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Crime

Hussain Ali lynched by women in Assam village after he raped a woman and a minor at the pretext of administering ‘traditional healing’

OpIndia Staff -
Man identified as Hussain Ali (45), who hailed from Raikata Sandanpur of Hojai district has allegedly been lynched by the women of an Assam village, West Karbi Anglong district after he raped a woman and her minor relative
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News Reports

Whoever tries to come between me and my brother will be slain by Sudarshan Chakra: Tej Pratap Yadav

OpIndia Staff -
Tej Pratap Yadav tried claimed that he was sent to the Foundation day celebrations of RJD by his brother Tejashwi Yadav only
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News Reports

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and BJP leader Jugalji Thakor win Rajya Sabha bypoll from Gujarat

OpIndia Staff -
BJP wins two Rajya Sabha bypolls seats from Gujarat comfortably
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News Reports

Supreme Court trashes Rana Ayyub’s Gujarat book, says it is based upon surmises, conjectures, and suppositions

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court said that there is likelihood of Rana Ayyub's book being politically motivated
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Books

Gujarat Lies: A collection Rana Ayyub’s personal vendetta

Nirwa Mehta -
After her book was published, Ayyub had accused Tehelka of being under 'political pressure' to not publish the 'sting'
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News Reports

Surat: Muslim protest against ‘mob lynching’ turns violent, mob attacks police, damage vehicles

OpIndia Staff -
Similar protests over Tabrez Ansari's death were reported from Meerut and Agra recently
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News Reports

P Chidambaram promises to bring the Union Budget in an iPad if Congress comes to power

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram takes a dig at the Nirmala Sitharaman for bringing ‘Bahikhata’ for presenting the Union Budget
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News Reports

Hindustan Times whitewashes Kashmiri Genocide, claims Pandits fled Kashmir due to violence between ‘militants’ and Army

OpIndia Staff -
The mainstream media has been working extra hard to provide a cover to the most toxic elements of Islamic society.
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Economy and Finance

The ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas’ budget: What is stored in it for you

Dhaval Patel -
Along with the budget, the Government highlighted achievements of the NDA in the last 5 years and how they have been successful in making India fastest growing major economy in the world
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News Reports

Madras High Court grants 30-day parole to Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Nalini Sriharan

OpIndia Staff -
S. Nalini Sriharan is India's longest-serving woman prisoner. She was convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
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Cricket

Everything is not fine with Team India

Anant Chetan -
If India has to dominate world cricket, it has to rely on the specialists, be it specialist batsmen or specialist bowlers
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Opinions

The fall and fall of Rahul Gandhi

K Bhattacharjee -
It's hard to imagine a more incompetent politician than Rahul Gandhi.
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Politics

Congress mentally harassed me: Rebel Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor says after cross voting in Rajya Sabha elections

OpIndia Staff -
Alpesh Thakor said that he didn't vote for Congress and voted for national leadership instead.
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Crime

Aligarh: Muslim man reading Bhagwat Gita thrashed by people from his own community

OpIndia Staff -
The incident reportedly occurred on the 4th of July, Thursday, at 9 a.m.
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Media

NewsLaundry whitewashes Hauz Qazi, blames Media for reporting the case of missing Hindu boy during communal tension

Nupur J Sharma -
NewsLaundry, a publication that has a history of whitewashing crimes against Hindus, published a report today that cast aspersions on the reportage of the missing boy from Hauz Qazi
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Politics

Congress leader AM Singhvi slams The Wire journalist for supporting regressive Islamic practices

OpIndia Staff -
Dr AM Singhvi had questioned the Islamic practice of Nikal Halala, a regressive practice where a woman is made to have sex with another man after triple talaq. Khanum had termed Singhvi's tweet as 'shameful'.
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Economy and Finance

Union Budget 2019 in numbers and charts

OpIndia Staff -
Receipt and expense figures of the union budget 2019
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News Reports

Gujarat Rajya Sabha bypolls: Congress rebel MLA Alpesh Thakor and Dhavalsinh Zala crossvote

