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West Bengal: Prashant Kishor registers as voter from Bhabanipur, BJP says Mamata Banerjee in need of votes from “outsiders”

OpIndia Staff -
Meanwhile, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday urged people to go out and cast their vote for her in the September 30 Bhabanipur bypoll and not be deterred by the cyclone.
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News Reports

Singapore’s High Commissioner Simon meets UP CM Yogi Adityanath, hails connectivity and ease of doing business

OpIndia Staff -
Singapore High Commissioner said that they have identified various sectors like religious tourism, logistics and infrastructure where they could invest in Uttar Pradesh.
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World

Pakistan PM Imran Khan claims ex-US President Ronald Reagan compared ‘mujahideens’ to America’s founding fathers, but he’s wrong

OpIndia Staff -
Despite debunking the false information peddled by Imran Khan, his supporters continued to defend him.
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News Reports

Netizens trend “झुक_अंजुम_और_सलामी_दे” demanding journalist Ajit Anjum keeps his promise of 10 salami to Yogi over COVID vaccination

OpIndia Staff -
Ajit Anjum had challenged UP CM Yogi Adityanath that he would salute him ten times if UP manages to administer 9 crore doses in three months' time.
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World

Pakistani journalist claims US removed ‘Haqqani Network’ from blacklist after Imran Khan’s speech at UNGA, except, he’s wrong

OpIndia Staff -
Essentially, Pakistani journalist used a 2012 news about a Haqqani Network terrorist being removed from the blacklist after he was declared dead to claim the Islamist group itself has been removed from the blacklist.
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News Reports

PM Narendra Modi to bring back 157 artefacts and antiquities returned by the United States

OpIndia Staff -
157 artefacts and antiquities were handed over by the United States administration to Prime Minister Modi during his US visit
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News Reports

Congress party workers hurl chairs at each other during a meeting in Sivaganga in front of Karti Chidambaram

OpIndia Staff -
Two factions of Congress party engaged in a fight in a meeting organized by the Congress Sivaganga district unit in Tamil Nadu
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News Reports

Security in Indo-Pacific, Covid-19, Climate Crisis, Cyberspace and others: Quad leaders address a host of issues in the joint statement

OpIndia Staff -
Quad leaders from Australia, India, Japan and the USA issued a joint statement after first physical Quad summit meeting in the USA
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Politics

West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar accorded ‘Z’ category security cover

OpIndia Staff -
The MHA has ordered the CISF to provide round the clock security to West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar.
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World

Taliban hangs man accused of kidnapping in full public glare, meant to be a lesson for others

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Taliban founder Mullah Nooruddin Turabi announced that they will carry out execution and amputation for crimes.
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News Reports

‘Some countries using terrorism and fragile situation in Afghanistan as political tool’: PM Modi at UN General Assembly

OpIndia Staff -
A country with a regressive thinking is using terrorism as a political tool, PM Modi said without naming Pakistan in his speech in UNGA
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Political History of India

The legacy of Madam Bhikaiji Cama: The ‘mother of revolutionaries’ who fought for Indian independence

Shubham Goyal -
Madam Cama grew conscious about the atrocities done by Britishers in the country due to which differences arose between her and Rustom Cama.
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Politics

As Mamata Banerjee claims Modi stopped her ‘foreign trip’, here are the many unanswered questions about the event she was supposedly invited to

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has claimed that the Central Government has denied her permission to attend a world event at Rome.
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News Reports

Rajasthan govt bans WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, mobile internet and SMS to ‘maintain secrecy’ of REET exam in Ajmer district

OpIndia Staff -
Internet and social media apps banned for 12 hours in Ajmer district in Rajasthan to prevent cheating during REET examination
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Crime

Dr Nisar Khan and his son forcibly circumcise their Hindu servant to convert him to Islam in Madhya Pradesh, case filed: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
A 31-year-old man has filed a complaint against 2 people for forcibly circumcising him with the intent of converting him into Islam.
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News Reports

‘Child Marriage bill of Rajasthan violates central acts and court judgements’: NCPCR writes to Ashok Gehlot govt urging to reconsider the bill

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR says Rajasthan Child Marriage Bill violates Juvenile Justice Act, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and other acts and court orders
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News Reports

Surge in Covid-19 cases in Mizoram causes concern, infection high among youths

OpIndia Staff -
Mizoram has third highest number of active Covid-19 cases in the country, after Kerala, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu
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News Reports

