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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to continue her ‘Dharna’ politics, CBI to move to Supreme Court seeking contempt of court

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee reportedly skipped her meals and remained awake the whole night on a makeshift dais along with some senior ministers and party members.
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News Reports

BJP to send high level delegation to Chief Election Commissioner to complaint against Mamata government

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier today, after being denied to land his chopper, UP CM Yogi Adityanath addressed a rally in Bengal via telephone
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Law

Kolkata: CBI claims Kolkata Police chief Rajeev Kumar destroyed evidence, Mamata Banerjee begins her dharna in support of Kumar

OpIndia Staff -
CRPF has also arrived at the CBI office in Kolkata
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News Reports

Silent protests held at Delhi against Twitter’s left-wing bias and deliberate silencing of opposite ideology

OpIndia Staff -
An organisation named Youth for Social Media Democracy (YSMD), which has a right-of-centre ideological leaning conducted a silent protest from Delhi's Saket to Lado Sarai where the regional office of Twitter is situated.
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Editor's picks

OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Sunday, 3rd February, 2019

OpIndia Staff -
A quick round up of things that made it to news today.
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Law

Kolkata drama: Mamata Banerjee comes out in support of Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, calls CBI probe a ‘political vendetta’

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has said she will sit on a dharna to 'save constitution'.
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Crime

Ashtadhatu idols of Hanuman, Sita and Lakshman stolen from temple in Baharaich, UP

OpIndia Staff -
Two incidents of idol and jewellery theft inside temples have take place within yesterday only.
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Law

Unprecedented: High drama in Kolkata as CBI reaches top cop’s residence, CBI officers detained by Kolkata Police

OpIndia Staff -
Five CBI officers who had arrived at Kolkata Police Commissioner's residence for investigating Saradha scam are detained by Kolkata Police
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News Reports

Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses a rally in Patna, does not condole deaths in Bihar train accident

OpIndia Staff -
As many as six people lost their lives in the train accident that took place in Bihar early this morning
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s farmer loan waiver lie exposed: Amidst severe outrage farmers threaten ‘mass suicide’ over fake loans in Madhya Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party with their misadventures and the politics of farm loan waivers seems to be in the middle of a severe crisis
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News Reports

Bihar is centre for unemployment: Congress President Rahul Gandhi insults Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
This is not the first time a Congress leader has insulted Bihar and Biharis
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News Reports

After being denied to enter West Bengal by Mamata government, Yogi Adityanath addresses rally via telephone

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Aditiynath addresses a public rally at West Bengal by telephone.
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News Reports

Congress continues showcasing its shallow mentality by insulting Manohar Parrikar

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress has left no opportunity to mock the ailing Minister since the time he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
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Satire

Beyond the moat and the high gates

nandini -
What must have transpired at 10, Janpath. Or maybe not
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Editor's picks

We will stand with all the people who were ever part of India: PM Modi pitches for passage of Citizenship (Amendment) Bill

OpIndia Staff -
On Saturday too, while addressing a rally in West Bengal, PM Modi had pressed on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill
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Crime

Three diamond studded gold crowns stolen from Govindaraja Swami temple in Tirupati, police launches manhunt

OpIndia Staff -
The missing crowns which date back to the 12th century, are suspected to have been stolen at the time of evening prasad offerings.
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Law

The CBI crisis ceases as ex-MP Police Chief Rishi Kumar Shukla takes charge as the new CBI Director

OpIndia Staff -
Although Shukla has never been part of the CBI, he had served in the Intelligence Bureau where he handled several sensitive cases
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Editor's picks

BJP President Amit Shah flags off the ‘Rath Yatra’ to collect feedback from across the nation to compile manifesto

OpIndia Staff -
Over 11 crore BJP workers will reach out to 10 crore households to ask their opinions regarding their idea of New India and their expectations from Narendra Modi
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News Reports

West Bengal government denies permission for UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s rally in the state

OpIndia Staff -
TMC government denies permission to Yogi Adityanath, for organizing a rally in the state,.
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Editor's picks

BJP sounds the poll bugle, launches the ‘Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat’ campaign

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP has said that the manifesto for the upcoming general election will be compiled on the basis of the feedback received from across the country
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Editor's picks

Arvind Kejriwal moves on from ‘EVMs are rigged’ conspiracy, ‘your name is removed from voter list’ is the latest

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal floats a new conspiracy theory every few days to stay in the news
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Editor's picks

Four months after ED froze their bank accounts, Greenpeace India shuts its Delhi and Patna office

OpIndia Staff -
From 300 employees at its peak, Greenpeace India is now down to about 20 staffers including those based at the headquarter in Bengaluru
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News Reports

Amit Shah asks opposition to clarify their stand on building Ram temple in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Shah assured the workers that the party is committed to building a Ram Temple at the Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya at the earliest
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Mosque makes an announcement to save cows, two cow thieves get killed by locals

OpIndia Staff -
The grave issue of cow smuggling seems to be a worry for our neighbours in Bangladesh as well
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Editor's picks

Bihar: Seemanchal Express derailment claims seven lives, relief and rescue operations on

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Railways has announced that it would give ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of every deceased
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Economy and Finance

Modi government’s much needed focus on India’s farm sector

Karan -
Agricultural sector regained its focus post-2014 when the Modi government came into power as it realized the need to revive India’s agricultural sector.
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News Reports

‘BJP removed you from voter list, but Kejriwal sir added you back’ – phone calls in Delhi create controversy

