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Law

Haren Pandya murder case: SC dismisses review petitions filed by 10 of the 12 radical Islamists, CBI had claimed they were trained by Pakistan’s...

OpIndia Staff -
In July, the apex court had sentenced 9 convicts to life imprisonment after setting aside their acquittal by the Gujarat High Court in 2011, others had got varied jail terms.
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Government and Policy

From BALCO to BPCL: The new India is a tribute to Vajpayee

Abhishek Banerjee -
The government announced the big bang disinvestment of BPCL and 4 other Public Sector Units and Atal Bihari Vajpayee must be smiling
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News Reports

Delhi Jal Board supervisor admitted water contaminated due sewer pipes damage but no funds allocated for repair, claims Delhi resident

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, it was revealed that Delhi has the worst water quality after water samples from the national capital failed in all the 19 parameters set by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
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News Reports

Shift JNU out of Delhi as poor climate causing students to not pass out till they are 45: BJP leader

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Raman Malik suggests JNU campus be moved out of Delhi to Mewat, a hotbed of illegal Rohingyas.
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Opinions

The Congress party’s tryst with JNU: The far-left university now dictates the ideology of the Congress

Editorial Desk -
Congress has learnt nothing from its defeat in the 2019 General Elections and is now supporting JNU protests
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Economy and Finance

As US-China trade war intensifies, India plans incentives for 324 companies including Tesla to invest in India

OpIndia Staff -
The proposal is expected to reduce red tape and set the country on its way to achieving a $5 trillion economy.
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News Reports

Watch: Bundles of currency were showered from building during DRI raid in Kolkata

OpIndia Staff -
Officials from the DRI said a search in a private office of Hoque Merchantile Pvt Ltd, on that floor, was underway when the incident occurred.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Cheating complaint lodged against Uddhav Thackeray for ‘betraying’ voters

OpIndia Staff -
The Aurangabad man stated in his complaint that Uddhav Thackeray and the Sena leaders asked for votes in the name of an alliance with the BJP but are now aligning with NCP and Congress.
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Law

Solicitor General cites OpIndia report in SC to debunk misleading report by IndiaSpend and The Wire on Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court (SC) is hearing cases related to the so-called communication shut-down in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370
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Social Media

Ali Sohrab sent to 48-hour police custody, he had 8 accounts to spew venom, was not even a journalist as he claimed

OpIndia Staff -
Ali Sohrab has been sent to a 48-hour police remand over his objectionable comments following Ram Janmabhoomi verdict.
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News Reports

Karnataka: After attack on Congress MLA Sait, CM accuses Siddaramaiah for going easy on PFI, govt mulls ban

OpIndia Staff -
CM Yediyurappa has accused former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of being indirectly responsible for the attack on Congress MLA Tanveer Sait saying that the latter's government failed to curb the PFI's activities and provided protection to them.
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News Reports

Rose Valley Chit Fund scam: Enforcement Directorate searches five locations in Kolkata

OpIndia Staff -
According to the ED estimates, the Rose Valley scam is at least five times the Saradha ponzi scam
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News Reports

West Bengal: Parents file complaint after private missionary school forces girl students to remove leggings

OpIndia Staff -
A number of girl students in the English medium missionary school were forced to remove their leggings because they were not part of the school uniform
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News Reports

Bhopal MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur nominated for Parliamentary Consultative Committee of MoD

OpIndia Staff -
The 21-member Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Defence also includes the likes of Opposition leaders Farooq Abdullah and Sharad Pawar.
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News Reports

Has Shiv Sena conceded to NCP-Congress ‘secular’ demands? Sanjay Raut invokes Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to harp on ‘secularism’

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Raut of the erstwhile Hindutva party Shiv Sena has come out swinging batting for the tenets of 'secularism'.
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News Reports

Audio clip emerges which claims #MeToo activist Mahima Kukreja’s lawyer-sister threatened standup comic Utsav Chakraborty

OpIndia Staff -
In October last year, one Mahima Kukreja had accused standup comic Utsav Chakraborty of sexual harassment.
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News Reports

