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Crime

Cow smugglers clamp on a police official in illegal Rohingya influenced Mewat region of Haryana

OpIndia Staff -
Mujib, a cow smuggler from Mewat region in Haryana was arrested and an FIR has been lodged
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Government and Policy

Hindi becomes third official language to be used in Abu Dhabi courts

OpIndia Staff -
Other than Arabic and English, now Hindi language can be used in courts in Abu Dhabi
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News Reports

Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad to formally join Congress on February 15

OpIndia Staff -
Kirti Azad was suspended by the BJP in December 2015 over his comments accusing Arun Jaitley of being involved in corruption
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Editor's picks

Saradha scam: CBI continue to grill Kolkata Police chief, former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh to be questioned today

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Yesterday, Kolkata Police chief was grilled for nine hours by the CBI in the Saradha chit fund scam
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Crime

Two arrested for TMC leader Satyajit Biswas’ murder who was earlier shot dead, party alleges BJP conspiracy

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Satyajit Biswas' murder has started a political slugfest between the TMC and Bhartiya Janta Party state leaders
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Editor's picks

Congress mouthpiece National Herald’s group editor mocks Arunachal Pradesh culture

OpIndia Staff -
Mrinal Pande, National Herald's group editor, was called out for her callous attitude towards the culture of Arunachal.
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News Reports

Anti-Modi posters emerge in Guntur even as Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu calls for a protest against PM Modi’s visit

OpIndia Staff -
Congress and left parties are also thinking of holding protests across the state to protest Prime Minister's visit
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Editor's picks

In five years, I have made Amethi ready for a BJP win: Union Minister Smriti Irani

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Smriti Irani came down heavily on Rahul Gandhi and said that his crass comments on pilots dying in plane crash gives a glimpse into his mentality
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Culture and History

Banned by Mughal ruler Akbar 450 years ago, Panchkosi Parikrama restarted at Prayagraj Kumbh

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The three-day long yatra involves the darshana of various ancient religious places starting from Akshayvat to the Ashram of Hrishi Bhardvaj.
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Crime

Man gives triple talaq to wife for stopping him from drinking

OpIndia Staff -
The accused husband used to come home drunk and beat up his wife every other day. He even drove her out of the house.
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Government and Policy

India Reiterates that Arunachal Pradesh is integral part of India after China objected to PM Modi’s visit to the state

OpIndia Staff -
India gives a stern reply to China's cry over Arunachal Pradesh
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News Reports

“Rahul Baba ko ginti nahi aati”, Amit Shah addressing Shakti Sammelan in Pune

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Shah said that the Mahagathbandhan is nothing but an alliance or regional parties and the regional leaders will have no influence in other States.
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News Reports

Kerala Nun Rape Case: Church official now says nuns who supported victim will not be transferred till court case is over

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Bishop Agnelo has written a letter to the nuns stating that he was giving a directive to Regina Kadamthottu, Superior General of the Missionaries of Jesus congregation, not to issue any letters to the five nuns without his explicit permission.
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Crime

Delhi court orders FIR against Arnab Goswami, Republic TV on Shashi Tharoor’s complaint of ‘stealing’ Sunanda death probe documents

OpIndia Staff -
The court has said that police investigation is required to find out how the Republic TV got access to the documents related to Sunanda death case
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News Reports

While Rahul Gandhi supports Mamata, WB Congress President rules out any possibility of alliance with TMC

OpIndia Staff -
While on the national level Congress has decided to support TMC, the state unit of Congress has expressed disapproval of the alliance.
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News Reports

ED nails Robert Vadra’s link with arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, confronts with 2016 I-T dept interrogation report

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ED has been grilling Robert Vadra over his links with fugitive arms dealers Sanjay Bhanari
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Government and Policy

Anti-right wing bias: Twitter refuses to appear before Parliamentary Committee on IT

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter Chief Executive Officer and top officials have declined to appear before the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology headed by Anurag Thakur which had issued a summons to Twitter via an official letter on February 1st. 
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News Reports

Kolkata police commissioner being grilled by CBI in Shillong for his role in chit fund scam

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Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar appears before CBI in Shillong after being directed by Supreme Court.
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Government and Policy

Airports, tunnels, hydel project, bridge, AIIMS, Bio Refinery: PM Modi launches a range of development projects in North East

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PM Narendra Modi inaugurated several development projects in three states in North East region on February 9
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News Reports

It is our duty to protect persecuted minorities from neighbouring Islamic nations: PM Modi in Assam

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The Prime Minister asserted that it was India's duty to provide shelter to people who have suffered immense oppression in neighbouring countries due to their non-Islamic faith. He argued that the Citizenship Amendment Bill is directed towards this purpose.
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Crime

Tamil Nadu: 5 Muslim men detained in connection with murder of Ramalingam who resisted religious conversions

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Islamic militant organisation PFI is behind the murder of Ramalingam
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh govt invokes NSA for cow slaughter cases, Congress leaders express disapproval

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Congress leaders condemn the action of Madhya Pradesh government's decision to invoke NSA for cow related crimes
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Economy and Finance

How Nehru led to agrarian distress and what could be the way forward for inclusive growth

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Nehruvian model of capital intensive growth had a similar effect on the rural populace of India as Mao’s Great_Leap_Forward had on China’s rural inhabitants
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Media

Congress attacks Piyush Goyal citing media report, media admits it was fake news

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The fake news report by Hindustan Times claimed that there had been a 23% dip in infra funds when in reality, there had been an 8.2% increase.
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Media

Sting operation claims Mamata govt used fake intelligence reports of possible communal violence to deny BJP Rath Yatras in Bengal

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India Today's Special Investigation Team in a secret operation has now reportedly found that there was hardly any specific intelligence of any law and order issues at the time of Rath Yatra to justify the ban.
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Government and Policy

