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Ram Nath Kovind is NDA’s Presidential candidate – know more about him

OpIndia Staff -
A brief profile of the man who could become India's next President.
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Fireworks erupt in Kashmir and a few other parts of the country after India’s loss to Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
The nation was witness to contrasting and worrying scenes on the night of 18 June 2017.
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Media

How this Scroll reporter tried desperately to give communal spin to a criminal incident

OpIndia Staff -
Even though the evidence was there on video, a Scroll reporter was hell bent on proving what he imagined.
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News Reports

What does President Mukherjee-RSS chief meeting signify

Saswat Panigrahi -
It was for the first time that the President invited a RSS Sarsanghchalak as a revered guest to the Raisina Hill.
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Violence in Darjeeling escalates as Gorkha protesters die due to police firing

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The Gorkha activists want a separate state that is not part of the West Bengal.
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Opinions

Major Gaurav Arya responds to lies and slander being spread about him

Editorial Desk -
A leftist website called altnews accused the army veteran of spreading ‘fake image’ on Twitter.
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News Reports

Violence mars Kashmir – 6 cops killed after two terrorists gunned down

OpIndia Staff -
Six police men, a soldier, two civilians and two terrorists were killed in separate incidents in the last 24 hours.
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News Reports

All you need to know about 1993 Mumbai blasts convicts

OpIndia Staff -
A special TADA court has convicted key mastermind of Mumbai blasts Mustafa Dossa, gangster Abu Salem and four others.
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India can access details of black money stashed in Swiss banks from 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Switzerland has ratified automatic exchange of financial account information with India.
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Opinions

Why any claim that demonetisation was a failure is totally misplaced

Ashutosh Muglikar -
The step was disruptive and having far reaching impact. 8 months too short a period to pronounce judgments.
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News Reports

Indian origin man declared a global terrorist by US – know who he is

OpIndia Staff -
Indian origin people have made names in various fields, but this one was avoidable.
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News Reports

How Vijay Mallya routed funds through web of shell companies

OpIndia Staff -
Mallya is currently in London even as agencies have started the process of recovering the money he's fled with.
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News Reports

Presidential elections: How parties are placed in the Electoral College

Saswat Panigrahi -
A total of 4896 voters – 4120 MLAs and 776 elected MPs – are eligible to cast their votes to elect the next President.
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News Reports

Fake journalist caught selling fake helicopter tickets in Jammu & Kashmir

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The fraudster used to convince people of his genuine intentions and credentials by posing as a journalist.
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News Reports

Men beat up and force woman to chant ‘Allah’ and ‘Ram’, journalists hide ‘Allah’ part

OpIndia Staff -
The incident reportedly happened in Rajasthan where a mentally unsound woman was the victim.
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News Reports

Maoists look to go hi-tech in spreading propaganda and fighting war

OpIndia Staff -
The information has been revealed in a document retrieved by the Chhattisgarh police.
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News Reports

ED files first chargesheet against Vijay Mallya – know what he is charged with

OpIndia Staff -
From routing money to different entities owned by him to diverting funds abroad, Mallya has done it all.
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News Reports

Opposition parties refuse to include AAP in meeting to discuss possible Presidential candidates

OpIndia Staff -
The proposal to include AAP was opposed by Congress and NCP.
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Congress MLA caught on camera beating up farmers

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The Congress leader is an MLA from the Sillod constituency in Maharashtra
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News Reports

Banks caught more fake currencies in 2015 than earlier

OpIndia Staff -
Instances of counterfeit currency detection in Indian banking system have seen an abrupt escalation in the last eight years.
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News Reports

The truth about ‘plastic rice’ being sold in the markets

Hemant Bijapurkar -
There have also been reports about plastic sugar and plastic eggs
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News Reports

RBI identifies 12 accounts responsible for 25% of bad loans

OpIndia Staff -
Defaulters have not been named, but banks will be asked to initiate insolvency proceedings to recover the dues.
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A fact-check on ‘NDA govt schemes are just copies of UPA schemes’ claim

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Are welfare schemes by the Narendra Modi government mere rehash of some old Congress or UPA schemes?
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Congress leader sacked for sarcastically using ‘Pappu’ to defend Rahul Gandhi

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The word 'Pappu' is now blasphemous for Congress. Regardless of the context, the party won't tolerate it.
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News Reports

To stop China from becoming stronger in the region, India expedites projects in Myanmar

OpIndia Staff -
India is expediting the infrastructure projects in Myanmar after years of tardiness in project implementation.
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Man fined Rs 2 lakh for giving Triple Talaq, but we don’t know his name or age

