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‘I am Sad’: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju expresses displeasure after opposition interrupts introduction of new ministers by PM Modi in Parliament

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said he was sad as opposition parties did not let PM Modi to introduce him as the first Law Minister of the country from a tribal community.
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Entertainment

Shilpa Shetty’s husband businessman Raj Kundra ‘key conspirator’ in case relating to creating and publishing porn, arrested

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Mumbai Police has named Raj Kundra key conspirator in creating and publishing porn on apps.
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World

NSO Group, which owns spyware Pegasus, paid firms founded by Biden adviser and former CIA official, says journalist

OpIndia Staff -
The NYT journalist said that until late 2019, NSO Group paid SKDK, a firm founded by a Biden adviser, for "advice".
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News Reports

Over 150 ex-civil servants slam ‘handful of highly prejudiced and habitually complaining elements in the fraternity’ for targeting Yogi Govt

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The trigger was the recent statement by the group of former civil servants who accused the Yogi govt of eliminating members of the minority communities in police encounters
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Politics

‘Aap chronology samjhiye’: Home Minister Amit Shah slams opposition over Pegasus ‘snoopgate’

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Home Minister Amit Shah has slammed the opposition over the Pegasus Snoopgate in a blog posted on his website.
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Politics

Kerala: Rs 100 crore scam unearthed at cooperative bank controlled by CPM members, BJP files complaint

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The governing committee of the bank in Kerala with 12 CPM members has been disbanded after the scam emerged in the public.
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World

France: Massive protests break out over mandatory vaccination, demonstrators vandalise vaccination centres

OpIndia Staff -
The new rules in France varied from mandatory vaccination of health workers and requirement of health passes for accessing public places.
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Politics

When Congress-led governments unabashedly snooped on politicians, including veteran leader Pranab Mukherjee, Amar Singh and others

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The Congress-led UPA government was unapologetic in snooping on notable personalities including Pranab Mukherjee and others.
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Media

NDTV misquotes IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Pegusus row, attributes Israeli surveillance company NSO Group’s statement to him

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The remark NDTV attributed to IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was actually that of the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group
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Politics

Pegasus ‘snoopgate’ now names Rahul Gandhi: How The Guardian lied blatantly, without evidence, that Modi govt MAY HAVE snooped on him

Nupur J Sharma -
The Modi govt categorically denied using the Pegasus software at all but media now claims Rahul Gandhi 'may' have been snooped.
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Fact-Check

Fact-check: Claims about Muslim mob thrashing policemen in a viral video false, old video circulated with fake claims

OpIndia Staff -
The viral video is from March 2021 when a team of Haryana police were thrashed by locals in a village in Rajasthan after their vehicle had hit one of the villagers.
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OpIndia Explains

Pegasus ‘snoopgate’ explainer: Loopholes, conjectures, outright lies with links to the US establishment, Canada govt, George Soros and more

Nupur J Sharma -
The Pegasus story may be a damp squib, but it has the marking of a story that is carefully crafted to affect "regime change".
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News Reports

‘Only sensationalism’: IT Minister hits out at ‘The Wire’ for its report on Pegasus, says outrage a day before monsoon session ‘no coincidence’

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The report by The Wire claimed that govt was using Pegasus to snoop on journalists, ministers, judges, opposition leaders and other notable personalities.
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News Reports

Hundreds of Congress workers strip, go shirtless and flout COVID norms to protest against alleged phone tapping: Watch

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Congress workers go shirtless amid Delhi rains to protest against alleged 'phone tapping' of 'journalists' and 'politicians'
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News Reports

India sends oxygen concentrators and liquid oxygen to Indonesia as Chinese coronavirus pandemic rages: Details

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India has sent 300 oxygen concentrators and liquid oxygen supplies to Indonesia amid resurgent coronavirus outbreak
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News Reports

Qatar-based Indian PhD scholar says false SC/ST case filed against her by Nagarjuna University professor who used to harass her online

OpIndia Staff -
Aruna in her petition, FIR and in an interview with OpIndia informed that Kondru who is a practicing Christian as per his social media profiles (which has now been locked), continues to call himself a Hindu taking undue advantage of the reservation given to SCs and STs.
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Politics

PM Modi holding his own umbrella while addressing media ahead of the Monsoon session renews the debate surrounding Kaamdar and Naamdar

