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Cricket

Internet helps Sachin Tendulkar find the fan who motivated him to redesign his elbow guard for better performance

OpIndia Staff -
Guruprasad had told Sachin Tendulkar in 2001 that his elbow guard was hampering his wrist movements.
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Sports

Mesut Ozil, suffering horrible form at Arsenal, rakes up controversy with comments on China and ‘East Turkestan’

OpIndia Staff -
The message fro Mesut Ozil was written in a background of blue with a white crescent moon, the colours of Uyghur Separatists who call the region 'East Turkestan'.
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Satire

Diary of a Delhi Liberal: Citizenship Amendment Act, Bengal burning and Rahul Gandhi

Liberals of Delhi -
Finally, after numerous failed attempts since May 2014, the 'liberals' of Delhi have successfully managed to set fire to India.
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News Reports

“Freedom of Speech is a joke”: Bollywood actor Payal Rohatgi tweets after Rajasthan Police detains her for making comments on Nehru

OpIndia Staff -
Bollywood entertainer Payal Rohatgi was arrested by Rajasthan Police over alleged remarks on Jawaharlal Nehru and his family.
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News Reports

Day after violent protests, provocative slogans appear in Jamia Millia Islamia University campus

OpIndia Staff -
Most of the protests happening against the Citizenship Bill are being hijacked by various Muslim groups who are unleashing extreme violence across the country.
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Social Media

‘Bigot no 1’, Actor Farhan Akhtar labels a concerned citizen of India for asking him to reach out to people to contain violence

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim mobs across the country are continuing their rampage as a form of protests over Citizenship Amendment Act.
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News Reports

West Bengal lawyer who shared his harrowing experience on Muslim mob violence now blames the BJP IT cell for being ‘divisive force’

OpIndia Staff -
Bengal lawyer Sankhadeep Shome survived near-death experience on hands of Muslim mob on rampage, blames 'BJP IT cell' for highlighting the same.
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News Reports

Fresh records show the four suspects killed in Telangana encounter may be minors, Police in a huddle after SC orders inquiry

OpIndia Staff -
The Cyberabad police are finding tough to answers to questions raised by these three independent investigations. With Supreme Court’s ordering to set up another panel, the Cyberabad police will be under pressure to prove their case. 
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Politics

“Rahul Jinnah” would be more appropriate name: BJP on Congress’ Wayanad MP’s Savarkar jibe

OpIndia Staff -
Attacking Rahul Gandhi over his Savarkar jibe, the BJP said that 'Rahul Jinnah' would be a more appropriate name for Congress' Wayanad MP.
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News Reports

International shooter Vartika Singh writes letter in blood to HM Amit Shah requesting to carry out execution of Nirbhaya’s rapists

OpIndia Staff -
The execution of convicts in Nirbhaya case may be carried out soon. 23-year-old girl was brutally gang raped in Delhi on 16th December, 2012.
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Politics

“Beat Rahul Gandhi in public”: Savarkar’s grandson tears into Congress MP for his Savarkar remark

OpIndia Staff -
Defiant to apologise for his sexist and insensitive 'Rape in India' comment, Rahul Gandhi said, “My name is not Rahul Savarkar, won't apologise".
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News Reports

JNU protests: VC M Jagadesh Kumar escapes attack mounted by 10-15 ‘students’ who pulled and gheraod him on campus

OpIndia Staff -
The students of JNU on Thursday mounted an assault against the VC M Jagadesh Kumar in the university campus.
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Crime

Man arrested for raping his 8-year-old daughter for 2 years in Madhya Pradesh: Read the horrific details

OpIndia Staff -
In yet another shocking incident of brutality against minors, the Madhya Pradesh police have arrested a man named Ramesh Deora from Neemuch for sexually assaulting his daughter for over more than 2 years
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Crime

I don’t want to die, please save me: Man rapes an 18-year-old girl and sets her on fire when she threatened to lodge complain...

