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Bombay high court refuses to put a stay on construction of Shivaji Smarak

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra government along with Larsen and Toubro (L&T) Company, started the construction on October 24
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Crime

NIA court issues non-bailable warrants against Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA had on January 18, filed 12,794 pages charge sheet against 12 persons including Saeed and Salahuddin
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Culture and History

Once upon a time, atop the thorns of Aurangzeb’s tyranny, rose Hindavi Swaraj

K Bhattacharjee -
A story of a man ordained by the Gods to carry out their will.
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Editor's picks

Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha threatens Arnab Goswami after his appointment to Nehru Museum

Sanghamitra -
There were others who criticised Arnab's appointment, though none of them matched Sanjay Jha in terms of Bollywood dialogue content.
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Culture and History

Ram Mandir discussion: Over 3000 Hindu saints from 125 communities of Hindu religion come together in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
The mega meeting to be held on November 3-4 at Delhi's Talkatora stadium has been organised to discuss the future course after SC postponed hearing to next year
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News Reports

Makers confirm that vests gifted by PM Modi to South Korean President were ‘Modi jackets’ and not ‘Nehru jackets’

OpIndia Staff -
Manufacturers confirm that these are 'Modi Jackets', longer and more comfortable than the traditional Nehru jacket
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News Reports

Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha to be upgraded to a Central University, says Chancellor

OpIndia Staff -
Fund has been sanctioned to digitise and print the palm leave manuscripts.
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Editor's picks

The Congress-JDS govt in Karnataka has proved time and again that they have no respect for the people

Jhankar Mohta -
Congress, which impersonates to be the partisans of democracy can go to any lengths in its quest to attain power.
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Media

Nehru Memorial Museum and Library: Arnab Goswami replaces Pratap Bhanu Mehta as Centre appoints 4 new members

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News Reports

Lalu Yadav’s son Tej Pratap files for divorce, cites incompatibility with wife Aishwarya

OpIndia Staff -
Tej Pratap had married Aishwarya in May this year.
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News Reports

Modi presents MSMEs with Diwali Bonanza, loans upto 1 Crore to be approved in just 59 mins

Jinit Jain -
The policy decisions was announced as part of a legion of measures by the Centre to give a boost to the country's second largest employing sector
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News Reports

Supreme Court dismisses CBI’s appeal in Bofors case, but the case remains alive

OpIndia Staff -
The court said it was not convinced with the CBI's reasons on the long delay in filing the appeal
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News Reports

Congress tries to lure voters with free laptops in the run-up to Mizoram Assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
Congress is trying to save its last bastion in the northeast by promising freebies to lure voters.
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News Reports

Wait till Diwali for good news on Ram Mandir, says UP BJP chief

OpIndia Staff -
RSS has said the SC deferring the Ayodhya case was a insult to Hindus
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Editor's picks

Samajwadi Party: Family feud, genuine disharmony or organised skulduggery?

Jinit Jain -
The family feud in Samajwadi Party appears more like a pretense than a genuine clash of ideologies
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Crime

Mysuru: Three Muslim men arrested for assaulting, robbing a couple returning from Chamundeshwari temple

OpIndia Staff -
The three accused have been identified as Imran Pasha, Rehamath Shariff and Mubarak, all residents of Bharat Nagar in the city.
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Opinions

The journey of India from ‘I’ to ‘We’

Guest Author -
The Prime Minister doesn’t mince words when he speaks of social change driven by mass movement, technology and innovation. 
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Crime

AAP activist beaten up by a group of women in Punjab, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The activist was earlier associated with Congress and SAD too.
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News Reports

Dharamshala Stadium Case: SC quashes FIR lodged against BJP MP Anurag Thakur

OpIndia Staff -
The matter related to a land given on lease by the Dhumal government to Anurag Thakur.
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News Reports

Illegal Rohingya immigrants reach as far as Ladakh, agencies suspect local support

OpIndia Staff -
The security agencies had warned the center and the state governments of a possible mass movement of Rohingyas from the northeastern states.
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News Reports

Madras high court quashes I-T departments charge sheet against P Chidambaram’s wife, son and daughter-in-law

OpIndia Staff -
I-T department had alleged that Chidambaram family has undisclosed properties in foreign countries
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Government and Policy

After the successful roll out of ‘Train 18’, Indian Railway aims to replace the Rajdhani Express with high-speed ‘Train 20’

OpIndia Staff -
The train which will be designed to be probably the fastest self-propelled train with a potential speed of 160 kmph and is expected to be rolled out by 2020.
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Opinions

TMC begins vulture politics to ignite Assam vs Bengal divide after Tinsukia terror attack

Abhishek Banerjee -
At each stage, one generation of secular leaders betrays the people of this country.
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News Reports

Gujarat government to replace plaque at Statue of Unity after erroneous Tamil translation

OpIndia Staff -
The Gujarat government assured to remove the plaque and install a new one with correct translations.
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Media

Read EC’s letter to Business Today after they published a 9-year-old ‘study’ claiming EVMs can be hacked

OpIndia Staff -
Business Today has now removed the article.
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Crime

