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India records its highest tally at a single Paralympics: Here’s the list of Indian athletes who won medals at Tokyo Paralympics so far

OpIndia Staff -
So far, India has won 15 medals - three gold, seven silver and five bronze medals. Currently, India is placed at the Tokyo Paralympics.
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News Reports

No more rice-bag on back of Jesuit priest Robert Solomon: The story of the preacher who became a pracharak

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Suman Kumar of Hindu Jagaran Manch is an interesting story about how an agent of conversion Robert Solomon returned to Sanatan dharma
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News Reports

MHA suspends Kerala-based NGO linked to prominent Sunni leader Sheikh Abubakr Ahmed over FCRA violations: What we found about their donors

OpIndia Staff -
The MHA has suspended the foreign funding licence of a prominent Kerala-based NGO Markazul Ighasathil Kairiyathil Hindiyya.
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World

Pakistan to help Taliban reorganise its Army in Afghanistan, to send in ISI chief to assist the effort: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan is concerned about the possibility of TTP carrying out terror attacks by crossing over from Afghanistan.
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World

Pakistan: Imran Khan’s ‘Murghi Paal’ scheme fails, hens did not lay eggs, citizens cooked and ate them instead

OpIndia Staff -
The 'Murghi Paal' scheme launched by Pakistan PM Imran Khan has failed to make any impact, according to an internal report.
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News Reports

Who is Rajeev Sethi? The art historian who asked Neeraj Chopra about his sex life

OpIndia Staff -
'Art historian' Rajeev Sethi made Neeraj Chopra extremely uncomfortable during an Indian Express event by asking about his sex life.
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World

‘I have not fled anywhere’: Afghanistan’s caretaker President Amrullah Saleh says after rumours of Panjshir falling to Taliban

OpIndia Staff -
Amrullah Saleh rejected claims that he has already fled to Tajikistan. He said that he was still in Panjshir valley.
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World

Joe Biden admin under the scanner over human trafficking concerns after US imports ‘child brides’ from Afghanistan, married to much older men

OpIndia Staff -
There are grave concerns about human trafficking after the US Govt under Joe Biden imported 'child brides' from Afghanistan.
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News Reports

Watch: ‘Art Historian’ asks ‘sundar’ Neeraj Chopra about ‘sex life’ and training balance, makes Gold medalist very uncomfortable

OpIndia Staff -
Art historian Rajeev Sethi asked Neeraj Chopra about his sex life at an event hosted by Indian Express, making him uncomfortable.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Teacher thrashes students for fasting on Janmashtami, suspended after complaint by villagers

OpIndia Staff -
Teacher Markam in a Chhattisgarh school asked students if they fasted on Janmasthami, and thrashed those who raised their hands
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News Reports

Cambridge prof Priyamvada Gopal compares Jallianwala Bagh Memorial to ‘whale penis’: Her history of Hinduphobic comments

OpIndia Staff -
Indian born academic Priyamvada Gopal has acquired widespread notoriety over comments she has made on social media.
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News Reports

Jharkhand Congress MLA Irfan Ansari praises Taliban for chasing away Americans, claims foreign troops committed atrocities and Afghans happy now

OpIndia Staff -
Irfan Ansari said USA is responsible for injustice and violation of human rights in Afghanistan while defending the Taliban.
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News Reports

Defence study recommends including Arthashastra, Gita in Army curriculum, Congress opposes saying Muslims also fought Kargil war

OpIndia Staff -
College of Defence Management (CDM) proposed to include Arthashastra and Bhagavat Gita into the current military training curriculum
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Entertainment

Poet Munawwar Rana ‘falls ill’ after High Court refuses to stay his arrest for defending Taliban by comparing it to Maharishi Valmiki

OpIndia Staff -
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court refused to grant Munawwar Rana an interim protection from arrest over his remarks.
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News Reports

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram offers ‘Friday prayers’ at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, which contains ‘hair’ of Prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
Karti P Chidambaram shared a picture on social media that showed him offering prayers at the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar
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News Reports

Watch: Jarvo 69 is back, makes pitch invasion for the 3rd time during the India-England Test series at Oval

OpIndia Staff -
British prankster Daniel Jarvis aka 'Jarvo 69' invades the India-England Test series again, this time at Oval during the fourth test
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News Reports

“Those caught stealing will have their hands chopped off as per Sharia Law of Islam”: The Taliban announces through a Kabul mosque

OpIndia Staff -
By announcing that hands of thieves will be chopped as per Sharia law, Taliban indicates it remains a hardliner fundamentalist Islamic group
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Social Media

