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AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan comes to terror-accused Jamia student Mohsin Ahmed’s rescue, declares him ‘innocent’ as NIA arrests him for ISIS connection

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan "declared" terror-accused Jamia student Mohsin Ahmed innocent
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News Reports

Noida residents chant ‘Yogi Zindabad’ as illegal properties of Shriknat Tyagi, who verbally abused a woman, is demolished, SHO suspended

OpIndia Staff -
In a video that had gone viral on social media, Noida resident Shrikant Tyagi was seen verbally abusing a woman. He had claimed to be a BJP leader but the party has denied him holding any post.
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Interviews

India an honest neighbour to us, without India Sri Lanka would have gone bankrupt much earlier: Roshan Abeysinghe in Exclusive interview with OpIndia

Siddharth Chhaya -
Amidst Sri Lanka the crisis, Roshan Abeysinghe, spoke to OpIndia for an exclusive interview on a host of subjects
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OpIndia Scoops

Several mazars have come up inside Jim Corbett National Park, demographic shift continues to remain a burgeoning issue in Uttarakhand

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Mazars have sprung in and around Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand triggering fears of demography change.
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News Reports

Prateek Pawar attack: 8 more Islamists, including a minor, arrested for attacking Hindu man for supporting Nupur Sharma, had said, ‘we won’t leave a...

OpIndia Staff -
Eight more Muslim men have been arrested for the attack against Maharashtra youth Prateek Pawar, for his social media post supporting Nupur Sharma
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Three die, and several injured in a stampede at Shri Khatushyam Mandir in Sikar

OpIndia Staff -
The incident took place at around 5 AM on Monday morning when devotees had gathered in large number on occasion of Ekadashi.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Hindu temple attacked, idols vandalised, three madarsa students arrested

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, the attack on the temple took place after the temple administration asked a few Muslim boys from madarsa not to play football on the field adjoining the temple.
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Sports

Yet another golden day for India at the Commonwealth Games, but it will still fall well short of its tally from the last edition:...

OpIndia Staff -
In the last edition of the commonwealth games in Gold Coast in Australia, India finished in 3rd place on the table with 26 golds, 20 silvers, and 20 bronze medals.
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News Reports

Nirbhaya’s mother slams Ashok Gehlot who continues to blame capital punishment for the increase in rape and murder of minors

OpIndia Staff -
Nirbhaya's mother said, "Ashok Gehlot free all the rapists at least in his state and include them in his party and build a vote bank out of them."
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News Reports

Petrol price hike in Bangladesh triggers chaos as China woos the nation, reignites fears that Sri Lanka crisis could repeat in India’s neighborhood

OpIndia Staff -
Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Bangladesh has witnessed a sharp dip in its foreign exchange reserves.
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News Reports

Jamia engineering student Mohsin Ahmed turns out to be ISIS terrorist who raised and sent funds to Syria, NIA arrests him in Batla House

OpIndia Staff -
According to NIA, Jamia student Mohsin Ahmed raised funds from India and other countries and sent to ISIS in Syria through cryptocurrency
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News Reports

‘Fact-checker’ Mohammed Zubair of Alt News tries to question PM Awaas Yojana, ends up inadvertently promoting the scheme: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
In fact, Zubair's tweet did make many people check the status of the progress under PMAY and how Crores of people have got pucca houses under the scheme.
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News Reports

Telangana: Farmer harassed by local Sarpanch consumes pesticide to commit suicide, devastated mother also kills herself by consuming remaining poison

OpIndia Staff -
The local forest officer and the Sarpanch of the village wanted to set up a 'Nature Park' on the land owned by the farmer who committed suicide in Telangana.
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Books

‘Aurangzeb – Whitewashing Tyrant, Distorting Narrative’: New book debunks distortions around the Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb

Suyash -
While books whitewashing Aurangzeb, the tyrant, including those authored by Truschke met divisive criticism, Saurabh Lohogaonkar took it upon himself to write a book which is answer to series of whitewashing of the tyrant ruler
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News Reports

Commonwealth Games medalist Divya Kakran once again highlights the lack of support for athletes from Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government

OpIndia Staff -
Divya Kakran has previously won medals in CWG 2018 and the Asian Games 2018. She had criticized the Delhi government for poor support at that time as well
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News Reports

Infighting breaks out between the CPI and CPIM in Kerala over projecting Pinarayi Vijayan above the party

OpIndia Staff -
CPI accused its ally of bypassing employment norms and exhibiting a hostile attitude towards its student body AISF.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Nikhil Bhamre who was arrested for a tweet against Sharad Pawar joins Twitter with a new handle, thanks BJP and RSS for support

