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Yamuna is getting purified after AAP lost elections: Men and machines working on a mission mode to clean the river in Delhi under the...

केशव मालान -
OpIndia reached the banks of Yamuna in Delhi to find out what action the Delhi government is taking to clean the river, and found men and machines working
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News Reports

Indore: Wife of college chairman Sameer Mir accuses him of assaulting and pressuring her to convert to Islam, says he threw away idols of...

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“About 4 years ago, Sameer's behaviour started changing. He started performing namaz, and he also changed his attire completely. After this, he started pressuring me to pray namaz and accept Islam,” the victim said.
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News Reports

Sirens all night, sounds of explosions all around: What it was like in Jammu as Pakistan sent wave after wave of missiles and drones...

Rukma Rathore -
Jammu found itself amidst the overwhelming noise of explosions, sirens and utter darkness as Paksitan launched its attack.
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Ambassador Vinay Kwatra counters CNN’s anti-India propaganda, sets the record straight regarding ongoing military tensions between India and Pakistan

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The Indian ambassador clarified that the military escalation between the two countries did not start with India and, in fact, it started with the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which was carried out by Pakistan-backed terrorists.
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Delhi HC orders Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale to publish a public apology to former diplomat Lakshmi Puri within a week in defamation case

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The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale to publish a public apology within a week to former diplomat Lakshmi Puri, as per the court's previous judgment on July 1, 2024.
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News Reports

Pakistan used 300 to 400 Turkish Asisguard Songar drones to attack India, Indian armed drone destroyed Pakistani radar: Details of press briefing on Operation...

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Drone intrusions were attempted by Pakistan from Leh to Sir Creek along international border and LoC on the intervening night of 8 and 9 May
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News Reports

Was Pakistan ‘probing’ India’s air defence capabilities? Exclusive report reveals Pakistan’s Hamas-style attack may have been a calculated provocation

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's reckless aggression on Thursday (May 8) may well have been a calculated provocation to check India's defence capabilities, a new report reveals.
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PM Modi resisted domestic and international pressure to procure Rafale fighters and S‑400 System, and now he has been vindicated during conflict against Pakistan

Rukma Rathore -
United States warned to impose sanctions on India over S-400 deal, while opposition parties in India strongly opposed the Rafale deal
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OpIndia Explains

As India thwarts Pakistani attack, here’s how multi-layered Indian defence worked to stop the wave of missiles and drones sent by Pakistan to target...

Shraddha Pandey -
To thwart the wave of Pakistani missiles and drones, India activated its multi-layered air-defence system, including Akashteer ADCRS, S-400 Sudarshan Chakra, S400 Triumf, Barak 8 MRSAM (Medium Range Surface to Air Missile) and Akash Missile System.
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News Reports

TRAI releases recommendations on spectrum allocation and prices for satellite-based commercial communication services

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its recommendations for satellite-based commercial communication services.
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News Reports

Day after claiming they intercepted 25 Indian drones, Pakistani defence minister says they didn’t intercept the drones to avoid giving away their defence locations

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's defence minister Khwaja Asif claimed that Pakistani forces didn’t intercept the Indian drones as it would have given away the locations of defence establishments.
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News Reports

Another blow to pro-Pakistani forces? Leftwing rag The Wire claims Indian government blocked access to its platform

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire has alleged that the Indian government has blocked access to its platform, though many users reported that the website remains accessible.
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News Reports

India shoots down Pakistan’s AWACS, read how the surveillance aircraft operates and why losing one is a significant blow to Pakistan

Rukma Rathore -
The airborne warning system, AWACS, is more capable than ground mounted radars and work as eyes in the skies.
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OpIndia Explains

Know all about Indian ‘Iron Dome’ Akashteer, the indigenous Air Defence System that stopped the wave of Pakistani missiles and drones sent to target...

Shraddha Pandey -
In response to Pakistani strikes, Indian armed forces activated the indigenously developed Akashteer Air Defence System to intercept and destroy a wave of Pakistani missiles and drones
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News Reports

Leftists, Modi-haters and assorted ‘seculars’ suddenly remember peace when India starts striking back against Pakistan, ask for de-escalation

OpIndia Staff -
The leftists, Modi haters and assorted 'seculars' had been mocking the Modi government for not taking action against Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, where Hindus were massacred by Islamic terrorists. When the government avenged the killings in Pahalgam through 'Operation Sindoor', the same individuals turned to crusaders of peace.
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News Reports

India asks X to ban over 8000 accounts or face penalties

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Social media platform X has received executive orders from the Indian government requiring X to block over 8,000 accounts in India, subject to potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment of the company's local employees, a statement by the Global Government Affairs said.
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News Reports

Satyapal Malik’s statement used in Pakistan National Assembly to claim that India orchestrated Pahalgam on its own citizens

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Satyapal Malik had blamed the Modi governemnt and demanded an apology from the prime minister for the Pahalgam attack.
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Former WSJ journalist recalls how her colleague Daniel Pearl was betrayed by Pakistan government and terrorists after he witnessed terror camps in Bahawalpur

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Nomani said that under the obsession to take over Kashmir, Pakistan failed to act against terrorist bases on its land.
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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri asks why state funeral if only Pakistani civilians died in India’s Operation Sindoor, says Pakistan can’t be trusted for joint...

