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52% respondents believe that Yogi Adityanath will become UP CM again in 2022: Survey

OpIndia Staff -
An IANS CVoter survey shows that 52% people think Yogi Adityanath will come back to power, while 37% think BJP will not win the 2012 elections
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Government and Policy

PM Modi reviews oxygen supply across the nation, takes stock of 1,500 PSA oxygen plants being set up to support over 4 lakh beds

OpIndia Staff -
PM Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting to review the availability of medical oxygen and discussed the measures to augment oxygen supply across the country.
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Crime

‘They were forcing her to eat beef, convert to Islam’: MP man says 6 years after marriage, in-laws have killed his daughter

OpIndia Staff -
"She told me that they (husband and in-laws) have been forcing her to eat beef, learn Urdu and convert to Islam," the victim's father added.
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News Reports

From social media manipulation by algorithm to interference in elections, read remarks made by SC while refusing to stay summons to Facebook

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Supreme Court said that Facebook cannot take a "simplistic approach" that it is merely a platform posting third party content
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News Reports

After massive Covid-19 mismanagement in Delhi, AAP govt runs full-page advertisements across country to boost Kejriwal’s image

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, the Delhi government ran full-page advertisement not just in several national dailies but also in regional newspapers in Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, etc, announcing a welfare scheme that is meant for only Delhi residents.
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Law

Delhi High Court backs Uniform Civil Code, urges central govt to take necessary steps for its implementation: Details

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The Delhi High Court has lent its support for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country, urged Centre to implement it.
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World

Uyghur groups condemn Pakistani politicians for congratulatory letter to CCP while China ‘violates honour’ of Uyghur women

OpIndia Staff -
The statement condemns Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Siraj ul Haq, leaders of the Pakistan Ulema-e-Islam Party and Jamaat-e-Islami Party respectively.
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World

Anonymous blogger ‘Program Think’, known for exposing the corruption of CCP members, goes missing in China: Here is what we know so far

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As per Twitter account @GFWfrog, blogger 'Program-Think' was detained in May and undergoing 'brutal interrogation' in China
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News Reports

Ration drama: Watch how AAP Goa leader distributed free food to families living in big bungalows with luxury cars

OpIndia Staff -
AAP Goa vice president Pratima Betsy Coutinho is seen visiting bungalows with big cars to distribute ration in bags labelled with the party name
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Opinions

Joe Biden leaves Afghans to the Taliban, but Indian liberals trust him to protect humanitarian values

Abhishek Banerjee -
The United States is leaving Afghanistan, with the final date for total withdrawal set for September 11, 2021.
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News Reports

UP: High Court approves trial of Mohammed Ishtiaque under NSA, had led Muslim mob violence after police had demolished illegal Barabanki structure

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High Court approves prosecution of Mohammed Ishtiaque under NSA for attacking govt officials during the Barabanki illegal structure demolition
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News Reports

Antifa ‘rioter’ arrested for the 5th time for abusing and obstructing police, repeatedly screaming ‘f*ck you’ at a black cop: Read details

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In a video that has now surfaced online, that anti-police mob was seen abusing a non-White police officer continuously with the F-word.
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News Reports

Haridwar police arrest tourists smoking hookah at Har Ki Pauri, Ganga Sabha says will form a committee to educate tourists

OpIndia Staff -
Haridwar city police on Thursday arrested six tourists hailing from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for smoking hookah in Har Ki Pauri.
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Crime

Bengaluru: Police arrest 12, including 11 Bangladeshis and 2 women in case where an illegally trafficked Bangladeshi woman was raped and tortured

OpIndia Staff -
The Bengaluru police have arrested twelve people in connection with the gang rape and torture of a Bangladeshi woman in May.
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News Reports

2 US citizens, several Colombians arrested for the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise

OpIndia Staff -
The Haitian police have also arrested fifteen others, who are believed to be from Colombia. According to the Haitian police, the police have killed three suspects, and eight others are on the run.
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Opinions

‘You natives, be grateful that your children died as Christians, not pagans’: American Conservative magazine tells indigenous people in Canada

Sanghamitra -
The article goes on to defend the residential school system altogether. It actually asserts that 'it was necessary to convert native people into Christianity because otherwise, "their souls could not have been saved."
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News Reports

Kitex team to visit Hyderabad in a ‘special jet’ chartered by Telangana Govt to negotiate Rs 3,500 cr project after company abandons Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
"We have already had one round of discussions with Telangana Industry Minister K T Rama Rao. They have offered excellent facilities and support for the Rs 3,500-crore project, which we have abandoned in Kerala. Telangana has invited us following our announcement to cancel the apparel project in Kerala,” Kitex MD said.
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Politics

