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‘Even if life was taken away illegally, courts are helpless’: the Congress toolkit for protecting institutions

Abhishek Banerjee -
Rahul Gandhi had recently said that though the Emergency was wrong, Congress has never tried to capture India's institutional framework.
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Politics

‘Does money in Bollywood come from Ganga?’: Shiv Sena mouthpiece claims Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap targeted for supporting ‘farmer protests’

OpIndia Staff -
The Saamana editorial asked why only Taapsee Pannu and Anurag Kashyap were targeted and not other Bollywood celebrities.
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News Reports

‘Malvani pattern a larger conspiracy to expel Hindus and settle Bangladeshis, Rohingya Muslims’: BJP leader Mangal Prabhat Lodha in Maha assembly

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai BJP President Mangal Prabhat Lodha on Thursday highlighted the Hindu exodus underway at Malad-Malvani suburb
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Crime

Tihar: Cops foil rapist Shahid’s plan to kill 2 Delhi riots accused through mercury poisoning, was inspired by ISIS

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi police nabbed two accused following a month-long internal investigation for conspiring to kill two Tihar jail inmates.
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Crime

Kerala gold and dollar smuggling case: Kingpin Swapna Suresh names CM Pinarayi Vijayan and three other ministers

OpIndia Staff -
Swapna Suresh was arrested by custom officials last year for forging documents to avail diplomatic immunity and illegally bringing gold into India.
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News Reports

Amazon Prime’s Aparna Purohit went to Supreme Court seeking bail, may end up bringing censorship on her company

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court said that the guidelines have "no teeth" and a law is required to regulate OTT platforms.
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News Reports

Badminton coach Mathias Boe is also the coach of Pune 7 Aces, owned by girlfriend Taapsee Pannu and KRI Entertainment, both facing I-T probe

OpIndia Staff -
Mathias Boe is the coach of Pune 7 Aces, a franchisee badminton team that participates in the Premier Badminton League
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Entertainment

‘Like Mahabharat, D-company also has several characters’: Ram Gopal Verma’s ‘D Company’ set to be yet another movie glorifying a terrorist?

OpIndia Staff -
Ram Gopal Verma's D Company is just one amongst the recent crop of Bollywood films taking inspiration from Dawood Ibrahim
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World

Radar Online retracts report that claimed former Clinton aide had turned whistleblower in Epstein case

OpIndia Staff -
Doug Band had a fall out with the Clintons in 2015 following which he preferred to remain in the shadows out of the media glare.
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News Reports

Kiren Rijiju gives befitting reply to ‘befitting reply queen’ Taapsee Pannu’s boyfriend, who wanted the law to bend to his whims

OpIndia Staff -
Matthias Boe, boyfriend of actress Taapsee Pannu, had appealed to Kiren Rijiju to 'do something' to help the actress.
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News Reports

Kerala-based woman files sexual harassment case against National Book Trust editor Rubin DCruz

OpIndia Staff -
The women alleged that Rubin DCruz had molested her at his residence on 2 October 2020, after he had invited her promising help
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Opinions

Indian Govt should ask badminton coach and Taapsee Pannu’s boyfriend Mathias Boe to quietly do his job or quit

Jinit Jain -
Mathias Boe had tweeted tagging Minister Kiren Rijiju, asking him to do 'something' about the IT raids on his girlfriend Taapsee Pannu
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News Reports

‘I have given up on officers who are averse to change’ – Union Minister Nitin Gadkari lashes out at bureaucrats for delays in projects

OpIndia Staff -
Nitin Gadkari said that after years of experience in dealing with the bureaucracy, he noticed that it is difficult to change them
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News Reports

The world praises India as Made-in-India vaccines arrive to help countries start mass-vaccination against Covid

OpIndia Staff -
Expressing gratitude, the CARICOM described India as caring country and an example of international cooperation.
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World

Anyone could’ve got killed: Sikhs attacked in Canada, victims say they were targeted because they were wearing a turban

OpIndia Staff -
A group of Indian Sikhs were attacked in Harris Park in Sydney, Australia on Sunday night.
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News Reports

India cautions UNSC over weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists in conflict regions like Syria

OpIndia Staff -
India called for an objective investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria and a peaceful resolution of the Syrian conflict.
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Politics

