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‘Priyanka Chopra has the right to speak in personal capacity’: UNICEF rubbishes Pakistan’s petition to have her removed as Ambassador

OpIndia Staff -
UNICEF said that Priyanka Chopra retains the right to speak in her personal capacity on issues concerning her
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News Reports

Sri Lanka busts Pakistan’s lies, says never mentioned Kashmir in their meeting with Pakistan envoy

OpIndia Staff -
Sri Lanka was one of the first countries to acknowledge that India's decision regarding Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir's bifurcation are its internal matters.
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Politics

France firmly in India’s corner: Kashmir a bilateral issue, strong statements on terrorism

OpIndia Staff -
The French President also added that the first Rafale aircraft will reach India next month.
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News Reports

BJP to conduct nationwide public awareness campaign on Article 370, to rope in 2000 prominent personalities

OpIndia Staff -
BJP to hold public awareness campaigns across 370 places on abrogation Article 370 beginning September 1
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Law

Special CBI Court grants CBI custody of Chidambaram till 26th August

OpIndia Staff -
A special CBI Court has granted CBI custody of former Union Minister for Finance and Home, P. Chidambaram, in the INX Media Case. Custody has been granted till the 26th of August.
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Opinions

Online Aggregators: Corporate Strategy bleeding the Hotel Industry

sujayjoshi -
Amidst the controversy involving the various Online Aggregators, the most popular dispute in recent days is between the Hoteliers and the Online Aggregator ‘OYO Rooms
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News Reports

Bombay HC directs Mumbai Police to file a case against Ajit Pawar and 70 others in a Bank scam

OpIndia Staff -
The Bombay High Court on Thursday instructed the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) against NCP leader Ajit Pawar and 70 others in Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank (MSCB) scam.
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Politics

‘She is nobody that I should know her,’ Samajwadi Rajya Sabha MP denies knowing Shehla Rashid after sharing stage

OpIndia Staff -
Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav outright denied knowing Shehla Rashid minutes after sharing the stage with the freelance activist.
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Opinions

They may throw ink on Savarkar’s statue, but it is the Congress who has a tainted face

Rahul Kaushik -
While top Congres leaders spent their so-called jail terms in posh guest houses, Savarkar was subjected to inhuman atrocities in Andaman.
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News Reports

NDTV’s Interim CEO Suparna Singh resigns with immediate effect

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV interim CEO Suparna Singh, whose appointment as CEO was not approved by I&B ministry, has stepped down
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Media

Read about the P Chidambaram link in the new FIR filed against NDTV by the CBI

K Bhattacharjee -
It appears that the INX Media case, the new FIR against NDTV and arrest of P Chidambaram are all interconnected.
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News Reports

Here is why Congress defence of Chidambaram’s name not being in the FIR holds no water

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi HC judge observed P Chidambaram as the kingpin of the INX Media scam and refused to grant him interim relief
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Media

India Today’s opinion website DailyO folds, shuts down operations, sacks editorial staff

OpIndia Staff -
India Today flagship DailyO seems to have folded its operations and sacked its Editorial Staff
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News Reports

NSUI goons vandalise Savarkar statue inside Delhi University campus, put shoe garland

OpIndia Staff -
This statue was erected by ABVP activists on Monday night along with the busts of Bhagat Singh and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Opinions

All you need to know: Retired judge Abhay Thipsay who joined Congress launched book blaming Hindus for bomb blasts done by Islamic radicals

GujaratRiots.com -
S M Mushrif is a controversial former Inspector General of Police. He has written a book which claimed that the then ATS chief Hemant Karkare was killed by Hindu radicals
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Politics

Ratul Puri, Kamal Nath’s nephew, moves application to surrender before the CBI Court

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Ratul Puri, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath's nephew, moved an application to surrender before the CBI Court.
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Crime

Police extends Section 144 in violence hit areas in Jaipur where a Muslim mob had attacked Kanwar Yatris on Eid

OpIndia Staff -
On August 12, 2019, a violent Muslim mob attacked Kanwar Yatris in Jaipur and torched a dozen transport buses.
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News Reports

Madras High Court rejects Karti Chidambaram’s plea seeking interim stay on transfer of his Income Tax case to special court

