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Chandrayaan-2 launched: India to become the 4th country in the world to land on the moon

OpIndia Staff -
India has successfully launched its second mission to the moon, the Chandrayaan-2.
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Entertainment

Abusive actor Ajaz Khan who was arrested for inciting communal tension was ‘framed’, claims his wife, says he did nothing wrong

OpIndia Staff -
Khan was arrested by Mumbai Police on Wednesday last week for posting objectionable videos amounting to communal incitement on Tiktok and other social media websites
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Politics

Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik says Omar Abdullah is being juvenile, his statements were made in a ‘fit of anger’

OpIndia Staff -
The J and K Governor has also called Omar Abdullah a 'political juvenile' for his tweet saying that any deaths of bureaucrats in the state will now mean an execution on the governor's orders.
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News Reports

Watch: Videos from moments before the horrific Sonbhadra massacre

OpIndia Staff -
The videos seem to have been taken by a local villager who perhaps had no inkling that he/she was about to record brutal killings of ten people.
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News Reports

Dhaka court dismisses sedition cases against activist who informed Donald Trump about persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh

OpIndia Staff -
Priya Saha informed US President Donald Trump about declining population of Hindus in Bangladesh.
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Opinions

We are the Hindus of Bharat, our faith is not restricted to imaginary fiefdoms of regionalism

Sanghamitra -
Thousands of Odias travel to Tirupati each year. Thousands go to Vaishno Devi, and thousands go to visit the 12 Jyotirlingas of India. So, how can some individuals with a tunnel view are going to decide what is the Odia identity and what is not?
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News Reports

Communal tension in Jaunpur as two Kanwariyas beaten up by Arif and Riyaz for chanting ‘Bol Bom’

OpIndia Staff -
Two Muslim men beat up the Kanwariyas for refusing to stop chanting 'Bol-Bum'
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Government and Policy

The environment and the economy: India stands at crossroads

Anagha Paranjape-Purohit -
In the name of environmental conservation, this elite class is, probably, unintentionally, ensuring that many people are excluded from the development cycle.
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News Reports

Lucknow: Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawad announces to set up a camp to teach Muslims, Dalits how to procure firearms

OpIndia Staff -
The camps would be held in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow on July 26 for self-defence purpose. A similar camp will take place in Kolkata after Lucknow.
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Politics

Samajwadi Party MLA Nahid Hasan, in communally sensitive Kairana, asks people not to buy anything from ‘BJP supporters’

OpIndia Staff -
Kairana in Uttar Pradesh is a communally sensitive area which witnessed an exodus of Hindus during the Samajwadi Party government led by Akhilesh Yadav.
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Crime

Kolkata: 37-year-old Asgar Ali arrested for rape and murder of a five-year-old girl

OpIndia Staff -
The villagers suspected Ali's involvement in the child's disappearance since she was last seen with him.
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News Reports

Live updates Karnataka Trust Vote: Karnataka Government has fallen

OpIndia Staff -
JDS-Congress government of Karnataka is facing their second floor test after assembly elections were held in May last year.
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News Reports

Mayawati contradicts her own MLA, says BSP MLA in Karnataka instructed to support HD Kumaraswamy govt in trust vote

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier BSP MLA in Karnataka had said that Mayawati has asked to abstain from trust vote, but now party says he has been asked to vote for the govt
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Fact-Check

One year old video of Hima Das winning a 400 meter race shared as the yesterday’s race where she won 5th gold in 3...

OpIndia Staff -
Several journalists, politicians and social media users post video of fist international gold by Hima Das as her latest win
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News Reports

Radical Christian organisations threaten Hindu Ashram in Russia, organisation reaches out to PM Modi for help

OpIndia Staff -
According to Prakash, radical Christian organisation not only gave them threats, but also carried out physical attacks.
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Politics

Kumaraswamy plans to admit himself in a hospital to delay trust vote allege 2 independent MLAs, approach SC

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, Kumaraswamy's astrologer has suggested that he delay the trust vote till Tuesday since auspicious time begins for him then. 
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Fact-Check

No, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur did not insult menial cleaning jobs, this is what she meant

OpIndia Staff -
Pragya Thakur was saying that cleaning drains does not come under the responsibilities of an MP
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Social Media

