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Pakistani cricket fan files petition in court seeking ban on the cricket team after humiliating defeat to India

OpIndia Staff -
A petition has been filed seeking a ban on Pakistan cricket team, sacking of selectors
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News Reports

Government of India restores ration in kind for defence forces posted in peace areas

OpIndia Staff -
The government had earlier put an end to the ration-in-kind for security personnel posted in peace areas on the recommendation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission with effect from July 1, 2017.
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Opinions

Man masturbates on woman and abuses before running away: See Kejriwal? Free rides won’t guarantee safety

Nirwa Mehta -
The daily harassment women face while commuting in the Delhi metro just shows how 'free metro ride' does not ensure safety.
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News Reports

India Today uses image of Babri mosque demolition to represent the 2005 Ayodhya terror attack committed by Islamic terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
India Today tries to give 'Hindu terror' angle to Ayodhya terror attack by Jihadis using a picture of Babri demolition
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News Reports

Maharashtra: BSP workers trash up leaders, throw chairs at each other during party’s review meeting in Amravati

OpIndia Staff -
Despite desperate attempts, BSP has in the last two decades never been able to make a mark in Maharashtra, neither in the Lok Sabha nor in the state Legislative Assembly level
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Government and Policy

Former CEC TS Krishnamurthy says ‘one nation, one election’ is possible but requires constitutional amendments

OpIndia Staff -
Krishnamurthy said that provision relating to no-confidence motion and related issues are some hindrances in the way of implementation of the idea.
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News Reports

As Rahul Gandhi remains reluctant, Congress names Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as the leader of party in Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party had to choose a new Lok Sabha leader following the defeat of its senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge in the Lok Sabha elections, who was the leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha in the 16th Lok Sabha. 
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News Reports

Coochbehar: Another BJP Karyakarta murdered in West Bengal, party blames Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress

OpIndia Staff -
The spate of political violence in West Bengal continues unabated.
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Law

CBI files FIR against Indira Jaising’s NGO for FCRA violations, husband Anand Grover named too

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier in May, Indira Jaising, Anand Grover and Lawyers' Collective were issued a notice by the Supreme Court.
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News Reports

Watch: SP MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq says ‘Vande Mataram is against Islam, can’t follow it’ right after taking oath

OpIndia Staff -
After adding Constitution of India Zindabad after taking oath, Shafiqur Rahman Barq said Vande Mataram is against Islam
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Media

As Swati Chaturvedi mourns the loss of her imaginary credibility, her past faff pieces come to haunt her

OpIndia Staff -
Even though she wants to put the blame on us, we can't possibly be held responsible if Swati Chaturvedi's peers doubt her 'credibility'.
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Entertainment

After threatening Jesus to choose between her and Rakhi Sawant, Tanushree Dutta questions Modi’s ‘Ram Rajya’

OpIndia Staff -
The Mumbai police have recently filed a B Summary report, giving a clean chit to Bollywood actor Nana Patekar, in connection with actor Tanushree Dutta sexual harassment case
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Politics

Mamata Banerjee to skip all party presidents’ meeting called by PM Modi tomorrow

OpIndia Staff -
WB CM Mamata Banerjee will not attend the pall party meeting called by the PM.
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Entertainment

Rapper Hard Kaur goes mental on social media: Blames RSS Chief for terror attacks, calls Yogi ‘OrangeRapeMan’

OpIndia Staff -
Taran Kaur Dhillon, more popularly known by her stage name Hard Kaur, appears to have fallen over the edge.
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News Reports

Two JeM terrorist involved in the Pulwama terror attack neutralised in Anantnag, Army major martyred

OpIndia Staff -
Major Ketan Sharma' mortal remains would be brought to Delhi and will then be taken to his residence where his last rites will be conducted with full military honour
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News Reports

Son of Kerala CPM chief booked in rape and cheating case by Mumbai police

OpIndia Staff -
The woman has alleged that Binoy Balakrishnan raped her over a decade in the pretext of marrying her
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Government and Policy

20,000 acres of Temple land encroached in Telangana, State Government decides to act tough

OpIndia Staff -
The Telangana government has decided to take action against illegal occupants of large tracts of temple lands.
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Opinions

