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Videotaping of woman on bus: Kolkata Police arrest accused Mohammad Khan within minutes of distress call

OpIndia Staff -
24-year-old Mohammed Khan has been arrested by Muchipara police station on Sunday morning on charges of voyeurism.
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Specials

Pradeep Bhandari: A young spark in an ageing profession

Editorial Desk -
Unafraid to voice his opinions and stick his neck out when most psephologists shy away, Pradeep Bhandari stands out as the young beacon in an ageing profession.
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Government and Policy

Former Union Minister Arun Jaitley looks back at and analyses impact of two years of GST implementation

OpIndia Staff -
In several countries, governments lost elections because of the GST. India had one of the smoothest transformation.
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Crime

West Bengal: Tension in Malda after Shanaul Sheikh, accused of bike theft, dies after being beaten up by a mob

OpIndia Staff -
The incident came into fore after a video of Sheikh being beaten up on the suspicion of being a bike thief went viral on social media.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Shabir thrashes and gives triple talaq to his wife for asking Rs 30 to buy vegetables

OpIndia Staff -
The victim’s father said his daughter had a strained relationship with her husband since the time she got married. He said that Sabir had previously also thrashed Zainab and hit her with a stick on her head.
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World Cup 2019

India vs England – Dhoni, Jadhav, and the missing intent

Sandeep Singh -
We have seen more intent from Rahul Gandhi during an election campaign than from Indian batsmen during the final few overs.
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Law

Summer vacation ends, SC to hear important cases including Rafale petition, sexual harassment case against CJI as the top court functions with full strength

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court will also hear the sexual harassment charges hearing against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
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News Reports

As water crisis looms in the country, Modi govt set to launch ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’ on lines of Swachh Bharat Mission

OpIndia Staff -
A major communications campaign on TV, radio, print, local and social media would be carried out, similar to PM Modi's Swachch Bharat Mission in 2016, in which a mass movement was initiated with celebrities mobilised to generate awareness for the campaign.
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World Cup 2019

Mehbooba Mufti blames Team India’s orange jersey for the loss against England

OpIndia Staff -
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti yesterday added fuel to the Team India's Away jersey controversy and said that it was perhaps the orange jersey which ended India's winning streak
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World Cup 2019

Steve Waugh in 1999, Dhoni in 2019 – 20 years apart, same story?

Ritesh -
Do you remember the 1999 Cricket World Cup match between Australia and West Indies? Do you find any similarity between that game and India's game against England in the current World Cup?
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World Cup 2019

Video and stats highlight from Australia v New Zealand match

OpIndia Staff -
How would you feel when you take a hat-trick in the World Cup game and still lose the game because batsmen didn't put their best effort to win the match?
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News Reports

DMK opposes ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme, calls it against the idea of federalism

OpIndia Staff -
Stalin accused the central government of trying to establish its dominance by implementing the one nation, one ration card scheme.
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News Reports

Fresh trouble knocks at Rahul’s doors as PC Chacko overturns Shiela Dikshit’s order to dissolve Congress block committees

OpIndia Staff -
Differences between the two leaders of the Delhi Congress unit deepens
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News Reports

AAP MLA Som Dutt convicted by special MP MLA court for assaulting a man during 2015 Assembly Elections

OpIndia Staff -
An FIR was filed against Dutt at Gulabi Bagh police station in North Delhi in 2015 alleging that he and around 50 of his supporters had come to the residence of Rana while campaigning in the locality.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: In an initiative taken by local BJP MLA, Hindus gift burial ground to Muslims in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Some people of the Muslim community said that Muslim should also show equal sensibility and stop politicising and staking claims on the disputed Ayodhya Rambhoomi site
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News Reports

‘Who will migrate now that we have come to power’: CM Yogi dismisses reports of Hindu exodus from Meerut

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ruled out the migration angle and said that there might be some cases of personal disputes but there was no migration.
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News Reports

Telangana female forest officer attacked by TRS leader Koneru Krishna and his followers during plantation drive

