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Shaheen Bagh protest site seen empty as AAP all set to return in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
On Tuesday morning, incidentally, when the Delhi Assembly election results were to be announced, the protest site of Shaheen Bagh appeared empty with scarce number of demonstrators at the site.
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Politics

As the Delhi Election results trickle in, here is how the Delhi campaign only resulted in a win for Hindutva

Editorial Desk -
The Delhi Assembly Election results are trickling in and Arvind Kejriwal is all set to retain his position
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Politics

Delhi assembly elections results: Congress leaders call for introspection as the party appears to draw a blank in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Even as Congress stares at successive ducks in Delhi Assembly elections, party leaders openly express their disappointment with the party's lackadaisical electoral strategy
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News Reports

Posters supporting radical Islamist Sharjeel Imam arrested under sedition charges appear at Jamia protest

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire columnist has been in police custody after being arrested by Delhi police from Bihar's Jehanabad.
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Politics

Delhi elections: AAP candidate Abdul Rehman wins Muslim dominated Seelampur seat which saw unprecedented violence during anti-CAA riots

OpIndia Staff -
AAP candidate Abdul Rehman secured his victory from Muslim dominated Seelampur constituency.
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Politics

Delhi Elections 2020: Voters have been voting differently in state and general elections, for quite some time, and in many states

K Bhattacharjee -
If anyone tries to interpret the Delhi results of 2020 as a rejection of BJP's 'divisive politics', then they are making a massive mistake. Quite clearly, the marked difference here is not of ideology but of the nature of elections.
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Politics

Delhi elections live: AAP, BJP leading 10 seats each with less than 3,000 votes margin, AAP’s Manish Sisodia and BJP’s Tajinder Bagga trailing

OpIndia Staff -
If AAP wins Delhi polls 2020 then Arvind Kejriwal would become the chief minister of the national capital for the third term. The majority mark in the 70-member assembly stands at 36.
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Politics

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania to visit India from Feb 24-25

OpIndia Staff -
The White House reiterated that the trip will strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries and highlight the strong bond between the people of India and the States.
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Politics

Delhi Elections: Congress’s Vikaspuri candidate Mukesh Sharma accepts defeat even before early trends trickle in

OpIndia Staff -
Mukesh Sharma's rivals are Mahendra Yadav from the Aam Aadmi Party and Sanjay Singh of the BJP.
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News Reports

Delhi Election Results: Here is all you need to know about 7 important Muslim dominated constituencies

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi election results are finally out today and here is how Muslim constituencies faired
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Politics

Bengal: VHP’s mass wedding ceremonies for poor tribals under attack, Mamata Banerjee terms them ‘conversion attempt’

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee's administration has alleged that RSS's mass marriage drives are 'conversion tactic'. The VHP's mass wedding ceremony for over 100 poor tribals was attacked and vandalised by workers of the JDP on February 2.
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News Reports

Delhi Election Results and the 10 most important constituencies to watch out for: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
As the Delhi election results get declared, these 10 constituencies are extremely important to judge the mood of Delhi
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Politics

Minutes before counting of votes, Congress veteran leader Digvijaya Singh raises the ‘EVMs are hacked’ bogey. Here is how he’s wrong

OpIndia Staff -
Like clockwork, the 'EVMs are tampered' bogey has been raised by sore losers as Congress stares at an imminent defeat in recently concluded Delhi Assembly elections.
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Politics

[Live] Delhi Assembly elections: AAP leads in 58 out of 70 seats, BJP in 12. Congress stuck at zero

OpIndia Staff -
Early trends show AAP forming a majority government in Delhi again.
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Fact-Check

No, ASI is not replacing centuries-old murals at Konark temple with plain stones. Here’s the truth

OpIndia Staff -
The UNESCO guidelines on the restoration of World Heritage Sites mandate that when an original stone carving is lost, it cannot be replicated
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News Reports

Coronavirus effect: As China market struggles amidst the outbreak, global buyers find an alternative in India

OpIndia Staff -
As per the report, there has been an increase in inquiry from the buyers from the US and European countries because of the coronavirus outbreak in China.
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News Reports

First Indian coronavirus patient recovering and stable, tests show negative results

OpIndia Staff -
First Indian to test positive for coronavirus shows recovery, may soon be discharged from hospital to go home.
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News Reports

