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In a sudden move, Anil Ambani owned business news channel BTVI suspends transmission

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Business news channel BTVI said that it has suspended transmission from midnight on 31 August
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News Reports

5 new governors appointed by President Kovind, Arif Mohammad Khan to be Kerala governor

OpIndia Staff -
Kalraj Mishra, the current governor of Himachal Pradesh has been transferred and appointed as the governor of Rajasthan. Mishra will replace Kalyan Singh as Rajasthan's new governor.
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News Reports

75% missile technology, ‘smart bombs’ at every kilometer: Pakistan’s minister declares their retaliatory plan if India attacks

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Rasheed added that the Pakistani Army knows what it will do at every kilometre of advancement by the Indian Army. Probably Rasheed is aware that a detailed plan to retreat and surrender has been readied.
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Politics

Congress veteran Digvijay Singh rants, says Bajrang Dal and BJP are taking money from ISI

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has been using the statements of Congress leaders to further its narrative against India. Recently, the Pakistani government had quoted Rahul Gandhi in their letter to the UN.
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Politics

Not Oxford English, but ‘anti-Modi’ stand helped win Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress MP’s sly on Shashi Tharoor

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Kerala Congress leaders continue their veiled attacks on Shashi Tharoor over his pro-Modi remarks.
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News Reports

UP girl who was traced in Rajasthan admits in SC she left on her own will, ruling out abduction charges against Swami Chinmayanand

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There have been many twists in the BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand' sexual abuse case which has gained traction in the media recently
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News Reports

Pakistan fake news machinery working overtime to spread fake news using Indian names: Maharashtra Cyber Cell

OpIndia Staff -
Pak fake news machinery working overtime under the guise of Indian names to tarnish India's image globally
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News Reports

Three weeks after Jalil Sheikh killed wife for refusing to get into prostitution, Delhi police nab him from West Bengal

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The accused has been previously arrested in a human trafficking case in West Bengal
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News Reports

Delhi Police arrests Mohammed Ayub accused of slitting girlfriend’s throat, chopping body into pieces for rejecting marriage proposal

OpIndia Staff -
This heinous crime was executed on August 20 where Ayub chopped Lata's body int five pieces and dumped her into a nearby canal
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor reportedly spent three nights in Dubai with a Pakistani journalist: Prosecutor in Sunanda Pushkar murder case

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Two days before Sunanda Pushkar’s death, a series of tweets of alleged romantic conversation between Mehr Tarar and Shashi Tharoor surfaced on Tharoor’s Twitter account
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Central school’s principal arrested for ‘hushing up’ 5-year-old student’s rape in school

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The principal was arrested and produced before the court of a chief judicial magistrate. He was later released on bail
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News Reports

Kerala: Pakistani flag waved at student union election campaign, police book 25 persons in Kozhikode

OpIndia Staff -
Student activists of Muslim Students Front(MSF) were found waving a giant Pakistani flag.
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News Reports

As UAE continues to back India, frustrated Imran Khan dials up Abu Dhabi Crown Prince to whine about Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Though PM Modi has categorically specified that the Kashmir issue is our 'internal matter', Imran Khan is somehow not willing to relinquish
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Entertainment

The ‘Feminist’ objection to Akshay Kumar featuring as P Gopichand is, like most ‘feminist’ rants nowadays, devoid of any logic

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Feminists are accusing Akshay Kumar of stealing the limelight away from PV Sindhu in a movie that is yet to be made.
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News Reports

Family of kidnapped Sikh girl in Pakistan confirms she has not returned, says reports of her return and arrest of kidnappers are fake

OpIndia Staff -
Her family has issued a video denying such claims as fake news and has clarified that she remains missing
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News Reports

We respect India’s stand on Article 370, hoping for peace and stability in Kashmir: Australian envoy Harinder Sidhu

OpIndia Staff -
Auntsarlia's envoy to India asserts supports India's stand that decisions regarding Kashmir are an internal matter.
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News Reports

Domestic media welcomes 26% FDI cap on digital media, but digital media expresses apprehension saying it is restrictive

OpIndia Staff -
Owing to the sensitivity of the sector the government' decision is being viewed in the industry as an effort to indirectly regulate the content at digital news outlets
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News Reports