OpIndia Staff -
Numerous people have alleged that they have been receiving calls from the Aam Aadmi Party where the caller told them falsely that their names have been struck off from the voter list of Delhi.
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News Reports

OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Saturday, 2nd February, 2019

OpIndia Staff -
A quick round up of things that made it to news today.
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Editor's picks

‘Hindutva means being proud of Hindu roots’: 12 year old Kianna Rodrigues pens an open letter to Shashi Tharoor

Guest Author -
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had tweeted: "Hindi, Hindu, Hindutva ideology is dividing the country"
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News Reports

Didi, why fear if you have done no wrong: PM Modi asks Mamata over her govt’s ban on CBI

OpIndia Staff -
"The way she is handling Bengal, I can give you in writing, that the CM's exit is near," PM Modi said.
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News Reports

Embarrassment for Congress: Letter from Digvijay Singh ‘thanking’ middleman Deepak Talwar emerges

Jinit Jain -
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh is found hobknobbing with the middleman Deepak Talwar
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Culture and History

How Rani of Jhansi escaped the Nehruvian hammer of oblivion

Ashish Shukla -
Rani of Jhansi herself was a subject of great attention by the Colonial authors, historians and missionaries.
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Law

Robert Vadra granted interim protection from arrest till February 16, asked to appear before ED on 6th

OpIndia Staff -
Vadra had applied for anticipatory bail before the court in relation to a money laundering case filed by the ED.
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Law

Ahmed Patel case marred with controversy as important documents go missing and hearing mysteriously gets scheduled early

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat High Court has ordered an inquiry over the missing documents.
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News Reports

‘Mulayam Singh govt buried Karsevaks, conspired to hide actual number of casualties’: Republic TV exposé

OpIndia Staff -
In a sting carried out by Republic TV, the channel claims to reveal that innumerable Karsevaks were slaughtered by the Police in 1990 under the Mulayam Singh government
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News Reports

Support the Citizenship Amendment Bill to provide persecuted minorities a dignified life in India: PM Modi to Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi stated that the growing support for BJP in the state has compelled Mamata Banerjee's TMC to resort to violence.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Congress MLA resigns over infighting, appreciates PM Modi’s quota move, says will benefit Patel community

OpIndia Staff -
She handed over her resignation to the Assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi this morning. However, Asha Patel stated that she was not joining the BJP following her resignation.
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Editor's picks

Rahul Gandhi’s vanity Hindutva and the Ram Janmabhoomi issue: Will a dip in Kumbh wash away the sins or reveal the reality within?

Sanghamitra -
The tilaks on Rahul Gandhi's forehead might have replaced the skullcaps in his media images, but Congress has sure been driven into a tight corner over the Ramjanmabhoomi issue.
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News Reports

BJP alleges attack by TMC cadre ahead of PM Modi’s West Bengal rally, say Modi posters replaced with Mamata posters

Jinit Jain -
TMC workers in Bengal had forcibly removed PM Modi's posters and smeared dirt on banners welcoming him
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News Reports

Islamist terror organisation SIMI banned for five more years by Union Home Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Home Ministry has banned the Students' Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for five more years for engaging in subversive activities
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Editor's picks

Congress regime vs the Modi era: Here is how your Tax liability has changed

Ashutosh Kulkarni -
Being the driver of consumption and wealth generation in an economy, the Middle Class expected their tax burden to reduce. It is in this background, the Budget of 2019-20 is important.
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News Reports

‘Won’t let you walk in AP’: After sermonising about ‘Modi killing democracy’, Chandrababu Naidu threatens BJP MLAs

OpIndia Staff -
Chandrababu Naidu threatened the BJP lawmakers and said that he would not allow them to 'move freely' in Andhra Pradesh if they continue to defend the Modi government
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News Reports

‘Azam Khan attempted acid attack on me, I had no certainty if I would be alive next day’: Jaya Prada

OpIndia Staff -
On her relationship with Amar Singh, Prada said that Singh was her godfather and she doesn't care for what people say.
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Crime

Elgar Parishad case: Alleged Urban Naxal Anand Teltumbde arrested by Pune police

OpIndia Staff -
Teltumbde was arrested from Mumbai airport today at 4 am.
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News Reports

Congress era lobbyist Deepak Talwar acted as middleman in civil aviation agreement causing loss to Air India: ED

OpIndia Staff -
Deepak Talwar is a high-profile 'corporate lobbyists' who reportedly made 100 crores during the UPA era
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News Reports

Robert Vadra files anticipatory bail plea in Delhi court in money laundering case

OpIndia Staff -
Robert Vadra is facing multiple cases of money laundering and land deals
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News Reports

OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Friday, 1st February 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Selected stories of the day for your evening reading.
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Economy and Finance

Budget 2019: Direct Tax collection exceeds expectations by Rs 50,000 crore

OpIndia Staff -
Fiscal year 2019 sees an increased Direct Tax collection, exceeding by Rs 50000 crores that was originally budgeted at Rs 11.50 lakh crores
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News Reports

Budget 2019: former PM Manmohan Singh says farm and tax benefits announced in the budget will have implications in elections

OpIndia Staff -
The Interim Budget 2019 have some big endowments, especially for the middle class and the farmers of the country
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Economy and Finance

Budget 2019: The economics governing the Interim Budget 2019

OpIndia Staff -
A comprehensive analysis of the interim budget 2019 presented by Union Minister Piyush Goyal and the economics behind it
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