Glad that India was partitioned. Muslim league would not have allowed Congress government function: Congress leader Natwar Singh

OpIndia Staff -
The former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh said that according to him Gandhiji cosseted Jinnah on the persuasion of India's last Governor-General C Rajagopalachari
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News Reports

Amidst Coronavirus outbreak, India revokes export ban to China and sends 2 large medical consignments

OpIndia Staff -
The Government had earlier banned the export of protective clothing to keep supplies intact in case the disease spread to India.
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News Reports

Fake currency worth 24 lacs of Pakistan origin caught at Mumbai airport, Crime Branch probing terror funding links

OpIndia Staff -
Thane resident Javed Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, who flew in to Mumbai from Dubai on Sunday was caught with very high quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth Rs 23.86 lacs.
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Politics

Bengal: Woman accuses TMC politician Shahadat Hossain of abuse, threats of kidnapping and uploading obscene videos

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, Hossain allegedly claimed to be a close associate of the Rajya Sabha MP Shantanu Senu.
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News Reports

Delhi elections: Amid tight security EVMs moved to 21 counting centres ahead of results

OpIndia Staff -
Day before the counting to the high octane Delhi assembly elections results are declared, the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were escorted to 21 designated centres amidst high security.
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News Reports

Bihar: After shoes in Katihar, Kanhaiya Kumar’s convoy attacked with eggs and engine oil in Jamui

OpIndia Staff -
Kanhaiya is on his 'Jan-Gan-Man Yatra' against NRC and CAA. During this one-month-long journey, Kanhaiya is scheduled to travel to almost every major city in Bihar and address over 50 meetings.
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News Reports

Global terror organisations could use vehicle-borne IEDs to attack RSS leaders, offices: Intel inputs

OpIndia Staff -
Intelligence inputs warns for attacks on RSS offices and leaders.
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Crime

Kolkata: Female passenger alleges verbal abuse, deliberate delay and threatening calls by Ola driver

OpIndia Staff -
Recounting the horror, the woman alleged that the man began driving slowly in a completely different direction from her destination.
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Politics

NOT SATIRE: Congress to launch nationwide protests against BJP because SC upheld 2012 decision by Congress-led Uttarakhand govt

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party blames the BJP for the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the decision taken by its own government in Uttarakhand.
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News Reports

Gargi College harassment case: Delhi Police files FIR, initiates probe, college admits lax administration

OpIndia Staff -
Day after mass-molestation and sexual harassment was reported at Delhi University's Gargi College, the college principal has reportedly accepted laxity in administration and apologised to students.
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Crime

Wayanad, Kerala: Major sex racket busted, scores of men suspected of sexually abusing and raping teen girl

OpIndia Staff -
The Kerala Police has stumbled upon a major sex racket while investigating the rape case of a teen girl from Chikmagalur in Karnataka.
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News Reports

Son locks up father for being BJP supporter to prevent him from casting vote in Delhi elections: Report

OpIndia Staff -
As per an Indian Express report, a son locked up his father inside the house for being a BJP supporter to prevent him from casting his vote in the recently concluded Delhi assembly elections.
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News Reports

Can a 4-month old go to protests: SC fumes over infant’s death in Shaheen Bagh protests, issues notice to centre and Delhi govt

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court took a suo moto cognisance to stop the involvement of children and infants in demonstrations after National Bravery Award winner Zen Gunratan Sadavarte had written to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) seeking directives for stopping children from being used in protests.
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News Reports

4 AMU students to lose Rs 1 lakh each in surety bonds due to involvement in anti-CAA violence: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The surety bonds were signed by the students assuring peace on the campus prior to 15 December's violence.
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Opinions

‘The Indians have f**ked Kashmir. They have been f**king Kashmir for fifty years,’ said Vidhu Vinod Chopra as per award winning book

K Bhattacharjee -
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's ideological inclinations become even clearer when one reads what Suketu Mehta, the screenplay writer of Mission Kashmir, in his book 'Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found'.
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Politics

Himachal Pradesh: The progress story of a beautiful hill state under dynamic vision of BJP’s leadership

Guest Author -
With gradual, and regular milestones being achieved, Himachal Pradesh would be at the pinnacle of excellence of in long run
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Law

Protests cannot continue indefinitely on public road: Supreme Court issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt on Shaheen Bagh

