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‘Modi hai to mumkin hai, PM has done what previous govts could not do in 30 years’: CM Yogi Adityanath in Gorakhpur

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi has made possible what the opposition believed was impossible", said Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath as he welcomed Modi at home turf Gorakhpur.
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News Reports

Ex-Congress MP Sajjan Kumar charged under sections of murder, rioting for his role in 1984 anti-Sikh genocide

OpIndia Staff -
The ex-Congress MP Sajjan Kumar has been charged for the murder of a man and his son in west Delhi’s Saraswati Vihar during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
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News Reports

‘Build Babri again’ JNU students protest on anniversary of demolition of disputed structure at Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, on December 4, it was reported that JNUSU had screened the documentary titled 'Ram ke Naam' at the campus despite the admin's orders against it.
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Opinions

Steering the ‘Intellectual Ferrari’ that is India: Blood, sweat, tears, patience and faith

Virender Kapoor -
India at this point requires a tectonic shift, and whenever this happens, the earth shakes - We need to keep patience and keep faith
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: 6-year-old raped and killed, body found stuffed in a trunk in 38-year-old neighbour Amjad’s house, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
38-year-old Amjad, a labourer by profession, allegedly lured the six-year-old girl and sexually assaulted her before killing her.
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Entertainment

Members of Korean boy band BTS make Instagram debut and fans can’t keep calm: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
BTS members Jungkook, Suga, V, RM, J-Hope, Park Ji-Min and Jin are now on Instagram and have gained over 16 million followers in less than 24 hours.
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News Reports

Manipur: Drugs worth 500 crores seized by Assam Rifles, house owner married to a Chinese man

OpIndia Staff -
The house is owned by a woman who is married to a Chinese national, as per the ANI report. The accused woman is presently suspected to be in Mandalay in Myanmar.
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News Reports

‘Maulana ke Peshab mein se Chirag jalayenge’: Samajwadi Party leader urges people to vote for party ahead of UP elections

OpIndia Staff -
Salman Qureshi is the district President of the Samajwadi Party Youth Brigade in Bijnor.
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News Reports

Punjab Congress makes sexist remarks about Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, drags Kangana Ranaut’s name for political mudslinging

OpIndia Staff -
It must be mentioned that this isn't the first time when politicians have dragged the names of actresses and women personalities to score political goals.
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News Reports

Trinidad and Tobago: Islamist group objects to Hindu murtis displayed at supermarket, asks for removal

OpIndia Staff -
Hindus comprise of 18.2% of the population, and are hence the largest minority community in Trinidad and Tobago.
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News Reports

AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam says Aurangzeb donated land for the Kamakhya Temple, Hindu org files complaint: Details

OpIndia Staff -
AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam has sparked a controversy in Assam after he claimed that Mughal ruler Aurangzeb had donated land for the Maa Kamakhya Temple
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News Reports

Watch: Video of Hyderabad Congress leader announcing 50 lakh bounty on Wasim Rizvi’s head goes viral after latter reverts to Hinduism

OpIndia Staff -
In the viral video, Hyderabad Congress leader Feroz Khan is heard announcing a Rs 50 lakh bounty for Wasim Rizvi
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News Reports

Sheikh Sadiq, Syed Hafeez, Sirajuddin and others kill Shyam Rathod in Maharashtra over a petty dispute, 144 imposed: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Shyam's bike hit one of the accused. They got into argument after which the accused and his associated attacked him with swords.
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News Reports

Do positive stories, get advertisement: Video shows Mamata Banerjee luring journalists with taxpayer money, asks them to send a copy of paper to DM

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was heard directing a journalist to fall in line in exchange for government advertisements.
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News Reports

Won’t be able to marry twice: SP leader asks Muslims to vote against BJP, tells them not to get divided in Allah’s name

OpIndia Staff -
SP leader S T Hasan raised his concerns regarding the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) while addressing the media
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Government and Policy

Gujarat surpasses developed nations in the COVID-19 vaccination drive: Here is what the numbers say

OpIndia Staff -
Our World in Data has crunched the numbers related to Covid-19 vaccination between December 13, 2020, and December 5, 2021.
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News Reports

‘Security forces stood stunned like the guards of Kansa’s prison when Krishna was born’: Sadhu recalls Babri demolition 28 years back

OpIndia Staff -
28 years after the Babri structure was demolished on December 6, 1992, Sant Brajmohan Das revisits what exactly transpired on that historic day in Ayodhya
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News Reports

