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BJP MLA Nitesh Rane’s anticipatory bail plea in attempt-to-murder case rejected by Bombay High Court

OpIndia Staff -
Nitesh Rane is accused in an incident of alleged assault against a Shiv Sena party member in Kankavli, Maharashtra.
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OpIndia Scoops

Gopipura in Surat and Soni Faliya in Bharuch: How Jains and Hindus are leaving their homes as the localities shift demography

Nirwa Mehta -
A tale of two cities: Stories of demography change from Bharuch and Surat in Gujarat.
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News Reports

Election Commission re-schedules Vidhan Sabha polls in Punjab to February 20: Details

OpIndia Staff -
ECI had received representation about the movement of devotees in Punjab to Varanasi for Sri Guru Ravidas Ji Jayanti celebrations
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Cricket

‘Will have to keep his ego aside’, Kapil Dev weighs in on Virat Kohli’s decision to step down as Test captain, says was probably...

OpIndia Staff -
Kapil Dev felt that Virat Kohli did the right thing by stepping aside, as he didn't appear to be "enjoying" captaincy anymore
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News Reports

Supreme Court Lawyers receive 5th threat call from SFJ reiterating warning of blocking PM Modi from hoisting tricolour on Republic Day

OpIndia Staff -
SFJ reiterated its threat of blocking PM Modi from hoisting tricolour and raising Khalistani flags in Delhi on Jan 26
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News Reports

IED recovered in Delhi part of consignment smuggled into India from Pakistan, linked to Dawood Ibrahim’s terror module: Details

OpIndia Staff -
A huge cache of explosives, including IED, was recovered from Delhi, Srinagar, Punjab and Odisha last week
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Opinions

Let’s not get ‘Musked’: Elon Musk and Tesla’s self-serving game, how India may have seen through it and why we need to be careful

Ganesh R -
Elon Musk, in a tweet let it be known that Tesla’s India business is “still working through a lot of challenges with the government”.
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News Reports

Kerala trial Court junked victim’s testimony and established principles of law to acquit Bishop Franco Mulakkal: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Although Section 56A of the Indian Evidence Act states that a woman's past sexual experience is irrelevant to a rape case, the trial Court discussed the 'character intent' of the victim to discredit her claims.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Aslam Qureshi, Salim Qureshi among 7 arrested for attacking animal activists, 5-7 tonnes of suspected beef seized

OpIndia Staff -
Two animal welfare activists and police personnel were attacked by a mob during a raid on truck suspected of carrying beef
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News Reports

ISI trying to sabotage Punjab elections, thinks it is ‘now or never’ for Khalistan terrorism: Intelligence agencies warn

OpIndia Staff -
Intelligence agencies warn that ISI-backed Khalistani groups trying to sabotage the assembly elections and use the opportunity to revive Khalistan terrorism.
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News Reports

Imran Khan is an ‘International Beggar’: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq says changing govt is the only solution

OpIndia Staff -
Jamaat-e-Islami head Sirajul Haq stated on Sunday that Imran Khan's departure is the only solution to Pakistan's economic crisis.
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News Reports

‘Drag that c#am@r b!tch out of the room’: When ‘Samajwadi’ goons had assaulted Mayawati, it was a Sanghi who saved her

Gopal Tiwari -
Brahm Dutt Dwivedi who saved Mayawati from SP goons was killed on 10th February 1997. Gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari and ex-MLA of SP Vijay Singh were accused in this case.
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World

Texas: FBI identifies synagogue hostage-taker as British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, had demanded release of ‘Lady Al Qaeda’ Aafia Siddiqui

OpIndia Staff -
44 year old British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, who is identified as Texas synagogue hostage taker, had entered America two weeks back.
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News Reports

While Punjab, Maharashtra, and Bengal leaders try to woo Elon Musk, here is their not-so-great history with industrialists

OpIndia Staff -
In July 2021, OpIndia had reported that Musk was seeking temporary relief in import tariffs. Indian government has been urging to manufacture cars in India and discourage imports by relatively high import duty to encourage the make-in-India initiative.
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News Reports

Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj passes away at 83

OpIndia Staff -
Pandit Birju Maharaj was also the recipient of the 2nd highest Indian civilian award of Padma Vibhushan in 1984.
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News Reports

Five things to look forward to in the 2022 Republic Day Parade

OpIndia Staff -
The parade on 26 January will be the first Republic Day Parade to be hosted at the revamped Rajpath of the Central Vista Avenue
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News Reports

