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Contractual workers tear Mamata Banerjee’s banners in Kolkata, block road, TMC leaders escorted out by police: Read why

OpIndia Staff -
TMC and Mamata Banerjee has drawn the ire of contractual workers associated with Self Employed Labor Organisations.
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Entertainment

As Sonu Sood’s book ‘I am no messiah’ gets negative ratings, Amazon restricts review submission

OpIndia Staff -
When Sood, in his memoirs, writes that he is not a messiah, he is being quite honest.
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Media

Mumbai Police accuses Arnab Goswami directly in the TRP scam case for the first time: Here is what they said in court

OpIndia Staff -
This is the first time that Mumbai Police have directly named Arnab Goswami in TRP case, however, they have not investigated India Today yet
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News Reports

Gujarat: Congress MLA Bhavesh Katara’s brother ordered killing of BJP’s Hiren Patel, says ATS

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The ATS has stated that accused have revealed that Hiren Patel's murder was ordered by Amit Katara, the brother of Congress MLA Bhavesh Katara and son of former MP Balulal Katara.
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News Reports

MHA starts an investigation against NGOs of Assam MP Badruddin Ajmal based on NCPCR’s report

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Badruddin Ajmal's NGOs accused of receiving funds from terror-linked foreign organisation, MHA starts probe.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s wife not to appear before ED today, third summons in PMC Bank Scam to be missed: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Varsha Raut, the wife of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut will not be attending the ED summons issued to her in PMC Bank Scam
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News Reports

Days after being manhandled by Congress MLCs, Dy Speaker of Legislative Council SL Dharme Gowda found dead. Suicide suspected

OpIndia Staff -
Some news reports have mentioned sting Dharme Gowda's driver that he was upset after the incident of manhandling in the Karnataka Legislative Council on December 15.
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Editor's picks

Six returnees from UK test positive for mutated coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this month, UK discovered a mutated, more transmissible virus strain which prompted the government to impose lockdown.
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News Reports

Assam: Himanta Biswa Sharma keeps his promise, tables bill to stop govt-funding of madarsas

OpIndia Staff -
Sarma stated that the bill does not concern private institutions. The government-funded madarsas will be converted to regular schools and only Quran teaching will be stopped.
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Entertainment

Not just nepotism: How KRK’s Desh Drohi is better than Alia Bhatt’s Sadak 2 and Bollywood roundup for 2020

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More people find KRK's Desh Drohi which is nothing short of cringe fest, more tolerable than Sadak 2.
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Politics

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh directs police to act against Jio tower vandals after senior Youth Cong leader incites more vandalism: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has directed the police to act against vandals who have been cutting power supply from Jio mobile towers
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Media

Mainstream media targets Hindus, paints Temple foundation ceremony a ‘waste of resources’: Details

K Bhattacharjee -
Hindustan Times harangued Hindus over the foundation ceremony of Devnarayan temple to be constructed in Rajasthan.
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News Reports

As 6 JDU MLAs join BJP in Arunachal, Nitish Kumar quits as party chief, says he became CM of Bihar under pressure

OpIndia Staff -
After quitting as party chief, Nitish Kumar has reiterated that he had no desire to become the Chief Minister of Bihar
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News Reports

Saradha Scam: CBI says salaries for private TV channel were paid from CM’s relief fund, points fingers at Mamata govt

OpIndia Staff -
CBI says WB CM's Relief Fund was used to pay salaries to Tara TV employees for 23 months.
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Media

The Hindu journalist accused of publishing fake news because his wife was not given insurance business: Details

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Sanchaita Gajapati has alleged that The Hindu journalist has engaged in biased reporting against MANSAS Trust.
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News Reports

Don’t marry Mushrik till they embrace Islam, believers superior to idolators: Zakir Naik rants to a Hindu woman who converted

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In a video released earlier this month, Zakir Naik was seen preaching Islamic supremacism and deriding Hindus
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Politics

As Rahul Gandhi flies off to Italy, BKU leader laments, says ‘he never visited us’: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of New Years' Eve, Rahul Gandhi has left the storm he created in India by lying about the farm laws and has flown to Italy
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Politics

