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Protesting ‘farmer’ spends Rs 35 lakh to modify his tractor for Republic Day rally

OpIndia Staff -
The modified tractor is fitted with huge wheels. It is said to withstand heavy rain and water cannon charge.
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News Reports

Watch: Punjab farmers break police barricades and enter Delhi, begin their tractor rally ahead of time

OpIndia Staff -
Protesting 'farmers' from Punjab on Tuesday broke the police barricades at Tikri and Singhu borders ahead of the tractor rally.
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News Reports

India bans TikTok, WeChat and 57 other Chinese apps permanently

OpIndia Staff -
Unsatisfied by the response given by these companies to notices issued in June last year, Govt of India permanently bans 59 Chinese apps
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Politics

Congress MP and head of AICC’s legal department appeared in MP HC to demand bail for Munawar Faruqui who insulted Hindu Gods: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Munawar Faruqui was represented at the Madhya Pradesh High Court by senior advocate Vivek Tankha. He is a Congress MP.
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Media

Arnab Goswami and his wife to make full financial disclosure, urge owners and editors of other media networks to do the same: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Goswami has announced he and his wife will make public all their financial details since they moved to Mumbai in 2004.
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News Reports

Almost 70 representatives from G7 nations pen letter to their leaders, urge them to take ‘allied action’ against China: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The G7 countries include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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World

‘Lot of similarities between current thinking of USA and our policies’: Pakistani Foreign Minister mourns loss of ‘shining secular India’

Anurag -
Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi has urged President Joe Biden to 'review' USA's ties with India.
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News Reports

After Republic Day, farmer protesters plan to disrupt the Budget session: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The farmer protesters would conduct a tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day and march to Parliament during Budget Session.
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News Reports

Col Bikkumalla Santosh Babu who laid down his life in the Galwan valley clashes to be decorated with Maha Vir Chakra

OpIndia Staff -
Col Bikumalla Santosh Babu of the 16th Bihar Batallion had laid down his life in the Galwan Valley clash on June 16
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News Reports

Prosenjit Chatterjee breaks his silence on the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose portrait controversy: Read what Bumba Da has to say

OpIndia Staff -
Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee has broken his silence on the nonsensical controversy over the Netaji Bose portrait.
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News Reports

‘The wind blowing from Punjab will burn Modi to ashes’: SP leader Abu Azmi instigates protestors to create mayhem

OpIndia Staff -
Abu Azmi made incendiary remarks at a protest staged in Mumbai in support of the ongoing farmers' protest. Sharad Pawar was present too.
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News Reports

Ashoka University Assistant Professor mocks Lord Ram while trying to troll President of India over false accusations

OpIndia Staff -
Neelanjan Sircar works as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Ashoka University and also a also at the Centre for Policy Research.
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News Reports

‘Naive and far from truth, just like imaginary Nehruvian utopia’: Read why veterans of Indian Armed Forces want Rahul Gandhi to apologise

OpIndia Staff -
Veterans of the Indian Armed Forced have condemned the recent statement by former Congress President Rahul Gandhi.
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News Reports

A Maulvi’s job is to teach religion, education of students is the govt’s responsibility: Himanta Biswa Sarma on madarsas

OpIndia Staff -
Answering to Badruddin Ajmal's allegations, Himanta Biswa Sarma stated that Hindus do not attack Mosques, it is Ajmal's own ancestors who had attacked and destroyed Hindu temples.
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Politics

After getting offended over ‘Jai Shree Ram’ chants, Mamata Banerjee complains about being ‘teased’ in front of the Prime Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee was addressing a public rally in Hooghly's Pursura months ahead of state legislative assembly election
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Family of Puja Bharti, who was found dead with hands and legs tied, dismisses ‘suicide’ claims, demand CBI inquiry

OpIndia Staff -
Puja Bharti's father dismissed the suicide theory and questioned if it were indeed suicide, how were here hands and legs tied up.
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News Reports

After 1500 Jio towers were destroyed by Punjab ‘farmers’, has Rahul Gandhi cut down on his Adani-Ambani jibe?

