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Jawhar Sircar trivialises security of head of state as he peddles propaganda against PM Modi over new Mercedes-Maybach 650 Guard in his convoy

Jinit Jain -
Jawhar Sircar insinuated that the new armoured vehicle of PM Modi was an extravagance and not a security prerequisite
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News Reports

‘An entire batch of 45,000 doctors hasn’t joined yet’: Why NEET-PG counselling is stuck, why are doctors protesting? All you need to know

Dibakar Dutta -
The resident doctors' protest initially began earlier in December but was withdrawn on December 9, following an assurance that the schedule for NEET PG counselling will be released in a weeks' time. That has not happened.
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Media

The Atlantic, Caravan Magazine columnist goes hysterical, calls Indian diaspora ‘termites’ over ‘Hindu homeland’ rant

Jhankar Mohta -
Vidya Krishnan, columnist with The Atlantic and Caravan Magazine, goes on hysterical rant against Indian diaspora, calls them 'termites'
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News Reports

Punjab: Mentally challenged youth accused of sacrilege bid in Muktsar Sahib, arrested

Anurag -
Mentally challenged youth picked up Guru Granth Sahib and tried to run away with it but was stopped in the courtyard, reports say.
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Opinions

‘Farmer’ groups, politics and democracy: Why the new political outfit is one of the best news in recent times

Ganesh R -
The saying is, death is a great leveler. But so is democracy.
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News Reports

From Nidhi’s Harvard job to Aurangabad teen’s NASA claims: Most talked about frauds of 2021

Anurag -
Year 2021 saw journalist Nidhi Razdan falling for a fake job offer from Harvard and witnessed child activist Licipriya's father being exposed as a scamster who conned students.
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News Reports

BCCI President Sourav Ganguly hospitalised in Kolkata after testing positive for Covid-19, condition stable

OpIndia Staff -
BCCI President and former India captain Sourav Ganguly admitted to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19
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Opinions

Lawyers, including Prashant Bhushan, write to CJI over Dharma Sansad speech: How they continue to ignore hate crimes committed against Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
76 lawyers have written to the CJI, asking him to take suo moto cognisance of the alleged hate speech made at 'Dharma Sansad'
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News Reports

Ludhiana court blast: SFJ terrorist Jaswinder Multani arrested by German police on India’s request, was planning to target Delhi and Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
Jaswinder Singh Multani was involved in Ludhiana blast. He was conspiring to target cities like Delhi and Mumbai and has been recruiting people to arrange for weapons and explosives, as per reports
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News Reports

Congress flag falls off as Sonia Gandhi tries to unfurl it on party’s foundation day, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
On Indian National Congress' foundation day, the flag fell down as Sonia Gandhi tried to unfurl it.
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News Reports

‘He made meow sounds looking at Aaditya Thackeray’: Shiv Sena seeks suspension of Nitesh Rane

OpIndia Staff -
Nitesh Rane allegedly made a 'meow' sound when Thackeray was entering the building.
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World

CDC shortens recommended quarantine, isolation time for COVID-19 infections

OpIndia Staff -
In a statement released to the media, the CDC said that on basis of information available on COVID-19 and the omicron variant, the CDC has shortened the recommended time for isolation from 10 days to 5 days for asymptomatic patients.
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News Reports

Bombay HC allows 12-year-old rape victim to abort, says continuance of pregnancy will violate her fundamental rights

OpIndia Staff -
Citing a 2019 order, Bombay HC said continuance of pregnancy will violate the fundamental right of the victim.
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News Reports

China’s plans to undermine sovereignty of nation-States through its ‘debt trap’ policy is beginning to backfire: Report

OpIndia Staff -
One Road One Belt (OBOR) has been dubbed as the 'project of the century' by Chinese Premier Xi Jinping.
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News Reports

IPS officer Rashmi Shukla approaches SC after Bombay HC rejects her plea of quashing petition in phone tapping case

OpIndia Staff -
IPS Rashmi Shukla has challenged Bombay HC's recent rejection of quashing her petition in the phone tapping case in the SC
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News Reports

Gharwapsi in Karnataka: Nine members of a Christian family revert to Hinduism in Jannapur’s Rama Bhajan Mandir

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, nine members of a Christian family returned to Hinduism in an event at the Rama Bhajan Mandir in Jannapur, Karnataka
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News Reports

