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‘Enough evidence to show they extorted, threatened to kill him and his family’: Delhi Court frames charges against AAP MLA in a doctor’s suicide...

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Delhi court framed charges of abetment of suicide against AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal and his aide in connection with the suicide of a South Delhi-based doctor.
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Cricket

Pakistani captain Babar Azam first blames Hassan Ali, then asks teammates not to blame anyone for defeat against Australia

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani cricket fans are hurling vile abuses against Hassan Ali and his family, blaming him for the match loss.
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World

US President Joe Biden calls Baseball legend Satchel Paige the ‘great Negro’ during Veterans Day address

OpIndia Staff -
Joe Biden has called Satchel Paige "the great negro" at during his Veterans Day address at the Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday.
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News Reports

After judges complain of being ignored by CBI, probe agency seeks Interpol help to nab 2 social media trolls

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About 6 people from different places in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have been already arrested and sent to judicial custody in relation to cases over sharing insulting remarks against HC judges.
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Cricket

‘Dil toot gaya, awaaz nahi nikal rahi’: Pakistanis cry copious tears after semifinal defeat versus Australia

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After Pakistan lost to Australia in the T20 World Cup semifinal, several videos of heartbroken Pakistani fans have surfaced.
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Law

Justice Chandrachud led Supreme Court bench warns Army of contempt over permanent commission for women

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The SC warned the Army of contempt action in a plea related to permanent commission for women.
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News Reports

Were you dead for 2 years? Get out: Rajasthan Congress Minister mocks elderly man asking for help after his son went missing in 2019

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Parsadi Lal Meena summoned his security personnel and asked them to escort Mithalal and his relatives out of the camp.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Cattle smuggles from Bangladesh attack BSF team at the border in Cooch Bihar, two smugglers killed while one jawan injured

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After Bangladeshi cattle smugglers attacked BSF personnel with iron rods, sticks and sickles, BSF retaliated and 2 smugglers were killed
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OpIndia Explains

12 November 1969: The day when the ‘Syndicate’ expelled the then Indian PM Indira Gandhi from the Congress party

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Indira Gandhi was expelled from the party on the grounds of "fostering a cult of personality" and violating party discipline
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News Reports

Big brain liberals “slam” PM Modi for not giving Padma Award to Neeraj Chopra because he is a ‘farmer’s son’: Here is how they...

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Neeraj Chopra was not awarded a Padma Award because the awards were for 2020 and announced on January 26th, much before the Olympics
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Cricket

Big W for Gautam Gambhir: Former opener takes aim at Ponting, Warne, questions campaign against Ashwin over Warner’s six

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Gautam Gambhir took potshots at Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting after David Warner hit a ball for six after it had slipped out of Mohammad Hafeez's hand.
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News Reports

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad calls Salman Khurshid’s comparison of Hindutva with ISIS ‘factually wrong’: Details

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Ghulam Nabi Azad is the first from Congress to respond to Salman Khurshid's remark comparing Hindutva and ISIS
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News Reports

‘Over 55% donations to regional parties from unknown sources,’ reveals ADR report: TRS, TDP, YSRCP, DMK and JD(S) top the list

OpIndia Staff -
In another report from October, parties like Shiv Sena, AIADMK, Aam Aadmi Party, BJD and YSR-C had declared the highest donations in FY 2019-20. Additionally, AAP and Samajwadi Party reported a maximum increase in their income from donations between FY 2018-19 and FY 2019-20.
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News Reports

Minor son of Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA commits suicide, shoots himself in his house, leaves a suicide note

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Vaibhav Yadav, teenaged son of Congress MLA from Bargi assembly constituency Sanjay Yadav, reportedly committed suicide on Thursday afternoon
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News Reports

Fiddlehead founder Melinda Byerley goes from calling Indians ‘parasites’ to ‘underprivileged’ in apology that came late: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The silicon valley entrepreneur in her Twitter post on Friday ‘thanked’ the netizens for the honest feedback. She further apologized for her statements and for ‘taking too long to understand.’
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News Reports

T20 World Cup: Pakistanis abuse bowler Hasan Ali for being a Shia Muslim, blame him for match loss against Australia

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Pakistanis were seen abusing Hasan Ali for being a Shia. It is notable here that Sunni majority Pakistan considers Shia as inferior.
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News Reports

Has Haryana govt ‘banned’ procurement of paddy in 12 districts because it is ‘conspiring’ against farmers? How Congress misled