Even as Indian liberals and peaceniks hail ‘peaceful’ Pakistanis, abuse pours in against Sania Mirza post world cup defeat

Shashank Bharadwaj -
After motormouths like Veena Malik dragged Sania Mirza into an unwarranted controversy, it was time for other eminent intellectuals of Pakistan to share their blame on Sania Mirza.
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News Reports

Congress leader Tarun Gogoi says his party must emulate ‘RSS model’ if it wants to regain ground in Assam

OpIndia Staff -
Assam Congress has chalked out 'Mission 80' strategy to regain grounds in the 2021 Assam Assembly elections against BJP's mission 100
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World Cup 2019

Tendulkar in 2003 or Rohit in 2019, who played it better?

Ritesh -
Where were you when Tendulkar smashed a six off Shoaib Akhtar in the World Cup 2003?
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Opinions

Gujarat: Past karma will haunt Congress in fascinating Rajya Sabha bypoll irony

Abhishek Banerjee -
The bypolls for the 2 vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Gujarat are going to be held shortly. The Congress has moved the SC, but given the clear precedents, it is quite clear that they have no chance of winning in court.
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News Reports

PM Modi directs union ministers to draw a ’21-Day Impactful Agenda’ for delivering citizen-centric schemes

OpIndia Staff -
Modi asked the officials to begin work on making India a five-trillion dollar economy
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Politics

BJP MP from Kota Om Birla to be the next Lok Sabha speaker, expected to file his nomination in the noon

OpIndia Staff -
Om Birla would be replacing previous Lok Sabha Speaker, Sumitra Mahajan
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Crime

Foreign funds sent to Islamist Asiya Andrabi were not only used to create Kashmir unrest, but also, to educate her son in Malaysia

OpIndia Staff -
Asiya Andrabi, the chief of banned secessionist organisation Dukhtaran-e-Millat was sent to NIA custody for 10 days by a Delhi court earlier this month along with Shabir Shah of Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) and Masarat Aalam of Muslim League. 
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Opinions

‘Liberal’ World Order fallacies and the real cost of Black Liquid Gold: Those bound on erasing history cannot learn from it

vigoe -
The world politics in the last half a century was dominated by the 'Black Liquid Gold' or 'Oil'.
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World Cup 2019

Cricket World Cup preview – England v Afghanistan: Can injury halt a win for England?

Ritesh -
One of the most sought-after matches from both the sides.
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Politics

RJD’s gutter politics, brings out caste angle in doctors’ strike and encephalitis deaths in Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
In certain sections of media and social media, there were already attempts to brand the Bengal doctors' strike as a 'Savarna conspiracy'. RJD seems to be taking the exact same lines.
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News Reports

Bangladesh arranges Rohingyas to live on an uninhabited remote island, 21 nautical miles off the coast

OpIndia Staff -
No one has ever lived on the island before and was used for cattle grazing till the construction for the Rohingya settlement started.
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Crime

UP: Dalit man burned to death after celebrating India’s match victory, had altercations with ‘one community’

OpIndia Staff -
Agitated villagers had protested when the police officials from Patti station arrived at the crime scene. They were demanding compensation for Prakash's family and immediate arrest of the culprits.
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World Cup 2019

Video and statistics highlights from Bangladesh v West Indies match

Ritesh -
What an absolute remarkable win for Bangladesh against the West Indies.
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News Reports

Egypt’s Islamist ex-President Mohammed Morsi dies in court where he stood trial for his connection with Hamas

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammed Morsi, the first democratically elected president of Egypt, collapsed in court and died on Monday while facing trial.
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Opinions

Part-time politician Rahul Gandhi winks again: The clown Prince cannot be serious even in the face of annihilation

Editorial Desk -
Rahul Gandhi winked, in the Parliament, yet again
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News Reports

Petition filed against Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey for failure to contain AES breakout

OpIndia Staff -
The petition has been filed by Social Activist Tamanna Hashmi in the court of Muzaffarpur Chief Judicial Magistrate, holding the Ministers responsible for failing to control the outbreak of the disease.
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News Reports

Junior Doctors in West Bengal call off week-long strike after amicable meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
After meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee, junior doctors in West Bengal have announced that they are ending the strike
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News Reports