Missionaries of Charities itself says bank accounts not frozen by Centre after Mamata Banerjee raises a storm: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Missionaries of Charity also contradicted Mamata's claims, stating that no freeze was ordered by the MHA on its bank accounts
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Dalit family forced to consume beef, ostracised by Christian villagers for refusing to embrace Christianity

OpIndia Staff -
Christian villagers in Gumla, Jharkhand are reportedly torturing a Dalit family for their refusal to convert to Christianity
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News Reports

Pune: Commissioner of Police Krishna Prakash sustains injuries while trying to catch a criminal gang

OpIndia Staff -
Criminals opened fire at police team led by CoP Krishna Prakash.
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News Reports

BJP formally announces alliance with Amarinder’s Punjab Lok Congress, Dhindsa’s SAD (Sanyukt)

OpIndia Staff -
BJP, Punjab Lok Congress and SAD (Sanyukt) will soon issue a joint manifesto for the upcoming 2022 Punjab assembly elections
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News Reports

Raid on perfume merchant Piyush Jain: 284 crores seized, ED may file money laundering case too

OpIndia Staff -
Rs 177 crores were recovered from Jain's Anandnagar house in Kanpur, and another 107 crores were seized from his house at Kannauj, reported the Times of India.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee claims Centre froze all bank accounts of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, church official reacts

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has taken to Twitter on Monday, December 27 to claim that the central govt has frozen all bank accounts of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity
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News Reports

Thoothukudi people say they were cheated in the name of protests, want reopening of Sterlite Copper plant they got shut in 2018

OpIndia Staff -
In May 2018, Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi owned by Vedanta was ultimately shut down by Tamil Nadu government following protests by the local people on the grounds of alleged environmental hazards caused by the plant.
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Opinions

What India should watch out for if the Russia Vs Ukraine war breaks out with China overseeing the fiasco

Saptorshee Chakraborty -
India has long acknowledged Tibet as a part of Chinese territory. The policy has not changed even in the current dispensation.
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OpIndia Explains

As cryptocurrency exchanges up their PR campaign, NDTV deletes its ‘paid tweet’ encouraging people to leave their jobs to join crypto trading

Jinit Jain -
NDTV drew backlash over a tweet wherein it urged people to leave their job and enlist themselves in full-time crypto trading
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News Reports

Chandigarh Municipal Corporation poll results: AAP wins 14 seats, BJP and Congress bag 12 and 8 respectively

OpIndia Staff -
AAP won 14 out of the total 35 seats in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections, followed closely by BJP with 12 seats
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu Congress leader who wanted PM Modi and Amit Shah killed, gets award in the presence of CM Stalin

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress leader had earlier hoped that the Muslims in the country would kill Home Minister Amit Shah for implementing the CAA.
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News Reports

Dog owners fight, one bites the other while their pets watch: Here is what happened in Germany

OpIndia Staff -
Two dog owners engaged in a fight which culminated in one woman biting another in east Germany, while their dogs 'simply looked on', as per reports.
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News Reports

Reserve Bank of India steps in, says RBL Bank health status ‘stable’ after shares tank 25% following central bank’s action over weekend

OpIndia Staff -
The unanticipated RBI action followed by the tanking of the share price of RBL Bank pushed the panic button amongst investors and customers of the private sector lender.
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News Reports

Over Rs 240 crore scam unearthed in Maharashtra during Income Tax raids at multiple locations

OpIndia Staff -
The raids were conducted at the residences of traders, government contractors and builders associated with the contractors. The operation was started on December 22 and lasted for five days.
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News Reports

Kerala: Migrant workers attack police, set vans ablaze after Christmas party turns violent, 24 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
On the Christmas night, many migrant workers in Kochi, Kerala pelted stones at the police and also set police vans ablaze.
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News Reports

Delhi Police denies allegations of fining ISKCON volunteers for distributing copies of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita at Connaught Place

Anurag -
Delhi Police personnel claimed violation of covid protocol and snatched the copies of the holy book from the hands of the volunteers.
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News Reports

FIR filed against Sant Kalicharan Maharaj for criticising Mahatma Gandhi at Raipur Dharma Sansad

OpIndia Staff -
Sant Kalicharan Maharaj blamed Mahatma Gandhi of division of India and reportedly praised Nathuram Godse for killing him.
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News Reports

‘Tiger Zinda Hai, Saanp Bhi Zinda Hai’: Salman Khan narrates how the snake bit him at the farmhouse

