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New Zealand: Movie based on 26/11 Mumbai terror attack pulled off from theatres in the wake of Christchurch Mosque shootings

OpIndia Staff -
Hotel Mumbai, a movie based on the 26/11 Terror Attacks in Mumbai by Pakistani terrorists, has been pulled off from theaters in New Zealand in the aftermath of the Christchurch Mosque shootings by a White supremacist.
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News Reports

China’s crackdown on Uighur Muslims: Says 13,000 arrested, 1500 terror gangs dismantled since 2014

OpIndia Staff -
China is facing criticism from several quarters for imposing repressive measures in the restive province of Xinjiang against the Uighur Muslim population.
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Editor's picks

Some of Manohar Parrikar’s statements that endeared him to an entire nation of over a billion

OpIndia Staff -
Manohar Parrikar was an epitome of integrity, honesty, nationalism and courage. Even in the face of imminent demise, he continued to serve the country with utmost dedication. 
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Economy and Finance

131 chartered accountants debunk the politically motivated baseless allegations of some economists and social scientists

OpIndia Staff -
CAs appeal to the professionals around the world to come together to present the true picture of India and counter baseless allegations with political motivations
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Editor's picks

A Pulitzer Prize winning report on Priyanka Gandhi’s aeroplane trip by Mausambi Singh

Rahul Roushan -
Priyanka Gandhi took an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Lucknow, and it was a flight to remember.
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News Reports

Congress Telangana crisis: Congress youth leader burns party flag, 8th MLA announces defection to TRS

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Congress MLAs joining TRS, threatens party's opposition status
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Editor's picks

Indian Muslims: Look at Congress manifesto to know if they stand by you

Ashish Shukla -
It’s important for Indians, especially the Muslims, to look at Congress’ manifesto closely and understand that the grand old party has never, not now, and certainly would not stand by India’s largest minority.
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News Reports

Congress misleading people by leaving 7 seats for SP-BSP-RLD alliance in UP, it can field candidates in all 80-seats: Mayawati

OpIndia Staff -
The Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati's Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) and Ajit Singh led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) had joined together to take on the incumbent NDA, which had secured 73 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
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Crime

West Bengal: Chinese national arrested for flying camera-drone over Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial

OpIndia Staff -
The army had sought a report from the police about the images captured by the drone
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News Reports

After the alliance with the Communists hits a stalemate, Congress to contest solo in West Bengal

Jhankar Mohta -
Most of the allies are leaving the grand old party stranded, just in the nick of time
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Opinions

Priyanka and Rahul are so divine, we don’t deserve them

Sanghamitra -
Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi will be youth icons even in their fifties, they will be 'kickstarting' more campaigns than Sriharikota launches satellites and will continue to brighten our days with brilliantly chosen clothes and flashing smiles with mesmerising dimples.
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News Reports

SP leader Azam Khan’s wife writes to the Election Commission demanding Z category security for her husband

OpIndia Staff -
Azam Khan was accused by former SP leader Jaya Prada of harassment and attempting an acid attack on her.
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Editor's picks

When Manohar Parrikar found $3 billion of our money lying forgotten in a US account

Abhishek Banerjee -
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had revealed that he had found $3 billion (or Rs 20,000 crore) of Govt of India money lying forgotten in a US account.
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Editor's picks

Bhim Army pours scorn on Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Ashish Shukla -
Priyanka Gandhi apparently is proving a disaster as Congress general secretary in-charge for east Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Former IAS Shah Faesal who had called India ‘Rapistan’ launches political party, joined by JNU freelance protestor Shehla Rashid

OpIndia Staff -
Former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who had resigned recently to join politics, launched his political party the 'Jammu and Kashmir Peoples' Movement' which was joined by career protestor Shehla Rashid
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Editor's picks

Manohar Parrikar ‘Bhaie’: A life spent in service

Shreyash -
For years to come, every CM in Goa will be measured against Parrikar
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Editor's picks

Parrikar, the Epilogue: The best tribute is to ensure his dreams for this nation come to fruition

lordwalrus -
Much has been written about the simplicity, dedication, hard work and astuteness of Manohar Parrikar – and much more will be written
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News Reports

