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Uttar Pradesh: Upset over ‘court marriage’, dowry and ‘second marriage’, woman burnt alive by in-laws, husband Ateeq on the run

OpIndia Staff -
A complaint of dowry and murder has been registered against Faheem's husband Ateeq and his father Rafeeq, mother Nasreen, brothers Suhain, Shahbaz, Adil and sisters Shabana and Afsana.
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News Reports

Kerala reports 29 per cent of fresh Covid-19 cases in the country, test positivity rate above 10%

OpIndia Staff -
With Kerala constantly recording over 12,000 cases almost every day, the total tally of Covid-19 cases has reached 29,61,585.
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Media

Here are 14 articles published by the New York Times from the last 10 years that reaffirm its anti-Modi and anti-Hindu bias

Jinit Jain -
Here are 14 instances from the last decade when New York Times had allowed its platform to peddle anti-Hindu and anti-Modi propaganda
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Media

Kashmir Police serves show-cause notice to The Wire for peddling fake news and engaging in rumour mongering

OpIndia Staff -
A show-cause notice has been served to The Wire by Zonal Police in Kashmir for publishing fake news on its platform.
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News Reports

TMC Councillor Tabassum Ara caught on camera administering a vaccine dose, defends herself claiming she did a nursing course in school

OpIndia Staff -
TMC Councillor Tabassum Ara was seen jabbing a woman at a vaccination centre in Asansol, about 210 km away from Kolkata
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News Reports

ED raids key locations related to conversion racket, says accused Umar Gautam received foreign funds for illegal conversions

OpIndia Staff -
The accused had also received crores of foreign donations to further his forced conversions.
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World

Morocco court sentences 23-year-old woman for three and a half years for insulting Quran, Islam

OpIndia Staff -
The lady reportedly distorted Surat Al Kawthar from the Quran, changing its name to something that was allegedly provocative.
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Crime

Punjab: Radicals justify lynching of Army man in Gurudwara claiming victim committed ‘blasphemy’, defend the accused

OpIndia Staff -
An Army man was lynched to death at a Gurudwara in Gurdaspur, Punjab. Deepak Singh was on his way home from Arunachal Pradesh.
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News Reports

BJP sweeps the UP Zila Panchayat elections with 65 out of 75 seats, including BKU leader Rakesh Tikait’s hometown Muzaffarnagar

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While BJP had won 21 Zila Panchayat seats in UP unopposed, it won 44 seats after elections. SP won 1 unopposed and 5 in polls
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News Reports

Lawyer says Republic Day violence accused is an activist who used to be a gangster and now a farmer, Delhi court extends interim protection

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Tis Hazari Court extended protection to Lakha Sidhana by saying that they wanted to highlight issues by rioting on Republic Day in Delhi
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Entertainment

From Reena Dutta to Fathima Sana Shaikh: Here is a sneak peek at Aamir Khan’s tumultuous love life as he divorces wife Kiran Rao

OpIndia Staff -
On Saturday, Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, who have been together for 15 years, announced their separation setting the social media abuzz
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News Reports

Grooming Jihad in Agra: Qasim Qureshi become Vicky Yadav to lure a minor Hindu girl, marries and impregnates her after conversion

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The Agra police informed that accused Qasim Qureshi got a false Aadhar card in the name of the victim to show her as an adult
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News Reports

‘Journalist’ with Quint, others, arrested by ED for getting money from China for supplying classified defence documents: Read what they found

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ED said that Rajeev Sharma had supplied confidential and sensitive information to Chinese Intelligence officers in exchange for money
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Politics

Pushkar Singh Dhami elected as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand after the resignation of Tirath Singh Rawat

OpIndia Staff -
Pushkar Singh Dhami elected as the new Chief Minister of Uttrakhand after incumbent CM Tirath Singh Rawat resigned from the post on Saturday
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News Reports

As Congress party allies with left parties in Brazil to claim a ‘scam’ in Covaxin deal, here is how the allegations are baseless

OpIndia Staff -
Opposition in Brazil forced the govt to cancel Covaxin purchase deal wrongly claiming that it was overpriced and there were irregularities in it
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Entertainment

Here’s how much money you have to spend to make Priyanka Chopra, Virat Kohli and Rihanna post ‘why are we not talking about this’...

