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‘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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News Reports

Freshly upgraded by HAL, IAF Mirage 2000 aircraft crashes leaving both pilots dead

OpIndia Staff -
HAL has been struggling to supply aircraft as per requirement by IAF.
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Editor's picks

Interim Budget 2019: A bridge towards our vibrant future

Karan -
A lot will be written about the Interim Budget 2019 over the next couple of days- some may applaud it, some may call it a “political budget” while others may continue to criticize it
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Law

Serial petitioner advocate M L Sharma moves Supreme Court against interim budget, challenges validity

OpIndia Staff -
Advocate ML Sharma says interim budget is a fraud as constitution has no provision for it
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi finally comments on Budget 2019, but not without lying and obfuscating

Nirwa Mehta -
Congress leaders have an inherent quality of mocking the poor because of their elitist attitude
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Economy and Finance

Media loses it after Budget 2019: From ‘Hindi imposition’ to ‘where is the money’

OpIndia Staff -
Media resort to usual fault finding in the Budget presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal.
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News Reports

Congratulations, finally someone in Congress could do arithmetic right

OpIndia Staff -
While the President of the Congress party could not ever be accused of possessing a high degree of intellect, it appears his creative ideas are rubbing off on other members of the party as well.
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Economy and Finance

Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal, PM Modi hail the contributions of the middle class in country’s economy, bring tax relief

OpIndia Staff -
Piyush Goyal showers praise for the middle class, as he announces major benefits and tax relief.
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Economy and Finance

Indiaspend’s faulty ‘FactChecker’ spreads fake news about Budget 2019 while ‘fact-checking’ Piyush Goyal’s speech

OpIndia Staff -
FactChecker.in decided to 'fact-check' the Budget 2019 speech, and in the process, ended up spreading fake news themselves
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Editor's picks

Budget 2019: Here is how people earning upto Rs. 75,000 per month can pay zero income tax

OpIndia Staff -
Taking into account various deductions along with enhanced income tax rebate, incomes upto ₹9,50,000 per year may not need to pay tax
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Economy and Finance

Fact-check: Congress lies profusely in an attempt to ‘fact-check’ Piyush Goyal’s Budget 2019 speech

OpIndia Staff -
With the various announcements that were made, it was natural for the Congress party to feel jittery about its electoral prospects ahead of General Elections later this year.
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Crime

West Bengal: CBI summons Derek O’Brien, grills Mamata Banerjee’s close aide over sale of her paintings to chit fund companies

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee has been accused of selling her paintings at inflated prices to chit fund companies in dubious deals.
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Economy and Finance

Here is how the market reacted: Sensex and NIFTY rise sharply after Union Budget 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Stock market responds positively to Budget 2019
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Economy and Finance

Budget 2019: All the significant announcements made by acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff -
Here's a round-up of the key points of the acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's Budget 2019 speech
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News Reports

Don’t lie, P Chidambaram

OpIndia Staff -
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had said that Muslims have the first claim on resources
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Government and Policy

Budget 2019: Centre has released 35,000 crores for OROP scheme, Defence spending gets a boost with ₹3 lakh crore allocation

OpIndia Staff -
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal also said that the Centre has also enhanced the Defence spending to Rs 3 lakh crore. "The Defence Budget has crossed ₹3 lakh crores for the first time. Additional funds will be provided, if necessary," said Piyush Goyal.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Gehlot government blames BJP for not being able to implement loan waiver that Congress promised

OpIndia Staff -
Congress government in Rajasthan have now started playing politics over their incapability of fulfilling their pre-poll promise of farm loan waiver.
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Editor's picks

Budget 2019: individual taxpayers with annual income up to ₹5 lakh to get full income tax rebate

OpIndia Staff -
Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal announced significant reliefs to individual income taxpayers in the last budget of the current Modi government.
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News Reports

Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal underlines 10 important dimensions that will guide the government in ‘Vision 2030’

OpIndia Staff -
Finance Minister, Piyush Goyal is presenting Narendra Modi government's sixth and final budget 2019
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News Reports

Budget 2019: As Congress leaders laugh hysterically and create ruckus, Piyush Goyal remembers what Modi said about Ramayan

OpIndia Staff -
Last year, PM Modi took a jibe at Congress when Renuka Chowdhary was caught laughing hysterically in Parliament for reasons best known to her.
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Economy and Finance

Budget 2019: Government to identify nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes to include them in social welfare schemes

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Piyush Goyal declared that the government will identify and locate the nomadic groups to extend the benefits enjoyed by other Indians.
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News Reports

