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CAB necessary because Congress divided country on basis of religion, does not violate Constitution: Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was tabled in the parliament by Amit Shah that led to a massive debate and uproar.
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News Reports

Watch: The man who was threatened by Karti Chidambaram for asking a question on INX media scam speaks up

OpIndia Staff -
Prakash Belwade-Patil says Chidambaram father-son duo keep threatening others and they should be sent back to Tihar jail
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News Reports

Massive jolt to Congress after BJP sweeps Karnataka by polls: Siddaramaiah resigns as Legislative Party leader and Leader of Opposition

OpIndia Staff -
Following Karnataka bypoll results, Congress suffers as Siddaramaiah resigns as Legislative Party Leader and Leader of Opposition
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Politics

BJP wins Karnataka by-polls: Rajdeep Sardesai blames voters, says ‘voters rewarded defectors’

OpIndia Staff -
Rajdeep Sardesai insinuated that the by-polls result in Karnataka reflected' money and state power' wielded by the BJP government.
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Media

Peak NDTV Logic: Sreenivasan Jain pulls a shocker, claims Muslims are minorities in Islamic States

OpIndia Staff -
Sreenivasan Jain has far exceeded the most stupid statement Rahul Gandhi has ever made by miles.
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News Reports

Several govt job examinations have seen higher cut-off mark for OBCs compared to general category, here are the reasons

OpIndia Staff -
In several competitive exams, cut-off mark for OBC category candidates was more than the cut-off for general category
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News Reports

AIMIM chief Owaisi continues his rant: Compares CAB to Nuremberg race laws and Amit Shah to Hitler

OpIndia Staff -
Since the time the CAB has been brought up for discussion in the Lok Sabha's winter session, Owaisi has been continuing his tirade against the Modi government
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Opinions

The conduct of ‘Secular’ parties on CAB shows there’s no difference between them and Muslim communal parties

Editorial Desk -
The Citizenship Amendment Bill was tabled in the Parliament today by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Government and Policy

Proposal in favour of introduction of Citizenship Amendment Bill passes in Lok Sabha with 293 Ayes and 82 Noes

OpIndia Staff -
The Lok Sabha has voted in favour of the introduction of the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the parliament. 
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News Reports

Research by IIT-Bombay and PRL, Ahmedabad scientists finds evidence of Saraswati river: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The research by the scientists of PRL, Ahmedabad and IIT-Bombay says that ample evidence has been found that suggests a considerable number of Harappan settlements had flourished along the ancient course of a modern seasonal stream called Ghaggar in Northwestern India.
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Government and Policy

Yogi Adityanath government decides to set up 218 fast track courts to hear rape cases and those of crimes against children

OpIndia Staff -
The UP cabinet has already passed the order to set up these fast track courts
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Opinions

Karnataka: Democracy in danger as 3rd largest party fails to form government

Abhishek Banerjee -
In a dramatic development, the ruling BJP is expected to win at least 10-12 out of the 15 Assembly seats in Karnataka, where counting of votes for bypolls is in progress.
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Crime

First he tried to rape her, when she resisted, he tried to burn her alive: Another shocker from Bihar, Muzaffarpur

OpIndia Staff -
Bihar: A neighbour tried to rape the women and when she resisted, he tried to burn her to death.
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Social Media

AAP supporter Vishal Dadlani says ‘rapes, encounters and onions’ are evil plan to ‘distract’ from ‘dangerous’ Citizenship Amendment Bill

OpIndia Staff -
Vishal Dadlani thinks that all the recent cases of rape, murder, encounters and even 'onions' are actually the government's evil plan to distract the citizenry from the 'Citizenship Amendment Bill'.
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News Reports

Nirbhaya’s rapist’s lawyer who blamed women for rapes moves SC accusing Jaya Bachchan of provoking Hyderabad encounter

OpIndia Staff -
Nirbhaya's rapist's lawyer, ML Sharma, has also sought the apex court appoints and monitors special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the encounter.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena wants no voting rights for Hindus taking citizenship of India after facing persecution in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Citizenship Amendment Bill aims to give citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighbouring Islamic nations
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Politics

