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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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West Bengal has been a hotbed for political violence ever since BJP has made successful inroads into the state.
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News Reports

As Pakistan rants about temporary restrictions in Kashmir, it bans entry of ‘outsiders’ in Waziristan for a month

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan imposes section 144 in North Waziristan, bans entry of outsiders
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Politics

‘Modi govt threat to Nehru and Gandhi’s India,’ Pakistan PM Imran Khan continues to rant into the void

OpIndia Staff -
Days after Pakistan's minister taunted Rahul Gandhi for letting Modi get back to power, Khan equated the RSS to the Nazis
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Editor's picks

Bengaluru city put on high alert after police suspects terrorists hiding in madarsa and other ‘religious places’: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The high alert comes after a suspected member of Jamat-ul Mujahideen, a Bangladesh-based terror outfit, was arrested from Doddaballapur where he was taking shelter at a local mosque in June.
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Media

The Wire and IndiaSpend’s Factchecker journalist caught trying to manipulate Dalit victims who were attacked by local Muslims to prove ‘no hate crime’

OpIndia Staff -
While the date of the recording is not clear, it can be inferred from above conversation that it took place sometime in July.
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Media

Watch: Indian Journalist confronts Pakistani protesters in London vandalising Indian flag, recovers torn flag

OpIndia Staff -
Poonam Joshi crossed to the Pakistani side, snatched the torn flag from the hands of the man and brought it back
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News Reports

In an attempt to mislead FATF, Pakistan registers fake FIRs against terror outfits

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has a history of retracting from its commitments.
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News Reports

If talks are held with Pakistan, it will be only on Pakistan occupied Kashmir: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

OpIndia Staff -
No talks with Pakistan till it ends terrorism, after that talk only on PoK, Rajnath Singh issues stern message to Pakistan
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News Reports

Watch: Shazia Ilmi, other BJP leaders confront Pakistani protestors shouting anti-Modi, anti-India slogans in Seoul

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier also, the terror state of Pakistan, which is being isolated across the globe, had resorted to thuggery and vandalism on the streets of London
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Editor's picks

JNU should be renamed to Modi National University (MNU), says North-West Delhi MP Hans Raj Hans

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking on abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir in JNU, Hans Raj Hans proposed that the university be renamed after PM Modi.
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News Reports

Left and ultra-left wing groups to form ‘Joint Action Forum’ to protest in campuses across India over abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
the JAF will involve various Left-aligned organisations, who have decided to drive a nationwide campaign against the abrogation of Article 370 through flash protests and also use social media for the purpose.
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News Reports

Army veteran Surendra Poonia receives threats from Pakistan, files online complaint with cyber crime portal

OpIndia Staff -
Major Poonia shared screenshots of the threats he has been receiving as well as screenshot of message which said how an unknown number had threatened to character assassinate him and malign him.
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News Reports

Pehlu Khan case: Justice Chandrachud says judging a case based on evidence is one of the ‘great torments’

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A native of Haryana’s Nuh, the 55-year old Pehlu Khan and his sons were allegedly accosted by a bunch of people on the suspicion that they smuggled cattle to neighbouring states for slaughter.
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Media

Habitual offender Prashant Kanojia shares news from Akhilesh era to stoke caste tensions, blame Yogi govt of caring about temples but not Dalit girls

OpIndia Staff -
Controversial journalist Prashant Kanojia tweeted the screenshot of a news report from 2015 in an effort to stoke caste tensions and malign the Yogi government
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Government and Policy

PM Narendra Modi launches RuPay card in Bhutan during his two-day visit to the Himalayan state

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PM Modi launched RuPay card in Bhutan during his two-day state visit to the Himalayan state
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Politics

Career-protester-turned-politician Shehla Rashid downplays terrorism in Kashmir, calls legitimate action by India ‘state terrorism’ instead

Jinit Jain -
According to Shehla Rashid, India has been inflicting atrocities on Kashmiris since 1953
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News Reports

Old controversy resurfaces: Google throws up images of Pakistan PM Imran Khan when searched for “Bhikari”

OpIndia Staff -
This controversy is, however, not new. In December 2018, a resolution had been submitted in Punjab Assembly, Pakistan to summon Google CEO and question him as to why Imran Khan's images show up when one searches for the word 'Bhikari'.
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News Reports

Modi buried Nehru’s India: Pakistan echoes left-liberals and Congress

OpIndia Staff -
With each passing day, it is becoming more and more difficult to distinguish between the Pakistani rhetoric and that of Indian opposition parties and liberals.
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News Reports

