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Entertainment

Taarak Mehta’s Babita ji and Tapu are in love in real life, families too know about the happy couple

OpIndia Staff -
In the serial, Tapu's father, the character of middle-aged Jethalal, harbours a crush on his neighbour, Babita ji, who is married to one Iyer.
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World

Even as North Korea claims victory over COVID, military parade features hazmat suits, gas masks, as economic crisis due to pandemic worsens

OpIndia Staff -
Pictures released by the North Korean state media showed soldiers wearing bright red hazmat suits and gas masks during a military parade
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World

Pakistan: Education ministry issues Talibani diktat for female teachers, bans jeans and t-shirts

OpIndia Staff -
This step was welcomed by many in Pakistan who appreciated dress code as per Islamic teaching.
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Law

Australia: Apex court rules that media houses are responsible for defamatory comments posted by others on their social media pages

OpIndia Staff -
High Court of Australia said that an entity with a social media account is considered ‘liable for adverse material in the comments sections’
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News Reports

PM Modi hosts India’s para-athletes following their historic medal haul in Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi hosted a welcome party for Indian Paralympians on Thursday, September 9 at his residence.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: CBI registers FIR in police officer Rupa Tirkey death case on the orders of High Court

OpIndia Staff -
Jharkhand Sub Inspector Rupa Tirkey was found dead on May 2, while police had termed it suicide, her family has alleged murder
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News Reports

Dhanbad judge death case: CBI lodges two more FIRs, video of his ‘road accident’ had raised questions

OpIndia Staff -
The Judge was hit by a three-wheeler at 5:00 am on July 28 and was declared dead on arrival at the Dhanbad Medical College.
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News Reports

‘Even prostitutes have opinions’: IUML dissolves women wing after they refused to retract sexual harassment complaint, were called ‘infertile’

OpIndia Staff -
The women members of Haritha have, in turn, threatened to move the court after the parent organisation IUML dissolved the state committee
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News Reports

Watch: In a first, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Rajnath Singh, IAF chief land in a C-130J Super Hercules on a highway in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
In a bid to strengthen the security network, 3 helipads (size 100 x 30 metres each) have been constructed in Kundanpura, Singhania and Bakhasar villages under this project as per the requirements of the defence forces.
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News Reports

China pledges 31 million USD aid for Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Taliban had called China its ‘most important partner’

OpIndia Staff -
In the first batch of aid, China will be sending across 3 million vaccine doses and has also pledged to provide more medical supplies.
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World

How BBC went from spreading fake news to allying with and shielding terrorist ministers of Taliban: Here is why

Editorial Desk -
BBC is now allying with terrorists and indulging in a whitewashing expedition to ensure that the world legitimises the Taliban
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Entertainment

Bombay HC dismisses Kangana Ranaut plea challenging Javed Akhtar’s defamation case: Read what the case is about

OpIndia Staff -
In November, 2020 Akhtar had filed a defamation case against Kangana Ranaut over her remarks on him during a television show.
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News Reports

Kabul: Taliban takes over Norwegian embassy, promises to return after smashing wine bottles and burning all books

OpIndia Staff -
"Guns apparently less dangerous,” remarked Norwegian ambassador to Iran while Tweeting Taliban's takeover of their embassy.
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Cricket

Cricket Australia says will not host Afghanistan men’s cricket team for upcoming Test match till women’s team is not supported

OpIndia Staff -
Rashid Khan and his teammates can't play against Australia if Roya Samim and her teammates are denied the opportunity, Australian Cricketers' Association said endorsing Cricket Australia
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News Reports

Spain: Bishop quits Church after falling in love with a satanic erotica writer, colleagues say he may be ‘possessed by demon’

OpIndia Staff -
Bishop Novell's lady love Caballol is known to author books like “The Hell of Gabriel’s Lust” and a trilogy called “Amnesia.”
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World

‘To embarrass America’ China wants to take over ex-American military airbase near Kabul in Afghanistan, says report

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, China is currently conducting feasibility study on sending workers for economic development program Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to Bagram.
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News Reports

Watch: Women perform ‘naagin dance’ at political event in Andhra, meanwhile clampdown on Ganesh Chaturthi continues

OpIndia Staff -
Agreeing with the state government’s crackdown on the Hindu festival, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on September 8 had upheld the restrictions imposed.
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Cricket

Fans celebrate after Mahendra Singh Dhoni appointed mentor of Indian team for T20 world cup, sparks meme fest