Kids given badges of ‘I am Babari’ in Kerala school by SDPI worker: Report

OpIndia Staff -
SDPI is the political wing of Islamist organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) which has been banned in various states for extremist activities.
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News Reports

Honour killing in Maharashtra: Pregnant girl gets beheaded by mother and brother, culprits display severed head to neighbours

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra police confirmed that the mother-son duo also took selfies with the severed head of the pregnant girl.
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News Reports

Islamists attack Jitendra Narayan Swami for reverting to Hinduism, say ‘Wasim Rizmi’ was never a Muslim, call him kafir

OpIndia Staff -
At the time of this report, the hashtag demanding arrest of Jitendra Narayan Swami, formerly known as Wasim Rizvi, had over 45,000 tweets.
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News Reports

HM Shah addresses Parliament on Nagaland firing incident, says action will be taken at the highest level

OpIndia Staff -
HM Shah said that the SIT has been instructed to complete the investigation in one month.
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Opinions

Why the Gurugram namaz issue is unprecedented in the history of Hindu-Muslim relations in India

Abhishek Banerjee -
Why won’t the “Hindutva extremists” just let the Muslims perform their prayers? Why don’t these “Hindutva extremists” just live and let live?
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News Reports

US: Anti-Israel Democrat running for Congress gets fooled by parody account, jumps in to host a fake fundraiser in Gaza

OpIndia Staff -
Known for her anti-Israel activism, the Democrat hoped to join hands with a parody handle claiming to be an 'anti-Zionist' Gaza-based Rabbi to benefit her election campaign.
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Opinions

Race of the “useful innocents”: Why BJP can’t be fooled by the ‘opposition cannot unite’ Kabuki

Ganesh R -
It is the BJP that has to watch out, not Congress - because the Congress has the "useful innocents" to do their bidding
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Loksatta editor Girish Kuber faces ink attack at Marathi literary meet in Nashik

OpIndia Staff -
Kuber had made some controversial remarks about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in his book "Renaissance State: The Unwritten Story of the Making of Maharashtra".
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News Reports

Pakistan: Thieves steal monocles from Jinnah statue in Punjab govt office

OpIndia Staff -
Thieves in Vehari, Pakistan's Punjab have stolen the monocles from the Jinnah's statue located at the Vehari Deputy Commissioner office complex.
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News Reports

‘Sarod, not Sitar’, Shashi Tharoor gets corrected by netizens as he suspends his Sansad TV show in solidarity with suspended MPs

OpIndia Staff -
After Congress MP Shashi Tharoor referred to legendary music maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan as a Sitar player instead of a Sarod player, a number of Netizens turned to Twitter to brush up on his general knowledge
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News Reports

Rakesh Tikait shares space with Khalistani sympathizers Mo Dhaliwal and Pieter Friedrich in an international webinar aimed at ‘continuing the protests’

OpIndia Staff -
Rakesh Tikait, Mo Dhaliwal and Peter Friedrich among speakers in webinar aimed to continue protesting against Indian government
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News Reports

‘Some kids got angry’: Pakistan Defence Minister finds excuses for the lynching of Sri Lankan man over ‘blasphemy’ allegations

OpIndia Staff -
"They got angry and killed him. This doesn't mean that the (social fabric) of the society has broken," the Pakistani Defence Minister said.
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Opinions

Imran Khan fighting blasphemy is Joker protecting Gotham: Here is why Pakistan will remain a hell hole

Nirwa Mehta -
The way Joker in Batman wanted to watch the world burn, Pakistan, too wanted to do that till hell came home and their own country started feeling the burn. Which is why it has turned into the hell hole that it is.
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News Reports

Wasim Rizvi becomes Jitendra Narayan Swami: Former Shia Waqf Board chief reverts to Hinduism at Dasna temple

OpIndia Staff -
Former Shia Waqf Board chief Wasim Rizvi reverted to Hinduism at the Devi temple in Dasna under the guidance of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati.
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News Reports

Nagaland: BJP State President rubbishes media reports that said 12 of their MLAs are about to join TMC

OpIndia Staff -
Citing BJP sources, The New Indian Express had reported that 12 party leaders, unhappy with the BJP's functioning, went to Kolkata to meet the TMC leadership.
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News Reports

Violence erupts in Nagaland after 13 civilians were killed by armed forces, 1 dead after mob attacked Assam Rifles camp

OpIndia Staff -
An angry mob of around 500 civilians attacked an Assam Rifles camp at Oting in the Mon district of Nagaland and set it on fire
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News Reports

Guardian calls public grounds in Gurugram ‘Muslim sites’, says Muslims have right to offer namaz at those places

