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Culture and History

Ayodhya all set for another grand Diwali celebration, 3 lakh diyas to light up Lord Ram’s city

OpIndia Staff -
Last year, 1.7 lakh diyas were lighted in the banks of Sarayu river.
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News Reports

Bengaluru: Congress Corporator moves to give roads Muslim names, BJP says ‘Hindustan is not Pakistan’

OpIndia Staff -
Congressman Ajmal Baig, a BBMP corporator from Bengaluru has decided to rename a stretch in his father's name.
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Entertainment

Argentine fan names a rose after Lata Mangeshkar, takes lessons in Sanskrit, Hindi and Yoga

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The fan is a florist by profession
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News Reports

Amit Shah slams Congress on Raj Babbar’s ‘revolution’ remark, asks to clear its stand on Maoist terrorism

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Congress Party's Raj Babbar had earlier called 'Naxalism' a 'Revolution'
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News Reports

Sachin Pilot questions Vasundhara Raje’s association with Rajasthan, tries to play ‘outsider’ card

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'Meri Doli yaha aayi thi aur meri arthi bhi yahi se jayegi', said Raje, hitting back at Sachin Pilot
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Culture and History

Union Minister Uma Bharti invites Rahul Gandhi to lay foundation stone of Ram temple in Ayodhya

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Uma Bharti said that Congress was trying to divide the country on the basis of faith.
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Economy and Finance

SBI registers a profit for the first time after 3 quarters, improves asset quality as well

OpIndia Staff -
Slippage ratio has dropped to 2% as well, which is the lowest in 6 quarters.
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Culture and History

Tipu Jayanti: Just another day in ‘secular’ India

K Bhattacharjee -
It seems pretty ridiculous that one has to say it so explicitly but not everyone who fought the British was a saint or worthy of celebration.
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Law

ASI bans daily Namaz at the Taj Mahal as per SC orders, only local residents to be allowed on Fridays

OpIndia Staff -
The ASI said it was only implementing a Supreme Court order.
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Government and Policy

INS Arihant, India’s first ballistic missile submarine fully operational, completes first deterrence patrol

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi congratulated the crew and well as all those involved in accomplishing this feat.
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News Reports

After banking, life insurance, music and CCTVs, clerics at Darul Uloom Deoband declare nail polish as ‘un-Islamic’

OpIndia Staff -
It's not the first time that the Islamic seminary has issued bizarre fatwas.
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Culture and History

A silent Diwali…

Saket Suryesh -
Autonomy does not take long to turn into a dictatorship.
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News Reports

Hindu Saints appeal voters to bring back Narendra Modi government to save the nation and its culture

OpIndia Staff -
The Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti on Sunday asked the people who have faith in “Gau, Ganga, Geeta, Gayatri and Govind” to vote for BJP.
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News Reports

Grand talk of animal rights coming from Congress President Rahul Gandhi is a bit rich

OpIndia Staff -
What next? Will Rahul endorse Gau Raksha?
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Editor's picks

You want to save the Earth? Then ban beef, not firecrackers

Abhishek Banerjee -
The arguments for banning beef are exactly the same as those for banning Diwali firecrackers. With the happy exception that a ban on favourite can actually save the world.
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News Reports

Congress leaders quit party in Andhra, oppose Congress-TDP alliance in Telangana

OpIndia Staff -
Some Congress leaders have not forgotten how Chandrababu Naidu used to criticise Congress and Rahul Gandhi earlier
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News Reports

Mizoram: Senior Congress leader and Speaker of the legislative assembly Hiphei resigns, joins BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Hiphei, the speaker of the Mizoram assembly was elected from Palak constituency. He was Rajya Sabha member for two terms.
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News Reports

Watch: Prakash Raj insults Hinduism, Lord Ayyappa and his devotees

OpIndia Staff -
Prakash Raj was speaking at the annual book fair in Sharjah
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Editor's picks

As Rajdeep Sardesai completes 30 illustrious years in journalism, here is a walk down memory lane

Jinit Jain -
Rajdeep Sardesai has an unmatchable reputation in the Indian Journalism Arena.
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Sports

Gautam Gambhir criticises BCCI for inviting Azharuddin to ring the bell

Sandeep Singh -
Gambhir had earlier opposed the appointment of Manoj Prabhakar as the bowling coach of Delhi over the same reasons
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News Reports

Congress leader who had warned of ‘rakhtpaat’, compares Modi to Hitler

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leaders have often indulged in name-calling and making derogatory remarks for PM Modi
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News Reports

After ‘good Hindu, bad Hindu’ comment, Shashi Tharoor goes on a tirade against Ram Temple at Ram Janmabhoomi again

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor had recently said that good Hindus would not want to build Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s claims of ‘loans waived-off in 10 days’ falls flat: Karnataka’s ‘defaulting’ farmers face arrest as govt delays

OpIndia Staff -
Private banks have started criminal proceedings against defaulting farmers.
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News Reports

Can Arvind Kejriwal really be an IIT graduate, wonders Punjab CM

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab CM indicated that even when there no stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana, pollution in Delhi rises.
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News Reports

Despite no ban on firecrackers outside Delhi-NCR, Kolkata police says no bail if caught with ‘banned’ firecrackers

OpIndia Staff -
Kolkata police has made Diwali firecracker rules more strict than already strict court order
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News Reports

