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Lalu Yadav is suffering from depression, says his medical report

OpIndia Staff -
Media reports have speculated that rift between his sons and convictions in fodder scam has deteriorated Lalu's health.
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Opinions

The underlying liberal doctrine on sexuality must be discarded to counter argument of ‘decriminalisation of bestiality’

K Bhattacharjee -
The author must be complimented for his intellectual rigour
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Media Fact-Check

Man arrested for threatening a citizen with a gun, PTI says ‘arrested for abusing Yogi’

OpIndia Staff -
PTI has earlier been slammed for peddling fake news
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News Reports

Mamata plays ‘soft Hindutva’ card, set to give 28 crores to Durga puja committees this year

OpIndia Staff -
Last year, Mamata Banerjee's government had restricted idol immersions on the day of Vijay Dashami, as the date coincided with Muharram.
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News Reports

Delhi civic bodies to propose eateries displaying boards informing if they serve ‘Jhatka or Halal’ meat

OpIndia Staff -
The members of the Hindu and Sikh Community do not consume Halal meat.
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Economy and Finance

Raghuram Rajan blames scams and ‘policy paralysis’ under UPA government for NPA mess

OpIndia Staff -
The former RBI governor has made these revelations in his letter to the Lok Sabha panel
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Crime

Missionary of Jesus Congregation stands in support of the rape accused Bishop, calls him “an innocent soul”

OpIndia Staff -
There has been a rise in church related sexual harrasement cases recently
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Crime

2007 Hyderabad blast case: Special NIA Court awards death penalty to two, third gets a life imprisonment

OpIndia Staff -
The members of the Islamist terror group Indian Mujahideen was responsible for the attack.
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News Reports

Correct data, wrong visualisation: BJP’s graph on fuel prices

OpIndia Staff -
Graphs correctly depicting the changes in fuel prices were already in circulation, which the BJP missed
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News Reports

National Herald Case: Delhi High Court rejects Sonia and Rahul Gandhi’s plea in Income Tax case

OpIndia Staff -
The court also cleared that the tax department reserves the right to reopen any tax proceedings
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News Reports

Shia Waqf Board chief Waseem Rizvi expelled from Islam for claiming that homosexuality is prevalent in Madarsas

OpIndia Staff -
Wassem Rizvi had earlier supported to build Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and has stated that Muslims who do not want Ram Mandir in Ayodhya should go to Pakistan
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News Reports

Some hilarious moments from the ‘Bharat Bandh’ today led by Congress and Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
It is perhaps the greatest testament to Congress' credibility if such videos emerge during a supposed nationwide strike. 
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News Reports

Interpol issues red corner notice against Nirav Modi’s sister in connection with PNB scam

OpIndia Staff -
Purvi Modi is accused of laundering the proceeds of the PNB scam, she is a Belgian national.
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News Reports

After severe crackdown on naxals, CPI-Maoists looking to recruit new ‘educated and intellectual youth’

OpIndia Staff -
The crackdown of Urban Naxals by the present government seems to have created a void in the urban operations
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News Reports

Left wing terrorists put banner in support of arrested ‘Urban Maoists’

OpIndia Staff -
The NDA government has taken various initiatives in cracking down Left wing terror in tribal areas and their counterparts in urban areas
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Law

ED moves court to cancel Karti Chidambaram’s interim relief from arrest

OpIndia Staff -
Special CBI judge agreed to hear the plea after the ED told the court that custodial interrogation of Karti was required in the matter.
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Sports

2018: The summer of Ishant Sharma

Sandeep Singh -
As India looks to go down 1-4 against England, there is some good news in the bowling department.
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Opinions

‘Urban Maoists’ are real and Maoist literature prove it. Liberals dressing it up as ‘dissent’ are being dishonest

Rohan -
An optimistic part of me hopes that we recognise the toxicity of urban Naxalism irrespective of where our sociopolitical views stand.
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News Reports

1984 anti-Sikh pogrom accused Sajjan Kumar heckles Republic TV journalist at a Congress party protest

OpIndia Staff -
Republic TV journalists have been heckled on numerous occasions in the past.
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News Reports

Two-year-old dies as vehicle gets stuck in Bihar’s Bharat Bandh

OpIndia Staff -
The girl was reportedly ill and was being rushed to hospital by her parents
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Opinions

1969 : When India formally applied to be part of the Muslim world

Abhishek Banerjee -
How do you like your Indian secularism now? Feels great, doesn’t it?
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Government and Policy

India gets its first railway varsity, offers two undergraduate courses

OpIndia Staff -
The institute is funded by Ministry of Railways and has international partnerships with revered international institutions.
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News Reports

Incidents of violence, vandalism and disruptions reported during Bharat Bandh

OpIndia Staff -
Public transport and services disrupted in several cities, MNS workers creating a massive ruckus in Pune and Mumbai.
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News Reports

CWC study reveals Kerala dams being full up even before torrential rains of mid-August

OpIndia Staff -
Though standard operating procedures were followed incessant rains in the last three months left the state defenceless
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Culture and History

The World Hindu Congress and the diatribe against it

Nivya -
The raising Hindu self-awareness seems to threaten the already paranoid and insecure Left
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Crime

