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“A worshipper’s unflinching belief in the Ram Janmabhumi can’t be questioned”, Supreme Court tells Muslim party lawyer during Ayodhya hearing

OpIndia Staff -
Why can't Ram’s birthplace have rights like a juristic person, SC asks Muslim parties in Ayodhya case
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News Reports

Congress workers get into a fight at Indore, angered Jyotiraditya Scindia leaves event midway

OpIndia Staff -
Chaos erupted during senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia's rally in Indore on Sunday
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News Reports

Indian Army to conduct recruitment drive in Kashmir on 3-4 October to fill 3,000 vacancies

OpIndia Staff -
Dhillon also stated that young children from the Valley were taken for a tour to Delhi, Ajmer Sharif and Jaipur so that they get exposure to developments in technology and other spheres.
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News Reports

Shots fired: Olympian Heena Sidhu takes Malala on, says ‘you want Kashmir to be Pakistan’s because girls like you had it so good?’

OpIndia Staff -
Olympian pistol shooter Heena Sidhu has taken to Twitter to slam Malala Yousafzai
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News Reports

‘Missionaries go back’, Christian prayer meet stopped in Himachal Pradesh after VHP’s protest alleging illegal conversion

OpIndia Staff -
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) protested against a 'prayer meeting' organized at a private guest house in Sunder Nagar district in Himachal Pradesh.
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News Reports

Kashmiri Pandits hold rally in Melbourne to support of revocation of Article 370, share personal stories of their genocide

OpIndia Staff -
The Kashmiri Pandit community held a rally in Melbourne in support of abrogation of Article 370 that accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir and also shared tales of their genocide
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News Reports

As Supreme Court refuses to interfere in Jammu and Kashmir, Ghulam Nabi Azam files petition against abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
SC will hear Ghulam Nabi Azam's petition against abrogation of Article 370 on 16th September
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Politics

Once we return to power, all cases against Azam Khan will be withdrawn: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

OpIndia Staff -
Addressing a press conference in Rampur after visiting Azam Khan's residence, Akhilesh Yadav assured the party's full support to Azam Khan, who is facing several police cases including those related to alleged land-grabbing.
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News Reports

Pakistani singer who threatened PM Modi with python, now faces jail time for keeping exotic animals in her salon

OpIndia Staff -
Rabi Pirzada, a Pakistani pop-singer who had threatened Prime Minister Modi with snakes now faces legal actions by the Punjab Wildlife Department for the alleged violation of law by keeping prohibited exotic animals as pets.
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News Reports

AB Hannan, principal of an Assam school, makes Hijab compulsory for girl students to protect them from ‘evil eyes’

OpIndia Staff -
Hijab made compulsory in a school in Assam
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Opinions

Hindi is a beautiful language, as is Tamil, Kannada etc: ‘Imposition’ narrative must be quashed and Sanskrit used for national integration

Rahul Kaushik -
On the occasion of Hindi Diwas yesterday, the usual suspects proceeded to create the usual noise about alleged Hindi Imposition.
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News Reports

‘China Pakistan’s best friend, don’t know much about Uighur issue’: Imran Khan feigns ignorance yet again on plight of Muslims in China

OpIndia Staff -
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has once again denied having any knowledge about the ongoing Uighur genocide in China.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Students of St Francis College harassed by college admin because their Kurti length was one inch above knee

OpIndia Staff -
Students of St Francis College in Hyderabad have planned a protest against the dress code as they were punished on Friday and not allowed to enter college premises because their Kurti was an inch above their knees
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News Reports

Congress to use the amended Motor Vehicles Act to target BJP ahead of the assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party plans to use the issue of alleged hefty fines and the refusal of some states including those ruled by Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) to implement the law as a poll plank in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Majidur Rahman fakes Hindu identity to develop relationship with Hindu girl, later rapes and murders her

OpIndia Staff -
Married Majibur developed relation with Jaba pretending to be Hindu Pintu. rapes and murders her when pressed for marriage
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Crime

One Kamruddin Qureshi lynched to death with sharp weapons, Shabuddin Sheikh, Gafur Khan and 4 others arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Shabuddin Shaikh Raees, Istiyak Khan Abdul Gafur Khan, Shaikh Asif Shaikh Maksood, Shaikh Shoaib Shaikh Maksood, Shaikh Wasim Shaikh Yunus and Salman Khan Zakir Khan have been arrested by the Police.
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News Reports

