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Nine-member Taliban delegation visits China to meet Foreign Minister, signals growing China-Taliban ties after US withdrawal from Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Taliban spokesperson Mohammed Naeen tweeted that a nine-member Taliban delegation visited China on an official invitation
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News Reports

Bakrid celebrations in Kerala turns out to be “Covid-19 Super-Spreader” as state records more than 50% of total new cases in the country

OpIndia Staff -
Despite being worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, Kerala govt had allowed relaxations for Bakrid, which caused new cases to double in a week
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh: Road milestones in Naina Devi found defaced with Pro-Khalistani slogans

OpIndia Staff -
Pro-Khalistani slogans such as "Khalistan Zindabad", "Join SFJ", "Referendum 2021" were found scrawled on road milestones leading to Naina Devi in Himachal Pradesh
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News Reports

‘Kutta gum ho gaya’, public announcements made, entire state machinery made to search for top official’s lost dog in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
As pet dog of Gujranwala’s Divisional Commissioner Zulfiqar Ahmed Ghuman went missing, entire state machinery was used to trace it
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News Reports

Crores gone down the potholes? RTI reveals BMC spent Rs 21,000 crore in two decades on potholes in Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
Reply to a RTI application filed by BJP MLA Ameet Satam informs that BMC has spent more than Rs 21,000 crore in repair of potholes in two decades
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News Reports

‘LDF MLAs responsible for 2015 vandalism inside assembly must face trial, immunity to lawmakers is not given against criminal law’: SC to Kerala govt

OpIndia Staff -
The apex court while rejecting the Kerala government’s petition observed that immunity for lawmakers can’t be used as immunity against criminal laws.
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News Reports

Mental health in decline, President Joe Biden accuses Russia of violating US sovereignty through election interference

K Bhattacharjee -
Joe Biden has accused Russia and Vladimir Putin of spreading misinformation ahead of the midterm elections in 2022.
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor gives gyaan on how to attract industries, weeks after apparel major Kitex exited Kerala over harassment

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala ranks 28 in India in ease of doing business.
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News Reports

Thousands of Pakistani terrorists enter Afghanistan to help Taliban, attacking Afghan soldiers: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, over 10,000 Pakistani terrorists are active in Afghanistan, providing support to the Taliban.
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News Reports

Gujarat: 21 families revert to Hinduism in Ghar Wapsi programme arranged by the VHP

OpIndia Staff -
A man who successfully completed his ghar vapsi confessed that they had converted in greed as the other religious organization promised to ward off their difficulties.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Congress govt to bring a bill to acquire private medical college owned by family of CM Baghel’s son-in-law

OpIndia Staff -
Baghel, however, took to Twitter to dismiss the claims and said the move is to safeguard the future of the medical students of the college.
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News Reports

Mumbai doctor tests positive for Chinese coronavirus thrice, here could be possible reasons

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Shrushti Halari who did her MBBS from Ningxia Medical University, China, in an interview to The Times of India said, “The reinfections are confusing.”
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News Reports

Ex-CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana appointed as the new Delhi Police Commissioner

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Ministry issued an order saying Rakesh Asthana, a 1984-batch Indian Police Service officer from the Gujarat cadre, currently the Director-General of the Border Security Force, would be appointed as the Commissioner of Delhi Police.
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News Reports

Absolute protection to shunning responsibility for adverse effects of its COVID-19 vaccine: Details of Pfizer’s contract with Albania raises eyebrows

OpIndia Staff -
A Twitter user shared details of the secret agreement between pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Albania for its COVID-19 vaccines.
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Crime

FIR filed against Maulana Abdul Latif Qasmi after old video laying claim to Badrinath shrine goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The Maulana, while laying claim to Badrinath shrine, had threatened that Muslims would march to the shrine and capture it if Hindus do not return it.
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Politics

‘Free to create hype but insulting leaders is unacceptable’: CM Sawant hits back after AAP leader Satyendra Jain calls Goa politicians ‘third class’

OpIndia Staff -
CM Pramod Sawant tore into AAP leader Satyendra Jain after he called Goa politicians 'third class' while calling AAP ministers 'first class'.
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News Reports

