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What is wrong with being a ‘chaprasi’: As Congress leader Manish Tewari uses the term derogatorily, can Rahul Gandhi explain why Congress leaders keep...

Amit Kelkar -
This disdain towards 'chaprasis' or peons just betrays the Congress' and Manish Tewari attitude towards the people who make this country run.
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Congress leader Siddaramiah invited to Chinese event to oppose ‘US imperialism’, claims he had ‘refused to attend’ after outrage

OpIndia Staff -
Siddaramiah claimed that he had denied the invite after outrage swept social media over invitation to Chinese event.
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Sonali Phogat murder: Two more arrested, Goa club owner and a drug peddler, police say she was drugged before the murder

OpIndia Staff -
Goa Police said that Sonali Phogat was forcefully drugged by mixing obnoxious chemical into a liquid and made to drink it
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Why is the cover of Sai Deepak’s new book ‘India, Bharat and Pakistan’ green? Here is what the author said

OpIndia Staff -
Author J Sai Deepak launched his second book of the Bharat Trilogy on Tuesday at a function in Delhi.
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West Bengal SSC Scam: Relative of Partha Chatterjee arrested, once a house painter, Prasanna Kumar Roy now owns hotels in Dubai, Puri and Uttarakhand

OpIndia Staff -
Prasanna Roy, Partha Chatterjee's relative, owns hotels not only in Dubai but also in Darjeeling, Uttarakhand, and Puri.CBI discovered several bighas of land in his name in North Bengal.
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Uttar Pradesh: Muslim man and his wife from Lucknow, who reconverted to Hinduism, get death threats in the name of Mukhtar Ansari

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim family in Lucknow which reconverted to Hinduism and became Hindu is being threatened with death.
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Jaipur: Municipal officers fear being implicated in fake bribery and molestation cases for conducting anti-encroachment drives

OpIndia Staff -
Jaipur municipal officers fear being implicated in false bribery and molestation cases by influential illegal builders
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Arvind Kejriwal refuses to answer how many new schools his govt opened in Delhi, ignores offer from Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to visit...

OpIndia Staff -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday that schools and colleges in Assam were 1000 times better than those in Delhi. Sarma also invited Kejriwal and offered to show the medical colleges in the state.
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After Ghulam Nabi Azad quits, Manish Tewari says ‘Chaprasis of Congress leaders are giving gyaan’: Here are speculations on who the ‘chaprasi’ might be

OpIndia Staff -
A day after veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad severed ties with the Congress, party leader Manish Tewari slammed those mouthing platitudes about winning elections and criticising Azad.
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Rohingyas hold a rally in Bangladesh for ‘justice’, issue 7 demands, including the return to Myanmar: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims refugees held rallies in various parts of Bangladesh to demand repatriation back to their home state of Rakhine in western Myanmar.
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Police busts racket issuing fake Aadhaar cards to Muslims in Hindu names in Maharashtra: How 1 was arrested after an undercover investigation

OpIndia Staff -
Kandivali police in Mumbai have busted a syndicate that issued Aadhaar cards from banks ranging in price from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000.
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Law

Telangana HC issues notice to Home Ministry, seeks ‘Action Taken Report’ against Twitter users spreading ‘hate messages’ against Islam: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana High Court directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to publish the 'Action Taken Report' against the social media users who post 'inflammatory' posts against Islam.
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Bihar: Mob, including Md Akram, Md Munna, beat up Dalit man by tying his hand and legs, force him to drink urine, release him...

OpIndia Staff -
A Dalit man in Darbhanga, Bihar was brutally thrashed and further forced to drink urine by a Muslim mob over suspicion of theft
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Delhi Police denies permission to the show of Munawar Faruqui amidst law and order concerns, VHP had warned of protests if show was held

OpIndia Staff -
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad warned about holding protests against Munawar Faruqui in a letter to the Delhi police.
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Uttar Pradesh: Food delivery boy Sachin Kashyap shot by brothers Nadeem Khan and Naeem Khan for refusing to accept torn ₹200 note

OpIndia Staff -
Nadeem Khan gave a torn note of Rs 200 to delivery boy Sachin, when Sachin refused to accept it, he shot Sachin in the back
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Advocate Dushyant Dave, who passed resolution condemning Justice Mishra for praising PM Modi, cries during CJI Ramana’s farewell

OpIndia Staff -
Advocate Dushyant Dave cried as everyone bid farewell to retiring Chief Justice of India N V Ramana..
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Gujarat: Aam Aadmi Party’s opinion poll scam exposed, leaders delete posts showing 90% votes for the party

