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Bengaluru riots: NIA arrests absconding accused Tabrez of SDPI in DJ Halli police station attack case

OpIndia Staff -
NIA arrested Tabrez in Bengaluru Riots case. He is associated with SDPI, a political outfit of Popular Front of India( PFI).
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World

Not without our Taliban: SAARC Ministers’ meet cancelled because Pakistan wanted Islamist group to participate

OpIndia Staff -
Reports citing diplomatic sources said that Pakistan wanted the SAARC Chair Nepal to guarantee that the former Afghanistan government led by Ashraf Ghani will not represent the country at the SAARC meeting.
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World

Australia: Protests over Covid-19 restrictions continue, construction workers clash with police

Jinit Jain -
The Victoria Police in Melbourne, Australia clashed with construction workers protesting against Covid regulations.
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News Reports

Congress attacks Gujarat after drugs from Iran seized at Mundra Port, cast aspersions that Gujaratis are drug addicts

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of 2022 assembly elections, Congress has launched a smear campaign vilifying Gujarat in the wake of drugs seizure in Mundra Port
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News Reports

Mahant Narendra Giri was being blackmailed, suicide note urged Prayagraj police to act against Anand Giri so that he could die peacefully

OpIndia Staff -
The suicide note of Mahant Narendra Giri talked about how Swami Anand Giri had tried to tarnish his reputation.
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Political History of India

What MK Gandhi said while Moplah Muslims massacred thousands of Hindus in 1921: Support to Khilafat and asking Hindus to die without a fight

Nupur J Sharma -
The Malabar massacre of 1921 was not the only time Moplah Muslims had unleashed genocide against Hindus. But Gandhi was either malicious or naive
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World

EU leaders accuse US President Joe Biden of being disloyal to transatlantic alliance

Jinit Jain -
The EU Commission President criticised Joe Biden for keeping the European allies in dark about the new alliance with Australia.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Raipur municipality carries Ganesh Idols in garbage truck for visarjan, caught throwing Murtis

OpIndia Staff -
Action has been initiated against three municipality workers in Raipur, Chhattisgarh who have been suspended from duty.
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Cricket

History repeats itself: When New Zealand cancelled its tour of Pakistan in 2002 after a bomb blast

Dibakar Dutta -
In 2002, a massive explosion took place inside a bus that was parked outside the hotel of the New Zealand team in Karachi.
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News Reports

UK refuses to recognize AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine despite using the same in their own country, India hints at reciprocal measures

OpIndia Staff -
Foreign Secretary of India Harsh Vardhan Shringla criticized UK's approach on vaccines and refusal to recognise Covishield.
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News Reports

We believe in Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas, previous govts only focused on ‘Main aur Mera Khandaan’ policy: UP CM Yogi

OpIndia Staff -
CM Yogi said that the BJP is focused on equality, bringing peace and development for everyone while the previous governments in the state only focused on increasing the wealth of their party leaders.
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News Reports

‘Who will police the police?’: Allahabad High Court denies bail to two cops facing conspiracy charges in Vikas Dubey’s Bikru ambush case

OpIndia Staff -
The two suspended policemen were accused of leaking information about police action to gangster Vikas Dubey prior to the encounter in Kanpur
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Politics

West Bengal: Five-time MLA and national secretary of AICC Mainul Haque resigns from Congress once more, all set to join TMC

OpIndia Staff -
Mainul Haque had announced his decision to quit the party in 2018 as well citing lack of development in his constituency.
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News Reports

No interim relief for Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in coal scam case

OpIndia Staff -
Abhishek Banerjee had last appeared before the ED in Delhi on September 6, in connection to a money laundering case linked to the coal scam.
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Editor's picks

Watch: Taliban chants ‘Allahu Akbar’ while ripping off Pakistan flag on truck carrying humanitarian aid

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking to Pakistani media, the chairman of Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum had said that they would support Afghanistan at all levels as it is a Muslim neighbouring country.
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News Reports

Delhi: 17-year-old Alok found hanging, police calls it suicide, family says murder by Muslim girlfriend’s family

OpIndia Staff -
Alok's family says that they had searched the spot several times on the previous night but Alok's body was not there. They suggest that he must have been killed elsewhere and his body hanged at the spot to make it look like suicide.
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News Reports

