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He had problem with ringing bells in temple: Locals allege Nadeem Mewati of unleashing terror against Hindus and masterminding priest murder

OpIndia Staff -
In the Meerut Priest murder case, local residents have alleged involvement of former councillor Nadeem Mewati.
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News Reports

Murder of a temple priest in Meerut: Locals allege ex-councillor Nadeem Mewati’s involvement, say Hindus are regularly harassed in area

OpIndia Staff -
Locals in Abdullapur have held a protest alleging that ex-councillor Nadeem Mewati has been harassing Hindus and his involvement in the temple priest murder case must be probed.
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News Reports

Maharashtra CID rules out communal angle in Palghar lynching, chargesheet filed

OpIndia Staff -
The CID filed two charge-sheets of around 11,000 pages, naming over 250-plus accused in the mob lynching case to claim that lynchings of Hindu Sadhus were fuelled by rumours of a gang of thieves and was not a pre-planned attack.
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News Reports

Never said I wanted to sell BMW car to fund my training, I do not have resources to maintain luxury cars: Dutee Chand clarifies

OpIndia Staff -
Dutee Chand's post announcing her car on sale was presented as if she is struggling with financial problems to fund her training. However, Dutee has clarified that her training is funded by the govt of Odisha and KIIT University.
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News Reports

Employees with high access were targeted to hack, Twitter says after multiple verified accounts get hacked

OpIndia Staff -
On the intervening night of 15th and 16th July, Twitter accounts of high profile celebrities were hacked.
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News Reports

Maharashtra govt accepts Raza Academy’s demand to ban movie ‘Muhammad: The Messenger of God’, home minister asks union govt to ban it

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh writes to union govt seeking ban on Iranian movie ‘Muhammad: The Messenger of God’
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News Reports

Reliance Jio launches ‘Jio Glass’ – a mixed reality headset for 3D interactions: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Reliance Industries Limited announced the launch of Jio Glass - the mixed reality headset that allows three-dimensional interactions
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News Reports

Kerala: Christian Padre Robin Vadakkumchery, convicted with 20 years of imprisonment for rape of a minor girl, files petition to marry the victim

OpIndia Staff -
Christian Padre Robin Vadakkumchery and his minor rape victim files joint petition for marriage with Kerala High Court
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News Reports

Uddhav Thackeray opposes gauge conversion of railway line that goes through reserve forest, proposes alternate route that require more virgin forest land

OpIndia Staff -
Uddhav Thackeray has proposed alternate route for railway line through forest that will require acquisition of more forest land
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News Reports

It is our duty, our dharma, our seva to the nation: Nita Ambani speaks about Reliance Foundation’s contribution to help tackle the COVID crisis

OpIndia Staff -
In her first ever Reliance AGM address, Nita Ambani spoke about the Reliance Foundation's contributions to the fight against COVID-19
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News Reports

Men’s grooming product brand Qraa Men removes ad campaign after social media outrage for objectifying women

OpIndia Staff -
Men grooming product brand Qraa Men attracted sharp criticism for objectifying women in latest ad campaign
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi tells NSUI workers that leaders leaving Congress opens door for more young leaders

OpIndia Staff -
It is speculated that Rahul Gandhi took a dig on Sachin Pilot who has been rebelling against Congress and has been very vocal about his disappointment with the party leadership.
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News Reports

He had brought other women to the house when I was in hospital: Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife Anjana Pandey accuses him of infidelity

OpIndia Staff -
Aaliya, who had said that she has gone back to her maiden name Anjana Kishore Pandey, has stated that the actor had relationships with multiple women and had brought women over when she was in hospital for delivery.
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News Reports

Fact Check: Fake message circulating on social media alleges hidden agenda behind Amitabh Bachchan’s hospitalisation at Nanavati Hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Fake message claims that Amitabh Bachchan has mini-ICU at his home and he is director of company that owns Nanavati Hospital
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News Reports

‘Cows are our sisters and deserve protection’: PETA India says after netizens outrage over its Raksha Bandhan campaign

OpIndia Staff -
PETA India clarified that their Raksha Bandhan campaign in Ahmedabad featuring a cow urging people to give up leather for Rakhi drew ire that cows, too, deserve protection.
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News Reports

Tech-giant Google to invest 4.5 billion USD in Reliance Jio, to jointly develop operating system for affordable, entry-level 4G/5G smartphones

OpIndia Staff -
Mukesh Ambani, the Chairman of RIL on Wednesday confirmed that Google will invest over Rs 33,737 crore for a 7.7 per cent stake in Jio Platforms taking the string of investments well over Rs 1,52,000 crore.
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News Reports

