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Amit Shah at 55: A man whose historic political journey was full of tough decisions and the inevitable successor to PM Modi

K Bhattacharjee -
Amit Shah over the years has emerged as Narendra Modi's most trusted lieutenant.
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News Reports

Section 144 imposed in Kamlesh Tiwari’s native place Mahmudabad, social media monitored to prevent communal tension

OpIndia Staff -
To keep the situation in Kamlesh Tiwari's native place Mahmudabad under control, section 144 has been imposed
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Politics

If Mohalla clinics are that great, why do Kejriwal and his ministers spend lakhs in private hospitals? BJP leader Kapil Mishra

OpIndia Staff -
While Delhi residents have to go to Mohalla clinics, if anyone even sneezes in Kejriwal or his ministers' family, they spend lakhs of Delhi's money, said BJP leader Kapil Mishra
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Political History of India

The search for an Ashfaq: We have come a long distance from the times of Ashfaqullah Khan

Saket Suryesh -
Ashfaqullah Khan without hesitation laments about how his paternal ancestors kept out of the struggle against the British, luxuriating in their laziness.
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News Reports

PM Modi knows the media is trying to trap me into saying anti-Modi things: Abhijit Banerjee to journalist

OpIndia Staff -
"The Prime Minister said how the media is trying to trap me into saying anti-Modi things. He has been watching the TV, he has been watching you guys (journalists), and he knows what you are trying to do. So, stop", said Banerjee.
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Opinions

Aatish Taseer toes the Radical Islamic line, says ‘ordinary muslims’ should organize and they do not need ‘peace’

K Bhattacharjee -
Aatish Taseer appeared to suggest that 'Ordinary Muslims' should abandon peace and 'need to organize'.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh STF nabs tiger poacher Yarlen alias Jasrat who killed sloth bears and ate their genitals to enhance sexual power

OpIndia Staff -
Yarlen admitted that he became a poacher at 15 and has since killed several tigers, sloth bears, hundreds of wild boars and peacocks.
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Crime

Kamlesh Tiwari murder: From UP to Gujarat to Maharashtra, the trail of conspirators and perpetrators cuts across state boundaries

OpIndia Staff -
Police investigation till now has revealed how Kamlesh Tiwari murder was not spontaneous but very well planned.
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News Reports

TikTok removes dozens of ISIS accounts which shared Islamic State anthems, footage of corpses and ISIS terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
TikTok - one of the biggest social media rages in recent years fuelled by China, has now removed two dozen accounts that were posting ISIS propaganda
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News Reports

Hubli railway station blast: Police arrest one suspect with links with banned SIMI

OpIndia Staff -
SIMI man arrested by Karnataka police for alleged involvement in the Hubli railway station blast
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Social Media

Ram Leela is like child porn, it creates fear among minorities and dangerous for society: Prakash Raj in viral 2018 clip

OpIndia Staff -
Prakash Raj in the 2018 video is seen mocking the culture of Ram Leela, that is performed in every village and town in most of North India during Dussehra. Raj is seen equating Ram Leela to child porn.
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Crime

Kamlesh Tiwari murder: Ashfaq forged Aadhaar of his colleague Rohit Solanki to join Hindu Samaj Party, befriend Tiwari

OpIndia Staff -
Rohit Solanki, colleague of Ashfaq, has said that his Aadhaar was forged by Ashfaq to assume his identity to befriend Kamlesh Tiwari
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News Reports

Dasna Devi Mandir Mahant Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati booked after meeting Kamlesh Tiwari family and giving ‘hate speech’

OpIndia Staff -
Dasna Devi Mandir Mahant Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati has been booked for allegedly 'inciting hate' against Muslims after he met the grieving family of Kamlesh Tiwari
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News Reports

Not just Ayodhya, hand over the 11 Mosques that are built over demolished temples, says Shia Waqf Board chief

OpIndia Staff -
Shia Waqf Board chief asks Muslims to hand over all disputed Mosque sites, where temples have been demolished, to Hindus.
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News Reports

Bigotry pays: Sayyad Asim Ali arrested in Kamlesh Tiwari murder case had fought Lok Sabha elections against Nitin Gadkari

OpIndia Staff -
Last year, Sayyad Asim Ali had posted a video on YouTube threatening Kamlesh Tiwari that he will be killed if he makes a film on Prophet Muhammad, Rangeela Rasul.
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Crime

Bengal: Female BJP worker murdered by TMC goons in Birbhum district

OpIndia Staff -
Sankari Bagdi was hit by a bullet fired by TMC workers as they clashed with Bagdi and her son. 6 other BJP supporters in the village were also allegedly injured in the clashes.
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News Reports

