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As Uddhav Thackeray govt buys expensive cars for ministers, doctors and nurses leave Mumbai to return to Kerala as BMC keeps salary pending

OpIndia Staff -
The BMC has been consistently deferring the payment of doctors as promised by the Maharashtra government while requesting the Kerala government for the medical resources
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News Reports

Arunachal Pradesh: Christian group apologises after pastor burns idol of Goddess Ain Donyi, legal rights group writes to HM about rampant conversion campaigns

OpIndia Staff -
The incident shocked Tajum Tasung from Vanvaashi kalyan Ashram. He said, "The action of Christians in Seppa region is shameful. I condemn the incident. I have never seen anything like this.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Saffron paint poured on the statue of Periyar in Coimbatore, tension ensues in Sundarapuram area

OpIndia Staff -
The Tamil Nadu police said that some unidentified people poured saffron paint on the statue of Periyar, tension is now brewing in the area
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News Reports

Indian Express report insinuates Delhi Police giving special treatment to Hindu accused in riot cases, Police calls it ‘highly misleading’

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police in its rejoinder to Indian Express said that the tone and tenor of the report were misleading and gave the impression that the Delhi Police was acting in a biased manner.
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News Reports

Congress brings in ‘audio recording’ drama to claim BJP is trying to buy MLAs: Did it inadvertently admit that Gehlot does not have the...

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress and CM Ashok Gehlot have been firmly asserting that they have a majority and the Rajasthan government is stable. The sudden audio drama and claims of a Congress MLA saying that they do not have the numbers adds new twist to the political development in the state.
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News Reports

‘We see it in Himalayas where China recently took aggressive stand’: USA State Dept issues statement against Chinese aggression and expansionism

OpIndia Staff -
Pointing out the recent 'aggressive stance of China' on Indian frontiers and the South China Sea, SCA noted that Beijing's misadventure is not a local phenomenon but an essential feature of 'a nationalist and Marxist-Leninist mindset'.
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News Reports

Bhima Koregaon case accused Varavara Rao tests positive for coronavirus, shifted to JJ hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Activist Varavara Rao tests positive for Coronavirus, shifted to JJ hospital from Taloja central jail
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News Reports

Police lodges FIR after AMU student receives threats from another student, told she will be forced to wear “brass hijab”

OpIndia Staff -
Police file FIR after AMU students threaten female student for saying girls in the University are forced to cover themselves up in hostels
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News Reports

Curious Case of Mohan Nursing Home: Who killed Shahid and why was his body dumped anonymously by Muslims in front of a hospital

Nupur J Sharma -
Chargesheet in Delhi riots case says that bullet that had hit Shahid could not have come from Hindu rioters as they too far away
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Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did the Rs 263 crore Sattar Ghat bridge in Bihar collapse within 29 days of construction?

OpIndia Staff -
The barbs were not limited to the opposition parties. Some netizens also blamed Bihar govt for the Sattar Ghat Bridge collapse
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News Reports

Netizens outrage after Scotch-Brite says it will remove ‘regressive’ bindi in new logo

OpIndia Staff -
Karthik Srinivasan, who claims to be communications strategy consultant, recently took to LinkedIn to call out Scotch-Brite for their logo which stereotypes gender roles.
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News Reports

India to begin International flights to select countries via Air Bubbles till travel restrictions due to Coronavirus remain: Civil Aviation Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Unless international civil aviation returns to pre-covid state, air bubbles are the only answer, said civil aviation minister
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News Reports

Sachin Pilot & other rebel Congress MLAs approach Rajasthan HC against Speaker’s disqualification notice, court grants time to amend the plea

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier in the day, Congress had sacked Sachin Pilot as the state chief and removed him from the Deputy CM's post
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News Reports

Sushant Singh Rajput’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty requests home minister Amit Shah to hand over Sushant’s suicide case to CBI

OpIndia Staff -
After receiving death and rape threats, Rhea Chakraborty seeks CBI probe into her boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput's death case
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News Reports

Maharashtra: NCP demands Rs.11,000 as ‘donation’ from aspirants to consider them for Gram Panchayat administrator posts

OpIndia Staff -
The NCP leaders in Pune have asked aspirants of the post to pay Rs 11,000 donation to the party to be eligible for the Panchayat Administrator post.
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News Reports

Congress governments over four decades kept changing rules to allot free Lutyens land to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
A report by Times Now stated that ongoing high-level probe against the Gandhis-controlled Rajiv Gandhi Foundation has exposed a convenient arrangement that saw Gandhi family virtually taking over prime Lutyens land through various trusts including the RGF.
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News Reports

Watch: Alcoholic man ruthlessly beat a stray dog to death in Ghaziabad, gets arrested after video of the act go viral

OpIndia Staff -
Ghaziabad man taken into custody after video of him beating a stray dog to death went viral on social media
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News Reports

“Was attacked because I’m a Dalit”: Says social media user Madhur Singh who finds inaction of NCW against comedian Kenny Sebastian worrisome

OpIndia Staff -
Social media user Madhur Singh, popularly known as ThePlacardGuy has expressed concern that the lack of action of National Commission for Women against comedian Kenny Sebastian for obscene comments against his mother.
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News Reports

‘India took extraordinary step to ban TikTok and other Chinese apps, US shouldn’t trust them either’: 25 US Congressmen urge Trump to follow India’s...

OpIndia Staff -
Praising India’s decision to ban 59 Chinese apps, 25 US Congressmen asked Trump not to trust these apps either in a strongly worded letter
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News Reports

Here is why #BabyPenguin is trending on Twitter, and why Aaditya Thackeray is called so by some

OpIndia Staff -
Yuva Sena registered complaint against twitter user for calling Aaditya Thackeray "Baby Penguin" and Uddhav Thackeray "Aurangzeb"
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh CM orders removal of Guna SP and Collector, high-level inquiry ordered after Dalit couple consumed pesticide

OpIndia Staff -
Shivraj Singh Chouhan removes Guna SP and Collector after Dalit couple who were encroaching govt land consumed pesticide
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News Reports

Complaints of fake and bad quality seeds: MNS workers vandalise agriculture department office in Latur, Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
MNS workers vandalize office of co-director Agriculture department, Latur, demanding compensation to farmers over bad quality seed distribution and action against private companies.
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News Reports

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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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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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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‘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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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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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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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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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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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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