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Prashant Kishor now quits as Captain Amarinder’s Principal Advisor, amid speculations of bigger role in Congress leadership

OpIndia Staff -
In his resignation Kishor said that in view of his decision to stay away from public life temporarily, he would not be able to take responsibilities of Principal Advisor to the Punjab CM.
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Social Media

Tech giant Apple Inc promoting NDTV account on Twitter leaves netizens baffled

OpIndia Staff -
One user pointed out that Apple could be sponsoring NDTV by paying for its advertising rather than opting for a run-of-the-mill sponsorship/ financial deal.
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News Reports

Marrying non-Muslim is not allowed in Sharia, marry within the community: AIMPLB tells Muslims of India

OpIndia Staff -
The AIMPLB stated in the statement that marriage between a Muslim and a non-Muslim is religiously wrong, and according to Sharia Law, it is not permissible in Islam.
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News Reports

Two years later, Pakistanis continue to have prolonged meltdown, still want to ‘destroy Modi’ over abrogation of Article 370 in J&K

Nirwa Mehta -
Pakistan and Congress (and other wokes, leftists) have a common enemy and that is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They perhaps hate him more than they love Rahul Gandhi.
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Crime

Pakistani men attack and burn Hindu temple in Punjab province, destroy idols

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, when the police failed to control the mob, the Pakistan Rangers had to be called to control the situation. However, no arrests have been made so far.
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Sports

Tokyo Olympics: India creates history, wins the Bronze medal in Field Hockey after 41 years

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian men's hockey team secured their first Olympics medal in 41 years. The Indian Hockey team had won the last Olympic medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
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Government and Policy

Assam govt decides not to prosecute Gorkhas under the Citizenship Act, to withdraw all cases against them in Foreigners Tribunals

OpIndia Staff -
Assam govt will withdraw all cases against Gorkhas pending in Foreigners Tribunals for failing to prove their citizenshiip
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News Reports

Americans cheer after ‘woke’ US athlete Gwen Barry fails to win medal at Olympics, had celebrated women soccer team’s defeat earlier

OpIndia Staff -
Before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, Gwen Berry had vowed to represent the oppressed people if she managed to win a medal
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News Reports

Pakistan Consulate in Canada quotes Rana Ayyub, Subramanian Swamy to further anti-India propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan Consulate in Canada went on an anti-India rant on Twitter, replying to anyone who praised India over various issues
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News Reports

As Tokyo Olympics marks the revival of hockey in India, read how Odisha’s Sundergarh district has become the ‘Cradle of Indian Hockey’

OpIndia Staff -
Odisha govt has been sponsoring national hockey teams since 2018, contributing towards its growth in recent times
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News Reports

Gujarat: 3 Pakistani nationals became Indian citizens with fake documents in Ahmedabad

OpIndia Staff -
According to a report by News18 Gujarati, all three have had their names entered in the voter list in the Naroda constituency.
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Media

BBC says it will block people who believe biological men should not compete in female sports events, threatens to report cases to authorities

OpIndia Staff -
BBC warned users that it will report people to authorities if they commented opposing participation of biological men in female sports.
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News Reports

Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar says media agency offered her ‘award’ for money, turns out the practice is not too uncommon

Jinit Jain -
Rigging awards is a fairly common practice, be it media, politics or Bollywood.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi violates POCSO Act in Delhi minor rape case, NCPCR asks Twitter India to remove contentious tweet

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi had tweeted a photo of a minor girl victim's family with a caption stating that they were the father and the mother of the victim child, thus disclosing the details of the minor victim.
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News Reports

Ram Mandir to open for devotees by December 2023, ground floor will be ready and Ram Lalla will be shifted to garbhagriha by then

OpIndia Staff -
Devotees will get the opportunity of a Darshan of Lord Ram in Ram Mandir by December 2023, and the temple complex will complete by 2025
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Opinions

Delhi Dalit girl case: In their desperation to paint ‘upper-caste Brahmin priest’ as villain, they forgot Salim

Akshita Bhadauria -
Politicians are not concerned that a little girl lost her life, but they just want to further a narrative that paints a 'Hindu priest' in bad light probably because 'Salims' are already bad, eh?
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News Reports

INS Vikrant reincarnated: India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier begins sea trials. Details

OpIndia Staff -
Reincarnated INS Vikrant, India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier began sea trials today.
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News Reports

