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Former Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit casts gloom over future, says Modi might ask Trump to mediate over PoK

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian government today scrapped Article 370 that granted Jammu and Kashmir a special status and moved a bill aimed to bifurcate the state into two Union Territories
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News Reports

Former Jammu and Kashmir CMs Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah detained by police to prevent law and order situation

OpIndia Staff -
Mehbooba Mufti taken to Hari Niwas palace, Omar Abdullah also detained
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Law

After Article 370 being stripped, Ram Mandir decision next? Hearing commences tomorrow, day-to-day proceedings to be held

OpIndia Staff -
The hearing in the Ram Mandir case is poised to be taken up by the Constitutional Bench from 6th August 2019 on a day to day basis.
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News Reports

Here is what the President means by ‘concurrence of Jammu and Kashmir Government’ in the order abolishing special status of the state

OpIndia Staff -
As per Article 370, Government of Jammu and Kashmir refers to the Governor of the state
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News Reports

Army, Air Force and Navy kept on high alert, NSA Ajit Doval to visit Jammu and Kashmir to take stock of the situation

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The Modi government came up with a historic move to change Kashmir’s destiny by revoking Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir
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Politics

Amit Shah’s thundering speech in the Rajya Sabha: Article 370 has been the root cause of terrorism and poverty in J and K

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Article 370 has been stopping tourism and hospitality companies from opening their business in the state, thus keeping its population poor and in the mercy of a handful of politicians.
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News Reports

Pakistanis go completely mental as India strips Article 370 and proceeds to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir state

OpIndia Staff -
Indian government today repealed away the contentious Article 370 and brought in a bill to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories
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Politics

BJD, BSP, AAP, YSRCP, TDP and AIADMK extend their support to stripping of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
YSRCP, AIADMK, Shiv Sena, BSP, BJD and AAP have expressed their support to government’s decision on scrapping Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Politics

Congress’ Chief whip resigns from RS calling decision to oppose the effective scrapping of Article 370 as ‘political suicide’

OpIndia Staff -
With Kalita's resignation, the rift within the Congress party becomes evident
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Fact-Check

Fact Check: Does the effective repeal of Articles 370 and 35A nullify the Instrument of Accession signed between JK Maharaja and India?

OpIndia Staff -
The claim that abolition of Articles 370 and 35A voids the accession of Jammu and Kashmir into India is incorrect
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News Reports

Congress opposes complete integration of Jammu and Kashmir with rest of India. Read their statements on Article 370 decision

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said his party along with other 'secular' political parties will stand with the people of Jammu and Kashmir to protest against the historic decision of abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of state into two union territories.
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Crime

Unnao Rape case: Delhi court orders to shift rape accused Sengar and accomplice to Tihar jail

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The Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi had asked the CBI to expedite the probe into the accident case and had given two week's time to complete the investigation.
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Opinions

5th August 2019: The death of Nehruvian Secularism and the dawn of a New India

K Bhattacharjee -
The abolition of Articles 370 and 35A marks the dawn of a New India.
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Government and Policy

Delimitation exercise of Jammu and Kashmir to begin soon, Puducherry UT model to be emulated

OpIndia Staff -
Provisions of Article 239A that are applicable to Puducherry will be applicable to the UT of Jammu and Kashmir as well.
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News Reports

Indian Army and Air Force put on high alert, Delhi Metro on red alert following govt’s announcement on Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Army and Air Force have been put on high alert following the terrorist threat and abrogation of Article 370.
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News Reports

Know the difference between the new union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

OpIndia Staff -
Jammu and Kashmir will have a legislature and state govt like Delhi, while Ladakh will be completely under central govt
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Politics

Blast from the past: These past tweets of Kashmiri politicians daring PM Modi to scrap Article 370 are amusing

OpIndia Staff -
With today's proposal of revoking Article 370, Kashmir, which had riders attached to it, is now part of India without any conditions.
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Opinions

As Kashmir issue grabs the nation’s eyeballs, liberals learn two new words, ‘vulture’ and ‘glee’

Editorial Desk -
The buzzwords for today's liberal meltdown appears to be 'vultures' and 'glee'.
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News Reports

