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Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019: Lessons and the role of the candidates, citizens and the media

Saket Suryesh -
2019 State elections have concluded in the BJP ruled states of Haryana and Maharashtra. While the Maharashtra mandate was clear, Haryana appeared fractured with BJP winning 40 seats, just short of a majority
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Opinions

All roads lead to Gilgit-Baltistan: The tensions between India and Pakistan and what it could really mean

K Bhattacharjee -
Gilgit-Baltistan has massive geostrategic significance and India has always maintained that it legally belongs to India.
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Crime

Bangladeshi court awards death penalty to ex-Madarsa headmaster and 15 others for burning teenager Nusrat to death

OpIndia Staff -
Around 80 per cent of the teenager's body was burnt. After fighting for her life for five days, Nusrat succumbed to her injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 10.
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Media

A day after anchor brazens it out, NDTV apologises for her blatant lie against Assam CM in an attempt to discredit his policy

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV has issued an unconditional apology for the blatant lie by their anchor Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor about Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal
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Crime

Family of Rajasthan truck driver killed by terrorists in Kashmir refuses to accept his body, asks for compensation and govt job

OpIndia Staff -
In another such incident, an apple trader from Punjab named Charanjeet Singh was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Shopian district last Wednesday.
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Crime

Kerala nun rape case: Victim alleges harassment, police officer who sent notice to Bishop Franco transferred by state govt

OpIndia Staff -
On October 19, the victim nun had filed a complaint against the Malayalam YouTube channel Christian Times at the Kuravilangad police station, alleging that the channel was harassing her at the behest of Bishop Franco.
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Media

Missed outrage by Media: Bhupinder Hooda had appealed to Gopal Kanda for support

Abhishek Banerjee -
Bhupinder Hooda confirmed to The Indian Express that he had appealed to Gopal Kanda for support in forming the government in Haryana.
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Crime

All you need to know about the Kamlesh Tiwari murder investigation so far: Jihad, a well-hatched plan and plain brutality

OpIndia Staff -
Kamlesh Tiwari was brutally murdered by radical Islamists at his residence in Lucknow on the 18th of October.
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Politics

Manohar Lal Khattar to take oath as Haryana CM for the second term on Sunday

OpIndia Staff -
BJP had emerged as the single largest party in Haryana. After the support from JJP and several independent MLAs, the coalition is set to form government in the state.
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Opinions

Exit Polls and their methodology have too many flaws to ignore: Is this exercise turning out to be a complete farce?

Rajan Laad -
Owing to the absence of a scientific methodology, exit polls are turning out to be as reliable as forecasts from the meteorological department.
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News Reports

Police complaint lodged against leftist actor Prakash Raj over ‘Ram Leela-Child porn’ comment

OpIndia Staff -
Five Supreme Court lawyers, namely, Jugal Kishore Gupta, Kuldeep Rai, Varun Mishra, Abhinav Pathak and Ruma Pathak have lodged the complaint against the actor at Delhi's Tilak Nagar station recently.
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News Reports

Haryana: Bhupinder Singh Hooda of Congress admits, had reached out to opposition including Gopal Kanda

OpIndia Staff -
It is clear from the statement of Bhupinder Singh Hooda that Congress had approached Gopal Kanda for extending support to Congress for the formation of government in Haryana.
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Crime

Kamlesh Tiwari case: Delhi lawyer Mohammad Naved Siddiqui arrested for helping the killers hide after the murder

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammad Naved Siddiqui, a Delhi-based lawyer reportedly met Ashfaq and Moinuddin at the Bareily Islamic Shrine, drove them to Nepal border and arranged their safe hideout.
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News Reports

Hosts caught cheating: China’s orienteering team disqualified from World Military Games after using local help to win

OpIndia Staff -
The Chinese teams had taken the help of local spectators to place small markings and small paths prepared on the terrain that only they were aware of. The Chinese teams were even able to run the course well ahead of time.
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News Reports

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind extends legal and financial support to Islamists who brutally murdered Hindu activist Kamlesh Tiwari

OpIndia Staff -
The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind has extended legal and financial aid to the Islamists accused in the Kamlesh Tiwari murder.
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News Reports

BJP and JJP finalise deal to form government in Haryana, CM to be from BJP and Deputy CM from JJP

OpIndia Staff -
CM will be from BJP and Deputy CM will be from JJP in the next government in Haryana
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News Reports

