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Brahmins single largest caste, 4000+ castes in India – Read about 1931 caste census conducted by the British which eventually led to ‘Mandal-Kamandal’ politics...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
This caste census conducted in 1931 continued to influence Indian politics for decades to come. It was stated in this report that the total population of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the country is 52%. On this basis, politics like 'backwards should get 60 out of 100' started. This politics later on turned into Mandal-Kamandal politics.
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News Reports

Operation Sindoor: Read complete details of the 9 terror camps of LeT, JeM and HuM in Pakistan and PoK destroyed by Indian forces

OpIndia Staff -
Operation Sindoor: Detail list of the 9 targets hit by India, which terror group operates them and what activities are held there
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News Reports

Indian envoy slams The Irish Times for echoing Pakistani propaganda, tells OpIndia the paper has been ‘extremely negative’ and regularly publishes anti-India editorials

Shraddha Pandey -
Responding to OpIndia’s email query, Indian Ambassador to Ireland Akhilesh Mishra said that The Irish Times has been “extremely negative” towards India.
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News Reports

15 innocent civilians killed, 43 injured in indiscriminate artillery firing by Pakistan Army in Poonch and Tangdhar in J&K, houses and other civilian infrastructure...

ANI -
Fifteen innocent civilians have been killed and 43 injured in artillery firing by the Pakistan Army since yesterday night which has hit civilian areas in Poonch and Tangdhar
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News Reports

Made in China, broken in war: How Chinese-supplied air defence system did not intercept a single missile fired under ‘Operation Sindoor’

Jinit Jain -
Not a single missile fired by India was intercepted by Chinese air defence system, paraded by Pakistan as the state-of-the-art solutions against aerial threats.
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News Reports

Who are Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Colonel Sofia Qureshi, the officers who led the press briefing on Operation Sindoor

OpIndia Staff -
Colonel Sofia Qureshi's grandfather served in the army and her spouse is also an army officer.
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News Reports

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefs envoys of 13 UNSC member states on Operation Sindoor, says Pahalgam terror attack was escalation for India

ANI -
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed envoys and representatives of 13 UN Security Council member countries and conveyed that New Delhi's response to April 22 Pahalgam terror attack has been "targeted, measured and non-escalatory,"
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News Reports

Days after alleging India was mocked about Balakot strike claims, Congress MP Imran Masood says ‘share number and names of terrorists killed so that...

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MP Imran Masood raises questions on Operation Sindoor, asks the government to disclose the number and names of terrorists killed
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News Reports

When the Left echoes Rawalpindi: How The Wire’s Arfa Sherwani, Siddharth Varadrajan parroted Pakistani narrative soon after ‘Operation Sindoor’

Jinit Jain -
Hours after India struck terror camps in Pakistan, Arfa Khanum and Siddharth Varadrajan began parroting Pakistani narratives, denying terrorist casualties and warning of retaliation—a familiar pattern in their long-standing practice of ideological sabotage.
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News Reports

India justified in striking terrorist infrastructure: Former UK PM Rishi Sunak on Operation Sindoor

ANI -
In a strong show of support to India, UK's former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak firmly backed New Delhi's action against cross-border terrorism following Operation Sindoor and said that "India is justified in striking terrorist infrastructure."
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News Reports

NSA Ajit Doval speaks with NSAs of US, UK, Japan and other nations after Operation Sindoor, explains that India’s action was measured and non-escalatory

ANI -
Soon after the focused strikes on terrorists and terrorist infrastructure at nine sites in Pakistan and PoJK as part of Operation Sindoor, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval spoke with his counterparts from the United States, Japan and several other countries
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News Reports

Pakistan blocks media access to sites targeted in Indian missile strikes on terror camps: Hiding casualty numbers or the nature of these ‘civilian installations’?

