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Congress says bank accounts are operational an hour after claiming they were frozen, claims IT dept asked them to maintain Rs 115 crores in...

OpIndia Staff -
Congress had earlier today claimed that its bank accounts were frozen by the Income Tax Department.
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AAP denies encroaching on judiciary’s land in Delhi, claims in Supreme Court that office allotted to it in 2015 later included in court expansion...

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The AAP refuted the Supreme Court's observation that its Delhi office on Rouse Avenue was constructed on encroached land
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Opinions

How the Modi government corrected and strategically implemented Sonia’s shoddily drafted Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2014

S. Sudhir Kumar -
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 has not only resulted in the splitting of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh into two states - Telangana and Andhra Pradesh - but has also been the cause of two historical events in the country’s polity. 
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News Reports

Congress party claims all their bank accounts have been frozen, alleges that I-T department is asking Rs 210 crore

OpIndia Staff -
Maken added, "On the other hand, more than Rs 6,500 crores which were collected through unconstitutional corporate bonds which have been pronounced unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, that account of the BJP still exists."
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News Reports

Elvish Yadav snake venom case: Cobra, Krait venom confirmed in FSL report, legal trouble increases for the influencer

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Bigg Boss OTT fame Elvish Yadav was linked to a case in November of last year involving the supply and ingestion of snake venom at a Noida rave party
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Increased MSP, three-fold increase in fertiliser subsidies under Modi govt: Here is how the agriculture sector transformed in 10 years

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The Modi government has taken numerous initiatives to assist farmers over the last ten years, ranging from MSP to fertiliser subsidies. Fertiliser subsidies have nearly tripled, while the agricultural budget has increased fourfold.
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News Reports

Lawyer files PIL in SC over Sandeshkhali unrest, demands impartial probe either by CBI or SIT; seeks transfer of case outside West Bengal

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SC lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava described the Sandeshkhali incident as highly unsettling and expressed a realistic concern that a free and fair investigation and trial of the instant case could not be conducted in West Bengal, and so the case should be transferred outside the state in the interests of justice
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Bihar: Muslim mob pelts stones as Hindu procession passes through ‘Kasai Mohalla’ in Darbhanga, Saraswati idol broken, houses ransacked, many injured

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Darbhanga DM Rajiv Roshan and SSP Jagunath Reddy rushed to the spot as soon as the incident was reported.
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News Reports

Assam will soon have its first semiconductor packaging plant worth 25,000 crores, says Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar

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"It was because of the leadership of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, that a semiconductor packaging plant will be established in partnership with the Assam Government and TATA Group", MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar
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Fed up over wife’s Instagram reels ‘addiction’, Karnataka man dies by suicide

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According to the police, Kumar, a daily wage worker, was annoyed with his wife, constantly glued to social media platforms where she often made and uploaded reels.
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News Reports

Farmers protest: ‘Positive discussions’ held but no breakthrough in talks with Centre; next meet on Sunday

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Haryana government has announced the extension of internet shutdown in districts including Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa tomorrow in view of the 'Delhi Chalo' march by the farmers.
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RBI and Nepal’s central bank sign Terms of Reference for integration of UPI with National Payments Interface (NPI) of Nepal

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Reserve Bank of India and Nepal Rastra Bank signed and exchanged Terms of Reference for integration of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India and National Payments Interface (NPI) of Nepal
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News Reports

ED summons TMC leader Mahua Moitra in FEMA violation case, asks her to appear on 19 February

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ED wants to question Moitra in the case under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999.
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Haldwani Violence: Muslim women in burqa pelted stones at the police personnel, being identified by police

OpIndia Staff -
A week after a Muslim mob attacked police and administration in Uttarakhand's Haldwani, the police have revealed that Muslim women wearing 'burqa' pelted stones at the police personnel
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Maharashtra Assembly Speaker rules that Ajit Pawar faction is the ‘real NCP’, dismisses disqualification application by Sharad Pawar faction

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After election commission, now Maharashtra assembly speaker rules that Ajit Pawar faction is the 'real NCP'
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West Bengal post-poll violence: SC stays proceedings after CBI seeks transfer of cases outside the state alleging witnesses being threatened

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SC has stayed the ongoing proceedings in various trial courts across West Bengal related to the heinous cases of murder, rape and crime against political opponents in the aftermath of 2021 state assembly polls
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Chhattisgarh: Muslims occupy 125 PM Awas houses by forcefully evicting beneficiary families, build a tomb structure and perform exorcisms