Watch: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan pushes BJP MP Manoj Tiwari during Signature Bridge inauguration

OpIndia Staff -
Manoj Tiwari has accused AAP and Delhi Police of misbehaving with him and manhandling him
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar calls Naxals ‘revolutionaries fighting for their rights’

OpIndia Staff -
The actor-turned-politician said that the government should address their questions as they are fighting for their rights.
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Culture and History

Why haven’t your parents named you Ravan or Duryodhan? Yogi Adityanath asks critics on restoring name Prayagraj

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttar Pradesh CM said that the critics should also question their parents on why their parents did not name them 'Raavan' or 'Duryodhana'.
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Crime

Man arrested ahead of Diwali by Delhi Police as his children were bursting firecrackers

OpIndia Staff -
The man was arrested as his children were bursting crackers, his neighbour informed the police.
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Opinions

Bitter baby empire: It’s time the UK minds its own business

Dhaval Patel -
The fact is that not one pound from the British Aid that was given to India, went to the construction of this grand statue.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Minor girl gang raped by hospital staff while undergoing treatment in ICU

OpIndia Staff -
The accused have also been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act as the girl is a minor
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Editor's picks

Would ‘liberals’ prefer to build a Rs 3356 crore ‘Statue of Corruption’?

Abhishek Banerjee -
How much did Congress' newest ally Madhu Koda make?
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News Reports

AAP rebel MLA Kapil Mishra claims there has been no trial of Delhi’s Signature Bridge

OpIndia Staff -
Aam Aadmi party has claimed in its tweet, that the bridge is ready and all set to be inaugurated
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Law

Trial court employee wanted to make a film on injustices by Judges in Court, Punjab and Haryana HC denies, orders inquiry

OpIndia Staff -
The High Court has said that the conduct of the official is "contumacious" and amounts to gross indiscipline or insubordination on his part.
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Crime

Intelligence agency alerted after receiving inputs of suspected terrorist links of Kashmiri students studying in Dehradun

OpIndia Staff -
Thee local intelligence unit has asked different colleges to share the details of Kashmiri students studying there.
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News Reports

Work on Ram Mandir will start in December, says VHP leader Ram Vilas Vedanti

OpIndia Staff -
After SC deferring hearing the Ayodhya hearing, demand for the Ram Mandir construction is rising
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News Reports

PM Modi an ‘anaconda’ swallowing institutions like CBI, RBI: Andhra finance minister

OpIndia Staff -
BJP state president Kanna Lakshminarayana lashed out at TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and said he was the 'king of corruption'.
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News Reports

Security beefed up as Sabarimala reopens its doors for a day

OpIndia Staff -
Prohibitory orders have been placed from Saturday midnight till Tuesday midnight.
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News Reports

Missing Kashmiri student from Sharda University has joined IS, releases video holding AK-47

OpIndia Staff -
He had earlier reportedly got into a scuffle with students on campus in Greater Noida over mistaken identity
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News Reports

Aam Aadmi Party tries to pass off Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam as the ‘Signature Bridge’, Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Many Twitter users pointed out that the image of the bridge used is not that of the one in Delhi
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News Reports

‘Forced to marry for political benefit of others,’ says Tej Pratap Yadav after filing for divorce

OpIndia Staff -
Rai is the daughter of a former minister, Chandrika Rai and granddaughter of former BJP chief minister Daroga Rai.
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Government and Policy

PepsiCo to move 16 containers along National Waterways-1 from Kolkata to Varanasi on inland vessel

OpIndia Staff -
The Union government has officially notified 111 waterways in the country for the development of Inland water transportation as per The National Waterways Act, 2016.
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Culture and History

Once upon a time the tyrannical Aurangzeb was vanquished and the Kesari Dhwaj flew high

K Bhattacharjee -
Aurangzeb's single minded obsession with showing the Hindus their place had cost him his very empire.
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News Reports

In a first, women might be considered in non-officer ranks by the Indian Navy

OpIndia Staff -
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked the Indian Navy to give more impetus to enrollment of women in the Navy
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Law

CJI ‘shocked’ as centre clears the names of 4 judges in 48 hrs for elevation to SC: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
CJI stressed the need for providing judgments in vernacular languages but regretted the lack of resources.
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News Reports

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Shiromani Akali Dal holds protest march to seek justice for victims

OpIndia Staff -
Protestors demanding justice for the victims raised slogans against the Congress party and its leaders.
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News Reports

Mizoram: EC removes IAS officer, alleges interference by state’s Congress government in poll process

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Election Officer, S B Shashank had complained of the Chuaungo interference with the election process.
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Culture and History

Once upon a time, there was the great Maratha Sambhaji, who continued to haunt Aurangzeb even in death

K Bhattacharjee -
Sabhaji's brutal torture forged a unity and a sacred vow was sworn to uproot the Mughal empire from the soil of Bharata.
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News Reports

Justice (retd) Chelameswar explains whether it is possible to bring a law to build Ram Mandir at Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
He said there have been instances in the past where the Supreme Court's decisions were scuttled by the legislative process.
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Government and Policy

Perception battle: It’s time India promoted avant-garde to thwart ISI’s nefarious designs

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Many countries like America, Russia, China et cetera have prepared themselves to counter the perception war by creating Special Forces of social media warriors.
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