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Prime Minister Narendra Modi allocates portfolios to newly inducted ministers, reshuffles some existing ministries: Details

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi announces the reallocation of portfolios to ministers after the expansion of the union ministry
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News Reports

Dilip Kumar: From Censor Board under PM Nehru blocking the release of ‘Ganga Jamuna’ to him campaigning for Congress leaders

OpIndia Staff -
Despite being a great actor, dirctor and writer, Dilip Kumar had to face several hurdles in his creative pursuit under the Nehru government.
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News Reports

Cabinet Reshuffle: The new ministers of the Narendra Modi government take oath of office and secrecy at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

OpIndia Staff -
A total of 43 leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are taking oath as Ministers in the Narendra Modi government
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News Reports

NCP leader Eknath Khadse’s son-in-law Girish Chaudhary arrested by ED in Bhosari land scam

OpIndia Staff -
After being questioned by ED for 13, Eknath Khadse’s son-in-law Girish Chaudhary was arrested by the agency in a land scam
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Crime

Gurdaspur police reject ‘blasphemy’ angle in Army man lynching case in a Gurudwara in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
Gurdaspur police said there was no 'blasphemy' angle in Army personnel lynching case.
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News Reports

Cabinet Reshuffle: 12 ministers resign from the union ministry ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of swearing-in ceremony of new ministers, several ministers resign from Modi government as part of cabinet reshuffle
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Dalit man beaten to death by Sagar Qureshi, Imran and others in Jhalawar, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
All the accused in the case are history-sheeters and the process is on to book them under relevant sections of IPC for murder after Valmiki’s death.
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News Reports

Economic recovery in sight as India’s electricity demand records a new high, crosses 200 GW on Wednesday

OpIndia Staff -
Power and New Renewable Energy Minister Raj Kumar Singh said that India’s electricity demand recorded a new high of over 200 gigawatts
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Government and Policy

Team Modi: Here is the list of 43 leaders who would take an oath today in the new cabinet

OpIndia Staff -
The oath ceremony for the newly inducted ministers will take place at 6 PM at Rashtrapati Bhavan
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News Reports

AYUSH Ministry rubbishes study that linked Ayurvedic herb Giloy to liver damage, says patients may have consumed a different herb

OpIndia Staff -
The AYUSH Ministry pointed out that the authors of the study did not identify the herb species correctly through standard guidelines.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Muslim organisations want special law to punish ‘insults’ against Muhammad, even when 295(a) was brought for the same reason

OpIndia Staff -
VBA and Muslims bodies want strict blasphemy law in India to punish those who 'insult' Prophet Muhammad, though the existing section 295(a) was introduced for the very same reason.
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News Reports

FIR filed against AAP Gujarat head Gopal Italia for hurting religious sentiments of Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
From impersonating a cop to threaten a minister, hurling a shoe at a minister to making PVC bombs for allegedly attacking the BJP, Gopal Italia has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.
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News Reports

‘Hope and trust God will allow Ratha Yatra next year’: Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Odisha govt’s decision

OpIndia Staff -
Hearing a batch of petitioners seeking the Supreme Court's intervention in the Odisha government's order, the apex court said it would not interfere with Odisha government order limiting this year's Rath Yatra to the Puri Jagannath Temple only.
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News Reports

Eight illegal Bangladeshi immigrants with fake Indian IDs caught in Andhra, claim they crossed Indo-Bangla border through drainage pipes

OpIndia Staff -
Arrested Illegal Bangladeshi immigrants claims they crossed border through drainage pipes, police probing the existence of such passages
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Social Media

French court orders Twitter to provide details of its effort to tackle hate speech, asks on what basis they employ content moderators

OpIndia Staff -
French court orders Twitter to provide access to all of its details on its efforts to tackle racism, sexism and other forms of hate speech
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Crime

Tamil Nadu police arrests Bishop Heber College Professor Paul Chandramohan for sexually harassing female students. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The Trichy police arrested the controversial Tamil Professor from Bishop Heber College after several women had accused Paul Chadramohan of sexually assaulting them in the past.
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News Reports

VHP submits memorandum to Bihar Governor voicing concern over growing attacks on Hindus, especially Mahadalits by Jihadi elements in state

OpIndia Staff -
VHP has asked the Bihar governor to intervene in the attacks on Hindis and Dalits and order immediate action against the Islamist perpetrators
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Politics