Karnataka by-polls: BJP wins 7, leading in 5 out of 15 seats, gets simple majority in state assembly

OpIndia Staff -
Yediyurappa-led BJP is leading in 10 seats while Congress and JDS are leading in 2 seats each. An independent candidate is leading in 1 seat.
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Social Media

Karti Chidambaram threatens man for tweeting to his father about INX Media scam: Here is how he’s a repeat offender

OpIndia Staff -
Karti Chidambaram sends threatening DMs on Twitter to those who disagree with him.
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News Reports

Anaj Mandi fire: Another fire breaks out in same building where a fire incident claimed 43 lives yesterday

OpIndia Staff -
Another fire breaks out in same building in Anaj Mandi in Delhi where a fire claimed 43 lives yesterday.
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News Reports

Ex-AAP MLA Alka Lamba live streamed her Facebook interaction with cat filters on

OpIndia Staff -
Former AAP MLA and currently Congress leader Alka Lamba held a Facebook live event recently in Delhi with 'filters' on.
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News Reports

PM Modi pays surprise visit to former union minister Arun Shourie at Pune hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Arun Shourie said that The Prime Minister’s visit to him at the hospital was a jovial one
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News Reports

Shiv Sena to support the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Parliament, defy its ‘secular’ allies in Maharashtra: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The Shiv Sena is all set to defy its newfound allies and back the Citizenship Amendment Bill
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Crime

Unnao case: All you need to know about a ghastly crime born out of a troubled relationship

OpIndia Staff -
Police and HC bail order mention that the Unnao victim was raped on the pretext of marriage by accused Shivam
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Crime

Meerut: Muslim girl converts to Hinduism to marry her lover, accuses relatives of threatening to burn her alive

OpIndia Staff -
An interfaith couple from Meerut is being threatened by the girl's family after she converted to marry her husband in a Temple.
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor cheers for foreign interference, calls resolution on Kashmir in US House of Congress an ‘admirable effort’

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor endorsement of interference in Kashmir by the US House Representatives is consistent with the pattern of behaviour the Congress party has demonstrated in recent times.
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News Reports

US naval base shooting: Saudi Air Force trainee watched mass shooting videos before launching the attack

OpIndia Staff -
Md Saeed Alshamrani and his friends watched mass shootings videos before he opened fire at a naval base in Florida
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News Reports

#MeToo: One of the accusers of Utsav Chakraborty retracts, says ‘I was unnecessarily cruel about a minor thing’

OpIndia Staff -
One of the accusers of Utsav Chakraborty who was quoted by Mahima Kukreja retracted her allegation
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News Reports

Pragya Thakur sits on dharna outside police station demanding FIR against Congress MLA for threating to burn her, returns without success

OpIndia Staff -
Pragya Singh Thakur is demanding that the Congress MLA Govardhan Dangi should be booked for threating to burn her
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Satire

Diary of a Delhi Liberal: Maharashtra, Chidambaram and the Telangana encounter

Liberals of Delhi -
What an exciting week we had in our fight to keep liberal secularism alive in this country
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News Reports

Anaj Mandi Fire: Factory owner Mohammed Rehan detained by Police, the building didn’t have fire clearance and fire safety equipment

OpIndia Staff -
An FIR has been registered in connection with the Anaj Mandi Fire incident and the case has been transferred to the crime branch
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News Reports

Two AMU students booked for objectionable post against Lal Krishna Advani on Babri Masjid demolition anniversary

OpIndia Staff -
AMU students under probe for alleged objectionable comments on LK Advani on Babri demolition anniversary
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News Reports

Reconstruction of crime scene would not happen without ‘permission from above’: Telangana minister hints at CM’s approval for encounter?

