Politics

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Crime

From fake number plates to Austrian 9mm Glock pistol: Chilling details surface in the murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath

OpIndia Staff -
To legally own such a weapon, approval from the central government is required through recommendations from state authorities.
News Reports

Bangladeshi Jamaat leader Nurul Huda asks Mamata Banerjee to declare West Bengal an independent nation, calls BJP ‘vote chor’ and ‘rioter’

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Bangladesh Jamaat leader Md Nurul Huda triggers a political firestorm after calling the BJP a "rioter" party and urging Mamata Banerjee to declare West Bengal independent from India.
News Reports

Bihar: Samrat Choudhary govt set for massive cabinet expansion with 31 ministers likely to take oath at Gandhi Maidan

OpIndia Staff -
Several top NDA leaders, including PM Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda and Union Minister Chirag Paswan, are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan.
Crime

West Bengal post poll violence: Suvendu Adhikari’s PA Chandranath Rath shot dead in Madhyamgram, 4 rounds fired at close range: What we know so...

OpIndia Staff -
Police officials said the attackers appeared to have carried out the murder in a planned manner. A senior officer said, “It’s a planned murder. Because after he shot Rath, the killer waited for him to die.”
Crime

Bengal violence: BJP worker Rohit Roy shot in the abdomen by TMC goons in Basirhat, soon after murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s PA

OpIndia Staff -
Hours after the murder of  Suvendu Adhikari’s PA Chandranath Rath in the North 24 Parganas district, BJP worker Rohit Roy was shot in the...
News Reports

As the BJP sweeps Bengal, pro-TMC newspaper The Telegraph takes an abrupt pivot: Understanding why it’s opportunism and not an ideological shift

Shraddha Pandey -
The front page of the Calcutta edition of the newspaper published on 5th May dominated BJP’s Bengal victory, with a large front in saffron colour “BJP’s Bengal” with an illustration of the iconic Howrah Bridge worked into the lettering. Below it is the headline “Saffron tsunami sets aside TMC”.
News Reports

From TMC strongman to BJP’s CM frontrunner: How Suvendu Adhikari broke Mamata Banerjee’s political fortress and emerged as the face of the BJP in...

Aditi -
In a major political surprise, Adhikari snapped ties with the TMC and joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 state assembly elections.
News Reports

Cash handouts to women and youth, 8 gram gold, silk sarees, 6 LPG cylinders and more: Vijay’s TVK may form the govt, but how...

Aditi -
In fulfilling the poll promises, the state government's projected annual expenditure on welfare spending alone will go up to ₹1 lakh crore.
Editor's picks

Congress extends conditional support to Vijay’s TVK after Tamil Nadu results: TVK does not have the required 118 MLAs yet

OpIndia Staff -
The party further said that the election results reflect what people, especially the youth, want.
Opinions

As Mamata Banerjee refuses to resign from CM post, here’s what the Constitution says and why the TMC supremo is doing this drama

Shraddha Pandey -
The outgoing Chief Minister has refused to resign. Short on numbers, Banerjee has accused the BJP of ‘rigging’ and claimed that the TMC has won the elections ‘morally’.
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