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Ahead of Diwali, UK’s Royal Mint launches first ever gold bar featuring Goddess Lakshmi

OpIndia Staff -
Times of India reported that the Royal Mint of UK had launched a henna-inspired package of 1g and 5g regular gold bars in 2020.
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News Reports

PM directs clearance of all pending grievances and assurances by October 31, govt set to clear old files

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued a directive to dispose of all pending public grievances and complaints by October 31.
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Crime

Hyderabad hate crime: Hindu boy beaten up by a mob for travelling with a Muslim girl

OpIndia Staff -
There has been a spate of incidents in Telangana when unruly Muslim mobs have accosted and assaulted Hindu boys for travelling with Muslim girls
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News Reports

Prime Minister Modi to set-up digital archive to honour Central Vista construction workers

OpIndia Staff -
Narendra Modi announced setting-up of a digital archive for all construction workers engaged at the Central Vista construction site.
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Politics

Bihar: Communist leader Kanhaiya Kumar takes away air conditioner from CPI office amidst speculations of joining Congress

OpIndia Staff -
Speculations are rife that the former JNU ‘student leader’ Kanhaiya Kumar is all set to join the Congress party on October 2.
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News Reports

15 CCTV cameras installed in front of Mahant Narendra Giri’s room were switched off on the day of his death: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The police said that all the 15 camera's installed outside the room of Mahant Narendra Giri were switched off on the day of the seer's death.
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News Reports

BKU Bhanu chief equates Rakesh Tikait’s Bharat Bandh to Talibani tactics, urges govt to crush groups involved in ‘terror activities’

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BKU Bhanu chief Bhanu Pratap Singh slammed Rakesh Tikait's call for Bharat Bandh, said the strike would harm economy and farmers' instead.
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News Reports

Ravi Shankar Prasad calls out Dainik Bhaskar for publishing ‘false and misleading’ claims about his late mother’s pension: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Former Law minister RS Prasad said he had closed down his mother's pension account on December 31, 2020, six days her death and there is no possibility of a closed down account receiving pension.
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Politics

TMC workers attack BJP’s national VP Dilip Ghosh before Bhowanipore by-poll, video emerges: Here’s how it happened

OpIndia Staff -
Trinamool Congress workers clashed with BJP workers during a recent rally and attacked Dilip Ghosh, National VP of the BJP.
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News Reports

England: Former footballer used Church and Sunday School to sexually assault children, jailed for 24 years

OpIndia Staff -
Diba-Musangu met most of his victims through a Church in Rochdale where he taught Sunday school and music classes, as per reports.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Baloch freedom fighters blow up statue of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Gwadar

OpIndia Staff -
The Baloch Republican Army fighters entered Gwadar in Balochistan posing as tourists and planted a bomb beneath the statue of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, as per reports.
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News Reports

Kerala: NIA arrests trigger concerns over ISIS sleeper cells, increased propaganda over social media

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Recently, in a leaked internal document, the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala also raised grave concerns about pro-Taliban sentiment among the Muslim community.
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Media

Calls for ‘Defund the BBC’ rise after £75,000 salary hike for chief and show announcement on BBC presenter who raped children

OpIndia Staff -
'Defund the BBC' calls are rising after £75,000 salary hike for chief Tim Davie and announcement of show on Jimmy Savile.
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News Reports

‘Comedian’ Munawar Faruqui’s entire Gujarat tour stands cancelled, Bajrang Dal had threatened disruption

OpIndia Staff -
This comes after organisations such as Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad registered protest against the conducting of the show. They had accused Faruqui of insulting Hindu gods and goddesses and hurting the religious sentiments.
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News Reports

Illegal mosque near Tehri Dam: Locals demand removal of encroachment, govt, administration accused of laxity and delay

Anurag -
Locals living near Tehri dam are protesting against an illegal mosque and the delay by local administration in its removal. SDM promised it will be removed soon.
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News Reports

Noida: Bharat Bandh protestors engage in vandalism, break through police barricades

OpIndia Staff -
Meanwhile, the cops deployed on the ground during the Bharat Bandh tried to offer resistance but they were clearly outnumbered.
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Media

Understanding Ravish ji ki class: GDP = state budget = 3 months ticket sales?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Why would somebody compare the GDP to the state budget? And then possibly to ticket sales over some 3 month period? What is the connection?
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Opinions

