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Shopping malls, wedding halls built on defence land: Pakistan SC slams military for doing business instead of protecting country

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's military converted a shopping mall built on defense land into an institute to save its face in front of the Supreme Court.
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World

UN to pay USD 6 million to Taliban for security, food while its agency says it has no money to feed poor in war-torn...

OpIndia Staff -
World Food Programme, a UN agency said that it is cutting down food aid in war torn Yemen due to lack of funds, despite knowing it will push more people towards starvation.
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News Reports

Govt to probe Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s claim that her children’s Instagram accounts hacked as no unusual activity found, no complaint lodged

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Even though Priyanka Gandhi alleged hacking of her children's Instagram account by govt, no suspicious activity have been found
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News Reports

Karnataka: Man arrested for repeatedly vandalising Hindu Gods’ idols, identity withheld for security reasons

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The accused told police he was breaking statues of Hindu Gods because he thought people were being fooled into worshipping them
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News Reports

Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi lies, claims that the majority of India’s population is not vaccinated

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi spread misinformation that majority of India's population is not vaccinated against Covid-19, demands booster shots
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News Reports

Shots fired: Kejriwal plays ‘outsider’ card against Didi, says TMC doesn’t stand a chance in Goa

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee, during the run up to 2021 West Bengal state assembly elections had played the 'outsider' card to play up sentiments against the BJP
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News Reports

‘Turkish Army enters Delhi’, ‘Indian soldiers forced to read Kalima’: The bizarre stuff that Pakistani YouTube channels were spreading

Anurag -
20 YouTube channels and 2 websites were found spreading misinformation, and Pakistani propaganda against India. GOI has blocked these websites and channels.
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News Reports

Congress mouthpiece National Herald’s Mrinal Pande claims Nehru founded ISRO twice

OpIndia Staff -
Under Congress government, Pande was conferred with a Padma Shri in 2006 and in 2010 she was made the chairperson of Prasar Bharati. She is now associated with Congress mouthpiece National Herald.
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News Reports

Undisclosed assets, bogus loans, Benami properties worth hundreds of crores: Says I-T department after raid on SP leaders

OpIndia Staff -
Rajeev Rai is also the chairman of AVK Group of Institutions that runs a chain of institutions in Bengaluru. He accused the BJP of using investigating agencies to falsely implicate its rivals.
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News Reports

Winter has come: Baby elephants get blankets, snakes get room heaters

OpIndia Staff -
Baby elephants at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation in Assam's Kaziranga are seen draped in cute little blankets for the winter.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Top AAP leaders sent to Sabarmati jail over allegations of rioting, harassment, assault after they storm BJP office

OpIndia Staff -
AAP workers had created a ruckus at BJP office on Monday while protesting against alleged paper leak of head clerk recruitment exam.
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News Reports

Apple supplier Foxconn to stay shut this week following protests over food poisoning: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The plant located near Chennai has been shut down for a week following protests by the workers after a poisoning incident.
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News Reports

Tavleen Singh endorses claims of Thakur men killing a Dalit boy, Mathura police busts the fake news, reveal drowning as cause of death

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Tavleen Singh and others endorsed fake claims that a Dalit boy was killed by Thakur men by pouring acid over him.
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News Reports

Is Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor ending his 4-decade-old marriage to marry actor Kangana Ranaut? Here is what we know

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Speculations are rife that Anil Kapoor is all set to end his 38 years of marriage to marry actor Kangana Ranaut
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi and his ‘Hinduism vs Hindutva’ jibes: The Duryodhana in borrowed ‘Kavach’

Ganesh R -
Looking at Rahul Gandhi’s silly attacks on Hindutva raises a question – is he fighting on borrowed armour?
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World

UK court orders Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum to pay £550 million in settlement to ex-wife

Kabir Kashyap -
The court's order asking Dubai ruler to pay over 500 million pounds is one of the UK's largest ever divorce settlements
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News Reports

TMC MP Derek O’Brien suspended from Parliament for unruly behaviour, shows no remorse, tweets to inform about the same

OpIndia Staff -
TMC MP Derek O'Brien was suspended after he reportedly threw the Rule Book towards the Rajya Sabha Chairperson
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News Reports

