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Maharashtra: Shiv Sena moving back and forth on power sharing formula, after softening stand again says will not step back

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray had upped the ante over the ’50-50′ agreement he claims to have with the BJP
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Fact-Check

Government clarifies that there is no ‘Gold Amnesty Scheme’ after media publishes misleading reports

OpIndia Staff -
 Media houses had reported earlier today that the government may soon announce a 'gold amnesty scheme' which will fix a holding limit for gold and will tax Indians over a certain amount of gold.
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News Reports

Nepal: Communal violence after Muslims protested against Lakshmi idol procession in Kapilvastu leaves one dead

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Communal violence broke out in Kapilvastu in Nepal after Muslims objected to Goddess Lakshmi idol immersion procession.
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Social Media

Twitter to ban all political advertisements: CEO Jack Dorsey

OpIndia Staff -
Dorsey announced his decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally stating that the micro-blogging site believed that political message reach "should be earned, not bought".
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact Check: Dubious Facebook page called ‘IT and Social Media Cell Congress’ spreads fake news about PM Modi’s Saudi visit

OpIndia Staff -
A dubious Facebook page “I.T and Social Media Cell Congress” indulged in sharing a fake image of PM Modi during his Saudi Arabia visit
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News Reports

Pakistan: 73 people, mostly preachers of Islam evangelical event, die as gas cylinder bursts in moving train while cooking eggs

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Gas cylinder used to boil eggs by train passengers in Pakistan explode, at least 65 died and several injured
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Opinions

Here is why ‘liberals’ can’t complain that BJP is ‘co-opting’ Sardar Patel

Abhishek Banerjee -
Today you will see the usual litany of complaints about how the BJP and Prime Minister Modi is “co-opting” Sardar Patel
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News Reports

Pakistan violated the Vienna Convention in the Kulbhushan Yadav case: ICJ tells UNGA

OpIndia Staff -
ICJ tells UNGA that Pakistan's claim that Vienna Convention does not apply in Kulbhushan Yadav caes is wrong
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: NIA conducts raids in six locations to bust Islamic State module which was planning to murder Hindu leaders

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA officials stated that Tamil Nadu tops the list of Indian states where anti-terror agencies have unearthed modules of Salafi jihadi terrorist organization IS over a period of five years since 2014. 
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News Reports

Germany supports EU position on Kashmir, Article 370 is internal matter: German Ambassador

OpIndia Staff -
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be arriving on Thursday for a two-day visit.
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News Reports

‘Prophet’ Bajinder Singh of ‘Church of Glory and Wisdom’: Why is Doordarshan Punjabi promoting dangerous conversion events?

OpIndia Staff -
A "Big Healing Crusade" event organised by The Church of Glory and Wisdom is being held in Odisha on 5th and 6th November. The event will be presided over by one 'Prophet' Bajinder Singh.
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News Reports

The wall has been broken down, Sardar Patel’s dream has come true: PM Modi dedicates J and K decision to India’s Iron Man

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PM Modi stated that centuries after Chanakya, it was Patel who had brought smaller states under one flag, one dream of a unified India.
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News Reports

India’s space station to accommodate three astronauts, ISRO to set it up in five-seven years

OpIndia Staff -
The initial designs for the space station, which is still in a nascent stage, suggest a 20-tonne modular abode in the low earth orbit (LEO), at an altitude of 120km to 140km.
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News Reports

Special Police officers who left the force to join Hizbul behind the orchard killings in Kashmir: Reports

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The two former SPOs had quit the force and had joined Islamic terrorist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen in 2017.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Jagan Mohan govt issues controversial order, gives bureaucrats the power to sue media

OpIndia Staff -
The order (GO RT No 2430) was issued on Wednesday. The state cabinet had taken the decision on October 16.
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News Reports

Political map of India now has 28 states and 9 union territories as Jammu and Kashmir is officially split into two UTs

OpIndia Staff -
With the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, the number of states in the country has come down to 28 and the number of Union Territories has gone up to nine.
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News Reports

