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Union Cabinet approves ₹76,000 crore incentive scheme for development of semiconductor and display manufacturing industries

OpIndia Staff -
Union cabinet approves incentive scheme to make India a global hub for electronics manufacturing including semiconductor and display industry
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News Reports

Punjab: Unemployed teachers assaulted, dragged by police at CM Channi’s Sangrur rally

OpIndia Staff -
The unemployed teachers have been demanding for a solution for years but could only get batons and false promises.
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News Reports

After Visa complained to US govt about Indian govt promoting RuPay, Modi govt announces incentive scheme for RuPay and BHIM-UPI

OpIndia Staff -
Union govt will spend around ₹1300 crore in the current financial year to incentivize RuPay and BHIM-UPI payments in the country
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News Reports

Demolition of 600-year-old temple, massacre of 250 Hindus: President Kovind to visit Ramna Kali Temple destroyed by Pak Army in 1971 war

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Over 250 Hindus were slaughtered and the six-centuries-old Ramna Kali Temple was demolished by Pak Army during the 1971 war
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News Reports

Will lift liquor ban if Congress comes to power so that people can enjoy in winter: Gujarat Congress leader Bharat Solanki

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat Congress leader Bharat Solanki said that people of the state should come together to take a decision on lifting the prohibition
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Opinions

The two Indias when it comes to secularism

Abhishek Banerjee -
Secularism is supposed to be the free market for religion. But in India, the Hindu religion is not allowed to step into the free market.
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News Reports

YouTuber Abhisar Sharma suffers another meltdown within 48 hours, laments media focus on PM Modi while focusing on PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Sharma also tells why he thinks Akhilesh Yadav deserves more media coverage than the Prime Minister. As per Sharma, Akhilesh Yadav had recently had a rally in Jaunpur where a large number of people turned up. He also insists that the public was gathered purely out of love for Yadav and not because of money. Okay.
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Opinions

Ahilyabai Holkar, the Maratha Queen like no other who constructed and restored Hindu temples which stand tall even today

Jinit Jain -
Ahilyabai Holkar is credited for rebuilding the Kashi Vishwanath Temple after it was desecrated and destroyed by Mughal ruler Aurangzeb
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News Reports

Was not asked to continue as T-20 captain, informed just one and half hours ago before removing from one-day captaincy: Virat Kohli

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Virat Kolhi denied reports that BCCI had requested to stay on as T-20 captain, saying the decision was well-received by the team management
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News Reports

Gone But Not Forgotten: CRPF Jawans turn up at the wedding of slain soldier’s sister, fulfilling the role of elder brother during ceremonies

Anurag -
Constable Shailendra Pratap Singh of the 110 Battalion of CRPF made the supreme sacrifice on October 5, 2020, while valiantly retaliating a terrorist attack in Pulwama.
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News Reports

After Varanasi, CMs of 12 BJP ruled states arrive in Ayodhya for darshan of Ram Lalla

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After attending inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor and a conclave with the PM, BJP CMs arrive in Ayodhya to visit Ram Mandir
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News Reports

Karnataka: SDPI leader threatens to gouge eyes of RSS members, minister orders action

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SDPI's Maulana Nooruddin Farooqui had threatened on December 6 that the members of Tipu's soldiers would gouge their eyes out over reports of recital of Hanuman Chalisa
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News Reports

Group Captain Varun Singh, lone survivor of chopper tragedy, passes away

OpIndia Staff -
Group Captain Varun Singh, Shaurya Chakra awardee, was admitted to the hospital with severe burn injuries. He was maintaining his vitals and was shifted to a hospital in Bengaluru.
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News Reports

Leena Nair to be new Chanel boss, second Indian-origin woman after Indra Nooyi to become global CEO

OpIndia Staff -
Chanel was founded in 1910 by fashion legend Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel as a hat boutique on rue Cambon in Paris. The brand is now synonymous with luxury fashion and is known for tweed suits, handbags and No. 5 perfume.
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Media

As Gavaskar shuts up Rajdeep Sardesai on Live TV, here are 5 other incidents when he was schooled

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"I would not lose sleep over your disagreement" Sunil Gavaskar mocked Rajdeep Sardesai.
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News Reports

Harry Potter author JK Rowling questions Police Scotland’s stand over ‘trans women’ raping actual women, gets hatred from trans activists

