Archives of OpIndia

News Reports

NCW India directs UP Police to register FIR against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati

OpIndia Staff -
The NCW has directed the DGP of Uttar Pradesh to register an FIR against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati for remarks against women.
Read more
Sports

Virat Kohli fans hurl vile sexist abuse at social media user for mocking him while drawing comparison with Neeraj Chopra

OpIndia Staff -
Fans of Virat Kohli abused a Twitter user and passed vulgar comments over her satirical post on the cricketer and Neeraj Chopra.
Read more
Sports

Social media erupts after Lionel Messi breaks down into tears during press conference announcing departure from Barcelona

OpIndia Staff -
Lionel Messi broke down into tears during the press conference announcing his departure from FC Barcelona.
Read more
Fact-Check

Rahul Gandhi Fan page spreads fake news about hockey captain Manpreet Singh rejecting prize money for not revoking the farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress' fan page politicised India's sporting achievement and tried to create a wedge between PM Modi and Manpreet Singh.
Read more
Opinions

South Africa riots: How we know global media ran propaganda during farmer protests in India

Abhishek Banerjee -
Whenever the global elite pretend to care about something, you can be sure that they are trying to screw over common people. Never believe a word that they are saying.
Read more
OpIndia Scoops

Rahul Gandhi not tweeting even after temporary ban over POCSO violation ended, wants Twitter to ‘apologise’, say sources

Nirwa Mehta -
Sources in the Congress IT cell tell OpIndia that the party wants Twitter to either come out and say that they 'locked out' Rahul Gandhi's account under pressure from Government of India or to at least issue a regret note for doing so.
Read more
News Reports

Rebel Christian in Tennessee to death as Jihadi in Syria: Read the journey of American ISIS bride as her daughter prepares to return home

OpIndia Staff -
American girl Ariel Bradley had married an Iraqi in Sweden, moved to Syria and joined ISIS, where she died along with her second husband and a son
Read more
Politics

‘Lock our account, we challenge you’: Congress dares Twitter after Rahul Gandhi’s account was locked, flouts laws

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter locked the account of Rahul Gandhi temporarily after he violated laws pertaining to revealing the identity of minor rape victims.
Read more
Crime

Bangladesh: Islamists destroy 4 temples, attack shops and homes of Hindus objecting to Hindu religious procession near mosque

OpIndia Staff -
After a group of Hindu women took out a procession near a mosque in Bangladesh, Muslims attacked Hindu temples and destroyed them
Read more
News Reports

‘Randeep Hooda or Akshay Kumar’: What Neeraj Chopra said about his choice for the lead role in his biopic three years ago

OpIndia Staff -
In an interview in 2018, Neeraj Chopra had said he would like to see Randeep Hooda or Akshay Kumar to play his role in his biopic
Read more
Opinions

Funeral pyres of Hindus are stunning but Muslim man getting tested for COVID is ‘demonisation’: How media plays to the gallery

K Bhattacharjee -
NDTV removed an image of a Muslim man getting tested for Covid-19 after a not-so-subtle threat by Sharjeel Usmani.
Read more
Crime

Rajasthan: Dalit minor girl gang-rape in Alwar, main accused Talim and Amin Khan threatened the victim to make her obscene video viral

OpIndia Staff -
Police have filed a case against Talim and Amin Khan as main accused along with two associates for gang raping a Dalit minor girl
Read more
News Reports

‘Article 25 does not give any immunity from taxation’: Kerala HC says nuns and priests are liable to pay taxes on their salary incomes

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala High Court said that tax deduction at source from salaries of nuns and priests does not violate article 25 of the constitution
Read more
Sports

Golgappas are love, even Olympic gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra thinks so: Here’s what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Golgappas are so good that even Olympic Gold Medalists cannot let go of them. Gold Medal winner Neeraj Chopra loves them.
Read more
News Reports

British Security agencies warn dissident Pakistani exiles living in Europe as Pakistan prepares a ‘Hit List’

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has prepared a ‘Hit List’ of exiled Pakistani activists and journalists living in Europe, UK and thee are facing life threats
Read more
Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did PM Modi not speak to Olympic bronze medal winner Bajrang Punia because he supported ‘farmer protest’

OpIndia Staff -
Propagandists tried to spread fake news that PM Modi has not spoken to Olympian medallist Bajrang Punia because he had supported the so-called farmer agitation.
Read more
Social Media

Twitter removes verified badge of think tank after it published report exposing ISI links to Kashmiri activism in the West

