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‘Taliban victory in Afghanistan should be celebrated by all Muslims’, says Tamil Nadu based Maulana

OpIndia Staff -
The radical Maulana claimed that the Taliban has been wrongly portrayed as a terrorist group by the "prostitution media".
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News Reports

No democracy, only Sharia: Taliban spokesperson clarifies that Afghanistan will be run exactly as it was 20 years ago

OpIndia Staff -
Although Hashimi conceded that there were issues regarding how the country would be run, he clarified that Afghanistan would not remain a democracy.
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Politics

Union Minister says Owaisi should be sent to Afghanistan after AIMIM chief says Govt should focus on women in India instead

OpIndia Staff -
AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi has been saying that the Indian Government should hold a dialogue with the Taliban.
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Government and Policy

India anticipated Afghanistan crisis: Planned exit 6 months in advance, evacuated Indians only after Kabul fell as it wanted to be last to leave

OpIndia Staff -
Did India foresee the crisis currently unfolding in Afghanistan? Probably yes as India planned evacuation 6 months before Taliban took Kabul over
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News Reports

Twitter has agreed to 70% of the conditions, ban to be lifted by year-end when all conditions are met: Information minister of Nigeria

OpIndia Staff -
Nigeria to lift the ban on Twitter by the year end after the company agrees to all the terms and conditions set up by the government
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News Reports

‘Humanity always wins over terrorism, Lord Shiva helps creation sprout even from ruins’: PM Modi launches key projects at Somnath

OpIndia Staff -
Hailing the cultural and religious significance of Somnath and the 12 Jyotirlings of India, PM Modi stated that it is Lord Shiva who lets the seeds of development sprout and grow even from the ruins of destruction.
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News Reports

Son of Khalistani Bhindranwale’s nephew and former Jathedar of Akal Takht arrested in Punjab by NIA: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The son of Jasbir Singh Rode, the nephew of Khalistani terrorist Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, has been arrested by the NIA.
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News Reports

‘Journalist’ justifies Taliban killing those trying to escape Kabul, says they colluded with USA in killing Muslims, had earlier celebrated Kamlesh Tiwari murder

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Ali Sohrab were found gloating over the misfortune and adversity faced by the Afghans wanting to escape Afghanistan.
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Politics

Facebook and Instagram remove Rahul Gandhi’s post where he had disclosed the identity of minor rape victim

OpIndia Staff -
Instagram and Facebook have removed the post where Rahul Gandhi shared photographs with the parents of the minor girl.
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News Reports

Maharashtra teenager Diksha Shinde’s claims were false, ANI withdraws story after NASA said she used fake credentials

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra teenager Diksha Shinde has claimed she has been selected in the NASA MSI programme, but her claims do not add up
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Media

Even as Indian ‘journalists’ hail the Taliban for holding a press conference, this is how they mercilessly killed the relative of a journalist: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Following the attacks against the journalists, the DW and other German media organisations have called on the German government to take swift action to help their Afghan staff.
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News Reports

Who was the Afghan footballer who fell to his death from the US C-17 plane while trying to escape Taliban rule. Details

OpIndia Staff -
Young Zaki Anwari was a student of the Esteqlal High school and hailed from a low-income household. He was a member of Afghan national soccer team.
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News Reports

Taliban raided and searched closed Indian consulates in Kandahar and Herat for clues on Afghan spies, took away parked cars: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The Taliban carried out searches inside the building and took away parked vehicles parked outside both embassies.
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News Reports

Taliban order Imams to not let people flee Afghanistan, instruct using Friday namaz to counter ‘enemy propaganda’

OpIndia Staff -
Taliban has reportedly told Imams across the country to talk to people during Friday prayers and persuade them not to flee.
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News Reports

MP: Cases of Love Jihad on rise, four cases of Muslim men changing identity to lure Hindu girls reported in just 2-3 days

OpIndia Staff -
Within a span of 2-3 days, four cases of harassment and sexual exploitation of Hindu girls by Muslim men using fake identities have been reported in Madhya Pradesh.
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath govt tables SC-appointed probe panel report in Vikas Dubey encounter case: No evidence from public or media, clean chit to govt

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court-appointed Commission found no suspicion or doubt about the police version of the events that led to encounter of Vikas Dubey
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Crime

Calcutta HC takes notice of BJP worker Avijit Sarkar’s murder: Read what Court said about the second autopsy, the police’s refusal and more