Basavaraj Bommai to be new Chief Minister of Karnataka after Yediyurappa steps down

OpIndia Staff -
Basavaraj Bommai was one of the frontrunners for the post after Yeddyurappa stepped down as the Chief Minister of Karnataka.
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Cricket

Virat Kohli fans to drop IIT and go to Lovely Professional University? Netizens go wild as the cricketer bats for LPU

OpIndia Staff -
Cricketer Virat Kohli created a quite a flutter after he made an Instagram post praising Lovely Professional University.
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World

Ghouta chemical attack: New study reveals involvement of Syrian rebels and not Assad, Obama wanted to bomb Syria in retaliation

OpIndia Staff -
The study built on previous revelations that punctured US claims about the Syrian govt's involvement in the Ghouta chemical attack.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar: Multiple cases of Grooming Jihad surface across the country

OpIndia Staff -
In one incident of Grooming Jihad, Siraj Ali made a social media account in the name of Laxmi to get his friend request accepted.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: ATS busts international human trafficking racket involving Rohingyas, Noor Muhammad and his accomplices arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Upon investigation, it was found that the gang led by Noor Muhammad lured Rohingyas and Bangladeshi women into marriage, and men and children to work in factories and illegally trafficked them into India.
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Politics

Tractor Rahul Gandhi drove to Parliament was sneaked into the area in a container, secretly offloaded at Congress MP’s office

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police said that the tractor rally, led by Rahul Gandhi, violated section 144 of CrPC as there is an ongoing session of the Parliament.
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News Reports

Shilpa Shetty cries, shouts at Raj Kundra as dramatic scenes unfolded when he was brought to his bungalow: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Shilpa Shetty said that her family reputation was ruined, and was forced to give up on brand endorsements and projects.
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News Reports

Uyghur separatist group East Turkestan Islamic Movement now active in Afghanistan: UNSC Report

Jinit Jain -
China had earlier this month expressed concerned about Afghanistan being used as breeding ground for East Turkestan Islamic Movement.
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World

Afghanistan: Taliban releases video of Kandahari comedian being slapped prior to his execution

OpIndia Staff -
Khasha who had served as a local police was dragged by the Taliban out of his home who then tied him to a tree before slitting his throat.
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News Reports

Harappan-era city Dholavira in Gujarat inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage site list

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat's Dholavira is now the 40th site in India to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage list
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Football match turns communal, Hindus attacked in Sheikh Hasina’s constituency on Eid. Here is everything you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
The Islamists chanted slogans vowing to make the village free of Hindus and demanded human sacrifice on the occasion of Eid, as per local reports.
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News Reports

MHA seeks six more months till January 2022 to form rules for CAA

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sought six more months until January 22 to form rules for CAA.
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OpIndia Explains

Assam-Mizoram dispute: How India’s colonial past rages violent interstate border conflicts

OpIndia Staff -
The long-standing territorial dispute began when Mizoram used to be a district of Assam, known as Lushai Hills and was demarcated from the Cachar plains in accordance with an 1875 notification.
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News Reports

COVID-19 vaccine for children to be made available by August: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

OpIndia Staff -
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that Covid-19 vaccine for children will likely be available from August.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Muslim man forces Hindu boy to chant ‘Allahu Akbar’, abuse Hindu Gods

OpIndia Staff -
Abdul Salam Abu Dawood had uploaded the video on his Youtube channel with the caption, "Hindu torture by Muslim in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announces financial assistance of Rs 50 lakhs to families of cops who died in border clash with Mizoram

OpIndia Staff -
This long-standing border dispute was there even at the time when Congress govt was there on both sides, Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Nurse steals Covishield vaccine doses from the hospital for her relatives, suspended by authorities

OpIndia Staff -
“Based on the initial reports, we have suspended her. The investigation is underway, details about how she managed to get vaccines to her home, are there any other persons involved in this needs to be ascertained," said a health official.
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Editor's picks

BSP, SP scramble to woo the ‘Brahmin votebank’ ahead of UP elections, bet big on soft Hindutva

