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Complaints registered against Swara Bhasker for hurting sentiments: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Advocate files a complaint against Swara Bhasker for equating 'Hindutva terror' with the 'Taliban terror' after the Taliban captured Afghanistan
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News Reports

Taliban regime faces a financial crisis as they can’t access central bank funds and Afghanistan has run out of foreign exchange: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Almost all of Afghan central bank funds are in US and international bank accounts, and as a banned group the Taliban can't access it
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Crime

Indore: Faizaan Khan posed as Kabir to trap woman, threatens her to convert and get her child circumcised

OpIndia Staff -
Faizaan has been arrested and a case has been filed against him under relevant sections of sexual assault and forced conversion.
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News Reports

Leave no man behind: Ruby, Maya and Bobby, the ITBP dogs that secured Indian Embassy in Afghanistan return home safely

OpIndia Staff -
The ITBP dogs played a crucial role in securing Indian mission in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Social Media

Twitter refuses to remove accounts of Islamist group Taliban, claims will ‘ensure’ it follows ‘rules’

OpIndia Staff -
Spokespersons for the Islamist group Taliban that took over Afghanistan earlier this week are pretty much active on Twitter giving regular updates.
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News Reports

Congress MPs who were seen attacking marshals in Rajya Sabha cry before media, claim they were injured too

OpIndia Staff -
Rajya Sabha's female security officer Ms Akshita Bhat in her report had mentioned that Opposition MPs Chhaya Verma and Phulo Devi Netam had assaulted and dragged her in order to help their male counterparts break the security cordon.
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News Reports

Taliban shot unarmed Afghans for protesting against the change of national flag, two died in Jalalabad

OpIndia Staff -
Two Afghani locals were killed and ten others were injured when the Taliban shot at them for installing Afghan national flag in Jalalabad
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Culture and History

The phantom of colonialism: Unearthing ‘Discovery’

R S -
How are we truly independent if we let our children learn history written by invaders with their own narrative?
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News Reports

Afghan embassy in Tajikistan requests Interpol to detain Ashraf Ghani for stealing public fund, declares VP Amrullah Saleh as acting president

OpIndia Staff -
Afghan embassy in Tajikistan has requested the Interpol to detain ousted president Ashraf Ghani to recover stolen public fund from him
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Editor's picks

Taliban to give rights to women, but as per Sharia law: Here is what the Islamic law says about women

Jinit Jain -
Let's try to understand what the much touted women's rights under Islamic Sharia mean in real life.
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News Reports

AIMPLB Secretary Maulana Rahmani hails Taliban for capturing Afghanistan, calls it ‘extraordinary success’

OpIndia Staff -
AIMPLB Secretary Maulana Umrain Mahfuz Rahmani tweeted in Urdu praising Taliban for their "extraordinary success" in Afghanistan
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News Reports

Terror funding in the name of MBBS seats in Pakistan: J&K police arrest 4, Hurriyat channels involved

OpIndia Staff -
Responding to media queries, Singh revealed that there were as many as 57 cases of youth from Jammu and Kashmir who went across the border on a student visa and returned as terrorists.
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News Reports

Despite projecting a ‘moderate’ image in TV studios, Taliban kills woman for not wearing burqa, fires at women and children outside Kabul Airport

OpIndia Staff -
While the Taliban is trying to project a 'moderate' image in TV studios, on the street they still remain the same fundamentalist group
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News Reports

Pakistan: Hundreds of men grope, tear clothes of a woman in Lahore, some later defend it saying she was ‘wearing tight clothes’

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Female TikTok star groped and molested by hundreds of men at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on their Independence Day
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News Reports

Islamists attack former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju for his Facebook post, wish him death

OpIndia Staff -
Markandey Katju had posted “Hanumanji u Akbar” on Facebook, which triggered the Islamists to launch an online attack on him
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News Reports

Afghanistan: Amrullah Saleh leads ‘Panjshir Resistance’ against Taliban, working with Ahmed Masood to unite Northern Alliance warlords

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst the complete takeover of Afghanistan by the Islamic terror group Taliban, a resistance force, led by Ahmad Massoud, son of late Afghan politician Ahmad Shah Massoud - known as the "Lion" of Panjshir, are gaining in strength in the Panjshir valley, north of Kabul.
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News Reports