Former EAM Sushma Swaraj shuts down a troll, Irfan Khan, who wishes death upon her

OpIndia Staff -
Sushma Swaraj was condoling death of former Delhi BJP President when troll insinuated that she too will die soon.
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News Reports

Saudi Crown Prince facilitated Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s meeting with Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan used the personal connections of the Saudi Crown Prince to convince Trump to have a meeting
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Cricket

India’s tour of West Indies: Pandya rested, Saha makes to Test side, no split captaincy as Kohli to lead India in all formats

OpIndia Staff -
The rumour of split captaincy for Tests and limited over cricket has been put to rest by the Indian selectors — Virat Kohli to lead India in all formats against West Indies.
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News Reports

Karnataka Political Crisis: Mayawati snubs Congress-JDS coalition, asks lone BSP MLA to abstain from trust vote tomorrow

OpIndia Staff -
There are reports that Mahesh, the BSP MLA, is all set to join the BJP after the trust vote citing lack of funds for his constituency’s development in the present Congress-JDS government.
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Politics

Omar Abdullah comes in support of Imran Khan who was not given official welcome on arrival in US

OpIndia Staff -
Khan's humiliation seems to have affected former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah who sprung to his defence
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News Reports

Irony: Mamata Banerjee observes Shahid Dibas for 1993 police firing, while the then Home Secretary is now a TMC MP

OpIndia Staff -
Under Mamata Banerjee, Manish Gupta continues to be an MP of the Rajya Sabha under the TMC, who was the home secretary when the incident happened
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Crime

BJP leader BS Tomar shot dead in Ghaziabad, accused Shahrukh and Tasneem arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Two accused, Shahrukh and Tasneem, have been arrested for the murder of BJP functionary BS Tomar, reports Times of India journalist Raj Shekhar Jha.
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News Reports

Class nine student beaten by senior students for protesting ‘Allah Hu Akbar’ during National Anthem singing in school

OpIndia Staff -
When a Hindu student protested allah hu akbar chants during national anthem in school, he was badly thrashed by Muslim students
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Politics

US snubs Pak PM Imran Khan, welcomed by low-key US officials on his maiden visit, escorted to the terminal in a bus

OpIndia Staff -
No Limo for Pak PM as he arrives in the US on his maiden visit, takes a bus to the terminal from the aircraft.
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Politics

Kamal Nath government threatens to restrict Narmada water in Gujarat, plays politics over rehabilitation of project affected people

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel accused the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh of playing politics over Narmada water issue.
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Social Media

Netizens ‘express concern’ over Priyanka Chopra’s asthma after a picture where she is smoking cigarette went viral on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter users even dug up Chopra's own old tweet condemning smoking where she had claimed she does not smoke. While things could change with time so do personal preferences, the hypocrisy is quite baffling.
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Crime

Telangana: Irfan and Ghouse kill Saddam, surrender to police with his severed head

OpIndia Staff -
According to police, the severed head is that of autorickshaw driver Saddam, 28. He was beheaded by the duo with a sickle used to cut coconuts.
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Crime

Two youths, Shekhar and Basant forced to chant religious slogans by a mob that showed them Tabrez Ansari’s video, stabbed when refused

OpIndia Staff -
As Shekhar and Basant refused to raise religious slogans, the angry men reportedly stabbed them with knives.
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Entertainment

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma wants to kiss Cyberabad Police nonstop for 39 days. Here is why

OpIndia Staff -
Cyberabad Police issued e-challan to Ram Gopal Varma for violating traffic rules
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News Reports

Jharkhand police arrests human trafficking kingpin Panna Lal Mahto who had trafficked at least 5,000 children

OpIndia Staff -
Mahto and his wife Sunita Kumari was earlier arrested in October 2014 on the charges of human trafficking. He has been out on bail since September 2016.
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News Reports

Kashmir problem will be solved and no power in the world can stop it: Rajnath Singh

OpIndia Staff -
The defense minister earlier today paid tributes to the fallen soldiers of the 1999 Kargil War at a war memorial in Drass sector
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News Reports

JNU Professor accuses the university of harassment over her Muslim identity, university denies the allegations

OpIndia Staff -
The complainant is a woman Muslim professor teaching at the JNU under UGC granted scheme
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News Reports

