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News Reports

Vijay Mallya called lobbyist Deepak Talwar’s aide asking her to ‘manage his case in ED’, lawyer of ED tells court

OpIndia Staff -
ED lawyer says that Vijay Mallya is calling lobbyists in India to 'manage his case'.
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News Reports

Six Indians stopped by Chinese authorities from being evacuated amidst Coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
All six had symptoms of above normal or fluctuating temperatures during the screening and were immediately asked to step aside from the immigration line.
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Government and Policy

Corporate tax cuts will improve revenue generation: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

OpIndia Staff -
The provisions in the Union Budget 2020 regarding Corporate Taxes are crucial towards delivering on Narendra Modi's vision of a $5 trillion economy.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Dr Rafiq Zakaria Women’s College in Aurangabad bans mobile phones on campus to ‘improve focus on studies’

OpIndia Staff -
The college said it had taken this action to help students improve their focus on studies
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Pakistan govt leaves over 150 of its citizens stranded in China even as India readies second aircraft for evacuation of Indian citizens

OpIndia Staff -
Over 150 Pakistani citizens who had been stranded inside an airport in Xinjiang have appealed to their government to evacuate them from China.
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News Reports

Second instance of firing in Delhi over anti-CAA protests, this time from Shaheen Bagh, suspect taken into custody

OpIndia Staff -
Days after a shooting in Jamia on anti-CAA protestors, one Delhi resident opens fire at Shaheen Bagh protest site.
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Politics

“Lots of repetition and rambling, Budget speech was very long”: Rahul Gandhi’s ‘constructive’ criticism on Union Budget 2020

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The former Congress President chose to attack the government politically instead of criticising the Modi government on policy issues after presentation of budget.
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Social Media

‘Comedian’ Kunal Kamra threatens to leak phone numbers of Arnab Goswami and ‘BJP leaders’ in public because he is getting calls from unknown numbers

OpIndia Staff -
Kunal Kamra had threatened to out mobile phone numbers of 'BJP leaders' and Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, claiming that since unknown people are calling him to 'debate', the leak will be justified.
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News Reports

Govt clarifies Income Tax for NRIs, says only those NRIs who are not residents of any country will be taxed in India

OpIndia Staff -
If any NRI is not a resident of any country in the world, he'll be deemed to be a resident of India for Income Tax
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Economy and Finance

Budget 2020: Here is the list of exemptions that taxpayers will have to give up in the new optional tax regime

OpIndia Staff -
In the Budget 2020 speech, the FM announced a new optional tax regime for taxpayers of the country.
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News Reports

Meet Shadab Najar: The Jamia student who was injured in the shooting on Thursday during anti-CAA protest march

OpIndia Staff -
Shadab Najar, the Jamia student who was injured in the 30th January shooting. Here is what we know about him.
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News Reports

Controversial doctor Kafeel Khan arrested for his hate speech at AMU sent to Mathura jail

OpIndia Staff -
Kafeel Khan has been remanded to 14 days judicial custody and later transferred to Mathura jail
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News Reports

Fundamental and constitutional rights are for Indian citizens, not OCI cardholders: Govt in Delhi HC

OpIndia Staff -
Thakur, in his petition, had sought the right to seek information under the Right To Information (RTI) Act. He had also sought exemption from seeking permission under FCRA rules for donations to religious bodies.
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News Reports

Budget 2020 fulfils a long-standing demand of startup community, defers tax payment on ESOPs for 5-years

OpIndia Staff -
Finance minister proposes to defer payment of tax on ESOPs by five years in budget 2020
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News Reports

Banned by airlines for heckling Arnab Goswami on board a flight, ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra sues Indigo, demands 25 lakhs

OpIndia Staff -
Kunal Kamra had heckled Republic TV's Arnab Goswami on an Indigo flight. He had also repeated similar behaviour on the return flight.
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Economy and Finance

Budget 2020: Rs. 4,71,378 crores allocated for Defence Expenditure, a marked 9% increase from last year

OpIndia Staff -
Budget 2020: Defence allocations are a prominent feature of every budget.
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News Reports

I provide help to Shaheen Bagh protesters, they keep calling me: Delhi Congress candidate Mukesh Sharma

