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No, Times of India, Islamist terrorists harboured and nurtured by Pakistan, not ‘local youth’ killed over 40 soldiers

Nirwa Mehta -
Times of India not only came out with a horrible headline, but there were also other issues with the reportage as well
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News Reports

Pulwama attack: 44 CRPF soldier martyred; Home Minister Rajnath Singh to visit Kashmir to take stock of the situation

OpIndia Staff -
The international community, including the US, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Russia, and Bangladesh have condemned the dastardly attack on Indian security personnel.
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News Reports

“By the time this video reaches you, I will be in heaven”, declared JeM terrorist in video before Pulwama suicide attack

OpIndia Staff -
The terrorist is seen urging the people of North, Central, South Kashmir and Jammu to come together in the fight against India.
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Crime

West Bengal: Police vandalises Hindu temple on the pretext of implementing loudspeaker ban

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu's continue to be targeted in West Bengal under Mamata Banerjee's dictatorship
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Crime

More trouble for Vijay Mallya as ED to allow banks to sell his attached shares in the United Breweries after court clearance

OpIndia Staff -
The ED expects the sale of shares to surpass Rs 9,500 crore, the amount Mallya owes the local lenders
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News Reports

Uber driver Imrom turns Amit, then Irshad: Activist raises concerns about safety of customers

OpIndia Staff -
There have been many incidents of violence, loot, even rape and murder in cabs in recent years. Though not all incidents can be related to fake identities and fake documents being used, it cannot be denied that the lack of a mechanism to ensure the identity of the driver in a cab is a major safety loophole.
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News Reports

Kashmir: 12 CRPF jawans martyred in a terrorist attack claimed by Jaish-e-Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
Two CRPF vehicles were targeted in the high intensity IED blast which left dozens of soldiers injured.
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Opinions

The Left Can’t Meme: Congress party’s cringe worthy tweets on Valentines Day appear desperate rather than funny

K Bhattacharjee -
The tweets by the Congress party, instead of tickling one's funny bones, come across as a desperate attempt to appear 'hip' and sway the online youth.
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Fact-Check

Fact check: Did Modi lie about hoisting the national flag at Lal Chowk in 1992?

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire says Modi had no role in the 1992 Ekta Yatra, fact is he was the convenor of the same
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News Reports

“He is not letting people wear helmets,” Puducherry Lt Governor’s exasperation at CM protesting against road safety rules

OpIndia Staff -
CM Narayanswamy has been protesting against Lt Governor Kiran Bedi for her tough stance on the use of helmets.
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Editor's picks

The fourth Battle of Panipat: 2019

Guest Author -
The belligerence of Banerjee is not an isolated statement but rather demarcates a civilizational struggle for India
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News Reports

On Valentine’s day, Bajrang Dal marries off a couple in Hyderabad

OpIndia Staff -
The Bajrang Dal had issued strict warnings to the couple against celebrating Valentine’s day saying it doesn’t comply with Hindu culture and traditions.
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News Reports

‘SC verdict against Constitution and Democracy,’ AAP alleges collusion between SC and PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
CM of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal said, “What sort of democracy is this? Why is Delhi government not powerful? How can the opposition run the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB)? How can the government function without power?”
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News Reports

‘He is an old man, keeps forgetting what to say,’ Former Bihar CM Rabri Devi on Mulayam Singh’s endorsement to Modi for PM in...

OpIndia Staff -
Mulayam Singh Yadav's comment might be a game changer for his son, Akhilesh Yadav, who is also eyeing at the PM seat
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News Reports

Kerala: Family reaches out to Communist government after mosque bans them for ‘allowing women to sing and dance’ at family wedding

OpIndia Staff -
The mosque has claimed that the family is not 'banned' but is facing 'noncooperation' for violating wedding celebrations instructions
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Books

’80 percent of Vatican Priests are gay’, new book blows the lid of rampant homosexuality within ‘homophobic’ Vatican

