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BCCI retains Ravi Shastri as Team India’s head coach till T20 World Cup in 2021

OpIndia Staff -
The CAC reappoints Mr Ravi Shastri as the Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Team
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News Reports

Barkha Dutt’s strange coincidences with a Kashmiri who wished death upon PM Modi and Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
Idrees ul Haq, with whom Barkha Dutt had a series of ‘coincidences’ is a known separatist sympathiser
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TikTok flooded with adult-dating scams and fake accounts: Report

OpIndia Staff -
This is, however, not the first time this popular media app has come under scrutiny
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News Reports

Forty-five days after Durga temple was desecrated by Muslims in Chandni Chowk, normalcy yet to return: Report

OpIndia Staff -
It’s clear that tempers in both the Hindu and the Muslim communities are high and it would take a lot to restore normalcy. Men from both sides said that the talk of Hindu-Muslim unity in the area was a farce.
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Media

Are people like Ramachandra Guha trolls?

Abhishek Banerjee -
The verdict is clear: The world will not mess with India easily. Least of all to make Pakistan happy. Then, what does it accomplish when some article in some newspaper “downgrades” India?
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News Reports

Forget Gold. Invest in Indian movie CDs: Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle mocks Pakistan for banning Indian movie CDs

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan had decided to put a ban on Indian movies and the airing of advertisements for India-made products on television channels in the wake of tensions after India revoked Article 370 that gave separate status to Jammu and Kashmir. 
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News Reports

West Bengal: Education Minister Partha Chatterjee summoned by CBI over the Saradha Chit Fund Scam

OpIndia Staff -
Partha Chatterjee has been summoned in connection with the TMC mouthpiece 'Jago Bangla'.
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News Reports

J&K Chief Secretary: No life has been lost in the state due to abrogation of Article 370, 12 out of 22 districts functioning properly

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Secretary of Jammu & Kashmir, BVR Subrahmanyam, briefed the media on the situation in the region on Friday.
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Editor's picks

Imran Khan’s Twitter meltdown continues as international community ignores his rants

OpIndia Staff -
For all his theatrics, Imran Khan appears to be screaming into the void.
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News Reports

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hints at revision of India’s ‘No First Use’ nuclear doctrine, says it will depend on circumstances in future

OpIndia Staff -
Rajnath Singh says India's ‘No First Use’ nuclear doctrine is not permanent, may change on the basis of circumstances
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Media

Columnist at Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint spreads Pakistani and Khalistani propaganda about London protests on Article 370 abrogation

OpIndia Staff -
Zainab Sikander of ThePrint has dubbed the Pakistani and Khalistani protests a "movement by the people for the people of Kashmir".
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News Reports

After downgrading diplomatic ties, parody country Pakistan bans Indian airing Indian ads, confiscates Indian movie CDs

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Considering Pakistan itself was once part of undivided India, most of the Indians are looking forward and hopeful that the parody country bans itself.
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News Reports

Delhi schools woes: Despite tall promises by Delhi govt, school in Kalkaji does not have drinking water, clean toilets

OpIndia Staff -
School official sources who do not wish to be named say that they have written to Delhi government over four months back, but no action has been taken.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Restrictions to be eased as schools and colleges to re-open from Monday, landline phones to be restored

OpIndia Staff -
It has been reported that government secretariat and other offices will start functioning from Friday
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News Reports

Manipur CM Biren Singh raises concerns about Rohingyas in the state, urges residents to identify agents who felicitate their entry

OpIndia Staff -
Biren Singh stated that the “already sinking” Manipuri population will disappear in the near future if residents do not take the initiative.
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News Reports

French woman arrested at Chennai airport over stolen antiques, idols and artefacts worth crores recovered

OpIndia Staff -
Idol Wing CID claims to have busted a idol smuggling racket
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Blind father of Dalit youth allegedly lynched last month in Alwar commits suicide, blames police for ‘suppressing investigation’

OpIndia Staff -
Last month, a Dalit youth was lynched to death by a mob after his bike accidentally hit a Muslim woman.
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Law

CJI Ranjan Gogoi berates advocate ML Sharma for poorly drafted petition on abrogation of Article 370, “I could not understand it,” says CJI

