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Jharkhand Congress MLA Irfan Ansari makes a sexist jibe, promises to make roads ‘smoother than cheeks of Kangana Ranaut’

OpIndia Staff -
Jharkhand Congress MLA Dr Irfan Ansari has released a video wherein he has vowed to make roads of his assembly constituency, Jamtara, smoother than the cheeks of Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut
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News Reports

FIR filed against 2500 Samajwadi Party workers for flouting covid norms: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Despite EC's order prohibiting public rallies in the wake of COVID upsurge, SP had organised a joining-in function to welcome rebel leaders
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News Reports

‘Muslims most secure and happy under BJP rule’, says Muslim Rashtriya Manch appealing to the minority community to vote for BJP

OpIndia Staff -
The MRM said that the Muslims have suffered a lot during the Congress regime and that they were looked at by Congress merely as a vote bank.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Goons open fire at Kannauj District Panchayat member and BJP leader’s car for refusing to join Samajwadi Party

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Bhupendra Shakya told the police that the 4 accused had been pressuring him to join the Samajwadi Party.
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News Reports

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Aazad puts a full stop over possibilities of an alliance with SP, says Akhilesh Yadav only wants Dalit vote bank

OpIndia Staff -
Bhim Army chief Aazad said that an alliance with SP would be impossible since Akhilesh Yadav just wants the Dalit vote bank
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal wanted to become Punjab CM by staging in-party feud: BJP shares video of once-loyal aide Kumar Vishwas, exposing AAP politics

OpIndia Staff -
The video was earlier shared in February 2020 by BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya during the Delhi elections.
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News Reports

Cache of explosives including Tiffin bombs recovered from Malkangiri in Odisha, after similar recoveries in Punjab, Delhi and Srinagar

OpIndia Staff -
The Police in Punjab, J&K and new Delhi also recovered explosives that were about to explode and cause huge damage on Friday
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News Reports

Slaughterhouse politics: Congress candidate for UP’s Moradabad makes promises about slaughterhouses, says Yogi govt ‘harasses’ Qureshi community

OpIndia Staff -
Rizwan Qureshi, the Congress candidate for Moradabad city, claimed that if he wins the upcoming election from his constituency the first thing he would do is reopen the slaughterhouses that remain shut in the state
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News Reports

IAF inquiry rules out failure or sabotage, blames weather for helicopter crash killing CDS General Rawat

OpIndia Staff -
General Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 12 armed forces officers died in a helicopter crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu in December 2021
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News Reports

Hamid Ansari’s nephew Mukhtar Ansari, who once terrorized Purvanchal, now fears for his own life: How his empire of crime was shattered by Yogi...

OpIndia Staff -
Mukhtar Ansari had become a synonym for terror not only in Purvanchal but in entire Uttar Pradesh - but Yogi govt has shattered his empire
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News Reports

10th century Yogini idol repatriated to India from the UK, 40 years after it was stolen from a temple in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Yogini idol stolen from a UP village 40 years ago spotted at a private home in the UK by stolen art recovery expert Christopher Marinello
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News Reports

New Jersey Police arrests Mohamed Hassanain in hate crime against Sikh taxi driver, Sikh Coalition thanks police for swift action

OpIndia Staff -
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department has arrested one Mohamed Hassanain in the hate crime case where he had assaulted an Indian-origin Sikh taxi driver
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News Reports

Mumbai court denies interim relief in defamation case filed by Salman Khan against neighbour in 2018: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Salman Khan was accused by his neighbour in 2018 of disrupting him to build a house on his land adjacent to his farmhouse
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News Reports

Denied ticket as couldn’t pay bribe to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s secretary: UP Mahila Congress leader after accusing party of being anti-women

OpIndia Staff -
UP Mahila Congress leader Priyanka Maurya has alleged that she was denied an election ticket as she refused to pay a bribe for the same
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Media

‘I was assaulted’: Former ‘ScoopWhoop Unscripted’ anchor Samdish Bhatia speaks out about why he quit and how ScoopWhoop turned a blind eye

OpIndia Staff -
Three months after quitting Delhi-based digital media company ScoopWhoop, journalist Samdish Bhatia spoke out about his ex-employer's indifference to an alleged incident of assault that resulted in a traumatic experience.
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News Reports

As protests grow, Rajasthan police now say that Alwar victim, found bleeding profusely, was not abducted or raped: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan police claim that the specially-abled girl who was discovered severely injured and bleeding from her private parts abandoned at Tijara flyover in Alwar, Rajasthan, was not raped
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News Reports

Acquittal of Bishop Franco Mulakkal: Kerala cop, who investigated the case, calls verdict ‘shocking’, former HC judge says ‘miscarriage of justice’

