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Terror targeted through social media sites? Censorship and propaganda reach a new level on Reddit India

richa - 22 February, 2019

Popular website Reddit's India-centric subreddit has shown a very suspicious pattern on censorship and propaganda

OpIndia Explains

Sachindra Nath Sanyal: The unsung hero who pioneered Indian armed resistance against the British

OpIndia Staff - 7 February, 2019

Sachindra Nath Sanyal played a crucial role in mentoring youths in India such as Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad to continue the armed struggle for Independence against the British

News Reports

Saradha Chit Fund Case: All you need to know why Mamata Banerjee is trying to scuttle the CBI probe

OpIndia Staff - 4 February, 2019

Desperate circumstances call for desperate measures. And the unprecedented actions of the West Bengal government yesterday may be seen in that light.

George Fernandes: The Socialist who refused to make the Faustian bargain with Gandhis

Aashish Chandorkar - 29 January, 2019

George Fernandes was a principled socialist leader who became active in Mumbai local politics in the 1960s

A sordid tale of Emergency: The illegal detention and torture of George Fernandes’ brother

K Bhattacharjee - 29 January, 2019

As tributes flow in, Congress seems to have forgotten how they treated George Fernandes during the Emergency, when he was alive

News Reports

Welcome to Jinn YouTube: If you think Taher Shah was the worst thing to have come out of Pakistan, think again

K Bhattacharjee - 28 January, 2019

This region of YouTube, I don't quite know what to call it, I propose the name for the sake of simplicity 'Jinn YouTube' (Jinn YT)

News Reports

As Priyanka Gandhi Vadra becomes the UP East incharge, here is all you need to know about her colourful history

K Bhattacharjee - 23 January, 2019

Congress has appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the in-charge of Uttar Pradesh East. It appears to be a shrewd move by the party to get its caste equations correct in the state and cut into the Upper Caste vote bank of the BJP

10 years of Rahul Gandhi vs 4 of Smriti Irani: Analysis of development of Amethi, 2019

Dhairya Roy - 22 January, 2019

Smriti Irani vs Rahul gandhi: If such massive nations like Dubai and Singapore can be built in 20 years then why Amethi can’t be made into a world class constituency, either by Rahul Gandhi or Smriti Irani

Economy and Finance