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of five petitions including one plea filed by ML Sharma pertaining to the abrogation of Article 370 and the restrictions placed in Jammu and Kashmir pre-empting a security threat. 
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Opinions

Kashmir’s full integration into India: Best Independence Day gift from the Modi government

Saket Suryesh -
Kashmir's struggle since the formation of the Moslem Conference of Jammu and Kashmir in 1932 has been for the Islamist cause
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News Reports

London: Pakistani immigrants, Khalistani goons resort to stone pelting on Indian diaspora at Indian High Commission in London, four arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Hundreds of Pakistani thugs and hooligans were present among the protesters at the so-called anti-India protest deliberately which coincided with Independence Day.
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News Reports

Sister joins Chhattisgarh Police, ties rakhi to the gun her martyred brother used while in duty, wants to join Danteshwari fighters to avenge brother’s...

OpIndia Staff -
Kavita's brother Assistant Constable Rakesh Kaushal lost his life in the October 2018 ghastly naxal attack in Aranpur, Chhattisgarh, which claimed lives of two security personnel and a Doordarshan cameraperson. 
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Politics

Ram Guha, you cannot peddle the Pakistani narrative at the international level without people questioning your patriotism

Editorial Desk -
Ramchandra Guha claimed that India had dealt with Kashmir 'harshly' because the majority of Kashmiris are Muslims.
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Political History of India

Radcliffe Line: When a lawyer with no knowledge about India decided her fate

OpIndia Staff -
The partition remains one of the bloodiest part of India's modern history.
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Opinions

Bharat, Dharma and the law: Colonial enslavement of the ‘modern’ Indian minds

J Sai Deepak -
The typical 'modern' Indian mind still seeks validation on benchmarks set by the erstwhile colonial master, which it has internalized so deep within its consciousness that it has come to accept them as not just the normal but also the ideal.
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Social Media

Actor R Madhavan hounded on social media for sharing pictures of himself wearing the Poonal or Yajnopaveetham

OpIndia Staff -
Madhavan posted pictures of himself with his son wearing the Poonal or Yajnopaveetham, the sacred thread of Brahmins.
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News Reports

‘Jai Hind’, ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’: Baloch activists seek India’s support to free Balochistan from Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Meanwhile, Pakistan has decided to mark Indian Independence Day as 'Black Day' and leaders including Pakistani PM Imran Khan have put up a black profile picture on social media.
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News Reports

PM Modi announces creation of Chief of Defence Staff post: Here is what that means

OpIndia Staff -
The Chief of Defence Staff will act as a single place defence advisor to the central government
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Politics

BJP’s Devendrastra: As NCP and Congress crumble, Fadnavis has been winning Maharashtra through massive reforms and outreach across communities

Guest Author -
It was not surprising that many stalwarts of NCP and Congress, sensing the end of the road, started sending feelers to BJP with an intention to join the saffron fold just ahead of 2019 General Elections.
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News Reports

India Today MOTN Survey: Modi best PM ever, Yogi Adityanath most popular CM, Indians optimistic about economy

OpIndia Staff -
37% of the people voted felt that Narendra Modi is the best PM India has ever had.
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Opinions

Don’t paint personal opinions as ‘voice of persecuted Kashmiri Pandit community’, it is an insult to our martyrs, sacrifice and struggle

Saksshi -
Article 370, the hot political topic is a perfect opportunity for such people to score brownie points.
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News Reports

Assam: Girl drugged and raped inside ruins of ancient temple premises, accused Kutubuddin Ahmed arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Kutubuddin Ahmed drugged and raped a girl in the ruins of an ancient temple in Assam
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Culture and History

As India celebrates its seven decades of freedom, it needs a movement for cultural independence

Shashank Bharadwaj -
India is a civilisational country. The common thread connecting all the citizens of the country is its civilisation values, which is often manifested with the 'Hindu' value system.
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Opinions

Gorkhaland, a demand whose time has come: Demand of the sons of the soil and the myths that tarnish the movement

Upendra -
When Ladakh’s JamyangTsering Namgyal spoke in Parliament, his voice resonated 'Gorkhaland'
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News Reports

