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Pakistan: Sikh priest’s daughter abducted, forcibly converted to Islam in Nankana Sahib, family pleads to Prime Minister Imran Khan for help

OpIndia Staff -
The family added that six people abducted their daughter Jagir Kaur at gunpoint on the night between August 27 and August 28.
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News Reports

Missing girl who accused former minister Swami Chinmayanand of sexual abuse traced in Delhi hotel, SC to hear case tomorrow

OpIndia Staff -
Swami Chinmayanand had, however, stated that he was being framed in the case
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News Reports

‘He never matures, his brain does not grow’, Gautam Gambhir takes a dig at Shahid Afridi

OpIndia Staff -
Gautam Gambhir takes a dig at Shahid Afridi with "His Brain Doesn't Grow" remark
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News Reports

Shahid Afridi and other Pakistani celebrities support Imran Khan’s call to come out in the streets on Friday in solidarity with Kashmiri Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani PM Imran Khan has urged his entire nation to stand for 30 minutes on Friday in solidarity with Kashmiri Muslims
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News Reports

Bombay HC and Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace: Another embarrassing chapter in the inglorious history of Indian mainstream media

K Bhattacharjee -
As it turned out, the Bombay High Court judge was not referring to Leo Tolstoy's classic but an entirely different book.
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Politics

CBI seeks prosecution sanction from LS Speaker Om Birla against 3 current MPs and 1 former MP in Narada sting case

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Yesterday, CBI had summoned TMC MP Aparupa Poddar and BJP leader Sovan Chatterjee in the Narada sting case
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News Reports

Bangladeshis reveal ‘rampant’ rapes prevalent in madarsas

OpIndia Staff -
Reporting of child abuse and sexual assaults meted out to children enrolled in madarsas were considered as taboo until recently and had largely gone un-reported
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News Reports

Journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty says govt should print money and distribute among people to revive economy, Ravish Kumar agrees

OpIndia Staff -
Ravish Kumar and Aunindyo Chakravarty suggest the government to randomly increase currency circulation in the country to counter ongoing slowdown
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News Reports

Dark days ahead for Pakistan as power supply to Imran Khan’s office snapped for non-payment of dues

OpIndia Staff -
Laughably, an impoverished economy, which is on the brink of collapse has threatened India with a nuclear war
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Politics

Imran Khan accuses India of war crimes in Kashmir, asks Pakistanis to come out on streets on Friday

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's tweets continued to be a source of amusement on Thursday.
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News Reports

SP leader Azam Khan lands in fresh trouble, case of dacoity, forceful demolition of house filed against him

OpIndia Staff -
FIR filed against Azam Khan for forceful demolition of house, looting belongings and cattle
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Disgusted with his Kashmir rhetoric, a group of Muslims in Raipur take out ‘funeral procession’ of Pak PM Imran Khan

OpIndia Staff -
Not only India but almost all global nations have also stopped taking Pakistan seriously
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Government and Policy

Delhi govt issues diktat asking restaurants and hotels to destroy alcohol lying in the bar for more than 8 days

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Excise department has issued a notice to bars, restaurants and hotels to strictly follow “First In First Out” policy in selling liquor
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Politics

Mayawati blames Nehru and Congress for Kashmir dispute, stands by abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Mayawati had earlier too, slammed the Congress and opposition parties over their attempted visit to Kashmir
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Law

Patna High Court: Judicial work withdrawn from judge after his order highlighting corruption within the Court

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Rakesh Kumar was elevated to the Patna High Court after 26 years of practice.
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News Reports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches #FitIndiaMovement on National Sports Day

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi today launched the Fit India movement on National Sports Day
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Islamist org functionary, Mohammed Shareef, arrested for threatening to behead PM Modi and Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
The headquarters speaker of the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam has been arrested after he threatened to behead Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah
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Government and Policy

Towards new National Cyber Security Strategy: 12th India Security Summit

Trilok Singh -
On Aug 28, The annual 12th India Security Summit on ''Towards New National Cyber Security Strategy'', was successfully organized by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) on Aug 28
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News Reports

