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Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils the statue of Swami Vivekananda at the JNU campus, here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
Amid protests by left-wing students, PM Modi unveiled the statue of Swami Vivekananda via video conferencing
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Police officer thrashes farmer to death after the farmer’s cow ate vegetables planted in the farm of the cop

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Sub-inspector Jeetendra Kumar Mahto killed farmer Khemlal Mahto after the farmer's cow entered the cop's farm and ate few cauliflowers
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News Reports

After losing Bihar elections, MGB CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav raises doubt on the election process, demands recounting of votes

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Describing election results as a 'mandate for change', Tejashwi Yadav accused BJP of using money, power and deception in the elections
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News Reports

Central government to provide Rs 900 crore to registered Gaushalas for their upkeep

OpIndia Staff -
The finance minister said that the amount would be distributed among registered gaushalas through state governments
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News Reports

No impact of Hathras case on BJP’s fortunes, wins all three seats around Hathras in Western UP in the by-polls

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Opposition parties failed to use the Hathras case for their political benefits as BJP wins the by-polls in the area
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News Reports

Govt of India issues show-cause notice to Twitter for disrespecting territorial integrity of the country, gives 5 days to reply

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After showing Jammu and Kashmir to be part of China, Twitter now shows Leh as part of J&K, notice issued by govt of India
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News Reports

Bhima Koregaon case accused Varavara Rao’s bail plea rejected by Bombay High Court, next hearing on November 17

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Varavara Rao was arrested in 2018 in relation to Bhima Koregaon case which is being investigated by the NIA.
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News Reports

Here are the 12 measures announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman under Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 stimulus package

OpIndia Staff -
The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamana announced 12 new measures under the new Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 stimulus package to boost the Indian economy amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

TN varsity removes Arundhati Roy’s anti-India book from syllabus after ABVP opposes inclusion in syllabus: Read details

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The Manonmaniam Sundaranar University in Tirunelveli decided to withdraw a book authored by Arundhati Roy
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News Reports

‘Will shoot you, bow down to us if you want to live in Mewat’: Faisal and Parveen warn Hindu youth against following Hindu rituals...

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"Mewat mein rehana hain toh humare hisaab see rehna hoga", the Hindu youth alleges he has been living under constant threat
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Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani steps in to represent Sameet Thakker

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Senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani to represent Sameet Thakkar against Maharashtra government.
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News Reports

Attorney General KK Venugopal grants consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Kunal Kamra

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Mumbai-based lawyer Rizwan Siddiquee had sought Attorney General’s permission to initiate contempt case against Kunal Kamra
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News Reports

NCP used Swami Vivekananda when they wanted to justify beef-eating, now protesting against his statue in JNU

OpIndia Staff -
Along with JNUSU, NCP has also opposed the installation of the statue of Swami Vivekananda in the JNU campus, calling it a waste of money.
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News Reports

The witch-hunt against Sameet Thakkar by the Maharashtra govt and the 3 arrests in 3 weeks: All you need to know

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Samert Thakkar had allegedly called Aaditya Thackeray as ‘Mohammad Azam Shah of Maharashtra, aka baby penguin.
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Opinions

NDA win was a feminist victory — but liberals were left praising a privileged man

Abhishek Banerjee -
On the face of it, the Bihar elections were closely contested, but was it as closely contested as the media would like us to believe? If not, why?
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News Reports

‘Order from Uddhav Thackeray is final’: BJP’s Nilesh Rane makes a stunning charge, shares audio of Shiv Sena leader threatening contractor

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Nilesh Rane, sharing the audio wrote, “Shiv Sena is working to recover money by threatening the contractors of the same highway that they had once strongly objected to."
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News Reports

Watch: UP girl accuses father Idris Khan and family members of sexually abusing her, forcing her to marry a cousin

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The victim has stated that her policeman father Idris Khan had her mother killed and now wants to forcefully get her married to a cousin.
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News Reports

Unable to control pollution in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal goes to save the environment in Goa, gets his facts completely wrong: Here are the details

