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Repositioning of Mamata Banerjee from ‘didi’ to ‘beti’: Prashant Kishor reveals why they changed strategy to play the victim card

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Kishor reveals that the tactic to reposition Mamata Banerjee 'beti' from 'did' as was "well thought out" election strategy
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News Reports

Bank employee in Kerala suspended for inducing pensioner to vote for LDF during postal ballot collection

OpIndia Staff -
An order of suspension against the bank employee was issued on Wednesday night by the Alappuzha District Collector A Alexander
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News Reports

Pakistan lifts ban on TikTok for the second time, but cautions ‘no immoral content’

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Qaiser also cautioned that if the police take action against those who upload such 'immoral content', then they will stop doing so.
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Crime

Odisha: Temple of Lord Jagannath’s ‘Mausi Maa’ in Puri attacked, looted by miscreants

OpIndia Staff -
The miscreants made away with almost Rs. 4,000 in cash, according to the police.
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News Reports

USA: How Carnegie Mellon University’s Graduate Student Assembly had to apologize to China, not India

T Waraich -
The original March 8 statement made a passing reference to the "protests in India", "escalations against Hong Kong’s democracy movement", and "internment camps and forced labor in Xinjiang."
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News Reports

Under pressure, Imran Khan govt decides against removing Pakistan declared ban on trade with India

OpIndia Staff -
Effectively, within 24 hours, Pakistan 'lifted' a ban on imports from India which it had unilaterally taken and revoked the same decision.
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News Reports

Kerala: Yogi Adityanath slams LDF and UDF for not enacting law against forced religious conversion

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath said the ruling party is not taking any strict action in severe cases of love jihad to protect their vote-bank politics.
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News Reports

Suvendu Adhikari’s convoy attacked in Nandigram allegedly by TMC workers, journalist injured as the mob attack media contingent too

OpIndia Staff -
The alleged TMC goons also attacked the media vehicles trailing Suvendu Adhikari's convoy in which a India TV reporter sustained injuries
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News Reports

West Bengal: Violence continues on voting day, BJP worker brutally killed in East Medinipur

OpIndia Staff -
Several attacks have happened against BJP workers in West Bengal amid the ongoing assembly elections.
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News Reports

Terrorists attack at BJP leader Anwar Khan’s residence in North Kashmir, one cop killed

OpIndia Staff -
Anwar Khan is the district General Secretary of BJP for Baramulla and in charge of the Kupwara district.
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News Reports

“Everyone who loves Assam is hurt”, PM Modi slams Maulana Badruddin Ajmal for insulting Assamese cultural symbol Gamosa

OpIndia Staff -
Ajmal threw a Gamosa at a party worker as he was angry with the 'unnecessary delay' caused by the greetings at the rally
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Entertainment

BJP MP and actor Kirron Kher diagnosed with blood cancer, currently on recovery

OpIndia Staff -
Kirron Kher is currently undergoing treatment in Mumbai
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News Reports

Sikh body SGPC passes resolution against RSS alleging it is attempting to make India a ‘Hindu Rashtra’

OpIndia Staff -
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) condemned the alleged attempts of the RSS to make India a Hindu Rashtra.
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News Reports

Stones pelted on Dalits by Muslims on Holi in Saraiya, Varanasi, eyewitness says women, too, indulged in violence

रवि अग्रहरि -
According to media reports, a case has been registered under section 147, 149, 323, 504, 336, 352 of the IPC and other relevant sections of the SC/ST Act. Two men, Azim and Aseem, have been arrested.
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News Reports

Second phase voting in Bengal: Violence reported from several areas, BJP leader’s car attacked in Keshpur

OpIndia Staff -
In Keshpur, BJP leader Tanmay Ghosh' car was vandalised, allegedly by TMC goons.
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News Reports

Abohar BJP MLA assault case: Over 20 lawyers come in support of the accused, offer free legal aid

OpIndia Staff -
BKU leaders and protesters who attacked BJP MLA Arun Narang will get free legal aid from lawyers in Muktsar and Bathinda districts.
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News Reports

UK: Greta Thunberg statue worth £24,000 dubbed ‘vanity project’ by protesting students in University of Winchester