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Anti-CAA protesters in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh have blocked an important thoroughfare through the city for over a month.
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Economy and Finance

SC, ST and OBC in Budget 2020: Allocation of Rs. 85000 crores for welfare of SCs, OBCs, additional Rs. 53,700 for STs

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SC/ST in Budget 2020: Tribal museum to be set up in Ranchi to educate people about India's tribal history
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Economy and Finance

Union Budget 2020: Finance Minister announces disinvestment of LIC, to be listed on stock exchanges. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
In Budget 2020 speech, FM announced that the govt has proposed to sell a part of its holdings in LIC
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Economy and Finance

Union Budget 2020: Rs 100 lakh crores to be spent on Infrastructure in the next 5 years to spur growth. Read details

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FM Nirmala Sitharaman in her Union Budget 2020 speech announced a host of measures for Infrastructure development
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News Reports

Budget 2020: Here is all you need to know about new optional personal tax regime where the govt foregoes Rs. 40,000 crores in revenue

OpIndia Staff -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has proposed a new income tax regime for the country
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News Reports

A Taxpayer Charter will be enshrined into the laws, harassment of taxpayers will not be tolerated: Finance Minister during budget speech

OpIndia Staff -
Tax harassment can’t be tolerated when we are talking about citizens and wealth creators, FM said
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Economy and Finance

MSME in Budget 2020: Debt Restructuring Window extended by a year, NBFCs to extend invoice financing to MSMEs

OpIndia Staff -
Addressing the concerns of MSME in Budget 2020 was crucial towards reviving the economy amidst a global slowdown
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Opinions

Modi derangement syndrome? Anurag Kashyap fails to spot obvious sarcasm, makes a fool out of himself

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Anurag Kashyap fails to understand satire, rants against an obvious pun shared by OpIndia CEO mocking the 'secular' media.
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Economy and Finance

Health and Education in Union Budget 2020: End of TB by 2025, Jan Aushadi shops across country, NEP among slew of measures

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In the Budget 2020 presented today, FM Nirmala Sitharman announced a Rs 99,300 crore outlay for the education sector
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Economy and Finance

Railway part of Budget 2020: Solar Panels along railway tracks and plan announced for Bengaluru Suburban Rail

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Railway announcement as a part of Budget 2020
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Economy and Finance

Now farmers can earn even from their barren lands: Here is Modi govt’s 16 point action plan for farmers in Budget 2020

OpIndia Staff -
Agriculture is one sector that always occupies a prominent space in Budget 2020. And this year was no different.
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News Reports

Jamia shooter bought country-made gun, 2 bullets for ₹10,000 from local dealer in UP

OpIndia Staff -
Instead of going to school, Gulshan had reportedly boarded a bus to Delhi and then an auto to Jamia Millia Islamia University area.
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Economy and Finance

Aspirations of people, economy and a Kashmiri poem: Here are initial comments made by Nirmala Sitharaman during Budget 2020

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The budget 2020-21 will focus on three themes: Aspirational India, Economic Development For All and A Caring Society
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News Reports

Former AMUSU leader wears Burkha and provokes at Shajmahal anti-CAA protest venue, evades arrest

OpIndia Staff -
Rumours were spread that Sajjad may be arrested by the police. Fearing arrest, Sajjad then went among the women and borrowed a Burkha to cover himself and pass off as a woman protestor.
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News Reports

Budget session: Govt plans to bring 45 bills in 31 sittings, Mineral laws, Insolvency Code, and MTP rights on the table

OpIndia Staff -
The first part will conclude on February 11 and the two houses will commence again on March 2. The recess will be used to examine the demands for grants of various ministries and departments by the respective standing committees.
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Economy and Finance

LIVE Updates on Union Budget 2020-21: 20% tax dropped to 10% for 5 to 7.5 lakhs, for Rs 7.5 to 10 lakhs, tax 15%...