OpIndia Staff -
From the last few weeks, Rahul Gandhi has consciously refrained from making “Adani-Ambani” jibes to attack the Modi government
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News Reports

Khalistani terror group SFJ calls CISF to threaten ahead of Republic Day, urges protestors to hold Bhindrawale posters

OpIndia Staff -
The phone call to CISF was reportedly made on behalf of SFJ's Gurparwant Singh Pannu.
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News Reports

‘What is wrong with your mindset? Such people must not be spared,’ MP HC makes scathing remarks against Munawar Faruqui: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has reserved its order on the bail application filed by Munawar Faruqui.
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News Reports

Not just Rahul Gandhi, his great grandfather Nehru also thought that India does not need an Army

OpIndia Staff -
Yesterday, Rahul Gandhi opined that India does not need the armed forces especially at Indo-China border.
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Fact-Check

Is it actor Prosenjit Chatterjee in the portrait of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose inaugurated by President Kovind? A fact check

OpIndia Staff -
It was claimed that it was actor Prosenjit Chatterjee in the portrait of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose inaugurated by President Kovind.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee once held a bogus PhD degree from a University that did not exist. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Back in 1984, Mamata Banerjee had claimed to have completed Phd from a University which did not exist.
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News Reports

As India becomes the focus of the world with Coronavirus vaccines, China unleashes propaganda war

OpIndia Staff -
China has launched a smear campaign to belittle the Indian-developed COVID-19 vaccines—Covaxin and Covishield
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Politics

Republic under siege: How Congress, career-protestors, opposition parties and Khalistanis are setting the stage for violence

K Bhattacharjee -
The Delhi Police has granted permission to farmer protesters for their tractor parade at the national capital on the 26th of January.
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News Reports

“I am Ram Bhakt first”: UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya donates 30-month salary for Ram Mandir

OpIndia Staff -
Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya handed over the amount to Champat Rai, secretary of Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, on January 23
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Political History of India

Impossible man: Why Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose cannot be appropriated by any party and what Indians can learn from him

Abhishek Banerjee -
Not just within the Indian political context, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose will make almost anyone uncomfortable
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News Reports

Sikkim: India foils China’s attempt to infiltrate, inflicts injuries on PLA soldiers in close combat

OpIndia Staff -
Besides 20 PLA soldiers, four Indian soldiers also reportedly sustained injuries in the clash at Naku La in Sikkim
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Politics

BJP goes offensive in Bengal ahead of polls, includes ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan in its campaign video

OpIndia Staff -
By usuing 'Jai Shree Ram' BJP has officially blown the conch shells to announce battle against the dogmatic Mamata Banerjee
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News Reports

Here are 4 steps that the Election Commission is taking ahead of West Bengal polls

OpIndia Staff -
Over one lakh paramilitary personnel to be deployed in West Bengal ahead of state elections.
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Social Media

80-year-old woman’s priceless contribution for Ram Mandir construction wins hearts

OpIndia Staff -
The Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust had started its nation-wide funds collection campaign this month.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: From Basant Panchami, students to get free coaching for competitive exams under Abhyudaya scheme

OpIndia Staff -
Under the CM Abhyudaya programme, students to get free coaching for competitive exams across the state
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News Reports

Donating for construction of Ram Mandir? Beware of these fraud UPI IDs

Guest Author -
Beware of fraudsters. UPI IDs which are similar to the real UPI ID for Ram Mandir donation have propped up.
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News Reports

Here is why the Sikh regiment salutes twice during the Republic Day parade

Dibakar Dutta -
In Delhi, Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib is built at the exact site where Guru Tegh Bahadur was executed.
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Social Media

