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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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News Reports

Unhappy with the doctor’s treatment, Indore man Rafiq Rasheed murders doctor’s wife and injures his son

OpIndia Staff -
Rafiq Rasheed killed Dr. Ramkrishna Verma's wife because the doctor's treatment on his skin disease was not working
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World Cup 2019

Preview: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka – Which Pakistan will turn up?

Sandeep Singh -
Pakistan has played two matches till now and has performed in contrasting styles in those two.
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News Reports

Andhra CM Jaganmohan Reddy to have 5 deputy chief ministers, ministry will be reshuffled after 30 months

OpIndia Staff -
The Andhra Pradesh ministry will have 5 Deputy CMs from SC, ST, BC, Minority and Kapu communities
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News Reports

Investigation into fake currency racket reveals nexus between D-Company and Pakistan embassy

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's ISI have been printing Rs 2,000 notes at a secret facility in Pakistan, the D-Company is reportedly one of the distributors smuggling it in from Nepal
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World Cup 2019

South African selector claims he pleaded with AB de Villiers not to retire in 2018

OpIndia Staff -
A statement was issued by Cricket South Africa (selector Linda Zondi) after it was reported that AB de Villiers wanted to come out of retirement for the World Cup in April was turned down by team management
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Politics

Delhi’s court orders CM Arvind Kejriwal to appear over defamation case filed by BJP leader

OpIndia Staff -
The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal had directed Kejriwal and other accused to appear before the court. However, on April 30, the court had granted exemption from personal appearance to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three others in defamation. 
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News Reports

JD(U) distances itself from Prashant Kishore’s association with Mamata, says it is in his personal capacity

OpIndia Staff -
JD(U) distanced itself from the poll strategist and its National VP saying that the party does not have anything to do with what Prashant Kishor is doing personally.
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Media Fact-Check

How AltNews tried to whitewash crimes of Zahid and Aslam who killed a 3-year-old in Aligarh

OpIndia Staff -
AltNews even claimed OpIndia's previous report which mentioned amputation of the child's body was 'fake'
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World Cup 2019

Cricket World Cup: Video and stats highlight from Australia v West Indies match

OpIndia Staff -
Australia v West Indies was the most tipsy-topsy match of the World Cup so far.
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News Reports

Four Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists gunned down by security forces in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
The encounter broke out yesterday evening after the terrorists opened fire upon the security forces, who had launched cordon and search operation (CASO) following the inputs about the presence of terrorists in the area.
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Politics

Emulate the work culture of the RSS and learn persistence, patience and consistency from them : Sharad Pawar tells party workers

OpIndia Staff -
The NCP-Congress alliance has now shifted its agenda towards the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections to take on the incumbent BJP government. In 2014 state polls, NCP had won 42 out of 288 assembly constituencies.
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Politics

Mamata Banerjee says BJP’s victory rallies are ‘inciting violence’, orders ban

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has dictated that there should not be any more victory march in the state as 2 weeks have passed since the announcement of the Lok Sabha election results.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Congress MLA Prithviraj Meena served with notice for speaking against CM Ashok Gehlot

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MLA Prithviraj Meena had asked to replace CM Ashok Gehlot with his deputy Sachin Pilot
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News Reports

ICC requests BCCI to get the Balidaan Badge on M S Dhoni’s wicket keeping gloves removed

OpIndia Staff -
ICC says that the Balidan Badge on MS Dhoni's wicket-keeping gloves violate rules
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News Reports

In less than 6 months of launch, Firstpost print edition shuts down, last edition on June 8

OpIndia Staff -
The 20-page weekly English print edition was launched eight years after the company launched its online news portal.
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News Reports

Govt reconstitutes Niti Aayog, Bibek Debroy dropped, Amit Shah named Ex-Officio member

OpIndia Staff -
The Modi government has reconstituted the Niti Ayog
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News Reports

On Operation Blue Star’s 35th anniversary, SAD chief Sukhbir Badal meets Home Minister Amit Shah, demands a through probe

OpIndia Staff -
This demand by the Akalis comes on the 35th Anniversary of Operation Blue Star.
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Politics

In a major jolt to Congress, 12 of its MLAs in Telangana seek merger with the ruling TRS

OpIndia Staff -
The 12 Congress MLAs today met the Telangana Assembly speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy seeking a merger with the TRS
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News Reports

Mystery over Anju Ghosh’s nationality: BJP produces birth certificate from India, actress says she holds Indian voter ID and voted in 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Actress Anju Ghosh who joined BJP denies allegations that she is Bangladeshi, says she was born in India and has voted in India too
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News Reports

Congress govt in Rajasthan removes Deendayal Upadhyay’s name from the name of scholarship test

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan govt says that the name of Deendayal Upadhyay was added to the talent search test for no reasons, therefore the name has now been dropped
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Politics

