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Government and Policy

Bill to make Jallianwala Bagh trust apolitical tabled by Modi govt, proposes to end automatic nomination of Congress President

OpIndia Staff -
The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951 provides for a Trust to maintain the National Memorial.
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World Cup 2019

Video and statistics highlights from India v Afghanistan match

Ritesh -
Who would have imagined that the match will be decided in the last over of the game between India and Afghanistan?
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News Reports

After free travel schemes for women AAP offers freebies to school students in Delhi, BJP calls it ‘act of desperation’

OpIndia Staff -
The announcement was made in a felicitation ceremony organised for students and their parents at the Thyagaraj stadium on June 22
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News Reports

Does Congress suspect Data Analytics head Praveen Chakravarty was a Modi mole? This report suggests so

OpIndia Staff -
According to the report, the Congress party and its senior leadership is now trying to ascertain who introduced the Head of the Congress Data Analytics Department, Praveen Chakravarty to Rahul Gandhi.
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Media

When you don’t understand cricket, don’t tweet, else you’d sound like this journalist from The Print

OpIndia Staff -
Jyoti Malhotra, a journalist at the Print, which often peddles fake news, wore the hat of a cricketing expert during the India-Afghanistan World Cup match on Saturday.
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News Reports

Another fictitious ‘hate crime’? Eyewitness says Delhi Madrasa teacher not hit for refusing to chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’

OpIndia Staff -
Police say there is no substantive evidence to prove that Delhi madrasa teacher was attacked for refusing to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi planning a nation-wide stir over ‘EVM hacking’, may boycott assembly polls: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi, the current President of the Congress party is planning to launch a non-cooperation movement against the PM Modi led Central government. 
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News Reports

Jagan Mohan Reddy appoints uncle Y V Subba Reddy as the Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Trust Board

OpIndia Staff -
The outgoing Chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Trust Board TDP leader Putta Sudhakar Yadav submitted his resignation as the Chairman yesterday.
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News Reports

People in Encephalitis hit Bihar put up look-out posters for Ram Vilas Paswan and local MLAs, announce rewards for finder

OpIndia Staff -
The banners asked the Minister to come out of his AC room and see people's condition.
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World Cup 2019

Watch: As India zooms to a nail-biting win, here are some hat-tricks since 1987. Which one is your favourite?

Ritesh -
In a nail-biting finish between India and Afghanistan, Mohammad Shami took a hat-trick in the last over of the match. A hat-trick which won the game for India.
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News Reports

West Bengal violence: 3 BJP workers, including a 14 year old boy shot for chanting Jai Shree Ram, BJP slams Mamata

OpIndia Staff -
The political violence in the state of West Bengal continues unchecked as according to BJP, 3 workers have been shot by the police in Panchasayar in Bankura district for chanting Jai Shree Ram.
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Opinions

West Bengal govt to observe death anniversary of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Overton Window continues to move ‘right’

K Bhattacharjee -
West Bengal state government has decided to observe the death anniversary of the legendary Shyama Prasad Mookerjee
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Fact-Check

Swati Chaturvedi spreads fake news yet again, this time about Amit Shah allegedly sleeping in the parliament

OpIndia Staff -
In the past too, Swati Chaturvedi had been caught sharing fake news
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News Reports

Bhatpara violence: Clashes erupt yet again as BJP delegation reach the area after two people died, Police lathicharge locals

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP delegation had visited Bhatpara to review the situation and investigate the reports of violence against BJP workers after violent clashes on Thursday claimed the lives of 2 people and injured several.
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News Reports

BJP trashes US State Department Report which makes wild assertions about Minorities in India, says biased against Modi govt

OpIndia Staff -
The 2019 International Religious Freedom Report by the US State Department was recently made available to the public by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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Government and Policy

Here are the 40 new bills proposed by the Modi government in the first parliamentary session

OpIndia Staff -
Modi government has tabled 40 new proposals for introduction, consideration and passing in the lower house of the Indian Parliament.
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News Reports

The Sabarimala private member’s bill tabled by Kerala MP asks only for maintaining ‘status quo’

OpIndia Staff -
The bill has also asked to drop all legal proceedings against the Sabarimala temple.
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Opinions

How the Khan Market vipers refused to introspect despite push back from the people of India

Ashok Chowgule -
The Khan Market Gang was weaving a false narrative that they grandly called Idea of India.
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Politics

