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Church dismisses the nun after she joined the protest demanding the arrest of Bishop Franco Mulakkal

OpIndia Staff -
The nun, disturbed by the church's decision said that this was the price she was being made to pay for standing by the truth
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News Reports

This ‘theory’ about Sonia Gandhi’s Russia visits and Rafale ‘controversy’ is catching attention on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Sonia Gandhi has visited Russia twice in the last six months
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Government and Policy

Within minutes of launching of Ayushman Bharat, patients in Assam get cashless treatment

OpIndia Staff -
The Prime Minister dedicated the flagship scheme today to the citizens of the country, which covers 50 crores beneficiaries.
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News Reports

Activists and intellectuals plan to meet PM Modi with a charter of demands for Hindus, here are the salient points

OpIndia Staff -
The Charter for Hindu Demands is set to be presented to the Prime Minister
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News Reports

‘In 2019, BJP will again win all 7 seats in Delhi’ BJP President Amit Shah sounds the poll bugle

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He asked Rahul Gandhi and Kejriwal to clear their stands on infiltrators
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News Reports

West Bengal minister opposes Triple Talaq ordinance, says ‘Quran will prevail over the Constitution’

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Cabinet approved of an ordinance which makes triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat “void and illegal.”
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Crime

Vizag: Araku MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and former MLA Siveri Soma shot dead by Naxals

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Recently, Sarveswara Rao had defected leader from YSRCP to TDP
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Sports

India vs Pakistan (Part 2): Soft middle order remains a concern for Pakistan

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India and Pakistan clash again in Dubai on Sunday 23rd September for Asia Cup 2018.
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Crime

Surat: Ganesh idols broken after Tazia procession passes through the area, five arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Both communities resorted to shouting slogans, as tensions gripped and resulted in damaging of the idol.
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Crime

Pakistan’s Hizbul militants issued threats to 24 policemen, asks them to ‘quit or die’

OpIndia Staff -
Few days back, 3 cops were abducted and killed by Hizbul terrorists after threatening them to quit or die.
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Crime

Kerala Bishop accused of rape had organized peace march against Kathua rape

OpIndia Staff -
As per latest reports, Bishop Franco Mulakkal’s has been sent to police custody till 24th September.
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News Reports

Watch: Rafale deal to not be cancelled: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to ANI

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"Public discourse is not a laughter challenge," Arun Jailtey on Rahul Gandhi
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Crime

Indian Mujahideen mastermind and Mumbai blast case accused Khurshid Alam shot dead in Nepal

OpIndia Staff -
Alam, who was also a cleric, had sheltered four other terrorists who were involved in the Mumbai attack
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Fact-Check

Fact Check: Here are facts of the Rafale deal that are being selectively ignored by politicians

Raju Das -
As the election season approaches, Rahul Gandhi has determined that the Rafale deal is the best strategy to corner Narendra Modi
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News Reports

Hollande says ‘France did not choose Reliance’ when asked if there was pressure from India: AFP

OpIndia Staff -
The former President of France Hollande saying that he is unaware of any pressure applied by the Indian government
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News Reports

Manipur University: At least 80 students and 6 professors arrested after campus unrest

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The students were reportedly picked up in midnight raids, internet services in Manipur has been suspended.
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News Reports

Subramanian Swamy slams Sonia Gandhi, P Chidambaram: Claims they had ‘offered help to LTTE’

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Swamy has stated that Chidambaram had, at the behest of Sonia, assured Prabhakaran of help by the Indian Navy
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Crime

Kerala nun rape case: court rejects Bishop Franco’s bail application, to be in police custody till Sep 24

OpIndia Staff -
The nun had registered a complaint before the Kottayam district Police chief Harishankar in June this year.
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Law

Want to avoid a jail term ? Here are the top excuses by the masters of the game

OpIndia Staff -
When it comes to excuses for staying out of jail, India's fugitive billionaires have no dearth of imaginative ideas.
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News Reports

Twitter reacts to Imran Khan’s haughty statement against India

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Twitterati pounced at the opportunity to take potshots at the Pakistani Prime Minister for his remarks against India.
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Fact-Check

Fact Check: Journalist furthers lie about Mukesh Ambani being ‘mystery owner’ of Talcher Fertilizer Ltd

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone for the Talcher Fertilizer plant at Angul in Odisha.
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav’s government responsible for swindling 97,000 crore, CAG reports reveal

OpIndia Staff -
From 2014 to 31st March 2017, the SP government has apparently spent crores on over 2.5 lac activities which remains unaccounted
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s latest gaffe: ‘Amit Shah called India a golden bird, this means he thinks India is a commodity’

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Rahul Gandhi said that Amit Shah things India is a product to be used
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Government and Policy

India made significant advancement in eliminating worst forms of Child Labour in 2017: US report

K Bhattacharjee -
The report is one of the most comprehensive works on research on the issue.
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News Reports

Rafale: Dassault had refused to partner with Bhandari headed OIS because of proximity to Robert Vadra

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Bhandari was accused of wrongfully influencing defence deals
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Opinions

Taking a lead in inviting critics, RSS has initiated a new paradigm in the ‘Culture of Discourse’

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This initiation of ‘Samvad’ by RSS with the civil society, political and social organisations has shed many myths about RSS
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News Reports

US State Department report brands CPI (Maoist) as the fourth deadliest terror group in the world

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The Communist Party of India has carried out 295 terrorist attacks in 2017 alone, earning it a rank higher than Boko Haram in the Global Terror Database.
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Government and Policy

Congress and JD(S) led Karnataka govt turns down Centre’s proposal to declare western ghats eco-sensitive area

Jhankar Mohta -
The declaration of Western Ghats ESA has assumed significance because of the massive Kerala floods in July
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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

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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

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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

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The Republican Party has since then tendered an apology
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