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Telangana: KCR govt dismisses 48,000 employees of Road Transport Corporation

OpIndia Staff -
After a high-level meeting with state RTC officials on Sunday evening, CM Rao announced that the Telangana State RTC now has only 1200 employees, including those who had not joined the strike and who had resumed their duties before 6 pm on Saturday.
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Social Media

Assam Congress supporter wants to kill TMC MP Nusrat Jahan ‘quickly’ for being a bad Muslim

OpIndia Staff -
Radical Islamists have targeted TMC MP Nusrat Jahan for participating in Durga Pujo celebrations.
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News Reports

India receives the first list of details of its Swiss Bank account holders under Automatic Exchange Information Agreement

OpIndia Staff -
According to Automatic Exchange of Information agreement signed by India and Switzerland, India received the first set of list of Indians having Swiss Bank accounts
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News Reports

2141 of 2185 trees cut in Aarey Colony for car shed, no more trees to be cut and construction will start: Mumbai Metro Corporation

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Metro Corporation says 2141 of 2185 trees cut in Aarey Colony, construction will start immediately
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News Reports

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh leaves for France to receive first Rafale jet on the occasion of Dussehra and Vijaya Dashami

OpIndia Staff -
Though Rajnath Singh will officially receive Rafale on October 8, the jets will start arriving in India from May 2020
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Two prisoners, Kesaram Naik and Ayub Khan, held under POCSO charges fled the Nagaur Jail

OpIndia Staff -
The two absconders were charged under POCSO Act for raping minors
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News Reports

Muslim cleric attacks TMC MP Nusrat Jahan for attending Durga Puja festivities, says it haram in Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Nusrat Jahan has found herself at the receiving end of the Islamists’ fury ever since she got married to a Hindu Jain man
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News Reports

Azaan played in a ‘secular’ Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata sparks outrage, TMC leader Paresh Pal amongst key organisers

OpIndia Staff -
Case filed against Durga Puja organisers including a TMC MLA in Kolkata for playing Azaan in the pandal
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News Reports

Asaduddin Owaisi takes a jibe at Congress, says not even the best calcium injection can strengthen the party

OpIndia Staff -
Asaduddin Owaisi says that Congress party has been wiped out from the political landscape
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News Reports

From planning attacks in the Valley to execute killings, Pakistan and ISI designate specific tasks to top three terrorist organisations

OpIndia Staff -
A document shows Pakistan based terrorist organisations are assigned specif activities by Pakistan
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Politics

Maharashtra manifesto: Promise Vs. Performance

thesignoffive -
With Maharashtra gearing up for state assembly elections, here is what the Devendra Fadnavis government has delivered in last five years
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News Reports

Zee MD Punit Goenka assures investors that the company aims to repay their outstanding debt in 3 months

OpIndia Staff -
Zee MD plans to repay all if its Rs 5000 crores loan in domestic market in the next 90 days
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Government and Policy

Tejas Express is the REAL reform: Indian Railways on road to privatisation

Abhishek Banerjee -
This is real reform. And it will pay off just like the lifting of government monopoly on air travel did.
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News Reports

Kerala: Woman confesses of killing six members of her family, police probing the role of 7 including local politicians

OpIndia Staff -
Jolly Joseph in Kerala killed her husband, his both parents and three other relatives
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Social Media

“How can an engineer judge food?” – Hospitality industry to sue ‘non-genuine’ bloggers for defamation. The ‘influenca’ conundrum

Nirwa Mehta -
Social media has given power to people on their fingertips and with this power has come great irresponsibility.
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News Reports

Pakistan Magazine claims Saudi Crown Prince snubbed Imran Khan by calling back his private Jet which was to fly Khan back from USA

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly Saudi Crown Prince called back the pvt jet as he was unhappy with Imran Khan
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News Reports

Noose tightens on Pakistan as it fares badly in the FATF-APG report card on money-laundering and terror-financing

OpIndia Staff -
In March 2019, the Paris based organisation had also warned Pakistan regarding the increase in suspicious transactions in 2018 and 2019
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Opinions

Read details of the bizarre Tripura High Court judgement banning animal sacrifice at Shakti temples in Tripura

