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Residents of Mirzapur urge Uttar Pradesh government to rename the district as ‘Vindhyanchal Nagar’

OpIndia Staff -
Residents of Mirzapur in UP demand that the city's name should be changed to 'Vindhyanchal Nagar', after the Hindu deity Maa Vindhyavasini
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World

USA: Senate Majority Leader spotted dancing around with comedian in public as trapped Americans in Afghanistan get beaten by Taliban

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens slammed Chuck Schumer for his insensitivity and inability to comprehend the severity of the Taliban crisis in Afghanistan.
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News Reports

Tension in Muzaffarpur after Muharram and Suwariya mela at the same place, locals clash with police after pigs meant for sacrifice snatched by cops

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A scuffle broke out in Muzaffarpur, Bihar when police stopped the Hindus from sacrificing pigs as part of Suwariya mela
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News Reports

Bullet train to connect Ayodhya, Varanasi to New Delhi, part of effort to put city of Shri Ram on international tourist map: Details

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The Bullet Train will connect New Delhi to three major pilgrimage cities in Uttar Pradesh that are Varanasi, Prayagraj and Ayodhya.
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News Reports

150 Indian nationals feared ‘kidnapped’ by Taliban in Kabul evacuated and return safely to India

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Two Afghan Sikh MPs, Narender Singh Khalsa and Dr Anarkali Kaur Honaryar amongst those rescued from Afghanistan by Indian rescue missions.
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News Reports

Talibanis set an Afghan woman on fire for ‘bad cooking’, alleges activist

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Najla Ayoubi, a former Afghan judge and activist, revealed that the Taliban fighters set ablaze a woman because they were not satisfied with a meal she prepared.
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News Reports

Afghanistan: 6 out of 9 Talibanis who surrendered before the resistance forces were Pakistanis

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On Saturday, 9 Talibs surrendered to Resistance Forces in Afghanistan's Andraab district as Afghan locals fight back the Islamist outfit.
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News Reports

‘Mera shav bhi BJP ke jhande mein lipat ke jaaye’ – Kalyan Singh wished to be wrapped in BJP flag on his final journey

OpIndia Staff -
Kalyan Singh was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when the disputed structure, often referred to as 'Babri Masjid' was brought down by the Karsevaks
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News Reports

Afghan MP Narender Singh Khalsa amongst the 23 Sikhs rescued from Kabul, thanks PM Modi for swift evacuation

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft that took off from Kabul with another 168 people, including 107 Indians and some 20 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, landed at the Hindon IAF base in Ghaziabad.
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News Reports

Watch: Pakistan’s Jamia Hafsa organises event to celebrate Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, calls them ‘Khanjar hai Kafiro pe’

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In the video, one can see the girls, wearing burqas and headscarves with Taliban flag in the background. The girls are singing 'Salam Taliban'.
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News Reports

‘Saddened beyond words’: PM Modi offers condolences after Kalyan Singh passes away, remembers contribution towards ‘cultural regeneration’

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Narendra Modi has offered his condolences after former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh passed away on Saturday.
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Editor's picks

Amidst escalating chaos outside Kabul airport, US and Chinese embassies ask their citizens in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to the place

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An alert issued by US Embassy asked its citizens in Afghanistan not to go to Kabul Airport due to potential security threat at the place
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News Reports

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh dies at the age of 89, was a chief architect of Ram Mandir success

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Kalyan Singh was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when thousands of karsevaks demolished the controversial Babri structure.
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News Reports

BJP questions if AAP has committed scams after Arvind Kejriwal endorses claims that 15 of its members are under ED and CBI scanner

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Shazia Ilmi asked if AAP has done scams after Arvind Kejriwal seconded Manish Sisodia's bizarre allegation against PM Modi
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Opinions

China appears all set to violate Pakistani sovereignty using excuse of ‘India sponsored terrorism’: Here’s how

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State media in China has threatened India after a terror attack in Gwadar, located in the Balochistan province of Pakistan
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Editor's picks

‘Whitewashing Islamic crimes is a full-time hobby of intellectuals’: Nitin Gupta ‘Rivaldo’ explains how blaming Brahmins for forced conversions is a fig leaf

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“Intellectuals” in our country have been bent on covering up for the Islamic invaders and their forced conversions by blaming brahmins
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News Reports

Congress accuses PM Modi of playing politics while talking to PV Sindhu’s South Korean coach: Here’s why he actually brought up Ayodhya