‘Kashmir free from shackles of Pakistan sponsored terrorism’: Pakistani org representing Pashtuns refuses to support Imran Khan’s Kashmir protest, backs India

OpIndia Staff -
Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM), the principal body representing Pashtuns in Pakistan, has rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent call to all people in which he urged them to come out and support Pakistan’s narrative on Kashmir. 
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News Reports

Pakistan hospitable, BJP govt spreading lies about Pakistan for political gains: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar at minority event

OpIndia Staff -
NCP chief Sharad Pawar expressed his admiration for terror state Pakistan stating that the people of Pakistan are "very hospitable" while blaming BJP govt for spreading lies about Pakistan for political gains
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News Reports

Prashant Kishor’s team starts reaching out to media and influencers with ‘paid content’ offers ahead of West Bengal assembly elections

Nupur J Sharma -
Darjeeling Chronicle has exposed how Prashant Kishor led IPAC is reaching out to 'influencers' and digital portals to carry out paid campaigning for TMC and Mamata Banerjee ahead of 2021 West Bengal state elections
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Political Fact-Check

Malala Yousafzai spreads fake news, claims girl from Kashmir missed her exams on August 12 which was an Eid holiday

OpIndia Staff -
According to Malala, one of the three girls from Kashmir missed her exams on August 12. However, August 12 is a notified holiday declared across the country by Government of India on the occasion of Bakr Id or Eid ul-Adha.
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News Reports

Pakistan terrorises its own citizens, carries out atrocities against its own people

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani Army is unleashing horrifying atrocities against the citizens of North Waziristan, says Major Gaurav Arya
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News Reports

Houthis, the Islamic religious-political-armed movement of Yemen, claims responsibility for attack on Saudi oil facility

OpIndia Staff -
Houthis, the Islamic religious-political-armed movement of Yemen claimed responsibility for attack on Saudi oil facility
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Economy and Finance

Mega shopping festivals to taxation incentives, FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces comprehensive measures to boost export and housing sector

OpIndia Staff -
Announcing measures to boost growth in export and housing sector, Nirmala Sitharaman has expressed optimism saying that the signs of economic revival are very encouraging
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News Reports

Allahabad University professor who had boasted of urinating on a Shivling in viral video goes on indefinite leave, claims ‘lynching’ fear

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Vikram Harijan had claimed in the video that he had once urinated on a Shivling just to prove that the gods cannot do him any harm.
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Editor's picks

Vivek ‘Ranjan’ Agnihotri speaks about caste politics being played in Bollywood

OpIndia Staff -
Vivek Agnihotri responds to Neeraj Ghaywan’s tweets, and also shares a hitherto unknown trivia about his full name.
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News Reports

MP govt opens ‘chicken and milk parlour’, BJP MLA says selling chicken along with cow milk hurts religious sentiments

OpIndia Staff -
Conjoining of milk and chicken shops by Congress government in Madhya Pradesh draws flak from the BJP
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Politics

Raj Thackeray’s MNS, with zero Vidhan Sabha seats, threatens to boycott forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
Raj Thackeray's MNS is contemplating to boycott the upcoming Maharashtra state assembly elections
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News Reports

Imran Khan’s new Friday fad: Comes to PoK to declare that Indian Muslims will rise against India

OpIndia Staff -
PoK activist Amjad Ayub Mirza had stated yesterday that Khan's party and the Pakistani authorities had ferried people from Abottabad and Rawalpindi to attend the rally.
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News Reports

Mementos given to PM Modi to be auctioned, proceeds to go toward Namami Gange Mission

OpIndia Staff -
The gifts and mementos received by PM Modi are up for an auction till October 3rd
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Politics

Bizarre: SP leader becomes ‘groom’, workers become ‘baraatis’ to extend support to Azam Khan after police imposes section 144

OpIndia Staff -
Firoz Khan, who 'became a groom' to extend support to Azam Khan, had also made sexist remarks against his former colleague Jaya Prada ahead of general elections.
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Opinions

Liberals opposing award to PM Modi over Swachch Bharat shows how little they care about real issues

Abhishek Banerjee -
'Liberals' want the award to be redirected to “community-based organizations and grassroots advocates" instead of PM Modi, in short, they want the award to be given to people like them.
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Crime

Chargesheet filed against AAP’s Amanatullah Khan for assaulting a man

OpIndia Staff -
AAP leader Amanatullah Khan has several criminal cases against him. He is also one of the prime accused in the Chief Secretary assault case.
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News Reports

NCP’s Majeed Memon is wrong: Pakistan is waging Jihad against India, it is not a battle for land

OpIndia Staff -
Majeed Memon from NCP issued a statement recently about Pakistan's tirade against India and asserted that Pakistan is fighting for land and is not waging Jihad against India.
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Editor's picks

When Bollywood starts asking ‘Kaun Jaat Ho?’

