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Sitaram Yechury stopped at Srinagar Airport, sent back to Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Sitaram Yechuri's CPI(M) had one MLA in the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir Assembly
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav directs SP workers to block roads, hold massive protest in support of Azam Khan across Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Akhilesh Yadav seems to be sharing a special bond with Azam Khan which compels him to overlook his immorality
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News Reports

Ladakh residents organise thanksgiving ceremony to celebrate their region becoming a Union Territory

OpIndia Staff -
Ladakh Buddhist Association(LBA) organised a "thanksgiving" to celebrate the central government's move to turn Ladakh into a Union Teriitory
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News Reports

Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra flooded as heavy rains hit various parts of the country

OpIndia Staff -
As per the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the next two days will see more rains in Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra
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Media

NDTV finds endorsement from Pakistan, Imran Khan’s party shares their video to further anti-India agenda

Sanghamitra -
Pakistan's ruling party PTI has endorsed NDTV by sharing a video clip from one of their shows where they claim the people of Kashmir are waiting for the curfew to lift so they can 'show' India what they feel, hinting violence and riots.
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Media

NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain desperately tries to portray that Kashmiri Pandits are unhappy with abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
In his show, Jain attempted to stage an interview with one of the Kashmiri Pandits, Upendra Kaul to push a narrative that Kashmiri Pandit community is unhappy about the scrapping of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Media

The Wire displays wrong map marking Kashmir as ‘Indian Occupied Kashmir’ in their video, pulls video down after outrage

OpIndia Staff -
In the Kashmir map displayed by The Wire, the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir including areas like Srinagar etc were labelled as "Indian Occupied Part".
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News Reports

United Nations snubs Pakistan as it refuses to comment on the Kashmir matter terming it as a ‘bilateral issue’

OpIndia Staff -
The desperate Pakistan PM Imran Khan has now run pillar to post seeking the support of the international community on the Kashmir issue.
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Politics

JDU does a U-turn on Article 370 after it is stripped, says law should be abided by all

OpIndia Staff -
Rajya Sabha MP and JDU's general secretary Ram Chandra Prasad Singh has stated that the JDU does not wish to engage in further ideological sparring with the BJP. He said that the law should be abided by all now.
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News Reports

Ahmedabad: One Mirasi Faruk makes a hoax bomb call because he wanted to teach the police a ‘lesson’

OpIndia Staff -
The police traced the call and arrested the caller, 32-year-old Mirasi Faruk who is a drug addict. A Qawwali singer by profession, Faruk wanted to teach Ahmedabad Police a 'lesson'. 
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Politics

Gandhi family, Dr Manmohan Singh skip Pranab Mukherjee’s Bharat Ratna award function

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi chose to skip the event where Pranab Mukherjee was awarded the Bharat Ratna last evening
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi talks to media after PM Modi’s address to the nation, speaks about Kerala floods, refuses to comment on Kashmir

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After several Congress leaders opposed the party on its stand on Articl3 370, Rahul Gandhi refused to comment on it
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News Reports

Malala Yousafzai tries to mouth off platitudes on Kashmir, gets called out by Netizens

OpIndia Staff -
Malala has been called out earlier as well, by social media users, for her selectivity in condemning human rights abuses
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News Reports

Digvijay Singh wants Congress leadership to march from Lal Qila to Lal Chowk to protest the abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Digvijay Singh bats for Congress leadership to march from Lal Qila to Lal Chowk to protest abrogation of Article 370
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News Reports

About 70 terrorists and hardline pro-Pakistan Kashmiri separatists shifted from Jammu and Kashmir to Agra: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Normalcy is gradually returning in Jammu and Kashmir after Article 370 was abrogated on Monday
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Opinions

Concentration Camps to Lal Chowk March: Congress leaders compete with each other on generating hysteria over Article 370

K Bhattacharjee -
The Congress party is willing to set the whole country on fire so that the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty could rule over the ashes.
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News Reports

Removal of Article 370 is not withdrawal of special provisions, it is giving equal rights to people of Jammu and Kashmir: PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi addresses the nation after the abrogation of Article 370
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News Reports

West Bengal: Govt school asks students to write a report on ‘Jai Shree Ram and its negative impact on society’ during school exams

OpIndia Staff -
The chant of Jai Shri Ram has become one of political upheaval in West Bengal with TMC goons lashing out at those chanting it
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News Reports

