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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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Law

If Court desires respect for law, it must make law respectable by reiterating that nobody is above it

Guest Author -
People in this country usually avoid commenting upon the wisdom of My Lords, but this differential treatment is unpalatable
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News Reports

Chairperson of Kerala Women’s Commission calls sexual harassment a ‘human mistake’

OpIndia Staff -
The National Commission of Women has taken cognisance of the matter and has directed the Kerala police to take necessary action.
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News Reports

Security forces follow Israeli tactics to nab stone pelters in Srinagar

OpIndia Staff -
Israeli security forces often use this tactic to arrest Hamas supported stone pelters in Gaza and Jerusalem.
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Media

Media and the art of manufacturing narrative

Ashish Dhar -
We speak for the plants, animals, forests, rivers, temples, deities and devotees of Bharat. We speak for you. We speak for ourselves.
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Crime

20 children rescued from illegal Christian orphanage in Kathua after sexual abuse, pastor arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Pastor Thomas Anthony has reportedly claimed affiliation to the Pentecostal Mission of Pathankot, Pentecostal Mission denied.
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Crime

‘I was made to sit right next to one of my harassers’: Republic TV journalist speaks out against media body

Nupur J Sharma -
In this case, propaganda ruled
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Culture and History

Post 377 era: LGBT community needs to realise what is their biggest challenge and hurdle

K Bhattacharjee -
Historically speaking, India has been tolerant of homosexuality and transgenders, like all pagan cultures.
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Law

No, homosexual acts have NOT been decriminalized in India

Abhishek Banerjee -
Are our liberals willing to join the charge for gay rights in Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir?
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News Reports

Telangana assembly dissolution: EC to take stock of situation before announcing fresh elections

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission of India will first seek a report from the state Election Commission and then take a decision regarding the elections
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Crime

Two suspected ISIS terrorists arrested near Red Fort in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested terrorists were in the possession of weapons and were allegedly going to Kashmir
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Crime

Demonetisation brought down smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Note, says BSF Chief

OpIndia Staff -
He also said the BSF had prevented the entry of Rohingyas into the country.
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Government and Policy

US-India 2+2 dialogue: Washington agrees help India track down Dawood Ibrahim, Hafiz Saeed

OpIndia Staff -
The US will urge Pakistan to take concrete steps to stop terrorist activities on its soil.
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Crime

Delhi police registers NCIR against set of persons for harassing and intimidating Republic TV reporter

OpIndia Staff -
Republic TV journalist Shivani Gupta was allegedly harassed by a mob at Jignesh Mevani rally earlier this year
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Crime

V S Achuthanandan says the CPI(M) will act against MLA accused of sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
The Kerala MLA has been accused by a woman DYFI member of sexually harassing her
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News Reports

After refusing blood and urine tests, Hardik Patel now not letting doctors weigh him: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Hardik Patel, who is now convicted for causing riots, is on a indefinite hunger strike to demand reservation for Patidar Community
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Economy and Finance

Iran ready to handover Chabahar port to Indian firm for operation: Iranian Minister Abbas Akhoundi

OpIndia Staff -
Chabahar is one of the most important strategic areas of influence for India
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Law

Website representing ‘Indian Muslims’ voice’ calls scrapping of section 377 as ‘a step towards self-destruction’

OpIndia Staff -
Darul Uloom Deoband yesterday slammed the Supreme Court's decision saying that according to Shariat, homosexuality is haram and illegitimate.
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News Reports

SP Vaid removed from DGP post in Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh to take over

OpIndia Staff -
Dilbag Singh as DG(prisons) had shifted hardened terrorists to jails outside Kashmir, he is to be the temporary DGP of the state
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News Reports

Demystifying the ‘Civil Society’: Christian orgs donated to organization that published report calling Amarnath Yatra ‘militarised’

Research Team -
Gist of the matter is this: one of the organizations which were involved in the publishing of the report received significant donations from Christian organizations based abroad.
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Media

Politicisation of India’s historic Asian Games performance is unfair to our athletes

OpIndia Staff -
The Asian Games of 1951 and 2018 were very different, comparing the two and projecting the success from a political perspective is unfair to the athletes and their hard work
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News Reports

‘Rahul Gandhi is the biggest buffoon in the country’: Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao

OpIndia Staff -
The Telangana Cabinet dissolved the state assembly earlier today.
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Law

Today, an ‘intolerant’ India emancipated the tolerant

iyervval -
Given that this is India, those will eventually happen, but like all things in India, it takes time and patience
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News Reports

Telangana Cabinet dissolves State Assembly, state to go in for early polls

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan has approved the dissolution of the assembly
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Crime

Yogi Adityanath government to invoke NSA against people who leak examination papers

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath seems to be determined to end the examination malpractices
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