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News Reports

Initial probe into October 12 Mumbai power outage suggests it was sabotage, malware detected at the load dispatch centre

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra cyber department have traced malware at Padgha-based state load dispatch centre that caused Mumbai power outrage
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News Reports

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by son Rahul Gandhi moves to BJP ruled Goa to get away from pollution in AAP ruled Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
To stay away from pollution in Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi, Sonia Gandhi has now decided to spend her vacations in BJP-ruled Goa
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Government and Policy

Uddhav Thackeray govt does a u-turn after promising inflated electricity bills waiver, BJP holds massive protest: Full details

OpIndia Staff -
Uddhav Thackeray govt stated that there will be no waiver as promised before and the consumers will have to foot the bills on their own.
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News Reports

‘Siddique Kappan a PFI office-bearer, was pretending to be journalist from a closed-down Kerala newspaper’: UP govt in Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
The UP government has asserted that Kappan has no locus standi to approach the Supreme Court under section 32 because he is not under illegal confinement but has been kept under judicial custody with an order passed by a competent court.
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News Reports

PM Modi holds review meeting after Nagrota encounter reveals that JeM planning a big terror attack on 26/11 anniversary

OpIndia Staff -
The information of the ‘big terror attack’ of the terror group was obtained after the Nagrota encounter in Jammu and Kashmir
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World

German police barge into the house of anti-lockdown activist Dr Andreas Noack, arrest him during YouTube livestream: Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
Dr. Andreas Noack, was arrested by the German Police on Wednesday in what appears to be a gross violation of personal liberty.
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Social Media

Shekhar Gupta virtue signals media for ‘fake news’ regarding India’s strike on Pakistan, Gen VK Singh reminds him of his own ‘coup story’

OpIndia Staff -
The minister and former army chief reminded Shekhar Gupta of the days when the senior journalist had published a fake story making wild speculations about a so-called 'coup' attempt by the Indian Army in Delhi.
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Media

Kashmir Walla editor Fahad Shah, accused of sexual assault, nominated by RSF for ‘prize for courage’

OpIndia Staff -
Fahad Shah, editor of The Kashmir Walla, has been nominated by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for the 'prize for courage'.
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News Reports

UP govt to bring law against “Love Jihad”, home ministry sends proposal to law ministry to criminalise hiding identity to lure girls

OpIndia Staff -
The Home Department of the state has forwarded a proposal regarding the law against Love Jihad to the Department of Law of the state.
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News Reports

Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by either Rahul or Priyanka Gandhi, might fly out of Delhi due to rising pollution: Here is what reports indicate

OpIndia Staff -
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will fly out of Delhi on Friday, owing to the deteriorating levels of air pollution and poor air quality
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Opinions

Ashok Gehlot trivialises suffering of non-Muslim women by reducing ‘love jihad’ to interfaith marriages: Here is why he is horribly wrong

K Bhattacharjee -
Ashok Gehlot claimed that Love Jihad was 'manufactured' by the BJP to 'divide the nation' and 'disturb communal harmony'.
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News Reports

‘Tiny terrorist’ stabs inmate in Aussie prison where she is serving a 42-year term for screaming Allahu Akbar and stabbing landlord

OpIndia Staff -
‘Tiny Terrorist’ Momena Shoma was sentenced to 42 years in jail after stabbing her homestay host in the neck in 2018
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OpIndia Explains

When China moved away from Mao, Varavara Rao wanted to keep that flag flying high: Here is a profile of his most deranged thoughts

S. Sudhir Kumar -
The rise of Varavara Rao in the literary world happened at a time when poverty ruled the roost in our country.
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World

Arabs like to hunt Bustards of Pakistan because it is a sport and its meat is regarded as an aphrodisiac: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan government considers hunting of Bustards by Arab elites as "cornerstone" of its relationship with the middle-eastern Arab regimes
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News Reports

Bhutan rejects reports of Chinese village within its territory after NDTV claims of transgression based on Chinese media tweet

OpIndia Staff -
Rejecting media reports of China occupying Bhutanese territories, Bhutan's Ambassador to India clarified that no village has been set up by China inside Bhutan.
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World

London mosque attacker begs for jail time so he can memorize Quran from ‘start to finish’, media had termed attack a product of ‘Islamophobia’

OpIndia Staff -
During the hearing, Daniel Horton asked the court to send him jail rather than a psychiatric hospital so he could memorise the Quran
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Crime

Vikas Dubey’s wife, father, brother booked by SIT for getting arms licenses under fake documents, role of officials under scanner

