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Days after the Kabul university attack killed 25, suicide car bomber kills 4, injures 40 in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
A suicide bomber killed at least 4 and wounded 40 in an attack on a police base in southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan.
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Media

Delhi HC hears Bollywood suit against Republic TV and Times Now, praises media’s work but asks not to use ‘sharp words’

OpIndia Staff -
On October 12, leading associations and production houses of Bollywood had filed a suit in Delhi HC against Republic TV and Times Now
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News Reports

Chemical found from ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain’s house was acid, video clips of him on the rooftop were undoctored: Reports

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The Forensic Dept has confirmed that the chemical found at the house of Tahir Hussain was "acidic and lethal for human body".
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News Reports

How NGOs and Media, like The Wire, came together to stall doubling of railway tracks in Goa and how they are wrong

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The infrastructure project is related to the double-lining of tracks between Hospet in Karnataka and Vasco da Gama in Goa.
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News Reports

Sameet Thakkar case: Bail rejected, sent to judicial custody

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Earlier, the Mumbai Police had arrested Sameet Thakkar from the court premises after a Nagpur court had granted him bail.
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News Reports

Punjab Railway blockade: Shekhar Gupta ignores Punjab govt’s inability to clear tracks, blames Modi for cancelling trains

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The Indian Railways has cancelled freight train services in Punjab as the protestors in the state have been squatting on tracks threatening the safety of goods and loco pilots.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Two ST workers commit suicide within 12 hours, blame Uddhav Thackeray govt for non-payment of dues, reduced salaries

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The Uddhav Thackeray government has displayed their misplaced priorities by going after the dissidents such as Arnab Goswami and Kangana Ranaut but not addressing the financial woes suffered by the government employees
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Opinions

Bombay HC refuses to grant interim relief to Arnab Goswami

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The Bombay HC has asked Arnab Goswami's counsel to approach the sessions court and avail other remedies.
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News Reports

Kapil Sibal’s son admits in court that the high TRP of Republic TV is accurate, while Maha govt alleges ‘scam’

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Kapil Sibal's son Akhil Sibal, while arguing in Delhi HC against the Bollywood slandering, submitted that Republic TV and Times Now together represent over 70% of English visual media.
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Politics

After Rahul Gandhi claimed Facebook India was controlled by RSS, Kapil Sibal appears in Court for the social media giant

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Facebook was made a party to the suit as well and the social media giant appears to have hired Kapil Sibal to represent them at the Court.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Congress leader’s son Sunil Gurjar arrested in animal husbandry scam, had also figured in Bhanwari Devi case

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Rajasthan Congress leader's son, Sunil Gurjar arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force in animal husbandry scam.
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News Reports

Millions of diyas to light up Ayodhya as Ram Jamnabhoomi to have Deepotsava after five centuries

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A virtual Deepotsav is also planned to ring in the first Diwali after the beginning of construction of Ram Mandir
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Entertainment

Bollywood drug probe: NCB raids Arjun Rampal’s premises

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Intensifying the Bollywood drug probe, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Monday raided the premises of actor Arjun Rampal.
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News Reports

Tejashwi will defeat Nitish like Biden defeated Trump: Shiv Sena’s Saamana goes starry-eyed with Bihar-USA parallels

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The Saamana editorial says Bihar is in the final stage of 'independence' as Tejashwi Yadav is set to become the chief minister of the state.
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World

Donald Trump’s ‘transactional marriage’ may come to an end as Melania Trump may call it quits: Report

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According to former aide Stephanie Wolkoff, she further alleged that the couple had separate bedrooms and had a transactional marriage.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Saubhagya Scheme brings electricity to far-flung villages in Nowshera for the first time

Dibakar Dutta -
Saubhagya Scheme reaches far-flung villages along the LoC.
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News Reports

Shah Rukh Khan aide, who has been urging Kashmiri youth to fight against India, calls for assault on other journos after Arnab Goswami

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Ashai stated that with Trump gone, 'good values' will be restored and journalists he doesn't like will soon be pleading for their lives.
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News Reports

Swami Vivekananda statue, which was defaced by JNU goons by painting ‘F*ck BJP’ graffiti last year, to be inaugurated by PM Modi on the...

