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Wokeness is not a social revolution, it is a religion imposed by the ruling class

Abhishek Banerjee -
This is what makes woke culture different from the social movements of the past. It comes from above and not below. It does not challenge power, rather it is an instrument of power.
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Politics

Gujarat: Hindu Samaj stops AAP leader Italia from performing Darshan at Somnath Temple, had insulted Brahmins and rituals

OpIndia Staff -
Gopal Italia has filed a complaint with the police accusing the BJP of leading an attack on him during is visit to Somnath Temple.
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News Reports

‘My mother is almost 100, yet she has taken both doses’: PM Modi asks India to shed Covid vaccine hesitancy on Mann Ki Baat

OpIndia Staff -
On Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi gave the example of himself and his mother to counsel people to shed vaccine hesitancy and get themselves vaccinated against Covid.
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Editor's picks

New spider species named after 26/11 gallant cop Tukaram Omble, he took multiple bullets to help capture terrorist Ajmal Kasab

OpIndia Staff -
The spider species found in Maharashtra has been named 'Icius Tukarami', after 26/11 martyred cop Tukaram Omble
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News Reports

Kerala: Two CPM leaders booked on charges of raping female party worker

OpIndia Staff -
The two Kerala CPM leaders accused of raping a female party worker have been absconding since a complaint was registered.
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News Reports

Saba Naqvi and Alt News cofounder Zubair reach police station to record their statement in fake hate crime case

OpIndia Staff -
Saba Naqvi and Mohammed Zubair have appeared before the UP Police to record their statement in the fake hate crime case.
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News Reports

Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking protection of Hindus from the Muslim community in Mewat

OpIndia Staff -
The petitioners highlighted that the local police, the district administration, and the State government have failed to exercise their power in upholding the life and liberty of the Hindu community.
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Social Media

Twitter shows a distorted map of India on its website yet again, has been a repeat offender

Anurag -
The map that appears on the ‘Tweep Life’ section of Twitter shows Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh detached from India.
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News Reports

Delhi Police arrests Gurjot Singh from Amritsar in connection to Red Fort Violence

OpIndia Staff -
Gurjot Singh had a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head for the Republic Day riots
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WTF News

‘Not without mutton curry’: Odia groom walks out of wedding seeing no mutton on menu, marries another woman

OpIndia Staff -
27-year-old Ramakant Patra cancelled his wedding as no mutton curry was served to guests.
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News Reports

‘Dalit and tribals responsible for population growth, not Muslims’: SP leader Iqbal Mehmood over proposed population law in UP

OpIndia Staff -
The SP leader blamed Dalit and tribals for population explosion in UP and called proposal of population control law an act against Muslims.
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News Reports

‘Young people are more likely to die after vaccination. I won’t take vaccine’: Prashant Bhushan clarifies how he’s NOT anti-vaccine

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan posted a series a tweets promoting his propaganda against COVID-19 vaccinations
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News Reports

‘ISIS wants doctors and engineers, hence recruits from Kerala because people are educated’: Outgoing DGP

OpIndia Staff -
The Kerala DGP informed that the State constituted ATS to keep an eye on vulnerable individuals, provide counselling and track those who planning to join ISIS.
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News Reports

India overtakes United States in number of COVID vaccination doses administered

OpIndia Staff -
On June 21, 2021, India administered a record breaking 86,16,373 vaccine doses in single day.
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News Reports

UP conversion racket: Umar Gautam, Qasmi had received Rs 2 crores from UK, ATS tracking illegal foreign funding

OpIndia Staff -
“Evidences show violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), which is being probed. ED is also looking into it,” said an officer.
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Media

‘Charampanthi nahin aatankwadi’: Netizens correct BBC for watering down terror attack

OpIndia Staff -
BBC referred to the terrorists who killed the former SPO of J&K and his wife in a terror attack on Sunday evening as 'charampanthi' (extremist)
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News Reports

TMC MLA who is Bengal Bar Council chief accuses acting chief justice of Calcutta HC of bias, wants CJI to remove him

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Bindal was transferred to the Calcutta High Court in January this year and appointed as the Acting Chief Justice of the Court on April 28, 2021.
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News Reports

Pulwama: Hours after Jammu IAF station drone attack, terrorists kill former SPO and his family

