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Shiv Sena inducts out-on-bail convicted murderers Rahatmulla Khan, Indin Shaikh and Anawar Shaikh into the party: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Three people convicted for the murder of senior RPI leader Naresh Gaikwad have been inducted into Shiv Sena by senior party leaders on Tuesday.
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Politics

‘Will the BJP take responsibility’, asks Shiv Sena as it looks to shift blame, hits out at BJP for rising Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra

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Instead of owning up to its administrative failure, Shiv Sena has alleged that BJP needs to take the blame for rising Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra
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News Reports

Shooter Manu Bhaker accuses Delhi airport officials of ‘treating her like criminal’, Air India refutes allegation as Minister Kiren Rijiju steps in: Details

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Shooter Manu Bhaker was refused permission to board Air India flight after officials asked her to pay extra charges for carrying and ammunition
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News Reports

Amidst chants of Allahu Akbar, PFI rally in Kerala parades chained people dressed in RSS uniform, depict the Moplah massacre of Hindus

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Apart from people in RSS uniforms, the PFI rally also had people dressed as British officers, chained and tied with ropes
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News Reports

Oracle Corporation, which was to acquire TikTok in USA, sold software to China that enabled invasive surveillance of citizens: Details

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Slides from a presentation by Oracle show that four products were used by Chinese police authorities for 'criminal analysis'
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News Reports

Greta Thunberg rallies in defence of Disha Ravi after landing the Indian ‘toolkit activist’ in trouble: Details

OpIndia Staff -
It is pertinent to recall that it was Greta Thunberg herself who landed Disha Ravi in trouble after leaking the 'toolkit'.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh govt decides to rename Hoshangabad district as Narmadapuram

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Hoshangabad was named after Sultan Hoshang Shah, who had destroyed temples, and the great lakes of Bhopal build by Raja Bhoj
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World

The Khalistani propaganda against Tulsi Gabbard: How extremists linked to Pakistan’s ISI are targeting Hindus to influence US politics

T Waraich -
Pieter Friedrich and OFMI's campaign against Tulsi Gabbard started in 2018 with the first anti-Tulsi article appearing on the OFMI website.
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News Reports

China releases highly edited video of Galwan Valley clash to whitewash the embarrassment Indian Army made them suffer

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China has released a heavily edited video of the events of Galwan Valley in June 2020 during the clash between Indian and Chinese troops.
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News Reports

Race-baiting: Washington Post blames ‘systemic racism’ after a black woman knowingly uses superglue on her hair as hair-spray alternative

Dibakar Dutta -
Washington Post argued that the black woman applied superglue on her hair due to anti-Black notions of beauty and professionalism
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News Reports

Indian Express columnist, who partnered with Khalistanis for project, claims he did not file George Floyd complaint with NHRC: Here’s what we know

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Suraj Yengde has said that his email was misused to file complaints with the National Human Rights Commission.
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News Reports

Special MP-MLA court summons home minister Amit Shah in a defamation case filed by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee

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Abhishek Banerjee had filed the defamation case after Amit Shah had said in 2018 that he was involved in a series of corruptions
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World

Another Jack Ma mystery solved? China blocked Ant IPO because it benefitted those who may challenge Xi Jinping politically

OpIndia Staff -
According to the WSJ report, one of Ant’s investors is Boyu Capital, a private-equity firm founded in part by Jiang Zhicheng. Jiang Zhicheng is the grandson of former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. Another is Li Botan, who controls the Beijing Zhaode Group
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News Reports

The complete story: How a Christian zealot was groomed as a Khalistani asset, a spider whose web trapped liberals in India and abroad

T Waraich -
How did Pieter Friedrich come out from nowhere and was able to become an accepted 'South Asian analyst'?
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News Reports

58 years after Nagaland became a state, Jana Gana Mana played in the assembly for the first time this month

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This is the first time since Nagaland became a state on 1st December 1963 that the National Anthem was played in the House
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News Reports

Sri Lankan government cancels Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s scheduled speech in its Parliament during his Sri Lanka visit

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Sri Lankan government was concerned that Imran Khan may also talk about the rights of Muslims in Sri Lanka
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Media

Complaint filed against Manorama News, MediaOne and Reporter TV for spreading fake news to glorify Republic Day violence: Full details