One Abdul Rafeek from Kerala gets almost 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl: What happened

OpIndia Staff -
Justice MP Shibu directed the accused to pay ₹2.15 lacs as a fine, failing which the prison sentence will be extended by an additional 2 years 9 months.
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Entertainment

Here is why netizens are sharing the number of unread emails they have in their inbox with Sonu Sood

OpIndia Staff -
On Saturday, continuing his theatrics, Sonu Sood shared a screenshot showing the number of unread emails on his inbox.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu Congress media in-charge demands OpIndia editors be jailed for talking about 1921 Malabar genocide of Hindus by Moplah Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
The Malabar genocide of 1921 by Moplah Muslims was a systematic campaign of Jihad that led to an estimated death of 10,000 Hindus in Kerala.
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News Reports

Assam eviction drive: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma alludes PFI involvement in Sipajhar violence, says situation normal

OpIndia Staff -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said consent was sought before conducting the eviction drive, insinuating that PFI visited the region a day before violence broke out
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News Reports

Global Jihad to Congress’ role: 16 things J Nandakumar said about the 1921 Malabar massacre of Hindus by Moplah Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
J Nandakumar believes that the communist and Islamist historians who have tried to distort Indian history, have also glorified the 1921 Moplah massacre, depicting it as a freedom struggle
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Opinions

In front of PM Modi, Biden certifies that American liberal media is worthless lapdogs: Here is how

Abhishek Banerjee -
What did the American media get in return for such loyalty? Yesterday, President Biden humiliated the American media in front of PM Modi.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi against 75th Independence Day celebrations? The Gandhi leader uses the Assam eviction of illegal squatters to spew venom against India

Jinit Jain -
Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alluded to the Assam incident and said it does not behove the country to indulge in celebrations over its 75th Independence Day
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News Reports

‘Ford Foundation Fellows group is a breeding ground of left-wing extremism’: Whistleblowers reveal the ‘charity’ group’s bias

OpIndia Staff -
Ford Foundation Fellows group is dictated by radical left-wing extremists who launch coordinated attacks against dissenters.
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News Reports

Medical journal The Lancet dehumanizes women, calls them ‘bodies with vaginas’: Here’s what inspires such insults

K Bhattacharjee -
Esteemed medical journal The Lancet has gone one step ahead and labelled women "bodies with vaginas".
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Editor's picks

‘Arsonists disguised as fire-fighters’: India slaps Pakistan in UN General Assembly using ‘first right of reply’ after Imran Khan’s speech

OpIndia Staff -
Indian diplomat Sneha Dubey exercised the 'Right of reply' and demolished the allegations levelled against India by Pakistan PM Imran Khan
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News Reports

Enforcement Directorate issues fresh summon to Maharashtra minister Anil Parab for questioning in Rs 100 Cr bribery-extortion racket

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra transport minister Anil Parab has been directed to appear before the south Mumbai office of ED on September 28.
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News Reports

Video of Bhim Army’s woman state president Seema Singh threatening to bomb Yogi Adityanath goes viral, police files a case: Details

OpIndia Staff -
A video of Bhim Army woman state president Seema Singh has gone viral in which she could be seen threatening to blow up UP CM Yogi Adityanath with a bomb
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Government and Policy

From 5 Bidens in India to PM Modi’s 5 Ts, QUAD, COVID and more: Here are 4 points discussed when PM Modi and President...

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden spoke for about 20 minutes and attended over an hour-long meet in Washington.
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News Reports

Left historians whitewashed 1921 Malabar genocide of Hindus as a peasant uprising: What Yogi Adityanath said about Jihadis shaming mankind

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath spoke on the 1921 Malabar genocide of Hindus by Moplah Muslims on a program hosted to remember the massacre
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News Reports

China provokes yet again by blaming India for the Galwan clash of 2020, India hits back: Here is what the MEA said

OpIndia Staff -
China has yet again resorted to making unfounded statements regarding the Galwan clash in 2020 and the MEA is having none of it
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News Reports

Kolkata police officer stops journalist from reporting BJP protest near CM house, BJP says he molested and manhandled Priyanka Tibrewal

OpIndia Staff -
Along with humiliating the journalist the Kolkata police officer was also accused of molesting Priyanka Tibrewal and beating up BJP leaders
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Politics

