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Hyderabad: Restaurant denies entry to Muslim woman for wearing Hijab, online Islamists abuse her for visiting a place that serves liquor and pork

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim woman revealed that she was denied entry to a restaurant for wearing Hijab, but Islamists slam for visiting a place that serves liquor and pork
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Entertainment

New York based band ‘Brass Against’ issues apology after lead singer urinated on a fan’s face during performance

OpIndia Staff -
A New York based band Brass Against apologised after its lead singer Sophia Urista urinated on the face of a fan.
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News Reports

Bangladeshi woman forged identity as Hindu to live-in with Hindu man in Ahmedabad, made Indian passport, Aadhar and PAN cards with fake name

OpIndia Staff -
Bangladeshi woman Sirina Akhtar Hossain became Sonu Hitesh Joshi to live-in with Hitesh Joshi in Ahmadabad using fake documents
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Political History of India

From Kashmir issue to China to corruption: Nehruvian Blunders that continue to hurt India till this day

Rajan Laad -
Nehru unwisely rejected myriad obvious offers such as a permanent UN Seat, Nuke Assistance from the US, and offers of Nepal and Baluchistan to join India. His failure to lead educational and economic empowerment served as impediments to upward mobility for regular Indians.
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News Reports

Amravati in Maharashtra is burning as Muslim mobs continue rioting over fake news of mosque attack in Tripura: Watch visuals

OpIndia Staff -
Curfew imposed in Amravati after Muslim Mob vandalized shops and pelted stones protesting against alleged mosque vandalism in Tripura
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Politics

Mamata Banerjee appoints abusive MP Mahua Moitra as TMC’s Goa in-charge: Details

Kabir Kashyap -
Mamata Banerjee has appointed TMC MP Mahua Moitra as the state in-charge of the party's Goa unit.
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News Reports

200 cops land at Twitter user Sameet Thakkar’s house after Thane Police files complaint over ‘defamatory messages’ on Nawab Malik

OpIndia Staff -
A criminal case was registered against Thakkar on Friday by the Thane Police after he had alleged involvement of close aide of NCP leaders in the Dwarka drug bust earlier this month.
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News Reports

Milind Teltumbde, with a reward of Rs 50 lakh on his head, amongst 26 Naxals killed in Gadchiroli encounter: Read who he was

Vijay Deo Jha -
Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil too confirmed Teltumbde was killed in the encounter. Three police officials received minor injuries and are hospitalised.
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News Reports

Tripura: MHA debunks fake news about mosque vandalism in Gomati, warns against its use to spread discontent

OpIndia Staff -
MHA warned that fake news about mosque vandalism in Tripura could be weaponised to disturb the tranquillity in Maharashtra.
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Opinions

How Jawaharlal Nehru became first Prime Minister of free India

Rajan Laad -
It is sad, unfortunate, and scandalous that the very first election that would decide the leader of free India was manipulated. It wasn’t only the election but the future of India that was rigged.
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News Reports

Blast caused by a magnetic bomb attached to minivan kills 6 in Shia majority area in Kabul, ISIS-K suspected

OpIndia Staff -
Magnetic bomb attached to a minivan exploded in the Shia majority area of Kabul resulting in six deaths and several injured
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News Reports

WWE Superstar John Cena posts Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s photo on Instagram, invokes famous ‘You can’t see me’ reactions

OpIndia Staff -
WWE Superstar John Cena posted photo of MS Dhoni extending his hand, social media says he is shaking hands with invisible Cena
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News Reports

Supreme Court likely to hear Suvendu Adhikari’s petition to transfer Mamata Banerjee’s election result plea outside Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Fearing a fair hearing may not be possible in Calcutta High Court, Suvendu Adhikari had moved a petition before Supreme Court on July 14.
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News Reports

26 Maoists killed in encounter with elite C-60 commando force in Gadchiroli in Maharashtra, 3 jawans injured

OpIndia Staff -
"We have recovered the bodies of 26 Naxals so far from the forest," said district Superintendent of Gadchiroli Ankit Goyal.
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News Reports

Once a breeding ground of terrorism, new university change face of Azamgarh: Yogi Adityanath after Amit Shah laid foundation stone

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah laid the foundation stone of a state university in Azamgarh, which is infamous due to alleged links with terrorist activities
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News Reports

Chinese spy agency actively seeking to undermine Nepal’s relations with other countries, reports Nepalese daily

OpIndia Staff -
The main priority of Chinese spy agency is to invalidate the MCC grant of $500 million by US to Nepal, reported Nepalese daily Khabar Hub
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News Reports

