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Ranchi: Court summons Rahul Gandhi for his defamatory remarks against Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
The petitioner submitted that the statement by Rahul Gandhi against Amit Shah had hurt his sentiments and tarnished the image of the party.
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Government and Policy

Supreme Court extends NRC deadline, claims to be filed by 31 December

OpIndia Staff -
The NRC is being implemented in Assam as a method to identify citizens and illegal immigrants.
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News Reports

‘Will not develop areas which did not vote for me’: Rajasthan Congress MLA shortly after winning

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Rajender Singh Bidhuri fought and won a close battle against BJP MLA Suresh Dhakad with a margin of 1661 votes.
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News Reports

Five years after Tarun Tejpal was accused of rape, Editors Guild finally suspends him along with M J Akbar

OpIndia Staff -
Editors Guild, the association of editors of media organisations in the country, has decided to suspend its members accused of sexual molestation. In a...
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News Reports

156 NGOs barred from receiving foreign funds for 180 days by the Ministry of Home Affairs

OpIndia Staff -
The order by the Home Ministry further states that show cause notices were served to the barred NGOs to which they failed to reply.
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News Reports

AAP MP Sanjay Singh apologises to BJP youth wing leader Ankit Bhardwaj for making fake allegations

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The BJYM leader had filed a defamation case against the AAP MP for wrongly blaming him for an attack on rebel AAP leader Kapil Mishra
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Twitterati showers praises at Shivraj Singh Chouhan as he gracefully concedes defeat

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The BJP stalwart, Shivraj Singh Chouhan took the sole responsibility for the BJP’s defeat in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections.
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Law

Smashing Brahminical patriarchy to quashing FIR: Jack Dorsey says he held placard without understanding meaning

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan High Court has now stayed the arrest of Twitter chief Jack Dorsey over the 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' poster row
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News Reports

Minister Ramdas Athawale launches Muslim Gau Raksha Sangh, says it will bring communal harmony

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslim Gau Raksha Sangh plans to educate Muslim children about cow protection.
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Social Media

Facebook campus evacuated over bomb threat, police find no explosive in search operations

OpIndia Staff -
Failing to protect user data, Facebook was severely criticised worldwide.
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Economy and Finance

UK Home Office acknowledges receipt of extradition order against Vijay Mallya

OpIndia Staff -
British-Pakistani Home Secretary Sajid Javid will now contemplate on the order of the court and then decide whether further action on extradition should be taken or not.
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Opinions

BJP may be weaker than it was in 2014, but Congress is not as strong as projected either

Nirwa Mehta -
If Congress has not forgotten the 1996 elections, they would very well know they are on a sticky wicket here.
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Law

India cannot turn into Islamic Nation, only Modi can understand gravity and do needful: Meghalaya HC

OpIndia Staff -
There should be uniform law for all Indian citizens, and anybody opposing the Indian laws and constitution cannot be considered as citizens of the country, Meghalaya High Court noted
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News Reports

Former Army Chief General J J Singh resigns from Shiromani Akali Dal

OpIndia Staff -
Singh had contested in the 2017 Punjab Assembly elections against Captain Amarinder Singh.
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News Reports

Even in victory, Rahul Gandhi remains a sore loser

OpIndia Staff -
It seems like Congress wants to keep the option of blaming EVMs open for any future defeat in elections.
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Editor's picks

Why Congress-mukt Bharat is still very much in progress

Abhishek Banerjee -
It is time BJP supporters understand the meaning of the term 'Congress-mukt Bharat'.
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News Reports

2018 Assembly Elections: NOTA outperforms AAP and the Communists in all the states they contested

OpIndia Staff -
AAP's CM candidate in Madhya Pradesh managed to get only 823 votes.
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News Reports

Congress celebrates election victory by wearing Amit Shah, Narendra Modi masks and distributing tea

OpIndia Staff -
The masks of Amit Shah and Narendra Modi are representative of the 'chaiwala' jibe the Congress party has used time and again to target the Prime Minister's humble beginnings.
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News Reports

Telangana: Failure of Prajakutami alliance of Congress and TDP might dampen future alliance options

OpIndia Staff -
Despite winning 3 states, Congress tried to create an 'EVM tampering' excuse in Telangana.
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Editor's picks

Congress manifesto for Madhya Pradesh: Freebies and doles for every section of the electorate

K Bhattacharjee -
Considering the extravagant promises made by the Congress party in its manifesto for Madhya Pradesh, the economic health of the state is likely to suffer a significant blow.
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Media

2018 assembly elections: the exit-poll predictions against the final results

OpIndia Staff -
Most of the pollsters have gone wrong in predicting the state elections, except few. These surveys can just be an indicator of the overall mood of the people in the state, otherwise, it should be taken with a pinch of salt. 
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Opinions

BJP’s real woes: Lessons from the electoral semi-finals

Piyush Kulshreshtha -
The prolonged silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah on election results was very telling. The results were clearly unexpected and possibly led to prolonged internal discussions on the future course of action.
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News Reports

Madhya Padesh: Shivraj Singh Chouhan decides not to stake claim to form government, to tender resignation

OpIndia Staff -
BSP supremo Mayawati has announced support for Congress in Madhya Pradesh
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Crime

Filmmaker Sajid Khan suspended from Indian Film and Television Directors’ Association over sexual harassment allegations

OpIndia Staff -
IFTDA had issued a show-cause notice to Sajid Khan in November.
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News Reports

Mayawati extends support to Congress for Madhya Pradesh, may consider Rajasthan ‘to keep BJP out of power’