OpIndia Staff -
Manorama News, One Media and Reporter TV have been accused of spreading false news to glorify the Republic Day mayhem
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News Reports

Municipal polls: Congress promises to turn ‘Sanskari Nagar’ Vadodara into dating destination, to setup clubhouses for women to organise kitty parties

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In the manifesto for Vadodara municipal polls, Congress party has promised to build cafes that will serve as 'dating destinations'
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News Reports

Disha Ravi case: PTI misreports High Court’s interim order, claims media cannot broadcast leaked investigative material

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi High Court did not ask the media to not 'broadcast' leaked investigative material but instead ensure editorial control on what is being posted and shared.
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News Reports

Meet Swati Mohan, the Star Trek inspired MIT graduate who led the landing of NASA’s rover on Mars

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After the completion of her PhD, Swati Mohan had joined NASA again as a Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems Engineer.
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News Reports

Islamic organisation wants to carve Muslim-majority ‘Malabar’ out of Kerala, threatens to start Telangana-like agitation

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Faisi claimed that the Kerala government gives importance to Southern-region of the state despite the northern Malabar region having the most assembly seats.
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News Reports

Disha Ravi WhatsApp chats: Delhi HC passes interim order, asks ‘activist’ not to malign the police or authorities

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Disha Ravi in her petition before the High Court did not say that the WhatsApp conversations were false.
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News Reports

Indian Express columnist who ranted about ‘Brahmanism’ exposed as PJF collaborator, partnered with Khalistani org for Canada Govt funded project

OpIndia Staff -
The most recent revelation surrounding the Greta toolkit controversy involves Indian Express columnist Suraj Yengde.
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News Reports

As France passes anti radicalism law, anti-France protests intensify in Pakistan, demands for expelling French ambassador grows

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has been antagonistic towards France ever since the French President has taken a stand against Islamic terrorism
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News Reports

After the attack on Krishna Dhaba owner in Srinagar, Shiv Shakti sweet shop area in Barzulla targeted, 2 policemen injured

OpIndia Staff -
The attack on Shiv Shakti Sweet shop came a day after terrorists opened fired at the owner of Krishna Dhaba in Srinagar
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News Reports

Suit seeking restoration of worship at ancient Hindu temple in Gyanvapi mosque complex filed in Varanasi court

OpIndia Staff -
The suit was filed for restoration of darshan, pooja, aarti, bhog and rituals for Hindu deities inside Gyanvapi mosque complex
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Crime

Mumbai: Taufiq Bashir arrested for stabbing a cow in the abdomen and limb for eating papaya from his fruit cart

OpIndia Staff -
The accused was enraged after a cow gulped down papaya from his fruit cart and in the fit of anger, he stabbed the bovine with a knife in the abdomen and limb
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Politics

Mosques used to gather crowd for Rahul Gandhi’s ‘farmer rally’? Here is what a viral video says and what we know

OpIndia Staff -
A video is going viral where a Muslim cleric from Rajasthan urges his followers to attend a rally organised by the Congress party.
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News Reports

Patanjali’s Coronil gets Ayush Ministry certification, Baba Ramdev releases research on ‘first evidence-based Ayurvedic medicine against COVID’

OpIndia Staff -
Yoga Guru Ramdev released the research paper on the "first evidence-based Ayurvedic medicine for coronavirus" by Patanjali Ayurved, 'Coronil'.
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World

George Floyd case: In eight months, Minneapolis went from defunding Police to spending millions to recruit more officers

OpIndia Staff -
City council members of Minneapolis have decided to spend millions of dollars on recruiting more police officers to halt crime rate in the city.
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News Reports

‘Your editor at NDTV has no brain, he is a bogus man’, VHP leader slams NDTV for casting aspersions on the Ram Mandir donation...