OpIndia Staff -
Opinion poll done by Aam Aadmi Party in Navsari in Gujarat showed the party getting 88% votes, but same people were voting for it dozens of times
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Election Commission recommends disqualification of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for awarding stone mining lease to himself

OpIndia Staff -
In a report submitted to the governor of Jharkhand, EC recommended that CM Hemant Soren should be disqualified from the post of MLA
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After ‘sar tan se juda’ slogans, Islamists abuse, issue threats to suspended BJP leader Raja Singh and his supporters: Watch videos

OpIndia Staff -
Two videos have surfaced wherein Islamists are seen issuing threats to suspended BJP leader Raja Singh
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Uttar Pradesh: Shiva temple attacked in Varanasi, Shivling vandalized and objectionable items placed in the temple

OpIndia Staff -
A Shiv Temple in Rajla village under Cholapur Police Station Area in Varanasi in UP was vandalised on Monday
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“Your ignorance is painful”, Himanta Biswa Sarma responds to Arvind Kejriwal comparing schools in Assam and Delhi, asks him to visit remote areas of...

OpIndia Staff -
Himanta Biswa Sarma pointed out that against 1200 govt schools in Delhi, there are over 60000 govt schools in Assam, and they can't be compared
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Six Jammu & Kashmir Congress leaders quit as Ghulam Nabi Azad says he will form a new party post-resignation

OpIndia Staff -
Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that he will be forming his own party in Jammu & Kashmir.
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‘Quran does not say a mosque is needed in every corner, adjacent to every Muslim’s house’: Kerala HC denies permission for new masjid

OpIndia Staff -
Justice PV Kunhikrishnan while hearing the case stated that the state of Kerala is known as 'God's own country' and that it is full of religious places. "We are exhausted with religious places and prayer halls and we are not in a position to allow any new religious places and prayer halls except in the rarest of rare cases", the judgement read.
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‘Run to RSS… we don’t need cowards’, Congress releases old video of Rahul Gandhi to taunt Ghulam Nabi Azad after he quits the party

OpIndia Staff -
Hours after the senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad quit the party, Congress Sevadal released an old video of Rahul Gandhi to mock the veteran leader's exit from the party
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‘You are Deverakonda, not Anaconda’: Mumbai theatre owner slams Liger actor over ‘boycott’ comment, says he should have learnt from Aamir Khan

OpIndia Staff -
A theatre owner in Mumbai slammed Liger actor Vijay Deverakonda saying he should have learnt from Aamir Khan.
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Inexperienced sycophants, non-serious Rahul and more: Here are 4 key takeaways from the resignation letter of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad

OpIndia Staff -
Ghulam Nabi Azad recounted how rahul Gandhi tore a government ordinance, which was approved by the Union Cabinet and the President of India in 2013.
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Jharkhand: 2 weeks after Md Waseem and his gang assaulted, humiliated a minor Hindu girl and her mother, victims forced to leave the village...

OpIndia Staff -
Around 15-20 men, led by the Sarpanch's son Md Waseem broke into the house of the victim and beat the whole family. These Muslims made the minor girls to do sit ups in public when it was raining.
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J&K and Ladakh HC reopens the 2003 Nadimarg Massacre case in which 24 Kashmiri Pandits were murdered by LeT terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Sanjay Dhar stated that the recognition of the court's order dated December 21, 2011 by which the criminal review petition against a sessions judge order was rejected will stand because it is within its authority to recall orders that are void in the eyes of the law.
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Supreme Court quashes plea challenging UP government’s refusal to grant sanction to prosecute Yogi Adityanath in 2007 Gorakhpur riot case

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court rejects plea to prosecute UP CM Yogi Adityanath for his alleged role in 2007 Gorakhpur riots
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Maulana Madani of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind seeks ‘exemplary punishment’ for T Raja Singh, demands new law to punish ‘blasphemy’

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Madani stated that he has been advocating for a law to safeguard the dignity of religious leaders.
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New Jersey: Indian organizers refuse to apologize for including bulldozers at Independence Day parade, call it a symbol of law and order

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Business Association in Edison has rejected demands for apology for for using bulldozers at I-Day parade
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Assam: Madarsa cleric with links to Al-Qaeda and ABT terror outfits arrested from Goalpara; the fourth such arrest in a week

OpIndia Staff -
The Assam Police arrested a Muslim cleric working in a madarsa and linked to AQIS and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT).
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Delhi: Stalker Ali ‘pretends to be from different community’, shoots 16-year-old girl because she stopped talking to him after finding out his real identity

OpIndia Staff -
Three bike borne man including one Ali shot a 16-year-old girl while returning from school in Sangam Vihar in Delhi
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‘Non-serious Rahul Gandhi destroyed party, his PAs and guards taking decisions’: Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Congress, here is the full text of his scathing...

