’ encouraging people to leave their jobs to join crypto trading

Jinit Jain -
NDTV drew backlash over a tweet wherein it urged people to leave their job and enlist themselves in full-time crypto trading
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News Reports

Chandigarh Municipal Corporation poll results: AAP wins 14 seats, BJP and Congress bag 12 and 8 respectively

OpIndia Staff -
AAP won 14 out of the total 35 seats in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, followed closely by BJP with 12 seats
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu Congress leader who wanted PM Modi and Amit Shah killed, gets award in the presence of CM Stalin

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress leader had earlier hoped that the Muslims in the country would kill Home Minister Amit Shah for implementing the CAA.
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News Reports

Dog owners fight, one bites the other while their pets watch: Here is what happened in Germany

OpIndia Staff -
Two dog owners engaged in a fight which culminated in one woman biting another in east Germany, while their dogs 'simply looked on', as per reports.
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News Reports

Reserve Bank of India steps in, says RBL Bank health status ‘stable’ after shares tank 25% following central bank’s action over weekend

OpIndia Staff -
The unanticipated RBI action followed by the tanking of the share price of RBL Bank pushed the panic button amongst investors and customers of the private sector lender.
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News Reports

Over Rs 240 crore scam unearthed in Maharashtra during Income Tax raids at multiple locations

OpIndia Staff -
The raids were conducted at the residences of traders, government contractors and builders associated with the contractors. The operation was started on December 22 and lasted for five days.
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News Reports

Kerala: Migrant workers attack police, set vans ablaze after Christmas party turns violent, 24 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
On the Christmas night, many migrant workers in Kochi, Kerala pelted stones at the police and also set police vans ablaze.
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News Reports

Delhi Police denies allegations of fining ISKCON volunteers for distributing copies of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita at Connaught Place

Anurag -
Delhi Police personnel claimed violation of covid protocol and snatched the copies of the holy book from the hands of the volunteers.
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News Reports

FIR filed against Sant Kalicharan Maharaj for criticising Mahatma Gandhi at Raipur Dharma Sansad

OpIndia Staff -
Sant Kalicharan Maharaj blamed Mahatma Gandhi of division of India and reportedly praised Nathuram Godse for killing him.
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News Reports

‘Tiger Zinda Hai, Saanp Bhi Zinda Hai’: Salman Khan narrates how the snake bit him at the farmhouse

OpIndia Staff -
Salman Khan said that he was trying to take the snake outside the farmhouse with a stick when it bit his hand.
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Satire

Exclusive interview with snake who bit Salman Khan in his Panvel farmhouse

Nirwa Mehta -
OpIndia's Nirwa Mehta speaks to the snake who dared to bite Salman Khan at his Panvel Farmhouse
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News Reports

Chinese State media dubs Subramanian Swamy as a ‘CIA agent’ over his tweet on Beijing Winter Olympics: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Subramanian Swamy was seen retweeting tweets, casting aspersions over PM Modi for not boycotting the Winter Olympics at Beijing.
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News Reports

Switzerland allows legal gender change through ‘self-declaration’, without medical procedure or therapy

OpIndia Staff -
Legal change of gender will no longer need medical procedure or hormone therapy. Transgenders in Switzerland can now just walk into a civil registry office and get themselves documented as per 'chosen gender'.
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Economy and Finance

RBL Bank shares hit 52-week-low after RBI action: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
The share price fell after a series of developments over the weekend where the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sent a nominee to bank's board a day after the sudden departure of Vishwavir Ahuja as the bank's CEO.
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News Reports

BrahMos missile is not to attack others but to ensure no country has the audacity to cast an evil eye on India: Rajnath Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of a BrahMos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Punjab & Haryana High Court allows minor Muslim girl to marry Hindu man as per Personal Law Board even though she married as per...

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab and Haryana High Court provided protection to a 17-year-old Muslim girl who married Hindu boy without her family's permission
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News Reports

Saregama to change lyrics and name of Sunny Leone starrer ‘Madhuban’ following outrage for hurting Hindu sentiments

OpIndia Staff -
Saregama said that they are changing the lyrics and name of the song Madhuban due to the feedback the song has received
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News Reports

Mumbai police arrests two people for posing as NCB officers to extort money after Bhojpuri actress ends life due to their threats

OpIndia Staff -
Bhojpuri actress ends life after two fake NCB officers caught her in a rave party and demanded Rs 40 lakh in exchange of not taking action
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News Reports

‘Priyanka Gandhi told me that women who wear jeans, carry phones are not influenced by PM Modi’: Digvijaya Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Digvijaya Singh said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had told him that only woman aged 40-50 years and above are influenced by PM Modi
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News Reports

PM Narendra Modi lauds the Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan of Arunachal Pradesh to end hunting of wildlife

OpIndia Staff -
Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan' was launched in Arunachal Pradesh to motivate people to surrender their air guns used for hunting birds
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Politics

‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ slogan by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is silly and self defeating

Nirwa Mehta -
Priyanka Gandhi, why don't you first give up your family name, fortune, manpower and money power and then 'fight' to show how you 'can'?
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News Reports

Amit Shah chairs high-level meeting on Nagaland firing incident, committee formed to look into withdrawal of AFSPA and Disturbed Area Act from the state

OpIndia Staff -
The decision to withdraw the 'Disturbed Area and AFSPA' from Nagaland will be taken based on the recommendation of the Committee
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News Reports