Guest Author -
A young filmmaker responds to Director Neeraj Ghaywan’s policy of hiring people from certain castes only.
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News Reports

Ajmer Dargah chief backs PM Modi on Article 370 abrogation, appeals to Kashmiris be a part of mainstream

OpIndia Staff -
Zainul Abedin added that if there is ever another war between India and Pakistan, the Muslims in India will stand with India and face Pakistan in the battlefield.
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Government and Policy

After 40 years of being a burden on taxpayers, Uttar Pradesh ministers to start paying their own income tax

OpIndia Staff -
According to an order passed in Uttar Pradesh, all ministers, including CM Yogi Adityanath, will have to now pay their own income tax, which was earlier being paid by the state treasury.
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News Reports

“I don’t want Pappu to be my Prime Minister”: Investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala says PM Modi has performed very well

OpIndia Staff -
In an explosive interview, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala pulled no punches in rubbishing the doomsayers casting aspersions on Modi government
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News Reports

Imran Khan instigates Kashmiris to pick up arms against the state in his failed ‘solidarity rally’ in PoK’s Muzaffarabad

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan's PoK rally a flop show, his rhetoric over Kashmir is a bygone story?
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News Reports

ABP, ET, Quint, Outlook and others spread fake news about Raghuram Rajan slamming Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff -
Media use parody account to claim Raghuram Rajan slammed Piyush Goyal
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News Reports

Tej Pratap Yadav accuses wife of defaming him by leaking stories to Media, says she wants to ‘scandalise the court’

OpIndia Staff -
Today, a video surfaced where Rai was seen leaving teary-eyes from her mother-in-law, Rabri Devi's house.
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News Reports

MMTC revises onion import tender notice to exclude Pakistan as origin country

OpIndia Staff -
MMTC not to import onion from Pakistan after criticism
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Opinions

I opposed ban on single use plastic as it would cause job loss: Congress era environment minister wants India to keep using plastic

Jinit Jain -
Jairam Ramesh had opposed PM Modi’s environmental friendly measure of banning single-use plastic, claiming that it will affect jobs.
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Economy and Finance

Report by Silk Road Associates and Baker McKenzie: 5 possible scenarios of China and OBOR’s future and how it can cost $800 billion

K Bhattacharjee -
The report published on Wednesday outlines 5 possible scenarios that could unfold in the future for China and OBOR depending upon the prevailing geopolitical circumstances.
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Fact-Check

Fact-Check: Is Zaira Wasim making a comeback with The Sky Is Pink after quitting Bollywood for Islam?

OpIndia Staff -
The trailer The Sky Is Pink starring Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar was released on 10th September and it also starts Zaira Wasim
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Government and Policy

Gadkari has shown a mirror to We-the-Dodgers of traffic rules

Ashish Shukla -
There is every reason to applaud the transport minister Nitin Gadkari. He has been vocal on the Motor Vehicles Amendment bill for more than two years
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News Reports

Buffalo meat issue: Mazar allegedly built on encroached forest dept land, MLA calling for govt’s action while some villagers try to protect it

OpIndia Staff -
Cases were lodged against 43 people for serving food with buffalo meat to Hindus on the Urs event.
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Government and Policy

Odd-Even rule makes a comeback in Delhi, pollution had increased when it was enforced for the first time in 2016

OpIndia Staff -
In 2016, pollution from vehicles had gone up when odd-even rule was enforced
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News Reports

In a big jolt to NCP, Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale, the descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj quits party to join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
In a big blow to the NCP in Maharashtra, Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosale, the descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is all set to quit the party to join BJP in New Delhi on Saturday.
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News Reports

Jharkhand villagers protest over Muslim youth drinking alcohol near temple, villagers demand ‘shuddhikaran’

OpIndia Staff -
Villagers in Shikarapara village in Jharkhand held protests after three Muslim youths were found drinking alcohol near Shiva temple.
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News Reports

Another attempt to escape Tihar thwarted: Delhi court dismisses Chidambaram’s plea to surrender to ED

OpIndia Staff -
Chidambaram's plea to be spared from Tihar jail and surrender to Enforcement Directorate has been dismissed by the Rouse Avenue Court.
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