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Day after court orders FIR against Congress leaders in Vyapam case, Rahul Gandhi raises it

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi repeats the lies, despite those lies having been debunked over and over.
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Law

Supreme Court declines to refer the Ayodhya dispute to a larger bench in a majority judgment

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Abdul Nazeer disagreed with the majority opinion.
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Politics

Is there a method to madness in Rahul Gandhi’s plan of opening mobile manufacturing units everywhere?

Nirwa Mehta -
Rahul Gandhi is so predictable, everyone has started predicting what he will say in a rally
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Political Fact-Check

Madhya Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi repeats the same debunked lie on Sardar Patel’s statue

OpIndia Staff -
Perhaps it is the silence of the media that gives Rahul Gandhi the impunity necessary to lie blatantly
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Opinions

Since Rahul Gandhi likes talking about ‘corruption’ now, will he speak on Ajit Jogi naming Sonia in Cash-For-MLA scam?

GujaratRiots.com -
Now, dear Mr Rahul Gandhi, will you break your silence on this case?
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News Reports

Poster issued by Congress leader in Bihar exposes Congress’ casteist mentality

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress desperately tries to prove itself to be a secular, egalitarian party while taking every opportunity to stoke casteist sentiments.
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News Reports

Terror launch pad destroyed in surgical strikes is active again: reports

OpIndia Staff -
Eight of the terror launch pads have been activated after Imran Khan took charge as Pakistan's PM
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Law

‘Adultery valid ground for divorce, not criminal prosecution’: SC strikes down the arbitrary Sec 497

OpIndia Staff -
The apex court has declared that section 497 of IPC is unconstitutional
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Law

Ram Janambhoomi: SC to decide if 1994 decision that Mosques are not essential to Namaz needs revision

OpIndia Staff -
In 1994, the SC had given a verdict that a mosque is not an integral part of Islam.
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Government and Policy

PM Modi wins UN’s prestigious ‘Champions of the Earth’ awards, Cochin Airport recognised for its sustainable operations

OpIndia Staff -
'Champions of the Earth' is an annually awarded to recognise outstanding environmental leaders for their positive impact on the environment. 
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Crime

Jharkhand: Two Naxals awarded death penalty for murdering 6 police personnel

Jhankar Mohta -
The duo had killed the then Pakur Superintendent of Police Amarjeet Balihar and five other policemen
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Media

IT Commissioner harassment case: NDTV withdraws defamation case against academician Madhu Kishwar

OpIndia Staff -
A case was filed on a story authored by Kishwar in January 2014
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News Reports

FIR ordered against Digvijay Singh, Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia for submitting false evidence in Vyapam

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress leaders have been accused of misleading court by false documents
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Crime

Antigua assures full cooperation in extradition of multi-crore scam accused Mehul Choksi

OpIndia Staff -
Choksi had recently announced he had become citizen of Antigua in November 2017 to expand his business
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Fact-Check

Fact-Check: Congress mouthpiece National Herald’s lies about Japan withdrawing funding for bullet train

OpIndia Staff -
This is not the first time that Congress mouthpiece National Herald has been caught lying
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Crime

Bengaluru: Commercial Tax officials unearth Rs. 203 crore fake GST invoice scam, three arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The accused person had registration of 14 companies and used to generate fake GST invoices.
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Entertainment

Pro-Kannada activists threaten Sunny Leone prior to her show in Bengaluru

OpIndia Staff -
In January, too, Sunny Leone's performance in Bengaluru faced protests
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Crime

The sordid and shameful whitewashing of rape accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal

Jhankar Mohta -
The entire ecosystem is advocating the wrongdoer because of the position he holds and power he adheres
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Government and Policy

Indian Airforce Deputy Chief calls out Rahul Gandhi’s Rafale mumbo jumbo

OpIndia Staff -
He said Dassault's total offset obligation is ₹6500 crore, and single company can get ₹30,000 crore
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Opinions

Battle of narratives: The non-left is trying, but the macro-narrative is still firmly under Left’s control

Kushal Mehra -
I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative
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Social Media

Remember that Sardar kid who cried as India tied with Afghanistan? He is now preparing to celebrate on Friday

OpIndia Staff -
It took the young boy to bring the country together, across political ideologies.
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Crime

Violence at Banaras Hindu University, students asked to vacate hostels

OpIndia Staff -
Classes have been suspended till the 28th. OPD and emergency services will continue to function as per the schedule.
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Government and Policy

Under the Modi government, Northeast India has witnessed many ‘firsts’

Jhankar Mohta -
While inaugurating Sikkim's first airport, the PM reiterated his commitment that the Northeast will be the engine in India's growth story.
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Crime

Afghanistan: ‘Mullah’ faces death by stoning over sex tapes scandal

OpIndia Staff -
They fear that the women may be murdered if their identities are confirmed
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Opinions

Yogendra Yadav lies about RSS, freedom movement of India, Syama Prasad Mookerjee and more

Ashish Shukla -
And this man has the gall to call RSS an anti-national. What do you think we should call you Mr Yadav?
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Law

Supreme Court dismisses plea challenging the appointment of Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next CJI

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Gogoi is one of the four judges who had held a press conference against the CJI in January this year.
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Law

