https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/bjp-appoints-shivraj-singh-chouhan-as-the-central-observer-to-elect-new-bihar-cm/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T16:13:02+05:30Bihar set to get a new Chief Minister: BJP appoints Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the central observer to elect legislative party leader https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/pm-modi-siliguri-west-bengal-public-meeting-corruption-political-violence-women-safety-details/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T16:11:09+05:30Siliguri: PM Modi vows to stop infiltration and Tukde Tukde gang, ensure women’s safety, put an end to TMC’s corruption and political violence https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/bangladesh-muslim-kills-muslim-rangpur-hindus-targeted/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T15:33:23+05:30Muslim mob vandalises houses and shops of Hindus over murder of Muslim man by drug peddler Mohammad Momin https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/up-cp-yogi-announces-renaming-of-miyanpur-village-in-lakhimpur-kheri-as-ravindra-nagar-says-no-miyan-lives-there/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T15:11:40+05:30UP CM Yogi announces renaming of Miyanpur village in Lakhimpur Kheri as Ravindra Nagar, says Congress named it Miyanpur even though no Miyan lived there https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/pm-modi-says-that-caa-process-for-hindus-from-bangladesh-will-be-accelerated-in-west-bengal/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T14:41:38+05:30Citizenship process of Hindu refugees from Bangladesh will be expedited under CAA, assures PM Modi in West Bengal https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/legendary-singer-asha-bhosle-passes-away-a-day-after-she-was-hospitalised-in-mumbai/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T13:40:13+05:30Legendary singer Asha Bhosle passes away a day after she was hospitalised in Mumbai https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/jhansi-teacher-sohail-ahmed-khan-arrested-religious-conversion-pressure-female-hindu-students/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T12:51:16+05:30Uttar Pradesh: Jhansi police arrest coaching centre teacher Sohail Ahmed Khan for pressuring female Hindu students for religious conversion https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/eci-deletes-names-of-5-18-crore-ineligible-voters-in-twelve-states-details/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T12:30:54+05:30Massive cleanup of voter lists after SIR in 12 States, ECI deletes 5.18 crore ineligible names: Details https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/christian-pastors-tribal-conversion-racket-guna-madya-pradesh-accused-uttam-barela-arrested-details/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T11:22:28+05:30Madhya Pradesh: Christian pastors run conversion racket in the name of ‘healing congregation’, dupe tribals by making false claims of curing cancer, one accused arrested https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/jd-vance-no-deal-iran-21-hour-talks-islamabad/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T11:02:39+05:30West Aisa conflict: JD Vance confirms ‘no deal’ with Iran following 21-hour high-stakes talks in Islamabad https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/punjab-cabinet-approves-anti-sacrilege-law-life-term-spoken-words-electronic-content/OpIndiaen2026-04-12T10:05:11+05:30Punjab: Cabinet approves stringent anti-sacrilege law with life term, spoken words and electronic content included https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/ed-conducts-fresh-raid-former-west-bengal-education-ministers-residence-in-multi-crore-school-jobs-scam/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T21:47:49+05:30ED conducts fresh raid at former West Bengal education minister’s residence in multi-crore school jobs scam https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/man-damages-a-us-air-force-c-130-hercules-military-aircraft-at-shannon-airport-in-ireland/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T21:27:16+05:30Man climbs onto a US Air Force C-130 Hercules military aircraft at Shannon Airport in Ireland and causes extensive damage by hitting it with a hatchet, arrested https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/mazagon-dock-shipbuilders-completes-acquisition-of-colombo-dockyard/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T20:49:04+05:30Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders completes acquisition of Colombo Dockyard by securing 51% stake, the Sri Lankan shipbuilder becomes a subsidiary of the Indian defence PSU https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/donald-trump-says-that-us-forces-have-started-to-clean-up-strait-of-hormuz-as-a-favour-to-other-countries/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T19:54:14+05:30Donald Trump says US forces have started to clean up Strait of Hormuz ‘as a favour to other countries’, boasts that countries have started to buy American oil https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/delhi-plugs-into-electric-future-draft-ev-policy-2026-opens-for-public-feedback-with-focus-on-incentives-clean-mobility/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T19:46:20+05:30Delhi plugs into an electric future: Draft EV Policy 2026 opens for public feedback with focus on incentives and clean mobility https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/uttar-pradesh-yogi-govt-distributes-land-ownership-rights-documents-to-hindu-refugees-from-bangladesh/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T19:23:14+05:30Uttar Pradesh: Yogi govt distributes land ownership rights documents to Hindu refugees from Bangladesh https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/the-day-i-was-declared-dead-congress-leader-adhir-ranjan-chowdhury-recalls-1991-cpim-booth-capturing/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T19:12:49+05:30The day I was declared dead: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury recalls 1991 CPI(M) booth capturing and the battle for Nabagram in West Bengal https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/radical-group-busted-delhi-police-arrests-sheikh-imran-from-bhubaneswar/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T18:40:00+05:30Jihadi group busted: Delhi Police arrests Sheikh Imran from Bhubaneswar https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/5-year-old-boy-sexually-assaulted-and-killed-in-a-school-hostel-in-jehanabad-bihar-police-arrests-canteen-guard/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T18:26:11+05:30Bihar: 5-year-old boy sodomised and brutally murdered in a private school hostel in Jehanabad, canteen guard confesses to the crime saying