OpIndia Staff -
She said to defeat BJP in Rajasthan, too, BSP will extend support to Congress.
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Editor's picks

Demystifying Civil Society: Organization linked to ‘Urban Naxals’ wants schools to teach ‘Human Rights Education’

OpIndia Staff -
Federation for Human Rights (FPR) urged the government of Puducherry to introduce "Human Rights Curriculum" in the school curriculum in the Union Territory.
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News Reports

Begani shaadi mein Abdullah deewana: Delhi government wants to limit guests at your wedding

OpIndia Staff -
The submission came in response to the 6th December Court's order which questioned water storage capacity in farmhouses.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Congress short of 2 seats from majority, rebel MLAs might favour Gehlot as CM

OpIndia Staff -
The party observers have scheduled a Congress legislative party (CLP) meet at 11 am in Jaipur to elect the party's Chief Minister after garnering the views of the newly elected members.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Shivraj Chouhan to address press shortly, state BJP President still hopeful

OpIndia Staff -
State Congress chief Kamal Nath had sent a letter to the governor staking claim to form the government.
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Opinions

Can the BJP satisfy its online supporters? If only it were Congress

Rahul Roushan -
BJP supporters online, also known as the ‘right wing’, are first to attack the party and write it off after electoral setbacks.
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Editor's picks

Here is why BJP lost elections, and of course, it was deliberate

Nupur J Sharma -
What BJP supporters need to realise is this - no political party ever wants to lose and least of all, a party led by the two most politically aggressive politicians the country has ever seen.
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Crime

AugustaWestland: Court allows CBI to take the signature and handwriting samples of Christian Michel

OpIndia Staff -
The CBI had told the court that the samples were require for matching with the documents in its possession.
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Economy and Finance

Has PM Modi sounded the start of slog overs with the new RBI Governor’s appointment?

Gaurav -
Shaktikanta Das, who is currently a member of The Finance Commission and Former Finance Secretary (the one who presided over Demonetisation), has been appointed as the new RBI Governor by the Modi government
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News Reports

As the last bastion of Mizoram falls, North Eastern India becomes officially ‘Congress Mukt’

OpIndia Staff -
The MNF is a member of BJP led NEDA.
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Law

SC refuses to revoke its order quashing a frivolous PIL against Arun Jaitley

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court had quashed the petition calling it frivolous and had fined the petitioner.
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Crime

Over 5 years after Naxal attack on its leaders, Congress secures a thumping victory in Chhattisgarh

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party has come a long way since then and in their victory in the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections
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News Reports

RLD chief directs his MLA to ‘help’ Congress form government in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leading in 103 seats in Rajasthan.
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Law

Supreme Court restricts media from revealing the identity of the victims of sexual assault

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court said that it is unfortunate that rape victims are treated as 'untouchables' in our society.
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News Reports

Congress leader Ashok Gehlot serves ‘chai’ to supporters as Congress surges towards a victory in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
Ashok Gehlot who was two times Chief Minister of Rajasthan in the past is expecting for a third term as Chief Minister of the state
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Crime

Muzaffarpur sexual abuse case: SC rubbishes claims of Brajesh Thakur being tortured in Patiala Jail

OpIndia Staff -
SC feared that Thakur's presence in Bihar could stifle a free and fair probe in the case.
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News Reports

Latest updates and breaking news on counting day: EC declares 3 wins in Madhya Pradesh, all 3 go to BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Latest news and updates from 2018 assembly election results of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram.
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News Reports

Election results: Sachin Pilot ‘gifts’ victory to Rahul Gandhi, confident of forming government in Rajasthan, MP and Chattisgarh

OpIndia Staff -
Sachin Pilot went on to credit Congress President Rahul Gandhi for the success of Congress party in the state elections.
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Fact-Check

Media circulates video of wedding celebration at Javed Akhtar’s house as that from Isha Ambani’s wedding in Udaipur

OpIndia Staff -
Media circulated the video from social media without verification
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News Reports

Telangana: Congress alleges EVM tampering after TRS surges towards victory

OpIndia Staff -
Results of five states which recently underwent elections are being declared today.
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Law

Supreme Court says mosque located in the Allahabad Court complex not to be removed now, orders to maintain status quo

OpIndia Staff -
The Allahabad High Court has been facing a crunch of space so much so that twelve judges have been sharing six chambers.
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Editor's picks

The early trends might change, but both Congress and BJP have something to go back to the drawing board with

Editorial Desk -
5 states deliver their verdict today, on 11th December 2018. A hard fought battle in Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana culminates with early trends showing Congress inching forward to the majority mark.
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Law

SC seeks Centre’s opinion over ‘leader of opposition’ on panel for appointment in statutory bodies

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress though is the single largest party in opposition, it does not have the numbers for being considered as a leader of the opposition.
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Economy and Finance

Surjit Bhalla resigns from the part-time membership of the PM’s Economic Advisory Council

OpIndia Staff -
Currently, Bibek Debroy is the chairman of the EAC.
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News Reports

India Today sting: Congress party’s ‘EVM-tampering’ theory fails as party poling agents admit that strongrooms were never breached

OpIndia Staff -
In a sting conducted by India Today, Congress party election agents were confronted by a reporter who said that there were no attempts to enter the strongroom by members of any political party.
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Editor's picks

Prashant Bhushan and left-liberal cabal was actively helping Vijay Mallya in UK court by attacking CBI special director Rakesh Asthana

OpIndia Staff -
Vijay Mallya's defence team was using Indian left-liberals' allegations agaist Rakesh Asthana in London court
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