‘Sunlight is the best disinfectant,’ says SC while allowing live streaming of court proceedings

K Bhattacharjee -
The Court said that it will issue necessary rules for balancing rights of public and protecting dignity of litigants soon.
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News Reports

Christian group asks Ilayaraja to ‘kneel down and apologise’ for saying there is no evidence of Christ’s resurrection

OpIndia Staff -
Padma Vibhushan Ilayaraja had expressed his opinion in a Google event which was held in March.
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Law

SC upholds most provisions of Aadhaar act, rules that the act is compliant with privacy guidelines

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court has upheld the Aadhaar Act with some modifications
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Media

Shekhar Gupta is the most pusillanimous and unimaginative master of propaganda India has ever seen

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Surely, we all must ponder who is being “unimaginative” here!
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Government and Policy

Northern states agree on uniform tax rates on fuel

OpIndia Staff -
A meeting was held to consider the fixing of uniform tax rates on petrol and diesel and to implement 'One Nation One Tax System'
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Opinions

Manmohan Singh’s pontification on ‘secularism’ in the Army is as hollow as his prime ministership

Sanghamitra -
It was Manmohan Singh's government who wanted a 'Muslim Headcount' in the Indian armed forces
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Crime

Unstamped letter from ‘LeT area commander’ found at Ambala station, threatens of bomb blasts at stations, petrol pumps and religious places

OpIndia Staff -
The letter said that Lashkar-e-Taiba intends to seek revenge against atrocities committed against Muslims by Hindus and Sikhs.
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News Reports

‘This is abuse, not dissent’, says Dr Ahmed who filed FIR against Congress’ Divya Spandana for calling PM ‘chor’

OpIndia Staff -
This is abuse, not dissent
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Law

Ram Janambhoomi and female genital mutilation among key cases to be heard by CJI before retirement

Jhankar Mohta -
Dipak Misra hands over his responsibilities to the incoming CJI, justice Ranjan Gogoi on 3rd October 2018
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Government and Policy

Read how the Civil Aviation Policy has been instrumental in giving a boost to the sector

OpIndia Staff -
The Civil Aviation Policy implemented by the government in 2016 has given a major boost to the airline industry.
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Culture and History

The History and Legacy of the Ram Janambhoomi Movement

K Bhattacharjee -
The 6th of December, 1992 could be regarded as the most important even in the history of independent India.
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Political Fact-Check

The theatre of absurd: So absurd, that we are still trying to decipher what Rahul Gandhi meant

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi's allegations regarding Rafale have been outrageous, but this one takes the cake
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News Reports

Kerala based Sunni group challenges Triple Talaq ordinance in Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
The petition alleges that the ordinance is not helping Muslim women but targetting the Muslim husband.
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News Reports

Owaisi’s MLA regrets saying ‘Ganpati Bappa’, pledges to never do such a thing again

OpIndia Staff -
Waris Pathan had to apologise after his party AIMIM reportedly disapproved his visit to a Ganesh pandal and chanting slogans.
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News Reports

Assam’s Congress era Louis-Berger scam under lens again : CBI to intensify probe

OpIndia Staff -
Gauhati high court had transferred the case to CBI from Assam CID
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Crime

The big-picture view of cattle related violence in India : It is more than what meets the eye

Shashank Goyal -
India should explore flooding the Bangladesh market with low price Buffalo beef.
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News Reports

Sonia Gandhi led Nehru Memorial Fund ordered to vacate Teen Murti Complex

OpIndia Staff -
Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund has also been ordered to pay damages for illegally occupying the complex since 1967.
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Political Fact-Check

Why are ‘senior lawyers’ and Congress IT cell promoting this soft-porn website?

Nirwa Mehta -
The page regularly shared nude and semi-nude images of women as 'leaked' images
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Crime

Surgical Strike braveheart, Lance Naik Sandeep Singh killed by terrorists during anti-infiltration operations

OpIndia Staff -
Lance Naik Sandeep Singh was leading a search party to detect the infiltrators along the LoC.
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Law

Candidates can’t be barred from contesting polls on framing of criminal charges only: SC

OpIndia Staff -
The five-judge bench headed by Dipak Misra said that the onus lies on the Parliament
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Crime

Cow smugglers kill cattle trader Salim Ali in Assam, Mintu Ali and 1 other arrested, 2 absconding

OpIndia Staff -
Four cattle smugglers killed cattle trader Salim Ali, two of them are arrested
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News Reports

PM, Home Minister should take a call on declassification of former PM Shastri’s death documents: CIC

OpIndia Staff -
The Janata party government in the late seventies had formed a committee under Raj Narain to look into the circumstances surrounding the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri.
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Political Fact-Check

Divya Spandana, Prashant Bhushan share ‘news’ from dubious website ‘IndiaScoops’ to prove Rafale is a ‘scam’

Jhankar Mohta -
Earlier, too, the page had shared unverifiable information which was widely shared by Congress and AAP leaders
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News Reports

Dev Fadnavis govt initiates criminal action against Wakf board members for misappropriation of properties

OpIndia Staff -
Shabbir Ansari, the president of Tehreeq-e-Awqaf, had complained about this to the state government in November 2017
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