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Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries reject Pakistani postgraduate degree in medicine, sack MS and MD doctors from Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
The decision has now rendered hundreds of Pakistan doctors jobless. Most of these underqualified doctors who stay in Saudi Arabia are now asked to be ready for deportation.
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Politics

‘Liberals’ troll Jyotiraditya Scindia for daring to go against the party stand to root for India on Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Since stripping down of Article 370 in Kashmir, Congress, along with other Opposition parties has maintained that it is against the move.
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Politics

Atif Aslam, Veena Malik may be ‘artists’ for peaceniks in India, but to them, they will always remain Pakistani first

Nirwa Mehta -
Pakistani artists' posts on Kashmir should be a wake-up call for the 'cross-border culture exchange' brigade.
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News Reports

‘India has a right to amend its sovereign laws’: After UAE and Sri Lanka, Maldives supports India’s move to abrogate Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Maldives has now issued a statement regarding the step by the Modi Government.
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Political Fact-Check

Manish Tewari misleads the parliament by saying Article 370 was permanent. Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
Manish Tewari said that as constitutional assembly does not exist to aprove abolition of Article 370, this has become permanent
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News Reports

Advocate Murad Ali files sedition case against Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and others for opposing abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
The court has taken cognisance of the sedition case against Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti and announced September 24 as the date of next hearing
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Opinions

I am a Kashmiri Pandit, and with the curtains finally falling on Article 370, I feel empowered and vindicated

Saksshi -
The curtains finally fall on Article 370 and with it new dawn of hope, dreams, and aspirations await to embrace us!
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News Reports

Afghanistan: Suicide car bomb in Kabul injures 95, Taliban claims responsibility

OpIndia Staff -
The bomb exploded when a vehicle was stopped at a checkpoint outside the police station.
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Politics

EC set to review ‘National Party’ status, TMC, CPI plead to put review on hold till 2024, NCP till Maharashtra elections

OpIndia Staff -
If these three parties are derecognised, only five political parties, the BJP, Congress, National People’s Party, CPM and BSP will continue to be national political parties. 
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News Reports

After deciding the national price for roti and naan, Pakistan focuses on ‘Kashmiri struggle’, Asif Ghafoor says ‘will go to any extent’

OpIndia Staff -
This grandstanding by Asif Ghafoor on Kashmir comes right after Pakistan and its Prime Minister have found sometime after deciding on issues of national importance such as the national price of Roti and Naan. 
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Politics

Ignoring dissenting voices in party, CWC passes resolution against govt’s Kashmir move, holds meeting chaired by ‘resigned’ Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
This resolution adopted by Congress seems more like an afterthought to save the party's reputation and douse questions over its leadership structure after several leaders expressed solidarity with the BJP govt's decision.
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Social Media

Hate mongers celebrate her death as the nation mourns stateswoman Sushma Swaraj

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, when some of the Indians expressed happiness over the death of Sushma Swaraj, in a rare incident, few Pakistanis expressed their condolence after Swaraj passed away. 
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News Reports

Scared of a Balakot redux, Pakistan to shut its airspace for Indian flights yet again: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan is all set to shut its airspace for Indian flights and carriers all over again after India effectively abrogated all provisions of Article 370 and stripped Jammu and Kashmir off its 'special status'.
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Politics

As Amit Shah thundered away in Lok Sabha yesterday, here are three significant takeaways from his speech

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah stated in Lok Sabha that enough debate has been done over the article. He asserted that we have been discussing for three generations and now it is the time for action.
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Politics

Remembering Sushma Swaraj, the mother to Indians stranded abroad

Nirwa Mehta -
These tweets of Sushma Swaraj won the Internet and our hearts
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News Reports

BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj passes away at the age of 67, nation mourns

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday at 12 PM, her body will be kept for three hours at the BJP headquarters for party workers and leaders to pay tributes. Later, her last rites will be performed at the Lodhi Road crematorium at 3 PM.
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News Reports

No united stand on 370, pandering to Pakistan, dissing Sardar Patel and singing ‘Nehru-Indira-chalisa’: The Congress suicide note

OpIndia Staff -
In a hurry to deflect from the issue of Article 370, Digvijaya Singh resorts to rhetorics when he claims that Nehru was responsible for the independence of Goa or his claims of Indira Gandhi freeing up Sikkim. 
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News Reports

Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns India of another Pulwama like attack due to effective abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Pulwama attack was engineered by Pakistan based Jaish-e-Muhammad terror outfit, killing 40 CRPF personnel
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News Reports

Ayodhya hearing day 1: “keep the dignity of the court” CJI tells advocate of Muslim party as hearing witnesses heated exchanges

OpIndia Staff -
Nirmohi Akhara presented its arguments on the first day of daily hearing of Ayodhya case in Supreme Court
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News Reports

A star is born: Meet the 33-year-old Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal who floored the Parliament today with his speech

OpIndia Staff -
The 33-year-old Jamyang Tsering Namgyal, one of the youngest MP in the Lok Sabha from India’s largest parliamentary seat geographically - Ladakh
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News Reports

Lok Sabha passes resolution to abolish the provisions of Article 370, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill

OpIndia Staff -
Article 370 ceases to exist in its present form, and Jammu and Kashmir has been split into two union territories
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News Reports

Jyotiraditya Scindia supports Modi govt’s move to dilute Article 370 and bifurcate JK even as Congress toes Pakistan’s line

OpIndia Staff -
Jyotiraditya Scindia who was until now, being considered as the next face to represent the grand old party, took to Twitter to extend his support on the move of bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Social Media

LGBT Rights Advocacy Group trolled by people from the LGBT community for celebrating the complete integration of JK

OpIndia Staff -
The LGBT community has a special reason to celebrate the abolition of the provisions. Until yesterday, homosexuality was still a criminal offence in Jammu & Kashmir since the state had a separate constitution.
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News Reports

UAE ambassador to India and Sri Lankan PM support Indian govt’s decision to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir, say ‘internal matter’

OpIndia Staff -
The UAE ambassador to India, Dr Ahmad Al Banna has backed the Indian government’s move to effectively abolish Article 370
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News Reports

Anti-India posters disguised as pro-India come up on streets of Islamabad, removed by police

OpIndia Staff -
Poster seen in Pakistan seems to hail scrapping Article 370, but the poster reads “Akhand Bharat Real Terror”
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News Reports

This is our internal matter, don’t interfere: India reacts sharply to China’s ‘concerns’ over Modi govt’s decision to dilute Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
After the Modi government effectively abrogated Article 370 and accorded Union Territory status to J&K and Ladakh, Pakistan and China reacted sharply to India's bold move.
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News Reports

Pakistani media uses Congress MPs and other opposition leaders’ speech in Parliament to further their agenda on Kashmir

Jinit Jain -
Yesterday, the Indian government stripped Article 370 and moved a bill to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories
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Politics

Story on Tej Pratap Yadav’s wife claiming he was a drug addict withheld due to court injunction sought by Yadav

OpIndia Staff -
This report has been withheld in deference to orders of Hon'ble Court
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News Reports

Two families, who think Kashmir is their ‘baap ka jaagir’, will lose livelihood due to scrapping of Article 370: Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering

OpIndia Staff -
The Ladakh MP said that Kashmir's future will be bright due to scrapping of Article 370, but two families will lose livelihood
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Politics

Farooq Abdullah goes on a rant telling one lie after another, threatens violence and unrest after being caught absconding parliament of his own will

OpIndia Staff -
Farooq Abdullah speaks to media, claims his 'state is being burned and people are being executed in jails'. Fails to explain why he is not attending parliament when he is neither detained, arrested nor unwell.
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Opinions

If Indians care more about the land than the current residents of Kashmir, blame Jihad for it, not Indians

K Bhattacharjee -
In the wake of the abolition of Articles 370 and 35A and the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir which is now no longer a state, a twisted argument is being made by people from expected quarters.
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News Reports

After toeing the Pakistani line, Congress’ Adhir Ranjan tries to fire-fight, makes matters worse by displaying his ignorance on POK

OpIndia Staff -
After receiving severe criticism, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seems to be attempting to fire-fight but has ended up displaying his ignorance once again.
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Politics

NCP’s Supriya Sule tries grandstanding on Article 370, Home Minister Amit Shah shuts her up

OpIndia Staff -
The debate on Article 370 being diluted is 'incomplete' without NC MP Farooq Abdullah, Sule said.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Primary school terms a 9-year-old ‘characterless’ in his TC for complaining against teacher’s thrashing