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Chopra is paid Rs. 3 crore for every promotional post on Instagram, the Hopper Instagram Richlist for 2021 says.
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Media

How the BBC promoted nonsensical AI-based research to claim that Pakistanis were wishing India well during the Covid crisis

K Bhattacharjee -
The BBC and its penchant for painting a tolerant picture of Pakistan while denigrating India is well documented.
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World

Boats spray water on the sea at the Gulf of Mexico after gas leakage causes pipelines to catch fire, leaves netizens puzzled

OpIndia Staff -
A fire broke out in the Gulf of Mexico after a gas leak from an underwater pipeline of a State-owned oil company Pemex.
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Politics

‘Security of the BJP MLA lies on the shoulders of the state’: Calcutta HC asks Mamata Banerjee govt to reinstate Suvendu Adhikari’s security

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Mamata Banerjee Govt had withdrawn the security cover of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, after which he approached Calcutta HC
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News Reports

Exclusive: BJP leader, whose farmland in Punjab was destroyed by protesting farmers points to nexus between Congress, terrorists and police

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The 'farmers' reportedly raised anti-Modi, anti-BJP slogans hurled abuses, as they destroyed the paddy on the BJP leader's field
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Politics

Blind leading blind: Navjot Singh Sidhu has not paid electricity bill worth lacs while he gives lectures on solving power crisis in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Congress' Navjot Singh Sidhu offered solutions to tackle the power crisis in the State of Punjab. However, he has defaulted on his own bill
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News Reports

Thrissur Mayor cribs about police officers not saluting him, police say ‘no standing order to salute mayor’: Read what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Thrissur Mayor VK Varghese says police officers are disrespecting him by not saluting him, complaints to the Kerala police chief
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Government and Policy

Government includes retail and wholesale trade under MSMEs: Read how it will benefit 2.5 crore traders

OpIndia Staff -
Central government revised its guidelines on MSMEs, including retail and wholesale trade as Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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Entertainment

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao announce divorce: Read what they said in their statement

OpIndia Staff -
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and his wife for 15 years, Kiran Rao, have released a statement announcing their divorce.
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News Reports

Read why controversial song-writer Javed Akhtar has approached the court to stop Kangana Ranaut’s passport renewal

OpIndia Staff -
Controversial Bollywood songwriter Javed Akhtar continues to target four-time national award winner actress Kangana Ranaut
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News Reports

Bharat Biotech releases Phase-3 trials data of Covaxin: Indian-made vaccine 77.8% effective against mild cases, 93% against severe cases

OpIndia Staff -
Bharat Biotech announced efficacy analysis data from Phase-3 clinical trials of Covaxin, proved to be highly effective against severe cases of COVID-19
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Government and Policy

Twitter India fails to respond to Standing Committee for blocking the account of IT Minister RS Prasad, Shashi Tharoor

OpIndia Staff -
In the absence of any satisfactory answer from Twitter, the Committee can summon an official from the company.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat submits his resignation: Here is why he had to step down

OpIndia Staff -
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat submitted his resignation to state governor Baby Rani Maurya nearly four months after assuming the top pos
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News Reports

Negative sentiments about China and Xi Jinping at a record high among most advanced countries: Pew Research study

OpIndia Staff -
A majority of respondents in 15 of the 17 advanced economies surveyed this year by the Pew Research hold unfavourable opinion of China
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Crime

Punjab: Army man lynched in Gurudwara on suspicions of theft, police register murder case after protests

OpIndia Staff -
An Army man, Deepak Singh, was lynched to death by a mob at a Gurudwara in Gurdaspur, Punjab on suspicion of theft.
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News Reports

Sidhu Vs Amarinder Singh: Disgruntled Congress leader attacks Punjab CM over power crisis in the state, blames power purchase agreements

OpIndia Staff -
Navjot Singh Sindhu said that there was no need for power cuts in Punjab or to regulate office timings if the govt acted in right direction.
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News Reports

ED attaches assets of actor Dino Morea, DJ Aqeel, son-in-law of Ahmed Patel and others in Sterling Biotech bank fraud case

OpIndia Staff -
ED said that the accused in the Sandesara Case had "diverted" money to Dino Morea, Sanjay Khan, DJ Aqeel and Irfan Ahmed Siddiqui
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News Reports

Sivas Massacre: When radical Islamists burnt 35 Alevi intellectuals alive in Turkey 28 years ago

Dibakar Dutta -
In Sivas Massacre on June 2 1993, radical Islamists had attacked a gathering of Alevis in Turkey and burnt the venue with people trapped inside
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News Reports

BMC Education Committee member questions CM Uddhav Thackeray over students failing to benefit from online classes