BJP youth wing leader SG Suryah comes under attack from DMK for sharing news about land grab by DMK MP’s relative

OpIndia Staff -
DMK MP wants BJYM leader arrested, his social media account blocked for sharing news about his relative;s corruption
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News Reports

JP Nadda appointed as the working President of BJP after Amit Shah moved to the central govt as Home Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Ending weeks of speculation, BJP leader JP Nadda has been appointed as the BJP National President.
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News Reports

Watch: Congress leader misbehaves with Indore police after being denied entry into a meeting

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader, Sunny Rajpal, Monday, was caught on camera misbehaving with a police officer in Indore.
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News Reports

Sonia Gandhi gets miffed with Kerala MP who started to take oath in Hindi, 2 other MPs change their mind and take oath in...

OpIndia Staff -
Sonia Gandhi asked him why he couldn't take an oath in his mother tongue or English.
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News Reports

Opposition MPs create ruckus in parliament over Sadhvi Pragya Singh’s name as she took oath as Lok Sabha MP

OpIndia Staff -
Lok Sabha officials and opposition MPs object to Sadhvi Pragya including her Guru's name in her name while taking oath
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News Reports

Kerala government intervenes to stop removal of illegal crosses planted at Panchalimedu near Sabarimala: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
A village officer had given the Church time until today to remove the crosses. However, after the intervention of the state government, the revenue department has now stalled the process claiming it to be a matter of 'faith'.
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News Reports

Bihar Health Minister displays insensitivity, inquires about India-Pakistan match score during meeting on Encephalitis deaths

OpIndia Staff -
The death toll in Muzaffarpur and other districts of Bihar due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) rises to 82
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Politics

Another jolt to Mamata Banerjee as TMC’s Nowpara MLA Sunil Singh, 12 councillors join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Sunil Singh joining the BJP was on the cards as his brother-in-law Arjun Singh, who was earlier a Trinamool MLA of Bhatpara and chairman of the Bhatpara municipality, had also left the party to become a BJP MP. Arjun Singh was given BJP ticket from Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency. 
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Now a 13-year-old boy gang raped by four men in Shahjahanpur

OpIndia Staff -
Another case of child rape has been reported from Uttar Pradesh as a teen boy has been allegedly raped this time by four men of his village in the Puwaya area in Shahjahanpur
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi finally arrives in Parliament, but stays true to form and goofs up while taking oath as MP

OpIndia Staff -
A Lok Sabha official stopped Rahul Gandhi and told him that he has to sign the register after taking oath
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News Reports

Church in Thanjavur prevents residents of Nirmala Nagar from constructing a Ganesha temple on community land

OpIndia Staff -
The Church has opposed the construction despite the judgement of the Madras High Court.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee’s fiefdom crumbling as first doctors now teachers take to streets against state authorities

OpIndia Staff -
Trouble seems to be mounting for West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, as first the state doctors and now the state teachers, have taken to the streets to protest against the authoritarianism under Mamata Banerjee's regime.
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Politics

Congress shields the clown prince, Praveen Chakravarty becomes the scapegoat for Rahul Gandhi’s electoral disaster

Nirwa Mehta -
Rahul Gandhi is portrayed as the gullible one who got taken for a ride by Chakravarty and everyone else.
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News Reports

Afternoon session of the first day of 17th Lok Sabha session is here, and Rahul Gandhi hasn’t made an appearance yet

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi returns from vacation but didn't attend the first day of 17th Lok Sabha
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Politics

BJP MPs from Bengal take oath as Members of Lok Sabha amidst chants of “Jai Shri Ram”

OpIndia Staff -
"Jai Shri Ram" has become a battle cry in West Bengal with Bengalis raising the slogan in protest against the oppressive policies of the Trinamool government in the state.
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Opinions

Allegations of ‘Savarna Brahmin conspiracy’ and ‘Coup attempt’ against protesting doctors is an indictment of Democracy itself

K Bhattacharjee -
The Bengal Health Crisis is into its seventh day. After antagonizing the medical fraternity with her threats, Mamata Banerjee will finally be meeting with representatives of various medical institutions at 3.00 p.m. on Monday.
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