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‘Will never make another SM post,’ ‘Gutkha Pill’ enthusiast Garga Chatterjee apologises to Assamese people for slandering founder of Ahom Dynasty

OpIndia Staff -
Loudmouth Trinamool supporter Garga Chatterjee has apologised to the Ahom community after an FIR was registered against him in June.
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News Reports

Bombay HC dismisses FIR against foreign Tablighis saying they did not violate visa rules, says Maharashtra govt used them as scapegoats

OpIndia Staff -
Bombay HC says that Maharashtra govt had filed FIRs against foreign Tablighis to use them as scapegoats for Coronavirus pandemic
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News Reports

Pakistan: Activist Tanveer Ahmed tortured by security agencies after he removed Pakistani flags in PoK

OpIndia Staff -
Following the unconstitutional arrest of Tanveer Ahmed, the people of Dadyal hit the streets in large numbers and demanded his immediate release.
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Social Media

Brewing controversy: Internal group of Muslim employees of Facebook complain over anti-Muslim content, media forgets to mention it is a Muslim group

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim employees of Facebook have raised the matter of the platform's silence on alleged 'anti-Muslim' bigotry with top leadership.
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News Reports

‘Muslims entering Al-Aqsa mosque through gates of Israel are traitor, they will only get spit of people’: Grand Mufti of Palestine issues Fatwa

OpIndia Staff -
The Palestine Authority has said that Muslims are not allowed to visit Al-Aqsa mosque through Israel using the recent Saudi-Israel peace deal
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Media

Barkha Dutt’s Mojo posts a 2018 picture from Shopian as a current one from Kathua, removes after being called out

OpIndia Staff -
Mojo, run by 'journalist' Barkha Dutt, has used photographs clicked two years ago to claim that they represent the current situation in Kashmir.
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Social Media

10 days after banning Dr Anand Ranganathan for quoting a Quranic verse, Twitter apologises, restores account

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Microblogging site Twitter had blocked and scientist and columnist Anand Ranganathan on the platform for posting a Quranic verse.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: 25-year-old woman files 42-page complaint saying she was raped over 5,000 times by 139 men and women in 10 years

OpIndia Staff -
The woman has alleged the men run an online sex racket, and there are many other girls who are raped video-recorded by this gang
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News Reports

Afghanistan: 8 Taliban terrorists die in an explosion while making bombs inside a Mosque

OpIndia Staff -
According to a statement released by the 209th Shaheen Corps, the incident took place when 8 Taliban terrorists were busy manufacturing bomb inside the said mosque.
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News Reports

Tongue inside the mouth, absence of froth, and a missing timestamp: Final autopsy report of Sushant Singh Rajput

OpIndia Staff -
"If there is something missing they have to take a second opinion from doctors," Dr Sudhir said on the autopsy report of Sushant Singh Rajput
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Officials stop funerals at Christian cemetery near Manimoortheeswaram Uchishta Ganapathy temple after allegations of land encroachment

OpIndia Staff -
The Tirunelveli district authorities have imposed a ban on carrying out funeral at a recently built Christian cemetery near the ancient Manimoortheeswaram Uchishta Ganapathy temple
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News Reports

Tahir Hussain led mob from his house and the Masjid, instigated Muslim mob, led to murder of Ankit Sharma: Read what Court said

OpIndia Staff -
Taking cognisance of charge sheet filed against Tahir Hussain for his involvement in Delhi Anti-Hindu riots, a Delhi court on Friday said that Muslims turned violent after he provoked them
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News Reports

While coming under scrutiny in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, Mumbai police arrest man who had abused Sonakshi Sinha online

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Police, which has recently been under fire for not adequately investigating the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, arrested man for cyber bullying Sonakshi Sinha
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News Reports

Delhi Police arrests ISIS terrorist Abdul Yusuf, wanted to carry out ‘lone-wolf’ attack in national capital: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi police have arrested an ISIS terrorist named Abdul Yusuf from North Delhi after a brief exchange of fire
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Media

If a journalist says she is neutral, she must be lying: Shekhar Gupta shatters the sham of ‘neutrality’ in a rare moment of honesty

OpIndia Staff -
Shekhar Gupta, one of the foremost faces of supposed "neutrality" in the world of journalism and the chief of the Editors Guild of India recently acknowledged that journalists naturally had political biases
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News Reports

The relationship between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia deteriorates even more, here are the factors behind it