OpIndia Staff -
This is not the first time Pakistan has blocked scrutiny following strikes by Indian armed forces. After the two successful strikes by India in 2016 (surgical strike) and 2019 (Balakot air strike), Islamabad adopted a similar approach.
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News Reports

Operation Sindoor targets JeM headquarters in Bahawalpur: Read how it was the first princely state to join Pakistan during partition, supported Muslim League

Rukma Rathore -
The predominant demographic in Bahawalpur was Muslim and its nawab had a strong relationship with Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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News Reports

From China calling India’s military action ‘regrettable’ to Israel recognising India’s right to self-defence: Read how the world reacted to Operation Sindoor

OpIndia Staff -
Within hours after Operation Sindoor, Israel was among the first countries to express support for India and recognise India's right to self-defense.
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News Reports

The Hindu amplifies Pakistani propaganda that three Indian fighter jets crashed in Kashmir, deletes report after being called out

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu published fake news claiming that three Indian jets crashed in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor, Ramban, and Pampore areas, later deleted
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News Reports

Operation Sindoor: Lashkar camps where Ajmal Kasab and David Headley trained also destroyed in Indian strikes

OpIndia Staff -
Among the most significant of the neutralised camps was Markas Taiba Muridke, the notorious Lashkar-e-Taiba base where Ajmal Kasab and David Headley, terrorists behind the 26/11 Mumbai attack, were trained.
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News Reports

Pakistan’s pressure resulted in removal of references to The Resistance Front, the terror group behind Pahalgam attack, from UNSC statement: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri

ANI -
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has highlighted Pakistan's role in removing references to the terrorist group The Resistance Front (TRF), which claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack, from UNSC press statement
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News Reports

Operation Sindoor: India used high-precision weapons like SCALP cruise missile, the HAMMER bomb and loitering munitions to hit terror launch pads in Pakistan and...

OpIndia Staff -
Under Operation Sindoor, India successfully targeted nine sites linked to terrorist groups, out of which four were located in Pakistan and five in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
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News Reports

Mission Sankalp: More than 15 naxals killed near Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, encounter still ongoing

ANI -
More than 15 Naxals were killed in an ongoing encounter near Keregutta Hills in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. According to a police official, the encounter is still underway in Bijapur district along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border under 'Mission Sankalp'.
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News Reports

Air India suspends flights to Jammu and Kashmir, holiday declared in educational institutions in J&K, and border areas of Punjab, international flights affected

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday (7th May), the Jammu administration announced a holiday for all educational institutions in five districts across Jammu as tensions escalate with Pakistan in the border area.
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News Reports

10 civilians killed, 38 injured in indiscriminate firing by Pakistan army across LoC and International Border following Operation Sindoor

OpIndia Staff -
The Pakistan army resorted to heavy mortar shelling on the villages located along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri.
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News Reports

Operation Sindoor: Headquarters of terror training in Pakistan, Jaish-e-Muhammad’s Markaz Subhan Allah destroyed by India

OpIndia Staff -
JeM-affiliated terrorists at this Markaz received weapons smuggled from Afghanistan, including leftover NATO M4 rifles. The site also served as a meeting point for JeM’s Afghan commanders and a launch pad for jihadi attacks.
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News Reports

Operation Sindoor: The what, where and how of India’s precision missile strikes on Pakistan’s terrorist infrastructure to avenge Pahalgam

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani news channels have reported that the Jaish-e-Muhammad headquarters in Bahawalpur, run from a madarsa, has been completely destroyed, and the sky looks red due to flames.
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Fact-Check

‘6 aircrafts downed’, ‘Srinagar airport attacked’, ‘Indian Prisoners of War taken’: Rattled Pakistanis cook up multiple fake news after ‘Operation Sindoor’ destroyed terror camps...

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan Defence Minister was at the forefront of spreading misinformation as he claimed that Pakistan has taken 3 Indians prisoners during the night. However, he later fact-checked himself and retracted his own claim.
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News Reports

Ailing children converted to Christianity with false promise of healing: 10 families in Chhattisgarh expose missionary deception, revert to Sanatan Dharma

OpIndia Staff -
The families who reverted to Sanatan Dharma revealed that they were lured into converting to Christianity with false promises of healing.
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News Reports

IWT, Triple Talaq, Congress’ vote bank politics, and more: 5 takeaways from PM Modi’s speech at ABP India at 2047 Summit

OpIndia Staff -
Hauling Congress over the coals, PM Modi said past governments took decisions guided not by what was right, but fear of world's perception and vote bank politics.
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News Reports