K Bhattacharjee -
The Tripura High Court decides what is essential in Hinduism while banning animal slaughter in Shakti temples
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Law

SC asks status quo to be maintained in Aarey Colony, government to not cut any more trees, next hearing on 21st October

OpIndia Staff -
Some students had sent a letter to the Chief Justice of India today seeking a stay on cutting the trees, which was signed off by Dhananjay Ranjan, a 4th-year law student of Lloyd Law College, Noida.
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Media

People are fearful of upsetting the Muslim community: Lord Indarjit Singh who quit BBC Radio after it censored his talk on Guru Tegh Bahadur

OpIndia Staff -
Lord Indarjit Singh, the Sikh host of BBC radio who quit the programme over censorship says people are fearful of upsetting the Muslim community.
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News Reports

Pakistani infiltrators chanting Azaadi slogans stopped at Jiskool, Muzaffarabad as they threaten to march toward Srinagar

OpIndia Staff -
Hundreds of Pakistanis have gathered near the LoC, in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) ready to infiltrate India for a ‘Freedom March’, two months after the Indian government abrogated Article 370.
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News Reports

Supreme Court converts letter against Aarey tree cutting for Mumbai Metro to PIL, forms special bench to hear on 7th October

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court takes suo moto cognisance of a letter against cutting trees for Mumbai Metro
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Opinions

Drowned in the darkness – Pakistan occupied Kashmir: The world can no longer ignore the other side of Kashmir

User -
Despite human rights violations and injustice in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, world continues to ignore
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Interviews

All the historical literary evidence point that the Babri Masjid was built on the ruins of Ram Temple: Noted historian Meenakshi Jain speaks to...

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia Hindi Editor Ajeet Bharti talks to noted author and historian Meenakshi Jain on the Ram Janmabhoomi controversy.
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Opinions

Devendra Fadnavis government has delivered almost every promise on economy and employment made before 2014 Maharashtra elections: An analysis

Guest Author -
An analysis of promises made by BJP before 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections and performances of the govt
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News Reports

NC leaders meet Farooq Abdullah, want Article 370 back and everything to be rolled back to how it was before August 5

OpIndia Staff -
National Conference delegation met party leader Farooq Abdullah first time after abrogation of Article 370.
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News Reports

Ayodhya: Ram Janmabhoomi verdict expected in November, security tightened ahead of Diwali festivities

OpIndia Staff -
With Ram Janmabhoomi verdict expected in November, schools and campuses in the vicinity are being identified so that the additional forces can be accommodated.
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News Reports

After Car Depot, Mumbai Metro may face another round of protests over cancellation of Christian cemetery for Metro Bhavan at Aarey

OpIndia Staff -
The proposed site for Mumbai Metro bhavan in Aarey includes land allotted for Christian Cemetery
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Social Media

Pro-AAP blogger Dhruv Rathee tries to expose BJP spokesperson, exposes his own low IQ

OpIndia Staff -
the pro-AAP blogger Dhruv Rathee who has a complex relationship with comprehending facts decided to launch a sexist jibe at Sanju Verma and asked her to post the satellite images of those tree saplings which were planted earlier in Maharashtra.
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Crime

Rajasthan: 14-year old Dalit girl sexually harassed, video-filmed, three accused arrested

OpIndia Staff -
One of the youths took out his mobile phone and began recording the entire incident while one of the accused sexually harassed the girl by removing dupatta and asked her to undress.
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News Reports

A year after Supreme Court judgement, union government launches eco-friendly green crackers ahead of Diwali

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Minister announced that Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) labs have been successful in developing various environment-friendly fireworks such as sound-emitting crackers, flowerpots, pencils, chakkar and sparklers.
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News Reports

Pakistanis announce infiltrating India by crossing the LoC en masse to ‘liberate Kashmir’, Imran Khan says ‘No, it will upset narrative’

OpIndia Staff -
Hundreds of Pakistanis have gathered near the LoC, in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) ready to infiltrate India for a 'Freedom March', two months after the Indian government abrogated Article 370
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News Reports

Election Commission approves CM Devendra Fadnavis’ nomination form amidst frivolous allegations by Congress

Dhaval Patel -
Election Commission approves CM Devendra Fadnavis' nomination form
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News Reports

Rapists asked the girl to plead in name of Allah: Read the horrifying details of Kaushambi rape case where a minor Dalit girl was...