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV had asked VHP leader Champat Rai how much money collected in the Ram Mandir donation drive, and what is the target
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News Reports

West Bengal: Doctors’ body alleges non-transparency, nepotism in state govt’s recruitment process, demands rule of law

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The AHDS also said that single candidates have been chosen for multiple disciplines from preclinical to super speciality.
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Media

China honours 4 soldiers who died during Galwan clash, disproves AltNews’ sly attempts to discredit India’s claims of Chinese casualties

OpIndia Staff -
AltNews, co-founded by Pratik Sinha and Mohammad Zubair, was a portal that propagated China claims and discredited India post Galwan clash
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Crime

Telangana double murder: TRS leader arrested after lawyer couple names accused in dying testimony

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The TRS leader allegedly conspired to kill the lawyer couple over an illegal house construction, their past differences and a dispute over the construction of Peddamma temple, as per reports.
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News Reports

BBC issues apology to Islamic outfit Raza Academy for hurting Muslim sentiments by displaying a portrait of Mohammad

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Maulana Moin Ashraf Quadri, who is the head of the organisation, cleric Mohammad Saeed Noori and Congress MLA Amin Patel had approached the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh to register an FIR against BBC Hindi for the usage of a certain 'blasphemous' image in one of their shows.
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News Reports

China officially admits it lost soldiers in June 2020 Galwan valley face-off with India, awards posthumous honour to 4 soldiers

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China has posthumously awarded honorary titles to 4 of those who had died during the Galwan valley face-off in June 2020
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News Reports

UP court admits revision petition challenging Magistrate order that dismissed criminal case against Kunal Kamra

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Kamra is also facing contempt proceedings in the Supreme Court for making derogatory remarks against the court and the judges.
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News Reports

‘Not one TMC goon would dare to enter the booth and stop voters from voting’, Home Minister Amit Shah promises violence-free assembly elections in...

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Violence and anarchy cannot stop the Lotus from blooming in West Bengal, said Amit Shah addressing a rally in West Bengal
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News Reports

Facebook faces trouble as countries around the world tighten the noose on the social media giant

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Facebook banned linked to news sites on its portal in Australia after a law passed requiring it to pay news organisations for news shared on it
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News Reports

‘Lokpal bill movement led by elites like Kejriwal and Sisodia will create a parallel govt’: When Arundhati Roy made sense a decade ago

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Arundhati Roy had also said in the interview with Sagarika Ghose that leaders that led the Lokpal movement ran foreign funded NGOs
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News Reports

Activists had prepared second ‘toolkit’ to organise a Twitter storm aimed at “creating unrest” in Delhi, could not execute it: Delhi police

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Delhi police said that the second toolkit was aimed at organising a Twitter storm to “create unrest” in Delhi on February 4 and 5
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News Reports

‘Incident a result of political rivalry between TMC and CPI’, Indian Railways reacts to attack on minister on railway platform in West Bengal

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Indian Railways issued a statement after Mamata Banerjee sought a reply from the latter since the attack took place on its premises
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News Reports

Rail Roko protests pass off without any untoward incident, 8 Railway zones don’t report a single stoppage of trains

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The ‘rail roko’ protest was announced by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), the umbrella body of farmer unions
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Opinions

Outrage over PopSugar article asking Rihanna to apologise to Hindus: Just another needle that punctures the ‘farmer protest’ bubble

Nupur J Sharma -
American outlet 'PopSugar' published a piece that argued how it was time for Rihanna to apologise to Hindus and the liberals are outraged
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News Reports

‘Farmer’ leader Rakesh Tikait threatens to burn crops if govt asks to end protests

OpIndia Staff -
'Farmer' leader Rakesh Tikait today while addressing a rally in Punia, Haryana, threatened that if the government insists on farmers ending the protests, the farmers will set the crops on fire.
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News Reports

The Print tries to justify the brutal killing of Rinku Sharma by holding him responsible for his own murder

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The Print report caters to a certain section of people who are desperately looking for clues to blame it all on Rinku Sharma.
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News Reports

‘Will not allow Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar to work in Maharashtra’: Maha Congress Chief Nana Patole threatens

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Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole says Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar will not be allowed to work in Maharashtra if they do not speak against the fuel prices.
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News Reports

SP leader Abu Azmi says modern women enable atrocities against women, claims social evils have risen as women don’t stay behind purdah

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Abu Azmi also said that women who don't wear modest cloths are same as being naked, and opposed live-in relations
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Social Media

The curious case of Shweta and her friend’s sex-addict girlfriend. Here is why ‘Shweta’ is trending on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Shweta, mic on hai tera! Kids, always ensure your mics are off when you are indulging in gossiping.
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Crime

Shabnam – The first woman to be hanged after India’s independence: Why she and her lover Salim killed everyone in her family

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Salim, who worked at a wood sawing unit outside Shabnam's home, came from a different socio-economic background than Shabnam and was a Class VI dropout.
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