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Crime

‘Aren’t easy to come by’: Christian zealot Chau travelled without missionary visa to convert the Sentinelese

OpIndia Staff -
John Allen Chau wanted to 'establish the Kingdom of Jesus on the island'.
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Politics

Congress comes up with its first ‘EVM tampered’ theory in the ongoing Assembly elections season

OpIndia Staff -
Congress' obsession with the conspiracy theory of 'EVM hacking' continue
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Crime

Ganapathi, the Maoist chief for over 16 years quits citing heath issues, Basavraj to take over: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) was ranked as the 4th deadliest terror organisation in the world.
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Editor's picks

The Wire misreports survey to show Rahul Gandhi is preferred over PM Narendra Modi by MP voters

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The Wire has used the data of these pre-election surveys and blatantly used to propagate Rahul Gandhi's fake ratings, while the actual survey predicts the opposite.
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Government and Policy

Pakistan government boasts of ‘inviting’ PM Modi for SAARC summit, India calls it ‘posturing’

OpIndia Staff -
SAARC summits have been stalled since 2016 after India decided to boycott talks with Pakistan after the Uri army camp attacks.
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Politics

Congress gives up MP? Within an hour, leaders start coming up with ‘EVM hacked’ theory

OpIndia Staff -
Politicians and many Congress-friendly journalists regularly float the 'EVMs are hacked' theory during elections or if BJP wins any elections.
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Editor's picks

Congress and BJP fight it out in Mizoram today, but earlier this year, they had formed an alliance for an autonomous body

OpIndia Staff -
There is no pre-poll alliance in Mizoram, but anything is possible after elections
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News Reports

Supreme Court refuses to quash FIR against activist Nandini Sundar in murder case, asks Chhatishgarh government to submit report

OpIndia Staff -
Nandini Sundar had asked to remove her name from the FIR, court refused saying it means quashing the FIR which cannot be done
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News Reports

#MeToo: Lara Dutta confessed that Sajid Khan was rude and vulgar on sets of ‘Housefull’: Mahesh Bhupathi

OpIndia Staff -
Grave charges had surfaced against Sajid Khan, the director, of sexually harassing women and preying on them
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Law

Engineering not for you, Punjab and Haryana HC tells student who could not clear 17 compartments in 9 years

OpIndia Staff -
When you could not pass an engineering degree in nine years how can you clear 17 compartments in one attempt, the court asked.
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Sports

Indian women’s cricket team captain Mithali Raj accuses coach Ramesh Powar and CoA member Diana Edulji of bias

OpIndia Staff -
She adds that her issues with coach Powar started as soon as they landed in West Indies, where she found his behaviour unfair and discriminatory.
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Government and Policy

Thanks to Subhagya scheme, India breaches 180GW of peak power demand

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from a pick-up in industrial production, a reduction in the average duration of power cuts also played a role in increased power demand
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Editor's picks

Leftists to protest against Modi government under the garb of ‘Farmer rights’ in Kisan Mukti March

K Bhattacharjee -
The CPIM's role in protests in Maharashtra is also well known.
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Editor's picks

Tweets by Scientist and Columnist Anand Ranganathan critical of judiciary blocked from being read in India

OpIndia Staff -
It turns out that certain tweets of Anand Ranganathan were withheld in India.
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News Reports

Telangana: Congress candidate against KCR attempts suicide in the middle of police raid at his home, booked

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana assembly elections are scheduled to be held on December 7
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Law

Supreme Court declines fresh plea demanding abrogation of Article 370

OpIndia Staff -
The bench asked the petitioners to file an application for impleadment in the petitions already pending on the issue.
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Politics

Arvind Kejriwal declared PM 2019, on Wikipedia

OpIndia Staff -
Kejriwal was also declared as honest, AAP as honest, and alliance AAP as most honest alliance
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News Reports

On 26/11 anniversary, Congress’ Navjot Sidhu calls Imran Khan ‘an angel’

Jhankar Mohta -
Pakistan and the Congress party have always shared a mutual admiration for each other.
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Editor's picks

As Syed Modi tournament draws to a close, here is who Syed Modi was and what Congress did to him

Sambit Nayak -
The manner in which Congress betrayed badminton star Syed Modi is seldom spoken about
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Crime

Old video surfaces showing intense training of Maoists, including women cadre

OpIndia Staff -
Women can be seen actively participating in physical training in the video.
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Editor's picks

Aircel Maxis and P Chidambaram: A relook at NDTV link and the IT officer’s letter to CBI

OpIndia Staff -
With CBI getting sanction to prosecute P Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis case, will it probe the NDTV link?
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News Reports

In a move that will possibly irk Pakistan, Chinese state-sponsored channel rightfully shows PoK as Indian territory

OpIndia Staff -
PoK is the area of Kashmir which has long been illegally occupied by Pakistan
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News Reports

‘Activist’ Rehana Fathima who tried to desecrate Sabarimala, arrested for hurting religious sentiments in Facebook post

OpIndia Staff -
She has been accused of hurting religious sentiments through a Facebook post
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News Reports

‘I begged them to kill me’: Uighur Muslim woman describes her torture in Chinese concentration camp

OpIndia Staff -
The Chinese have attracted very little retribution from the international community for its inhumane treatment of Uighur Muslims.
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Economy and Finance

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has led to recovery of Rs. 3 lakh crores of stressed assets in 2 years

OpIndia Staff -
More than 9,000 cases have come for redressal under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) after it became fully operational in December 2016.
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News Reports

Mizoram: After taking an anti-BJP stand, Church denies involvement in election process