OpIndia Staff -
The students' union demands that the university should match the amount spent on statue for student support.
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News Reports

Muslims reluctant to get vaccinated, various parts of India get poor response to COVID-19 vaccination in Muslim-dominated areas

OpIndia Staff -
Tablighi Jamaat event was one of the first 'single source' super spreader event in March 2020 for coronavirus in India.
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Editor's picks

Canada: Protesters opposing farm laws disrupt Holi celebrations in Edmonton, Khalistani flags spotted

OpIndia Staff -
Anti-farm laws protesters raising Khalistani slogans disrupt Holi celebrations by the Indian community in Alberta, Canada.
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News Reports

New Zealand snubs Australia to stand with China over WHO’s Covid-19 origin report

OpIndia Staff -
China is currently New Zealand's biggest trading partner with annual two-way trade of more than NZ$32 billion ($22.3 billion).
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Social Media

Aam Aadmi Party passes off pics of different locations of Chandni Chowk as ‘before and after’ pic

Nirwa Mehta -
Aam Aadmi Party thinks everyone's intelligence level is that of their supporters.
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News Reports

Ministry of Finance withdraws order reducing interest rates for Small Savings Schemes

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier on Wednesday, the ministry had issued orders reducing interest rates for first quarter of the new financial year starting 1st April 2021.
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Politics

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says 50% of UDF Kerala candidates “between the age of 20 and 40”, hilarity ensues

OpIndia Staff -
The Gandhi siblings keeping the entertainment quotient high amid the tensed election season.
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News Reports

Signature of journalist Pallavi Ghosh forged to fraudulently withdraw her nomination from Press Club of India elections

OpIndia Staff -
Signature of Pallavi Ghosh was forged on a nomination withdrawal form to remove her from election for vice president of Press Club of India
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News Reports

Modi government clamps down on radicalisation among J&K government employees, mandates social media scrutiny and CID inquiry

OpIndia Staff -
Govt departments in J&K ordered to get security clearance of unverified government employees from CID of J&K Police
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News Reports

U.S. State Department report says China is committing ‘genocide’ against Uyghur Muslims, Uyghur advocacy group welcomes the report

OpIndia Staff -
U.S. State Department report says that China is committing "genocide and crimes against humanity” against its Uyghur Muslims
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World

Facebook removes Donald Trump’s interview with his daughter in law Lara Trump

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this month, Trump had hinted that he will launch his own social media platform after being deplatformed from all social media apps.
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News Reports

USA: Church attendance of Americans falls below 50% for the first time ever, finds a Gallup poll

OpIndia Staff -
In 2020, 47% of Americans said they belonged to a church or house of worship, down from 50% in 2018 and 70% in 1999.
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News Reports

‘Does Mamata Banerjee have courage to admit that people detonate bombs after chanting Allahu Akbar?’ Sambit Patra slams TMC for maligning Lord Ram

OpIndia Staff -
"Do you have the courage of admitting that innocent people are killed in the name of Allah?" Sambit Patra asked TMC leaders
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee passes a football to crowd in Howrah rally after TMC depicted her kicking PM Modi’s head instead of a ball

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee ups the ‘khela hobe’ game by using football again, throws a football at crowd at an election rally in Howrah
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee concedes she can’t defeat BJP alone, writes to 15 opposition leaders to come together for ‘united and effective struggle against BJP’

OpIndia Staff -
In a final bid to clinch victory, Mamata Banerjee tries to get the opposition together to fight against BJP
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News Reports

‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal’: Only 3 crore rural households had piped water in 72 years, 4 crore rural water connections given in the...