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Swami Vivekananda statue has been installed on the JNU campus with help of the alumni.
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News Reports

Delhi, are you choking? It could be because of Punjab. Here is why

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Sharp rise in stubble burning cases in Punjab, woman died after scooter enters stubble fire.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 15 year old girl kidnapped, raped, kept enslaved for six months, accused Shaqib arrested after Hindu group intervened

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A 15-year-old minor girl was reportedly kidnapped and raped for six months from Sidhawali village in which falls under the Kankarkheda police limits in Baghpet, Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

Is Arnab Goswami really a ‘right-wing’ and ‘controversial’ journalist as media portrays him to be?

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Despite allegations of being right wing, Arnab Goswami has exposed corruptions and wrong doings by govts run by all parties
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World

‘Joe Biden should tell the Democratic party to support scrutiny into the US election process’: Top US legal analyst

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Jonathan Turley said that there is no evidence of voter fraud as of now but emphasized that Trump's chances are not over yet.
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Law

With Arnab Goswami facing multiple FIRs and remaining in jail, here is how the cases against some other journalists were handled by courts

OpIndia Staff -
While Arnab Goswami unable to get relief, several other journalists were granted instant relief by different courts of the country
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News Reports

Actor Puneet Issar questions why Maharashtra Police officials did not try to save lives of Palghar sadhus from mob lynching

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Months after two Sadhus were lynched to death by a violent mob in Palghar in Maharashtra, actor Puneet Issar questioned police inaction.
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Entertainment

Bollywood: Narcotics Control Bureau raids residence of producer Firoz Nadiadwala, recovers drugs, questions his wife

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It is believed that Firoz Nadiadwala will be summoned soon as his named had propped up during the course of the probe.
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Media

Massive support pours in for Arnab Goswami from across the board as Mumbai Police continues its persecution of the Republic TV Editor

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Support is pouring in from Arnab Goswami from across the board as Mumbai Police continues its state-sanctioned prosecution.
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News Reports

“Main to zinda hoon”: Rebel JDU leader Sanjay Jha fact-checks TOI for declaring him dead

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While independent candidate in Bihar elections Neeraj Jha has died, TOI and others reported rebel JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha has died
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News Reports

Taloja Jail, to which Mumbai Police hurriedly transferred Arnab Goswami, is a hub of terrorists and underworld criminals. Read details

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The Taloja Jail, where Arnab Goswami is currently being kept under judicial custody, houses several Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists
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News Reports

Man gives triple talaq to wife after she developed vaginal infection, demands money from in-laws to marry another woman

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After Siddique learnt that his wife has vaginal infection, he dumped her at hospital, later went to her parent's house to give triple talaq
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Media

The persecution of Arnab Goswami: Judicial intervention is the only recourse available to a citizen when he is the victim of the state

K Bhattacharjee -
The state-sanctioned persecution of Arnab Goswami by the Maha Vikas Aghadi appears to cross new limits with every passing day.
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News Reports

While Arnab Goswami has no account on any social media platform, Mumbai police claim he was ‘active on social media’ in jail

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Maharashtra Police claim they shifted Arnab Goswami to Taloja jail because he was allegedly active on social media using someone's phone
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World

Calm down, Indians, Kamala Harris ‘shattering the glass ceiling’ in the USA is not a win for you

K Bhattacharjee -
Senator from California, Kamala Harris, would soon become the Vice-President of the United States of America.
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World

US Presidential elections: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris hail results as an opportunity to ‘heal’ the country, Donald Trump yet to concede

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Joe Biden claimed that he will strive to be the President who believes in unifying people rather than dividing them.
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News Reports

FCRA violation complaint lodged against evangelist group which claims to make women pregnant with ‘prophetic declarations’

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Allegedly evangelist Ankur Narula received Rs 2.60 crore through a shell company, which is a violation of FCRA norms
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News Reports

Netizens appeal to PM Modi and HM Amit Shah to ensure Arnab Goswami’s safety amidst reports of assault by Mumbai Police

