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Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury passes repulsive remarks against PM Modi, likens him to ‘gandi naali’ in Lok Sabha

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Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury dares PM Modi to act against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi and put them behind the bars
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Entertainment

Kabir Singh is a filthy degenerate but the movie is not a ‘celebration of toxic masculinity’

K Bhattacharjee -
Instead of harping on and on about 'celebration of toxic masculinity' which Kabir Singh isn't, perhaps Feminists ought to ponder upon the implications of their own doctrine.
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News Reports

Delhi’s AAP govt is yet to fulfil 2015 manifesto promise of concessional travel passes to senior citizens, disabled and students

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AAP govt is yet to fulfil election promise of concessional travel passes for senior citizens, students and persons with disabilities.
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: Kidnapping accused Imran’s relatives attack police station, demand his release and threaten to kill policemen

OpIndia Staff -
Raja Babu Singh, IPS IG/Gwalior zone assured that the perpetrators would be punished.
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News Reports

Congress dissolves all district committees of the party in Uttar Pradesh

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Congress to restructure in UP after Lok Sabha election debacle, dissolves district committees
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News Reports

CPM’s student body SFI puts up derogatory poster of Sabarimala’s Lord Ayyappa at Kerala college

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CPM's student body insults the sentiments of Ayyappa devotees by deregatory posters
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Politics

Congress leader in the Parliament demands Wing Commander Abhinandan’s moustache be declared ‘national moustache’

OpIndia Staff -
Congress, which seems to have its priorities sorted, now wants to declare Wing Commander Abhinandan's moustache style as a 'national moustache'.
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Politics

AAP MLA Alka Lamba expresses sadness over not being invited to Delhi CM’s event in her own constituency

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AAP MLA Alka Lamba was earlier asked to resign from Aam Aadmi Party and removed from their official Whatsapp group.
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Politics

In a massive self goal Congress leader in Lok Sabha questions PM Modi for not sending Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to jail

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"You came to power by calling them thieves, then how are they sitting in the parliament?" Congress leader in Lok Sabha questions PM Modi on Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi still being Members of Parliament
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Crime

12-year-old Assam girl kidnapped by one Jabed Ahmed rescued from Nashik hotel

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Md Jabed Ahmed from the Hojai, Assam is accused of kidnapping the girl and taking her away to Maharashtra.
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Government and Policy

Union Home Minister Amit Shah set to table Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will speak in the house regarding the significance of the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill.
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News Reports

Bengali Superstar Nachiketa mocks ‘Dada’ and ‘Didimoni’ in viral song as Trinamool suffers ‘Cut Money’ crisis

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The song in which Nachiketa appears to be mocking Mamata Banerjee and her party for perpetuating a bribe culture has gone viral on social media.
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News Reports

TMC threatens party leaders who have joined BJP that they will face dire consequences

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TMC on Sunday warned its former councillors who joined BJP, that they would face the “consequences.”
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Politics

TMC MPs stage protest at the Parliament against EVMs, demand paper ballots in future elections

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Having faced tough competition from the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has resorted to blaming the EVMs for the loss of seats
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News Reports

They couldn’t strike our military bases as they couldn’t even cross LOC: Air Chief Marshal on Pakistan’s reaction after Balakot

OpIndia Staff -
Air Chief Marshall, BS Dhanoa, speaking about the Balakot airstrikes against Pakistan said that none of the Pakistan fighter jets was able to cross the Line of Control (LOC).
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Editor's picks

JDU MLA reveals how the Nitish Kumar govt was completely unprepared to tackle the AES outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
As many as 181 children have died in the state until today. In the latest, the Supreme Court has given a 7-day deadline to Nitish Kumar government to get control over the disquieting situation in Bihar
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News Reports

Assam: Sidul Islam sends intimate photos with wife to in-laws, threatens to release on social media if dowry not given

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Muslim man in Assam blackmails in-laws for dowry threating to release intimate photos with his own wife
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World Cup 2019

Faf blames IPL again for South Africa’s poor performance in World Cup

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This is South Africa's worst performance in World Cups, the last time they knocked out of the tournament in the group stage was in 2003.
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Crime

