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West Bengal: Missing BJP worker from Malda brutally murdered, charred remains found

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP also alleged that the communal disharmony is linked with "illegal Rohingyas in West Bengal" and demanded a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the matter
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News Reports

Kolkata: Junior doctors protest against state govt’s apathy after mob attack following Mohd Sayeed’s death in hospital

K Bhattacharjee -
Medical Colleges from across Kolkata have joined the protests over the mob attack on doctors at the NRS Hospital on Monday night.
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Media

Senior journalist with The Hindu blames ‘Hindutva culture’ for Muslim men harassing dancers during an Eid festival in Assam

OpIndia Staff -
The crime and the humiliation heaped on the dance crew was carried out at an Eid function by Muslim men, however, a journalist from The Hindu deemed it fit to blame 'Hindutva culture' for the crime.
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Opinions

If protein is all that matters then dog meat has served as the nutritional needs of the terribly downtrodden since the times of the Gita

Lakshmi Prasad Jonnalagadda -
Instead of cow meat why not eat insects, containing the maximum amount of protein?
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News Reports

Karnataka: Loan waiver deposits vanish from the accounts of 14,000 farmers, farmers say Congress-JDS lied to them for votes

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Nearly 13,988 farmers across Karnataka were shocked after they found out that the money which was earlier deposited in their accounts towards the loan waiver has been withdrawn
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News Reports

Modi govt decides to connect Madrasas to mainstream education, Azam Khan says ‘Madrasas don’t produce people like Godse and Sadhvi’

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi's decision to connect Madrasas to mainstream education seems to have angered SP leader Azam Khan
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World Cup 2019

Match Preview – Australia v Pakistan: All hopeful for a full game

Ritesh -
The last time these two teams played against each other in a World Cup encounter was turned out to be an epic battle between Wahab Riaz and Shane Watson (Sydney 2015).
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Politics

Kailash Vijayvargiya says he was approached by Digvijay, Scindia to topple Kamal Nath government in MP

OpIndia Staff -
Vijayvargiya went on to say that Madhya Pradesh has witnessed the maximum number of police transfers. He alleged that the posts are being sold.
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Fact-Check

Fact check: Viral video of ‘robbery attempt’ in Noida was a stunt being performed for a YouTube channel

OpIndia Staff -
Noida police have clarified that the video was shot by a group of friends for their Youtube channel
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Politics

AAP leaders fight amongst themselves over which is best way to protest against child sexual abuse

Nirwa Mehta -
Delhi Commission for Women Chairperson and AAP Haryana chief Pandit Naveen Jaihind's wife Swati Maliwal took an offence at AAP leader Alok Agarwal calling her husband's 'Tapasya' as protest against child abuse as 'nautanki'
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Crime

Local Muslims attack Hindu family in Begusarai and force them to sell their house, say ‘even Bajrang Dal won’t be able to save you’

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Victim Munni Kumari in her complaint stated that of the three men entered her house at 1 am, two were masked and one was completely naked. The naked man began to rape her mother, while one of the masked men turned towards her and tore off her kurta.
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News Reports

Church aided by Kerala’s communist govt now accused of sponsoring land-grabbing in sacred forestland around Sabarimala

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Four decades ago, the Christian organisations had made a similar attempt to grab the Sabarimala lands in Nilakkal by claiming that they had unearthed a stone cross established by Jesus' apostle Saint Thomas in 57 A.D.
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Cricket

Forbes releases list of world’s highest paid athletes, only Kohli finds a place

OpIndia Staff -
Virat Kohli might be having some stress due to Dhawan's injury in the World Cup, but on the personal front, he has some good news.
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World Cup 2019

Is it a World Cup of cricket or World Cup of rains?