Punjab: Now Hindu religious texts suffer sacrilege, but no lynchings reported

OpIndia Staff -
Torn copies of Shri Garuda Purana, Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta and other Hindu scriptures were found outside Police Commissioner's office in Ludhiana
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News Reports

Stalker son of one Asraf Ali brutally stabs school girl for opposing molestation bid in Gopalganj, Bihar

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Stalker Gudda, son of one Asraf Ali brutally stabs school girl for opposing molestation bid in Bihar.
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News Reports

Kolkata municipal elections: Massive sweep for TMC, other parties left far behind

OpIndia Staff -
According to a report by The Indian Express, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has a vote share of 74.2% while the BJP and CPI (M) have 8% and 9.1% respectively.
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News Reports

Kerala HC bins another petition seeking removal of PM Modi’s photo from vaccine certificate, imposes fine of Rs 1 lakh on petitioner

OpIndia Staff -
The Kerala HC said citizens are duty-bound to respect the Prime Minister of the country while dismissing the plea.
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World

Pakistan: Hindu temple desecrated, idols destroyed in Karachi

OpIndia Staff -
A man identified as Muhammad Waleed Shabbir has reportedly been arrested as per Pakistani media. He was found destroying the idols with a hammer.
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News Reports

Those who are averse to development and friends with criminals find my work ‘unupyogi’, says CM Yogi Adityanath at TOI conclave

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"Earlier electricity outages, bad roads, criminals calling the shots were common in the state. It has changed now," said CM Yogi
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News Reports

Govt blocks two websites, 20 YouTube channels linked to Pakistan for spreading anti-India propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
Govt of India said the websites and YouTube channels were part of a dangerous digital campaign by Pakistan against India
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Politics

Jaya Bachchan ko gussa kyun aata hai: When actress-politician got triggered over things she had turned blind eye to earlier

OpIndia Staff -
Jaya Bachchan has often made headlines for her angry responses in front of the media or any other public forum
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News Reports

UK Sikh MP calls Golden Temple lynching victim a ‘Hindu terrorist’, deletes Tweet after outrage

OpIndia Staff -
UK MP Preet Kaur Gill deleted the tweet after uproar and tried to play victim saying right wing Hindus have been 'attacking' her on social media.
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Editor's picks

“Sarkar ki Dalali mat kijiye”: Rahul Gandhi rebukes media after being questioned about accountability of Punjab lynching incidents

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi lost his cool after being questioned over his tweet where he said lynchings was unheard of before 2014
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News Reports

Two days before Golden Temple lynching, SFJ’s Gurparwant Pannu sought Imran Khan’s help for Khalistan Referendum and ‘Fall of Delhi’

OpIndia Staff -
Sikh For Justice's Gurparwant Pannu has said that the referendum for Khalistan will take place alongside upcoming Punjab state assembly elections.
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News Reports

Odisha: Spurned bride is adamant to live at in-law’s house, husband wants divorce, section 144 imposed

OpIndia Staff -
Odisha woman continues Dharna outside her in-laws' house, section 144 imposed after local women break gates and barge inside.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi hadn’t heard of ‘lynching’ before 2014, here is a ready reckoner of India’s bloodied history featuring his family members

Nirwa Mehta -
Rahul Gandhi is smart, he knows how to use the ecosystem when you are losing the narrative war.
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News Reports

Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar ditches ‘friend’ Umar Khalid, ‘liberals’ and Islamists call it a lesson for Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
Kanhaiya Kumar in his recent interview gave short shrift when asked if Umar Khalid is his friend.
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News Reports

Lakshadweep administration cancels Friday ‘jumma’ holiday in schools, local politicians object

OpIndia Staff -
PP Abbas that a majority of the people on the island were Muslims and that Friday Namaz is an 'unavoidable religious practice' and Friday should be holiday for schools.
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News Reports

Lynching at Kapurthala Gurudwara: Bihar woman says victim was her brother, viral video suggests he was probably mentally unwell

OpIndia Staff -
A viral video showed a man in same attire of the deceased in Kapurthala lynching Case, possibly mentally challenged and a destitute.
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News Reports

Bharatsinh Solanki’s wife alleges he has illicit relationships with multiple women, wants to destroy Congress, shoots letter to Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka

OpIndia Staff -
Reshma Solanki, Bharat Solanki's estranged wife, has accused her husband of having affairs with women as young as 22 years old.
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News Reports