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter has removed the blue tick of Disinfo Lab after it exposed the manner in which Kashmir activists were backed by ISI.
Read more
News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Fake eunuch Sabir forcefully converts labourer Rahul after luring him into illicit relationship, got him circumcised

OpIndia Staff -
A man named Rahul was forcefully converted to Islam and circumcised under pretext of love by a fake eunuch in Uttar Pradesh
Read more
News Reports

Twitter clarifies they did not suspend Rahul Gandhi’s account, refutes Congress’ claims

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter denied allegations of suspending Rahul Gandhi. It was locked temporarily due to violation of regulations.
Read more
Editor's picks

Hinduism will be finished in another century, columnist Abhijit Iyer Mitra predicts. Read why he thinks so

OpIndia Staff -
Abhijit draws from history to show parallels between what is happening in modern post-independence India and what happened to the religions of pre-Christian Europe and pre-Islamic Iran and Egypt, which are relegated to museums now.
Read more
News Reports

Karnataka: Kodagu residents start an online petition to rename Rajiv Gandhi national park at Nagarahole after Field Marshal Cariappa

OpIndia Staff -
The demand comes days after Prime Minister Modi renamed Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award after Major Dhyan Chand, the hockey legend.
Read more
Sports

Arjuna awardee athlete Anju Bobby George praises Modi govt for supporting and encouraging athletes, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
Anju Bobby George talks about how the current Modi government has been supporting the athletes and helping them train to participate in international events, unlike the previous governments.
Read more
Sports

Dhoti and shirt announced as a reward for Olympics medal-winning hockey player PR Sreejesh by Kerala govt’s handloom dept

OpIndia Staff -
As of now, Kerala government has not yet declared any reward for PR Sreejesh, who made India proud at the Tokyo Olympics
Read more
Opinions

Islamofascists inch towards total narrative control as they get NDTV to delete a harmless image showing a Muslim man getting tested for COVID

Nirwa Mehta -
Islamists on Saturday bullied NDTV into deleting a tweet which had representational image of a Muslim man getting tested for coronavirus. For a community...
Read more
Politics

As Congress lectures on how to boost performance of athletes, here is what happened when they organised the 2010 Commonwealth Games

OpIndia Staff -
The Commonwealth Games were conducted in Delhi under the auspices of the UPA Government and there were allegations of corruption.
Read more
News Reports

While the country celebrates Olympics medals, P Chidambaram uses it to target Modi govt, says infrastructure funds should be diverted to sports

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram said that money allocated to Central Vista, Bullet Train and other ‘vanity projects’ should be diverted to sports
Read more
Opinions

Neeraj Chopra wins Gold, and he is abused by some ‘liberals’: Understanding the disease that Indians have to get rid of

K Bhattacharjee -
Neeraj Chopra has gone into the history books after winning the Gold Medal at the Javelin Throw event in the Tokyo Olympics.
Read more
News Reports

Congress clarifies Rahul Gandhi is ‘temporarily suspended’ on Twitter after people asked why he has not congratulated Neeraj Chopra

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party informed that Twitter account of Rahul Gandhi has been 'temporarily suspended’, and they are working to restore it
Read more
Sports

Liberals ‘cancel’ Olympic gold-medalist Neeraj Chopra after his old tweets supporting PM Modi go viral

OpIndia Staff -
Scores of left-leaning liberals denounced Neeraj Chopra, just because he congratulated PM Modi after his 2019 victory
Read more
News Reports

From 1992 to 2021: How the resolve of Narendra Modi changed the scene at the ‘Lal Chowk’ in Srinagar

Dibakar Dutta -
The iconic Clock Tower (Ghanta Ghar) at Lal Chowk in Srinagar was illuminated with colours of Indian tricolour on Friday, August 6
Read more
Sports

Congratulating PM Modi on election victory, ‘befitting reply’ to Barkha Dutt, donation to PM CARES: Neeraj Chopra’s old tweets go viral

OpIndia Staff -
Old tweets of Neeraj Chopra surfaced where he had congratulated PM Modi for his historic election victory in 2019.
Read more
Sports

Neeraj Chopra’s historic Gold medal at Tokyo Olympics triggers a meme fest on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Meme enthusiasts had a field day on Twitter after Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
Read more
News Reports

USA sends in B-52 Bombers and Spectre Gunships to stop the Taliban from seizing more areas in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships, US is using Reaper drones to run at least 5 missions a day against Taliban in Afghanistan
Read more
Sports

Celebrations begin at his home as Neeraj Chopra scripts history, congratulations pour in