OpIndia Staff -
Karti Chidambaram and his wife are accused of not disclosing cash payment received in a land sale
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News Reports

Fake news peddler Shehla Rashid evades questions on whether she has proof of her allegations against Indian Army

OpIndia Staff -
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) today organised an all-party demonstration at the Jantar Mantar in New Delhi demanding the immediate release of Kashmiri politicians who are precautionarily detained in the aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370.
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News Reports

‘Liberal’ hearts bleed as CBI arrests Congress leader Chidambaram after court calls him “kingpin of crime”

OpIndia Staff -
Within a few minutes of Chidambaram's arrest, the liberal heart bled for their fallen hero, who once had once co-opted the very same intelligentsia, media and other opinion-makers.
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Politics

Opposition gathers to protest against abrogation of Article 370, Karti Chidambaram arrives and steals the show

OpIndia Staff -
As seen above, Brinda Karat (CPIM), Manoj Jha (RJD) and Ghulam Nabi Azad (Congress) aren't particularly excited at the limelight being taken away from them by Karti.
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Politics

If Congress can’t claim political martyrdom today, the Modi government has only P Chidambaram to thank

Editorial Desk -
After being missing for almost an entire day post the Supreme Court rejecting immediate relief from arrest in the INX media scam case, P Chidambaram went missing.
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Opinions

Head caretaker of UPA castle is arrested and the common Indian is smiling

Abhishek Banerjee -
Enjoy the Whataboutism. By the way, how long before some renowned 'divider' in media tries to size up yesterday’s arrest in terms of caste or regional faultlines? Let’s see who does it first.
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News Reports

India not to renew 1989 agreement, stops sharing hydrological data with Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
The move by the Indian government is considered to be the response to Pakistan's continuous propagation of terror into India and also its attempts to destabilise the normalcy in the Kashmir. 
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Criminal surrenders as he fears UP police might do an encounter, says wont repeat his crimes

OpIndia Staff -
According to Police, he was involved in looting and theft and a case of gang rape was also registered against him.
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Politics

Mumbai: Raj Thackeray to be questioned by ED today, section 144 imposed in several areas

OpIndia Staff -
Thackeray will be questioned at the ED office at Ballard Pier at around 10.30 am.
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Politics

Chidambaram spends the night at CBI HQ, CBI to seek custodial interrogation after dramatic arrest of the ‘Kingpin of the scam’

OpIndia Staff -
The CBI will grill him at 10 am and later produce him in special court to seek custodial interrogation.
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Media

Political Editor of The Hindu condones violence by Congress workers who beat up a man who shouted ‘Chidambaram Chor Hai’

OpIndia Staff -
Congress worker beats up a man for shouting 'Chidambaram Chor Hai', The Hindu Political Editor Nistula Hebbar shows excitement at the unruly behaviour.
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News Reports

“Larger conspiracy” probe against CJI Ranjan Gogoi completed by Justice Patnaik, report likely in September

OpIndia Staff -
"Larger conspiracy" probe against CJI Ranjan Gogoi completed by Justice Patnaik, report likely in September
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News Reports

Fact-Check: Unlike Chidambaram who tried to escape from law, Amit Shah resolutely faced trial and was acquitted

OpIndia Staff -
Hartosh Singh Bal equated P Chidambaram's disgraceful escape with Amit Shah's tenacity to face the law
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News Reports

P Chidambaram finally arrested by CBI after officers scale wall of his residence as the gates were locked

OpIndia Staff -
Chidambaram arrested from his residence after he addressed a press conference at Congress office
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News Reports

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, IAF Chief BS Dhanoa will travel to France to receive the first Rafale fighter jet in September

OpIndia Staff -
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, IAF Chief BS Dhanoa will travel to France to receive the first Rafale fighter jet in September
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News Reports

‘Missing’ for a day, P Chidambaram surfaces at Congress office, says he was preparing his petition with his lawyers

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram said that charges against him are lies spread by pathological liars,
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News Reports

Russia backs India on territorial integrity and non-interference of third parties during NSA Ajit Doval’s Moscow visit

