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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‘Ram Navami, Parshuram Jayanti, Hanuman Jayanti, no festival without stone pelting’: PM Modi slams Rajasthan’s Congress govt over attack on Hindu festivals

OpIndia Staff - 5 October, 2023

"Ram Navami, Parshuram Jayanti, Hanuman Jayanti, there is no festival in which there is no news of stone pelting from Rajasthan,” PM Modi said

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Jodhpur: PM Modi praises ‘The Vaccine War’ for portraying the hard work of Indian scientists to fight Covid-19, attacks Congress govt

OpIndia Staff - 5 October, 2023

PM Modi praised the film The Vaccine War for showing how hard Indian scientists worked to create the COVID-19 vaccine.

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AAP MP Sanjay Singh received crores from Delhi Liquor Scam accused-turned-approver Dinesh Arora, confirms ED sources

OpIndia Staff - 5 October, 2023

Sources confirm ED has concrete evidence against arrested AAP MP Sanjay Singh in Delhi Liquor Scam

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‘Caste Census will break India’: Read why Rajiv Gandhi would have lambasted his son Rahul Gandhi for raising the ‘Jitni Aabadi Utna Haq’ demand

OpIndia Staff - 5 October, 2023

With the Lok Sabha 2024 elections in sight, Gandhi's scion and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi have put the weight of the national party, Congress, behind the demand for a nationwide caste census.

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‘Journalism cannot be prosecuted as terrorism’: 16 media associations write to CJI on alleged ‘repressive use’ of probe agencies against media

ANI - 4 October, 2023

Several media associations have written to the CJI seeking supreme court's intervention to put an end to the alleged "repressive" use of investigating agencies "against the media

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As Rana Ayyub laments the arrest of six ‘journalists’: Here are details of their anti-India activities that the propagandist would not talk about

Shraddha Pandey - 4 October, 2023

After NIA arrested "journalist" Irfan Mehraj in terror funding case, Rana Ayyub complains about earlier arrest of 6 'journalists' for similar reasons

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Ashok Gehlot apologises in the Rajasthan HC for his ‘corruption in judiciary’ remark, claims statements were distorted and misconstrued

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2023

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot has issued an apology in the Rajasthan High Court for his 'corruption in the judiciary' comment.

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“Central assessment may be required”: SC to hear petitions filed by Gandhi family & AAP challenging transfer of tax assessment to Central Circle

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2023

In a setback to Congress and AAP, the apex court said that "centralised assessment may be required for income tax purposes where there are cross-transactions between individuals".

Opinions

From KCR’s offer to join NDA to Tribal Uni, a promise made by UPA: Two Telangana visits, explosive revelations by PM Modi will change...

S. Sudhir Kumar - 4 October, 2023

Even by Prime Minister Modi’s hectic travel standards, it is unlikely that he will visit the same state in a span of 3 days. So, when his itinerary was announced for his visits to Telangana on October 1st and 3rd, it certainly created excitement

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