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Goa CM Pramod Sawant said Arvind Kejriwal has expertise in creating centre-state rift, and he will not follow his advice
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Media

‘Rights cannot be claimed by depriving others of freedom’: Editor who hailed Arnab’s arrest in the dock, HC refuses to quash FIR against her

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Ironically, Patricia Mukhim, who is currently in the dock for making an 'objectionable' post on Facebook, had refused to condemn Maharashtra government's witch-hunt against Arnab Goswami
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News Reports

RJD workers protest against Bihar election results, indulge in arson in a district where Mahagathbandhan won 5 out of 7 seats

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On Thursday, hundreds of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) workers took to the streets in Bhojpur district to protest against the Bihar election results.
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Media

‘The game has just begun’: Republic media to launch regional channels in next one year, go global in 16 months, declares Arnab Goswami

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In a sensational announcement, Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami said that he has plans to launch Republic channels in every language
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News Reports

‘Naveen govt hounding OTV, illegally arrested employees being intimidated by police to resign while in custody’: Jay Panda

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, OTV MD Jagi Mangat Panda's father had appealed to HM Amit Shah seeking protection from the excesses of Odisha police against his family and employees of OTV.
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News Reports

Lawyer writes to Attorney General KK Venugopal for consent to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Kunal Kamra

OpIndia Staff -
Kunal Kamra published a series of Tweets where he described the Supreme Court of India as ‘Supreme Joke of India’.
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Opinions

Congress faces political ruin: Media durbaris still seeing ‘rays of hope’ in the debris

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The results of the recent bypolls in Gujarat, MP, UP and assembly elections in Bihar affirm that the Congress is facing a political ruin, but the media still keeps painting a rosy picture.
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Entertainment

MP HC refuses to quash FIR filed against Ekta Kapoor for ‘inappropriate sex scene’ in her web series XXX-2: Read what happened

OpIndia Staff -
MP HC dismissed plea filed by TV producer Ekta Kapoor seeking to quash FIR against her over scenes in erotic web series XXX 2.
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Politics

‘Gold medal for wrestler who lost the bout’: Shiv Sena mouthpiece slams Nitish Kumar, forgets about how Uddhav Thackeray became CM

OpIndia Staff -
In a bitterly contested Bihar election 2020, NDA won 125 seats, only 3 seats above the majority mark of 122 while Mahagathbandhan of RJD, Congress etc won 110 seats
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News Reports

Arnab Goswami files for anticipatory bail in case where Mumbai Police had accused him, his family of assault on the day they dragged and...

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Goswami has sought anticipatory bail from arrest citing that the ground that the offences alleged against him is not true
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‘Not eyeing power in Maharashtra, this govt will fall on its own’: What Devendra Fadnavis said about Bihar, its impact on West Bengal and...

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BJP leaders believe that the Maharashtra government won't last long and fall on its own soon.
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News Reports

Days after 2 ST employees committed suicide, Medicine vendors to go on hunger strike against Uddhav Thackeray govt over pending dues: Details

OpIndia Staff -
These protests against Maharashtra government over the non-payment of their rightful dues are not new. The Maharashtra government's reluctance to pay dues and salaries to their employees has now taken many lives in the state.
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Union Government approves Rs 1.46 lakh crore PLI scheme for 10 key sectors with the aim of transforming India into a manufacturing hub

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The PLI scheme across these 10 key sectors will strengthen the competitiveness of the Indian manufacturers globally
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News Reports

‘Don’t waste your time on a lowly worm’, senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani advises lawyer who filed cybercrime case against Kunal Kamra

OpIndia Staff -
After Kunal Kamra posted several tweets which were contempt of the Supreme Court, Advocate Chandani Shah had filed a case against him
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News Reports

Muslim man voted for Tejashwi, his wife voted for Modi: Viral video shows how women voted in record number to ensure NDA victory in...

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The Muslim woman said that she wanted Modi to win in Bihar because he was a nice person and he had done good work for people.
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Netizens indulge in meme-fest mocking Shiv Sena and Congress after SC grants bail to Arnab Goswami

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Goswami was arrested by Mumbai Police at the behest of Maharashtra government in connection with a closed case
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“Game of murders cannot go on in a democracy”: PM Modi raises the heat on TMC as a spate of BJP and Hindu activists...

