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Actress Sonam Kapoor admits that her father, Anil Kapoor is connected to Dawood Ibrahim through ‘Indian Cricket’: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Sonam Kapoor seems to have admitted that her father, Anil Kapoor, is connected to gangster and terrorist Dawood Ibrahim
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News Reports

TMC goons, including party leader tie woman and thrash her for protesting against forceful takeover of land for road construction in Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
On 2nd of February, a primary school teacher in Bengal was tied with a rope, dragged and beaten up by TMC goons
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News Reports

Jamia Millia Islamia students claim that two unidentified people fired shots near University, FIR filed: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
On 3rd January 2019, two bile bourne assailants allegedly starting shooting outside Jamia, no injured reported
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News Reports

Indian buffalo enters Bangladesh, kills one woman and injures several others near Tripura border

OpIndia Staff -
Indian buffalo entered Bangladesh and went on a rampage, killing one woman and injuring several persons
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News Reports

DMK hires ‘North Indian Brahmin’ Prashant Kishor to prepare for 2021 Assembly Elections in Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff -
After getting fired from JDU, poll srategist Prashant Kishor hired by DMK for 2021 Tamil Nadu election
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News Reports

Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha leader shot dead today was fond of cycling, was associated with the Samajwadi Party

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh President of Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha Ranjeet Bachchan was shot dead in Lucknow by unknown assailants.
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News Reports

Congress Manifesto for Delhi election: CAA to be challenged in SC; NPR, NRC not to be implemented in current form

OpIndia Staff -
Competing with Arvind Kejriwal on freebies, the Congress promises free electricity up to 300 units per month.
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News Reports

Big win for nationalists: In a first, organisers of pride parade disassociate themselves from radical Islamist slogans in rally

OpIndia Staff -
This is the first time that the organizers of a pride parade have disassociated themselves and condemned the problematic slogans that are invariably spotted at such events.
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News Reports

Brexit: UK finally leaves EU, Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses the nation

OpIndia Staff -
Brexit: The UK formally exists European Union, enters transition period that will last till December 31
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News Reports

Coronavirus: India temporarily suspends e-visa facility for Chinese and foreigners residing in China

OpIndia Staff -
According to Embassy of India in China, travel to India on e-visas stands temporarily suspended with immediate effect due to certain current developments.
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News Reports

Delhi: Counter-protests organized at Shaheen Bagh against road blockade by anti-CAA protesters

OpIndia Staff -
Locals organise counter-protest against anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi that is going on for 50 days
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News Reports

Watch: Delhi man says AAP hired him through outsourced manpower company for attending rally but didn’t pay as he was late

OpIndia Staff -
AAP caught hiring people from outsourced manpower companies to attend is rallies for Delhi election
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News Reports

LGBTQ members object to pro-Sharjeel Imam slogans chanted at Mumbai Pride parade

OpIndia Staff -
The event was led by Harish Iyer, who had joined the Congress party during the run-up to the General Elections 2019.
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Variety

Taher ‘mankind angel’ Shah and Tej Pratap Yadav: Both made big promises but neither fulfilled

Nirwa Mehta -
As first month of 2020 came to an end, we must hold these two men accountable for unfulfilled promise.
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News Reports

Panjab University student injured after left-wing goons attack him for a social media post criticising leftist student organisation

OpIndia Staff -
ABVP member Divyansh Sharma of Panjab University attacked by left-wing SFS students
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News Reports

Kapil Gujjar who had fired 3 shots in Shaheen Bagh formally arrested by the Delhi police

OpIndia Staff -
Kapil Gujjar was miffed over long traffic jams caused due to the Anti-CAA protests in Shaheen Bagh, accompanied by road blockades.
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News Reports

Aam Aadmi Party fields highest number of candidates with criminal cases for Delhi polls

OpIndia Staff -
AAP that has given tickets to a whopping 60% candidates with pending criminal cases for the Delhi elections
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News Reports

Second case of Coronavirus infection in India reported from Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
This is the second case of a person being affected by the Coronavirus is being reported from Kerala. The patient had reportedly returned from China on January 24. 
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Social Media