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana Forest Officer Anita had named TRS leader Koneru Krishna Rao as the one who attacked her and led the mob
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World Cup 2019

Petrol pump workers express disappointment at people mocking Team India’s orange jersey likening it to pump attendant uniform

OpIndia Staff -
Petrol pump workers express great pride that Team India's Away jersey has colours similar to their uniform colour scheme.
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Crime

Maharashtra: Mohammad Shaikh killed by 15-year-old brother for scolding him over playing PUBG game

OpIndia Staff -
Addiction to PUBG has been highlighted in many instances before
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: NSCB Medical College staff drags patient to X-ray room on a bedsheet

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, reports on the outbreak of AES in Bihar had also revealed the unpreparedness and the apathy of the government and the hospitals falling under them
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World Cup 2019

Cricket World Cup semi final scenario: The fight for the 4th place

Ritesh -
Even if India loses its next three games, they will still qualify because of their superior run rate.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Four cousins along with a teacher raped a minor girl for two years because she excelled in her studies

OpIndia Staff -
Cousins in UP raped their own sister inside Islamia School and video recorded the same
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News Reports

Baby ‘Narendra Modi’ is now Aftab, the mother blames her journalist cousin for convincing her to pull off the ‘fraud’

OpIndia Staff -
The mother has blamed her journalist cousin, Mushtaq Ahmed, a journalist with Hindi daily Hindustan in Gonda, for allegedly convincing her to pull off the ‘fraud’
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News Reports

Bollywood took me away from Islam – Zaira Wasim announces ‘retirement’ from movies on Instagram

OpIndia Staff -
Dangal star Zaira Wasim quits her acting career as it is 'against Islam'
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News Reports

Mann Ki Baat 2.0: In his maiden radio talk show after re-election, PM Modi speaks on critical issues of democracy, water crisis

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi asked people to raise awareness about water conservation in his Mann Ki Baat address
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Opinions

Team India’s new colours and how Hindu nationalism got mixed up with the nationalism of colonial oppressors

Abhishek Banerjee -
Kohli represents a new India. The entire attitude of the cricket team resembles that of a new India.
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News Reports

‘I represent an inclusive India’, MP Nusrat Jahan reacts to fatwa against her issued by Deoband clerics

OpIndia Staff -
She says that she still remains a Muslim and no one should be commenting on what she chooses to wear
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Politics

Read full text of PM Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio program, first address after the 2019 victory

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said he felt a void and he was missing the 130 crore citizens he connected through his radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat'
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Media

Journalist claims filmmaker and journalist Vinod Kapri used tragedy of a newborn to promote himself and his movie

OpIndia Staff -
In a series of tweets, Upadhyay claimed that Kapri had planted stories in Indian as well as international media houses that he had already adopted the newborn child.
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Politics

BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya released from jail, says not embarrassed or guilty of thrashing the municipal corporation officer

OpIndia Staff -
The Indore police had arrested Akash Vijayvargiya for attacking a Municipal Corporation official with a cricket bat in the city on Wednesday
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Political Fact-Check

Rajasthan: CM Ashok Gehlot blatantly lies; Pehlu Khan and his sons named in the charge-sheet for cattle smuggling

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia is in possession of the charge-sheet filed by the Rajasthan police in December 2018 which clearly mentions Pehlu Khan as ‘slain accused’.
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World Cup 2019

Dear Gulbadin Naib, sometimes you don’t need to lead from the front

Sandeep Singh -
When Afghanistan were restricted to 227 in their 50 overs, the game looked to be going as per the script.
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Cricket

Cricket World Cup match preview – India v England: A do or die situation for England

Ritesh -
It is now certain that Australia, India and New Zealand have booked their place in the semis
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Muslim families in Shamli ‘migrate’, police calls it a pressure tactic to avoid action in a dispute

OpIndia Staff -
The Superintendent of Police (SP) Shamli, Aja Kumar has termed the exodus of the Muslim families a pressure tactic to intimidate the police into not taking action against the culprits.
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World Cup 2019

