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Pavan Varma can quit and join the party he likes: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar warns JDU leader for questioning his alliance with BJP

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Nitish Kumar slams JD(U) leader Pavan Varma for public letter opposing CAA, says he can quit the party
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News Reports

Watch: DU student breaks into tears as she is heckled, shouted down by leftist goons during a talk on Kashmiri Pandit exodus

OpIndia Staff -
A DU student, Deepika Sharma, was heckled by leftist goons as she tried to speak up Kashmiri Pandit exodus on the 30th anniversary.
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News Reports

India reiterates Kashmir is a bilateral issue, to ignore Trump’s comment to Imran Khan

OpIndia Staff -
US President Trump has on several occasions stated that he is willing to mediate between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. India has maintained its stand that any talks with Pakistan will only be bilateral.
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News Reports

“China has been a great friend”: Pak PM Imran Khan on his silence over plight of Uyghur Muslims in China

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Imran Khan, who cannot stop engaging in delirious rhetoric against India regarding Kashmir, has refused to condemn China’s actions against Uyghurs.
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News Reports

Aurangabad: Travel agent alleges former cricketer and Congress leader Azharuddin cheated him of Rs 21 lakhs

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Several tickers were booked by Avikkal for himself and Azharuddin between November 9 and November 12, 2019, to travel to and from various international destinations such as Dubai, Paris, Turin, Amsterdam, Munich, Copenhagen, Manchester, Zagreb, on top airlines.
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News Reports

Whenever they speak, they spew venom and false narratives of monumental proportions: India takes on Pakistan at UNGA

OpIndia Staff -
At the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), India took on Pakistan said that a the not-so-friendly neighbour takes to hate speech so naturally the way fish takes to water.
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News Reports

Western Australian Aboriginal community wants Christian missionaries banned from their area: Here is why

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Equal Opportunity Commissioner of WA John Byrne said the Christian groups most likely cannot complain if they were to be banished by the Aboriginal community. Byrne said the elders would succeed as the ground of religious conviction does not apply to places.
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News Reports

Bengaluru: Congress MLA NA Haris and five others injured in a low-intensity blast in the city

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A low-intensity bomb was allegedly hurled at three-time Congress MLA NA Haris on Wednesday late evening in Shanthinagar, Bengaluru injuring six people.
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Entertainment

Watch: Kangana Ranaut’s befitting reply to Indira Jaising’s ‘forgiveness’ advice to Nirbhaya’s mother

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Kangana Ranaut stated that women like Indira Jaisng are the ones who give birth to these monsters who later commit such heinous crimes. 
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: No, man suspected of putting bomb at Mangaluru Airport, Aditya Rao, is not RSS worker

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After Mangaluru Airport bomb case accused Aditya Rao surrendered before police, rumours were floated on social media that he is an RSS worker.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Mob sets woman’s house on fire over rumours that she was collecting NRC data

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Bengal woman's house was set on fire over rumours that she was collecting data for NRC.
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News Reports

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray meets 2011 Azad Maidan riot perpetrators Raza Academy and other Muslim organisation leaders over CAA and NRC

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Raza Academy and other Muslim organisation leaders urged Uddhav Thackeray to pass a resolution against CAA
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News Reports

‘Shame that men sleeping in the house under blanket and sending women and children to sit on roads’: Yogi Adityanath slams anti-CAA protests

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Yogi Adityanath slams anti-CAA protesters for using their women and children to join the dharnas
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News Reports

Donald Trump labels climate alarmists like Greta Thunberg as ‘perennial prophets of doom’, says would have loved to meet her

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump said we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse, referring to climate alarmists
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News Reports

Acid attack victim’s lawyer files contempt petition against Chhapaak makers for failing to give her due credit despite court order

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Lawyer Aparna Bhat who fought for acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal files contempt petition against Chhapaak makers
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News Reports

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren assures strict action against culprits behind Chaibasa murders, orders SIT probe

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7 persons kidnapped and murdered in Jharkhand in the Pathalgadi dispute, CM promises strict action
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Culture and History

The Imperial Cholas, Part II: Uniting South India under a highly organized and efficient monarchic form of governance

