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Head priest and sevekar brutally murdered inside vandalised Temple premises in Karnal, Haryana

OpIndia Staff -
Priest and sevadars of a temple in Haryana were tied up and stabbed in a violent attack, 2 dead.
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News Reports

RTI response confirms OpIndia report: ‘Rs 35 lakh spent on Modi’s yoga video’ was fake news

OpIndia Staff -
With the official response out, would people who furthered an unverified source-based "news" from dubious website retract?
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News Reports

Communal tension in Fatehpur, Rajasthan after attack on Kanwar Yatris, 3 Muslim youth reportedly arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Currently, section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in Fatehpur, Rajasthan
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News Reports

Allahabad HC stays construction in VVIP area where Akhilesh Yadav was planning to build heritage hotel

OpIndia Staff -
The court has asked the state government how the said construction could be allowed in the area and has fixed 5th September for next hearing
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News Reports

No animal slaughter in public during Bakr-Eid, Yogi Adityanath instructs Police

OpIndia Staff -
The measures are being taken to ensure that the religious sentiments of other communities are not offended.
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News Reports

In a blatant show of insensitivity, Karnataka CM’s brother caught on camera ‘throwing’ relief packages to flood victims

OpIndia Staff -
The current ongoing heavy rainfall has resulted in severe flood like situations in Kerala and some parts of Karnataka
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Opinions

Don’t teach Narendra Modi about Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s legacy because he IS that legacy

Abhishek Banerjee -
The "liberals" shouldn't worry about driving a wedge there because they won’t find any.
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News Reports

‘Hindutva is here to stay’, say the creators of ‘Dharmic Memes for Hindu Teens’

K Bhattacharjee -
The account came up relatively recently on Twitter and is run by a pair of brothers.
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Opinions

Irreconcilable differences: The enduring message that Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death has left us with

K Bhattacharjee -
There has been no dearth of hate on social media against the former Prime Minister on the occasion of his death.
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News Reports

Former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s ashes to be immersed in 100 rivers across the country

OpIndia Staff -
The former prime minister breathed his last on 16th August
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News Reports

As Congress revoked Mani Shankar Aiyar’s suspension, here is a look back at controversial remarks by Congress leaders

OpIndia Staff -
Not the first time Congress politicians have made controversial remarks, without any remorse.
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Media

Social Justice willingly sacrificed as ‘Divide and Rule’ gains traction among the Intellectual elite

K Bhattacharjee -
Some people afflicted with hyper-intellect have also suggested that Maharashtra join this band of Southern states.
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News Reports

Police arrest 19 year old Mostaherul Islam, recover huge cache of arms and ammunition

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested teenager is an 11th class student at Kaliachak High School.
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News Reports

Twitter CEO Jack ‘fully admits’ left-leaning bias of its employees

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter is constantly struggling to maintaining the balance between freedom of speech and censorship
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News Reports

West Bengal school book using Farhan Akhtar’s image as that of Milkha Singh leaves Twitter shocked

OpIndia Staff -
Akhtar had played the lead role in Milkha Singh's biopic 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'.
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News Reports

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh slams Navjot Sidhu for hugging Pakistan Army chief

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab CM stated that everyday Indian soldiers are getting killed and it was wrong for Sidhu to hug Pakistan army chief
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News Reports

Indian Commercial Pilot Association writes to PM, offers to fly planes for kerala flood relief work without payment

OpIndia Staff -
The letter comes a day after the pilots threatened to stop operations over unpaid dues
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News Reports

Five arrested in the Auraiya case admit they killed Sadhus because priests opposed cow slaughter

OpIndia Staff -
The teams arrested the accused namely, Salman, Nadeem, Sehzaad, Majnu alias Nazim and Jabbar, all residents of Kudarkot in Auraiya district
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Opinions

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, The eternal poet and the accidental politician

Saket Suryesh -
The victories of Vajpayee, the politician are nothing but the manifestations of Vajpayee, the poet
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News Reports

Here is how Gujarat Congress MLAs let Gujarat drown last year in floods to save Ahmed Patel’s Rajya Sabha seat

Nirwa Mehta -
Finally, Rahul Gandhi's conscience has woken up.
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News Reports

Income Tax collection in the country reaches a new record, Rs 10.03 Lakh Crores in 2017-18

OpIndia Staff -
Direct Taxes collections this year have exceeded budget expectations.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi uses Kerala Floods to to make irrelevant claims

OpIndia Staff -
The central government has already mobilised all possible resources to help citizens in Kerala.
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News Reports

Social Media reacts to Congress leader Navjot Sidhu attending Pakistan PM’s oath taking ceremony

OpIndia Staff -
Sidhu sat next to PoK President, hugged Pakistan Army chief, General Bajwa.
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News Reports

As the nation unites to help Kerala, some people attempt to use the tragedy for political agenda

OpIndia Staff -
As central government and Indian Armed forces mobilise all possible help towards Kerala, many on social media propagate negative ideas and try to paint the tragedy in political colours.
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News Reports