Research by IIT Kharagpur suggests that tectonic activity was behind the collapse of the Shikhara of Konark Surya Mandir

OpIndia Staff -
A IIT Kharagpur study finds that collapse of the Shikhara of Konark Sun Temple was probably caused by neotectonic activities
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News Reports

Job in Paytm is haram, mobile recharging halal, talking on phone allowed but not taking photos: More answers to modern questions by Darul Uloom

OpIndia Staff -
On the website of Darul Uloom, a slew of inquiries seeks solutions from the Deobandi school on various modern issues
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News Reports

Marathi Actor Kiran Mane removed from ‘Mulgi Zali Ho’ for abusive behaviour, not for criticising Modi, clarifies TV channel, producer and co-actors

OpIndia Staff -
Other artists from TV Serial 'Mulgi Zali Ho' have accused actor Kiran Mane of misbehaviour, targeting and use of abusive language on set
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News Reports

Taliban sets musical instrument on fire, musician seen crying in a viral video

OpIndia Staff -
Taliban burn a musical instrument in front of the musician in Paktia province in Afghanistan, video goes viral
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor hails Under-19 Badminton Player Tasnim Mir for securing top spot in World Junior Rankings, gets the facts wrong

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor claimed Tasmin Mir is first Indian under-19 badminton player to secure top position in junior rankings, which is incorrect
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News Reports

Journalist who had slammed Modi govt alleging slow evacuation after she was rescued from Afghanistan, goes back to Taliban controlled area via Pakistan

Dibakar Dutta -
Months after journalist Kanika Gupta was evacuated from Afghanistan, she returns to the Taliban ruled country through Pakistan
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News Reports

Private Muslim Fund that promised Sharia-compliant service vanishes after duping Muslims in Bijnor, promoter Md Faizi flees with crores

OpIndia Staff -
'Al Faizan Muslim Fund Limited,' a facility by one Mohammed Faizi offering Sharia banking vanishes with crores of deposing money
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News Reports

Imran Khan offers to send ‘professionals’ to help Afghanistan, ends up offending Afghans who say they already have skilled manpower

OpIndia Staff -
After Pakistan PM Imran Khan offered to send manpower and technical assistance to Afghanistan, the Taliban regime has declined the offer
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News Reports

Novak Djokovic to miss Australian Open as he loses appeal against the cancellation of visa, to be deported soon

OpIndia Staff -
Australian federal court dismisses appeal of Novak Djokovic against cancellation of his visa by immigration minister
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News Reports

‘Useless’: Congress leader opposes construction of Sanskrit University in Karnataka, Islamists and regionalists join in

OpIndia Staff -
Congress, PFI and Dravidian regionalists oppose construction of permanent campus for Sanskrit University in Karnataka
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OpIndia Explains

#1YearOfVaccineDrive: Despite vaccine hesitancy and dirty politics India shined in world’s largest vaccination programme

Anurag -
India has truly lived the motto of the vaccine सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः (may we all be free from the disease) in letter and spirit.
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Opinions

Ravish Kumar’s removal of a 10-year-old critical tweet on Virat Kohli demonstrates how real performance is rarely a factor for the Left-liberals when choosing...

Pallav -
It just goes out to show that the 'liberals' don't really care about his real performance as an athlete, but as long as his views fuel their propaganda, Kohli is just a useful tool for them.
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News Reports

UP elections: SP leader Aditya Thakur attempts self-immolation for not getting ticket for Aligarh, ticket given to ex-MLA Jafar Alam

OpIndia Staff -
Aditya Thakur attempted self-immolation in front of the Samajwadi Party office after he was denied a ticket by the party
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News Reports

Indian economy projected to grow faster than other major emerging economies, thanks to Modi government’s PLI scheme, says World Bank report

OpIndia Staff -
While World bank retained India's growth rate estimate at 8.3% f02 2021, it has forecasted that economy will grow by 8.7% in 2022
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News Reports

Muslim body in US had demanded release of Aafia Siddiqui two months before the Texas hostage crisis, had also been opposing ‘Hindutva’

OpIndia Staff -
CAIR identifies itself as Muslim civil rights organisation in the United States which claims to be protecting 'civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.'
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News Reports

Uttarakhand Police arrest Yati Narasinghanand for making derogatory remarks against women

OpIndia Staff -
Narasinghanand was arrested from Sarvanand Ghat in Haridwar where he was holding a hunger strike to protest the arrest of Waseem Rizvi alias Jitendra Narayan Tyagi.
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Media

