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Posters of Rahul Gandhi depicting him as Lord Ram: A sham by a party that questioned the very existence of Lord Ram

Jinit Jain -
Congress has a decorated history of exhibiting anti-Hindu tendencies and a mere depiction of Rahul Gandhi as Lord Rama will not wash them off their sins
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Government and Policy

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath announces Ganga expressway, connecting Prayagraj to Meerut

OpIndia Staff -
CM Adityanath and other leaders took a holy dip in the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering, ahead of the cabinet meeting.
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News Reports

‘If this happens, the entire country will burn’: Muslim petitioner on the Government’s Ram Mandir move

OpIndia Staff -
Mehboob also suggested that the move was political. He stated, “The whole world knows about the current position of the BJP, therefore the Modi government took this step.”
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Law

Benami assets worth Rs 6900 crores seized under benami property law by the IT department

OpIndia Staff -
Modi government had earlier cracked a whip on 16500 shell companies and put 80000 suspicious companies under the scanner.
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Crime

Priya Ramani summoned as an accused in defamation case filed by former Union Minister MJ Akbar

OpIndia Staff -
Akbar had filed a defamation case against Ramani in October last year and dismissed the allegations as ‘false and fabricated’ and ‘malicious’. He had then resigned from his post of Minister of State in the External Affairs Ministry. 
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Editor's picks

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Rafale scam’: A repeat of the fake ‘coffin scam’ that Congress used to hound Vajpayee and George Fernandes

Raju Das -
Although the Congress party badly wants the ‘Rafale scam’ to become the Bofors scam for BJP, it is actually a repeat of ‘Coffin scam’.
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News Reports

A personal loss for me: Says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on demise of George Fernandes, announces 2-day state mourning

OpIndia Staff -
Bihar government announces two-day mourning following the demise of leader George Fernandes.
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News Reports

Former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela joins Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party

OpIndia Staff -
Veteran Congress leader Shankarsinh Vaghela joins NCP, in presence of its supremo Sharad Pawar.
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Editor's picks

George Fernandes: The Socialist who refused to make the Faustian bargain with Gandhis

Aashish Chandorkar -
George Fernandes was a principled socialist leader who became active in Mumbai local politics in the 1960s
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Opinions

Before Akhilesh Yadav questions others, he must remember his own legacy of bad governance

Guest Author -
Has Akhilesh Yadav forgotten his own time as Uttar Pradesh chief minister?
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News Reports

6 key points that PM Modi discussed with students during the ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’ event

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi addresses students and teachers around the nation and talks about issues related to the exam.
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Editor's picks

A sordid tale of Emergency: The illegal detention and torture of George Fernandes’ brother

K Bhattacharjee -
As tributes flow in, Congress seems to have forgotten how they treated George Fernandes during the Emergency, when he was alive
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News Reports

AAP MLAs refuse to furnish details of their assets to Lokayukta, ask to recall the notices served to them

OpIndia Staff -
Lokayukta and Delhi government have been in loggerheads over notices to the AAP MLAs over declaring their assets.
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Editor's picks

Goodbye, George Fernandes

Abhishek Banerjee -
I am no socialist, but yes I am capable of looking beyond that to appreciate a man with sincerely held beliefs. And a working moral compass.
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News Reports

‘PUBG wala hai kya’: PM Modi leaves audience in splits with his response to a mother talking about son’s gaming addiction

OpIndia Staff -
The Prime Minister on a serious note said the issue is both a problem and a solution while adding that it was not good to dissuade children from technology.
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News Reports

Two groups of Congress workers bash each other up in Rajasthan, fight over 2019 Lok Sabha election tickets

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, two groups of Congress workers are seen bashing each other up in Rajasthan over 2019 Lok Sabha Election tickets
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News Reports

Gujarat: Fed up with conversions, villagers decide to not allow outsider Christians into the village

OpIndia Staff -
The recent activities from Christian missionaries to convert local Hindu tribals to Christianity have been cited to be the reason behind such decision by the villagers.
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Editor's picks

Narendra Modi’s latest move in the Ram Janmabhoomi case bound to put Congress in a fix

K Bhattacharjee -
Modi government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking permission to release the land acquired around the site of Ram Janambhoomi at Ayodhya
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News Reports

Centre opposes AJL’s appeal against its eviction from Herald House, says it transferred shares ‘clandestinely’

OpIndia Staff -
The High court has set the next date of hearing on February 1
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News Reports

Telangana: BJP MLA Raja Singh intercepts truck transporting cows allegedly for slaughter

OpIndia Staff -
MLA Raja Singh stopped a truck carrying 57 cows and calves, allegedly getting transferred to slaughterhouses.
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Editor's picks

I questioned Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and got threatened with ‘consequences’, are some leaders beyond question?

Gunja Kapoor -
I asked Priyanka Gandhi Vadra 5 innocuous questions in a video, and the party then proceeded to try and curb my freedom of expression
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News Reports

Three southern states see highest fall in sex ratio at birth in a decade

OpIndia Staff -
The adverse sex ratio is not a north Indian problem, its a pan-India Issue.
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News Reports

George Fernandes: From the teenaged boy who wanted to be a priest to one of India’s tallest leaders

OpIndia Staff -
Today morning, George Fernandes breathed his last following a prolonged illness.
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News Reports

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal discovers a new low, asks parents to vote for AAP if they love their children

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari reacting sharply to Arvind Kejriwal's desperation to use children to garner votes, called Kejriwal a “habitual liar" and said that the Chief Minister was stooping to “low levels and blame game” to shield his own failures.
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News Reports

