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‘Article 25 does not give any immunity from taxation’: Kerala HC says nuns and priests are liable to pay taxes on their salary incomes

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Kerala High Court said that tax deduction at source from salaries of nuns and priests does not violate article 25 of the constitution
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Sports

Golgappas are love, even Olympic gold medal winner Neeraj Chopra thinks so: Here’s what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Golgappas are so good that even Olympic Gold Medalists cannot let go of them. Gold Medal winner Neeraj Chopra loves them.
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News Reports

British Security agencies warn dissident Pakistani exiles living in Europe as Pakistan prepares a ‘Hit List’

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has prepared a ‘Hit List’ of exiled Pakistani activists and journalists living in Europe, UK and thee are facing life threats
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did PM Modi not speak to Olympic bronze medal winner Bajrang Punia because he supported ‘farmer protest’

OpIndia Staff -
Propagandists tried to spread fake news that PM Modi has not spoken to Olympian medallist Bajrang Punia because he had supported the so-called farmer agitation.
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Social Media

Twitter removes verified badge of think tank after it published report exposing ISI links to Kashmiri activism in the West

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter has removed the blue tick of Disinfo Lab after it exposed the manner in which Kashmir activists were backed by ISI.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Fake eunuch Sabir forcefully converts labourer Rahul after luring him into illicit relationship, got him circumcised

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A man named Rahul was forcefully converted to Islam and circumcised under pretext of love by a fake eunuch in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Twitter clarifies they did not suspend Rahul Gandhi’s account, refutes Congress’ claims

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Twitter denied allegations of suspending Rahul Gandhi. It was locked temporarily due to violation of regulations.
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Editor's picks

Hinduism will be finished in another century, columnist Abhijit Iyer Mitra predicts. Read why he thinks so

OpIndia Staff -
Abhijit draws from history to show parallels between what is happening in modern post-independence India and what happened to the religions of pre-Christian Europe and pre-Islamic Iran and Egypt, which are relegated to museums now.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Kodagu residents start an online petition to rename Rajiv Gandhi national park at Nagarahole after Field Marshal Cariappa

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The demand comes days after Prime Minister Modi renamed Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award after Major Dhyan Chand, the hockey legend.
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Sports

Arjuna awardee athlete Anju Bobby George praises Modi govt for supporting and encouraging athletes, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
Anju Bobby George talks about how the current Modi government has been supporting the athletes and helping them train to participate in international events, unlike the previous governments.
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Sports

Dhoti and shirt announced as a reward for Olympics medal-winning hockey player PR Sreejesh by Kerala govt’s handloom dept

OpIndia Staff -
As of now, Kerala government has not yet declared any reward for PR Sreejesh, who made India proud at the Tokyo Olympics
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Opinions

Islamofascists inch towards total narrative control as they get NDTV to delete a harmless image showing a Muslim man getting tested for COVID

Nirwa Mehta -
Islamists on Saturday bullied NDTV into deleting a tweet which had representational image of a Muslim man getting tested for coronavirus. For a community...
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Politics

As Congress lectures on how to boost performance of athletes, here is what happened when they organised the 2010 Commonwealth Games

OpIndia Staff -
The Commonwealth Games were conducted in Delhi under the auspices of the UPA Government and there were allegations of corruption.
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News Reports

While the country celebrates Olympics medals, P Chidambaram uses it to target Modi govt, says infrastructure funds should be diverted to sports

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram said that money allocated to Central Vista, Bullet Train and other ‘vanity projects’ should be diverted to sports
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Opinions

Neeraj Chopra wins Gold, and he is abused by some ‘liberals’: Understanding the disease that Indians have to get rid of

K Bhattacharjee -
Neeraj Chopra has gone into the history books after winning the Gold Medal at the Javelin Throw event in the Tokyo Olympics.
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News Reports

Congress clarifies Rahul Gandhi is ‘temporarily suspended’ on Twitter after people asked why he has not congratulated Neeraj Chopra

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party informed that Twitter account of Rahul Gandhi has been 'temporarily suspended’, and they are working to restore it
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Sports

Liberals ‘cancel’ Olympic gold-medalist Neeraj Chopra after his old tweets supporting PM Modi go viral

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Scores of left-leaning liberals denounced Neeraj Chopra, just because he congratulated PM Modi after his 2019 victory
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News Reports

