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Economy and Finance

Speaking against US trade war, China seeks deeper trade ties with India

OpIndia Staff -
US president Donald Trump has recently stated that 'India will find out soon' on the probability of US sanctions for buying S-400 air defence system from Russia.
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Fact-Check

Rajdeep Sardesai lies yet again, this time about the SC’s decision on Rafale deal

Jinit Jain -
The Supreme Court had clearly denied issuing a notice to the centre
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News Reports

35 lakhs in cash and ‘incriminating documents’ seized in I-T raids at AAP minister’s premises

OpIndia Staff -
The search operations were being conducted as part of a tax evasion probe against two firms owned by Gehlot's family members.
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Media

Reports claim IT raids being conducted at The Quint founder Raghav Bahl’s residence and Quint office

OpIndia Staff -
It is being reported that other professionals are also being raided
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News Reports

Tanushree Dutta files FIR against Nana Patekar and 3 others in Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
Both Nana Patekar and Vivek Agnihotri have sent defamation notices to Dutta claiming that her allegations are false.
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Culture and History

Brahmacharini: The second incarnation of Maa Durga worshipped on second day of Navratri

OpIndia Staff -
She is the unmarried avatar of Maa Parvati
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Government and Policy

Dassault clarifies again, it freely chose Reliance, there was no pressure or mandatory requirement

OpIndia Staff -
Dassault Aviation clarifies, offset is mandatory, not Reliance as a partner
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News Reports

Fresh controversy erupts after French media claims deal with Reliance was mandatory for Dassault

Raju Das -
The media outlet has probably misinterpreted the mandatory offset clause as Reliance being made mandatory
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News Reports

Shekhar Gupta slammed by IPS association for perpetuating caste hierarchy in services

OpIndia Staff -
Shekhar Gupta had complained about IAS, IFS officers having to report to NSA Ajit Doval
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Crime

#MeToo: Comic Aditi Mittal accused by another female comic of ‘forcefully kissing her’, issues apology

OpIndia Staff -
Aditi Mittal has been championing the cause of #MeToo on social media
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News Reports

#MeToo : Singer alleges sexual harassment by Padma awardee Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu

OpIndia Staff -
An anonymous woman had claimed that 'Vairamuthu is a sexual predator', Chinmayi had supported her and claimed she was harassed herself.
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Fact-Check

Rahul Gandhi caught lying about the violence in Gujarat directed towards non-Gujaratis

OpIndia Staff -
Violence had erupted in Gujarat against non-Gujaratis following the rape of a 14-month old infant.
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Media

Did Kerala’s Communist Government try to pickpocket Hindus?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Another ‘confusion’. Shame on anybody who tried to stoke a controversy over this.
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Crime

Accuser rubbishes Chetan Bhagat’s claims, says he crossed professional boundaries

OpIndia Staff -
Bhagat had owned up to have sent those messages to the girl a few years ago
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Crime

‘The Wire’ makes a #MeToo list, leaves out their own founding editor and National Herald editor

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire is now taking the moral high ground by not only claiming that they are 'extensively covering' the #MeToo campaign
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Crime

#MeToo: Several women allege sexual harassment by Union Minister and then Editor MJ Akbar

OpIndia Staff -
Thus far, he has not issued any statement in this regard.
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Law

Kolkata HC dismisses petition challenging Mamata Banerjee government’s decision to give funds to Durga Puja Committees

OpIndia Staff -
The West Bengal CM had on September 10 announced disbursal of Rs 10,000 to each of the 28,000 puja committees across the state.
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News Reports

Swami Paripoornananda set to formally join BJP, may even be the ‘face’ of the party in Telangana, claim reports

OpIndia Staff -
Many see Paripoornananda as a potential 'Yogi Adityanath' of the southern state.
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Government and Policy

UP: Yogi Government cancels recruitment of 4000 Urdu teachers started during Akhilesh government

OpIndia Staff -
The UP government said there are already sufficient Urdu teachers.
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Crime

Kerala: Catholic Federation threatens that nuns will be thrown out if they continue protest against Bishop Franco

OpIndia Staff -
The Congregation went on to allege that the nuns have the support of terrorist groups, anti-social groups are behind the agitations against the Catholic church.
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Crime

Symbiosis media college students share their #MeToo moments, college asks them to come forward

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Symbiosis has appealed to the students to come forward, promising them help
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Entertainment

Vikas Bahl sends legal notice to Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, asks them to apologise and withdraw messages from social media

OpIndia Staff -
Vikas Bahl has accused them of orchestrating the whole campaign against him ahead of the release of his new film Super 30 starring Hrithik Roshan.
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News Reports

Letter to Rahul Gandhi questions Congress’ dubious record of ensuring safety of women at workplace

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party's record in ensuring safety of women in the workplace has been dubious at best.
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Law

Supreme Court refuses to issue notice in Rafale deal petition, seeks detail of decision making process

OpIndia Staff -
The court also noted that the allegations appear to be grossly inadequate.
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Culture and History

The stark similarity between Abrahamic faiths and fundamental secularism practiced by Nehruvians

Kausik Gangopadhyay -
Can secularism be a candidate for a religion? And, can the faith in secularism be a candidate for a Faith in a religion?
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Crime

Congress IT cell head Divya Spandana named in the charge sheet in Chirag Patnaik sexual harassment case

