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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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News Reports

No separate religious status for Lingayats: Centre informs Karnataka High court

OpIndia Staff -
Central Government has informed Karnataka High Court, that recommendation to provide separate religion tag to Lingayat sect is discarded.
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Editor's picks

‘Journalists’ and politicians spread lies about RBI Deputy Governor’s resigning following Urjit Patel’s exit

OpIndia Staff -
"Journalists" started rumour-mongering about the resignation of RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya soon after Governor Urjit Patel resigned citing personal reasons
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Crime

Big victory for India: UK court orders Vijay Mallya’s extradition who is wanted in India for a Rs. 9000 crore scam

OpIndia Staff -
The liquor baron, Vijay Mallya, is wanted in India in connection with an alleged scam worth Rs. 9000 crores and is to be extradited to India.
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News Reports

After stopping BJP’s rath yatra, West Bengal government allows Hindu-hater Bangladeshi Maulana to address meetings in the state

OpIndia Staff -
BJP's rath yatra banned, Bangladeshi Islamic preacher welcomed in West Bengal
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Economy and Finance

Modi Sarkar’s performance since 2014: An overview

Shashank Goyal -
PM Modi was largely elected on the plank of development and his record speaks for itself.
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News Reports

RBI Governor Urjit Patel quits with immediate effect

OpIndia Staff -
Urjit Patel cited personal reasons for stepping down.
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News Reports

Congress led People’s Front in Telangana sends letter to governor informing about the alliance

OpIndia Staff -
After early dissolution of assembly, elections were held on 7 December in Telangana
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Crime

AgustaWestland case: Special court grants CBI five more days of Christian Michel’s custody

OpIndia Staff -
CBI said that Michel was uncooperative, evasive and alleged he did not even co-operate with Italian investigation pertaining to the case.
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Editor's picks

When ‘anti-corruption crusader’ met the ‘Raja’ of 2G spectrum scam

OpIndia Staff -
Kejriwal, who till now has been religiously snubbed by Congress and its allies, is expected to participate in the meeting for the first time.
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Editor's picks

Women Reservations Bill: Far-left lunacy that is unlikely to empower women in any fashion

K Bhattacharjee -
The Women Reservations Bill only serves the Left's lust for power and is merely another ploy in the hands of opportunists like Rahul Gandhi to play politics over.
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News Reports

Pakistan does not deserve even a dollar from the US until it stops harbouring terrorists: Nikki Haley

OpIndia Staff -
Nikki Haley stated that President Trump does not want to continue aid to countries, who don't serve the USA's interests.
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News Reports

Miffed over 2019 seat sharing, RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha resigns from cabinet, quits NDA

OpIndia Staff -
The resignation of Upendra Kushwaha from the NDA government comes in the wake of the continuing deadlock over seat sharing between his RLSP and the BJP.
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Government and Policy

Pakistan invites PoK ‘minister’ at SAARC meet, Indian diplomat walks out

OpIndia Staff -
India considers Kashmir an integral part of India and does not recognise any PoK 'ministers'
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Editor's picks

Jignesh Shah’s firm rented property owned by Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka: Here is all you need to know about NSEL scam

OpIndia Staff -
The NSEL suspended the trading of all contracts on the 31st of July, 2013. Eventually, 24 trading entities defaulted on their payment to the spot exchange, which amounted to around Rs. 5600 crores.
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Editor's picks

Prime Minister Modi may start his 2019 election campaign from Sonia Gandhi’s bastion Raebareli

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Raebareli is one of the most high-profile constituencies in the country, as Congress party has been in power in Raebareli for almost 55 years out of 61 years of parliamentary politics.
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Crime

BJP worker murdered in West Bengal, party accuses TMC backed sand mafia

OpIndia Staff -
Political violence in West Bengal continues to claim lives.
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News Reports

Fact check: Did BJP President Amit Shah and PM Modi call Baniyas cheaters and accuse them of profiteering?

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had also been accused of making a casteist remark, which turned out to be a Photoshopped image
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Government and Policy

Chopper scam: More details on kickbacks to ‘family’ emerge from Christian Michel’s correspondence

OpIndia Staff -
Michael had communicated with Haschke in August 2009, mentioning non-cooperation from the 'family'.
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News Reports

Fact check: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani did not make the casteist comment ahead of Jasdan by-elections

OpIndia Staff -
TV9 has clarified that such a news is fake news and they have not reported Vijay Rupani saying these casteist things
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News Reports

Sidhu knew of the opening before Imran Khan was sworn in, Kartarpur a bigger conspiracy by ISI: Captain Amarinder Singh

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Pakistan General Bajwa had revealed the Kartarpur corridor news to Navjot Singh Sidhu even before Imran Khan was sworn in as their PM, Punjab CM Singh indicated “a bigger conspiracy" hatched by the Pak Army.
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Crime

After the arrest of ISI agent, security forces arrests Hizbul terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
The security forces had also arrested an ISI agent on Friday.
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News Reports

Yogendra Yadav’s Swaraj India not to join the grand alliance without “due consideration”

OpIndia Staff -
Yogendra Yadav calls BJP an anti-farmers party and declared to support parties which claimed to be the champions of farmers' cause.
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News Reports

Congress party is threatening investigation agencies : BJP

OpIndia Staff -
BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said that Congress is heaping abuses on investigation agencies and threatening them.
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News Reports

NREGA scam worth Rs. 410 crore scam has been unearthed in Congress-JDS ruled Karnataka

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, the highest number of irregularities have been discovered in Channapatna and Kanakapura taluks of Ramanagaram district, from where both HD Kumaraswamy and DK Shivakumar have been elected.
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News Reports

