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Prashant Bhushan’s flip flop on Alok Verma shows that his only aim is to oppose Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan had gone to the Supreme Court in 2017 claiming that Alok Verma's appointment was 'illegal'.
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News Reports

Telangana: Voters’ list contains names of nearly 190 Rohingya illegal immigrants

OpIndia Staff -
The names appear in voters' list of few constituencies near Hyderabad
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News Reports

Rajasthan state Muslim forum demands election tickets from ‘secular parties’ in proportion to the population

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi in his desperate attempt to boost his image had met some Muslim intellectuals who also conveyed their displeasure with the party
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Opinions

With Pakistan’s recent love for Congress, does Imran Khan’s statement have larger implications

OpIndia Staff -
Khan has decided to postpone peace talk with India till after 2019 elections as he believes that an anti-Pakistan rhetoric brings in votes in India.
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News Reports

Forgetting the Kashmiri Pandit genocide, senior Congress leader says Kashmir has never seen communalism

OpIndia Staff -
According to Azad, it appears Islamic intolerance towards Hinduism is not communal in nature. 
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News Reports

CBI’s case against Rakesh Asthana is based on a Whatsapp display picture and a man accused of corruption

Raju Das -
There are several weak links in allegations against Rakesh Asthana
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Crime

Paytm CEO extortion case: Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s personal details stolen, three arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The fourth accused is currently on the run
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Editor's picks

Australian and Pakistani cricket teams compete for a glorified biscuit, Pakistanis angry after ICC tweet

OpIndia Staff -
Some Pakistanis are wondering if an Indian is operating the ICC Twitter handle.
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News Reports

Donations in Mumbai Churches dry up in wake of sexual abuse charges against the Church: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Community believes there is lack of accountability in the utilisation of funds they are donating.
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Editor's picks

2019 is not just another election, it’s a civilisational war, and this is what ‘Hindu terrorists’ should know

Abhishek Banerjee -
Disillusionment is not an option right now. Building on the opportunity is the only way forward.
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Culture and History

Battle for Sabarimala: Consequences, fall-out of Communist atrocity, its heroes and hope for new dawn

K Bhattacharjee -
The battle has been won but the War is not yet over. 
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News Reports

Barmer district’s unique way of creating voter awareness: A giant Snakes and Ladders game

OpIndia Staff -
Previously, a 900 square flex was made for creating awareness about water conservation among schoolchildren.
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Editor's picks

SC orders Anil Ambani’s Reliance communication, represented by Kapil Sibal, to pay Ericsson’s dues by 15th Dec

OpIndia Staff -
The case was heard on 23rd October and a revised due date was set to clear dues
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Editor's picks

After Champions of the Earth award by the UN, PM Modi conferred with the Seoul Peace Prize

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been receiving accolades from across the globe for his commitment to global peace and sustainable development
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Law

FIR filed against SP leader Azam Khan for ‘objectionable’ statement against Ambedkar made in 2016

OpIndia Staff -
Controversial SP leader has time and again been mired in controversies
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Government and Policy

CBI feud: Modi govt sends Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana on leave, M Nageshwar Rao takes charge

OpIndia Staff -
Govt's decision to change the top leadership of the CBI comes against the backdrop of an ugly feud between the two senior officers
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Fact-Check

No, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not ‘expose’ his PAN after donating to BJP

Raju Das -
PAN is a not secret number like some 'security expert' and hacker seems to think
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News Reports

Elderly man refuses to divorce young woman he married through Nikah Halala

OpIndia Staff -
The aggrievd woman is thinking of taking Khula from the elderly man.
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News Reports

Lalu Prasad Yadav can lose ₹128 crore of ‘Benami’ property he allegedly acquired through shell companies

OpIndia Staff -
Lalu Prasad Yadav is already convicted in several cases and serving jail term
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Media

‘We need to recognise that we have a right to pray, not desecrate’: Smriti Irani when asked about Sabarimala

OpIndia Staff -
Her statement appears to have been taken out of context
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News Reports

Koregaon Bhima: Prosecution submits email exchanges between arrested ‘activists’ and top Maoists

OpIndia Staff -
The emails were exchanged after the arrest of the five alleged urban Maoists in June.
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Editor's picks

The Judiciary is the new ideological battleground which is being exploited by career ‘activists’

K Bhattacharjee -
The judicial activists want to slap their morality and their brand of ethics on the entire populace through the legal system.
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath in Chhattisgarh, says Ram temple will be built in Ayodhya soon

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath was in the state to kick-start BJP's election campaign for the upcoming assembly polls.
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News Reports

India’s reply to Imran Khan’s tweets on Kashmir: Look inwards and address your own issues

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of external affairs had replied to the newly elected Pakistan PM.
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Opinions

Most ‘Marxist thinkers’ use Marx without really understanding his academic legacy

Karan -
Some of my professors have advocated for the comprehensive view that Marx takes of the society and accept that he is more of a social thinker than an economist.
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Crime

Actor who said he would choose Quran over Constitution arrested for possession of drugs

