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Days after Congress wins Madhya Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh gets his govt bungalow back

OpIndia Staff -
Kamal Nath has used his discretionary power to allot former MP Digvijaya Singh his government bungalow back
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News Reports

Akali Dal MLA sends legal notice to Amazon over doormat and toilet seat with Darbar Sahib image

OpIndia Staff -
Sirsa urged Sikh people and parliamentarians in Canada to initiate criminal proceedings against Amazon
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Government and Policy

NITI Aayog’s vice chairperson slams Rahul Gandhi for his tweet on farm loan waiver

OpIndia Staff -
Niti Aayog vice chairperson Rajiv Kumar claimed that the current government has done more for farmers than any other previous government.
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News Reports

Pakistan is conspiring with Khalistanis and using Kartarpur to revive terrorism in Punjab: Captain Amarinder Singh

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab of today is far better equipped to deal with any adverse situation than the Punjab of 1978, said CM Amarinder Singh.
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News Reports

Case filed against Madhya Pradesh CM and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath for insulting Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress has, in the past, often employed such divisive rhetoric to win elections. The comments made by Kamal Nath is merely the latest in a long series of divisive remarks.
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News Reports

Minority scholarships for MPhil and PhD scholars increased from 756 last year to 1,000 by UGC

K Bhattacharjee -
"The effort is to facilitate the education of deserving candidates from all sections,” a UGC official said
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Culture and History

Are progressives normalising paedophilia? 11 year old dances at a gay bar while adults throw money at him

K Bhattacharjee -
People on Twitter were horrified at the exploitation of Desmond by his parents. The Drag Kid's parents are being accused of brainwashing him to benefit themselves financially.
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News Reports

Pakistan has something in abundance that China needs desperately – Donkeys

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan is now the third largest country in terms of donkey population.
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News Reports

2012 defamation case: Summons to Smriti Irani quashed, no relief for Sanjay Nirupam

OpIndia Staff -
Congress' foul-mouthed leader Sanjay Nirupam has a history of making sexist and derogatory remarks
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Politics

Charity needn’t necessarily begin at home – it can just as well end at home too

rohitagarwal -
“The answer is staring at your face”, the mendicant said, the wisdom gleaned from 60 years of misrule shining on his face. “Farm loan waivers.” He said.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a major bureaucratic rejig transfers 40 IAS officers

OpIndia Staff -
A day after taking the oath, Rajasthan CM Gehlot has gone for a major bureaucratic rejig by transferring more than 40 senior officers in the state.
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Editor's picks

Shashi Tharoor alleges the Triple Talaq bill violates the constitution. Here is how he is wrong

Aditi -
Tharoor opposed the Bill alleging that it targets a particular religion.
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News Reports

2018 loss, 2019 victory, Sabarimala, Ayodhya and Rafale: Amit Shah’s tell all at Republic Summit

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah spoke at the Republic summit and made statements on the recent Assembly election loss, 2019 general elections, Sabarimala and Ram Mandit in Ayodhya
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Editor's picks

Here is why Congress finds it convenient to paint UP and Bihar as burdens

Nirwa Mehta -
SP, BSP and Congress are all set to fool the public again.
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Editor's picks

A tale of two mobs: Rioting mob in Bulandshahr does not garner media sympathy, but in Kashmir it does

Nirwa Mehta -
Why are some innocent lives less equal than others?
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Government and Policy

Jammu and Kashmir: President’s rule to be imposed in the state, senior PDP leaders continue to abandon Mufti

OpIndia Staff -
Several senior PDP leaders have defected to rivals NC and Sajjad Lone's People's Conference recently.
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Opinions

SP-BSP to indulge in shadow boxing with Congress to divide upper caste votes? Newspaper report fuels speculations

Nupur J Sharma -
In the coming months, we can certainly expect several comments from SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati against Rahul Gandhi and Congress' overall strategy to consolidate upper caste votes.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee bats for ‘refugees’, says Bengal will take care of anyone seeking ‘shelter’

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has been vocally critical of the BJP led central government over the NRC final draft publication in the state of Assam
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Editor's picks

Kamal Nath has given Congress ecosystem the job of demonizing UP-Bihar, and we can expect this

Abhishek Banerjee -
After fifteen long years, Congress has begun its innings in Madhya Pradesh on a message of hatred towards the people of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar by CM Kamal Nath
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News Reports

Indian Air Force airlifts record 463 tonnes of cargo to Ladakh in a single wave using 16 aircraft

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C-17 GlobemasterIlyushin-76 Gajraj and AN-32 aircraft were used in the exercise
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News Reports

Congress’ “women empowerment”? : FIR on Rahul Gandhi’s close aide Nikhil Alva for sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
Congress' rhetorics on 'women safety and empowerment' falls flat
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Crime

Muslim youth claiming to be Hindu arrested for issuing hoax bomb threat to Karnataka CM’s residence: Reports

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Mansoor had called the police officials claiming to be a Hindu
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Opinions

Hadiya’s father’s fate awaits all Hindus if they don’t wake up to cultural challenges

K Bhattacharjee -
The denial of the mainstream narrative of Hindu concerns will spiral the country into a hub of communal politics.
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Government and Policy

Gujarat government to waive off electricity bills of rural connections worth Rs.650 crore

OpIndia Staff -
The state government has decided to restore electricity connectivity in rural areas on payment of just Rs.500 out of the entire pending amount of the electricity bill.
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Editor's picks

Jose Mourinho sacked: A sad end to a promising beginning at Manchester United

K Bhattacharjee -
The curse of the third season has struck again and Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Manchester United.
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News Reports

CAG report finds anomalies in Karnataka government land grant, Congress among beneficiaries

OpIndia Staff -
The report which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka on December 17, 2018
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Fact-Check

