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Laws should be amended so accused in rape cases do not get bail: Sister of Hyderabad rape and murder victim

OpIndia Staff -
Sister of Hyderabad rape victim has demanded that law should be amended to ensure that accused in rape cases do not get bail,
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News Reports

Prime accused in Vyapam case seen at school event attended by MP CM Kamal Nath and Congress leader Digvijay Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Congress govt in Madhya Pradesh has set itself up for huge embarrassment after prime accused in Vyapam scam, Jagdish Sagar, was seen at the same school event as Kamal Nath
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Crime

Tripura: Minor girl raped, burnt to death by boyfriend, his family and friends after keeping her captive for two months

OpIndia Staff -
A 17-year-old girl lost her life after she was held captive and raped for days by her boyfriend and his friends and then, was burnt
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News Reports

Amidst looming ISIS threat, CPI (M) govt withdraws the security cover of ex-Kerala HC judge Kemal Pasha critical of state govt

OpIndia Staff -
Security cover of ex-Kerala HC Justice B Kemal Pasha was abruptly withdrawn on Saturday by Kerala govt
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Govt announces Rs 25 lakh compensation and house for family of Unnao rape victim

OpIndia Staff -
All the five accused in the Unnao case have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police and murder charges filed against them
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News Reports

Hyderabad encounter: Pregnant wife of accused refuses to perform last rites of her husband, complaint filed against police officers behind the encounter

OpIndia Staff -
The pregnant wife of one of the accused killed in the Hyderabad encounter demanded that all criminals locked up in jail should be killed by the police
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News Reports

After Rahul Gandhi says India is rape capital of world, BJP raises Sukanya Devi issue: Know about case against Gandhi, dismissed by courts

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After Rahul Gandni attacks govt for rapes, BJP counter attacks him by raising Sukanya Devi case
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Crime

Chhattisgarh: Molester released on bail days ago chases and attacks his victim with a sickle, leaves her critically injured

OpIndia Staff -
The assaulter Indrapal was earlier arrested in Chhattisgarh for recording an obscene video of the victim while she was taking a bath
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News Reports

‘Mamata Banerjee was offended, but offered to make peace with me because I’m from minority community’: Kolkata based actor-comedian Mir

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Mamata Banerjee was offended because Mir had joked on TMC member actresses
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi inaugurates facility for psychiatry and de-addiction in Wayanad, Netizens ask him to be the first patient

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi today launched a new department block for treatment of mental illness and addiction at Wayanad
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Crime

Indore, Madhya Pradesh: Angry lawyers in Mhow court premises attempt to thrash the accused rapist of a minor girl

OpIndia Staff -
After acquitted accused rapist was thrashed in Kerala, lawyers at the Mhow court premises in Indore on Saturday reportedly attempted to thrash an accused rapist
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Law

As Telangana police files case against 4 dead rape accused for attacking police, petition filed in SC against their encounter

OpIndia Staff -
Petition has been filed in SC seeking action against Hyderabad police personnel involved in the Telangana encounter
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News Reports

Kerala: Accused acquitted in Walayar rape and death case of two minor sisters thrashed by mob

OpIndia Staff -
It was alleged that Kerala police had helped the accused in the Walayar rape case by weakening the case
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News Reports

Radical Sikh outfits plan to hold Human Rights march in Kashmir, media forgets to mention their Khalistani links

OpIndia Staff -
Radical Sikh outfit Dal Khalsa had last year asserted that it will continue to strive for a separate homeland for Sikhs
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News Reports

Karnataka: Man convicted of raping 7-year-old girl in 2014, sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment

OpIndia Staff -
32-year-old man sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a 7-year-old girl in 2014
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News Reports

After Pakistanis claimed Usman Khan did not have Pakistani origin, London Bridge terrorist’s body flown to Islamabad

OpIndia Staff -
London Bridge terrorist's body was flown from London to Islamabad, Pakistan, to be buried in his home town in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir
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News Reports

Woman protesting against Unnao rape case attempts to set ablaze her 6-year-old, arrested as daughter rushed to hospital

OpIndia Staff -
The Unnao gang-rape survivor who was set on fire by the rape accused on Thursday breathed her last at 11:40 PM yesterday in Safdarjung hospital, Delhi
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News Reports

