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‘Samdhi, bhai, and the jilted ex’: Know what Mahua Moitra is alluding to in her statement that brings a ‘saas-bahu’ style drama to the...

Raju Das - 20 October, 2023

In the 'gifts for questions' allegations against Mahua Moitra, Gautam Adani's samdhi's brother has also been named by Darshan Hiranandani

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After allegations of accepting bribes for asking questions, sharing Lok Sabha login credentials, Mahua Moitra plays victim, questions Ethics Committee ‘leak’

ANI - 20 October, 2023

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) agenda is to expel me from the Lok Sabha.

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Cracks in I.N.D.I bloc: Akhilesh Yadav warns about the future of alliance after Congress’ refusal to share seats with SP in MP polls

OpIndia Staff - 20 October, 2023

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav accused Congress of breaking its commitment of giving his party six seats in the MP polls.

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Mahua Moitra’s lawyer abandons her case after Advocate Jai Anant objects to his appearance, matter adjourned to October 31

OpIndia Staff - 20 October, 2023

Mahua Moitra had approached the Delhi High Court to restrain BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, and various media organizations from posting, circulating or publishing any fake or defamatory content against her. The lawsuit was due for hearing today on 20th October.

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Sucheta Dalal denies knowing Mahua Moitra and two others after Hiranandani’s bombshell revelations, has been vocal against Adani for months

OpIndia Staff - 20 October, 2023

Netizens pointed out that Sucheta Dalal, who claimed to not know Mahua Moitra personally, had sent information to the Trinamool Congress MP with respect to Essar Group.

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Mahua Moitra doesn’t deny taking gifts or sharing her Lok Sabha login credentials, claims Darshan Hiranandani is being threatened by PMO to blame her

OpIndia Staff - 20 October, 2023

Moitra went on to claim that the PMO "held a proverbial gun to Darshan and his father's heads and gave them 20 minutes to sign this letter sent to them." She alleged that the PMO threatened the Hiranandanis to give in to their demands or the "CBI would raid them and all government business would stop and all PSU bank financing would be stopped immediately."

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As clip of Pierre Poilievre eating an apple and decimating liberal interviewer goes viral, Indians recall this legendary clip of Navrottam Mishra during his...

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2023

A video of Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada's Conservative Party, from his interview with Times Chronicle editor Don Urquhart has gone viral

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi suddenly springs to condemn Hamas terror attack after Sharad Pawar criticised PM Modi for standing with Israel

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2023

Rahul Gandhi condemned the Hamas terror attack on Israel almost two weeks after the attack, and after the party had taken a pro-Palestine stand

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‘Those sitting in glass houses shouldn’t be throwing stones at others’: K Kavitha responds to Priyanka Vadra’s dynasty politics allegation

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2023

The BRS leader said that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra herself belongs to a family of politicians. "Priyanka Gandhi, who is the great-great-granddaughter of Motilal Nehru, great-granddaughter of Jawahar Lal Nehru, granddaughter of Indira Gandhi, and daughter of Rajiv Gandhi is talking about family politics," she said.

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