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Surat: Cop who assaulted the female Canara bank employee suspended and arrested, employees thank Nirmala Sitharaman for prompt action

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The investigation was initiated after Nirmala Sitharaman promised strict action against who assaulted Canara bank employee
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News Reports

Sushant Singh Rajput death: Final postmortem report concludes asphyxia due to hanging, says clear case of suicide and rules out foul play

OpIndia Staff -
Soon after the news of the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, there was a lot of speculations over his death
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News Reports

Amidst intense LAC standoff, China tries to open new fronts in Ladakh’s Depsang and Daulat Beg Oldie sectors

OpIndia Staff -
Satellite images show new camps and vehicle movements by China in Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) and Depsang sectors in Ladakh
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Interviews

China doesn’t care for the life or death of Manchu people: Manchurian freedom activist Bernhardt Silergi

अजीत भारती -
Manchu activist Bernhardt Silergi, who lives in Munich, Germany, speaks to OpIndia about the Chinese occupation and exploitation of his people's land.
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News Reports

Indian Army Chief visits LAC at in Ladakh, awards commemoration cards to soldiers who fought with Chinese troops at Galwan Valley

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Army Chief visited forward locations in Eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), and interacted with the Indian troops
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News Reports

‘We are on the brink of yet another border skirmish with China, especially in Pangong Tso’: Former Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor

OpIndia Staff -
Former Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said that he does think India-China war is imminent, but border skirmishes are possibility along LAC
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News Reports

India to withdraw 55 staffers from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad in the next seven days

OpIndia Staff -
India to withdraw half of its staff from Indian High Commission in Islamabad, Pakistan also to reduce staff in High Commission in Delhi by 50%
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News Reports

President of Tibetan govt-in-exile warns Nepal, says after occupying Tibet, Beijing looking to accomplish its “Five-fingers-plan”

OpIndia Staff -
China bolstering its expansionist policies in the Indian subcontinent region, said the Tibetan government-in-exile
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News Reports

Kapil Mishra says Indian Express report on constable Ratan Lal chargesheet misleading and full of lies, used to malign him

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader on Wednesday took to Twitter to say that the Indian Express report on charge sheet of Constable Ratan Lal's murder by rioting anti-Hindu mob in February this year is misleading and a deliberate attempt to spread malicious rumour against him.
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News Reports

Did you know Congress govt had agreed for de-militarisation of Siachen and proposed joint-monitoring of the strategic glacier with Pakistan: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Manmohan Singh's attempt to de-militarise Siachen glacier was stopped after NSA MK Narayanan objected to the deal with Pakistan
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News Reports

Delhi riots: Shahrukh Pathan, who had fired bullets at police, seeks bail on ‘humanitarian grounds like Safoora Zargar’, HC refuses

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"While committing the offence, you (Shahrukh) forgot everyone and now you are thinking about your aged and ailing parents," the Judge remarked while rejecting Pathan's bail plea.
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News Reports

‘If our soldiers are attacked, there will be consequences’: India warns China during de-escalation talks over LAC conflict

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Top officials of India and China arrive at mutual consensus to disengage from all friction areas" along the Line of Actual Control
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News Reports

SC lawyer files petition demanding NIA probe against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi over the 2008 MoU between Congress and the Communist Party of China

OpIndia Staff -
The lawyers who have filed the petition in the apex court has asked for an investigation into the details of the MoU signed between the Congress party and the Communist Party of China in 2008 during the UPA era.
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News Reports

Delhi: AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal gets bail by HC in doctor suicide case

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police had arrested AAP leader Prakash Jarwal and his aide Kapil Nagar from Saket on May 9.
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News Reports

Union government brings cooperative banks under RBI control through an ordinance

OpIndia Staff -
The cabinet on Wednesday passed an ordinance to extend the Reserve Bank of India's supervision over the cooperative banks
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News Reports

‘Kiss for love’ campaigner Rehana Fathima, who attempted to desecrate Sabarimala, booked for posting video of her kids painting on her topless body

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"No child who has seen his own mother's nakedness and body can abuse the female body", claims Rehana Fathima in her Facebook post.
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News Reports

Char Dham priests to protest against Uttarakhand government’s decision to set up Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board

OpIndia Staff -
Priests claim that Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board has been set up by Uttarakhand govt will take control of temples
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Media

