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NCERT goes Woke, claims separate toilets for boys and girls is a problem, suggests puberty blockers, blames ‘caste patriarchy’ for stigma

K Bhattacharjee -
NCERT has decided to go full 'Woke' in a new training manual for teachers that was released recently, and is receiving criticism.
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News Reports

Japan: Man dressed as Batmans’ Joker on Halloween stabs people and starts fire inside train in Tokyo

OpIndia Staff -
The accused reportedly told authorities that he admired the Batman character Joker. He said wanted to kill people so he could be sentenced to death.
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Cricket

Suresh Raina ‘likes’ tweet that questioned hypocrisy of silence on casteist attacks against him and Ravindra Jadeja: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The tweet that Suresh Raina has 'liked' questioned the hypocritical silence on the casteist abuse received by Raina himself and Ravindra Jadeja.
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News Reports

Odisha: Congress workers throw eggs at Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s vehicle, BJP claims Congress doing politics over Lakhimpur Kheri violence

OpIndia Staff -
Members of the student wing of the Congress, Sunday, breached the fortified convey of Union Minister Ajay Mishra to hurl eggs at his vehicle in Bhubneshwar, Odisha
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News Reports

Australia recognises Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for travellers visiting the country

OpIndia Staff -
Australia has approved Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to establish a traveller's vaccination status
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Fact-Check

Muslim activist from Kuwait shares video of a brutal murder from Bangladesh to claim Muslims are under attack in India: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Given his innate hatred for Hindus and RSS, Mujeel Alshrika deliberately shared the misleading video to create unrest and in the country.
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News Reports

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova goes on a rant against India after the India-Pakistan T20 match: Here is why she is wrong

OpIndia Staff -
Martina Navratilova displays ignorance about relation between India and Pakistan, asks why Indians can’t support Pakistan in sports
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News Reports

Delhi’s air quality already in ‘very poor’ category, but governments target only Diwali, ignore stubble burning

OpIndia Staff -
While several state governments across India focus their target against the Hindu festival of Diwali to 'show' that they are concerned about air pollution, the air quality of Delhi is silently demonstrating that blaming Diwali for air pollution is nothing but lazy and irresponsible.
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News Reports

Elle comes in defence of FabIndia, targets Hindus for wanting to preserve the sanctity of Diwali, publishes a rant by one Ruman Baig

OpIndia Staff -
On October 31, fashion magazine Elle decided to target Hindus for trying to preserve the sanctity of the Hindu festival Diwali.
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News Reports

Tikait gives ultimatum to Union govt till Nov 26, says ‘will occupy govt offices if evicted from protest sites’

OpIndia Staff -
“The central government has time till November 26, after that from November 27, farmers will reach the Delhi border by tractors..." threatened Tikait.
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News Reports

Kalinga Rights Forum urges NCPCR to take action over attack on 2-month-old Hindu kid by Islamists in Seelampur: Details

OpIndia Staff -
KRF has urged NCPCR to take action against Islamists in Seelampur, Delhi, for attacking 2-month-old kid and parents after the parents asked them not to burst firecrackers on October 24.
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News Reports

Nawab Malik blames Devendra Fadnavis for rising drug cases in Maharashtra, rants against SC commission VC for visiting Wankhede

OpIndia Staff -
Nawab Malik shared some photographs, saying they are of Jaydeep Rana posing with the former Maha CM and his wife. Malik also stated that another person close to Fadnavis named Neeraj Gunde used to visit the NCB office often.
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Government and Policy

PM Modi to hold review meet with 48 districts that reported less than 50% first COVID vaccine dose coverage: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Out of 48, 27 districts that reported low coverage are in states of the Northeast, including eight districts each in Manipur and Nagaland.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Congress leader Arif Naseem Khan, along with 4 others, booked for molestation

OpIndia Staff -
FIR against Congress leader was initially registered at the Sakinaka police station and later transferred to the Andheri police station
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News Reports

National SC Panel backs Sameer Wankhede, condemns personal attacks by Nawab Malik against his family

OpIndia Staff -
Union minister Ramdas Athawale said, “NCP minister Nawab Malik was targeting Sameer Wankhede as he had arrested his son-in-law (Sameer Khan) in a drug-related case."
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News Reports

Terrorist org SFJ begins ‘referendum’ on Punjab from London amidst anti-India and ‘Khalistan zindabad’ slogans

