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Report says China’s rank in World Bank ranking is manipulated, ‘liberals’ hope for India’s rank to slip just to show PM Modi down

OpIndia Staff -
The data of 4 countries – China, Azerbaijan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia – could have been inappropriately altered and all 4 rank above India in the Ease of Doing Business Ranking
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News Reports

Vaishno Devi Shrine Board funds were misused for hosting Iftar parties: J and K High Court issues notice on petition against govt control

OpIndia Staff -
The petitioners have accused the Vaishno Devi Shrine Board of employing non-Hindus at several administrative posts and actively taking 'effective steps' for the destruction of the sacred landmarks.
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Opinions

Bharat Bandh to Coronavirus: Opposition always has a reason to postpone JEE exams

Abhishek Banerjee -
How will Indian students appear for exams such as JEE and NEET in the middle of a pandemic, the opposition is asking
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News Reports

Karnataka: BJP MLC hails tyrant Tipu Sultan as ‘greatest freedom fighter’, party distances itself from comment

OpIndia Staff -
BJP spokesperson Karnik stated, "Tipu Sultan was zealous in converting people by the threat of sword. He had made Persian as the official language of his kingdom and hence he was against Kannada. We cannot and will not accept Tipu Sultan as a noble ruler."
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Government and Policy

India’s rank in World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ ranking could be higher, data of 4 countries, including China, manipulated

OpIndia Staff -
All 4 counties that are now under scanner ranked higher than India in the report released in 2019 Ease of Doing Business Rankings by the World Bank.
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News Reports

Lucknow: PFI’s legal in-charge Md Dilshad arrested for hateful posts, attempts to trigger communal tension

OpIndia Staff -
Dilshad has informed the police that he is the legal in charge of PFI and an active member of SDPI.
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News Reports

Viral images of Sushant Singh Rajput’s mortal remains may have been morphed to push suicide theory: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
It is now being revealed that the first set of images of the mortal remains of Sushant Singh Rajput that went viral soon after his death may have been morphed
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News Reports

Shiv Sena speaks up in support of Rahul Gandhi, lashes out at Congress leaders for writing to Sonia Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena says that the letter 23 senior Congress leaders wrote to Sonia Gandhi was a “conspiracy to finish off Rahul Gandhi's leadership”
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News Reports

Karnataka govt decides to drop Class VI lesson that mocked Hindu religious beliefs

OpIndia Staff -
A lesson in the Class VI textbooks in Karnataka that had mocked the Hindu traditions of 'yaga' removed by govt after protests
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News Reports

Controversy erupts after Sudarshan News publishes a snippet of its upcoming report on Muslims clearing UPSC exams: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Sudarshan News claims that there has been a sudden rise in number of Muslim candidates clearing UPSC exams, and marks obtained by them
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Media

Twitter in trouble with Child Rights Commission after its response in case of AltNews co-founder doxxing a child was found unsatisfactory: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Child Rights Commission had initiated action against the 'fact-checking' website AltNews co-founder
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News Reports

People who hold ‘appointment cards’ are opposing us, CWC should have ‘elected’ members: Ghulam Nabi Azad

OpIndia Staff -
"Anyone who has a genuine interest in the internal working dynamics of Congress would welcome our proposal to have every state & district president as being elected. The entire Congress Working Committee should be elected", said Azad.
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News Reports

Rhea Chakraborty had stolen Sushant’s debit card and obtained its PIN from late actor’s house manager: WhatsApp conversations reveal

OpIndia Staff -
Sushant Singh's father had also alleged that Rhea Chakraborty had taken away money and valuables from the late actor, which ED is probing.
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Opinions

Big ‘Liberal’ is watching you: The chilling part about the Delhi riots book ‘ban’

Abhishek Banerjee -
By now, everyone knows what happened with the book Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story. The book was about to be published … and then it wasn’t.
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Media

Trouble in paradise: Barkha Dutt targets Rajdeep Sardesai after his interview of Rhea Chakraborty, calls him ‘schizophrenic’

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst the controversy over the alleged involvement of Rhea Chakraborty in the death of the 34-year-old actor Sushant Singh Rajput, she was interviewed by Rajdeep Sardesai.
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News Reports

Man from Jammu and Kashmir arrested by CRPF near Parliament building in Delhi due to suspicious movements

OpIndia Staff -
Jammu and Kashmir man nabbed by CRPF in Delhi over suspicious nehavious, two IDs and paper with coded information recovered
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Congress workers meeting turns out to be a flop show, local leaders missing

