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Punjab: Pro-Khalistani elements hoist Khalistani flag on administrative building in Moga amid Independence Day celebrations

OpIndia Staff -
Two miscreants hoisted Khalistani flag on the DC office building in Moga in Punjab, CM has ordered a probe and case registered
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Political History of India

Operation Polo: When India annexed Hyderabad from the Nizam and Razakars, the suppression of Hindus and the role of Nehru

Nivan -
On the midnight of August 15th 1947, India gained its independence from the British and was partitioned into two countries- Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan
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News Reports

Price of freedom: How Beant Singh, now a rickshaw puller in Meerut, witnessed his mother and brother burn during partition in Rawalpindi

OpIndia Staff -
Beant Singh is one of the few survivors of partition that witnessed 2 million casualties and the displacement of 14 million people.
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News Reports

From self-reliant India to Coronavirus vaccine, Ram Mandir, warning to China: Here are 15 points made by PM Modi in his Independence Day speech

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi began his Independence Day speech by paying tributes to freedom fighters, security forces and coronavirus warriors
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Opinions

On its first Independence Day since the liberation of Ram Janmabhoomi, India must pledge to return Kashi-Mathura to its true inheritors

K Bhattacharjee -
The 74th Independence Day celebrations are underway across the country and it is a momentous occasion for the country for more reasons than one.
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News Reports

Made in India Coronavirus vaccine soon? Here is what PM Modi said in his Independence Day speech

OpIndia Staff -
During his Independence Day speech, PM Modi said that the vaccine is being developed in India for the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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News Reports

From Article 370 in 2019 to CAA and Ram Mandir in 2020: How PM Modi used his I-Day speech to talk about promises delivered

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On India’s 74th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his 7th speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort.
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News Reports

Breaking taboos from the ramparts of Red Fort: From speaking about open defecation in 2014 to the importance of sanitary napkins in 2020

OpIndia Staff -
On India's 74th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his 7th speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort
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News Reports

Watch: Prime Minister Modi addresses the Nation on India’s 74th Independence Day

OpIndia Staff -
PM Narendra Modi, will be addressing the nation and delivering his annual speech from the ramparts of the Red Ford after he unfurls the Indian flag.
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News Reports

Govt of India announces list of soldiers and police officials who will be honoured with Gallantry awards on Independence Day

OpIndia Staff -
The president of India will honour brave soldiers and law enforcement officials with Gallantry awards on the 74th Independence Day
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Politics

While trying to hide its links to China by targeting the BJP, Congress depicts Japanese PM Shinzo Abe as Chinese President

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party in its latest goof up has depicted Japanese PM Shinzo Abe as the Chinese President in an effort to target the BJP.
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News Reports

Former SP leader Shahzeb Rizvi arrested by UP police for announcing ₹51 lakh bounty on Dalit youth’s head for ‘blasphemy’

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An FIR was filed under IPC section 153-A and 5052) against Shahzeb Rizvi for the video announcing bounty on Naveen's head
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Crime

‘Shut up or else, you will also be put to sleep forever’, mother of deceased actress Jiah Khan accuses director Mahesh Bhatt of intimidating...

OpIndia Staff -
Rabia Khan, mother of deceased actress Jiah Khan, accused Mahesh Bhatt of being a 'mouthpiece' of the Bollywood mafia.
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Crime

‘Sarajuddin, Istak and Shehenshah killed Rohit and dumped him in a well’: Family in Bihar’s Chhapra alleges police inaction against accused

OpIndia Staff -
The Chhapra police have filed an FIR against the local BJP leader and several others for demanding action against the accused.
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News Reports

Suvarna News reporters were attacked by the Muslim mob in Bengaluru, not by police: Channel issues statement, calls out lies by Editors Guild

OpIndia Staff -
Suvarna News 24x7 completely denied that allegation by Editors Guild that their reporters were attacked by Bengaluru city police
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News Reports

ED yet to receive Sushant’s phone and call records even after 4 letters to Mumbai Police: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The report says that even after four letters, the Mumbai Police has not handed over Sushant's mobile phone and call details to the ED for investigation.
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Media

Deccan Herald virtually helps Jihadis find a reason to kill Naveen when they can, paints him ‘serial offender’