OpIndia Staff -
Nikhil Bhamre was arrested for a social media post allegedly against Sharad Pawar. NCP leader and then minister Jitendra Awhad had asked the police to arrest Nikhil Bhamre.
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News Reports

No money left to feed lions: Pakistan decides to sell the animals to save space and money

OpIndia Staff -
Lahore Zoo in Pakistan has decided to auction its big cats, including lions and tigers, to private entities.
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News Reports

Bihar: One Mohammad Jibril Alam beheads his wife and 3-year-old daughter, keeps wife’s head near her parent’s house

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammad Jibril Alam placed the severed head of his wife on a culvert 200 meters away from her parent's house.
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Entertainment

Filmmaker Kamal Chandra announces movie ‘Hum Do Hamare Baarah’, Islamists cry foul on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Hum do Hamare Baarah (We two and our 12 children)' is also accompanied by the tagline 'Jaldi Hi Cheen Ko Picche Chhod Denge.'
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Political Fact-Check

Varun Gandhi apes the IQ of his cousin Rahul, gets confused between ‘loan waiver’ and ‘loan writeoff’, Kejriwal follows suit

OpIndia Staff -
Periodic reminder that loan waiver and loan write off is not the same as insinuated by certain politicians in India.
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News Reports

‘Darlings’ on Netflix: Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah make a ‘killer’ duo, far from endorsing, it shows domestic violence in all its stark reality

Sanghamitra -
'Darlings' looks at domestic abuse the way Bollywood has not, so far. In usual productions from the Indian entertainment industry, we either get sick romanticisation or unrealistic ideals.
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News Reports

Ashok Gehlot blames imaginary ‘hanging law’ for increase in incidents of murder of rape victims, except, he is wrong

Dibakar Dutta -
There is no law in India which automatically punishes rape convicts with death penalty as insinuated by Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot.
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Opinions

Punishing a ‘collective art’ like a movie for one artist’s politics – why this seemingly unfair practice gets support

Nirwa Mehta -
We all live with the choices we make and hence so should the artists, with displaced sense of entitlement and importance that they are 'prominent citizens' singlehandedly responsible to uphold the value of democracy by playing their religion card while offending other religions.
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News Reports

Karnataka NGO ‘Recycle India’ draws ire after showing Tilak sporting ‘evil’ man creating plastic pollution, here are its trustees

OpIndia Staff -
The image resembled the character of antagonist 'Daroga Shuddh Singh' from the newly released movie 'Shamshera.'
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Sports

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat creates history, becomes first Indian woman to win Gold at CWG and Asian Games

OpIndia Staff -
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat won third consecutive gold in wrestling at the ongoing Commonwealth Games
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News Reports

Kolkata: CISF jawan opens fire using AK-47 rifle, surrenders after one assistant sub-inspector killed and a head constable injured

OpIndia Staff -
Head constable Akshay Kumar Mishra of CISF opened fire because he was denied a leave when his father passed away
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News Reports

A tale of 2 missing girls: How unresolved cases have haunted the top cops for years

OpIndia Staff -
Top cop Himanshu Shukla refers to the unsolved case of missing girl Vishwa Patel as his biggest regret
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News Reports

Jagdeep Dhankhar elected as the 14th Vice-President of Republic of India, defeats Margaret Alva by a wide margin

OpIndia Staff -
Jagdeep Dhankhar hails from the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. Born on 18th May 1951, a lawyer by profession, he is in active politics since 1989.
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News Reports

After whitewashing Aurangzeb, Audrey Truschke moves on to downplay the Portuguese Inquisition of Goa and atrocities committed against Hindus

Jinit Jain -
Audrey Truschke posted a series of tweets whitewashing the brutal Portuguese Inquisition of Goa.
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News Reports

‘We won’t leave a Kafir alive’: Islamists attack Hindu youth Prateek Pawar with swords in Maharashtra for supporting Nupur Sharma and Kanhaiya Lal

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu youth named Prateek Pawar was attacked by Islamists for social media posts supporting Nupur Sharma and Kanhaiya Lal
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News Reports

Derek O’Brien moves bill for women who get harassed online, while Calcutta HC had rapped TMC govt for ‘casual attitude’ over violence against women

OpIndia Staff -
The Calcutta HC had pulled up TMC-led West Bengal government for its callous attitude in cases of post-poll violence.
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Sports

Avinash Sable creates history: Becomes first non-Kenyan to win a Commonwealth medal in 3000 meters steeplechase in the 21st century

OpIndia Staff -
In an event traditionally dominated by Kenyans, Sable won a silver medal ensuring that Kenyans don't run away with all the medals yet again.
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News Reports