‘Peasant rebellion’, ‘Wagon massacre’, tourism circuit: How Kerala govt is whitewashing Malabar genocide of Hindus by Moplah Muslims

Nupur J Sharma -
2021 is the 100th anniversary of the Moplah Massacre of Hindus and Kerala Communist govt is trying its best to whitewash the massacre
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News Reports

ED raids Shiv Sena leader Anandrao Adsul’s residence, minutes later his health deteriorates and gets hospitalised

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate had summoned Shiv Sena leader Anandrao Adsul for questioning in City Cooperative Bank fraud case
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News Reports

Delhi HC asks police to ensure Jamia Nagar temple is protected after a part of its Dharamshala is demolished overnight

OpIndia Staff -
A petition was filed in Delhi HC seeking protection of a temple in Jamia Nagar after illegal miscreants reportedly demolished a part of the dharamshala to encroach upon the levelled land
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News Reports

From ‘Charminar humare abba ka hai’ to ‘Allah ka wasta’, here are the highlights from Owaisi’s highly communal speech

OpIndia Staff -
Owaisi instigated the crowd to choose an Islamic leader and not rely on the ‘dallas’ of other political parties.
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News Reports

‘Malign the priest, desecrate the Gram Devata shrine’: How evangelists succeed in ‘Christianising’ village after village

Akshita Bhadauria -
Watch ‘The Uncrossing’ for more discussions around Christian evangelism and how it is affecting India.
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News Reports

ED interrogates Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan in Sitapur Jail; gangsters, SP, BSP leaders Atiq Khan and Mukhtar Ansari also on radar

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Azam Khan is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case pertaining to Jauhar University
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News Reports

ED summons Rajasthan CM’s brother Agrasain Gehlot for questioning in PMLA case linked to UPA-era fertiliser scam

OpIndia Staff -
Agrasain Gehlot has been accused of siphoning off 130 crores by diverting more than 35,000 metric tonnes of MOP between 2007 and 2009.
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News Reports

Bharat Bandh: Congress supported ‘farmer’ protestors block roads, sit on railway tracks but fail to make an impact

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier in March this year, ‘farmer protestors’ gave calls for ‘Bharat Bandh’ in Punjab and caused a loss of ₹500 crores in a single day.
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News Reports

PM Modi’s surprise visit to Central Vista construction site leaves Congress ecosystem fuming, here is how

OpIndia Staff -
The Prime Minister in an unannounced visit reportedly spent an hour at the Central Vista project site and carried out a first-hand inspection of the construction status of the new Parliament building.
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News Reports

Haryana: Gurugram residents protest against public Namaz offering, say women do not feel safe anymore

OpIndia Staff -
A distressing video appeared on social media that showed public in Gurugram in a state of fear caused by public offering of Namaz by the Muslims in the area.
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News Reports

‘Rising pro-Taliban sentiment among Muslims’: Kerala CPIM document blames Jamaat-e-Islami for fanning extremism in the state

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Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami (Hind) has accused the ruling Kerala CPI (M) unit of creating a 'false perception' for political benefits.
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News Reports

‘Who has the first right on election manifesto?’ BJP takes a dig at Congress for distributing election manifesto in mosques in UP on Fridays

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The minority cell of UP Congress has decided to distribute its election manifesto among Muslims in front of 8432 mosques in UP on Fridays
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Media

CIA discussed killing and kidnapping Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for exposing US hacking tools

OpIndia Staff -
The CIA in the United States of America (USA) considered kidnapping and assassinating Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
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News Reports

While Sugar factories elsewhere were closing down during Covid-19, all factories were kept running in Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath said that all sugar factories in UP were running during Covid-19, and closed factories were reopened
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News Reports

‘I am the tiger, not court’: Tripura CM Biplab Deb advises officers not to fear contempt of court cases while implementing govt orders

OpIndia Staff -
Biplab Deb said that officers must listen to elected representatives and execute projects and schemes without fearing rules, laws and court
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News Reports

Instagram influencer’s dance on ‘second-hand jawani’ in a temple goes viral, Mahant asks not to defame temples like this