Union Bank under scrutiny for Rs 7.25 crore book order linked to sacked ex-IMF official

OpIndia Staff -
The general manager of the bank, Giriraj Mishra, who was overseeing the deal, was suspended in December 2024 following internal objections and the refusal of Executive Director Nitesh Ranjan to ratify the expenditure.
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News Reports

Former IAS officer who exposed Rs 1 lakh crore granite scam seeks protection from Madras HC after DMK govt withdraws security

OpIndia Staff -
Sagayam uncovered a powerful mining mafia operating in and around Melur in the Madurai district since 1990. The illegal activities had inflicted a loss of over Rs 1 lakh crore to the state’s exchequer.
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News Reports

Adani Foundation chairperson Dr Priti Adani conferred second honorary doctorate for pioneering social impact

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Priti Adani was conferred with honorary doctorate by Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha.
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OpIndia Explains

Air sirens, blackouts and bunker drills: India to conduct nationwide Civil Defense Drill on May 7 amid escalating tensions with Pakistan. All you need...

Rukma Rathore -
The nationwide civil defense mock is designed to assess the country’s emergency preparedness for wartime scenarios like missile strikes, air raids, and large-scale evacuations.
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News Reports

Israeil Mohammad hunted for Hindu victims at photocopy centre frequented by school girls: Posed as ‘Shiva Sharma’ to trap them; objectionable videos found on...

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The deception was exposed when Israeil visited a cyber café to photocopy his Aadhaar card. His ₹15 online payment revealed his real name, sparking suspicion due to the mismatch with the name 'Shiva Sharma' on the ID.
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Opinions

No sir, I am not going to Kashmir as tourist to prove a point

Anurag -
People from every part of the country want to believe that the Valley is safe. But a flash of violence is more than enough to shatter that glass wall. The welcoming nature of the people of Kashmir must be felt, not doubted. Even now, most Indians believe that only a handful of Kashmiris side with the terrorists.
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News Reports

Former Congress MLA’s dramatic arrest, and a ₹500 crore housing scam: What is ED’s PMLA case against  Dharam Singh Chhoker

Shraddha Pandey -
While the Congress party giving a ticket to a scam-tainted leader is not shocking, the court had expressed frustration over the delays in arresting Dharam Singh Chhoker. Noting his continued evasion, the court later in October 2024 ordered Dharam Singh Chhoker’s immediate arrest.
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OpIndia Explains

Increase in Gujarat’s coastline from 1600 KM to 2300 KM: Result of advanced measurement methods, use of technology including satellites – Understand why this...

પ્રાર્થના અમીન -
The increase in the length of Gujarat's coastline is the result of new methods of accurate measurement and calculation rather than geographical expansion. The Government of India has used new technology and methods to calculate the length of the coastline.
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News Reports

Former NSUI President-led-trust files petition in SC against Waqf Amendment Act, media passes it off as ‘Hindu organisation’ against the new law

Dibakar Dutta -
The Congress is opposed to EWS, the construction of the Ram Mandir and the Waqf Amendment Act. Coincidentally, G Mohan Gopal (the man heading the Sree Narayana Manava Dharmam Trust) is also opposed to the same policies.
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Crime

Anees Khan arrested by Delhi Police after a cross-state search for kidnapping a 15-year-old girl, pregnant minor recovered from Madhya Pradesh

ANI -
The ordeal began on 18th February, when a complaint was lodged at PS Geeta Colony regarding the kidnapping and disappearance of a 15-year-old girl. Delhi Police immediately registered a case under Section 137(2) BNS and began a search for the missing minor.
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News Reports

Deactivation of mobile signals, anti-drone systems, signal jammers, metal detectors at entrances: Vatican gears up to ensure ‘absolute secrecy’ during Conclave to elect next...