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee likens BJP leader to a ‘dead dog’ after he dies from injuries inflicted by TMC goons: Details

OpIndia Staff -
BJP State President Sukanta Majumdar has lashed out at the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for her 'insensitive' comments.
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World

‘No-one will tell us what our laws should be’: Former Taliban ‘head of religious police’ says, executions and amputations set to resume in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, a former Talibani head of religious police claimed that extreme punishments like executions and amputations will restart again in Afghanistan
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News Reports

Rakesh Tikait begs Joe Biden to pressure Narendra Modi into repealing farm laws: Here’s the actual position of US govt on the matter

OpIndia Staff -
It seems Rakesh Tikait is not aware of stated position of the US govt regarding the issues the farmers are raising concerning
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News Reports

Toolkit for illegal encroachers? Numerous tweets with same words and hashtag point towards sinister designs over Assam violence

K Bhattacharjee -
It has been observed that a lot of the tweets over Assam violence have exactly the same words and use the same hashtag.
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News Reports

‘Abrogation of article 370 has restored governance in Jammu and Kashmir’: British MP Bob Blackman in the UK Parliament

OpIndia Staff -
Known as the ‘Friend of India’, Bob Blackman was felicitated with the Padma Shri Award in January 2020.
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News Reports

BJP joins hands with Sanjay Nishad-led NISHAD Party for 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election

OpIndia Staff -
After allying with Apna Dal, BJP allies with NISHAD Party in Uttar Pradesh for the 2022 assembly elections in the state
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News Reports

‘Even Krishna used to steal butter’: Judge quotes Lord Krishna’s tales to acquit minor boy accused of ‘stealing’ sweets to eat

OpIndia Staff -
The judge said that when Krishna's 'butter theft' could be considered a naughty act, the boy's action also should not be considered criminal
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News Reports

Gujarat: Bajrang Dal decides to have ‘their own show’ to disrupt shows by ‘comedian’ Munawar Faruqui who had mocked Godhra train victims

Jhankar Mohta -
Bajrang Dal activists have pledged that they will not allow 'comedian' Munawar Faruqui to perform in Surat, Gujarat.
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Political History of India

How the Malabar Massacre of Hindus left a baby beside the body of her dead mother and a million other atrocities that were committed

Shyam Sreekumar -
The Malabar Hindu genocide by the Moplah Muslims were not a peasant uprising or a nationalist movement, it was Jihad against Hindus
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Law

Jantar Mantar sloganeering case: Delhi High Court grants bail to Preet Singh who had demanded Hindu Rashtra

OpIndia Staff -
Preet Singh said in the court that the demand of Hindu Rashtra can not be treated as an offence under section 153A of IPC
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Politics

‘Peaceful eviction drive was agreed upon, who instigated?’: Himanta Biswa Sarma makes stand clear on violence in Darrang, Assam

OpIndia Staff -
Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the eviction drive was initiated with an agreed principle that landless will be provided 2 acres each.
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News Reports

Punjab: Congress high command reluctant to give free rein to Channi-Sidhu, ‘remote-controlled’ cabinet expected

OpIndia Staff -
Gandhis will reportedly have a say in all decisions concerning Punjab after the unceremonious removal of Captain Amarinder Singh from the post of state CM last week, a report in News 18 stated.
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News Reports

African countries cancel Chinese projects blaming China’s lack of transparency and shoddy work of Chinese companies: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The shoddy work of the Chinese companies is to blame that led to tensions among several countries in the African region
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News Reports

Odisha: OTV journalist dies in tragic boat mishap in Mahanadi during elephant rescue operation

OpIndia Staff -
Arindam Das along with cameraman Prabhat Sinha had boarded a boat and followed the ORDAF team to cover the rescue mission.
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News Reports

Gangster Mukhtar Ansari demands exclusive facilities in jail saying he may be poisoned as ‘the UP govt is unhappy with him’

OpIndia Staff -
Mukhtar Ansari said that the UP Government is 'upset' with him so he was being made to live like a common prisoner in jail
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News Reports

Remembering Mangalyaan mission: 7 years of India’s successful entry into Mars orbit overcoming all odds

OpIndia Staff -
The team of scientists, who worked on this project, were led by the then ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan.
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Opinions

How Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath have rejuvenated the sugar economy in Uttar Pradesh

Sanjay Manyal -
How the efforts of the central government and state government have turned around the sugar economy in Uttar Pradesh.
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