Cabinet Expansion: PM Modi sends list of new ministers to President, oath taking to be held at 6 PM

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sarbananda Sonowal, Narayan Rane, Anupriya Patel, Ajay Bhat, Meenakshi Lekhi, Anurag Thakur, Bhupendra Yadav, Shobha Karandlaje are amongst the names speculated to be inducted.
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News Reports

‘Parambir Singh trapped me in false case of suicide abetment’: Serving police officer accuses ex-chief of Mumbai police of corruption

OpIndia Staff -
"Everytime a controversial suicide case comes to the fore- be it of Sushant Singh Rajput, Mansukh Hiren or this constable, one can find Singh involved", Nipunge said to Republic TV.
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News Reports

Third judge recuses himself hearing petition related to TMC leaders, Justice Kausik Chanda to not hear Mamata Banerjee’s election petition for Nandigram

OpIndia Staff -
He is the third judge hailing from West Bengal to recuse himself from cases involving the TMC. Earlier Supreme Court judges Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Indira Banerjee had recused themselves.
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News Reports

Is China using the US exit from Afghanistan to expand its Belt and Road Initiative?

Dibakar Dutta -
According to the Daily Beast, the Communist regime in China is planning to build a motorway connecting Kabul and Peshawar.
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World

China’s WeChat deletes LGBT+ and other groups at most major universities overnight

OpIndia Staff -
Homosexuality is legal in China but was classified as a mental disorder until 2001. However, same sex marriage is not recognised.
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Crime

Sensational murder of ex-Union Minister PR Kumaramangalam’s wife Kitty shocks Delhi, one arrested

OpIndia Staff -
At around 9 PM on Tuesday, when Kitty Kumaramangalam was alone at her home with her house help, a washerman who worked at her residence stormed into the house with two others with an intent of robbery, police said.
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News Reports

Stan Swamy was arrested under due process of law, passed away due to medical complications: MEA releases statement on media queries

Anurag -
On July 6, the Ministry of External Affairs issued an official statement regarding the death of Bhima Koregaon violence accused Stan Swamy.
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Crime

Cow thief Ahamuddin travelled across India to steal cows and sell them to slaughterhouses. Details

OpIndia Staff -
Cow thief Ahamuddin would stay in South India for a few months to steal cows and sell them off to slaughterhouses before going back to his native place in Haryana
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News Reports

Punjab: Army sepoys Harpreet Singh and Gurbhej Singh arrested for spying, selling strategic documents to Pakistan’s ISI

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab police busted the espionage network with the arrest of two Army personnel — Sepoy Harpreet Singh and Sepoy Gurbhej Singh.
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Opinions

No, the death of Stan Swamy is not “judicial murder”. Here is the truth

Abhishek Banerjee -
Multiple media reports and so-called activists have claimed that terror accused Stan Swamy's death at hospital due to medical complications is 'judicial murder'. Here is a lowdown of the facts
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News Reports

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar passes away at 98

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammed Yusuf Khan aka Dilip Kumar passed away at 98 at Hinduja Hospital due to age related health issues.
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World

Twitter temporarily restricts account of New Zealand professor for mocking China’s CCP centenary celebrations

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter arbitrarily restricted the professor's account without bothering to explain as to what prompted them to do so
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World

Satire turns into reality as US Army leaves Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield in the dead of night without informing Afghan troops

OpIndia Staff -
The US Army left the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan in the dead of night, quietly, without informing the new commander of the base.
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World

Bit by bit, Pakistan readies itself to gift its disputed land to China, while Sindh seeks liberation: Read details

Akshita Bhadauria -
A protest by the Sindh Action Committee against real estate mafia lasted for nearly half an hour, as Pak army conducts land grab.
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Law

Supreme Court curtailing the inherent powers of the High Courts: Neither legal, nor justified

B.V. Acharya -
B.V. Acharya, senior advocate and former Advocate General, Karnataka, argues why the Supreme Court should not restrict High Courts.
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News Reports

Bengal: Mamata Banerjee announces ‘Khela Hobe Diwas’, to celebrate slogan that unleashed bloodbath against political rivals

OpIndia Staff -
'Khela Hobe' became a war cry for Trinamool Congress goons to loot, maim, slaughter, and rape the rival BJP workers.
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Politics