OpIndia Staff -
The book by Frédéric Martel, In the Closet of the Vatican, that is a detailed account of homosexuality within the Church is a “startling account of corruption and hypocrisy at the heart of the Vatican” according to its publisher, Bloomsbury.
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Editor's picks

2.86% savings : From scams to savings, how India changed under Modi

Abhishek Banerjee -
PM Modi’s government has completed five years in the Lok Sabha without a single scam.
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Law

AAP Vs Centre: Supreme Court says Centre has absolute control over Delhi’s Anti-Corruption Branch

OpIndia Staff -
The split verdict comes as a setback for the Delhi government which was hoping for more control over the governance of Delhi.
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Editor's picks

Modi Government to set up an Ordnance Factory Board near Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to produce 7.47 lakh assault Kalashnikov rifles

OpIndia Staff -
Centre on Wednesday evening cleared a proposal to set up a new plant at Amethi
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Editor's picks

These questions asked by Rahul Gandhi in the Parliament in last five years will stun you

OpIndia Staff -
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's questions also left us shocked
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News Reports

Dharna against helmets: Puducherry CM sleeps outside Raj Nivas, says Kiran Bedi should only be the ‘post office’

OpIndia Staff -
Narayansamy has alleged that Lt Governor Kiran Bedi should act only as a post office and sign papers.
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Editor's picks

Mamata miffed: Congress attacks Mamata over Saradha scam in Parliament, Mamata says, ‘Will remember’

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MP accused Mamata Banerjee led TMC of 'looting lakhs of people' in the chit fund scam.
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Editor's picks

First time witnessed ‘aankhon ki gustakiyan’ scenes in the Parliament: PM Modi takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi took potshots at Congress President Rahul Gandhi in his last speech in the 16th Lok Sabha
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Editor's picks

There were 13 Prime Ministers before me, but the PM’s chair in Lok Sabha has the names of only 3 of them: PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said that liberal intellectuals should think why the PM seat in Lok Sabha has names of only three former PMs
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News Reports

Key takeaways from PM Narendra Modi’s last speech in the 16th Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said that he is proud that in the last five years India has become the world's 6th largest economy
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News Reports

‘TikTok damages Indian culture,’ Tamil Nadu minister seeks ban on popular social media app

OpIndia Staff -
The Tamil Nadu IT Minister said that the government will approach the Central government to ban the TikTok app
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Editor's picks

Make no mistake! Mulayam Singh Yadav wishing for Modi’s victory is a huge political statement

Editorial Desk -
Does Samajwadi Party patriarch think 'UP Ke Ladke' are not fit to be Prime Minister?
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News Reports

FIR filed against AMU students for raising pro-Pakistan slogans and inciting Religious hatred

OpIndia Staff -
About 56 students enrolled in the Aligarh Muslim University already have criminal cases lodged against them
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News Reports

Agra: Police seals illegal slaughterhouse after journalist shares images on social media

OpIndia Staff -
The tweet was posted in a thread where Sharma was discussing her recent Ground Report from Agra's Mantola. Sharma had reported how Hindus, who are in the minority in the area, "lack in resources and live in fear."
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Editor's picks

Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh Yadav roots for Narendra Modi as Prime Minister for second term

OpIndia Staff -
"I wish that PM Modi, you should become the prime minister again," Mulayam Singh Yadav
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News Reports

Karnataka: JDS workers pelt stones at BJP workers in Hassan, BJP leader injured

OpIndia Staff -
Preetham Gowda, a first time MLA had created history after he had defeated JDS in its fortress, Hassan
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Law

Meerut: Authorities seal parts of slaughter house owned by BSP leader

OpIndia Staff -
The slaughterhouse is reportedly built on agricultural land and does not have a No-Objection certificate.
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News Reports

ED investigation finds Airbus had transferred $10.5 million to Singapore based partnership with corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar

OpIndia Staff -
The ED has alleged that Airbus colluding with Deepak Talwar floated a company and $10.5mn transfer was made to Talwar’s company involved in Air India-Airbus deal
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Crime

Kerala: Imam caught molesting a 15-year-old girl, claimed the minor was his ‘wife’