Thok diya, theek kiya: Wrestler Babita Phogat congratulates Telangana police on encounter of rape-accused

OpIndia Staff -
Wrestler Babita Phogat has without reserve, lauded the department for what they did.
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News Reports

NCP MP Supriya Sule introduces Right to Disconnect Bill giving employees the right to refuse official calls after office hours, experts say not viable

OpIndia Staff -
Many experts feel that Right to Disconnect Bill, which is inspired by global modules, is not viable in India
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Opinions

An open letter to the people of Maharashtra: Mi Punha Yein

Shweta Shalini -
We overlooked allegations (No CMP, it was our vision he had to support) so citizens of Maharashtra don't have to go through re-election
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News Reports

Telangana: Akbaruddin Owaisi rejects govt circular making singing of Vande Mataram mandatory in schools, government backtracks

OpIndia Staff -
Following protests by Muslims, Telangana govt has stated that singing Vande Mataram in schools will not be made mandatory
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi repeats his ‘tribal land snatched’ lie while blaming Modi for incidents of violence in the country

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi blames Modi for violence when law and order is state subject
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Law

Law Ministry charts a comprehensive plan to get rid of pending rape and POCSO cases in 1 year with 1023 fast-track courts

OpIndia Staff -
Law Ministry plans to setup 1023 Fast Track Court across the country to dispose of the pending rape and POCSO Act cases
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Political History of India

Dharma, Deva, Desha: Three phases of Ram Janmabhoomi movement, who decided Babri Masjid had to go and day of reckoning

K Bhattacharjee -
The Ram Janmabhoomi Movement, to this day, remains an enigma despite the fact that so much has been written and said about it. Despite the hours and hours of news coverage and the books that have been written about it, there is plenty about it that's still not known.
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Government and Policy

PM Modi says 400 Eklavya Model residential schools will be built for tribals by 2022, explains facilities, why dropout rates decreasing

OpIndia Staff -
Modi govt has decided to build 400 Eklavya Model schools for tribal children across the country in the next three years
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Crime

Bihar: 5-year old child abducted and raped by tempo driver in Darbhanga, accused arrested as child undergoes treatment

OpIndia Staff -
In yet another barbaric incident, a tempo driver has raped a five-year-old child in Bihar's Darbhanga district on Friday
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Government and Policy

Statue of Unity gets 50% more visitors on average, 100% more on weekends compared to 133-year-old Statue of Liberty

OpIndia Staff -
The Statue of Unity, which stands at 182 meters tall, is the world’s tallest statue, twice the size of the Statue of Liberty.
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Crime

Six Saudi nationals arrested after Saudi Air Force trainee Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani opens fires at US Naval base, 3 killed

OpIndia Staff -
Saudi national Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, opened fire inside a classroom at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola early Friday morning
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Media

When in 2012 NDTV featured prominently and was mocked in a segment about ‘Spreading Lies’ on American series ‘The Newsroom’

OpIndia Staff -
A video went viral where, in Season 1, Episode 4 of 'The Newsroom', which was aired in 2012, a segment on 'Spreading Lies' featured NDTV.
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News Reports

‘Save me, I don’t want to die, want to see them sentenced to death’: Unnao rape victim dies of cardiac arrest after suffering 90%...

OpIndia Staff -
The 23-year-old Unnao rape victim died on Friday night after hours of fighting at the Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi.
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News Reports

‘Shame to our country’s democratic history’, says WB Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar after he finds the assembly gate for him locked

OpIndia Staff -
The differences between the West Bengal CM and the governor Jagdeep Dhankhar have been very public
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News Reports

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar applies for Indian citizenship, says he wants to end the ‘Canadian passport’ controversy

OpIndia Staff -
Akshay Kumar says that he has applied for Indian citizenship to shut those attacking him over his Canadian passport
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News Reports

Can’t form a nation by creating website: MEA confirms cancellation of Nityananda’s passport, comments on his bizarre claims

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The rape-accused Swami Nityananda on his website claimed to have formed a new nation of his own called 'Kailaasa'
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Opinions

Abduction and false charges against Balochistan women will strengthen the Baloch resistance movement