OpIndia Staff -
As the highly anticipated Uttar Pradesh elections get closer, the parties are gearing up to play their cards right
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News Reports

‘Historian’ Irfan Habib gets a lesson in history amid violent clashes over Assam-Mizoram border dispute: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Left leaning 'historian' Irfan Habib was schooled on Twitter for his sarcastic jibe on the recent Assam-Manipur border clash.
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News Reports

Stubble burning could have caused Covid-19 spike in Delhi during winter, suggests new study

OpIndia Staff -
Stubble burning by farmers in Punjab and Haryana may have contributed to spike in Covid-19 cases in Delhi last year.
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News Reports

Kerala: Catholic Church Diocese announces financial incentive for families with five or more kids to increase population

OpIndia Staff -
The cost of pregnancy-related expenses for such families would be covered by the Mar Sleeva Medicity hospital in Pala.
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News Reports

Woman disrobed, Arup Das kidnapped by TMC goons, found dead next day: Harrowing case documented by NHRC in Bengal violence report

OpIndia Staff -
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) submitted its final report on Bengal post-poll violence to the Calcutta High Court on the 14th July
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OpIndia Explains

The Afghan war, the roots of the chaos, and the evolution of the world’s deadliest network of Islamic terror: How did it all start?

Shashank Bharadwaj -
At first, Afghans backed the Taliban by giving them a chance. For Afghans, who had witnessed a long war, the Taliban promised two things. First, security to Afghans and secondly, a truce among mujahideen groups that continued to fight to control Afghan lands.
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News Reports

IMA chief’s petition against a court order asking him to not use the platform to propagate religion rejected

OpIndia Staff -
IMA chief Dr Jayalal has made controversial utterances in which he did not shy away from saying that he wanted to use hospitals to convert Hindus to Christianity.
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News Reports

Watch: Toddler draws inspiration from Mirabai Chanu, imitates her heroics from Tokyo Olympics

OpIndia Staff -
The video of the toddler was retweeted by Olympic winner Mirabai Chanu herself who commented, “So cute. Just love this.”
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News Reports

Assam: Man crushed by an elephant after crowd teases a herd of elephants, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The incident happened near Morongi Tea Estate in Numaligarh of Uppar Assam.
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Fact-Check

Samajwadi Party leader spreads fake news days after it was already debunked

OpIndia Staff -
While sharing only a short clip of the incident, IP Singh made the same fake claims as his boss Akhilesh Yadav.
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News Reports

Man kills wife after sex in a cave near Nainital, 6 months after he married her to escape rape charges

OpIndia Staff -
Rajesh had married Babita in December 2020 after he was released from jail on signing the affidavit that he would marry her. She had accused him of raping her.
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News Reports

Raj Kundra’s alleged porn company’s net profit target was over Rs 30 crores for 2023-24, SBI account in Kanpur with crores of rupees seized

OpIndia Staff -
“He is not cooperating in the ongoing probe. We have found many documents regarding financial transactions and digital files," said a Crime Branch official.
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News Reports

London court declares fugitive Vijay Mallya bankrupt

OpIndia Staff -
London court declares fugitive Vijay Mallya bankrupt.
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News Reports

‘Attack on democracy’ cries TMC as Prashant Kishor’s team detained for COVID protocol in Tripura

OpIndia Staff -
A senior official from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) informed that the I-PAC team was asked to stay indoors at their hotel since they are in a large group and the government wants to avoid any unwanted spread of Covid-19.
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP official from Madhav Nagar found dead, party says TMC miscreants murdered him

OpIndia Staff -
The official Twitter account of BJP said its Madhav Nagar official Samresh Pal was brutally murdered by TMC goons.
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News Reports

Six Assam police personnel killed amidst Assam-Mizoram border dispute: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff -
According to Assam police, their personnel were killed after Mizoram police forces opened fire at them at Lailapur
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World

Big Tech database to target ‘extremist content’ from ‘white supremacists’ and ‘far right militias’: Report

OpIndia Staff -
GIFCT will expand its database to target 'extremist content' shared by 'white supremacists' and 'far-right militias', Reuters has reported.
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