OpIndia Staff -
The decades long flourishing relationship between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has suddenly nosedived due to various factors
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News Reports

Madras High Court curbs mass processions but allows immersion of idols of Lord Vinayaka by individuals

OpIndia Staff -
Madras High Court strongly objected to the arguments made by the State and directed that individuals must be allowed to immerse idols in water bodies.
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News Reports

Kanpur: ‘Because of girls like you people are encouraged to interfere with Muslim laws’, police officer advises triple talaq victim to follow Sharia law

OpIndia Staff -
The Kanpur women who was given triple talaq, confirms husband admits on record that he gave Rs 50,000 as bribe to police
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News Reports

Bombay HC accepts PIL challenging transfer of funds from Siddhivinayak Temple Trust to Maharashtra government

OpIndia Staff -
Two transfers of Rs 5 crores each were made by the Siddhivinayak Temple Trust to the Maharashtra government
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Opinions

India needs to take the Quantum jump, it is time to make the country more Quantum Computing friendly

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
In the bid to build quantum technology in the country, the barriers in policy have to be removed by the govt
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Politics

West Bengal: Radical Muslim leader attacked by TMC workers, TMC MLA Saokat Mollah blamed for attack

OpIndia Staff -
Islamic cleric Abbas Siddiqui was attacked by Trinamool Congress workers on 10th August.
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Politics

Hindu Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard not invited to Democratic Convention, pedophile-buddy Bill Clinton receives invite even in era of ‘Me Too’

OpIndia Staff -
United States Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has confirmed that she was not invited to participate in the Democratic National Convention.
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Political History of India

How Dravidian ideologues used ‘opposition to Hindi’ to build their ‘protector of Tamil culture’ image and retain power

Suren -
We will now look at how they used the plank of opposition to Hindi as a means of building their image as protectors of Tamil culture and native rights and to bring them to power.
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News Reports

US IMPACT organises the largest virtual celebration of India’s Independence Day in USA, 35 Congress candidates address the Indian diaspora

OpIndia Staff -
Prominent Indian personalities, Congressional and senate candidates and elected representatives of several USA districts participated in the online celebrations of India's Independence Day.
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Political History of India

Destruction of temples, Hindu houses, and killings of Hindus before and after the demolition of illegal structure on Ram Janmabhoomi

GujaratRiots.com -
After the reclamation of Ram Janmabhoomi by Hindus, the left media and its Islamist cohorts are bracing themselves to unleash a war against the Hindus.
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News Reports

Two articles published in Saudi Arabia websites call for reexamination and editing of the Quran, but, for spelling and grammatical errors alone: Here are...

OpIndia Staff -
Two articles published on websites in Saudi Arabia have demanded that 'scribal errors' in Quran be corrected and reexamined.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party leader attempts suicide, accuses former CM Mulayam Singh Yadav’s grandson Tej Pratap Singh Yadav of harassing him

OpIndia Staff -
Samajwadi Party state unit has expelled the leader after learning about his Facebook post defaming Tej Pratap Yadav.
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News Reports

Mumbai: 4 policemen suspended for beating a man to death while enforcing lockdown, SIT formed

OpIndia Staff -
Even after almost 5 months since Raju Velu's death, no arrests had been made so far in the case by the Mumbai Police.
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Politics

Who are Mukesh and Sudhanshu Bansal, arrested for donating money to AAP through shell companies? Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police has arrested two businessmen, one Mukesh and another Sudhanshu Bansal, for transferring money to AAP through shell companies.
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News Reports

Supreme Court dismisses petition seeking inquiry against former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Arun Mishra termed the PIL against Ranjan Gogoi as "infructuous', asked why it was not filed in the last two years
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News Reports

Supreme Court grants permission for religious functions at 3 Jain Temples in Mumbai during ‘Paryushana’

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier last week, the Shri Parshwatilak Shwetambar Murtipujak Jain Trust had approached the top court seeking permission to keep Jain Temples open during the Paryushana festival which commenced on August 15.
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News Reports

Weeks after converting Hagia Sophia, Turkey converts the 4th-century Byzantine built Chora monastery to a mosque

OpIndia Staff -
The Chora church was converted into a mosque by the Ottomans in 1511. In 1945, Turkey'c council of ministers had passed a decree to convert it into a museum.
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News Reports

Pakistan-backed Islamist groups planning to assassinate select Hindu leaders to ‘avenge’ Ram Mandir construction: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Intel reports suggest Pakistan backed Islamic fundamentalist terror outfits are planning the assassination of select Hindu leaders.
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Delhi police arrest two businessmen who were transferring money to Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP through shell companies