Senior Youth Congress leader celebrates protesters attacking Jio towers in Punjab, incites similar attacks across the country

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Srivatsa, national campaign in-charge of Youth Congress, celebrated 'farmers' cutting off power supply to Jio towers.
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Crime

Mumbai: Hyat Ali and 5 others arrested for lynching a 30-year-old Saijad Khan over suspicion of being a cellphone thief

OpIndia Staff -
Sajjad Khan died two hours after he was tied to a pole and brutally lynched by the accused over suspicion of stealing their mobile phones
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Cricket

Pakistanis suffer a meltdown after Indian cricket team bags ICC awards

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, not a single Pakistani player featured in any of the ICC teams of the decade or won any awards, be it for tests, T20s or ODIs.
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News Reports

With COVID protocols in place, Haridwar Kumbh Mela shortened to 48 days in 2021

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Kumbh 2021 to be celebrated amid Covid-19 restrictions for 48 days instead of the usual three and half months .
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Politics

Day after Sanjay Raut gives a call to strengthen UPA, Congress shows him Shiv Sena’s place

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Hours after Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut exhorted UPA parties to come together against Modi govt, Congress snubbed the Shiv Sena
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News Reports

Kerala: Airport employee dismissed from job for criticising CM Pinarayi Vijayan. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Ramesh had hailed the Supreme Court's recent decision over the Padmanabhaswamy Temple and had criticised the state government led by Vijayan.
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Politics

Signature scam: Has Punjab farmers’ protest created an opportunity for Congress to commit yet another scam? Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Has the Congress party committed another scam during its signature campaign against the recently passed farm laws?
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News Reports

Congress Dalit leader Dr Udit Raj’s fans hack into IT cell zoom meeting. Here is what they demanded

OpIndia Staff -
Uditians recently hacked into a Congress zoom meeting to reiterate their demand of elevating Dalit leader Dr Udit Raj to the party's president position.
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News Reports

Is Sourav Ganguly joining BJP? Here is the cryptic answer he gave when asked by media

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh had stated, "Successful people such as Sourav Ganguly must join politics."
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News Reports

Congress will lose Rae Bareli in 2024 just like they lost Amethi, challenges Union Minister Smriti Irani

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Minister Smriti Irani was on a three-day visit to her parliamentary constituency, Amethi, when she warned Congress of a similar fate awaiting the party in Rae Bareli in 2024
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Crime

Man booked for posing as member of ‘right-wing’ group and collecting money in Ram Mandir’s name

OpIndia Staff -
A man has been booked in UP for posing as member of a right-wing outfit and collecting money as donations for Ram Mandir.
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News Reports

From ‘water metro’ to ‘lite metro’ PM Modi charts out future of public transport as he flags off India’s first-ever driverless metro in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
The driverless trains would be equipped with several advanced features such as better regeneration of energy during braking, energy-efficient subsystems like LED lighting and air conditioning systems
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Social Media

Punjab: ‘Protesting farmers’ steal generator set from Jio tower and ‘donate’ it to Gurudwara. Watch video

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The ‘protestors’ have been targeting Reliance Jio towers because Congress politicians have been spreading rumours and misinformation that "Ambani and Adani are about to exploit farmers". Earlier, the protestors at Delhi border were seen urging people not to use Jio sim.
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News Reports

France: Muslim man, the son of police officers, attacked and assaulted by Islamists for attending Christmas lunch

OpIndia Staff -
A 20-year-old young man, the son of law enforcement officers, had shared pictures of a Christmas party he had attended.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi tweeted a poem to exploit farmers issue, kin of poet demands apology

OpIndia Staff -
He has mocked an iconic poem that has been inspiring generations of Indians. It is highly condemnable and he must apologise for this," Dr Vinod Kumar Maheshwari told.
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News Reports

Ujjain stone-pelting incident: Madhya Pradesh police books Ayaz, Wasim, Shadab and Altu under NSA

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At the same time, the cops had booked three people, including two women, for attempted murder, rioting, giving a false statement and voluntarily causing hurt.
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News Reports