Passport Office issues notice to ‘activist’ Medha Patkar, asks why passport should not be impounded for concealing pending cases

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Regional Passport Office has issued a show-cause notice to 'activist' Medha Patkar seeking details on cases pending against her
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Social Media

Jignesh Mevani and CPIM Kerala share photos of ABVP activists to express solidarity with JNU students

OpIndia Staff -
Jignesh Mevani and CPIM had apparently shared photos of ABVP activists who participated in the protest march organised by the JNUSU on November 18 demanding a complete rollback of fee hike.
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Cricket

India vs Bangladesh historic pink ball test: Brief history, records and India’s chances

Ritesh -
India will be playing its first day-night test on Friday against Bangladesh in Kolkata
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Lawyer files PIL seeking ‘immediate restoration’ of SPG cover for Gandhis, gets fined Rs 25,000

OpIndia Staff -
The Madhya Pradesh HC, rejecting the petition of Advocate Bohre, has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 saying that the petitioner is trying to gain 'cheap publicity'.
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Media

Rahul Kanwal of India Today bullies a BHU student during debate, refuses to let him speak

OpIndia Staff -
When the media is lying and vilifying the BHU students, Rahul Kanwal of India Today cannot be too far behind.
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News Reports

Pakistan Army’s propaganda to malign ‘Endia’ exposed as they could not spell ‘Delhi’ correctly

OpIndia Staff -
Another glaring error its that while the death certificate says that the place of death is NIA Headquarters Dehli (DCP Special Cell), however, Pakistani establishment seems to be not aware of the fact that DCP Special Cell and NIA headquarters are two different things.
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News Reports

Watch: Congress workers shout ‘Modi Media Murdabad’ after journalist exposes clueless youngsters at protest

OpIndia Staff -
In a viral video, clueless Congress workers have no idea what they are protesting against during the 'SPG cover withdrawal' protests.
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Political Fact-Check

Youth Congress tries to target BJP over JNU protests, scores a self goal by using pictures of police action during Sonia regime

OpIndia Staff -
The youth wing of the Indian National Congress is up to its usual tricks again, using lies to target BJP over the JNU issue
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Opinions

Do not try to paint BHU as another bigoted institution because of its name

Shwetank Bhushan -
BHU students have been protesting over the appointment of a Muslim professor at the Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan.
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Government and Policy

Assam government plans to spend Rs 800 crore on Arundhati scheme to discourage child marriages in the state

OpIndia Staff -
According to the Arundhati scheme, every bride from Economically Weaker Section(EWS) will get 10gms of gold free
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Media

Watch: “You think I can’t buy an AK-47?” JNU ‘student’ threatens to take up arms while protesting against hostel fee hike

OpIndia Staff -
JNU student threatens to buy AK 47 while protesting against the hostel fee hike.
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Opinions

Here is why we need a global publicity strategy for Citizenship Amendment Bill

Abhishek Banerjee -
Citizenship Amendment Bill is the most crucial safety measure required to ensure that the NRC is a success
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Politics

Maharashtra Tragicomedy intensifies: Sharad Pawar meets PM Modi, leaves Congress upset, Shiv Sena does a Kejriwal

OpIndia Staff -
The Universe itself appears to be conspiring to make Shiv Sena the butt of a great many jokes.
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Government and Policy

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad dismisses reports of Aadhaar to be linked with social media accounts

OpIndia Staff -
Aadhaar not to be linked to social media, Union Minister RS Prasad dismisses media reports.
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Opinions

How the BHU students were demonised and the ones who refused to be ‘secularised’ unfairly called ‘bigots’

Nupur J Sharma -
BHU students have been protesting against the appointment of a Muslim professor in the Dharma Vigyan department.
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Media

CNN wants India to tolerate an Islamic state and Shariah law within its territory to uphold ‘Secularism’

K Bhattacharjee -
CNN has become the embodiment of the rot that has taken over media-political establishment of the USA.
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News Reports

Hindu Mahasabha suggests ‘discount’ on fees to JNU students if they chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu Mahasabha offered to give discount in hostel fees to JNU if the students chant 'Jai Shri Ram'.
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News Reports

