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Taking a jibe at Rahul’s Congress, Arun Jaitley says Indira or Rajiv Gandhi would never have supported anti-India slogans

OpIndia Staff -
The Finance Minister also appeared to hint towards his displeasure with judicial overreach.
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News Reports

College in Assam reminds students to wear proper uniforms, Muslim MLA alleges ‘saffronisation’

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All colleges in Assam have prescribed uniforms.
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Culture and History

Liberal Fundamentalism and Sabarimala fiasco: India needs a Renaissance

Kausik Gangopadhyay -
The only question is: Do we have it in us?
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Government and Policy

“Rahul Gandhi’s Jhalawar rally was a flop”, says senior Youth Congress member

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Rahul Gandhi's rally and roadshow in Rajasthan failed to draw crowd
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Government and Policy

India asks UN to list terrorist groups involved in sexual violence

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UN Secretary-General has woman human rights activists, political leaders and journalists in conflict areas are being targeted at alarming rates.
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Editor's picks

‘BJP stands with the devotees of Lord Ayyappa like a rock’: Amit Shah

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Shah emphasized that the entry of women into Sabarimala is not related to equality in any manner.
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Editor's picks

#HimToo: BJP Delhi spokesperson shares his story of false allegations and mental harassment by a lady doctor

OpIndia Staff -
After remaining silent on the matter for long, Bagga has come out strongly to defend himself.
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News Reports

Facebook unpublishes official page of RightLog, organised targeting or ideological bias?

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With Social Media becoming an ideological battleground, it has often been noticed that platforms selectively target right-leaning platforms in an ad-hoc fashion.
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News Reports

Mizoram: NGOs oppose political parties fielding Chakma candidates. Read about the age old conflict

K Bhattacharjee -
The core aspect of the inter-tribal conflict is the issue of nativity.
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News Reports

‘Casual handling of people’s lives’ and poor dam management by state government led to Kerala Floods, reveals research study

OpIndia Staff -
The study has blamed the communist Kerala government's inaction and mismanagement for the devastation caused by the floods.
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Editor's picks

Media sanitises Goa Congress leader’s crass comment on Manohar Parrikar

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This incident comes just days after Goa BJP state President Vinay Tendulkar had declared that the CM would rejoin office shortly
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Crime

Urban Naxal arrests: Maharashtra police takes custody of 3 accused after Pune court rejects bail plea

OpIndia Staff -
After the bail pleas were rejected, the defence lawyers sought a week's stay on implementation of the order so that they could file an appeal in the High Court, but the judge did not grant a stay.
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News Reports

Kerala government’s brutal crackdown on Sabarimala devotees, plans to impose heavy penalty on those arrested: Reports

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Kerala government can impose fines up to Rs 13 lakh on some of the arrested Sabarimala devotees and also has issued look-out notices for hundreds of others.
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Crime

Father of Azeem confirms that death of his 8 year old son was not due to any communal violence

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Aseem's father, Khaleel Ahmed, is a farmer by profession
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News Reports

Digital security company apologises for false report on ‘Aadhar data breach’

OpIndia Staff -
Gemalto had published a report this month claiming 1.2 billion records in Aadhar database have been compromised.
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Media

Rajdeep Sardesai: The great Indian tweet thief

OpIndia Staff -
Sardesai's tweets are too similar to tweets posted by many popular Twitter users.
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News Reports

Receipt amount do not match donations made by some Paytm users for Kerala floods

OpIndia Staff -
The technical glitch was acknowledged by Kerala Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund and PayTM and corrected receipts were issued
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Economy and Finance

China agrees to increase imports from India this year, announces Suresh Prabhu

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The Indian government announced that trade relations between India and China will increase this year, in 2018.
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Media

‘Journalist’ compromises security by revealing names and ID of IB officials, deletes later

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Swati Chaturvedi posted the names and ID card numbers of 4 IB personnel caught by PSOs of CBI Director Alok Verma
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News Reports

Kerala: Communist govt’s excesses continue on Sabarimala devotees, more than 2000 detained

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The Kerala Police have come down hard on the Sabarimala devotees protesting to uphold their traditions
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Culture and History

Watch: Is the Indian state really secular? No, according to this Supreme Court advocate

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There has been much talk in recent times about various articles of the Indian Constitution actively discriminating against Hindus.
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Government and Policy

ED moves court seeking ‘fugitive economic offender’ tag for Sterling Biotech promoters

OpIndia Staff -
Nitin Sandesara was arrested in Dubai in August.
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News Reports

‘Gali gali main shor hai, Rahul Gandhi chor hai’: Says Congress worker during protest against CBI fracas

OpIndia Staff -
The list of gaffes by Rahul Gandhi, Congress and all their social media accounts are endless
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Crime

Gold medalist in chemistry caught running illegal liquor factory in the name of juice factory

OpIndia Staff -
Grover planned the liquor factory with gangster Amit when he met him in Patiala jail.
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Media

Google denies New York Times’ claim of offering exit package, says has fired 48 employees for sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
Pichai has written that Google has fired 48 people in two years on sexual harassment allegations.
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News Reports