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti warns about ‘catastrophic consequences’ of stripping Article 370, calls it ‘darkest day of Indian democracy’

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After abolition of Article 370, Mehbooba Mufti says decision of J&K leadership to align with India in 1947 has backfired
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Politics

Ruckus in Rajya Sabha as Modi government strips Article 370, PDP MPs tear constitution and their Kurtas

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Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu expelled PDP's Mir Fayaz and Nazir Ahmed Laway from the Rajya Sabha after they attempted to tear a copy of the constitution.
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Politics

This 2014 tweet storm by Omar Abdullah about Article 370 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not age well

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Omar Abdullah had in 2014 published 3 tweets where he had not only questioned the intent of the Modi government but also challenged the state to repeal Article 370
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News Reports

Article 370 effectively abolished: Home Minister Amit Shah moves resolution in Rajya Sabha abolishing Article 370 and bill to bifurcate J&K into two Union...

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The state of Jammu and Kashmir was gripped with a looming uncertainty as advisory was issued foe tourists to vacate the state
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Government and Policy

Operation Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir to be a Union Territory with Legislature, Ladakh a Union Territory without Legislature

OpIndia Staff -
In another massive move, Home Minister Amit Shah said that Jammu and Kashmir will be a Union Territory with Legislature and Ladakh will be a Union Territory without Legislature.
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Politics

Congress and AIMIM play politics over Kashmir, give adjournment motion in parliament ahead of crucial announcement

OpIndia Staff -
Congress and some other political parties have begun their politics over the issue of national security by giving adjournment motions in the Parliament. 
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Social Media

As India holds its breath over Jammu and Kashmir, ‘liberals’ suffer a massive meltdown

OpIndia Staff -
As India awaits a significant announcement regarding the ongoing situation in Jammu and Kashmir, 'secular liberals' are suffering a massive meltdown.
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Sports

Indian Pair Satwik and Chirag create history, win Thailand Open

Sambit Nayak -
Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrasekhar Shetty created history at the Huamark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, as they defeated the reigning world champions Li/Liu to win their first-ever super series Gold medal in Men’s Doubles category.
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News Reports

Live updates: Kashmir Reorganisation Bill stripping Article 370 and declaring JK as Union Territory passed in RS with 125 Ayes and 61 Nos

OpIndia Staff -
With mobile internet and landlines cut, the key administrative officials and top security officials in Jammu and Kashmir have been given satellite phones to keep in touch with the centre about the law and order situation in the state.
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News Reports

Pakistan’s radical Islamist Zaid Hamid uses tweets by Barkha Dutt to demonize India and fear monger about ‘build up in Kargil’

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This tweets by Barkha Dutt provided enough ammunition to Zaid Hamid to claim that India is planning to attack PoK
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News Reports

Unnao collision: Truck owner says number plate blackened due to unpaid EMIs, finance company says no instalment pending

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Orix Finance says no EMI for truck involved in collision with Unnao rape victim’s vehicle is pending
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News Reports

After refusing to accept dead bodies of their soldiers, Imran Khan claims India is ‘attacking innocent civilians’, begs UNSC to take note

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan has pleaded the United Nations Security Councils to take note of this situation in Kashmir and at the LOC
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Opinions

Abandoning parents and dumping them in old age homes is one of the worst crimes children can commit

Guest Author -
Old Age Homes: An ugly reality of modern times
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News Reports

Mehbooba Mufti gets a notice from Anti Corruption Bureau over Jammu and Kashmir Bank appointment case, plays victim

OpIndia Staff -
The Anti Corruption Bureau has sent a notice to the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti over the case of appointments in Jammu and Kashmir Bank.
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News Reports

Fearful of arrest after Triple Talaq bill passed, Muslim man returns to wife after 8 months

OpIndia Staff -
. Interestingly, Nasima's father-in-law has now promised to present a 750 square feet plot to her. 
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News Reports

After virtue-signalling with Zomato, Uber fails to help woman passenger stuck with abusive driver

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Woman passenger narrates how Uber customer care remained indifferent when she complained about an abusive driver
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News Reports

Disgruntled AAP leader Alka Lamba to resign from primary membership of the party, will continue as Chandni Chowk MLA