As India vaccinates over 67 crore people, Prashant Bhushan continues peddling anti-vaccine propaganda, lies about Sweden

OpIndia Staff -
Sweden doesn't have "zero covid", as claimed by Bhushan. It has over 27,000 active cases as on September 3 and has administered over 12 million doses of vaccines.
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Media

The Wire, International Press Institute and IMS: How Indian leftist website received prize from group that funds western regime change propaganda

K Bhattacharjee -
The Wire received a prize from the International Press Institute (IPI) in collaboration with International Media Support (IMS).
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News Reports

Jharkhand men accuse police of forcing them into gay sex and insulting Islam after being questioned in criminal case, police rubbishes charges

Vijay Deo Jha -
On being contacted East Singhbhum SP Subhash Chandra Jat termed the allegation baseless, misleading and malicious. “Nothing has come out in the inquiry. There is no shred of truth in this,” said SP.
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News Reports

Twitter withholds sexist tweet of ‘comedian’ Munawar Faruqui targeting national award-winning actress Kangana Ranaut

OpIndia Staff -
In his tweet, Munawar Faruqui attempted to take sly on Kangana Ranaut, however, but he ended up making vulgar comments
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News Reports

“Pilot’s imagination isn’t blocked by roads, railway lines,” and other gems of Rahul Gandhi in this bizarre monologue where he blames his uncle for...

Nirwa Mehta -
"It is easy to kill yourself," Rahul Gandhi says about how his uncle Sanjay Gandhi died because he had similar flying hours as Rahul Gandhi does now
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News Reports

Australia imposes draconian measures to curb Covid-19, passes surveillance bill giving unprecedented power to cops

OpIndia Staff -
The Australia Government has adopted drastic measures in the name of Covid-19 that are a direct threat to democracy and freedom
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News Reports

Supreme Court rejects bail plea of anti-Sikh riots convict Sajjan Kumar, says he can’t be treated as a VIP

OpIndia Staff -
The order came after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a response saying Kumar’s medical condition was stable and that he had been showing signs of improvement.
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News Reports

Heartbreaking visuals from actor Siddharth Shukla’s last rites: Friend Shehnaz Gill, others arrive at Mumbai crematorium

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from Shehnaaz, Shukla’s ex-colleague and co-contestant Rashmi Desai, Asim Riaz and Vishal Singh were also spotted arriving to attend his last rites.
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Politics

Congress MP Manish Tewari hails alleged sexual predator Tarun Tejpal, claims he was ‘politically persecuted’, ‘honourably exonerated’

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari took the first step on Friday to rehabilitate sexual harassment accused Tarun Tejpal.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Pastor arrested for fanning communal tension, had made objectionable remarks against Vinayak Chaturthi

OpIndia Staff -
The pastor has been remanded to 14 days of judicial custody and is currently lodged in the Central jail.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: AC mechanic Abdul Samad arrested for posing as a woman on Instagram and luring minor girls to send obscene photos and videos

OpIndia Staff -
Abdul Samad, who posed as women to lure minor girls, was arrested by the UP police by tracing him through electronic surveillance
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News Reports

Pakistan NSA Moeed Yusuf claims India is a threat to world peace, compares Hindutva Govt to Nazi Germany

OpIndia Staff -
Moeed Yusuf compared the Government of India to Nazi Germany and demanded that the world take cognizance of it.
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News Reports

Delhi HC grants bail to 5 people accused of murdering head constable Ratan Lal during anti-Hindu riots

OpIndia Staff -
Head constable Ratan Lal was murdered on February 24 when he was shot at by rioters while patrolling along with his seniors
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News Reports

Made in Pakistan: Scissor fails to cut ribbon, so minister uses his teeth, and people can’t stop imagining what next

OpIndia Staff -
Pak Minister Fayyaz-ul-Hassan Chohan said that he was inaugurating a shop in his constituency and the blunt scissor would not work. So he displayed his skills on ribbon cutting.
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News Reports

Malayalam movie ‘Vaariyamkunnan’ glorifying the Jihadis behind Moplah Hindu genocide in Kerala shelved after outrage

OpIndia Staff -
Vaariyamkunnan is based on lives of Variamkunnath Kunhamed Haji and Ali Musaliar, Jihadis behind genocide of Hindus in Kerala in early 1920s
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays the 4th FIR against OpIndia by the vindictive Bengal Government: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Nupur J Sharma, the editor-in-chief of OpIndia and Rahul Roushan, the CEO were summoned for interrogation by the CID on a Friday earlier this month.
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News Reports