MHA evaluates steps taken by social media companies to curb rumours and fake news

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Representatives of social media giants have ensured they are taking necessary steps to curb the spread of rumours through their platforms.
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Editor's picks

The Hindu carries Yogendra Yadav’s falsified narrative on MSPs based on a dubious methodology

Ashutosh Kulkarni -
Cloaking data to subtly further a motivated agenda is not only unethical but also extremely dangerous
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Crime

YouGov India’s latest survey on #MeToo Findings

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Based on a survey of 1,000 people, YouGov India focused on how people from different zones of the country viewed sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement as a whole.
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Crime

FIR against BJP state president in Tamil Nadu for allegedly ‘abusing’ woman who shouted slogans inside airplane

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Sophia had raised slogans inside a Chennai-Tuticorin flight in which Tamilsai Soundararajan was incidentally traveling.
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Crime

Bareilly Panchayat issues diktat: asks a woman to maintain marital relations with two husbands

OpIndia Staff -
Arshi approached Bareilly police several times after the Panchayat's decision was forced on her, but the police were unwilling to take any action
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Government and Policy

Twitter reacts as MoD spokesperson Twitter handle responds harshly to ex admiral, apologises later

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The Ministry of Defence spokesperson's Twitter handle has since apologised for the tweet
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Fact-Check

No, Rahul Gandhi has not been ‘arrested’, he has been ‘detained’ after his ‘protest’ over the CBI fracas

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In the CBI vs CBI, Rahul Gandhi has decided to take a side
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Crime

Urban Naxal arrests : Pune Court rejects bail application of Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Sudha Bhardwaj

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The house arrest of all the three activists will be ending today and the Pune police can take them into custody and produce them in the court for additional interrogation.
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News Reports

Youth allegedly flees to Abu Dhabi to convert to Islam, radicalised after chatting with Muslim woman: Reports

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The youth is suspected to have been in touch with a Muslim woman online .
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Editor's picks

Dassault CEO Trappier demolishes every claim by Rahul Gandhi, says ‘a bit sad’ about the controversy

OpIndia Staff -
Dassault selected Reliance on its own, clarified CEO Éric Trappier
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Culture and History

Sringeri Mutt writes a letter urging PM Modi to reopen the pilgrimage to Sharda Peeth in PoK

K Bhattacharjee -
The letter says that it is the earnest wish of Hindus that the pilgrimage is made possible.
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Editor's picks

Shiv Sena: An untrustworthy ally and a sorry excuse for the party Balasaheb Thackeray built

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Shiv Sena has been profoundly critical of the Modi government at the centre and the BJP government in Maharashtra
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Crime

‘Liberals’ turn death of child in a playground scuffle into ‘lynching’, ‘hate crime’, here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Unfortunate incident has been given a communal twist by the usual suspects, terming the death as 'lynching' and 'hate crime'
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News Reports

How Pakistan ensured that Hafiz Saeed’s JuD is removed from the list of banned terror outfits

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The ordinance promulgated in February has lapsed and Hafiz Saeed's terror outfits are now no longer banned organisations.
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News Reports

SC: CVC to complete enquiry into Alok Verma in 2 weeks, interim CBI Director to not take any policy decision

K Bhattacharjee -
The enquiry will be conducted under the supervision of a former Supreme Court judge.
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Entertainment

#MenToo: Male model accuses designer Vijay Arora of sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
The model has accused that Vijay Arora touched him inappropriately.
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Government and Policy

Promoters of 73000 companies likely to face action over fraudulent transactions post demonetisation: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The premier investigation agency SFIO is currently probing 64 cases of alleged fraud involving 500 companies.
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News Reports

Bhima Koregaon Violence: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar takes a U-turn, says cannot blame any group

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Pawar has submitted an affidavit before the Bhima Koregaon Inquiry Commission.
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News Reports

Lawyer who ‘sued’ Lord Ram for ‘domestic violence’, files complaint against Smriti Irani for her Sabarimala remarks

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He had also filed petitions against Radhe Maa, Hardik Patel and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah
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Editor's picks

Watch: Jignesh Mevani goes on a tirade against PM Modi again, calls him ‘namak haram’

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This is not the first time Mevani has hurled abuses towards the PM
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Opinions

Abhijit Iyer Mitra : Real target or a pawn in a political tussle

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Denying him bail and 14 days judicial custody for mere sarcastic tweets hints of state excess on a private citizen
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Crime

Kerala nun rape case: Nun who stood against Bishop Franco heckled, asked to leave Father Kuriakose’s funeral

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Father Kuriakose's brother alleged that he had been killed for giving a statement against Bishop Franco Mulakkal
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News Reports

FCRA violations: Amnesty International’s Bengaluru offices raided by Enforcement Directorate

OpIndia Staff -
NDA government has been investigating unauthorised foreign funding received by NGOs
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News Reports

India needs a strong, stable and decisive government for the next 10 years: NSA Ajit Doval

OpIndia Staff -
AJit Doval delivered a speech today, talking about various prospects of future of government and economy
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Crime

Fake banking apps targeting victims in India, says cyber security company

OpIndia Staff -
Fake banking apps are available on Play Store
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