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Politics

‘Don’t want to be controlled by high command culture from Delhi’: Aam Aadmi Party Goa founder Elvis Gomes quits

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2020

Elvis Gomes alleged that the Aam Aadmi party has lately deviated from its ideologies and has compromised on its core principles

News Reports

West Bengal: Several persons injured after bombs hurled at BJP rally in West Burdwan district, BJP blames TMC for the attack

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2020

TMC denied the allegations, and said it was a staged and premeditated attack by the BJP to divert attention from 'burning' issues

News Reports

Former Suar MLA and son of SP leader Azam Khan asked to return Rs 65 lakh, that he received as salary and allowances, to...

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2020

Abdullah Azam Khan had submitted a forged birth certificate to show his eligibility to contest the 2017 elections.

News Reports

Mamata Banerjee entrusts rebel leader Suvendu Adhikari’s father with the task of getting rid of party leaders who indulged in anti-party activities

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2020

Mamata Banerjee asked Suvendu Adhikari's father Sisir Adhikari to ensure that rebels are replaced with loyal party leaders

News Reports

‘Inki aurate take-take ke bhaw bikti thi’, after justifying death threat to PM Modi, Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh humiliates Hindus

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2020

Though Yograj Singh does not explicitly mention Hindus in the videos, it is clear from the speech that it is what he meant

World

‘I’ll develop some disease and resign,’ Joe Biden has another foot in the mouth moment as awful joke lands terribly

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2020

Joe Biden appeared to float the idea that should he ever disagree with Vice President Kamala Harris on moral grounds, then he would fall sick and resign.

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