Rahul Gandhi is wrong, the Modi government has sanctioned farmer loan waivers

Jinit Jain -
Apart from granting farm loan waivers, PM Modi has also initiated various reforms in agriculture sector
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News Reports

Delhi HC dismisses NSUI’s plea raising allegations of furnishing fake degree against ABVP member and former DUSU President Ankiv Baisoya

Aditi -
ABVP had suspended the membership of Ankiv Baisoya till he inquiry in the matter is over.
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News Reports

India’s teleport export council warns government about Huawei’s 5G technology trials

OpIndia Staff -
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei is a retired officer of the People’s Liberation Army, and CFO Meng Wanzhou, who has been detained by USA, is his daughter
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Editor's picks

No Rajdeep, there is no reason to thank Imran Khan for the homecoming of Hamid Ansari. Here is why

Jhankar Mohta -
Rajdeep Sardesai has time and again proved himself to be a master of quackery
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News Reports

1984 Sikh genocide verdict: Does Rahul Gandhi’s statement mean he stands by Sajjan Kumar?

OpIndia Staff -
In August this year, Rahul Gandhi had said that none of the Congress leaders were involved in 1984 Sikh genocide
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Economy and Finance

PM Modi makes a big announcement: 99% items to soon fall under 18% GST slab or lower

OpIndia Staff -
"Today, GST system has been established to a large extent and we are working towards a position 99% things would attract the sub- 18% slab", said Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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News Reports

IT magnate Narayana Murthy and ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala root for Modi government in 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Narayan Murthy and Rakesh Jhunjhunwala both have praised Modi government’s policies in the last 4.5 years of governance
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News Reports

Farooq slams Farooq: Talks of how men don’t want to give freedom to women while opposing the Triple Talaq Bill

OpIndia Staff -
Farooq Abdullah said that there was a need for women representation in the legislatures and demanded 50 per cent reservation for women in elected bodies.
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News Reports

After facing setback in Telangana, many Congress leaders want to end alliance with TDP

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress along with its allies were completely wiped out from Telangana, after the whopping victory of TRS
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News Reports

Surging India: PM Modi sets up the tone for 2019 campaign? Lists how India has developed a lot since 2014

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi was giving the keynote address at Republic TV summit where he put forward his government's achievements in last four years
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News Reports

‘I was a communist, but I fail to understand how talking about Hindus becomes ‘communal’: Hadiya’s father joins BJP

OpIndia Staff -
He said that he was a communist since childhood but of late the party is playing dirty vote-bank politics eyeing minority votes.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: School principal beats up students for not greeting him with ‘As-Salaam-Alaikum’, FIR lodged

OpIndia Staff -
“As-Salaam-Alaikum” is a greeting in Arabic which means “Peace be upon you”. The greeting is a religious salutation among Muslims.
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Editor's picks

‘Chowkidaar chor hai, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi zindabad’: Congress workers breach security at Taj Mahal to raise slogans

OpIndia Staff -
The group of Congress workers claimed to be the students of the Allahabad University and the members of NSUI, the students' body of the Congress.
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News Reports

US Congressman objects to Pakistan’s request of $ 8 billion IMF loan, calls it a convenient way to repay Chinese loan

Aditi -
US lawmaker is working on a legislation which he calls the "Chinese Debt Trap Relief Act" to encourage countries not to pay bad loans.
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News Reports

Muslim Uighur wives of Pakistani men locked away in ‘education centres’ in China

OpIndia Staff -
China has been unrestrained and aggressive in 'schooling' its Muslim Uighur population
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News Reports

Sabarimala: Kerala police denies darshan to four transgenders, not allowing them to enter in sarees

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The Supreme Court will begin hearing petitions seeking review of its order from January 22
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Editor's picks

Read excerpts of Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge led PAC report slamming HAL for delay in projects while Rahul indulged in politicking

OpIndia Staff -
PAC, led by Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge severely criticised HAL for the delay in projects while Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of 'taking away projects from HAL'
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Crime

Sajjan Kumar, a mainstream Congress leader until he was convicted for the 1984 Sikh massacres

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Sajjan Kumar, who has been now convicted of murdering five Sikhs in the Delhi Cantonment area during the massacre of 1984, has stayed very close to the Congress party despite Congress party projecting otherwise.
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News Reports

Loans waived by Congress govt in MP, but here are the ‘conditions apply’ that farmers should see

OpIndia Staff -
One of the main poll promises in the run-up to 2018 elections was farmer loan waiver. Rahul Gandhi and all Congress leaders harped on farmer loan waiver.
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News Reports

After performing worse than NOTA, AAP gears up for Telangana Panchayat elections

Jhankar Mohta -
The AAP exhibited a spectacular loss procuring as less as 13,500 votes among their 41 candidates combined in the Telangana assembly elections
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Editor's picks

After spreading negativity during Diwali, Times Now is in a festive mood during Christmas

K Bhattacharjee -
Times Now's tweets reflect the general attitude of the Indian elite towards Hindu festivals. While everything negative is associated with Hindu festivals, an aura of celebratory mood is spread on the occasion of Abrahamic festivals.
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News Reports

Facebook account of Israeli Prime Minister’s son blocked for criticising Islamic terror attack

OpIndia Staff -
co-existence of Jews and Muslims can never bring peace, Israeli Prime Minister son's had written
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News Reports

Odisha: Man thrashed, abused by wife and mother-in-law for refusing to convert to Christianity

OpIndia Staff -
Thabir, a Hindu had married Surabhi, a Christian, in a court in Odisha in 2014.
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News Reports

Yogi government to constitute 3 women battalions in Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC)

OpIndia Staff -
The CM of UP stated that he has closely observed the relief work done by the PAC in flood-hit areas in the past 25 years.
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