OpIndia Staff -
Salman Khan said that he was trying to take the snake outside the farmhouse with a stick when it bit his hand.
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Satire

Exclusive interview with snake who bit Salman Khan in his Panvel farmhouse

Nirwa Mehta -
OpIndia's Nirwa Mehta speaks to the snake who dared to bite Salman Khan at his Panvel Farmhouse
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News Reports

Chinese State media dubs Subramanian Swamy as a ‘CIA agent’ over his tweet on Beijing Winter Olympics: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Subramanian Swamy was seen retweeting tweets, casting aspersions over PM Modi for not boycotting the Winter Olympics at Beijing.
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News Reports

Switzerland allows legal gender change through ‘self-declaration’, without medical procedure or therapy

OpIndia Staff -
Legal change of gender will no longer need medical procedure or hormone therapy. Transgenders in Switzerland can now just walk into a civil registry office and get themselves documented as per 'chosen gender'.
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Economy and Finance

RBL Bank shares hit 52-week-low after RBI action: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
The share price fell after a series of developments over the weekend where the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) sent a nominee to bank's board a day after the sudden departure of Vishwavir Ahuja as the bank's CEO.
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News Reports

BrahMos missile is not to attack others but to ensure no country has the audacity to cast an evil eye on India: Rajnath Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of a BrahMos missile manufacturing unit in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Punjab & Haryana High Court allows minor Muslim girl to marry Hindu man as per Personal Law Board even though she married as per...

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab and Haryana High Court provided protection to a 17-year-old Muslim girl who married Hindu boy without her family's permission
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News Reports

Saregama to change lyrics and name of Sunny Leone starrer ‘Madhuban’ following outrage for hurting Hindu sentiments

OpIndia Staff -
Saregama said that they are changing the lyrics and name of the song Madhuban due to the feedback the song has received
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News Reports

Mumbai police arrests two people for posing as NCB officers to extort money after Bhojpuri actress ends life due to their threats

OpIndia Staff -
Bhojpuri actress ends life after two fake NCB officers caught her in a rave party and demanded Rs 40 lakh in exchange of not taking action
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News Reports

‘Priyanka Gandhi told me that women who wear jeans, carry phones are not influenced by PM Modi’: Digvijaya Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Digvijaya Singh said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had told him that only woman aged 40-50 years and above are influenced by PM Modi
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News Reports

PM Narendra Modi lauds the Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan of Arunachal Pradesh to end hunting of wildlife

OpIndia Staff -
Air Gun Surrender Abhiyan' was launched in Arunachal Pradesh to motivate people to surrender their air guns used for hunting birds
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Politics

‘Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon’ slogan by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is silly and self defeating

Nirwa Mehta -
Priyanka Gandhi, why don't you first give up your family name, fortune, manpower and money power and then 'fight' to show how you 'can'?
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News Reports

Amit Shah chairs high-level meeting on Nagaland firing incident, committee formed to look into withdrawal of AFSPA and Disturbed Area Act from the state

OpIndia Staff -
The decision to withdraw the 'Disturbed Area and AFSPA' from Nagaland will be taken based on the recommendation of the Committee
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News Reports

P Chidambaram insinuates TMC and AAP are vote-cutter parties, says they will split non-BJP votes in Goa

OpIndia Staff -
"The TMC and AAP are fracturing the non-BJP vote. Whether that will benefit the BJP, I cannot say," says Congress leader P Chidambaram
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News Reports

Girls chant Modi-Yogi at Priyanka’s rally in Uttar Pradesh, viral video shows them getting assaulted: Details

OpIndia Staff -
NSUI and Congress workers reportedly misbehaved with the girls who changed Modi and Yogi slogans at the 'Ladki Hoon Lad Sakti Hoon' rally plus marathon in Jhansi
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News Reports

Australia: Hospital in Sydney apologises after it mistakenly tells 400 Covid-19 patients that they tested negative

OpIndia Staff -
St. Vincent's Hospital in Sydney in Australia wrongly informed 400 Covid-19 positive people that they have tested negative
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News Reports

India Today deputy editor tries to dismiss visuals of over-crowded Park Street Christmas celebration in Kolkata as old, gets fact-checked

OpIndia Staff -
India Today deputy editor Indrajit claimed there was overcrowded Christmas celebrations in Kolkata despites photos and videos of the same
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