Kapurthala lynching victim was just hungry, looking for some food at Gurudwara: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The man who was killed in Nizampur, Kapurthala Gurudwara was reportedly hungry and looking for food. He was spotted taking some Rotis in the kitchen, say reports.
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News Reports

R Madhavan says ‘3 Idiots’ was better than the book, Chetan Bhagat hits back saying he prefers Pulitzer over ‘Pan Masala Award’

OpIndia Staff -
A seemingly nasty online spat between R Madhavan and Chetan Bhagat was a gimmick to promote their new Netflix show Decoupled
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News Reports

Delhi HC affirms father-uncle duo’s sodomy conviction, sets aside gang rape charge saying there was no penile-vaginal penetration

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi HC said sexual violence against minors is always abhorrent, adding that it slides into depravity when it happens within the father-daughter relationship.
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Government and Policy

Banks have recovered approximately Rs 13k cr from asset sale of defaulters like Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

OpIndia Staff -
FM informed that banks have collected roughly Rs 13,109 crore from asset sales of defaulters such as Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, and Vijay Mallya
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News Reports

The Wire and Congress try to malign Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma with ‘land grabbing’ allegations: Read how the lies fell flat

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Congress and The Wire have accused Himanta Biswa Sarma of helping land mafia in taking over the land, meant for the needy.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Viral message says PM Modi touched feet of IAS officer Aarti Dogra, calling her ‘chief architect’ of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
The divyang lady who met PM Modi at Kashi Vishwanath Corridor was not IAS officer Aarti Dogra but Shikha Rastogi from Kashi
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News Reports

‘Aapke bure din jaldi aayenge…I curse you’: SP MP Jaya Bachchan loses her mind as ED questions Aishwarya Rai in Panama Papers case

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Jaya Bachchan lashed out at the treasury bench in the Rajya Sabha for making "personal remarks" against her
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News Reports

In a first, Tripura to export Pineapples to Germany using waterways

OpIndia Staff -
The pineapples would be exported to Germany from the industrial growth centre located at Kumarghat in Tripura
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News Reports

Muslim women who are treated unequally after second marriage of husband must be allowed divorce: Kerala HC

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Kerala HC said Quranic injunctions are violated if a Muslim man refuses to treat his first wife equally after second marriage
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Opinions

Priyanka Gandhi, sitting in her ivory tower, thinks providing access to LPG cylinders and toilets is not women empowerment

Jinit Jain -
Priyanka Gandhi recently proclaimed that LPG connections and toilets are not women empowerment.
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News Reports

VHP leader’s murder in Jharkhand: Accused Yunus Ansari arrested, another named Prince Khan absconding

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Jharkhand police have arrested one Yunus Ansari in the murder of VHP leader Mukesh Soni, who was shot dead in Ranchi, Jharkhand on December 15.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Aam Aadmi Party leader Isudan Gadhvi detained, accused of misbehaving with BJP woman worker in drunken brawl

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Isudan Gadhvi has been taken into custody and brought to civil hospital where he would undergo medical checkup and checked for alcohol.
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News Reports

Election Laws Amendment Bill, which seeks to link Aadhar with voter ID, passed in Lok Sabha: Details

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"It is against the Supreme Court verdict and one which violates our privacy," claimed Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
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News Reports

‘Hang them’ – Congress’s Navjot Singh Sidhu calls for Taliban-style public hanging of sacrilege accused

OpIndia Staff -
It is noteworthy that Sidhu has made such demand at a time when all leaders, irrespective of the party lines, have shied away from condemning the lynching of the man accused of sacrilege at Golden Temple as well as in Kapurthala Gurudwara.
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Opinions

The state of lawlessness: Political murders and lynchings that nobody is outraging about

Jinit Jain -
Punjab, West Bengal and Kerala epitomise lawlessness as political murders and mob lynchings in these states continue unabated
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News Reports

J and K assembly: Delimitation panel proposes 7 additional seats, STs to get 9 reserved seats for the first time

OpIndia Staff -
The panel has proposed 6 additional seats for the Jammu region and one additional seat for the Kashmir Valley. As such, the Jammu region will now have a total of 43 assembly seats while the Kashmir Valley will have 47 seats.
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