OpIndia Staff -
Calcutta High Court ordered Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal govt to hand over autopsy report and other sealed cover documents of Avijit Sarkar to CBI
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News Reports

Indore: 2 minor girls of Valmiki community harassed, family attacked with glass bottles, Sohail, Irfan, Farukh and others booked

OpIndia Staff -
The minor girls and their family members were reportedly attacked with glass bottles and have sustained injuries.
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News Reports

RJ Malishka Mendonsa of Red FM dances for Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra, asks him for ‘jhappi’, Netizens fume

OpIndia Staff -
RJ Malishka Mendonsa posted a video of her and the Red FM staff dancing in front of ace javelin thrower and Olympic gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra
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News Reports

‘Go home, you are a woman’: Taliban threatens journalist Shabnam Dawran, bars her from working, multiple such cases emerge

OpIndia Staff -
Shabnam Dawran, who worked in RTA Pashto said she was barred from working at her TV station by the Taliban regime
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News Reports

Leading by example: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw picks up trash during Jan Ashirwad Yatra event in Odisha

OpIndia Staff -
After spotting a consumed tender coconut lying on the ground, union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw picked it up to put it into a dustbin
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News Reports

The Taliban had escorted Indians evacuated from the Indian mission in Kabul to the airport on Monday amid chaos: Report

OpIndia Staff -
After rejecting the request, the Taliban had finally agreed to let Indians leave Indian mission in Kabul, and escorted them to the airport
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World

Afghans march through Kabul with hundreds of meters long national flag to protest against Taliban, Islamic outfit opens fire

OpIndia Staff -
The Afghanistan nationals showed defiance against Taliban by hoisting the national flag in various places in the country
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News Reports

Deoband Mufti hails Taliban for ‘defeating’ a superpower like America, had earlier issued a fatwa against worshipping Lord Ram: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Mufti Arshad Farooqi, the Mufti of Darul-Uloom Deoband and the chairman of Online Fatwa Department, glorified Taliban for its victory in Afghanistan
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News Reports

‘Bengal police ignored complaints of victims, no FIR in 60% cases’: Calcutta HC orders court-monitored CBI probe in post-poll violence cases

OpIndia Staff -
The High Court has directed that a Special Investigation Team, under the monitoring of the Court, should investigate the criminal cases related to post-poll violence.
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Crime

Antima Singh goes against her family to convert and marry Imran who mercilessly stabs her in full public view in Rajasthan: Full story

OpIndia Staff -
The victim from Kota, Rajasthan had filed a police complaint against her husband accusing him of harassment and physical assault
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Opinions

India and Armenia share a common threat and the two countries should collaborate

Guest Author -
India and Armenia have those common geopolitical and military adversaries - Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and the two countries must come together to preserve their interests.
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World

A door-to-door hunt for girls as young as 12: Taliban in Afghanistan looking for sex slaves, indicate reports

OpIndia Staff -
Taliban gangs are targeting children as young as 12 during their hunt for sex slaves since they took over Afghanistan
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News Reports

Land seized from mafias will be used to build houses for the poor and Dalits: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
UP CM Yogi Adityanath was speaking in the assembly while announcing the state's supplementary budget.
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News Reports

Shia procession attacked in Pakistan on Muharram, 3 killed and 59 injured in the bomb blast

OpIndia Staff -
Videos of the attack on procession by Shia Muslims in Pakistan have gone viral on social media
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News Reports

Twitter suspends account of Afghan caretaker President Amrullah Saleh’s office, allows Taliban to use its platform

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter has said that it will let Taliban use the platform as long as it does not violate its policies.
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Opinions

‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ event: Nazi-esque propaganda to justify the genocide of Hindus

Nupur J Sharma -
3-day event cosponsored by 45+ Universities most from the USA is set to take place called 'Dismantling Global Hindutva'
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Media

‘Fact-checkers’ get to work to whitewash Taliban as the Islamist organisation with not so great human rights record takes over Afghanistan

Akshita Bhadauria -
And as if being apologists for homegrown Islamists was not enough, the so-called fact-checkers have now gone international to clean up after the Taliban.
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News Reports

People who support Taliban despite watching the cruelties inflicted on women and children should be exposed’: UP CM Yogi Adityanath in assembly

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking on the floor of the Legislative Assembly, the Chief Minister came down heavily on the "liberals" and the leaders of the opposition parties for glorifying the Taliban, a radical outfit that tramples on the basic rights of women and children.
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News Reports