Pakistan suspends Samjhauta Express, asks India to send driver to take the train back

OpIndia Staff -
After snapping bilateral trade and downgrading diplomatic ties with India, Pakistan has today announced that it will permanently discontinue Samjhauta Express train services.
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News Reports

Amidst scare-mongering by Congress, Jammu and Kashmir returns to normalcy within two days of abrogating Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
The people of Jammu and Kashmir has perceived it as a golden opportunity to progress themselves and society, and are welcoming the Narendra Modi government’s decision.
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Entertainment

Article 370 is gone and we have Rakhi Sawant to thank

OpIndia Staff -
Rakhi Sawant wants to go to Kashmir for her honeymoon.
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News Reports

Article 370 fallout: Pakistan partially shuts down airspace between India and Pakistan for a month

OpIndia Staff -
Three segments of international flight route connecting Lahore has been shut for 8 hours a day till 5th September
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Government and Policy

Re-shaping Article 370: Has the Modi government upped its Constitutional game?

J Sai Deepak -
The lightning speed with which the Presidential Orders of August 5, 2019, and August 6, 2019, concerning Article 370 have been promulgated thanks has put an end to the 70-year old stalemate created by and surrounding Article 370 of the Indian Constitution
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Fact-Check

Incompetence or malice? Indiatimes twists Ranvir Shorey’s comments against Congress to target Modi Govt on abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
IndiaTimes took a comment by actor Ranveer Shorey against the Congress government opposing abrogation of Article 370 and said that he 'slammed' the Modi government instead
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Politics

Congress’ Ghulam Nabi Azad goes to Srinagar to be part of ‘sadness’ in JK after abrogation of Article 370, sent back from airport to...

OpIndia Staff -
Congress is facing a divide within in its own ranks as there are two distinct factions over the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Opinions

Travel well Sushma Swaraj, they don’t make leaders like you anymore

Rahul Sharma -
The death of Sushma Swaraj seemed like a personal loss.
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Politics

Congress leader and son of Maharaja Hari Singh who signed Instrument of Accession, Dr Karan Singh, welcomes abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Karan Singh joins long list of prominent Congress leaders who have come out in support of Modi government's decision to dilute Article 370 making Jammu and Kashmir a part of India without any riders attached.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Dalit woman commits suicide in Bharatpur after allegedly tortured and threatened by police

OpIndia Staff -
Woman commits suicide after police tortured her to inquire about her husband who had reportedly eloped with a young girl
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Opinions

Here is how the Narendra Modi doctrine has broken all psychological barriers and left Pakistan clueless

Abhishek Banerjee -
Among the “retaliatory measures” announced by Pakistan yesterday, and I kid you not, is a threat to observe Aug 15 as a Black Day.
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News Reports

In an act of bravery, Muslim woman tears up triple talaq paper in front of her husband, says ‘it won’t work anymore’

OpIndia Staff -
On July 1, the husband had given her talaq 'thrice' on a piece of paper and handed it over to her. The SP had then asked the couple to visit the Nari Utthan Kendra counsellor. 
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Media Fact-Check

Molestation accused ‘journalist’ Vinod Dua lies again, this time on Trump’s statement on Kashmir after abrogation of Article 370

Nirwa Mehta -
The fact that Jammu and Kashmir is now a part of India without any riders and conditions has taken the ones who never wanted to bring a solution to the Kashmir issue by surprise.
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Crime

Rajasthan: Imran, Khalid, Anwar shoot a man, Bajrang Dal claims they said ‘this is not Kashmir, 370 will be celebrated with bullets’

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan police have, however, ruled out the Article 370 angle and said that the incident transpired as the two groups got into an altercation over the noise of crackers and loudspeakers which were being used during the birthday party.
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News Reports

India responds to Pakistan downgrading diplomatic ties with India, says decision on Article 370 entirely internal matter of India

OpIndia Staff -
India has regretted Pakistan's decision to downgrade ties with India over Article 370, and urged to review the decision
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News Reports

Thousands of migrant workers flee Kashmir following hate crimes and threats by local Muslims: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The plight of migrant workers in Kashmir reveals the dark underbelly of Kashmiri separatism which is a toxic blend of racial and religious supremacy.
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Law