OpIndia Staff -
As India continues to hit target inside Pakistan as part of Operation Sindoor, foreign secretary Vikram Misri held a special briefing on the operation on Thursday evening.
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News Reports

BSF stops Beating Retreat ceremonies at Attari-Wagah, Hussainwala, and Sadki borders till further orders

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The Border Security Force (BSF) has stopped the Beating Retreat ceremonies at all three border check posts along Pakistan in Punjab-- Attari-Wagah, Hussainwala, and Sadki-- till further orders in view of public safety.
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Politics

From problem with the name to asking for details to questioning ‘will it end terrorism’: How some Indian politicians are busy playing politics after...

OpIndia Staff -
Rashid Alvi downplayed the imporatnce of the operation while Imran Masood asked for detailed information about the strikes so that he can be 'satisfied'.
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News Reports

Foreign media, Pakistan govt use a loop of lies to claim ‘Indian fighter jets shot down’ despite zero evidence: Pakistani defence minister says he...

Shraddha Pandey -
While Pakistan has failed to provide any substantial proof including visuals of wreckage of the supposedly downed Indian fighter jets, NYT decided to take ‘expert’ opinion of John E Pike, the director of Global Security, who speculated that Pakistan those five aircraft and the drone could have been downed by surface-to-air or air-to-air missiles. “Pakistan has both”.
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Opinions

China fans Pakistani fake claims of shooting down 5 Indian Air Force jets using Chinese jets to promote its defense technology, reports surge in...

Sandeep Singh -
J-10C, like most of the domestically-developed Chinese platforms had not yet been battle-tested till now, so they also needed this fake news of it bringing down a Rafale to show that this fighter jet is good for active combat.
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News Reports

Pakistani Army says Indian drones targeted several cities including Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi, claims to have shot down 12 Harop loitering munitions

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Pakistan Army spokesman Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that as many as 9 different places in Pakistan were targeted by Indian drones.
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News Reports

Darbhanga: Muslims attacked Hindus after verifying religion, 21 accused named in FIR, 4 arrested

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A group of Muslims gathered on a local road and started attacking Hindus passing from there.
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News Reports

Adani Green becomes world’s first renewable energy Independent Power Producer among top 10 players to turn water positive

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Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) becomes world's first renewable energy (RE) Independent Power Producer (IPP) with a massive over 14 GW operational portfolio to turn water positive
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News Reports

Pakistani Defence Minister runs to CNN boasting about downing Indian jets, fumbles and claims ‘social media’ when asked to show evidence

Rukma Rathore -
The anchor even schooled the minister for discussing social media reports instead of providing evidence for his claims.
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News Reports

SkyStriker drones, used in Operation Sindoor, are made in India: Read about the loitering munitions that can locate and target with precision

OpIndia Staff -
With their aerial precision and manoeuvring capabilities, the drones provide a critical advantage in a modern battlefield.
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News Reports

15 civilians killed, 57 injured as Pakistan continues artillery shelling on civilian areas across the LoC

OpIndia Staff -
Locals in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir are bearing the brunt of heavy artillery shelling by the Pakistan Army across the LoC since the night of May 7 in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor.
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News Reports

Brahmins single largest caste, 4000+ castes in India – Read about 1931 caste census conducted by the British which eventually led to ‘Mandal-Kamandal’ politics...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
This caste census conducted in 1931 continued to influence Indian politics for decades to come. It was stated in this report that the total population of Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the country is 52%. On this basis, politics like 'backwards should get 60 out of 100' started. This politics later on turned into Mandal-Kamandal politics.
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News Reports

Operation Sindoor: Read complete details of the 9 terror camps of LeT, JeM and HuM in Pakistan and PoK destroyed by Indian forces

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Operation Sindoor: Detail list of the 9 targets hit by India, which terror group operates them and what activities are held there
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News Reports

Indian envoy slams The Irish Times for echoing Pakistani propaganda, tells OpIndia the paper has been ‘extremely negative’ and regularly publishes anti-India editorials

Shraddha Pandey -
Responding to OpIndia’s email query, Indian Ambassador to Ireland Akhilesh Mishra said that The Irish Times has been “extremely negative” towards India.
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News Reports

15 innocent civilians killed, 43 injured in indiscriminate artillery firing by Pakistan Army in Poonch and Tangdhar in J&K, houses and other civilian infrastructure...

