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Chhattisgarh: Congress councillor Kamran Ansari and his aides booked for abusing and assaulting a tribal youth

OpIndia Staff -
The incident where the Congress corporator mercilessly beat up a tribal youth, happened in full public view in broad daylight on Sunday.
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News Reports

China reduces around 10,000 PLA troops from Ladakh area, frontline deployments unchanged

OpIndia Staff -
Reports have cited extreme weather as the possible reason for troops withdrawal.
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News Reports

Arundhati Roy compares ‘protest by farmers’ to ‘struggle by Naxals’: Here is what she said and how dangerous her words really are

OpIndia Staff -
Veteran protestor and anti-India writer, Arundhati Roy has reached the venue of the farmer protest to foment trouble.
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News Reports

Donald Trump approves Emergency declaration in DC ahead of Joe Biden’s Presidential inauguration

OpIndia Staff -
The Department of Homeland Security and FEMA will co-ordinate with the District of Columbia to mitigate hardships caused to the people.
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World

Capitol Hill riot fallout: Deutsche Bank and Signature Bank pulls back from doing business with Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff -
Deutsche Bank and Signature Bank have announced that they would not be doing business with Donald Trump and his company in the wake of riots at Capitol Hill
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News Reports

Amidst border standoff with India, China sets up major military logistics hub in Tibet. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
With an expansionist policy in mind, China has also been setting up villages in uninhabited areas along the disputed borders with Bhutan and India.
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Crime

Jharkhand: Woman beheaded, body left naked, Police seeks public help in nabbing prime accused Sheikh Bilal in Ormanjhi case

OpIndia Staff -
Ranchi Police on Monday released photograph of Bilal Khan alias Sheikh Bilal, the prime accused in the horrifying Ormanjhi rape and murder case. A reward of Rs 5 lakh has been announced.
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News Reports

Ahead of immunisation drive, first batch of Covishield vaccines departs from Pune to Delhi. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian government will begin the first phase of its vaccination programme starting from January 16.
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Editor's picks

‘We won’t appear before Supreme Court’s appointed committee’: Farmers groups reject apex court’s suggestion

OpIndia Staff -
The Union government in its affidavit said that the laws were passed after two decades of deliberations and due consultations.
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World

Here is why the US state department declared a premature end to Donald Trump’s presidency, and it’s not impeachment

OpIndia Staff -
A website of the United States Department said that the presidency of Donald Trump came to an end on the 11th of January, 2020.
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Social Media

Facebook is not neutral: Stunning admission by Instagram head amid Donald Trump censorship row

OpIndia Staff -
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, has admitted that Facebook is not a neutral platform and has its political biases.
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News Reports

PM Modi warns politicians not to jump queues for Covid vaccine but wait for their turn, warns against fake news and rumours

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi warned Netas against misusing their privilege to skip lines to procure the COVID-19 vaccines for themselves.
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Social Media

Twitter stock stumbles after banning Donald Trump as leaders around the world criticise the decision

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter shares fell by as much as 10% on Monday during premarket trading after banning US President Donald Trump.
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Politics

From unleashing a dog on his wife to molesting Ugandan women in Delhi: AAP MLA Somnath Bharti’s history of allegations of abuse

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AAP MLA Somnath Bharti and his pet dog 'Don' were accused of domestic violence by his wife Lipika in 2015.
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Politics

Somnath Bharti sent to judicial custody for 14 days after issuing death threats against CM Yogi, AAP leader claims he is ‘shocked’

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Somnath Bharti has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days after misbehaving with police officials in Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

SAT orders NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and wife Radhika to deposit 50% of disgorged amount in 4 weeks

OpIndia Staff -
The NDTV founders had filed an appeal against a SEBI order barring them from trading in the securities market for two years
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World

When Justin Trudeau had a little ‘Porn site QR code problem’ in 2011: Here is what happened back then

OpIndia Staff -
Justin Trudeau had a little ‘Porn site QR code problem’ in 2011 and his tweet from back then is gaining traction.
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Politics

