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Is Shah Faesal Ajit Doval’s asset? Unlikely, Swati Chaturvedi may be unwittingly helping the central government

K Bhattacharjee -
Strange rumours are coming out of Kashmir. Shah Faesal, supposedly, is Doval's stooge.
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News Reports

Rattled by India’s decision to abrogate Article 370, Pakistanis dial CRPF’s ‘Madadgaar’ helpline number to abuse India

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani's have been thrown completely off-balance since India has taken the bold decision to strip Article 370
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Politics

AAP’s ‘ration card minister’ Sandeep Kumar disqualified from the party for ‘defection’

OpIndia Staff -
Sandeep Kumar was removed from the cabinet after a CD showing him allegedly in a compromising act had surfaced
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News Reports

Caveat filed in Supreme Court against Radha Kumar and Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Kapil Kak’s petition challenging abrogation of Article 370

Nirwa Mehta -
A leading Kashmiri Pandit organisation, 'Roots in Kashmir' has filed a caveat in Supreme Court today seeking that no order shall be passed in the petition challenging constitutional validity of abrogation of Article 370 without hearing the caveator.
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News Reports

Police Complaint filed against Anurag Kashyap for hurting religious sentiments in season 2 of Sacred Games

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, Akali MLA Manjinder S Sirsa file police complaint against Anurag Kashyap
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Crime

Sunanda Pushkar case: Prosecution alleges Sunanda was a victim of domestic violence, seeks charges against Shashi Tharoor

OpIndia Staff -
Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor has been charged under Sections 498-A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the IPC but has evaded arrested in the case so far.
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News Reports

You are a glorified broker who takes all the credit for our product: Restaurateur rips Zomato apart in an open letter

OpIndia Staff -
'You are merely a delivery agency. It is not your product. Just do your job and deliver the food', restaurant owner writes to Zomato
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News Reports

Panic in Congress: Chidambaram approaches SC after being denied anticipatory bail by Delhi HC, CJI refuses urgent hearing

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram is being represented by senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal in the matter.
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Media

Here is why Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy were stopped at the airport and were not allowed to leave the country

Nupur J Sharma -
Radhika and Prannoy Roy of NDTV have said that they were not allowed to leave the country because of a concocted ICICI loan case. Read about that case in details
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Crime

Bishop Franco case: Sister Lucy alleges illegal confinement by convent, case registered

OpIndia Staff -
Sister Lucy Kalapurakkal had last year supported the victim nun and had demanded the arrest of rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who headed the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar.  
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News Reports

Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram may face arrest, Delhi HC rejects his anticipatory bail pleas

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram both have been accused in INX Media scam that involved corruption and money laundering
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News Reports

Government serves eviction notices to over 200 former MPs who continue to occupy Lutyens bungalows

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court order mandates legislators to vacate their official accommodation in 1 month after the assembly is dissolved
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Media

The Telegraph wrongly identifies pro-Kashmir integration activists as those protesting against abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
The Telegraph wrongly attributing pro-Kashmir integration march held by Kashmir Youth Movement as 'protests against' the government of India's decision
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Government and Policy

Govt orders complete blackout of ‘non-permitted’ channels including Zakir Naik’s Peace TV and Pakistani channels in Kashmir valley

OpIndia Staff -
Indian government attempts to plug this vicious attempt of spreading malicious news by various Pakistani propaganda channels.
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Politics

Telangana: In a big jolt to TDP, nearly 60 prominent party leaders join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP national working president JP Nadda was in Hyderabad on Sunday to welcome the former TDP members into BJP.
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News Reports

India rejects Pakistan’s allegation of ‘fifth generation war’ using water as weapon, says Pakistan was informed before releasing excess water

OpIndia Staff -
Baffled Pakistan is trying the littlest of things in its capacity to create pressure on India but is failing miserably each time
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News Reports

Spending time with PM Modi in the nature showed me how beautiful and vibrant India really is: Man Vs Wild host Bear Grylls