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President of Haryana Pradesh Congress made tall allegations against the BJP led Haryana government for paddy procurement
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News Reports

Part-time politician missing again: How Rajasthan CM went to meet Congress top guns but Rahul Gandhi’s location was unknown

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A senior Congress leader simply said that Gandhi’s residence was a ‘convenient location’ for the meeting. 
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News Reports

Maharashtra: ED raids 8 locations in Waqf Board land scam case, Nawab Malik claims he is running a cleanup campaign

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In August this year, Pune police had registered a case of cheating against 2 persons named Chand Mulani and Imtiyaz Shaikh for misappropriating Rs 7.76 crores in the name of one Waqf registered endowment Trust.
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News Reports

Conspiracy theory group claims US govt has replaced all birds with surveillance drones, asks Twitter to change its logo

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Birds Aren't Real says every bird is a govt surveillance drone and every use of “bird” imagery is intentional pro-bird social programming
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News Reports

Woman accuses cricketers, senior Congress leader of rape, police says no FIR filed and no evidence found yet

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Wife of Dawood Ibrahim's aide Riyaz Bhati has accused her husband, two cricketers and a senior Congress leader of raping her
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News Reports

Guwahati Airport refutes media report that operator Adani Group has banned traditional clothes, sindur, bindis for female employees

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Guwahati International Airport has refuted a report by Pratidin Times that it issued a dress code for employees banning traditional clothes
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News Reports

NCPCR tells SC that many NGOs including Harsh Mander’s ‘Centre for Equity Studies’ have been receiving funds from suspicious sources

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR told the Supreme Court that certain NGOs are allegedly diverting funds or receiving funds from suspicious sources. 
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News Reports

Chhath Puja ends with ‘Arghya’ to the rising sun: Check out these great visuals of celebrations around the country

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Netizens share photos of Chhath Puja rituals on its closing day from across the country where devotees worship the rising sun
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News Reports

Risk of road accidents increase on the Delhi-Hisar highway as farmers start to burn stubble on the roadside at night

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Due to the unopposed stubble burning by farmers on the roadside of Delhi-Hisar highway, it has increased the chances of road accidents
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News Reports

‘BSF is our own force, stop politicising national security’: Amarinder Singh slams Channi govt over resolution in Punjab assembly

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Channi had added that his government is committed to 'protect' Punjab and if needed they will approach the Supreme Court over the BSF jurisdiction matter.
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Media

Sagarika Ghose blames Hindus for doing Chhat Puja instead of questioning Delhi CM over poisonous froth in Yamuna River

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Sagarika Ghose blamed Hindus and called Chhath Puja 'blind faith' instead of questioning Delhi govt for not cleaning Yamuna
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News Reports

‘Reading Quran every day’: Mathew Hayden reveals Muhammad Rizwan gifted him an English translation of the Islamic holy book

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Mathew Hayden said that when he was curious about Islam, Rizwan gifted him an English translation of the Holy Quran, and discussed about it
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News Reports

Besides UNICEF India and CBFC, NCPCR pulls up West Bengal Govt over screening of films on same-sex relations in schools

OpIndia Staff -
In the letter addressed to Govt of West Bengal, NCPCR sought the state government's comments on the matter
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News Reports

Man who allegedly threatened Virat Kohli’s daughter with rape arrested even as Kohli fans who targeted a kid online face no consequences

OpIndia Staff -
DCW chief Swati Maliwal had taken cognisance of the threat against Virat Kohli and his daughter.
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News Reports

Man accused of kidnapping minor girl dies in custody by suspected suicide, family admits he knew the girl: All we know about death of...

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The Kasganj police has said that Altaf, accused of kidnapping a minor Hindu girl, strangulated himself in the washroom of a police lock-up
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News Reports

Fresh case filed against Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui arrested in conversion racket case, converted man says he was forced to eat beef

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Converted man Prajapati said that he was forced to eat beef by Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui, and was threatened to kill for refusing to eat the same
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News Reports

Punjab Deputy CM’s son-in-law appointed as AAG, senior adv tells govt not to ridicule HC lawyers: Details

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Sidhu wanted Deol's ouster on the pretext that he was a counsel for former Punjab DGP Sumedh Singh Saini and represented him in 2015 Kotkapura police firing incident cases related to Sikhs protesting against blasphemy incidents.
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News Reports