Kanhaiya Kumar ‘visits’ SKMCH with over 100 of his supporters barging in while hospital grapples with increasing AES deaths

OpIndia Staff -
Republic TV has reported that Kanhaiya Kumar had visited with over 100 party workers who created a ruckus inside the hospital.
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World Cup 2019

World Cup Match Preview, New Zealand v West Indies: Last chance for the Caribbeans

OpIndia Staff -
West Indies is in a situation where they have to win every game and hope other top teams to lose their games to have a chance in reaching the semis.
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News Reports

UK Judge authorizes forced abortion of mentally disabled pregnant woman despite her and her mother’s objections

OpIndia Staff -
The doctors decided that an abortion will be less traumatic for the mentally disabled pregnant woman than childbirth.
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Opinions

No Mr Owaisi, the oppressive practice of Triple Talaq and the traditions of Sabarimala cannot be equated. Here is why

Editorial Desk -
The debate in the Lok Sabha around the Triple talaq Bill also shows how 'Secular' parties always empower the fundamental sections of the Muslim community while ignoring the concerns of the Muslim women.
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News Reports

DMK to protest against transport of water from Vellore to Chennai, while also protesting against the water crisis in the city

OpIndia Staff -
The DMK had welcomed Kerala CM's offer to send water to Tamil Nadu. However, some DMK leaders are planning to protest against the state govt's decision to bring water from Vellore.
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Fact-Check

After Imran Khan confuses quote by Rabindranath Tagore for Gibran’s, his special assistant thinks Tendulkar is Imran Khan

OpIndia Staff -
Naeem Ul-Haque, the special assistant to Imran Khan posted a picture of a young cricketer holding his bat up after presumably playing a good inning. Haque captioned that photograph with "PM Imran Khan 1969". 
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: A 72-year-old living man declared dead by doctor, kept in freezing morgue for entire night

OpIndia Staff -
The Chief Medical Officer has instituted an inquiry against the doctor who issued a ‘memo’ for an autopsy of a man who was still alive.
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News Reports

Muzaffarpur: After encephalitis wreaks havoc, skeletal remains of several bodies found behind SKMC Hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Skeletal remains of several human bodies have been found behind the premises of the SKMCH in Muzaffarpur that is seeing an alarming number of deaths in children due to encephalitis.
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News Reports

Are CCTVs un-Islamic? This year-old fatwa by Darul Uloom Deoband certainly says so

OpIndia Staff -
Darul Uloom Deoband has declared that it is unlawful to install a CCTV camera.
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World Cup 2019

Viral video: Pakistani fan apologises for fat shaming cricketer Sarfaraz after Pakistan lost to India

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani fans now have started following players off the field and shaming them in public
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Crime

Accused in rape case, absconding BSP MP Atul Rai surrenders in Varanasi, sent to 14-days judicial custody

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court had dismissed Rai's anticipatory bail plea earlier. Rai has contested and won the Ghosi Lok Sabha seat while absconding.
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World Cup 2019

World Cup Match Preview, India v Afghanistan: Can India win their 50th match of the World Cup

OpIndia Staff -
On paper and form, India is the best team of the tournament so far. They haven't sweat in the competition and still won 3 games against teams like South Africa, Australia, and Pakistan.
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Government and Policy

Modi govt cracks whip on corrupt babus: After dismissing 27 bureaucrats, more heads to roll as centre seeks list of tainted babus

OpIndia Staff -
This move by the BJP government is expected to improve the administrative efficiency of officials, reduce corruption and open jobs avenues across departments
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News Reports

Letter reveals Karnataka Congress-JDS govt ignored RBI warning and did not act against ‘halal’ investment group, IMA

OpIndia Staff -
The Karnataka police did not file an FIR citing 'procedural issues'.
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News Reports

Naya Pakistan? Human right activist charged under anti-terrorism laws for raising voice over rape and murder of a minor

OpIndia Staff -
Gulalai, a Pashtun and women’s rights activist, was in 2017 awarded the ‘Reach all Women in War’ Anna Politkovskaya Award
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News Reports

Gita is a military manual and contains instructions given on battlefield, should be read by all: Major General Subhash Sharan

OpIndia Staff -
Major General Subhash Sharan who is the additional director-general of Army recruitment in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand said that the Bhagavad Gita is a military manual that should be read by all youngsters. 
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News Reports