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As told by PM Modi to PV Sindhu’s South Korean coach, there is a special relationship between Ayodhya and South Korea
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World

Experts question Joe Biden’s mental health after he confuses facts about his son during interview, raise concerns about dementia: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Health experts have once again questioned the cognitive abilities of Joe Biden after he bungled his way through an interview.
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News Reports

Bihar: Car stuck in Muharram procession attacked with sticks and rod, cash and phones of Masood Alam’s family in the vehicle looted

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The family of Mohd Masood Alam who were returning from Purnia in Bihar were seriously injured in the Muharram procession assault
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News Reports

Indore: 15-year-old girl ends her life after being told that those who die on Muharram go to heaven

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A 15-year-old girl in Indore committed suicide after asking her mother whether one attains martyrdom and heaven after dying on Muharram
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Politics

Congress leader Udit Raj again trolled by Islamists for comments against Burkha and Taliban, trend #उदितवा_नंगा_है on Twitter: Details

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Udit Raj was trolled by Islamists on Saturday, days after he was abused on Facebook for a post on Afghan women.
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News Reports

Sunanda Pushkar verdict completely exposes Shashi Tharoor and his affairs with a Pakistani journalist: Key takeaways from the judgement acquitting him

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The Sunanda Pushkar verdict reveals how Shashi Tharoor had frequent fights with her over his extra marital affairs with Mehr Tarar
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News Reports

Surat: AAP corporator’s brother accused of raping a divorced woman, arrested by police

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Surat Police lodged a case of rape against Mehul Vavalia, brother of AAP councillor Dharmendra Vavalia, after a divorced woman filed a case
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World

Australia: Police resort to tear gas and rubber bullets as thousands of people across the country hit the streets against the strict lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Australian police on Saturday employed harsh measures, including the use of rubber bullets and tear gas, to disperse crowds that had gathered on roads in a nationwide protest to oppose the imposition of lockdown by the government.
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Politics

‘Unstable politician’: Navjot Singh Sidhu slammed for silence over advisor Malwinder Singh Mali’s separatist remark on Kashmir

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The controversy erupted after Malvinder Singh Mali, an advisor of Navjot Singh Sidhu, wrote that Kashmir is a separate country.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh Congress suspends party leader for frying “Twitter bird” in public, says he tarnished image of the party

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G V Sriraj had fried a quail in the name of 'Twitter bird' to protest against locking of Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account for violating rules
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Opinions

The return of Taliban: The key mistake by the USA and the potential ramifications for India

Priyank -
In order to examine the potential ramifications of the re-establishing of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, one must first address the speed of the reconquest.
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Entertainment

Sony Pictures moves Bombay High Court to quash FIR against ‘Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story’: Details

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Karad Urban Co-Operative Bank has filed a defamation case against the makers of 'Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story'.
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World

Sweden Armed Forces wanted to use Afghanistan War to increase ‘marketability’ of their fighter aircraft, reveals Wikileaks

OpIndia Staff -
A Wikileaks cable has revealed that Sweden Armed Forces wanted to use the Afghanistan war to market their fighter jets.
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News Reports

14 people including several maulanas and a medical student arrested in Assam for social media posts supporting the Taliban

OpIndia Staff -
14 people arrested from 10 districts in Assam for their social media posts hailing the victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan
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News Reports

Exclusive: Indians feared kidnapped by Taliban in Kabul are safe, being evacuated safely on a flight

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Local journalists in Afghanistan had claimed that around 150 Indians had been kidnapped by the Taliban from the Kabul Airport.
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News Reports

I-T Dept attaches Mumbai’s Al-Jabriya Court under Benami Property Act, the house has been under scanner in probe against Chhagan Bhujbal

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Al-Jabriya Court has also been under the ED scanner in a money laundering case against out on bail NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal
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OpIndia Explains

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai: One of the top 7 Taliban leaders who had once served as Afghan army soldier and trained at IMA before...