OpIndia Staff -
He was caught in possession of eight tablets of Ecstasy.
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Media

The murky case of Raghav Bahl: ‘Converted Rs 100 crore black money into white using shell companies’

OpIndia Staff -
The media had blamed political vendetta for the raids against Bahl.
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News Reports

Pakistan releases former deputy chief of Afghan Taliban Mullah Baradar from jail

OpIndia Staff -
Baradar's release is being viewed as a move capable of facilitating the peace process.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh Congress working President in viral video: ‘Vote for me, to hell with the party’

OpIndia Staff -
Madhya Pradesh assembly elections are set to take place on November 28.
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Fact-Check

Twitter user followed by Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leader spreads fake video to defame Yogi govt

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leaders as well as various 'journalists' also follow this account
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News Reports

It is time for India to be worried: Chief Justice of Pakistan has a new chemical formula for water

Sanghamitra -
The Pakistani Chief Justice was speaking at an International Symposium on water conservation.
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Editor's picks

No blanket ban, says SC: Can burst low pollutant crackers on Diwali and New Year within time limits

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court also ordered the ban on the online sale of firecrackers and put a stay on the e-commerce portals from selling firecrackers.
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Editor's picks

Does reporting of Father Kuriakose death and Bishop Franco case show terrifying hold of Catholic Church?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Barely a week after Bishop Franco's release on bail, Father Kuriakose, a key witness in the nun rape case is dead.
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News Reports

Mizoram: Fourth Congress MLA quits the party ahead of state elections

OpIndia Staff -
Hmingdailova Khiangte is the fourth Congress MLA to resign from the present Mizoram Legislative Assembly.
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Fact-Check

Did Rahul Gandhi make another gaffe while ‘exposing’ Jaitley based on a debunked hitjob?

Raju Das -
Rahul Gandhi continues his baseless allegations against BJP
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Politics

Chhattisgarh: Congress to field Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece Karuna Shukla against CM Raman Singh

OpIndia Staff -
She was the BJP MP in the 14th Lok Sabha from Janjgir constituency
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News Reports

Sabarimala stand-off: Activist and devotee Rahul Easwar granted bail by local court in Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
He was arrested on the 17th of October.
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News Reports

CBI raids its own headquarters: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Complainant Satish Sana has claimed that he has paid over Rs 3 crores to the CBI special director since last year.
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Opinions

When is the global left-liberal cabal going to speak up the Chinese oppression of Uighur Muslims

Lakshmisha K S -
Saudi Arabia and Iran should grow a spine, and finally, the generals in Rawalpindi should remember that Xinjiang is next door to Pakistan.
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News Reports

Star Campaigner or Emotional Blackmailer? Posters of Priyanka Vadra spring up in Sonia’s Raebareli

OpIndia Staff -
Unknown people in Raebareli put up posters calling Priyanka Vadra an Emotional Blackmailer
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Fact-Check

The Wire deletes video of Abhisar Sharma’s embarrassing ‘investigation’ into the Amritsar train tragedy

OpIndia Staff -
The clarification appears to be a desperate attempt at saving face as his argument seems laughable at best.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh:Hearing and speech impaired engineer quits job to contest assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
Sudeep Shukla has an MSc degree in Information Technology, he was
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Fact-Check

Congress’ Navjot Singh Sidhu tries to deflect blame, lies about driver of train involved in Amritsar Tragedy

Raju Das -
Contrary to Sidhu's allegation, the name of the driver has been revealed
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Government and Policy

Punjab to get fleet of 400 new luxury cars while reeling under debt of Rs 1.87 lakh crores

Jhankar Mohta -
The decision to buy new vehicles, which will be worth Rs 80 crores will be an added burden on the Punjab government
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News Reports

‘These small incidents happen everyday’: AAP MLA trivialises the massive Amritsar tragedy

OpIndia Staff -
He said that this news of the Amritsar tragedy has created a 'focus of attention' on the incident.
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Crime

Tribal woman in West Bengal raped and brutalised with iron rod by her relative

OpIndia Staff -
The woman's family reportedly had a land dispute with the family of the accused.
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OpIndia Explains

22nd October 1947: When barbarian hordes descended on Kashmir to plunder, rape and destroy

K Bhattacharjee -
India could learn quite a few lessons from the war that began with the invasion by Pakistani tribals in 1947.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi won’t be projected as PM candidate in 2019 elections: P Chidambaram

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Congress leader Salman Khurshid had also expressed doubts on Congress' ability to win elections on its own in 2019
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Crime

Elgaar Parishad case: Police says ‘activists’ were in touch with Maoists, talked of routing funds through Hawala

OpIndia Staff -
Pune police on August 28 had arrested 5 activists as part of the major crackdown, in connection with a case filed over Elgaar Parishad
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News Reports

Hafiz Saeed instigates India again: Summons prayer meeting for neutralised terrorist Manan Wani

OpIndia Staff -
Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists Manan Wani was killed in an encounter with police in October this year
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