Mumbai police deny reports that they will question Salman Khan in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide case

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Police deny reports and said that Salman Khan would not be called in for questioning in Sushant’s suicide investigation
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News Reports

Nepal in damage control mode after PM Oli’s controversial statement on Ram and Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Foreign Affairs Ministry of Nepal has issued an official statement as clarification to PM Oli's controversial statement on Ram and Ayodhya
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News Reports

New York Times columnist Bari Weiss resigns over bullying by far-left, says the media organisation is ‘caving in to the mob’

OpIndia Staff -
Weiss has alleged that she was a victim of 'unlawful discrimination' and her work and character were 'openly demeaned' across company's internal communication channels.
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News Reports

Trouble deepens for Kerala govt in gold smuggling case, call details reveal minister KT Jaleel was in touch with accused Swapna Suresh

OpIndia Staff -
Close nexus between Pinarayi Vijayan-led government and Kerala gold smuggling case accused has been unearthed
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Opinions

The comedy of apologies: When the ones mocking Savarkar for mercy petition to British apologise to ‘secular goons’

Shashank Bharadwaj -
As their old acts began to resurface on the internet, the 'comedians', who have been hailed as the champions of free-speech and often 'speaks truth to power', were soon hit with the reality and decided to run away from social media platforms as they deactivated their profiles.
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News Reports

Meerut: Hindu caretaker of a Shiv Temple beaten to death after he protested against remarks on his saffron attire, accused Anas Qureshi arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Anas Qureshi allegedly attacked and beat up Kanti Prasad brutally after he complained to his family member's about Qureshi's hateful remarks
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News Reports

GST exemption on hand-sanitiser has the potential to increase price of domestic products and incentivise import from China: Read how

OpIndia Staff -
Exemption of GST on a product blocks the input tax credit available for a manufacturer, which gets added to the retail price
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News Reports

Manhunt launched after terrorists kidnap BJP leader in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Mehraj-U-Din Malla, the vice president of the Municipal Committee(MC) Watergam Sopore in north Kashmir's Baramulla district and was kidnapped by an unknown person on Wednesday morning
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News Reports

Pakistan: Hindu boy’s throat slit with sharp weapon, body dumped in river in Sindh province

OpIndia Staff -
Dead body of a Hindu youth named, Mohan Bagari, was recovered from the river in Hala city, which is a Taluka in Mitiari district of Sindh, Pakistan.
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News Reports

No funeral rites for PLA soldiers killed in Galwan clashes, China ordered families to cremate them silently, say reports

OpIndia Staff -
The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs has directed the family members of deceased Chinese soldiers who killed in the Galwan Valley that they should abandon conventional burial services and instead cremate the soldiers discreetly.
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News Reports

Watch: Bull refuses to be parted from cow, reunited after video of him chasing the vehicle cow was being transported in goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The bull was finally reunited with the cow after the heartwarming video of affection between the two bovines went viral on the Internet
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi to postpone his ‘current affairs show’ because Congress is currently facing Rajasthan crisis

OpIndia Staff -
While Ashok Gehlot has been claiming that his government is stable and he has the numbers, Sachin Pilot has stated multiple times that Gehlot has lost majority.
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News Reports

Kerala nun rape case: Accused Franco Mulakkal tests positive for coronavirus after court issued non-bailable warrant

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala nun rape accused Bishop of Jalandhar Franco Mulakkal tested positive for covid-19, after the Kottayam trial court cancelled his bail and issued non-bailable warrant.
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News Reports

Congress govt used sedition law against its own minister: Sachin Pilot says he’s hurt but wont join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Sachin Pilot has expressed disappointment at Ashok Gehlot-run Rajasthan government and said that the government has failed to try and fulfil the promise it made to the people who voted for them.
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Social Media

Comedians apologise to the Maharashtra CM, HM, Aaditya Thackeray and Raj Thackeray for cracking jokes on Shivaji Maharaj

OpIndia Staff -
After years of blaming BJP for fascism, oppression and a lot more, comedians promptly line up to post apologies to Shiv Sena, MNS and NCP leaders fearing reprisal for offensive content.
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News Reports

Muslim Congress leaders pressurise Maharashtra govt to allow Bakri Eid sacrifice even as Shiv Sena-led govt puts several restrictions on Ganesh Utsav

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of the Islamic festival, the Muslim leaders have reportedly expressed their concerns to the government regarding the preparedness and arrangements of cattle mandis (makeshift market) in the city amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

Trump attacks China again, says US holds it responsible for concealing the virus and unleashing it upon the world

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump again attacked China and accused the communist country of concealing the coronavirus and unleashing it upon the world.
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Kerala racket smuggled 150 kgs of gold since September 2019: NIA

