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

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

The Machh Massacre: Massive protests end in Balochistan over murder of Hazara coal miners by terrorists, Imran Khan makes insensitive remark

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The Machh massacre of Hazaras involving coal miners from the Hazara community occurred in Balochistan.
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News Reports

NIA charge-sheet says Akhil Gogoi was planning to stoke violence by inciting Assamese people against Bengali population in Assam: Report

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The NIA said that the Akhil Gogoi and the witness addressed a massive crowd of over 6,000 people which later turned violent.
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News Reports

Poet Munawwar Rana incites mob to take down the Parliament, set crop godowns on fire

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In a now deleted tweet, Munawwar Rana gave a call to demolish the Parliament building and set the godowns for grains storage on fire.
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Politics

Haryana: Anti-farm law ‘protestors’ resort to vandalism, disrupt the meeting of CM Manohar Lal Khattar

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The anti-farm law protestors tore down the tents, forcing Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar to cancel the event.
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News Reports

‘Farmers’ who had sent legal notices to Kangana Ranaut, BJP MPs, turn out to be AAP leaders

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4 out of 5 so-called farmers whom the AAP had helped to send legal notices for defamation, are actively associated with the party
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News Reports

Sita would have ended like Hathras victim if she was abducted by Ram’s followers instead of Ravana: TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee

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Slamming Kalyan Banerjee, BJP's poll in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya said that TMC is rattled due to the popularity of BJP
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News Reports

“Adani apples”: Has Adani really taken over agriculture sector after the three farm laws were passed

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Images of Apples marketed by Farm Pik of Adani group were circulated on social media claiming it has taken over the sector using new farm laws
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World

The allure of QAnon: The Cult of Q that has taken USA by storm and institutions are fighting hard, and failing, to contain

K Bhattacharjee -
QAnon, or the Cult of Q, imposed itself on national consciousness after the recent storming of Capitol Hill in Washington DC.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi returns to India after spending his new year’s eve at an undisclosed location believed to be Milan: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, Rahul Gandhi had left to Milan, Italy where his extended family members are believed to be living, amidst the protests by a section of Punjab farmers against the farm laws passed by the Modi government.
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News Reports

Did you know former PM Manmohan Singh cannot read Hindi? All his speeches were written in Urdu

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Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan SIngh needed his Hindi speeches written in Urdu so that he could read them
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News Reports

WHO distorts Indian map, separates Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, from rest of the country

OpIndia Staff -
The two newly created Union Territories of India have been marked in grey colour, separate from India which appears in navy blue.
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News Reports

How Mumbai police recreated the crime scene in Jhanvi Kukreja murder case

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On Friday, the police recreated the crime scene with the help of two dummy bodies, sniffer dogs and five forensic experts.
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World

USA: Laptops and documents stolen during Capitol Hill Violence, including from House Speaker Pelosi’s office, raises national security concerns

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Capitol Hill Protesters stole a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the violence that erupted in Washington DC.
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News Reports

World Hindi Day and how it is different from ‘Hindi Diwas’

Dibakar Dutta -
Since 1975, the World Hindi Conference has been organised in several countries over the years including Mauritius, USA and the UK
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News Reports

‘Jamia University terminated 23 employees from Valmiki community, no money for food’ – emotional video of terminated sanitation employees go viral

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Jamia university terminated 23 employees of Valmiki community who had been working at the university for 15 to 20 years
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World

After outrage, Twitter removes tweet by Chinese Embassy in US that took pride in a ‘re-education camp’ for Uyghur Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter, instead of removing the hateful content at the first instance, rather categorically stated that a Chinese government tweet praising China's treatment of its Uyghur ethnic minority did not violate its policy against hateful conduct.
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News Reports

‘No more appeasement of the Communist regime in Beijing’: US removes self-imposed restrictions on interactions with Taiwan

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Hailing Taiwan as a 'vibrant democracy' and a 'reliable partner', Pompeo emphasised that all 'self-imposed' restrictions would be lifted.
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Social Media