OpIndia Staff -
After casting his vote, Thakor said that he has voted as per his 'inner voice' and that he got nothing but mental stress by being with the Congress.
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Economy and Finance

Gorakhpur: Minor victim of gang rape attempts suicide, accused Mudassir, Akhtar and Safayat absconding

OpIndia Staff -
Accused Mudassir had allegedly kidnapped the girl and had raped her along with his two friends named Safayat Ali and Akhtar.
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Politics

Tamil Nadu: MDMK chief Vaiko convicted in 2009 sedition speech made in support of LTTE

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, the conviction comes at a time when the Vaiko was all set to return to the parliament after 15 years. Vaiko, who was once considered the political heir of DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, was named the party’s candidate for Rajya Sabha by-polls on July 18.
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Economy and Finance

Is budget se gareeb ko bal milega, yuva ko behtar kal milega: PM Modi hails the 2019 budget as a balanced one

OpIndia Staff -
Union Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, presented her maiden budget in Parliament today
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Law

Haren Pandya murder case: Supreme Court restores conviction of the 12 accused

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court has also dismissed a fresh PIL filed by NGO 'Centre for Public Interest Litigation' (CPIL) and imposed costs of Rs 50,000
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Five minor arrested for destroying 25 idols and sculptures at temple in Tiruvarur district

OpIndia Staff -
The minor boys were caught by the police after they broke into the temple to steal iron rods within the figures, which could then be sold off to purchase alcohol.
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News Reports

Budget 2019: Startups and investors can do away with ‘Angel Tax’ by filing requisite declarations

OpIndia Staff -
Angel Tax is a 30% tax that is levied on the funding secured by startups from an external investor
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World Cup 2019

Dhoni should play for another 1-2 years says Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga

OpIndia Staff -
Sri Lankan legend and pace bowler Lasith Malinga feels that MS Dhoni should play for another one or two years as there lot of cricket left in him.
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World Cup 2019

Cricket World Cup preview – Bangladesh v Pakistan: Unrealistic task for Pakistan to reach the semis

Ritesh -
Pakistan 2 points away from a semi-final spot but more importantly have to win the game by minimum 311 runs win to secure a place in the semis.
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News Reports

Supreme Court refuses to entertain a PIL filed by lawyer ML Sharma seeking cancellation of 2019 general elections

OpIndia Staff -
Manohar Lal Sharma had approached the SC seeking its direction to conduct fresh Lok Sabha polls using ballot papers.
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Politics

Kerala government orders judicial probe into the custodial death of financial agent after alleged police torture

OpIndia Staff -
Rajkumar was a financial agent from Idukki who arrested by the Nedumkandam police for suspected financial fraud on June 12. He was held in custody and allegedly tortured by the police.
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News Reports

Budget 2019: Central focus of all programmes of the Narendra Modi government is “Gaon, Garib and Kisan”

OpIndia Staff -
Nirmala Sitharaman added that 1.5 crore rural homes have been completed under PMAY phase I till now and 1.95 crores more houses to be provided to eligible beneficiaries in phase 2 now by 2022. 
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Economy and Finance

Union Budget 2019: Indian economy will grow to become a $3 trillion dollar economy in the current year itself, says Finance Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Union Finance Minister added that  India is now the sixth largest economy in the world in just five years from being the 11th largest in 2014. 
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News Reports

Budget LIVE Updates: The government aims to bring greater ease of living in the lives of its citizens, says finance minister

OpIndia Staff -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents Modi 2.0's first Union Budget
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News Reports

Delhi: 6-year-old girl brutally raped in Dwarka, accused Mohammed Nanhe arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The condition of the baby remains fragile as she has suffered serious injuries.
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World Cup 2019

Video and Stats Highlight from Afghanistan v West Indies match

OpIndia Staff -
Windies finished off with a win just like they started their world cup campaign.
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World Cup 2019

We will try to score 500 runs says Pakistani cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan needs to win the match by a minimum of 312 runs to qualify for the semis, whether they score 400 or 500 or 600.
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Politics

