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.

Politics

Crazy Bernie aide AOC, who wanted to kill ‘farting cows’ to stop Climate Change, lies about Muslims being cleansed in India

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who believes the world will end in 12 years if Climate Change is not addressed, has now claimed that the Indian Government is 'ethnically cleansing' religious minorities in the country.

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Madhya Pradesh: Sikh student forced to remove turban at security check during exam in Dhar District

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

A Sikh student studying in Class XII was forced to remove the sacred turban during security frisking on Monday by a woman teacher.

Entertainment

Saudi-lover Bollywood entertainer Sonam Kapoor claims women are treated as ‘second-class citizens’ in India

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

Sonam Kapoor, who loses no opportunity to denigrate India, has once again insulted Indian culture ahead of International Women's Day on the 8th of March.

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United Nations’ OHCHR files intervention application in SC over CAA, MEA fumes

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

The contentious move by the UN body implied that it wanted to be made a party in the existing petitions against the CAA. The message was conveyed to India's Permanent Mission in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Assam govt to issue rejection slips to 19 lakh people excluded from the NRC from March 20

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

Patowary said that 12% of work-related to the scanning of 'speaking order' was left and that rejection slips would be issued after the work gets completed around March 20.

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Rajasthan: Farmers take ‘samadhi’ and bury themselves neck-deep in ground to protest against land acquisition

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

Farmers in Nindar village in Rajasthan 'buried' themselves neck-deep in ground and took a 'samadhi' on Sunday to protest against land acquisition by Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) for a housing project.

Social Media

Shekhar Gupta publishes a clickbait story attacking BJP ministers’ children over foreign degrees, FM Sitaraman’s daughter ‘fact-checks’ him

OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2020

Vangmayi Parakala, a journalist working in The Hindu and the daughter of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, called out Shekhar Gupta's claims with a note.

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