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India temporarily suspends flights from the United Kingdom amidst concerns over spread of a more-infectious strain of the coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
The United Kingdom had earlier announced that it had detected a more-infectious, mutated version of the Wuhan coronavirus
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News Reports

Wishing Merry Christmas is ‘Shirk’, you are creating your place in hell: Viral video shows preacher Zakir Naik telling Muslims

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Naik said that when a Muslim wishes Merry Christmas he is agreeing that Jesus is the son of god and that is blasphemy against Allah.
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News Reports

Baba Ka Dhaba owner Kanta Prasad is now a restaurant owner. Here is what they will serve

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In what can be seen as a happy ending to the happy-strange story of Internet fame, 80-year-old Kanta Prasad of 'Baba Ka Dhaba' is now a restaurant owner.
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News Reports

WB Governor seeks details of enquiry against IPS officer Gyanwant Singh, questions Mamata govt’s ‘favours’ to him

OpIndia Staff -
Jagdeep Dhankhar has insinuated that IPS Gyanwant Singh was being shielded and favoured by the WB CM Mamata Banerjee.
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News Reports

Even as TMC lashes out and brands him as ‘Mir Jafer’, Suvendu Adhikari set to meet speaker over his rejected resignation: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Suvendu Adhikari is also set to visit the BJP party office at 4 PM, after meeting the speaker over his resignation.
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News Reports

Winter solstice and ‘The Great Conjunction’ of Jupiter and Saturn: All you need to know about the rare celestial event

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For the first time in 400 years, THE planets Jupiter and Saturn will align their position to form a conjunction tonight, December 21, the day of winter solstice
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Politics

Sharp increase in voters in West Bengal’s ‘mini-Pakistan’, opposition parties cry foul: Read Details

OpIndia Staff -
There has been a rise of 9% voters in Metiabruz, referred to as 'mini Pakistan' by Mayor of Kolkata Firhad Hakim.
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News Reports

“We will first capture Kashmir and then invade India from all sides for Ghazwa e Hind”: Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar in viral video

Jinit Jain -
An undated video of Shoaib Akhtar is doing the rounds on the internet in which he is endorsing the Islamic supremacist doctrine of Ghazwa-e-Hind, the supposed domination of India by Islamic forces
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Politics

Priyanka Gandhi’s newfound love for cow welfare appears to be as fake as the fake news she shared

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Gandhi said that she was distressed by the images of the corpses of cows circulating on social media.
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News Reports

TMC admits that BJP could reach 99 seats in Bengal Assembly elections in 2021: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
As the political landscape in West Bengal heats up, the ruling party TMC seems to have had a faux pas.
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News Reports

Kerala has no APMCs in the state, but Communist govt calls assembly session to ‘reject’ farm laws

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Kerala is one of the few states that have not implemented the APMC Act.
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News Reports

Telangana now has a ‘Sonu Sood Temple’: Fans perform aarti for actor’s statue

OpIndia Staff -
In a video shared on Twitter, the locals could be seen performing 'aarti' at the temple and raise slogans of 'Jai Ho Sonu Sood'.
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News Reports

COVID vaccinations to start in January, will be tracked digitally at each step: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan

OpIndia Staff -
The government has been working with states for four months to prepare for mass COVID-19 vaccination program, said Union Health Minister.
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News Reports

Sushant Singh Rajput’s fans attack Ankita Lokhande for inviting his friend Sandip Ssingh for her birthday bash

OpIndia Staff -
Sushant Singh Rajput's fans have been attacking his ex-girlfriend Ankita Lokhande on social media for inviting his friend Sandip Ssingh for her birthday bash.
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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: United Kingdom discovers a mutated, more transmissible strain, imposes lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The new variant, discovered in September, is said to be 70% more transmissible than its counterpart.
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News Reports

Congress mouthpiece columnist speaks the language of Pulwama terrorist, makes cow urine jibe on polio vaccine

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjukta Basu was responding to Union Minister Dr Harshvardhan's comment regarding how India eradicated polio through vaccination
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World

Meet Chen Weihua: China’s sh*t talker-in-chief, calls Trump-aide Pompeo ‘sh*t face’ after calling a US Senator ‘lifetime b*tch’

