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Crime

ISIS module busted: NIA conducts raids in 16 locations across UP and Delhi

Jhankar Mohta -
NIA in a joint operation with the UP anti-terrorism squad conducted searches in 16 locations in Delhi and UP in connection with a new ISIS module in India named 'Harkat ul Harb-e-Islam’
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Sports

Indian fans livid as Australian cricketer racially abuses debutant Mayank Agarwal

OpIndia Staff -
Former leg-spinner O'Keeffe from Australia while commentating for Fox Sports tried to undermine the brilliant knock of 76 against the Australia cricket team at the MCG by debutant Mayank Agarwal
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News Reports

Hardik Patel may contest upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Rajkot seat

OpIndia Staff -
Hardik could not contest the state assembly elections in Gujarat last year as he was few months short of 25 years
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Crime

Assam: A month after centuries old idol was stolen, Guwahati’s Ugratara temple to get a new idol

OpIndia Staff -
The idol has been worshipped in the temple since 1044 AD and the temple is revered as one of the 52 holy places of pilgrimage for Hindus in the country.
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News Reports

Farmers lathicharged as severe mismanagement of urea supply rocks Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
The newly elected state governments' inability to distribute urea has a created a situation of shortage during the crucial rabi season in both Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, which is putting crops at risk.
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Economy and Finance

In a year when markets have sunk across the world, Modi’s India shines, tops China in corporate deals

Abhishek Banerjee -
This is the story that they will not tell you. In a year when markets have sunk across the world, India, under Prime Minister Modi, shines
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Law

Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asks the Supreme Court to fast-track hearing in the Ayodhya title suit

OpIndia Staff -
If Sabarimala petitions can be heard on an urgent matter, same can be done with the Ayodhya case, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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Economy and Finance

The impact on India’s economy of demonetised currency returning to banks

Shashank Goyal -
After demonetisation, when most demonetised currency returned to the bank, questions were raised on the success of demonetisation itself
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Crime

Andhra Pradesh: Pregnant cow brutally raped and assaulted, locals demand arrest of culprits

OpIndia Staff -
A local veterinarian confirmed that the cow was sexually assaulted.
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Government and Policy

Uttarakhand becomes the first state to launch universal health insurance scheme

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttarakhand government launched this first of its kind initiative on the birth anniversary of former PM, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Economy and Finance

Who served the Middle class: In a match between BJP and Congress, BJP wins the set 30-0

Dhairya Roy -
We have designed a methodology in which we will consider 30 different categories divided into 11 different parameters to compare what both Governments, Congress and BJP, have done for the middle class
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News Reports

Christian Michel domino effect: After Mallya, Mehul Choksi says he is in touch with banks to settle dues

OpIndia Staff -
Choksi has sad that he is constantly cooperating with banks to sort out the issues
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News Reports

No Namaz in park, Noida police clarify they are upholding the DM’s orders

OpIndia Staff -
Hundreds of Muslim employees reportedly gather to offer namaz in Authority park, sector 58. The District Magistrate had denied permission for any religious gathering in the public park.
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News Reports

Mayawati dampens Rahul Gandhi’s Mahagathbandhan plans, to contest all Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh in 2019

OpIndia Staff -
In UP, SP and BSP has finalised an alliance, leaving only 2 seats for Congress
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News Reports

Youth Akali Dal members blacken Rajiv Gandhi statue, Congress workers ‘purify’ it with milk

OpIndia Staff -
Recently Delhi Assembly had passed a resolution urging centre to withdraw Bharat Ratna from Rajiv Gandhi, however, AAP members were seen doing flip-flop over the issue.
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Crime

Attempt by political parties to play Dalit politics over Sanjali’s death falls flat, own cousin turns out to be murderer

OpIndia Staff -
After the gruesome murder, the opposition parties had accused Yogi Adityanath govt of harassing family of Sanjali including Yogesh
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News Reports

Biplab Deb compares Communists with the Mughals and the British, says they try to mislead people

OpIndia Staff -
He said that the communists unsuccessfully tried to make the whole world red.
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Media