OpIndia Staff -
Former SPO and his family killed in terrorist attack in Pulwama district.
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News Reports

Kejriwal welcomes Surat realtor Mahesh Savani in AAP, who is accused of kidnapping and extortion

OpIndia Staff -
In January 2020, Mahesh Savani was accused of kidnapping and extortion of businessman.
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Entertainment

Maharashtra: 22 including ex-Bigg Boss contestant detained after Nashik police raids drug party in Igatpuri, cocaine recovered

OpIndia Staff -
One of the women arrested is reportedly actress Heena Panchal, who is former contestant at the reality show Bigg Boss Marathi. She had also participated in another dating reality show 'Mujhse shaadi karoge'.
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News Reports

Days after being summoned by UP Police, Twitter’s grievance officer Dharmendra Chatur quits

OpIndia Staff -
Dharmendra Chatur, appointed by Twitter as its grievance officer, has quit the job days after being summoned by UP Police.
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World

China persecuted Uyghurs not just in Xinjiang, but from 28 other countries: Report details China’s transnational repression of Uyghur Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
The report on Uyghur Muslims was published by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) and the Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs.
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World

Germany: Somali immigrant goes on a stabbing spree while shouting ‘Allah hu Akbar’, kills 3. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
During the knife attack on Friday in Wurzburg, Germany, three people including a child and one of his parents was killed.
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News Reports

Hindus object to play at Edinburg International Festival that shows deities using ‘F-word’, partying with booze: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Hindus have objected to the hosting of a contentious play titled 'Hindu Times' at the Edinburg International Festival (EIF) in Scotland.
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Opinions

Sikhs abused for highlighting abduction and religious conversion to Islam in Kashmir, fractures appear in ‘Sikh-Muslim unity’ project

K Bhattacharjee -
Tensions are rife in Kashmir after two Sikh girls were allegedly kidnapped and converted to Islam recently.
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News Reports

Akali leader who mocked Hinduism as ‘weak religion’ for anti-conversion laws now wants same laws to save Sikh women from forced religious conversions

OpIndia Staff -
The abduction and religious conversion of two Sikh girls in Kashmir and lack of support from Muslim leaders for Sikh girls just shows what a farce this 'solidarity' has been.
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News Reports

Krishna Janmabhoomi trust offers bigger land to Muslims for mosque if they are willing to demolish Mughal-era Shahi Idgah Masjid

OpIndia Staff -
The petitioners cited the Supreme Court judgment in the Ayodhya Sri Ram Janmbhoomi case, in which the apex court had granted the land rights to Ram Lalla and had offered a large piece of land to Muslims construct a mosque.
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News Reports

Sharad Pawar, other MVA leaders park cars on race track for athletes, ruining sports infrastructure worth crores

OpIndia Staff -
Since ministers did not want to take elevators to reach the second floor where meeting was being held, they decided to use the race track as parking spot
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News Reports

NHRC Committee invites stakeholders to interact on complaints related to post-poll violence in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Multiple women, in their testimonies to the Supreme Court, have revealed the brutal rapes, gang rapes and sexual assault as well as other atrocities unleashed upon them because of their support to the BJP.
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News Reports

Manipur: Cash reward announced for communities with highest inoculations in Sagolband constituency

OpIndia Staff -
In a bid to encourage more vaccination so that people overcome vaccine hesitancy, Sagolband MLA Rajkumar Imo has announced cash prize for communities.
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Crime

Bengaluru arrests eight Bangladeshi women, two Indian nationals for running human trafficking racket in the city

OpIndia Staff -
Bengaluru police raided a ladies PG in Banaswadi after receiving information about the presence of illegal Bangladeshi nationals.
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World

PM Imran Khan urges Pakistani filmmakers to promote ‘Pakistaniyat’ and not copy Bollywood

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan urged filmmakers in Pakistan to promote "Pakistaniyat" and avoid copying Bollywood and Hollywood.
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News Reports

Kalyan Jewellers claim Mughals introduced nose rings in India, corrects misinformation after public outrage

OpIndia Staff -
Kalyan Jewellers sparked a controversy after it claimed that nose rings were first introduced in India by the Mughals.
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News Reports

Over Rs 4.5 crore paid by bar owners to Anil Deshmukh’s trusts via shell companies, ED reveals

