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Arun Yogiraj: Meet the MBA-turned sculptor who built the statue of Adi Shankaracharya in Kedarnath

OpIndia Staff -
Arun Yogiraj had completed MBA from Mysuru University and was employed in a private company, but he resigned in 2018 to take up sculpting
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Politics

Punjab: Advocate-General accuses Navjot Singh Sidhu of lying for political gain, claims attempt at maligning Congress

OpIndia Staff -
The Advocate General of Punjab has accused Navjot Singh Sidhu of attempting to obstruct the functioning of the government.
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Media

Newslaundry hides facts to whitewash Kerala-based ‘journalist’ Siddique Kappan’s PFI links, misquotes Indus Scrolls founder: Full details

Jhankar Mohta -
Indus Scrolls has accused Newslaundry 'journalist' of misquoting him in her quest to whitewash PFI link of Siddique Kappan
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News Reports

Grooming Jihad in Surat: Malik Mohammad becomes Rahul Patel to trap a minor Hindu girl, arrested after he abducted and raped her

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21-year-old Malik Mohammad had trapped 17-year-old Hindu girl from Surat using the name Rahul Patel, and then kidnapped and raped her
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News Reports

CBI rules out involvement of RSS workers in 2006 Muhammad Fasal murder in Kerala, finds involvement of CPI (M) in political murder

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CBI said two CPI (M) leaders from Kannur district of Kerala namely Karayi Rajan and Karayi Chandrasekharan had planned the murder
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News Reports

As NDA ruled states slash fuel prices following central govt’s decision, Odisha becomes only opposition ruled state to follow suit

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The Centre had made the first move by reducing the Central Excise Duty on diesel by 10% and on petrol by 5%, NDA ruled states followed suit
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News Reports

Mukesh Ambani and family not moving to London: Reliance rubbishes media reports based on which trolls targeted Modi govt

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Reliance issued a statement rubbishing media report which claimed that Mukesh Ambani and family were moving to London
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News Reports

Three-member NIA team reaches Canada to investigate terrorist org SFJ, other pro-Khalistani groups and their foreign funding links

OpIndia Staff -
NIA team is visiting Canada to investigate foreign funding links of Khalistani terrorist organisations like Sikhs for Justice (SFJ)
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News Reports

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai alleges that BJP instigated people to burst firecrackers on Diwali to cause pollution

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that some people in Delhi burst firecrackers on purpose, and BJP was behind this
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News Reports

Four Supreme Court lawyers behind the so-called fact-finding report “Humanity under Attack in Tripura” booked under UAPA

OpIndia Staff -
Tripura Police have booked 4 Supreme Court lawyers under UAPA after their so-called 'fact-finding report' on recent incidents in the state
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News Reports

As NDA-ruled states cut tax on fuel following excise cut by centre, Kerala refuses to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel, says there is...

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal said that VAT on petrol and diesel will not be reduced in the state as done by NDA-ruled states
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News Reports

Sameer Wankhede will no longer probe Aryan Khan drug bust case, officer says he himself asked case to be investigated by central team

OpIndia Staff -
No sooner did Sameer Wankhede arrest Aryan Khan in the drug case than the focus shifted from the latter to the former
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News Reports

“Fortunate are those who really truly know you”: As Virat Kohli continues to get trolled, Anushka Sharma writes a heartfelt note on his birthday

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Anushka Sharma wrote that Virat Kohli's core is made of honesty and guts of steel, in a note on her husband's birthday
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News Reports

‘Leading souls down the wrong path’: Archdiocese of New York abused on social media for wishing people a blessed Diwali, deletes tweet

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The Archdiocese of New York came under attack from Christian fanatics on social media for greeting Hindus during Diwali.
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News Reports

Haryana: BJP leaders held hostage in a temple in Rohtak by protesting ‘farmers’ for six hours

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Former Haryana minister Manish Grover and other BJP leaders were held hostage in a temple in Rohtak in Haryana by 'farmers'
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Opinions

Islamist harassment of journalists and entertainers: What the abuse and targeted attacks tell us about online leftist culture

K Bhattacharjee -
It has extremely normal for entertainers, sportsmen and journalists to be viciously trolled and abused by Islamists.
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News Reports

Chinese journalist jailed for covering Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak in critical condition after several hunger strikes

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan is in critical condition due to hunger strikes protesting against her imprisonment for reporting Covid-19 outbreak
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News Reports