Monidipa Bose Dey -
Rural governance under the Cholas followed a complex and well-organised system comprising of numerous officials and committees,
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Entertainment

Watch: Anupam Kher gives a befitting reply to a troll, who unfortunately was Naseeruddin Shah

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Anupam Kher shuts down actor-turned-troll Naseeruddin Shah with his video message on Twitter
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News Reports

Interpol issues Blue Corner Notice against absconding rape accused Swami Nithyananda on Gujarat police request

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Interpol has issued a Blue Corner Notice seeking information about controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda
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Politics

“I would like to ask the Prime Minister of India, what has your father built?”: AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi’s controversial remark

OpIndia Staff -
Akbaruddin Owaisi said that those who want to check documents, they should first see these monuments such as Char Minar, Jama Masjid, and Lal Qila which were built by Muslims
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News Reports

Mumbai police denies permission to people to gather in support of Yogesh Soman, Mumbai University professor who was sent on compulsory leave for criticising...

Shriya Gune -
Mumbai Police did not give permission to let people gather to voice their support to Prof Yogesh Sonam, who was sent on compulsory leave for criticising Rahul Gandhi
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Politics

“Chalo Ayodhya”: Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut tweets as Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray completes 100 days in power, invites Rahul Gandhi

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Motormouth Sanjay Raut said that Uddhav Thackeray will seek the blessings of Shri Rama upon the completion of 100 days in power.
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News Reports

JNU RTI reply said no server room at main gate so no damage there, media spreads fake news claiming server room was not damaged

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Media spreads fake news claiming JNU servers were not damaged by misquoting an RTI reply
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Crime

Congress leader and Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s friend Navjot Singh Sidhu to be star campaigner against AAP’s Kejriwal

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Sidhu has been maintaining a low profile since he quit the Punjab cabinet in July last year over differences with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
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Entertainment

Dear Richa Chadha, women are not rehabs for angry, entitled men

Editorial Desk -
Bollywood entertainer Richa Chadha today took to Twitter to dish out cure for misogyny.
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News Reports

Inspired by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, man names his son ‘Congress’

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan Congress worker Vinod Jain wants his son ‘Congress’ to play active role in the Congress party in future
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News Reports

Davos 2020: No mention of Kashmir in US readout of Trump-Imran Khan meeting

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has been trying desperately to bring international intervention in its attempts to hold talks with India on Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

Fugitive Businessman Nirav Modi’s luxury assets and paintings to be auctioned by ED through Mumbai-based auction house

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Nirav Modi's luxury assets to be auctioned by ED through Mumbai-based auction house Saffronart
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News Reports

From Gaganyan simulation with ‘Vyommitra’, the half humanoid, to Chandrayan 3: ISRO gives a glimpse of future ventures

OpIndia Staff -
ISRO gears up for Gaganyaan, Chandrayaan 3 in the year 2020.
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News Reports

Pakistan struggles with food crisis as wheat flour, sugar prices shoot up

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has decided to import 300,000 tonnes of wheat to ease pressure on supplies
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Entertainment

Almost two weeks after Tanhaji’s release, the ‘secular’ alliance govt in Maharashtra finally declares it tax-free

OpIndia Staff -
Tanhaji continues to register a stellar performance at the Box Office and is expected to enter the Rs. 200 crore club in its third week.
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Crime

Assam: Hekimuddin Sheikh poisons two minor daughters, kills one, because he had ‘too many girls’

OpIndia Staff -
Hekimuddin Sheikh mixed pesticide with iron supplement syrup and fed it to his daughters. The youngest was declared brought dead at the hospital, the 5-year-old is critical.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Hindu gods and goddesses’ idols desecrated in East Godavari district

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Some unknown miscreants desecrated many Hindu god and goddess idols and flex banners in Pithapuram city in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of Tuesday.
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Politics

Aam Aadmi Party triggers the most juvenile election campaign ahead of Delhi elections: Here is how AAP manages to descend to newer levels of...