Punjab: Priest of local Church in Gurdaspur arrested on charges of kidnapping and raping a minor girl

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Church priest Parvej has been remanded to 14-day judicial custody for kidnapping and raping minor girl
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Opinions

Why is UPSC producing people like Shah Faesal and Kannan Gopinathan: Structural problems that must be fixed

Abhishek Banerjee -
The real question is: why is UPSC producing people like Shah Faesal or Kannan Gopinathan?
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News Reports

Adani, Kandla Ports on high alert after Pakistan trained commandos sneak into the Gulf of Kutch

OpIndia Staff -
The Adani and Kandla port in Gujarat are on high alert after intelligence input suggested that Pakistan trained commandos have sneaked into the Gulf of Kutch through the Harami Nala Creak Area.
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Opinions

Arundhati Roy’s ‘apology’ comes with terms and conditions and a shameless reiteration of her lies, bias and ignorance

Nupur J Sharma -
After the widespread condemnation for her viral 2011 video where she is seen shielding Pakistan and deriding India, Arundhati Roy issued an "apology"
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News Reports

The Tirupati temple employment of non-Hindus controversy explained

OpIndia Staff -
Controversy started after Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary L V Subramanyam recently announced that non-Hindu employees working in Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the Sri Venkateswara temple atop Tirumala hill, one of the richest Hindu temples, will be sacked. 
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Politics

Kashmir updates: Mobile phone services restored in 5 districts of Jammu, CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury leaves for Srinagar

OpIndia Staff -
Mobile services, which have been cut off across Jammu and Kashmir since August 5 have been restored in five districts in Jammu: Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Rajouri and Poonch.
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News Reports

Amit Shah proposes National Police University, Forensic Science University, and undergraduate degree in Policing in affiliated colleges across India

OpIndia Staff -
National Police University and Forensic Science University will have affiliated colleges in all the states offering undergraduate degree program in policing
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News Reports

Union Cabinet gives nod to set up 75 new Medical Colleges, total seats in new medical colleges go up to 15,700

OpIndia Staff -
Cabinet gives nod to set up additional 75 new Medical Colleges, 15,700 seats will be added by total 157 news medical colleges
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Investor summit scheduled to be held for the first time in October postponed to November

OpIndia Staff -
The summit which was supposed to happen on October 12-14, 2019, will now take place around November 8
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News Reports

Maoists shot dead RSS Pracharak in Chattisgarh, leave pamphlet on the spot to terrorise villagers

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Maoist shot dead RSS Pracharak in Kanker, Chattisgarh, left a pamphlet on the spot to terrorise villagers
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News Reports

ED summons Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal Patel in Sterling Biotech bank fraud case

OpIndia Staff -
ED has asked Ahmed Patel's son Faisal Patel tor appear for questioning on Thursday.
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Satire

‘This is why aliens won’t talk to us,’ Elon Musk on Congress party’s tweet that has left the world puzzled

K Bhattacharjee -
The Congress party issued a statement on Twitter recently that could only be described as utterly bewildering.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Distressed farmer from Dewas sings a song asking CM Kamal Nath to keep his promise and waive off his loan

OpIndia Staff -
The farmer feels perhaps social media is the only way to reach out Kamal Nath government that is otherwise neglectful of their plight
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News Reports

While P Chidambaram continues in CBI custody, Supreme Court extends his interim protection from ED arrest till Thursday

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram is currently in custody of the CBI for misusing his position as India’s finance minister and granting several clearances to INX Media
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News Reports

Pakistan fruit-seller asks Turkish biker to recite Kalima to prove she is Muslim, says Muslim women don’t wear ‘such clothes’

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani fruit seller asks Turkish biker Asil Ozbay to recite Muslim Kalima and censured her for wearing ‘inappropriate’ attire
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Books

Shiv Aroor on India’s Most Fearless 2: They practised unquestioning loyalty to their units and men, and when it came to it, placed the...