CNN News 18 refers to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as “Azad Kashmir”, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
In a news segment, the ticker on CNN News18 kept referring to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir as 'Azad Kashmir' a term Pakistanis use to refer to PoK.
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News Reports

A day after Pakistan Cricket Board declared Mohammad Hafeez as coronavirus positive, the cricketer claims he is negative after second test done personally

OpIndia Staff -
After PCB declared Mohamaad Hafeez corona positive, the Pakistani cricketer got himself tested in personal capacity & found he is negative
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News Reports

Delhi: As per Union Home Ministry’s order, ITBP takes over Radha Soami Satsang Beas in Chattarpur, India’s largest COVID-19 care facility

OpIndia Staff -
ITBP took charge of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas COVID-19 centre in Chattarpur. It is India's largest single COVID care facility.
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News Reports

Kolkata: Hackers intrude e-class of class 6 students of a girls’ school, threaten students with rape and murder

OpIndia Staff -
Hackers enter online class of a Girl's school in Kolkata, abuse and threat the class 6 students with rape and murder
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News Reports

Delhi University principal Masroor Ahmad Beg accused of plagiarism

OpIndia Staff -
A complaint has been registered at the UGC chairman and vice-chancellor of DU against Masroor Ahmad Beg, the principal of Zakir Husain Delhi College (evening) accusing him of plagiarism
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News Reports

Sikh-owned restaurant vandalized by white supremacist group in the US, walls covered with racist and anti-ISIS graffiti

OpIndia Staff -
Sikh-owned restaurant named 'Indian Palace' in Santa Fe city in New Mexico in US was vandalized by a white supremacist group
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News Reports

“Relaunch of ‘the scion’ for the nth time can wait”: BJP chief JP Nadda takes a dig at Congress over LAC standoff

OpIndia Staff -
JP Nadda said that India lost thousands of square kilometres of land due to "misadventures of one dynasty"
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News Reports

Corruption charges against TMC leaders in cyclone compensation distribution: Mamata Banerjee orders probe fearing impact on polls: Report

OpIndia Staff -
CM Mamata Banerjee orders probe against corruption charges against TMC leaders in cyclone compensation distribution
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News Reports

Bank employee assaulted in Surat: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promises strict action against culprits

OpIndia Staff -
FM Nirmala Sitharaman stated that she has spoken to concerned authorities in Surat and promised strict action against the culprits for assaulting a female bank employee.
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Social Media

Liberalman and more – watch these 5 clips going viral that expose liberal hypocrisy

OpIndia Staff -
The Daily Switch, a political, media and culture website, on its social media account shared the antics of 'liberals and 'Liberalman', the new superhero in town.
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News Reports

Bengal: TMC MLA Tamonash Ghosh passes away due to coronavirus, had heart and kidney ailments

OpIndia Staff -
Tamonash Ghosh was a three-time MLA from the Falta constituency in South 24 Parganas and had been the treasurer for TMC since 1998.
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Fact-Check

Did Hong Kong approve new maps including Chinese-occupied territories as parts of India? Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Various social media users took to Twitter to share the purported post to claim that 'Republic of Hong Kong' had released a new map in which it has approved Chinese-occupied territories as parts of India.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Ten cricket players test positive for coronavirus ahead of England tour, PCB says no change in schedule

OpIndia Staff -
The PCB has informed that most of those found corona positive were reserve players and only one player from the intended playing 11 has tested positive.
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News Reports

IMA ‘Halal’ ponzi scam: Senior IAS officer accused of corruption found hanging at his residence in Bengaluru

OpIndia Staff -
The senior IA officer had been accused of taking a bribe if Rs 1.5 crores from the promotors of IMA. He was the former DC of Bengaluru and was accused of submitting a report favouring the IMA to the state government when an inquiry was launched into the alleged money laundering in the name of 'halal' investments.
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Media

Times of India apologises for using alive food bloggers’ photo as a dead couple’s photo on the front page of their paper

OpIndia Staff -
Food vloggers Shilpi and Amit Agarwal who live in California took to Facebook earlier on Tuesday to express their angst.
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News Reports

Twitter censors Donald Trump’s tweet as ‘abusive behaviour’ after he warns DC protestors

OpIndia Staff -
Social networking giant Twitter on Tuesday flagged one more tweet of US President Donald Trump for 'abusive behaviour' and 'violating guidelines'
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Government and Policy

Chinese propaganda outlet Global Times claims Rajnath Singh will meet Chinese defense minister in Russia, Indian MoD refutes claims: Report