Ritesh -
The world cup is held every four years, and the ICC has been very unprofessional in terms of scheduling it without reserve days.
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News Reports

Delhi govt didn’t give legal, financial assistance, no compensation. I am broken: Ankit Saxena’s father

OpIndia Staff -
Ankit Saxena was murdered by his Muslim girlfriend's family who did not approve of the inter-religious love affair between the two.
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News Reports

BJP leader Mukul Roy says attacks on BJP workers in WB done by TMC members on the instructions of Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
Roy claimed that TMC workers are following Banerjee's instructions wherein she had threatened to take revenge from BJP workers 'inch by inch'.
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News Reports

Telangana: Congress leaders stage protest against arrest of Congress legislature party leader on hunger strike

OpIndia Staff -
As many as 12 out of 18 MLAs of the Congress party met Telangana Assembly Speaker to join CM K Chandrashekhar Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)
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News Reports

UP CM Yogi Adityanath asks police officials to revive anti-Romeo squads after multiple assaults on minor girls in the state

OpIndia Staff -
UP CM Yogi Adityanath has asked police officials to identify 10 crimes against minor children in every range and solve them as soon as possible
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Economy and Finance

GDP calculation system revised in line with international standards: govt clarifies Arvind Subramanian’s allegations of overstating growth numbers

OpIndia Staff -
Govt says GDP numbers calculated as System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA) adopted by United Nations Statistical Commission
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News Reports

Aligarh child murder case: Woman who discovered the body says local Muslim community is threatening and pressurising her

OpIndia Staff -
A woman who had first discovered the body of the 3-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in Aligarh has said that that the local Muslim community has now started threatening her
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News Reports

Man who wrote ‘Flight is covered by hijackers, land in PoK, Allah is great’ awarded life term for creating hijack scare in 2017

OpIndia Staff -
Businessman creates hijack scare on board Jet Airways plane, awarded life imprisonment and heavy fine
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Social Media

Petty lies: Times of India presents a conversation selectively just to convince its readers that Anurag Kashyap ‘slammed’ a Twitter user

OpIndia Staff -
A Twitter user Divya outed Anurag Kashyap's hypocrisy over the latter's unfounded accusations regarding the devolving situation in Aligarh
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Law

‘Order not an approval of Kanojia’s posts on social media’: Supreme Court verdict on Prashant Kanojia’s release

K Bhattacharjee -
Prashant Kanojia's release was ordered by the Supreme Court earlier today.
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News Reports

Cyclonic storm Vayu is to intensify further, likely to hit Gujarat coast by Thursday

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a high-level meeting to assess the situation.
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Opinions

The Judiciary and its inconsistencies when it comes to the principles of Freedom of Expression

K Bhattacharjee -
The Supreme Court's judgments and comments in matters of free speech highlights the urgent necessity for its complete overhaul.
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Politics

Congress leadership does not consult us, they are responsible for election loss, says party leader from UP

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader K K Sharma held the higher leadership of the party responsible for the election results alleging that they take decisions without consulting party workers and local leaders.
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Social Media

Congress leader Hardik Patel claims China has abducted the crashed AN-32 plane, urges PM Modi to do surgical strike to bring back the soldiers

OpIndia Staff -
Hardik Patel demands surgical strike against China for the crash of IAF AN-32 in Arunachal
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News Reports

Kolkata: Mob violently attacks doctors at NRS Hospital after Mohammed Sayeed’s death, police mute spectators, allege students

K Bhattacharjee -
NRS Medical College and Hospital was attacked by a violent mob on Monday night following the death of Mohammed Sayeed.
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Social Media

Adnan Sami’s Twitter account hacked by pro-Pakistan Turkish hackers

OpIndia Staff -
The hacker tweeted that whoever betrays the 'brother' country Pakistan will see Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's photo as profile picture.
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News Reports

CPI-M refuses to learn lessons after political annihilation, shifts blame to NDA, just like 2014, after ‘analysing’ 2019 electoral loss

OpIndia Staff -
Yechury also indicated that the opposition alliance or mahagathbandan narrative of "saving India" from communal forces and protecting the country’s Constitution and institutions had gained little traction on the ground.
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News Reports

Wreckage of the missing IAF AN-32 found in Arunachal, no clarity yet on 13 persons on board

OpIndia Staff -
The wreckage of the missing AN32 aircraft has been spotted at 15-20Km north of the flight path in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Opinions

Was Editors Guild more upset about arrest of Prashant Kanojia than murder of DD cameraman?

