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Economy and Finance

Reliance re-evaluates $15 billion deal with Saudi Aramco as it moves towards a hydrogen economy: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Saudi Aramco have mutually decided to re-evaluate the investment deal involving the O2C (Oil to Chemicals)
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Crime

Police arrests 9 illegal Bangladeshi migrants working in a textile mill in Thane: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The Thane Police arrested 9 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants who were working in a textile mill at Saravali village.
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Cricket

Watch: Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi deliberately hits Bangladeshi batsman with a throw after being hit for six, injures him

OpIndia Staff -
Shaheen Shah Afridi intentionally flung the ball at Bangladeshi batsman Afif Hossain, hitting him in his ankle and injuring him.
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Politics

Priyanka Gandhi preaches morality to PM Modi and Amit Shah, after her personal secretary was booked for assault: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi was seen giving moral lectures to India's PM and HM after her personal secretary was booked for assault.
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Crime

2003 Banshkhali carnage: When Islamists in Bangladesh burnt 11 Hindus alive to grab their land

Dibakar Dutta -
The Banshkhali attack was carried out on the orders of BNP leader Aminur Rahman Chowdhury to usurp Sheel family's land.
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Politics

Punjab Congress chief Sidhu calls Pakistan PM Imran Khan his ‘elder brother’, says he has received lots of love

OpIndia Staff -
Navjot Singh Sidhu stirred a controversy after declaring that Pakistan PM Imran Khan is like an elder brother to him.
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News Reports

Akal Takht Jathedar says some elements tried to turn the protest into a ‘Sikh vs Hindu fight’, thanks Modi for repealing farms laws and...

OpIndia Staff -
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for repealing the three farm laws
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News Reports

Female employee at Tesla factory says women face ‘rampant sexual harassment’ at the workplace: Read details of her complaint

OpIndia Staff -
Employee working at Tesla Inc’s Fremont factory in California said that the female employees are subjected to continuous sexual harassment
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News Reports

Mehbooba Mufti, National Conference demand reversal of abrogation of Article 370 after PM Modi announced repeal of farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi had on November 19, 2021, announced that the Centre will repeal the three farm laws in the upcoming parliamentary session
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News Reports

‘Don’t come next time to offer namaz on our ground’: Khansda villagers caution Muslims, public namaz row brews in another sector of Gurugram

OpIndia Staff -
As Muslims came to offer namaz at Khandsa village, youths playing cricket on the ground refused to vacate it
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News Reports

ABVP activists recite Hanuman Chalisa while NSUI members protest against VP: All you need to know about the Namaz row in Rajasthan college

OpIndia Staff -
Row erupted at the Rajasthan University of Rajasthan after vice-principal objected to a student offering Namaz in an open space in campus
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News Reports

Gurugram: As President of Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha does a u-turn, Sikhs oppose offering Namaz in Gurudwara, say ‘there can only be Gurbani’

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The Muslims, in the area, had claimed that they refused to offer prayers at the Gurdwara, keeping in mind the 'Guru Purab' celebrations.
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Crime

Nashim becomes Ankit to trap Hindu girl, force her to read Kalma, girl attempts suicide after family threatens her to change statement: Details

OpIndia Staff -
A 20-year-old Hindu girl attempted to commit suicide at the Jabalpur district court premise in Madhya Pradesh, alleging that she is being tortured and threatened by accused Nashim Ahmed
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News Reports

OpIndia Exclusive: Here is what Punjab BJP leaders said about PM Modi’s decision to repeal three farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia spoke to several BJP leaders in Punjab to understand their views about PM Modi’s decision to repeal the farm laws
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Politics

Varun Gandhi likely to meet Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, sparks rumours of joining TMC

OpIndia Staff -
Varun Gandhi might meet TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee on her visit to Delhi next week, rumours of switch to TMC rife.
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News Reports

After announcing Gurudwara space for Namaz, Committee President in a spectacular U-Turn claims Committee will decide once Muslims ask for space

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia spoke exclusively to Gurudwara Singh Sabha Committee president who had offered the space for Namaz to Gurugram Muslims.
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Satire

Jobless Rakesh Tikait to feature alongside Rihanna in ‘farmer’ edition of hit song ‘Love the way you lie’, expected to request Mia Khalifa for...