‘Parties allied with BJP on condition that Parrikar leads govt’: Congress writes to Governor hours after the CM’s demise

OpIndia Staff -
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee wrote to the Governor staking claim to form the government after the demise of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar
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Media

India Today uses the photo of a Hindu girl to highlight the high rate of child marriage among Muslims in Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
Recently a detergent brand was highly criticised by people for releasing a Hinduphobic advertisement targeting the festival of Holi.
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News Reports

Anti-BJP accounts on social media, including Huffpost, Scroll journalist, celebrate death of Manohar Parrikar

OpIndia Staff -
As the sad news of passing away of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar came in, social media was filled with condolence messages from people...
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Government and Policy

Nations pledge to significantly reduce the use of single-use plastic at the United Nations Environment Assembly

OpIndia Staff -
The resolution to reduce the use of disposable plastic at the UNEA was guided by India.
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News Reports

Goa Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Manohar Parrikar passes away

OpIndia Staff -
Goa Chief Minister and former defence minister Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar passed away this evening.
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav threatens officers of taking action against them for making him vacate his bungalow

OpIndia Staff -
In North India, the term "Chilum Nikhalvaunga" is a term expressed to display their elitism and aristocratic mindset against people who they think are subservient by making them do menial jobs at their houses. With Akhilesh Yadav using such deplorable words, he has directly threatened bureaucrats for simply following orders. 
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News Reports

The man who concocted a bomb blast for secularism claims the Balakot air strikes were done on his suggestion

OpIndia Staff -
Sharad Pawar said that PM Modi and Defence Minister were absent in the meeting in which he advised the security officials to take down the terror hideouts
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Editor's picks

A testament of Arvind Kejriwal’s incompetence: His failed promise of revamping Delhi’s education system

sumeetbhasin -
The AAP government has exploited the vulnerability of the poor students of Delhi just as Mr Kejriwal exploited the vulnerable people of Delhi and their anti-corruption sentiment to storm into power.
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News Reports

More than 70 vessels including INS Vikramaditya, nuclear submarines, battleships were deployed near Pakistan after Pulwama Attack: Indian Navy

OpIndia Staff -
Carrier Battle Group led by INS Vikramaditya, nuclear submarines and other battleships of Indian Navy were at the North Arabian Sea after the Pulwama attack
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News Reports

NDA seat sharing in Bihar: BJP and JDU to fight on 17 seats each, remaining 6 to be contested by LJP

OpIndia Staff -
BJP and JDU will be fighting on 17 seats each, while LJP will contest on remaining 6 seats
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Editor's picks

Congress MLA and former Goa CM Digambar Kamat refutes rumours of joining BJP as bogus

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leader Digambar Kamat left for New Delhi on Sunday, amid speculation that he may join the ruling BJP. Kamat has previously served as the Chief Minister of Goa from 2007 to 2012 when he was in Congress.
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News Reports

Congress MLA in Rajasthan insults woman sarpanch, prevents her from sitting on the stage

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MLA Divya Maderna prevented sarpanch Chandu to sit beside her, asking her to sit among the audience
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News Reports

Discovering a new abyss, Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera says MODI stands for Masood, Osama, Dawood, ISI

OpIndia Staff -
As Lok Sabha elections are just weeks ahead, the Congress party has resorted to its old strategy of personal attacks against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Editor's picks

Prime Minister Narendra Modi changes his Twitter name after many supporters started the trend

OpIndia Staff -
In continuation with his 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign, PM Modi changes his Twitter display name by prefixing 'Chowkidar' to it
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News Reports

Former SIMI member and father of ‘tukde tukde’ fame Umar Khalid, to contest elections from West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
SQR Ilyas decision to be a part of the Indian election process comes at a time when his son Umar Khalid, who is part of 'Break-India' brigade has been chargesheeted for sedition
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Opinions

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra: How Congress’ ‘masterstroke’ may have just been a damp squib

Nirwa Mehta -
The first 50 days of her official induction in Congress have been quite disappointing to say the least
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News Reports