Delhi: Cop bullies residents for protesting against mazar built on Azadpur flyover, cleric claims it was built even before the flyover existed

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu youth activists said that they will take legal action against the mazar built on the Azadpur flyover, saying it is hampering traffic
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Crime

9-year-old Dalit girl allegedly raped and murdered in Delhi, opposition disrupts parliament: What we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
All that we know about the mysterious death of the 9-year-old girl in Delhi
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Sports

Tokyo Olympics: Wrestler Ravi Dahiya wins semi-final, silver medal assured for India

OpIndia Staff -
With entry into finals. a silver medal is now assured for Ravi Dahiya at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Culture and History

Did you know? Kishore Kumar was banned by Indira Gandhi from singing on the radio for refusing to obey her orders during Emergency

OpIndia Staff -
A few days after Indira Gandhi had declared Emergency, the then Information and Broadcasting minister VC Shukla, a close aide of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, wanted Bollywood to promote the 20-point program on All India Radio and Doordarshan.
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Social Media

Watch: Drunk girl sits, sleeps, rolls on the road in Pune, video viral

OpIndia Staff -
The young woman, visibly drunk, was seen rolling on the road near Hirabaug at around 11 pm on Tuesday.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Mastermind of fake GST bills scam Mohammad Abbas Rafiqali arrested from Bhavnagar

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammad Abbas Rafiqali is the ninth accused arrested by the Gujarat SGST department in the fake bills scam worth Rs 1,741 crores
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News Reports

Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu and Akali’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal engage in high-drama verbal spat over farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
Ravneet Singh Bittu alleged that Harsimrat Kaur Badal's protest is fake as she was union minister when farm laws were passed in parliament
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Politics

Six TMC MPs suspended for the day for creating ruckus in Rajya Sabha: Watch their unruly behaviour

OpIndia Staff -
TMC MPs create ruckus in the Rajya Sabha, suspended for rest of the day
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News Reports

Four DC police officers who had responded to the US Capitol insurrection die by suicide

OpIndia Staff -
Two police officers who had responded to US Capitol attack died by suicide in July, why two had killed themselves in the end of January
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Opinions

How mainstream media continues to whitewash forced religious conversion in the name of ‘love’

Akshita Bhadauria -
That hiding one's religious identity to lure a woman into relationship and using coercion to convert people to a different faith is criminal behaviour is lost upon the 'liberals' of our mainstream media
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Mass exodus in Moradabad? 81 families have put up ‘House for Sale’ posters

OpIndia Staff -
81 Hindu families have put posters outside their homes which read, "Mass Exodus, Shiv Mandir Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Moradabad, for sale, contact colony residents.”
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News Reports

Father of Kerala ISIS terrorist bride approaches SC, claims Govt of India not bringing his daughter back is ‘violation of fundamental rights’

OpIndia Staff -
In June 2021, The government of India had denied return of four Kerala women who had joined ISISand are now in Afghan prison.
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News Reports

‘I believe in God, not in superstitions. I want to achieve my rewards through Karma’: Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath said Dharma inspires him to work in the interest of the country and society
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News Reports

Benefits of centrally sponsored schemes for SCs can’t be given to Converted Christians – Centre won’t be party to Andhra Pradesh schemes for Christians

OpIndia Staff -
The union government in a reply to a question asked in the Parliament said that no person who professes a religion different from the Hindu, the Sikh or the Buddhist religion shall be deemed to be a member of a Scheduled Caste
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Sports

Tokyo Olympics: Indian Wrestler Deepak Punia defeats Chinese athlete to reach semis, Ravi Dahiya also qualifies for semis

OpIndia Staff -
Deepak Punia, who represented the country in the freestyle 86kg category, defeat Chinese wrestler Zushen Lin by a 6-3 margin to enter the men's Freestyle 86kg wrestling semi-finals.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Imam holds 14-year-old madarsa student captive for 2 days, rapes her multiple times

OpIndia Staff -
Abul Bashar- an Imam in a local mosque at Chandina’s Teerchar confessed to his crimes during initial interrogation.
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News Reports

Afghanistan: 6 killed, several injured after suicide bombers strike inside Kabul’s VIP area

OpIndia Staff -
A massive blast occurred in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Tuesday evening. The blast was reportedly a suicide attack carried out using a car bomb around 8 pm in downtown Kabul, close to the 'Green Zone' - one of the most secured regions in the city.
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Interviews