OpIndia Staff -
Russia backs India’s position on issues like territorial integrity and rejection of any third party intervention
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News Reports

Veer Savarkar’s bust installed at Delhi University, liberals lose their mind, say bust of Nathuram Godse might be next

OpIndia Staff -
A pillar with busts of Veer Savarkar, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh has been put up at the North Campus of Delhi University.
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News Reports

1000-year-old Sialkot Temple in Pakistan opens for the first time in 72 years

OpIndia Staff -
A Hindu temple was opened for the first time since partition in Pakistan’s Sialkot region
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News Reports

Human rights, vigilance cells: Defence Minister approves major decisions on reorganisation of Army headquarters

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Armed forces are the second-largest military force in the world in terms of size.
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News Reports

One BSF jawan killed and another injured in clashes with cattle smugglers along Bangladesh border

OpIndia Staff -
A Bangladeshi cattle smuggler Minto Sardar was caught with 10 cattle heads in his possession along the West Bengal-Bangladesh border
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Law

CJI’s bench rises for the day, Chidambaram’s plea to be heard by SC on Friday

OpIndia Staff -
Chidambaram's plea against Delhi HC's order rejecting his anticipatory bail application could not be listed today.
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News Reports

Granting illegal FIPB clearance to receive kickbacks paid through shell companies: Read about P Chidambaram’s modus operandi

K Bhattacharjee -
As per sources, Chidambaram’s modus operandi revolved around granting illegal FIPB clearances to receive kickbacks, often paid through various shell companies floated by his son Karti Chidambaram.
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Crime

Read details of the case against P Chidambaram: Illegal FIPB clearance to six companies and laundering of kickback money

OpIndia Staff -
ED and CBI has said that INX Media is not the only case Chidambaram is facing, there are multiple illegal FIPB approvals and money laundering cases
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News Reports

After filing a new FIR in money laundering case, CBI conducts raids at NDTV’s former CEO Vikram Chandra house

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Vikram Chandra along with NDTV founders, Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy have been charged in a case related to money laundering
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News Reports

Not a satire: Parody country Pakistan has a ‘Ministry of Human Rights’, the ministry is now whining against Priyanka Chopra

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's 'Human Rights minister' writes to UNICEF, asks to 'denotify' Priyanka Chopra as a UN goodwill ambassador.
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Media

NDTV sings an old tune: Calls charges in new FIR ‘fabricated’, claims it’s not about NDTV but ‘larger battle’ of freedom of press

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CBI has filed a new FIR on Wednesday against NDTV and its founders, Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy and former CEO Vikram Chandra.
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News Reports

HC grants 4 weeks to Robert Vadra to file response to ED’s reply in plea to quash money laundering case

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The ED has accused Priyanka Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra of money laundering in a case related to London based property worth £1.9 million
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Media

Read full details of new FIR filed by CBI: Prannoy Roy, Radhika Roy and Vikram Chandra accused of criminal conspiracy, cheating and corruption

OpIndia Staff -
A new FIR has been filed by the CBI against Prannoy Roy, his wife, Radhika Roy, and former CEO of NDTV, Vikram Chandra in a case related to money laundering.
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Politics

Blow to Chidambaram: SC refuses to list the matter today, HC order rejecting his anticipatory bail plea to stay in force

OpIndia Staff -
Sibal had requested that the matter be listed before the Supreme Court today. However, the SC declined to pass any order.
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News Reports

Kashmir bilateral issue, says UK PM Boris Johnson to PM Modi, regrets anti-India protests in London on August 15

OpIndia Staff -
British PM made it clear that Kashmir remains a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan. Calls for dialogue between the two nations.
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Opinions

All that Pakistan is left with is a war of misinformation: Here are the myths and propaganda about Kashmir

Saket Suryesh -
Pakistan has gone to the two of the most dangerous forces for support- A fanatic faith and cruel communism, latter being more fanatic than the former.
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Opinions

Poetic Justice: P Chidambaram falsely hounded Amit Shah and Narendra Modi, now he is on the run for his own transgressions

Editorial Desk -
When P. Chidambaram was the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah was unceremoniously arrested and slapped with charges of murder, extortion, and kidnapping among others over the Sohrabuddin encounter case.
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