the kids used to mock him https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/delhi-police-bust-isi-linked-terror-spy-module-solar-cctv-network-targeted-army-sites-11-arrested-across-states/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T18:15:49+05:30Delhi Police bust ISI-linked terror spy module: Solar CCTV network targeted army sites, 11 arrested across states https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/iran-lost-track-of-the-naval-mines-it-planted-on-strait-of-hormuz-as-says-us-officials/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T17:17:51+05:30Iran may not be able to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as it has lost track of the naval mines it planted on the sea, says US officials https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/election-commission-releases-final-electoral-roll-sir-removes-over-two-crore-names-details/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T16:08:29+05:30Uttar Pradesh: ECI releases final electoral roll after 5-month-long SIR exercise, removes names of over 2 crore ineligible voters https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/no-case-of-kidnapping-if-minor-elopes-with-her-lover-voluntarily-chhattisgarh-hc/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T14:48:25+05:30‘No case of kidnapping if a minor elopes with her lover voluntarily’: Chhattisgarh HC https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/right-to-vote-right-to-contest-elections-are-not-fundamental-rights-supreme-court/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T14:45:40+05:30‘Right to vote, right to contest elections are not fundamental rights’: Supreme Court https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/pm-modi-west-bengal-rally-promises-white-paper-on-tmc-judicial-probe/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T14:35:29+05:30“TMC in ‘Panic Mode’ as BJP support grows”: PM Modi promises action against political violence and infiltrators in West Bengal rally, assures white paper to expose corruption https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/show-your-ego-to-boyfriend-kc-venugopal-hazeena-syed-to-alka-lamba-in-mahila-congress-clash/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T14:23:05+05:30Congress expels Tamil Nadu Mahila Congress President Hazeena Syed, she hits back saying she already resigned, asks Alka Lamba to show her ego to ‘boyfriend KC Venugopal’ https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/nashik-it-firm-scandal-how-seven-women-cops-went-undercover-to-expose-harassment-and-religious-persecution-of-hindu-women-employees/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T13:28:12+05:30Hindu deities insulted, namaz forced, and non-veg force-fed: Nashik IT firm scandal exposes sexual harassment and religious persecution of Hindu women employees. Read how covert operation by women cops uncovered the case https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/bbc-ex-producer-dylan-dawes-child-abuse-material-possession-details/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T13:10:47+05:30Former producer of anti-India propaganda outlet BBC found guilty of creating and possessing child abuse material https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/uttar-pradesh-bride-demands-%e2%82%b990-lakh-from-groom-to-proceed-with-suhag-raat/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T13:06:10+05:30Uttar Pradesh: Bride demands ₹90 lakh from groom to proceed with Suhag Raat, returns home on refusal, her family attempts to burn the groom’s family alive https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/amid-us-iran-war-india-meets-sixty-percent-lpg-demand-domestic-production-details/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T11:28:02+05:30Amid US-Iran war, India meets 60% of its LPG demand through domestic production https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/nasas-artemis-ii-astronauts-safely-splash-down-in-pacific-ocean-after-historic-10-day-moon-mission/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T11:06:08+05:30NASA’s Artemis II astronauts safely splash down in Pacific Ocean after historic 10-day Moon mission https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/canada-author-jeffery-brown-sues-the-toronto-star-for-justin-trudeau-child-pornography-details/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T11:05:45+05:30Canada: Author sues ‘Toronto Star’ for failing to report on possession of child abuse material by former PM Justin Trudeau https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/iranian-delegation-arrives-in-islamabad-ceasefire-talks-us-delegation-vance-tribute-minab-school/OpIndiaen2026-04-11T09:37:13+05:30Iranian delegation arrives in Islamabad for ceasefire talks, with a sombre tribute to the murdered schoolchildren of Minab school https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/study-reveals-civil-war-has-been-going-on-in-the-chimpanzee-community-of-uganda-for-around-8-years/OpIndiaen2026-04-10T21:54:23+05:30A brutal civil war has been going on for about a decade in the largest Chimpanzee community of the world in Kibale National Park in Uganda, several killed in ‘gangwar’, finds a study https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/tmc-councillor-ashim-basu-evicts-visiting-sadhus-from-ashram-in-kolkata/OpIndiaen2026-04-10T21:43:23+05:30TMC Councillor Ashim Basu evicts visiting Sadhus from Ashram in Kolkata alleging they are thieves dressed in saffron, Sadhus say they were attacked for spreading Hinduism https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/nia-court-sentences-9-people-including-rohingya-and-bangladeshi-nationals-for-human-trafficking/OpIndiaen2026-04-10T19:39:41+05:30NIA Court sentences 9 people, including Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals, for human trafficking, forgery and illegal infiltration https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/x-liable-to-lose-safe-harbour-status-as-it-failed-to-remove-rana-ayyubs-derogatory-posts-centre-tells-delhi-hc/OpIndiaen2026-04-10T19:01:33+05:30Centre tells Delhi High Court that X is liable to lose its safe harbour status as it failed to remove Rana Ayyub’s derogatory posts against Hindu deities https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/madhya-pradesh-samrat-vikramaditya-university-allah-question-professor-removed/OpIndiaen2026-04-10T18:57:42+05:30‘There is no one other than Allah’: University in Madhya Pradesh frames out-of-syllabus question promoting Islamist ideology during exam, Professor suspended https://www.opindia.com/news-updates/akhola-maharashtra-sadiq-murders-hindu-wife-eight-days-after-childbirth-love-jihad-case/OpIndiaen2026-04-10T17:39:59+05:30Maharashtra: Sadiq strangles Hindu wife to death 8 days after childbirth, dumps her body near temple, burns her face with petrol to hide identity