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BMC allows sacrifice of 150 buffaloes per day for Eid, Muslim organisation fumes, to move HC for permission to slaughter 5,000 buffaloes

OpIndia Staff -
BMC issued such a notification to restrict the slaughter of buffaloes ahead of the Eid after Bombay high court issued a direction to the civic body on the same.
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Government and Policy

Karnataka state government puts on hold the deletion of the chapter on Tipu Sultan from history textbooks

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka government reportedly halted its decision to drop chapter on Tipu Sultan from the class 7 curriculum in the State
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News Reports

Parwez Parvaz, who had once moved court seeking FIR against Yogi Adityanath, gets convicted in a gangrape case and is awarded life imprisonment

OpIndia Staff -
Parwez Parvaz, who had moved the Allahabad High Court in 2007 seeking an FIR against Yogi Adityanath, has been convicted in a 2018 gangrape case.
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News Reports

American Organisation to protest against ‘Hindu Fascists’ at New York during Bhoomi Pujan of Ram Mandir, supports ‘liberation of Kashmir’

OpIndia Staff -
South Asia Solidarity Initiative (SASI), a far-left group, has called for people to join them in their bid to disrupt what it called a 'vile spectacle of fascism'.
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News Reports

While Rhea Chakraborty releases statement in her defence, Sushant Singh Rajput’s bodyguard confirms all allegations against the actress

OpIndia Staff -
After ED registered PMLA case in Sushant's death case, Rhea Chakraborty has released a video statement in her defence
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News Reports

When Pakistan cannot take Kashmir, they change the name of their highway to Srinagar

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan decides to rename its highway as Srinagar on the first anniversary of abrogation of article 370 by Indian govt
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Opinions

‘Hindus taking away jobs’: The old justification for genocide in Kashmir is back on play again as August 5 approaches

Sanghamitra -
While peddling an agenda of alienation, the usual elements never bother to mention that the Kashmiri Muslim is as Indian as the Jammu Hindu and Ladakhi Buddhist, and every Indian citizen is granted the right to education, jobs and property by the constitution of India.
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Opinions

Is India next? Google CEO fumbles when questioned about influencing search result to favour Democratic candidate, USA RW website alleges bias

OpIndia Staff -
Republican Representative from Ohio, Jim Jordan, asserted that "Big Tech's out to get Conservatives."
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News Reports

UP police arrest Congress leader Anoop Patel for inciting mother-daughter duo to self-immolate in front of Yogi Adityanath’s office

OpIndia Staff -
The UP police had registered an FIR against four people including an AIMIM leader Kadir Khan and Congress leader Anoop Patel
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Social Media

Islamists target Congress and former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath for welcoming the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists slam Kamal Nath for welcoming ram Mandir construction, ask Congress not to ask for Muslim vote in future
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News Reports

Communists in Tripura demand that lockdown restrictions should be removed on the occasion of Bakr Eid

OpIndia Staff -
Tripura CPI(M) says that imposing lockdown on Bakr Eid is reckless, demands that the restrictions should be relaxed on that day
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Government and Policy

A saga of mistakes: Misadventures and policy fiascos of Congress governments of the past

Guest Author -
Even as the Indian National Congress (INC) inherited, by default, the reins of power from the British in 1947, it went about making mistake after mistake.
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News Reports

Enforcement Directorate files money laundering case in connection with the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput

OpIndia Staff -
Father of actor Sushant Singh Rajput had filed an FIR alleging that Rhea Chakraborty had stolen Rs 15 crores from the actor
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Government and Policy

National Education Policy 2020: The prospect of research and innovation

Dr. Dinamani -
he government has announced the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The new vision of the government has redefined the trajectory of education by bringing about momentous structural changes in the Education System of India
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Social Media

‘If I’m found hanging in my house, please know I did not commit suicide: Kangana Ranaut says hinting at political connections behind Sushant Rajput...