OpIndia Staff -
US-based Sikh for Justice, a Khalistani terrorist organization, held a referendum in London, to head to US, Canada and India next
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav compares Jinnah with Gandhi and Patel, refers to him as a hero of India’s freedom movement

OpIndia Staff -
Samjwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav glorified Jinnah while addressing the public during the Samajwadi Vijay Rath Yatra.
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News Reports

Madras High Court halts melting of temple gold in Tamil Nadu till appointment of trustees, govt issues advertisement for the appointments

OpIndia Staff -
Madras High Court restrained Tamil Nadu government from melting gold jewelry of Temples after hearing PILs challenging the same
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News Reports

Sabyasachi withdraws controversial Mangalsutra ad, offers no apology

OpIndia Staff -
Sabyasachi has withdrawn its controversial advertisement where it had used semi-naked models to market Mangalsutra.
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News Reports

Assam: Islamist man kicks out computer science student from his store for wearing jeans and not burqa, calls her prostitute

OpIndia Staff -
Mobile accessories seller Nurul Amin kicked out a Muslim college student from his store in house for not wearing burqa in Biswanath, Assam
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Man arrested for killing his father says he had killed his mother also to send them to Jannat on the instructions of Allah

OpIndia Staff -
After Kutubuddin was arrested for killing his father, he revealed that he had killed his mother too, as Allah had invited them to Jannat
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News Reports

Delhi: Hindu man who had married Muslim woman critically injured after shot by his brother-in-law who opposed the marriage

OpIndia Staff -
A Hindu man named Deva was shot by his brother-in-law Shahnawaz who opposed his sister Hina’s inter-faith marriage with Deva
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News Reports

Indians ask BCCI to take a knee for Hindus in Pakistan after Temple was attacked in Sindh before Diwali

OpIndia Staff -
A Hindu Temple was vandalised in Sindh, Pakistan ahead of Diwali. Indians want cricketers and BCCI to take a knee for it.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Hanuman Mandir desecrated by miscreants in Sindh, jewellery of idols and cash from donation box stolen

OpIndia Staff -
Necklaces worth Rs40,000 from idols and cash worth Rs20,000 from donation box were stolen from Hanuman temple in Sindh in Pakistan
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Politics

Maharashtra Congress Sevadal cracks ‘Rice Bag’ joke to target PM Modi for meeting Pope Francis: Read what it means

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Sevadal cracked a rice bag joke to target PM Modi, netizens left amused.
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News Reports

Former Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar slams Congress govt in Punjab for forgetting Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary

OpIndia Staff -
Former Punjab Congress Sunil Jakhar president slammed Punjab Congress for failing to pay tribute to Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to inaugurate elevated expressway in Tirupati funded by Tirumala temple

OpIndia Staff -
Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is set to inaugurate the Srinivasa Setu elevated expressway Project at Tirupati in November.
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News Reports

Two Muslim youths detained by police in Ayodhya for roaming around dressed up as Hindu Sadhus ahead of Diwali

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim youths Suddhu and Muharram told police that every year during Diwali they dress up as Hindu sadhus for begging in Ayodhya
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News Reports

‘Journalist’ with monster level IQ claims there’s an unofficial ‘internet ban’ in Srinagar while chatting on WhatsApp and tweeting

OpIndia Staff -
Social media users were quick to point out the contradictions in the Srinagar internet story of Adnan Bhat.
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World

#PoopyPantsBiden trends on social media after rumours emerge of Joe Biden suffering a ‘bathroom accident’ at the Vatican

OpIndia Staff -
There are rumours that US President Joe Biden had a "bathroom accident" during his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
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News Reports

China used diesel to generate electricity as there was coal crisis, now there is diesel crisis

OpIndia Staff -
China has been using Diesel to generate electricity amidst coal crisis. Now it is facing shortage of diesel and started rationing it
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News Reports

Punjab: College orders 4 students to leave hostel allegedly for opposing Kashmiris supporting Pakistan, refuses to divulge details

Anurag -
The college in Punjab refused to divulge details regarding why the students were asked to leave the hostel.
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Law

BJP leader Mohit Kamboj files Rs 100 crore defamation case against Nawab Malik for comments in the cruise ship drugs case