OpIndia Staff -
18 persons have been booked under charges of fraud, forgery and other offences for getting arms licenses and SIM cards with fake documents and affidavits.
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World

Pakistan first ‘convicts’ UN-designated terrorist Hafiz Saeed for 10 years, then gives him VIP treatment: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Terrorist and Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, is being treated as a VIP in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan after being convicted for 10 years
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Social Media

Delhi Police arrests Instagram ‘influencer’ and her friends for robbing a man and spending lavishly in Goa: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Instagram "influencer" Amrita Sethi and her two friends were arrested from Goa for robbing USD 3,300 from a man in South Delhi
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News Reports

Congress issues notice to Jharkhand leader for criticising Rahul Gandhi and RPN Singh after Bihar election loss

OpIndia Staff -
Ansari had stated that Rahul Gandhi does not have the right kind of people to offer him sound political advice and hence he is failing to connect with the public.
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News Reports

Vatican launches ‘internal investigation’ after the Instagram handle of Pope Francis ‘likes’ a Bikini model’s photo

OpIndia Staff -
Vatican sources have said that the account of Pope Francis is managed by a team of employees and not the Pope himself.
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World

Pakistani religious preacher Khadim Hussain Rizvi dead, had demanded nuclear attack on France for Prophet Mohammad cartoons

OpIndia Staff -
Islamic cleric Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan chief Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi has died in Lahore days after he had threatened France with a nuclear attack.
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News Reports

Grooming Jihad: Muslim man pretends to be Hindu to marry a Hindu woman, demands Rs 25 lakh for ending the relationship

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim Man Sahil Khan. a resident of of Noida sector-15, introduced himself to the victim as a Hindu by changing his name to Sahil Singh.
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News Reports

‘Jai Shree Ram would not be allowed in West Bengal, go to Gujarat if you want to chant it’: TMC leader in an undated...

OpIndia Staff -
The Trinamool Congress party's dislike for Jai Shree Ram is not not a secret, last year it was openly expressed by CM Mamata Banerjee
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News Reports

Republic TV says the location of its assistant Vice President Ghanshyam Singh is not known after court adjourned his bail plea

OpIndia Staff -
Republic TV says that police and jail authorities are not clarifying where Ghanshyam Singh has been placed or in which jail he is lodged
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News Reports

India Army denies media reports claiming that Indian forces attacked terror launchpads inside PoK

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Army clarified that the reports of Indian Army's action in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) across the Line of Control are fake.
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News Reports

Bail plea of Republic TV’s Assistant VP Ghanshyam Singh adjourned till November 24, to remain in judicial custody

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra government sought the time of 5 more days to respond to bail plea of Republic TV's assistant VP Ghanshyam Singh
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News Reports

Kirit Somaiya seeks clarification from Uddhav Thackeray over land dealings with late Anvay Naik, alleges office of profit norm violation by Aaditya Thackeray

OpIndia Staff -
Documents show that Aaditya Thackeray was designated parter in two companies till 31 March 2020, violating office of profit norms
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Woman given triple talaq by husband over phone for not giving birth to a son

OpIndia Staff -
The victim, a mother of two girls, has filed a complaint on the Chief Minister's portal.
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News Reports

Bihar Education Minister Mewa Lal Chaudhary resigns after protests from the opposition over corruption charges against him

OpIndia Staff -
Mewa Lal Chaudhary is allegedly facing corruption charges in the recruitment of assistant professors and scientists
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News Reports

PM Modi praises book by young authors, ends up crashing their website due to high traffic

OpIndia Staff -
Website link shared by PM Modi while promoting a book resulted in server crash due to surge in traffic.
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News Reports

Facebook user slapped with defamation suit, police notice for using the terms ‘Dhritarashtra’ and ‘Penguin’ for Maharashtra govt

OpIndia Staff -
Balakrishna Deekonda sent statutory notice accusing him of defaming, degrading reputation of Maharashtra CM and his govt on Facebook
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP office in North 24 Parganas district burnt down, party blames TMC

OpIndia Staff -
Local BJP workers alleged that TMC is behind the incident and it is using cheap tricks ahead of the state assembly elections.
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News Reports

‘Writer’ Ravinder Singh makes Hinduphobic ‘gaumutra’ jibe as he mocks coronavirus vaccine

OpIndia Staff -
Author Ravinder Singh on Thursday was caught using the language of the terrorists as he made the 'gaumutra' jibe while mocking coronavirus vaccines.
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Government and Policy