Girish Chandra Murmu and Radha Krishna Mathur appointed as first Lieutenant Governors of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories

OpIndia Staff -
Lieutenant Governors for Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Union Territories appointed by union govt
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News Reports

Seven independent state commissions including State Human Rights Commission abolished in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from Jammu & Kashmir state human rights commission, 6 other state commissions abolished
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News Reports

ED moves SC challenging Delhi HC’s order granting bail to Congress leader DK Shivakumar in money laundering case

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress troubleshooter DK Shivakumar was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on October 23
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News Reports

All you need to know: Father wins battle in Texas Court to prevent the mother from medically transforming his son into a girl

OpIndia Staff -
A video has now surfaced where James Younger can be seen saying that his mother told him that he is a girl and made him wear dresses and painted his nails.
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News Reports

Gopal Kanda: From abetment to suicide to beating up a cricketer, read all the accusations against the newly elected Haryana MLA

OpIndia Staff -
Gopal Kanda is at the centre of a massive controversy after he announced support for BJP in Haryana
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Satire

Pearls of wisdom by Shekhar Gupta’s The Print: After the ‘biscuit crisis’, prepare yourself for the great Indian ‘chaddi crisis’

Sanghamitra -
Indians, according to Shekhar Gupta led The Print, have become so, so poor that they have stopped buying chaddis and banians.
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News Reports

Canada’s top politician Jagmeet Singh under the radar of Indian Intelligence officials for his Pro-Khalistani and Pro-Pakistan propaganda: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Jagmeet Singh, the Leader of Canada's second-largest party, remains a ''pro-Khalistani and a pro-Pakistani'' ringleader
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News Reports

J&K Block Development Council polls: Voting percentage crosses 98%, Srinagar records highest with 100% voting

OpIndia Staff -
The Block Development Council elections were the first elections in J&K abrogation of Article 370
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News Reports

Kamlesh Tiwari murder: Ashfaq and Moinuddin wanted to record the murder and make it viral to instil fear in anyone who insults Islam

OpIndia Staff -
The horrific details of Kamlesh Tiwari murder which emerged revealed that he was stabbed 15 times and was also shot once
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Crime

Tripura PWD scam: After CPI(M) veteran Badal Choudhury’s arrest, non-bailable warrant against former chief secretary Yashpal Singh

OpIndia Staff -
The scam allegedly occurred during Badal Choudhury's tenure as PWD Minister. A special court in Tripura has issued a non-bailable warrant against former chief secretary Yashpal Singh.
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News Reports

Kamlesh Tiwari Murder: Bareilly cleric arrested for helping the accused, ATS reveals killers visited maulana after killing Tiwari

OpIndia Staff -
Until now, the Gujarat police as nabbed six people in connection with the Kamlesh Tiwari murder case
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Crime

After brutally murdering Kamlesh Tiwari, Ashfaq spoke to his wife and father: Listen to the call

OpIndia Staff -
The duo was caught by Gujarat ATS when they approached their family members after they ran out of the money they had.
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Opinions

Rules of Congress Mukht Bharat: BJP and Congress are no longer in the same league, far from it

Abhishek Banerjee -
In the recently concluded Haryana elections, BJP got 40 seats and Congress got 30 seats. In Maharashtra, it was not even a contest
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Politics

AIMIM’s Waris Pathan loses Byculla by nearly 20,000 votes, his supporters abuse Ajaz Khan who had got only 2173 votes

OpIndia Staff -
Waris Pathan made a dramatic post on Facebook on Thursday after losing the Assembly Election in Maharashtra from the Byculla Constituency.
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Politics

BJP in Haryana elections: Low voter turnout, split in non-Jat votes and ticket distribution woes

Sandeep Singh -
BJP was widely expected to coast to a comfortable win in Haryana after the party won 10/10 seats in Lok Sabha elections earlier this year, and all the Exit polls (except Axis) hinted at the same.
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Crime

Baghpat: While one village remains tense after discovery of cow carcasses, Muslim family of cow-smugglers attacks police team in another

OpIndia Staff -
The Luhari village in UP's Baghpat has been tensed after several cow carcasses were found. Locals allege police inaction on smugglers and illegal meat businesses.
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News Reports

Oxford University Student’s Union bans clapping to prevent triggering anxiety, to be replaced by ‘Jazz Hands’ to be more ‘inclusive’

