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Who is Sehar Shinwari who got some fame on Twitter during T20 World Cup and now doesn’t want to let it go

Nirwa Mehta -
Who is 'Sehar Shinwari', the Pakistani 'actress' who shot to social media fame in India two weeks back? And why is there no Pakistani media coverage about her?
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Crime

Shraddha Murder case: Aftab burnt Shraddha’s face to hide the identity, ran up a ‘surprisingly high water bill’ raising suspicion

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, Aftab had an outstanding water bill of Rs 300 while the water bill of all other houses in the locality was zero.
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News Reports

Tata Group moves ahead with consolidating 4 airlines under it, finalises deal with SIA to merge Vistara with Air India

OpIndia Staff -
Tata Group and Singapore Airlines finalise deal to merge Air India and Vistara, with Tatas holding 75% stake
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News Reports

Gurugram: Cow smugglers Salim, Saad, and Mehboob throw live cows from speeding vehicle to avoid arrest, caught after a 25 km chase

OpIndia Staff -
Three cow smugglers were arrested from Palwal area in Gurugram, Haryana after a 25km-long chase that began from Sector 37 in Gurugram
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News Reports

Deadly Chhattisgarhiya Olympics: Kabaddi player Samaru Kerketta succumbs to injuries, third athlete to die during the event

OpIndia Staff -
Chhattisgarhiya Olympics is being conducted in the state to revive 14 traditional sports. The games are being conducted between different age groups at Panchayat, block, district, and state levels.
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News Reports

Sunni Muslim group in Rajasthan files petition against Waqf, says Waqf Boards holding properties is against constitution and secularism

OpIndia Staff -
Mafidaran Madaria Aalmeen (Fukran) Sansthan filed plea in Rajasthan HC saying that having specific law only for Waqf is against constitution
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath cuts a temple-shaped cake with Lord Hanuman’s image, BJP calls it an ‘insult of Hindu dharma’

OpIndia Staff -
Supporters of Kamal Nath decided to celebrate his birthday, which falls on November 18, in advance during his three-day visit to his hometown Chhindwara.
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News Reports

‘Everything we discussed was leaked’: Xi Jinping caught on camera fuming at Justin Trudeau during G-20 summit

OpIndia Staff -
Caught in camera: Xi Jinping scolds Justin Trudeau after their earlier conversation was published in media
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Opinions

Himank Bansal assault: How the Courts have legitimised such violence by packaging ‘Islamic blasphemy’ as ‘hate speech’

Nupur J Sharma -
On Saturday, 12 November 2022, a video went viral on social media where a student of the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (IFHE) in Hyderabad, Himank Bansal, was being beaten up by the other students
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Politics

TMC leader Saket Gokhale compares Shraddha Walkar’s murder to the Bilkis Bano case to win political brownie points

OpIndia Staff -
Saket Gokhale compares Shraddha Walkar murder case with Bilkis Bano gang rape, thereby undermining the crimes both women were victims of individually.
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News Reports

Karnataka: 108 members of Bajrang Dal submit PIL in HC, seek Jamia Masjid erected on the site of a Hanuman temple be vacated

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu outfits have alleged that the Jamia Masjid in Srirangapatna, Karnataka was erected on the site of a Hanuman temple during Tipu Sultan’s reign
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News Reports

On the day Aftab murdered Shraddha, they were fighting over household expenses: How Aftab was caught in his own lies during interrogation

OpIndia Staff -
Aftab had transferred money from Shraddha's account to pay bills. The dates of money transfer did not match with his claims of Shraddha's disappearance.
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News Reports

Twitter account ‘Aarthi Sharma’, the ‘Tek Fog whistleblower’ for The Wire stories, stands suspended

Nirwa Mehta -
The entire 'Tek Fog' monstrosity by The Wire was based on a tweet by the anonymous Twitter account that now stands suspended.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC MLA tells party workers to ensure that illegal Bangladeshi immigrants supporting TMC are placed on the voters’ list

OpIndia Staff -
The TMC MLA on Tuesday (November 15) was addressing a public gathering in Bardhaman when he made these comments. 
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News Reports

Watch: Nepal’s national anthem plays during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra when he asks for ‘Rashtriya Geet’

OpIndia Staff -
Nepalese national anthem was played at Bharat Jodo Yatra instead of Jana Gana Mana 'by mistake'.
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News Reports

Assam: 42-year-old Hajarat Ali tried to rape a minor girl in her sleep, killed her after she started screaming

OpIndia Staff -
42-year-old Hajarat Ali in Assam killed a 14-year-old girl after failing in his attempt to rape her in her sleep
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News Reports

Delhi Police has major hurdles to cross in Shraddha murder case, Aftab’s confession and Narco test not enough: Read

