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Several Muslim women not issued admit card for Bengal police recruitment exam because of their Hijab-clad photos, HC steps in: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The Calcutta High Court has stepped in after Muslim women moved the court for being denied admit cards for the Bengal police recruitment exams
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News Reports

Mumbai court dismisses closure report by police, asks police to probe complaint accusing Sanjay Raut of harassment, torture, abuse

OpIndia Staff -
The court also dismissed the closure report the Mumbai police had submitted in the case against Sanjay Raut
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News Reports

As 12 Meghalaya Congress leaders join TMC, Mallikarjun Kharge’s wishy-washy statement points towards party’s surrender to Mamata

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party has been plunged into deep trouble in Meghalaya as 12 out of their 17 MLAs dumped them to join TMC
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News Reports

Seven-time national deaf chess champion Malika Handa rebukes Punjab govt for not providing her govt job despite repeated appeals: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The visibly upset Malika Handa displayed her rewards and asked the Punjab Govt why she was being treated unfairly
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News Reports

Bombay HC reduces death penalty of convicts in 2013 Shakti Mills rape case to life imprisonment: Here is what it said

OpIndia Staff -
The Bombay High Court Thursday, converted the death penalty given to three convicts in the 2013 Shakti Mills rape case to life imprisonment
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Opinions

Opposition’s crocodile tears on fuel prices are just that: Crocodile tears. Here is a detailed analysis

Dharmendra Chhonkar -
Congress has time and again used the common man as a pawn and their perils, such a fuel prices, as an opportunity to settle political goals
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News Reports

Madarsas produce terrorists, all terrorists have studied at madarsas, will shut them all down if given a chance: UP minister

OpIndia Staff -
Thakur Raghuraj Singh, Minister of State (MoS) in Yogi Adityanath govt, has pushed for the closure of all operating madarsas in the country, accusing madarsas of fostering extremism.
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News Reports

‘Majority Hindus are rotten to the core’: Islamists attack Darul Uloom Deoband’s Arshad Madani for asking ‘secular forces’ to join to fight ‘sectarianism’

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Arshad Madani, the principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, is also president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and he doesn’t believe the Taliban as a terror outfit, and, he adorns Taliban and Talibanis as freedom fighters. 
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News Reports

PM Modi makes a ‘Vikas’ push in UP, narrates how Jewar airport was stopped by SP govt: All you need to know

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Emphasising his government's commitment to finish infrastructure projects on time, PM Modi stated that earlier, costs kept on escalating while work remained pending. He added that the previous Samajwadi Party government in UP had written to the Centre asking to stop the proposed airport.
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Opinions

The National Portal for Transgenders by the Modi govt: How it empowers the marginalised Transgender community in India

Simi Mishra -
The National Portal for Transgenders was set up and the thought behind its genesis was to ensure that transgenders are to be included
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News Reports

Surat: Girl dies in a coffee shop, parents say absconding ‘friend’ Zahir Ahmed had posed as a Hindu to approach her

OpIndia Staff -
The parents of the 21-year-old Hindu girl, who died after falling unconscious in a coffee shop in Surat, have accused her 'friend' Zahir Ahmed of poisoning her.
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News Reports

Delhi ‘peace and harmony panel’ headed by AAP leader Raghav Chadha summons Kangana Ranaut over her ‘derogatory’ remark against Sikhs

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi assembly's panel headed by AAP leader Raghav Chadha has summoned Kangana Ranaut for her 'outrageously offensive and derogatory Instagram stories'
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Politics

From finest pashmina shawls to Rahul Gandhi’s new gaffes to PM Modi’s oratory skills, what all to expect in winter session of Parliament

Shiv Mishra -
If allowed to function, parliament will present a good winter session which will commence from November 29 and will likely conclude on December 23.
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News Reports

Param Bir Singh hid 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab’s mobile phone: Retired Mumbai police ACP Shamsher Khan

Jhankar Mohta -
Retired Mumbai police ACP said Param Bir Singh took away the mobile phone of Ajmal Kasab after he was caught.
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Economy and Finance

Cryptocurrency and India: Busting the myths and conspiracy theories as Govt tables the Bill in winter session

Santanu Chakraborty -
India's plans to introduce digital currency is a force multiplier and will lead to regulated cryptocurrency markets
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News Reports