Will Nandigram see a Suvendu Adhikari vs Mamata Banerjee battle? Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
"Ami Nandigram e Mamata Banerjee ke harabo (I will defeat Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram)," Suvendu Adhikari announced
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Crime

‘Go die and send me a video of your death’: Ayesha’s husband Arif had told her on the phone just before her suicide

OpIndia Staff -
Ayesha's video message just before her suicide had gone viral on social media. She was allegedly being harassed by her husband and in-laws for dowry.
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Politics

Only a month before Kerala elections, spate of resignations from Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad constituency sends Congress into panic mode

OpIndia Staff -
According to reports, 4 Congress leaders from Rahul Gandhi's constituency Wayanad have called it quits ahead of Kerala elections
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News Reports

Anurag Kashyap’s accounts were seized for tax evasion under UPA rule too. Brave dissenter? Netizens ask

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, the I-T raids have unearthed tax discrepancies to the tunes of several hundred crores.
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News Reports

Taapsee Pannu and Anurag Kashyap deleted data from their phone after NCB probe began, reveals IT Dept during its probe: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Income Tax Department has informed that they suspect actress Taapsee Pannu and Director Anurag Kashyap of deleting phone data
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News Reports

China’s Sinopharm vaccine being developed at a bio-weapons lab operated by PLA, has history of producing sub-standard vaccines: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst concerns about the safety of China Sinopharm vaccine, damning disclosures have come out in the public about the lab producing it
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News Reports

Canals of Venice in Italy dry up causing the Gondolas to get stranded on mud

OpIndia Staff -
A low tide and the scarcity of rain drove down water levels in the Venetian canals in Venice to historic lows
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News Reports

‘Lesson will be taught to dishonest people’, TMC MLA Hamidul Rahman issues threat to voters, BJP lodge complaint with EC

OpIndia Staff -
TMC leaders have started openly threatening and issuing ultimatums to voters ahead of assembly elections in West Bengal
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News Reports

‘Freedom House’ downgrades India from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’: Read how it is wholly funded by the US govt and has ties to George...

Nupur J Sharma -
Freedom House downgraded India based on facts they did not find convenient and a fallacious narrative woven by left and Islamists
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News Reports

The popularity of PM Narendra Modi surges, becomes the most-watched personality on television in India last year: BARC report

OpIndia Staff -
Much the same as his social media fan-base, the impact of PM Narendra Modi on television has also been multiplying
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News Reports

Defence analyst Nitin Gokhale and journalist Ashutosh say they will sue Caravan India for allegedly misquoting them: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The article in Caravan magazine, written by its editor Hartosh Singh Bal, claims that the government's move to regulate fake news and web portals is aimed to act against people who are writing against the government.
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News Reports

Crores of undisclosed income, unexplained cash receipts and more: IT Dept discovery so far in raids against Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu

OpIndia Staff -
Income Tax department (IT dept) conducted raid on properties linked to filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, actress Taapsee Pannu and others
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News Reports

China has the ability to seriously challenge the stable and open international system: The US Secretary of State

OpIndia Staff -
Tony Blinken said that in order to win the global economy, the US needed to push back unfair trade practices of China
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News Reports

‘I am 25 and never had sex’: LGBT activist, accused of raping another woman, had said on stage that she is incapable of having...

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this week, a yoga trainer took to Instagram to accuse Dureja of raping her under pretext of performing Shamanic rituals.
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Politics

Kerala: BJP declares ‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan as the CM candidate ahead of assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
Sreedharan, fondly called India's 'Metro Man' for his immense contribution to a number of major railways and Metro rail projects, had recently joined the BJP.
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Crime

Jharkhand: Five members of a family, including a five-year-old child axed to death by villagers over ‘black magic’ suspicions

OpIndia Staff -
Five members of a family killed by villagers after a priest said that their witchcraft is responsible for deaths and diseases in the villages
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News Reports

France: Commission investigating church child abuse scandals says the number of victims may be over 10,000

OpIndia Staff -
The independent commission set up to investigate into church child abuse in France said that there are over 10,000 victims.
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News Reports

‘Isko maine kaat dala’ – Father beheads daughter after finding her in compromising position, takes the head to police station

OpIndia Staff -
After beheading the 17-year-old daughter, Sarvesh Kumar took the head to Majhila police and confessed to the crime
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Social Media

Trolls use fake, photoshopped images to attack Kangana Ranaut for pictures of a fruit smoothie