US school postpones naming its theatre after actor-comedian Dave Chappelle after protests over his alleged transphobic comments in Netflix show

OpIndia Staff -
Students of Duke Ellington School in Washington DC are miffed with Dave Chappelle for his allegedly insulting remarks for LGBTQ community
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News Reports

Bihar: Half-burnt body of missing journalist Avinash Jha found under a tree, was trying to bust fake nursing home scam in his district

OpIndia Staff -
Half-burnt body of Bihar based journalist Avinash Jha, tied and packed in a sack, was found 4 days after he went missing
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal govt shuts schools for a week so that children don’t have to breathe polluted air, govt offices to work from home

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi pollution: Arvind Kejriwal govt orders that schools will be shut for a week, govt offices to work from home, no construction activities
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News Reports

“He presented something to me which I greatly cherish”: PM Modi thanks Padma Shri awardee master weaver Biren Kumar Basak for a special gift

OpIndia Staff -
After receiving Padma Shri award, Biren Kumar Basak gave PM Modi a special gift of a Sari with Narendra Modi's image weaved on it
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News Reports

After social welfare dept withdrew notice to Kashmiri Pandit employees for absence, fresh notices issued to employees of other offices

OpIndia Staff -
Fresh notices has been issued to Kashmiri Pandit employees by their respective departments asking them to join work within 2 days
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Cricket

Support for Shami, silence over Hassan Ali: The two faces of Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Rizwan

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Rizwan 'extended his support' to Shami but failed to support his own teammate Hassan Ali.
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News Reports

Top Naxal leader Prashant Bose, accused of plotting to kill PM Modi in Bhima Koregaon case, arrested in Jharkhand

OpIndia Staff -
Top CPI (Maoist) leader Prashant Bose alias Kishan Da arrested in a joint operation by Jharkhand Police and Intelligence Bureau
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News Reports

Manipur: Assam Rifles convoy ambushed near Myanmar border, seven persons including commanding officer, his wife and son killed

OpIndia Staff -
Commanding Officer, his wife, their 6-year-old son, and 4 other soldiers of 46 Assam Rifles killed in ambush on their convoy in Manipur
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News Reports

PIL filed in Kerala HC against movie Kurup to protect the privacy of a man accused of murder and embezzlement of insurance money

OpIndia Staff -
A Kochi-based lawyer filed a PIL alleging that movie Kurup infringed on the rights of proclaimed offender Sukumara Kurup.
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Politics

Varanasi: Home Minister Amit Shah highlights importance of ‘Swabhasha’, asks guardians to speak to children in native tongue

OpIndia Staff -
Home Minister Amit Shah in Varanasi has highlighted the focus of the government on 'Swabhasha'.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Lady police officer forces female detainee to strip and dance naked in front of inmates, compulsorily retired

OpIndia Staff -
Inspector Shabana Irshad in Que­tta in Pakistan sacked after probe found that she had forced a female detainee to strip and dance nude
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News Reports

Supreme Court raps Kejriwal Govt, suggests lockdown to curb pollution in Delhi caused majorly by stubble burning in other states

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme court also pulled up the Delhi government over the non-installation of smog towers and emission control projects.
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News Reports

American radio show defends “Gender Queer”, a book that was banned across schools in the US for pornographic content involving children

OpIndia Staff -
NPR's 1A defended 'Gender Queer' book, which was pulled out from many schools across the US for its sexually explicit content
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News Reports

‘Trinamool Congress Govt linked to terrorists, smugglers’: BJP MLA hits out at Mamata Banerjee for opposing extension of BSF jurisdiction

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul hit out at Mamata Banerjee for opposing centre's decision to extend the BSF jurisdiction, calling West Bengal a terrorist hub
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Crime

Maharashtra: Muslim mobs resort to violence to protest violence in Tripura, pelt stones at cops and shops in three cities

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim groups had taken out rallies in Nanded, Malegaon, Amaravati and some other places in Maharashtra which turned violent.
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Politics

King Kong vs Godzilla at Samajwadi party meet ahead of elections, workers throw blows at each other on stage

OpIndia Staff -
Syed Ali managed to escape and reached the Raniganj police station to complain about the assault by Samajwadi Party workers.
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Crime

Agra: Hindu woman who married a Muslim man dies a suspicious death, family of deceased attacked, FIR registered

Vijay Deo Jha -
Tensions erupted in Agra following the suspicious death of a 26 year old Hindu woman who had married a Muslim man.
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Politics

Narendra Modi was like all of us when it comes to the internet, watch old clip where he revealed it kept him awake late...