575 young men from Jammu and Kashmir inducted into the Indian Army in J and K Light Infantry Regimental Centre

OpIndia Staff -
The family and relatives of newly recruited soldiers expressed pride over their children joining the Indian Army.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists kill a 65-year-old shopkeeper for keeping his shop open in Srinagar

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The incident took place in Parimpora area when the attackers carrying a pistol and fired at the shopkeeper from point-blank range. The police are yet to find the identity of the terrorists.
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Crime

Meerut: Police team attacked by relatives of cattle smugglers Aslam and Akram, 8 injured, vehicle damaged

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A Muslim mob, relatives and family members of the two accused Aslam and Akram surrounded the police team and attacked them. Women constables were attacked too.
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News Reports

Final NRC published in Assam, 3.11 crore names included and 19 lakh excluded, organisations in Assam unhappy over low exclusion

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The much-awaited final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam published
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Cattle smugglers Arif, Israr and Kalua Khan abduct and rape a 10-year-old child, arrested

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The accused Arif, Israr and Kalua Khan had gone to steal the buffaloes from the victim's house. When they were unsuccessful, they abducted the little girl instead and raped her in a nearby field.
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Crime

Pakistan: 8 persons arrested in Pakistan over abduction and forceful conversion of Sikh girl

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Reportedly, the Pakistani man who forcibly converted and married the Sikh girl is affiliated to 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's proscribed terror outfit Jama'at-ud-Da'wah (JuD). 
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Opinions

Pakistan thrives on the dreams of killing Hindus and Ghazwa-e-Hind, the final conquest of Hindu-majority India: It is time we face the reality

Guest Author -
Pakistan is not enemy of India. Pakistan is the enemy of Hindus.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim man shaves beard, creates a fake attack story to save himself from family’s anger

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Farooq had reportedly started growing beard in an 'Ijtima' that took place in the city five years ago. However, lately, he was uncomfortable with his beard due to the heat.
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Social Media

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account hacked, hackers post racist and abusive tweets

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The micro-blogging site, co-founded by Dorsey, said the phone number associated with his account was compromised due to a security oversight by the mobile service provider.
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Law

Ayodhya: Shia Waqf Board stakes claim on disputed land, offers to give it to Hindus

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Advocate MC Dhingra stated before the bench that the disputed Mosque site was a Shia property and the Shia board is ready to give their share of the land to Hindus.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: BJP MLA’s grandson and fresher in Aligarh Muslim University alleges ragging, lodges complaint

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, another case of ragging at a medical college in UP surfaced where around 150 MBBS students were forced to tonsure their heads in the name of ragging
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News Reports

Hong Kong solidarity march taken out by Tibetans in New Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Hong Kong Solidairity March Taken Out by Tibetians in New Delhi
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News Reports

Octogenarian professor writes to advocate Rajeev Dhavan cursing him for “blasphemy” of appearing for Muslim parties in Ayodhya hearing

OpIndia Staff -
Rajeev Dhavan is the same advocate who had raised objections to the Constitution Bench hearing the Ayodhya case in a day-to-day format
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News Reports

Congress’ internal feud exposed as Scindia faction threatens mass resignation if he is not made MP Congress chief

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Congress' internal feud exposed as Scindia faction threatens mass resignation if he’s not made MP Congress chief
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News Reports

Court records CBI’s submission that Chidambaram is non-cooperative and evasive, extends his custody till September 2

OpIndia Staff -
Surprisingly, the apex court granted protection to Chidambaram from ED custody even while the CBI continues to interrogate him in custody
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Government and Policy

Nirmala Sitharaman announces PSU bank reforms, mergers brings down their number to 12 from 27 in 2017

OpIndia Staff -
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman briefed the media on Friday, announced the merger of many PSU banks.
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News Reports

BJP receives a ‘thundering response’ from TMC-ruled West Bengal, adds 80 lakh new members surpassing target of 60 lakh

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PM Modi along with Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari had launched the membership drive from Varanasi, Telangana, Jaipur and Nagpur respectively on July 6
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News Reports