OpIndia Staff -
China drove into media spotlight after calling US Senator Marsha Blackburn a 'lifetime b*tch'. He has abused others as well.
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News Reports

Despite baseless allegations about ‘abolishment of MSP’, govt continues purchase of crops, 49% of total paddy purchase made from Punjab alone

OpIndia Staff -
Paddy procurement under MSP during Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21 went up by more than 25% compared to the last year
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News Reports

Ahead of Bengal elections, Amit Shah lays down chronology for CAA and coronavirus vaccine

OpIndia Staff -
Rules of Citizenship Amendment Act will be formulated but only when the coronavirus vaccine immunisation plans are in motion, Home Minister Amit Shah today clarified.
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World

Muslims worry whether Covid-19 vaccines are halal as they may contain pork products

OpIndia Staff -
Spokespersons for Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca have said that pork products are not an ingredient of their Coronavirus vaccines.
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News Reports

‘Non-Muslims can never get justice in Pakistan’, says father of minor Christian girl abducted for rape and conversion to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
The victim's father informed that the documents made by the accused, following the girl's marriage and forceful conversion, are fake.
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News Reports

Mischief managed: From engaging troll army to weaponising censorship, how China built narrative around coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
It is shocking how the Chinese CCP has managed to manipulate the online discourse as the world fought the coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

Pune: Case filed against naturopathy doctor for duping a woman of Rs 1.47 crore for bogus treatment

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The naturopathy doctor told the woman that she had liver ailment, and later cancer, without carrying out any test
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Editor's picks

Welcome to the New Age: The Adhikari Rebellion, a new brand of politics takes root in Bengal, beginning of the end for Mamata Banerjee?

K Bhattacharjee -
The March of The Saffron in West Bengal that began with the Ram Navami rally in 2017 has reached resounding levels.
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News Reports

Kerala: Widow of journalist SV Pradeep, who died in a mysterious accident, expresses disappointment over probe

OpIndia Staff -
Widow of journalist SV Pradeep, a known critic of communist government and Islamists, has expressed disappointment at the direction of probe of the accident that killed her husband.
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News Reports

Saudi Arabia gives nod to the formation of amateur women’s football league for the first time

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, a total of 24 female football teams from Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam participated in the amateur league.
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Entertainment

With ‘Pregnancy Bible’, Kareena Kapoor Khan turns author

OpIndia Staff -
Kareena Kapoor Khan's book 'Pregnancy Bible' to hit the shelves early next year.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Christian Pastor kidnaps a 13-year-old tribal girl from a hamlet in Tiruvannamalai, absconding for weeks

OpIndia Staff -
The 49-year-old Christian pastor identified as Jayaraj, was camping in Perungattur, a tribal hamlet in the Jawadhu hills of TN.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Amidst chants of Jai Shri Ram, Amit Shah holds road show in Bolpur, vows to throw away Bangladeshi infiltrators

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Amidst chants of Jai Shri Ram an unprecedented road show of Home Minister Amit Shah took place in West Bengal's Bolpur.
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News Reports

“Modi could not live with his wife even for five days, How will he rule the country,” says Anti-Hindu propagandist Bishop Ezra Sargunam

OpIndia Staff -
Bishop Ezra Sargunam also said that PM Modi does not fear God as he does not have a conscience, and he is a fake man
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News Reports

“Coronavirus vaccine can turn people into crocodile or bearded ladies,” says Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

OpIndia Staff -
While launching a mass immunisation programme, Jair Bolsonaro informed that he would not be vaccinated.
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Culture and History

What is a Hindu Temple: Their Symbolism and Vastu Shastra

Monidipa Bose Dey -
A Hindu temple is not essentially only a place to perform religious rites; it is more of a teerth, a place where one goes to seek union with the Supreme Consciousness.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Golden mangalsutra of Amman stolen from a temple in Thiruvidaimaruthur, probe underway

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When doors were opened by the temple guard next day, he found four locks of were broken and the mangalsutra & other items were stolen
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World

Saudi Arabia sacks 100 Islamic clerics for not condemning Islamic terror organisation ‘Muslim Brotherhood’

