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Six government employees including two cops dismissed in Jammu and Kashmir for terror links

OpIndia Staff -
6 govt employees dismissed in Jammu and Kashmir for terror links on the basis of intelligence reports submitted to UT Level Screening Committee
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News Reports

Outgoing Delhi Gurudwara committee president Manjinder Singh Sirsa fails Gurmukhi test, disqualified from becoming co-opted member

OpIndia Staff -
Manjinder Singh Sirsa was trying to remain DSGMC president by becoming a co-opted member after he lost the elections on August 22
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News Reports

Karnataka High Court upholds Arms Act exemption granted to Kodavas & Jumma Land Holders to carry weapons without licence

OpIndia Staff -
The court said that the Kodava community and Jumma tenure holders are enjoying exemptions from Arms Act since pre-independence
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News Reports

Mumbai Diaries 26/11: Another attempt to whitewash Islamic terrorism and peddle fake narratives?

Chandni Sengupta -
The brilliant performances and stories of unity and resilience could have made for an enjoyable treat but for the exasperatingly awful attempt at whitewashing Islamic jihad and the forced, hollow trope of 'terror has no religion'.
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Cricket

Pakistan believes New Zealand pulled out over threats from ‘Aunty ki Ghanti’ rapper and ‘mails’ from ID such as pappubh*sadi6

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan minister claimed New Zealand cut short its tour after receiving 'threats' from 'Indians posing as Pakistanis' and sending mails from mail id such as ch*[email protected], lalheeralall*[email protected], pappubh*[email protected], and several others.
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News Reports

‘Saree? No entry!’ Delhi restaurant draws flak over ‘no saree’ rule for patrons, ratings on Zomato dip

OpIndia Staff -
Aquila restaurant in Delhi denied entry to a patron for wearing a saree over its 'smart casuals' dress code, netizens aren't amused.
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News Reports

Appointment of new Punjab DGP awaits approval from Rahul Gandhi, caste equations to play role in the final selection: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Congress's wish to maintain caste balance in Punjab may lead to disapproval of CM Channi's favorite as next DGP of Punjab
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News Reports

Signatures on alleged suicide note mismatch with Mahant Narendra Giri’s original ones, foul play suspected: Report

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Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri was found dead in Baghambari Mutt in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Monday, September 20.
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Editor's picks

UK approves Covishield vaccine after India talked about reciprocal measures, but refuses to recognise CoWIN certificate now

OpIndia Staff -
Even though UK has approved the Covishield vaccine, it still kept India under amber list, and does not recognise the CoWIN certification
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News Reports

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma performs ‘Daha Sanskar’ ritual for dead rhinos, 2479 horns burned to send a strong message against poaching

OpIndia Staff -
Assam Govt burned 2,500 rhino horns on World Rhino Day to pay respect to the departed souls in Daha Sanskar ceremony, and to send a strong message against poaching.
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News Reports

Ravi Shastri had advised Virat Kohli to quit not just T20 but ODI captaincy as well, says Report

OpIndia Staff -
Ravi Shastri wanted Virat Kohli to continue to be the best batsman in the world and had therefore, reportedly suggested him to give up white ball captaincy altogether.
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News Reports

UP conversion racket: ATS arrests Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui for suspicious activities, AAP’s Amanatullah Khan cries foul

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The 64-year-old Islamic scholar runs Jamia Imam Waliullah trust that funds several madrassas for which he received huge foreign funding.
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News Reports

As Indian Railways announces a special package for Uttarakhand’s Char Dham Yatra, here are the things to keep in mind

Anurag -
Indian Railways has recently launched a special Deluxe AC tourist train for Char Dham Yatra under the 'Dekho Apna Desh' program
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News Reports

Asaduddin Owaisi claims his Delhi residence ‘vandalised’, five ‘Hindu Sena’ men detained

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Asaduddin Owaisi claimed that his residence in Delhi's Ashoka Road was vandalised while he was in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays NCDRC order directing YRF to compensate viewer for excluding ‘Jabra Fan’ song from Shah Rukh Khan movie Fan

OpIndia Staff -
NCDRC had ordered Yash Raj Films to pay Rs 10000 plus costs to a litigant for excluding the song Jabra Fan from movie Fan
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News Reports

Assam government sends the message that rhino horns have no value, burns 2479 horns on the occasion of World Rhino Day

OpIndia Staff -
2479 rhino horns which were burnt were part of 2623 horns stocked at treasuries in Assam, 50 kept for court cases and 94 will be preserved
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News Reports

Taliban writes to UN demanding to be invited to address the UNGA meet, nominates Doha spokesperson as UN ambassador

OpIndia Staff -
Taliban has written to the United Nations demanding that they be invited to address the ongoing UNGA session in New York
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News Reports

Centre allows bureaucrats to retain gifts valued up to Rs 5,000 received from foreign dignitaries

OpIndia Staff -
Gifts received by Civil Services Officers from foreign dignitaries will have to submitted to the toshakhana for evaluation and if found valued above Rs 5,000, the difference amount could be paid to retain them
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Media

Spinning fiction? Siddharth Varadarajan’s ‘Paris cafe’ claims on vaccine certificate don’t quite add up, what the authorities say

OpIndia Staff -
Whether Varadarajan was just spinning stories or indeed telling the truth is a not something we could fact-check till someone puts us in touch with that particular waiter from that cafe, here is what the French authorities say about vaccination certificates.
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News Reports

Adani Group releases statement after Congress spreads lies over Mundra Port drug bust, calls out malicious propaganda against company

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"No port operator across the country can examine a container. Their role is limited to running the port," Adani said in its statement.
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News Reports

Ahead of UNGA, EAM Dr Jaishankar meets his counterparts from UK, Australia, South Korea etc, regional concerns discussed

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to leave for the United States on Wednesday and will be addressing the UNGA debate on September 25.
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News Reports

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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