Nupur J Sharma -
Delhi Police have arrested two businessmen, Mukesh and Sudhanshu Bansal, who were transferring money to Arvind Kejriwal run AAP through shell companies
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Entertainment

Netflix movie sparks outrage for sexualising children, streaming platform says it ‘cannot comment’ on whether it supports pedophilia or not

OpIndia Staff -
Netflix apologised for the 'inappropriate artwork' for the movie and said that they have updated the pictures and description.
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Law

The saga of humiliation: Here are 10 cases for which Supreme Court reprimanded Prashant Bhushan in the last decade

OpIndia Staff -
Conduct of Prashant Bhushan has led the SC to express grave concern over and over again but the senior advocate is remorseless
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News Reports

Over 800 dignitaries and lawyers write to CJI raising concern over the conduct of ‘pressure groups’ in the Prashant Bhushan matter: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Over 700 lawyers have written a letter to the CJI, expressing concern over certain lobbying groups to tarnish the image of the judiciary when their political ends are not met.
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Sports

As Suresh Raina announces retirement, PM Modi writes a warm letter to the cricketer: Read the letter

OpIndia Staff -
Suresh Raina announced his retirement from international cricket on August 15, the same day as former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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News Reports

Samajwadi Party leader Lautan ‘Ram’ Nishad says Lord Ram never existed, he is a fictional character like in movies

OpIndia Staff -
Lautan 'Ram' Nishad,who is also the president of Samajwadi Party (SP) Backward Class Cell, said that Lord Shri Ram was just a fictional character just as in the movies.
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Kangana Ranaut makes an announcement, will be joining Twitter soon: Watch her video message

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana Ranaut is all set to join Twitter, announcement made via video message posted by her team
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News Reports

Twitter removes hashtags #TablighiJamaat #CoronaJihad and others after Telangana HC issues notice to it over ‘Islamophobic’ content

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter informed Telangana HC that it has removed "offensive" trends spreading "hatred against Islam" and hashtags attempting to portray Muslims as the spreaders of the Chinese coronavirus
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News Reports

Javed Akhtar and his gang keep an eye, filter ‘Islam-friendly’ people in the Industry: Kangana in Republic interview

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana stated that people like Javed Akhtar claim to be 'atheists' but they actually keep an eye and filter 'Islam-friendly' people in the industry.
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP worker arrested for ‘offensive’ post against the nephew of Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal police arrested a 24-year-old BJP worker named Sudhadip Das for allegedly posting 'offensive' content against Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of Mamata Banerjee
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News Reports

‘My existence is worthless if I can’t help you,’: Leaked WhatsApp conversation between Rhea and Mahesh Bhat on June 8. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Mahesh Bhat had claimed that he had met Sushant only twice and he had nothing to do with Rhea's break up with Sushant.
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News Reports

‘Will hold Muharram events despite coronavirus, arrest if you can’: Shia cleric Kalbe Jawad dares Lucknow authorities

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Jawad, the cleric who is 'mutawwali' of Imambara Ghufranmaab, also said that he will hold religious events despite the restrictions and police are free to arrest him.
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News Reports

Begusarai: Main accused behind Hindu minor girl’s abduction Izmul arrested, girl confirms of being kept in confinement and administered sleeping pills

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia, following the case closely, reported how Begusarai police had insisted that this was a matter of "love affair"
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News Reports

Pakistan Minister boasts of having such a precise bomb that it will target India all the way to Assam, but without harming the Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
The Pakistan minister admits that the Indian Army is far superior to the Pakistan Army in conventional warfare
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News Reports

“Uttarakhand will give befitting answer to those who killed Dilbar Negi”: Kapil Mishra hits out as Kejriwal says AAP will contest state elections

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal had said that AAP will contest in all 70 seats in Uttarakhand assembly elections
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News Reports

Manish Tewari opens a pandora’s box, writes to Facebook asking to contact his US-based lobbyist on alleged Facebook-BJP links

OpIndia Staff -
Manish Tewari reveals that US based lobbyist Bharath Gopalaswamy is his policy advisor, seeks involvement in the Facebook-BJP link debate
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Opinions

The challenges to ‘Secularism’ and the need to implement NRC to preserve it

Guest Author -
The day the Hindus become a religious minority in India, their eventual decimation would become a matter of time as it happened in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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