Youth Congress leader nabbed on accusations of sexually harassing a scheduled tribe girl in Telangana

OpIndia Staff -
The youth congress president attempted suicide when he was taken to a hospital for a procedural examination.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Fearing police action, nearly 10,000 criminals head back to jail

OpIndia Staff -
The law and order situation seems to have improved under the Yogi government
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News Reports

BJP’s National Executive Meet: PM Modi calls for ‘Ajay Bharat, Atal BhaJaPa’

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi urged his party leaders and workers to serve the people, not power.
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News Reports

AICC Secretary falls for parody account, Nirmala Sitharaman calls him out

OpIndia Staff -
Manickam Tagore later deleted the tweet and apologised
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OpIndia Explains

China opens trade doors for Nepal, allows access to ports. What does it mean for India

Monica Verma -
The ground realities are way different than what is touted by Indian media
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News Reports

Kerala nun rape case: In a first, nuns in Kerala defy vows, join in the against Bishop Franco Mulakkal

OpIndia Staff -
The nun has accused the bishop of sexually assaulting her for over two years.
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Opinions

It is time that our politicians stop defiling and trampling over India’s Non-Negotiables

Kushal Mehra -
There is more to life than the game of Oppression Olympics and Victimology Poker
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Opinions

US Open 2018: Naomi Osaka’s big moment overshadowed by the Chair Umpire and Serena Williams

Sandeep Singh -
The Japanese tennis player was apologising to the crowd for winning and playing a great match.
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News Reports

United Nations to issue special stamp to commemorate Deepavali

OpIndia Staff -
In 2016, US Postal Service had also issued a stamp to celebrate Diwali
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News Reports

Congress’ NSUI diary calls Left organisations the ‘promoter’ of ‘Urban Naxalism’, AICC terms it ‘unofficial’

OpIndia Staff -
The message also contained a pointed section titled – "Realise the Left", under which a total of seven points were mentioned.
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Social Media

Twitterati come together to help out flood-stricken Nagaland, send relief materials

OpIndia Staff -
Social media came together to restore our faith in humanity
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OpIndia Explains

Demystifying the ‘Civil Society’: How are the ‘Urban Maoists’ and NOTA connected

Research Team -
PUCL petitioned the Supreme Court in 2013 and as a result of that particular petition NOTA or ‘right to not vote’ came about.
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Government and Policy

Naxal insurgency: Fighting extremism with development

OpIndia Staff -
The government is using development to fight the left-wing extremism in Naxal-infested states
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News Reports

Mohan Bhagwat calls for unity among Hindus, says ‘wild dogs’ can destroy a ‘lone lion’

OpIndia Staff -
Asaduddin Owaisi said the RSS was demeaning others by calling others dogs and assuming themselves as tigers
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News Reports

At Noida rally, Kejriwal urges Yashwant Sinha to contest elections, shares stage with Shatrughan Sinha

OpIndia Staff -
The duo has been reaching out to the Opposition and even extended support to Hardik Patel
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Crime

Chhattisgarh: Naxals beat up 35 villagers for missing Maoist meet

OpIndia Staff -
The police admitted that this kind of mass mauling was the first in the area and owed it to the recent Naxalite arrests
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Crime

Kerala nun rape case: Kerala MLA PC George called the nun a ‘prostitute’ for ‘enjoying’ rapes 12 times

OpIndia Staff -
'A nun is supposed to be a virgin. If a nun loses her virginity, she cannot be treated as a nun.' - Kerala MLA
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News Reports

Congress leader calls K Chandrasekhar Rao a ‘dalal’ of Prime Minister Modi

Jhankar Mohta -
Khuntia said that Rao dissolved the party due to the fear psychosis created by the recent visit of Rahul Gandhi to Telangana.
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Government and Policy

WHO Director General praises ‘Ayushman Bharat’, terms it as a ‘great commitment’ by PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
The ambitious scheme of the Modi government aims to provide annual health insurance of Rs 5 lakh to 50 crore Indians.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh Congress withdraws Social Media requirement for assembly election candidates

OpIndia Staff -
This diktat was widely ridiculed on social media
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News Reports

After boycotting local body elections, Farooq Abdullah now threatens to boycott Lok Sabha and assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
SC is hearing a petition regarding the constitutionality of Article 35A, which empowers state assembly to define 'Permanent residents'.
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News Reports

As MP elections draw closer, open feud between Scindia and Kamal Nath haunts Congress

OpIndia Staff -
As Jyotiraditya Scindia claims 'only a Scindia can be the alternative to Shivraj', Kamal Nath denies any such decision by the party.
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Opinions

Know the Naxals : A brief look at the history

Saket Suryesh -
Let us not be fooled by their charms, and by the desperation of rootless prince of Congress, who do not know where he stands.
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News Reports

‘If Kumaraswamy can, I can become CM too’: Akbaruddin Owaisi in Hyderabad

OpIndia Staff -
Akbaruddin made an aggressive and scathing remark on Karnataka’s Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.
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Opinions

Congress’ dangerous games: Distancing itself publicly while giving tacit support to its leaders fraternising with the enemy

Jhankar Mohta -
Why should India’s principal opposition party meet envoys from Pakistan and China at all?
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