OpIndia Staff -
This could jeopardise the child's future as this remark in the TC may come in the way of the child seeking admission in any other school.
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News Reports

Indian Army foils a major infiltration bid in Macchal sector of Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Yesterday, through a Presidential decree, Article 370 was stripped and a bill proposing bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir was passed in the Rajya Sabha.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi goes on to mass block people on Twitter after saying nation is made up of people

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi is on a blocking spree on Twitter, blocking anyone who disagrees with him or shows him the truth
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News Reports

Congress and TMC intolerance: 5 BJYM leaders arrested in Bengal, several detained in Punjab for celebrating dilution of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Kashmir Reorganisation Bill stripping Article 370 and declaring JK as Union Territory was passed in Rajya Sabha with 125 Ayes and 61 Nos. It is currently being presented in the Lok Sabha.
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News Reports

While Pak politicians mouth off platitudes, rattled by dilution of Article 370, Pakistan summons Indian High Commissioner

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's foreign secretary Sohail Mahmood summoned Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Ajay Bisaria on Monday to the Foreign Office over the abrogation of Article 370.
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Politics

Manish Tewari invokes erotic novel ’50 Shades of Grey’ when asked if Congress supports the stripping of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Manish Tewari cited an erotic romance novel named '50 Shades Of Grey' to reply to the Home Minister.
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News Reports

Manish Tewari says Nehru sent forces to annex Hyderabad, does not even mention Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah moved the resolution to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, in Lok Sabha and to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories.
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News Reports

Pakistan has no moral right on Kashmir, first provide same rights to own ethnic minorities: Pakistan minority leader Nadeem Nusrat

OpIndia Staff -
"While Pakistan demands right to a referendum in Kashmir, is it willing to grant the same right to its own disgruntled ethnic minorities?" questioned Mohajir leader.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir includes PoK and Aksai Chin too, will lay down life for it: Home Minister Amit Shah roars in Parliament

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for questioning the Parliament's power to amend the status of the Jammu and Kashmir.
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Opinions

How Indian ‘liberals’ supporting Article 370 are like the racists in 50s and 60s America

Abhishek Banerjee -
Yesterday, the Government of India scrapped Article 370, making every Indian an equal citizen, from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. It sent Indian liberals into a tizzy.
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Politics

Congress parrots Pakistan’s line, invokes UN and ‘bilateral issue’ while discussing Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
The only matter which is 'bilateral' with Pakistan is the disputed region which is illegally occupied by Pakistan. There, too, India maintains that that portion is a part of India.
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Opinions

Read the legal process used to abolish Article 35A and render Article 370 ineffective by a Presidential order

Raju Das -
An attempt to explain the Constitution (Application to Jammu And Kashmir) Order, 2019 issued on 5th August
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Social Media

TMC’s Chief Whip welcomes stripping of Article 370 in a cryptic message. Terrified of didi?

OpIndia Staff -
TMC in the Parliament had yesterday opposed the move of diluting Article 370 in state of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcating it into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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Media

The Telegraph wants to win a media rat race to the bottom of the pit with its headlines, but in the end, it will...

Nupur J Sharma -
The Telegraph headline screams "PARTITION". While the Telegraph prides itself in being cheeky with its headlines, at this historic moment, their headline should ideally amount of fanning tensions in the Indian State and toeing the Pakistan line.
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Government and Policy

108 laws including IPC, CrPC, SC/ST Atrocities Act to be applicable in Jammu and Kashmir as Article 370 is stripped

OpIndia Staff -
A total of 106 laws shall henceforth be applicable to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
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News Reports

JNU communists raise ‘Laal salaam, 370 wapas lao’ slogans at midnight, abuse Army: Report

OpIndia Staff -
A crowd of 'Lal Salam' enthusiasts gathered in JNU late last night and did a lot of sloganeering against the government's decision and claimed that the stripping of Article 370 is an attack on Kashmir's 'culture'.
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Politics

Congress leaders go against party stand and bat for India while ‘Kashmiri’ Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi maintain stunned silence on dilution of Article...

OpIndia Staff -
The BJD and BSP extended their support to the stripping down of Article 370 in the Parliament yesterday when Home Minister Amit Shah put up a proposal to dilute the discriminatory provision in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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