SC refuses to grant an urgent hearing on a petition filed by infamous ML Sharma challenging the scrapping of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of India refused to grant an urgent hearing on a petition filed by advocate ML Sharma challenging the scrapping of Article 370
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News Reports

Here is why UK MP Liam Byrne ‘condemned’ India’s decision to abrogate Article 370, and it has nothing to do with India

OpIndia Staff -
Liam Byrne said that the decision of the Indian government to abolish Article 370 was 'unacceptable'.
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News Reports

Congress exposes its mindset, Ghulam Nabi Azad says Kashmiris interacted with Ajit Doval because they were paid for it

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad when asked about the recent trip of NSA Ajit Doval to Shopian, Kashmir, he said, "You (Ajit Doval) can take anyone with you by paying money and take them."
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News Reports

US on Kashmir: Pakistan ‘must’ act on terror and desist from aggression, ‘hope’ India will abide by democratic principles

OpIndia Staff -
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee have issued a joint statement on Wednesday on the decision of the Indian government to abolish Article 370 and integrate Jammu & Kashmir completely with the Indian Union.
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Media Fact-Check

Shekhar Gupta led ThePrint publishes fake news again, USA denies reports of India informing USA before abrogating Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Shekhar Gupta's The Print resorted to peddling false news after it claimed that the Modi government had briefed the US about its plans to scrap Article 370 twice.
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News Reports

RSS worker in Rajasthan thrashed brutally by 5 Muslim men for celebrating the abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
The Modi government took a bold step recently to abrogate Article 370 and integrate Jammu and Kashmir wholly and without any conditions with the rest of India.
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Politics

[Watch] War of words in Pakistan Assembly after Pakistan senator likens minister Fawad Chaudhry to a pet dog during Kashmir debate

OpIndia Staff -
A clip from their assembly session went viral on social media where Pakistani senator Mushahidullah Khan could be heard calling names to federal minister Fawad Chaudhry.
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Media

SAT upholds SEBI penalty of ₹2.10 crore on NDTV, ₹3 lakhs each on 3 directors for not disclosing tax demand on time

OpIndia Staff -
SAT upholds SEBI fine on NDTV, Prannoy, Radhika Roy and Vikram Chandra for violation of listing and disclosure norms
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News Reports

VVIP chopper scam: ED seeks non bailable warrant against MP CM Kamal Nath’s nephew Ratul Puri

OpIndia Staff -
Enforcement Directorate, has been probing Puri's involvement in the Rs 3600 crore VVIP Chopper scam
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News Reports

Rattled after abrogation of Article 370, Pakistan snaps bilateral trade and downgrades diplomatic ties with India

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan chaired a National Security meet to discuss the future course of action to be taken up Pakistan after India's move to abrogate Article 370
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Law

Ayodhya case Day 2: Nirmohi Akhara asks for more time to present evidences, bench asks to resubmit arguments after better preparation

OpIndia Staff -
The bench today reprimanded Nirmohi Akhara for its unpreparedness in the case and for not being able to produce relevant evidence
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News Reports

Watch: Normalcy prevails in Jammu and Kashmir as NSA Ajit Doval interacts with residents in Shopian

OpIndia Staff -
NSA Ajit Doval was in the Valley to review the security situation in the Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, stripping the state off its special status
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Social Media Fact-Check

Republic TV threatens action after pro-Kashmiri separatist Twitter account shares misleading video of Arnab after dilution of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
A Twitter account sympathising with the Kashmiri separatists movement and a supporter of secession of Jammu and Kashmir from the union of India uploaded a highly doctored old video of journalist Arnab Goswami.
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News Reports

‘Feminism in India’ protests against abrogation of Article 370 which was discriminatory against women

OpIndia Staff -
Article 370 and article 35A were anti-women, and feminists are protesting their abrogation
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News Reports

After abrogation of Article 370, CII President Uday Kotak proposes ten-point agenda to fuel growth in newly formed union territories

OpIndia Staff -
Businesses such as ITC group, helmet-maker Steelbird have expressed their desire to expand into the state.
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News Reports

‘Baloch people have lost a great friend’: BLF Chief Dr Allah Nazar issues statement mourning the passing of Sushma Swaraj

OpIndia Staff -
The rebel leader of Balochistan and the chief of Balochistan Liberation Army, Dr Allah Nazar has issued a statement mourning the loss of a leader like Sushma Swaraj
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