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana Ranaut faced troll attack after sharing a photo of a smoothie she had made. Trolls claimed that she had copied food image from the internet.
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News Reports

Jalgaon hostel ‘strip dance’: Maha Home Minister dismisses allegations on police, says it was an entertainment program

OpIndia Staff -
Terming the incident as an 'entertainment programme', Maharashtra Home Minister dismissed reports alleging that Maharashtra police officers had forced women hostel residents to strip dance in front of them.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena backs out from the ‘Didi Vs All’ fight in West Bengal, stands in ‘solidarity’ with the ‘real Bengal Tigress’

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Raut announced that Shiv Sena will not contest West Bengal elections, and wished Mamata Banerjee s 'roaring success'
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News Reports

Congress tries to pass off multiple images of tea gardens from Taiwan as that of Assam, gets fact-checked by BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party used two photographs from tea gardens in Taiwan for its Assam Bachao campaign on Facebook
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News Reports

Temple trust purchases 7,285 square feet land adjacent to the Ram Janmbhoomi for extension of premises

OpIndia Staff -
The Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra trust paid Rs 1 crore for the 7,285 square feet land to its owner Deep Narain
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Social Media

New public enemy no. 1? Twitter censors account for Pepe the Frog meme citing ‘hateful imagery’

OpIndia Staff -
'Pepe The Frog', one of the most popular internet memes of all time, was originated in the "Boy's Club" by Matt Furie in 2005.
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Opinions

Icchadhari protestor Yogendra Yadav finally admits that farmers’ protest is political and is about defeating PM Modi: Read how

Editorial Desk -
Four months after the farmers protest began, Yogendra Yadav has finally admitted that the protests are indeed political
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News Reports

Convicted prisoner’s conspiracy to kill two accused jailed in Delhi riots case foiled by Delhi police: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The convicted prisoner had conspired to kill the two accused lodged in the jail by administering them mercury.
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News Reports

Bihar: Minor girl goes missing in Madhubani a month ago, family alleges ‘love jihad’ by Shoaib and family

अनुपम कुमार सिंह -
Despite the FIR filed by the parents of minor girl naming the parents of accused Shoaib, police have not arrested them yet
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News Reports

As I-T raids continue on Anurag Kashyap, Tapsee Pannu, and Kwan, politicians and ‘liberals’ call them brave, ‘pro-farmers’

OpIndia Staff -
The raids may continue on Friday. More celebrities may get summoned by IT department, as per reports.
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News Reports

Canadian MP Jagmeet Singh’s co-brother Jodhveer Dhaliwal seen leading attacks against Indian diaspora during ‘Tiranga-Maple’ rally

OpIndia Staff -
The members of the Indian-diaspora, who had participated in the Tiranga-Maple rally, have alleged that the attacks were carried out by people closely related to Khalistan sympathiser and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh.
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Politics

Tamil Nadu: Advantage AIADMK after Sasikala steps aside from politics, asks followers to unite against DMK

OpIndia Staff -
VK Sasikala, who was released from a Bengaluru prison on January 27, announced a surprising decision to step aside from politics and support the AIADMK to retain power in the April 6 election.
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News Reports

Afghanistan: ISIS kills three female media workers who used to translate Indian dramas into local languages

OpIndia Staff -
In two separate attacks by ISIS, three female employees of Jalalabad-based Enikas TV died while one was severely injured. The women were gunned down while they were returning from office.
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Entertainment

“Are you so creatively bankrupt”? Director of ‘Yeh Ballet’ slams Deepika Padukone starrer new Levi’s ad for plagiarising design ideas

OpIndia Staff -
Sooni Taraporevala said that the 'copycat culture' in India needs to be called out and cancelled after the set used in new Deepika Padukone starrer Levi's ad was plagiarised by the makers.
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Crime

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s son-in-law Mohammed Riyaz, CPM MLA TV Rajesh sent to judicial custody in violence case

OpIndia Staff -
The accused, including Pinarayi Vijayan's son-in-law Mohammed Riyaz were out on bail and wanted to get it extended.
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News Reports

Activist sends legal notice to make amends in NCERT books after RTI reveals no evidence of Mughals giving grant for temple repairs

OpIndia Staff -
RTI activist says history should be based on facts and not imagination and hence has sought to make amendments to books which claim Mughal rulers like Aurangzeb gave grants for temple repair work.
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