Jinit Jain -
PM Modi on Monday was seen holding his umbrella while addressing the media amidst rainfall, rekindling the debate between kaamdar and naamdars
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News Reports

‘Bhindranwale would have held Modi by his neck’: Posters, banners and songs praising the Khalistani terrorist cloud farmer protest sites

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Posters, songs and banners praising Bhindranwale have been found at farmer protest sites.
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Media

Why Pegasus snoopgate is concerning: Forbidden Stories, links to US establishment and regime change propaganda in middle east

K Bhattacharjee -
The Wire published what it called an 'explosive story' on Sunday involving allegations of spying with spyware Pegasus.
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News Reports

Agra: Private hospital forced to return extra money charged for treatment after CM Yogi Adityanath’s intervention

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Following the complaint by the patient's son, CM Yogi Adityanath ordered a probe and the extra money charged by the pvt hospital was returned.
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Opinions

When death is not a leveler: Why did we forget the murder of cameraperson Achyutananda Sahu by liberal terrorists in Chhattisgarh?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Nobody wanted to talk about DD cameraperson Achyutanands Sahu's hopes and dreams and the lives of those he touched. Nobody even cared to send hazaar lanaatein (thousand curses) to the bullet that killed him.
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News Reports

SC avoids passing order to stop Kerala’s lockdown relaxation for Bakra Eid, had taken suo motu case against Kanwar Yatra in UP

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SC going soft on Kerala Govt's decision to relax Covid curbs during Bakra Eid is in stark contrast to its stand on Kanwar Yatra in UP.
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News Reports

How limestone became marble and Congress ruled Rajasthan govt lost Rs 1,000 crore: Read details

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dditional Chief Secretary Subodh Agarwal claimed, "In Pratapgarh, the allotment was done in a transparent manner. There was no scope for any mistake. The government will get higher royalty from marble."
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News Reports

NSO Group behind Israeli spyware Pegasus considering defamation suit against The Wire over ‘outrageous allegations’: Details of their letter

OpIndia Staff -
The Cyber-intelligence group NSO has threatened defamation against The Wire and the writers of the Pegasus story, stating that their claims are ridiculous and unsubstantiated
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News Reports

‘Take the vaccine, become Baahubali’: PM Modi addresses media ahead of Monsoon Session, encourages people to take Covid jabs

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PM Modi marked the beginning of the Monsoon Session on Monday saying he hoped all issues will be discussed in a healthy and constructive manner in the Parliament.
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News Reports

Textile ministry adopts drone technology to tackle land encroachment, stunning visuals show how survey is carried out

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Drone survey carried out as pilot project to check on encroachment on assets owned by the NTC.
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News Reports

Afghanistan recalls all diplomats from Pakistan in response to abduction and torture of their ambassador’s daughter

OpIndia Staff -
Afghan Vice-President Amrullah Saleh conceded that the abduction case had wounded and tortured the conscience of the nation.
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News Reports

Punjab crisis: Congress ignores Amarinder Singh’s objections, makes Navjot Singh Sidhu the new ‘captain’ in state

Akshita Bhadauria -
The appointment of Sidhu as the new Punjab Congress Chief is being looked at as a plaster solution to fix the recently developed cracks in the state’s leadership just ahead of the assembly elections.
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Media

India Today Group employee fired over disciplinary grounds, claims martyrdom by dragging in PM Modi

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Despite multiple warnings including two formal ones, Shyam Meera Singh continued to violate company's social media policies
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News Reports

Grooming Jihad: Minor Dalit girl gang-raped, forcibly fed beef, converted to Islam in Baghpat

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, the cops arrested accused Shahzad, his parents Harun and Gulfsa, brothers Bilal and Farman, and friend Sameer.
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News Reports

Over 1 crore households in 61 encephalitis-prone districts now have access to clean tap water under Jal Jeevan Mission: Report

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Clean tap water reached to over 1 crore households in 61 vulnerable districts across five states under the Modi govt's flagship Jal Jeevan Mission.
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News Reports

Aditya Birla Group to invest Rs 700 crore in UP’s Gorakhpur, to set up paint manufacturing units

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The implementation of 21 investment-friendly schemes in Uttar Pradesh has now taken the state to the 2nd position in ‘Ease of Doing Business.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Two men, Riyast and Javed, behead a 52-year-old, arrested

