News Reports

News reports about current affairs encompassing various topics, fields, and entities.

News Reports

Supreme Court refuses to entertain a PIL filed by lawyer ML Sharma seeking cancellation of 2019 general elections

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

Manohar Lal Sharma had approached the SC seeking its direction to conduct fresh Lok Sabha polls using ballot papers.

Politics

Kerala government orders judicial probe into the custodial death of financial agent after alleged police torture

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

Rajkumar was a financial agent from Idukki who arrested by the Nedumkandam police for suspected financial fraud on June 12. He was held in custody and allegedly tortured by the police.

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Budget 2019: Central focus of all programmes of the Narendra Modi government is “Gaon, Garib and Kisan”

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

Nirmala Sitharaman added that 1.5 crore rural homes have been completed under PMAY phase I till now and 1.95 crores more houses to be provided to eligible beneficiaries in phase 2 now by 2022.

Economy and Finance

Union Budget 2019: Indian economy will grow to become a $3 trillion dollar economy in the current year itself, says Finance Minister

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

Union Finance Minister added that India is now the sixth largest economy in the world in just five years from being the 11th largest in 2014.

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Budget LIVE Updates: The government aims to bring greater ease of living in the lives of its citizens, says finance minister

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents Modi 2.0's first Union Budget

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Delhi: 6-year-old girl brutally raped in Dwarka, accused Mohammed Nanhe arrested

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

The condition of the baby remains fragile as she has suffered serious injuries.

World Cup 2019

We will try to score 500 runs says Pakistani cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

Pakistan needs to win the match by a minimum of 312 runs to qualify for the semis, whether they score 400 or 500 or 600.

Politics

Gujarat Rajya Sabha bypolls: Congress MLAs return to Gandhinagar from ‘shivir’, voting underway

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

BJP has fielded External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Juglalji Thakor while Congress candidates are Chandrika Chudasma and Gaurav Pandya.

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Union Budget 2019: British legacy of budget briefcase dumped, Nirmala Sitharaman arrives with ‘Bahi khata’

OpIndia Staff - 5 July, 2019

Nirmala Sitharaman surprised all when she appeared without the usual leather briefcase that has become so symbolic with Finance Ministers arriving on Budget days.

World Cup 2019