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Rinku Sharma-like lynching averted after a Muslim mob tried to barge inside a Hindu house in Mumbai’s Malwani: Legal activist group gives details

OpIndia Staff -
A group of 15-20 Muslims reportedly tried to barge inside the house of a Hindu youth in Malwani in Mumbai baying for his blood
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News Reports

Naushad’s video of spitting on Tandoori Roti might be just the tip of the iceberg, several similar videos emerge on social media

OpIndia Staff -
UP Police is investigation to see if Naushad was an alone in spitting on Rotis he was making or there is a nexus indulged in such activities
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi spreads fake news about train ticket fares being doubled: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Sources in Indian Railways said that do discourage crowding at passenger trains, their fares have been slightly increased
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News Reports

Now private sector banks can conduct government transactions, union government lifts embargo

OpIndia Staff -
Private sector banks will be able to conduct govt-related transactions such as taxes, pension, small savings schemes etc
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World

Blocked by Trump, unblocked and followed by Biden and then unfollowed by Biden: Love-hate relationship of TV star Chrissy Teigen and POTUS

OpIndia Staff -
How Trump-hater Chrissy Teigen won a follow from POTUS Biden on inauguration night to eventual unfollow a month later on Twitter.
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News Reports

COVID vaccination: Senior citizens, 45 years and above with co-morbidities to get free doses from March 1

OpIndia Staff -
Senior citizens above 60 years of age and persons above 45 years with co-morbidities will receive vaccines from March 1 onwards.
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News Reports

West Bengal: CID detains Bangladeshi national for the bomb attack on Minister Jakir Hossain

OpIndia Staff -
Jakir Hossain is being treated in a government hospital in Kolkata after receiving serious injuries in the attack.
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath to meet Miss India runner-up Manya Singh and athlete Priyanka Goswami, two women who battled all odds

OpIndia Staff -
Manya Singh's father Omprakash Singh said that he and his daughter wanted to meet Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
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Crime

Karnataka: Arabic school teacher Mohammad Saifulla arrested for sexually harassing girl student in bus

OpIndia Staff -
When the girl informed the conductor about the harassment, the bus driver stopped the bus in front of Uppinangady Police station and handed over Saifulla to Police.
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News Reports

Bhim Sena chief files FIR against UP CM, Police under SC/ST Act in retaliation to FIR against him for spreading fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Bhim Sena chief Nawab Satpal Tanwar claimed that the Uttar Pradesh government is misusing the law against him
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News Reports

Sri Lanka puts Chinese COVID-19 vaccines on hold, orders 13 million AstraZeneca doses

OpIndia Staff -
Sri Lanka has ordered 10 million doses of AstraZeneca's Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India at the cost of 52.5 million dollars, as per reports.
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News Reports

‘Give my regards to your puppet master’, Elon Musk tells Jeff Bezos owned Washington Post when they asked him about his busy schedule

OpIndia Staff -
Washington Post had published a report claiming the busy schedule of Elon Musk is affecting his electric car company Tesla
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News Reports

To tackle increasing suicide rates during the pandemic, Japan appoints a ‘Minister of Loneliness’

OpIndia Staff -
According to the Japan Times, the preliminary figure released by the National Policy Agency showed that 20,919 people died of suicide in 2020, which was 750 more than the previous year.
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OpIndia Explains

Narendra Modi cricket stadium in Sardar Patel Sports Enclave at Motera: All you need to know about world’s largest cricket stadium

OpIndia Staff -
It is important to note that the name of Sardar Patel has not been removed. However, his name has been elevated to mark the entire sports enclave that includes various other sporting facilities.
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Social Media

After 450 buildings, projects being named after Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, ‘liberals’ outrage about stadium named after PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Congress workers getting triggered over Narendra Modi stadium is amusing considering there are at least 450 projects, structures, roads, colleges, universities named after the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
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News Reports

Republic Day violence accused Gangster Lakha Sidhana releases another video after attending farmer rally in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Gangster Lakha Sidhana is wanted by police in the Republic Day violence case and carries a bounty of Rs 1 lakh
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Cricket

Pres Ramnath Kovind inaugurates world’s largest cricket stadium “Narendra Modi Stadium” at Sardar Patel Sports Enclave in Motera

OpIndia Staff -
The President also carried out the Bhumi Pujan of Sardar Patel Sports Enclave at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
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News Reports