OpIndia Staff -
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, former captain of the Indian cricket team and a legend of the game, will mentor the Indian team for the T20 World Cup.
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Media

NDTV using burqa clad ladies in featured image for Nipah Virus upsets usual suspects, Islamophobia claims fly

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter user Sameer even declared NDTV as 'kuffar laetebar' and said he was not surprised NDTV used the image for reporting on Nipah Virus.
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Crime

FIR registered against Rana Ayyub alleging money laundering, cheating and other charges related to her fundraising campaigns

OpIndia Staff -
FIR filed against Rana Ayyub for Money Laundering, Cheating, Misappropriation of Property, Breach of Trust in her fundraising campaigns
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News Reports

Battle-line drawn between BJP and Mamata Banerjee in Bhabanipur after Congress withdraws from the race

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party has decided not to field a candidate against Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for the Bhabanipur by-election
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News Reports

Cabinet approves purchase of 56 C-295MW military transport aircraft from Airbus for IAF, 40 of them to be made in India

OpIndia Staff -
Cabinet Committee on Security approved the purchase of 56 C-295MW military transport aircraft from Airbus for the Indian Air Force
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News Reports

Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti bat for Taliban, say they hope Taliban will run govt as per Islamic sharia laws

OpIndia Staff -
Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti 'hoped' that the Taliban would be able to 'change the perspective of the world' towards them.
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News Reports

The Secret War: How a 2012 documentary revealed Pakistan was supporting Taliban and American soldiers knew it

Jinit Jain -
A documentary released by the Frontline in 2012 laid bare the complicity of Pakistan in nurturing and harbouring Talibani terrorists against the US forces, while taking money from the US and pretending to be an ally.
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News Reports

Assam: Ferry sinks in Brahmaputra River after colliding with another boat near Majuli, more than 50 feared missing

OpIndia Staff -
The passenger boat was moving from Nimati Ghat near Jorhat to Kamalabari in Majuli, where it collided with a goods carrier vessel and sank soon after
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World

Afghanistan: Taliban flogs, assaults two journalists who were covering women’s protests

OpIndia Staff -
The captured journalists were released after four hours of captivity. Other journalists were also captured by Taliban and eventually released.
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News Reports

‘Overflowing vanity of a failed crown prince’: Edu Minister Dharmendra Pradhan slams Rahul Gandhi’s rant to postpone NEET

OpIndia Staff -
"What makes Rahul Gandhi the 'pseudo expert' question the collective wisdom of the Supreme Court bench and actual experts?" asked Dharmendra Pradhan
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Crime

Pune gang rape case: Minor girl sexually assaulted by over a dozen men for days at multiple locations. Details

OpIndia Staff -
The girl was taken to the Sassoon General Hospital for immediate medical treatment. Her condition is said to be stable.
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News Reports

Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki now demands namaz room in Uttar Pradesh Assembly

OpIndia Staff -
This demand comes close on the heels of Jharkhand Speaker allotting a separate namaz room for its Muslim MLAs.
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News Reports

Congress party’s ‘agitation committee’ may rope in NGOs, ‘activists’ and ‘intellectuals’ for its fight against Modi govt: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Congress plans to rope civil society, activists and intellectuals to implement its toolkit against Modi govt through the Agitation Committee
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News Reports

New York Times glorifies the Taliban, refers to wanted terrorists in new govt of Afghanistan as ‘stalwarts’: Details

Jinit Jain -
NYT had earlier published an op-ed by Sirajuddin Haqqani, the new Afghan Interior Minister who features in the FBI's most wanted list.
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News Reports

Sachin Vaze had placed explosives and threat note in car near Mukesh Ambani’s Antilia to prove himself as ‘ace detective’, says NIA

OpIndia Staff -
NIA has filed charge sheet against Sachin Vaze and nine others in three cases related to Antilia Bomb Scare and Mansukh Hiren murder case
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News Reports

Women can be inducted into National Defence Academy from next year, Centre informs Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
"We complement the ASG for taking a pro-active approach in persuading Armed Forces to take a gender-equal approach,” remarked the SC Bench.
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News Reports

Pakistan madarsa educated Hasan Akhund, who sanctioned the destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas, is new Afghan PM: A Profile

OpIndia Staff -
Since allied forces took control of the country in 2001, Akhund was head of the Rehbari Shura or the leadership council that was responsible for all the decisions of the radical group.
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Entertainment

