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‘Stop the show or we will’: VHP and Bajrang Dal ask Chhattisgarh govt to cancel show by Munawar Faruqui in Raipur

OpIndia Staff -
“Munawar Faruqui mocked our Gods in past and such anti-Hindu people should not be permitted in the capital," said a VHP leader.
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News Reports

For the first time, a rare ‘pink’ leopard caught on camera in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
Pink Leopard spotted in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Photographed for the first time in India.
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News Reports

Taliban is selling ‘pardon certificates’ to extort money from citizens, former VP reveals, blames Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Former Afghanistan VP Amrullah Saleh accuses Taliban terrorists of extorting money from Afghans in lieu of 'pardon certificates'
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News Reports

Delhi petrol dealers say their sales have decreased by 50% as people refuel vehicles in neighbouring states, asks Arvind Kejriwal to cut VAT

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi-Petrol Dealers Association president writes to Delhi govt asking to cut VAT on fuel, saying their sales have decreased due to higher prices
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News Reports

Kejriwal releases video to say they have made arrangements for Chhath, but Delhi govt bans devotees from ghats

OpIndia Staff -
The CM claimed that despite the difficulties faced due to the ongoing pandemic, the Delhi government left no stone unturned to make arrangements for the devotees to offer prayers on Chhath. 
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News Reports

Now #ScientistKejriwal trends, about two years after Twitter had discovered #ScientistSisodia

Nirwa Mehta -
Netizens today took to Twitter to trend #ScientistKejriwal after the parody government of national capital territory led by Arvind Kejriwal came up with surreal ways to battle the toxic foam in Yamuna.
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News Reports

Azaan on loudspeaker disturb people, patients and Sadhus in meditation, says BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur

OpIndia Staff -
Pragya Singh said that every morning at five o'clock the loud azaan sound starts and this keeps going on which disturbs everybody's sleep.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: A confident CM Pushkar Singh Dhami says BJP will return to power in the state for the second time

OpIndia Staff -
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami claimed that BJP will break the jinx by returning to power by winning the assembly elections
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News Reports

India hosts security dialogue on Afghanistan: NSAs from 7 nations including Russia meet Ajit Doval in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
NSA Doval said that India is keeping a close watch on the developments in Afghanistan as it affects not only the people of Afghanistan but also the neighbours and the region.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists gun down salesman Ibrahim Khan in Srinagar mistaking him for his Kashmiri Pandit employer

OpIndia Staff -
Kashmiri Pandit shop owner Dr Sandeep Mawa said that he will not leave Kashmir even after terrorists tried to kill him
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News Reports

Taslima Nasreen is disappointed after Malala married a Pakistani guy instead of a ‘handsome progressive Englishman’

Vijay Deo Jha -
Taslima Nasreen was shocked Malala chose to marry a Pakistani man and not a handsome and progressive Englishman
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News Reports

Farmer linked with BKU faction found hanging at Singhu border

OpIndia Staff -
Gurpreet Singh from Amroh district in Punjab allegedly died by suicide at the Singhu border farmer protest site on Wednesday
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: NCPCR uncovers conversion racket in Christian missionary-run girls’ hostel, orders probe

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR Chairman said it is a matter of investigation how these Hindu students were brought to the Missionary girls' hostel. The missionary organisation runs no school and all students study in govt schools.
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News Reports

Glass ceiling broken: Woman-led fashion unicorn Nykaa makes a robust debut at share market, market cap crosses Rs 1 lakh crore

OpIndia Staff -
The IPO of fashion e-tailer Nykaa was oversubscribed 82.42 during three days of its public share sale, and its market cap crossed Rs 1 lakh crore
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News Reports

‘Gorakhpur Wale Baba Hain’: How popular singers are hailing CM Yogi’s work in UP ahead of elections

Anurag -
Songs on CM Yogi are gaining a lot of traction among the public ahead of UP Assembly elections. The videos have lakhs of views on YouTube and are being widely shared on social media.
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News Reports

More surreal scenes emerge from Delhi as barricades with gaps are being put to prevent toxic foam floating towards ghats

OpIndia Staff -
One must reiterate here that it is not parody or satire but actual measures taken by Delhi government for cleaning the river Yamuna and the toxic foam floating on it.
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News Reports

IIM Ahmedabad set to launch course on Bhagwad Gita for corporates, will teach management and leadership