Hakeem Baloch -
On the 29th of November, news broke out from the war-torn region of Awaran Balochistan, that Pakistani paramilitary forces have forcefully abducted two Baloch women along with their male family members.
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News Reports

‘Hardik go back’: Students chant slogan against Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mewani as they try to join students’ protests in Gandhinagar

OpIndia Staff -
Hardik Patel and Jignesh Mewani tried to politicise a students' protest in Gujarat, but it backfired
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Politics

Hindu Mahasabha to also file review petition against Ayodhya verdict, opposes 5 acres land provision for Muslim parties

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu Mahasabha has stated that it will appeal to the court against the granting of 5 acres of land to the Muslim parties.
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News Reports

BJP demands apology from two Congress MPs for their “threatening posture” towards Smriti Irani during debate on Unnao rape

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani lashed out at Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for politicising and communalising the incidents of rape
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News Reports

‘Allah’s law above all’? Jamia Millia students group plans event calling Ayodhya verdict a farce, Ramrajya ‘oppressive’

OpIndia Staff -
The organisation 'Students of Jamia' has also shared posts openly declaring that they obey no law but the 'Law of Allah'.
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Law

Advocate Rajeev Dhavan who was ‘sacked unceremoniously’ by Jamiat and other Muslim parties is back on board

OpIndia Staff -
Dhavan will be handling the four review petition filed by Muslim parties in the Supreme Court against its November 9th verdict today
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News Reports

‘Goli Chal Jayegi’: Woman shot in face as she stopped dancing at wedding in UP’s Chitrakoot, caught on camera

OpIndia Staff -
A video showing a woman shot on the face because she stopped dancing at a wedding has gone viral
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Crime

Here are some of the prominent police encounters that has taken place in the country

OpIndia Staff -
On the early hours of Friday, all the four accused in the Hyderabad veterinarian’s rape and murder case have been killed in a police encounter at Shadnagar. 
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News Reports

‘Law has done its duty, DNA profiling of accused done to find if they were involved in other crimes’: Telangana police tell media after...

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Telangana police said that the encounter took place after the accused men attacked the police party
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Opinions

A faceless troll thought we ‘need to be disciplined’ because we were ‘out of line’

Nirwa Mehta -
'Abusive right-wing trolls' make Internet, especially Twitter, an unsafe place for women, they say. But what about these abuses?
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News Reports

Child rapists convicted under POCSO should not have the right to file mercy petitions: President Ram Nath Kovind

OpIndia Staff -
President Ram Nath Kovind said that there should be no provision for the child rape convicts to file a mercy petition
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Law

Here is why it is not the Ayodhya judgement that needs to be reviewed, but the vicious and toxic mindset of Muslim parties

Ayush Anand -
Before filing mischievous Review in a matter like Ayodhya, the Petitioner should have thought that the land has not been given to any person or individual, it has been given to the Deity.
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News Reports

Here is how Telangana top cop VC Sajjanar who led the Hyderabad encounter had eliminated Warangal acid attack accused

OpIndia Staff -
Cyberabad police commissioner VC Sajjanan supervising the Hyderabad case presided over a similar encounter iin 2008
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News Reports

Veerappan encounter hero, retired IPS officer K Vijay Kumar to be senior security advisor in Home Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
In 2004, Kumar as the chief of the Special Task Force had launched 'Operation Cocoon' to nab or kill sandalwood smuggler Veerappan in Tamil Nadu. The success of the operation that ended with the killing of Veerappan made him a household name in Tamil Nadu. 
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News Reports

Congress govt in Rajasthan begins process to identify RSS members, asks employees to declare affiliation details

OpIndia Staff -
A BJP MLA from Ajmer called this unprecedented action 'vendetta politics' which could not be tolerated.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: BJP trumps Shiv Sena-Congress in Bhiwandi Mayor polls with a little help from 18 Congress Corporators

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In a major jolt to the Shiv Sena-Congress alliance, the BJP backed Konark Vikas Aghadi mayor candidate Pratibha Patil triumphed the mayoral polls in Bhiwandi Nizampur.
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News Reports

UP Police uses statistics to prove to Mayawati that they don’t need to learn about encounters from Telangana police

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UP police deny they need to learn encounter from Telangana police, give data of encounters in UP
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