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In an article defending ‘secularism’, Shashi Tharoor inadvertently highlights facets of appeasement politics

Nithesh S -
The need of the hour is to correct the mistakes of 'secularists' in Indian politics for a brighter future for India
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News Reports

Minor girl raped inside religious place, accused Mohammad Shadan arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Additional police forces were called in to curb the communal tension
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Opinions

The Congress party once again reveals its disdain towards Hindu traditions

K Bhattacharjee -
It didn't go down too well with a lot of Hindus
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News Reports

Read how and why Kejriwal said sorry to Bikram Majithia, his second apology in two years

OpIndia Staff -
The Akali leader had filed a defamation case against Kejriwal
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News Reports

Modi govt to formulate an ambitious plan to ensure there are no more Vijay Mallyas in the future?

OpIndia Staff -
As per a Bloomberg report, the government is formulating an ambitious plan
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News Reports

Kerala Cabinet approves draft bill to hike the salaries of MLAs and Ministers in the state

OpIndia Staff -
Proposed salary hikes by Members of Parliament have been criticized by the Left in the past.
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News Reports

World Bank projects 7.3% GDP growth for India in the next fiscal

OpIndia Staff -
India's growth has been steady stable, diversified and resilient, says the World Bank
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Kerala bids farewell to its King of Beauty, legendary elephant Thiruvambadi Sivasunder

Sanghamitra -
Sivasunder was diagnosed with impaction, he was the most celebrated elephant in Kerala
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Akhilesh Yadav cribs about EVMs even after winning UP bypoll

OpIndia Staff -
EVMs are being blamed even when SP has won the UP lok sabha bypolls
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Media

Pro congress journo and abusive troll post insensitive tweets after BJP loses Gorakhpur bypoll

OpIndia Staff -
BJP lost the Gorakhpur and Phulpur By-Polls yesterday
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News Reports

Bengaluru hits rock bottom in Janaagraha annual survey of India’s city-systems

OpIndia Staff -
Urban governance has hit new lows under Congress
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News Reports

Rape trial finally begins against Tarun Tejpal who was defended by his leftist comrades

OpIndia Staff -
The trial has begun more than four years after the incident was reported
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee’s TMC to celebrate Ram Navami, RSS claims moral victory and welcomes decision

OpIndia Staff -
After Rahul Gandhi, now it is Mamata Banerjee
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News Reports

News18 report suggests Muslim population in Karnataka rose from 13% to 16% between 2011 and 2015

OpIndia Staff -
The report even claims that the survey in question isn't been publicised by the Siddaramaiah government
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News Reports

Kolkata : 10 girls accused of being ‘lesbians’, parents allege attempt to cover up molestation

OpIndia Staff -
WB Education Minister said 'lesbianism' is 'against the ethos of Bengal'
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News Reports

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s office under scanner in coal scam

OpIndia Staff -
The files related to 20 cases have been obtained by CBI
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News Reports

Mohammad Taufeeq, Terrorist killed in Anantnag on 12 March was from Telangana

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier there have been reports of Kerala youth joining the Islamic State
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Politics

As UP bypoll results emerge, ‘neutral journalists’ Rajdeep and Sagarika suggest strategies to defeat BJP in 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Are Rajdeep and Sagarika craving for a BJP defeat in 2019?
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Politics

Unfavourable arithmetic aside, BJP must learn these lessons from UP by-polls

K Bhattacharjee -
It may be a blip, but introspection is must.
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News Reports

In Ram Janambhoomi dispute, lawyer argues that the land belongs to Allah

OpIndia Staff -
Quite an interesting argument
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News Reports

CPM burns venue of protesting farmers in Kerala soon after supporting farmers march in Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
Reports have claimed that alleged CPM workers were behind this act
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News Reports

Supreme Court rejects intervention petitions in the Ayodhya case, allows Subramanian Swamy to pursue a writ petition

OpIndia Staff -
The SC rejected all interventions in the case and allowed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to pursue WP case separately.
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News Reports

Watch Gujarat Congress MLA hurl a mic at BJP Gujarat MLA in Gujarat Assembly

OpIndia Staff -
He has now been suspended for the rest of the Assembly session
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News Reports

Journalist who featured in Radia tapes ‘warns’ bureaucrats after BJP loses UP by-polls

OpIndia Staff -
Radia is believed to have secured favours for corporates using journalists as power brokers.
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News Reports

Journalists assaulted in Jammu while questioning Rohingyas for having access to illegal SIM cards

OpIndia Staff -
The police have arrested Mohammad Ashraf and Sher Mohammad in connection with this attack
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News Reports

Devdutt Pattanaik’s work is full of errors, manipulations, and lies: Author Nityanand Misra

OpIndia Staff -
It appears that Devdutt Pattanaik's works are not indisputable and accurate interpretations of Hindu mythology and philosophy
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Politics

In run up to the Assembly election, BJP Karnataka Twitter account is winning the Internet

OpIndia Staff -
BJP Karnataka's social media game is spot on!
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News Reports

Has enrollment increased because of RTE as claimed by MoS at MHRD in his parliament answer?