Telangana: Attacked by Imam for playing devotional songs on loudspeaker, Hindu priest succumbs to injuries

OpIndia Staff -
The incident occurred on 26th October, when Satyanarayana Sharma was beaten up by the Imam for playing devotional songs on the loudspeaker.
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Opinions

What Statue of Unity and treatment of various leaders after their death tells us about politics of ideology

Shashank Goyal -
Truth is that Congress respects Indian leaders only as long as they are from Gandhi family and ignores others even from their own party.
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Government and Policy

Modi using nationalism to promote RuPay, hurting business: Mastercard complains to US authorities

OpIndia Staff -
More than half of India’s 1 billion debit and credit cards now go through the RuPay payment system
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News Reports

Leftist Historian Ramachandra Guha pulls out from Ahmedabad University after ABVP protests against his Anti-India views

OpIndia Staff -
The ABVP had written a memorandum to the VC against the appointment of Ramchandra Guha citing his alleged 'Anti-India' views.
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Editor's picks

Narendra Modi and BJP’s arc of political realism

Vijaya Dar -
Modi will not sacrifice morality at the altar of political realism, compromising the future of the nation for short-term gains
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News Reports

Naxal letter claims DD cameraman was ‘caught in ambush’, Police say ‘targeted murder’

OpIndia Staff -
DD cameraman Achyutananda Sahu was killed in the Naxal attack on October 30.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Ruckus in Congress office as the party releases list of final candidates for upcoming elections

OpIndia Staff -
Yesterday, Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia reportedly got into a verbal spat over candidate selection
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: District Magistrate leads by example, enrols her son in an Anganwadi centre

OpIndia Staff -
Swati S Bhadoriya said she chose to enroll her own son at the state-run facility because it can provide a holistic growth for her child.
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News Reports

Five people shot dead by suspected ULFA militants in Assam

OpIndia Staff -
ULFA has been threatening people from other states with violence
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News Reports

Karnataka government changes prosecutor in Bengaluru blast case in final stage of trial, delays case against Madani by several months

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka govt effectively delayed the case by several months which was to be over by next month as per High Court order.
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Media

Congress IT cell head’s Twitter meltdown, Congress-friendly ‘journalists’ come in the line of fire

Nirwa Mehta -
Trouble in paradise?
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News Reports

US slams Pakistan for lifting ban on Hafiz Saeed’s terror organisations

OpIndia Staff -
India has been persistently pushing Pakistan to castigate the mastermind behind the 2008 Mumbai blast, Hafiz Saeed
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News Reports

Mizoram Elections: Amid Congress opposition to their voting rights, Bru refugee camps urge political parties to stay away

OpIndia Staff -
The community living in camps in Tripura fear of law and order problem if political activities take place
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News Reports

Details of funds collected by ‘activists’ in the name of Kathua rape victim not available with victim’s family, Shehla Rashid denies charges

OpIndia Staff -
A leaked audio had surfaced earlier which suggested that the funds had never reached the victim.
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Government and Policy

GST revenue collections cross one lakh crores for the second time in seven months

OpIndia Staff -
GST collection had crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the first time in April, which had then stood at Rs 1,03,458 crore.
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Editor's picks

Washington Post publishes ‘Rising hate in India’ story based on fake data

Raju Das -
Liberal media continues anti-Modi campaign, using misleading and wrong data
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Crime

Bhima-Koregaon violence: Bombay HC gives relief to Gautam Navlakha and two others from arrest till November 21

OpIndia Staff -
The Pune Police had arrested Gautam Navlakha and four other activists on August 28 in relation with their alleged involvement in the Elgaar Parishad and the Bhima Koregaon violence.
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Editor's picks

Rahul Gandhi now leaves Indian Muslims in the lurch

Ashish Shukla -
These are all very disturbing questions that Indian Muslims should ask
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Swords drawn between Digvijaya Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia over candidate selection

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party has been deeply troubled by the infighting with its party ranks.
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News Reports

USA considering waiver for India from sanctions over oil imports from Iran

OpIndia Staff -
India had earlier stated that it will continue to import oil from Iran despite sanctions.
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News Reports

40 member team led by Bachendri Pal removed over 55 tons of garbage to clean Ganga in 1500 km expedition

OpIndia Staff -
Throughout the expedition, several awareness campaigns were also conducted by her team which educated people of the need for 'clean Ganga'
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Culture and History

Here are 6 canards we can expect ‘liberals’ to spread on Aurangzeb’s 400th birthday

K Bhattacharjee -
We look at some of the arguments that we are sure would be rehashed on his 400th birthday in just a couple of days
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News Reports

Kashmiri student who went ‘missing’ from Greater Noida traced to Srinagar, last location points to Pulwama district

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttar Pradesh Police have confirmed his presence at the airport through video footage.
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Law

Supreme Court’s non-commitment: Yet again, Lord Ram is forced to stay in exile this Diwali

Siddharth Acharya -
For smooth and successful functioning of democracy, the smooth relation between three pillars is very important
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News Reports

No beef for Team Indian in Australia, BCCI tells Cricket Australia

OpIndia Staff -
Indian cricket team has reportedly become very specific about the diet.
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