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Fact-Check

Political opportunism on Petrol and Diesel prices: A class act by India’s opposition

Karan -
With elections just around the corner, it is refreshing to see a government that is looking at the larger economic interest rather than political gains.
Government and Policy

‘Congress delayed Expressway by 9 years’: PM Modi while inaugurating the Delhi metro extension

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minster Modi inaugurates Western Peripheral Expressway and extension of Violet Line in Haryana
Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi govt’s report on encounter exposes the misleading data of petitioners at Supreme Court

Jhankar Mohta -
Of the 48 criminals died in police encounters, only 18 were from the minority community
Government and Policy

Gujarat government announces aid of Rs 6,400 crore for 96 rain-deficient talukas

OpIndia Staff -
The aid will be given to the talukas which received a low rainfall.
Government and Policy

Maharashtra: Government to provide reservation to Maratha community as a socially, economically and educationally backward community

OpIndia Staff -
The Maratha community has demanded 16 per cent reservation, which will take the total reservations to whopping 68 per cent in the state
Government and Policy

Karnataka: Protesting sugarcane farmers garland posters with shoes, Kumaraswamy calls farmers ‘goondas’

OpIndia Staff -
The opposition BJP condemned the JDS-Congress coalition government's indifference to the plight of the sugarcane farmers in the state
Editor's picks

Sabarimala: Consent of the Governed vs Divine Right

Shreyash -
In both Sabarimala and firecrackers ban, there has been widespread disobedience and if the state wants to implement these policies against the will of people, a disproportionate amount of force will have to be used.
Government and Policy

But for demonetisation, the economy would have collapsed: S S Gurumurthy

OpIndia Staff -
Demonetisation was a corrective measure while the GST was a reformative one.
Government and Policy

CIA torture report: Times of crisis and the grey areas of acceptable conduct

K Bhattacharjee -
I do not believe human rights organisations have the right people to judge the actions of those who have to make choices that could result in life and death.
Editor's picks

Fact Check: Several arguments made in the Supreme Court in the Rafale hearing were downright fallacious

Raju Das -
The arguments in the court show disregard of facts
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