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Woman who accompanied Mehul Choksi to Dominica may not be his girlfriend, was part of team that ‘abducted’ him: Report

OpIndia Staff -
It was widely reported that Mehul Choksi was on a romantic trip with his girlfriend to Dominica where he was arrested.
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News Reports

After waiting for a year, police constable Amit Rana’s wife reminds Arvind Kejriwal of compensation, asks why the discrimination

OpIndia Staff -
The wife of Amit Kumar Rana, who had succumbed to the infection on May 5, 2020, asked Arvind Kejriwal why the discrimination.
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News Reports

UP: ‘On sale’ signs put outside homes as Dalits consider fleeing Noorpur citing persecution by hooligans from Muslim community, police denies claims of migration

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Noorpur is a Muslim-majority village in Western Uttar Pradesh with 125 Hindu families and about 800 Muslim families.
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Politics

Watch: OpIndia CEO Rahul Roushan explains why ‘Congress toolkit’ being marked as manipulated media is bad news for Congress

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Roushan said that no Congress supporter can deny that the propaganda mentioned in the toolkit matches the deeds of the party.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Liquor sellers display ‘no alcohol without vaccine certificate’ to promote vaccination

OpIndia Staff -
“We’re selling liquor only after checking the vaccination certificate of the customer,” said a shopkeeper, as per reports.
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World

China: Social media celebrity who mocked Chinese soldiers killed in Galwan Valley clash sentenced to prison

OpIndia Staff -
Qui Ziming, an internet celebrity in China, was arrested in February 2021 for smearing PLA soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley clash.
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Politics

#BengaliPrimeMinister: As TMC makes it clear that Mamata Banerjee has national ambitions, here are its implications for 2024

K Bhattacharjee -
Mamata Banerjee wishes to sweep away her rivals from other parties in the possible grand alliance while the wind is still in her favour.
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Opinions

Hindus need to shift the Overton window to make their voices heard

Priyank -
Hindus need to make their voices heard to bring about a political shift.
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News Reports

The tussle between Baba Ramdev and IMA has become an ‘Ayurveda Vs allopathy’ debate. It doesn’t need to be

Jinit Jain -
As India grapples with the resurgent coronavirus outbreak, both the Ayurveda and allopathy practitioners and supporters need to realise that both treatments can coexist simultaneously, without the need to discredit the other.
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OpIndia Scoops

Who is Sohail Hashmi, the ‘historian’ who got fined for filing a motivated petition against Central Vista project

Akshita Bhadauria -
It is interesting to note how both the Hashmi siblings, Sohail and Shabnam, appear to be going out of their way to spread the narrative of the very party whose leaders killed their own brother.
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News Reports

Meet Archbishop KP Yohannan: Asia’s richest evangelist infamous for diverting ‘charity funds’ for purchasing real estate

Dibakar Dutta -
In June 2015, the Kerala government had issued orders to recover land illegally owned by the Believers Eastern Church.
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Entertainment

Kartik Aryan dropped from another movie after Dostana 2 and Freddie, reports say Karan Johar may have ‘influenced’ decision

OpIndia Staff -
Kartik Aryan has lost yet another project after Karan Johar’s Dostana 2 and Shah Rukh Khan’s production, Freddie.
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News Reports

Claims of TN Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan being a US citizen go viral, here is what we know

OpIndia Staff -
Saravanaprasad Balasubramanian, Editorial Member of News Portal Mediyaan, alleged in a Twitter post that on scanning American Citizenship Records, it was found Thiagarajan is a US citizen.
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News Reports

Aligarh empty vaccine case: Initial investigation reveals nurse Niha Khan had criminal mindset, could hamper vaccination drive. Details

OpIndia Staff -
Niha Khan confessed to inserting injections inside the body of the vaccine recipients but taking them out without releasing the vaccine.
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Entertainment

Actress Juhi Chawla files lawsuit against 5G technology in India, claims it is injurious to health and safety

OpIndia Staff -
Bollywood Actress Juhi Chawla has filed a lawsuit against the implementation of 5G technology in India.
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News Reports

‘Why women are not safe in AAP’, member questions Kejriwal after party councillor assaults her, FIR filed

OpIndia Staff -
The AAP woman worker alleged that Ramesh Matiala directed two women party workers to slap her in front of him
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News Reports