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Exorcism is performed by constructing a tomb-like structure on houses numbered 199 and 200. Both of these homes have been given the titles Shankar Dharu and Sukhdev. However, an individual named Zakir Khan is said to have occupied these houses. Locals claim that Rohingya and Bangladeshi Muslims reside here.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Heavily armed Muslim mob kills Hindu man with iron pipe, pelts stones at his family over monetary dispute in Sabarkantha, 30 booked

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17 of the 30 accused identified in the case are Ayaz Qureshi, Munaf Qureshi, Ayub Qureshi, Rashid Mian, Imran Mian Qureshi, Maqbool Mian Qureshi, Jani Kamruddin, Rais Mian, Mehboob Khan, Malek, Sameer, Manan Harun, Nisar's brother, Rafiq Bhatte, Nisar Mian, Babu Akbar, Yunus Mian, and Feroze Mian.
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West Bengal: Big blow to TMC as actress MP Mimi Chakraborty sends resignation to Mamata Banerjee over differences with local leadership

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Mimi Chakraborty won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a TMC ticket from the Jadavpur seat in West Bengal.
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TMC-97%, DMK-86%: Opposition parties welcome SC judgement striking down electoral bond scheme, the same parties getting almost all of their donations through it

Raju Das -
While opposition parties like TMC and DMK are welcoming the SC verdict striking down the electoral bond scheme, the same parties are major beneficiaries of the scheme
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West Bengal: Amidst Sandeshkhali protests, half-naked body of a woman found in Malda; family suspects rape and murder

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Repeated incidents of rape and atrocities on women have become a matter of concern in West Bengal
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‘They threatened to kill and bury us’: Sadruddin, Shamim and two others attack a Hindu youth and his kins in UP; Sadhus step in...

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The victim told OpIndia that the accused threatened to kill them and bury them in the graveyard
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Shiv Nadar School introduces ‘non-binary’ as child’s gender, parents say, ‘don’t shove woke politics down our throat’

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Shiv Nadar school includes "non-binary" as option for gender in a feedback form to parents, parents outraged at woke politics
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Sports

Indian wrestlers threaten fresh protest after world wrestling body lifts suspension of Wrestling Federation of India

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Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik protested the appointment of Karan Bhushan Singh as president of UP Wrestling Association.
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‘Sandeshkhali is an RSS bunker’: Mamata gives clean chit to aide Shahjahan Sheikh, claims women victims sharing their plight with media are BJP workers

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Mamata Banerjee gave a clean chit to her aide Shahjahan Sheikh and instead pinned the blame on the BJP and the RSS
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UP: Five illegal under-construction colonies demolished in Bareilly, Rizwan Khan, Taufiq, Jagannath Rathore and others issued warnings

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On Wednesday (14th February), the Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) conducted a demolition drive to clear illegal colonies in the area.
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Electoral Bonds Scheme: Whom did it benefit most, What does the SC verdict mean; All you need to know

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In 2018, the Central Government had notified the scheme of Electoral Bonds to "cleanse the system of political funding in the country".
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Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal reveals true intention of ‘farmer’ protest, says PM Modi’s popularity graph rose due to Ram Mandir and it has...

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Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal claimed if PM Modi's popularity graph goes down, he would agree to anything
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Opinions

‘The Hindu’ talks about “many lows” of 17th Lok Sabha, here is why the 17th Lok Sabha was only about many highs, not lows

S. Sudhir Kumar -
For even non-serious students of policy, law, politics and legislation, it is as evident as daylight that the 17th Lok Sabha is the most historic Lok Sabha
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News Reports

‘Can we infer they are locals’: TMC MLA claims women alleging sexual assault cannot be indigenous tribals from Sandeskhali as they are ‘fair-skinned’

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The state unit of BJP shared a video clip wherein TMC MLA Narayan Goswami is heard making an extremely racist remark against the indigenous tribal women victims who have come on camera and spoken about the atrocities meted at them by the TMC goons.
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₹3.7 lakh fees for LKG admission: Parents express shock as Telangana school defends 61% fee hike for 2024 academic year

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At a well-known school in Telangana's Bachupally, the fees for LKG admission rose from 2.3 lakh in 2023 to 3.7 lakh in the 2024 academic year
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Sonia Gandhi writes a letter to the Rae Bareli people explaining why she is not contesting Lok Sabha polls, reiterates the dynasty’s association with...