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Last week, Alka Lamba had made a stunning claim that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been taking revenge against her by hampering the CCTV installation work being carried out by her in the constituency.
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News Reports

Operation Kashmir: Officials in Kargil asked not to leave their stations and keep their mobile phones off

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Cricket Irfan Pathan and other support staff have also been asked to leave Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest
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Opinions

Ravish Kumar, Magsaysay award and connecting the dots: The history of Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Ashish Shukla -
Magsaysay Award to Ravish Kumar is another piece in this chessboard. A brand has been created as a bulwark against India’s cultural resurgence.
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Opinions

Not just removal of 35A and 370, but cultural enrichment of Kashmir is the solution to the menace of terrorism

K Bhattacharjee -
The Secular State of India, even after seven decades after Independence, has been maintaining that Kashmir is suffering a 'political problem'.
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News Reports

Operation Kashmir: NC chief Omar Abdullah fear mongers, lies about airfares out of Srinagar

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In view of the advisory issued by the Central Government, Air India has also capped fares of all its flights from Delhi to Srinagar and vice versa till August 15
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News Reports

He has sprinkled salt on our wounds: Kashmiri Pandits slam Ghulam Nabi Azad for exonerating Jihadis for the exodus

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All India Kashmiri Samaj has condemned Ghulam Nabi Azad for blaming governor Jagmohan for the exodus of Pandits and exonerating the Jihadis
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News Reports

Amit Shah meets NSA Ajit Doval, other senior security officials, crucial cabinet meet to discuss Kashmir situation tomorrow

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is meeting National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Intelligence Bureau chief Arvind Kumar, Research Analysis Wing's Chief Samant Goel, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and other officials today amid a massive security build-up in Kashmir.
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Media

As Armed Forces take control of security situation in Kashmir, ‘journalist’ Faye D’Souza attempts to demonise them

Shashank Bharadwaj -
As the Indian Armed Forces foil infiltration bids by the Pakistani sponsored Jihadi terrorists, the Indian "liberal-secular" media industry seems to be unhappy about Indian Army's pre-emptive operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

Pakistan refuses to accept bodies of intruders killed by Indian Army along LOC while trying to infiltrate into India

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The Indian Army had successfully foiled the attacks by the Pakistan army’s Border Action Team (BAT) on forwarding post in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir
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News Reports

AAP MLA and aide beaten up with slippers during raid on ration shops after being caught allegedly for demanding bribes

OpIndia Staff -
A video has surfaced in which AAP MLA Pankaj Pushkar and his aide are seen being assaulted by a group of people.
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News Reports

Irshad goes on Kanwar Yatra with Hindu friends, Muslims say ‘against religion’, thrash him and his father

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As he returned back from Kanwar yatra to his village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, he was allegedly beaten and his family was attacked by a group of Muslim men
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News Reports

Honey trapping job? Pakistan’s ‘military owned’ media house looks for ‘females’ to ‘attract and communicate’ on Social Media

OpIndia Staff -
A curious job opening seemed to be posted on the website of the Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan
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News Reports

Indian Army offers Pakistan to accept dead bodies of infiltrators killed along the LOC, Pakistan yet to respond

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The Indian Army has offered to approach the Pakistan Army with a white flag and offered them to take over the dead bodies for last rites of the dead terrorists and Pakistani soldiers.
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News Reports

Indian Army foils infiltration bids by Pakistan, Bofors deployed at LOC to counter misadventures by the rogue state

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The Army officials have said calibre escalation does take place during such ceasefire violations where each side aims to ensure its moral ascendancy and domination over the LOC.
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Political History of India

KP genocide: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad exonerates jihadis, peddles the “Governor Jagmohan did it” theory

Jinit Jain -
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad whitewashes crimes of Jihadis and holds Governor Jagmohan responsible for the KP exodus
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Political History of India

The abduction of Rubaiya Saeed: This is the image that eventually paved the way for Kashmir to descend into chaos

K Bhattacharjee -
Rubaiya Saeed was kidnapped by JKLF terrorists on the 8th December 1989. Five dreadful terrorists were freed by the VP Singh government to secure her safe return.
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