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA had arrested two key accused in Kerala gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh and Sandeep Nair, from Bengaluru on Saturday
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Politics

Did you know Farooq Abdullah’s daughter Sara Abdullah had a rough time convincing her family for marrying ‘Hindu’ boy Sachin Pilot: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Sara Abdullah had to suffer a lot of hardship to marry Sachin Pilot because her family did not want her to marry a 'Hindu' man.
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News Reports

Google to join hands with Prasar Bharati for edutainment series to help business owners amid Covid-19

OpIndia Staff -
Google and Prasar Bharati to bring edutainment series for small businesses amid Covid-19 pandemic
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News Reports

‘I swear by Kashmiri mothers and sisters that I will wear a suicide jacket to destroy a Temple built in Pakistan’: Pakistani man in...

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists in Pakistan had recently opposed the construction of Shri Krishna temple in Islamabad, the country’s capital.
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News Reports

Hindus in Nepal protest against oppression of the Hindu community in Pakistan, burn Imran Khan’s effigy

OpIndia Staff -
Activists from the Hindu Community in Nepal protested outside the Pakistan Embassy in Kathmandu against the atrocities committed against Pakistani Hindus.
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Entertainment

At least 7 stand-up comedians deactivate or protect their Twitter accounts after netizens dredge up deplorable old tweets and videos

OpIndia Staff -
Unnerved by the possibility that they might be entrapped in a legal dispute, comedians deactivate/protect their Twitter account after users highlighted their reprehensible old tweets insulting Hindu Gods and Goddesses
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News Reports

Bihar: Govt imposes complete lockdown from July 16 to July 31 to curb the coronavirus explosion in the state

OpIndia Staff -
On Tuesday, the overall coronavirus tally in the state rose to 18,853 with record 1,432 new cases in the last 24 hours.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Blasphemy complaint against opposition politician for saying ‘all religions are equal’

OpIndia Staff -
"This is a country of 22 crore people, irrespective of religion. No religious group is superior to another religious group," Khawaja Asif had said in the National Assembly.
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Political History of India

How Ambedkar busted the myth of ‘Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb’ through his speeches and book ‘Pakistan or Partition of India’

Saket Suryesh -
Ambedkar was, in reality, always wary of the Communists and their propensity of creating chaos and anarchy.
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News Reports

Melting French glacier lead to resurfacing of Indian newspapers which could be from 1966 plane crash

OpIndia Staff -
Air India 101 had collided in the summit of the Mont Blanc mountain range on January 24, 1966, killing all 117 people on board
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News Reports

West Bengal: Doctor accuses Mamata govt of publishing misleading information on the states’ coronavirus preparedness on its health website

OpIndia Staff -
The doctor spoke in his interview with ABP News that health infrastructure in Bengal is deteriorating and the situation is grim.
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Crime

France: Man who shouted ‘Allah hu Akbar’, robbed and defecated on an 85-year-old pensioner, sentenced to 18 months in prison

OpIndia Staff -
Thr 85-year-old pensioner was attacked, beaten with punches and was defecated upon by the criminal inside his Le Crosic home.
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News Reports

Chief Minister of Puducherry directs Forest Department to return Lakshmi the Elephant to her home at the Manakula Vinayagar Temple

OpIndia Staff -
Lakshmi the Elephant will return to her home at the Manakula Vinaygar Temple in Puducherry on Wednesday.
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News Reports

Gandhi family’s Associated Journals Limited “unethically” took possession of land meant for SC/ST hostel in Mumbai, says report

OpIndia Staff -
Land sanctioned for Dalits hostel was taken over by AJL and converted into a commercial property, says report.
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Police stopped my car, took my keys away: BTP MLA from Rajasthan says he is being forcefully stopped from going anywhere

OpIndia Staff -
BTP has 2 MLAs in the Rajasthan assembly and party chief Mahesh Vasava had issued a notice asking them to remain neutral and not support either Congress, BJP or Pilot.
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News Reports

Union Minister reveals senior Congress leader requested 35, Lodhi Estate be allotted to another INC MP so Priyanka Gandhi could stay on

OpIndia Staff -
With the SPG cover withdrawn, Priyanka Gandhi should have vacated the Lodhi Estate bungalow, but she continued to stay on, say reports.
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Rajasthan crisis deepens: Congress fires Sachin Pilot as Deputy CM and state Congress chief, accuses him conspiring with BJP to destabilise govt

OpIndia Staff -
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala today announced that Congress rebel leader Sachin Pilot has been sacked as Rajasthan state Congress chief and removed from his post of Deputy Chief Minister of the state.
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