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Culture and History

Slogan of ‘Mandir Wahin Banayenge’ echoes in JNU, Swadeshi Jagran Manch takes rally through the campus

OpIndia Staff -
The RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has organised the ‘Ram Mandir Sankalp Rath Yatra’ in the run-up to the VHP's Dharma Sabha on December 9.
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News Reports

Thousands of protesters gather at Thoothukudi collectorate demanding re-opening of Sterlite copper plant

OpIndia Staff -
Congress had maliciously tried to use the protest against the Modi government
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Crime

Congress in damage control mode, expels party leader who represented AgustaWestland middleman in court

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Aljo Joseph was an active member of Congress party as he is seen photographed with senior members of the party including Ahmed Patel.
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Crime

Dadri case: Akhilesh Yadav govt pressurised cop to change meat from cow meat to buffalo meat, reveals Cobrapost

OpIndia Staff -
Subodh Kumar Singh was transferred and removed from the Dadri case after he had refused to change meat found in Akhlaq's house
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Crime

AgustaWestland Case: PM Modi launches scathing attack on Congress, says Christian Michel will ‘reveal secrets’ of politicians he served

OpIndia Staff -
The Prime Minister also spoke regarding the Supreme Court Tuesday's ruling to allow the Income Tax assessment of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi in National Herald case.
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Crime

French investigative team arrives in Kerala to interrogate ISIS terrorist lodged in Thrissur jail

OpIndia Staff -
Moideen was nabbed in connection to a busted covert meeting happening at Kanakamala in Kannur district.
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Editor's picks

Lawyer for AgustaWestland middleman meets Congress General Secretary after appearing in Court

OpIndia Staff -
Joseph also confirmed that he is the National Incharge for the Indian Youth Congress Legal Department while talking to ANI after appearing in court for Agusta Westland middleman Christian Michel, as OpIndia.com had revealed in an earlier report.
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Crime

Varanasi: Sankat Mochan temple receives threat letter warning of a ‘blast bigger than 2006’

Jhankar Mohta -
An unknown terror group, Lashkar-e-Kahar (also known as Lashkar-e-Qahab) had claimed responsibility of the 2006 Varanasi attacks
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Government and Policy

Government was forced to send CBI bosses on leave to maintain public confidence in the agency: Attorney General to SC

OpIndia Staff -
The CBI feud was out in the open after the agency was reported to have raided its own headquarters. The Union government then decided to send CBI Director Alok Verma and special director Rakesh Asthana on leave.
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Crime

Coal Scam: Special Court sentences former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and 2 others to 3 years in jail

OpIndia Staff -
The case is related to the irregularities in the allocation of Moira and Madhujore (North and South) coal blocks in West Bengal.
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Editor's picks

Meet the lawyer representing Christian Michel in AgustaWestland: Congress leader Aljo K Joseph

OpIndia Staff -
Alijo Joseph is a Congress party leader, and he is the national in-charge of the legal department of Indian Youth Congress, the youth wing of the party.
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News Reports

Chidambaram will go to jail, says PM Modi in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
The battle for Rajasthan has heated up in recent times. Earlier believed to be a lost cause for incumbent BJP, it is now being touted as an extremely close contest after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah's active campaigning.
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News Reports

AgustaWestland: S P Tyagi lashes out at media for asking him uncomfortable questions about Christian Michel

Jinit Jain -
Former Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi is out on bail in the AgustaWestland scam
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Government and Policy

India and UAE seal currency swap agreement during Sushma Swaraj’s 2-day visit

OpIndia Staff -
Sheikh Abdullah said the UAE has always shared strong historical ties with India.
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News Reports

VHP plans to observe Babri Demolition Anniversary on December 6 as Shaurya Diwas

OpIndia Staff -
The day will be celebrated in a traditional way by organising various religious ceremonies.
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News Reports

Vijay Mallya offers to repay loans to Indian banks, hours after extradition of Christian Michael to India