Ready to rehabilitate evicted families of Dholpur if valid citizens, no compensation to encroachers: Assam govt informs Guwahati HC

OpIndia Staff -
In the Dholpur eviction case the government said that other than valid citizenship, there were a set of other requirements that will be taken care of while relocating such persons and families to a new proposed habitat.
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News Reports

Muslims can’t wish on Diwali, endorse polytheist beliefs: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam gets slammed by Islamists for wishing on Diwali

OpIndia Staff -
The captain of the Pakistan cricket team, Babar Azam, was abused by Islamists for wishing people on the occasion of Diwali.
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News Reports

Chennai police crackdown on firecracker sellers and public for violating SC order on Diwali: Hundreds of cases filed

OpIndia Staff -
Chennai police have filed 758 cases against people who were caught bursting crackers violating the restrictions and have also booked 239 shops for breaking rules and selling firecrackers on Diwali.
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News Reports

Pakistan: CM of Sindh province wishes Hindu minority a Happy Holi on the occasion of Diwali, gets trolled

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Sindh CM Syed Murad Ali Shah posts Holi greetings on Twitter instead of Diwali, deletes tweet after getting trolled
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Unidentified miscreants vandalise a Sai Baba temple by throwing idol and converting it into a Mazar, police take action

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Some miscreants in Mahoba, Uttar Pradeshthrew the idol of Sai Baba in the bushes and replaced it with a green flag, converting to Mazar
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Social Media

The Print columnist tries to insult ‘Sanghis’ by being a ‘Muslim celebrating Diwali’, gets slammed by fellow Islamists: Details

OpIndia Staff -
It is quite amusing to see that even the Islamist Zainab was not given a free pass by fellow Islamists. Radical Islam demands complete submission and any pretence of 'moderation' even to mask the inherent radical mindset, is not tolerated by the Islamist community.
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Opinions

A ‘historian’ more ‘secular’ than westerners themselves: Here’s why Ramachandra Guha is stupid for opposing PM Modi’s Temple visits

K Bhattacharjee -
Ramachandra Guha had a meltdown on Friday after PM Modi inaugurated the Samadhi of Adi Shankaracharya in Kedarnath.
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News Reports

‘He got real X-rated’: Australian TV star Jessika Power opens up about ‘inappropriate’ messages sent to her by cricket icon Shane Warne

OpIndia Staff -
Jessika Power revealed details about alleged "inappropriate" messages she received from Shane Warne in a recent episode of Big Brother VIP
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News Reports

Kerala man orders passport cover on Amazon, gets an original passport of another person

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A man from Kerala named Mithun Babu received an original passport after he had ordered a passport cover on Amazon.
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Social Media

Delhi police delete tweet about arresting man for possession of firecrackers, block netizens who mocked them

OpIndia Staff -
People called into question the ineffectiveness of the police in preventing the infamous Republic Day riots and the mayhem created by the farmer protestors.
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Cricket

When Rahul Dravid told Ramachandra Guha to ‘shut up and stick to history’ following unwanted cricketing advise from the ‘historian’

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Ramachandra Guha had revealed that cricket legend Rahul Dravid once politely told him to 'shut up' about cricket.
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News Reports

NASA data shows how pollution on Diwali caused by stubble burning, not firecrackers: Read details that disprove Media campaign against Diwali

Raju Das -
NASA fire map confirms that stubble burning has already reached its peak, which is the major reason for air pollution in the NCR region
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News Reports

Exactly one year after Arnab Goswami was dragged from his home, here is where those who arrested him are

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, the people who had pulled out all the stops to hound the Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami are the ones who are in trouble today
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News Reports

While PM Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with the armed forces, reports say Rahul Gandhi flew to London for a vacation

OpIndia Staff -
While PM Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with soldiers at the Nowshera sector of J&K, Rahul Gandhi flew to London.
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News Reports

Take the new generation to Teerthstahalas: PM Modi talks about Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Kashi-Vishwanath corridor and more

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"This decade belongs to Uttarakhand. In the next 10 years, the state will receive more tourists than it did in the last 100 years,” said PM Modi.
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News Reports

‘He brought life to a sleeping civilisation, awakened Bharat to rise above caste boundaries’: What PM Modi said about Adi Shankara at Kedarnath

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PM Modi discussed how Adi Shankara awakened the 'Chetana'(consciousness) of a civilisation that was forgetting its own roots and made us Indians aware of our origins, our spiritual destination and in that way, he revived Dharma throughout India.
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Politics

