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FIR against Aditya Pancholi on rape charge levelled by Kangana Ranaut

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Kangana's sister Rangoli had filed an email complaint with the Mumbai police accusing Aditya Pancholi of 'assault and exploitation'
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News Reports

Meerut: Yogi govt swings into action after complaint on NaMo app claims 125 Hindu families migrate to “safer localities” alleging harassment by Muslims

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Hindu's are being forced to dispose of their houses at rates much lesser than the current market value
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Politics

Bombay High Court upholds Maratha reservation as constitutional, directs state govt to reduce cap

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The petitioners had argued that the State government passed the SEBC Act on the basis of unqualified data and without revising the list in the light of the provisions of the existing list of backward classes.
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Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Union Government didn’t ‘reject’ any proposal for ‘free ride to women in Delhi Metro’ from Delhi government

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Union Government of India had denied having received any proposal for free rides to women in Delhi Metro from the Delhi government
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Law

Anti-Sterlite protests were orchestrated by vested interests: Vedanta tells Madras HC

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The company has said that the various reports by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in support of the Sterlite Copper Smelter unit cannot be ignored.
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News Reports

Air India’s Mumbai-Newark flight AI191 makes precautionary landing in London due to bomb threat, turns out to be hoax

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Air India's AI191 lands at Stansted airport in London due to a bomb threat, escorted by RAF fighters
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Government and Policy

Union Government denies having received any proposal for free metro rides for women from Delhi Government

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Arvind Kejriwal had recently announced free metro rides for women to ensure 'safety'.
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News Reports

Ahmedabad police nabs Uvais Syed for making ISIS hoax call, says he became paranoid about terror attack after reading too much ISIS news

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The police later found that the man was mentally unstable and became paranoid after reading ISIS news reports
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Crime

Bihar: Mother-daughter duo tonsured, beaten and paraded for resisting a molestation attempt, ward member Khurshid, 5 others booked

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A mother and her daughter were beaten, tonsured and paraded in the village for resisting a molestation attempt by miscreants. Local ward member Khurshid is among the people booked for the crime.
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News Reports

Noida: Mohammed Shakil Ansari booked for coercing his daughter and son-in-law to leave their house to accommodate his 2 new wives

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Mohammed Shakil Ansari married a 16-year-old Shahnaaz soon after his first wife died in February 2019
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World Cup 2019

Cricket World Cup Match preview – India v West Indies: Can India remain unbeaten?

Ritesh -
India has played much better than any team in this World Cup, and despite the hiccups against Afghanistan, they remained unbeaten.
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Politics

AAP led Delhi Waqf Board promises money, govt job to Jharkhand’s Tabrez’s wife while Delhi’s Ankit Saxena’s father awaits compensation

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Recently, Yashpal Saxena, father of Ankit’s father had expressed his disappointment at Delhi government for not keeping up the promises of compensation and financial and legal assistance.
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News Reports

The first time in 30 years, no bandh in Jammu and Kashmir on Union Home Minister visit

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Separatist groups have been silent since Home Minister Amit Shah's arrival on Wednesday
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News Reports

Nirav Modi’s 4 bank accounts having cumulative funds of USD 6 million frozen by Swiss authorities

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So far Nirav Modi has tried to get bail four times, but have been unsuccessful in each of them
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee reaches out to Congress and CPI(M) seeking support in her fight against BJP in Bengal, rebuffed

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The TMC supremo accused BJP of trying to run a parallel government and bringing in an alien culture in West Bengal
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Crime

Ramalingam murder case: NIA arrests Myden Ahmed Shali, head of the ‘Dawah’ team linked to PFI

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Earlier, the NIA has stated the motive was not only to limited to brutally killing Ramalingam but also to create communal tensions. The NIA had even stated that the murder of Ramalingam was a terrorist act.
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World Cup 2019

Video and statistical highlights from New Zealand v Pakistan match

OpIndia Staff -
For Pakistan to remain in the hunt for the semi-final spot, they have to depend on how India plays, especially against England.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Not our car, not our man: Delhi Police’s clarification over viral TikTok video

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Police have clarified that the vehicle that used was of a private contractor and the stunt was performed by the friend of the private driver of the vehicle.
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Fact-Check

Singer Chinmayi Sripada resorts to spreading fake news targeting Uttar Pradesh police, UP police schools her with facts

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As Chinamayi resorted to false propaganda, the Uttar Pradesh police stepped into action to school her with facts pertaining to the case.
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News Reports

AIMIM’s revenge over Tabrez Ansari? Village women allege party men threatened them of rape and bomb blast

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Women in the village have alleged that several men had come in AIMIM vehicles and had threatened the villagers with rape, violence and bomb blast.
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Crime

Haryana Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary shot dead in Faridabad

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Chaudhary was hit by more than ten bullets when he was coming out of the gym.
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News Reports

Tabrez’s father was murdered over a dispute by his friend and not by lynching: Victim’s uncle refutes media reports

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Marsood Alam, Tabrez Ansari's uncle has refuted any such claims regarding the lynching of Tabrez's father Maskoor
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Media

Tayyab Khan and Sajid arrested for attacking ABP News crew in Delhi

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The incident took place on 9th June when two bike-borne assailants attacked the ABP News crew car with an intention to loot them
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News Reports

I was pressurised to take back my resignation in connection with Shah Bano case: Arif Mohammad Khan

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The day I resigned and left my resignation in the Prime Minister's Office, I disappeared from my house and spent the night at a friend's house, said Khan.
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News Reports