Nupur J Sharma -
‘India’s Most Fearless 2: More Military Stories of Unimaginable Courage and Sacrifice’  has been written by Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh, Penguin Ebury Press, 2019.
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News Reports

Union government denies forming Group of Ministers on Jammu and Kashmir, says media reports not true

OpIndia Staff -
Union Government has denied media reports about forming a group of minister for Jammu and Kashmir
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News Reports

Pakistani Minister rebukes Rahul Gandhi again for his stand on Kashmir, asks him to ‘stand tall’ like Nehru

OpIndia Staff -
After months of mirroring Pakistan’s lines and casting doubts on the government over issues of national security, Rahul Gandhi sudden modified tune left Pakistan completely flummoxed
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Editor's picks

Pakistan can’t seem to catch a break on social media: Indians speculate if Pakistan issued missile warning because of Twitter trolls

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan issues NOTAM and Naval warning, Indian Right Wing meme masters have whale of a time
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Opinions

Time to act against a threat that can’t be ignored: Here is how Chinese TikTok poses a threat to Indian sovereignty and national security

K Bhattacharjee -
The privacy policies of TikTok are a matter of concern considering the fact that user information can be accessed by the Chinese government and that, could be a threat to national security.
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News Reports

Pakistani Railway Minister predicts India-Pakistan war in October-December, says 130 million youths ready to die for Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani federal minister says that the people who think there is room for negotiation with India are fools
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News Reports

Arundhati Roy’s statement on Pakistan makes her commitment to human rights questionable: Dr Allah Nazar Baloch

OpIndia Staff -
Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) chief Dr Allah Nazar Baloch has issued a statement condemning Arundhati Roy's ignorance and malicious propaganda
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News Reports

Allahabad High Court dismisses The Quint founder Raghav Bahl’s writ petition challenging IT-Dept’s action against him

OpIndia Staff -
Bahl had denied the allegations levelled against him. He has asserted that every transaction had been fully disclosed and assessed to tax.
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News Reports

Gujjar community comes out on streets to protest against Pakistan after terrorists kill two civilians in Tral

OpIndia Staff -
Two days back, two individuals from Gujjar community in Jammu and Kashmir were abducted by Pakistan sponsored terrorists and brutally murdered by them
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Opinions

Half a million or 1 million? While media peddles fantastical claims, here are the actual number of troops deployed in Jammu and Kashmir

Rohit Vats -
The latest number of Indian security personnel in Jammu & Kashmir is 1 million! Yes, that’s 1,000,000 troops deployed in Jammu & Kashmir with the express purpose to hold the local population, according to media that doesn't much care for facts.
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News Reports

Journalist Suhasini Haider spreads her propaganda without reading the SC order that allowed Yechury to travel to Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Suhasini Haidar tried to imply that while administration is preventing politicians from visiting J&K, Supreme Court is not against it
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News Reports

Dissatisfied with the answers to their questions, CBI contemplates putting P Chidambaram through lie-detector test

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram has been in CBI custody since August 21, 2019.
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Media

PCI chief supports communication blockage in J&K citing national interest, PCI sings a different tune after media backlash

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier last week, the PCI chairman had sought intervention on behalf of the Council in a writ petition filed by Kashmir Times Executive Editor Anuradha Bhasin in the Supreme Court on communication blockage in Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370. 
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Crime

Tirupati: Lord Venkateswara’s silver crown and gold jewellery worth 7 lakh missing, ex TTD board member and BJP leader reveals

OpIndia Staff -
Though the items were reported missing in 2017, the theft has come to light after a former TTD board member released some documents related to the audit recently.
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News Reports

Yechury allowed Srinagar visit to meet his party colleague, any political stunt to be deemed violation of court order

OpIndia Staff -
After considering Yechury's plea, The SC has stated that his request to visit is to be granted only under the condition that he will meet his colleague Tarigami and will not indulge in any political activity.
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Crime

Bihar: Mahadalit woman lynched for ‘practicing witchcraft and black magic’

OpIndia Staff -
In another separate incident, yet another Mahadalit man was allegedly beaten to death by two Mahadalits over an illicit love affair.
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Media

Nothing short of yellow journalism: Read SC’s scathing remarks against The Wire in Jay Shah defamation case

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court pulled up The Wire for being in a hurry to publish their story on Jay Shah and said that it was 'nothing short of yellow journalism'.
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