OpIndia Staff -
Many people, directly or indirectly linked to the case, are not too pleased with the Kerala Court's verdict to acquit Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Catholic Church in the nun rape case
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News Reports

Pakistan picks up tweet by Rahul Gandhi where he casts aspersions on India’s handling of COVID based on a ‘The Wire’ interview

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan, which is always quick to pick up on Congress' propaganda in order to malign India, lapped up tweet by Rahul Gandhi
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News Reports

Protests grow against Congress’ apathy towards Alwar rape incident as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holidays in Ranthambore for her birthday

OpIndia Staff -
While Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is busy holidaying in Ranthambore, the accused of the specially abled Alwar rape victim are still roaming scot free
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News Reports

Kerala: ExMuslims outfit declares 9 January as ExMuslim day, assure protection to Muslims who quit Islam

OpIndia Staff -
To protect the basic rights and dignity of the people who quit Islam, the ExMuslims of Kerala have decided to celebrate January 9 as Kerala ExMuslim Day every year.
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News Reports

Studies suggest COVAXIN booster dose highly effective against Omicron and Delta variant: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Booster dose of COVAXIN is safe and may be necessary to ensure persistent immunity to prevent breakthrough infections.
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Opinions

Gandhi’s last protest: How he blackmailed India into giving 55 cr to Pakistan, dragged Hindu, Sikh refugees seeking shelter in mosques to die in...

Gopal Tiwari -
During the partition, Gandhi was in Bengal. He reached Delhi in September 9, 1947, and termed the Indian capital city as 'city of corpses'. In January 1948, when Pakistan was causing brutal attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, Gandhi started getting worried for Pakistan and the Muslims of Delhi.
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News Reports

‘If India declares itself a Hindu Rashtra 15 nations will follow suit’: What Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, the Puri Shankaracharya said

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The Puri Shankaracharya revealed that representatives from 15 nations, including Mauritius and Bhutan, have stated unequivocally that if India declares itself a Hindu Rashtra, they will follow suit
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News Reports

Novak Djokovic’s visa cancelled again by Australian Immigration Minister Alex Hawke: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
In a recent, Novak Djokovic won his legal battle against the Australian government in an Australian court.
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News Reports

British security agency MI5 issues ‘interference alert’, says Chinese lawyer is trying to influence politicians on behalf of China

OpIndia Staff -
MI5 has issued a security warning in which it says that there is a Chinese spy who is trying to influence parliamentarians in UK
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News Reports

Myanmar military carrying out operation against anti-India terrorists inside their territory: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
According to reports, terrorist outfits like the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Kangla Yawol Kanna Lup have made camps inside Myanmar.
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News Reports

‘2000 new mosques, Rs 1000 cr for Babri Masjid construction, 30% Muslim reservations’: SP leader denies party making such promises. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
A Twitter user shared the Whatsapp forward on his Twitter account claiming the IT cell of the SP has been sending this WhatsApp message to Muslims in Uttar Pradesh
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Government and Policy

The Philippines is getting BrahMos: India’s proposal to supply Brahmos anti-ship Missile System gets green signal

OpIndia Staff -
Philippines has accepted BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd's proposal worth USD 374.9 million to supply a Shore-Based Anti-Ship Missile System Acquisition Project for its navy
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News Reports

USA: Waiting for days to get a Covid test, thousands of wasted tests and a ‘testing company’ that is now facing investigation

OpIndia Staff -
As the cases rise, the USA is also facing an acute shortage of test kits. There are many posts on social media highlighting the long queues and delays in getting a test done. Some people have reported that despite paying hundreds of dollars for the tests and booking days, even weeks in advance, they are unable to have a test done.
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News Reports

Watch: BSP leader cries bitterly after being denied ticket despite allegedly paying Rs 67 lakhs as bribe, threatens suicide

OpIndia Staff -
A video has been going viral on social media where BSP leader Arshad Rana is seen crying profusely for being denied a ticket
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News Reports

Megan Fox and her boyfriend Machine Gun Kelly drank each other’s blood on their engagement

OpIndia Staff -
In an Instagram post, Fox has shared photos and videos of the proposal. Machine Gun Kelly was seen kneeling down to propose the actress under a banyan tree with lamps burning in the surrounding.
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Sports

Under-19 girls’ singles badminton: Tasnim Mir becomes first Indian to rank No.1 in the world

OpIndia Staff -
Tasnim Mir, a junior category shuttler, has become the world's number-1 badminton player in the women's singles category of Under-19.
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News Reports

Australian Hindu Council slams Islamic terror outfit HAMAS backed BDS’ anti-Jew boycott at Sydney Festival: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
BDS is a staunchly anti-Israel movement backed by Islamic terrorist outfit HAMAS that opposes Israel as a state
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News Reports

