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Politics

Clashes erupt between the BJP and TMC, BJP holds Mamata Banerjee responsible for death of BJP party workers

OpIndia Staff -
A delegation led by BJP leader Mukul Roy would visit Sandeshkhali, Basirhat later today
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Shahnawaj caught red-handed for raping 9-year old Dalit girl in Varanasi

OpIndia Staff -
The incident takes place days after the Aligarh incident where a three-year-old was brutally murdered over a family altercation.
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Crime

Bhopal: Body of an 8 year old girl found in a drain, six police officers suspended

OpIndia Staff -
According to police, one police officer has also been suspended
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Media

Media troll, who equated Dalits to animals, arrested for objectionable comments

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Prashant Kanoja had even called for violence against Hindu saints and had expressed that Hindu saints should be killed to save humanity
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News Reports

Hours after Parvez Ahmad was removed as Jammu and Kashmir Bank chairman, state vigilance dept raids the headquarters

OpIndia Staff -
Since the raid, speculations are rife about the internal functioning and future of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank.
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Politics

BJP’s Jaya Prada appeals to EC, seeks disqualification of Samajwadi Party’s MP Azam Khan for holding ‘office of profit’

OpIndia Staff -
Both Jaya Prada and Azam Khan had engaged in a bitter spat with each other in the run-up to the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections
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World Cup 2019

Mohammad Shahzad calls himself fit, accuses Afghanistan Cricket Board of leaving him out without consulting him

OpIndia Staff -
Afghan cricket captain Mohammad Shahzad denies that he is injured, says the board dropped him without talking to him
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News Reports

Bihar: Three, including a journalist, arrested with explosives, Naxal literature recovered

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, independent journalist Rupesh Kumar Singh along with his two associates Mithilesh Kumar and Mohammad Kalam were arrested by Bihar Police and explosives were recovered from their car.
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World Cup 2019

Rohit Sharma has no idea about Dhoni’s glove controversy

OpIndia Staff -
In a press conference at the eve of India-Australia clash, Rohit Sharma said he doesn't know what is happening with MS Dhoni's glove controversy
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Cricket

Cricket World Cup Preview – India v Australia: It will be a cracker of a game

OpIndia Staff -
When India locks horns with Australia on Sunday, many people will lose their minds due to a nail-biting finish.
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News Reports

Aligarh: Lawyers refuse to represent the accused men in the brutal murder of child, stand firmly with the victim’s family

OpIndia Staff -
The Aligarh Bar Association has made it clear that none of their lawyers will be defending the accused men in the Tina Sharma murder case
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP victory procession turns violent, workers say police were accompanied by TMC goons who triggered the attack

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee foreseeing what her future in stores, had turned hostile towards BJP much prior to the Lok Sabha elections
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Opinions

Free metro rides for women is an ill thought-out move: Here are the DMRC numbers that nobody is talking about

abhi711 -
The Delhi Government’s latest move to offer free rides to women commuters of the Delhi Metro showcases once again Arvind Kejriwal’s old habit of offering populist subsidies just before elections.
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News Reports

Indian Railways to offer massage services for passengers in trains departing from Indore

OpIndia Staff -
The service would commence within 15-20 days in 39 trains departing from Indore.
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Media

Rana Ayyub gets rattled and displays her hypocrisy after Bhupendra Chaubey refers to Aligarh murderers as ‘Muslim men’

OpIndia Staff -
In the past, Rana Ayyub had no qualms citing the religious identities of perpetrators when the victims happened to belong to minority communities
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Drone delivers blood samples from hospital within 18 minutes

OpIndia Staff -
In the successfully run experiment, the drone was able to deliver blood samples over a distance of 36 km in just 18 minutes.
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Crime

Muslim mob vandalises petrol pump, beat up staffers because some were getting late for Namaz and didn’t want to wait in queue

Jinit Jain -
The scuffle broke out when the pillion rider on a bike slapped a pump staffer when he was asked to get back in the queue and wait for his turn. The riders allegedly kicked the staffers and called for help to attack the petrol pump.
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Media

