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Congress leader Saifuddin Soz rabble-rouses, says will join separatist Geelani, Mufti, Abdullah in protesting if Article 35A touched

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Saifuddin Soz made a controversial statement asserting that he will join hands with Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and even separatist Geelani to protest if Article 35A is scrapped or altered.
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News Reports

NIA is close to solving the Pulwama case, finds clear link of Pakistan in the terror attack

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA has found a clear link of Jaish‑e‑Mohammed (JeM) terrorists with the Pulwama attack
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Law

SC to hear pleas challenging validity of Article 35A this week from 26th to 28th February

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court will hear the pleas challenging the validity of Article 35A this week from February 26-28th.
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Law

Government is not responsible for delay in appointments of judges, it is due to Collegium: CJI Ranjan Gogoi

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi said that if at all any delay exists in the appointment of the judges is because of the collegium and not because of Government of India, vindicating the stand of the NDA government regarding non-interference in the judicial process. 
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Editor's picks

CNN News 18 spreads half truth about Indigo not allowing Kashmiri family to board flight on ‘flimsy pretext’

OpIndia Staff -
CNN News 18 reported this morning that a Kashmiri family was not allowed to board a flight by Indigo Airlines on 'flimsy pretext' of their surname not being mentioned.
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Media

Road rage or hate crime? Journalist withdraws complaint after claiming he was attacked for being a Kashmiri

OpIndia Staff -
There have been a lot of rumours floating around that Kashmiris are being attacked
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Government and Policy

As Pakistan Airforce grandstands about war preparedness, its foreign minister asked by Japan to cancel scheduled visit

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's air chief marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan reportedly visited the forward airforce bases and interacted with the combat crew. He said, "We are a peace-loving nation but if war is imposed on us we will defend the aerial frontiers of our motherland at every cost."
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News Reports

Robert Vadra hints at joining politics, posters come up urging him to contest from Moradabad, UP

OpIndia Staff -
In his post, he further claims that he has always adhered to the rules and understood that he was not above the law. He said he was a person who learnt from every event he has gone through while referring to his visits to Enforcement Directorate in Delhi and Rajasthan.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal winds up his Chandigarh rally within seven minutes owing to poor turnout

OpIndia Staff -
Despite being a Sunday, Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party failed to attract a decent audience for the rally
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News Reports

‘Vote for anyone from Congress party, even if the candidate is from Pakistan’, Congress ally chief urges voters

OpIndia Staff -
Congress Ally Mahan Dal chief asked voters to vote for Congress hand symbol without bothering about the candidate
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: DSP and Army soldier martyred, three Jaish terrorists killed in encounter

OpIndia Staff -
Three Jaish‑e‑Mohammad terrorists were killed and a Deputy Superintendent of police and an Army jawan was martyred in an encounter in Kulgam district in...
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Government and Policy

Prime Minister Modi formally launches PM-Kisan Yojana, 12 crore small farmers to be benefited from the scheme

OpIndia Staff -
The NDA government led by PM Narendra Modi had announced the PM-KISAN scheme in the interim Budget 2019-20, under which Rs 6,000 per year will be given in three instalments to 12 crore small and marginal farmers.
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News Reports

Pakistan takes a U-turn on its previous claim, says Bahawalpur ‘seminary’ not linked to Jaish e Mohammad

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has been undergoing immense pressure as India this time decides to even the score with Pakistan
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News Reports

‘We never thought we would get this sort of respect’: Woman sanitation worker whose feet PM Modi washed

OpIndia Staff -
In Prayagraj, Prime Minister Modi washed the feet of sanitation workers as a mark of respect
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Editor's picks

‘Congress social media team has members from Pakistan’, BJP spokesperson shares screenshots

OpIndia Staff -
The WhatsApp group with Pakistani members is run by Congress Social Media cell, and has several congress officials as membes
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Culture and History

The World and Hinduism: 33 stamps that depict the glorious roots of Hinduism, while we dabble in ‘secularism’

Krishna Kant -
Stamps present just the opportunity to showcase the glorious heritage of Hinduism
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: 6-year-old twins kidnapped from school bus found brutally murdered in UP river

OpIndia Staff -
After Congress bigwig, Kamal Nath has taken Madhya Pradesh's reigns in his hand, the criminalised nexus in MP has been in the rise
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News Reports

