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Media

NDTV becomes a Pay channel, usual suspects call it attack on freedom of expression by Modi govt

Shashank Bharadwaj -
NDTV promoters are being probed by the present government for their role in a financial fraud.
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News Reports

Questions about what Rahul Gandhi was doing in Germany and if it was related to Rafale gathers steam

OpIndia Staff -
these speculations are only in the realm of possibility with no proof
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Crime

Arvind Kejriwal shouldn’t link everything with religion: Vivek Tiwari’s wife on Kejriwal’s ‘communal twist’ to Lucknow murder

Nirwa Mehta -
Unfortunate that Arvind Kejriwal has taken the political discourse in India to such a low level where he communalises a death.
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Crime

Gauri Lankesh Case: Accused Waghmare says police offered 25 lakhs to confess, claims torture by SIT

OpIndia Staff -
The SIT had hit a roadblock accused Parashuram Waghmare had recently refused to confess to the crime before the magistrate.
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News Reports

Caught on CCTV: Pakistani official stealing wallet of a Kuwaiti delegate

OpIndia Staff -
The officer has been arrested and legal proceedings have been initiated against him by Pakistan government
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Government and Policy

Surgical Strikes 2.0? Rumours abound after Rajnath Singh hints at strong action by Indian Army

OpIndia Staff -
Home Minister Rajnath Singh had himself said today that 'something big has happened 2-3 days back'.
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News Reports

Aadhar judgement has not gone far enough: NITI Ayog CEO

OpIndia Staff -
The apex court should have asked the centre for guidelines instead of scrapping section 57, says Amitabh Kant
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Government and Policy

‘Provide quota in government jobs, educational institutions to the transgender community,’ Uttarakhand High Court directs state government

OpIndia Staff -
The government has also been directed to build separate toilets for them at public places.
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Culture and History

Bhartiyata: The essence of Bharat

shwetashalini -
We believe in empowering each Bharatiya so that Bharatiyata in them blooms like the lotus of BJP.
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Satire

Eeny Meeny Mynie Moh: Angry Gods

Kansaratva -
Eeny, Meeny, Mynie, and Moh left the building without paying the bill.
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Culture and History

Hindutva in the age of Social Media

K Bhattacharjee -
Social Media is littered with songs, memes and blogs which all contributed to the mainstreaming of Hindutva.
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Crime

Srinagar: special police officer posted in PDP MLAs residence runs off with seven AK-47s

Jhankar Mohta -
The police have announced a reward of Rs 2 lakhs to capture the deserter
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News Reports

No Swara Bhaskar, we will not be silenced : Read the defamation notice and our response

Nupur J Sharma -
We have categorically rejected all charges, refused to take the articles down and certainly refused to apologise.
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News Reports

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor participated in event along with a man who called Maoists ‘patriots’

Research Team -
The event was organized  by the Centre for Human Rights and the NSS of NUALS, Kochi.
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Culture and History

The Sabarimala verdict is anything but a gender equality win

jogakhichudi -
I’m a Hindu woman and believer who is #READYTOWAIT and with this verdict, I feel utterly cheated and defeated
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News Reports

Massive security breach in Facebook, 90 million accounts affected

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook is already facing scrutiny for allegedly leaking millions of users' data to Cambridge Analytica
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News Reports

Uttarakhand High Court orders strict implementation of ban on porn sites

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttarakhand high court has taken suo motu cognisance of a recent gang rape of a schoolgirl in Dehradun.
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News Reports

UP: Congress working committee member booked for forcing wife to sleep with party leaders

OpIndia Staff -
The victim has alleged that Shan Mohammad used to beat her up and if she refused to have sexual relationships with his party leaders.
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News Reports

India’s IMPS rated the best real time payment system in the world

OpIndia Staff -
IMPS has been rated better than similar payment systems from US, Singapore, Germany etc
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Crime

Dance teacher who posed as PM Modi’s ‘spiritual guru’ arrested

OpIndia Staff -
He sought VIP treatment by showing his forged pictures with Modi
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 111 antique metal coins assumed to be from Mughal era found

OpIndia Staff -
The coins will be sent to the archaeological department for further examination.
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi: Mad(e) in India

Sanghamitra -
Has Amethi even made a 'Patli Pin Ka charger' in all these years?
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Government and Policy

Sushma Swaraj gives a cold shoulder to Pakistan Foreign Minister, leaves SAARC meeting early

OpIndia Staff -
Last week India had cancelled the scheduled meeting between the two foreign ministers in the wake of Pakistan's continued support to terrorism on Indian soil.
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Law

‘Liberals’ prove that they are willing to trample over democracy for sake of ideological supremacy

K Bhattacharjee -
It does not bode well for the future of democracy.
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News Reports

Maharashtra CM Fadnavis welcomes SC judgement upholding arrest of 5 activists in Bhima Koregaon matter

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the arrests and also refused to constitute SIT and asked the Pune police to go ahead with their probe.
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Culture and History

Does Sabarimala verdict push state power over religion?