Violence in Jharkhand, Bengal and Kerala should be dealt with equally: PM Modi in Rajya Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Modi in his Rajya Sabha address today slammed the Congress of politicizing the lynching of a man in Jharkhand.
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News Reports

Live bombs found in Bengaluru based on information given by arrested JMB terrorist

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The Bengaluru police had yesterday caught the accused in Burdwan bomb blast Habibur Rehman Sheikh
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News Reports

Demolition orders to withdrawing security cover: AP CM Jagan Mohan Reddy goes full throttle against his predecessor Chandrababu Naidu

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CM Jagan Mohan Reddy strips off VIP perks to his predecessor Chandrababu Naidu
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News Reports

Rising Intolerance? Here are a dozen ‘hate crime’ stories that turned out to be fake

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In recent times, there has been a spate of 'hate crimes' which gained great press coverage but invariably turned out to be fake.
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News Reports

Congress party opposes Indian cricket team’s orange jersey against England in World Cup, claims it is saffronization by BJP

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Congress and SP says Indian cricket teams orange away jersey is saffronizaion by BJP
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya arrested for hitting a Municipal Corporation official with cricket bat

OpIndia Staff -
Akash Vijayvargiya has been booked for assault and obstructing a public servant from performing their duties
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Politics

Highlights from PM Modi’s first Rajya Sabha address after coming back to power

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The Prime Minister hit out at Congress for having an obstructionist approach and opposing every scheme launched by the BJP government, even the ones like Aadhar that were introduced during the UPA regime.
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News Reports

“You voted for Narendra Modi and want me to get your works done”, Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy shouts at protesters

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Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy refuses to listen to villages as they voted for Modi
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Government and Policy

UP government to launch a month-long security awareness drive for schoolgirls

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UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered to strengthen the security of women and girls in the state and directed the authorities to implement stringent measures
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News Reports

Journalist advices Kerala CPM chief’s rape accused son to convert to Islam to solve his problems

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The journalist claimed that having two wives wasn't a problem in Islam citing the example of the actor Dharmendra
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays Delhi HC order permitting AgustaWestland accused Rajeev Saxena to fly abroad

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Delhi HC had permitted Rajeev Saxena to fly abroad for the treatment of blood cancer and other ailments.
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Politics

CPM admits Sabarimala row proved detrimental to party’s fortunes in the Lok Sabha elections: Report

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Despite being in power in the state, the CPI(M) had an electoral rout in Kerala, winning only 2 of the 20 Lok Sabha seats.
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Politics

You want the ‘Old India’ where Indian Navy was used for family vacations? PM Modi tears into Congress’ narrative

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PM Modi said he is shocked that schemes such as constructing toilets, Swachha Bharat, Jan Dhan and Yoga day are being mocked at.
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News Reports

Sterling Biotech loan fraud: ED further attaches UK assets worth Rs 9778 crores belonging to Sandesara family

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Nitin Sandesara was apprehended by the Dubai police in August last year. He is reportedly known as a close aide of Congress leader Ahmed Patel.
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News Reports

Leonardo DiCaprio expresses concern about Chennai water crisis, says “Only rain can save Chennai from this situation”

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After Ghazipur Garbage Dump in Delhi, Leonardo DiCaprio expresses concern about Chennai water crisis
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Politics

There is a limit to the arrogance: PM Modi takes on Congress’ entitlement in Rajya Sabha

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My friends in Congress have not been able to digest victory, they have not been able to accept defeat. I do not consider this to be a healthy sign of democracy: PM Modi said in his Rajya Sabha address
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Crime

Karnataka: Cow smuggler dies on the spot after stolen cow hits him in the groin

OpIndia Staff -
The post mortem further confirmed that the accused died on the spot after the cow he stole hit him on private parts.
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News Reports

Samant Goel appointed as the new R&AW chief, Arvind Kumar is new IB director

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Union govt has named Samant Goel and Arvind Kumar as new chiefs of R&AW and IB
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Law

In a first, a Delhi court convicts a man for bursting crackers on Diwali

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The Delhi police had booked him under Section 188 CrPC for disobeying their orders by continuing to burst crackers despite issuing a warning.
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News Reports

Pakistani activist invokes Manusmriti, blames it for the state of minorities in Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Pakistani human rights activist brings up Manusmriti even while calling out its own army's bigotry
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Politics

‘Cut money’ scandal: After Mamata Banerjee admits Trinamool members were taking bribes, public attacks party leaders

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When Mamata Banerjee had remarked recently that 'cut money' was being taken by members of her own party, she had no idea that she was opening a Pandora's box.
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Politics

Day after Reddy’s order, Chandrababu Naidu’s illegally built Rs 8-crore ‘Praja Vedika’ demolished overnight

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CM Reddy on Monday declared all the buildings that came up on the banks of Krishna river were illegal and unauthorised constructions
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World Cup 2019

Kohli set to break another record of Tendulkar and Lara

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Indian batting sensation, Virat Kohli is on the verge of breaking another record of the batting maestro Tendulkar and Lara
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World Cup 2019

Cricket World Cup preview – New Zealand v Pakistan: Pakistan needs to win again

Ritesh -
In the 1992 World Cup at this stage of the tournament, Pakistan has won the match against New Zealand.
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Government and Policy

55 countries of the Asia-Pacific group, including Pakistan, endorse India for non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council

OpIndia Staff -
India is seeking re-election to the UNSC non-permanent seat after almost 8 years.
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Politics

Congress gave a full toss to Modi, Modi hit the ball out of the stadium

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Speaking for the first time in the Parliament after the BJP-led NDA government was voted back to power with a thumping majority, PM Modi responded to Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's remarks. 
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