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Fact-Check

Rafale: NDTV journalist shows lack of comprehension skills again, floats strange theory about PM’s 2015 Paris visit

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV is famous for its tabloid journalism
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News Reports

Rafale deal: French govt and Dassault both rubbish Hollande’s claim on Indian govt ‘suggesting’ Reliance

OpIndia Staff -
Dassault has officially stated that partnership with Reliance Defence was its own choice and it is presently negotiating with a hundred more companies for investments in India.
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News Reports

SC appoints Nilekani to prepare Computer Network and AI based solution for medical college inspection

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court of India has appointed Nandan Nilekani for examining the possibility of deploying a computer technology including artificial intelligence based solution for inspection...
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Government and Policy

In 2012 under the Congress government, Dassault preferred RIL over HAL

OpIndia Staff -
They were insisting on the RIL group company to be their partner.
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Opinions

Mayawati snubs Congress for Ajit Jogi, Mahagathbandhan dream over for the opposition?

K Bhattacharjee -
As an immediate effect, Chhattisgarh appears to be a lost cause for the Congress party.
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News Reports

India cancels talks with Pakistan after murder of policemen in Shopian

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan sponsored terrorists had abducted 3 policemen from Shopian and killed them brutally
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Government and Policy

Delhi bans Vat 69 and Smirnoff for two years

OpIndia Staff -
The company had violated rules by using unauthorised and loose barcodes
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Crime

Delhi: ‘Chinese spy’ held for running for spy racket, Indian Passport and Aadhaar Card seized

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested Chinese National has been operating in India for last five years and is married to an Indian girl
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Crime

Terrorists give ‘resign or die’ threats, abduct and kill three officers; MHA refutes media claims of police resignations

OpIndia Staff -
The MHA and Jammu and Kashmir police rejected the reports of police resignations as 'untrue and motivated'.
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Crime

India launches National sex offenders registry with 4.4 lakh names

OpIndia Staff -
The registry includes names, address and fingerprint details od 4.4 lakh sexual offenders from 2005 onwards
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News Reports

JNU to celebrate ‘Surgical Strike Day’ on 29 September to mark 2nd anniversary of surgical strikes against Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
The UGC had issued a circular to higher education institutions suggesting them to celebrate 'Surgical Strike Day'.
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OpIndia Explains

Demystifying Civil Society: Link emerges between ‘Urban Naxals’ and Separatists in Kashmir and Manipur

Research Team -
COHR, Manipur is one of the coordinating organizations of CDRO.
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Crime

West Bengal: Police fire on students for protesting appointment of Urdu teachers, two dead

OpIndia Staff -
A student of class 11 has also succumbed to his injuries, as per local media.
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Opinions

Asia Cup 2018: The worst scheduled tournament ever?

Sandeep Singh -
Many people have pointed out the empty seats during most of the matches
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News Reports

‘Urban Naxal’ letters planned six ambush on security forces, four of which happened: Police

OpIndia Staff -
The SC bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra gave the state police time till Saturday to submit the entire case diary
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Crime

Another Priest arrested for sexual abuse, was on ‘house arrest’ after ‘internal inquiry’ by Polish ‘religious authority’

OpIndia Staff -
The police investigation has revealed that two more boys had also been sexually abused by the priest.
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Government and Policy

US Government report praises Indian leadership for its resolve to fight terrorism

OpIndia Staff -
The report says that the states of Jammu and Kashmir, the northeast Indian states, and parts of central India are the most affected by terrorism.
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Government and Policy

A record 9.5 Lakh jobs were created in July, 61.81 lakh since September 2017: EPFO data

OpIndia Staff -
The new EPFO data reveals that from September 2017 to July 2018 more than 61.81 lakh new jobs have been created,
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Entertainment

Sacred Games: petitioner demands a regulatory board after Netflix refuses to censor dialogues

OpIndia Staff -
The online series, which released in July this year, had almost immediately made the headlines for allegedly 'defaming the Congress party' over the Shah Bano case.
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Crime

Murder of Sadhus: soon after arresting the mastermind, UP police guns down two criminals in encounter

OpIndia Staff -
The criminals allegedly fired 34 rounds at the police before being gunned down
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Social Media

Firstpost image leaves Twitter guessing: Are they women or bus seats?

OpIndia Staff -
Firstpost deleted the post with the image, but this is not the first time the image had people confused.
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News Reports

US: ‘Donkey or an elephant?’ Republican Party draws flak for Ganesh Chaturthi themed campaign

OpIndia Staff -
The Republican Party has since then tendered an apology
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News Reports

Goa: Two Congress MLAs go missing, fly abroad even as the power tussle with BJP rages on

OpIndia Staff -
The Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has been undergoing treatment for his pancreatic ailment at AIIMS.
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News Reports

Kumaraswamy unhinged: Instigates people to ‘riot’ against BJP, says BJP using military planes to poach MLAs

Shashank Bharadwaj -
HD Kumaraswamy also threatened to dig up old cases against the leaders of the BJP if they try to destabilise the government.
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Media

Delhi sewer death case: What we know so far

Editorial Desk -
In the end, one can only hope that people's faith in humanity is not broken.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh CM says no arrest under SC-ST act without probe in the state