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Mohit Kamboj slaps defamation case on Nawab Malik for saying that his relatives were involved in the cruise ship drugs case
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News Reports

Kerala: Teachers cite religious faith as reason to not get vaccinated against Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Teachers from Kerala continue to exhibit vaccine hesitancy, cite religious faith as reason to not get vaccinated.
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Cricket

Did You Know? RCB’s Daniel Christian and his wife were abused on Instagram after KKR defeated RCB in the Eliminator

OpIndia Staff -
Wife of Daniel Christian got abusive messages in comments and DMs on Instagram after RCB got defeated by KKR in IPL.
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Politics

TMC sent post-poll violence accused from West Bengal to protest in Tripura, says Suvendu Adhikari

OpIndia Staff -
Suvendu Adhikari informed, "TMC scums are on political tourism to flaunt fake headcounts as people of Tripura have kept a safe distance."
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News Reports

Two new colleges under Delhi University to be named after Veer Savarkar and Sushma Swaraj

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi University has decided to name upcoming colleges after Hindutva stalwart Veer Savarkar and Sushma Swaraj.
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Politics

Watch: Bangladeshi national caught voting in West Bengal bypoll, BJP files complaint with Election Commission

OpIndia Staff -
In the video clip shared by Amit Malviya, the man in red T-shirt was seen nodding in affirmation when asked about his Bangladeshi origins.
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News Reports

Assam: 10 Bangladeshis arrested without documents near border with Tripura, were going to South India for work

OpIndia Staff -
Assam Police have arrested 10 Bangladeshis at the Assam-Tripura border at Churaibari under the Bazaricherra police watchpost
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Cricket

Virat Kohli fans attack Twitter user for disagreeing with his comments, target his 7 year old son

OpIndia Staff -
Virat Kohli fans attacked a Twitter user because he disagreed with the Indian captain's comments on the Mohammad Shami controversy.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Jhunjhunu Police imposes section 144 during Diwali to “prevent loss of life and property from firecracker accidents”

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan: Jhunjhunu District Collector Umar Deen Khan has imposed section 144 during the upcoming Diwali celebrations.
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News Reports

Bengal based company alleges TMC MLA’s aide kidnapped 3 engineers for extorting money, writes to Mamata Banerjee seeking intervention

OpIndia Staff -
Real estate firm Purti Realty has alleged that an aide of TMC MLA Ashima Patra kidnapped 3 engineers demanding ransom
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrests man for killing 58 cows with poison after he was fired from job

OpIndia Staff -
UP Police have arrested a man named Dharmendra for killing 58 cows in a dairy located at a village in Greater Noida.
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News Reports

Hindu Munnani and ABVP protest after a Tamil Nadu university invites PFI mouthpiece editor to speak on Periyar and Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in Tamil Nadu invited PFI mouthpiece Puthiya Vidiyal editor Riyaz Ahmed to speak on Periyar and Islam
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News Reports

Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar was always keen to help the needy and the destitute: Read about his contribution to social causes

Jhankar Mohta -
Popular Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar breathed his last following a massive heart attack on October 29
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News Reports

NASA hints at the possibility of extra-terrestrial life, wants to establish framework to report findings: Details

OpIndia Staff -
NASA is encouraging the scientists to develop a new framework that can help provide context to the findings of alien life.
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Cricket

Virat Kohli speaks up on Mohammad Shami: Here’s why netizens are not happy with the response

OpIndia Staff -
Virat Kohli was asked a question on the Mohammad Shami controversy during a press conference on Saturday.
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News Reports

Mehbooba Mufti defends Kashmiri students supporting Pakistan in cricket, writes to PM saying sense of patriotism can’t be forced

OpIndia Staff -
PDP President Mehbooba Mufti has requested Prime Minister Modi to intervene in the matter of the arrests of three Kashmiri students in Agra.
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News Reports

Six suspended BSP MLAs and one disgruntled BJP MLA join Samajwadi Party in Lucknow

OpIndia Staff -
6 BSP MLAs suspended for anti-party activities and one dissenting BJP MLA joins Samajwadi Party in UP ahead of assembly polls
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News Reports

The number of suicides surged by 10% in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic: NCRB report

OpIndia Staff -
The number of suicides in 2020 in the country increased by 10% compared to 2019, as it went up from 1,39,123 in that year to 1,53,052
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