Jinit Jain -
One among the top seven leaders of the Taliban, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai was trained at the Indian Military Association in Dehradun under the Afghan-Indo defence cooperation in the 1970s
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World

Afghanistan journalists claim 150 people, mostly Indians, have been kidnapped by Taliban in Kabul, Islamic outfit denies reports

OpIndia Staff -
Taliban has denied claims in the media that they abducted around 150 Indians from the Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul.
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Crime

MP: Crowd chants ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ during Muharram procession in Ujjain, six arrested

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Crowd in Muharram Procession in Ujjain shouts Pakistan Zindabad slogans after the procession was stopped by police for Covid-19 norms
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News Reports

Terror group Haqqani network takes control of Kabul’s security, Khalil Haqqani, with a $5m bounty on his head, seen roaming the streets: Full details

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Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, is currently taken control by nearly 6,000 cadres of the Haqqani Network led by Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani, brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani the founder of the network.
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News Reports

Palghar Tribal man, who had borrowed Rs 500, kills himself after being enslaved by a close aide of an NCP MLA: Details

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A case has been registered against NCP MLA Sunil Bhusara’s close aide Ramdas Ambu Korde for enslaving a tribal man for a mere Rs 500.
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News Reports

Afghan national Noor Mohammed, deported from India last year after staying illegally for 10 years in Nagpur, joined Taliban: Details

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Days after Taliban took control of Afghanistan, it has now come to light that an Afghan man who was earlier deported from India had joined the radical Islamist organisation.
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Crime

FIR filed against Munawwar Rana for his rant likening Maharshi Valmiki to Taliban, case registered under SC/ST Act: Read details

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Controversial poet Munawwar Rana has been booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police for his derogatory comments against Hindus by drawing false equivalence with radical Islamic organisation Taliban
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Entertainment

Watch: Young CISF officer stops Salman Khan at Mumbai Airport, asks him to complete mandatory security check first, Netizens hail ‘real hero’

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A video of Bollywood actor Salman Khan has gone viral on the internet where he was stopped by a CISF officer to first complete the security check before entering the Mumbai airport
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News Reports

Convoy of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya targeted in Maharashtra, he accuses Shiv Sena goons of attacking him: Details

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BJP leader Kirit Somaiya was on his visit to Washim when his convoy was attacked with stones and black ink allegedly by Shiv Sena workers
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News Reports

Sikhs staying at a Kabul Gurudwara, who wanted to be evacuated to USA or Canada, shifted to a safe place for evacuation to India

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Sikhs and Hindus staying at Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Karte-Parwan in Kabul have shifted to a safe place before their evacuation to India
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News Reports

Zydus-Cadila’s ZyCoV-D becomes sixth vaccine to receive EUA in India, world’s first DNA based Covid-19 vaccine, will need 3 doses: Details

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Zydus-Cadila ZyCoV-D Covid-19 vaccine has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the DCGI.
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News Reports

Hospitals in the United States denying organ transplants to patients because they are not vaccinated for Covid-19: Report

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A Washington state patient said on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" that hospitals were refusing organ transplants to non-vaccinated people
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World

Resistance forces recapture three districts in Afghanistan from the Taliban: Reports

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Pol-e-Hasar, Deh Salah and Banu districts in the Baghlan Province have fallen to the anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan.
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Opinions

Dear “fact-checkers”, date, time, precise geographical location doesn’t matter, radical Islamic terrorism is still radical Islamic terrorism

Sanghamitra -
People are sharing information, images and videos not because they are a part of some political campaign against the Taliban, not because they don't want the Taliban to win the next elections in Afghanistan or they just don't want to vote for them (as if that was even an option). They are sharing images and videos because they are scared.
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News Reports

Donald Trump hits out at former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, says “Ghani was a total crook, never had confidence in him”

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Donald Trump said that Ashraf Ghani spent all his time wining and dining US senators, alleged Ghani fled the country with cash
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News Reports

Hindu American Foundation asks universities sponsoring “Dismantling Global Hindutva” conference to distance themselves from the Hinduphobic event

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Hindu American Foundation asked students, alumni and citizens to write to universities urging not to sponsor “Dismantling Global Hindutva” event
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News Reports

‘Don’t justify terrorism, don’t glorify terrorists’: What India told China at UNSC about the communist nation shielding Islamic terrorist Masood Azhar

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EAM S Jaishankar on Thursday took a swipe at China, warning that countries should refrain from indulging in double-dealing and making distinctions between terrorists based on their political and geopolitical aims
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News Reports

Shefali Vaidya, Pune based author known for her ‘saree swag’, now a member of special committee constituted by the Ministry of Textiles

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Pune-based author and speaker Shefali Vaidya has been appointed as a member in a specially constituted committee formed by the Ministry of Textiles.
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