Gujarat Rajya Sabha bypolls: Congress MLAs return to Gandhinagar from ‘shivir’, voting underway

OpIndia Staff -
BJP has fielded External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Juglalji Thakor while Congress candidates are Chandrika Chudasma and Gaurav Pandya.
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News Reports

Union Budget 2019: British legacy of budget briefcase dumped, Nirmala Sitharaman arrives with ‘Bahi khata’

OpIndia Staff -
 Nirmala Sitharaman surprised all when she appeared without the usual leather briefcase that has become so symbolic with Finance Ministers arriving on Budget days.
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Fact-Check

Yet another fake ‘hate crime’, Kanpur incident of Muslim auto driver thrashed for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is fake

OpIndia Staff -
A drunken brawl was given religious colour and peddled as hate crime when the Muslim auto driver claimed he was made to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'
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World Cup 2019

Revealed: Dhoni’s secret of using different logo on bats during the Cricket World Cup

OpIndia Staff -
He is the only captain to win ICC World Cup, ICC World T20, ICC Champions Trophy and ICC Number One Test Team mace.
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News Reports

Delhi: Two youths, Maroof and Salman arrested after video of them vandalising shops with swords went viral

OpIndia Staff -
The man in the video is armed with sharp weapons and is seen vandalising the food stalls parked outside a shop.
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News Reports

Former RBI governor Urjit Patel says before 2014, RBI and government was slow in tackling bank crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Urjit Patel held dilatory tactics adopted by the regulator, government and the banks till 2014 responsible for the looming NPA crisis
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News Reports

Kerala custodial death: Mother conducts protest march, HC orders probe against magistrate for sending a weak Rajkumar to judicial custody

OpIndia Staff -
Rajkumar, who was arrested by the Nedumkandam police, died while he was in custody.
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News Reports

Stone pelted at Hanuman temple in Muzaffarnagar to desecrate idol, one person named Musa arrested

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday morning, Musa pelted stones at the Hanuman temple situated in Khatauli police station area and broke the glass frame set up around the idol
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News Reports

International Court of Justice likely to pronounce judgment in Kulbhushan Jadhav case later this month

OpIndia Staff -
In February 2019, advocate Harish Salve had presented a strong case for Kulbhushan Jadhav at ICJ
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Opinions

No Washington Post, the Nehru Gandhi family is not the Founding Dynasty of India

K Bhattacharjee -
Washington Post referred to the Nehru Gandhi dynasty as India's 'Founding Dynasty' in a report that highlighted the leadership crisis in the Congress party.
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Politics

‘Early signs of fascism’ poster was displayed at the gift shop, not at the American Holocaust Memorial Museum

OpIndia Staff -
The list was originally created by Laurence Britt in 2003, for an article published by Free Inquiry magazine. Britt had created this list during George W. Bush’s tenure as president of the United States with highlighting "Fourteen Defining Characteristics of Fascism".
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Crime

Indrani Mukerjea volunteers to become an approver in INX Media case, CBI court approves

OpIndia Staff -
The next date of hearing in the matter is July 11
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Opinions

Fanatics at the front door: The case of Hauz Qazi

Saket Suryesh -
Democracy is all about giving a voice to the voiceless and representation to the faceless. This is what went missing in the initial period of the incident of Hauz Qazi in Old Delhi where a Hindu temple was vandalized.
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Opinions

Dear Mahua Moitra, it’s not the Right-wing that is the same everywhere, it’s the Left

K Bhattacharjee -
Mahua Moitra, is the new darling of the Left.
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Politics

‘Kejriwal Chor Hai’ posters emerge in Delhi amidst allegations of corruption in construction of govt schools

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this month, the Delhi Unit of the BJP has accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia of being involved in a scam relating to the construction of classrooms in the schools of Delhi. 
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News Reports

Irish human rights lawyer, who abused and spat on Air India crew for being refused extra drinks, commits suicide

OpIndia Staff -
In November last year, a video of hers went viral where she demanded extra wine as she ‘worked for Human Rights of f**king Asians’ and referred to Air India crew as ‘f**king, stupid, c*nts
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