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NCW seeks strict action after male security guard was seen cutting sleeves of dress of a female candidate outside an exam centre in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to Rajasthan govt seeking strict action against cutting of sleeves of tops of women by men during exams
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News Reports

Relief for NCB officer Sameer Wankhede at Bombay high court, police to give him 3-day notice before arrest in extortion case

OpIndia Staff -
Sameer Wankhede had approached the high court saying that he has apprehension that he will be arrested by Maharashtra police soon
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News Reports

Maharashtra Police arrests witness in Aryan Khan drug case in a 3-year-old case, witness was to record statement in coming days

OpIndia Staff -
Gosavi travelled to Pune on Wednesday and told the media that he was going to appear before NCB in Mumbai to record his statement in connection with an inquiry against NCB Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede. But he was arrested before he could move to Mumbai.
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News Reports

Kerala teenage girl delivers baby in her bedroom with help of YouTube video, parents find out two days later after they hear baby’s cry

OpIndia Staff -
The Kerala teenager stayed in her room for the next three days after giving birth until her mother came to know about the incident, hearing the baby's cry
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World

Pakistan: Islamists clash with Police over Charlie Hebdo cartoon, kill four cops

OpIndia Staff -
In April, too, this year, Pakistan had reached the brink of a civil war after Imran Khan government failed to contain the riots led by TLP.
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News Reports

From physical abuse of minors to 16-hours unpaid labour: Members of ‘United Nation of Islam’ indicted by US court for atrocities on children

OpIndia Staff -
Islamic organisation, United Nation of Islam, told minor children in their captivity that doing unpaid labour was their "duty to Allah"
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News Reports

No mosque burnt in Tripura during Panisagar protests, FIR lodged against anti-national elements for spreading fake news and rumours: Tripura police

OpIndia Staff -
Tripura police denies reports that a mosque was burnt by Hindus in North Tripura, to file FIR against those spreading fake news
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Gehlot govt keeps shutting down internet in state to stop exam cheating, had objected to internet restrictions in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
On October 23 and 24, internet services in several districts of Rajasthan was suspended for Patwari exams. On October 27, internet was suspended again.
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Cricket

‘There is always drama when we go to World Cups’: Quinton de Kock opens up about taking the knee controversy, read full statement

OpIndia Staff -
Quinton de Kock has finally issued a statement after he was out of the team versus West Indies for refusing to take the knee.
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Opinions

From ‘slumdogs’ to leaving the West behind: Why I felt rage then and hope now

Virender Kapoor -
Today, we no longer apologetically own our nationality or even our faith, today, when the West tries to shame us, we stand tall
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Opinions

What should be the submarine procurement policy of India to deter growing threats from China and Pakistan: A detailed analysis

Chiranjeevi Bhat -
To avoid delay in submarine procurement, India should choose only proven designs that meet the requirement of Indian Navy
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News Reports

‘Punjab Congress leaders being irresponsible about border security, BSF will help state police’: Amarinder Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Amarinder Singh took a dig at Punjab Home minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. He said that a person who became home minister a month back "claims to know more than me!".
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News Reports

Tikri border rape case: ‘Farmer leader’ Ankur Sangwan surrenders, had bounty of Rs 25,000 on his head

OpIndia Staff -
Ankur, after surrendering in court, has said that he reached the Tikri border in November 2020 where along with his associates he started 'Kisan Social Army'.
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News Reports

Harbhajan Singh vs Md Amir: From mudslinging to attack on his Sikh faith, how Pakistanis displayed their hatred

OpIndia Staff -
Singh in his video not just spoke about his recent controversial interview with Shoiab Akhtar but also asked Amir to ‘get lost’ after he took a nasty dig at the former Indian spinner.
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News Reports

Social media users outrage over a poster of a Muslim shrine inside Barabanki police station: Here’s the complete truth

OpIndia Staff -
A clip of Barabanki SP's media interaction is being shared on social media to question a picture of a Muslim shrine seen in background
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News Reports

Cameraman who had worked with CNN, ABC, NBC arrested for threatening to kill Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and his kids

OpIndia Staff -
Cameraman Eugene Huelsman had called office of Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz in January and threatened to kill him
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News Reports

France shuts down Allonnes mosque and Islamic school for harbouring ‘radical Islam’ and promoting ‘armed jihad’, plans to close 7 more