While using the Sonbhadra massacre to resurrect her career, Priyanka Vadra ignores the steep increase in crime in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
Attempts were made by the Rajasthan government to suppress the Alwar rape case due to General Elections.
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News Reports

Tej Bahadur Yadav files petition challenging PM Modi’s election from Varanasi, Allahabad HC sends notice to PM

OpIndia Staff -
Yadav, a constable in the 29th battalion of the BSF, was dismissed from the BSF in April 2017 after he was found guilty of several offences during an inquiry. He was even jailed in 2010 for threatening to shoot his superiors at BSF.
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News Reports

Nirbhaya rape convict’s photo used in Election Commissions’ voter awareness campaign in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
The photo of Mukesh Singh was used in by the EC's its election awareness campaign for the Lok Sabha elections
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Politics

Congress leader creates ruckus at hospital, threatens and blames cops as she tries to meet MLA Shrimant Patil forcefully

OpIndia Staff -
Yashomati Thakur was seen shouting at the police personnel present at the hospital despite their requests not to create a ruckus. She even shouted at a female cop and screamed that they had all been bribed.
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News Reports

Serial abuser Ajaz Khan, who was arrested for inciting communal tensions, sent to judicial custody for 14 days

OpIndia Staff -
Ajaz Khan was arrested by the Mumbai Police Crime Branch for uploading provoking videos promoting enmity between different communities on his social media pages
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News Reports

Jain community furious after Kamal Nath government demolishes under-construction Kirti Stambh in Jabalpur

OpIndia Staff -
Despite first approving the structure, Municipal Corporation proceeded to demolish the Jain Structure of Kirti Stambh in Jabalpur
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News Reports

BJP’s answer to Trinamool’s glamour quotient: Parno Mittra along with 11 other celebrities join the party

OpIndia Staff -
The list of celebrities to join the BJP includes Parno Mittra, Rishi Kaushik, Kanchana Moitra, Rupanjana Mitra and Biswajit Ganguly.
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News Reports

Former Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit passes away at the age of 81

OpIndia Staff -
Sheila Dikshit was the longest-serving chief minister of Delhi, serving for a period of 15 years from 1998 to 2013.
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News Reports

Sonbhadra massacre: A half a century old land dispute that led to the brutal killing of 10 people

OpIndia Staff -
The land that to the massacre of 10 people in UP was illegally transferred in 1955, 1989 and 2007
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News Reports

NIA questions editor of Kashmir newspaper in terror funding case, says ‘jihadi journalists’ in valley have help from ISI media cell

OpIndia Staff -
NIA claims that the editor of Kashmir Reader had hired 'jihadi journalists' to write for his newspaper.
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Politics

Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh accepts Sidhu’s resignation, says ‘should have worked instead of shunning responsibilities

OpIndia Staff -
Navjot Singh Sidhu and Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh had been at loggerheads ever since the former visited Pakistan to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan, against the wishes of the Punjab CM.
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Cricket

India tour of West Indies: The great Indian middle order search continues

Sandeep Singh -
MS Dhoni is likely to opt out of the tour, but will that help India solve its middle order conundrum?
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News Reports

Kerala: Students protest as Government college Principal removes ABVP flag and leaves SFI flag intact to ‘avoid clashes’

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader P K Krishnadas had alleged that the campus was an SFI stronghold and that the principal was denying the ABVP members the right to carry out their organisation's work.
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News Reports

Rotherham paedophiles received half a million pounds in legal aid from public money while their victims remain uncompensated

OpIndia Staff -
The pedophiles, the Hussain brothers namely Arshid, Bannaras and Basharat, raped girls as young as 11 years old.
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Cricket

Dhoni makes himself unavailable for West Indies Tour, will serve the paramilitary regiment

OpIndia Staff -
Just before a day of selection of Indian team cricket for the West Indies tour, the most experienced Indian wicket-keeper MS Dhoni has made himself unavailable for the tour and will serve his paramilitary regiment.
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Crime

Alwar: Dalit man beaten to death after his bike hits a Muslim woman, family alleges mob lynching by Umar Sher and associates

OpIndia Staff -
The 28-year-old Harish was a truck driver by profession. He is survived by his wife, four daughters and a father who is blind.
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