Woman police officer hounded by Kerala government given clean chit in inquiry report

OpIndia Staff -
The inquiry report filed by ADGP Abraham states that Chaitra's actions were not illegal and she had followed all protocols.
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Editor's picks

Modi government files petition in Supreme Court to release the excess land around Ram Janmabhoomi: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
In a massive development in the ever-burning Ram Janmabhoomi issue, the Modi government has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to acquire the land around Ram Janmabhoomi
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News Reports

Sitaram Yechury rejects Mamata’s name as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Mahagathbandan

OpIndia Staff -
The proposed Mahagathbandhan which was formed to "save democracy" as claimed by its ambitious leaders is turning out to be a bunch of contradictions.
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News Reports

Pakistan will resume peace talks with India after elections, says Pakistan’s Minister of Information

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan had also made a similar statement last year while speaking at Future Investment Initiative Forum in Riyadh.
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News Reports

OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Monday, 28th January 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Selected stories of the day for your evening reading.
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News Reports

Welcome to Jinn YouTube: If you think Taher Shah was the worst thing to have come out of Pakistan, think again

K Bhattacharjee -
This region of YouTube, I don't quite know what to call it, I propose the name for the sake of simplicity 'Jinn YouTube' (Jinn YT)
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News Reports

Amit Shah: For Congress OROP means ‘Only Rahul Only Priyanka’

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah in a rally in Himachal Pradesh accused Congress of perpetuating Dynasty rule in the Country
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News Reports

Modi supporters cannot be patriots, claims Delhi CM Kejriwal

OpIndia Staff -
Kejriwal seemed to suggest that PM Modi is against educating the children while he is the only one standing up for it.
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News Reports

National Commission for Women asks for investigation against Siddaramaiah for outraging the modesty of a woman

OpIndia Staff -
Former Karnataka CM and senior Congress leader was caught on camera misbehaving with a woman.
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News Reports

15 cadres of Bodo terror outfit convicted in 2008 Assam serial bomb blast case

OpIndia Staff -
NDFB cadres including its chief Ranjan Daimary convicted by a special CBI court in 2008 Assam serial blasts case
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News Reports

Siddaramaiah outrages the modesty of Jameela who was questioning him, Congress leaders defend him

OpIndia Staff -
Considering with the lack of action taken against those accused of sexual misconduct in the past, it appears extremely unlikely that any action will be taken against Siddaramaiah for his grave misconduct.
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News Reports

Congress tries to pacify cry-baby Kumaraswamy, sends show cause notice to MLA who spoke against the CM

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Khadge has urged the Karnataka Congress leaders not to react openly to the media
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Law

Supreme Court refers plea challenging recitation of Sanskrit prayers in KVs to Constitution bench

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court has sent a plea challenging the mandatory recitation of Sanskrit and Hindi hymns during the morning assembly in Kendriya Vidyalayas to...
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Government and Policy

PM Modi to address students at the ‘Pariksha pe Charcha’ program on January 29

OpIndia Staff -
The interaction will revolve around issues related to examinations and avoiding stress related to examination pressure.
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News Reports

Javed Akhtar defends Ram Guha after his hypocrisy gets exposed, turns out, he is the biggest hypocrite of them all

OpIndia Staff -
Javed Akhtar launches a personal attack on a Twitter user, gets exposed for his own hypocrisy.
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Media

TIME’s article on fake news: A biased, insidious piece against a political party they despise

Jinit Jain -
The TIME has run an insidious article insinuating that the BJP uses volunteers to spread fake news on Whatsapp
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Law

Patiala House court extends interim protection for P Chidambaram and Karti in the Aircel-Maxis case, again

OpIndia Staff -
Patiala House court extends interim protection from arrest to P Chidambaram and his son Kartik Chidambaram till February 18.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi legitimises distasteful attacks against Goa CM Manohar Parrikar with his false narrative about dubious tapes

OpIndia Staff -
With 'pliant media' in his corner, it appears Rahul Gandhi is arrogant enough to believe that he can get away with such kind of politics as well.
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News Reports

We should quit India if Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed: threatens activist Akhil Gogoi

OpIndia Staff -
Akil Gogoi raises secessionist rant over the Citizenship Amendment Bill
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Editor's picks

Kashmir: The three block war

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In the state of Jammu and Kashmir of India, we are battling a multi-pronged hybrid war against terror.
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News Reports

Tulsi Gabbard, first Hindu to run for US president, slams media for maligning her for her religion

OpIndia Staff -
Gabbard was the first Representative to use Bhagavad Gita at her swearing-in ceremony.
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Editor's picks

No UN, just because Rohingyas hold a refugee card, India is not obligated to accept them

K Bhattacharjee -
UNHCR has claimed that 27 of the 31 arrested are registered with the global agency as refugees and that they had been living in Jammu for the last several years
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Law

Karnataka High Court denies anticipatory bail to WhatsApp group admin over ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans

OpIndia Staff -
Mustafa and another accused were allegedly the admins of the WhatsApp group where 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans were shared.
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Books

A history of India as it happened: Not as it has been written

Ashish Shukla -
The revisionism of India’s history books has gained ground in recent decades. Among many such soldiers of truth is Francois Gautier, a foreign French journalist who loved India so much that he stayed put in this country since 1971.
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Crime

Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members granted bail in IRCTC case

OpIndia Staff -
Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted and is currently serving 14 years imprisonment for the fodder scam during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Bihar.
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News Reports

I am ready to step down, they (Congress MLAs) are crossing the line: Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy

OpIndia Staff -
The opportunist alliance in Karnataka has been a troubled one since its formation.
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