Parliamentary panel headed by Meenakshi Lekhi grills Twitter, asks why vile tweets by Kunal Kamra not removed, seeks response in 7 days

OpIndia Staff -
Kunal Kamra, known for his abusive behaviour on social media platforms, faces contempt cases over his vile tweets attacking the Supreme Court
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News Reports

Watch: Rajdeep Sardesai loses his cool, says ‘does not need certificate’ after he is questioned why he gave a platform to Pakistani minister

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"I do not need certificate of patriotism by you Dr Patra" Rajdeep Sardesai got angry when cornered by Sambit Patra
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News Reports

Delhi HC slams Kejriwal govt for mismanaging COVID crisis, asks why they did not ‘wake up’ when cases were rising

OpIndia Staff -
The High Court also asked why did the Delhi government wait till the court intervened to take steps such as reducing the number of people attending weddings to 50 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Politics

Asaduddin Owaisi proposes a pre-poll alliance to Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal after Mamata’s veiled attack against him

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal goes to polls in the year 2021, where Mamata Banerjee and her party, TMC, will be challenged by BJP.
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News Reports

Spreading fake news regarding Sushant’s death earned YouTuber Rashid Siddiqui Rs 15 lakh and Rs 500 crore defamation suit. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, 25-year-old Rashid Siddiqui is a civil engineer from Bihar who owns the YouTube channel 'FF News' which has over 3 lakh 70 thousand subscribers.
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News Reports

UP lawyer files civil suit, seeks FIR against former US President Barack Obama for ‘insulting’ Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
The lawyer has stated that if an FIR is not filed against Obama, he will sit on a hunger strike outside the US embassy.
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News Reports

Karachi Sweets in Mumbai forced to cover its name after Shiv Sena leader Nitin Nandgaonkar issues threat to change the name ‘to Marathi’

OpIndia Staff -
The Shiv Sena leader asked the shop owner to change the name of his shop because he hated the name Karachi Sweets
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Enraged over bursting firecrackers, villager Rashid beats up three boys, kills mother of one boy

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Rashid beat up three children who were bursting firecrackers, killed 45-year-old woman who tried to stop him
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News Reports

I&B ministry calls Sudarshan News’ “UPSC Jihad” program ‘not in good taste’ but allows to air remaining episodes with changes

OpIndia Staff -
I&B ministry allows Sudarshan TV to broadcast remaining episodes of 'UPSC Jihad' after moderating it as per Programme Code.
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News Reports

‘Snakes tried to occupy anthill, they will retaliate’: While media calls him a ‘human rights activist’, Varavara Rao justified a massacre by Maoists

OpIndia Staff -
The Left has been up-in-arms about 'poet' Varavara Rao, who happens to be 81-years-old, not getting bail from the High Court.
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News Reports

Amid rising coronavirus cases, UAE stops issuing visa to visitors from Pakistan, Turkey, 10 other countries

OpIndia Staff -
Amit rising Coronavirus cases, UAE has temporarily suspended issuing visas to Pakistan, Turkey and 10 other nations.
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Crime

Another case of Grooming Jihad? 19-year-old Aman Khan kidnaps 13-year-old child in front of her mother, arrested

Anurag -
Aman had kidnapped the girl and fled in an auto while the mother of the girl ran after him.
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Entertainment

‘You guys are so Left, that you have started hating even your right hand’, says Sonu Nigam as he lashes out at the media:...

OpIndia Staff -
On the 17th of November, celebrated singer Sonu Nigam uploaded a video on his YouTube account with 1.2 million subscribers, lashing out at the media
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Crime

How Neeraj Gupta was beheaded in Delhi, stuffed in suitcase and dumped in Bharuch by Zubair over affair with his fiance, Faisal

OpIndia Staff -
46-year-old Delhi-based businessman Neeraj Gupta was beheaded, his body stuffed in a suitcase, taken aboard Rajdhani Express and dumped off in Bharuch, Gujarat all over a love affair.
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News Reports

US woman removed from American Airlines flight for harassing fellow passenger and violating safety norms, plays Muslim card

OpIndia Staff -
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh had confronted a 'white man' who was allowed to go ahead of her in a line because he was 'pre-check' and did not need to remove shoes for security check.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Ajit Pawar’s neighbour in Baramati commits suicide, accuses NCP leaders of harassment in note

OpIndia Staff -
The police have informed that 6 of the 9 accused have been arrested. 3 are absconding.
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