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Delhi Police face tough challenges in gathering evidence and earning conviction in the Shraddha murder case.
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News Reports

‘Dude, I have news’: Shraddha’s message to her friend on the day she was murdered

OpIndia Staff -
"Dude, I’ve got news. I got super busy with something," sent Shraddha to one of her friends. But she didn't reveal the news.
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Government and Policy

Mask no more mandatory on domestic and international flights, but preferable: Civil Aviation Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
Civil Aviation ministry announces that face mask no longer mandatory on domestic and international flights
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Opinions

As Left outrages on discussions over Aftab’s religious identity in Shraddha murder case, here’s how it cherry-picked and spread misinformation over ‘hate crimes’

Amit Kelkar -
The discussions on social media have centred on the religious identity of Aftab, a Muslim man who killed Shraddha.
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News Reports

‘Withdrew nomination because people called my party anti-national’, says Gujarat AAP leader Kanchan Jariwala, alleges AAP and Congress workers trying to kill him

OpIndia Staff -
Kanchan Jariwala said that he was repeatedly told by the voters that he is anti-national and anti-Gujarat, for his association with AAP
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News Reports

‘I don’t have any moral authority left’: Congress general Secretary Ajay Maken resigns from the post of Rajasthan in-charge

OpIndia Staff -
Ajay Maken sent a letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge expressing his displeasure to continue his job.
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News Reports

Kerala: NHRC issues notice to Kerala Govt over reports of 9 girls missing from shelter homes in Kottayam, questions efficiency of NGO

OpIndia Staff -
The Commission noted that the inmates appear to be not satisfied or happy with their residence at the shelter home, and there is a prima facie probability of inhuman and undignified treatment being meted out to these girls at the shelter home compelling them to leave.
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OpIndia Explains

Garuda, Vishnu, and Lotus: G20 Summit has these icons, and they were not chosen by India

Jinit Jain -
The G20 summit is taking place at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK), a sprawling Indonesian cultural centre in Bali.
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News Reports

Manish Sisodia brazens out AAP’s ticket selling, gives a bizarre excuse

OpIndia Staff -
Manish Sisodia claims that AAP didn't sell MCD election ticket and that's why money taken was being returned
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News Reports

UP: Just before municipality elections, ex-chairperson Haji Islam distributes chickens among voters

OpIndia Staff -
Haji Islam was the chairman of the Kandhla municipality for ten years.
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News Reports

“Our agenda will be inclusive, ambitious, decisive and action-oriented,” says PM Modi as India handed over G20 presidency for 2023

OpIndia Staff -
India has been formally handed over the leadership for next year's G20 summit at the conclusion of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia.
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News Reports

Shraddha murder: Here is how Delhi Police busted Aftab Amin Poonawala’s lies forcing him to confess

OpIndia Staff -
Upon tracing, the location of the May 26 bank transaction turned out to be the Mehrauli police station area, which made police question Aftab that if Shraddha took her phone while leaving, and how can its location be traced to his flat? To this Aftab had no answer and confessed to his crime. 
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News Reports

Afsar and Rizwan became Hitesh and Arun to smuggle gold, had fake voter IDs, terror angle being probed

OpIndia Staff -
Gold smugglers Afsar and Rizwan used Hindu names to smuggle gold from Ahmedabad to Patna
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Minor girl jumps out of moving auto after driver Syed Akbar Hameed tries to molest her, gets badly injured

OpIndia Staff -
Minor girl jumped out of speeding auto after driver Syed Akbar Hameed tried to molest her. The incident was captured in CCTV cameras.
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News Reports

From ‘Rain Bow’ plane to pride colours on logo, Western teams show support to LGBT groups ahead of FIFA World Cup in Qatar

OpIndia Staff -
The US men's team extended their support to the LGBTQ community in Qatar by displaying a rainbow-themed logo at their training facility in the World Cup host nation on Monday.
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News Reports

Pakistanis slam Salman Taseer’s daughter for refusing to declare that Ahmadiyya are not Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
Salman Taseer's daughter Sara Taseer refused to sign a declaration for passport renewal saying that Ahmadiyya are not Muslims
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Politics

Kejriwal’s ‘kidnapped by BJP’ candidate reaches election officer to withdraw candidature, read about the hilarious turn of events

OpIndia Staff -
Political landscape in Gujarat takes a dramatic turn as the AAP candidate who was 'kidnapped', turns up at Election Office to withdraw his nomination ahead of polls.
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News Reports

Shraddha murder: Aftab had made up his mind to kill her a week before the murder, but held back as she got emotional

OpIndia Staff -
A week before killing Shraddha on 18 May, Aftab Amin Poonawalla had thought of killing her after a quarrel
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News Reports