Delhi liquor controversy: LG approves suspension of 11 Excise Dept officials including former commissioner for lapses

OpIndia Staff -
After the new excise policy of Delhi was scraped due to allegations of irregularities, LG suspended 11 excise officials
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News Reports

Delhi govt to resume selling liquor after controversies around private licenses, to open 700 vends including 5 premium stores

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi government has plans to open 700 outlets by December 31 which will be operated by DTTDC, DSIIDC, DCCWS and DSCSC
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News Reports

Two factions of Congress workers beat each other up in Himachal Pradesh during party’s ‘Rojgar Sangharsh Yatra’: Watch

OpIndia Staff -
To protest against unemployment in the country, the Congress party took out its Rojgar Sangharsh Yatra in Himachal Pradesh where the fight happened.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Four Christian missionaries arrested in Dahanu for attempting to forcibly convert tribals

OpIndia Staff -
The Christian missionaries entered the house of an old tribal woman in Dahanu spotting her alone at her home and started luring her with money for conversion.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: ‘What have we done to deserve this’, wails her child as a Hindu woman was gang raped, disrobed and killed in a paddy...

OpIndia Staff -
On July 29 this year, the dead body of a Hindu woman was discovered in a paddy field in the Kumar para area in the Bhervedi Union in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh.
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News Reports

Using public funds for party’s celebration: AAP spent over Rs 14 lakhs from state exchequer on its electoral victory march, RTI reveals

OpIndia Staff -
Gold plated swords, 5-star hotels, flowers and tents: AAP spent Rs 14.63 lakhs from public fund for victory march in Punjab
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News Reports

Bollywood website Koimoi tries to bust ‘rumour’ that Aamir Khan met Pakistani Maulana Tariq Jameel, ends up confirming that Aamir did meet him

OpIndia Staff -
Aamir Khan, whose last big-budget offering 'Thugs of Hindostan' ended up being one of the biggest ever flops in the history of Indian cinema seems to be feeling the effects of boycott calls.
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News Reports

Old video of Rajdeep Sardesai chased away during an interview in MP’s Mandsaur goes viral: Here are 7 instances when he faced embarrassment

Jinit Jain -
Rajdeep Sardesai was chased away by locals over an interview with the victim of Mandsaur violence.
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News Reports

Supreme Court appointed expert committee finds no evidence of snooping using Pegasus app in phones submitted for analysis: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Reports state that SC appointed committee has not found any evidence of snooping using Pegasus in phones it studies
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News Reports

Kerala: Muslim group says sorry for allowing a woman inside mosque for her own wedding, says no more brides in mosques in future

OpIndia Staff -
After a bride was permitted inside a mosque for her wedding, Mahal Committee in Kozhikode has said it is not allowed
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News Reports

Netizens erupt in anger over clock controversy after Australian women’s hockey team granted another chance at penalty against India at CWG

OpIndia Staff -
Controversy swept India-Australia hockey match at CWG after the Aussies were granted an extra attempt at penalty shoots.
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News Reports

‘You got me hate, I got you flowers’: Netizens can’t keep calm after Youtuber Gaurav Taneja trolls Livemint

OpIndia Staff -
After Livemint deleted article on Gaurav Taneja as per court orders, he trolled them on social media
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Sports

English Premier League season kicks off with “kick rapists off the pitch” banner as Thomas Partey starts for Arsenal

OpIndia Staff -
Ex-girlfriend of Partey also shared that she was paid off to keep quiet about the whole incident. However, the crowd didn't keep quiet about it
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News Reports

Yogi administration starts punitive action against Shrikant Tyagi, self-styled BJP leader who abused a Noida woman in viral video, party says he holds no...

OpIndia Staff -
Noida Police booked a man, Shrikant Tyagi, for reportedly verbally insulting and assaulting a lady after a disagreement regarding common area encroachment in a premium residential complex.
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News Reports

Islam Khan tries to crush his pregnant daughter to death with auto for marrying a Hindu man, video from Rajasthan viral: Full details

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, Islam attempted to crush his daughter and son-in-law to death as the duo was on their way to the hospital for Nagma's routine check-up
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News Reports

Umesh Kolhe murder: Accused Abdul Arbaz and Maulvi Mushfique Ahmad threw a biriyani party after the brutal murder, NIA reveals

OpIndia Staff -
NIA informed a special court in Mumbai that two of the accused involved in the brutal murder of Umesh Kolhe had celebrated their heinous crime by throwing a biriyani party.
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Law

Justice Krishna Bhat drops truth bombs in farewell speech: Entitlement of some Judges and how independence of Judiciary is not really under threat

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Krishna Bhat emphasised that such vanities by individual Judges make them unfit to hold any public position.
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