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Video clip from R Madhavan starrer #Decoupled goes viral where he is seen arguing with a man doing Namaz at airport

OpIndia Staff -
In the scene, Arya Iyer, a successful novel writer, is seen entering a 'prayer room' at the Delhi airport to find a space to do some stretching exercises because he has been suffering from back pain.
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World

Chinese media claims tennis player Peng Shuai has denied sexual assault allegations

OpIndia Staff -
35-year-old Peng is a Wimbledon and French Open doubles champion. In November, she published a lengthy post on the Chinese social media platform Weibo in which she accused Chinese former premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault.
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi asks journalist if he’s working for the government when asked about opposition disrupting parliament

OpIndia Staff -
Questioned over the stalemate in parliament over the Lakhimpur issue, Congress senior leader Rahul Gandhi lambasted a journalist asking him whether he works for the government
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News Reports

Enforcement Directorate summons Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in the 2016 Panama Papers leak case

OpIndia Staff -
ED asked Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to dispose before its office in Delhi on December 20 to record her statement in the 2016 Panama Papers leak case
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Opinions

No, “ch*tiya” Sanjay Raut, comparing roads to women’s cheeks is not ‘respect’

Nirwa Mehta -
What makes such sexist jibes worse is that the flagbearers of feminism are silent on it because the ones on the receiving end are 'Sanghis' who anyway are considered dispensable.
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News Reports

USA: Police in Fairfax say Muslim girl’s allegations were false, no racial comments were made during fight between 2 students

OpIndia Staff -
The City of Fairfax Police Department in Virginia has dismissed the Muslim girl's claims that the assault was motivated by hate towards her race or religion.
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News Reports

‘Not in good taste,’ BJP MP Hema Malini hits out on those who compare roads to her cheeks

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena leader Gulabrao Patil on Sunday compared roads outside his house to Hema Malini's cheeks. MP Sanjay Raut endorsed it saying that such comparison shows respect to her.
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News Reports

Kapurthala lynching: How Punjab police did u-turn after a mysterious phone call during the presser, booking dead victim instead of mob

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab police had at first confirmed that a case had also been registered against the accused in Kapurthala lynching case, but later backtracked during the press conference after they received repeated phone calls.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Mathura MP Hema Malini bats for Bhavya Mandir, hopes for something on the lines of Shri Kashi Vishwanath Corridor

OpIndia Staff -
Last year in August PM Modi conducted Bhoomi Pujan of the Bhavya Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, months after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of Ram Lalla Virajman
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News Reports

Kolkata: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari protests at EC office, says he was physically stopped by cops from meeting Governor

OpIndia Staff -
In a video shared by ANI, Suvendu Adhikari was seen having a heated discussion with officials inside the premises of the State Election Commissioner Office.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Ambaji Mandir administration takes back order banning loudspeaker in hawanshala

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu community had warned that if the order banning loudspeakers in Ambaji Mandir was not withdrawn, all loudspeakers in mosques across Gujarat will be taken down.
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News Reports

Punjab: State govt forms SIT to investigate alleged sacrilege at Golden Temple

OpIndia Staff -
Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, who also holds the state’s home ministry portfolio, said on December 19 that the identity of the deceased person was yet to be revealed as he was not carrying any identification documents.
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News Reports

Three children die after consuming cough syrup administered at Mohalla Clinic in Delhi, over a dozen kids hospitalised

OpIndia Staff -
16 children were poisoned after consuming a drug which was administered by a Mohalla Clinic in Delhi, 3 of them died
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News Reports

2300-year-old Buddhist Temple discovered in Northwest Pakistan by a joint Italian-Pakistani team

OpIndia Staff -
A 2300 years old Buddhist Temple has been discovered in Northwest Pakistan along with several other Buddhist artefacts
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News Reports

England: Social services had ignored repeated complaints of cruelty on 16-month-old child by evil lesbian couple before they killed the kid

OpIndia Staff -
Lesbian couple Savannah Brockhill and Frankie Smith found guilty of killing Smith's 16 months old child Star Hobson in Keighley, England
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News Reports

Political conspiracy, ISI-Khalistan, caste clashes and others: Theories fly after two lynching cases in Punjab over sacrilege charges

OpIndia Staff -
Several theories have been floating around as possible reasons of increase in lynching cases linked to sacrilege in Punjab
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News Reports

‘Chor ki daadhi mein tinka’ Yogi Adityanath hits out on Akhilesh Yadav after IT raids on his aides, Yadav cries ‘phone taping’