Infighting in The Hindu over Akshaya Patra article: Malini says shoddy journalism, N Ram stands by reportage

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu editors Malini Parthasarathy and N Ram have two seemingly contradictory views on the controversy surrounding the Akshay Patra Foundation, after which the Hindu found itself under severe criticism for its editorial approach.
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Political History of India

Church Bombings in the year 2000: How Christian priests blamed Hindu groups for attacks committed by Islamic terrorists

K Bhattacharjee -
Along expected lines, Christian priests blamed Hindu right-wing groups for the 2000 Church Bombings but reality could not have been more different.
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Media

Blatant Hinduphobia: Journalist mocks rituals by suggesting Hindu priests should be boiled alive

OpIndia Staff -
Pooja Prasanna, a journalist with Republic TV took to Twitter to assert that perhaps "putting those vessels on a burner will get us rains faster and for longer".
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News Reports

PWD engineer reveals how BJD MLA not only asked him to do sit-ups, but asked others to slap him, case filed by Odisha police

OpIndia Staff -
In a purported video, which went viral on social media, Meher was seen reprimanding the engineer over alleged shoddy road construction work in his constituency
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: 8-year-old girl in critical condition after being brutally raped, accused Salim arrested under POCSO

OpIndia Staff -
Salim took the victim to a garden where he mercilessly raped her and fled thereafter
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Opinions

TISS associate professor’s defence of Kejriwal’s ‘free rides for women’ stunt explains what’s exactly wrong with ‘Liberalism’

K Bhattacharjee -
Ever since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced free rides for women in public transport, liberals of various hues have been struggling to mouth a decent defence of this wayward policy.
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News Reports

PM Modi to be conferred with ‘Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzudeen’, Maldives’ highest honour for a foreign dignitary

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi is on a 2-day tour to the Maldives and Sri Lanka beginning today.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Despite protests, police sticks to orders, does not allow Namazis to offer Namaz on road in Bareilly

OpIndia Staff -
Last year the Madras High Court had ruled that public places cannot be encroached upon for the purpose of offering prayers
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Politics

A section of Muslims were always scared, under every govt: Arif Mohammad Khan busts ‘Dara Hua Musalman’ narrative of Karan Thapar

OpIndia Staff -
Khan stated that the constitution of India permits no entitlement on the basis of religion. He further stated that we have been misleading our people and deluding ourselves all these years in the name of secularism.
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Opinions

The Nexus of Missionaries and Naxals vs India: The horrific Khunti gangrape reveals the conspiracy of Break India forces

Abhishek Banerjee -
The Khunti gangrape was an outcome of a sinister conspiracy by Break India forces. If you are someone who cares about keeping India together, you need to know this story.
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World Cup 2019

Preview – Afghanistan v New Zealand: One side affair on cards?

Ritesh -
A battle between two sides which is a no match in the current scenario of the tournament. New Zealand is at the top of the table, whereas Afghanistan at the bottom.
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Media

The Hindu repeats ‘dara hua musalman’ narrative as Muslim mobs go on rampage and BJP workers are killed post Modi’s victory

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu relies on 2 incidents where the police have summarily denied communal angles to allege that Muslims are scared in Modi's India
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World Cup 2019

Preview: England takes on Bangladesh after having lost to them twice earlier

Ritesh -
Bangladesh has beaten South African in this world cup, and England could feel the heat.
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Politics

Goa Congress chief says he is aware of his MLAs being in talks with BJP

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, Congress MLA from Cuncolim, Clafasio Dias had held an informal meeting with his party workers asking for their approval to join the BJP.
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Government and Policy

Amit Shah tightens the noose, foreign funding NGOs to seek approval for change of key functionaries or face action

OpIndia Staff -
The notification states that all such NGOs that have got their registration through FCRA have to within a month seek approval from the government in case any change in the key functionaries and office-bearers have been in effect
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News Reports

People rally behind Akshay Patra, donate generously after malicious ‘activists’ declared war against the organisation