Congress trolls trying to shield Rahul Gandhi left red faced after party confirms Wayanad MP is on vacation

OpIndia Staff -
Congress trolls refused to believe that Rahul Gandhi had taken off on a vacation and accused media reports on it as 'fake news'
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News Reports

Confirmed: Rahul Gandhi leaves India on a personal trip, will not attend the party’s Foundation Day celebrations

OpIndia Staff -
Congress Party has confirmed that Rahul Gandhi has left for a short 'personal trip'.
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Entertainment

Amitabh Bachchan apologises to poet Tisha Agarwal for sharing her poem ‘Chai’ without giving her due credit

OpIndia Staff -
While responding to his apology, Tisha Agarwal expressed her gratitude to Amitabh Bachchan for acknowledging her work.
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World

US Pres Donald Trump signs COVID relief bill which promises millions of relief to Pakistan and other countries

OpIndia Staff -
US President Donald Trump on Sunday signed the 2.3 trillion USD COVID relief bill, days after calling it a disgrace.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhisek Banerjee calls Suvendu Adhikari an asymptomatic COVID-19 patient for joining BJP

OpIndia Staff -
The Trinamool Congress leader also mocked Suvendu Adhikari for failing to shift his father and two brothers from TMC to BJP
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Politics

Wife of Sanjay Raut summoned by ED in connection with PMC Bank Scam worth over Rs. 4000 crores : Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Wife of motormouth Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, Varsha Raut, has been summoned by ED in the PMC Bank Scam case.
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Politics

How did Rahul Gandhi manage to bypass COVID regulations for his Milan vacation? Netizens raise suspicions

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of New Years eve, Rahul Gandhi has left for Milan on a Qatar Airlines Flight.
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News Reports

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale gives new slogan for new coronavirus strain

OpIndia Staff -
'No corona, corona no', is the new slogan for the mutated coronavirus.
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News Reports

Despite Capt Amarinder’s appeal, ‘protesting farmers’ destroy 150 telecom towers overnight

OpIndia Staff -
In spite of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh's appeal, the 'protesting farmers' have destroyed 150 more telecom towers overnight. This takes the total number of telecom towers damaged to 1,388.
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News Reports

Trump will suffer from a ‘mysterious’ disease, assassination attempt on Putin: Here are Bulgarian Blind Baba Vanga’s predictions for 2021

OpIndia Staff -
'World will suffer from a lot of cataclysms and great disasters. Difficult times will come,' says predictions by Bulgarian Baba Vanga
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News Reports

Ahead of New Years eve, Rahul Gandhi takes off to Milan: Reports

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Rahul Gandhi's vacation to Milan comes a day before Congress' foundation day where there were the party had decided to take up the nationalism pitch.
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Editor's picks

2000 years old Roman-era food stall buried in volcanic ash unearthed in Pompeii in Italy

OpIndia Staff -
Italian archaeologists carrying out excavations in lost city Pompeii discovered a 'thermopolium' or Roman era fast-food counter
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Politics

Andhra Pradesh: BJP’s Raja Singh accuses YSRCP MLA of aiding one Razaq in controlling Srisailam Temple, says cows from goshala slaughtered

OpIndia Staff -
Raja Singh said that there are several cases pending against Razaq, including one related to the transporting mutton in flower baskets.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Man gifts plot of land on Moon to his wife on wedding anniversary

Shashank Bharadwaj -
A man from Ajmer named Dharmendra Anija gifted 3 acres of land on moon to his wife Sapna Anija on their wedding anniversary
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News Reports

“Aajkal apun khatarnak mood main hain”, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan warns mafia

OpIndia Staff -
MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that he will not spare criminals and mafia and he will burry them 10 feet deep
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Flaunting your caste on your cars may get you in trouble

OpIndia Staff -
A Maharashtra-based teacher, Harshal Prabhu had reportedly written to PMO wherein he had expressed concerns of increase in casteism by such flaunting of caste on cars.
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News Reports

India to become 5th largest economy in the world by 2025, projects UK based think tank

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As per projections by UK-based think tank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), Indian economy will overtake UK by 2025
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