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London Michelin-starred chef was using chicken cubes in veg meals, reveals employee dismissed for alerting his bosses

OpIndia Staff -
The allegations against Karunesh Khanna emerged after his assistant manager Mafis Ali filed an employment tribunal case against the chef.
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Politics

Eternal vigilance is the price of Democracy: PM Modi salutes those who fought the Emergency on its 44th anniversary

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said speaking about the Emergency is a constant reminder on why democracy is important
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News Reports

Gehlot and Pilot responsible for my death: Rajasthan farmer commits suicide as Congress govt failed to fulfill its loan waiver promise

OpIndia Staff -
In his suicide note, Sohan Lal named Gehlot and Pilot, alleging that he was forced to take the drastic step as the Congress government in Rajasthan did not keep its promise of waiving off bank loans to farmers.
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News Reports

JNU Students’ Union cries ‘Hindi imposition’ for introduction of Hindi in BA and B.Tech courses

OpIndia Staff -
JNUSU alleges 'Hindi imposition' in BA and BTech courses
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Opinions

Read why Bharat Yadav was trending on Twitter as people mourned death of Tabrez Ansari

Editorial Desk -
Just as beating up someone from another faith and forcing them to chant 'Jai Shree Ram' is wrong and should be punishable so is beating up someone and calling them 'kaafirs'.
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News Reports

Bombay HC directs Mehul Choksi to submit his medical reports, team of experts to determine whether he is fit to travel

OpIndia Staff -
Bombay HC directs Mehul Choksi's medical reports to be examined by a team of experts at a Mumbai hospital
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News Reports

Jagan Mohan Reddy govt orders demolition of Praja Vedika built by Chandrababu Naidu, his house also on the list

OpIndia Staff -
Reddy held his government's first Collector's Conference in the Praja Vedika hall and took the demolition decision of the building from within the building itself.
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News Reports

National Conference leader says people of Tral should not have voted for BJP as terrorists Burhan Wani and Zakir Musa were ‘martyred’ there

OpIndia Staff -
NC leader Ali Mohammad Sagar addresses Zakir Musa and Burhan Wani as ‘martyrs’
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News Reports

Oyesomya: Army intelligence issues advisory to army personnel to not interact with suspected spy operating on Instagram

OpIndia Staff -
'Oyesomya' Instagram profile is no longer available.
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News Reports

Primary teachers protesting for salary hike detained by Kolkata police outside West Bengal assembly

OpIndia Staff -
According to the Teachers Unity Open Forum General Secretary, Moidul Islam, the SSK, and the MSK teachers get Rs 5,900 only as salary and this has been the same for the past eight years
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News Reports

Kerala assembly session adjourned over NRI businessman’s suicide caused by CPM red tape

OpIndia Staff -
Sajan Pariyal committed suicide after he was refused for almost six months a building occupancy certificate for the Rs 15 crore convention centre he had constructed.
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World Cup 2019

Tendulkar unhappy with MS Dhoni’s lack of intent

OpIndia Staff -
Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has criticised MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav for the lack of intent in their match against Afghanistan
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News Reports

Absconding ‘halal’ investment owner releases a video, offers to surrender, vows to expose big politicians after coming back to India

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier Mansoor Khan released an audio clip in which he accused senior Congress MLA Roshan Baig of arm twisting and refusing to return Rs 400 crore.
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News Reports

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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
"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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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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