OpIndia Staff -
After sexually assaulting the 18-year-old, the accused poured kerosene on the victim and set her on fire
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News Reports

Five men pretending to be CBI officers abduct Manipur CM’s brother from Kolkata using toys guns, rescued hours later

OpIndia Staff -
In a shocking incident, five men faking to be CBI officers entered Manipur CM N Biren Singh's brother, Tongbram Lukhoi Singh's apartment in Kolkata and abducted him.
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Media

From enjoying mustard field to discussing UK elections: How five-star “journalists” looked away as Muslim mobs burnt Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
The state of West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee is burning as Muslim mobs led by Islamists have gone a rampage to such an extent that the state has deliberately chosen to remain on sidelines fearing more violence by these Muslim mobs.
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Law

Judgement on Sabarimala not the last word: SC declines entry to Rehana Fathima and Bindu Ammini till review petitions heard

OpIndia Staff -
Sabarimala: SC said the issue was 'very emotive' and it did not want the situation to become 'explosive'
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News Reports

Human Development Index 2019: Pakistan ranks lowest among South Asian countries

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan slipped one rank to 152 from the 2018 rankings in the list of 189 countries that were considered for the Human Development Index report
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Government and Policy

Tech-giant Google recognises success of India’s UPI, recommends US Federal Reserve to implement similar model

OpIndia Staff -
Tech-giant Google has recommended that the US Federal Reserve implement a real-time payments platform similar to India's UPI.
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News Reports

Citizenship Amendment Act protests: Muslim mob continues rampage in Bengal, three more Railway stations and toll plazas set ablaze

OpIndia Staff -
The rampage of the Muslim mob continues in West Bengal under the watch of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
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News Reports

After protests against CAB in Jamia Millia Islamia turn violent, all semester exams postponed, winter break announced

OpIndia Staff -
Jamia students have called a university lockdown on Saturday and had planned to boycott the exams holding protests against CAB
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News Reports

The Digital Hindu: 2019 Bharat Niti Summit to be held in Bengaluru to strengthen Hindu dharma and culture

OpIndia Staff -
The 2019 Bharat Niti Summit will be held on 15th December in Bengaluru under the theme of 'The Digital Hindu'.
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News Reports

CBI books close aide of the Gandhi family, Leela Samson, for financial irregularities worth over Rs 60 lakhs

OpIndia Staff -
has booked the former Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi and Padma Shree awardee, Leela Samson for financial irregularities
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Farooq Abdullah detention extended by three months under PSA

OpIndia Staff -
The detention of NCP leader Farooq Abdullah has been extended by 3 months.
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Crime

Maharashtra ATS arrests two SIMI terrorists, Illyas Akram Shaikh and Ejaz Akram Shaikh, absconding since 2006 Mumbai blasts

OpIndia Staff -
The ATS Maharashtra believes the arrests of SIMI terrorists to be a major breakthrough
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News Reports

Bharat Bachao Rally: Congress whips up frenzy with rhetorical assertions and theatrical exaggerations

OpIndia Staff -
In a bid to take potshots at VD Savarkar, Rahul Gandhi in the Bharat Bachao rally claimed that he is not Rahul Savarkar to tender an apology to the government
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Camp organised in Jaisalmer to help refugees from Pakistan to avail Indian citizenship, 15 refugees complete process

OpIndia Staff -
Jaisalmer district administration has organised a camp on Friday to help refugees from Pakistan to avail the citizenship of India
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Opinions

India’s Hindus are not ‘majority with a minority complex’, they are like a ship caught in a storm on the high seas

Abhishek Banerjee -
Hindus are nearly 80% in India. What do we have to worry about? Are Hindus a majority with a minority complex? 
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News Reports

Muslim mob pelted stones, poked rods, laughed sadistically: Survivor shares harrowing tale from Bengal anti-CAB protests

OpIndia Staff -
Sankhadeep Shome went through a horrific experience of anti-CAB riots near Howrah, Bengal has written a detailed post on how Muslim mob unleashed barbarity in the name of protests
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News Reports

In a viral video, Muslim ‘protestor’ says they’ ruled for 800 years’ but never ‘got arrogant’, threatens PM Modi with dire consequences over CAB...