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Rowling had tweeted sarcastically, "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. The penised individual who raped you is a woman."
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News Reports

Sh*t posting meme page asks army personnel to stop cribbing and quit if job is too hard, cries victim when called out

OpIndia Staff -
Whether Andheri West Shitposting page admin believes or not, the Defence personnel are indeed doing a favour defending, protecting those who sh*tpost because they themselves did not have the courage to sign up for taking the enemy's bullet on their chest.
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News Reports

As readers question The Hindu over their coverage of Gen Bipin Rawat’s death, editor brazens it out in response: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The headline of The Hindu’s report on CDS General Bipin Rawat’s death mentioned no honorifics or designation for the martyred soldier
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News Reports

NIA arrests Afgan National in the Mundra Port drugs seizure case, was transporting drugs from Afghanistan: Details

OpIndia Staff -
NIA have arrested an Afghan National named Sobhan Aryanfar in connection to the Mundra Port Drugs seizure case.
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News Reports

Katrina Kaif dons Sindoor in Post-Wedding pictures taken at Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif were married at Six Senses Fort Barwara, Sawai Madhopur on December 9.
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News Reports

No impact of WTO panel report on sugar dispute: Read about the findings and root of the problem in agreement signed by Congress

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The WTO recently circulated its final report after a complaint was filed against India for its policy measures in sugar sector
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News Reports

YouTuber Abhisar Sharma has a prolonged and delightful meltdown over PM Modi inaugurating Kashi Vishwanath corridor: Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Abhisar Sharma alleged that PM Modi failed to double farmers' income, provide housing for all or make the paradigm shift to renewable energy by 2022.
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News Reports

Congress mouthpiece National Herald’s Mrinal Pande makes ridiculous claims about Kashi Vishwanath Temple: Read how she was destroyed

OpIndia Staff -
National Herald's Mrinal Pande made ridiculous claims about Kashi Vishwanath Dham, destroyed by Twitter user
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘I have no idea’ clip goes viral: Read what the Gandhi scion had said when asked for what purpose did he perform...

OpIndia Staff -
In an interview with NDTV in 2003, Rahul Gandhi said he had no idea when asked for what did he do puja at the Gokaranath Ghat
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Cricket

Kohli may skip upcoming ODI series in South Africa to ‘spend time with family’

OpIndia Staff -
As per media reports quoting unnamed BCCI officials, Kohli, however, has not applied for leave and may not really skip the South Africa tour.
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News Reports

Lakhimpur Kheri incident was deliberate, not an act of negligence, says SIT, demands attempt to murder charges against accused

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Lakhimpur Kheri incident happened on October 3, 2021 when a convoy of BJP leaders was allegedly attacked by protesting 'farmers'. Eight, including a journalist lost their lives.
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News Reports

‘Older than tradition, older than legend’: The millennia-old history of Kashi

OpIndia Staff -
Kashi Vishwanath Dham temple has been constructed and demolished multiple times.
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Opinions

Kashi Vishwanath: The grand inauguration, the historic Gyanvapi Koop and the propaganda surrounding the corridor

Shwetank Bhushan -
Kashi Vishwanath corridor was inaugurated on 13th December with pomp and show - and the propaganda that surrounded it
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News Reports

UP: ATS nabs fake passport gang, Bangladeshi Muslims were brought to India and sent abroad under Hindu names

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Kanpur ATS busts human trafficking gang that used to shelter illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, provide them fake passport under Hindu names and then sent abroad.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi says the basic function of parliament is not the basic function of parliament: Here’s what happened

Jinit Jain -
Rahul Gandhi ranted against the Centre and the parliament for passing bills after bills after bills
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News Reports

Bengaluru: Four persons arrested for providing fake RT-PCR report to South African who was first Omicron case detected

OpIndia Staff -
The fake RT-PCR report enabled the South African to leave India via Dubai. The 66 year old South African was confirmed to be the first Omicron case in India.
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Opinions

Yugpurush, the race to general elections and who will he damage more in 2024 – state of the onion

Ganesh R -
Political space is heating up and Arvind Kejriwal is one of Modi’s challengers and is therefore worth a study.
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News Reports

Adani Group inks world’s largest green power purchase agreement: Details

OpIndia Staff -
As of now, AGEL has signed a pact for a total of 6000 MW of green power generation with SECI. The remaining 2000 MW pact will be sealed in the coming 2-3 months.
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News Reports