NPR journalist deletes her racist tweet against India, here is how western media has a history of problematic behaviour

OpIndia Staff -
Western media has had a racist attitude towards India and the hate has only gone up since Modi came to power in 2014.
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World

Texas: Hostages in synagogue rescued safely, hostage taker, who demanded to free ‘lady al-Qaida’ Aafia Siddiqui of Pakistan origin, dead

OpIndia Staff -
On different occasions, the Taliban and Islamic State had sought her release in exchange for American and European hostages.
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News Reports

Election Commission issues notice to Samajwadi Party for violating COVID guidelines by holding public gathering at party office

OpIndia Staff -
Election Commission issues notice to Samajwadi Party saying that it violated guidelines by holding a physical rally at its office
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News Reports

Devdutt Pattnaik admits he believed in using rape as revenge, offers an insincere apology for his misogynistic tweets

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens drew attention towards vile tweets posted by Devdutt Pattnaik after he was invited at Indian Youth Festival
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News Reports

Marathi actor Kiran Mane who abuses PM Modi and other BJP leaders removed from a TV show, NCP accuses the channel of cultural terrorism

OpIndia Staff -
After Marathi actor Kiran Mane was removed from Star Pravah serial 'Mulgi Jhali Ho', he met Sharad Pawar and hoped that it will be resolved
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News Reports

75-year-old Hasnuram Ambedkari to contest his 94th election in UP, says ‘want to lose as the winning politicians forget the masses’

OpIndia Staff -
74-year-old Hasnuram Ambedkari, who has contested 93 elections and lost all of them, again contesting in UP assembly elections
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News Reports

ED seizes assets worth Rs 48 lakhs from journalist Rajeev Sharma in Chinese espionage case

OpIndia Staff -
Rajeev Sharma had supplied confidential and sensitive information to the Chinese intelligence officers in lieu of money
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News Reports

‘Jan Ki Baat’ opinion poll: 56% favour Yogi Adityanath as UP Chief Minister, AAP may win Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Opinion poll by 'Jan Ki Baat' predicts BJP will retain Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, while AAP is predicted to replace Congress in Punjab
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News Reports

Atmanirbharta in Indian Army: Indigenisation of defence manufacturing is helping to build a new and strong India

Saurabh Dwivedi -
A reflection on the indigenization process of the Indian Armed Forces under Make In India campaign, particularly the Indian Army
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Cricket

Virat Kohli steps down as India Test captain following series defeat in South Africa

OpIndia Staff -
The decision to quit as captain came following the defeat in test series against South Africa where India lost to the host 1-2
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News Reports

Election Commission extends ban on physical political rallies and roadshows till Jan 22

OpIndia Staff -
The EC has instructed all political parties to abide by the provisions of MCC and the broad guidelines of Covid
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: SP MLA Nahid Hasan arrested under gangster act a day after filing nomination from Kairana for assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
Police arrested MLA Nahid Hasan under the gangster act and presented him in court. On court orders, he was sent to 14-day judicial custody.
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News Reports

‘No God but Jesus’: 4 arrested for threatening, offering money to a Hindu villager in Madhya Pradesh to convert to Christianity

OpIndia Staff -
The accused have been charged under section 3 and 5 of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act.
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News Reports

Growth in imports from China slows down during Modi govt while India’s trade with other countries increase at a much higher rate

OpIndia Staff -
The growth rate for India’s trade with China is even less than the growth rate of India’s total international trade, which increased by 50%
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News Reports

‘Will teach you a lesson once our govt comes to power’: Md Ashraf arrested for threatening UP traffic police in viral video

OpIndia Staff -
Ashraf was heard threatening traffic police with dire consequences once "his government came to power" in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Financially doomed Pakistan to grant permanent residence to wealthy international investors including Chinese and US-based Sikh nationals

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani government aims to attract large investments from affluent Afghans who are already investing in Iran, Turkey, and Malaysia.
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News Reports

As countries rally to join diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics, Pakistan PM Imran Khan set to visit China for opening ceremony

OpIndia Staff -
China is facing 'diplomatic boycott' from many western nations over its gross human rights abuses
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News Reports

PM Modi declares January 16 as ‘National Start-up Day’, praises industry, says number of operative start-ups went from 550 to 60,000

OpIndia Staff -
This decade is being called as 'techade' of India to strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship, PM Modi said.
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