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It was Congress that delayed the court hearing in Ayodhya case: Amit Shah in Jharkhand

OpIndia Staff -
Shah stated that after a long wait, finally, the Supreme Court has cleared the way for building a grand Ram temple at the birthplace of Lord Ram.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Court asks police to book AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi for repeating his ’15-minute’ hate speech against Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
Court asks the police to book Akbaruddin Owaisi for repeating his "15-minute" hate speech against Hindus.
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News Reports

JNU facing deficit of Rs 45 crores, says fee hike is necessary to pay contractual staff

OpIndia Staff -
The UGC rules do not allow the university to pay the salaries of contractual employees of hostels from the salary head of the budget.
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News Reports

JNUTA hands in gloves with miscreants in attacking teachers: 113 Professors disassociate from JNU Teachers’ Association

OpIndia Staff -
113 JNU professors have written a note disassociating themselves from the JNU Teachers Association (JNUTA) over their complicity and silence when teachers are attacked by miscreants and JNU goons
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Crime

Swami Nithyananda flees India after being booked for kidnapping and abusing minor girls

OpIndia Staff -
In June last year, a Karnataka court had framed charges against Swami Nithyananda in a rape case. Since then the self-styled godman has been untraceable
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Government and Policy

Piyush Goyal slams Congress over its allegations on electoral bonds: Here is how new system is better than the old one

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Piyush Goyal, in a press conference, has refuted the allegations made by the opposition parties regarding electoral bonds.
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News Reports

Indian Idol Judge calls former Supreme Court Judge ‘disgraceful’ and ‘coward’, receives severe backlash

OpIndia Staff -
Sharing an article, Vishal Dadlani had made disparaging comments on the legacy of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi following his historic judgement on Ram Mandir.
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News Reports

BHU protests: SVDV professors, former professor and Acharyas of Vishwanath Mandir support students, here is what they say

रवि अग्रहरि -
There has been continuous opposition from students of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan Faculty (SVDV) of BHU to the appointment of Dr Feroz Khan in the faculty.
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Law

Uttar Pradesh: Law panel draft recommends strict laws against forced religious conversions with jail term upto 7 years

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission Chief, Justice Aditya Nath Mittal submitted a report to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, suggesting a new law to check forcible religious conversions
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News Reports

Islamists and Leftists outrage as Rutgers University hosts Vivek Agnihotri to speak about the plight of Kashmiri Pandits

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu students from Rutgers University have stood firm regarding their invite to Vivek Agnihotri and have not bowed down to the left-wing and Islamists nexus that is trying hard to disrupt the event.
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Law

Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind takes a u-turn, decides not to file review petition against Ayodhya verdict of Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
Ayodhya case: Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Hind Chief had earlier said SC should have given alternate land to Hindus to build a temple instead of the Muslims
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News Reports

Non-bailable warrant issued against Azam Khan, his wife and son in forgery case

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttar Pradesh police had on April 3 filed a forgery case against the father-son duo following the directive by Rampur court.
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Media

‘Liberals’ suffer a meltdown on social media after an OpIndia report is cited in SC to debunk IndiaSpend propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
Liberals have a meltdown and are not too happy with the Solicitor General.
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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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