OpIndia Staff -
BMC Education Committee member Pratik Karpe has raised multiple issues related to the state of education in Maharashtra.
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Crime

Sayad Ali shot while attempting to flee police custody, 65 year old accused in rape-murder of 9 year old: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Sixty-five year old Sayad Ali, accused in the murder and rape of a nine-year old, was shot in Assam while he attempted to flee from police custody.
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News Reports

Delhi police release ad searching for 10 girls ‘kidnapped’ from DMRC children home in Delhi, DMRC says no girls stay there

OpIndia Staff -
DMRC says there are no girls at its children home run by Salaam Baalak Trust in Delhi, so the allegation of 10 girls going missing is incorrect
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Opinions

‘Freedom of choice’ for Muslims, ‘toxic Brahminism’ for others: The whitewashing of Islamic bigotry and how Hindus can use this argument for self preservation

K Bhattacharjee -
Rahul Gandhi fanboy Saket Gokhale on Wednesday made a rather intriguing comment on 'freedom of choice', Islam and Brahminism.
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News Reports

Punjab goes ‘powerless’ as Congress indulges in power-games: Read details

Jhankar Mohta -
Be it political or electrical, the Punjab's ruling Congress party has been having a tough time handling the 'power crisis' in the state.
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News Reports

‘State in denial, admin lied about no complaints being filed, prima facie evidence of violence’: Everything Calcutta HC said on Bengal post-poll violence

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Calcutta HC sharply criticised the state govt for failing to create an atmosphere where post-poll violence victims can return to their homes
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News Reports

Pakistan: 1000 Schengen visa stickers stolen from the Italian embassy, involvement of human traffickers suspected

OpIndia Staff -
The price of a Schengen visa starts from Rs 2 million and goes up to Rs 4 million in the black market in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Sharad Pawar makes a U-turn over farm laws, says no need to reject them: Details

OpIndia Staff -
In January this year, Sharad Pawar had posted a series of tweets criticising the farm laws and alleging that they would adversely affect the MSP and the country's Mandi system.
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: Abrar Khan, who used to work in Oman, arrested for referring to his village as ‘Mini-Pakistan’ on Facebook

OpIndia Staff -
Madhya Pradesh police have arrested a man from Gurh area of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, for referring to his village as 'mini Pakistan'
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Politics

From hurling a shoe at a minister to making PVC ‘guns’ to attack BJP members: Read about AAP’s Gujarat chief Gopal Italia

Akshita Bhadauria -
Clerk-turned-quota activist-turned politician, Italia was earlier associated with Hardik Patel’s Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS).
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News Reports

Dehradun: FIR filed against Welham school’s Halal meat tender, Bajrang Dal calls it ‘victory of the truth’

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After a tender notice was published in the local classified section where Welham Boys School invited bids for supplying Halal meat an FIR was filed
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News Reports

Killers were paid Rs 45 lakhs to murder businessman Mansukh Hiren, ex-cops Sachin Vaze, Pradeep Sharma involved: NIA

OpIndia Staff -
The National Investigation Agency has submitted in the court that it has in its possession CCTV footage in which Mansukh Hiren was seen with his killers.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Rape victim blackmailed, sexually assaulted for 2 years by same criminals after police ignored 2019 complaint

OpIndia Staff -
Alwar (rural) circle officer Amit Singh has ordered a separate inquiry on the negligence of the police and assured that action will be taken against police personnel if they are found to be guilty.
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News Reports

Calcutta HC asks police to file FIRs based on NHRC interim report in post-poll violence cases, issues contempt of court notice to DCP

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Calcutta HC issued show-cause notice for contempt of court proceedings against South Kolkata DCP for failing to protect NHRC team
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News Reports

Bengaluru sonic boom? HAL refuses to comment on the sound but issues statements over loud sound heard in the city

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Sonic Boom? Residents of Bengaluru city, especially in South Bengaluru, heard a loud explosion-like sound creating a wave of panic
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News Reports

Munawwar Rana’s son had staged a fake attack on himself, UP police give updates as they hunt for him: Read full details

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday (July 2), the police arrested Haleem, Sultan, Shubham and Satyendra for staged attack on Munawwar Rana's son Tabrez
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Politics

Congress’ Nana Patole demands probe alleging irregularities after Uddhav govt granted coal tender to a blacklisted company ‘linked to Nitin Raut’: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Congress' Nana Patole wrote a letter to CM Uddhav Thackeray asking for a probe, stating that the private firm is unfit for the tender.
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