From 1992 to 2021: How the resolve of Narendra Modi changed the scene at the ‘Lal Chowk’ in Srinagar

Dibakar Dutta -
The iconic Clock Tower (Ghanta Ghar) at Lal Chowk in Srinagar was illuminated with colours of Indian tricolour on Friday, August 6
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Sports

Congratulating PM Modi on election victory, ‘befitting reply’ to Barkha Dutt, donation to PM CARES: Neeraj Chopra’s old tweets go viral

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Old tweets of Neeraj Chopra surfaced where he had congratulated PM Modi for his historic election victory in 2019.
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Sports

Neeraj Chopra’s historic Gold medal at Tokyo Olympics triggers a meme fest on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Meme enthusiasts had a field day on Twitter after Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
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News Reports

USA sends in B-52 Bombers and Spectre Gunships to stop the Taliban from seizing more areas in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from B-52 bombers and Spectre gunships, US is using Reaper drones to run at least 5 missions a day against Taliban in Afghanistan
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Sports

Celebrations begin at his home as Neeraj Chopra scripts history, congratulations pour in

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Neeraj Chopra has ended India's 100-year medal wait in athletics by clinching historic gold medal in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
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Sports

Watch: Indian National Anthem plays at Tokyo Olympics after Neeraj Chopra’s historic Gold Medal win

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Neeraj Chopra scripted history at the Tokyo Olympics with a Gold Medal finish at the finals of Javelin Throw event on Saturday.
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Sports

India records its highest tally of medals at a single Olympics: Here’s the list of athletes who won laurels for the country

OpIndia Staff -
India has so far won 7 medals at the Tokyo Olympics, surpassing its record haul of 6 medals at London 2012.
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Sports

Neeraj Chopra scripts history, wins Gold Medal in Tokyo Olympics: Youthful exuberance wins the day

OpIndia Staff -
Neeraj Chopra has won the Medal at the Tokyo Olympics in the Javelin Throw event on Saturday.
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Opinions

Khel Ratna: The BJP plays too nice and that needs to change

Abhishek Banerjee -
Nehru-Gandhi loyalists are so angry that they have lost their minds after Khel Ratna award was renamed after Major Dhyan Chand by BJP govt
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News Reports

Wrestler Bajrang Punia clinches bronze at Tokyo Olympics, India’s total medal tally stands at 6

OpIndia Staff -
Bajrang Punia defeated Niyazbekov Daulet of Kazakhstan in the men's freestyle 65 kg match to clinch the bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics.
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News Reports

Marathi actress Neha Khan reveals how her Hindu mother was tortured after becoming the third wife of a Muslim man

OpIndia Staff -
Neha Khan, a Marathi actor, recalls her Hindu mother's pains and struggles following marriage with a Muslim man with two wives already
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Politics

Yogi Adityanath speaks about Covid-19, grooming Jihad, Priyanka Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav and more: Here is everything he said

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath was also asked about the consequences of pitting Priyanka Gandhi against him in the run-up to Uttar Pradesh elections.
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Media

Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire, MK Venu, Swati Chaturvedi join hands with ‘independent media’ funded by western govts against Pegasus, NSO Group

K Bhattacharjee -
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two other journalists had filed a complaint with prosecutors in France against NSO Group.
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Crime

Assam: Father Aminul Islam sells son for Rs 40,000 to buy drugs

OpIndia Staff -
A man from Morigaon district in Assam sold his two-and-a-half-year-old son for Rs 40,000 to buy drugs illegally.
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Entertainment

‘Raj Kundra told me that Shilpa Shetty loved my videos’, ‘was threatened to take back case’: Sherlyn Chopra

OpIndia Staff -
Sherlyn Chopra said she was deceived into shooting for porn by Raj Kundra and that she was told Shilpa Shetty liked her videos.
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News Reports

Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine granted emergency use approval in India

OpIndia Staff -
The Janssen COVID-19 vaccine has become the fifth vaccine against the pandemic to be granted emergency use approval
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Crime

Delhi Rape Case: Accused Salim introduced himself as ‘Raju’, lied about his religious identity to locals

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammed Salim, one of the main accused in the Delhi minor girl rape case, had obtained a job in the cremation ground by claiming that he was a Hindu.
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News Reports