After over 100 years, stolen murti of Maa Annapurna returns to UP from Canada, to be installed at Kashi Vishwanath Mandir in Varanasi: Details

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A 18th century idol of Maa Annapurna stolen from Varanasi in 1913 was returned by Canada, will be installed at Kashi Vishwanath Mandir
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath Govt to rehabilitate 63 Bengali Hindu refugee families displaced from East Pakistan in 1970: Details

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Yogi Adityanath govt will rehabilitate 63 Hindu Bengali families who migrated to Kanpur after being displaced from East Pakistan
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News Reports

Centre refutes Telangana Agriculture Minister claims over paddy procurement, says procurement increased 3 times in 3 years: Full details

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Centre refuted claims of Telangana minister that GoI is delaying procurement of paddy from the state
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News Reports

Pakistanis abduct Hindu girls whenever they lose a cricket match to India: What Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar Hindu refugee revealed to OpIndia

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Refugee from Pakistan living in Delhi's Adarsh Nagar told OpIndia that when Pak lost cricket match to India, they would abduct Hindu women
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News Reports

Fact-check: Is Nidhi Razdan conducting classes in Harvard as claimed in the viral message

OpIndia Staff -
A photograph showing Nidhi Razdan conducting a lecture is getting viral on social media with claims that it is from Harvard University
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News Reports

‘India belongs to Hindus, Hindus from anywhere in world can come here when they feel unsafe’: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

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India is the homeland of Hindus. Hindus anywhere in the world, when they feel unsafe, can come to live in India.
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News Reports

Mumbai police file 446-page chargesheet against Bollywood rapper Badshah, had paid 74 lakh to get 72 lakh views

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The 446-page charge sheet filed against Badshah reveals rapper paid Rs 75 lakhs to buy 72 lakh views for his music video
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Opinions

How to be a good CM (according to ‘liberals’): Drink tea, do bhangra, stop and attend strangers’ weddings

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Shekhar Gupta's ThePrint bends over backward to heap praises on Punjab CM Channi to show how he is a 'refreshing change'
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Govt officer in Secretariat arrested for sexually harassing woman colleague, was caught on camera

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Ichchharam Yadav had been harassing the victim since 2018 and threatening her saying she would lose her job if she refused his advancements, as per reports.
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News Reports

Congress leader Salman Khurshid compares Hindutva to Islamic terror groups ISIS, Boko Haram in new book, complaint registered

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Salman Khurshid made the contentious remarks in his book 'Sunrise over Ayodhya' which was released on Wednesday, November 10.
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Opinions

Sooryavanshi and Family Man called ‘Islamophobic’ shows how whitewashing of Islamism is a religious duty of liberals

Jinit Jain -
Liberals are outraged with Sooryavanshi because a villain in the movie is a Muslim, despite the movie's attempts to 'secularise' Islamic terrorism and its root cause.
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News Reports

Islamic preacher says Muslims should not join Indian Air Force because it is haram to fight for non-believers

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Islamic preacher Assim Al-Hakeem said that it is not 'permissible' for Muslims to join the Indian Air Force as pilots.
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OpIndia Scoops

Gujarat: Wherever Hindus are in minority, Bajrang Dal to donate loudspeakers for Hanuman Chalisa recital

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Certain pockets in Surat where Hindus have become a minority over the years due to demography change, Bajrang Dal has decided to assert the Hindu identity in those areas.
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News Reports

NCPCR writes to CBFC and UNICEF India seeking details about 8 short films on same-sex relations to be screened in schools

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NCPCR takes cognizance of report that 8 films on same-sex relations will be screened in schools in Kolkata, writes to CBFC and UNICEF India
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News Reports

Notice issued to 26 Kashmiri Pandit employees, who had fled the valley after targeted terror attacks, withdrawn saying it was unauthorised

OpIndia Staff -
Anantnag office of the Social Welfare Department has withdrawn the notice issued to 26 Kashmiri Pandit employees for their absence
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News Reports

‘Fake News’: Wrester Nisha Dahiya refutes media reports of her murder, newcomer wrestler with the same name killed in Sonipat

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Several media houses had wrongly reported that U23 World Wrestling bronze medallist Nisha Dahiya was murdered in Sonepat
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News Reports

Samajwadi Party’s alliance leader Om Prakash Rajbhar says partition would not have happened if Jinnah was made India’s first PM

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Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar said that partition of India could have been prevented if Jinnah was the first PM of India
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