OpIndia Staff -
After the violent India-China standoff Global Times, had shared a disparaging caricature of an elephant personifying India
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News Reports

Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl in Jacobabad abducted, converted to Islam and married off to kidnapper Wazir Hussain

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A minor Hindu girl was abducted, converted to Islam and married off to her abductor in Sindh's Jacobabad in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Maharashtra Cyber department warns of ‘large scale phishing attack’ by Chinese entities, issues advisory

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Cyber department issued an advisory on Tuesday warning of a phishing attack by Chinese entities.
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Politics

Bihar: 5 MLCs from RJD resign from party ahead of Legislative Council Elections, national vice-president steps down from post

OpIndia Staff -
5 RJD members in the Bihar Legislative Council and its national vice-president resigned from the party right ahead of Legislative council elections.
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News Reports

Ten places in Nepal already encroached upon by China through increased road network in Tibet: Report

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The report cautioned that if the new direction of the flow of rivers continues unabated, then, hundreds of hectares of Nepal land may be annexed to Tibet.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal tries to show lack of cooperation from centre for 10,000 bed COVID facility. Amit Shah reveals the work is already being completed...

OpIndia Staff -
The coronavirus facility at Radha Satsang Beas campus will be operational by June 26, Amit Shah told Arvind Kejriwal.
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Government and Policy

Ministry of Ayush takes cognisance of Patanjali coronavirus kit, asks to refrain from publicising claims until duly examined

OpIndia Staff -
Patanjali has launched an Ayurvedic medicine combination which claims to cure the Coronavirus disease within 3-7 days
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News Reports

India downgrades diplomatic relations with Pakistan, instructs Pakistan High Commission to reduce its staff presence by half within 7 days

OpIndia Staff -
Indian government hasasked Pakistan High Commission to reduce its staff strength by half in the country.
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Law

SC and its suo motu cognisance of the migrant crisis: An institution which is infinitely powerful yet frightfully defenceless

Guest Author -
Alexander Pekelis observes “the Supreme Court is infinitely powerful and at the same time frightfully defenceless”.
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News Reports

After botched up ‘Monkey Christ’, another Spanish restorer botches up Virgin Mary painting despite two attempts

OpIndia Staff -
In 2012, a Spanish restorer had botched the famous Ecce Homo painting which was then called "Monkey Christ"
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News Reports

Pakistan’s attempt to list an Indian citizen as ‘global terrorist’ failed after USA terminated proposal at UNSC

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has been trying to put an Indian national on UN terror list over false charges of terrorism on its soil.
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Opinions

Sympathy for The Devil? With Safoora getting uncontested bail on ‘humanitarian grounds’, Islamists win this round

Nupur J Sharma -
A grotesque, shameless injustice was seen today as Safoora Zargar got bail and walked out of Tihar jail after being arrested for instigating the Delhi riots
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News Reports

Hilal Ahmad Dar, missing PhD scholar from Srinagar, joins Hizbul, says police

OpIndia Staff -
Hilal Ahmad Dar, PhD student who went 'missing' after he had gone for a trek with his friends earlier this month, has now joined joined terror group Hizbul Mujahideen.
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News Reports

This day that year: The legacy of the attack on Air India Flight 182 Kanishka by Khalistani terrorists which killed all 329 people onboard

OpIndia Staff -
The bombing of Air India Flight 182 by Khalistani Terrorists was the deadliest of its kind until the 9/11 terror attack 16 years later.
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News Reports

Marathi daily owned by Pawar family shows Uddhav Thackeray as Captain America even as coronavirus caseloads in Maharashtra soar

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The glorification of the Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders come in the midst of the worsening coronavirus situation in Maharashtra which has so far registered upwards of 1.35 lakh cases and more than 6200 fatalities.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Congress govt revises class 10 book which gives “lack of patience and control” as reason why Maharana Pratap lost Battle of Haldighati

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The Battle of Haldighati was fought between Maharana Pratap and Akbar's forces led by Raja Man Singh of Amer. The battle was lost by Maharana Pratap.
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News Reports

CWC meeting: Rajasthan CM stands to pay tribute to martyred Indian soldiers, Netizens question why ‘madam’ remained seated

OpIndia Staff -
Ashok Gehlot had tweeted that during the virtual meeting of the CWC, two minutes silence was observed to pay tribute to the martyred Indian soldiers.
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