I-T dept disputes claim of Travel Khana over angel tax recovery, says only unexplained cash receipts penalised

OpIndia Staff -
Despite repeated reminders, Travel Khana did not provide detail of funds received, and the tax recovered from the company was not Angel Tax
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Swine Flu claims 100th life, 2793 cases reported in 39 days of 2019

OpIndia Staff -
In Delhi, 6 people have died and 1409 cases have been reported so far.
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News Reports

BJYM office bearer opens the first Modi-themed cafe in Tamil Nadu

SG Suryah -
The special attribute of this cafe is that it was designed with the names of Modi Government’s schemes in last five years.
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Law

Former CBI Interim Director Nageswara Rao says he has no link with the company raided by Kolkata police in revenge against CBI

OpIndia Staff -
Rao has called the raids "propaganda" and has issued a statement denying any links with his wife's company Angelina Mercantile Pvt Ltd.
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News Reports

Female students groped while protesting against Head of Department of Applied Arts in Jamia Millia Islamia

OpIndia Staff -
The protesting students have accused HOD Ahmed of commenting on the lipstick of the female students, passing lewd comments on them and unfair assessment.
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Crime

Vijay Mallya had no intention of repaying the loans taken by Kingfisher Airlines: ED investigation

OpIndia Staff -
According to ED, loans were channelled for the loss-making KAL through dummy companies via circuitous routes.
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Culture and History

Inspired by Indian Railways, Japan set to engrave ‘Madhubani’ art on its trains

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Japan authorities have requested the Piyush Goyal-led Railway Ministry to send a team of Mithila artists so that Japan can emulate the art form on its trains. 
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News Reports

Ladakh finally gets its demand fulfilled, gets separate division status

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The people of Ladakh have long demanded administrative autonomy from Kashmir.
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News Reports

“The Hindu report is an effort to malign the Rafale Deal”, says Air Marshal SBP Sinha, head of Indian Negotiation Team

OpIndia Staff -
Air Marshal SBP Sinha, who headed the Indian Negotiation Team in Rafale deal said that said that defence ministry note was not about price
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News Reports

Modi storms Mamata’s turf even as she tries to block BJP rallies in West Bengal

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Narendra Modi condemned Mamata Banerjee for siding with those who looted crores and crores of rupees from the poor people over the Saradha Chit Fund Scam.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s cruel joke on pilots, says money from Rafale deal could be given as compensation when they die in crash

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Rahul Gandhi says ₹30,000 crore could have given to fighter pilots when they die in a plane crash.
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Law

SC refuses to entertain disgraced former cop Sanjeev Bhatt’s plea seeking security for family

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court has asked Bhatt to approach the Gujarat High Court with his plea.
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News Reports

Rebel Congress MLAs continue to skip budget session as Kumaraswamy levels new ‘poaching’ allegations on BJP

OpIndia Staff -
The sword keeps hanging over the fragile Congress-JDS alliance in Karnataka as 4 rebel Congress MLAs continue to skip the budget session.
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News Reports

Giriraj Singh compares Mamata Banerjee to North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un

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Singh even compared Mamata Banerjee to a demoness named Putana
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News Reports

Troubles mount for Congress as after Robert Vadra and Karti, P. Chidambaram faces ED in money laundering case

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Senior Congress leaders mired in various scams have been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for inquisitions.
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Media

Mamata Banerjee tries to scuttle Freedom of Press, sends notice to Republic over Kolkata showdown coverage

OpIndia Staff -
Republic TV's Arnab Goswami has said that he is ready to go to jail
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Media

The Hindu deliberately distorts MoD document to spread Fake News on the Rafale Deal

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress President had used the slanted The Hindu report which presented a distorted version of events to claim that Narendra Modi had stolen Rs. 30,000 crores.
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Editor's picks

Half-truths and full-lies: How Rahul Gandhi lies (again!) on Rafale to create a false narrative

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi has been on a lying spree over the Rafale Deal, often repeating his lies over and over again in the hope that one of them will stick given the fact that he has support from the 'pliant media'.
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News Reports

Posters depicting Rahul Gandhi as Lord Ram, PM Narendra Modi as ‘Ravana’ put up in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from the PM, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Piyush Goyal, Shivraj Singh Chouhan have been portrayed as the other 9 heads.
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News Reports

BSP chief Mayawati has to pay back the public money spent on statues: Supreme Court

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Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has said that the court would hear the plea on 2nd April
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News Reports

Supreme Court rejects Tejashwi Yadav’s Bungalow plea, imposes a fine of Rs. 50000

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The Bungalow was allotted to Tejashwi when he was the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar during the Mahagathbandhan government.
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Editor's picks

Rajdeep Sardesai gets schooled on what ‘Benami’ property means as he tries to imply Vadra’s ‘innocence’

OpIndia Staff -
Vadra is alleged to be the actual owner of a posh London property brought through laundered money via a Dubai firm.
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Editor's picks

Read why the Parliament is right to summon Twitter India

Piyush Kulshreshtha -
This is not the first time social media giants have faced such allegations of pushing the promoters' bias
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Editor's picks

Even though six years have passed, guilty should be brought to book: Gen VK Singh on ‘Army Coup’ story

OpIndia Staff -
It's a shame so many people who played games and falsified news, are even today not accountable: Gen VK Singh on 'Army Coup' story
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Crime

Bihar: Faiz Alam, Abdul Mannan, Kalu, Kasim, Kaiser and Ansar accused of raping 19-year-old girl in front of her father

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The incident occurred when six men of the village Pathargatti, 350 km from Patna, knocked on victim's door on Monday night asking for water and then forcibly entered the house, dragged her outside and raped her as they made her father watch.
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