OpIndia Staff -
Saudi Arabia has sacked nearly 100 Islamic imams and preachers for failing to condemn activities of 'Muslim Brotherhood'.
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World

Constitutional crisis in Nepal as PM KP Oli recommends dissolution of Parliament. Here is why

OpIndia Staff -
Nepal Prime Minister KP Oli has recommended the dissolution of the Parliament during an emergency cabinet meeting on Sunday.
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World

‘Taiwan, Fight for Trump’, ‘Stop the Steal’: Rally in Taipei sees participants voicing their support for Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff -
Visuals of the event that have surfaced on social media show a very enthusiastic crowd in Taipei, Taiwan cheering for Trump.
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News Reports

Opposition politicise PM Modi’s Gurdwara visit, terms it appeasement politics by relating with ‘farmer’ protests

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in Delhi in an unscheduled visit on Sunday
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News Reports

‘We will sit for five years to support the farm laws if needed,’ video of farmer extending support to PM Modi goes viral

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"How can Rahul Gandhi seize power? He is dreaming. He must think of chances after 2034... There is no hope left for the Congress," a farmer said.
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News Reports

New bacterial infection emerges in Kerala causing one death. Here is all you need to know about the Shigella bacteria

OpIndia Staff -
Shigellosis is a bacterial infection caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella, it affects the digestive system
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Politics

AAP seeks donations for 2022 UP polls based on COVID-19 lies. Here is how Kejriwal govt treated migrants from UP-Bihar amid pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
AAP claimed that the Delhi Government had conducted the highest number of total tests, which was claimed to be 88,000.
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News Reports

Reliance Industries to build world’s largest zoo in Jamnagar in Gujarat, layout approved by Central Zoo Authority

OpIndia Staff -
The layout for the zoo has already been approved by the Central Zoo Authority, and the same has been uploaded on authority's website.
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News Reports

BJP workers attacked with stones, bricks, petrol bombs in West Bengal after HM Amit Shah’s rally, six hospitalised

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TMC goons allegedly attacked BJP worked while they were returning from Amit Shah's rally in West Bengal
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PM Modi visits Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib to pay tribute to Guru Tegh Bahadur where he was cremated after execution by Aurangzeb

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Guru Tegh Bahadur was publicly beheaded by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi for refusing to convert to Islam.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Sunni Waqf Board issues blueprint for new mosque coming up on land allotted after Ram Janmabhoomi verdict

OpIndia Staff -
The foundation stone for the upcoming masjid at Ayodhya will be held on 26th January 2021
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Politics

Read how Congress’ over-reliance on Islamic parties such as IUML might be costing its electoral prospects in Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
The increasing affinity of the Congress party towards radical Islam, backed by Muslim organisations' firm control on the UDF, has now cost political support for them in Kerala.
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News Reports

World Bank’s revised Ease of Doing Business report reaffirms India’s ranking: Read how usual suspects had attacked Modi govt anticipating downgrading of India

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World Bank had suspended Ease of Doing Business report due to irregularities regarding changes to data in previous reports
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News Reports

‘Women cannot run as fast as men, could be why female Naxals fail to escape’: Reports say Maoists use women as shield

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A disproportionate number of women Maoists in several states have recently been eliminated during gunfight with forces.
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Farooq Abdullah’s assets worth crores attached by the ED in Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association money laundering case

OpIndia Staff -
Farooq Abdullah was named by the CBI in the charge sheet filed last year accusing him of misusing BCCI funds.
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News Reports

Massive victory for BJP in Tiwa Autonomous Council election in Assam, wins 33 out of 36 seats while ally AGP gets 2, Congress wins...

OpIndia Staff -
The Tiwa Autonomous Council covers parts of Morigaon (19 seats), Nagaon (10 seats), Hojai (1 seat) and Kamrup (Metro) (6 seats) districts in Assam
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Politics

‘Journalist’ claims Congress leader is wrong about Rahul Gandhi accepting leadership of Congress, gets befitting reply

OpIndia Staff -
Pallavi Ghosh, too embarrassed to continue with the conversation and at a loss for words, only replied with a folded hands emoji.
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