Emotional blackmail, threats and crying wolf: Imran Khan invents new ways of begging

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan and its Prime Minister Imran Khan have not found any support from the international community on Kashmir.
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Politics

I am an Indian, a Christian, and I live in India without fear: An open letter to Pakistan PM Imran Khan

OpIndia Staff -
"Don’t ever drag an Indian-Christian into your false propaganda. You don’t know our love for #BharatMata", says Savio Rodrigues, Editor-in-chief, Goa Chronicle
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Social Media

Adnan Sami slays Pakistani trolls who taunt him for taking Indian citizenship

OpIndia Staff -
On 14th August, Pakistan's Independence Day, a troll asked Adnan Sami whether he will tweet on the Independence Day. He very coolly mentioned that he will. But on 15th August.
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News Reports

Ladakh celebrates its first Independence Day after announcement of UT status, salutes the tricolour and honours its heroes

OpIndia Staff -
With the announcement of the UT status for Ladakh, the region has been expressing its joy and pride at finally being able to celebrate their language, culture and identity away from the dominance of Srinagar politics.
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Opinions

Indian Armed Forces for dummies: Is being a soldier ‘just another job’?

rohitagarwal -
The value of being true to ‘Naam, Namak, Nishaan’ is ingrained in every individual to the extent that each would choose to die rather than disgrace or betray either of these
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Culture and History

India became a nation in 1947, but ceased to be a civilisation: 12 civilisational characteristics that India needs to achieve

Guest Author -
This August 15th, let us resolve to work together to rebuild our civilization, together.
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Social Media

Netizens trend #AbbuKoWishNahiKaroge as Pakistani Army spokesperson taunts India on Indian Independence Day

OpIndia Staff -
Despite its silly shenanigans Pakistan expects the rest of the world to take it seriously.
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News Reports

One Nation One Poll, Chief of Defence Staff, water conservation and more: 5 takeaways from PM Modi’s Independence Day speech

OpIndia Staff -
Here are the 5 important takeaways from the Independence Day speech delivered by Prime Minister Modi from the ramparts of Red Fort
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News Reports

Imran Khan picks up the narrative of Indian opposition parties, communalises Kashmir issue and equates RSS with Nazis

OpIndia Staff -
After the Congress party stirred the religious pot on Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan, too, has given the issue a religious spin.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Popular Mysuru Dasara to be celebrated with usual grandeur, novelist S L Bhyrappa to inaugurate

OpIndia Staff -
The Dasara festivities have a rich history of more than 400 years
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Fact-Check

Fake news on Kashmir continues, now Hurriyat leader’s professor wife passed off as Maharaja Hari Singh’s granddaughter

OpIndia Staff -
Video claiming to be of Maharaja Hari Singh’s granddaughter is actually of Prof. Hameeda Nayeem
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Crime

Pehlu Khan case: All 6 accused acquitted by a Rajasthan court

OpIndia Staff -
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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Politics

Congress leader Hardik Patel, 2 MLAs and others detained for trying to meet disgraced ex-cop Sanjiv Bhatt in jail

OpIndia Staff -
Hardik Patel and 2 two other Congress MLAs, along with 27 of their supporters were detained by the police in Palanpur.
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News Reports

5 IAF pilots who carried out Balakot airstrikes awarded with ‘Vayu Sena Medal’

OpIndia Staff -
The IAF pilots had crossed LoC and attacked JeM terror camp in Balakot on February 26 this year, killing almost 200-300 terrorists
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Editor's picks

The Silence of the Plebs: The exploitation of women in the porn industry

K Bhattacharjee -
There's systematic exploitation of women in the porn industry.
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News Reports

IAS-turned politician Shah Faesal detained at Delhi airport, was on his way to Turkey: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Faesal had quit his job as IAS to launch his political career in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Media

Sagarika Ghose shares an old report to insinuate that the Army is using brutal measures to suppress rebellion in Kashmir after abrogation of Article...

OpIndia Staff -
Toeing Pakistani line, Sagarika Ghose implied that Indian Armed Forces have been employing brutal methods to suppress protestors in Kashmir
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