Meet Dr VR Lalithambika, the woman who will head ISRO’s Gaganyan project

Sanghamitra -
ISRO plans to send Indian astronauts to space by 2022 and Launcher Technologies specialist Dr VR Lalithambika will head the project.
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News Reports

As Kerala flood situation worsens, Indian armed forces save thousands of lives

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian armed forces along with coast guard and NDRF have been ordered to deploy all additional resources for Kerala floods.
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News Reports

The curious case of the ‘Hindu Court’

Anubhav -
A Hindu outfit, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha announced on Wednesday that the group has set up India’s first ‘Hindu court’.
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News Reports

The Wire lies again, this time to malign Vajpayee hours after he died

OpIndia Staff -
A wrong statement attributed to Vajpayee, which he had denied 16 years ago, was republished.
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News Reports

Leaders of the world mourn the death of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

OpIndia Staff -
The lakhs of followers of Atal Bihari Vajpayee across the world, are mourning for loss of their leader
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News Reports

UK event organisers cancel event hosting Congress President Rahul Gandhi, rescind invite

OpIndia Staff -
Gandhi will be in the UK later this month to interact with the Indian diaspora.
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News Reports

Man says he’ll help poor instead of killing goat on Bakri Eid, gets abused

OpIndia Staff -
He had installed water cooler outside his house instead of sacrificing a goat for Bakri Eid
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News Reports

‘Neil Armstrong’ gets BMC aproval to slaughter goats inside Bombay High Court

OpIndia Staff -
The BMC has been granting online permissions for goat slaughter without any verification
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News Reports

Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s close aide and accused in Rs. 5,000 crore Sterling Biotech fraud case held in Dubai

OpIndia Staff -
As the Enforcement Directorate tightened its investigation, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel's association in this case resurfaced
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Opinions

How not to pay tribute to the departed – these two cartoons are the best examples

Pratap G -
A cartoonist is supposed to think beyond what a normal commentator would come up with, but our cartoonists are poor copy of them.
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News Reports

‘Gau rakshak who supports no political party’ – says former aide of man who claimed attack on Umar Khalid

OpIndia Staff -
Two men have released a video claiming responsibility of the attack on Khalid
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Opinions

Atal Bihari Vajpayee : The Quintessential Indian

Shashank Bharadwaj -
He is the greatest Prime Minister of India.
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Political Fact-Check

Even in death, this rumour does not leave Atal Bihari Vajpayee

OpIndia Staff -
Vajpayee had denied referring to Indira as Durga from day one.
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News Reports

UP: Yogi Adityanath govt requests Centre to rename Bareilly, Kanpur, Agra airports

OpIndia Staff -
The renaming of the public places is being carried out to revive the ancient history associated with the places.
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News Reports

12 things Vajpayee talked about in his speech on Savarkar that hold relevance even today

Sanghamitra -
Savarkar's Hindutva was vast and inclusive, it cannot be defined by narrow views of communalism
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News Reports

Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The man, the legend, the people’s politician

Anubhav -
A people’s leader, an impeccable orator and a poet, Vajpayee wore a lot of hats and unlike many they did not burden his head.
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Opinions

Media Courtiers use ailing Atal Bihari Vajpayee to shower adulation on the Dynasty

Anubhav -
If we take the Indian example, the Gandhi family has established themselves as the kings or the de-facto rulers of the land called India.
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News Reports

Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan: How former Prime Minister Vajpayee led India to new dawn in science after Pokhran tests

OpIndia Staff -
Pokhran tests in 1998 propelled India as a full fledged nuclear armed state.
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News Reports

Former Yazidi sex slave spots tormentor in German streets, authorities admit they cannot do anything

OpIndia Staff -
Intelligence services have known for some time that many terrorists have entered Europe posing as refugees.
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News Reports

Rejoicing death – how self-declared ‘liberals’ showed they are worst of humanity as Vajpayee remains critically ill

OpIndia Staff -
93 year old former Prime Minister is on his deathbed following a heart attack on 11th August
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Opinions

Hindus first lose lives and then, the narrative

Ashish Shukla -
First you lose lives; then you lose the memory of these lives and instead of outrage are left with guilt.
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News Reports

Nirmala Sitharaman on the Rafale row: Congress has been beating around the bush showing their ‘desperation’

OpIndia Staff -
"The desperation of the Opposition is clear. Congress is displaying irresponsibility", said the Defence Minister
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Politics

My debate with a Leftist friend over demands to cancel Pondy Lit fest

Nirwa Mehta -
Those who like to speak the truth, don't have stomach to hear it.
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News Reports

London authorities return 12th century Buddha statue missing form Nalanda

OpIndia Staff -
The Buddha statue is one of the 14 statues that were stolen from Nalanda museum in 1961
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Opinions

Watch : Madhu Trehan obfuscates when it comes to talking about corruption in the media

Abhishek Banerjee -
Who you think was being ‘served’ at this Media rumble: the establishment or the people?
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News Reports

Two Sadhus opposed to cow slaughter found brutally murdered inside temple premises

Jhankar Mohta -
Cops suspect the victims' opposition to cow slaughter is one of the prime reasons behind this abhorrent act
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