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Fifteen innocent civilians have been killed and 43 injured in artillery firing by the Pakistan Army since yesterday night which has hit civilian areas in Poonch and Tangdhar
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Made in China, broken in war: How Chinese-supplied air defence system did not intercept a single missile fired under ‘Operation Sindoor’

Jinit Jain -
Not a single missile fired by India was intercepted by Chinese air defence system, paraded by Pakistan as the state-of-the-art solutions against aerial threats.
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Who are Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Colonel Sofia Qureshi, the officers who led the press briefing on Operation Sindoor

OpIndia Staff -
Colonel Sofia Qureshi's grandfather served in the army and her spouse is also an army officer.
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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefs envoys of 13 UNSC member states on Operation Sindoor, says Pahalgam terror attack was escalation for India

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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri briefed envoys and representatives of 13 UN Security Council member countries and conveyed that New Delhi's response to April 22 Pahalgam terror attack has been "targeted, measured and non-escalatory,"
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Days after alleging India was mocked about Balakot strike claims, Congress MP Imran Masood says ‘share number and names of terrorists killed so that...

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Congress MP Imran Masood raises questions on Operation Sindoor, asks the government to disclose the number and names of terrorists killed
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When the Left echoes Rawalpindi: How The Wire’s Arfa Sherwani, Siddharth Varadrajan parroted Pakistani narrative soon after ‘Operation Sindoor’

Jinit Jain -
Hours after India struck terror camps in Pakistan, Arfa Khanum and Siddharth Varadrajan began parroting Pakistani narratives, denying terrorist casualties and warning of retaliation—a familiar pattern in their long-standing practice of ideological sabotage.
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India justified in striking terrorist infrastructure: Former UK PM Rishi Sunak on Operation Sindoor

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In a strong show of support to India, UK's former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak firmly backed New Delhi's action against cross-border terrorism following Operation Sindoor and said that "India is justified in striking terrorist infrastructure."
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NSA Ajit Doval speaks with NSAs of US, UK, Japan and other nations after Operation Sindoor, explains that India’s action was measured and non-escalatory

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Soon after the focused strikes on terrorists and terrorist infrastructure at nine sites in Pakistan and PoJK as part of Operation Sindoor, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval spoke with his counterparts from the United States, Japan and several other countries
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Pakistan blocks media access to sites targeted in Indian missile strikes on terror camps: Hiding casualty numbers or the nature of these ‘civilian installations’?

OpIndia Staff -
This is not the first time Pakistan has blocked scrutiny following strikes by Indian armed forces. After the two successful strikes by India in 2016 (surgical strike) and 2019 (Balakot air strike), Islamabad adopted a similar approach.
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Operation Sindoor targets JeM headquarters in Bahawalpur: Read how it was the first princely state to join Pakistan during partition, supported Muslim League

Rukma Rathore -
The predominant demographic in Bahawalpur was Muslim and its nawab had a strong relationship with Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
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From China calling India’s military action ‘regrettable’ to Israel recognising India’s right to self-defence: Read how the world reacted to Operation Sindoor

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Within hours after Operation Sindoor, Israel was among the first countries to express support for India and recognise India's right to self-defense.
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News Reports

The Hindu amplifies Pakistani propaganda that three Indian fighter jets crashed in Kashmir, deletes report after being called out

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The Hindu published fake news claiming that three Indian jets crashed in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor, Ramban, and Pampore areas, later deleted
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Operation Sindoor: Lashkar camps where Ajmal Kasab and David Headley trained also destroyed in Indian strikes

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Among the most significant of the neutralised camps was Markas Taiba Muridke, the notorious Lashkar-e-Taiba base where Ajmal Kasab and David Headley, terrorists behind the 26/11 Mumbai attack, were trained.
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Pakistan’s pressure resulted in removal of references to The Resistance Front, the terror group behind Pahalgam attack, from UNSC statement: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri

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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has highlighted Pakistan's role in removing references to the terrorist group The Resistance Front (TRF), which claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack, from UNSC press statement
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Operation Sindoor: India used high-precision weapons like SCALP cruise missile, the HAMMER bomb and loitering munitions to hit terror launch pads in Pakistan and...

OpIndia Staff -
Under Operation Sindoor, India successfully targeted nine sites linked to terrorist groups, out of which four were located in Pakistan and five in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
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Mission Sankalp: More than 15 naxals killed near Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, encounter still ongoing

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More than 15 Naxals were killed in an ongoing encounter near Keregutta Hills in Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. According to a police official, the encounter is still underway in Bijapur district along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border under 'Mission Sankalp'.
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Air India suspends flights to Jammu and Kashmir, holiday declared in educational institutions in J&K, and border areas of Punjab, international flights affected

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday (7th May), the Jammu administration announced a holiday for all educational institutions in five districts across Jammu as tensions escalate with Pakistan in the border area.
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10 civilians killed, 38 injured in indiscriminate firing by Pakistan army across LoC and International Border following Operation Sindoor

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The Pakistan army resorted to heavy mortar shelling on the villages located along the LoC in Poonch and Rajouri.
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