OpIndia Staff -
Narendra Modi could be heard saying that he had become so fond of the internet that it kept him awake late at nights.
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News Reports

Salman Khurshid confirms Sonia Gandhi was ‘shaken’ by the death of Batla encounter terrorists, had earlier said she had cried bitterly

Dibakar Dutta -
Salman Khurshid said that Sonia Gandhi was shaken by the visuals of dead terrorists in the Batla House encounter.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: State urges Central Govt to rename Habibganj railway station in Bhopal after tribal queen Rani Kamlapati

OpIndia Staff -
The MP Govt said that renaming Habibganj railway station will honour the 18th century tribal queen Rani Kamlapati.
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News Reports

‘Lord Shiva had swallowed the entire universe’: Janeu-Dhari Rahul Gandhi misquotes Hindu scriptures after saying he has read the Upanishads

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi said that like Shiva had swallowed the universe, once crystallised, Congress ideology will swallow BJP ideology
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News Reports

“Calculated attack”: Delhi court frames charges against four rioters for killing Hindu youth Deepak during Delhi riots

OpIndia Staff -
Karkardooma Court frames charges against Anwar Hussain, Kasim, Shahrukh, and Khalid Ansari for killing Deepak during Delhi riots
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Politics

Punjab: Congress CM Channi announces ‘compensation’ of Rs 2 lakhs to 83 rioters arrested for Republic Day violence

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab CM Channi has announced compensation of 2 lakhs to all the perpetrators of the Republic Day violence.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP and RSS of spreading hatred using Hindutva, says Hindutva is not Hinduism

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi said that while the scriptures of Hinduism did not suggest killing of an innocent, the ideology of Hindutva supports it
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Editor's picks

Protest against Namaz on public ground in Gurugram escalates, Hindu activists spread cow dung on the ground for puja, plan to build volleyball court

OpIndia Staff -
Rven though Muslims had assembled at the spot in Gurugram sector 12A as per routine, they could not offer Namaz as it was covered with cow dung
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World

Afghanistan: Massive explosion at mosque during Friday Namaz rocks Nangarhar, multiple casualties feared

OpIndia Staff -
The explosion occurred in front of a mosque in the Spin Ghar district in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan during the Friday Namaz.
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Entertainment

Movie on Islamist Kunjali Marakkar IV sparks row ahead of its release: Read why

OpIndia Staff -
The film is based on the 'heroics' of Mohammed Ali, who was the Kunjali Marakkar IV between the period 1595 – 1600.
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Crime

Former Samajwadi Party minister Gayatri Prajapati sentenced to life imprisonment in gang rape case: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Gayatri Prajapati, a key member of Akhilesh Yadav's Cabinet, was convicted on Wednesday in a gang rape case.
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News Reports

Father of Sameer Wankhede produces 28 documents to counter Nawab Malik’s accusations, certificates show he belongs to Mahar community, a scheduled caste

OpIndia Staff -
The Bombay High Court is hearing the defamation suit filed by father of Sameer Wankhede against NCP leader Nawab Malik
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News Reports

‘No, he is absolutely fine and in good spirits’: Anil Deshmukh’s advocate corrects journalist who claimed Deshmukh is in bad health in ED custody

OpIndia Staff -
TV9 Marathi journalist asked lawyer of Anil Deshmukh why ED was bent on getting his client's custody extended yet again
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News Reports

Myanmar court jails US journalist for 11 years for breaching immigration laws and encouraging dissent against military

OpIndia Staff -
Fenster’s trial took place behind closed doors, inside Insein prison, where he and many of those detained are imprisoned.
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Cricket

‘Have taken the bullet for 7 years’: Ravi Shastri speaks up after stepping down as India’s coach

OpIndia Staff -
Ravi Shastri has spoken to Arnab Goswami of the Republic TV after stepping down as Team India's head coach.
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News Reports

Water supply scheme named after ‘Pakistan’ causes outrage in Assam, officials say result of distorted name of the place

OpIndia Staff -
As the name Pak Sthan had become Pakistan in oral use, the distorted entered the records of PHE dept in Assam and used it in a nameplate
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Fact-Check

AltNews and The Wire whitewash Akhilesh’s Jinnah statement, call it fake news while admitting that he indeed made the statement

OpIndia Staff -
AltNews and The Wire claimed that people saying Akhilesh Yadav praised Jinnah as a freedom fighter was 'fake news' because Yadav had not named Jinnah alone, he had named others too.
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