Actor Siddharth says cricket was better before Dhoni and Kohli and ‘PR’, fans aren’t too pleased

OpIndia Staff -
In two tweets, Actor Siddharth claimed that with the "new generation of demi god worship mixed with administrative and PR power", it is not the cricket he 'worshipped' and now 'toxicity reigns'.
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News Reports

‘PhD, Master’s degrees not valuable, mullahs are greatest of all without any degree’: Claims the new Taliban Education Minister in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Minister for Higher Education Sheikh Molvi Noorullah Munir has rejected the relevance of higher education in Afghanistan
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News Reports

After British MI6 chief, CIA chief and Russian NSA visit India for discussions over Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
CIA Chief Bill Burns and Russian NSA Nikolay Patrushev visited New Delhi for talks over Afghanistan with Indian NSA Ajit Doval
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News Reports

West Bengal: 3 Bombs hurled at BJP MP Arjun Singh’s house near Kolkata

OpIndia Staff -
Three crude bombs were hurdled at the house of BJP MP Arjun Singh at Jagatdal, around 100 km from Kolkata by 3 men
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News Reports

French cement company Lafarge paid ISIS terrorists millions to keep Syria factory running, can be charged with ‘crimes against humanity: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Lafarge had earlier admitted to bribing middlemen to negotiate with terror groups in Syria, to keep their Jalabiya factory running in the country during the conflict.
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News Reports

Shikhar Dhawan and Aesha Mukerji separated after eight years of marriage, Aesha shares emotional Instagram post

OpIndia Staff -
Mukerji had been sharing several posts around divorce on Instagram for the past few months.
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World

After Joe Biden, US State Dept shows signs of declining mental health, expresses disappointment over lack of women in Taliban govt

OpIndia Staff -
The Taliban does not quite hold women in high regards especially because of stricter implementation of the Islamic Sharia.
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News Reports

Jewel heist in France: Bvlgari showroom robbed in Paris, suspects fleeing in BMW arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The French police chased the three accused down near the Les Halles shopping mall, which is located about 3 km away from the Bulgari boutique.
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News Reports

‘Afghanistan will be governed by Sharia law’: Taliban declares after announcing a cabinet full of globally wanted terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
Taliban 2.0 has even replaced the Ministry of Women Affairs with the "Ministry of Amr bil Ma'ruf wa Nahy aan al Munkar" (Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice), as per reports.
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News Reports

Kashmiri separatists elect a new leader to break away from India after Geelani’s death, Economic Times calls him ‘pro-freedom’ leader

OpIndia Staff -
50 year old Masarat Alam Bhat is a leader of the Muslim League and has been in Tihar Jail in Delhi since June 2019 in a terror funding case being investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
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News Reports

Gujarat: ASI restores Shikhara of ancient Galteshwar Mahadev temple, flag hoisted for the first time in centuries

OpIndia Staff -
The Galteshwar Mahadev is an ancient Solanki era temple built in the 12th century located on the Sangam (confluence) of the rivers Mahi and Galati in a small village of Sarnal.
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News Reports

From ‘Muslims of UP will win’ to ‘will ensure security to Brahmins’: Opposition leaders kick off 2022 election campaign

OpIndia Staff -
As Uttar Pradesh is set to go to polls early next year, the political parties have started their campaigns since many believe this will set the tone for 2024 general elections
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Opinions

Taliban appoints Sirajuddin Haqqani, FBI’s ‘most wanted’, as Interior Minister, poses problems for Joe Biden’s plan to partner with Jihadist outfit

K Bhattacharjee -
Sirajuddin Haqqani has been appointed the Interior Minister in the caretaker govt of Afghanistan, poses problems for Joe Biden.
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World

Taliban makes Joe Biden look like a fool, appoints senior Haqqani leader as Afghan interior Minister: Details of all Ministers in new Afghan Govt

OpIndia Staff -
Sirajuddin Haqqani, a senior leader of the Haqqani Network, has reportedly been appointed the Interior Minister of Afghanistan.
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World

Taliban demolish the tomb of Ahmad Shah Massoud as his son confirms Panjshir has fallen: Reports

Kabir Kashyap -
Taliban demolished the Tomb of Ahmad Shah Massoud in Panjshir Province soon after taking control of the region.
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World

‘F*ck Joe Biden’ chants heard during college football games as president’s approval ratings decline massively

OpIndia Staff -
Chants of 'f*ck Joe Biden' could be heard at several college football games as approval ratings for the US President plummets.
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