K Bhattacharjee -
Rakesh Tikait is suffering an existential crisis after PM Modi announced that the farm laws will be repealed by the govt.
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Politics

Watch: Chandrababu Naidu breaks down into tears, vows not to enter state assembly until elected Andhra CM

OpIndia Staff -
Chandrababu Naidu broke down into tears after MLAs of the ruling party YSRCP insulted his wife.
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News Reports

PM Modi to formally hand over the first made-in-India light combat helicopter to the Indian Air Force

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi will formally hand over the indigenously developed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) to the Indian Air Force today in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Austria becomes first country in Europe to impose a complete lockdown amidst fresh Coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Austria had imposed a strict lockdown for amidst surging coronavirus cases starting Monday, i.e 22 November 2021
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News Reports

‘Uniform Civil Code is long due, govt has to bring it, not any community or court’: Allahabad HC

OpIndia Staff -
The court asked the Central government to consider setting up a panel for implementing the mandate of Article 44 regarding UCC.
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Social Media

After PM Modi repeals farm laws, Islamists and Leftists start throwing ‘Gaumutra’ and ‘gobar’ jibes at his supporters

OpIndia Staff -
After govt repealed farm laws, supporters of PM Modi became the subject of Hinduphobic slurs such as 'Gaumutra'
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Politics

The unceremonious and sudden repeal of farm laws: The lessons the government can learn from it

K Bhattacharjee -
Narendra Mod announced that his govt had decided to repeal the three farm laws which had attracted huge protests.
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News Reports

Sonia Gandhi drops Ghulam Nabi Azad from disciplinary committee days after Azad’s loyalists resign in J and K

Vijay Deo Jha -
The Congress Working Committee member, Ghulam Nabi Azad, is part of the 'G-23 group of the Congress that had asked Sonia for sweeping changes in the party structure.
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World

Chinese tennis player goes missing after accusing top Communist leader of coercing her into sex: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese Tennis player Peng Shuai went missing after she accused former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of coercing her into sex
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News Reports

Shakira’s hips don’t lie and according to this MP officer, neither do drunkards and hence, no proof of vaccination necessary: Watch

OpIndia Staff -
Video of Khandwa district excise officer RP Kirar has gone viral where he said that drunkards are honest by nature and they don’t lie.
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News Reports

Gurugram: After offering place for Friday Namaz, Gurudwara committee refuses, says space won’t be available due to Gurupurab celebrations

OpIndia Staff -
A day after Gurdwara Singh Sabha Committee of Gurugram offered Muslims space to offer Friday Namaz prayers in the Gurudwara, the committee has gone back on its decision.
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News Reports

‘We failed to convince them, decision taken in the spirit of democracy’: CM Yogi thanks PM Modi on repealing farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
"Keeping up with the spirit of democracy, the decision was made to repeal the farm laws," Yogi Adityanath had said
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Cricket

Tim Paine admits to sending d*ck pic and explicit messages, steps down as Australian captain ahead of Ashes

OpIndia Staff -
In a press conference, Tim Paine admitted to having sent lewd messages to a female co-worker of Cricket Tasmania in 2017.
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News Reports

Noida police Anti Human Trafficking Unit bust prostitution racket being operated via Whatsapp, three arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The Anti Human Trafficking Unit of Gautam Budh Nagar police in Noida have busted a prostitution racket being operated through Whatsapp
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Law

Bombay HC transfers judge to Yavatmal district after he rejected Anil Deshmukh’s plea for home-made food in prison

OpIndia Staff -
Additional Sessions Judge HS Satbhai was reportedly transferred after he rejected Anil Deshmukh's plea for home-cooked food
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Cricket

Pakistani-origin cricketer, who testified about racism in the UK, under scanner for anti-Semitic comments

OpIndia Staff -
The cricketer has come under the scanner for anti-Semitic remarks. The comments were made in 2011, when Azeem Rafiq was 19.
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News Reports

Mundra port: DRI and customs intercept possible radioactive substances sent from Pakistan to China

OpIndia Staff -
The statement by the Adani group informed that the cargo which was intercepted by the DRI and Customs officials at the Mundra port in Gujarat’s Kutch district was en route from Karachi in Pakistan to Shanghai in China.
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News Reports

PM Modi repeals farm laws: Did govt capitulate to violent forces or was it a necessary step to ensure internal stability. What insiders think

Nupur J Sharma -
The farm laws repeal by PM Modi has drawn mixed reactions fo far- but here is what the insiders feel about the move
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News Reports