Choksi’s health excuses are a facade, we will bring him in air ambulance: ED tells court

OpIndia Staff -
The probing agency stated that Choksi's claims of ill health are a facade to evade questioning and if needed, they will provide an air ambulance with the best medical facilities and doctors to bring Choksi back from Antigua.
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Opinions

‘Virtuous Paedophiles’: Another sickening step towards the normalisation of paedophilia by ‘enlightened progressives’

K Bhattacharjee -
The normalization of Pedophilia has become extremely mainstream in the West. It has become mainstream to suggest that paedophiles are 'just like everyone else' and worthy of our compassion.
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World Cup 2019

Video and statistics highlights from England v Sri Lanka match

OpIndia Staff -
England v Sri Lanka would be remembered for years for producing such excitement and result which has opened the gate of opportunities for many teams.
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Crime

CBI registers FIR against Sanjay Bhandari, Arms dealer linked to Rahul Gandhi, in the Pilatus Aircraft deal bribery case

OpIndia Staff -
The Enforcement Directorate, which is investigating the money trail of the Pilatus deal kickbacks, has already stated in open court that Sanjay Bhandari was acting on behalf of Robert Vadra for the purchase of properties in London.
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Opinions

A sudden rise in cases of Encephalitis after years of decline in Bihar: Are Litchis to be blamed? Here is all you need to...

amitsurg -
Much has been reported in the media on the ongoing unfortunate deaths of children in the “litchi belt” of Bihar due to Encephalitis
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Politics

After being slammed by Metro Man E Sreedharan, AAP resorts to the usual tactics: Calls him a BJP stooge

OpIndia Staff -
AAP's Atishi Marlena went so far as to say that Sreedharan is being used by the BJP as a weapon. She even said that seeing Sreedharan speak, they feel as if it is the BJP speaking.
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Law

CJI Ranjan Gogoi writes to PM Modi: Increase retirement age of Judges and number of Judges to tackle pendency of cases

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi has written three letters to Prime Minister Modi with solutions to tackle to vast pendency of cases
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News Reports

After saying ‘only trees were burnt’, Pakistan says Eastern airspace will remain shut till India promises not to repeat Balakot

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has asserted that it will open its Eastern airspace for flights to and from New Delhi only if India promises not to repeat a Balakot like operation inside Pakistan's territory
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News Reports

Walmart pleads guilty of paying bribes in India and other countries in 2000-2001, to pay $283 million to settle the case

OpIndia Staff -
Walmart has pleaded guilty to paying bribes for its operations in Brazil, China, Mexico and India in the years 2000 and 2001.
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News Reports

GST Council approves single return from next year, cuts rate on electric vehicles and chargers

OpIndia Staff -
The GST council extended deadline for return filing by 2 months, and approved simplified Aadhaar based registration
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Crime

Kanpur Maulvi accused of raping minor inside Madrasa hides behind defence of ‘Nikah’, girl’s family faces hostility from community

OpIndia Staff -
The girl's family is worried because of the rumours of the Nikah of the accused with the victim are being spread in the community and the community is supporting the accused.
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Entertainment

Leila: Who would question Prayaag Akbar or Netflix?

Ashish Shukla -
I expect a political storm over Leila, a six-part TV serial on Netflix, the first season of which went on air last week.
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News Reports

Balakot airstrikes was codenamed by IAF as ‘Operation Bandar’

OpIndia Staff -
In response to Pulwama attack, the Indian Air force carried out precision air strikes on a JeM terror camp in Balakot, killing hundreds of terrorists.
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News Reports

After heaping atrocities on Sabarimala devotees, communists in Kerala now ask centre for law to protect Sabarimala traditions

OpIndia Staff -
CPM in Kerala does a U-turn, now asks union govt to bring law to protect customs of Sabarimala temple
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Crime

Rajasthan: Cattle smugglers attack Gaushala in Bharatpur, flee with three cows after thrashing Mahant

OpIndia Staff -
The cattle smugglers allegedly attacked the Mahant in the Gaushala, injured him and took away three cows in a vehicle.
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Opinions

Five reasons for the decline of the Congress party

mandarsawant -
The Congress party which was on a high in last December after winning three major heartland states has plunged into a crisis again after the 23rd of May results. Suddenly nothing is going right for the Congress at the national level or in key states.
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