SP workers threaten and abuse UP Minister Upendra Tiwari’s family, 90-yr-old mother, sister, wife, and daughters also targeted

OpIndia Staff -
SP workers raised obscene slogans against BJP state minister Upendra Tiwari in Ballia, Police arrested five.
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Crime

Andhra Pradesh: 46-year-old pastor arrested for sexual assault on a 10-year-old, had tried to bribe the child to keep quiet

OpIndia Staff -
The pastor allegedly assaulted the minor girl on June 22. When the 10-year-old victim’s mother got to know of the incident, she filed a police complaint in the Sarpavaram police station.
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News Reports

Dextrodiwas: PM Modi wishes his fan on her birthday, makes her day

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter user @dextrocardiac1 while interacting with her friends on Twitter expressed her desire to receive birthday wishes from Prime Minister Modi.
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News Reports

Maharashtra government tables farm bills seeking suggestions from public regarding amendments, were facing pressure to oppose it

OpIndia Staff -
Raju Shetti, founder of the Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana and activist Medha Patkar had reportedly met Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and demanded that the MVA government should pass a resolution against the three farm laws to express solidarity with the agitating farmers.
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News Reports

Farmer protestors cause loss of ₹2000 crores to toll plazas: Reports

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The Punjab and Haryana governments have so far not intervened, fearing a law and order crisis by frenzied farmer protestors.
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Entertainment

Indian Army firing range named after Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, people express disappointment

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Army has named one of its firing ranges in Kashmir after Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, sparking criticism on social media.
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News Reports

Germany: Shouting Allahu Akbar, Afghan refugee kills Azerbaijan refugee in knife attack, injures another person

OpIndia Staff -
The motive behind the crime couldn't be ascertained but witnesses heard the accused shout 'Allahu Akbar' before attacking the victims.
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Cricket

Harsha Bhogle branded ‘Sanghi’ for calling SARS-COV-2 the ‘Chinese virus’, commentator defends himself: Here’s what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Harsha Bhogle earned brickbats on social media after he called SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, the 'Chinese Coronavirus'.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Fearing encounter, five dreaded criminals booked under Gangster Act surrender before police in Shamli district

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh govt's 'operation clean' to control crime and criminals in the state has resulted in a remarkable fall in incidents of crime.
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News Reports

Delhi: 4 Afghan nationals arrested for running heroin manufacturing unit at Sainik Farms

OpIndia Staff -
During the raid at Delhi's Sainik Farms, Punjab police recovered 17 kg of heroin, and other assorted chemicals used in the making process from the possession of the 4 Afghan nationals.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Mob attack police station, set vehicles on fire alleging ‘custody death’ of one Arman Ansari, policemen suspended

OpIndia Staff -
A mob in West Bengal’s Asansol turned violent after a young man named Arman Ansari reportedly died in police custody.
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Entertainment

Actor Snehal Dabi says filmmaker Firoz Nadiadwala did not pay him money for acting in Welcome even after 14 years

OpIndia Staff -
In Welcome, Snehal Dabi played role of Kakhil, one of the goons of Majnu, Anil Kapoor.
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Opinions

Want to celebrate someone’s death? Here is a toolkit and handbook from liberal library

K Bhattacharjee -
Stan Swamy was an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case and had multiple serious allegations against him.
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News Reports

UK-based Pakistani commentator Faran Jeffery alias Natsecjeff abducted from his Karachi home: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Social media has been abuzz with reports of UK-based Pakistani commentator and security analysit Faran Jeffery was abducted from his Karachi home on Sunday.
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Law

Twitter lies about appointment of Grievance Officer: What Delhi Court said while taking Twitter to task as they asked for ‘more time’

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi HC is hearing a plea seeking directions to Twitter to appoint a Grievance Officer as mandated under IT Rules 2021
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News Reports

Kerala: CPM youth wing member arrested for rape and murder of 6-year-old girl, had been sexually abusing the child for 3 years

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, Arjun panicked after the incident and spread the rumor of the minor's accidental death. However, the autopsy report revealed sexual assault and a detailed investigation led to his arrest.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Project worth Rs 3,475 crores approved to provide additional Narmada water to Kutch

OpIndia Staff -
As water conservation measures start to show results, Kutch to get additional one million acre-feet of water
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