Suresh Chavhanke vs Shah Rukh Khan on Twitter: Here is what happened

Anurag -
Fans of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan have locked horns with Sudarshan TV's Suresh Chavhanke where former called for latter's arrest.
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Cricket

Wasim Jaffer who was accused of favouring Muslim cricketers and bringing maulvis to team camp bats in support of Pakistan, draws flak: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Wasim Jaffer was accused of favouring Muslim cricketers and getting Maulvis into the team camp as a coach for Uttarakhand.
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News Reports

Taliban radicals thrash male doctor for attending to a female patient, medical attention to pregnant women almost impossible in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Women facing tough time accessing healthcare since Taliban took over Afghanistan.
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Crime

UP: Sikh woman murdered by live-in partner Nafees Ahmed for insisting on marriage, crime scene manipulated to look like accident

OpIndia Staff -
Manpreet Kaur was found dead with her body and head crushed on NH-74 at Afzalgarh in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday night.
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News Reports

Police recover video recorded by Mahant Narendra Giri before his death, Yogi Adityanath assures ‘culprits won’t be spared’

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday evening, Mahant Narendra Giri was found dead dead in his room in the Baghambari Math in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. A suicide has been suspected after a note was recovered from the room.
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News Reports

Bengal: Nighty-clad Kolkata crossdresser man dances to ‘UP Bihar’ song on Maa Flyover to mock UP govt’s ad, gets fined

OpIndia Staff -
Kolkata police booked crossdresser and influencer Sandy Saha on Tuesday for illegally parking his car on the Maa flyover.
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World

With Taliban in control of Afghanistan, rival Jihadist outfits form lobby to retain their influence

OpIndia Staff -
The Taliban has managed to recapture Afghanistan after 20 years of warfare with the United States of America.
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Books

Veer Savarkar predicted all problems, including Pakistan, China and radical Islam, India is facing today, new book underlines his relevance

Nirwa Mehta -
Veteran journalist and political analyst Uday Mahurkar along with co-author Chirayu Pandit in their book Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition write about the visionary that Savarkar was and how he had envisioned the national security problems India is facing today.
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News Reports

Drug smuggled from Afghanistan was seized at Adani port, but low IQ got released all over Twitter: Read how

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter was replete with a barrage of low-IQ tweets by Congress supporters who accused Gautam Adani for smuggling contraband after heroin worth Rs 9,000 crores was seized at Mundra Port that is managed by Adani Group.
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World

Canada Elections and Justin Trudeau 3.0: $600 million election expenditure, symbolism, empty liberalism and Khalistan

Anand Walunjkar -
The direction of election is clear: Justin Trudeau has been awarded a minority Govt while the supporting NDP also grows in size a bit.
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News Reports

New Zealand team to continue tour of England despite ‘bomb threat’, had snubbed Pakistan earlier over security concerns

OpIndia Staff -
After NZC had called off the series, several Pakistani cricket fans took to Twitter to wish death upon the NZ cricket team.
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News Reports

Kanyadan vs ‘Kanya Maan’: Here is all you need to know about the Hindu wedding ritual and what the Manyavar ad gets wrong

OpIndia Staff -
A very recent example of woke activism being clothing brand Manyavar’s ad film featuring Bollywood entertainer Alia Bhatt.
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News Reports

‘UP gives the highest price for sugarcane among all states, but will protest against UP govt’: Rakesh Tikait interview exposes his political intentions

OpIndia Staff -
Though UP government is paying the highest price for sugarcane compared to other states, Tikait kept on saying he would protest against only Yogi government ahead of upcoming elections.
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Opinions

Slaves of Modern Protestors: Why I fear the ‘Andolanjeevis’

Akshita Bhadauria -
The more you get into this cobweb, the more you realize the so-called protestors, andolanjeevis, are the real oppressors.
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Opinions

Dalits are Hindus too: Here’s how Leftist media is hellbent on alienating Dalits from their Hindu identity

Jinit Jain -
Media organisations have studiously weaved an insidious narrative to create an artificial distinction between Dalits and Hindus even though the former is a subset of the latter
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Cricket

Pakistanis suffer a meltdown after England pulls out of Pakistan tour, days after being left red-faced by New Zealand team

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday, England and Wales Cricket Board decided to withdraw both, men's as well as women's, teams from the upcoming tour of Pakistan, days after New Zealand recalled its team
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Crime