OpIndia Staff -
After outrage on her video in front of temple, Instagram influencer Aarti Sahu promised to not shoot such videos at any religious site again
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Crime

‘I made furthering the cause of Ummah my duty,’ says Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui as UP ATS makes 3 more arrests in conversion racket case

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The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested three more individuals in the Maulana Umar Gautam conversion racket case.
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News Reports

Radical preacher Zakir Naik looking for a bride for his son, wants her to be good at propagating Islam amongst Muslims and non-Muslims

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Radical preacher Zakir Naik posts matrimonial ad for his son on Facebook, says the bride should be able to assist his son in spreading Islam
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News Reports

Five ministers from Amarinder Singh govt dropped by new Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi, seven new faces inducted in the cabinet

OpIndia Staff -
15 ministers took oath in Punjab, 8 retained from previous cabinet while 7 new ministers included in Charanjit Singh Channi govt
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News Reports

China releases two Canadians after Canada released Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou: All you need to know about the ‘prisoner swap’

Anurag -
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou released from detention by Canada while two Canadians Kovrig and Spavor were released by China in exchange
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News Reports

Amit Shah chairs review on Maoist terrorism in 10 states, Mamata Banerjee and 3 other CMs skip the high-level meeting

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Home Minister Amir Shah chaired a review meeting on ‘Left-Wing Terrorism’ in ten states today, organised at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi
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Law

CJI NV Ramana quotes the Communist Manifesto to ask women to demand 50% reservations in Judiciary

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana, encouraged women to demand 50% reservations for them in the Judiciary.
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OpIndia Scoops

Gujarat: Surat Municipal Corporation cancels permission for construction given to Raihan Heights in violation of Disturbed Areas Act

Nirwa Mehta -
The further construction at Raihan Heights has been halted after the Deputy Collector, Surat Municipal Corporation cancelled the transfer of property which violated the Disturbed Areas Act
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Politics

‘Drop tainted Rana Gurjeet Singh, include a clean Dalit face in ministry in view of upcoming elections’: Punjab Congress MLAs demand

OpIndia Staff -
Hours before the cabinet expansion, the Punjab Congress headed by Navjot Singh Sidhu has apparently played the 'Dalit Card'.
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News Reports

PM Modi calls for record-breaking sale of Khadi on October 2, roots for ‘vocal for local’ in his Mann Ki Baat address

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to break all records and buy Khadi from local shops this festival seaosn
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Political History of India

How the British tortured and brutalized Indian women, threw them into sexual slavery

OpIndia Staff -
A book written by Elizabeth W. Andrew and Katharine C. Bushnell in 1898 uncovers a tragic truth of British rule in India.
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News Reports

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma calls for a ban on Islamist group PFI, reveals details of conspiracy behind violence in Assam

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The Assam Chief Minister further emphasised that a dossier has been sent to the Centre seeking a ban on PFI.
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WTF News

Did a Nairobi Pastor ban women from wearing underwear to ‘receive spirit of Jesus easily’? What we know

OpIndia Staff -
In 2014, a pastor in Nairobi indeed ask the female members of his congregation to not wear underwear during the service and had also warned of grave consequences if they do.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Etawah police arrests Christian priest accused of carrying out illegal conversions

Vijay Deo Jha -
Christian priest named Shyam Sundar arrested in Etawah in UP on the allegations of carrying out illegal conversions
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Editor's picks

Transgenders to enjoy reservations soon? Govt likely to categorise the ‘third gender’ as OBCs

OpIndia Staff -
Transgenders in India will soon be able to enjoy the benefit of reservations after inclusion in the OBC category.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Uncertainty clouds Munawar Faruqui’s Surat show as event organisers pull out, Bajrang Dal had warned of disruption

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Bajrang Dal leaders had threatened they will disrupt Munawar Faruqui's show for having insulted Hindu gods and goddesses in name of 'comedy'.
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News Reports

Finance ministry approves capital expenditure projects worth Rs 2,903.80 crore in eight states

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Ministry of Finance approved capital projects worth Rs. 2,903.80 crores in 8 states under the "Special Assistance to States" scheme
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Former Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Jameel, who has been on the run for 19 years, arrested by police

OpIndia Staff -
Jameel aka Dulla was associated with Hizbul Mujahideen and was wanted for 19 years in a terror case registered in 2002
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