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath dared Akhilesh Yadav to come clean on the issue of corruption after IT raids on people close to Akhilkesh
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News Reports

‘Goa did not forget its Indianness and India did not forget its Goa’: PM Modi on 60th Goa Liberation Day celebrations

OpIndia Staff -
Addressing Goa Liberation Day celebrations, PM Modi said that Goa did not lose its link to India despite 450 years of Portuguese inquisition
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News Reports

Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar names two more Bollywood actresses, claims he had helped Shilpa Shetty and Shraddha Kapoor

OpIndia Staff -
Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar claims he had helped Shraddha Kapoor in a NCB case and Shilpa Shetty in Raj Kundra's case
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News Reports

Bihar: Chinese national holding PAN card arrested in Madhubani near Indo-Nepal border

Vijay Deo Jha -
Sources in security agencies told OpIndia that Chinese national was carrying PAN card, Nepalese Visa and a mobile phone.
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News Reports

Man lynched in Kapurthala over sacrilege charge was a thief, mob gathered after announcement from Gurudwara and social media posts: Punjab Police

OpIndia Staff -
After the man was caught, there was an announcement from the Gurudwara in Kapurthala asking people to gather in large numbers
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Social Media

#MonkeyVsDoge memefest takes Internet by storm after bunch of monkeys in Maharashtra kill dogs to avenge death of baby monkey

OpIndia Staff -
As of now, two monkeys involved in the killing of puppies were taken in custody by forest officials to be later released in the forest.
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OpIndia Scoops

Meet Kashmiri educator Sabbah Haji, who does not think of herself Indian and picked up idea of ‘azaadi’ at 8

OpIndia Staff -
As an educator, who has an influence on the children, that Sabbah Haji holds resentment towards India and the Indian Armed Forces and harbours 'azaadi' sentiments is a cause of concern.
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News Reports

Congress hits another low with ‘Gali Ki Rajniti’ as party shares video to abuse Smriti Irani

Vijay Deo Jha -
The UP Congress shared a video where two women were abusing Smriti Irani, and later it as found that the women are Congress workers
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News Reports

After facing nationwide boycotts for peddling anti-Hindu agenda, Munawar Faruqui to hold comedy show in Kolkata

Vijay Deo Jha -
After facing a series of boycott and cancellations of shows, comedian Munawar Faruqui has now announced to perform in Kolkata on January 16.
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News Reports

Punjab: Mob kills another man over alleged sacrilege in Kapurthala, second such lynching within 24 hours

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier reports had suggested he was handed over to police alive, but it now appears the police was not allowed to intervene and he was killed.
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Crime

Punjab: Home Minister assures fast-track investigation in Golden Temple case, no word on lynching

OpIndia Staff -
Home Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said Police is checking CCTV to find out how the accused reached Golden Temple
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News Reports

Murder of youth in Golden Temple not the first mob lynching by Sikhs for alleged sacrilege, here are some such cases in the past

OpIndia Staff -
Either lynched on the spot or murdered later, 5 incidents when accused were killed for alleged sacrilege of Sikh Holy Books in last 6 years
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News Reports

Another mob justice for blasphemy in Punjab: Youth thrashed by Sikhs for alleged sacrilege of Nishan Sahib in Kapurthala district

OpIndia Staff -
Youth brutally thrashed on charges of disrespecting the Nishan Sahib at a Gurdwara in Nizampur village in the Kapurthala district of Punjab.
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News Reports

From stoic silence on lynching to downplaying it as ‘altercation’, politicians, cops stay silent on the brutality inside holy Sikh site

OpIndia Staff -
Former chief ministers of Punjab, BJP leaders, DCP, all speak about 'sacrilege' but stay silent on mob justice and lynching of a man.
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News Reports

Kerala: BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivas hacked to death hours after SDPI leader was killed, had contested 2016 elections

OpIndia Staff -
Following the incident, Section 144 (prohibit the gathering of four or more people in an area) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) was imposed in the Alappuzha district to prevent any untoward incident.
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World

Pakistan: Locals in Karachi loot bank blown up by suspected gas explosion that killed 15 people

OpIndia Staff -
After the deadly explosion in Karachi, Pakistan which caused a bank building to collapse, some locals of the Sher Shah area took the opportunity to steal cash from the debris and even unearthed the iron safe of the bank from the rubble to smuggle it out of the site.
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News Reports

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar had arranged private jets and helicopters for Jacqueline Fernandez, reveals ED

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from hiring private jets for Jacqueline Fernandez, Conman Sukesh also booked helicopter ride for her several times
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News Reports