Agra: Jama Masjid Mufti says Independence Day celebrations at mosque premises is ‘sacrilege’, organisers should ‘fear Allah’

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The Independence Day celebrations at Madarsa Alia inside the Jama Masjid premises was organised by the Local Islamia Agency. UP Miniority Commission chairperson Ashfaq Saifi had hoisted the Tricolour.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 5 Hindu women seek right to worship Hindu Gods inside Gyanvapi mosque that used to be Kashi Vishwanath temple

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The five Hindu women have filed a petition in court seeking orders to restore their worshipping rights in old Kashi Vishwanath temple that was converted to Gyanvapi Mosque.
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News Reports

Taliban defaces women pictures outside Kabul salon, sales of burqas skyrocket after Islamist group takes over Afghanistan

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As Taliban takes over Afghanistan, restrictions on women are back despite the promise made in press conference that they will have rights 'under Islamic Sharia'
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News Reports

Saudi Arabia releases Karnataka man arrested over ‘blasphemous’ post 2 years ago, was falsely implicated by Abdul brothers for supporting CAA-NRC

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Saudi Arabia police arrested Harish Bangera in December 2019, after a 'blasphemous' post was shared from a Facebook account created in his name
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News Reports

UP Model: 53 districts report zero new Covid-19 cases, 17 districts have zero active cases

OpIndia Staff -
53 districts in UP reported no new cases of Covid-19 while 17 Districts have zero active cases, as per latest health ministry data
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News Reports

Poet Munawwar Rana can go to jail over derogatory comments on Maharishi Valmiki, earlier Rakhi Sawant was in a soup in similar case

OpIndia Staff -
The Valmiki Samaaj, especially those who live in Punjab, disagree with the part of the story that Maharishi Valmiki was a dacoit at any given time.
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News Reports

Joe Biden says, “That was 5 days ago” when asked about Afghans falling off from airplanes in a desperate bid to escape Taliban

OpIndia Staff -
Biden also claimed that there was no way to handle the situation any better and there was “no leaving without chaos ensuing.”
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News Reports

West Bengal post-poll violence: Calcutta High Court orders CBI, SIT probe, orders state govt to proceed compensation for victims

OpIndia Staff -
The cases related to the murder and crimes against women mentioned in the NHRC will be probed by the CBI while other cases will be probed by the SIT.
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News Reports

Watch: India Today shows Arvind Kejriwal’s picture while speaking about Taliban, triggers jokes

OpIndia Staff -
Several netizens mocked the Delhi CM for giving way too many advertisements.
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News Reports

Reality behind ‘press conference’: Taliban brutally assault journalists for covering protests, prevent woman anchor from entering office

OpIndia Staff -
Journalists assaulted by Taliban for covering civilian protests in Jalalabad.
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News Reports

Poet Munawwar Rana likens Taliban to Maharishi Valmiki, claims they fought for ‘freedom of their land’

OpIndia Staff -
Poet Munawwar Rana claims Talibanis are fighting for freedom of their land and claimed that they are 'aggressive' not terrorists.
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News Reports

Afghanistan: Taliban burns down amusement park in Sheberghan, because it had statues and statues are ‘haram’ in Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, videos of Taliban fighters enjoying rides in an amusement park after taking over Kabul had gone viral on social media.
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World

Afghan crisis: France evacuates 21 Indian nationals, the Gurkhas who secured French embassy in Kabul

OpIndia Staff -
Canada, however, had abandoned the Gurkhas who guarded the embassy on its last flight out of Kabul as they were Nepalese citizens.
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News Reports

Ashraf Ghani issues video message from UAE, says he escaped Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed in Kabul, denies escaping with cash

OpIndia Staff -
Ashraf Ghani said that he decided to not cause bloodshed in Kabul, and that’s why fled the country to avoid a huge disaster
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News Reports

While the Taliban promises women’s rights, an Afghan victim who was blinded by the outfit says they feed women’s bodies to dogs

OpIndia Staff -
Afghan woman was shot multiple times by the Taliban last year, she was stabbed several times with knife and her eyes were gouged out
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News Reports

Alt News gives clean chit to Muslims and Muslim leaders in connection with inflammatory posters in UP’s Pratapgarh: Here’s how they are patently wrong

Jinit Jain -
Alt News has made it a routine to employ dubious methods in their efforts to absolve Muslims of any culpability
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