Spooked by the recent poll debacle in Lok Sabha elections, Mamata Banerjee signs up election strategist Prashant Kishor

OpIndia Staff -
The TMC has lost turf to BJP in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections where the saffron party emerged victorious on 18 of the total 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal
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News Reports

Muslim mob in Mathura thrashes Hindu shop owner to death, called him “Kaafir” while assaulting

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslim mob that descended upon the Lassiwale shop owners called them 'Kaafirs' while brutally assaulting them with lathis and rods
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Crime

Rajasthan: Imran who posed as Kabir Sharma to marry Hindu girl detained by Sikar police

OpIndia Staff -
The accused had introduced himself as a Hindu Brahmin and had fled with the girl after receiving a huge dowry from the girl's father.
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Opinions

Why BJP performed so badly in Tamil Nadu: from caste to communication, here are the reasons

Jithu Aravamudhan -
If BJP is willing to seriously introspect on its disastrous show in Tamil Nadu then it needs to fix its organization/leadership and its communication strategies ASAP
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News Reports

Another ‘hate crime’ bites the dust: Muslim inmate in Tihar branded himself with ‘Om’ symbol with help from associate

OpIndia Staff -
In April, a Muslim inmate at Tihar jail, Nabbir, had claimed that he was branded with the 'Om' symbol on his back by the jail superintendent.
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News Reports

Rumours of YSRC leader YV Subba Reddy, allegedly a Christian, being appointed head of TTD Trust sparks protests

OpIndia Staff -
Protests erupted on Social media after rumours of Andhra CM appointing his allegedly Christian uncle as Tirumala Tirupati chariman
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News Reports

Speeding car that triggered Namazis into violence in Delhi was being driven by one Shahrukh

OpIndia Staff -
In East Delhi, on the occasion of Eid, a speeding car had caused Namazis to riot and damage public property.
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Politics

MP CM Kamal Nath gives ads in local newspaper to blame the previous government for power cuts

OpIndia Staff -
Targetting the previous BJP government in the state for his failure to provide continuous electricity in the state, Kamal Nath has now assured people here that power generation exceeds power demand.
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News Reports

Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at the Golden Temple on the 35th anniversary of Operation Blue Star

OpIndia Staff -
Supporters of Sikh militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale demanded entry into the Akal Takht saying that had wanted to deliver a message for the Sikh community.
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Economy and Finance

RBI cuts repo rates for third time in a year; alters policy stand to ‘accommodative’

OpIndia Staff -
The RBI has delivered a rate cut of 25 bps, making it three consecutive rate cuts in a year
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News Reports

No FIR registered against violent mob in Delhi yet, usual suspects maintain stoic silence over the matter

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi police confirm that no FIR has been registered over the damage caused to public property by Namazis on Eid
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World Cup 2019

Match preview – Australia v West Indies: Battle of past and present champions

OpIndia Staff -
The current World Cup champions Australia will face the dark horse of this World Cup and winner of the first two editions of World Cup, West Indies
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Entertainment

Dear people against Priyanka Chopra, Bollywood has never needed blouses to support the sarees

Sanghamitra -
Bollywood's Sarees have been as free-flying, logic-killing, gravity-defying and myth-busting like Bollywood's movies.
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News Reports

Bihar: Muslims enter tribal land to offer namaz on Eid, tribals attack them fearing land grabbing attempt

OpIndia Staff -
On the day of Eid, few Muslim villagers were visiting Idgah lands near the village to offer prayers. As soon as they entered the contested lands, the tribals unleashed an attack on the villagers leaving more than 23 injured.
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World Cup 2019

No Faf, you can not blame IPL for Dale Steyn’s injury

Ritesh -
On Tuesday, South African star bowler, Dale Steyn was declared unfit due to a shoulder injury and ruled out for the rest of the World Cup.
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Politics

Rift in Rajasthan Congress widening, party MLA demands Ashok Gehlot be replaced with Sachin Pilot

OpIndia Staff -
Meena accused Gehlot of being obsessed with his son and condemned his statement asking Pilot to take responsibility of Vaibhav's defeat in Jodhpur.
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World Cup 2019

Video and stats highlights from India v South Africa match

OpIndia Staff -
India won the first match in the cricket world cup it played against South Africa
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Five arrested after Muslim mob ransacks temple to protest against loudspeakers being used for bhajan-kirtan

OpIndia Staff -
Agitated at bhajan-kirtan the Muslim mob cut off the wire of the loudspeaker and even removed the idols and threw them.
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News Reports

Amidst a severe economic crisis, Pakistan military trims down the defense budget

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan economy is in a tailspin, with the World Bank report stating that its growth will reduce further to 2.7 per cent in FY19-20
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