Rakesh Tikait wants ‘talks or bullets’ after refusing to end protest despite 11 rounds of talks: Details

OpIndia Staff -
BKU head Rakesh Tikait in an interaction with media said that the protests will end either with ‘talks’ or ‘bullets’.
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Politics

After failing in India, 9 Presidents for Overseas Congress appointed to ‘work with committed people’ in Europe, including Italy

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Congress party appointed several Presidents and office-bearers for the party's "international wing", to work with committed people in Europe
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OpIndia Explains

Kerala has not reported less than 1000 Covid-19 cases in a single day for almost a year, Maharashtra in months: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Majority of the states in India are quickly recovering from the overwhelming Covid-19 second wave crisis, but not Kerala and Maharashtra
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News Reports

As Mansukh Mandaviya becomes Health Minister, watch how PM Modi had predicted his rise in 2012

OpIndia Staff -
A very few people know that PM Narendra Modi had envisioned the political rise of Mansukh Mandaviya back in the year 2012
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News Reports

Hate sex against Sanghis? Reddit becomes breeding ground for pornographic content of ‘Hindu women’ for ‘Muslim men’

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Several subreddits appear on Reddit where people claim they hey share images of Hindu women who lust for Muslim men
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Crime

Ludhiana: Nihang Sikhs set a Rajiv Gandhi statue on fire protesting against announcement of more statues, Congress leader cleans it with his turban

OpIndia Staff -
Nihang Sikhs said that they burnt the Rajiv Gandhi statue as Congress is planning more statues of the former PM in Ludhiana
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Crime

Hindu girl converts to Islam and marries Arif, who then burns her alive and dumps her after they went separate ways: Read details

Jhankar Mohta -
The Uttar Pradesh victim's father told OpIndia that he suspects that she was also raped by Arif and his aides before being set on fire
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News Reports

Delhi Govt Vs Facebook: SC says “Peace and Harmony Committee” of Delhi Assembly does not have prosecuting power on law and order issues

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court says Delhi assembly's Peace and Harmony Committee can summon Facebook officials, but it does not have power to prosecute
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Government and Policy

‘Law of land is supreme, Twitter must follow rules’: IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw gives stern warning to Twitter after he is sworn in

OpIndia Staff -
The warning comes amidst the ongoing war of words between the Indian government and Twitter over the new IT rules
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Editor's picks

Before you take lie-ridden MIT Technology Review article on India’s COVID-19 situation seriously, remember who funds that section

OpIndia Staff -
MIT Technology Review publishes an article blaming Modi govt for the Covid-19 surge in India, which is filled with lies and false accusations
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News Reports

‘The Centre is free to take any action against Twitter if it does not comply with rules’: Delhi High Court

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi HC noted that Twitter has so far failed to comply with Indian IT rules and is already in contempt.
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News Reports

Chandigarh police send notice to Salman Khan and his sister Alvira as businessman alleges fraud by ‘Being Human’

OpIndia Staff -
A Chandigarh-based businessman Arun Gupta has filed a complaint with the Chandigarh Police against film actor Salman Khan, his sister Alvira Khan Agnihotri, CEO of Being Human and several others alleging fraud
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World

Indonesia’s lead Sinovac scientist dies of suspected Covid-19, at least 131 vaccinated health workers have died since June

OpIndia Staff -
Indonesia reported 1,040 more deaths over the past 24 hours, double the number just a week ago as it experiences Asia's worst coronavirus outbreaks.
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Crime

Delhi: Car thief gang members Showkat and Md Zubair interrogated by J and K CID and IB over possible terror links

OpIndia Staff -
Showkat Ahmed, a resident of Baramula, J and K, and Mohammad Zubair, from Kairana, UP, were nabbed recently by Delhi Police.
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News Reports

False implication of ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan delayed cryogenic tech development in India: Read details of what the CBI said

OpIndia Staff -
The CBI appeared before the Kerala High Court to oppose the bail pleas of two former Kerala Police officers, who were involved in the arrest of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in a 1994 espionage case.
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News Reports

Sushant Singh’s Team Saath again accused of targeted harassment and online bullying, hounds Twitter user for expressing opinion

OpIndia Staff -
Responding to @Being_Humour's tweet, Team Saath had labelled the response as 'harassment of a woman' just because the handle Khushboo Khan was apparently a female, and reported the tweet, tagging Twitter's online safety handle alleging that @Being_Humour has been "trolling and harassing women".
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News Reports