The origins of Covid-19: A laboratory-made virus and a massive cover-up by culpable parties? An analysis

OpIndia Staff -
After almost 1.5 years since pandemic broke, it is still unclear how Covid-19 originated, thanks to irresponsible behavior of some scientists and the Chinese government.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Communal tension after minor Dalit girl raped at gunpoint in Moradabad

OpIndia Staff -
The police have also deployed additional teams in the area to contain the law and order situation that might flare up owing to the rape of a minor Dalit girl by perpetrator of another community.
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Crime

Father of child ‘activist’ Licypriya Kangujam arrested by Police in connection with fraud

OpIndia Staff -
Father of child activist Licypriya Kangujam, Kangujam Kanarjit aka Dr KK Singh, has been arrested in connection with fraud.
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Opinions

Tamil Nadu’s opposition to ‘one state, one vote’ in GST council opens a Pandora’s Box where the state stands to lose

Venkat Goli -
Was the Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu Panivel Thiaga Rajan ignorant of the precedents and the consensus that went into framing the one-state-one-vote rule?
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News Reports

Mamata refuses to relieve Chief Secretary, calls the order ‘wholly unconstitutional’ in a letter to PM

OpIndia Staff -
WB CM Mamata Banerjee has refused to release Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhya claiming the order of his transfer was unconstitutional.
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News Reports

Delhi HC dismisses plea to stall Central Vista project, petitioner fined for moving a motivated plea

OpIndia Staff -
A joint petition was filed by Anya Malhotra, a translator, and Sohail Hashmi, a 'historian' and documentary filmmaker who claimed the work does not fall in the essential category and can be put on hold.
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News Reports

While Gehlot govt denies vaccine wastage in Rajasthan, 500 vials with around 2500 doses found in garbage

OpIndia Staff -
News outlet Bhaskar found over 500 vials with 2500 doses that were discarded in the garbage in 35 vaccination centres across 8 districts in Rajasthan.
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News Reports

From discussion on ‘piles’ to ‘PS5’: Comment section of Uddhav Thackeray’s live sessions are lit

OpIndia Staff -
From urging the Chief Minister to go from Netflix to wanting him to arrange PS5, the netizens kept the viewers entertained.
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Crime

Grooming Jihad: Father of 7 children Abid poses as ‘Inspector Aditya’, blackmails, marries Hindu woman and forcefully converts to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Abid Hawari posed as police officer Aditya Singh to cheat Hindu women in Uttar Pradesh.
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Media

Washington Post journalist deletes his racist tweet against Indians, blocks everyone who calls out his racism

OpIndia Staff -
Washington Post's Dave Weigel's problematic tweets raise eyebrows, netizens call out the racism.
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News Reports

UK: ‘Former’ Islamic terrorist files complaint against Pakistan-origin parents for radicalising him as a child

OpIndia Staff -
"They taught me to hate this country and the West, and not make friends with non-Muslims," the former terrorist recounted.
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Cricket

‘Vegan’ Virat Kohli reveals he has eggs in his diet, netizens amused

OpIndia Staff -
Virat Kohli had turned vegan in 2018 where he had said he gave up meat, milk, eggs to improve his fitness.
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News Reports

NCPCR asks Delhi Police to file FIR against Twitter India for lying that it is not related to Twitter Inc, violating POCSO Act

OpIndia Staff -
When NCPCR asked Twitter India to remove Child Sexual Abusive Material, they said Twitter Inc is responsible for it and not them
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News Reports

The long and short of chaos created by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in the middle of a raging pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal govt in Delhi has been fighting against the central govt when the entire country is fighting the Covid-19 pandemic
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News Reports

When ‘activist’ Teesta Setalvad was accused financial fraud and embezzling money meant for Godhra riot victims

OpIndia Staff -
Teesta Setalvad is accused of siphoning off funds contributed for the welfare of those affected by the Gujarat riots.
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP worker found hanging from a tree in Cooch Behar, party blames TMC of political vengeance

OpIndia Staff -
BJP worker Anil Barman found hanging from a tree in Sitai in Adabari in the Cooch Behar district of West Bengal
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Social Media

Netizens trend #Gandhi4Lakshadweep demanding installation of Gandhi statue in Lakshadweep following opposition by local Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
People on social media are raising their voices for the installation of a Mahatma Gandhi statue in Lakshadweep.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: 350 workers died because of COVID-19 while on duty, but the state govt doesn’t believe it