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait says protests will continue regardless of PM’s announcement to repeal farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi had announced on Friday morning that his government has decided to repeal all three farm laws.
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News Reports

Bihar: Judge assaulted by police officials inside his chamber, threatened with gun, Patna HC furious

OpIndia Staff -
Officer-in-charge of Ghoghardiha police station Gopal Krishna and sub-inspector Abhimanyu Kumar Sharma barged into the chamber of the judge and assaulted him at gunpoint on November 18.
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News Reports

NASA reveals what the real cause of pollution in Delhi is, and no, it’s not Diwali crackers

OpIndia Staff -
According to Pawan Gupta, who works at Marshall Space Flight Center in NASA, at least 22 million people were affected by smoke produced due to stubble burning on November 11 alone.
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News Reports

Priyanka Gandhi’s personal secretary, 2 other Congress leaders booked for assault, were found loitering around a house at midnight

OpIndia Staff -
Sandeep Singh, Priyanka's personal secretary, two other Congress leaders named Yogesh Kumar Dixit and Shiv Pandey have been booked for assault.
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News Reports

PM Modi addressed the nation, repeals the three farm laws urging protesters to go back home

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said that the govt had decided to repeal the 3 farm laws that were passed for the benefit of the farmers.
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World

6,754 women abducted in first half of 2021 in Pakistan’s Punjab province, 1,000 Hindu and Christian women converted to Islam every year

OpIndia Staff -
Human Rights activist said over 1,000 girls belonging to Hindu, Christian communities are converted to Islam every year in Pakistan
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Social Media

Kangana Ranaut is so insignificant and talentless that these politicians cannot stop reminding her about it by being sexist for a week now

OpIndia Staff -
The sexist and vile comments against actress Kangana Ranaut continue to flow in after she said that India gained real independence in 2014
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News Reports

BJP leader sends legal notice to Left front leader Aparna Sen for calling BSF ‘rapists and murderers’, asks for an unconditional apology

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Anirban Ganguly sends legal notice to filmmaker Aparna Sen for calling BSF personnel "murderers" and "rapists".
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News Reports

Raza Academy offices raided by Maharashtra Police in Malegaon-Nanded riot case, 119 accused arrested so far

OpIndia Staff -
119 arrests made and raids were conducted in Nashik and Nanded district where large-scale violence had taken place last Friday
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav vs Science: Here is why the Samajwadi Party chief doesn’t want to get vaccinated

OpIndia Staff -
For Akhilesh Yadav, public health is clearly less important than not seeing PM Modi's photo on his certificate
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister bans Vir Das from performing in the state for his ‘two Indias’ monologue

OpIndia Staff -
Narottam Mishra said that like Vir Das, Congress leaders like Rahul Gandhi and Kamal Nath also defame India on foreign lands
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News Reports

Security remains a challenge, Indian govt to decide Team India’s participation in Champions Trophy in Pakistan in 2025, says Anurag Thakur

OpIndia Staff -
Anurag Thakur said the Indian govt would monitor the security situation in Pakistan to decide on the participation in 2025 ICC Champions Trophy
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News Reports

Nehru and Edwina’s secret: UK govt wants to bury Mountbatten documents, spending over 600,000 pounds to protect them

OpIndia Staff -
An author named Andrew Lownie has demanded to see those documents and the British government wants to prevent the author from accessing those. The UK government fears that if made public, those documents can damage the relationship between India, Pakistan and the UK.
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Opinions

Vir Das fiasco: While Vir Das’ ilk gave him the ‘traction’ he was looking for, he turned him into a joke for the rest...

Virender Kapoor -
Actually, Vir Das doesn’t deserve this article ‘par kyaa Karen control he nahi hota’ - and while it is necessary to call him out, he might be laughing at us
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News Reports

Kerala High Court seeks report on the alleged use of halal-certified jaggery to prepare Naivedyam and Prasadam at Sabarimala temple

OpIndia Staff -
Petitioner SJR has said that halal-certified jaggery prepared as per Islamic practices can't be offered to Lord Ayyappa
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News Reports

Gurugram: Mosques available, but Sikhs offer Gurudwara and Hindu man offers shop for namaz, media hails secularism

OpIndia Staff -
In Gurugram, there are dozens of mosques. So why are roads and parks still being jammed for namaz?
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