India destroys Pakistan post across LOC after one Indian soldier is martyred in Pakistan’s ceasefire violation

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Pakistan has resorted to multiple ceasefire violations and has been trying hard to push terrorists inside Indian territory.
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Crime

Zakir Naik faces interrogation in Malaysia for hate speech against Hindus and Chinese citizens

OpIndia Staff -
Naik was interrogated for hours on Friday. He is to be interrogated again on Monday over allegations of hate speech against Malaysian citizens.
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Politics

Tough for any Congress leader from outside Nehru-Gandhi family to lead party, they have ‘Brand equity’: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

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Claiming that the nation is headed towards "bipolar politics", Chowdhury stated many regional parties do not have any particular ideology and they will soon lose their relevance.
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Media

British medical journal The Lancet publishes anti-India propaganda on Article 370, maintains silence over Islamic terrorism

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The Lancet has termed India's administrative decision regarding the governance of a part of Indian territory an attempt to subjugate and alienate the people.
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News Reports

IAS-turned-politician Shah Faesal was travelling to file case against India in the ICJ over Kashmir issue: Report

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Shah Faesal was nabbed at the New Delhi International Airport on August 14 when he was trying to leave the country, reportedly, to Turkey
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Opinions

Did Abhishek Manu Singhvi just admit that Congress doesn’t want India to speak against China at UN?

Jinit Jain -
One of the interesting facets of his post on China was Singhvi’s candid admission that his views are in opposition to the opinions held by the Congress party.
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Media

Deplorable ‘journalists’ further Pakistan propaganda and undermine India: Why should their patriotism not be questioned

K Bhattacharjee -
Indian 'journalists' and 'intellectuals' have taken up the mantle of peddling the Pakistan narrative on Kashmir it appears.
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Opinions

Here is why Shobhaa De could be first in a long list to be exposed by Pakistan

Ashish Shukla -
India’s stand on abrogation of Article 370 and 35A and dilution of Jammu and Kashmir from a state to a Union Territory has dropped the baby of pretence.
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Opinions

Shifting focus: Is the Khalistan movement really ‘Justice for Sikhs’?

hiteshd -
History speaks that many Sikh Gurus laid their lives fighting against radical Islam and yet we have these flimsy Khalsas, colluding with ISI, whose motive is just to carry out Jihad.
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News Reports

After slashing military aid by Pentagon, USA further cuts 440 million USD in aid to Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
The aid was being disbursed under the Pakistan Enhanced Partnership Agreement (PEPA) 2010.
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News Reports

India suspends Thar Express Link that connected Jodhpur to Karachi a week after Pakistan suspended service

OpIndia Staff -
The Thar Express Link, a train that ran weekly between Jodhpur, Rajasthan to Karachi, Pakistan was suspended by India on Friday, a week after Pakistan suspended the train service.
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News Reports

We do not need international busybodies to tell us how to run our lives, Pakistan using Jihad to promote violence: Syed Akbaruddin

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"India is a vibrant democracy, we do not need international busybodies to tell us how to run our lives", India's ambassador to the UN Syed Akbaruddin.
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News Reports

PM Modi’s debut on Man vs Wild becomes most trending show worldwide with 3.6 billion impressions, leaving Super Bowl behind

OpIndia Staff -
The appearance of PM Modi on Discovery’s ‘Man vs Wild’ show with survivalist and adventurer Bear Grylls has garnered 3.6 billion impressions and counting.
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News Reports

After the abrogation of Article 370, Pakistan Minister expresses angst over Rahul Gandhi not winning 2019 elections

OpIndia Staff -
After abrogation of Article 370 by the Modi government, Congress and Pakistan seem to have found an ideological soulmate in each other
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News Reports

Purported email screenshots of Kavita Krishnan’s team show them discussing use of retired judges and ex-military officers for Kashmir propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
Purported screenshots of internal emails of urban naxals are being circulated on social media
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News Reports

Distinctive features of a 10th century temple beneath the Babri Mosque site: Senior lawyer CS Vaidyanathan tells five-judge bench

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Rama Lala advocate Vaidyanathan tried to establish before the court that a huge temple existed at the site of the demolished Babri Masjid
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News Reports

Bihar: AK-47 rifle recovered from the residence of ‘Bahubali’ Independent MLA Anant Kumar Singh

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The gangster turned politician, Anant Singh is a former member of the Janata Dal (United) party
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News Reports

Criminal case filed against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for her comments against trial court’s verdict in Pehlu Khan case

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Criminal case filed against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for her "tweet" against trial court's verdict in Pehlu Khan case
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