OpIndia Staff -
After several media reports discussed the presence of a politician's son in Sushant's party the night before his suicide, Kangana has hinted at the identity of the mysterious person.
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News Reports

‘I saw Uddhav Thackeray on TV, but not his administration’: MNS chief Raj Thackeray slams Maharashtra govt for mishandling of Coronavirus crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Criticising the state government, Raj Thackeray said that the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in Maharashtra won't last for long
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News Reports

‘Build the road somewhere else’: Telangana Waqf Board outrages after deserted Mosque’s boundary wall was demolished for road construction

OpIndia Staff -
The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority had reportedly demolished the outer wall of the deserted Qutub Shahi Masjid near High Tech city to construct a new road.
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News Reports

VHP to collect soil from major Dalit temples for Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan ceremony

OpIndia Staff -
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) informed that soil from Dalit temples will be collected for Bhoomi Pujan in Ayodhya on August 5
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News Reports

Gujarat High Court directs districts to issue notification banning animal slaughter in public during Bakra-Eid

OpIndia Staff -
The Gujarat High Court has directed that a notification be passed across the state prohibiting animal slaughter in public on Eid-al-Adha.
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News Reports

Arundhati Roy’s old speech calling govt’s anti-terror ops in Kashmir as ‘state terrorism’ included in Calicut University syllabus, BJP demands its removal

OpIndia Staff -
BJP Kerala has demanded removal of the 'Come September' speech by Arundhati Roy, which has been included in the University of Calicut syllabus.
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News Reports

Had it been Pakistan, would have taken her from your house: The full story of what happened when Nazmul kidnapped Dinesh’s daughter at gunpoint

Jhankar Mohta -
A minor girl was abducted on gunpoint while she was returning from the market with her father. The alleged incident took place on July 26 in Begusarai’s Bhikan Chak village that falls under Bachhwara police station.
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Politics

Congress imploding: Sparks fly during RS meeting, questions raised on if party was ‘sabotaged’, rebels support Modi’s NEP

OpIndia Staff -
In a Rajya Sabha meeting convened and chaired by Sonia Gandhi, sparks flew between the young leaders and party veterans over the accountability of party's numerous debacles
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News Reports

“I am the bigger don, I know how to easily manipulate smaller goons,” actress Rhea Chakraborty’s video saying she controlled her boyfriend goes viral:...

OpIndia Staff -
"I can easily control him," Rhea Chakraborty is heard saying in an undated video that has gone viral on social media
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News Reports

Lord Shiva idol all set to be returned to India, was smuggled to UK in 2003 years after being stolen from Ghateswar Temple: Here...

OpIndia Staff -
A team of experts from the ASI had visited London in 2017 and confirmed that the same statue of Lord Shiva was stolen from Rajasthan in 1998
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News Reports

To investigate or not to investigate: How Rajdeep Sardesai exposed his hypocrisy in Sushant Singh Rajput’s case after taking a completely different stand in...

OpIndia Staff -
Rajdeep Sardesai wants Sushant Singh Rajput death probe to stop, does not want the truth like he wanted in Justice Loya's death
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News Reports

‘Masjid can’t be built on donated land. Build a school or hospital instead’: Hindu saint tells Sunni Waqf Board

OpIndia Staff -
The mahant stated that since prayers from a Mosque built on donated land doesn't get accepted, the Sunni Waqf Board should build a school or hospital on the allocated site instead.
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News Reports

Sushant Singh Rajput’s party was attended by a politician’s son a night before his alleged suicide, they had a heated argument: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The alleged suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput took a completely new turn after his father filed an FIR against actor Rhea Chakraborty and others
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Opinions

July 30: When 15,000 Indian ‘liberals’ paid tribute to a terrorist

Abhishek Banerjee -
You remember Yakub Memon. He and his friends carried out the 1993 serial blasts, in which 257 people were killed. This is how he was eulogised.
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News Reports

Turkey has been funding anti-India activities, Erdogan vying to become the leader of Islamic nations: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, Erdogan's regime has been funding many religious seminars in India to radicalise Muslims and taking them on full-expense covered trips to Turkey for further indoctrination.
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OpIndia Explains

The saga of Wikipedia bias continues: ‘Jai Shri Ram is a war cry’

OpIndia Staff -
The Wikipedia page of the sacred chant 'Jai Shri Ram' has been distorted to paint a completely ant-Hindu picture and call the chant a war cry
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News Reports

Sleight of hand: Here is how Moneycontrol tried to mislead people on NEP, changed headline after being called out

OpIndia Staff -
Social Media users had pointed out the misleading headline of Moneycontrol.
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News Reports

Burnt by Mirage and Sukhoi in Balakot, Pakistan hurries to declare it is not scared of Rafale jets, whines against BJP govt

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday, India received the first batch of five Rafale jets as a part of the inter-governmental agreement with France for the procurement of 36 ready-to-fly fighter jets.
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News Reports

Setback to Arvind Kejriwal in his attempt to save rioters, LG vetoes AAP on lawyers’ panel to defend Delhi police in anti-Hindu riots

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi government had rejected the lawyers panel of six public prosecutors suggested by Delhi Police to defend itself in the Anti-Hindu riots
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News Reports