Deoband: Maulana Abdul Waqeel Qasmi issues fatwa: Bursting firecrackers ‘un-Islamic’, profit earned from firecracker business ‘haram’

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Abdul Waqeel Qasmi has issued a fatwa saying bursting firecrackers in un-Islamic and any profit earned from the business of firecrackers is 'haram'.
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News Reports

Infosys CEO, CFO involved in unethical practices, dressed up books to show profits : Whistle-blower employees

OpIndia Staff -
The employees alleged irregularities in large deals like Verizon, ABN Amro and a joint venture in Japan, saying revenue recognition was not as per accounting standards.
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News Reports

After Modi govt’s nod to rebuild demolished Guru Ravidas Temple on the same site, SC allows the same

OpIndia Staff -
Guru Ravidas Temple was demolished by the Delhi Development authority following Supreme court’s orders
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News Reports

Exit Polls suggest saffron dominance to continue in Maharashtra and Haryana

OpIndia Staff -
Exit polls suggest BJP will return to power in Maharashtra and Haryana with comfortable majority
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Opinions

Dara Hua ‘Murtad’? Two days after Kamlesh Tiwari’s death, ‘communist atheist’ Umar Khalid prostrates as a ‘believer’

K Bhattacharjee -
Two days after Hindu activist Kamlesh Tiwari was brutally murdered by Jihadis for blaspheming against the prophet of Islam, far-left atheist Umar Khalid has come out as a devout Muslim on social media
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News Reports

Maharashtra ATS arrest one Sayyed Asim Ali from Nagpur for involvement in Kamlesh Tiwari murder

OpIndia Staff -
Two assassins Moinuddin and Ashfaq who carried out the brutal killing of Kamlesh Tiwari are still on the run
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News Reports

Yogi government decides that the Kamlesh Tiwari murder case will be heard in fast-track court

OpIndia Staff -
Kamlesh Tiwari who spent months in jail for insulting Prophet Muhammad was brutally murdered in Lucknow
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Crime

Congress leader shares Facebook post worshipping his illegal weapon, gets arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress leader had obtained the license for his double-barrel gun in 2011 when lived in Tonto, Jhinkpani. He has been arrested for possessing another weapon.
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Politics

Paltu Aadmi Party (PAAP): Check out the Facebook page against which Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has sought an FIR

OpIndia Staff -
AAP national secretary on behalf of Arvind Kejriwal has sought action against a Facebook page 'Paltu Aadmi Party' (PAAP). Paltu means u-turn in colloquial Hindi and PAAP would mean 'sin'. 
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News Reports

SC clarifies there is no stay on construction of Metro shed at Aarey Colony, order staying further felling of trees to continue

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court says that it is not stopping the construction of Metro shed in Aarey colony
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News Reports

Kashmir: Terrorist attacks on non-locals create fear, apple traders and truck drivers hit

OpIndia Staff -
Many truckers, which carry essential commodities and other goods for the people of Kashmir from Jammu and other parts of the country are being targeted and not allowed to load apples for different destinations in the country.
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Media

The Hindu publishes article in support of Chidambaram, says no one should be interrogated in custody

K Bhattacharjee -
The Hindu published an article that could only be construed as a defence for disgraced Chidambaram
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News Reports

TMC supporter who had called Jai Shree Ram a ‘call of terror’ now calls Gorkhas ‘infiltrators’ on national TV

OpIndia Staff -
TMC supporter Tanvi Das asks the government to deport Gorkhas saying they are illegal infiltrators
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Crime

Here is all you need to know about Bhadresh Patel, the man who features on FBI’s Top 10 most wanted list

OpIndia Staff -
He is accused of mercilessly killing his wife in cold blood, in a doughnut shop in Hanover, Maryland in the United States in 2015.
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News Reports

INX Media case: CBI tells court that finance ministry officials had changed file notings to approve excess FDI

OpIndia Staff -
CBI says Finance minister officials illegally changed notings in FIPB approval for INX Media
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News Reports

Malaysia: More than 1 out of 5 Muslim women believe husbands have the right to beat them, survey finds

OpIndia Staff -
The SIS survey also revealed the bigotry that prevails within the Malaysian society against non-Muslims.
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Opinions

Let Kamlesh Tiwari’s death not go waste, can we do one of these two things?