‘Anti-woman, anti-OBC’: Read why Mahila Congress leader called Priyanka Gandhi’s ‘Ladki hoon, Lad Sakti hoon’ UP campaign a sham

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Priyanka Maurya, the state vice-president of Mahila Congress, Uttar Pradesh accuses the party of being anti-women and anti-OBC
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News Reports

Bishop Franco Mulakkal, accused of raping a 44-year-old nun, acquitted by Kerala Court, NCW asks victim to approach High Court

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, Kerala Court acquitted Bishop Franco Mulakkal of the Catholic Church in the high profile 2018 nun rape case.
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Crime

Jharkhand: Bangladeshi woman arrested for Naxal connections, PLFI extremists found using expensive cars

OpIndia Staff -
Ranchi police said that this Bangladeshi woman Fatima, while illegally living in Delhi was providing accommodations to PLFI extremists at her hotel in Delhi.
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News Reports

‘He has a right to voice opinions’: Ex-Muslim Aneesh gets bail, was arrested in Tamil Nadu for ‘insulting Islam and Prophet Muhammad’

OpIndia Staff -
Aneesh Jasy, a popular ‘rationalist’ among atheist groups in Tamil Nadu was arrested on December 29 by Tamil Nadu police for posting alleged 'anti-Islamic posts' on Facebook.
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News Reports

Jawed Habib’s company CEO defends spitting on woman’s hair, says it was meant to make people laugh during seminar

OpIndia Staff -
CEO Venkata Ravi has said that demonstrations and protests before their salons cause a financial loss to their franchise partners.
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News Reports

UP: History sheeters and gangsters Nahid Hasan, Rafiq Ansari get Samajwadi Party ticket, BJP calls it ‘Jinnawad’

OpIndia Staff -
In 2019, a video of Nahid Hasan had gone viral where he was seen asking people in Kairana to economically boycott anyone associated with the BJP.
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News Reports

Malayalam director Ali Akbar converts to Hinduism and becomes ‘Ramasimhan’, had quit Islam a month ago: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
After quitting Islam, Malayalam Director Ali Akbar has now reconverted to Hinduism and will be known as Ramasimhan
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News Reports

Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi regrets PM Modi’s security breach, wishes him a long life during PM’s Covid-19 review meeting with CMs

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi regretted the security breach of PM Modi and wished him a long life during a meeting of CMs called by the PM
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News Reports

Did over 700 farmers die during anti-farm bill protests at Delhi borders? A detailed analysis of the data reveals the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Deaths of farmers during the protests include death at home, death by hit and run, death by drowning and by unknown illness
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Wasim Rizvi aka Jitendra Tyagi arrested in connection with Haridwar ‘Dharm Sansad’ hate speech case

OpIndia Staff -
Uttarakhand Police on Thursday arrested Wasim Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi in connection with the Haridwar 'Dharm Sansad' hate speech case
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News Reports

12 coaches of Guwahati-Bikaner Express derails in Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal, 5 killed

OpIndia Staff -
12 coaches of the Bikaner Guwahati Express (15633), derailed at around 5 pm near New Maynaguri station in Jalpaiguri district in WB
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News Reports

Twitter blinks, restores Kashmiri journalist Aarti Tikoo’s account after locking her for raising alarm over death threats to her brother

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter informed the lawyer of Aarti Tikoo that her account has been restored, and therefore case has become infructuous
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OpIndia Scoops

Of mysterious water in dargahs, black magic and exploitation: Grooming jihad horrors from the hinterland of Gujarat

Nirwa Mehta -
Part two of ground report from Gujarat on grooming jihad, Disturbed Areas Act and forced religious conversion.
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News Reports

Actress and Miss Bikini India 2018 Archana Gautam, who joined Congress in November 2021, to contest UP assembly polls from Hastinapur

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Gandhi has given an assembly ticket to Tamil actress Archana Gautam who has won the Miss Bikini title in 2018.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh elections: Sadaf Jafar, accused in anti-CAA riots in Lucknow, gets Congress ticket for Lucknow Central

OpIndia Staff -
Riots accused Sadaf Jafar is among the first of list of 125 candidates the Congress party released for the Uttar Pradesh elections
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News Reports

Ayodhya: Ram Janmabhoomi Trust releases 3D visualization of Ram Mandir construction progress, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
The Sompura family had designed the Akshardham Temple of Gujarat and the Somnath Temple too. The Ram Mandir is designed by Chandrakantbhai Sompura and his sons.
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News Reports

Arnab Goswami led NBF expresses disappointment over withholding of TV ratings by BARC despite I&B ministry direction, urges to release it without delay

OpIndia Staff -
Disappointed over BARC not releasing ratings, NBF said, "NBF calls upon BARC to release the ratings and not delay this any further"
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