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Switzerland government to provide Vijay Mallya’s swiss bank account details to India

After the go ahead by Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, India will get Vijay Mallya’s swiss bank account details

‘Love Commandos’ owner who appeared in Amir Khan’s show Satyamev Jayate arrested for extorting money from couples

The couples were allegedly made to pay Rs 15000-20,000 as a 'fee' to Sachdev to live in the shelter home of the NGO.

IndiaSpend’s faulty ‘fact-checker’ does it again, does not correct database even after their own ground report says otherwise

Earlier, too, factchecker.in has fudged up data to show that more Muslims are victims of 'hate-crime' than Hindus

BJP leader thrashed in Assam, as protests over Citizenship Amendment Bill takes a violent turn

BJP leader thrashed by protestors over the citizenship Amendment Bill.

Read exclusive details of the Swiss bank accounts allegedly used by AgustaWestland accused Rajiv Saxena to receive kickbacks

Rajiv Saxena is accused in a money laundering case connected with the AgustaWestland deal.

Complaint registered against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for hurting Hindu religious sentiments

Shashi Tharoor had earlier denigrated Hindu demand of building Ram Temple in Ayodhya by claiming that no 'good Hindu' would want to build a temple there.

‘Sexist man trapped in the body of a woke boy’, Miranda House students accuse JNU student of sexual misconduct

The Women's Development Cell (WDC) of Miranda House, Delhi University, has issued a statement on social media where it has accused a postgraduate student from JNU, Aman Sinha, of "targeting and preying on women across different colleges in DU"

Interim Budget vs Full Budget: All you need to know

An interim budget in all practical sense is a full budget but made by the government during the last year of its term i.e. just before an election. 

Lucknow: ED conducts multiple raids in connection with Memorial Scam under Mayawati Govt in UP

The Mayawati government had constructed statues of Dalit leaders across the state between 2002 and 2007 and it was alleged that crores and crores of money was syphoned off as a consequence of corruption

West Bengal government obstructing investigations in Saradha Chit Fund Scam: CBI

CBI alleges Mamta Banerjee government of deliberately impeding the investigation into Chit Fund Scam.

Fact-Check: Is this image, shared even by Congress, of Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Indira Gandhi

Congress party's 2016 tweet labels some other girl as young India Gandhi with Ghaffar Khan

Fact-check: Was PM Modi wrong in claiming that culprits are being brought to justice within days?

The ones criticising this statement by PM Modi wanted to insinuate that the PM is incorrect in saying that justice in such heinous rape cases has not started being delivered swiftly

BJP wins Jind seat, senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala finishes third

In Jind, the Congress party has fielded its senior leader Randeep Surjewala while the BJP has fielded Krishna Middha. The JJP's Digvijay Chautala and INLD's Yash Singh are the other candidates in the fray.

Rahul Gandhi: The evil mind that works behind the dimpled face

All Rahul Gandhi is concerned about is bombarding the masses with fake news, hoping some of it will stick someplace, as evidenced by his meeting with Manohar Parrikar

Union Minister Smriti Irani calls Rahul Gandhi a congenital liar, says it is dangerous to even maintain social contact with him

There is no place for merit, commitment and ability to deliver in a dynastic democracy: Smriti Irani

Piyush Goyal awarded The prestigious Carnot Prize by the Kleinman Centre for Energy Policy

Accepting the award Goyal stated that it was “Both a personal honour and a tribute to the efforts of all involved in this great work throughout India to be recognised with the Carnot Prize by the University of Pennsylvania.”

Rahul Gandhi has shown that if at all he is the clown, he is perhaps ‘Pennywise’

While Pennywise fed on children's deepest fears, Rahul Gandhi and Congress feeds on emotions of people, as evidenced by his drama following his meeting with Manohar Parrikar

Bhima-Koregaon case: Teltumbde was conspiring to spread riots, claims prosecution as Pune police ask for custodial interrogation

His appeal to quash the FIR filed by the Pune police against him was rejected by the Supreme Court on January 14.

Illegal telephone exchange case: Special CBI Court frames charges against Maran brothers and five others

The Supreme Court had earlier dismissed the plea of former Union telecom minister Dayanadhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and five others against the Madras High Court order setting aside their discharge in the case.

Allegations against Rakesh Asthana false, powerful people working against him: Brother

MK Asthana has claimed that one section of CBI, under orders from former chief Alok Verma was actively trying to scuttle Christian Michel's extradition.

Construction work of Ram Mandir to begin on February 21, ready to take bullets if required, says Swami Swaroopanand

Swami Swaroopanand today declared that the construction of the temple will begin from February 21

AgustaWestland scam accused Rajiv Saxena, UPA era Lobbyist Deepak Talwar being extradited to India

It is alleged the companies of Rajiv Saxena received bribe paid in the VVIP Chopper deal, while Deepak Talwar made crores lobbying in aviation deals

OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Wednesday, 30th January 2019

Selected stories of the day for your evening reading.