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"If we have to teach managers these skills, what better way than the life of Lord Krishna? His is the best life example to teach effective leadership," said the IIM-A professor.
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Interviews

From vowing to root out ‘Jihadi’ Kejriwal govt to being unabashedly Hindu: Watch BJP’s Kapil Mishra’s freewheeling chat with OpIndia

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking to OpIndia Editor Nirwa Mehta, Mishra talked about his journey from student activist days to India against corruption movement to joining mainstream politics and shedding inhibitions of 'secularism' and being an unapologetic Hindu.
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News Reports

Picture of Allama Iqbal in place of Mahamana Malaviya on the poster of BHU’s Urdu department triggers uproar: Dean orders inquiry

OpIndia Staff -
The Allama Iqbal poster made for the one-day webinar organized on November 9, 2021, on the occasion of Urdu Day at the Urdu Department of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), has created ruckus at the university.
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News Reports

‘Bollywood actors earn only for their sons, Hollywood cares for society,’ says Congress leader Udit Raj while supporting Mia Khalifa

OpIndia Staff -
Taking a jibe at Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Udit Raj further said, “He is so old, yet he is earning money for his son to promote him."
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News Reports

Delhi govt’s big brain moment: Delhi Jal Board employee sprinkles water in Yamuna to get rid of toxic foam

Nirwa Mehta -
Surreal scenes have emerged from the national capital where Delhi Jal Board employee was seen sprinkling water on toxic foam filled Yamuna to 'clean' it.
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Cricket

No Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma to become the new T20 captain: India’s squad for the New Zealand series announced

OpIndia Staff -
India's T20 squad for the upcoming home series against New Zealand has been announced. Rohit Sharma will be the captain.
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News Reports

NHRC organises debate on terrorism, Naxalism and human rights, liberals lose their minds: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The NHRC of India conducted its annual debate for the Central Armed Police Forces on Tuesday.
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News Reports

‘Sant’ Rampal devotees peddle crazy claims, say Chhat Puja celebrations are against scriptures, Gita prohibits fasts: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Rampal, who calls himself Sant Rampal ji Maharaj, is serving a life term in prison on charges related to the murder of four women.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: NCPCR writes to police seeking report in case where a tilak-wearing boy was assaulted by teacher Nishaad Begum

OpIndia Staff -
The victim Pawan Sen and his family have expressed their dissatisfaction to NCPCR over the ongoing police investigation
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News Reports

Veteran archaeologist BB Lal felicitated with the Padma Vibhushan. Here is his contribution to the Ram Janmabhoomi verdict

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Many remember Professor BB Lal for excavating the Ramjanmabhoomi site and unearthing the existence of a temple beneath the Babri structure at Ayodhya.
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News Reports

‘No transparency in Axis deal’: Former Spandana Sphoorty MD Padmaja Reddy drops bombshells. Read full text of the tell-all letter

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Former Spandana MD Padmaja Reddy has levelled serious allegations against Kedaara Capital over its deal with Axis Bank
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News Reports

Mumbai Court dismisses complaint against Kangana Ranaut and Rangoli on grounds of legal defect: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The complaint filed by advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh against Kangana Ranaut and sister Rangoli was dismissed by a Mumbai Court.
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News Reports

Congress-ruled Punjab govt ad shows how Congress-ruled Rajasthan govt has way more expensive fuel: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
After Punjab announced price slash of petrol and diesel, residents of Ganganagar and around are visiting neighbouring state to buy fuel
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Opinions

Promoting LGBT propaganda and gender politics among children: Why toxic western ideologies should not be imported to schools in India

K Bhattacharjee -
The movies on homosexual relationships is not the worst of LGBT propaganda that have been broadcast to children.
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News Reports

Haryana: Hindus gather outside Christian school that had held derogatory Ramleela, chant Ramcharitmanas

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, students of the St Mary's Public School were seen performing a derogatory 'Ramleela' to mock Hindu Gods.
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Opinions

Leftists slam Shashi Tharoor for wishing LK Advani: How the attack reflects bigotry against political opponents

Jinit Jain -
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was attacked for his tweet wishing BJP leader LK Advani on his 94th birthday
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News Reports

Nawab Malik set to drop ‘hydrogen bomb’ after Devendra Fadnavis’ press conference: Here’s what he said

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“Devendra Fadnavis is trying to malign my image by connecting me to blast convicts & the underworld," claimed Malik.
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News Reports