TRS stronghold Huzurabad goes to BJP: KTR’s immature response, the significance of this victory and the future of BJP in Telangana

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Eetala Rajendar joined BJP and quit his assembly seat necessitating this bye-election in Huzurabad, a TRS stronghold
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News Reports

British MP, who supported the violent farmers’ protest in India, convicted in a case of harassment: Read what happened

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Claudia Webbe (56), MP from Labour Party for Leicester East has been handed a 10-week jail sentence for harassing a female friend
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News Reports

Son of actor Anil Kapoor turns environmentalist for Diwali: Deletes tweet after ‘befitting replies’ from public

Dibakar Dutta -
Social media users reminded Kapoor how he flies on private jets, uses firecrackers at family events. At the time of writing the article, Harsh Kapoor had deleted his contentious tweet on Diwali.
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Opinions

Hindus can be good only as Dhimmis – what an article ‘defending namaz’ on Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint ended up arguing

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Conscientious locals and residents have been resolutely protesting against the public offering of namaz by Muslims in Gurugram
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News Reports

From Mysuru to Himalayas: Here is all about the Adi Shankaracharya statue PM Modi unveiled at Kedarnath today

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"We got Krishna Shile from HD Kote (town in Mysuru district). This rock can withstand rain, sun, fire, air and harsh climate. I didn’t take a single day off," said sculptor Arun Yogiraj.
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News Reports

Indian Air Force delivers Nano Nitrogen fertilizer to Sri Lanka after the latter found contamination in Chinese fertilizers

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Air Force has lifted 100,000 kilograms of Nano Nitrogen fertilizer to Sri Lanka after the Government of Sri Lanka requested the same.
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Politics

UP: CM Yogi Adityanath visits home of PMAY beneficiaries, gifts them crackers and sweets on Diwali

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath visited the homes of the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Jan Awas Yojana and gifted them firecrackers and sweets for Diwali.
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News Reports

Proud achievement for Delhi Police: Arrests person for having one polythene of crackers

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The Delhi police arrested a man for carrying a bag of firecrackers on the occasion of Diwali.
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Cricket

Pakistanis claim it was a ‘fixed match’ after India beat Afghanistan in T20 World Cup

OpIndia Staff -
'Intellectuals' in Pakistan are claiming that the match between India and Afghanistan was fixed.
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News Reports

‘Britain would be a lesser country without your contribution’ – UK PM Boris Johnson to British Indians on Diwali

OpIndia Staff -
In his Diwali greetings, Boris Johnson thanked the British Indian community for their service during the Covid-19 pandemic
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News Reports

After centre cuts excise duty on fuel, NDA ruled states follow the suit, UP announces petrol-diesel price will come down by Rs 12

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NDA ruled states give Diwali gift to citizens, reduce fuel prices on Diwali eve
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News Reports

‘If you say so Mr Secular’: Chess Grandmaster Ramachandran Ramesh goes off at critics offering sermons over his cracker celebration

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Indian chess grandmaster Ramachandran Ramesh endorsed the celebration of the Hindu festival 'Diwali' by burning firecrackers.
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News Reports

Courts and governments not first to ban firecrackers during Diwali, Mughal ruler Aurangzeb had banned them 350 years ago: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Aurangzeb had banned firecrackers in all provinces under his rule in the year 1667, however it was not specific to Diwali
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Entertainment

Bigg Boss: Afsana Khan accuses inmates of touching her inappropriately, Shamita Shetty says ‘can’t play woman card after hiding coconuts in shirt’

OpIndia Staff -
Afsana Khan received the support of Karan Kundrra in Bigg Boss who drew a rape analogy in her defense.
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News Reports

Gurugram: BJP leader Kapil Mishra to join Govardhan Puja organized at former Namaz sites, locals had opposed blocking of public spaces

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The locals had risen in protest against members of Muslim community occupying public spaces every Friday to offer Namaz and thereby blocking roads. 
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Entertainment

Disha ‘I love animals’ Patani asks people to be kind to animals on Diwali, netizens remind her of her love for chicken

OpIndia Staff -
Actress Disha Patani on Thursday wished people a 'Happy Diwali' and advised them to be kind to animals.
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News Reports

Ayodhya’s ‘Deepotsav’ enters Guinness Book of World Records with nine lakh earthen lamps lit on the occasion of Deepawali

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The Deepotsav Ayodhya broke its own record of 5,84,572 diyas last year, woth 9 earthen oil lamps lit this year at Ram Ki Pauri
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