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Earlier today, Arnab Goswami was taken to Taloja jail from the quarantine centre in Alibaug where he is currently in judicial custody over 2018 abetment to suicide case.
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News Reports

“Entire state and national machinery will be held responsible if any harm is inflicted on my husband”: Arnab Goswami’s wife releases statement

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Arnab Goswami's wife says that he has become subject to assault, illegal arrest in public sight but there is no intervention to stop it
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Politics

Calling India’s Prime Minister ‘Hitler’ wins you accolades, calling a CM’s son ‘penguin’ gets you jailed. Welcome to India 2020

Nirwa Mehta -
Too bad Narendra Modi is stifling the freedom of press and freedom of speech. Shame on 'Hitler'.
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Editor's picks

TMC MP Mahua Moitra caught ‘stealing’ content again, this time to congratulate Kamala Harris

OpIndia Staff -
The composite image used by Mahua Moitra was created by artist Bria Goeller, and was published by WTF America 2017
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News Reports

Lost in translation: Google ruins Pak PM Imran Khan’s congratulatory message to US President-elect Joe Biden

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Google Translate embarrasses Imran Khan as he sends a strangely worded congratulatory message to Joe Biden in Urdu
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Illegal ashram of Computer Baba demolished, 6 arrested for obstructing action

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Computer Baba had encroached upon 2 acres of government-owned Gaushala land in Gomatgiri area in Indore to build his Ashram
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News Reports

“My life is under threat, assaulted again by Mumbai Police,” Arnab Goswami appeals from a van as Mumbai Police hurriedly shifts him to another...

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Arnab Goswami says he is not being allowed to speak to his lawyers by Mumbai Police.
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News Reports

Kapil Mishra says he and Tajinder Bagga are arrested on their way to protest against Maharashtra govt’s atrocities

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Kapil Mishra and Tajinder Bagga along with supporters were on their way to Rajghat in Delhi to protest against the atrocities of the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra.
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Editor's picks

Congress leaders ‘apologise’ to Americans, claims PM Modi endorsed Trump for President. Except, they are lying: Read details

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Congress leaders like Hardik Patel and Manish Tewari attempted to spread lies on social media that PM Modi endorsed President Trump for the 2020 US Presidential elections to create a divide between two countries.
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News Reports

‘Begani shaadi mein Abdullah deewana’ netizens mock Omar Abdullah as he almost declares Bihar the 51st state of USA

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Amusing to think that Omar Abdullah would think that the Republican Party of the US is an NDA ally for Bihar elections.
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News Reports

NGO that monitors United Nations roasts Pakistan govt for justifying beheading over ‘blasphemy’

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It all started when the Government of Pakistan defended the brutal act of beheading of a French teacher in Paris by an Islamic terrorist weeks ago by claiming that blasphemy in the garb of freedom of expression is intolerable.
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Law

Breaking: Bombay HC to pronounce order in Arnab Goswami’s interim bail application challenging arrest in 2018 suicide case on 9th November

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Bombay High Court has declared that it will be pronouncing its order in the bail plea moved by Arnab Goswami on the 9th of November
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News Reports

ISRO successfully launches PSLV C-49 carrying India’s latest earth observing satellite and 9 other payloads

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The PSLV launched the all-weather earth imaging satellite EOS-01 from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
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News Reports

UAE introduces major legal reforms including improved judicial procedure, legalisation of alcohol consumption and cohabitation by unmarried couples

OpIndia Staff -
From Live-in relations to alcohol consumption without licence, UAE introduces several reforms in its legal system
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World

As you sow, so shall you reap: Why Democrats can’t blame Trump supporters for undermining faith in the US election process

K Bhattacharjee -
In the event of a defeat for Trump versus Democrats, it is unlikely that the sentiment of disenfranchisement will fade quickly.
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News Reports

In 2015 Bihar elections, most exit polls were wrong, the one correct was rejected by the channel as it didn’t believe it: Read details

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As exit polls for 2020 Bihar elections are out, a look at how the exit polls performed after the 2015 elections.
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