OpIndia Staff -
As many as 24 companies directly or indirectly controlled by Anil Deshmukh’s family members or close associates are under the scanner.
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News Reports

Cops recover 8 tonnes of explosives from abandoned truck in Nagpur: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Rana Pratapnagar police recovered 8 tonnes of explosives from an abandoned truck at Chhatrapati Square in Nagpur.
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News Reports

As India shows downward trend in Covid-19, cases continue to rise in Kerala, Maharashtra remains worst affected state

OpIndia Staff -
Due to a large number of new cases being reported on a daily basis, Kerala is struggling to reduce the number of active Covid-19 cases
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News Reports

Victim accuses William Dalrymple of inviting rapist Bollywood director to speak at JLF, ‘historian’ blocks her on Twitter for criticism

OpIndia Staff -
Christine Marrewa-Karwoski has said that William Dalrymple invited her rapist Mahmood Farooqui to speak at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
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Media

Propaganda outlet Alt News now uses ‘fact-check’ to discredit video that exposed AAP’s hypocrisy on ad spends

OpIndia Staff -
When people associated with Alt News are not busy sharing fake news about 'hate crimes' that could flare up communal tension in India, the propaganda outlet 'fact-checks' memes
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News Reports

Submerged for 60 years under water, remains of an ancient Shiva temple resurfaces in Balimela Reservoir in Odisha

OpIndia Staff -
According to historian Debashish Patra, the Shiva temple was built towards the end of the 1400s during the growth of the Mattamayura sect.
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News Reports

Wife of constable who died of Covid-19 approaches HC after Kejriwal govt fails to provide promised ex gratia of ₹1 crore even after a...

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi HC issues a notice to the Delhi Govt after wife of cop who died of Covid-19 didn't received ₹1 crore ex gratia promised by Kejriwal
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Crime

Mass conversion racket: Case of forced conversion reported from Prayagraj, ATS takes arrested accused to 4 districts to gather evidence

OpIndia Staff -
An officer in Women & Child Dept was providing information about orphaned & differentially abled children to the conversion racket
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News Reports

Drone attack was carried out at Jammu airbase to target IAF’s strategic assets: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The drone dropped the bombs at a location close to the Helicopter hangar. The NIA team has arrived to take stock of the situation.
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News Reports

Two Sikh girls abducted and converted to Islam in Kashmir: What we know

OpIndia Staff -
Situation is currently tensed in Valley as protests against the abduction and religious conversion of Sikh girls to Islam have intensified.
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Media

Former NDTV Editor accused of plagiarism by K-drama podcasters

OpIndia Staff -
The theme of the video was similar to that of the podcast of 'Crash Landed on Kdramas'. Talwar, too, had cited several examples, that matched the ones of the podcasters.
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Crime

Maulana Hafiz Raza who declared Rs 1 crore reward for beheading Hindu activist Swami Darshan Bharti arrested by UP police

OpIndia Staff -
Hafiz Faizan Raza is the head of a local madarsa in Bareilly and is also the national president of an organisation called "Sarva Samaj Sangathan".
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News Reports

Twin blasts inside Jammu air base leaves 1 injured hours after two suspected terrorists arrested near prominent mall with explosives: Details

OpIndia Staff -
This comes just ahead of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to Ladakh to carry out an extensive review of India’s operational readiness amid a prolonged standoff with China.
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News Reports

Founder of NGO to end sexual violence against minors sentenced to 13 years in jail for child pornography, having sex with minor boy

OpIndia Staff -
Joel Davis, founder of non-profit group 'Youth to End Sexual Violence', was sentenced 13 years to jail for sex with a minor boy
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News Reports

NCPCR summons DCP Cyber Cell in connection with availability of child porn on Twitter, requests FIR against platform

OpIndia Staff -
The DCP has been asked to appear before NCPCR through video conferencing and a request for FIR has also been made.
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Social Media

GoI Twitter account promotes book authored by anti-India propagandist Arundhati Roy, removes after outrage: Details

OpIndia Staff -
@MyGovIndia had shared a picture of a book authored by Arundhati Roy as a part of its 20 words Book Summary challenge.
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News Reports

UNDP applauds rapid development in 117 under-developed districts in India, Jal Shakti Mission proved to be a game-changer

OpIndia Staff -
UNDP report says that Aspirational Districts Programme has served as a catalyst for expediting development in the targeted districts
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