YouTube removes Steve Bannon’s ‘War Room’ podcast for violating ‘community guidelines’, Trump purge by Big Tech continues

OpIndia Staff -
The Big Tech War against Donald Trump and his base continues unabated. The latest casualty in that war is Steve Bannon.
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News Reports

After Twitter suspension, Forbes warns companies against hiring people who worked with Donald Trump past four years

OpIndia Staff -
In a recent articles, Forbes warned companies against hiring people who were associated with Trump administration during his tenure as US President
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Cricket

Australian fans resort to racial abuse yet again against Mohammad Siraj, security kicks them out after complain

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When Mohammed Siraj pointed in the direction of the stands, the officials quickly investigated the matter and kicked out a group of 4 men, followed by two others, from the stadium.
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News Reports

After Twitter banned US President Donald Trump, Islamists give a call to get PM Modi removed from Twitter

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Days after various social media platforms banned US President Trump from their platforms, some radical Islamists gave a call to get PM Modi banned on Twitter
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News Reports

“Is it a war?” Power blackout in Pakistan triggers fear, panic and dark humour as Pakistanis scramble on Twitter

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Major cities of Pakistan like Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi plunged into darkness after a major fault in power grid.
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News Reports

‘Adil Khan is responsible for my death,’ 26-year-old Dalit girl commits suicide in Bhopal, alleges attempt to forced religious conversion

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Adil Khan changed name to Babloo to befriend a Dalit woman and tried to force her to convert to Islam
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News Reports

WhatsApp vs Signal vs Telegram: Here’s how they fare against each other amidst concerns of privacy after WhatsApp’s latest policy update

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The popularity of messaging apps Signal and Telegram soared after WhatsApp updated its policy raising concerns about data privacy
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World

China trying to spy on other nations by backing investment in Pacific undersea cable networks: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
Taiwan has claimed that China is attempting to spy on other nations by backing private investment in Pacific undersea cable networks.
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News Reports

‘Cause of death is poisoning, not vaccine’: Bharat Biotech issues clarification after phase 3 trial participant for Covaxin dies in Bhopal

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The volunteer from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh had died 10 days after he had participated in the clinical trial for Covaxin
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Social Media Fact-Check

Is Cloudfare terminating its service for 4Chan and other ‘far right communities’? A fact check

OpIndia Staff -
An image is circulating that purportedly shows Cloudfare declare that they are terminating their service for 4Chan.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Minor girl brutally gang-raped and murdered, one Fardin Iftekhar arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Fardin Iftekhar of Kalabagan in Bangladesh brutally gang-raped a 17 year old girl along with his friends and then murdered the victim.
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News Reports

COVID-19 vaccination in India to start from 16 January, 30 crore including frontline workers, aged and high-risk people to be vaccinated

OpIndia Staff -
The vaccination will start after the forthcoming festivals across the country including Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Magh Bihu etc
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News Reports

Viral Video shows protesting farmer hail Pakistan PM, call Narendra Modi a dog

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The protesters also made an effigy of a donkey and pasted a photo of Prime Minister Modi on its face.
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News Reports

Delhi Police arrests 11 people for replacing Aurangzeb lane signboard with Guru Tegh Bahadur poster

Dibakar Dutta -
The cops detained the accused at the Tughlaq police station and initiated an investigation in the case.
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News Reports

Congress in trouble in its family’s pocket borough Rae Bareli as 35 office bearers resign from the party

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani had warned of a similar fate awaiting another Congress pocket borough, Rae Bareli, in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections
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News Reports

Ichchadhari protestor Yogendra Yadav warns Haryana and Rajasthan farmers for not joining protests, demands fruits, vegetables, buttermilk from them

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Yogendra Yadav told farmers that history would judge them harshly if they do not listen to his call to join road blockages against farm laws
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News Reports

Signal stock increases 1100% after Elon Musk recommended it over WhatsApp privacy changes. The only problem? It’s not the Signal stock: Details