Maharashtra Congress passes resolution demanding reservation for Muslims and Marathas

OpIndia Staff -
Congress said that reservation for Muslims is part of Maha Vikas Aghadi government’s program for the welfare of all communities.
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Crime

Unnao murder case: The third girl narrates how the accused had given them poison-laced water, denies sexual assault

OpIndia Staff -
The third victim who is being treated in Kanpur had regained consciousness and had her statement recorded by a judicial magistrate. She has denied any sexual assault.
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News Reports

A month after the siege of Red Fort, ‘farmer leader’ Rakesh Tikait threatens ‘tractor rally’ to Parliament with 40 lakh tractors

OpIndia Staff -
Rakesh Tikait said that the farmers would siege the Parliament if the government did not repeal the farm laws.
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News Reports

Clashes during Muzaffarnagar visit were pre-planned, started after an announcement from mosque: Minister Sanjeev Balyan

OpIndia Staff -
Minister Sanjeev Balyan alleged that the clashes were pre-planned to create tension in the area during his visit.
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Politics

With media sitting firmly in his lap, Rahul Gandhi continues to blatantly spread lies

Nirwa Mehta -
If anyone was looking for 'Godi media', look here, peacefully nestled in the lap of Yuvraj Rahul Gandhi.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Journalist gets death threats from actor Dhruv Sarja’s fans for exposing anti-Brahmin hate shown in ‘Pogaru’ movie

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Chiru Bhat had exposed the anti-Brahmin hatred shown in Dhruv Sarja's new Kannada movie 'Pogaru'.
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News Reports

Gujarat municipal elections: BJP wins over 85% seats, Congress loses big while AAP makes debut in Surat

OpIndia Staff -
BJP has secured a clear majority in all six municipal corporations—Surat, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Vadodara and Jamnagar in the recently held polls.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Pejavara seer writes to film chamber condemning hate against Brahmins in shown in Kannada movie ‘Pogaru’

OpIndia Staff -
The movie 'Pogaru' starring Dhruv Sarja depicts scenes where the male protagonist is humiliating and throwing derogatory insults at the Brahmin community.
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Social Media

After the Baghpat chaat fight, another street fight video from UP goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Baghpat redux: When women engaged in hand-to-hand combat as street fight went wild in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
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Media

‘Mischief managed’: After keeping him off-air for a month for spreading fake news, India Today brings back Rajdeep Sardesai

OpIndia Staff -
In January 2021, Sardesai was taken off-air by India Today group for 'two weeks' after he spread fake news about the death of rioter Navreet during the Republic Day riots.
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi insults Amethi voters who had elected him MP while campaigning in Kerala, fans North-South divide

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi tries his best to impress his potential voters in Kerala even if it takes to deride the people in Northern India.
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Politics

Watch: TMC leader discounts ‘Beimaan Kafir Hindu’ votes while asking cadres to consolidate Muslim votes at any cost

OpIndia Staff -
TMC leader, in the viral video, asks his party cadres to do whatever it takes to consolidate the Muslim votes in the state.
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World

Hijab compulsory for female cartoon characters on Iranian TV, rules Ayatollah Khamenei

OpIndia Staff -
Female cartoon characters on Iranian television must wear hijab, as per a new ruling by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Politics

Trinamool MP Derek O’Brien’s ‘fact checks’ PM Modi’s speech: Here are the lies it contained

OpIndia Staff -
Derek O'Brien, Trinamool MP, shared a 'fact check' of the speech made by Prime Minister Modi in West Bengal.
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News Reports

UK: Khalistani outfits tell Sikhs to identify themselves as ‘Asians’, ‘Punjabis’ instead of ‘Indians’ in 2021 Census

OpIndia Staff -
The intervention of the Khalistani outfits has sparked fears of the census capturing wrong data about the Indian community.
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Politics

Church warns Congress ahead of Kerala Assembly elections: Here is what they said about the selection of candidates

OpIndia Staff -
Church has instructed that Congress should consult the minorities before it decides on its candidates for the minority-dominated areas.
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News Reports

Meet Dr Romesh Japra, Prominent Indian-American Cardiologist attacked in the USA for supporting Indian farm laws

T Waraich -
Recently, in a viral video, a group of protestors were seen gathered outside the house of prominent cardiologist Dr Romesh Japra in California and raising derogatory slogans.
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News Reports