OpIndia Staff -
Neeraj Chopra has ended India's 100-year medal wait in athletics by clinching historic gold medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Read more
Sports

Watch: Indian National Anthem plays at Tokyo Olympics after Neeraj Chopra’s historic Gold Medal win

OpIndia Staff -
Neeraj Chopra scripted history at the Tokyo Olympics with a Gold Medal finish at the finals of Javelin Throw event on Saturday.
Read more
Sports

India records its highest tally of medals at a single Olympics: Here’s the list of athletes who won laurels for the country

OpIndia Staff -
India has so far won 7 medals at the Tokyo Olympics, surpassing its record haul of 6 medals at London 2012.
Read more
Sports

Neeraj Chopra scripts history, wins Gold Medal in Tokyo Olympics: Youthful exuberance wins the day

OpIndia Staff -
Neeraj Chopra has won the Medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the Javelin Throw event on Saturday.
Read more
Opinions

Khel Ratna: The BJP plays too nice and that needs to change

Abhishek Banerjee -
Nehru-Gandhi loyalists are so angry that they have lost their minds after Khel Ratna award was renamed after Major Dhyan Chand by BJP govt
Read more
News Reports

Wrestler Bajrang Punia clinches bronze at Tokyo Olympics, India’s total medal tally stands at 6

OpIndia Staff -
Bajrang Punia defeated Niyazbekov Daulet of Kazakhstan in the men's freestyle 65 kg match to clinch the bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics.
Read more
News Reports

Marathi actress Neha Khan reveals how her Hindu mother was tortured after becoming the third wife of a Muslim man

OpIndia Staff -
Neha Khan, a Marathi actor, recalls her Hindu mother's pains and struggles following marriage with a Muslim man with two wives already
Read more
Politics

Yogi Adityanath speaks about Covid-19, grooming Jihad, Priyanka Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and more: Here is everything he said

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath was also asked about the consequences of pitting Priyanka Gandhi against him in the run-up to Uttar Pradesh elections.
Read more
Media

Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire, MK Venu, Swati Chaturvedi join hands with ‘independent media’ funded by western govts against Pegasus, NSO Group

K Bhattacharjee -
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two other journalists had filed a complaint with prosecutors in France against NSO Group.
Read more
Crime

Assam: Father Aminul Islam sells son for Rs 40,000 to buy drugs

OpIndia Staff -
A man from Morigaon district in Assam sold his two-and-a-half-year-old son for Rs 40,000 to buy drugs illegally.
Read more
Entertainment

‘Raj Kundra told me that Shilpa Shetty loved my videos’, ‘was threatened to take back case’: Sherlyn Chopra

OpIndia Staff -
Sherlyn Chopra said she was deceived into shooting for porn by Raj Kundra and that she was told Shilpa Shetty liked her videos.
Read more
News Reports

Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine granted emergency use approval in India

OpIndia Staff -
The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine has become the fifth vaccine against the pandemic to be granted emergency use approval
Read more
Crime

Delhi Rape Case: Accused Salim introduced himself as ‘Raju’, lied about his religious identity to locals

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammed Salim, one of the main accused in the Delhi minor girl rape case, had obtained a job in the cremation ground by claiming that he was a Hindu.
Read more
News Reports

ISI agent Ghulam Nabi Fai leads anti-India protest at Indian Embassy in Washington DC, embassy officials refuse to accept memorandum

OpIndia Staff -
World Kashmir Awareness Forum of Ghulam Nabi Fai led a protest on 5 August in Washington DC on 2nd anniversary of article 370 abrogation
Read more
Media

‘Dangerous to run a piece’: Journalist reveals how NYT had refused to investigate the origin of Covid-19 during the early stage of the pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
The New York Times had resisted running anything that could suggest that Covid-19 was manmade or had leaked from the Wuhan lab
Read more
News Reports

Mumbai: Bomb scare at 3 railway stations and Amitabh Bachchan’s residence turns out to be a hoax, two detained

OpIndia Staff -
Two people have been detained by the Crime Intelligence Unit of the Mumbai Police in connection with a hoax bomb scare at 3 railway stations and actor Amitabh Bachchan's residence
Read more
News Reports

Rahul Gandhi, other opposition leaders support parallel Parliament, look on as ‘Kisan Sansad’ passes ‘no confidence motion’ against Modi govt: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Opposition parties led by Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined the 'farmer' protests at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and extended their support to "Kisan Sansad"
Read more
1...808809810...1,531Page 809 of 1,531