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West Bengal: Son of man who died of coronavirus was asked to pay Rs 51,000 to see father’s body

OpIndia Staff -
Staff from a private hospital in Bengal allegedly forced a family to pay Rs.51,000 to see remains of the father who had died of Covid-19.
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Black Lives Matter holds solidarity rally supporting looters involved in Chicago looting

OpIndia Staff -
One of the BLM rally organisers justified the looting by claiming that the looters could take whatever they did from showrooms such as Gucci, Nike or Macy's because these stores have insurance.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Shots fired at lawyer who had filed petition against illegal mosque, Atiq Ahmad gang suspected of involvement

OpIndia Staff -
Advocate who filed petition against illegal mosque construction attacked in Prayagraj, shots fired.
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Media

Not satire: Shashi Tharoor and Barkha Dutt hold a serious discussion over PM Modi’s “communal” beard

OpIndia Staff -
In all seriousness Shashi Tharoor and Barkha Dutt are discussing the length of PM Modi's beard and how it looks 'communal'.
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Politics

Shashi Tharoor clings to hope citing a Congress supporter’s poll on Twitter, which was won by his boss Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor quoted a Twitter poll with just 7,716 votes, ran by a Congress functionary, to claim Congress should be voted to power
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Crime

Chhattisgarh: Masarsa teacher arrested for raping a 9 year old girl in Raipur

OpIndia Staff -
A Maulana, Mohammed Arshad Rehmani, has been arrested in Raipur, Chhattisgarh for the alleged rape of a minor.
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Politics

Pilot flies back to home turf? After weeks of political drama, Sachin Pilot says Ashok Gehlot is his leader

OpIndia Staff -
Rebel Congress MLA Sachin Pilot has bent the knee before Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and accepted him as his leader.
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News Reports

‘Hardly anyone guessed that the cosmos might be far older but the Hindus did,’ American astronomer Carl Sagan was fascinated by the Hindu view...

Dibakar Dutta -
"The Hindu beliefs are kind of premonition of modern astronomical ideas," Carl Sagan reiterated.
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News Reports

Rajasthan battles policemen suicides: 6 suicides in 2 months, most recent being that of constable Yogindra Singh

OpIndia Staff -
The series of last two months cases in Rajasthan where policemen died of suicide, started with SHO Vishnu Dutt Vishnoi's death
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Political History of India

The international links of Indian Communists: How India’s communists betrayed the nation

Nivan -
The Communist Party of India is one of the most controversial political parties in the country. Founded in 1925, CPI is alleged to have been directly involved in several anti-national activities since its inception.
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News Reports

Controversy in Pakistan after actress Saba Qamar shoots song in a Mosque, officers sacked

OpIndia Staff -
Actors issue apology in Pakistan for shooting for a song in a Lahore mosque.
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News Reports

Supreme Court refuses to accept ‘regret’ of Prashant Bhushan for 2009 contempt case, says proceedings will go on

OpIndia Staff -
While Tejpal offered an apology for publishing the interview in 2009, Bhushan said that his allegations were not referring to the financial status of the judges or their families but the lack of propriety.
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Opinions

People who think govt control of temples will rid them of inter-jati conflict assume that a pro-Hindu govt will always be in power

Guest Author -
Viewing it through the single lenses of govt control, though, does not do justice to the various other aspects of society within which these temples are situated
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News Reports

Shah Faesal steps down as president of political party he founded, could return to administrative services

OpIndia Staff -
Shah Faesal has stepped down as the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM).
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News Reports

DU Professor Apoorvanand mastermind behind the Delhi riots conspiracy, says Delhi riots accused Gulfisha

OpIndia Staff -
DU Professor Apoorvanand had already warned the students that riots would ensue and asked them to be prepared with stones, bottles, acid, knives and dry chilli powder
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Nadeem and Imran kidnap, rape Dalit girl in auto, injured in a police encounter

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, Nadeem and Imran had fired bullets at the chasing police vehicle.
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News Reports

After requesting CBI inquiry in Sushant Singh Rajput death case, Rhea Chakraborty objects to the same, invokes Bihar elections

OpIndia Staff -
Rhea Chakraborty insinuates that Sushant's death was being isolated and blown out of proportion in wake of elections in Bihar
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Opinions