OpIndia Staff -
France govt has ordered the closure of a mosque in Allonnes near Le Mans for harbouring ‘radical Islam’ and ‘legitimising terrorist attacks’
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News Reports

‘Damad Prem’ in Maharashtra: Minister Nawab Malik’s personal attacks against NCB officer who arrested his son-in-law are now beyond creepy

OpIndia Staff -
In his efforts to cast aspersions on the integrity of Mumbai NCB’s Zonal director Sameer Wankhede, Malik has arguably gone beyond the usual political gimmicks. He has been frighteningly creepy about the officer’s personal life, sharing details of his private life that evidently have little connection with the drugs probe underway.
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News Reports

NIA court convicts nine Indian Mujahideen operatives for bombing Narendra Modi’s Patna rally in 2013

OpIndia Staff -
During the Hunkar rally of Narendra Modi organized at Gandhi Maidan ground, Indian Mujahideen had executed a plan to eliminate him
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Teacher arrested after she was sacked for supporting Pakistan in cricket match against India, granted bail

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan teacher Nafisa Atari was booked under section of 153 of IPC and arrested for supporting Pakistan in cricket match, released on bail
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News Reports

Sedition charges invoked against 7 people for raising pro-Pakistan slogans after India lost T20 World Cup match

OpIndia Staff -
3 from Agra and Bareilly each and 1 from Lucknow are booked by Uttar Pradesh Police for raising pro-Pakistan slogans after India lost T20 World Cup match
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News Reports

Clashes erupt between Hindus and Muslims in Tripura after protests against attack on Hindus in Bangladesh: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
A Hindu rally in Tripura protesting against attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh attacked a mosque, triggering series of counter protests
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Cricket

Shoaib Akhtar removes mic mid show, ‘quits’ PTV on air after host cuts him off a few times, calls him ‘rude’, watch

OpIndia Staff -
Shoaib Akhtar spats with Nauman Niaz, PTV host after Pakistan v New Zealand T20 World Cup match, loses his cool and 'quits' the show on air
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News Reports

Pakistan to observe October 27 as ‘Kashmir black day’, orders its embassies to spread anti-India propaganda and hold protests

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan and its embassies around the world are celebrating Kashmir Black Day on October 27 as a part of their propaganda against India
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News Reports

Multi-party democratic system was about to collapse when Narendra Modi became PM: Amit Shah on Modi completing 20 years as head of govt

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah said that before Narendra Modi became PM, people had started to worry that multi-party democratic system in India has failed
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News Reports

Sonia Gandhi calls up Lalu Yadav after bitter remarks and spat between Congress and RJD leaders in Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
Sonia Gandhi called Lalu Prasad on Tuesday right after she convened a meeting of general secretaries, state in-charges and other senior functionaries of the party.
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News Reports

The bigots of Pakistan cricket: Here’s how Pakistani cricketers have normalised communal bigotry against non-Muslims

Jinit Jain -
Pakistani cricketers have been unapologetic and unabashed about expressing their Islamist mentality of scoffing at other faiths and promoting radical Islamism
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News Reports

Rakesh Tikait’s new brain wave: Says Modi made Indian team lose match with Pakistan. Here is how he explains the theory

OpIndia Staff -
Rakesh Tikait takes off on a different tangent after India loses to Pakistan at T20 World Cup match, also declares himself a sportsperson
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News Reports

How Pakistani handles peddled the ‘Shami abused for being a Muslim’ propaganda and Indian ‘Left-Liberals’ amplified it

OpIndia Staff -
How Pakistani handles propagated attack on Shami to peddle propaganda that Md Shami is being abused by Indian social media users.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: As Baghel-Deo fight continues, police arrest two journalists for publishing content against Congress MLAs

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested journalists ran a web portal zeroparty.in and had allegedly published some reports against ruling party MLAs talking against the chief minister of Chhattisgarh.  
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Teacher who lost her job for supporting Pakistan in T20 World Cup says that her other family members were also doing same

OpIndia Staff -
Nafisa Atari says she along with half her family members cheered for Pakistan during the India vs Pakistan match but claims she does not support Pakistan
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News Reports

Srinagar: Hindu student targeted by Islamists, threatening posts identify her as ‘police informer’ after medical college video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists attack Hindu student for speaking against anti-nationals who raised pro-Pakistan slogans after Pakistan's T20 match win against India.
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OpIndia Scoops