Chhattisgarh: Policeman stabbed to death by Maoists in broad daylight in front of his wife and children

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Shockingly, the Maoists after killing the policeman walked back into the jungle without any fear of retaliation.
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Politics

It is official: Mayawati announces that the SP-BSP alliance is over, a month after 2019 poll debacle

OpIndia Staff -
Ending weeks of speculations, Mayawati said the decision was taken yesterday after the marathon meeting the BSP leaders held in Lucknow. 
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Safayat Hussain and his sons beat Gangaram to death for accusing them of his minor daughter’s kidnapping

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According to the police, the father had wrongly accused a Muslim neighbour of the abduction following which the neighbour and his associates attacked and beat the man to death.
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World Cup 2019

World Cup Match Preview – Afghanistan v Bangladesh: Can Afghanistan win their first game of the tournament

Ritesh -
Bangladesh would be hoping to beat Afghanistan easily so that they don't have to rely on failures of other teams to reach the semi-final.
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Government and Policy

34 Pakistani migrant Hindus from 3 districts of Rajasthan granted Indian citizenship

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19 from Barmer, 10 people from Pali and 5 from Jalore district were granted Indian citizenship in Rajasthan last week.
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News Reports

Watch: Indian Air Force commemorates 20 years of Kargil War, recreates Tiger Hill attack and victory

OpIndia Staff -
The Kargil war took place between May and July of 1999 in Jammu and Kashmir's Kargil district. The conflict was orchestrated by the then Pakistan army chief General Pervez Musharraf without the knowledge of the then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.  
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Economy and Finance

RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya resigns, six months prior to scheduled end of term

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Acharya reportedly had a difference of opinion with Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das over easing of interest rates to boost economic growth.
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World Cup 2019

Cricket World Cup: Video and statistical highlights from Pakistan v South Africa match

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Pakistan won the match by 49 runs and Harris Sohail was adjudged Man of the Match.
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News Reports

Devotees throng a Khodiyar Mata temple in Gujarat after a crocodile, worshipped as Goddess’ vehicle, strays inside the temple

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Khodiyar Maa, a family deity of the Patidar community, is often depicted as riding a crocodile.
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News Reports

Irshad Ali tries to open IndiGo airlines’ airborne flight’s door forcibly breaching safety procedures

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Irshad Ali got 'impatient' in the flight and tried to open the exit door mid-air.
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News Reports

Pakistan urges the UN to take urgent action against Islamophobia and anti-Islamic speech

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's Ambassador to UN Maleeha Lodhi termed Islamophia as the most prevalent expression of racism and hatred.
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News Reports

Blast in military hospital in Rawalpindi and its blackout by Pakistani media sparks speculation

OpIndia Staff -
The military hospital in Rawalpindi in Pakistan was rocked by a huge blast on Sunday evening.
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News Reports

We can survive without a Nehru-Gandhi as the titular head of the party, provided the family remain active: Mani Shankar Aiyar

OpIndia Staff -
Aiyar told that Rahul Gandhi has given the party one month's time to decide on the question of the party President, however, the feeling in the party is in the favour of Rahul Gandhi.
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Government and Policy

Keeping up its election manifesto’s key promise, Modi government to announce Rs 70000 crore rural road building project

OpIndia Staff -
The promise of roads in even the smallest and remotest hamlet was one of the key promises made in its election manifesto by the Modi government
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World Cup 2019

Video and statistics highlight from New Zealand v West Indies match

Ritesh -
What a thrilling game, a match of the see-saw, a team won and a player lost.
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World Cup 2019

Virat Kohli fined for aggressive appealing in the match against Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Virat Kohli has been fined 25% of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct.
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Opinions

No Prakash Javadekar, ‘Jai Shree Ram’ is not an ‘Indian cheer’, it’s a manifestation of the Hindu faith. Don’t cheapen it

Nupur J Sharma -
Unless the remainder of the interview to Times Now which is yet to be released gives a different picture of Javadekarr's answer, he came off as a defensive, confused man who couldn't stand by his or his party's faith.
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News Reports