Video and Stats Highlight from Afghanistan and Pakistan match

OpIndia Staff -
Afghanistan has lost the third game in the tournament where they were in the winning position
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World Cup 2019

‘Naya Pakistan’: Fans invade the field, clash with Afghanistan fans during Cricket World Cup match

OpIndia Staff -
Invading the pitch and clash between the fans is not new in any sports, but in cricket, you will always find Pakistan fans as one of the sides involved in such miscreants.
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World Cup 2019

The ugly side of Pakistanis’ ‘humour’: Twitter users trend ‘#PakistanvsNamakharams’ for Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
A game against Afghanistan, which is anyway placed at the bottom of the point table, is all it took to expose Pakistan's ugly side
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News Reports

Congress in dire straits as resignation spree continues unabated, UP Congress leaders resign now

OpIndia Staff -
Yesterday, about 140 Congress leaders had signed a resignation letter that read, " I would like to resign in respect and honour of Rahul Gandhi"
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News Reports

Kedarnath Dhyan Gufa witnesses a historic rise in the number of pilgrims after PM Modi’s visit

OpIndia Staff -
Looking at the shooting popularity of the gufa after PM Modi's visit, the district administration is planning three more caves in its vicinity.
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World Cup 2019

Shoaib Akhtar’s racist rant against Afghan cricket players: Insinuates they are ‘refugees from Peshawar’

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of Afghanistan-Pakistan match at Leeds, Shoaib Akhtar launches a racist rant against Afghan players.
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World Cup 2019

Watch: Pakistan and Afghanistan fans get into a fight after plane with ‘Justice for Balochistan’ slogan was spotted

ashwin -
Afghanistan and Pakistan are facing each other in the World Cup for the first time. 
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World Cup 2019

Captain Virat Kohli rates the new orange Indian team jersey 8 out of 10

OpIndia Staff -
The orange colour has dominated the jersey which has already created controversy back home by the opposition parties.
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Opinions

Meet Mahua Moitra: The new darling of the ‘Liberal Left’ clown world

K Bhattacharjee -
Mahua Moitra is the newly elected Trinamool MP from the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Constituency.
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World Cup 2019

World Cup Preview, Australia v New Zealand: A win will steal the semi final spot for the Kiwis

Ritesh -
A battle of supremacy between the two neighbors. Australia has already booked their seats for the semi-final, New Zealand has to, by winning one match from the remaining two in the competition.
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Politics

Owaisi accuses Congress of betrayal after charge sheet against Pehlu Khan, urges Muslims not to support the party

OpIndia Staff -
Condemning the Gehlot government, he said that Congress Party has a double face as the party had condemned the attack on Pehlu Khan earlier. He urged the Muslims of Rajasthan not to support the party.
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News Reports

Fatwa issued against Nusrat Jahan for wearing Sindoor and Mangalsutra, Deoband cleric says “A Muslim can only marry a Muslim”

OpIndia Staff -
Nusrat Jahan Ruhi recently had married a Hindu Jain man. She was seen taking her oath as a parliamentarian wearing the traditional adornments of a Hindu married woman.
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News Reports

Crisis in Congress: After 140 office bearers, AICC secretary and Rajasthan co-incharge Tarun Kumar resigns

OpIndia Staff -
Yesterday, about 140 Congress functionaries and office bearers from AICC, PCC, Mahila Congress and Youth Congress had tendered their resignations en masse
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News Reports

G20 Summit: Here is a list of bilateral meetings held by PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
The 2-day summit held in the port city of Osaka, Japan provided an opportunity for many world leaders to come together and discuss strategic issues of trade and bilateral cooperations.
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News Reports

Congress government in Rajasthan to set up Vedic Shiksha and Sanskar Board: Ashok Gehlot

OpIndia Staff -
Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister of the state, made the announcement while addressing the 25th state-level Bhamashah Samman Samaroh at the Birla Auditorium at Jaipur.
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Opinions

Indian Express, enough is enough: Pehlu Khan was a cow-smuggler

Ashish Shukla -
Indian Express can’t expect its readers—and I am one—to be polite any longer, especially, after its Pehlu Khan reportage
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