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Elon Musk had urged his followers to use Signal messaging app, which is developed by non-profit organisation Sigla Foundation
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News Reports

Demand for Made-in-India Coronavirus vaccine soar as Brazil, South Africa order shipments, China concedes India’s domain expertise

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"India used to import PPE kits, masks, ventilators and testing kits from outside but today our nation is self-reliant,"said PM Modi.
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News Reports

Former Pakistani diplomat concocts fictional stories to justify a terror strike 10 km away from Indian parliament: Read details

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Has Pakistan revealed its plans to attack Indian Parliament again? Anything is possible when one deals with a terror state like Pak
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News Reports

Indonesia: Boeing 737-500 of Sriwijaya Air loses contact minutes after taking off from Jakarta

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The Sriwijaya Air flight SJ182 disappeared from radar screens around 4 minutes after take-off from Jakarta to Pontianak
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Law

‘Burqa clad women attacked police party: Bail of one Tabassum denied and how it proves again that Delhi violence was coordinated

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Justice Yadav mentioned that all this prima facie indicates that everything was being done under a well­ hatched conspiracy, the common object whereof was to cause blockage of the main Wazirabad Road and if resisted by the police, then to go to any extent to liquidate them by use of force.
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Politics

Senior Youth Congress leader calls on Twitter to suspend accounts of BJP leaders after Trump’s suspension

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Senior Youth Congress leader Srivatsa has called on Twitter India to ban on BJP's IT-department head Amit Malviya and MP Tejasvi Surya.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Acting president of AIMIM in West Bengal joins Trinamool Congress along with several other members of the party

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AIMIM West Bengal chief Sk Abdul Kalam and convenor Sheikh Anwar Hussain Pasha joined TMC on Saturday
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News Reports

Chinese soldier taken into custody after crossing over into the Indian side of LAC: Details

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The Indian Army has taken a Chinese solider into custody for transgressing into the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Amidst raging Aurangabad renaming row, unknown miscreants tear apart a banner with Sambhaji Maharaj’s name

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A banner bearing the name of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was pulled down and torn apart by unidentified miscreants
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Social Media

NSE India gaffe: Shares pictures of ‘sexy diva’ and ‘hot girl’ Mouni Roy from official handle, deletes after being caught

OpIndia Staff -
NSE shared four sensual pictures of the actor with hashtags like #beautifuldiva, #sexydiva, #hotgirl, #mouniroyhot
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World

Humiliation porn by Democrats: The devastating consequences, and why the impeachment bid against Trump may backfire

K Bhattacharjee -
Democrats want to impeach incumbent US President Donald Trump a second time after the events at Capitol Hill in Washington DC.
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World

Did Twitter ban Donald Trump from their platform after this letter from Michelle Obama? Here is what it said

OpIndia Staff -
Michelle Obama had accused President Trump of inciting violence and went on to describe POTUS Trump as "infantile and unpatriotic"
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News Reports

From importing everything, now India is ready to save humanity with two Made in India Covid-19 vaccines: PM Narendra Modi

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PM Modi said that India used to import PPE kits, masks, ventilators, and testing kits, but today our nation is self-reliant in combating Covid-19
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News Reports

‘Anti-CAA agitation was not a Satyagraha but it fell under terror activities’: Gauhati High Court while dismissing activist Akhil Gogoi’s bail plea

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Akhil Gogoi was arrested in December 2019 and for his role in inciting violence during the anti-CAA movement
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World

Donald Trump is exploring the possibility of issuing himself a pardon before leaving the White House: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
US President Donald Trump is exploring the possibility of issuing himself a self-pardon, if reports are to be believed.
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Law

Farmer dadi sues Kangana for misidentifying her as Shaheen Bagh’s Bilkis dadi, says it ‘lowered her reputation and prestige’

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Earlier, a Chandigarh advocate had sent a legal notice to Kangana Ranaut for her now deleted Tweet post on farmers protest
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