Delhi-based doctor Upendra Kaul, a close aide of terrorist Yasin Malik, summoned by NIA in terror funding case

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, Upendra Kaul, known to be to close to Yasin Bhatkal was recently found in a controversy after he had posed as a Kashmiri Pandit in an NDTV propaganda show.
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News Reports

Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar’s anticipatory bail plea rejected, ED summons him to appear in money laundering case

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Shivkumar, his business associates and two staff members of the Karnataka Bhavan in Delhi are facing allegations of money laundering and Hawala operations.
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News Reports

Pakistani citizens question PM Imran Khan’s dictate to stop for half an hour for Kashmir, traffic refuse to stop at many places

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani PM Imran Khan had called upon the citizens to leave their respective work and come out on streets and stand for 30 mins on Friday in solidarity with Kashmiris
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Unexploded bomb diffused 4 days after blast near temple pond that killed 2

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The unexploded shell was high-explosive anti-tank ammunition. It was allegedly left there by a scrap shop owner who had relocated.
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News Reports

“Modi ka kutta haaye haaye” slogans fill the air in Pakistan as protestors echo ‘tukde tukde gang’ slogans during ‘Kashmir Hour’

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The so-called solidarity march was a response to Pakistan PM Imran Khan's message to Pakistanis to come out at 12 noon -12.30 pm on Friday to show solidarity with the Kashmiri people and send the Kashmiris a clear message that the entire Pakistani nation stands in solidarity with them.
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Crime

UP girl who went missing after accusing Swami Chinmayanand of sexual abuse found in Rajasthan with friend, to be produced in SC today

OpIndia Staff -
UP missing law student case: Girl found in Rajasthan with male friend, court refuses to record presence of the boy and question him
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News Reports

Income Tax department dismisses rumours of another extension of due date for Tax filling

OpIndia Staff -
The CBDT had already provided an extension to the filing of Income Tax returns by one month and declared August 31, 2019, as the due date for submitting the returns.
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh assembly passes bill against forced conversions, proposes strict norms

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The Bill is designed to replace the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act, 2006.
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News Reports

Captain Amarinder Singh asks Pakistan PM Imran Khan to take strong action over forced conversion of Sikh girl in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
A Sikh girl was forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan
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Media

The Hindu ‘journalist’ spreads misleading information, issues sermons to senior police officer after he questions propaganda

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As 'journalist' Vijaita Singh could not provide a logical explanation to her claims, an arrogant Singh began to sermon the senior police officer regarding his duties only to get embarrassed by the police officer one more time.
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Social Media

Sanjay Jha wants ‘Alexa’ to be the next Finance Minister of India, Twitter reminds him of Congress’ experiments with robotics

OpIndia Staff -
Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha tried making an 'Alexa' joke, Twitter users reminded him of the times when India had a 'robot' Prime Minister.
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Crime

Witness identifies Father Thomas Kottoor and Father Jose Puthrukkayil in the 1992 Sister Abhaya murder case

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Key witness Adakka Raju testified before a special court here that he had seen two men including Father Thomas Kottoor in the St Pius X convent compound in Kottayam on the day when the Sister Abhaya was found murdered in the well of the convent. 
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Editor's picks

Azam Khan, who once sent UP cops looking for his stolen buffaloes, now booked for stealing buffaloes

OpIndia Staff -
He was also in news recently for his problematic and sexist remarks against his colleagues in the Lok Sabha. 
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Madarsa teacher Suleman Ansari uses CCTV to watch girl students changing clothes, FIR registered

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Madarsa teacher Suleman Ansari allegedly used the CCTV camera inside a classroom to watch students changing clothes.
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News Reports

Kashmiri girls marry two Bihari boys, Parvez and Tabrez, after abrogation of Article 370; girls’ father files ‘abduction’ complaint

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Mohammed Tabrez, 26 and Mohammed Parwez, 24, hailing from Ramvishnupur village of Supaul worked as carpenters in Ramban when they fell in love with the sisters.
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Crime

Pilibhit: Cow smugglers shoot at police; when arrested, confess to killing 23-year-old last week who tried to stop them

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Sonu was shot by cow thieves after he tried to stop some butchers and smugglers trying to load a stolen pickup van.
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