Navi Mumbai: Brother of Shiv Sena leader among two arrested for transporting beef

OpIndia Staff -
The brother of a Shiv Sena sub-divisional chief from Khairane village in Navi Mumbai is reportedly arrested for transporting beef
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News Reports

DRDO scientist planted bomb at Rohini court in bid to kill neighbour: Delhi Police

Vijay Deo Jha -
Delhi Police arrested Bharat Bhushan Kataria, a DRDO scientist for planting a bomb in Rohini court to kill his neighbour
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Tensions grip Yavatmal district after violence following a social media post allegedly on Prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
Several cars, two-wheelers, commercial establishments and houses in Yavatmal were vandalised over the alleged SM post
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News Reports

India successfully tests fire new-generation ballistic missile Agni-P with nuclear capabilities

OpIndia Staff -
Agni-P is a two-staged nuclear-capable ballistic missile using solid propellants, with improved manoeuvring and accuracy.
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News Reports

Man accused of sacrilege lynched at Golden Temple in Amritsar, video shows people hailing instant mob justice

OpIndia Staff -
A man was killed in Amritsar after he picked up a kirpan placed next to the Holy Granth Sahib at the sanctum sanctorum of Golden Temple
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News Reports

‘UP plus Yogi, bahut hai UPYOGI’: PM Modi hails Yogi Adityanath, slams Opponent leaders while laying foundation for Ganga Expressway

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said that the construction of the Ganga Expressway will open the doors of progress for Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

Kashmiri educator Sabbah Haji granted bail after her arrest for calling Gen Bipin Rawat a war criminal, to be under surveillance for a year

OpIndia Staff -
Sabbah Haji was arrested after she had called Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat a war criminal after his tragic death
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News Reports

Conman Sukhesh Chandrashekhar had bribed ₹1 crore monthly to Tihar Jail staff for luxuries, 10 more Bollywood actresses had visited him

OpIndia Staff -
Multi-millionaire Conman Sukhesh Chandrasekhar posed as senior government officials and bureaucrats while duping Aditi Singh
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News Reports

‘We don’t spare all of you a thought until tragedy strikes…my apologies’: Watch Smriti Irani’s heartfelt tribute to wives and families of soldiers

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani offered an emotional tribute to the families of soldiers on Friday at a literary fest organised by the Army Wives Welfare Association
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Sports

Sony Sports posts offensive Tweet against Gautam Gambhir and PM Modi as the former cricketer is appointed as mentor for Lucknow IPL franchise

OpIndia Staff -
Sony Sports posted an insensitive and rather unnecessary remark against Gautam Gambhir and then, he deleted the tweet
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Angry monkeys exact revenge by killing 250 dogs after a puppy kills a baby monkey

OpIndia Staff -
A troop of monkeys has been killing dogs in Beed after a pack of a few dogs killed one of the infant monkeys
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News Reports

SG Tushar Mehta to head Centre’s legal team to defend the ban on Zakir Naik’s terror outfit IRF before UAPA tribunal

OpIndia Staff -
On November 15, 2021, the Centre extended the ban on IRF headed by Zakir Naik by five more years under Section 3(1) of the UAPA.
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News Reports

‘He is the same Janeu-dhari Hindu who hops temples just before elections’, BJP slams Rahul Gandhi for refusing to wear Rudraksha mala

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi refused to wear a Rudraksha mala offered by forrmer Haridwar municipal president Satpal Brahmachari in Dehradun
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News Reports

Income Tax raids conducted against several leaders close to Akhilesh Yadav in tax evasion case

OpIndia Staff -
IT dept raided premises of several leaders close to Akhilesh Yadav, including Rajeev Rai, Manoj Yadav and Jainendra Yadav
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News Reports

Harvard saga: How NYT turned a scam by suspected Pakistani Tauseef into a ‘Hindutvavadi conspiracy’ to shield Nidhi Razdan

Nupur J Sharma -
After Nidhi Razdan got scammed into believing she was employed at Harvard, New York Times published a report to shield her
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News Reports

Daughter of Brigadier Lidder informs that she deactivated her account on her own accord, shuts down conspiracy theories of Liberal media

OpIndia Staff -
Opindia had earlier reported how an NDTV journalist by the name of Arvind Gunasekar was at the helm of peddling the fake news.
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News Reports

‘No sex with husband since 2 years’, Muslim woman in Kerala moves HC seeking exemption from mandatory 90-day ‘Iddah’ period after divorce

OpIndia Staff -
The woman said there is no need for 'Iddah' period after divorce as she has had no sex with her husband for the last 2 years
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