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The success of Gujarat model: How Narendra Modi pioneered reforms to restructure the ailing power sector in Gujarat

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Before Narendra Modi became the CM in 2001, the power sector in Gujarat was in very bad state, which was turn around by the government
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi condemns ‘attack’ on Kerala nuns in UP, here is what he said on rape of nuns in Kerala churches and Palghar lynching

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi's 'concerns' for Kerala nuns is as shallow as his logic in any matter.
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News Reports

West Bengal Election Opinion Polls: Mamata Banerjee may lose Nandigram, BJP projected to form the government

OpIndia Staff -
According to recent opinion polls by different agencies, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress will face a major setback in West Bengal
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News Reports

Competition Commission of India orders probe into new privacy policy of WhatsApp, says it is ‘abuse of dominance’

OpIndia Staff -
The Commission has directed the Director General to initiate a probe against WhatsApp under Section 26(1) of Competition Act
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News Reports

Maharashtra and Punjab witness massive surge in COVID-19 cases, Centre expresses ‘grave concern’

OpIndia Staff -
Maharastra accounts for a total of 9 out of 10 districts, which have reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases.
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News Reports

Sita Road in Pakistan renamed Rehmani Nagar after partition, strong winds blow off the iron sheet exposing the original name

OpIndia Staff -
Not only Sita Road, Pakistan has renamed many such roads and traditional places which were once named after Hindus
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News Reports

Delhi: Police arrests cook Mohammad Khalik after video of him spitting on rotis goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
A video where Mohammad Khalik was allegedly spitting on rotis had gone viral recently.
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News Reports

Maharashtra ATS transfers Mansukh Hiren murder case to NIA after Thane court ordered it to stop the investigation immediately

OpIndia Staff -
Thane Sessions Court had ordered ATS to stop probing the Mansukh Hiren death case and hand over the case to NIA earlier today
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Israel, Zulfikar, and Dilshad to be hanged till death for raping and murdering a minor girl in 2018

OpIndia Staff -
The parents of the minor girl have welcomed the POCSO court decision, declaring it a victory of justice. The mother of the victim expressed her wish to see the hanging of three convicts in person.
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News Reports

Delhi: Yogi Govt demolishes illegal construction, takes control of land where Amanatullah Khan had settled Rohingyas

OpIndia Staff -
The irrigation department of the UP government today carried out an anti-encroachment drive, reclaiming 6-acres of its land illegally occupied by Rohingyas in Delhi's Madanpur Khadar area.
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Government and Policy

No civilian killed in law and order incidents after the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir: Home Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
The MoS Home also informed that number of terror incidents has declined significantly, after abrogation of Article 370
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News Reports

Amidst Maha-mess, Sanjay Raut to host a dinner party tonight, guest list includes BJP MPs

OpIndia Staff -
It is said that the party was pre-planned by Shiv Sena MP, Sanjay Raut, before the 'vasooli gate' news broke out.
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Crime

Nikita Tomar murder case: Faridabad court convicts accused Tauseef and his friend Rehan

OpIndia Staff -
Tauseef and his friend Rehan convicted in Nikita Tomar murder case, quantum of sentence to be pronounced on Friday
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News Reports

Hindus and Sikhs are proud citizens of Afghanistan, violence against them not persecution: Afghan Foreign Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Atmar said that Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan were not persecuted but were victims of general violence inflicted on Afghans.
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News Reports

Muslim groups in France outrage over alleged ‘Halal chicken ban’ after new guidelines for animal slaughter

OpIndia Staff -
For the 'Halal slaughter' of the poultry, the animal must be alive before its throat is 'expertly slit' by a Muslim butcher.
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News Reports

NIA invokes UAPA against Sachin Vaze in Antilia bomb case

OpIndia Staff -
Vaze is accused of planting an explosive-laden car outside the residence of Reliance Group chief Mukesh Ambani on February 25, 2021.
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News Reports

Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine importer in Pakistan threatens to re-export the vaccine if the government fails to set desired MRP

OpIndia Staff -
The importer of Covid-19 vaccine in Pakistan is not happy with the price set by the government and may re-export the vaccine to other country
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News Reports

Muslim girl’s friend Sabina turns out to be the mastermind in Sarai Kale Khan violence, had provoked Muslim mob