OpIndia Staff -
The ‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal’ scheme has provided tapped water to 4 crore rural households, which is almost 20% more than the target
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News Reports

Actor Ajaz Khan claims innocence as he is sent to 3-day police remand in a drug probe

OpIndia Staff -
The NCB officials say Ajaz Khan was a part of narcotics peddler Shadab Shaikh's Batata drug syndicate
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Opinions

Hailed by the world but ignored in India: PM Modi has taken India far ahead of most nations in tackling climate change

arallan78 -
While the Modi government’s successful actions to address climate change in India have become a template for various governments globally, especially in the developing world, the achievements have been under-appreciated in India.
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Politics

TMC’s Mahua Moitra mocks Mamata Banerjee’s caste, calls Brahmins “Chotiwala Rakshasa”

OpIndia Staff -
Many Twitter users took issue with Mahua Moitra's tweet, discerning it as "Hinduphobic" and "Anti-Brahmin".
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Politics

Step aside, ‘Kaun Jaat Ho’, Prashant Kishor’s new toolkit is all about ‘Gotra’

Akshita Bhadauria -
In a political landscape where caste politics play bigger roles than development, there is a new entrant: Gotra
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News Reports

‘Your boss was involved in crime and you remained silent’? Bombay HC pulls up Param Bir Singh for not filing FIR against Anil Deshmukh

OpIndia Staff -
The Bombay High Court directed former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh to first file an FIR and then approach the judiciary for seeking an agency investigation.
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News Reports

Major bites again: US President Joe Biden’s dog bites the second person in a month

OpIndia Staff -
After biting a Secret Service employee, Joe Biden's dog Major has bitten a National Park Services staffer at the White House
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News Reports

‘Ishrat Jahan was a terrorist, no evidence of otherwise’: CBI court discharges last three cops accused of fake encounter

OpIndia Staff -
IPS officer GL Singhal retired police officer Tarun Barot and Anaju Chaudhari, the last three accused in the case, had filed the discharge applications on March 20.
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News Reports

Media reports of Bihar farmer growing a unique vegetable that costs Rs 1 lakh per kg is false, claims a report

OpIndia Staff -
The vegetable is called 'hop-shoots' and it has a number of uses beverages making to medicines and skin treatments.
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Economy and Finance

World Bank revises India’s GDP growth forecast from 5.4% to 10.1% for the financial year 2021-22

OpIndia Staff -
World Bank said public consumption will contribute positively, however, suppressed private demand is expected to fade by the end of 2021
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News Reports

As IMA president proceeds to play victim, Haggai deleted interview and tweet where he had spoken about converting people to Christianity

OpIndia Staff -
IMA's president played victim card and claimed his statements were taken out of context, threatened IMA would take action.
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World

Australia: Young boys forced to apologize for “rapes committed by their gender” to female classmates

OpIndia Staff -
In the Brauer College assembly, male students were asked to stand up and issue a symbolic apology to girls and women.
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News Reports

Has Pakistan proposed resumption of trade with India after unilaterally snapping ties in the wake of Article 370? Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan had severed all ties with India in August 2019, shortly after New Delhi passed a resolution abrogating Article 370
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News Reports

‘Writer’ Ravinder Singh compares ban on sale of meat on Tuesday to ‘Hindu Taliban’

OpIndia Staff -
Ravinder compared the decision to ban the sale of meat on a particular day in a Hindu majority area to the military establishment of the Taliban in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan.
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News Reports

North Delhi Municipal Corporation mandates meat shops and restaurants to display whether meat sold by them is ‘Halal’ or ‘Jhatka’

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier SDMC and EDMC had mandated restaurants and shops to display whether the kind of meat sold by them is Halal or Jhatka
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News Reports

‘Picking up broom and cleaning will not make you less of a Darbari’: Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife urges men to help women in household...

OpIndia Staff -
Rivaba Jadeja's appeal to men to help women in household chores has not gone too well with some people.
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News Reports

CNN claims biological sex is a ‘disputed term’ and gender cannot be determined at birth, gets criticised on social media

OpIndia Staff -
CNN believes it is not possible to determine gender of a person at the time of birth. It has called the term biological sex as 'disputed'.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Muslim mob stops Hindus from celebrating Holika Dahan in Akola, pours water to douse the ritualistic fire

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim mob stopped Hindus in Akola district of Maharashtra from burning the pyre during Holika Dahan on eve of Holi
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News Reports

From Jai Shri Ram chants to placing Om flag outside Mamata’s house: How Nandigram battle has played out

OpIndia Staff -
A day before Nandigram goes to vote, read how things heated up during the run-up to the bitter battle
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