CPI(M) leader says some Muslim extremists outfits support Maoists in Kerala, draws ire

OpIndia Staff -
There is a new-found bonhomie between the Islamic outfits and Maoists, claimed the CPI(M) leader
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: 765 people arrested for stone-pelting post abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
The minister accused various separatist organisations and activists part of the Hurriyat Conference for instigating people to resort to stone-pelting in Kashmir Valley.
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Politics

Youth Congress protest against the removal of SPG cover of Gandhi clan, burn Amit Shah and PM Modi effigies

OpIndia Staff -
Youth Congress members burnt the effigies of PM Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah outside Shashtri Bhawan near Parliament protesting against SPG removal
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News Reports

Are the JNU protests over fee-hike justified? Here’s what the data says

OpIndia Staff -
Numerous debates have ensued on social media on whether the protests of the JNU students are legitimate.
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News Reports

‘Peace-loving’ Pakistani man gets 10 years for planning murder of Dutch politician who had planned Prophet cartoon competition

OpIndia Staff -
In June 2018, Dutch MP Wilders had announced Prophet Muhammad cartoon competition to be held at his party’s parliamentary offices. Later in August, he was forced to cancel
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Politics

NRC will be implemented across the country: HM Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Amit Shah speaks on Kashmir and the NRC issue in the Rajya Sabha
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News Reports

Agra: Idol of Lord Hanuman desecrated at Itmad-ud-Daula, eyes gouged out

OpIndia Staff -
Eyes of the idol of Lord Hanuman were gouged out by unknown miscreant in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: BJP lawmakers urge CM Yogi Adityanath to rename Aligarh to ‘Harigarh’

OpIndia Staff -
It has been a long standing demand to change name of Aligarh to Harigarh.
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News Reports

JNU administration moves Delhi HC seeking contempt against protesting students, Delhi Police for violating court order

OpIndia Staff -
The JNU admin approached the Delhi High Court seeking contempt action against its "students" and the Delhi Police for violating August 2017 court order
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Politics

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor joins UK firm which had hosted NDTV’s Nidhi Razdan in controversial Kashmir event

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor joined CTD Advisors which had hosted the event 'The Cost to Britain of the Kashmir Crisis: Is There a Solution?' in London
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Social Media

Mughals established ‘Akhand Bharat’: Unintentional comedy erupts as Islamists trend #ThanksMughals

OpIndia Staff -
ThanksMughals was trended on Twitter by Islamists to glorify the brutality of Mughals.
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News Reports

After Rahul Gandhi’s infamous ‘hug and wink’ in Parliament, now Congress MLA blows kisses in Odisha Assembly

OpIndia Staff -
Odisha: Congress MLA blew a flying kiss to Speaker SN Patro for being allowed to raise issues faced by his constituency
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Crime

The skeletons keep tumbling out: Three more former altar boys accuse two priests of sexually abusing them inside Vatican Church

OpIndia Staff -
These shocking cases of sexual abuse have now come to light just two months after the Vatican Church had announced Father Gabriele Martinelli and Father Enrico Radice, who allegedly covered up his suspected crimes. 
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Entertainment

Watch: ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj…’ Tanhaji actor Sharad Kelkar corrects journalist who referred to the Maratha warrior by his first name

OpIndia Staff -
Actor Sharad Kelkar plays the role of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the film Tanhaji which releases on 10 January 2020
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Google removes the anti-India mobile app ‘2020 Sikh Referendum’ from its Play Store

OpIndia Staff -
The Referendum 2020 app on Google Play Store is now removed by the tech giant.
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News Reports

Parliament passes bill to remove Congress President as the permanent member of Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust

OpIndia Staff -
The Parliament on Tuesday has passed the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which seeks to remove the Congress president as a trustee of the memorial. 
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News Reports

Watch: Pakistani politician in exile seeking asylum in India Altaf Hussain sings ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha’ in TV debate

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani politician in exile Altaf Hussain, who is seeking asylum in India, sang 'Sare Jahan Se Achha, Hindustan Humara' in a television debate on Republic TV last night.
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