OpIndia Staff -
Sabina had reportedly asked people to kill the her friend her friend's Hindu husband as soon as the duo enter Sarai Kale Khan
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News Reports

Mutant variants of coronavirus detected in 18 states, says Health Ministry, yet to confirm cause behind sudden rapid spread

OpIndia Staff -
The INSACOG is a collection of 10 National laboratories designated by the Health Ministry in order to carry out genomic sequencing and analysis of circulating COVID-19 viruses and correlate epidemiological trends with genomic variants.
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News Reports

Gaushala scam in Rajasthan: Over 62 lakh worth of government grant paid to six cow shelters without a single cow

OpIndia Staff -
In Jaisalmer, six cow shelters had shown over 1800 animals on paper and had taken approximately Rs 62 lakhs in government grants. In reality, they did not have a single cow.
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Media

Bombay HC directs Mumbai Police to give three days prior notice to Arnab Goswami before any coercive action in the TRP case

OpIndia Staff -
Bombay HC also said that as Arnab Goswami and his channel are not made accused yet in the TRP case, the case can't be stayed now
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Entertainment

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan tests positive for Covid-19

OpIndia Staff -
Aamir Khan had recently bid goodbye to social media as he was hardly active on any platforms.
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News Reports

FIR filed against social media users for allegedly objectionable posts against NCP chief Sharad Pawar

OpIndia Staff -
Social media users had mocked NCP chief Sharad Pawar after he was caught off guard when journalists raised questions about his claim that Anil Deshmukh was hospital from February 6 to 16
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News Reports

Supreme Court dismisses Param Bir Singh’s plea seeking CBI investigation against Anil Deshmukh

OpIndia Staff -
"We do acknowledge the matter is serious. But power of article 226 is wide. The High Court can deal with it," the Supreme Court said.
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Law

Chief Justice SA Bobde recommends Justice NV Ramana as his successor after his retirement

OpIndia Staff -
Justice NV Ramana is the most senior judge in the Supreme Court after CJI Bobde, who is set to retire on April 23
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News Reports

After her ‘Bengali vs Outsider’ rhetorics, Mamata Banerjee gets Congress ally Hemant Soren to campaign for her

OpIndia Staff -
In a bid to rake up Bengali sentiments, the Trinamool Congress had attacked several BJP leaders by dubbing them as 'outsiders' in the land of Bengalis.
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News Reports

After Allahabad University VC, UP Minister Anand Swarup Shukla complains about loud Azaan on mosque loudspeakers

OpIndia Staff -
Shukla said that the noise of loudspeakers at the mosques affected the students in nearby schools and senior citizens.
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News Reports

‘Producer wanted to sleep with me’: Ankita Lokhande shares her experience of facing ‘casting couch’ in film industry

OpIndia Staff -
Ankita Lokhande has stated that her first encounter with a producer demanding sexual favours happened when she was very young. She had rejected the proposal.
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News Reports

Mehbooba Mufti aide Waheed Ur Rehman Para ran a stone-pelting racket in Kashmir, arranged weapons for terrorists: NIA

OpIndia Staff -
NIA said that Waheed Ur Rehman Para misused his position to smuggle AK-47 Rifles & ammunition using his official vehicle.
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World

Egypt: Suez Canal blocked after a large container ship from China ran aground

OpIndia Staff -
The ship was on its way from China to Rotterdam, Netherlands, when it ran aground in the Suez Canal after being reportedly hit by a strong "gust of wind"
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News Reports

Human skeletons emerge from a house in Haryana after floor dug for construction work

OpIndia Staff -
The police registered a case of murder and causing disappearance of evidence and are investigating the matter.
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Crime

Bengal: 3 days before elections, BJP mandal president found hanging in Dinhata, party alleges TMC hand

OpIndia Staff -
The local BJP leaders alleged that Sarkar was picked up from his residence by TMC cadres, and later, he was mysteriously found dead.
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News Reports

“He cannot even hurt a fly” Shashi Tharoor’s lawyer reads out Sunanda Pushkar’s son’s statement to suggest no mistreatment to wife

OpIndia Staff -
Tharoor's lawyer used statements by family and friends of his deceased wife Sunanda Pushkar to claim no allegations were levelled against him.
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News Reports