OpIndia Staff -
The Church had earlier held an anti-BJP stand during the runup to the state assembly elections
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Law

‘They were trying to fix me’, Pon Manickavel tells Court, State govt directed to not take adverse action without permission

OpIndia Staff -
The state government and Pon Manickavel have been at loggerheads with each other for a while.
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News Reports

The live bullet found in possession of Muslim cleric who went to meet Kejriwal was ‘donated’ to a mosque

OpIndia Staff -
The man was among the Muslim clerics who had gone to visit Kejriwal to request an increase in the salary of the Wakf Board staff.
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Government and Policy

Governance is executive’s domain, all should appreciate the ‘Lakshman Rekha’: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

OpIndia Staff -
Ravi Shankar Prasad said the judiciary has to decide 'how far' it can go in taking over power on issues of governance as he stressed the need for all organs to appreciate the proverbial ‘Lakshman Rekha’.
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Media

From the stables of Indian Express: After ‘They hanged Yakub’, here is another gem

Editorial Desk -
Unfortunate that Indian Express chooses to point out religious identity in matter of national concern
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Crime

Ahmedabad Crime Branch arrests another accused of the 2002 Akshardham temple attack

OpIndia Staff -
The prime accused, Ajmeri Abdul Rashid was caught in 2017 from the Ahmedabad airport.
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Editor's picks

Leftist Pride Marches with their anti-Hindu rhetoric do not represent the entire LGBT community

K Bhattacharjee -
The mainstream media, if it was indeed neutral, would have portrayed the divisions within the LGBT community accurately.
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Crime

Urban Naxals’ arrest: Special Court grants Pune police 90 days extension to file chargesheet in Elgaar Parishad case

OpIndia Staff -
The Pune Police had arrested these four 'Urban Naxals' along with Delhi-based Gautam Navlakha on August 28 under sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and IPC in the Elgaar Parishad case.
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Law

Anil Ambani’s Reliance group files defamation suit against The Wire for Rs. 6,000 crore

OpIndia Staff -
This is not the first time that The Wire has been sued
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Editor's picks

Cambridge distances itself from The Print report after OpIndia fact-check, The Print continues to obfuscate

OpIndia Staff -
Reacting to our report, CAIE said that they are aware of the inaccuracies in Shekhar Gupta led The Print article
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News Reports

CBI gets sanction to prosecute P Chidambaram in Aircel-Maxis case

OpIndia Staff -
P Chidambaram is accused of misusing his office of finance ministry in granting FIPB approval in Aircel-Maxis deal
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Editor's picks

Saubhagya: The Silent Revolution

sumeetbhasin -
Madhya Pradesh has become a pioneer in the implementation of developmental schemes and it is this fact which has brought in a complete shift in the day to day life of its citizens.
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News Reports

Gandhi family and their ‘Darbaris’ are priority for Congress, not the Country: PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi also slammed Congress for undermining the Indian Army by asking for 'evidence' for Surgical Strikes.
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Editor's picks

Political diagnostics will have to continue post 2019 if India is to ever realise its ambitions of stability

Neeraj Ashok -
Modi's tenure can be described as a nationwide diagnostic test since we do not even know the extent to which our institutions have been compromised.
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Crime

Indian Army nabs Kashmiri local youth turned terrorist alive, as promised to his mother

OpIndia Staff -
One AK-47 rifle, 3 magazines, 2 grenades, 1 pistol along with 2 magazines were recovered
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Editor's picks

Media has no right to pontificate about 26/11 after SC’s observations on their irresponsible coverage

Raju Das -
The 26/11 terror attack coverage by media is a prime example of the irresponsibility of media
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Editor's picks

‘The party chose to pander to Muslim fears’: Wikileaks cable on Congress’ dangerous politics over 26/11 terror attack

OpIndia Staff -
It is also pertinent to mention that senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh also attended the release of a book that insinuated an RSS conspiract behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack at the India Islamic Cultural Centre.
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Media

Congress mouthpiece National Herald publishes article denigrating Hindu Epics

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party's history of peddling an anti-Hindu agenda is well known
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News Reports

As Rahul Gandhi prays at Ajmer Dargah before talking in Pokhran, here is Congress’ tarnished history with both places

OpIndia Staff -
Congress had opposed the Pokhran 2 nuclear tests, saying BJP benefited from it, not the country
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News Reports

‘Why are you Muslims afraid when Digvijaya Singh is here’? says the veteran Congress leader

Jhankar Mohta -
Congress though has been trying to come across as a pro-Hindu party, it has earlier too projected its predisposition towards the minority community.
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News Reports

Petrol prices decline by an average of almost Rs 10, Diesel by Rs 6.5 in the last 8 weeks

Jinit Jain -
Now the country is witnessing a steady decline in petrol and diesel rates in the last several weeks
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Variety

Sex workers in US have been accused of evading taxes, on Snapchat

K Bhattacharjee -
From the initial reaction by the sex workers on Snapchat on #ThotAudit, it appears at least some of them are guilty of the charge.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: candidate polishes shoes to woo voters ahead of assembly polls

OpIndia Staff -
Assembly elections results will be declared on December 11.
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Government and Policy

IndiGo announces they will charge for every seat during web check in, Govt to review after outrage

OpIndia Staff -
The check-in at the airport, where seats would be assigned as per availability, is free.
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News Reports

While the nation mourns 26/11, Arvind Kejriwal calls a special session to discuss the mirchi attack on him

OpIndia Staff -
BJP and Congress slammed Arvind Kejriwal for calling a special assembly over 'trivial issues' while issues such as pollution are ignored
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