Nithesh S -
The RTE act has been one of the most controversial legacies of UPA that is still being retained
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News Reports

PM Modi launches campaign to completely eradicate Tuberculosis, 5 years ahead of global deadline

OpIndia Staff -
India is also scheduled to achieve 90% immunisation against this disease within five years
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Opinions

Here is why farmers marched in Odisha but failed to inspire liberal tears

K Bhattacharjee -
The tactics seem fairly obvious
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News Reports

JNU: Agitating students abuse and manhandle the Dean

OpIndia Staff -
The students were called in for a discussion, but things went violent.
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News Reports

Raghuram Rajan’s answers on the PNB scam and controversial 20:80 rule do not pass muster

OpIndia Staff -
Rajan spoke out for the first time on the recent issues in banking sector
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Politics

On a day when Maoists kill 9 CRPF jawans, UPA hosts a gala dinner

OpIndia Staff -
Insensitivity of Opposition is appalling
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News Reports

In Mamata’s Bengal, police is issuing rape threats, Gorkha activists claim

OpIndia Staff -
A police officer from Darjeeling has been accused of threatening to burn down houses and rape women
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News Reports

PNB-Nirav Modi Scam Impact: RBI Discontinues LoUs for Trade credit

OpIndia Staff -
RBI has taken a tough stand on the modus operandi
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News Reports

Kolkata Municipal Corporation seeks only Muslim candidates for a Health Department job, later ‘corrects’ it

OpIndia Staff -
Was it a form of Minority appeasement?
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News Reports

Trouble mounts for P Chidambaram : Government puts 20:80 Gold Scheme under scanner

OpIndia Staff -
Government mulling action against P Chidambaram?
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News Reports

Challenges faced by farmers in India : Insights from the Swaminathan Report

Nithesh S -
The Swaminathan report has listed the problems facing Indian agriculture and also suggested solutions
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News Reports

Supreme Court indicts Hooda, terms the land acquisition ‘nothing but fraud on power’

OpIndia Staff -
Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda in trouble as SC comes down heavily on him
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News Reports

Hu Holi, an Adidas and Pharrell Williams collaboration draws flak for cultural appropriation

OpIndia Staff -
The brand and the singer are accused of trivialising Hindu festival
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News Reports

This is how the Fadnavis govt tactfully made peace with the farmers agitating in Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
They withdrew their protest yesterday
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News Reports

Faster, Higher, Stronger : India’s economy is soaring and there’s a reason why the Media doesn’t care

Abhishek Banerjee -
There is a reason that the Media is completely silent on the Economy
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Fact-Check

‘The Wire’ now defends Chidambaram’s 20:80 Gold Scheme and they are wrong

The True Picture -
The Wire seems desperate to exonerate Congress
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News Reports

TRS alleges Congress MLAs came to the assembly drunk after one of them injured the Council Chairman

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress has denied this allegation
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News Reports

Assam Budget 2018-19: Himanta Biswa Sarma presents the state’s first e-budget

OpIndia Staff -
The budget will be available for download on Google Play Store
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MCI bribery case : CJI Misra writes to the President regarding initiation of proceedings against Allahabad HC Judge

OpIndia Staff -
Reply to RTI petition has confirmed the letter written by CJI on this matter
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Uttarakhand cabinet approves draft bill to make forced religious conversions a non-bailable offence

OpIndia Staff -
Affidavit before District Magistrate one month prior is now compulsory before conversion
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News Reports

NIA recovers Jihadi material, Pakistani flag and mobile phones during its raid on Srinagar Central Jail

OpIndia Staff -
It raided the Jail on Monday
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Opinions

Here’s how TMC is reading the Tripura election results all wrong

amitesh sufi -
BJP won Tripura, if Mamata Banerjee isn't careful, the next state would be West Bengal
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Opinions

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the great Maratha Empire: Will history repeat itself again?

K Bhattacharjee -
The coincidences are far too numerous to be considered random
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