OpIndia Staff -
When confronted, the Imam claimed that the minor was his 'wife'.
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Editor's picks

CAG report on Rafale: Rahul Gandhi’s lies shredded to pieces, again

OpIndia Staff -
The CAG report states that price of basic aircraft same in both the Rafale deals, but the NDA deal is cheaper overall
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News Reports

Puducherry: Congress CM sits on a dharna demanding Governor Kiran Bedi recalled for trying to enforce ‘helmet rule’

OpIndia Staff -
A few days back, Puducherry Governor Kiran Bedi had tried to make helmet wearing mandatory for two-wheeler riders
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News Reports

Read why Twitter users are trending “Rahul Gandhi Pagal Hai”

OpIndia Staff -
People on Twitter started trending #RahulGandhiPagalHai soon after the conclusions of the CAG, exonerating the NDA government, went public. The trend comprised of tweets mocking the Congress President.
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News Reports

Former Bihar Congress President Ram Jatan Sinha joins JD(U), Manjhi adamant on seat sharing too

OpIndia Staff -
Forner Congress president Ram Jatan Sinha joins the Janta Dal (United).
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News Reports

AgustaWestland Scam: Congress era middleman Rajiv Saxena may turn approver in the VVIP chopper scam

OpIndia Staff -
ED has reportedly decided to seek approval from the court for making Saxena an approver in the case.
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News Reports

Watch: BJP President Amit Shah and UP CM Yogi Adityanath take the holy dip at Kumbh

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah was accompanied by CM Yogi Adityanath who took his second holy dip this Kumbh
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Crime

Bhima Koregaon violence: No relief for arrested ‘Urban Naxals’ as SC sets aside Bombay HC order refusing extra time to file chargesheet

OpIndia Staff -
The 'activists' were arrested over the violence that took place on 1st January 2018 in Pune
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Crime

Chhattisgarh: Congress divided over Naxal terrorism issue? This is not the first time

OpIndia Staff -
As per a report by the US state department, the CPI(Maoist) is the fourth deadliest terrorist group in the world, with 295 attacks in 2017 alone. It even ranks higher than the Boko Haram.
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News Reports

Jharkhand government bans radical Islamist outfit Popular Front of India for alleged links to ISIS

OpIndia Staff -
In February 2018, too, the Jharkhand government had banned the PFI but Jharkhand HC revoked the ban
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Editor's picks

As Congress looks to delay Rafale deal, Air Force left to scrounge for 1980s planes in Russian junkyard

Abhishek Banerjee -
Think about the Air Force pilots who will have to fly these 40-year junk planes that we are purchasing from the Russian garbage dump in our desperation
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Editor's picks

Congress leader P Chidambaram gives veiled threat to the journalist asking him uncomfortable questions

Nirwa Mehta -
Is there more to the threat by P Chidambaram to The Print journalist than what meets the eye? 
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News Reports

Congress member finds a WhatsApp message ‘offensive’, files police complaint

OpIndia Staff -
Ravi Kant Swami accused people of the group of using berating and hateful language against him and Congress party
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Editor's picks

Priyanka’s blank Twitter account with 1.5 lakh followers is the metaphor for the connection between The Family and India

Abhishek Banerjee -
This empty Twitter page of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with 1.5 lakh followers already is the perfect metaphor for our relationship with the Congress Dynasty
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News Reports

Chandrababu Naidu spends whopping Rs 11 crore tax money to sponsor his 12-hour political protest in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
The TDP government in Andhra Pradesh spent Rs 1.2 crore from the state exchequer to hire two special trains with 20 compartments each
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News Reports

Female journalist, crew of Republic TV heckled at Aligarh Muslim University, camera and equipment broken

OpIndia Staff -
The violent mob at AMU tried to lynch the Republic TV reporters and the Wire journalist normalises such hooliganism
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News Reports

Naveen Patnaik says Modi government has failed to create and augment rail and highway infrastructure in Odisha, facts say otherwise

Sambit Nayak -
Development of Railways and Highways infrastructure in Odisha at a glance Under Modi Government
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