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AAP has been sharing cringe-worthy spoofs and memes as a part of its social media campaign ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections
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Law

SC refuses to stay implementation of CAA, directs all High Courts not to hear any CAA related petition

OpIndia Staff -
CJI Bobde has directed all High Courts to not proceed with hearing any petition filed against or in favour of the CAA.
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News Reports

Brazil President Jair Messias Bolsonaro to attend Republic Day parade as chief guest, multiple deals and MoUs to be signed

OpIndia Staff -
Brazil president will be the chief guest at Republic day on his fist Indian visit after coming to power in January last year
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News Reports

Manipur: Assam Rifles denies IPS officer’s molestation charge against its jawan, says she brought suspicious items from Myanmar and tried to bypass scanning lane

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Assam Rifles denies woman IPS officer's molestation charge against its Jawan, says she entered Myanmar illegally and bought suspicious goods
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News Reports

Kerala: Nearly 5 lakh children miss polio vaccination, Muslim-majority Malappuram sees only 54% vaccination

OpIndia Staff -
Malappuram, Kerala district with 70% Muslim population, sees the most number of children missing the mass polio vaccination drive.
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News Reports

Mangaluru Airport bomb case: Suspect Aditya Rao confesses planting bomb after he was denied security guard job at airport

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Aditya Rao, who is accused of planting a bomb in Mangaluru International Airport on Monday, surrendered before Bengaluru police in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Politics

The furore over CAA and NPR: A timeline of Congress’ contradictory stance

Dibakar Dutta -
Despite hard-hitting facts, the Congress party and its leaders did not back down from rumour-mongering and casting aspersions on CAA, NRC, and NPR.
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News Reports

Talk on JNU, Kashmir if you’re keen on joining politics: Scam accused Congress MP Karti Chidambaram advices Rajinikanth

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Taking to Twitter, Karti questioned Rajinikanth whether Periyar is the most relevant topic to discuss for the legendary actor.
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Entertainment

If there was no ‘Bharat’ then what was Mahabharat? Kangana smashes Saif Ali Khan’s ‘no concept of India’ argument

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"If there was no concept of Bharat, then what was Mahabharat then? The epic saga of the great battle that was written thousands of years back", asked Kangana.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Goddess Kali idol broken in Siliguri as thieves try to break into the temple for the 8th time

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As per the information, when devotees reached the temple in the morning to offer their prayers on Tuesday, they found the idol of Goddess Kali broken and lying on the ground.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: No loudspeakers for azaan, Allahabad High Court junks plea against no loudspeaker order at 2 mosques

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The Allahabad High Court on January 9 declined to quash an administrative order issued by Jaunpur district administration which refused permission to two mosques to use loudspeakers for azaan.
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Politics

Ashwini Bhide, MMRCL MD who stood her ground on Aarey car shed project against Aaditya Thackeray transferred by Maha govt

OpIndia Staff -
Ashwini Bhide had firmly dissipated misinformation and fake news regarding environmental concerns related to the Aarey Metro car shed project. Her stand had angered Sena prince Aaditya Thackeray.
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News Reports

Meerut: 55-year-old Farooq arrested after he sets house of a woman on fire after she ignored his advances, injures 6

OpIndia Staff -
The incident took place at wee hours on 14th January, 2019 when the woman was sleeping with her children in the house. All six have survived while one child is still critical.
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Social Media

The Toothbrush Saga: Award winning journalist calls the police on an employee for a toothbrush, social media organizes a ‘spitefunding’ in support of the...

OpIndia Staff -
It all began when David Leavitt, 'Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist', decided to call the Police on an employee of a store on the 18th of January because she refused to sell an electric toothbrush for a cent.
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Politics

Delhi elections: Disgruntled AAP’s sitting MLA from Delhi Cantt quits party, to be fielded from same constituency by NCP

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Prior to this, two of its MLAs quit the party after they were denied ticket for the 8 February Delhi Assembly election
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Unable to cope wife’s popularity over social media, man strangulates her and then smashes her face with stone

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Envious of his wife's popularity on social media, Ahmed had started suspecting his wife of infidelity and the two began fighting over it.
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News Reports

Watch: Kamal Nath’s minister forcibly gets farmer leader removed for ‘speaking loudly’

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Madhya Pradesh Kisan congress general secretary manhandled at collectorate.
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