OpIndia Staff -
Guardian has claimed that public places in Gurugram are Muslim sites, and the Muslims in India have no place for praying now
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News Reports

Kashmir suffered because the natives were othered by the invaders: Director Vivek Agnihotri makes a heartfelt speech on the pre-release of ‘The Kashmiri Files’

OpIndia Staff -
'The Kashmiri Files' director Vivek Agnihotri emphasised how the West conquered countries by destroying indigenous civilisations
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News Reports

Actor Jacqueline Fernandez stopped at Mumbai Airport from leaving India after she was named in Rs 200 crore money laundering case

OpIndia Staff -
Actor Jacqueline Fernandez was stopped at Mumbai Airport from leaving India because ED had issued a lookout notice against her
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Social Media

Lawyer Prashant Bhushan resorts to peddling hysteria against Covid-19 vaccines yet again using lies

Dibakar Dutta -
By resorting to rhetorical statements, Prashant Bhushan insinuated that one did not need to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
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News Reports

Donald Trump calls general Mark Milley ‘a f*cking idiot’ for saying that it was cheaper to leave behind military equipment in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump claimed that general Mark Milley told him it was cheaper to leave helicopters in Afghanistan than flying them back
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim youth chants Jai Shri Ram, Bharat Mata Ki Jai in a rally, Deoband maulanas threaten to expel him from Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Ehsaan Rao has dared fundamentalists and Maulanas of Deoband that nobody can stop him from chanting Jai Shri Ram and Bharat Marta Ki Jai
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News Reports

Another spitter on food caught on camera: Meerut Police arrest Naushad for spitting on dough while making roti at a party

OpIndia Staff -
Meerut Police arrested one cook named Naushad for spitting on dough while making tandoori roti in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Another Nikita Tomar crime in Haryana: Tanishka Sharma shot by stalker Mohd Sahil hours after her wedding, condition critical

OpIndia Staff -
When Tanishka Sharma was going to her new home after marriage with Mohan, Mohd Sahil stopped the car and shot her
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News Reports

Rakesh Tikait becomes professional aandolanjeevi, calls for a nationwide movement against privatisation of banks

OpIndia Staff -
After withdrawal of farm laws by the govt, Rakesh Tikait now announces protests against movement against privatisation of banks
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Editor's picks

Former BJP MP writes tribute for Vinod Dua, says Dua was not fearless but a part of the establishment

OpIndia Staff -
In his tribute letter, Balbir Punj stated that Vinod Dua's journalism during the last years of his life was heavily influenced by an ideology that was not directed towards the pursuit of truth and that Vinod Dua's biased views took control of his journalism.
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News Reports

Congress leader Manish Tewari snubs Sidhu for asking to resume trade with Pakistan, says it’s useless and futile until Pakistan stops anti-India activities

OpIndia Staff -
Manish Tewari said that it is useless and futile to hold any trade-related talks with Pakistan after Navjot Singh Sidhu demanded the same
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News Reports

Pakistan: 900 workers of garment factory booked over the mob lynching of Sri Lankan manager in Sialkot, 235 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Sialkot police registered FIR against 900 workers of Rajco Industries & arrested 235 for brutal murder of Sri Lankan manager Priyantha Kumara
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News Reports

Over 50% India’s eligible population fully vaccinated, one more milestone achieved

OpIndia Staff -
'Har Ghar Dastak' vaccination drive boosts vaccination rate in India even as the world's second most populous country vaccinates over 50% of eligible population.
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News Reports

Munawar Faruqui, Varun Grover, slated to perform comedy gigs in Gurugram, go missing from promotional posters

OpIndia Staff -
Comedians Munawar Faruqui and Varun Grover go missing from Gurgaon Comedy Festival poster, replaced by Nishant Suri
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News Reports

Telangana: Court orders Rapido, YouTube to take down Allu Arjun ad film for defaming TSRTC by showing their crowded buses

OpIndia Staff -
A civil court in Nampally in Telangana has ordered Rapido and YouTube to take down an ad featuring Allu Arjun for allegedly defaming TSRTC
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 21,018 KG beef worth over Rs. 20 lakh seized in Palghar, Police detain two from Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Police seized 21,018 KG beef worth Rs. 20.6 lakh from a container truck in Palghar, which was shipped from Tamil Nadu
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News Reports

In hope to revive Sharda Peeth Yatra, Save Sharda Committee lays foundation stone of temple and research centre at LoC

Vijay Deo Jha -
Teetwal is situated in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir and the Sharda Peeth is situated barely 40 km from this village
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