OpIndia Staff -
Mallya's next hearing is on 10 December at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London.
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Editor's picks

Turning guilt-tripping into an art form, PETA adds ‘speciesism’ to list of humanity’s crimes on par with racism and homophobia

Sanghamitra -
We are living in a world where activism has become synonymous for hypocrisy.
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Economy and Finance

GST resulted in 5 times increased lending to small businesses- SBI report

OpIndia Staff -
The SBI report dismissed the concerns over credit supply to MSMEs as "myth", said that the sector witnessed stupendous loan growth post GST.
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Law

Enforcement Directorate interrogates Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal for 9 hours in Rose Valley case

OpIndia Staff -
The actor turned politician allegedly had a role in the Rose Valley Chit Fund Scam.
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Editor's picks

Ground report: Asif, Saifuddin and 2 others arrested for cow slaughter that started the violence in Bulandshehr

Nirwa Mehta -
In conversation with OpIndia, the villagers have also asserted that there are no "gaurakshaks" in their village. The police also rejected charges of them heaping atrocities on the villagers.
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News Reports

All you wanted to know about Christian Michel and the AgustaWestland helicopter scam

OpIndia Staff -
Sonia Gandhi's name features in Italian investigation into the deal.
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News Reports

Pakistan using Taliban as ‘hedge’ against India, says US commander

OpIndia Staff -
The US has been pushing Pakistan for a long time now, to crack down on safe havens for terrorists operating inside the country
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Editor's picks

Rajdeep says sorry for calling Parliament attack a ‘great day’, but then, it WAS a great day for vultures

Nupur J Sharma -
A video went viral recently where Rajdeep Sardesai was heard calling Parliament Attack a 'good day' and he faced severe backlash for it
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News Reports

Amidst opposition from RJD, authorities reach Tejashwi Yadav’s bungalow in Patna for eviction

OpIndia Staff -
Leaders of the current BJP-JD(U) government in Bihar have asserted that Tejashwi Yadav must vacate the bungalow as he is no longer the Deputy CM.
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News Reports

Vegetarian food cooked in oil used for non-veg dishes say students, AMU denies charges

OpIndia Staff -
On November 26, ‘chicken fry’ was prepared at SS North Hostel and same oil had been allegedly used to prepare ‘Poori’ hurting sentiments of vegetarian students. 
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Crime

AgustaWestland Case: CBI hails NSA Ajit Doval’s guidance for the successful extradition of middleman Christian Michel

OpIndia Staff -
An operation named 'Unicorn' was planned and carried out under the guidance of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and being coordinated by interim CBI Director M Nageswar Rao to bring back Michel.
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News Reports

Odisha government finally decides to withdraw cases against defence analyst Abhijit Iyer Mitra

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, the Odisha assembly had moved a motion to excuse Abhijit Iyer Mithra for making derogatory comments against the state.
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Editor's picks

Tajinder Bagga’s defamation case against abusive’ journalist’ to continue as journalist withdraws petition to quash proceedings

OpIndia Staff -
The High Court has dismissed as withdrawn the petition filed by abusive journalist Swati Chaturvedi to quash the defamation proceedings initiated against her by BJP spokesperson Tajinder Bagga.
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Government and Policy

Government of India contemplating on setting up an elite ‘Surgical Strikes Unit’

OpIndia Staff -
The Surgical Strikes Unit will consist of personnel from Indian Army, Navy and Air Force
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Editor's picks

Days after saying AAP was formed to fight casteism, Kejriwal plays the caste card, again

Nirwa Mehta -
Arvind Kejriwal and his duality on divisive politics
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Editor's picks

AgustaWestland middlemen, Christian Michel to be extradited to India tonight: Republic TV

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, the Dubai government had cleared the decks for the extradition of the alleged middlemen in the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scam to India.
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Editor's picks

Kumar Ketkar’s rant: ‘Global conspiracy’ that murdered Mujibur Rahman, Indira Gandhi, Bhutto wants Modi to stay in power