Afghanistan writes to UN against Pakistan twice in a week, alleges violations of Afghan territory by Pakistan military

OpIndia Staff -
The clouds of war have been hovering over the Indian sub-continent in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack
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Editor's picks

Times to liberate Pakistan: The world, and India in particular, can no longer ‘wait and watch’, the time to act is now

sumeetbhasin -
The only way to end the continuous conflict with Pakistan would be to liberate the people of Pakistan from their ruling elite and put them on the path of development and it would be better if an external force puts them on this path rather than the region waiting for it to happen on its own
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Editor's picks

Debacle of 1962 and the resounding victory of 1971: There is a lesson in History that we must learn

rohitagarwal -
Pulwama attack: Cries for avenging the blood of our men on one hand and the oblique targeting of the government by the opposition (after initial veneer of solidarity) on the other
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Government and Policy

Indian Armed Forces has enough ammunition to fight at least 10 days of the intense war: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

OpIndia Staff -
Attacking the previous UPA government led by Congress, Sitharaman also revealed how the UPA government never utilised the defence budget for the acquisition of weapons and technology that was needed for Indian armed forces. 
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News Reports

Hundreds of trucks with shipments from Pakistan stranded at Wagah border due to import duty hike to 200%

OpIndia Staff -
Due to hike in customs duty on Pakistani imports, Indian importers are not able to clear the shipments
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News Reports

Varanasi Manduadih railway station gets a fresh, new look, to be renamed as Banaras railway station

OpIndia Staff -
The Union government has also planned to rename the revamped Manduadih station at Varanasi as 'Banaras' railway station.
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Crime

100 companies of Central Armed Police Forces moved to Jammu and Kashmir, BSF to be deployed in the state after 14 years

OpIndia Staff -
India has adopted a zero-tolerance policy in the aftermath of the dastardly Pulwama attack
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Editor's picks

So what changed about India in the five years of Modi?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Modi decided, suddenly and aggressively, to raise the bar. A mission to go from 40% to 100% in just 5 years.
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Editor's picks

While Kejriwal govt claims to have transformed education, here is a reality check

Dr. Nandini Sharma -
Dr. Nandini Sharma, Chairman of Education Committee of South Delhi Municipal Corporation writes how Delhi government is killing the future.
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Media

Triple Talaq petitioner claims that Deoband is the stronghold of terrorism

OpIndia Staff -
Faiz claimed that students enrolled in Madrassas are prepared for Gazwa-e-hind so that they can be used as puppets of terrorists like Hafiz Saeed.
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News Reports

In a first, EAM Sushma Swaraj to attend Organization of Islamic Cooperation session as guest of honour

OpIndia Staff -
In a first, India to attend the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation session next month.
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Editor's picks

Barkha Dutt: How the paragon of women empowerment has been reduced to a victim-playing attention seeker

Nupur J Sharma -
For the past several days, while the country mourned our braves and ached for retribution, Barkha, was busy declaring to the world that she is a victim.
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News Reports

Imran Masood, who threatened to ‘chop Narendra Modi into pieces’, included in Congress’ 2019 Lok Sabha Election Committee

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, Masood was also in the luxury bus with Priyanka Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Jyotiraditya Scindia during Priyanka Gandhi’s first roadshow in Lucknow.
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News Reports

India can’t stop laughing as ‘tauba tauba’ Pakistani journalist wants to nuke India because he loves tomatoes

OpIndia Staff -
In the wake of the Pulwama terrorist attack, tomato growing farmers in Madhya Pradesh have decided not to export tomatoes to Pakistan.
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Government and Policy

Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau Director transferred to Home Department

OpIndia Staff -
Director of Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau has been transferred to the Home Department
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News Reports

If South Africa can be banned for apartheid, why not Pakistan for terrorism: Mohammad Kaif calls for strong action

OpIndia Staff -
Harbhajan Singh and Saurav Ganguly have also spoken in favour of an absolute boycott of Pakistan.
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News Reports

‘India is looking at something very strong,’ US President Trump on tensions between India and Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, NSA Ajit Doval was assured by his American counterpart that the USA supports India's right to self-defense. Meanwhile, Pakistan has started preparing for war. And earlier today, Prime Minister Modi assured the country that "scores will be settled" this time.
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Editor's picks

