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Kapil Sibal backed Tiranga TV channel disappears from some platforms, fired employees file complaint to Press Council, Editors Guild

OpIndia Staff -
Launched ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, English News channel Tiranga TV that started off as Harvest TV, has landed in fresh turmoil.
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News Reports

India finally bans pro-Khalistan outfit ‘Sikhs for Justice’ for its separatist agenda and militant activities

OpIndia Staff -
The UK based secessionist group Sikhs For Justice has banned under the UAPA (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act).
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News Reports

Government approves amendments in POCSO Act including death penalty for sexual offence against children

OpIndia Staff -
The amendments to the POCSO Act also seek to curb child pornography by imposing fine and providing imprisonment.
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News Reports

10 out of 15 Congress MLAs in Goa quit party, merges with BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party has lost 10 MLAs to BJP in Goa
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News Reports

Rebel Congress MLA K Sudhakar heckled, locked in a room by Congress leaders in Karnataka

OpIndia Staff -
After Congress MLA K Sudhakar resigned, Congress leaders heckled him, pushed to a room in Assembly and locked him in
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News Reports

We are 40 crore including legal and illegal : Ajaz Khan urges Muslims to come out and hit the streets

OpIndia Staff -
Urging the Muslim community to come out on roads, Khan said they should be ashamed of themselves for not coming out on streets after the alleged lynching of Tabrez Ansari.
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News Reports

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor aims to get 5 lakh youngsters to join politics in West Bengal, to create additional force for TMC

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Kishor has a mixed record as an election strategist
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Cricket

What is Team India’s number 4 conundrum?

Anant Chetan -
India is literally figuring out its playing XI for the world's biggest cricket tournament during the tournament.
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World Cup 2019

Dhoni ‘prays’ into the bat as Indian cricket team’s top order collapses in India v New Zealand World Cup semi final

OpIndia Staff -
Dhoni is on the field and here's hoping for the best.
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News Reports

Thumke lagane wali ab BJP ke liye votes layegi’: Women’s commission slaps notice to AAP ally JJP’s Digvijay Chautala over sexist remarks

OpIndia Staff -
Sapna Chaudhary had recently joined the BJP in presence of Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Manoj Tiwari.
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News Reports

Farmer commits suicide in Rahul Gandhi’s new constituency, fifth such suicide in 6 months in Wayanad

OpIndia Staff -
The farmer was from Marakkadavu in Pulpally of Wayanad.
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Entertainment

Gumption, resolve and commitment: Here is to Modi 2.0

Vin Sinners -
Vin Sinners released its 1st album in 2011 and after a brief tour of India in 2013 became the first rock band in the Middle East to be signed to a major label - Universal.
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Politics

Poster demanding justice and answers from Rahul Gandhi put up in Amethi ahead of his visit

OpIndia Staff -
The poster also sought the answers from Rahul Gandhi who is one of the trustees of the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Trust.
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Opinions

#BJPKidnapsMLAs What a time to be alive!

Nirwa Mehta -
Years down the line when another Guha writes accolades for Congress and the Nehru-Gandhi family, he will write how 'BJPKidnapsMLAs' was a strategic move for Congress.
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News Reports

‘Ab Hindu pitega nahin’: VHP leader on Hauz Qazi incident says Hindus will no longer be silent victims of ‘Jihad’

OpIndia Staff -
On June 30, a parking row escalated into a communal flare-up which saw a Muslim mob desecrating and vandalising a Hindu temple in the Hauz Qazi neighbourhood at Chandni Chowk area.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Security agencies at Vadodara airport foil terror attack, detects RDX in parcel addressed to Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Airline staffers had informed the security agencies after suspecting RDX in one of their parcels
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Opinions

Netaji Bose wasn’t a ‘Nazi Collaborator’, dear Americans, and accusing Alexandria Ocasio Cortez of being anti-semitic over it is absurd

K Bhattacharjee -
If Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is anti-semitic because her Chief-Of-Staff idolizes Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, then so is Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Sports

[Video] Sprinter Dutee Chand creates history, wins gold at the Universiade, the World University Games in Naples

OpIndia Staff -
Dutee took 11.32 seconds to finish the 100 mtrs sprint
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Fact-Check

Fact Check: Is the Finance Ministry restricting media entry in its premises as claimed by the media and Congress?