ISI agent Ghulam Nabi Fai leads anti-India protest at Indian Embassy in Washington DC, embassy officials refuse to accept memorandum

OpIndia Staff -
World Kashmir Awareness Forum of Ghulam Nabi Fai led a protest on 5 August in Washington DC on 2nd anniversary of article 370 abrogation
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Media

‘Dangerous to run a piece’: Journalist reveals how NYT had refused to investigate the origin of Covid-19 during the early stage of the pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
The New York Times had resisted running anything that could suggest that Covid-19 was manmade or had leaked from the Wuhan lab
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News Reports

Mumbai: Bomb scare at 3 railway stations and Amitabh Bachchan’s residence turns out to be a hoax, two detained

OpIndia Staff -
Two people have been detained by the Crime Intelligence Unit of the Mumbai Police in connection with a hoax bomb scare at 3 railway stations and actor Amitabh Bachchan's residence
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi, other opposition leaders support parallel Parliament, look on as ‘Kisan Sansad’ passes ‘no confidence motion’ against Modi govt: Details

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Opposition parties led by Rahul Gandhi on Friday joined the 'farmer' protests at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and extended their support to "Kisan Sansad"
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News Reports

‘Custody within the law’: Bombay High Court rejects Raj Kundra’s petition challenging his arrest in the pornography case

OpIndia Staff -
Raj Kundra was arrested by the Mumbai Police on July 19 for his role in creating and publishing pornographic films
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News Reports

Journalist deletes Facebook post maligning Champat Rai of Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, court warns journalist to be ‘careful in future’

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Journalist Vineet Narain has now deleted a Facebook post where he had maligned the reputation of Champat Rai, VHP leader and the general secretary of Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust
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News Reports

Pakistan temple attack: President of 22 party alliance says majority has right to slaughter cows outside temples, refuses to condemn violence

OpIndia Staff -
After Ganesh temple was attacked in Pakistan by radical Islamists, religious and political parties refused to condemn the act
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News Reports

Twitter removes Rahul Gandhi’s tweet where he disclosed the identity of the parents of the rape victim in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter has taken down his controversial tweet where Rahul Gandhi had jeopardised the identity of Delhi rape victim
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News Reports

Afghanistan: 21-year-old girl dragged out of the car, shot to death by the Taliban for not wearing a veil

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The 21-year-old girl Nazaneen was killed in the tumultuous region of Balkh, long known for being a Taliban stronghold
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News Reports

Gul Panag ‘cancelled’ by leftist trolls for welcoming a ‘right wing’ Twitter account after temporary suspension

OpIndia Staff -
Actor-turned-politician activist Gul Panag was at the receiving end of leftist ire after she welcomed The Skin Doctor back to Twitter
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Entertainment

Islamists demand ban on Netflix, Raza Academy wants strict action against the platform for Nava Rasa poster

OpIndia Staff -
Netflix has incurred the wrath of Islamists online after releasing a promotional poster for its show 'Nava Rasa'.
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News Reports

Assam and Meghalaya CMs hold second meeting to resolve border dispute, three committees formed for six disputed sites

OpIndia Staff -
Assam and Meghalaya have agreed sort border dispute in phases, and out of 12 disputed sites, six have been selected for the first round
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Opinions

No, Gul Panag, the left-wing is not learning intolerance from right, they have always been at the forefront of cancel culture

K Bhattacharjee -
Gul Panag came out in support of 'The Skin Doctor', a Twitter account which was suspended recently due to mass reporting.
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News Reports

Taliban removes Sikh religious flag from historic gurdwara in Afghanistan, India condemns the incident

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The Paktia Gurdwara is of immense significance to the Sikh community as it is believed that the site was visited by Guru Nanak himself.
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News Reports

Twitter tells Delhi HC it has complied with new IT rules, appoints Former ByteDance Executive as permanent Nodal Contact Officer

OpIndia Staff -
Former ByteDance grievance officer Shahin Komath appointed as Nodal Contact Officer by Twitter in India as per the new IT rules
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Social Media

Meet Aveek Sen: Newslaundry’s creepy writer who harassed a Baloch activist and sits with spreadsheets to harass non-Left Twitter accounts

OpIndia Staff -
A tweet went viral on Thursday where Aveek Sen could be seen calling for the rape of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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