Nupur J Sharma -
Deccan Herald justified violence against Naveen, nephew of a Congress MLA, for am alleged Facebook post against prophet Mohammed.
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Politics

Twelve days after testing positive, Home Minister Amit Shah tests negative for Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Home Minister Amit Shah confirmed his negative Coronavirus test results in a statement on social media.
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Government and Policy

Prime Minister Modi’s 15th August speeches: Setting the agenda for the year ahead, putting a premium on credibility

G Kishan Reddy -
This year, on August 15th, the Prime Minister Modi will be speaking to all of us from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the seventh consecutive year.
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News Reports

‘Scrapping of Article 370, Babri Masjid verdict and CAA filled anger and hatred in my mind’: Meeran Haider reveals how he planned Delhi riots...

OpIndia Staff -
Meeran Haider makes many shocking revelations about the planning, funding and execution of the Delhi anti-Hindu riots
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News Reports

Karnataka: Intoxicated man Milind mistakenly drapes Islamic flag on Shankaracharya statue in Sringeri, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Shringeri police informed that accused confessed to the crime and added that he had done it under the influence of alcohol.
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News Reports

Read the scathing observations made by the Supreme Court while holding advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court notes that tweets of Prashant Bhushan attempt to shake the public confidence on the judiciary
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Opinions

This is why Prashant Bhushan’s rants against judiciary were fit cases for contempt of court, don’t fall for ‘dissent’ propaganda

Editorial Desk -
The fact that Prashant Bhushan launches attack on court whenever he does not get favourable judgement is not lost on judges
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Social Media

Angry over Israel-UAE peace deal, Pakistanis condemn Arab nations, say ‘We love you Turkey’

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistanis are not pleased with the Israel-UAE peace deal. They have decided to break up with Arabian nations and start a new love-affair with Turkey.
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Entertainment

After Air Force wrote a letter against Netflix movie, Gunjan Saxena says no gender bias experienced by her in the IAF

OpIndia Staff -
Gunjan Saxena said that the Indian Air Force is an organisation with strong cultural and moral ethos and it did not perpetuate gender discrimination
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Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma, martyred in the Batla House encounter, to be honoured with police gallantry medal

OpIndia Staff -
Sharma was martyred in the Batla House encounter in 2008.
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Media

Some ‘liberals’ who wanted ‘contempt of court’ proceedings against those they did not agree with, but are now defending Prashant Bhushan

OpIndia Staff -
The guilty verdict against Prashant Bhushan has, along expected lines, set the proverbial cat among the pigeons.
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Opinions

Bengaluru riots, Wikipedia and the impossible staircase of Indian secularism

Abhishek Banerjee -
Wikipedia's blatant religious bias is glaringly evident in their articles of Bengaluru and Delhi riots.
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News Reports

My family has lived here for 50 years, I considered Muslims my brothers: MLA breaks down while narrating how his house was burnt down...

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The Pulkeshinagar MLA's house was attacked by a violent Muslim mob with weapons, patrol bombs, and stones.
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Media

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri slams India Today for its ‘sting operation’ on Air India, says action already taken against touts selling tickets at...

OpIndia Staff -
Air India has been extremely vigilant and has time and again repeatedly warned citizens against such touts who were soliciting customers
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News Reports

Jesus Christ’s photo inside Hindu temple goes viral claiming police SP had ‘pressurized’ priest to put it there, temple priest and police deny allegations

OpIndia Staff -
The temple priest has apologised for the incident and said that they did not have any evil intentions to hurt any religious sentiments
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News Reports

When Prashant Bhushan wanted those he didn’t agree with to be jailed for contempt of court

OpIndia Staff -
'PIL Activist' Prashant Bhushan has been found guilty on charges of Contempt of Court by the Supreme Court of India.
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News Reports

‘Dravidian politics’ in turmoil: All you need to know about Periyar’s grandson joining BJP and DMK facing heat over Skanda Sashit Kavasam row

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DMK maintained silence over insult of a devotional song, while the BJP demanded the blocking of the Hinduphobic channel
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News Reports

FIR on Meerut’s former SP leader Shahzeb Rizvi who announced a bounty of Rs 51 lakh for Karnataka Congress MLA’s nephew Naveen’s head