Hemant Bijapurkar -
There are inconsistencies in media reports about the welcome incident that reportedly happened in Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

How a VIP status for Robert Vadra helped him in business deals

OpIndia Staff -
Such a status literally helped Vadra win some government deals, which would not have come to him otherwise.
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Tejas Express leaves Goa 3 hours late but reaches Mumbai a minute early

OpIndia Staff -
This would go a long way in imbibing punctuality among Indian trains.
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News Reports

GST launch is not getting deferred, don’t believe these WhatsApp rumours

Hemant Bijapurkar -
There have been various rumors circulating on social media to cause fear among the people
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News Reports

Maoists spreading footprints in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
The Maoists are reportedly trying to create an entirely new red corridor along the western border of Chhattisgarh.
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Pakistan sentences Shia man to death for alleged blasphemy on Facebook

OpIndia Staff -
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan has awarded the sentence to the accused.
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Media

Jagendra Singh : the journalist who was burnt alive but failed to shake Lutyens

Abhishek Banerjee -
A throwback to 2015, as journalists are crying attack on press freedom now in wake of CBI raids on NDTV founders.
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Media

People amused as NDTV journalists tweet against Fake News

Hemant Bijapurkar -
This is not something you see everyday
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News Reports

Now allegations of unexplained land acquisition against Lalu’s daughter and wife

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The troubles are mounting for Lalu and his family members
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News Reports

Now it might be difficult for Kejriwal to make wild allegations against the Election Commission

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Election Commission is reportedly getting tired of all the wild allegations against it
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News Reports

GST Council slashes rates on 66 items – know what will get cheaper

OpIndia Staff -
The GST Council has slashed rates for as many as 66 of the 133 items on which representations had been received.
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Turn Kashmir into an Islamic caliphate: ISIS blueprint

OpIndia Staff -
Kashmir valley will be part of a caliphate based on eighth-century Islam and Sharia law as per the ISIS plan.
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Media

The New York Times and the Farrago of lies and misrepresentation

sudharshan80 -
NYT, which has never let prejudice come in the way of objectivity when it comes to India, has done it again.
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News Reports

NDTV under I-T scanner for concealing Rs 1600 crore income

OpIndia Staff -
Income Tax Dept is looking into undisclosed income to the tune of Rs 1600 crore relating to NDTV.
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Politics

Is BJD’s Jay Panda joining BJP just a matter of time now?

Saswat Panigrahi -
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Lok Sabha MP from Kendrapara Baijayant Panda is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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News Reports

Power fight between Telugu states intensifies – Telangana snaps power supply to Andhra

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier Andhra Pradesh had stopped power supply to Telangana over pending dues. Move is being seen as tit-for-tat.
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Media

Prannoy Roy blocks Malini Parthasarathy on Twitter for calling out ‘press freedom’ drama

OpIndia Staff -
The NDTV founder decided to safeguard himself from dissenting views within the media fraternity.
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News Reports

NIA moves to revoke Zakir Naik’s passport

OpIndia Staff -
NIA is reportedly in the process of revoking the Indian passport issued to the controversial Islamic preacher.
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News Reports

Man files a Re 1 defamation suit against Kejriwal for making false accusations against him

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The amount has been kept low as the plaintiff wasn't aware of any valuable assets owned by the defendants
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Find out what happened when Pakistani envoy to US said Pak was ‘no safe haven for terrorists’

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan ambassador to the US insisted that there are no safe sanctuaries for terrorists in Pakistan.
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Media

How media created fake controversy about BJP calling for a ‘ban on Momos’

Hemant Bijapurkar -
A needless controversy has been created owing to a BJP legislator's rational demand
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News Reports

Congress leader who threatened to kill Modi warns of ‘joint action’ by Dalits and Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
UP Congress has declared open support to militant outfit Bhim Army, with Imran Masood warning of agitations.
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How Pakistan is using Sufi shrine donations to fund terror in India

OpIndia Staff -
ISI has set up donation boxes at shrines in the border villages of Rajasthan and using the money to fund terror.
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Mandsaur protests – what led to the current mess in Madhya Pradesh

Saswat Panigrahi -
The farmers protests in Madhya Pradesh has become violent and now Rahul Gandhi has jumped in the issue.
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Tarek Fatah should not be allowed in Aligarh – Congress & SP back AMU students’ demand

OpIndia Staff -
The opponents say that his presence in the city will hurt Muslim sentiments, especially in the month of Ramzan.
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