Pro-AAP musician Vishal Dadlani claims Lata Mangeshkar sang ‘Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon’ for Nehru in 1947. Here is how he is wrong

OpIndia Staff -
AAP-supporter music composer Vishal Dadlani thinks Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon was sung in 1947 for Nehru.
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WTF News

Gujarat: Farmer Ayyub Degiya left high and dry after 6th wife denies sex

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat farmer Ayyub Degiya is looking for a 7th wife after his 6th wife refused to have sex with him after she learnt of his previous five wives.
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World

Cash-strapped Pakistan to now mortgage Islamabad park for 500 billion loan

OpIndia Staff -
The preceding governments have also mortgaged roads, buildings and institutions and procured loans through the issuance of bonds, both national and international.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi lost in translation: How ‘knickerwala’ jibe backfired in Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi's speeches are a gift that keep on giving.
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Entertainment

The Rahul Gandhi blooper collection: When the Gandhi-scion goofed up and made zero sense at public rallies

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi announced his return to India quintessentially by goofing-up public rallies recently, which has now taken the internet by storm.
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News Reports

Media houses spread fake news saying RBI is discontinuing old series of Rs.100, Rs.10 and Rs.5 notes from circulation

OpIndia Staff -
PIB said that RBI did not issue any order that says Rs.100, Rs.10 and Rs.5 notes will go out of circulation in March-April
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Politics

Congress MP says Khalistanis are attempting to hijack farmer protests after party accused govt of maligning farmers for saying the same

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu says Khalistanis are attempting to hijack farmer protests after being booed away.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh Protem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma sends Ramayana to WB CM Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
Rameshwar Sharma, Protem Speaker of Madhya Pradesh, asked Banerjee if she is under pressure of extremists, and sent her a copy of Ramayana
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News Reports

Farmer protestor writes to PM Modi’s mother requesting her to order the PM to scrap the farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
Harpreet Singh said that mothers can pull the ear of son, and hoped that Modi's mother will order the PM to revoke the farm laws
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News Reports

Delhi Police grants permission for Tractor Parade by farmer protesters on Republic Day: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Permission has been granted to the farmer protesters to conduct a tractor parade at Delhi on Republic Day, said Delhi Police.
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News Reports

Pakistan-sponsored Islamic terrorists hiding in launch pads to infiltrate into India to carry out attacks: Intelligence reports

OpIndia Staff -
Intelligence reports say that terrorists have been given clear instructions to carry out attacks on Army installations in Kashmir.
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World

‘This is Tulsi Gabbard’: Former US Congresswoman announces the launch of her podcast

OpIndia Staff -
On the 22nd of January, she released a video on YouTube announcing that 'This is Tulsi Gabbard' will be launched soon.
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World

While India administers over a million vaccine doses in a week, Pakistan awaits its ‘unsafe gift’ from China

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan is world's fifth most populous country but it is amongst the 51 countries which is yet to start immunisation program for its citizens.
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News Reports

Professor who translated Rahul Gandhi’s “don’t need army if farmers are strong” speech in Erode faints after the speech: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Muhammed Imran, who translated Rahul Gandhi's speech at Erode, collapsed after interpreting the speech from English to Tamil
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Media

Russian Government metaphorically spanks Shekhar Gupta’s The Print for peddling fake news, advises editors to focus on facts, not flashy headlines

OpIndia Staff -
MFA, Russia said that The Print's "attempt to create a sensation from nothing failed and looked ludicrous and helpless."
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi says if farmers and labourers are strong, India does not need to deploy armed forces at Indo-China border

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi said that if India's labourers, farmers and weavers were strong, China would never dare to come inside India.
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News Reports

Photograph of PM Modi landing in Kolkata goes viral, clocks over 1 million likes on Facebook in less than 24 hours

Dibakar Dutta -
The photograph was captured after PM Modi reached Kolkata to pay tribute to Netaji Subash Chandra Bose on 'Parakram Diwas'
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