Bihar: retired IG’s daughter commits suicide a day before her marriage, investigation underway

OpIndia Staff -
A doctor by profession, the IG's daughter was about to get married the next day with the Kishanganj District Magistrate
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News Reports

Statue of all ironies: Pritish Nandy uses example of fake news to spread fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Pritish Nandy shared a fake image which was earlier shared by Youth Congress leader
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Government and Policy

India-China to resume ‘hand-in-hand’ military drill after one year gap due to Doklam standoff

OpIndia Staff -
The 'hand-in-hand' military dril will focus on counter terrorism operations and will promote mutual understanding between the two militaries.
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News Reports

India resolute to bring back Vijay Mallya, sends a joint ED and CBI team to London to appear for his extradition proceedings

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian government has been trying hard to extradite Vijay Mallya after he ran away to the UK on March 2, 2016
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News Reports

Who is he to say we don’t need a Ram temple? JD(U)’s Pavan Verma hits out on Farooq Abdullah

OpIndia Staff -
The senior NC leader Farooq Abdullah had in November asked why a Ram temple should be built in Ayodhya only as Lord Ram is omnipresent and belongs to the entire world.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi party leader detained after being caught on camera assaulting BJP spokesperson

OpIndia Staff -
Political leaders who are the so-called representatives of our country have often been seen indulging in such pettiness
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Army neutralised over 225 terrorists this year, says Indian Army commander

OpIndia Staff -
The commander accused Pakistan of trying to spread terrorism in India beyond Kashmir
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Editor's picks

Congress tweets about ‘International Anti-Corruption Day’, Twitter users remind them of their own legacy

OpIndia Staff -
Amusingly, former Congress President Sonia Gandhi's birthday falls on 'International Anti-Corruption Day'
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Editor's picks

India is not a ‘dharamshala’ for illegal immigrants, they should be identified and deported: BJP Chief Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah accused opposition parties of using illegal immigrants as a vote bank for 70 years and said that they are now a threat to the country
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Crime

Over 10 lakh people gathered for the Muslim congregation event against permission of 2 lakh people in Bulandshahr

OpIndia Staff -
District Magistrate had issued multiple notices and warning to the organisers of the event after there was a surge in the crowd.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC workers ‘purify’ the ground with Gangajal and cow dung after BJP holds a rally in Cooch Behar

OpIndia Staff -
TMC workers sprinkled Gangajal after applying cow dung on the ground where the rally was held.
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News Reports

Raghuram Rajan backed yet-to-be functional Krea University among 19 new institutes to get ‘Institute of Eminence’ tag

OpIndia Staff -
The earlier list which featured yet-to-be-functional Jio Institute was announced, the HRD ministry was mercilessly mocked
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Crime

Congress attacks government over Vadra raids, issues veiled threats to officials

OpIndia Staff -
Singhvi said for the officials that governments keep changing and that they should remind their political masters that time is not always the same.
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News Reports

Telangana: BJP approaches election commission accusing Rahul Gandhi of indulging in paid news

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi in his interview had cited some opinion polls to claim that BJP is losing all five states and Congress winning them all.
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Crime

Journalist turned filmmaker spreads fake news about Bulandshahr, attacks police after being called out

OpIndia Staff -
Vinod Kapri, the film director remained unapologetic after the clarifications, instead, he criticised the UP police for not getting their priorities right.
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Crime

Facebook slapped with USD 11 million fine for illegally giving access of user data to third parties

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook had been facing allegations of giving third parties access to the personal data of its users without their consent.
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Government and Policy

25 Lakh fake beneficiaries found in Anganwadis of UP, Maharashtra and Assam

OpIndia Staff -
The Ministry of Women and Child Development had ordered the survey of Anganwadi Schemes after the crackdown of Assam government on ghost beneficiaries.
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Culture and History

Abrahamism and SJWism: Both religions dangerous in their absolute forms

Kushal Mehra -
we have to remember that just like Abrahamic monotheism SJW ism tends to be very Utopian and Utopias are the most dangerous form of societal goals.
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Media

Arnab Goswami asked to appear before Court in defamation suit filed by Shashi Tharoor

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Goswami has been attracting threats from Congress leaders and those associated with them, especially, Shashi Tharoor
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Government and Policy

PM Modi made very strong points for ensuring affordable fuel for Indians: Saudi Energy Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Modi had met Al Falih along with several other energy ministers and top leaders of oil exporting companies in October.
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Crime

Bengaluru: Mosque teacher, Muneer Abbas Ali, arrested for alleged sexual abuse of minor boys

K Bhattacharjee -
The Police have registered a case under the POCSO Act against the the muezzin at the Mosque in Bengaluru, he has been remanded to a 5-day custody.
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News Reports

BJP wants to demolish illegal colonies, we will transform them to look like London and Paris: Kejriwal

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking at an event to seek support for 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted that he would transform the unauthorised colonies to resemble neighbourhoods in London and Paris.
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Crime

ED raids the residence Congress leader and ‘gold buddy’ of Robert Vadra, detain him for questioning

OpIndia Staff -
The raid has been conducted by the ED a day after raiding the offices of Robert Vadra in Delhi and Bengaluru.
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Culture and History

Roots of sexual exploitation lies in Abrahamic religions, says American professor

OpIndia Staff -
A professor from Minnesota, USA, Eric Sprankle decided to open a can of worms on Twitter by calling the Biblical God a sexual predator.
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Crime

CPI-M youth wing leader and father of victim among those arrested for the rape of 16-year old in Kannur

OpIndia Staff -
The accused persons allegedly abducted the girl to a lodge and filmed her rape to blackmail the victim.
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