Punjab: Farmer Protesters create ruckus in Rupnagar after seeing a vehicle with PM Modi’s photo, tore posters

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Alleged farmers tore posters of PM Modi on a vehicle that was part of 'Bullet Rani' convoy that was on a trip from Madurai to Manali
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News Reports

Not satire: In a bid to attack PM Modi, ‘Liberals’ in India hail Islamist group Taliban for ‘holding press conference’

OpIndia Staff -
So what if they beat up women, indulge in public flogging and execution, have zero regard for human rights. At least Taliban held a press conference!
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor discharged by Delhi court in Sunanda Pushkar abetment of suicide case, gets clean chit

OpIndia Staff -
Sessions Court in Delhi discharged Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor in case of abetment of suicide of Sunanda Pushkar, his late wife
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News Reports

Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rehman booked by UP Police for hailing Taliban, equating them with India’s freedom fighters

OpIndia Staff -
Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq had on August 16 hailed the Taliban and likened them to the freedom fighters who fought for India’s independence
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News Reports

From choorma and ice-cream to taking a promise from players: Here’s what PM Modi said to the Tokyo returned athletes

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi also requested the players to send written suggestions and letters to him recommending how the infrastructure and training in the country can be bettered.
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News Reports

’20-year Afghanistan mission was foolish, should have ended long ago’: Tulsi Gabbard slams the American ‘elite’ for wasteful wars

OpIndia Staff -
Gabbard blamed the American 'elite', including mainstream media, politicians, defense contractors, for stretching the Afghanistan mission for 20 years.
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News Reports

New York Times lies about Indian govt’s visa policy towards Afghan nationals, makes false claims of religious criteria

OpIndia Staff -
Despite India officially stating that it has decided to grant emergency Visas to the Afghan nationals, the New York Times continues to peddle lies about the Indian government to claim that the Modi government is using a religion as a criteria to bring Afghans
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News Reports

‘Liberals’ attack Shashi Tharoor for ‘revealing’ Malayalis in Taliban, Tharoor proves how Keralites are indeed joining terror groups

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor was attacked by 'liberals' for voicing concerns over people from Kerala taking the radicalisation route.
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News Reports

ISIS terrorist Nimisha Fathima, other Keralites among 5,000 prisoners set free by Taliban from Kabul jails: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Fathima’s mother Bindu who is awaiting her return said that if the news of her daughter's release is indeed true then it is nothing but "divine intervention".
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News Reports

West Bengal: Shiv Bhakts thrashed by cops outside Bhootnath temple, BJP compares situation in state to ‘Taliban Raj’

OpIndia Staff -
The Bhootnath temple is of immense significance to Shiv Bhakts during the month of Shravan.
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Entertainment

Spanish radio chat show calls BTS ‘Chinese backstreet boys’, angered fans allege racism and xenophobia

OpIndia Staff -
In a Spanish radio chat show, speakers had derisively referred to BTS band as "Chinese Backstreet Boys".
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World

Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh lays claim to the presidency, seeks support as he implores Afghans to ‘join the resistance’

OpIndia Staff -
Vice President of Afghanistan under the Ashraf Ghani government, Amrullah Saleh, has staked claim to the presidency.
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World

‘Tweet jehad kab tak chalega?’ India Today journalist asks Afghan VP to ‘show his face’ as Taliban takes over Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Saleh has said that he has not fled the country and is very much in Afghanistan. He has also declared himself caretaker President and sought international support.
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Sports

Indian hockey star PR Sreejesh lauds PM Modi for renaming Khel Ratna Award after Major Dhyan Chand: Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
PR Sreejesh on Tuesday heaped praises on PM Modi for renaming the Khel Ratna award after Hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
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Media

Radical Islam apologist profiled by Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint, who is a serial fake news peddler, now spreads Taliban propaganda: Details

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Radical Islam apologist CJ Werleman spread Taliban propaganda after the group managed to capture Kabul.
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News Reports

Taliban claim they will allow women to study and work, but Afghans still remember the public stonings and floggings