OpIndia Staff -
Several people donated to Akshaya Patra generously and responded with their confirmation receipt.
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Specials

Kolkata Beef Festival cancelled: Organisers claim it was apolitical, Bengalis say deliberate attempt to hurt Hindu sentiments

K Bhattacharjee -
The organizers of the Kolkata Beef Festival said that they received threats and could not ensure the safety of the attendees. Therefore, they had decided to cancel the event.
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News Reports

International Fact-Checking Network says its Indian signatory Alt News may have potentially violated IFCN Code of Principles

OpIndia Staff -
IFCN accepted that Pratik Sinha has violated its nonpartisanship policy by being a member of Jan Sangharsh Manch
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Crime

Enforcement Directorate files case against media baron Raghav Bahl under PMLA for undeclared foreign assets

OpIndia Staff -
Hard times ahead for the media giant and founder of The Quint, Raghav Bahl!
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News Reports

Study by UNICEF reveals considerable reduction in groundwater and soil contamination due to Swachh Bharat Mission

OpIndia Staff -
UNICEF and Gates Foundation praise Modi's Swachh Bharat Mission for its success in reducing groundwater and soil contamination
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News Reports

Twitter restores the account of Indian Army’s Chinar Corps after suspending it on Thursday

OpIndia Staff -
The account of 15 Corps has been restored after a day of suspension and has also been verified
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Media

Festivals and political opportunism of media: ‘The Guardian’ and its anti-Hindu agenda

Rutvi Dattani -
International media outlet ‘The Guardian’, propagates an anti-Hindu agenda which fairly contributes in defaming and stigmatizing everything that is related to Hinduism
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News Reports

Al Qaeda eulogises Zakir Musa, announces Hameed Lelhari as his successor in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
In an 11 minute video, Al Qaeda's Kashmir cell announced Abdul Hameed Lelhari as its new chief in Kashmir.
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News Reports

Former Union Minister and Hockey Olympian offers to replace Rahul Gandhi as Congress President, Working Committee declines

OpIndia Staff -
Aslam Sher Khan, former Union Minister and Hockey Olympian, has written to Rahul Gandhi expressing his desire to serve the Congress party as its President.
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Editor's picks

Arvind Kejriwal and the political philosophy behind his lies

Ashish Shukla -
When a politician is caught in his lies, he pays for it either with apology or punishment or both. There is both shame and consequences involved. In Arvind Kejriwal’s case, it’s neither
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News Reports

Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley vacates government bungalow, returns cars and staff

OpIndia Staff -
Former finance minister Arun Jaitley had earlier requested PM Modi to exclude him from the cabinet citing health reasons.
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Opinions

Smriti Irani in McDonald: We’re loving it

Ashish Shukla -
Smriti Irani is eminently capable of ruffling a few feathers
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Crime

Sajid, Abid and Taufeeq attack Bajrang Dal workers, mob attacks police to aid in their escape: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The local police reached the spot and tried to arrest one of the attackers. However, another group of Muslims got mobilised at the spot and attempted to get the arrested man freed.
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World Cup 2019

Dear ICC, instead of policing the players, please spend some time improving the umpiring

Sandeep Singh -
ICC seems to be focusing on all useless things instead of doing what they are supposed to do.
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Crime

Aligarh child murder: Victim’s mother says co-accused Aslam had raped his own daughter earlier

OpIndia Staff -
Zahid had brutally choked Tina with her scarf and hid the body in his house for 3 days before dumping it in a pile of trash
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Social Media

More than half of funds meant to help Pakistani Hindu refugees raised as netizens come together

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani Hindus in Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar have been living without electricity for over a year now.
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Crime

Aligarh child murder: SIT to probe the case, sexual abuse charges to also be probed

OpIndia Staff -
UP Police has said that action has been taken against the concerned SHO for delinquency in the Aligarh child murder case
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Politics

Mamata Banerjee to skip NITI Aayog meet yet again as it is ‘fruitless’ for her

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, the Chief Minister of West Bengal had also chosen to skip the Prime Minister's swearing-in ceremony after BJP swept its way through its second term
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