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The Vatican also plans to use signal jammers around the Sistine Chapel to stop electronic surveillance or communication outside the conclave, where 133 cardinals vote to decide who will be succeed Pope Francis
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News Reports

Murshidabad anti-Hindu riots: Victims narrate how Muslim mobs spat and urinated in front of temples, vandalised idols, role played by TMC councillors and more

OpIndia Staff -
The victims narrated chilling testimonials of murder, attacks on Hindu temples and homes and the role played by mosques in supervising the violence. They also highlighted the inaction of the local police, and the complicity of TMC councillors in the violence.
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News Reports

Ties with controversial NGO, objectionable tweets, leftist ideology: As IIT Gandhinagar department faces scrutiny, actions of its faculty also raise eyebrows

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The professors of HSS department at IIT Gandhinagar have links to dubious NGOs and promote leftist ideology.
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News Reports

Punjab’s AAP govt triggers domestic water war as Punjab Police takes over Nangal Dam, BBMB calls it unconstitutional and illegal

Shraddha Pandey -
In a significant comment, CM Saini said that if the Punjab government keeps capping water released from the dam at 4,000 cusec, excess water will overflow during monsoon and reach Pakistan. He said that the Bhakra dam reservoir has to be emptied before monsoon so that excess water accumulated during monsoon can be stored in the reservoir.
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News Reports

Pakistan faces embarrassment at UN Security Council session, faces tough questions as nobody buys their ‘false-flag’ allegation on Pahalgam terror attack

ANI -
The United Nations Security Council members raised tough questions for Pakistan at its informal closed door session on Monday. The 15-nation Security Council held deliberations on Monday afternoon amid growing tensions between India and Pakistan.
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Crime

Moradabad: Already married Iqrar Pasha posed as Raj Thakur to trap and marry Hindu woman, victim faced pressure to convert to Islam after marriage,...

OpIndia Staff -
A Hindu woman living in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh has registered a case of love jihad. The victim Hindu woman says that Iqrar Pasha married the victim by posing as Raj Thakur.
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Editor's picks

Yemen’s Hodeidah Port explodes in flames as Israel bombs in response to Tel Aviv airport attack by Houthis

OpIndia Staff -
It is notable here that Yemen lies over 2000 km away from Israel, and the two nations are separated by the entire span of Saudi Arabia’s western coast along the Red Sea. The land distance even includes the breadth of Jordan after the Saudi mainland, still the Houthis have been trying to hit Israel with ballistic missiles for over a year. 
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News Reports

Pakistani exporters set to lose business worth half a billion dollars, Modi govt’s ban on both direct and indirect trade to hit Pakistan hard

OpIndia Staff -
The recent decision to ban imports will intensify the economic retaliation against the hostile neighbouring country. The decisive move covers both direct shipments and goods routed through other countries.
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News Reports

‘Sharia courts have no legal status, their rulings not binding on Indian citizens’: Read what SC said while rejecting AIMPLB’s push for parallel judiciary

Shraddha Pandey -
‘Court of Kazi’, ‘Court of (Darul Kaja) Kajiyat’, ‘Sharia Court’, etcetera, by whatever name styled, have no recognition in law,” the Supreme Court ruled.
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Crime

Train shocker: Rubina and accomplice Imtehaj stab female lawyer, strip her after dispute over Hindu symbols

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslim woman took issue with the religious symbols (a rudraksha bracelet and a bangle engraved with the name of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj) worn by the victim. "Wearing rudraksha is nonsense."
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News Reports

Murshidabad: Family of Haragobindo Das, who was hacked to death by Muslim mob, say they are receiving threats from TMC goons and police

OpIndia Staff -
"We are writing this from a hidden location, not only fearing the threats of the ruling party but also the police who are continually threatening us," the wife and daughter-in-law of Haragobindo Das said.
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Political History of India

Terror in Pahalgam, betrayal in Tashkent: How Congress’ strategic blunder of returning Haji Pir Pass to Pakistan in 1966 continues to bleed India

Jinit Jain -
In a cautionary tale of how political shortsightedness can compromise national security for generations, Congress govt in 1966 returned the strategically significant Haji Pir Pass to Pakistan.
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News Reports

Finance Ministry dismisses reports claiming India asked Italy to cut financing to Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
The Ministry of Finance has rubbished media reports that claimed a demand has been made to Italian counterparts to cut back on financing to Pakistan.
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News Reports

Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive has seen sacking of top officers in China’s military, raising questions of capability and trust

Rukma Rathore -
Xi Jinping has launched an anti-corruption initiative since he assumed leadership, targeting the officers in the CMC.
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