3 Congress leaders get show-cause notice from the party for meeting EU MPs who were in India visiting Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Congress sent show-cause notice to 3 senior leaders for meeting the EU delegation in India to visit Kashmir
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News Reports

Delhi HC pulls up Kejriwal govt over ‘Farishte Dilli Ke’ scheme that gives reward to good samaritans, flags possible misuse

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi government launched 'Farishte Dilli Ke', a good samaritan scheme where a person who takes a road accident victim to hospital gets Rs 2,000 as reward.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal and Dhruv Rathee to face trial in a defamation case, Patiala House court dismisses petition against summoning order

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal to face trial in a defamation case filed by Vikas Pandey for sharing a slanderous video by Dhruv Rathee
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News Reports

All you need to know about Madi Sharma, who is being used by media to fuel conspiracy theories about EU MPs’ visit to Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Madi Sharma is a member of the European Economic and Social Committee.
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News Reports

Navjot Singh Sidhu invited by his ‘friend’ and ‘angel’ Imran Khan for the opening ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor on November 9

OpIndia Staff -
On 26/11 anniversary, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu had called Imran Khan ‘an angel’
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News Reports

Delhi court rejects interim bail plea of P Chidambaram, extends judicial custody in Tihar Jail till November 13

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi court denies bail for P Chidambaram in INX Media case, extends judicial custody in Tihar Jail
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News Reports

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa says ‘tyrant’ Tipu Sultan will be removed from textbooks

OpIndia Staff -
BS Yediyurappa had earlier ordered the cancellation of birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan celebrations
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Politics

Man arrested for posting ‘derogatory comment’ on Facebook against TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee and TMC head Mamata Banerjee has several times in the past expressed her intolerance and disapproval for conflicting opinions
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee demands ‘strong investigation’ to find out ‘real truth’ behind killing of labourers from West Bengal in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee said that law and order in Kashmir is the responsibility of Central government
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Economy and Finance

India’s economic slowdown temporary, will reverse in coming quarters: RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani expresses confidence in govt reforms

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi, who was also in Saudi Arabia as the keynote speaker at the FII in Riyadh listed the attractiveness of the Indian economy and invited global businessmen to invest in the country.
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Media

Vishwa Bhanu who was not allowed to celebrate Diwali by his Muslim neighbours: The Quint misquoted me, If I am being branded a Leftist,...

Nupur J Sharma -
Vishwa Bhanu, a resident of Mumbai wrote on Facebook on about the ordeal he suffered on the occasion of Diwali as a consequence of the intolerance of his Muslim neighbours.
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News Reports

Ahead of Ayodhya verdict, RSS cancels several events in November, appeals everyone to accept the verdict and maintain peace

OpIndia Staff -
Media reports have stated that the RSS has cancelled all November events in anticipation of the Ayodhya verdict. A grand meeting scheduled at Haridwar on the first week of November has been postponed too.
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News Reports

Nuclear Power Corporation confirms malware infection in computers at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, says main system not affected

OpIndia Staff -
NPCIL confirms malware attack at Kudankulam computers, says control systems are not affected
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News Reports

‘We are very angry at being called Nazi lovers,’ European Union Parliamentarians on Owaisi’s allegation

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An unofficial delegation of European Union Parliamentarians (MEPs) visited Jammu & Kashmir on Wednesday.
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News Reports

Manipur govt registers case of waging war against State against two Manipuri separatists who had launched ‘govt in exile’ in UK

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Two separatist leaders had announced 'Independence of Manipur' from Union of India and formed 'government in exile' in London yesterday.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s mysterious foreign trip is for ‘meditation’, says Congress leader Randeep Surjewala

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Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that Rahul Gandhi regularly visits foreign countries for meditation
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Crime

Muslim immigrant in Denmark jailed for threatening to behead the Danish royal family, wife claims he gets high on hashish

OpIndia Staff -
The man's wife has claimed that he was regularly smoking hashish in a Copenhagen market. She had reported his violent behaviour to the local imam and then to the Copenhagen police.
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News Reports

Shahid Siddiqui claims Muslims killed Baghdadi’s ideology, but radical Islamic terrorism continues to thrive