Bengal TMC leader Sukhendu Roy threatens ‘outsiders like Kailash Vijayvargiya’ with ‘armed struggle’: Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
While highlighting the story of Sheikh Mujibur Rehman's freedom struggle against Pakistan, Sukhendu Roy tried to justify 'political violence' by TMC goons
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News Reports

Mumbai Police detains Elgar Parishad violence accused ‘activist’ Harshali Potdar for criticising state govt

OpIndia Staff -
Harshali Potdar is also one of the accused booked in the Elgar Parishad case under sections of the IPC and UAPA
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World

Democrats and the Biden administration are planning to unleash a new ‘War on Terror’ on Trump supporters: Glenn Greenwald

OpIndia Staff -
Glenn Greenwald, an independent journalist of notable repute, appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News.
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Opinions

It’s a trap! How ‘Woke YouTubers’ are spreading propaganda through their live streams littered with abuse and slander

Akshita Bhadauria -
The most fascinating touchpoint of propaganda (other than the obvious Instagram stories, posts) being YouTube live streams.
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News Reports

COVID-19 vaccination: Serum Institute receives purchase order for 11 million doses from Govt of India

OpIndia Staff -
Covishield vaccine produced by the Seru Institute of India to be available at Rs 200 per dose.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir witnessed a 63.93% decrease in the number of terror incidents in 2020: MHA

OpIndia Staff -
The key achievements of the Central govt is the adaptation of central and state laws in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the ministry informed.
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Opinions

Why minorities shouldn’t be worried about the concept of a Hindu Rashtra

Nivan -
Unlike the narrative peddled by Left, a Hindu Rashtra by its very essence is inclusive to people of other faiths, as evident by the various historical accounts
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News Reports

Suspected mafia killing: Hyderabad AIMIM block President chased and hacked to death in full public view, video viral

Jhankar Mohta -
Mohd Abdul Khaleel was identified as the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM's block president of MM Pahadi in Hyderabad
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News Reports

Karnataka: Reliance Retail to buy 100 quintals of rice from farmers at prices higher than MSP

OpIndia Staff -
Reliance Retail has struck a deal with Swasthya Farmers Producing Company (SFPC), which has 1100 registered paddy farmers.
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News Reports

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma blessed with a baby girl

OpIndia Staff -
Cricketer Virat Kohli took to social media platforms to announce the birth of his first child
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Opinions

Why I am worried as a private citizen over what happened in Supreme Court today over farm laws

Abhishek Banerjee -
Today the Supreme Court was hearing a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the three recently passed farm laws.
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News Reports

‘Yogi ki maut nishchit hai, I will take your jobs away’: AAP MLA Somnath Bharti threatens police officials during Rae Bareli visit

OpIndia Staff -
An unidentified man had today hurled ink at AAP leader Somnath Bharti while he was embroiled in an argument with police officers who had stopped him from visiting a school in Rae Bareli.
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Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar targeted for his sacred thread by anti-Brahmin activist accused of faking her Dalit identity by former husband

OpIndia Staff -
Meena Kandasamy has now targeted cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar over a picture where he can seen wearing the sacred thread.
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News Reports

San Francisco to Bengaluru via North Pole? The route is challenging yet fascinating and economical. Here is how

Anurag -
All you need to know about polar routes and why airlines prefer North Pole route over South Pole route.
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News Reports

‘Is there any shame in the society that worships Shiva’s penis?’: Video of RJD MLA Satish Kumar Das goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
In an undated viral video, RJD MLA Satish Das is seen making objectionable remarks against Hindu Gods and Hindu religious beliefs.
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Social Media

Lawyers and related services dropped Parler as clients due to censorship by Google, Apple and Amazon: CEO Matze

OpIndia Staff -
The future course of action for Parler is not yet clear. They are slated to go offline by today with no clue when they will return.
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Law

‘If govt does not form a committee, we will stay the laws’: Supreme Court wades into the domain of Legislative discretion

OpIndia Staff -
Prior to this, SC raised concerns over 'farmers' protests turning into another superspreader Tablighi Jamaat event
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Politics