Indians, how they get ‘secularism’ so horribly wrong and how the atmosphere changed after Islam and Christianity entered India

Maria Wirth -
Indians are generally highly intelligent. Yet when it comes to secularism, most intellectuals, media and politicians get the concept wrong, so wrong that it looks as if Indians were purposely fed wrong information.
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News Reports

Meet Kanta Murti, the woman who guarded a manhole and saved hundreds of lives as heavy rains flooded Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
Kanta Murti, a 50-year-old pavement dweller, was seen in a viral video guarding an open manhole for 7 hours in Mumbai’s Matunga
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Political History of India

Did you know? 1962 Sino-India war could have been avoided had former PM Nehru paid heed to professional military advice

OpIndia Staff -
Nehru and his government had ignored warnings by the Indian Army about a possible Chinese aggression, says 2012 report by Gaurav Sawant.
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Politics

Jaane kahaan gaye woh bots: The story of how Congress lost their ‘winning edge’ online

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party has embarked on a campaign to claim that the BJP is using bots to show Narendra Modi is more popular than Rahul Gandhi.
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News Reports

‘Human rights activist’ Aakar Patel incites Muslims to demand separate electorates, a demand that was rejected by the Constituent Assembly of India: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
'Human rights activist' Aakar Patel claimed that the Muslim demand for the creation of Pakistan was justified and blamed Hindus for it.
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Politics

The 2005 interview of Rahul Gandhi, which embarrassed the party so much that it was declared fake and Tarun Tejpal was asked to kill...

Nupur J Sharma -
In an interview to Zee TV, Vijay Simha had detailed how his interview of Rahul Gandhi in 2005, for the Tehalka magazine was killed after Tarun Tejpal was possibly pressured by the Congress party and its senior politicians.
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News Reports

Kolkata: Cricketer Md Shami’s estranged wife receives rape threats after she wished Hindus on Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan, files complaint

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammad Shami, the estranged husband of Hasin Jahan, has also been targeted by radical Islamists in the past for sharing images of his family.
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News Reports

Andaman and Nicobar Islands get fast internet: PM Modi inaugurates submarine OFC connectivity between Chennai and Port Blair

OpIndia Staff -
The foundation of the project was laid down in December 2018 by PM Modi to ensure high-speed internet connectivity for the residents of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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Politics

‘Take 4-5 bouncers with you to instil fear among the govt authorities’: Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat advises Congress workers

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Congress President Balasaheb Thorat was in Solapur to attend coronavirus review meeting the local Congress leaders
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News Reports

“How can you file this petition again?”, Supreme Court raps up TMC MP Mahua Moitra and dismisses her petition

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court rejects Mahua Moitra's plea to put CM Relief Funds at par with PM Cares Fund
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Sports

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali considering sponsoring the 13th season of Indian Premier League

OpIndia Staff -
Patanjali is considering to become title sponsors of the upcoming IPL season which will be played in Dubai.
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News Reports

Hong Kong: Pro-democracy media leader Jimmy Lai arrested under China’s new ‘national security law’, may face a long prison sentence

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, Jimmy Lai may face a prison sentence from 10 years up to life, if found guilty of 'collusion with foreign forces' by the Chinese Communist regime.
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Media

Times of India publishes response by Police to their article on Delhi Riots as ‘letter to editor’: How TOI is deceiving its readers

Editorial Desk -
It was only a few days ago when Delhi Police had written a scathing response to an editorial published by the Times of India that questioned the Delhi Police over its handling of the Delhi Riots.
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News Reports

Lawyer’ Mehmood Pracha, the cover-page boy of pro-ISIS magazine, wants to start anti-CAA-NRC protests from August 15

OpIndia Staff -
Mehmood Pracha had earlier appeared on the cover of a pro-ISIS publication that had asked Indian Muslims to reject nationalism and join the caliphate
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Media

Rahul Gandhi loses even in Twitter poll by India Today

OpIndia Staff -
Amusingly, India Today's other poll also binned Rahul Gandhi and his monologues which the media house tried to pass off as criticism.
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News Reports

Bengal: Second accused Mabud Ali arrested in the suspected murder of BJP MLA Debendranath Roy, had borrowed Rs 1 crore

OpIndia Staff -
While the West Bengal police has ruled out 'foul play', the BJP unit of West Bengal has alleged that the Debendranath Roy was murdered.
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News Reports

