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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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News Reports

NSUI National Secretary faked documents to get admission in Delhi University : DU officials

OpIndia Staff -
This incident comes after the NSUI's humiliating loss against the ABVP in the recent DUSU elections.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi seems to be more popular in Pakistan than India, and it is doing Congress no favours

K Bhattacharjee -
The close proximity that the Congress party appears to have with the Pakistanis certainly does them no favours.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh Congress chief arrested for circulating fake ‘sex CD’ of BJP minister

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from Bhupesh Bagel, four others including former journalist Vinod Verma have been accused of allegedly circulating a fake porn video.
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News Reports

Rather than posting memes, Congress could invest in updating their MLAs about technology

OpIndia Staff -
They are alleging that BJP using Whastapp to poach Congress MLAs as encrypted calls can't be recorded
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Government and Policy

Meghalaya: Court rebukes NGO, says PIL was aimed at endangering the progress of villagers

OpIndia Staff -
The Court also ordered the petitioners to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.
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News Reports

No Congress, don’t advertise a scam where your man Ahmed Patel is allegedly involved

OpIndia Staff -
Congress social media team's oops moment!
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Opinions

Indian Democracy – Dynasty to Dynamism

shwetashalini -
I am surely not letting disillusionment with the political system grip me while incessantly working towards a better and stronger India.
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Government and Policy

West Bengal : Another under-construction bridge collapses in Kakdwip, third incident in one month

OpIndia Staff -
This incident of bridge collapse is third in the month after the recent collapse of the Majerhat bridge and Siliguri bridges.
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Government and Policy

Petition moved in Bombay High Court against ordinance that criminalised triple talaq

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court in its landmark judgement had declared the practice of 'Triple Talaq' as arbitrary and unconstitutional.
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Crime

The long saga of the Vatican protecting priests with history of sexual abuse

Sanghamitra -
The Vatican needs to urgently end its practice of shielding and helping the priests who are nothing but a blot on humanity itself.
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News Reports

Is Rafale cacophony meant to deflect attention from investigation of Congress’ Pilatus aircraft deal?

K Bhattacharjee -
Over the past few months, the Rafale deal has transformed into a political slug-fest.
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Crime

Kerala nun rape case : Accused Bishop to be in judicial custody till October 6th

OpIndia Staff -
The Bishop has been accused of threatening the rape victim of dire consequences if she proceeds with the rape case against him.
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News Reports

Another allegations bites the dust: SPG denies Rahul Gandhi’s ‘baseless and devoid of facts’ claims

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi had alleged that RSS was trying to put its men in SPG
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Government and Policy

All you need to know about India’s association with Dassault and process to purchase Rafale since 2004

Shashank Goyal -
Such incoherent and baseless mentions make these allegations frivolous without any substance or relation to the above listed actual facts.
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Crime

Jammu and Kashmir terrorists instructed by ISI to kill Special Police Officers, reveals new intel

OpIndia Staff -
The proposed talks had to be cancelled after the government took a serious note of evidence which revealed Pakistan's role in recent abductions and killing of SPOs.
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News Reports

Read about the dramatic rescue of Indian Naval officer Abhilash Tomy

OpIndia Staff -
Commander Tomy was stranded in the Southern Indian Ocean, which is one of the most hostile parts, during rough weather
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Opinions

Dear Shekhar Gupta, Abhinav Bindra is right, India doesn’t have just one world class athlete

Sandeep Singh -
It makes for a catchy line to promote a TV show but it is far from the truth.
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Government and Policy

As PM Modi rolls out Ayushman Bharat, remember when P P Bajpai said insurance pushes people to die

Abhishek Banerjee -
I wonder what Punya Prasun Bajpai is thinking today, with Ayushman Bharat being rolled out for 500 million people.
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Government and Policy

Sikkim gets its first airport at 4,500 feet, 100th operational airport in the country

OpIndia Staff -
The newly built Pakyong airport is situated very close to Indo-China border and has huge strategic importance
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News Reports

Desperate Congress floats conspiracy, connects Manohar Parrikar continuing as CM to Rafale ‘secrets’

OpIndia Staff -
Parrikar, as Defence Minister, was instrumental in bringing AgustaWestland chopper scam to the forefront
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Media

After trying to divide India on caste lines, Shekhar Gupta’s The Print resorts to fuelling regional divide

OpIndia Staff -
This is not the first time that the media has used a tragedy to further their sinister agenda
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Crime

Kafeel khan, accused in Gorakhpur children’s death case, arrested for fraud

OpIndia Staff -
After the deaths of several infants in BRD hospital in Gorakhpur last year, Dr Kafeel Khan and several others were arrested under criminal charges.
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