Bogibeel bridge: NDTV peddles ‘job loss to boatmen’ narrative, gets roasted on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
India is set to get its longest rail-road bridge today, NDTV finds an excuse of 'boatmen losing jobs' to belittle the achievement.
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Culture and History

Celebrations on Christmas and negativity during Diwali represents the Abrahamisation of the liberal mind

K Bhattacharjee -
Not just Tharoor, even Times Now, after it spread rampant negativity during Diwali was in quite the festive mood during Christmas
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Entertainment

Sexual harassment accused journalist-turned-filmmaker spreads fake news again, this time about Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist turned filmmaker Avinash Das spreads fake news clipping image which was already fact-checked several months ago
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Editor's picks

Pritish Nandy shows how low one man’s IQ can fall due to hate, finds GST a ‘sin tax’

Nupur J Sharma -
In a ridiculous tweet, Nandy said that he finds GST offensive. He said that the State is deciding what is "good for us" and what is "sinful"
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Government and Policy

India set to bypass Pakistan as it takes over operations of strategic Chabahar port of Iran

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The Chabahar project provides excellent connectivity opportunity to countries like Iran, Afghanistan and most importantly, bypasses the Pakistan land corridors and Karachi port to transport goods to the Central Asia region
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News Reports

West Bengal: 14 supporters and 6 policemen injured in clashes during BJP event in Basirhat

OpIndia Staff -
14 BJP supporters were injured in police lathicharge, clashes have injured 6 policemen too.
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Editor's picks

UDAN: How the Modi government is making India’s aviation sector soar

Dhaval Patel -
One of the demand drivers over the coming years in the civil aviation sector could be the Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagarik or UDAN program started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Government and Policy

Vajpayee to Modi and delays in between: All you need to know about India’s longest rail cum road bridge

OpIndia Staff -
The superstructure of Bogibeel is made of composite welded steel truss, and it is the first fully welded bridge of Indian Railways.
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Government and Policy

Modi government to rename three Andaman islands to honour Netaji Subash Chandra Bose

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi led NDA government has been reviving the legacies and heroics of various national leaders like Sardar Patel, BR Ambedkar, and Subash Chandra Bose, who had been otherwise neglected during the Congress era.
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News Reports

Trouble mounts for Congress as Christian Michel starts spilling the beans, identifies ‘AP’ and ‘Fam’

OpIndia Staff -
Christian Michel identified AP as Ahmed Patel and Fam as Family but says he had no dealings with either, reported Times Now
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News Reports

Karnataka CM orders ‘merciless killing’ of accused behind his party worker’s murder, later says he got emotional and didn’t mean it

OpIndia Staff -
As soon as the video went viral, CM Kumaraswamy claimed that his statement was an emotional outburst as he was reacting to the death of a party worker.
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News Reports

Australian Cricketer claims his TOI ‘interview’ was based on conversations reporter overheard while lurking around

OpIndia Staff -
A selfie is not proof an interview took place, Mitchell Johnson said while refuting claims by TOI
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News Reports

Pakistan’s close nexus with pro-Khalistan extremists exposed as they felicitate the Pakistan PM and Army chief General Bajwa

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan was conspiring with the Khalistan and using Kartarpur to peddle its anti-India agenda
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News Reports

Days after forming govt in Madhya Pradesh, Congress leader and his supporters assault toll booth workers

Jinit Jain -
Video of Congress leader Ramesh Kashyap and his supporters indulging in violence with toll booth workers has surfaced.
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Fact-Check

Madhur Bhandarkar disputes ‘intolerance’ claim of Naseeruddin Shah, but media twists his statement as support

OpIndia Staff -
Madhur Bhandarkar did not support fear comments of Naseeruddin Shah, as reported by media
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News Reports

Shimla Police books man for posting derogatory remarks against Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra on FB

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra were on a family vacation to Shimla
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News Reports

Saraswati idol and statue of Rishi Bharadwaj to be installed inside Akbar Fort in Prayagraj