OpIndia Staff -
The Taliban has reportedly said that women were the main victims of the crisis in Afghanistan for over 40 years and they dont want the women to be victims anymore.
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News Reports

Jammu & Kashmir: BJP leader shot dead by terrorists, second such killing in just ten days

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Javeed Ahmad Dar was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir earlier today.
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News Reports

Under Yogi Adityanath, Covid-19 vaccination crosses the 6 crore mark in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
The number of active coronavirus cases in the state of Uttar Pradesh stands at 419.
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Entertainment

Deepika Padukone auctions clothes she wore for funerals, her ‘fans’ get into firefighting mode

OpIndia Staff -
Deepika Padukone courted controversy on social media after she was found auctioning clothes she wore to funeral ceremonies.
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News Reports

Sikhs stuck in a Gurudwara in Afghanistan appeals to Sikh organisations in US and Canada to help them escape, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
The Sikhs stuck in a gurudwara in Afghanistan appeal to the United Sikh organisation and the Sikhs in Canada and the US to evacuate them to safety
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News Reports

Kerala: Two women arrested for pro-ISIS activities in Kannur

OpIndia Staff -
Shifa Harris and Misha Siddique were arrested from Kannur by a team of National Investigation Agency(NIA)
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News Reports

99% people in Afghanistan favour making Sharia the law of the land, most favour corporal penalties: Pre-Taliban Pew Research shows

OpIndia Staff -
The survey by Pew Research Centre conducted in 2013 suggests that 79% of the Afghani Muslims considered it to be okay to award death penalty to those who quit Islam
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News Reports

Facebook confirms ban on Taliban as it is a terrorist organisation under US Law

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to remove content and accounts favouring Taliban, the tech giant has informed.
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Sports

‘Shut up and hide’: Afghanistan’s female footballers in tears, afraid and desperate after Taliban’s return, reveals former captain

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Former captain Khalida Popal said that the lives of women footballers in Afghanistan are in danger after the return of Taliban.
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Social Media

Watch: Congress workers fry a bird in hot oil to protest against Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account being locked, chant ‘down down BJP’

OpIndia Staff -
After the dish was cooked, the son of ex-Congress MP Harsha Kumar put it in a tightly packed box for it to be sent via courier to Twitter's headquarters.
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News Reports

Indian Air Force evacuates ambassador, staff and ITBP personnel from Afghanistan: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The aircraft departed the Hamid Karzai International Airport under 'challenging circumstances', given that the local Afghans were desperate to escape from their country and were creating chaos at the airport.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Party MLA likens CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to Jesus Christ

OpIndia Staff -
P. Gannavaram MLA Kondeti Chittibabu said CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is a saviour for humanity, like Jesus Christ
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Opinions

The four phases of global media coverage of India’s vaccination program

Abhishek Banerjee -
As India crosses record breaking numbers in coronavirus vaccination, here is how the global media coverage on the same has panned out.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh vandalized in Lahore fort, third such attack

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The nine feet tall statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the Lahore Fort was vandalized for a third time on Tuesday.
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Politics

Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq compares Taliban to India’s freedom fighters, praises them for war against USA

OpIndia Staff -
Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq heaped praises on the Taliban for its wars against USA and Russia.
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World

Chinese state media threatens war against USA to eliminate and expel American soldiers from Taiwan

OpIndia Staff -
Global Times editor Hu Xijin threatened war to remove 30,000 US troops allegedly present in the island nation of Taiwan.
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News Reports

Bangladesh rejects USA request to shelter Afghan refugees, says it is already in problem by allowing Rohingyas

OpIndia Staff -
Bangladesh rejected a request by USA to provide refuge to Afghans stating they are already facing problems because of 1.1 million Rohingyas staying in their country.
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World

Watch: Talibanis enjoy at an amusement park after capturing Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Taliban could be seen riding a merry-go-round meant for small children, jumping on a trampoline and having fun in general.
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News Reports

Deoband in UP to have ATS commando centre, Taliban is inspired from Deobandi movement

OpIndia Staff -
Islamist organisation Taliban draws its inspiration from the Deobandi Islamic movement that has its roots in the UP town of Deoband
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