Tree Goddess from Karnataka to Turmeric Trinity from Meghalaya: This year’s Padma awardees, ordinary people doing extraordinary things

OpIndia Staff -
In a stark contrast to previous governments where the Padma awards were given to elites of Lutyen's Delhi, the Modi govt has been honouring unsung heroes from faraway villages of India.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: BJP Kisan Morcha leader Ajay Sharma shot by unknown attackers, condition critical

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP Kisan Morcha leader Ajay Sharma was shot outside his house in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh by four assailants.
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News Reports

‘Why did Nawab Malik do business with the killers of Mumbai?’: Devendra Fadnavis

OpIndia Staff -
Shortly after the press conference ended, Malik Tweeted saying, "I am coming."
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Politics

Smelly cat… smelly cat…: Samajwadi Party launches ‘perfume’ ahead of UP elections

OpIndia Staff -
Akhilesh Yadav launched the Samajwadi Party 'scent of socialism' perfume ahead of the upcoming UP elections.
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News Reports

‘Brahmins, Baniyas are in my pockets’: How BJP leader Muralidhar Rao’s quotes were taken out of context by the usual suspects

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P Muralidhar Rao pointed out that in spite of all labels based on caste and region, BJP will continue to remain a party for every citizen of India.
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Entertainment

Short films on homosexual relationships, including one on a male escort, to be screened in Kolkata schools: Report

OpIndia Staff -
8 short films based on same-sex relationships will be screened in schools of Kolkata to promote 'inclusive education'.
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News Reports

Russia: Russian LGBT Network, exiled lawyer Ivan Pavlov declared ‘foreign agents’, believed to be receiving foreign funding

OpIndia Staff -
Russia places Russian LGBT Network, exiled lawyer Ivan Pavlov and four others in its list of 'foreign agents'.
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World

Joe Biden let out a ‘yuge’ fart and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall cannot stop talking about it: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Joe Biden let out a huge fart during a conversation with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall at the COP26 in Glasgow.
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Opinions

The greatest achievement of Hindus in the past 7 years: Shifting the Overton Window

Nupur J Sharma -
With the Ram Janmabhoomi verdict being passed in favour of Hindus, The Overton Window had shifted, forever, never to be imposed again
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News Reports

Four times National Award winning actress wins Padma Shri, ‘liberals’ can’t keep calm

Jinit Jain -
Kangana Ranaut was awarded with Padma Shri Award 2020 by President Kovind on Monday at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan
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Opinions

When NYT & BBC declared Nehru intolerant: Be it PM Modi or Nehru, global elite has always hated an assertive India

Abhishek Banerjee -
Isn’t this the same Washington Post and New York Times that pays sepoys in India to write on how India is a mean fascist state?
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News Reports

Crimes in Rajasthan: Congress leaders keep going to UP to manufacture dissent while their own backyard is on fire

Akshita Bhadauria -
A video surfaced on social media on Monday where two men can be seen thrashing a woman brutally in Rajasthan's Kota. Reportedly, Maqsood and his son thrashed Nandu Bai with sticks when she went to ask for the money lent to the duo.
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Social Media

Islamists whine and cry for second year in a row over Supreme Court verdict on Ram Janmabhoomi, vow to rebuild it yet again

OpIndia Staff -
On 9th November 2019, the Supreme Court of India ruled in favour of Ram Lalla Virajman and said that a temple be constructed on the Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya
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OpIndia Explains

‘Seed mother’ Rahibai Soma Popere conferred with the Padma Shri award: Read how she brought in the farming revolution

OpIndia Staff -
Rahibai Soma Popere, resident of remote Kombhalne village in Ahmednagar's Akola tehsil, has been conferred with the Padma award. The awards were declared in January 2020 and conferred in the ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday, November 8.
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News Reports

Assam govt carries out eviction drive in Lumding, recovers 1410 hectares of encroached forest land

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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that Lumding forest has been made free of illegal encroachers. Over 550 houses were demolished.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Security enhanced at Ambani residence after taxi driver alerts about suspicious persons speaking Urdu

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The driver also informed that the occupants of the car looked suspicious. He had shared the car’s registration number with the police.
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Entertainment

Mumbai Police arrest actress Poonam Pandey’s husband Sam Bombay on allegations of assault, actress admitted to hospital

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Poonam Pandey had accused her husband of molesting and assaulting her right after her wedding in Goa in 2020 too.
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