Congress crisis in Meghalaya: Ex-CM Mukul Sangma and 11 other MLAs join TMC

OpIndia Staff -
With 12 of the 17 MLAs defecting to TMC in Meghalaya, Congress' strength will now be reduced to 5.
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News Reports

BJP supporters rejoice as they wonder if Subramanian Swamy will join TMC: Here is what they are saying

OpIndia Staff -
BJP supporters rejoined as speculations gain ground that BJP leader Subramanian Swamy might join TMC
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News Reports

Kerala: Islamic scholar says shopping malls are haram because women might visit beauty parlours and look at other men

OpIndia Staff -
"Muslims who visit malls are tarnishing the image of the whole community", Salafi stated.
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News Reports

Subramanian Swamy to “fact-check” violence against Hindus in Bengal six months after it began, recalls Mamata Banerjee as pro-Hindu leader

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy sparked speculations after he showered praise on Mamata Banerjee and met her in West Bengal
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News Reports

India’s fertility rate is now below replacement levels: Kerala, TN marginally reverse fall

OpIndia Staff -
Only 3 states, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand now have a TFR that is above replacement levels, at 3, 2.4 and 2.3 respectively.
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Entertainment

North Korean man to be shot dead for ‘smuggling’ South Korean show ‘Squid Game’

OpIndia Staff -
Squid Games is a popular South Korean drama on Netflix which shows a dystopian world where cash-strapped contestants are pitted against each other in a children's game for huge cash prize. Losing players are sentenced to death in the show.
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World

‘Mera Yeshu Yeshu’ on steroids: Christian preacher claims Jesus saved her from a Reptilian who posed as her husband to have sex with her

Jinit Jain -
Sharon Gilbert said that an alien, which was a reptile in disguise, imitated her husband and tried to have sex with her.
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News Reports

ED summons Maharashtra Chief Secretary over probe against Anil Deshmukh, CS refuses to join citing cabinet meeting

OpIndia Staff -
ED has issued a summon to Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte, asking him to appear before it November 25.
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Politics

‘Hema Malini is old’: Congress Minister says roads should be like Katrina Kaif’s cheeks

Anurag -
Congress Minister Rajendra Singh Gudha said the roads of his village should be like the cheeks of actress Katrina Kaif.
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News Reports

Viral video: Karnataka Congress finally remembers Sardar Patel, out of fear for the BJP. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Siddaramaiah is heard telling DK Sivakumar that they should put a picture of Sardar Patel too, since it is his birth anniversary.
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Politics

Rebel Congress MLA and Priyanka Gandhi’s critic Aditi Singh joins BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Aditi Singh has been a very vocal critic of the Congress and has many times extended support to the BJP government in state as well as Centre.
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News Reports

Guess who is pushing Rajasthan into power crisis? Not Modi but Baghel

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot wrote to his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel about the coal crisis but he has not yet given clearances
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World

Former US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard slams President Joe Biden, media for falsely labeling Kyle Rittenhouse a ‘White Supremacist’: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Tulsi Gabbard has been the most prominent Democrat to have gone against the party line on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Mumbai police arrests Mousamdin Khan for posing as a woman and blackmailing Shiv Sena MLA with a nude video

OpIndia Staff -
Mousamdin Mohammed Khan posed as a woman and tried to blackmail Shiv Sena MLA Mangesh Kudalkar with a morphed obscene video
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Politics

Kolkata Police summons OSD to CM Tripura, threatens arrest if he fails to appear

OpIndia Staff -
Kolkata Police summoned OSD to Tripura CM, Sanjay Mishra, threatened arrest if he failed to appear.
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Political History of India

Veer Savarkar’s quarrel with Jinnah’s ‘two-nation theory’: A tale of a misleading quote

Vighnesh Mishra -
A quote attributed to Savarkar has been going around which shows that Veer Savarkar supported Jinnah’s two nation theory.
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News Reports

Punjab: ‘Mera Yeshu Yeshu’ pastor Bajinder Singh’s Healing Crusade mentions Congress CM Channi and Sonu Sood as chief guests

OpIndia Staff -
CM Channi and actor Sonu Sood named as chief guests in Healing Crusade event of Bajinder Singh in Moga, Punjab.
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News Reports