‘Congress is using its lawyers to delay the Ram Mandir case’: Amit Shah in Kanpur

Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah today addressed the booth-level presidents of Kanpur-Bundelkhand and Avadh region at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh in Booth Adbyaksh Sammelan

Mathura Railway station gets swanky new look

The railways have identified 70 major stations across the country under its redevelopment initiative

Tickets for sale: AIADMK tells party leaders to pay Rs. 25,000 as ‘application fees’ if they want to contest 2019 Lok Sabha elections

All 40 constituencies (39 Tamil Nadu and 1 Puducherry) have been listed for sending applications

PM Modi lays foundation stone for more than a dozen projects in Surat, furnishes his government’s report card

PM Modi laid the foundation stone for the expansion of terminal at Surat Airport

Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan gets ED notice in currency smuggling case

The ED issued a notice to Pakistani Singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan in a case related to smuggling foreign currency

Shashi Tharoor’s tweet denigrating the Kumbh ought to make us all wary

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has decided to participate in the propaganda against Kumbh

Vatican priest Hermann Geissler, who handled sex-abuse cases quits after being accused of sexual abuse by a former nun

Hermann Geissler, who was the Chief of staff in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has been accused of sex abuse by a former nun of the Church named Doris Wagner-Reisinger

Government rubbishes media speculations about full budget, clarifies it will be presenting Interim Budget

The budget presented on February 1 will be interim budget, not full budget

QNet: All you need to know about the scam, the company’s association with Times Group and bonhomie with Congress leaders

QNet, formerly known as QuestNet, GoldQuest and QI Limited, is a Hong Kong-based multi-level marketing (MLM) company founded in 1998 by Vijay Eswaran and owned by the QI Group

Leave Manohar Parrikar alone, Rahul Gandhi

When the destruction of a man is inevitable, the conscience of the man is the first to die.

Hizbul-Mujahideen warns people about former IAS officer Shah Faesal’s ‘drama’, calls him a fodder of India

Hizbul-Mujahideen says former IAS officer Shah Faesal should joint the terrorist forces if he cares about Kashmir

‘Without my integrity, my profession would be over’: Vivek Doval records statement in defamation case against Caravan and Jairam Ramesh

Vivek Doval appearing before the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal on Tuesday said that the allegations put forward by the magazine Caravan in its article titled 'The D-Company' were completely baseless and false. 

Modi government’s petition in Ram Janmabhoomi case: A simple yet potent step towards construction of Ram Temple

The Modi government moved a petition in SC asking for the vacation of stay over the 67-acre undisputed land surrounding the plot which is the actual subject matter of title suit

After Meghalaya CM, Nagaland CM also opposes the Citizenship Amendment Bill

Nagaland parties oppose the Citizenship Amendment Bill

Uttar Pradesh: Noida police arrests a police inspector and three journalists in connection with extortion case

UP Police arrested SHO Manoj Pant along with three Noida based journalists Sushil Pandit, Raman Thakur and Udit Goyal for extorting Rs 8 Lakh

CJI Ranjan Gogoi warns Karti Chidambaram to not play around with the law, says will come down heavily on him if he does not...

Karti was also asked to deposit Rs 10 crore with the court if he wishes to travel abroad.

Communist leaders shield SFI leader Muhammad Nazeem who assaulted Kerala Traffic Police officers

A group of six SFI members including Nazeem had brutally assaulted the traffic police officers in duty at Palayam, Sarath and Vinayachandran, for questioning the violation of traffic signal.

Congress leader O M George booked under POCSO for sexually assaulting a minor Adivasi girl for over 2 years

Senior Congress leader from Kerala, Om George, has been booked for alleged sexually assault of a minor 17-year-old Adivasi girl for a period of almost 2 years

Rahul Gandhi can’t even manage to make a courtesy call to a cancer patient without lying profusely

Rahul Gandhi has lowered the bar of basic human decency in the current political landscape.

Child right body writes to Arvind Kejriwal, says poll campaigns in schools a bad influence on children

NCPCR wrote a letter to Arvind Kejriwal a day after the Delhi CM and his deputy Manish Sisodia campaigned for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at a school event for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections

Telangana: Congress candidate loses Panchayat elections, husband demands bribe money back from voters

The Congress leader and her husband had reportedly paid each voter between Rs 500- 700, in return for the promise of a vote

West Bengal: Vehicles used for Amit Shah’s rally in East Midnapore vandalised, BJP holds TMC responsible

Amit Shah while addressing the rally, sneered the TMC chief on various issues

OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Tuesday, 29th January 2019

Selected stories of the day for your evening reading.

Government trashes report by The Print, says no such “IB report” exists that talks about Universities being anti-Modi

The government has denied that it has received any IB report against universities selected for IoE status, as alleged by The Print report