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Nobody can win votes by the game of murders, read these writings on the wall, PM Modi, without naming any state or party.
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News Reports

A large number of people gather outside Taloja Jail to welcome Arnab Goswami, light diyas on the street

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To control the crowd in front of Taloja Jail, police had to deploy extra forces, so that the traffic movement on the road is not disrupted.
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“MGB would have lost regardless of AIMIM candidates”: Asaduddin Owaisi punctures Congress’ “vote katua” allegations

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On the seats whered AIMIM contested and NDA won, the margin of victory is more than AIMIN votes, which shows they didn't effect MGB
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Delhi Government bans Chhath Puja in public places including riverbanks and temples

OpIndia Staff -
The people have been asked to perform Chhath rituals at homes and rooftops following social distancing norms.
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Pro-Beijing administration in Hong Kong disqualifies four pro-democracy legislators, other lawmakers threaten to resign

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National People’s Congress Standing Committee passed a resolution to disqualify those legislators who support independence of Hong Kong
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Anti-India sentiment is the ‘Churan’ that sells the most in Pakistan: Imran Khan’s party leader admits on TV

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Firdous Ashiq Awan said that the anti-India sentiment is the 'Churan' that sells the most in Pakistan.
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News Reports

After Shiv Sena lost deposits on all the seats it fought in Bihar, party mouthpiece Saamana says credit must be given to it if...

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Shiv Sena said that due to the split in NDA in Maharashtra, Nitish Kumar will become CM despite JD(U) winning lesser seats then BJP
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Politics

Chirag Paswan and Asaduddin Owaisi are being accused of being vote-katwas and b-team of BJP. But are they?

Editorial Desk -
Vote-katwa or vote-cutter is a very well-known term in Bihar politics and outside Bihar too. It basically refers to candidates who eats into the assumed vote bank or support base of another candidate, thus weakening him or her.
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News Reports

Over 82 lakh paid in legal charges by BMC in Kangana Ranaut bungalow demolition case: Report

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BMC in reply to RTI said they had paid 82.5 lakh to a senior lawyer to represent them in the Kangana case.
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Supreme Court grants bail to Arnab Goswami in 2018 suicide case, directs Maharashtra police to release him immediately

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The Supreme Court also slammed the Bombay High Court for not granting bail to Arnab Goswami citing technicalities
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Social media user Sameet Thakkar, arrested for making critical remarks against Thackerays, sent to police custody till November 13th

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Police had rearrested Sameet Thakkar from the court premises after a Nagpur court granted him bail on November 2
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Asaduddin Owaisi flays the Congress party, says their leaders are ‘politically impotent’ to take on the BJP

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Asaduddin Owaisi was responding to the allegations of counter-radicalisation levelled by Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera on an India Today show.
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News Reports

BJP leader brings massive allegation, says Thackerays had land deals worth crores with late Anvay Naik’s wife

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BJP's Kirit Somaiya has shared documents which show land deals worth crores between the Thackerays and the late Anvay Naik's wife.
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Two Freudian slips during the hearing of Arnab Goswami’s plea in Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order denying him interim bail

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During the hearing, Justice Chandrachud that the constitutional courts needed to interfere in the case to avoid treading on a path of destruction.
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Online news portals, entertainment content platforms brought under the control of I&B ministry, govt issues notification

OpIndia Staff -
Government brings online content including news portals under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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Bengal: Calcutta HC bans processions and gatherings for Chhath Puja, only 2 per family allowed around water bodies

OpIndia Staff -
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered a ban on Chhath Puja processions and directed the state government to enforce a strict ban on fireworks during the upcoming festivities
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News Reports

Rohingya immigrants living in ‘temporary shelters of tarpaulin’ in Bangladesh write congratulatory letter to Joe Biden, say Allah answered their wishes

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Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh say that they 'prayed profoundly' for victory of Joe Biden, and happy that Allah answered their prayers
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