Rahul Gandhi takes a scripted question from a Congress worker he refers to as ‘miss’ Kapil

OpIndia Staff -
While interacting with the students of Delhi University, Rahul Gandhi took questions of the students sanitised by the organisers
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News Reports

Bengaluru: Karachi Bakery outlet covers ‘Karachi’ in its name after ruckus

OpIndia Staff -
The protestors objected to the name of the bakery and demanded the owners to cover the Karachi part in its name.
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Law

Charges framed against Former Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh by Delhi court, as ED files fresh charge-sheet

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi court frames charges against Virbhadra Singh, as ED files fresh charge-sheet in a money laundering case.
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Editor's picks

‘Have faith in soldiers, Modi government and blessings of Maa Bhavani’: PM Modi in Tonk, Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
Narendra Modi said, "This time, scores will be settled, with everyone (Iss baar, sabka hisaab hoga, pura hoga)."
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News Reports

One dead, one injured after Samajwadi Party workers clash with each other over alliance with BSP

OpIndia Staff -
District Vice President Rajesh Pandey, after leaving the venue of the event, had reached the party office of the Samajwadi Party where he, unfortunately, passed away. The cause of death is said to be a heart attack.
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News Reports

‘You can imprison a person but not his ideas’: Mehbooba Mufti bats for separatists after govt crackdown

OpIndia Staff -
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has questioned the legal grounds for the arrest of the separatist leaders
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Government and Policy

BSF and ITBP ordered to replace CRPF for static guard duties in Srinagar

OpIndia Staff -
Last week CRPF convoy was attacked by a Pakistani terror outfit-JeM in which 40 soldiers lost their lives.
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News Reports

Roorkee: Congress workers shower currency notes on former CM’s son at event for Pulwama martyrs

OpIndia Staff -
The extremely inappropriate conduct by members of the Congress party comes at a time when its party president has been busy spreading fake news about Prime Minister Modi's conduct in the aftermath of the terror attack.
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Editor's picks

‘Our journalism won’t be impeded’: Non-bailable warrant issued against Arnab Goswami by Srinagar court in defamation case filed by PDP MLA

Nupur J Sharma -
Srinagar District Magistrate Court has issued a non-bailable warrant against Republic TV chief, Arnab Goswami in a defamation case filed by PDP MLA Naeem Akhtar.
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Editor's picks

Court grants Rangaswamy bail: ‘Similar articles have been written about Jesus Christ and Sita, the comments on Prophet Muhammad not derogatory’

Editorial Desk -
The court held that Rangaswamy opined on Prophet Muhammad and his family after reading relevant history and no outright derogatory or slanderous comments were made
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News Reports

INX Media case: CBI likely to file chargesheet against P Chidambaram after clearance from the Centre

OpIndia Staff -
The Law Ministry is reported to have told the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) that there was "no legal infirmity" in the agency's request seeking sanction for prosecution against Chidambaram. This view has now been communicated to the CBI as well.
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Editor's picks

West Bengal: Ex-IPS officer commits suicide, leaves note saying Mamata Banerjee victimised him for 10 years

OpIndia Staff -
Citing his alleged harassment and suffering as the reason, Dutt has written, "I decided to take the drastic step to highlight genuine problems faced by honest officers in West Bengal, and other parts of India."
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News Reports

Family alleges farmer tortured to death as he didn’t accept demands of giving his land for CM Naidu’s helipad

OpIndia Staff -
The farmer from Guntur was tortured to death by the Guntur police for refusing to give his land at Kodaveedu in Guntur district to make a temporary helipad for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
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Editor's picks

Pakistan Army begins preparing for war, speculations rife in Kashmir over late night movements

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi had stated earlier that not only India will take all necessary steps to isolate Pakistan internationally, but it has also instructed the security forces to plan and execute retaliatory action.
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Media

Complaint filed against the Caravan magazine and Ajaz Ashraf for the article highlighting the castes of Pulwama martyrs

OpIndia Staff -
The complaint seeks action against Caravan Magazine and the lodging of FIR against the author of the article Ajaz Ashraf.
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News Reports

Pakistan continues to remain in the FATF grey list for not recognising the risks posed by terrorist organisations

OpIndia Staff -
the FATF statement said that the country has made only limited progress in curbing money laundering and terror financing.
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