Kashi Vishwanath Corridor: When Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint tried fuelling misapprehensions about the grand restoration project

OpIndia Staff -
In its interview from Jan 2020 with chief architect Bimal Patel, The print alleged that Kashi Vishwanath Corridor was built after felling ancient temples
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News Reports

Madras HC quashes FIR against YouTuber Maridhas, was arrested after he showed DMK supporters mocked death of Gen Bipin Rawat

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The court said offenses mentioned in FIR were not made in the tweet posted by YouTuber Maridhas
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Opinions

What the “right-wing” and the “left-wing” has meant traditionally and how BJP is transcending binaries with its governance model

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
It is time to discard the tag of Right wing and simply go for that which is right for the country - exactly what the Modi govt is doing
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News Reports

Did your tax money fund the live telecast of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor inauguration on Doordarshan? Here is how DD earns money to spend

Nirwa Mehta -
To claim that the live telecast of the 'Hindu' programme by public broadcaster like Doordarshan in a secular nation like India was on tax-payers' money is actually quite incorrect.
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News Reports

Facebook accepts that its third-party fact checks are nothing but ‘protected opinions’: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Last year, TV journalist John Stossel had published a video on Facebook titled, "Government Fueled Fires' in the aftermath of the 2020 California forest fires. The video was censored by Facebook as 'misleading'.
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News Reports

‘Army needs to move heavy machinery near China border’: SC okays construction of double-lane highways for Uttarakhand’s Char Dham Project

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The government said that in a bid to reduce the risk of landslides in the Himalayan region because of widening of the road, all necessary steps are taken to mitigate disaster.
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Gujarat: Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity booked on charges of conversion at shelter home for women

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In the FIR it was stated that the girls staying at the shelter home were forced to read Christian scriptures and attend Christian prayers.
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News Reports

‘Tamils Nadus behind IAF chopper crash because Amit Shah wants to be PM’: Pakistani politician Rehman Malik floats wild theories

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During talk show Rehman Malik alleged India is funding the TTP in Pakistan and Danish Siddiqui was killed because he was there to expose the 'link' between India and Taliban.
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News Reports

Bajrang Dal removes ‘Pakistani Food Festival’ banner in Surat, restaurant owner issues apology

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Meanwhile, the restaurant owner Sandeep Dawer had accepted his mistake and vowed to not use the word Pakistan as it hurt the sentiments of people.
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News Reports

‘Na sounga, na sone dunga’: PM Modi, CM Yogi inspect ongoing work in Kashi Vishwanath, Varanasi in middle of the night

Nirwa Mehta -
PM Modi, who is on a visit to Varanasi for the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, also took time to inspect his constituency and see to it that other works of development are on track.
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News Reports

Varanasi – One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world

Anurag -
Kashi or Varanasi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and Kashi Vishwanath corridor restores its glory
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News Reports

Terrorists attack police bus near Srinagar in Kashmir, two cops killed and 12 injured

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Terrorists attacked a police bus in Jewan area at the outskirts of Srinagar in Srinagar, killing two policemen and injuring 12
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World

Kim Kardashian clears baby bar exam, just a step away from becoming attorney

OpIndia Staff -
Kim Kardashian recently took to Twitter to inform her followers that she had cleared the baby bar examination
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News Reports

After ordering central forces for Tripura municipal polls, Supreme Court junks BJP’s petition seeking central forces for Kolkata municipal polls

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Supreme Court of India refused to entertain a petition filed by BJP to deploy central forces for the upcoming Kolkata municipal elections
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Did Akhilesh Yadav just wish PM Modi death? Here is what he said about PM Modi’s visit to Varanasi

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'People go to Varanasi to spend their last days', Akhilesh Yadav said on PM Modi visiting the city to inaugurate Kashi Vishwanath corridor
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‘Bringing Hindus to power is secular agenda in 2021’: Asaduddin Owaisi slams Rahul Gandhi for hailing India as a land of Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
Owaisi said Congress and Rahul have fertilised the ground for Hindutva, adding that their agenda is to bring Hindus in power
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Opinions

India’s shift to ‘Majoritarianism’: Deal with it

Nupur J Sharma -
Kashi Vishwanath Corridor was inaugurated today with pomp and show and the usual suspects are crying 'Majoritarianism'
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