OpIndia Staff -
The Finance Ministry has even set up an air-conditioned waiting room where adequate seats and charging points are provided for electronic gear. Arrangements for tea and coffee have also been made. However, media persons have to seek prior appointments before entering the ministry premises.
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News Reports

Hindu activists deny reports of Hauz Qazi Muslims ‘helping in installing idols’, say they were serving food to Hindus only for photo-ops

OpIndia Staff -
While there were several photographs from the event that went viral when Hauz Qazi was saffronised, one photograph where 2-3 Muslim men serving food to the Hindus of the areas during the ritual went viral
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath directs Cow Protection Commission to issue certificates and provide security for transportation of cattle

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath prepared to a roadmap in collaboration with Cow Protection Commission to put a curb on cow smuggling and mob lynching related incidents
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi joins Congress MPs to raise slogans in Lok Sabha over Karnataka issue

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress has been blaming the BJP for the recent crisis its coalition government is facing in Karnataka
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News Reports

“Desist from false propaganda”: Congress denies reports that it had demanded front row seat for Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Congress says that reports of the party demanding front row seat for Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha is false propaganda
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Opinions

Is this how Congress crumbles? While Karnataka govt falls, Rahul Gandhi celebrates Twitter followers and other top leaders snooze

Nirwa Mehta -
The Congress is crumbling right under the nose of the leaders who want to lead it but they just don't seem to care.
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Crime

West Bengal: Female BJP worker found hanging in Midnapore, BJP alleges harassment by TMC

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh had claimed that over 72 party workers have been reportedly killed between April and July this year.
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Editor's picks

‘Human Rights’ activist John Dayal asks fellow panelist to ‘rape’ a woman if he wanted to, normalises sexual assault on live TV

OpIndia Staff -
John Dayal went on claim that everyone should study the RSS to know the history of the organisation while calling it a 'murderous secret society' with two faces. In the whole interview, Dayal went on to make unsubstantiated claims against the RSS.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: 6-year-old raped and murdered after being lured with biscuits by her neighbour Farooq

OpIndia Staff -
SP Ramesh Kumar confirmed that a 6-year-old girl has been murdered by her neighbour named Farooq in Uttar Pradesh
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Cricket

Five ways to survive Sanjay Manjrekar’s commentary

Sandeep Singh -
In an era where Indian society is divided, Sanjay Manjrekar’s commentary unites everybody.
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Social Media

Mujhko Rana Ji Maaf Karna: Meet the ‘Champion’ MLA who loves dancing shirtless with guns in hand

OpIndia Staff -
MLA Deshraj Karnwal had stated earlier that Pranav Singh 'Champion' is mentally imbalanced and he should get himself treated in Agra's mental hospital.
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News Reports

NIA attaches Srinagar property of Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi as ‘proceeds of terror crime’

OpIndia Staff -
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) has now attached the Srinagar property of Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi as 'proceeds of terror crime'.
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World Cup 2019

‘Most dedicated fan of cricket in Pakistan’ files petition against Sania Mirza, Shoaib Malik and others for ‘sheesha party’

OpIndia Staff -
The petitioner who refers to himself as 'the most dedicated fan of cricket in Pakistan' stated how Malik scored zero runs, Imam-ul-Haq scored seven and Riaz only took one wicket against the crucial match against India. 
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Politics

Security deployed outside Mumbai hotel where rebel Congress MLAs are holed up as Congress leader DK Shivakumar arrives to meet them

OpIndia Staff -
The rebel Congress MLAs have approached the Mumbai Police saying they are feeling 'threatened' by their party leaders and that they do not wish to meet them.
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News Reports

Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh calls MS Dhoni a ‘filth’, blames him for retirement of Rayudu

OpIndia Staff -
People like MS Dhoni will not remain forever, filth like these will not remain forever, Yuvraj Singh's father said
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News Reports

Supreme Court to hear plea filed by two Rohingya men against Central Government’s plan to deport the illegal immigrants