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath also asserted that for the first time since Akbar built the fort, Akshay Vat and Saraswati Koop will be opened for devotees.
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News Reports

Modi’s overseas friends resolute to bring Modi back in 2019, lobby their network in India

OpIndia Staff -
The Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) consider the Indian Prime Minister as a flag-bearer of development and as a mascot of anti-corruption
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News Reports

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sentenced to 7 years in Prison by anti-corruption court

OpIndia Staff -
Judge Muhammad Arshad Malik of Islamabad-based accountability court had reserved the judgment last week. Nawaz Sharif had said prior to the judgment that his conscience was clear.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Two farmers commit suicide within a week of loan waiver announcement by Kamal Nath

OpIndia Staff -
This is the second case of farmer suicide in Madhya Pradesh despite Congress government's 'loan waiver schemes'.
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News Reports

Sixth church in the USA on its way to becoming a Hindu temple

OpIndia Staff -
The Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan has already converted eight churches across the world into Hindu temples, out of which five are in the US itself.
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Culture and History

The Pagan roots of Christmas: From Jesus’ date of birth to Christmas trees

K Bhattacharjee -
The tradition of Christmas trees appears to have been borrowed from Pagan traditions as well.
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Government and Policy

Congress needs to remember its own legacy of ‘snooping’ before lying about Home Ministry’s order

OpIndia Staff -
UPA government had 'snooped' into thousands of phones and emails every month during their rule, an RTI query has revealed.
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News Reports

Efforts to create an anti-Congress, anti-BJP Federal Front threatens Rahul Gandhi’s dreams of Mahagathbandhan

Devanshu Rajput -
KC Rao met Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to discuss forming the Federal Front, and will meet other regional leaders.
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Editor's picks

Don’t make a fool of yourself Imran Khan, first read the legacy of your parody nation Pakistan

Ashish Shukla -
Your rants about minorities in India are unfounded, and you need to look at your own parody nation, Pakistan
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News Reports

PM Modi to inaugurate India’s longest railroad bridge Bogibeel, connecting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
The 4.94 km long double-decked railroad bridge which spans Brahmaputra river will play a strategic role in reducing connectivity time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
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News Reports

Notorious serial petitioner ML Sharma files another petition, this time against 10 agencies authorised for surveillance

OpIndia Staff -
M L Sharma has been fined and reprimanded by courts several times in the past for his petitions
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP moves SC against Calcutta HC’s order refusing permission for Rath Yatra

OpIndia Staff -
The division bench of Calcutta HC had overturned the single bench verdict of allowing BJP to hold yatras in West Bengal.
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News Reports

Official foreign trip expenses incurred by Modi govt in the last 4 years marks a significant dip each passing year

OpIndia Staff -
Reports showed that PM Modi in comparison to Congress' Manmohan Singh, has done more trips and spent more days abroad in almost the same cost
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News Reports

Pakistan sponsored Hizbul terrorists loot weapons of fellow terrorists belonging to Zakir Musa’s terror group

OpIndia Staff -
Zakir Musa, a former Hizbul Mujahideen commander also a close aide of dead terrorist Burhan Wani. Zakir Musa had left the Hizbul in May 2017 and had claimed to lead Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a local affiliate of al-Qaeda
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News Reports

Gujarat: Surat businessman Mahesh Savani helps 261 couples get married at a mass wedding

OpIndia Staff -
Many gazetted officers, including IAS and IPS performed the 'Kanyadaan' of a few HIV+ brides.
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Editor's picks

Arrested Naxal NV Rao alias Murthy and Civil Liberties Committee: A long history of links to Naxals

K Bhattacharjee -
High ranking government official Narayan Venkat Rao alias Murthy got arrested for his Naxal Links. We look at his brother and his connection to an organisation that has deep links to the Naxals
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News Reports

Karnataka woes for Rahul Gandhi: Senior Congress leaders revolt against cabinet expansion, rumours of possible defection

OpIndia Staff -
Several Congress leaders are reportedly unhappy after they were denied cabinet berths in the HD Kumaraswamy government.
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