MVA govt downgrades security for Dev Fadnavis, Raj Thackeray; Security of Uddhav Thackeray and Ajit Pawar’s relatives increased

OpIndia Staff -
The nephew of Uddhav Thackeray's wife Rashmi Thackeray, Varun Sardesai and Maha Deputy CM Ajit Pawar's wife have been amongst the newly granted security by the government
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News Reports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not on Tooter: Here is what we know about Tooter so far

Nupur J Sharma -
OpIndia was told that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not joined Tooter and neither had the ministers of BJP unites and functionaries
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Cricket

How a frustrated Australian team resorted to on-field shenanigans during the 3rd Test match at Sydney

OpIndia Staff -
With a target of 407 runs in front of India in the 2nd innings, Australia was hoping for a comfortable victory at the end of the 4th day. But the tide turned in India's favour on the 5th day.
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News Reports

Japan finds new strain of coronavirus in passengers arriving from Brazil

OpIndia Staff -
Japan's health ministry said its tough to immediately determine how infectious the strain is or the effectiveness of current available vaccines against it.
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News Reports

Viral video: Trump supporters allegedly kicked out of flight for discussing support towards the outgoing US President

OpIndia Staff -
In another video, a man was seen have a public outburst after he was allegedly not allowed to fly. He alleged that he was called a 'terrorist' and vilified by the airlines.
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News Reports

Punjab farmers form a major chunk of ineligible recipients payout under PM KISAN scheme, RTI reveals

OpIndia Staff -
About 23 per cent of the total undeserving beneficiaries of the PM KISAN scheme belonged to Punjab
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Crime

One betrayed nation for nudes of Pakistani agents, other did it because he was away from wife: How sensitive info was leaked

OpIndia Staff -
Paliwal had received a 'friend request' from two Pakistani spies. One of the women had also contacted him via WhatsApp.
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Cricket

Ind vs Aus: Navdeep Saini and Ravindra Jadeja’s video on ‘teamwork’ goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Viral video shows Navdeep Saini peel banana and offer it to Ravindra Jadeja as he was padded up and ready to go bat on the crease.
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News Reports

West Bengal: FIR against TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee for derogatory comments on Goddess Sita

OpIndia Staff -
Abhay Kumar Jha, a member of Maithili community in Howrah, condemned the statement of Kalyan Banerjee and threatened to launch a protest if he did not apologise within 24 hours.
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Social Media

GoAir Pilot Capt Mickey Malik who was sacked over his offensive social media posts has a history of disturbing tweets. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
While Capt Mickey Malik's termination came after netizens objected to him referring to PM Modi as an idiot, it is likely his other offensive tweets may be the reason for him being fired.
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News Reports

ED crackdown on Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik over NSEL scam, takes possession of 112 properties

OpIndia Staff -
The ED had earlier attached the plots. However, Sarnaik had allegedly sold the properties as the attachment details did not show in the records of Revenue Department.
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News Reports

From San Francisco to Bengaluru, over the North Pole: Four women pilots of Air India create history

OpIndia Staff -
Air India's all-women crew flew over North Pole, travelling over 16,000 km from San Francisco to Bengaluru.
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Cricket

After ball tampering, Steve Smith shadow-bats at the crease to remove Rishabh Pant’s guard marks. Watch

OpIndia Staff -
Australian cricketer Steve Smith has been accused of shadow-batting at the crease and scuffle out the guard marks made by Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant, forcing him to retake the same.
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Media

TRP case exclusive: Even before Republic TV was born, BARC’s internal emails point towards an IPL link

OpIndia Staff -
In statement by Police in TRP case, they alluded to a 'forensic report' on the basis of which, they claimed to have 'found evidence'.
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Opinions

Social Media: Big Tech censorship and the three things that can happen from here

Abhishek Banerjee -
The right should not make the same mistake with Big Tech that the left made with the knowledge economy
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News Reports

West Bengal: Nandigram office of Suvendu Adhikari vandalised, BJP blames TMC workers

OpIndia Staff -
Trinamool Congress has counter-blamed BJP for the incident, saying 'old' BJP workers vandalised the office of Suvendu Adhikari
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