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Shahid Siddiqui claimed that it wasn't Americans who killed Baghdadi's ideology but Muslims.
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Crime

West Bengal: BJP minority cell member Amir Ali killed in a clash in Hooghly, party blames TMC goons

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BJP has called for a 12-hour bandh in Arambagh following the murder of their minority cell worker Amir Ali allegedly by TMC goons.
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News Reports

Paris: Audience of Joker movie flee cinema hall after man shouts ‘Allahu Akbar’ to rob people

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The thief shouted Allahu Akbar in the movie theatre so that people flee in panic and he can rob them
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Opinions

Faithless, directionless state: The ‘Secular State’ has been hijacked to work against the welfare of its very own citizenry

K Bhattacharjee -
Secular-Liberalism has declared war upon Hindu festivals and traditions because they are an affirmation of the individual's collective identity.
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Crime

Walayar rape case: After public outrage, Kerala government to file an appeal against court verdict, change prosecutor

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday, the civil society members across the country, especially in Kerala, had expressed massive outrage against the Kerala government following the acquittal of all four accused in the 2017 rape and death case of two minor Dalit girls in Walayar in Palakkad district. 
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News Reports

Syrian media activist rescues a puppy after his mother died in the US raid which killed ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

OpIndia Staff -
A puppy was rescued by Syrian activist after his mother was killed in the US raid which took out ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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News Reports

The operation that took out ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi named after Kayla Mueller who was abducted, raped and killed in ISIS custody

OpIndia Staff -
Twenty-six year old Kayla Mueller, an American humanitarian worker, was kidnapped in Syria by ISIS and was tortured and raped by Baghdadi himself.
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Crime

Pakistan: Male DNA found on the body and clothes of Hindu girl from Sindh who was found dead in hostel room

OpIndia Staff -
Masood Bangash, who is a senior police officer in Larkana district said that Namrita Chandani's DNA report says that DNA samples of a male person have been found on her body and clothes.
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News Reports

Despite being reprimanded by Madras HC, Tamil Nadu government set on giving away temple land to illegal squatters

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The Tamil Nadu government is determined to give away thousands of acres of Temple land to illegal squatters.
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News Reports

Two Manipur separatists claim the titular King’s approval to launch ‘govt in exile’ in the UK, King distances himself

OpIndia Staff -
The two separatists, Yamben Biren and Narengbam Samarjit produced some documents to suggest that they have been granted political asylum in the UK in August this year.
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News Reports

Pakistani minister threatens nations who back India on abrogation of Article 370, says will fire missile at them along with one on India

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Pakistani minister Ali Amin Gandapur threatened countries who support India on abrogation of Article 370 by saying Pakistan will fire a missile at them.
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News Reports

Terrorists shot dead 6 daily wage earners from West Bengal in Jammu and Kashmir

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Terrorists opened fire on labourers from West Bengal them when they were in the house in the evening.
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Opinions

Russ Foundation: Another child-care institution run by foreign funded NGO found committing crime against children

Suren -
Russ Foundation Founder and supervisor of its Children’s Home arrested for sexual assault on child
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News Reports

23 days after he left for a Bangkok vacation, Rahul Gandhi leaves for another foreign tour, this time Indonesia: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Days before the crucial assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, Rahul Gandhi had gone on a visit to Bangkok
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Government and Policy

India-Turkey: A glorified relationship that is rightfully turning realistic

Vinayak Jain -
It was about time that ties with Turkey were reduced for nothing comes above national interest to a proud nation, and fortunately, India is now portraying itself to be one.
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Law

Madras HC orders youth to pay Rs. 25,000 each to Islamist and a Christian organisation to receive anticipatory bail for a Facebook post

OpIndia Staff -
The Tamil Nadu HC has asked a 26-year-old man to donate Rs 25,000 each to a Muslim and a Christian organisation for obtaining anticipatory bail.
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News Reports

70-year-old Ahmadiya mosque razed down by Pakistani authorities in Bahawalpur

OpIndia Staff -
A member of the Ahmadiya community, who was trying to shoot a video of the demolition has reportedly been arrested by the authorities in Bahawalpur.
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