OpIndia Staff -
Grylls also said how spending time with PM Modi in the nature showed how beautiful and vibrant India really is.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC leaders accused of stealing 5000 eggs and serving children only rice and salt for mid-day meals

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MP Locket Chatterjee discovered that children were being fed only rice and salt in mid-day meals during her surprise visit to the school on Monday.
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News Reports

Chandrayaan 2: ISRO crosses a major landmark, successfully injects the spacecraft into the lunar orbit

OpIndia Staff -
If the satellite would have approached the moon as a higher-than-expected velocity it would have bounced off it and got lost in deep space.
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News Reports

A new low even by Pakistani standards: Former diplomats want the world to legitimise terrorism, endorse proxy war in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
The former diplomats Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Abdul Basit, and Shahid Malik were speaking on a TV talk show hosted by Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir.
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Opinions

The Zomato controversy: Their business plan, the dispute and a dark tale of greed, exploitation and fear

Guest Author -
The controversy stems from deep discounting, favouritism, monopolistic trade practices amongst others, creating a rift between the delivery platforms like Zomato and Restaurateurs
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Akali Dal leader Manjinder Sirsa accuses filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of deliberately disrespecting Sikhs in season 2 of Netflix’s Sacred Games

OpIndia Staff -
Anurag Kashyap, the newfound cultural hero of the ultra-left wing, has a long history of abusing people and resorting to fake news on social media. 
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News Reports

Zakir Naik banned from giving speeches in Malaysia, grilled by Malaysian police for over 10 hours

OpIndia Staff -
Zakir Naik was grilled by Malaysian police for over ten hours on Monday for his racially discriminatory remarks against Malaysian Hindus and Chinese Malaysians, the two prominent non-Muslim groups in Malaysia.
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News Reports

Ratul Puri, Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath’s nephew arrested by the ED in connection with Rs 354 crore bank fraud case

OpIndia Staff -
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today arrested Ratul Puri, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath's nephew, from Delhi in connection with a Rs 354 crore bank fraud case.
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Fact-Check

Viral video showing Pakistanis slaughtering cow on Indian flag is real, but it is old

OpIndia Staff -
The video showing Pakistanis slaughtering cow on Indian flag is from February 2019
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News Reports

Meet General Bajwa: The Pakistani Army Chief who awarded himself a three-year extension at his job

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa received a three-year extension over concerns regarding 'regional security'.
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News Reports

Jharkhand BJP leader denies media reports that his son committed suicide due to fear of losing job, says it was family matter

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader says his son killed himself due to family problem, not in fear of losing job
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News Reports

Peace returns as no major law and order situation reported in the region after abrogation of Article 370: J&K Director, Information

OpIndia Staff -
Peace returns to Jammu and Kashmir as no major law and order situation reported in the region after abrogation of Article 370
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News Reports

Law topper skips convocation to avoid receiving gold medal from CJI Gogoi to protest handling of sexual harassment charges against him

OpIndia Staff -
NLU toller Surbhi Karwa skipped convocation protesting handling of sexual harassment charges against CJI Gogoi
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News Reports

P Chidambaram summoned by ED in UPA-era aviation scam case

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier former aviation minister Praful Patel was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in the aviation scam case.
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News Reports

Indian Medical Association slams The Lancet for anti-India article, withdraws esteem they had for the medical journal

OpIndia Staff -
IMA condemns The Lancet for interference into an internal matter of India
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News Reports

PM Modi to visit UAE later this week, will receive their highest civilian honour, the Zayed Medal

OpIndia Staff -
UAE was one of the first nations to extend support to India and declare that the decisions regarding Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir are India's internal matter.
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Politics

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s visit to Pakistan may be cancelled keeping in mind their safety: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Prince William and Kate's visit to Pakistan would have been the first since Prince Charles and Camilla's visit back in 2006.
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Media

Faulty FactChecker’s statement on their reporter’s attempt to prove ‘no hate crime’ further exposes their bias

K Bhattacharjee -
IndiaSpend's faulty FactChecker.in does have a rather dubious track record.
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News Reports

