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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Bihar: ‘Minorities under attack’ narrative falls flat as man who inserted chilli powder in rectum of a ‘thief’ turns out to be a Muslim

OpIndia Staff - 28 August, 2024

The Police arrested the main accused in this case who has been identified as Mohammad Sifat, debunking the oppression of minorities angle.

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Sanyasi against tyranny: Powerful image of a man in saffron robes braving water canons in Kolkata captures the imagination of netizens

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2024

Several netizens have shared videos of the brutal crackdown by police on peaceful protesters against RG Kar Hospital rape and murder incident.

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‘Another khatakhat loot after MUDA Scam’: All you need to know about the alleged land scam – 5 acre-plot allotted to Kharge family trust...

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2024

As per reports, in March 2024, the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) allotted 5 acres of land in the Aerospace Park near Bengaluru to Siddhartha Vihar Trust (trustees include the Kharge family).

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RG Kar case: Kolkata Police resorts to lathi charge, water canons to disperse peaceful protestors marching to Nabanna, demanding Mamata’s resignation

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2024

The enraged protestors had organized the protests to demand the removal of CM Mamata Banerjee from her position given her failure to take action against the culprits in the Kolkata rape and murder case.

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Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha set to humanize IC 814 hijackers including Masood Azhar’s brother, upcoming web series to show terrorists hugging pilot and playing antakshari...

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2024

Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked on 25th December 1999 while it was en route to Delhi from Kathmandu. It was carried out by 5 terrorists belonging to the Islamist outfit 'Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.'

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Kangana Ranaut faces threats for speaking about rapes and murders during ‘farmers’ protests, BJP distances itself saying they don’t reflect the party’s stance

Paurush Gupta - 26 August, 2024

The development comes at a time when Kangana Ranaut is facing multiple threats for her recent remarks on Farmer protest. Notably, during one of the promotion event for her upcoming movie, Emergency, Kangana Ranaut lauded the Union government for its actions during the farmer protest.

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Rahul Gandhi extends greetings on Janmashtami without Lord Krishna’s image: Why has he been avoiding using pictures of Hindu Gods?

Shraddha Pandey - 26 August, 2024

Rahul Gandhi has been meticulously walking a tightrope—projecting himself as a Hindu leader while also appeasing his core vote bank that harbours deep disdain for idolatry and pictorial representation of Gods.

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Rahul Gandhi’s caste representation rhetoric is more preaching and less practice: CWC is proof, with only 5 out of 39 SC leaders

Anurag - 26 August, 2024

There are 39 members listed in the recent CWC composition, out of which at least 25 belong to the General category or Upper Caste including Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, P. Chidambaram, and Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

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‘In Assam, if we ask the name of Shahjahan or Shahzalal, intellectuals play victim card’: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says he and his family...

OpIndia Staff - 25 August, 2024

Assam CM Sarma explained the Toolkit of Land Jihad stating that once one or two people enter a region, they start eating a ‘certain kind of animal’, cows. Then the nearby people start to leave. There is a complete pattern. These are the things that are happening in Barpeta, Mangaldol.

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