Congress stakes claim to form the government after the death of BJP MLA Francis D’Souza

OpIndia Staff -
Congress staked claim to form the government in Goa following the death of BJP MLA Francis D’Souza.
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Editor's picks

Delhi BJP requests appointment of Special Observer in mosques to prevent polarisation of voters on religious lines

OpIndia Staff -
BJP has alleged in the letter that Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders have been making provocative speeches to polarise the minority community.
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Editor's picks

After Modi launches #MainBhiChowkidar campaign, Congress shows #TheyArePappu

Nirwa Mehta -
Congress party is a joke which writes itself
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News Reports

Masood Azhar is alive, Jaish-e-Mohammad mouthpiece claims hours after China put on hold India’s proposal in UNSC

OpIndia Staff -
China in connivance with Pakistan has thrice obstructed the designation of Masood Azhar as a terrorist at the United Nations.
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News Reports

Arranged party hopping? Kumaraswamy claims JDS leader joining BSP was ‘thoughtful planning’ between the two parties

OpIndia Staff -
At a time when the Congress party is struggling to keep its flock together with more leaders quitting almost every day to join the BJP, it appears even their allies are working actively to undermine their interests and strengthen their rivals.
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News Reports

BJP and BJD in a tussle over KALIA scheme payment to farmers in Odisha

OpIndia Staff -
KALIA is direct benefits transfer scheme launched by the BJD government in Odisha, providing Rs 10000 a year to poor and landless farmers.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi repeats his lie that PM Modi was busy filming after the Pulwama terror attack

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi's strategy to defeat Prime Minister Modi in the upcoming General Elections appears to involve a lot of lies, then some more lies and then a few more.
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Crime

Jammu and Kashmir: Special Police Officer Khushboo Jan shot dead by terrorists in her village

OpIndia Staff -
The SPO was taken to hospital after she was shot at, but she succumbed to her injuries
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News Reports

Congress contemplating to field Digvijaya Singh in BJP stronghold in upcoming elections: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Has Congress lost the faith in their old horse in Madhya Pradesh?
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Editor's picks

Christian Michel documents: Rafale delayed because of Eurofighter lobbying and Sweden’s Bofors ‘leverage’ over Gandhis?

Nupur J Sharma -
These documents that point towards the Gandhi family are secret notes about Eurofighter lobbying faxed by Christian Michel to Guido Haschke. 
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Economy and Finance

GDP data: Liberal crowd must explain what happened to the last conspiracy theory before moving to next one

Abhishek Banerjee -
Conspiracy theorists create a cloud of misinformation by throwing a bunch of claims at people, some half true, some false, some impossible to verify
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Editor's picks

‘If we betrayed the alliance, Shivaji Maharaj would have thrown us off a mountain cliff’: Uddhav Thackeray

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray said that it was the right time to forget the ups and downs between the alliance partners
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Crime

MP: Ex-BSP leader murdered days after joining Congress, husband of BSP MLA demanding ministerial berth booked as suspect

OpIndia Staff -
Several political leaders have been murdered and attacked in the state recently.
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Crime

Jagan Mohan Reddy’s uncle, YS Vivekananda Reddy found murdered, YSRCP and TDP accuse each other of foul play

OpIndia Staff -
Demanding a CBI inquiry, Jagan Mohan Reddy asserted that only a probe by an independent agency could reveal the truth. He further stated that the police were trying to divert the attention with wrong leads and fabricated evidence.
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Editor's picks

Congress to ‘please’ gods to win all 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, outsource the task to a minister

OpIndia Staff -
In 2014, Congress had won 3 seats in Madhya Pradesh while BJP swept the remaining 26 seats in the state
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: 12-year-old Dalit girl found beheaded a day after she was reported missing

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday evening, the girl's headless body was found lying in an agricultural field close to her village. Her severed head was found some distance away.
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Editor's picks

#MainBhiChowkidar – Prime Minister Modi asks everyone to take the pledge of being a Chowkidar

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi turns the condescending term Congress President threw at him as a matter of pride.
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