Gujarat: A case about illegally constructed hotel was given communal twist just because hotel owner was Muslim

Nirwa Mehta -
A hotel, where two of the three directors are Muslims, is accused of violating margin norms in construction. However, some have given a communal twist to the protests by residents.
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Cricket

‘Takes Jihadist mindset of another level’: Venkatesh Prasad slams Waqar Younis over ‘Namaz’ comment

OpIndia Staff -
Veteran Indian Cricketer and pacer Venkatesh Prasad has slammed Waqar Younis for the latter's 'Namaz' comment.
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News Reports

West Bengal government bans panmasala and gutkha for one year

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Government has banned the sale of panmasala and gutkha in the state for a period of one year.
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World

Indonesia: Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, daughter of former president, performs Sudhi Wadani ceremony, formally converts to Hinduism from Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Sukmawati Sukarnoputri performed the ‘Sudhi Wadani’ ceremony and formally re-converted to Hinduism from Islam.
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World

‘Insulate Britain’ protestors stick their faces and hands on the road with superglue, some regret later: Read what it is all about

OpIndia Staff -
'Insulate Britain' protestors stuck themselves to the roads with superglue as police desperately struggled to remove them.
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Cricket

Harsha Bhogle condemns Waqar Younis for Namaz comment but says he is ‘sure’ an apology is coming: Here’s why he is being naive

K Bhattacharjee -
Harsha Bhogle said it was one of the most disappointing things he had heard and was terrible for Waqar Younis to say so.
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World

Japanese princess Mako marries commoner Kei Komuro losing royal status: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Japanese emperor Naruhito's niece princess Mako married her former classmate Kei Komuro in a low key wedding in Japan.
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Cricket

Quinton de Kock out of South Africa team for refusing to take the knee, social media and former cricketers divided: All you need to...

OpIndia Staff -
Quinton de Kock opted out of the match versus West Indies after Cricket South Africa made it mandatory for players to take the knee.
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News Reports

‘Veer has asked me to buy him an army uniform for his birthday’: Father of 4-year-old boy, whose video of saluting a CISF official...

OpIndia Staff -
Social media websites are awash with a video of a 4-year-old boy who is seen stopping in front of a camouflage tanker and saluting a soldier on board it
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News Reports

Times Now journo quietly deletes tweet after spreading misinformation about Pramod Muthalik’s statement

OpIndia Staff -
Times Now journalist was one of the fake news paddlers who had spread a wrongly translation of Pramod Muthalik's statement about Gadag Jamia Masjid.
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World

China locks down Lanzhou city fearing a new Covid outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
The draconian measures of the Chinese government can be seen as a part of the China's zero Covid-19 policy which rejects the idea of living with Covid and relies heavily on containment measures to curb its spread.
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World

Samsung heir fined SKW 70 million for drug abuse, had earlier served 20 months in prison for fraud

OpIndia Staff -
The Seoul Central District Court fined him 70 million won (US$60,055) and directed an additional forfeiture of 17 million won (US$14580) under the Narcotics Control Act.
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Cricket

‘Very special for me’: Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis says Rizwan reciting Namaz ‘in front of Hindus’ best part of win against India

OpIndia Staff -
Waqar Younis has been the head coach of the Pakistan Cricket team in the past. He complimented the openers while making the comment.
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News Reports

Is Nawab Malik’s attack against Sameer Wankhede an attempt to extricate his son-in-law from a drugs case? Here’s what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Nawab Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan is currently out on bail after being in jail for eight months in connection with a drugs case.
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News Reports

Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam calls Punjab HM, Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife a ‘pack of hyenas’, says won’t come back to India

Jhankar Mohta -
Pakistani journalist Aroosa Alam has slammed the Congress for dragging her name into their party's petty politics
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Political History of India

Did you know? Pakistan had targeted the Hindu holy city of Dwarka in 1965, wanted to destroy it

Dibakar Dutta -
The fleet was named after all Islamic invaders who had committed brutal atrocities against the Hindus.
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Media

India Today sues Newslaundry for Rs 2 crore: All you need to know about the allegations made in the lawsuit

OpIndia Staff -
India Today has sued Newslaundry 'journalists' over articles published on the website and has sought damages of Rs. 2 crores.
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News Reports

Maharashtra govt initiates procedure to declare ex-Mumbai CP Param Bir Singh as absconder

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, the state CID had issued a lookout notice against Param Bir Singh.
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