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How the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar united the Irish people against Catholic influenced abortion law

Sanghamitra -
Savita Halappanavar died six years ago. The Irish people are now voting to repeal the anti-abortion law that took her life
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When New York Times exploited children’s deaths to malign Yogi govt’s crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses

OpIndia Staff -
Did the NYT have an ulterior motive behind publishing its story?
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Opinions

Operation 136 : Cobrapost’s PayTM sting has way too many loopholes to be taken seriously

anonBrook -
Will Cobrapost publish the raw footage?
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News Reports

The United Opposition ‘khicchdi’ has too many Prime Ministerial mouths to feed

Sanghamitra -
With regional leaders being projected as PM candidates, how far can Congress keep serving the dynasty?
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Arun Jaitley lashes out: Calls Congress the ‘fringe’ and ‘United Opposition’ an Anarchist formation

Jhankar Mohta -
'PM Modi has given 'scam-free' government and his fifth year will focus on consolidation of policies and programmes'
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi tries to rate the Modi government, gets rated himself

OpIndia Staff -
Things didn't go according to plan for Rahul Gandhi
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National Herald Case : Swamy allowed to summon papers, case to be decided within one year

OpIndia Staff -
We are sure to see an explosive year ahead.
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After Nirav Modi scam, Rotomac scandal also finds roots in the Congress government era

OpIndia Staff -
The loans are supposed to have been issued from 2009 to 2013
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Extremist Sunni mob destroys historic mosque belonging to minority Ahmadis in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
The mosque is said to be 100 years old
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Madhya Pradesh Congress finds a new way to reward service to Rahul Gandhi

Jhankar Mohta -
Ticket distribution as always turned out to be a real can of worms for the Congress party
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The Gowdas : From the accidental Prime Minister to the accidental Chief Minister, history repeats itself

Anubhav -
The future looks bleak for the Kumaraswamy government in Karnataka.
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Opinions

Performance vs hollow rhetoric. What will the voters choose?

Nithesh S -
Will the public prefer a ragtag opposition whose sole agenda is to remove Modi from PMO?
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As the Modi govt completes 4 years, Times Group survey shows huge support for PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Times Group's opinion poll reveals an overwhelming number of Indians want Modi sarkar again
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Media

Operation 136 : What the Cobrapost stings reveal and conceal

Nupur J Sharma -
The question of corruption may be answered, but as mentioned earlier, is this ideological corruption or purely financial corruption?
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Congress gets a taste of its own medicine as BJP threatens a ‘bandh’ if farm loans are not waived

Jhankar Mohta -
Congress has repeatedly targeted the BJP about farm loan waiver issue and conflated the meaning of 'loan waiver' and 'loan write off'. 
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Hindu Temple vandalized in notorious Muslim suburb in the Netherlands: Local media report

OpIndia Staff -
The attack on the Temple in the Netherlands appears consistent with some such attacks in India.
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Now get a 5% discount on Railway tickets if you book them via the UTS app

OpIndia Staff -
This discount has been offered by the Southern Railway
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BJP MLAs walk out of assembly, Kumaraswamy wins floor test

Sanghamitra -
As HD Kumaraswamy wins the floor test, the BJP has called state-wide bandh demanding farmer loans to be waived off
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BJP is set to lose MP and Rajasthan, says CSDS. Here is their track record

K Bhattacharjee -
The recent track record of CSDS does not speak too well of them.
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All 5 accused in Bodh Gaya blast case convicted by Special NIA Court

OpIndia Staff -
The motive behind the attack was to seek vengeance against Buddhists for alleged atrocities against Rohingyas
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Opinions

But for social media, ‘The Hindu’ would have whitewashed the Bengal Panchayat poll violence

S. Sudhir Kumar -
The mainstream media shielded and downplayed the violence
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AMU opposes JNU’s proposed course on ‘Islamic Terrorism’, urges HRD ministry to intervene

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Minorities Commission had also issued a notice to the registrar of JNU asking him for an explanation
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Politics

Enemies, ‘trolls’, or friends? Twitter speculates about the Mamata-Modi equation

OpIndia Staff -
Just political foes or is there is more to the picture?
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Assam : CM Sonowal vows to seal border with Bangladesh completely by December this year

OpIndia Staff -
Assam shares a border of 262 kilometers with Bangladesh.
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Modi vs All : Shiv Sena ready to ally with erstwhile opponents to defeat Narendra Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena says Modi has failed to deliver acche din
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After Shashi Tharoor was chargesheeted, now Sunanda suicide case transferred to fast-track court

Jhankar Mohta -
Following the SC judgment which said that cases against politicians would be heard in a fast-track court
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NDTV’s Ravish Kumar shows more symptoms of getting paranoid, shares a new conspiracy theory

OpIndia Staff -
Showing signs of paranoia?
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Politics

Did PM Narendra Modi just troll Mamata Banerjee?