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Deceased Shehzad's head has still not been recovered.
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News Reports

“Stories are based on conjectures and pre-conceived notions”: Govt of India denies allegations of spying on journalists using Pegasus software

OpIndia Staff -
Govt of India refutes The Wire report that 40 journalists were under surveillance using the Pegasus software based on a alleged leaked list
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Zulfikar circulates porn video on WhatsApp with ‘Jai Bolenath’ text and audio, FIR registered

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A porn video was circulated on WhatsApp with voiceover and text saying 'Jai Bholenath', it reached Hindu outfits who filed a case
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Opinions

Why Left media and their hitjobs against India are part of a global conspiracy

Nupur J Sharma -
It is a cause of concern for a variety of reasons, but mostly because western backed media outlets serve as the propaganda wing of western countries.
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News Reports

China reports the first fatality due to Monkey B Virus, veterinary doctor was first to get infected while working on primates

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A veterinary doctor in China died after getting infected with with Monkey B Virus (BV) while researching on non-human primates
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News Reports

Islamists outrage after liberals say RSS is inspired by Taliban, accuse them of maligning the Jihadi terror group

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Islamists felt aghast at the thought of liberals associating the Sangh with Taliban, says that it means blaming Muslims for the works of RSS
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News Reports

Fact Check: Aam Aadmi Party leader Mahesh Savani posts images from Pakistan to show Gujarat in poor light

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AAP leader Mahesh Savani posted a photo from Pakistan showing a tree used as electric pole, and claimed that it is from Gujarat
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Law

CJI Ramana says 45 million pending cases do not indicate whether Judiciary is functioning poorly, invokes Shri Krishna as a mediator

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CJI NV Ramana made the comments on the pendency of cases at the India-Singapore Mediation Summit 2021.
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News Reports

Fact Check: Viral message claims Cadbury Chocolates contain beef, company says its products in India are vegetarian

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Cadbury India says viral message claiming its products contain beef is not related to India, says all its products in India are vegetarian
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News Reports

After burning narcotic substances, Himanta Biswa Sarma drives road roller on bottles, seized drugs worth ₹163.58 crore destroyed in 2 days

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As part of the seized drug disposal program, Himanta Biswa Sarma drove a road roller on thousands of bottles of seized illegal cough syrups
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World

ISI instructs Taliban and Pakistani forces helping them to destroy Indian assets and gestures of Indian goodwill, intel inputs say

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Intel inputs suggest that Taliban has been instructed by ISI to target Indian assets and gestures of goodwill by India.
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News Reports

Kabul: Afghans protest outside Pakistan embassy against the abduction and torture of ambassador’s daughter in Islamabad

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A kidnapping case was lodged at the Koshar police station in Islamabad in connection to the abduction of Silsila Alikhil.
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News Reports

Here is how the mainstream media amplified the lies of Akhilesh Yadav to claim that a cop assaulted a woman in Kanpur

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Media spreads lie of Akhilesh Yadav who had claimed that a cop had attacked a woman, while the woman had attacked the cop
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Opinions

Sending a message: Why Communists in Kerala relaxed Covid norms for Eid but Pakistan did not

Abhishek Banerjee -
If Uttar Pradesh can cancel Kanwar Yatra, why can’t there be a lockdown in Kerala during Bakr-Eid?
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News Reports

How George Soros is fueling a dangerous anti-India narrative through media and ‘civil society’

OpIndia Staff -
George Soros is a Hungarian-American businessman and a self-proclaimed philanthropist who had vowed to 'fight nationalists'.
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News Reports

IMA asks Kerala to withdraw order allowing Bakrid gatherings as Covid cases rise, cites how other states have restricted Kanwar Yatra

OpIndia Staff -
The IMA said that if the order is not withdrawn, with the sense of altruism, they will be constrained to move the Supreme Court against Kerala government order easing restrictions.
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Social Media

Meet the ‘dog parent’ IRS Babu with pronouns in bio who deactivated Twitter account and hates arranged marriages

OpIndia Staff -
IRS officer Piyush Thorat earned the wrath of people on social media after delivering a 'hot take' on the concept of arranged marriages.
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News Reports

The Hindu journalist offers bizarre justification after their February prediction on vaccination proved to be wrong

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The Hindu had claimed that India can't administer 400 covid-19 vaccine doses by July 2021, which was achieved by 17th July
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