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Former SP leader Shahzeb Rizvi had announced Rs 51 lakhs reward for whoever beheads Naveen for his post that was considered 'blasphemy' by Islamists.
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News Reports

US Justice Dept accuses Yale University of discrimination against Asian Americans and White applicants in their admission process

OpIndia Staff -
The US Justice Department has accused Yale University of violating the federal civil rights by discriminating against White and Asian Americans in its admission procedure.
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Crime

AAP leader arrested for sexually exploiting woman for two years, threatening to kill her and her children: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Mukesh Tokas had allegedly threatened to kill the woman and her children after his marital status was revealed.
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Law

SC holds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court, could land him in jail for up to 6 months: Read the details

OpIndia Staff -
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court held advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for his tweets against the CJI
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News Reports

Wikipedia page on Bengaluru violence calls it a ‘clash’, refuses to identify rioters as Muslims: Here are the reasons given by the ‘editors’

OpIndia Staff -
On the 11th of August, when Hindus of the country celebrated Janmashtami, a Muslim mob indulged in violence in Bengaluru after being offended by a Facebook post that was allegedly against the Prophet of Islam.
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots: Kaleem Pasha, close aide of Congress leader KJ George arrested for instigating riots

OpIndia Staff -
Kaleem Pasha is the husband of Irshad Begum, a BBMP corporator from Nagavara ward. He was arrested by Bengaluru police on Thursday along with 60 others for instigating the August 11 violence in the city.
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News Reports

Shringeri: Adi Shankaracharya statue draped with Islamic flag

OpIndia Staff -
The residents and the devotees of the city came to know about the incident on Thursday. The flag was immediately removed while the devotees of Sharada Peetha gathered at the spot and protested against the attempt to flare communal tension in the holy city.
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News Reports

After exposing Chinese occupation of Rui village, journalist Balram Baniya found dead under mysterious circumstances in Nepal: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Two months after he was suspended over a critical story on Chinese occupation of Rui village in Nepal, 50-year-old journalist Balram Baniya was reportedly found dead
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News Reports

Former SP leader Shahzeb Rizvi announces bounty of Rs 51 lakh on Karnataka Congress MLA’s nephew Naveen’s head for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post

OpIndia Staff -
Shahzeb Rizvi said that whoever beheads Naveen for insulting the Prophet and brings his head will be given a bounty of Rs 51 lakh
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News Reports

Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau appoints investigation team to find out causes of the Air India Express flight crash at Kozhikode airport

OpIndia Staff -
Capt. S S Chahar, former designated examiner of Boeing 737 NG, has been appointed as Investigator-In-Charge for Kozhikode crash probe
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots: Muslim mob wanted to kill Naveen for his ‘blasphemous’ post, torched down police station as cops prevented it

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The Bengaluru riots were triggered by a Facebook post by Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy's nephew Naveen
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News Reports

BMC removes illegal loudspeaker at Mankhurd for which Karishma Bhosale was heckled by Muslims, was sent notice by Mumbai police

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Mumbai police had sent notice to Karishma Bhosale calling her request to lower volume of Mosque's loudspeaker "inappropriate"
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Economy and Finance

From cheap goods to telecom: How China’s industrial hegemony and guerilla marketing tactics can hurt India

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Be it the battlefield or business environment, Chinese have always tried to strain India's economy in all possible aspects.
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Crime

Mumbai Police records statement of journalist Faye D’Souza’s husband in the ‘fake views’ scam involving singer Badshah

OpIndia Staff -
Rapper Badshah had confessed that he had paid Qyukl, where Sagar Gokhale is director and COO, for fake views of his YouTube video
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News Reports

ED questions Rhea Chakraborty over alleged mismatch in income and expenses, asks to submit financial records: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Rhea and her brother are directors in at least two firms, Front India For World Foundation and Vividrage Rhealityx Private Limited, set up by Rajput.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did water enter Delhi Transport Corporation bus when incessant rains flooded the national capital

OpIndia Staff -
The video which social media users claimed to be of Delhi is from Jaipur which was uploaded on YouTube on August 11, 2020
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Media

Chinese media publishes propaganda of Pakistan’s Ambassador to China but refuses to carry India’s rebuttal: Here are the full details

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A day after first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, Chinese state media runs Pakistani propaganda
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