OpIndia Staff -
Most of the protests happening against the CAB are being hijacked by the Muslim groups who are unleashing extreme violence across the country
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News Reports

Former Pakistan MP who now sells peanuts in Haryana recalls how he was being forced to convert to Islam, celebrates CAB

OpIndia Staff -
A former Pakistani MP who fled religious persecution in Pakistan and migrated to India is celebrating CAB
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Politics

Arvind Kejriwal led AAP joins hands with election strategist and JDU leader Prashant Kishor ahead of Delhi elections

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal has roped in election strategist Prashant Kishor political consultancy firm I-PAC for Delhi elections
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Media

Times Now calls Yogi Adityanath’s call for contribution to Ram Mandir at Ayodhya ‘controversial’ and ‘bizarre’

OpIndia Staff -
According to Times Now, the proposition by Yogi Adityanath was 'bizarre and controversial'.
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News Reports

Watch: Protests against CAB in Jamia Millia Islamia turn violent amidst chants of Allaho Akbar, Nara-e-Taqbeer and La ilahi illilah

OpIndia Staff -
Students protesting against CAB at Jamia Millia Islamia University also pelted stones at the police officials
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee announces mega protests marches opposing CAB even as mobs turn violent following Friday prayers in Mosques

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has announced that her party will be holding protests in December against CAB and NRC.
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News Reports

Maldives Speaker Mohamed Nasheed cites his own example, says India is a safe haven for minorities, CAB internal matter: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Mohamed Nasheed of Maldives also reiterated that the amended Citizenship Act (CAB) is an internal matter of India.
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Opinions

Understanding Assam protests: Here is how it emphasizes the necessity of NRC, and CAB is not to be blamed for the mess

K Bhattacharjee -
Assam would have witnessed violence at some point in time or the other even if the CAB was not implemented.
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News Reports

Stone pelting on trains, ambulances and more: How Friday prayers at mosques turned into violent mobs protesting CAB in Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Soon after Friday prayers at Mosques, the protests against CAB became violent in West Bengal
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News Reports

BHU panel recommends removing the name of Rajiv Gandhi from its south campus, Congress threatens to protest

OpIndia Staff -
BHU panel has recommended that the name of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi be removed from the south campus of the university
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News Reports

Creates caste divide, harasses upper caste students: Protest against The Print columnist Dilip Mandal erupt in Makhanlal University

OpIndia Staff -
Dilip Mandal had then urged people to trend ‘Brahmanvadi Twitter’ on the social media platform
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News Reports

Congress emulates Pakistan, to ‘gherao’ Indian embassies across the globe ‘to show solidarity with AICC on national issues’

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Overseas Congress plans to stage a demonstration to gherao Indian embassies across the Europe
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News Reports

Former Sikh minister from Imran Khan’s PTI hails Modi and Shah for CAB, says India the only country which is home

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan former minister Baldev Singh particularly lauded Home Minister Amit Shah whom he gave the credit for passing of CAB
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News Reports

UP CM Yogi Adityanath asks families to donate Rs 11 and a stone for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
UP CM Yogi Adityanath asked every family to donate Rs 11 and a stone to Ram Temple in an election rally in Jharkhand
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News Reports

Muslim organisations opposing CAB called for post-Friday prayer protests in various parts of the country

OpIndia Staff -
Though this time these post-Friday prayer protests have been tucked away behind the pretext of CAB, violence after Friday Muslim prayers are not uncommon
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News Reports

Supreme Court upholds the report of JK Juvenile Justice Committee, nails the lies spread by leftist media over ‘detention of children in Kashmir’

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court today reiterated that there seems to be misinformation being spread on this issue and concluded that no minor has been detained.
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Law

Andhra Pradesh government passes ‘Disha Bill’: Trials of rapists and acid attackers to conclude within 21 days, death penalty included

OpIndia Staff -
According to new provisions, the investigation is completed within seven working days if there is 'adequate conclusive evidence'. The new law also states trial must be completed within 14 working days, thus reducing the total judgment time to 21 working days.
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News Reports

DSSF, a students’ forum in TISS extends support to the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, NRC

OpIndia Staff -
Democratic Secular Students Forum(DSSF) of TISS organised a silent gathering to register their support for the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, and NRC.
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Crime

Pune: Step-father booked under POCSO for sexually assaulting and killing 15-year-old girl

OpIndia Staff -
The accused step-father allegedly had an ugly brawl with his wife following which he had threatened her of “dire consequences”.
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News Reports

Assam protests: Japan PM Shinzo Abe’s official visit postponed, to be held on a later date

OpIndia Staff -
Guwahati, the capital city of Assam was the planned venue for the three-day summit between Japanese Prime Minister Abe and PM Modi.
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News Reports

TMC’s Mahua Moitra rushes to SC against Citizenship Amendment Act, SC refuses urgent hearing

OpIndia Staff -
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has now become an act of law after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the historic legislation on Thursday.
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