Abhishek Banerjee -
If a temple is to be treated as a public place, how far does this argument go?
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Law

‘We take inspiration from what Justice Indu Malhotra said’: J Sai Deepak, advocate in the Sabarimala Temple case

OpIndia Staff -
J Sai Deepak added that People For Dharma and him would explore all possible legal options in this matter. 
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Crime

Pakistan testifies Dawood aide’s ‘good character’ as UK rejects his bail plea for the second time

OpIndia Staff -
The mastermind of the 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai, Dawood Ibrahim has been reportedly sheltered by Pakistan for the last 23 years
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Opinions

Congress did not even sign a deal with Dassault, Rahul Gandhi. When do you plan to stop lying?

Raju Das -
Rahul Gandhi repeats the lies about Rafale deal, again
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News Reports

In poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, number of voters goes up by almost 8 per cent

OpIndia Staff -
Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly tenure ends on 7th January 2019 and the state is expected to go to the polls by year end.
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News Reports

After connecting all MRIs, Rahul Gandhi now wants to buy shoes, mobiles and shirts from HAL

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Rahul Gandhi once wanted to connect all MRIs machines through the internet.
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Political Fact-Check

Rahul Gandhi keeps talking about making mobile phones in India, Modi government is already walking the talk

Raju Das -
The phones manufactured in India say and will continue to say 'Made in India'
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Opinions

Indian Badminton is ailing and it needs attention

Sambit Nayak -
Let's keep calm and trust Gopi to fix things.
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News Reports

This is what the sole lady judge, and the only dissenting voice, said about women’s entry in Sabarimala

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Malhotra stated that the shrine and deity at Sabarimala are protected by article 25
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News Reports

‘This is not a case of arrest because of dissent’: SC refuses to interfere with arrest of Urban Naxals

OpIndia Staff -
The apex court has asked the arrested persons to move to the trial court with their appeals and refused to constitute SIT.
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Law

Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala temple: Women of all age groups to be allowed

OpIndia Staff -
The bench ruled that the age restriction is a violation of religious rights of Hindu women
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Crime

Paedophile Rehan Abdul Rashid Qureshi accused of raping 15 minors arrested in Thane

OpIndia Staff -
Qureshi was booked under IPC sections 376 (rape), 363 (kidnapping), and POSCO act
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Government and Policy

Konark War Memorial: PM inaugurates Parakram Parv in Jodhpur to mark 2nd anniversary of surgical strike

OpIndia Staff -
Parakram Parv will be celebrated till 30th September to mark 2nd anniversary of surgical strikes
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OpIndia Explains

Sanjay Bhandari’s shady history and his connections to Robert Vadra and Aam Aadmi Party. All you need to know

Research Team -
Luck often runs out at the most unexpected of times.
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Government and Policy

Ahead of second year anniversary, government releases fresh video clip of 2016 Surgical Strikes

OpIndia Staff -
The Union government has planned various events to commemorate the valour of soldiers from September 28 to 30.
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Crime

NIA busts LeT linked organisation’s terror funding module in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
The FIF operative Mohammad Salman is reportedly involved in terror funding in Mewat region
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Media

Marathi newspaper claims RSS chief had justified murder for beef eating, retracts ‘in small font’ later

OpIndia Staff -
The apology appeared in small fonts which could be easily missed
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Fact-Check

Business Standard article on Coal auction revenues ‘falling short’ is sensationalist and poorly argued

Nupur J Sharma -
OpIndia.com spoke to sources in the Ministry and got a clear picture
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News Reports

Fact check: Sikkim airport is really India’s 100th operational airport, here is how

OpIndia Staff -
Not all operational airports have flights scheduled for arrivals and departure
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News Reports

Even after dismissal by France, Rahul Gandhi repeats his lie about the French President on Rafale deal

OpIndia Staff -
France had earlier confirmed the existence of a secrecy clause in the Rafale deal.
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News Reports

Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal wants adultery to continue being crime, gets slammed

OpIndia Staff -
Adultery still remains valid ground for divorce.
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Media

‘Liberals’ have a meltdown after SC refused to refer the Ayodhya dispute to a larger bench

OpIndia Staff -
In a majority judgment, the Supreme Court refused to refer the Ram Janambhoomi case to a larger constitution bench.
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News Reports

Congress in trouble as many regional leaders distance themselves stating problems with the party’s current policies

OpIndia Staff -
The veteran has alleged that in its desperation for power, Congress has become direction-less and is ready to compromise with its fundamental principles.
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Opinions

Did anti-Aadhar brigade lose interest in Cambridge Analytica because Congress’ name came up?

Abhishek Banerjee -
We will never know if Cambridge Analytica actually stole data for the Congress Party
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Crime

Telangana : IT raids on state Congress Working President Revanth Reddy over misappropriation of funds

OpIndia Staff -
Revanth Reddy was earlier caught by the anti-corruption bureau in 2015 for his alleged involvement in a 50 lakh cash for vote case.
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