Secret internet access to separatist leader Geelani in Kashmir, BSNL suspends 2 employees

OpIndia Staff -
There is a state-wide communication blackout instituted in Jammu and Kashmir after the government abrogated Article 370.
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Politics

Congress demands that the “wrong decision” of revoking Article 370 be reversed

OpIndia Staff -
Ghulam Nabi Azad has been one of the most prominent leaders in Congress to be very vocally critical of abrogation of Article 370.
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News Reports

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa to order CBI probe into phone tapping charges against former CM HD Kumaraswamy

OpIndia Staff -
The coalition government of the JDS and the Congress fell in July with Kumaraswamy resigning on July 23
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News Reports

Afghanistan officially snubs Pakistan, says attempt to link Afghanistan issue with Kashmir is ‘reckless, unwarranted and irresponsible’

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has been completely rattled ever since India decided to dilute Article 370 and proceeded to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir
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News Reports

Criminal complaint filed against freelance protestor Shehla Rashid for spreading fake news against Indian Army

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier in the day, freelance protestor-turned-politician Shehla Rashid, who has an illustrious career of peddling fake news, Shehla Rashid in a series of tweets had attempted to incite people by sharing false claims of torture and excessive force being used against Kashmiris.
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News Reports

Second day of ceasefire violations by Pakistan, targets forward posts and villages along LoC in Nowshera

OpIndia Staff -
The abrogation of Article 370 has rattled Pakistan, which has since stepped up its efforts to create unrest in Jammu Kashmir.
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Media

SC refuses to quash charges against rape accused journalist Tarun Tejpal, directs lower court to finish trial in six months

OpIndia Staff -
A journalist colleague of Tarun Tejpal had accused him of raping her on November 7, 2013, inside an elevator in a Hotel Grand Hyatt, Goa, during Tehelka magazine's THiNK 2013 festival in Goa.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: 22-year-old Sayeeda burnt to death by husband and in-laws for complaining against Triple Talaq

OpIndia Staff -
Ramzan Khan, the father of the victim has alleged that his son-in-law Nafees (26), who worked in Mumbai had pronounced triple talaq to Sayeeda over the phone.
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News Reports

Kabul terror attack: ISIS claims responsibility for attacks, releases identity of Kabul wedding hall bomber as Abu Asim Al-Pakistani

OpIndia Staff -
The terrorist, Abu Asim Al-Pakistani, claimed that he targeted a gathering of "non-believers" or Mushrikeens.
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Economy and Finance

ED summons MNS chief Raj Thackeray in Kohinoor CTNL case

OpIndia Staff -
The Kohinoor building project dealings had come under the scanner during the IL and FS scam case investigation
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Media

J&K administration rubbishes India Today report that SPOs in Kashmir maybe involved with terrorists and their weapons have been seized

OpIndia Staff -
Meanwhile, India Today journalist Abhishek Bhalla who wrote the story has brazened it out and said that his sources were 'credible' and not based on rumours.
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News Reports

Shehla Rashid inciting people by sharing fake news, claims of torture and excessive force being used against Kashmiris untrue: Indian Army

OpIndia Staff -
In a series of tweets, Rashid had alleged that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is grim and that the armed forces are using excessive force on the Kashmiris.
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News Reports

Harvard alumnus IAS officer says Harvard group’s petition demanding release of Shah Faesal was opposed by majority of group members

OpIndia Staff -
Harvard alumnus says majority group members had opposed few friends of Shah Faesal who released the statement
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News Reports

Pakistani journalist uses video of Indian journalist Abhisar Sharma to spread anti-India propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
Abhisar Sharma complaints about few memes, Pakistani journalist circulates the video
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News Reports

“Congress party has lost its way”: Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda attacks his party for opposing abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
The Parivarthan rally of Bhupinder Singh Hooda is projected as a show of strength and a wake-up call to the party high command to acknowledge his stature just ahead of assembly polls in the state
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP worker Dalu Sheikh killed after crude bombs were hurled at him by TMC workers

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal has been a hotbed for political violence ever since BJP has made successful inroads into the state.
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