Politics

News and views regarding the political landscape of India. From national political parties to regional news, we try and cut through the noise to explain how Indian politics is shaping up.

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‘Karnataka-occupied areas’ with majority Marathi speaking people will be incorporated into Maharashtra, claims Uddhav Thackeray

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

Bringing Karnataka-occupied Marathi-speaking areas in Maharashtra will be true tribute to martyrs of boundary battle, the CM said

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Fake TRP Scam: Wife of former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta files complaint with NHRC over torture of her husband in jail

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

The wife of the former BARC CEO also alleged that someone was paid to beat her husband in jail to falsely implicate Republic TV in TRP case

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West Bengal: TMC’s Katwa MLA, others take coronavirus vaccine out of turn

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

As a result of the high-handedness of the ruling Trinamool Congress party, a nurse from Bardhaman Medical College lamented that she was not vaccinated

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From ‘no trust on BJP’s vaccine’ to ‘impotency’ to ‘they can cause death’, Samajwadi Party’s petty politics over COVID-19 vaccine just does not end

Jhankar Mohta - 15 January, 2021

Samajwadi Party has been continuously trying to create an atmosphere of panic by spreading fake news about Covid-19 vaccine

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Punjab: Amidst farmer protests, Centre makes an all-time high purchase of rice and cotton at MSP

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2021

The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), which is governed by the Union Ministry of Textiles, has reportedly purchased 85% of kapas (raw cotton) marketed for the month of December in Punjab.

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BLM activist, Antifa, anarchist or FBI asset? What we know so far about John Sullivan, who was spotted instigating mobs at Capitol Hill

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2021

John Sullivan shot to the limelight after he appeared with jade Sacker on CNN for a chat with anchor Anderson Cooper.

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SP leader ST Hassan trivializes violence against Ram Bhakts, says BJP is paying Muslims to pelt stones on Ram Mandir donation rallies

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2021

SP MP ST Hassan said BJP would try to gain in UP elections by getting sell-out Muslims to throw stones at Ram Mandir donation rallies

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Ministry of Truth soon? The United States might soon go the China way as AOC discusses plans to ‘rein in’ the media

K Bhattacharjee - 15 January, 2021

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or AOC as she is popularly known, has said that the Congress is "looking into" 'media literacy initiatives'.

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TMC govt will fall if I let them join BJP: Kailash Vijayvargiya makes stunning claim about 41 TMC MLAs

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2021

TMC has, of late, witnessed a flurry of resignations and defections, with Suvendu Adhikari, Jitendra Tiwari and Laxmi Ratan Shukla tendering their resignations

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