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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Maharashtra Cabinet expansion: Sanjay Raut upset over brother Sunil Raut’s exclusion from the cabinet

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2019

Sanjay Raut's brother, Sunil Raut, an MLA for Vikhroli, was left out from the extended Maharashtra cabinet by the chief minister Uddhav Thackeray

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2019 anti-CAA protests: 9 visuals that prove they were motivated by deep seated anti-Hindu bigotry and Islamic extremism

Editorial Desk - 30 December, 2019

Anti-CAA protests brought out into the open the ugly hatred that has been festering in the hearts of Islamic extremists

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Maharashtra: Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh who opposed Yakub Memon’s hanging is now minister in Uddhav Thackeray cabinet

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2019

Congress MLA Aslam Shaikh who had written a letter to the then President of India Pranab Mukherjee appealing for mercy for 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts convict Yakub Memon swore in as Maharashtra minister

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Despite Priyanka Gandhi Vadra breaching security protocol, appropriate security cover was provided: CRPF calls out the Congress scion

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2019

CRPF said due to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra unscheduled movement without intimation, the advance security liaison (ASL) protocol could not be conducted.

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India Today publishes report with misleading headline implying that UP govt took blankets back after distribution by CM: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2019

India Today headline is misleading as it implies that UP govt took blankets back after distributed by CM

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Five Big Bang decisions of Modi Govt in 2019, how it laid the foundation for New India and marked The Dawn of a New...

Editorial Desk - 30 December, 2019

When history books are written in the future, they will say that it was in 2019 that India was changed was forever, thanks to the Modi govt

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Jharkhand: Chief Minister Hemant Soren withdraws sedition cases against Pathalgadi armed separatists

OpIndia Staff - 30 December, 2019

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has decided to withdraw sedition cases registered against the supporters of Pathalgadi movement, an armed struggle which dismissed the authority of state and central government

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La ilaha illallah: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor attacked by radical Muslims for cautioning against Islamist extremism

OpIndia Staff - 29 December, 2019

Shashi Tharoor called bigot by Muslims for objecting to use of La ilaha illallah in anti-CAA protests

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Delhi: Muslim Uber driver Naseem asks Pakistani Hindus to get off his cab, flees without taking them to Majnu Ka Tila camp

OpIndia Staff - 29 December, 2019

BJP Delhi spokesperson Tajinder Bagga today took to Twitter to share that one Uber driver Naseem asked Pakistani Hindu refugees living in Majnu Ka Tila camp to get off his car and drove away.

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