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan govt has given compensation to just 6 health workers out of the 350 who succumbed to Covid-19 on duty
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Crime

Pakistan: Taliban-linked terror group issues threats to Sikh community, Nankana Sahib Gurdwara asks people to be vigilant

OpIndia Staff -
Islamist terror group Balochistan Republic Army, linked to Taliban in Afghanistan, has issued threats to Sikh community in Pakistan
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OpIndia Explains

From joining ‘farmers’ protest to converting Rohingyas for Indian citizenship: How Christian groups have exploited the pandemic

Akshita Bhadauria -
The evangelical organizations and individuals have camouflaged themselves in every aspect of the society making it difficult to escape their grip.
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Opinions

PETA India wants to shut down the entire dairy industry to prevent cow slaughter, but there is another solution

Akshita Bhadauria -
Instead of snatching away livelihoods of 8.4 million diary farmers, PETA India can promote animal shelters
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Politics

Sexual violence, targeted attacks and use of state machinery: Report on Bengal post-poll violence documents horrific crimes by TMC cadres

OpIndia Staff -
A report on post-poll violence in West Bengal documents sexual violence committed by TMC cadres against political opponents.
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News Reports

Sikh refugees from Afghanistan express happiness after Modi government invites applications for Indian citizenship

OpIndia Staff -
GOI had issued a notification asking people belonging to six persecuted communities to apply for Indian citizenship
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Media

New book details how the New York Times peddled Nazi propaganda in 1939 and relied on Nazi publications as main sources in its reports

OpIndia Staff -
The book elaborates the manner in which the New York Times almost served as the propaganda wing of the Nazi Regime in Germany.
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Entertainment

China censors bits from ‘Friends: The Reunion’ featuring BTS, Lady Gaga and gay fans

OpIndia Staff -
These celebrities and artists are accused of offending China, because of which their snippets were removed from Friends: The Reunion episode
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News Reports

Italy: Pakistani girl goes missing, suspected to be murdered by the family for refusing to marry her cousin

OpIndia Staff -
The police now suspect that the 5 family members murdered Sanam Abbas and disposed of her body in nearby farmland.
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News Reports

Mumbai model accuses photographer Julian Colston of rape and molestation, FIR filed at Bandra police station

OpIndia Staff -
A case has been lodged against Julian Colston under Sections 34, 354, 376N of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of model Apernah
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News Reports

PETA India’s latest wisdom – Cows are killed for beef because you are drinking milk and eating cheese

OpIndia Staff -
From using an old video to further its claims to insinuating that beef consumption is being encouraged by the dairy industry, PETA India is back to its selective targeting.
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Opinions

Rana Ayyub claims she didn’t get the money raised by her on Ketto, but here is what the Ketto rules say

OpIndia Staff -
Rana Ayyub has recently refunded the foreign donations she received via her Ketto campaign as it was potentially breaking FCRA laws.
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Politics

CPI(M) accuses Congress of not paying Rs 6 lakh hotel bill where Rahul Gandhi stayed during election campaign

OpIndia Staff -
Deshabhimani, the CPI(M) mouthpiece in Kerala, had claimed recently that the Congress party was yet to pay the bill of the hotel in Kollam...
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News Reports

UP, Tripura, Bihar amongst other state govts come to rescue of children orphaned due to COVID pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from educational support to minors, the states have also extended additional support for students who clear class 10 boards and female students above the age of 21.
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News Reports

Muslim org demands entire minority scholarship quota to them after Kerala HC directs govt to divide it equally with Christians

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim scholars’ body Samastha Kerala Jamiat-ul-Ulema, which is pro-IUML, supported quashing of the ratio and demanded full right over the scholarships.
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News Reports

Associated Press journalists drank coffee with Hamas terrorists everyday in Al Jalaa tower: Israel Defence Forces makes a stunning claim

OpIndia Staff -
According to the latest reports, IDF chief Aviv Kohavi has said that AP journalists, knowingly or unknowingly, drank their morning coffee alongside Hamas electronics experts at the tower’s ground-level cafeteria.
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World

Canada: Mass grave of 215 children, some as young as 3 years old, discovered at a former Indigenous residential school site

OpIndia Staff -
A 2015 report documented horrific details of abuse, rape, malnutrition and other atrocities suffered by the students who attended the Residential Schools.
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