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Telangana minister of Talasani Srinivas Yadav said that there was "pressure for immediate action" against the culprits following the rape and murder of the vet.
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Opinions

Tavleen Singh endorses Ummah, confuses CAB with NRC to say Muslims will turn Jihadis if illegal infiltrators are not given citizenship

K Bhattacharjee -
Tavleen Singh also claims that Muslims are being targeted through the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
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News Reports

Mumbai Mirror tries to garner sympathy for officials being investigated for corruption in the production of Vande Bharat train

OpIndia Staff -
There have been serious allegations of irregularities in Vande Bharat production at ICF
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News Reports

Devendra Fadnavis reveals that Ajit Pawar had said Sharad Pawar knew of alliance, lashes out at development projects being cancelled

OpIndia Staff -
Devendra Fadnavis has now claimed that Ajit Pawar had told Fadnavis that Sharad Pawar knew of the alliance talk with BJP
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News Reports

Delhi: PM Modi announces ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to kin of 43 killed in Anaj mandi fire, Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured

OpIndia Staff -
More than 43 people have lost their lives and over 56 people have been injured in the Delhi fire
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Four accused attack woman with acid after rape-survivor refuses to withdraw complaint against them

OpIndia Staff -
A 30-year-old woman faced an acid attack by the four men following her refusal to withdraw her rape complaint filed against them.
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News Reports

Unnao police calls out Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, says her statement that there were 90 rape cases in past one year wrong

OpIndia Staff -
After the Unnao victim was burnt to death by the rape-accused, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra claimed that over the past 1 year, over 90 cases of rape were reported in Unnao
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News Reports

Reports say 1000 trees in Aurangabad to be cut for Bal Thackeray memorial while Uddhav Thackeray halts Mumbai Metro project to save Aarey trees,...

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sen has been strongly advocating for eco-conservation by cancelling metro project at Aarey on 'concerns' that trees are being cut
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News Reports

Laws should be amended so accused in rape cases do not get bail: Sister of Hyderabad rape and murder victim

OpIndia Staff -
Sister of Hyderabad rape victim has demanded that law should be amended to ensure that accused in rape cases do not get bail,
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News Reports

Prime accused in Vyapam case seen at school event attended by MP CM Kamal Nath and Congress leader Digvijay Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Congress govt in Madhya Pradesh has set itself up for huge embarrassment after prime accused in Vyapam scam, Jagdish Sagar, was seen at the same school event as Kamal Nath
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Crime

Tripura: Minor girl raped, burnt to death by boyfriend, his family and friends after keeping her captive for two months

OpIndia Staff -
A 17-year-old girl lost her life after she was held captive and raped for days by her boyfriend and his friends and then, was burnt
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News Reports

Amidst looming ISIS threat, CPI (M) govt withdraws the security cover of ex-Kerala HC judge Kemal Pasha critical of state govt

OpIndia Staff -
Security cover of ex-Kerala HC Justice B Kemal Pasha was abruptly withdrawn on Saturday by Kerala govt
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Govt announces Rs 25 lakh compensation and house for family of Unnao rape victim

OpIndia Staff -
All the five accused in the Unnao case have been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police and murder charges filed against them
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News Reports

Hyderabad encounter: Pregnant wife of accused refuses to perform last rites of her husband, complaint filed against police officers behind the encounter

OpIndia Staff -
The pregnant wife of one of the accused killed in the Hyderabad encounter demanded that all criminals locked up in jail should be killed by the police
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News Reports

After Rahul Gandhi says India is rape capital of world, BJP raises Sukanya Devi issue: Know about case against Gandhi, dismissed by courts

OpIndia Staff -
After Rahul Gandni attacks govt for rapes, BJP counter attacks him by raising Sukanya Devi case
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Crime

Chhattisgarh: Molester released on bail days ago chases and attacks his victim with a sickle, leaves her critically injured

OpIndia Staff -
The assaulter Indrapal was earlier arrested in Chhattisgarh for recording an obscene video of the victim while she was taking a bath
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News Reports

‘Mamata Banerjee was offended, but offered to make peace with me because I’m from minority community’: Kolkata based actor-comedian Mir

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee was offended because Mir had joked on TMC member actresses
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi inaugurates facility for psychiatry and de-addiction in Wayanad, Netizens ask him to be the first patient

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi today launched a new department block for treatment of mental illness and addiction at Wayanad
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Crime

Indore, Madhya Pradesh: Angry lawyers in Mhow court premises attempt to thrash the accused rapist of a minor girl

OpIndia Staff -
After acquitted accused rapist was thrashed in Kerala, lawyers at the Mhow court premises in Indore on Saturday reportedly attempted to thrash an accused rapist
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