OpIndia Staff -
Swarajya Magazine's Swati Goel Sharma divulges the gory specifics of the incident
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Politics

CPIM Politburo member shares fake news about BJP supporter who committed suicide over family issue, invokes NRC

OpIndia Staff -
The rumours on social media posts that Nibhas committed suicide over NRC issue, was ruled out by his brother Pralab Sarkar
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Government and Policy

Families of martyred or disabled soldiers to get four times more money as compensation, Rajnath Singh sanctions proposal

OpIndia Staff -
Rajnath Singh sanctions four-fold increase in monetary compensation given to families of battle casualties, increasing the existing assistance of Rs 2 lakhs to Rs 8 lakhs.
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Social Media

Self-proclaimed ‘historians’ share 2018 report on rape accused Swami Chinmayanand to imply he is let off in the current rape case

OpIndia Staff -
An old article from 2018 was shared en masse by 'liberal' propagandists to portray that UP government is aiding rape-accused Swami Chinmayananda
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Politics

Maharashtra assembly elections: The one-horse race

Ashutosh Muglikar -
Devendra Fadnavis is bidding for his re-election as the CM of largest industrial state in India in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls which are set to be held in few weeks.
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News Reports

Bombay HC dismisses fresh plea seeking stay order on tree felling in Aarey, project to continue

OpIndia Staff -
Yesterday, the Bombay HC had granted its approval for tree felling in Aarey for the ongoing metro project.
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Social Media

Aarey activist hugs random roadside tree outside Aarey, Twitterati demands Rs 50 be cut for ‘overacting’

OpIndia Staff -
ANI had shared the image of an activist protesting against the tree felling by 'hugging' a tree, a tree that wasn't even going to be cut.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Imran Khan’s govt distributes full body veils to schoolgirls to ‘ensure their safety’

OpIndia Staff -
A leader of the leading party in Pakistan distributed burqa to schoolgirls to 'ensure their safety'
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Crime

Grenade attack outside Anantnag DC office, 10 persons including traffic cop and local journalist injured

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier on September 28, terrorists had hurled a bomb at CRPF personnel in downtown Srinagar but they had missed the target.
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Politics

‘Reactionary Right’ versus the ‘Vikas Right’: The churn in the Indian Rightwing and what it represents

K Bhattacharjee -
Despite objections from certain quarters, the narrative on the rightwing has continued to shift in favour of the Reactionary Right.
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News Reports

‘Kashmir gaye toh udda diye jaogay,’ Cyclist receives threat on WhatsApp from Pakistan asking him to not go to the valley

OpIndia Staff -
Cyclist, who has planned a group cycle tour from Kanyakumari to Kashmir alleges he got a WhatsApp call from Pakistan asking him to not go to the valley.
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Media

Former AAP leader and journalist Ashish Khetan, accused of planting stories in favour of Essar, joins the group as Vice President

OpIndia Staff -
Former AAP leader Ashish Khetan has been accused of defending Essar in the 2G scam when he was a journalist.
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Crime

Gujarat: Woman jumps to death from 13th floor, falls on 69-year-old

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Hansraj Rathi landed on top of a 69-year-old man on the ground, who was returning from his daily morning walk.
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News Reports

Section 144 imposed, Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi detained, entry restricted into Aarey as protests continue

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, several people have been detained by the police after they tried to stop the authorities from carrying out their job.
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News Reports

US Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders suffered a heart attack earlier this week, is now ‘feeling great’ after being discharged from hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is running for the President 2020 of the United States as a Democratic candidate
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Social Media

Eco-crazy? Environ-mental activists bring fire engine to spray British finance ministry with 1800 litres of fake blood

OpIndia Staff -
'Extinction Rebellion' activists were perhaps unprepared for the challenges a giant hose would possess for untrained hands.
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Opinions

Aarey: Environmentalism should be a practical concern, not a religion

Abhishek Banerjee -
By turning this practical concern into a quasi-religious form of bigotry, the left and glamor seeking celebrities are only enhancing the danger to the environment.
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