OpIndia Staff -
The charge sheet describes how Divya failed to act on the complainant's allegations against Patnaik
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Crime

Pakistani handlers used Facebook accounts ‘Neha’ and ‘Pooja’ to trap arrested Brahmos engineer for spying

OpIndia Staff -
ATS officials have stated that despite being engaged in a job that involved highly sensitive data, Nishant Agarwal was 'casual' on the internet.
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Opinions

‘#MeToo is just tamasha, will disappear like Anna movement’ – Justice Katju’s latest gyan

Editorial Desk -
Joining the cacophony of the bizarre, BJP MP Udit Raj decided not to be left behind
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Crime

#MeToo: National Commission for Women reaching out to the survivors of sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Commission for Women sent a notice to Nana Patekar yesterday over the sexual harassment allegations levelled by Tanushree Dutta
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Crime

Five Hizbul terrorists arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police with 10 lakh in cash meant for luring local youth

OpIndia Staff -
Hizbul Mujahideen is known to have a deep-rooted network of overground operatives recruited among locals who help them carry out their terrorist activities in the valley.
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Culture and History

Shailaputri: The manifestation of Maa Durga worshipped on the first day of Navratri

OpIndia Staff -
Maa Shailaputri rides a bull and carries a lotus in Her left hand and a Trishul in Her right hand.
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Government and Policy

India Forward: Khadi sales see phenomenal growth and record highs

Ashutosh Muglikar -
PM has consistently promoted the use and adoption of Khadi products at various forums.
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Crime

Telangana: elderly Naxal couple with cash reward on heads surrender after 31 years of being active cadre

OpIndia Staff -
The husband-wife duo served the Naxals for more than 30 years, were members of the CPI (Maoists) Regional Committee.
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News Reports

Income Tax raids at 16 locations of AAP minister Kailash Gahlot in Delhi and Gurugram

OpIndia Staff -
The searches are being conducted as part of a tax evasion probe against two construction firms linked to the AAP leader.
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News Reports

Congress plans another temple run for Rahul Gandhi ahead of polls in Madhya Pradesh

Jinit Jain -
Congress would do well to not underestimate the intelligence of the people of Madhya Pradesh
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Crime

Gujarat: Deputy CM Nitin Patel asks for action against Alpesh Thakor even as Gujarat Congress continues to support him

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader of opposition in Gujarat defends Alpesh Thakor, after he was accused of instigating violence against migrants;
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Culture and History

The indefatigable, the defiant, the man of honour: What it means to be Pon Manickavel

K Bhattacharjee -
IG Pon Manickavel is due to retire in November.
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News Reports

MHA takes cognisance of complaint against The Wire’s founder being invited to address IAS officers

OpIndia Staff -
The Defence Ministry had also ordered DGMI to probe the decision to invite Varadarajan to address the military commanders' conference.
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Crime

#MeToo: ‘Will Congress paper throw him out’? Asks former employee of National Herald and victim of harassment

OpIndia Staff -
She has also asked whether Congress would now throw Uttam Sengupta out
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News Reports

Misa Bharti admits to rift between her brothers, calls it ‘media twist’ later

OpIndia Staff -
After reportedly stating she has been stabbed in the back, Misa later claimed that her statements have been twisted by the media
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Crime

16 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh arrested in Mathura, had paid money to sneak through border

OpIndia Staff -
The Bangladeshi immigrants reportedly paid money to cross the border and had been staying illegally in India for three years.
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News Reports

EC comes down hard on Congress in Court: ‘Congress using fake documents to scandalise EC’

OpIndia Staff -
The EC said there should also be charges against people for false accusations against EC and should be punished if their allegations turn out to be false.
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News Reports

Crude bomb goes off in Mumbai slum, Azrul Sheikh and a minor arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Both arrested persons hail from West Bengal and were working as contract labourers.
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Crime

Watch: Congress MLA Alpesh Thakore’s hate speech in Gujarat, inciting mob to take to violence against non-Gujaratis

OpIndia Staff -
In the videos, Congress MLA could be seen threatening that he will lead a bloody protest
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Crime

#MeToo: Now Comedian Varun Grover accused of sexual harassment, denies allegations categorically

OpIndia Staff -
The MeToo movement has gripped India and many celebrities are being outed
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Crime

OpIndia investigation: State Congress leader’s brother allegedly involved in corporate fraud

Ashutosh Muglikar -
This comes at a time when Congress has been attacking the BJP over NPAs
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Law

Journalist shares practical tips on how to deal with sexual harassment after sour experience

OpIndia Staff -
Some very important points to keep in mind should anyone face sexual harassment at workplace
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Government and Policy

NSA Ajit Doval to take charge of ‘Strategic Policy Group’, to look after India’s long-term security and strategic interests

OpIndia Staff -
NSA Doval will replace the cabinet secretary as chairman of the SPG.
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Crime

Delhi Police raids illegal arms factory run from a house basement owned by Furkaan in Meerut

OpIndia Staff -
The arrest of illegal weapon smuggler Danish gave an important clue to the Police about the factory.
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Government and Policy

IMF WEO report: India is the fastest growing economy in the world, 7.4% growth predicted for the next fiscal

OpIndia Staff -
IMF in its report said that the ongoing structural reforms will benefit the country in the long-term
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