Manish Tewari slams Manmohan Singh led UPA govt in his book, says they didn’t act against Pakistan to respond 26/11 Mumbai terror attack

OpIndia Staff -
Manish Tewari in his book '10 Flashpoints; 20 years', which is set to release on December 1, talks about Congress-led UPA govt's inaction in wake of Mumbai terror attacks on 26 November 2008.
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News Reports

‘Over 60 tractors and 1,000 protesters to march to the Parliament on Nov 29’: Rakesh Tikait threatens Centre yet again

Jinit Jain -
Rakesh Tikait's threat to stage tractor rally came days after PM Modi announced the withdrawal of three farms laws last week
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News Reports

Assam: Christian miscreants uproot Shivling and Trishul, cut down century-old sacred Banyan tree worshipped by Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
A 100-year-old Banyan tree was cut and a Shivling placed under it uprooted and desecrated by Khasi Christians in Assam.
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Media

‘Only matter of time before you are beheaded’: Kashmiri Pandit journalist receives death threat from ISIS Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Aditya Raj Kaul has received death threats from a group that calls itself 'ISIS Kashmir'.
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News Reports

‘We will kill you and your family’: Gautam Gambhir receives threat from ISIS Kashmir, approaches police

OpIndia Staff -
Gautam Gambhir approached Delhi Police alleging that he received death threat on his official email id from ISIS Kashmir
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News Reports

Odisha: Gajapati Maharaj of Puri performs Shilanyas of Heritage Corridor Project around Jagannath Temple in presence of CM Naveen Patnaik

OpIndia Staff -
Stunning visuals of the Shilanyas ceremony were shared on social media by the official handle of the Sri Jagannath Temple Administration.
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Politics

Arvind Kejriwal flirts Imran Khan’s friend Sidhu as Punjab Congress chief’s rift with CM Channi widens

OpIndia Staff -
Kejriwal seems to be dangling a carrot before Sidhu since he has made his desperation known to become chief minister of Punjab.
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World

US President Joe Biden has a Dr Manmohan Singh moment, seems to read instructions off the teleprompter during his speech

OpIndia Staff -
While reading a speech off a teleprompter, Joe Biden recited 'end of quote' while referring to a statement made by Walmart CEO
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World

Simple arithmetic has offended the wokes in USA. Here is how

Nirwa Mehta -
Women's March has apologised for raising an average of USD 14.92 as donations because in 1492 Italian explorer Christopher Columbus made a landfall in America.
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News Reports

Govt to table bill on cryptocurrency, speculations over ban on ‘private cryptocurrencies’ cause dip in the market

OpIndia Staff -
GoI to introduce bill on cryptocurrency in winter session of the parliament.
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News Reports

US invites 110 nations including Taiwan, to virtual summit on democracy, China and Turkey missing from the list

OpIndia Staff -
Taiwan is invited, but China does not feature in the list.
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News Reports

Kerala: Christian groups launch a campaign to identify hotels and restaurants owned by non-Muslims for ‘spit free food’

OpIndia Staff -
'Soldiers of Cross' has reportedly launched a campaign to single out hotels owned by Muslims stating they served spit food
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Politics

Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar says India has become slave of USA, claims defense spending is empowering Army to destroy the world

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar while speaking at a seminar said that India has become slaves of America.
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Sports

Woman accuses Football legend Maradona of raping her when she was 16 years old

OpIndia Staff -
A Cuban woman named Mavys Alvarez has accused Diego Maradona of raping her when she was a teenager.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Man found alive in mortuary after 7 hours slips into coma, family prays for recovery

OpIndia Staff -
A man in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh was found alive after he was kept in the mortuary for over seven hours.
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News Reports

Ahead of Vibrant Gujarat summit, MoUs worth over ₹24K crore signed, roadshows to be conducted in different countries

OpIndia Staff -
The MoUs were signed head of Vibrant Gujarat summit in the presence of incumbent Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
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World

Pakistan: Hindu Council pressurised to pay fines of remaining accused of the Karak temple attack

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu Council had already paid the fines for 11 clerics who played a part in the Karak temple attack in December 2020
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News Reports

Beef mafia in Uttar Pradesh: Man shot dead by cattle smugglers for resisting theft of his buffaloes

OpIndia Staff -
Usveer Yadav, 21, was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj by cattle smugglers who raided his house to steal buffaloes
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