Maha mess in Mumbai: 65 officers from crime branch transferred, including Sachin Vaze’s close aide

OpIndia Staff -
The decision came shortly after Maharashtra's opposition leader, Devendra Fadnavis did a massive expose of an alleged transfer racket through a press conference on Tuesday afternoon in Mumbai.
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News Reports

‘Liberals’ in the United States blame ‘white’ man for Boulder shooting even as attacker turns out to be a Muslim immigrant

OpIndia Staff -
As it was found out that the killer was not a 'white' man, a severe backlash against liberals erupted on social media highlighting how liberals resorted to blaming the white community by holding them responsible for crimes that they did not commit.
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World

Facebook removes all access to Boulder mass shooting suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa

OpIndia Staff -
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, prime suspect of Boulder mass shooting was a conspiracy theorist, devout Islamist, homophobe and Trump hater
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Crime

Tripura: Communist leader Shamim Ahmed caught red-handed while trying to molest a minor girl

OpIndia Staff -
SFI leader sent to jail in Tripura for allegedly trying to molest a minor girl.
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News Reports

Infrastructure, industry and social welfare: How four years of Yogi Sarkar have transformed Gorakhpur

OpIndia Staff -
The Yogi government has been aggressively working on boosting the infrastructure and bring welfare schemes to benefit the common people.
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World

Boulder shooting: ‘Gunman’ Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa became ‘anti-social’ as he was mocked for being Muslim, brother claims

OpIndia Staff -
His brother claimed that Alissa may have become 'anti-social' after his high school bullies 'made fun of his name' and for 'being a Muslim'.
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World

Indian American Dr Vivek Murthy appointed as United States President Joe Biden’s surgeon general. Read who he is

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Vivek Murthy was involved in leading the US during the outbreak of Ebola and Zika virus between 2014 and 2017.
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News Reports

Rashmi Thackeray, Maharashtra CM’s wife, tests positive for coronavirus amid unhinged second wave of infection

OpIndia Staff -
Two members of Thackeray family have been found Covid-19 positive so far as Maharashtra is struggling with rising Covid-19 cases.
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News Reports

UGC recommends teaching Idea of Bharat, Asaduddin Owaisi gets furious

OpIndia Staff -
As UGC recommends teaching Hindu civilisation and refers to Islamic invasion as Islamic invasion, Owaisi gets furious
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World

US: Boulder shooter identified as 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, had killed 10 people in mass shooting

OpIndia Staff -
United States Vice President Kamala Harris' niece Meena Harris had earlier blamed a 'white man' for the terror attack.
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Politics

‘They pushed me, threatened to throw us out’: Mother of BJP worker accuses TMC leaders of assaulting her due to son’s political activism

OpIndia Staff -
The 80-year-old BJP worker's mother in Asansol claims that she was attacked by TMC goons led by cabinet minister Moloy Ghatak's brother
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News Reports

Jesuit Activist Stan Swamy conspired with Maoists to overthrow the ‘democracy of the country’, says NIA Court

OpIndia Staff -
Stan Swamy, an influential Jesuit priest and activist, was refused bail by the National Investigation Agency Court.
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News Reports

Oxford faculty at the center of Rashmi controversy trivialised sexual harassment, targeted Kangana with vile sexual comments, tweets surface

T Waraich -
Oxford professor Abhijit Sarkar, who led the Hinduphobic campaign against Rashmi Sawant, found himself embroiled in controversy.
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News Reports

Mystery woman, bags of cash, and a fake Aadhaar card: All that we know from NIA’s investigation into Sachin Vaze

OpIndia Staff -
The mysterious woman from Gujarat who met Sachin Vaze at Trident hotel is said to have carried a cash counting machine with her
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Politics

After being sent to jail for 2 years, Somnath Bharti compares himself to Bhagat Singh

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Somnath Bharti has decided to compare himself to Bhagat Singh after he was sent to jail for two years
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News Reports

Muslims who assisted in temple construction 200 years ago were Hindus: Dasna priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslims in the region had earlier claimed that their ancestors had helped in the construction of the Dasna temple
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World

Malaysia: Woman threatens to ‘destroy Christians’ after High Court verdict permits non-Muslims to use the word ‘Allah’

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim woman is under investigation in Malaysia for a hateful rant against Christians on Facebook.
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