Budget 2019: Demonetization helped undisclosed income to light and over 3 lakh shell companies deregistered, says Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff -
Acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal highlighted the steps undertaken by the Modi government in his Budget 2019 speech
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Government and Policy

Budget-2019: NDA government announces Mega Pension scheme for workers in the unorganised sector

OpIndia Staff -
Any worker working in the unorganised sector can avail the benefits of this scheme with workers between 18-28 age has to pay Rs 55 per month, while workers above 29 years will be paying Rs 100 per month.
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Editor's picks

Budget 2019: Numerous sops for farmers including interest subvention and welfare of Gau Mata features prominently

OpIndia Staff -
Budget 2019: The Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog will be set up to ensure the welfare of cows, including genetic improvement and sustainable development.
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Economy and Finance

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has helped recover Rs 3 lakh crores so far for banks and creditors: Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff -
Piyush Goyal lauds the Modi government's efforts towards the banking sector.
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News Reports

Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal changes Congress line of ‘Muslim have first right on resources’ to ‘poor have first right on resources’

OpIndia Staff -
In December 2006, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had said that Muslims have the first claim on resources
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Editor's picks

Budget 2019: Finance Minister announces assured income support for small and marginal farmers

OpIndia Staff -
Farmers with less than 2 hectares of land will be given ₹6,000 per annum
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Government and Policy

As extraditions continue, Vijay Mallya claims DRT has attached more than he owed, alleges harassments by banks’ UK lawyers

OpIndia Staff -
Mallya was declared a fugitives economic offender in early January.
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News Reports

‘India marching towards growth and prosperity’: Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff -
Piyush Goyal also remarked that the goal was to have a New India by 2022 where everyone had a house, where everyone has access to toilets and basic healthcare.
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Opinions

5 things Congress might say after the Modi government presents Budget 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Here are 5 things that Congress might say after the Budget 2019 speech has been delivered
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News Reports

Budget 2019: What can we expect?

K Bhattacharjee -
Let us have a look at what we can expect from the Budget
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Media

Rahul Gandhi eats dosa in a five star hotel, friendly media spins it as a humble move

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party president's meal is now national news. What next?
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News Reports

Manish Tewari makes an outlandish charge, alleges ‘parts of the budget has been leaked’

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Manish Tewari has floated another charge: That the Budget 2019 has been leaked in parts to the media
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Crime

Cow meat smugglers speed away seeing police, 4 quintals of banned meat recovered from abandoned car: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
After the Bulanshahr incident, the Yogi government has ordered a crackdown on cattle and cow meat smugglers.
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News Reports

Karnataka crisis: Trouble mounts for Congress as Deve Gowda says he has been in pain over alliance with Congress

OpIndia Staff -
The unholy and opportunistic alliance of JD(S) and Congress in Karnataka has been a troubled one since the very beginning
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Economy and Finance

Leaked NSSO report on unemployment not finalised and verified, not correct to use it as final: NITI Aayog

Aditi -
The NITI Ayog said that the report is a draft report and the data is still being processed. The final report will be published after the data is finalised.
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News Reports

Martyred Army soldier Aurangzeb’s father Mohammad Haneef likely to join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Aurangzeb's father Mohammad Haneef is likely to join the BJP during PM Modi's visit to J and K in February.
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Fact-Check

Congress says Modi govt should not bring full-fledged budget, here are some major changes they made in interim budget while in power

OpIndia Staff -
Congress government themselves made major changes in interim budgets in past
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Economy and Finance

SBI data breach: Bank forgets to password secure its server, ends up compromising customer details

OpIndia Staff -
State Bank of India (SBI) forgot to secure its server hosting sensitive information which resulted in a severe data breach
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News Reports

Congress resorts to vandalism after crushing defeat in Jind bypoll, raises the ‘EVM tampering’ bogey

OpIndia Staff -
Congress workers created ruckus after embarrassing results in the Jind by-polls, where senior Congress leader and close aide of Rahul Gandhi, Randeep Singh Surjewala was pushed to humiliating third position
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Opinions

A SWOT analysis of the BJP ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Divya -
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the party, and what opportunities and threats it faces.
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News Reports

RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat voices his support for traditions of Sabarimala Temple at Dharma Sansad in Kumbh

OpIndia Staff -
Significantly, RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat voiced his support for the traditions of the Sabarimala Temple
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News Reports

IT department orders confiscation of Rabri Devi and daughter Hema’s benami properties

OpIndia Staff -
The Adjudicating Authority of Income Tax Department has reportedly ordered the seizure of Benami properties of Rabri Devi and Hema Yadav.
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