OpIndia Staff -
Oxford students union bans clapping and replaces it with Jazz Hands, saying clapping triggers anxiety
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News Reports

Indian flag will be unfurled in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir soon: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Jitendra Singh said that Indian flag will be unfurled in PoK during the Narendra Modi government
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Social Media

Celebrating India’s women power on Diwali: PM Modi’s ‘Bharat Ki Laxmi’ initiative gets support from Deepika Padukone and PV Sindhu

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi also discussed the initiative at his address to party workers yesterday in Varanasi ahead of Diwali.
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Politics

As Fadnavis becomes 1st CM to complete 5 year tenure in 47 years, here is the history of Maharashtra politics and its 23 CMs

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Devendra Fadnavis, a 44-year-old four-time MLA became the second-youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra in 2014.
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Politics

All independent MLAs in Haryana in touch with BJP, may support to form government: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
A News 18 report has claimed that all eight independents are in touch with the BJP and are willing to offer support to form the government in the state.
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Social Media

Falsely accused of harassment and molestation by AAP member Jasleen Kaur, Sarvjeet Singh finally acquitted by court

OpIndia Staff -
Sarvjeet Singh was accused of passing obscene remarks and harassing Jasleen Kaur, an AAP member at a traffic Signal in Delhi in 2015.
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Media

US President Donald Trump cancels subscriptions of ‘fake news’ Washington Post and New York Times

OpIndia Staff -
President Trump often refers to two controversial publications - New York Times and Washington Post as "failing Times" and the "Amazon Post" respectively.
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Media Fact-Check

NDTV anchor lies blatantly in a bid to discredit Assam’s two-child policy for govt jobs, says CM Sonowal has 6 kids himself

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV Anchor Sonal Mehrotra Kapoor decided to spread fake news while reporting the decision taken by Assam CM Sarbanand Sonowal that people with more than 2 children will not get government jobs in the state
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News Reports

Former Union Minister P Chidambaram to celebrate Diwali 2019 in Tihar Jail

OpIndia Staff -
The special court has extended former finance minister P Chidambaram’s judicial custody in Tihar Jail by 7 days till October 30.
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News Reports

Is the headquarters of DMK mouthpiece Murasoli built on land occupied from Dalits?

Suren -
PMK and BJP has alleged that DMK media outfit offices are located on Panchami land reserved for Dalits
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News Reports

Chief Minister of Maharashtra to be decided after meeting with the BJP: Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray

OpIndia Staff -
Uddhav Thackeray said that a pre-poll agreement of 50-50 formula between Shiv Sena and BJP was already agreed upon
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News Reports

Kashi Vishwanath Dham Project, ‘buy local’ and ‘Bharat ki Lakshmi’: Narendra Modi addresses party karyakartas from Varanasi

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed karyakartas of the BJP from Varanasi today ahead of Diwali.
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Politics

Amit Shah declares staking claim to form govt in Haryana, takes to Twitter to thank voters for making BJP the largest party

OpIndia Staff -
According to ECI official figures, Haryana is heading for a hung assembly as none of the parties appears to be emerging with a clear majority.
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News Reports

India Today misrepresents election results, claims Congress-NCP is ahead of BJP and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
India Today tweeted that Congress-NCP has taken a lead against BJP and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra
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Crime

Indian High commission was a potential target in Easter Sunday attack: Sri Lankan Parliament committee report

OpIndia Staff -
On April 21, Easter Sunday, the terrorist group NTJ had targeted Easter worshipers in Churches and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka hosting international guests with coordinated suicide blasts.
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News Reports

Palestine flags raised at Jamia Millia Islamia protesting event with Israeli collaboration, university says no Israeli delegate will be allowed henceforth

OpIndia Staff -
The Jamia Millia Islamia students were protesting an event held in collaboration with Israel as a country partner
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News Reports

NGT orders immediate closure of Bhopal’s only slaughterhouse for not shifting it, civic body claims no political support for shifting

OpIndia Staff -
A Bhopal resident had moved the tribunal in 2014 seeking relocation of the slaughterhouse in Jinsi locality
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh bypolls: As Congress, BSP, SP and BJP go head to head, BJP leads in 7 out of the 10 seats it contested

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP had previously held 8 of the 11 bypolls seats that went into the voting
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