Odisha: 20 tonnes of beef seized while being transported to West Bengal, Javed and Bapi Mandal arrested

OpIndia Staff -
As per a report in Organiser, one Javed Mandal (40) and Bapi Mandal (30) of North 24 Pargana district of West Bengal have been arrested in connection to the matter.
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Media Fact-Check

‘Threats to Hinduism imaginary, says Home Ministry’ – How RTI query by a Congress supporter was used to spread misinformation by TOI

OpIndia Staff -
The news report was originally filed by news agency IANS, but The Times of India was the major national publication to carry and amplify it.
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World

Canada: Justin Trudeau set to return as Prime Minister again, CBC projects

OpIndia Staff -
It is not yet clear whether the Liberals in Canada will form a majority government or a minority government as results are still pouring in.
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Politics

With Amarinder Singh out of the way, Nehru-Gandhi family enjoys holiday in Shimla: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Sonia Gandhi headed for a vacation to Shimla along with her son Rahul Gandhi soon after the resignation of Amarinder Singh.
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Cricket

England pulls out of Pakistan tour just days after New Zealand recalled its team over security concerns

OpIndia Staff -
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Monday cancelled its tour of Pakistan, slated to take place in October.
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Politics

Dilip Ghosh made national Vice-President of BJP, Sukanta Majumdar replaces him as West Bengal party president

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, MP from Medinipur, has been appointed the National Vice President of the party on Monday.
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News Reports

‘Not allowed to meet Saheb’: Asaduddin Owaisi to contest Gujarat polls, cries foul after not being allowed to meet don Atique Ahmed

OpIndia Staff -
The Sabarmati jail authorities have denied Asaduddin Owaisi permission to meet mafia don Atique Ahmed at the Sabarmati Central Jail
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Cricket

Taliban bans IPL 2021 broadcast in Afghanistan for showing anti-Islamic content

OpIndia Staff -
Taliban has banned IPL 2021 from airing in Afghanistan as it might showcase anti-Islamic content to its people.
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News Reports

President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad Mahant Narendra Giri found dead, suicide note blames disciple

OpIndia Staff -
Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri was found dead in Baghambari mutt in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj.
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World

Watch: Taliban brutally flogs a man in public for allegedly stealing a mobile phone

OpIndia Staff -
A video has emerged on social media in which a man was seen getting flogged by Talibs for allegedly stealing a mobile phone.
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Entertainment

Watch: South Korean pop band BTS performs ‘Permission to Dance’ at UNGA

OpIndia Staff -
South Korean pop band BTS performed at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Monday.
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Politics

Former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and independent MLA Jignesh Mevani to join Congress: Reports

Jinit Jain -
Kanhaiya Kumar and Jignesh Mevani will reportedly join the Congress party on October 2, 2021.
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Entertainment

Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra gets bail in pornography case, after spending two months in jail

OpIndia Staff -
The Magistrate court in Mumbai has granted bail to businessman Raj Kundra, husband of actress Shilpa Shetty.
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OpIndia Explains

Dalit Sikhs – Who are they and what is their role in Punjab politics

Anurag -
Punjab has a deep-rooted problem of castes and contrary to popular belief it is practices among Sikhs too.
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OpIndia Explains

How American soil is used by Pakistan-backed Khalistani elements to sow seeds of terrorism in India

Kabir Kashyap -
Though the existence of demand for a separate Sikh state can be traced back to the period before Indian Independence, the violence associated with the demand had its origins only in the late 1970s, that surged through 1980s and early 1990s.
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News Reports

El Salvador: Opposition and media call President Nayib Bukele a ‘dictator’, he says he is, declares that in Twitter bio

OpIndia Staff -
Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, changed his Twitter bio and wrote 'Dictator" after his opponents and protestors called him one.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Heroin worth Rs 9000 crore smuggled from Afghanistan seized at Mundra port

OpIndia Staff -
Heroin worth Rs 9,000 crores was smuggled in the name of a Vijayawada-based firm under the guise of “talcum powder”
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Politics

TMC impact? Babul Supriyo loses more Twitter followers in one day than he had gained in previous one month

OpIndia Staff -
Babul Supriyo has lost more Twitter followers in one day than the gains he made during the previous one and a half months.
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