This Twitter user has been ‘correcting’ politically biased cartoons, and is killing it

OpIndia Staff -
Cartoonists also deal with their own biases like journalists, but often are not called out for it. But times are changing.
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Politics

When ‘Goli maaro saalo ko’ by a Muslim mob failed to make news

Editorial Desk -
Six months back, an angry Muslim mob chanted 'goli maaro saalo ko', but the media and politicians conveniently ignored.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Four incidents of stone-pelting on Saraswati Puja procession by Muslim mobs reported

OpIndia Staff -
Four separate incidents of stone-pelting on Saraswati idol immersion procession were reported from Jharkhand.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha chief shot dead in Lucknow, six police teams begin investigation

OpIndia Staff -
Six teams of Uttar Pradesh Police and Crime Branch have initiated investigation.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Pakistan President first cites Prophet justifying not evacuating its citizens from China, then contradicts himself

OpIndia Staff -
After his insensitive tweet, Pakistan President Arif Alvi had to face severe embarrassment for failing to evacuate Pakistani citizens from China and rather to deciding to place his trust on the Prophet. 
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News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak: India airlifts over 300 more citizens from Wuhan, helps evacuate 7 Maldives citizens too

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7 Maldives citizens evacuated from China's Wuhan province by Air India amidst Coronavirus outbreak.
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News Reports

Delhi police calls out Congress worker’s lie that he was granted permission to hold rally chanting ‘desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro saalon ko’

OpIndia Staff -
A media portal, Moneycontrol news fell for the 'activist's' dubious claim and reported that Delhi police has granted Saket Gokhale the permission to carry out the rally
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News Reports

Shaheen Bagh ‘protestors’ urge Delhi citizens to join them in their ‘dharna’ ahead of Delhi elections

OpIndia Staff -
With less than a week to Delhi election, Shaheen Bagh 'protestors' have urged Delhi citizens to join them in their 'dharna'.
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News Reports

Slogans in support of Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam, ‘Azaadi’ and against CAA raised in Queer Mumbai Pride march 2020

OpIndia Staff -
The Mumbai Police had earlier denied permission for Queer Azaadi Mumbai Pride March 2020 citing the rally would be used by anti-CAA elements to express their opposition against the new Citizenship law
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Opinions

Two Income Tax regimes with and without deductions, which one is better for you? A ready reckoner

Ashutosh Muglikar -
A comparative analysis between the new tax regime without exemptions and old income tax regime with exemptions and deductions
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News Reports

Opposition spread rumours that if 370 is scrapped, the country will witness heinous bloodshed, but nothing happened: Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
UP CM Yogi Adityanath lashes out at the opposition for anti-CAA protests, says it is not about the amended law
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News Reports

Hindu Sena to clear the road at Shaheen Bagh blocked by anti-CAA protesters on February 2, announces founder Vishnu Gupta

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu Sena founder Vishnu Gupta will carry out a march along with local residents to clear road at Shaheen Bagh on February 2, 2020
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News Reports

Watch: Pakistani student in Wuhan watches his Indian counterparts being evacuated as their govt ditches them after Coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
In a tragic video uploaded by a Pakistani student, he sees his Indian counterparts being evacuated by Indian embassy as their own country leaves them to fend for themselves in Coronavirus hit China.
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Economy and Finance

Budget 2020: Dual tax regime, a complicated tax structure that may require professional help

Guest Author -
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced a new dual regime of taxation for individuals and HUF (Hindu Undivided Family). This is first time in Income tax where such dual regime would be applicable. 
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Scolded for missing tuition, teenage boys try to enter Pakistan to become terrorists, caught and handed over to families

OpIndia Staff -
The two young boys hailing from south Kashmir village were apprehended in Gantmulla area of Baramulla by a joint team of forces
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Opinions

Shaheen Bagh shooting: The second step in a cold and calculated conspiracy?

K Bhattacharjee -
A second shooting in Delhi in a matter of three days over the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act has been reported, this time from Shaheen Bagh.
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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

OpIndia Staff -
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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