OpIndia Staff -
Congress workers conference wrapped up in 10 minutes due to absence of leaders and lack of attendees, say reports.
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News Reports

Bengaluru Riots: 21 minors arrested by police in connection with stone-pelting and burning down two police stations

OpIndia Staff -
These minors are accused of unleashing violence along with the Muslim mobs at DJ Halli and KG Halli in Bengaluru
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News Reports

SC refuses to grant permission for Muharram procession across the country, says case different from Puri Rath Yatra

OpIndia Staff -
When the petitioner asked if permission to hold the Muharram procession in only Lucknow can be granted, as a large percentage of the Shia community resided there, CJI asked the petitioner to move Allahabad HC.
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News Reports

Two decades later, the IC 814 hijacking comes back to haunt, links to Pulwama attack revealed: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Now, the IC 814 hijacking has come back to haunt India as its connections with the Pulwama terror attack emerge.
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News Reports

Arrested YouTuber Heer Khan was in contact with two Pakistani men, was ‘inspired’ by videos of Jaish chief Masood Azhar: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Islamist Youtuber Heer Khan who was arrested for her offensive, anti-Hindu YouTube videos, had also been a part of the anti-CAA protests
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Crime

Lakhimpur Kheri: Dilshad befriends Dalit girl, rapes and kills when she refuses to change religion and marry him

OpIndia Staff -
Lakhimpur Kheri Police had arrested Dilshad within 24 hours after the girls mutilated body was found dumped near a pond.
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News Reports

Rhea Chakraborty lies about Sushant Singh Rajput’s ‘claustrophobia’ in her interview to Rajdeep Sardesai: Here are her claims that don’t add up

OpIndia Staff -
Rhea Chakraborty claims Sushant Singh Rajput took Modafinil to treat claustrophobia, which is a stimulant not linked to any phobia
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News Reports

East Delhi Municipal Corporation revokes Councillorship of IB officer Ankit Sharma murder and Delhi riots accused Tahir Hussain

Jhankar Mohta -
The EDMC terminted membership of Tahir Hussain under section 33 (2) of the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act
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News Reports

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, J-K, and Gilgit Baltistan: Here are 10 points that prove which government treats its people better

OpIndia Staff -
There are several aspects that were compared in the report as far as the living conditions, human rights and development in PoJK, Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh administration demolishes illegal property of Mukhtar Ansari, gangster to bear the cost of demolition

OpIndia Staff -
Lucknow administration has demolished an illegal property owned by gangster Mukhtar Ansari near Dalibagh Colony in the city on Thursday.
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News Reports

AIMIM wants NEET/JEE postponed because of COVID, but threatens to offer Namaz on roads if mosques are not opened

OpIndia Staff -
AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel says the government should open all mosques on September 2 for mass Namaz failing which Muslims will gather on the roads to offer Namaz.
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News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai insinuates Sushant Singh Rajput was suffering from ‘bipolar disorder’ despite evidence to the contrary, interviews prime accused in the case

OpIndia Staff -
Rajdeep Sardesai interviews the prime accused Rhea Chakraborty in Sushant Singh death case, tries desperately to 'establish' that the actor suffered from depression and bipolar disorder.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Jadhav sends letter of resignation to Maharashtra CM, alleges party leaders sidelining workers

OpIndia Staff -
Jadhav has stated that he has no right to be a Member of Parliament representing the Shiv Sena as he was unable to do justice to the workers of the party.
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News Reports

Delhi Riots: Court dismisses Brinda Karat’s plea seeking FIR against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma

OpIndia Staff -
Communist leader Brinda Karat had filed a petition in the court after her written complaints to the Commissioner of Police and the SHO, Parliament Street, did not get any response.
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News Reports

Sushant Singh Rajput case: Experts were called to destroy data in 8 hard drives before Rhea left, actor’s flatmate tells CBI

OpIndia Staff -
Data was wiped off from Sushant's gadgets on 8th June, deceased actor's flatmate Siddharth Pithani tells CBI.
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News Reports

JEE-NEET row: Congress IT cell indulges in ridiculous rumour-mongering to coerce the government to postpone the examinations

OpIndia Staff -
Congress IT cell warriors have attempted to hack protests against JEE-NEET exam by using fake social media posts
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News Reports

Most article on Scots Wikipedia written in mangled English by an American who can’t speak Scots: Reddit user makes explosive revelation

OpIndia Staff -
A Reddit user has revealed that most articles on Scots Wikipedia are written in mangled English by people who don't know Scots
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News Reports