OpIndia Staff -
"Unfortunately, the situation in the Congress party has reached such a point of no return that now proxies are being propped up to take over the leadership of the Party. This experiment is doomed to fail because the Party has been so comprehensively destroyed", Azad's resignation letter read.
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NIA arrests two including Delhi-based businessman Kabir Talwar in 3,000-kg Mundra port heroin seizure case

OpIndia Staff -
Kabir Talwar is a Delhi-based business magnate who runs some of the city's most exclusive clubs bars.
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Transporting cows within the state not a violation of the UP Cow Slaughter Act, rules Allahabad HC

OpIndia Staff -
The Allahabad HC said transporting bovines within the state does not violate any provision of the UP Cow Slaughter Act.
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Love Jihad in Bareilly: Chand Babu poses as Dr Vishal to trap a Hindu woman, made compromising videos and converted her to Islam, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim man poses as Hindu doctor to trap a Hindu woman, when she found out he blackmailed her with videos made earlier and converted her to Islam
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Adani buying NDTV: Washington Post owned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is concerned about ‘Modi ally’ endangering press freedom

OpIndia Staff -
Washington Post that is owned by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, expresses concerns about Adani buying NDTV, calls it worrying for 'press freedom'.
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Media

Baseless, legally untenable and devoid of merit: Adani Group responds to allegations of a ‘hostile takeover of NDTV’ without consent of promoters

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV accused the Adani Group of acquiring a 29% stake in the company without consent, the Adani group has responded to the allegations.
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ISIS says its first Indian suicide bomber was a Christian who converted to Islam from Kerala, was called ‘Abu Bark Al-Hindi’: Here is what...

OpIndia Staff -
As per ISIS mputhpiece, the first Indian suicide bomber for them was a Keralite who converted from Christianity to Islam.
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‘Don’t worry, take rest’: Watch how AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi spoke to released Islamist, arrested for chanting ‘sar tan se juda’ against Raja Singh

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Hyderabad Police released around 90 Islamists who had raised murderous ‘sar tan se juda’ beheading chants over T Raja Singh’s alleged 'blasphemous' comments.
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Mark Zuckerberg admits on Joe Rogan’s show that Facebook suppressed Hunter Biden emails story just before US elections because FBI had told them to

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg admits on Joe Rogan Experience that the tech giant had worked to suppress the Hunter Biden story before US elections in 2020, says the FBI had asked them to.
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I hate you f*cking Indians: Mexican-American woman’s racist tirade goes viral, arrested after she assaults Indian women, pulls a gun out

OpIndia Staff -
The Plano police arrested Esmi on Thursday (August 25) for assault bodily injury and terroristic threats.
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Thakur Raja Singh gets support from BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh, Brijbhushan Rajput criticizes the party too over the issue

OpIndia Staff -
Brijbhushan Rajput, MLA from Charkhari in UP, criticised the party for suspending T Raja Singh over blasphemy charges
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‘Will hold protests if not cancelled’: VHP writes to Delhi police seeking cancellation of Munawar Faruqui’s ‘Dongri to nowhere’ show in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
VHP has written to Delhi police urging them to cancel the upcoming show of controversial 'comedian' Munawar Faruqui
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Two arrested in the Sonali Phogat murder case, Goa police adds IPC section 302 to the case after autopsy revealed multiple blunt force injuries

OpIndia Staff -
The postmortem report mentions that the body of Sonali Phogat has multiple blunt force injuries
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From invitations to weddings to ‘don’t carry your fame everywhere’: YouTuber MrBeast’s tweet on his first encounter in India draws varied reactions

OpIndia Staff -
MrBeast, the famous YouTuber, shared his experience during his visit to India
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Hyderabad: Influencer Syed Abdahu Kashaf arrested for raising ‘Sar Tan Se Juda’ slogans against T Raja Singh, released after an hour

OpIndia Staff -
An FIR was registered against Syed Abdahu Kashaf in Hyderabad for 'Sar Tan Se Juda' slogans against T Raja Singh.
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma ‘schools’ Kejriwal, asks how many new schools have Delhi govt started in the last 7 years

OpIndia Staff -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma lambasted Delhi CM for his remark on the Assam state govt's decision to merge schools, which recorded zero pass percentage in class X examinations this year, with other schools
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Producer Shalini Chaudhary says actor Zeishan Quadri sold her Audi A6 car after ‘borrowing’ it from her and then threatened to kill her, FIR...

OpIndia Staff -
Shalini Choudhari alleged that Zeishan Qadri 'borrowed' her car Rs 38 lakh Audi A6 car and sold it for Rs 12 car
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