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear the petition against the Central government's proposal to deport over 40,000 Rohingyas to Myanmar.
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News Reports

Government rejects Congress party’s demand of first row seat for Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
According to the Lok Sabha rules, only two Congress MPs are eligible for front row seats in Lok Sabha
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News Reports

Congress leader spotted in protest in Ranchi against ‘mob lynching’ that turned violent and attacked bus carrying students

OpIndia Staff -
According to sources, Congress spokesperson Shamsher Alam was trying to provoke the situation in Ranchi during this 'protest' by creating communal tension.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Congress Councillor amongst those booked in connection with Muslim mob violence in Surat, 49 arrests made so far

OpIndia Staff -
The total number of those nabbed in connection to this mob violence case has reached 49
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Opinions

The real Saba Naqvi: Here is how the ‘neutral journalist’ supported killers of Ram Sevaks in Sabarmati Express burning

GujaratRiots.com -
Saba Naqvi writing in Outlook fully supported the findings of the Banerjee Committee in January 2005.
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Media

No Times of India, the Muslim mob did not damage ‘statues’, those are our Gods

K Bhattacharjee -
Now, it's the Times of India which has published a report on the consecration of new Idols at the Durga Mandir at Lal Kuan, Hauz Qazi at Old Delhi calling the Murtis 'Statues'.
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Politics

Twist in the tale: Kumaraswamy asks JD(S) MLAs to not leave the golf resort, BJP MLAs leave the assembly without meeting the speaker

OpIndia Staff -
In the ongoing Karnataka crisis, the JD(S) has accused the BJP of 'buying' MLAs in Karnataka for Rs 1,000 crore
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News Reports

Rose Valley scam: ED summons Bengali superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee on July 19

OpIndia Staff -
Several top leaders of the Trinamool Congress are named in the Rose Valley chit fund scam and are facing investigation.
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News Reports

NIA busts Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terror module in Bengaluru, seizes live IEDs and components

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA busted the terror ring based on the revelations made by key JMB operative Habibur Rehman, who was arrested by the security agencies last month
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Opinions

Majnu Ka Tilla: A Tilla of hope, dreams and aspirations for Pakistani Hindu refugees

nandini -
Minki with the blue eyes was one of the first refugees brought to the Majnu ka Tilla camp.
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Politics

Inefficient, dishonest, and lack of coordination: Urmila’s letter slams two of Sanjay Nirupam’s aides for her ‘disastrous campaign’

OpIndia Staff -
Urmila Matondkar, who had unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai North constituency, had written a letter dated May 16 to Mumbai Congress chief Milind Deora criticising the conduct of two close associates of Sanjay Nirupam.
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News Reports

IndiaSpend’s ‘FactChecker’ twists facts again, portrays Muslims as victims in the Hauz Qazi temple desecration case

OpIndia Staff -
FactChecker claims tensions flared between two the communities on 2nd of July after bike rallies by Bajrang Dal and VHP.
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Entertainment

Here is the song for which rapper Honey Singh has been booked by Punjab police

OpIndia Staff -
Rapper Honey Singh had unveiled, what he called his come back song, in December 2018
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Opinions

Toxic Femininity in Indian Politics: A phenomenon ignored entirely by Feminists

K Bhattacharjee -
Mehbooba Mufti, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, is one of many Muslim women who present a unique rebuttal to the dogma of feminism.
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News Reports

IMA scam: IAS officer arrested on charges of receiving Rs 1.5 crore bribe from ‘halal’ investment group owner

OpIndia Staff -
Moreover, as the ED, which is probing the case simultaneously, tightened its noose on the IMA Ponzi scheme, Congress' involvement in the scam started surfacing
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News Reports

Ranchi: Probe launched to investigate bus burning attempt by Muslim mob protesting over Tabrez’s death

OpIndia Staff -
Multiple incidences of violence have been reported from Ranchi where Muslim groups were protesting over Tabrez Ansari's death.
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Politics

Kamal Nath asks his MLAs to prepare for floor tests as BJP predicts collapse of govt in MP following Karnataka crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Congress, as it continues to fight for its relevance and existence at the national level, is struggling to keep the power in the states it had recently formed coalition governments in.
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