OpIndia Staff -
The decision is significant as the state govt seems to differ with the central govt decision
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Media

Delhi sewer victim’s parents claim he was never married, son in viral picture not his son: ABP News

OpIndia Staff -
Did media jump the gun to collect money on basis of the viral image?
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Politics

Jaunpur patilaa, Aligarh locks, Bhopal phones: While Rahul Gandhi talks, Make In India is delivering results

Sanghamitra -
Rahul Gandhi wants every city where he holds a rally to be a global mobile phone manufacturing hub
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News Reports

In a glaring blooper, TRS leader’s name appears in Congress’ office bearer list

OpIndia Staff -
Suresh Reddy had joined the TRS officially on 7th September this year in the presence of chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao
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News Reports

‘Clown Prince’ is polluting public discourse with concocted falsehoods: Arun Jaitley

OpIndia Staff -
The world’s largest democracy must seriously introspect whether public discourse should be allowed to be polluted by the falsehood
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News Reports

Rafale deal: Even during the UPA era, Dassault did not want to partner with HAL

OpIndia Staff -
Not to put down achievements of HAL, but perhaps it was not ready for Rafale.
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Media

Jharkhand: BJP worker who washed MP’s feet, sues media for harassment

OpIndia Staff -
The petition seeks to prosecute the mentioned media persons under sections 504 and 506 of IPC and section 67 of IT act.
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Opinions

Congress’ duality on Pakistan: one leader hugs Pak Army chief, other asks for revenge

Editorial Desk -
It is time Congress starts respecting India's non-negotiables
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News Reports

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi compares Rahul Gandhi to a ‘pirated laptop’

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Mukhtar Naqvi also said that the "balloon" of Mahagathbandhan will burst in the upcoming general elections
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News Reports

Expert who defended Rafale deal by Modi govt arrested by Odisha police for alleged controversial remarks

OpIndia Staff -
This is a developing story and we will update this article with details as and when they emerge.
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Government and Policy

MP: Shivraj Singh Chouhan meant it when he said quick hearing and death penalty to child rapists

OpIndia Staff -
Madhya Pradesh is walking the talk when it comes to speedy trial and death penalty to rapists of children.
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News Reports

Pakistan not taking sufficient action against terror organisations, says US country report on Terrorism 2017

OpIndia Staff -
The US has been repeatedly warning Pakistan to take necessary measures to curb terror outfits operating inside its territory.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Viral post on social media spreads false information about PM Modi’s pet scheme Ayushman Bharat

OpIndia Staff -
The post claims a registration fee is needed for the scheme, which is incorrect.
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News Reports

BJP accuses Congress of ‘hawala’ links after D K Shivakumar aide reveals trail of transaction leading to Congress HQ

OpIndia Staff -
D K Shivakumar, one of the strongest leaders of the Congress is accused of running hawala operations for the Congress Party.
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News Reports

Jet Airways midair mayhem: Watch how these passengers suffered and lived to tell the tale

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of Civil Aviation has taken cognisance of the incident and requested the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to file a report
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: The gruesome murder of Sadhus and the sinister plot hatched by now arrested Sabir Ali

OpIndia Staff -
sabir Ali is accused of killing a Muslim cleric in 2016, he allegedly hatched the elaborate plan to falsely implicate the key witnesses in that case
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Entertainment

How dare Anup Jalota not take permission before falling in love? After all, he sings bhajans

Aarti -
Bhajan singer has been made fun of over the Internet for dating a girl 37 years his junior
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News Reports

Adidas Hima Das-ed: Signs endorsement deal with the sprinting sensation

OpIndia Staff -
She had won gold medal in Finland with Adidas gear.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh state transport bus set ablaze by a woman protestor demanding separate Purvanchal state

OpIndia Staff -
She furthered that perhaps this action of hers would grab media attention and would make it possible for her to meet the PM
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Law

Jammu and Kashmir Congress President promises to ‘safeguard’ Article 35A if elected to power

OpIndia Staff -
Article 35A is a sensitive issue in the state marred with violence.
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Media

Indian Express refers to Gilgit-Baltistan as ‘Northern Pakistan’ in its article

OpIndia Staff -
We had even tweeted to The New York Times to clarify if the Indian Express has editorial freedom to decide the headline
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Sports

Preview: India vs Pakistan, can India upstage ‘favourites’ Pakistan?

Sandeep Singh -
In absence of Virat Kohli, and given some recent problems with team India, Pakistan appears to have the upper hand.
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Law

Uttar Pradesh: Red Cards with dos and don’ts issued to ‘troublemakers’ ahead of Muharram processions

OpIndia Staff -
The cards were issued irrespective of caste and religion.
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Crime

Bihar: Left-wing terrorists kill SSB Jawan when he was celebrating daughter’s birthday

OpIndia Staff -
The Left-wing terror has been one of the greatest National threats of the country.
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Media

India and Pakistan deny, but for Shekhar Gupta, Sidhu is a ‘BJP bashing’ stick that must be maliciously used

K Bhattacharjee -
The Print's article is really a word salad and the author ends up talking a lot and saying very little.
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