Anti-Corruption Bureau arrests AAP MLA’s kin in ‘cash for ticket’ row, was taking ₹90 lakh for MCD ticket

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi's brother-in-law and others arrested for selling MCD election ticket for ₹90 lakh
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Social Media

Social media users, especially from Pakistan, mock Shraddha Walkar’s gruesome murder by 28-yr-old Aftab Amin Poonawalla

OpIndia Staff -
Shraddha Walkar was killed in May 2022 by her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawalla who later chopped her body in 35 pieces and disposed it across various forests in Delhi.
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News Reports

SC terms forced religious conversion a ‘very serious’ issue, warns difficult situation may emerge if practice not stopped

OpIndia Staff -
"It is a very serious issue that affects the security of the nation and freedom of religion and conscience. Therefore, it is better that Union of India may make their stand clear and file counter on what further steps can be taken to curb such forced conversion," the bench led by Justices MR Shah and Hima Kohli said on November 14.
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News Reports

Lucknow: 19-year-old Nidhi pushed to death by Mohd Sufiyan, family says he was forcing her to get converted to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
In the FIR lodged by the girl’s family, her mother has reportedly accused Sufiyan, who lives in the same locality, of harassing and torturing Nidhi. 
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: ISIS module busted in Chennai, close on heels of Coimbatore suicide bombing, 18 detained and interrogated

OpIndia Staff -
Over Rs 15 lakh in cash, foreign currency, multiple mobile phones, debit and credit cards were recovered from the suspects.
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News Reports

Former US President Donald Trump to run for President in 2024 elections, files candidacy papers

OpIndia Staff -
"In order to make America great and glorious again, I am announcing my candidacy for President of the United States tonight," Donald Trump said, minutes before filing his official 2024 paperwork with the US election authority.
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News Reports

Ukraine war: Missile kills 2 inside Poland, NATO article 4 under consideration, Biden says it is ‘unlikely’ that weapon was fired by Russia

OpIndia Staff -
A missile fell into Poland close to Ukraine border and killed two. The origin of the missile is yet unconfirmed. Poland is a NATO country so the missile strike has triggered speculations about retaliatory action.
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Tech

Users verified earlier by Twitter for being ‘celeb’ will lose their blue ticks if they don’t pay $8 per month, Elon Musk makes it...

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter Blue subscription service was earlier paused after many users assumed identities of existing celebrities by getting a blue tick or verified mark by paying $8 per month. Many such users were later suspended by Twitter.
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World

Turkey: Syrian woman who carried out deadly blast in Istanbul had entered country without documentation few months back

OpIndia Staff -
The explosion occurred on a busy shopping street near Taksim Square on Sunday at about 16:20 local time (13:20 GMT) in Istanbul, Turkey. At least six people have been killed and 81 wounded in the explosion.
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News Reports

‘It should become an example, one cannot promote fake stories defaming the country’: Devang Dave says The Wire may face defamation suit in Tek...

Anurag -
Devang Dave, accused by The Wire of being the brains behind the imaginary app Tek Fog, had asked the rag for an apology.
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Crime

UP: Headless body of an unidentified woman recovered from a well by Azamgarh Police, probe launched

OpIndia Staff -
Azamgarh police in Uttar Pradesh have recovered a mutilated body of a woman in Pashchim ka Pura area of Ahraula in Azamgarh district on Tuesday
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News Reports

SC waives the requirement of a solvency certificate for Bhima Koregaon violence accused Gautam Navlakha to avail benefit of house arrest

OpIndia Staff -
The SC had earlier this month ordered house arrest for Gautam Navlakha citing his deteriorating medical condition.
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News Reports

Shraddha murder case: ‘Muslim men trapping Hindu women has become culture’, says retired Jharkhand DGP

OpIndia Staff -
"Many similar cases are emerging these days.Their community has started accepting and making their people believe that woman has no feelings, and no value in society," Retd Jharkhand DGP Nirmal Kaur said.
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Politics

Maharashtra: Supporters of Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray factions of Shiv Sena clash in Thane, FIR lodged

OpIndia Staff -
Following the brawl, followers from both Shinde and Thackeray side rushed to Thane's Shri Nagar police station to file complaints against each other.
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News Reports

Chennai: 17-year-old budding footballer dies after losing a leg in botched surgery, two doctors suspended for negligence

OpIndia Staff -
The teenage footballer Priya R died following a botched leg surgery in the state-run Periyar Hospital in Chennai
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News Reports

Punjab: Dead body found in an abandoned suitcase at the railway station in Jalandhar. What we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Dead body found stuffed in suitcase at Jalandhar Railway Station, probe underway
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