Nepal: KP Oli insists that Madi municipality is ‘Ayodhyapuri’, plans to build Mandir and do Bhoomi Pujan there

OpIndia Staff -
Nepal PM KP Oli is adamant on his claim that Madi municipality is the real 'Ayodhyapuri'. Lays out plan to build a temple and do Bhoomi Pujan.
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News Reports

Delhi residents receive calls from unknown numbers trying to incite communal tension on Ram Mandir ahead of Independence Day, security tightened

OpIndia Staff -
It should be noted that Delhi's Khajuri Khas is the area which was amongst the worst affected in the anti-Hindu riots that broke out in February this year after the anti-CAA protests turned violent.
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News Reports

A call from Ireland: Read how efforts of Delhi and Mumbai police prevented a potential suicide

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook Ireland, Delhi Police and Mumbai Police worked together to save a suicidal man.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: PFI and other Islamist organisation under scanner ahead of Independence Day celebrations in wake of Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan

OpIndia Staff -
Security has been increased across India, especially in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Independence Day, keeping in mind the threat perception just days after the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: 100 kg cow dung collected for sale under Godhan Nyay Yojna stolen away

OpIndia Staff -
The Baghel government had launched the Godhan Nyay Yojna in July. It is aimed at enriching the rural economy.
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Coronavirus recoveries in India cross 15 lakh mark

OpIndia Staff -
Total confirmed cases of coronavirus in India has crossed 22 lakh mark.
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Sonia Gandhi to continue as Congress ‘interim’ President

OpIndia Staff -
Even as her tenure comes to an end, Sonia Gandhi will continue to be the interim President of Congress as the party has not yet elected a full-time party president.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Muslim auto driver was thrashed by drunk miscreants for tobacco and money, communal angle not confirmed by police

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim Auto driver in Rajasthan was thrashed for looting him, not for not chanting Jai Sri Ram as alleged, confirms police
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News Reports

“Mumbai gave him prosperity, not Bihar”: Sanjay Raut attacks Sushant Singh Rajput’s family, throws mud on deceased actor’s father

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Raut said that Bihar govt should not have interfered in the matter of Sushant Singh Rajput as the actor was a Mumbaikar
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Aamir Khan resumes filming of movie Laal Singh Chaddha in Turkey

OpIndia Staff -
Laal Singh Chaddha is the official Hindi remake of the 1994 film Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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News Reports

Rhea Chakraborty leaks WhatsApp conversation to accuse that Sushant Singh Rajput considered his sister Priyanka as ‘pure evil’

OpIndia Staff -
Rhea Chakraborty tries to prove that Sushant Singh Rajput did not like his family, releases chat messages with him
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Media

Mocking Dalit leaders Arjun Ram Meghwal, Ramdas Athawale shielding Tablighi Jamaat: How liberal media betrays its bigotry

K Bhattacharjee -
Arjun Ram Meghwal tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus and was subjected to mockery.
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News Reports

Ahead of peace talks, Afghanistan assembly approves release of 400 Islamic terrorists of Taliban

OpIndia Staff -
Afghanistan assembly Loya Jirga approved release of 400 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture ahead of peace talks
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News Reports

Reports claim Sushant Singh Rajput’s former manager Disha Salian’s post-mortem report says she was found nude after her death, Mumbai police deny the reports

OpIndia Staff -
According to the post-mortem report of Disha Salian, her body was found nude, which was not revealed by the police so far
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News Reports

After Pakistan threatens to split Saudi Arabia led OIC for not discussing Kashmir, Saudi govt decides not to renew oil supply pact with Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Saudi Arabia defers oil supply contact with Pakistan after Imran Khan Govt Threatens to Split OIC over Kashmir
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News Reports

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain blames outsiders for rising cases of Coronavirus in the National Capital

OpIndia Staff -
However, since the number of Coronavirus cases is again on the rise in Delhi, Satyendra Jain chose to shift the blame on the outsiders instead of taking up the responsibility.
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News Reports

Rapper Badshah confesses to having paid Rs 75 lakh for fake views and likes of his videos: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Rapper Badshah had paid Rs 75 lakh for additional views on one of his music videos, in a bid to break a viewership record in first 24 hours
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