Abhishek Banerjee -
An unequivocal, no holds barred, stinging statement spanning four full paragraphs and 291 words for Kanojia. All governments in power need to read this. But for the DD cameraman who was killed by Naxals?
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News Reports

I-T Department files four charge sheets against VVIP Chopper Scam co-accused Gautam Khaitan

OpIndia Staff -
With 4 more charge sheet, total 13 charge sheets have been filed against VVIP chopper scam accused Gautam Khaitan
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News Reports

Owner of ‘halal’ investment group flees leaving investors in lurch, blames Congress MLA for taking 400 crores

OpIndia Staff -
Founder and managing director of a Sharia-compliant investment firm, Mohammad Mansoor Khan went viral where he claimed he is ending his life due to financial distress
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Crime

Radical Islamist preacher Zakir Naik willing to come back to India only if Supreme Court ‘ensures his safety’

OpIndia Staff -
The Malaysian government has stated that it is their right to not extradite Zakir Naik if he feels that he wouldn't be facing a fair trial.
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Government and Policy

PM Modi seeks 5-year roadmap with well-defined targets for each ministry

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi has asked top bureaucrats to draw ambitious 5-year plans for each Ministry to propel India in the $5+ trillion economy group.
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Cricket

World Cup 2019: Shikhar Dhawan ruled out for 3 weeks due to thumb injury

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Dhawan had injured his left thumb while playing against Australia on Sunday.
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Crime

Aligarh child murder case: Locals find it hard to believe that serial sexual predator Aslam did not rape the child

OpIndia Staff -
Aslam, one of the main accused in the case of Tina's murder, is a repeat offender. He had been arrested multiple times for rape and assault on minors.
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World Cup 2019

Pakistan’s Jazz TV mocks Wing Commander Abhinandan’s capture during Balakot air strikes in World Cup ad

OpIndia Staff -
India takes on archnemesis Pakistan on the cricket ground in ICC Cricket World Cup on Sunday, June 16
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Media

Abhisar Sharma lies and blames Zee News of ‘creating alibi’ to save ‘guilty’ Vishal Jangotra when the court has already acquitted him

OpIndia Staff -
In a video published on YouTube on the 10th of June, propagandist Abishar Sharma accused Zee News of trying to save Jangotra by creating a false alibi for him.
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News Reports

Supreme Court asks UP government to display ‘magnanimity’ in releasing journalist Prashant Kanojia

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court orders the release of journalist Prashant Kanojia, says an individual’s personal liberty gets priority
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News Reports

India stands by Israel, rejects request of Palestinian organisation ‘Shahed’ to obtain observer status in the UN

OpIndia Staff -
India supports Israeli resolution to reject the request to grant Shahed the status of an observer organisation at the UN
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Media

Action against ‘anti-NDTV’ officer result of various transgressions, cases against NDTV founders to continue

Nupur J Sharma -
One name in that stood out in the list of 12 officers and created quite the flutter, was SK Srivastava, the man who had been leading the charge against NDTV.
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World Cup 2019

Match Preview – Bangladesh v Sri Lanka: Another washout expected

Ritesh -
A wet Tuesday is expected at Bristol as per the weather forecast, which means the third wash-out of the current tournament is on its way.
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News Reports

Kerala police join hands with Interpol to fight online sexual exploitation of children

OpIndia Staff -
Interpol's latest cyber tool helped the Kerala police to apprehend 32 people in the last one week
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi’s hypocrisy: Not a word on journalists being gagged in Karnataka, condemns UP CM for the same

OpIndia Staff -
Before pointing fingers at others, Rahul Gandhi should look little closer at home where his alliance partner JD(S) is creating an Emergency-like situation in Karnataka
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World Cup 2019

As Yuvraj Singh announces his retirement from international cricket, here is a look at his career in numbers

Ritesh -
As he announced his retirement on Monday, let's see Yuvraj Singh's career through the numbers.
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News Reports

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who defended Tarun Tejpal in rape case, spreads misinformation about Aligarh child murder case

OpIndia Staff -
However, Kashyap alone is not to blame since even self-proclaimed fact-checkers have resorted to whitewashing the crime and basing their 'fact-checks' on police statements instead of scientific evidence
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Social Media

Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account hacked by pro-Pak Turkish hackers, hackers tweet anti-India tweets

OpIndia Staff -
The hacker group replaced Bachchan's profile picture with a photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and also changed the bio, adding "Love Pakistan" and an emoji of the Turkish flag. 
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News Reports

Sushma Swaraj denies reports of being appointed as Andhra Pradesh governor after minister Harsh Vardhan congratulates her for the same

OpIndia Staff -
Sushma rubbishes reports of appointment as Andhra Pradesh Governor
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