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Sonia Gandhi wrote a letter to people of Rae Bareli after she fled to Rajasthan to file a nomination form for Rajya Sabha
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Punjab: 65-year-old Nihang Sikh hacks man to death after heated exchange over smoking in Tarn Taran, arrested

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The accused fled after committing the crime but was arrested by the police and section 302 of the IPC was invoked against him.
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Pakistan citizen Seema Haider, who illegally entered India, wants to walk to Ayodhya to see Ram Lalla, seeks permission from UP govt

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Seema Haider is also said to have conducted a Sundarkand Path on Wednesday (14th February) instead of celebrating Valentine's Day.
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Law

Why Kapil Sibal withdrew Umar Khalid’s bail plea from SC: Failed attempt at forum shopping and a recent SC judgement about bail in UAPA...

Nupur J Sharma -
Umar Khalid withdrew bail plea before Supreme Court in Delhi anti-Hindu riots in February 2020 through his lawyer Kapil Sibal
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Bengal Police hide Twitter replies questioning their credibility, dismiss charges of sexual exploitation and rape in Sandeshkhali: Details

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Women in several areas in Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal have been protesting, demanding the arrest of TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan and others.
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‘People confused who are offenders and who are protectors’: Bengal governor submits report on Sandeshkhali protests, exposes police collusion with culprits

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose submitted a report to the Ministry of Home Affairs over the Sandeshkhali protests.
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Leave BJP or I will blow you up: Man who sent bomb threat to Nitish Kumar arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The accused was angered by Nitish Kumar’s decision to break the alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and join hands with the BJP.
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Politics

Congress MLA collected Rs 42 crore in cash before Karnataka elections: Enforcement Directorate

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ED raided multiple locations linked to Karnataka Congress leader Bharath Reddy in money laundering case
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Supreme Court strikes down Electoral Bonds Scheme as unconstitutional, orders full disclosure of funding to political parties

OpIndia Staff -
The CJI while pronouncing the judgment, stated that the Union of India had "failed to establish least restrictive measures of the Electoral bonds scheme for political funding."
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USA: Indian origin family found dead in their home in California, gunshot wounds on bodies of husband and wife

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The police had arrived for a welfare check but after receiving no response, they entered the house and located the bodies of the four deceased.
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Telangana: Clashes in Janwada between Methodist Church and villagers over widening of road in front of the Church, 14 injured

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Telangana United Christian Pastors Association (TUCPA) general secretary Goneh Solomon Raj said the confrontations began over installing a cement road
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Sandeshkhali: NCW chair says media twisted statement of its member to give clean chit to WB govt, police had used version to dismiss victim’s...

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The NCW chair's charge came shortly after the West Bengal police used a report by a mainstream media channel to dismiss the allegations of the victims.
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Out-on-bail gangster Lakha Sidhana releases video from farmer protests site calling for rebellion against Modi govt, Delhi police on high alert

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Gangster-turned-radical Lakha Sidhana openly called for regime change during farmer protests.
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Farmers protest: Farmers to block trains under ‘Rail Roko’ campaign in Punjab ahead of talks with central ministers

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Ten protest sites have been finalised for the rail roko protest by farmers, in which the BKU Ugrahan and BKU Dakaunda (Dhaner faction) would participate together.
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Tripura: ‘Vulgar’ depiction of Saraswati idol in Govt Art and Craft college sparks row, ABVP protests against authorities

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Dibakar Acharjee, Joint Secretary of the ABVP unit of the state, said that the organisation strongly opposed any such initiative by educational institutions, hurting religious sentiment.
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Politics

Didn’t expect my candidature: Karsevak Ajit Gopchade, who was in Ayodhya for karseva in 1992, on Rajya Sabha nomination from BJP

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Karsevak Ajit Gopchade thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah, and party national president JP Nadda for announcing him as a candidate.
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51 crore accounts, 35 crore rupee cards, Rs 2 lakh crore deposit: The corruption-free and crucial benefits provided to the poor by Pradhan Mantri...

अर्पित त्रिपाठी -
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana was declared on 15th August 2014 and came into effect on 28th August of the same year.
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Protesting farmers keep Haryana CID officer hostage alleging he was ‘spying’ on them, announce rail blockade in Punjab

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Protesting farmers take a CID official hostage because they believed he was accumulating information regarding them.
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Hindus in Haldwani display remarkable valour: Men chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ saved policemen from rioters, women used scarves to bandage injured

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The Hindus in Gandhinagar area of Haldwani narrated in harrowing details how they fought off a murderous mob that had gone on a rampage over demolition drive.
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