Rahul Roushan -
After the Kamlesh Tiwari murder, we are angry, we are demanding answers, but the biggest risk is things being forgotten soon.
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Media

Aaj Tak drags ‘Karwa Chauth’ into report on violence in a Muslim household, rectifies after OpIndia calls out their misleading headline

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia had pointed out the blatant Hinduphobia exhibited by Aaj Tak in its report linking the crime committed by a Muslim man to the Hindu festival of "Karwa Chauth'.
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News Reports

Watch: Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda pushes women away to vote ahead of them

OpIndia Staff -
Bhupinder Singh Hooda bypassed several women waiting in a line to move ahead and cast his vote
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News Reports

Security heightened across Delhi ahead of Diwali, 400 sensitive buildings on JeM radar including PMO, Parliament House

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi terror threat: Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) was planning to target over 400 sensitive buildings and markets in the national capital ahead of Diwali.
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News Reports

Ignoring Human Rights Activists, Bangladesh to start relocating Rohingyas to flood-prone island from early November

OpIndia Staff -
Bangladesh plans to shift Rohingya refugees to Bhashan Char which means ‘floating island’
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh by-polls: Fake polling agents allegedly working for Azam Khan’s wife detained in Rampur

OpIndia Staff -
Rampur is considered to be a fortress for Azam Khan, and he is putting is all resources to retain it within the family
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Politics

Haryana elections: Stone pelting in Muslim-majority area Nuh in Mewat region which is hub of illegal Rohingya Bangladeshis

OpIndia Staff -
Stone-pelting incidents were reported at around 8:45 AM when polling was underway in Haryana state assembly elections.
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News Reports

Stalling developmental projects is the worst form of obstruction of justice for the poor: Piyush Goyal on NGO lobbies

OpIndia Staff -
The Mopa airport, the first phase of which was to be completed in 2020, has got delayed by more than a year after the Supreme Court suspended the environment clearance provided to the project. 
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Law

It is on my table and Indian Express front page, let it be there only: CJI on Muslim party submission leaked to media in...

OpIndia Staff -
The centuries-old Ram Janmabhoomi conflict seems to draw to a close. The Ram Janmabhoomi verdict is expected to be pronounced any day between 14th and 16th November 2019.
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News Reports

Kamlesh Tiwari murder: UP Police announces Rs 2.5 lakh reward for information on Ashfaq and Moinuddin, intensifies raids on madarsas and musafirkhanas

OpIndia Staff -
The UP Police has announced Rs 2.5 lakh reward to catch Ashfaq and Moinuddin, prime accused in Kamlesh Tiwari murder case
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News Reports

2 specially abled women allege mistreatment by CISF staff at Kolkata Airport and GoAir officials respectively

OpIndia Staff -
Two specially-abled women, Jeeja Ghosh Nag and Kuhu Das have alleged gross mistreatment by Kolkata Airport staff and GoAir while they were travelling to Delhi for a conference to discuss the rights of disabled women.
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News Reports

London: Pakistani stooges plan to hold another anti-India protest near the Indian High Commission on Diwali, Mayor Sadiq Khan condemns efforts

OpIndia Staff -
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has condemned the anti-India protests planned on the occasion of Diwali. He has forwarded Indian origin MP Navin Shah's letter seeking a ban on the protests to Home Secretary Preeti Patel.
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Politics

West Bengal: Congress leader arrested for criticising Mamata Banerjee says he was tortured in jail, blames ‘aunt and nephew’

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Congress leader Sanmoy Bandyopadhyay was arrested from his residence last week for alleged violation of Cyber Crime Act
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Crime

Kamlesh Tiwari murder: One of the accused, Ashfaq, posed as a Hindu activist ‘Rohit Solanki’ to befriend him on Facebook

OpIndia Staff -
Ashfaq befriended Kamlesh Tiwari on Facebook using a fake ID of 'Rohit Solanki' posing as a right wing activist.
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Crime

West Bengal: TMC worker injured after being beaten up by fellow worker for chanting ‘Jai Shree Ram’

OpIndia Staff -
TMC worker was injured after being beaten up by fellow TMC worker for chanting Jai Shree Ram in West Bengal
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News Reports

6-10 Pakistani soldiers killed, inflicted heavy damage to terrorist infrastructure across LoC: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat

OpIndia Staff -
General Bipin Rawat stated that 6-10 Pakistani soldiers were neutralized and 3 camps were destroyed during the Indian response.
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News Reports

Kamlesh Tiwari’s son says Yogi Adityanath has assured the family that the murderers will be caught soon

OpIndia Staff -
Tiwari, a former Hindu Mahasabha leader, was assassinated at his Lucknow office by one Ashfaq and one Moinuddin who are still absconding and on the run.
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Politics

‘Politics will be done on surgical strikes to divert attention from real issues’: Congress leader on Indian Army’s action against terror camps in PoK

OpIndia Staff -
Congress attempts to politicise the Indian Army's attack on terrorist camps across the LoC in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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