India’s first ambassador to China KM Panikkar had opposed the reconstruction of Somnath Temple in his letter to Nehru: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Both Nehru and KM Panikkar had said that Somnath Temple reconstruction was an act of Hindu revivalism
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Social Media

Twitter suspends account that exposes lies and hypocrisy of left-liberals, without giving any reason, restores 2 weeks later following outrage

OpIndia Staff -
After a large number of users slammed Twitter for suspending Poliltical Kida, it was restored, again without any intimation to the user.
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Editor's picks

Faiz Khan and why there are so few ex-Muslims in India

Maria Wirth -
At first, I didn’t believe it could be the same Faiz Khan whose videos I liked, but then I realized it was indeed him, and felt greatly disappointed that he doesn’t realize that he should never go there for Bhoomi Puja.
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Opinions

Political callisthenics in Didi’s Poschimbanga: A tale of hollow promises, corruption, misrule, unemployment and appeasement

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
The tragedy in West Bengal today is that the claims of the government and the reality on the ground are often miles apart
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Government and Policy

Formidable India over bellicose China: Why are India-China relations not really as they should be

Col (Dr) Arun Kumar Vashishta -
With them losing ground rapidly on the moral plane, China needs to step back and make way for India as the leader in the world.
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News Reports

Agencies warn of terrorist attacks on 5th and 15th August, Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi also considered a possible target

OpIndia Staff -
As August 5 is also the first-year anniversary of the abrogation of article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the security agencies are on high-alert for the Bhoomi Pujan day.
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News Reports

Congress leader who had once called Afzal Guru a martyr now calls 5th August a ‘black day’

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Salman Nizami echoes Pakistan, terms 5th August as a black day for Jammu and Kashmir
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News Reports

‘Hero’, ‘Ghazi’, Lion of Islam: Pakistani nationals hail man who murdered an elderly Ahmadiyya for committing ‘blasphemy’

OpIndia Staff -
Shockingly, hours after the killing of Naseem, the killer Khalid Khan is now hailed as a hero by Pakistanis, claiming that he saved 'Islam' by killing an unarmed, elderly man who was serving prison sentence.
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News Reports

Ahead of Eid, actor Irrfan Khan’s son Babil turns ‘Dara Hua Musalman’, wants to be ‘free’

OpIndia Staff -
Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan's son Babil on Wednesday took to Instagram to express fear of not being afraid to post anything on social media against the 'people in power' as it may ruin his career.
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Entertainment

Sushant Singh Rajput case: ED to look into claims of Rajput’s father that Rhea Chakraborty stole Rs 15 crores

OpIndia Staff -
ED has written to Bihar Police asking for a copy of the FIR in the death of Sushant Singh Rajput against his ex-girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty and others
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News Reports

UP Sunni Waqf Board constitutes trust to build Mosque in Ayodhya on land given as per SC’s Ram Janmabhoomi order

OpIndia Staff -
UP Sunni Waqf board forms trust named Indo Islamic Cultural Foundation build mosque in Ayodhya
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Politics

Rafale jets are overhyped. For super secret reasons, UPA had a much better fighter jet deal

Abhishek Banerjee -
Sources tell me that UPA's deal with fighter jets was much better than that of Modi's.
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News Reports

Tamil poet Piraisoodan says A R Rahman’s mother had asked him to remove Tilak before entering their house

OpIndia Staff -
When poet Piraisoodan went to Rahman's house on invitation, Rahman’s mother asked him to remove his Vibuthi and Kumkum
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News Reports

Images of Lord Ram and 3D portraits of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya to beam across Time Square on 5th August: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Images of Bhagwan Ram and 3D portraits of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya are to beam across Time Square on 5th August, informed Jagdish Sehwani, president of the American India Public Affairs Committee.
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News Reports

Priyanka Gandhi finally vacates the govt allocated bungalow, a day before the last date

OpIndia Staff -
The central government bungalow at 35, Lodhi Estate has now been allocated to BJP MP Anil Baluni.
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News Reports

Sedition charges against Sharjeel Imam: AAP govt yet to sanction prosecution, Delhi Police tells court

OpIndia Staff -
Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana has taken cognisance of the charges under UAPA against Sharjeel Imam, but the AAP govt is yet to give prosecution sanction on the sedition charges.
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Entertainment

Supreme Court junks PIL that demanded CBI enquiry into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court on the 30th July junked a PIL that was filed demanding a CBI inquiry into the tragic death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput
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