Evangelists left jobless after Modi government’s crackdown on foreign funds, Pentecostals in Kerala severely affected

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Pastors are unable to repay their loans as they stopped receiving their monthly salary for their gospel work
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Rampur Police shoots Nazil, accused of abducting, raping and killing a 6-year-old girl

OpIndia Staff -
Disturbingly, such incidents of sexual abuse against children have become rampant in India
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News Reports

Air India Regional Director suspended on the allegation of shoplifting a wallet from a duty-free shop at Sydney airport

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from suspension, Captain Bhasin has also been barred from entering the premises of Air India without written permission of the management and was asked to surrender his company identity card and not to take employment anywhere else.
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News Reports

Union Minister Smriti Irani to build a house at Amethi to be more accessible, does what Rahul Gandhi could not do in last 15...

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After staying in a rented house in Amethi after losing 2014 elections, Smriti Irani decides to build own house in the constituency after winning in 2019
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News Reports

Pakistan had kept one of its most advanced submarines hidden after Balakot strikes, Indian Navy detected it after a 21-day search

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Eventually, after 21 days of an extensive search operation, PNS Saad was located on the western side of Pakistan to protect it from any attack if hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours escalated.
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News Reports

Scuffle broke out at Vijayawada Municipal Corporation meeting after portraits of NTR and Naidu replaced with that of Jaganmohan Reddy

OpIndia Staff -
The portraits of NTR and Naidu were removed from the council hall by the corporation officials ahead of a meeting.
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News Reports

Taking political dynastic succession forward, BSP chief Mayawati gives two important party positions to brother and nephew

OpIndia Staff -
Dynastic succession in political parties is the key to keep the fibres of patronage intact, Congress party, being the utmost examples of this approach
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Crime

Tausif Imran Khan repeatedly raped class X girl in Vadodara, took her to religious places to brainwash and convert her

OpIndia Staff -
19-year-old Tausif Imran Khan, a class XII student who lived in Manjalpur, has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for sexually exploiting a minor.
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News Reports

Another case against rape accused BSP MLA, this time for proving false information in his 2019 Lok Sabha election affidavit

OpIndia Staff -
Rape accused BSP MLA might be fresh trouble with a case being registered against him for providing false information in his 2019 Lok Sabha election affidavit. 
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News Reports

Dainik Bhaskar publishes exaggerated amounts as extra cost to air travellers due to closure of Pakistani airspace

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Dainik Bhaskar says daily 70000 air travellers are paying 5 times extra due to the closure of Pakistani airspace
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News Reports

Mirchi baba files a complaint after he receives 3000 calls about his promise to do ‘Jal Samadhi’ if Digvijaya Singh loses

OpIndia Staff -
Controversial Mirchi baba had performed a Yagna by burning 5 quintals of red chilly ahead of the Lok Sabha elections to help senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh win from Bhopal. During this Yagna, he had vowed to take ‘jal samadhi’ if Singh loses.
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News Reports

Sidhu’s rant comes back to haunt: Posters in Ludhiana ask him to keep his promise of quitting politics if Rahul Gandhi loses Amethi

OpIndia Staff -
In one of the biggest overturns in this Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi had lost from his home turf to BJP' Smriti Irani by 55,120 votes
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World Cup 2019

World Cup Match Preview, Pakistan v South Africa: Do or Die for both the teams

Ritesh -
A do or die situation for both the teams to keep the hopes alive for semi-final birth. One of them will surely be ruled out of the tournament after losing the match here.
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News Reports

As the accused in Bargari sacrilege case gets killed in jail, here is all you need to know about the 2015 Guru Granth Sahib...

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Mohinder Pal Bittu, accused of desecrating the Sikh holy book and Dera Sacha follower, killed by his inmates in jail
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Law

Activist files complaint against Rahul Gandhi for his International Yoga Day tweet where he insulted the Indian Army

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai-based activist has filed a complaint against him for his tweet on International Day of Yoga where he ended up insulted the Indian Army
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