P Chidambaram insinuates TMC and AAP are vote-cutter parties, says they will split non-BJP votes in Goa

OpIndia Staff -
"The TMC and AAP are fracturing the non-BJP vote. Whether that will benefit the BJP, I cannot say," says Congress leader P Chidambaram
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News Reports

Girls chant Modi-Yogi at Priyanka’s rally in Uttar Pradesh, viral video shows them getting assaulted: Details

OpIndia Staff -
NSUI and Congress workers reportedly misbehaved with the girls who changed Modi and Yogi slogans at the 'Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon' rally plus marathon in Jhansi
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News Reports

Australia: Hospital in Sydney apologises after it mistakenly tells 400 Covid-19 patients that they tested negative

OpIndia Staff -
St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney in Australia wrongly informed 400 Covid-19 positive people that they have tested negative
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News Reports

India Today deputy editor tries to dismiss visuals of over-crowded Park Street Christmas celebration in Kolkata as old, gets fact-checked

OpIndia Staff -
India Today deputy editor Indrajit claimed there was overcrowded Christmas celebrations in Kolkata despites photos and videos of the same
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News Reports

Ludhiana court blast a handiwork of ISI, accused cop radicalised in jail by Khalistani, says Punjab DGP

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab DGP said that the Ludhiana court blast case was a dangerous cocktail of terrorism, organized crime, mafia, and narcotics.
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News Reports

Rohingya family arrested in Tripura, had entered India through Dawki, Meghalaya

OpIndia Staff -
A Rohingya family consisting of six members has been arrested from the Unakoti district of Tripura on Saturday after they had illegally crossed the Bangladesh border and entered India, according to reports.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Two Hindu girls abducted, forcibly converted and married off to their Muslim abductors in Sindh

OpIndia Staff -
Two back-to-back cases of abduction, conversion for the forceful marriage of Hindu girls have been reported from Sindh of Pakistan
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News Reports

Salman Khan gets bitten by a snake during Christmas celebrations: Details

OpIndia Staff -
A non-venomous snake bit Salman Khan at his farm house on Sunday where he was celebrating Christmas
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News Reports

Jan Shakti, Pariksha pe Charcha and cleanliness: Here are key takeaways from the last episode of ‘Mann ki Baat’ of 2021

OpIndia Staff -
"It is our duty to preserve and popularise our culture," PM Modi said in his last Mann ki Baat address for the year 2021
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Editor's picks

Waqf Board stakes claim on two islands in Bet Dwarka, read details

OpIndia Staff -
Bet Dwarka or Beyt Dwarka was the residence of Shri Krishna during the time he ruled Gujarat. It is a small island off the coast of Dwarka and one needs to take about 30 minute boat-ride from Okha.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Foxconn resumes iPhone assembly line after state govt’s intervention, govt asks the company to improve facilities for workers

OpIndia Staff -
Tamil Nadu govt asked Foxconn to provide better facilities to the workers, company to resume operations at Sriperumbudur plant soon
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News Reports

Ghulam Nabi Azad waters down forced religious conversions, claims no one is forcing people to convert

OpIndia Staff -
Despite number of cases which show rampant religious conversion of people to different faith by luring them with money, jobs, food and even marriage, Congress leader denies the menace
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News Reports

Delhi records record pollution levels on the morning after Christmas

OpIndia Staff -
Activists and environments have not blamed the festival of Christmas so far for deteriorating air quality in Delhi.
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News Reports

From Rahul Gandhi to Mahua Moitra to even Aaditya Thackeray: All and sundry rush to take credit for PM Modi’s announcement on booster doses

OpIndia Staff -
Everyone seem to be rushing to take credit for what seemed to be the next logical step with omicron threat looming as we enter third year of global pandemic
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OpIndia Scoops

Bharuch mass conversion case: Six more arrested, four accused who are absconding move Gujarat HC to quash FIR, read details

Nirwa Mehta -
OpIndia had earlier reported how as many as 37 tribal families were converted to Islam back in 2018 by luring them with promises of better jobs, money, marriage.
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News Reports

PM Modi announces Covid-19 vaccination for 15-18 age group, precautionary dose for Corona warriors and senior citizens

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi on Saturday addressed the nation over the country's vaccination programme and coronavirus outbreak powered by omicron variant
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News Reports

DCGI grants emergency use approval to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for minors aged 12 to 18

OpIndia Staff -
DCGI has granted emergency use approval for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for people in the age group 12 years to 18 years.
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News Reports

Delhi govt collects Rs 1.5 crore as fine in two days for violations of Covid-19 norms

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi govt collected Rs 1.5 crore in two days from the people who violated the COVID-19 regulations imposed by the government
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Political History of India

Christian leader who backed Pakistan’s creation was forced to quit as Speaker because he wasn’t a Muslim: Here’s what had happened

Dibakar Dutta -
Dewan Bahadur Singha, the Christian leader was forced to quit as Pakistan Punjab Assembly speaker because he was not a Muslim
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath launches scheme to distribute smartphones and tablets to one crore students in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
During the inauguration of distributing one crore smartphones and tablets to students, 40000 tablets and 60000 smartphones were given
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Opinions

How paranoia over Bajrang Dal rally in Haryana’s ‘Mini Pakistan’ is an attempt by Islamists to shield culprits of anti-Hindu atrocities

Jinit Jain -
Islamists have resorted to fear-mongering after Bajrang Dal organised a peaceful rally in Mewat against atrocities committed against Hindus
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