No stone pelting, no violent clashes: Swift actions by administration prevent unrest in Kashmir after Geelani’s death

OpIndia Staff -
Following the death of separatist patriarch Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Jammu and Kashmir administration imposed restrictions to prevent violence
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News Reports

‘You are too pretty for this to have happened to you’: Biden had once said to the young widow of a martyr. Details

OpIndia Staff -
The family of the US marines killed in an ISKP suicide attack in Kabul have slammed Joe Biden for insensitive behaviour.
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News Reports

Auckland: ISIS-inspired man stabs six in a mall, PM Jacinda Arden calls it ‘terrorist attack’

OpIndia Staff -
The attack in New Zealand was carried out by a Sri Lankan national who had arrived in New Zealand in October 2011
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News Reports

JDU MLA says he was moving around in underwears inside train because he had upset stomach

OpIndia Staff -
Gopal Mandal's friend Kunal Singh came to the rescue of JDU MLA, saying that Mandal is a diabetes patient and was travelling to Delhi for some "urgent business".
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News Reports

Punjab police lathi-charge, use water cannons on protesting farmers in Moga as clashes turned violent

OpIndia Staff -
The severe action against farmers comes days after Punjab CM Amarinder Singh had called the Haryana Police's actions on farmers as 'brazen brutality'.
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OpIndia Explains

From ‘arararara’ to ‘Mera Yeshu Yeshu’ to exorcism in slow motion: Funny Christian conversion videos which are no joke

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The Christian preachers have left no opportunity to trap innocent Hindus by organising mass evangelical camps, healing events etc.
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News Reports

Delhi: Mysterious tunnel connecting Legislative Assembly to Red Fort discovered, what we know

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Assembly building was constructed in 1912 during British rule and Red Fort was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1638.
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Opinions

The problem of non-linearity: What Chetan Bhagat and other liberals keep getting wrong on India’s vaccination rates

Abhishek Banerjee -
Congratulations, Chetan. You now have Sadanand Dhume defending your intellectual contribution. And doing it more eloquently than you ever could.
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News Reports

We have the right to speak for Muslims in Kashmir or anywhere else in the world: Taliban Spokesperson Suhail Shaheen

OpIndia Staff -
Suhail Shaheen said that being Muslims, the Taliban has the right to raise their voice for Muslims in India, and any other country.
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News Reports

Worship Mamata Banerjee as ‘Goddess Durga’ this Pujo? 3 committees collaborate for her idol

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, Calcutta High Court ordered a court monitored CBI probe into the human rights violations in the large scale post poll violence that took place in the state after TMC’s Mamata Banerjee returned to power on May 2.
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News Reports

Three Palestinians die after Egyptian Army pumped toxic gas into smuggling tunnel between Egypt and Gaza Strip

OpIndia Staff -
Smuggling Tunnel between Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and Gaza Strip targeted by Egypt using toxic gas, three Palestinians die
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News Reports

‘Cow protection is a fundamental right of Hindus’: Allahabad High Court says cow should be declared as the national animal

OpIndia Staff -
Only beef eaters don't have the fundamental rights, those who worship cows also have the rights, the Allahabad High Court said
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News Reports

Taliban displays its plundered weaponry, suicide bombers in a victory parade broadcast on national TV

OpIndia Staff -
In a parade, the Taliban displayed one of its showpiece weaponry - suicide bombers to the elders of the radical Islamic outfit
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News Reports

Congress party forms ‘agitation committee’ led by Digvijay Singh with Priyanka Gandhi, Udit Raj and others as members

OpIndia Staff -
Congress president Sonia Gandhi forms a committee under the leadership of Digvijay Singh to plan sustain agitations on the national level
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Opinions

‘Liberals’ can live only as slaves of Islamists, or they will be ‘cancelled’: Naseeruddin Shah is an example

Sanghamitra -
In the case of Indian 'liberals', all their intellect, their thought process, and talks of progressive ideologies lie firmly at the feet of Islamist radicals.
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News Reports

Karnataka ramps up testing, vaccination in areas bordering Kerala where coronavirus pandemic is unhinged

OpIndia Staff -
The Karnataka government headed by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has taken a decision for a massive vaccination drive on priority basis within a 20-km radius on the borders with Kerala.
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News Reports

When a journalist asked tough questions to Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani it led to threats and intimidation. Watch

OpIndia Staff -
In 2011, journalist Aditya Raj Kaul had exposed the links of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani with terror handlers in Pakistan
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