Narcotics Control Bureau registers case in the Sushant Singh Rajput death matter after drugs angle come up in ED probe

OpIndia Staff -
Narcotics Control Bureau registers case in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case after ED finds drug angle in the case during probe
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News Reports

Maharashtra police punch ABVP activists on the face for demanding fee waiver

OpIndia Staff -
The Maharashtra police resorted to attacking ABVP activists for protesting against the govt demanding 30% waiver of fees
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News Reports

Kumkum Bhagya actor Tripti Shankhdhar alleges her father tried to kill her, case registered by UP police

OpIndia Staff -
Kumkum Bhagya fame Tripti Shankhdhar uploaded a video on Instagram alleging that her father threatened to kill her
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News Reports

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger had accused the organisation of hosting paedophilic content

OpIndia Staff -
In 2010, Larry Sanger had alleged that Wikimedia Commons was rife with renderings of children performing sexual acts
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: FIR lodged in Indore against ‘journalist’ Pyare Miyan, 5 others for rape, sexual exploitation of minor girls

OpIndia Staff -
The horrific incident had come to light after five girls, including four minors, were found in Bhopal's Ratibad area in an inebriated state.
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News Reports

Four terrorists of Palestinian Islamic Jihad group blow themselves up accidentally while preparing to bomb Israel

OpIndia Staff -
Palestinian terror groups have been attacking Israeli citizens with arson balloons and rockets. In response, Israel has been bombing specific facilities in the Hamas stronghold.
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Interviews

‘Islam is not a religion of Peace’ – Author Robert Spencer talks to OpIndia about the global menace of Jihad

OpIndia Staff -
Jihad Watch founder Robert Spencer says that Islam believes peace is possible only if non-believers submit to Muslims
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News Reports

Pakistan publishes fakes speech at UNSC meeting that it didn’t attend, Indian mission at UN busts its lies

OpIndia Staff -
The UNSC meeting that Pakistan has claimed to have attended was open only for UNSC members, and Pakistan is not a member curently
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News Reports

The NEET-JEE conundrum: What the students say, the poor communication by the Govt and what it can do to fix it

K Bhattacharjee -
A dedicated campaign has been launched to demand the further postponement of the NEET and JEE exams.
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Opinions

JEE and NEET debate: Greta Thunberg getting involved suggests there is big money behind destabilizing India

Abhishek Banerjee -
Why is a big brand like Greta Thunberg picking up the matter of NEET & JEE exam dates in India? How does it impact their bottomline?
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News Reports

Pakistani newspaper weaves a ‘secular-liberal’ wet dream, says Prashant Bhushan should become Congress president to guide Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani newspaper Dawn says that Prashant Bhushan and Rahul Gandhi have a common destiny so they should get together (politically) to defeat Modi.
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News Reports

Horrifying visuals of a woman crushing and killing a puppy under her feet go viral, netizens demand action

OpIndia Staff -
Lucknow resident Pooja Dhillon is accompanied by a man who seems to be giving her suggestions on how to torture and kill the puppy.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC leader enters house breaking a window, assaults woman and her new-born child after not finding her husband

OpIndia Staff -
On the written complaint of Mdhumita Halder, police have registered case against TMC leader Bapi Mandal for assaulting her
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News Reports

Child marriages in Maharashtra on the surge as families suffer from economic difficulties amid coronavirus woes: Report

OpIndia Staff -
About 200 cases of child marriages were reported from Maharashtra during the period of coronavirus lockdown from April to June 2020, says the report by India Today group.
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News Reports

Former Pakistan Ambassador to Indonesia had sold off embassy building, was protected by govt because he was related to Musharraf’s wife

OpIndia Staff -
The National Accountability Bureau has filed a reference in court against former Pakistan Ambassador to Indonesia Major General (retd) Syed Mustafa Anwar stating that Anwar had sold the Pakistani embassy building in Jakarta at a throwaway price during 2001-2002.
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News Reports

AAP leader Amanatullah Khan appeals for police protection for IB officer Ankit Sharma murder and Delhi riots accused Tahir Hussain’s family

OpIndia Staff -
AAP leader Tahir Hussain has been accused of leading and instigating a mob which led to murder of IB officer Ankit Sharma
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News Reports

‘Jesus Christ has returned to earth in form of Chinese woman’, claims The Church of Almighty God: Read how banned Chinese cult making inroads...

OpIndia Staff -
Nagaland Baptist Church Council has issued a warning that a violent Chinese cult church is spreading its roots in the Northeastern region
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