Is rang badalti duniya mein kya tera hai kya mera hai? Here are the various causes against which the alleged farmers have protested

OpIndia Staff -
Aandolanjeevis are using farmer protests to launch protests against anything and everything to keep their agendas alive
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News Reports

Curious about the Modi government’s new ‘Ministry of Co-operation’? Here is all you need to know

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As a senior leader like Amit Shah is minister of Co-operation, it is clear that govt wants the cooperative sector to take off in a big way.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 281 doctors write a letter to Uddhav Thackeray asking permission to commit suicide

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The letter by BAMS doctors comes days after an Ayurvedic doctor Swapnil Lonkar ended his life after he was denied a posting despite clearing the MPSC (Maharashtra Public Service Commission) exam.
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News Reports

UP Government to construct roads in the name of Karsevaks who were brutally killed in the November 1990 carnage

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The Deputy CM of Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Maurya announced govt will build roads and name them after Karsevaks dies in 1990 police firing
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News Reports

‘Any Tom, Dick and Harry can write anything?’ Here is how Delhi HC came down on Congress supporter Saket Gokhale over defamatory tweets

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During the hearing, the Delhi High Court asked Congress supporter Saket Gokhale about how could he be vilifying people as he did to Lakshmi M Puri.
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World

British media announces they are sending elephants to Kenya for ‘rewilding’, Kenya govt says they have no idea

OpIndia Staff -
British media claimed that a herd of elephants was to be shifted to Kenya to be 'rewilded' and let back into the wild
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News Reports

Delhi: AAP workers caught red-handed selling ration meant for poor, BJP demands strict action

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BJP workers claimed to have caught AAP workers red-handed while trying to sell ration stolen from a storage unit in Trilokpuri
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News Reports

‘Bring 4 non-Muslim women with you to convert’: Woman accuses husband and mother-in-law of running ‘Love Jihad’ racket in the name of Dargah

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The woman has revealed that the Dargah that her husband runs in Bengaluru is used for trading illegal arms and harbouring foreign nationals.
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News Reports

Kerala’s Ex-Health Minister to give lessons on Covid management to IIM-B students while pandemic rages unhinged in the state

OpIndia Staff -
Strangely, the invite for controversial Kerala Minister KK Shailaja by IIM-B to deliver a talk on managing the Covid-19 crisis comes at a time while the massive mismanagement of the Covid crisis in the state is for everyone to see.
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News Reports

‘Apolitical farmers’ to now contest upcoming Punjab elections: Details

Anurag -
For the longest time, the protesting 'farmers' have claimed that their protests are 'apolitical'. However, the recent revelations show how they may have always had ulterior motives.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Banjara Hills Police book AIMIM leader Majid Hussain for threatening police officials

OpIndia Staff -
Majid Hussain, AIMIM leader from Hyderabad, booked in two cases for obstructing police officers from performing their their duty and threatening a person.
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News Reports

President of Haiti assassinated at home in the night, first lady injured in the attack

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Acting PM of Haiti said that a group of unidentified individuals attacked the president's home at around 1 a.m. and fatally wounded him
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Media

Uttar Pradesh: Occult practitioner Afzal Malik and his aides gang-rape minor girl in Amroha, ‘secular media’ refers to him as ‘Tantrik’

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An occult practitioner identified as Afzal Malik and his three friends Tariq, Aslam and Zulfiqar allegedly gang-raped the minor girl after luring her to his place on the pretext of curing her illness.
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News Reports

Gujarat’s first Grooming Jihad victim ‘disappears’ after retracting her statement. Details

OpIndia Staff -
In June, a complaint was registered where Samir Qureshi was accused of posing as Sam Martin and luring the victim into marrying him and forcing her to convert to Islam.
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News Reports

Donald Trump sues Twitter, Facebook and Google

OpIndia Staff -
“We’re demanding an end to the shadow-banning, a stop to the silencing and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing and canceling that you know so well,” said Trump while addressing the media.
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News Reports

July 8: Recapture of Tiger Hill – The battle that won India the Kargil War​

OpIndia Staff -
The Battle of Tiger Hill is one of the bravest battles fought around the peak of Tiger Hill by the Indian Army against Pakistan from May to July in 1999, during the Kargil War.
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News Reports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi allocates portfolios to newly inducted ministers, reshuffles some existing ministries: Details

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PM Modi announces the reallocation of portfolios to ministers after the expansion of the union ministry
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