OpIndia Staff -
The top court of the country observed that there cannot be indefinite protests in common area inconveniencing people eternally
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Law

Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of SC/ST Amendment Act, nullifies its previous order

OpIndia Staff -
The apex court also observed that the directions issued by the 2018 Division Bench were not within the parameters of Article 142 of the Indian constitution.
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Crime

1993 Mumbai blast accused Munaf Moosa arrested by Gujarat ATS, was living in Nairobi with a Pakistan passport

OpIndia Staff -
Moosa was reportedly living in Nairobi under an alias Mohammad Anwar Hajri with a Pakistani passport.
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News Reports

‘We are Muslims first, then anything else, do not lose your identity to become secular’: Poet Munawwar Rana’s daughter Sumaiya Rana at AMU

OpIndia Staff -
While addressing an anti-CAA rally in Aligarh Muslim University, poet Munawwar Rana's daughter, Sumaiya Rana urged the protestors to not give up on their Muslim identity.
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News Reports

Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid seen cheering, encouraging as a baby is made to shout Azadi slogans

OpIndia Staff -
Khurshid beamed with pride as the child raised slogans of "Tum Goli Maaro! Azadi" and "Hum Chheen ke lenge Azadi".
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Crime

Set on fire by stalker last week, 25-year-old woman succumbs to injuries in Nagpur

OpIndia Staff -
According to the police, the bike-borne Vicky Nagrale threw petrol on the victim and set her on fire while she was going to her college last week.
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News Reports

‘Jo Modi-Shah ke khilaf awaaz uthayega woh mard-e-mujahid kehlayega’: Asaduddin Owaisi likens anti-CAA protests to jihad

OpIndia Staff -
Likening protests against Citizenship Amendment Act to 'jihad', AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that those who raise their voice against PM Modi and HM Amit Shah are real 'mard-e-mujahid'.
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Media

Aaj Tak and Lallantop glorify Sikh man ‘who sold his house for funding Shaheen Bagh langar’. Here is what they don’t tell you

OpIndia Staff -
Aaj Tak and Lallantop, both, conveniently forget to mention that Bindra is an office bearer of Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM).
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News Reports

Police stop VHP from distributing Hanuman Chalisa at Kolkata Book Fair and close the stall while allowing Quran and Bible distribution

OpIndia Staff -
Police close stall of Viswa Hindu Parishad at Kolkata Book Fair for distributing Hanuman Chalisa
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News Reports

Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhry starts celebrating the defeat of “extremist regime” after exit polls predict AAP winning Delhi elections

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhry rejoices at the Delhi exit poll results which projected AAP victory
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News Reports

Warkari Sect declares Sharad Pawar as anti-Hindu, urges its community members to refrain from inviting him, Pawar hits back

OpIndia Staff -
Warkari Sect urges its community to refrain from inviting Sharad Pawar for lectures and inaugurations
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News Reports

Congress MP KTS Tulsi exposes secret AAP-Congress alliance for Delhi polls, says Congress made a sacrifice to prevent BJP win

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MP KTS Tulsi says that there was an informal understanding between AAP-Congress to prevent splitting up of votes
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News Reports

Pakistani clerics demand death for minor Hindu girl for renouncing Islam after she was abducted, forcibly converted and married to Muslim man

OpIndia Staff -
After minor Hindu girl retracts her statement of wilfully converting to Islam, Pakistani clerics demand death penalty for her
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Opinions

Places of Worship Act- A hurdle in reclaiming ancient Hindu heritage destroyed by Muslim invaders

Shriya Gune -
The Places of Worship Act deserves to be struck down and declared ultra vires the constitution
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Entertainment

It shows no ‘Azadi slogans’ and Shikara proves that the Hindu community has not got Azadi from the traitors within

Guest Author -
Movie Shikara is another stab in the hearts of Kashmiri Hindus who after 30 years in exile are still anticipating for justice.
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News Reports

Official Twitter account of LensKart turns troll, posts tweet against NRC

OpIndia Staff -
LensKart posts anti-NRC comment on Twitter in response to a tweet by a user, gets slammed by netizens
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News Reports

Delhi Elections: Congress concedes defeat? Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says if Kejriwal wins it will be due to focus on development

OpIndia Staff -
"If Kejriwal wins, then it will be a victory of the developmental agendas": Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
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