OpIndia Staff -
Someone may have to get transferred
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Tuticorin : Did the Congress government approve expansion plans for controversial Sterlite Project?

OpIndia Staff -
Congress President has blamed the RSS for the Sterlite protests
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Sessions court rejects Teesta Setalvad and husband’s bail plea in fund embezzlement case

Sanghamitra -
Teesta's anticipatory bail plea was rejected by city sessions court yesterday
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16 years after becoming MP, present ‘Maharaja of Gwalior’ wants government bungalow in Bhopal

OpIndia Staff -
He has been the MP of Guna since the year 2002
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Karnataka: ahead of floor test, deputy chief minister says Congress ‘not decided’ on 5 year term for Kumaraswamy

OpIndia Staff -
Kumaraswamy should learn a lesson or two from his father, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda
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BJP and Shiv Sena dominate Maharashtra MLC polls, Congress manages just 17 votes in one seat

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress has failed to open its account in this election
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The ISI spy network that works against India is being dismantled brick by brick with frequent arrests

OpIndia Staff -
The latest is an arrest of a cook who was working as an ISI agent
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Leftist cabal tries to shift goal posts when called out on defaming Major Gogoi

Sanghamitra -
As the lies are falling apart one by one, the usual suspects try figuring out new excuses to defame Major Gogoi
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Opinions

On Leadership, Statecraft and Faultlines : Kaliyug could use a Rama from Treta Yuga

Abhinav Agarwal -
What Rama knew in the Treta Yuga, sage Narada had to impart to Yudhishthira in the Dwapara Yuga. In Kaliyuga, we have neither
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Delhi High Court slams NDTV for wasting its time in an old defamation case

OpIndia Staff -
What makes it ironical is the fact that it was NDTV which filed the defamation case
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Opinions

Why is attacking Smriti Irani considered fair game?

Saket Suryesh -
She has been sent out to fight every losing battle by Narendra Modi and she came out as a winner in each one of them
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government set to rename Allahabad as ‘Prayagraj’ : reports

OpIndia Staff -
Renaming of Allahabad to Prayagraj will be consistent with Yogi Adityanath's image as a mascot of Hindutva.
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As Shekhar Gupta’s ‘The Print’ romanticises treason, here is why Madhuri Gupta is being sent to prison

Sanghamitra -
The Print spins a Bollywood romance story out of cold-blooded treason
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CBI files FIR against 17 entities in the SSC Paper Leak Scandal

OpIndia Staff -
The government had earlier ordered a CBI inquiry into the matter considering the demands of the protesting aspirants.
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The IBC magic wand: Fearing govt action 2100 companies clear dues worth Rs 83000 crores, reports

K Bhattacharjee -
Narendra Modi's effort towards reforming the debt ridden Indian Banking system appears to be yielding rich dividends.
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DGP reprimanded by H D Kumaraswamy for making Mamata Banerjee walk for few meters

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The Top Cop was reprimanded for making Mamata Banerjee walk for few meters.
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RSS lashes out at Rahul Gandhi for lying blatantly, maligning RSS and Modi’s reputation

Jhankar Mohta -
According to Rahul's statement, it was clear that he was accusing Modi and the RSS
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Modi government signs renewable energy MoU with France

OpIndia Staff -
India has taken the lead in establishing international intergovernmental platform for solar-energy related issues.
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Kamal Haasan statement regarding Sterlite protests eerily similar to narrative peddled by Kashmiri separatists

OpIndia Staff -
He had visited the Tuticorin government hospital yesterday
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Opinions

If 2014 numbers hold, even opposition unity will not be able to trounce the BJP

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The numbers certainly don't support the grand alliance and Modi still appears to be the imminent victor
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Opinions

After Rahul Gandhi has Kejriwalified himself, the original gets tossed into an oblivious corner

Nirwa Mehta -
Kejriwal seems to be running the last mile towards oblivion.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi : The serial misleader

Nivya -
In the end, Truth triumphs but Lies get their turn first.
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News Reports

Demonetisation and GST impact? Direct tax collections soar to highest in 7 years

Sanghamitra -
Finance Ministry says the record amounts of revenues collected is an indicator of positive impacts of various financial policies
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