OpIndia Staff -
Kumar Ketkar claimed Modi's ascendancy to power is a part of a wider global conspiracy.
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News Reports

Operation Trident: When Karachi burned for seven days, historical victory of Indian navy over Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan's Air Force had attacked six Indian airfields on December 3.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Vehicle with Congress sticker slams into EVM strong room, riders demand immediate counting

OpIndia Staff -
The EVM hacking conspiracy theory manufactured by the Congress has reached its crescendo
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Government and Policy

India-Canada relations at a standstill, no ministerial level talks after Trudeau’s controversial visit

OpIndia Staff -
Trudeau's visit to India was marred with numerous controversies.
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News Reports

PM Modi questions Congress’ betrayal on Kartarpur during partition

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said that the persistent agrarian distress is a result of erroneous agriculture policies formulated by previous Congress-led governments
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Crime

Tamil Nadu: Christian missionary run children’s home sealed after sexual abuse of minor girls, director and family arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The children faced abuse by the Christian missionary-run home because they had nowhere to go or complain
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Government and Policy

Time to back PM Modi on trying to maintain peace: US Secretary Jim Mattis to Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
USA has been complaining that Pakistan is not doing enough to combat terrorism
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News Reports

National Herald case: trouble mounts for Sonia and Rahul Gandhi as SC allows re-assessment of tax files

OpIndia Staff -
The tax matter is related to the National Herald case in which the Congress leaders are also facing criminal proceedings
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Media

Viral video shows Rajdeep Sardesai admitting journalists are like vultures

OpIndia Staff -
Sardesai says how the exclusive story of parliament attack made the team forget the wine and kababs they were planning to picnic on.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Congress MLA hurls filthy abuses at PM Modi at a public rally

OpIndia Staff -
These recent abuses aren't the only occasions when Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been abused by Congress leaders. Prior to Assembly elections in Gujarat, Mani Shankar Aiyer had called him 'Neech'.
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Law

Dubai government clears order for extradition of Christian Michel to India

OpIndia Staff -
Michel is likely to be brought to India this week.
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Opinions

After the Ankiv Baisoya case, it is time for educational institutes to set their processes right

Abhishek Tandon -
The recent decision taken by ABVP to suspend its Delhi University Students Union’s President is a perfect example of ABVP's style of working.
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News Reports

Social activist files case against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for insulting Hindi language

OpIndia Staff -
Raj Thackeray and his party have innumerably in the past, displayed their animosity for North Indians
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Crime

Violence at Bulandshahar, Uttar Pradesh: Here is all that has happened so far

OpIndia Staff -
27 people have been named in the FIR lodged after the Bulandshahar violence, 60 unnamed people have also been mentioned.
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News Reports

Poisonous ‘congress grass’, considered a gift of Congress to the nation, now creating havoc in Kullu

OpIndia Staff -
The only way to get rid of the notorious 'congress grass' is to remove the plant with the roots before they flower and set seeds.
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Editor's picks

42 days and counting. In jail for a joke: This is how Abhijit Iyer Mitra got caught in the mess

Sambit Nayak -
Abhijit has spent 42 days in jail because the judiciary has denied him bail. Let that be clear.
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Culture and History

Karnataka government faces backlash for cancelling Hampi Utsav after lavish Tipu Jayanti Celebrations, reconsiders decision

OpIndia Staff -
The government will now reconsider its decision of not celebrating the Hampi Utsav this year owing to the pressure from different quarters.
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Fact-Check

As inauguration of Statue of Unity completes a month, the mindless, illogical criticism doesn’t seem to end

theangryindian -
Biggest grouse that the naysayers seem to have is that the money used to make the Statue of Unity, should have been invested in alleviating poverty
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Government and Policy

Delhi: Nuts and bolts stolen from recently inaugurated Signature Bridge, officials fear for safety

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC) engineers said that they will be welding the whole section to avoid such incidents in the future.
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