Watch Dr Amit Thadani in a tête-à-tête with OpIndia on being a frontline warrior, possibility of a third wave and misuse of lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Of fears, precautions and hope: COVID 'third wave' may not really spell doom as everyone wants us to believe, says Dr Amit Thadani from Mumbai
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World

‘I will rape you like I rape my daughter’: Former senior George Soros aide accused of sexual assault during BDSM sessions at ‘sex dungeon’

OpIndia Staff -
A lawsuit filed against George Soros's ex-money manager Howard Rubin says he was particularly violent against women during BDSM sessions.
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World

New York Gov Andrew Cuomo, brother of CNN anchor Chris ‘Fredo’ Cuomo, sexually harassed multiple women, investigation finds

OpIndia Staff -
Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, state attorney general Letitia James said on Tuesday.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh becomes the first state to administer 5 crore Covid vaccines, administers over 25 lakh jabs in a day

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttar Pradesh Govt had set itself the target of making a new vaccination record by administering 20 lakh doses on August 3.
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News Reports

‘India’s left is wedded to Islamic right’: Nitin Gupta Rivaldo speaks on the cancer of Grooming Jihad

OpIndia Staff -
Comedian Nitin Gupta ‘Rivaldo’ is back with yet another video expounding on the ideology that fuels and whitewashes the scourge of grooming jihad in India.
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Politics

While NCP’s Nawab Malik says ‘Adani’ board outside Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj airport has ‘hurt sentiments’, here’s a video that shows ‘his sentiments’

OpIndia Staff -
NCP leader Nawab Malik gave out a similar statement over the Adani signboard at the Chhatrapati Shivaji airport inviting a backlash.
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News Reports

Two BJP workers found dead in Bengal, one found hanging with his hands tied behind his back, another found dead in a pond

OpIndia Staff -
Indrajit Sutradhar and Tapan Khatua were found dead under mysterious circumstances in different districts in West Bengal
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News Reports

Taliban captures TV and radio stations in Afghanistan to broadcast threats and warnings and to also propagate the ‘Voice of Shariah’

OpIndia Staff -
The govt figures show that 455 Taliban were killed in Afghan forces operations in the past 24 hours and 232 more were wounded. Taliban denies claims
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News Reports

India’s manufacturing sector sees the strongest rate of growth in July in recent months: IHS Markit survey

OpIndia Staff -
Asserting the strongest growth rate, the seasonally adjusted IHS Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose from 48.1 in June to 55.3 in July.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Imran Khan govt to rent out the official PM residence for fashion and cultural events, after selling all the buffaloes to raise funds

OpIndia Staff -
In 2019, Imran Khan had moved out of the official PM's residence to a plush house at Bani Gala.
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Sports

US shot putter Raven Saunders twerks to celebrate her silver medal at Tokyo Olympics, sparks outrage: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Shot putter Raven Saunders twerked in front of cameras after securing second position in the women's shot put tournament.
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News Reports

Survey shows Muslims do not trust vaccines, have been vaccinated far less compared to Hindus: Details

OpIndia Staff -
On August 2, the results of the YouGov-Mint-CPR Millennial Survey were released for the months of June and July, covering 10,285 respondents across 203 cities.
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Entertainment

Domestic violence case filed against Yo Yo Honey Singh by his wife, court issues notice

OpIndia Staff -
As per initial reports, Shalini Talwar, wife of Yo Yo Honey Singh (real name Hirdesh Singh), has filed a case against him under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act in Delhi.
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News Reports

‘Backdoor entry for NGOs banned over FCRA violations?’: Netizens slam Kejriwal over proposal to bring ‘philanthropic organisations’

Akshita Bhadauria -
Arvind Kejriwal makes yet again unrealistic promises for Delhi, netizens point out his flaws and failures
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News Reports

The Economist slammed after claiming colonialists in Congo had admirable intentions, deletes tweet after outrage

Dibakar Dutta -
Given that the construction of the railway project in the 1920s was marred by violence, forced labour and deaths of tens of thousands of Africans, the use of 'admirable intentions' for colonial bureaucrats drew the wrath of netizens.
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News Reports

US/UK based ISI-linked ‘activists’ fuelling anti-India narrative on Kashmir, and their ties with the Biden administration: Details

OpIndia Staff -
A new report on anti-India propaganda regarding Kashmir sheds light on the US/UK based 'Kashmiri' activists and their association with Biden administration, ISI and Pakistan
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