OpIndia Staff -
This Live blog will bring you all the updates from the Union Budget 2020-2021 delivered by the FM
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: 3 terrorists killed and 3 arrested in Nagrota encounter, one among the arrested is the cousin of Pulwama attacker

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CRPF gunned down three suspected Jaish terrorists and arrested three workers in an encounter on Friday in Jammu
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News Reports

Patna: Attack on Saraswati puja idol immersion procession leads to fight between students and locals with bullets, bombs and stones, several injured

OpIndia Staff -
Several persons injured after Saraswati puja idol immersion procession attacked with bullets and bombs in Patna
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News Reports

Maharashtra government to bring reservations for Muslims in the state soon: Congress minister Aslam Sheikh

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra government to soon bring Muslim reservation as it was part of common minimum program of the alliance
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News Reports

Delhi police reveals Sharjeel Imam had prepared anti-CAA, anti-NRC pamphlets with misleading information and distributed in various masjids

OpIndia Staff -
Crime Branch officials said that Sharjeel Imam has revealed that he has admitted of giving the seditious speech
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News Reports

‘They planned to burn all of us alive, used to constantly abuse us’: Family of Dalit man set ablaze by Muslim neighbours in MP

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Family of Dalit man set ablaze by Muslim neighbours in MP say the mob planned to burn the entire family
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News Reports

‘Lawyer of convicts mocked me by saying that hangings will be postponed till eternity’, mother of Nirbhaya after court stays execution of the rapists

OpIndia Staff -
Mother of Nirbhaya breaks down after court stays execution of the rapists yet again, says convits' lawyer mocked her
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News Reports

Coronavirus crisis: Indian Army sets up quarantine facility at Manesar in Haryana for 300 Indians returning from Wuhan

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Students returning from Wuhan will be held in Manesar Quarantine facility for 14 days to monitor for coronavirus symptoms
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News Reports

Sharjeel Imam went to Shaheen Bagh 2 days before and the day the protest started, was instrumental in organising protest

Jhankar Mohta -
Sharjeel Imam, the mastermind of Shaheen Bagh protests wanted the seven north-east states to be separated from India
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News Reports

Delhi Police Crime Branch arrest one Mohammad Illiyas in Jamia riots case during anti-CAA protests

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Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested a person named Mohammad Iliyas for Jamia riots during Anti-CAA protests
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Economy and Finance

Highlights from the Economic Survey 2019-20 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the Budget

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2019-20 in Parliament
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Crime

SIT questions three Jamia students Abdul Bari, Junaid Ashraf and Rahim Yusuf over association with Sharjeel Imam, were seen during riots too

OpIndia Staff -
Police sources said that the three students, Abdul Bari, Junaid Ashraf and Rahim Yusuf were spotted during the riots and at the protest attended by Sharjeel Imam.
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Opinions

It is time the ‘right-wing’ sets its own terms and frustrate ‘liberals’ with strategic silence: Here is the ‘why’ and ‘how’

Abhishek Banerjee -
The right can set its own terms and absolutely refuse to give respect unless the respect is returned in equal measure
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News Reports

Delhi Elections 2020: BJP releases manifesto, pledges 10 lakh jobs in Delhi, clean water, and women empowerment

OpIndia Staff -
BJP has promised in their manifesto that if they are elected to power, every household in Delhi will have a clean water tap supply.
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News Reports

‘Happy that both houses of parliament passed CAA to fulfil the wishes of Gandhiji’: President Kovind addressing joint session of parliament

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President Ram Nath Kovind said that parliament fulfiled wishes of Mahatma Gandhi by enacting CAA
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News Reports

Bihar: Bajrang Dal alleges police apathy in leader’s murder case, calls for protests in Hajipur

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Bajrang Dal today called for a Bandh to protest against police apathy in their leader Kumar Neeraj's gruesome murder case.
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News Reports

After heckling in flight and holding a placard in front of Republic, Kunal Kamra sends creepy text to Arnab Goswami

OpIndia Staff -
Even after being ignored by Arnab Goswami, Kunal Kamra continues to stalk the Republic editor both online and offline
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News Reports

Indonesia’s Sharia police unveils first all-female flogging squad to publicly punish women who violate Islamic law

OpIndia Staff -
Indonesia has 'unveiled' its first female flogging squad to publicly punish women who violate Sharia Law.
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Social Media

Woman accuses Congress leader Sabir Ali of sending her vulgar messages and rape threats

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter user Rupa Murthy has alleged that Sabir Ali, the General Secretary of Patparganj District Congress Committee, had sent her abusive and vulgar messages, including rape threats against her and her mother.
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