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Government and Policy

HRD Ministry plans to set up ‘National Madarsa Board’ to register madarsas for better academic standards

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh government has already taken steps to mainstream the madarsas
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News Reports

Missionaries of Jesus again sides with the Bishop accused of raping the nun, calls the accusation a ‘conspiracy’

OpIndia Staff -
In an earlier statement, Missionaries of Jesus had come out in support of the rape accused and deemed him an "innocent soul".
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News Reports

Haryana: Congress MLA Karan Singh Dalal and INLD chief Abhay Singh Chautala hurl abuses in Assembly, indulge in shoe-fight

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress MLA had a heated argument with Leader of Opposition Abhay Singh Chautala during the monsoon assembly session.
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News Reports

Congress promises ‘Rampath’ in MP, as the party’s tilt towards Hindutva continues

K Bhattacharjee -
There are clear contradictions between the words of the Congress party and its actions.
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Government and Policy

Delhi High Court refuses to pass order on PIL against rising fuel prices

OpIndia Staff -
The court said that the fuel prices are a matter of policy decision of the government and refrained from interfering
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News Reports

Chinese Army attempted infiltration in Uttarakhand, entered India thrice in August: ITBP report

OpIndia Staff -
The PLA troops had retreated and pushed back in the recent 73-day Doklam standoff.
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Government and Policy

ISRO displays space suit and crew model for its first ever manned space mission- Gaganyaan in 2022

OpIndia Staff -
The display comes weeks after our PM, announced to launch the mission by 2022 to commemorate the 75th independence of India.
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News Reports

Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa says Rafale and S-400 missiles crucial for India

OpIndia Staff -
The IAF chief insisted that Rafale and S-400s are crucial to boost India's combative strength for a two-front war.
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News Reports

PM Modi announces Diwali gift to ASHA, Anganwadi workers, set to get upto 50% pay hike

OpIndia Staff -
The increase in the honorarium will help more than 24 lakh Anganwadi and ASHA workers working to enhance healthcare in the country.
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Sports

India vs England: How many numbers out of 10 you’ll give to players? Here is our rating

Sandeep Singh -
India have lost the test match series 1-4 to England. A review of how the Indian team members performed.
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Culture and History

Emerging demographic shift in the Bengal Duars and national security concerns for India

vimalkhawas -
There is an urgent need for serious research, thinking and debate on the topic.
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Government and Policy

AAP government launches door step delivery of services, unavailability of phone operators creates hurdles

OpIndia Staff -
AAP is trying to portray that the BJP is trying to sabotage their project
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News Reports

Minor girl rescued from Naxal organisation in Jharkhand

OpIndia Staff -
The girl reportedly confirmed that she was forcefully taken to the camp by the Naxals in the pretext of getting her married.
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OpIndia Explains

Centre issues advisory against the ‘Momo Challenge’. All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
The game is like Blue Whale Challenge that was a rage till last year, except deadlier
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News Reports

Election Commission issues show cause notice to Aam Aadmi Party

OpIndia Staff -
The notice was issued based on a CBDT report which indicated that there were discrepancies in the disclosure of donations received by the party
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News Reports

All you need to know about the Gomti Riverfront Project scam

OpIndia Staff -
Soon after CM Yogi Adityanath assumed office, he had ordered a probe panel to look into alleged irregularities in the megaproject sanctioned under the Akhilesh Yadav government.
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News Reports

Plea of Gandhis against I-T reassessment reveal deep seated corruption in Congress: Smriti Irani

OpIndia Staff -
Mr Gandhi, who is quick to hug the prime minister, would run a mile when it comes to an income tax office: Irani
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Law

Demystifying the ‘Civil Society’: Foreign funded organizations campaigning against Indian sedition laws

Research Team -
It's of critical importance that the government reviews its FCRA policy.
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Law

‘Jesus will arrive to punish’ shouted a Christian pastor on the recent SC judgement decriminalising homosexuality

OpIndia Staff -
The recent judgement declaring the legality of Homosexual relationships has not received well by certain sections
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News Reports

Justice Gogoi says PILs are for the poor, turns down argument by Prashant Bhushan

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Gogoi dismissed Prashant Bhushan's PIL against the appointment of vigilance commissioner of the CVC.
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Entertainment

Hey Anushka, please brace up for the hate that is coming your way

Aarti -
Earlier, Akshay Kumar had drawn flak for his film 'Toilet - Ek Prem Katha' and dismissed by critics as 'pro-government propaganda'
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News Reports

ED summons six firms linked to irregularities in the Gomti Riverfront project sanctioned by Akhilesh Yadav

OpIndia Staff -
Gomti Riverfront project was sanctioned by the Akhilesh Yadav government run up to the 2017 Uttar Pradesh polls.
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Media

Research scholar calls out Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint for misleading, click-baity headlines

OpIndia Staff -
This is not the first time ThePrint's ethics are questioned
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Government and Policy

Assam’s NRC vs Jammu and Kashmir’s PRC: Drawing parallel among distinct laws and acknowledging the ‘liberal’ double-standard

Siddharth Acharya -
There is a constant attempt by liberal scholars who cultivate the thought that nationalism is subservient to constitutionalism
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Law

NDTV’s Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy get show cause notice from SEBI for insider trading

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier too, NDTV has had a similar brush with the law when they got a show cause notice from the Income Tax Department
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Economy and Finance

PNB recovers record amount from defaulters due to Insolvency and Bankruptcy code

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab National Bank (PNB) recovered a record Rs 11,378 crore from defaulters in the first five months of this fiscal.
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News Reports

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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