Equality Labs and PJF: How a nexus of ‘anti-Brahminism’ Caste activists, Khalistanis and Pakistan’s ISI is working together to malign India abroad

K Bhattacharjee -
The darkest secret that the Greta toolkit has revealed is the alliance between Khalistanis and caste activists in the West
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Government and Policy

Uttarakhand: Proposal moved for madrassas to get a new makeover with smart classes, LEDs and speakers

OpIndia Staff -
The Prime Minister's 15-Point Programme Implementation Committee in Uttarakhand has been seeking ₹27 crores from the Central government for the project.
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News Reports

Wanted in Republic Day violence case, gangster Lakha Sidhana attends ‘farmers’ rally in Congress-ruled Punjab’s Bhatinda

OpIndia Staff -
Lakha Sidhana, who is on the run from the Delhi Police, had earlier released a video, urging his supporters to attend the farmers' rally to be held in Bhatinda on February 23
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Politics

AAP rising in Gujarat at expense of Congress? The good, bad, and ugly aspects of it

Nirwa Mehta -
On one hand it is a good sign that the Congress, with all its divisional politics is on its way out in Gujarat. However, the bad part is AAP is no better.
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News Reports

Greta toolkit case: Delhi court grants bail to accused Disha Ravi

OpIndia Staff -
Disha Ravi, a Bengaluru based 'climate activist' was arrested by the Delhi Police for her alleged role in creating and distributing the ‘toolkit’ related to the farmer protests.
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News Reports

Delhi anti-Hindu riots anniversary: ‘No regrets, will repeat what I did on 23 February 2020 if I could,’ says Kapil Mishra

OpIndia Staff -
If you are unable to tolerate the 'chai wala', it will be impossible for you to tolerate the 'Yoga wala', said Kapil Mishra.
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News Reports

‘Rubber kis se maanga hai? Mummy se ya didi se?’: Hilarious video of Bihar exam candidate fully prepared to cheat goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
It is not yet clear what exam the student was appearing for but from the masks worn by other candidates, it is quite likely it is one of the recent exams.
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Opinions

‘He was cooking passionately’: The staggering defence of Naushad, who was spitting on Rotis while cooking for a wedding

Jinit Jain -
Hussain Haidry, Deepal Trivedi and many others are vigorously defending Naushad alias Sohail, the cook who was seen spitting in rotis in a viral video.
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News Reports

Kerala govt signs MoU with US company for deep sea fishing, backtracks and shifts blame after opposition uproar

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala has called it the communist government's fisheries scam and has demanded a detailed investigation.
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News Reports

Kerala’s LGBT conversion therapy: The extremely damaging attempts to ‘cure’ homosexuality in the name of Jesus

Anurag -
Kerala and its conversion therapy centres for the LGBT Community which are avenues for gross physical and psychological abuse.
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Social Media

Using burqa to gain sympathy’: Netizens amused as gangster Ravi Pujari spotted in a burqa as his police custody gets extended

OpIndia Staff -
Ravi Pujari had earlier threatened actor Shah Rukh Khan in 2014 and had also warned industrialist against messing with actress Preity Zinta.
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News Reports

Allahabad High Court acquits Brahmin man who spent 20 years in jail on false charges of rape and SC/ST Act due to ‘sorry state...

OpIndia Staff -
The Allahabad High Court also expressed sadness over the 'sorry state of affairs' that contributed to the man's two decade imprisonment
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News Reports

Congress’ protest in Germany against Indian farm laws had Pakistani flag unfurled, says BJP

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Overseas Congress Germany event in question was organised in the month of December 2020.
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News Reports

Khalistanis protest, raise abusive slogans outside Indian doctor’s house in California for supporting Indian farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
Following a Facebook post asking people to join a car rally in support of the farm laws, some Khalistanis protested outside Dr Romesh Japra's house in California
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News Reports

‘You’ll become PM from CM’: Banned Khalistani outfit SFJ ‘counsels’ Bengal and Maharashtra CMs to declare independence from India

OpIndia Staff -
Gurpatwant Singh Pannu of Sikhs for Justice wants Maharashtra and West Bengal to declare independence from the Indian Union.
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World

Canadian PM Trudeau and his cabinet avoid voting on motion terming China’s treatment of Uyghurs as ‘genocide’

OpIndia Staff -
The Canadian PM had earlier refused to term China's treatment of Uygur Muslims as 'genocide' after the which the opposition brought the motion.
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