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.

News Reports

Delhi Minorities Commission seeks FIR against Tajinder Bagga for hurting Sikh sentiments after he defined ‘Waheguru’ in a tweet, says SGPC gave a different...

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2023

Delhi Minority Commission wrote a letter to the Delhi Police seeking FIR against Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of the Sikh community.

Opinions

Anti-Brahmin rhetoric at the core of Dravidian movement is common, but did you know Brahmin participation in the toxicity? The story of VP Raman

Suren - 10 May, 2023

What is of interest to us is the life and work of V P Raman as an example of the inability of the elite Brahmins of the time to fully comprehend the nature of the Dravidian movement.

News Reports

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin files defamation case against BJP state president Annamalai over ‘DMK files’

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2023

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin files defamation case against Annamalai after the BJP state president released a series of papers titled ‘DMK Files’

News Reports

Punjab and Haryana HC says arrest and custody Times Now cameraman and driver is illegal: Read details of what the court said and how...

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2023

Interim bail of Times Now reporter Bhawana Kishore extended till May 22, Punjab and Haryana High Court questioned why driver and cameraperson were arrested

News Reports

As Karnataka goes to polls, Congress alleges that BJP is transporting people from Goa in buses

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2023

Hours ahead of voting in Karnataka, Congress alleged that the BJP was sending people from Goa to Karnataka.

News Reports

‘Virat Hindu’ Subramanian Swamy reveals he met Mamata Banerjee, who had declared ‘jihad’ against BJP, to discuss 2024 LS elections, says she should be...

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2023

Swamy further asserted that “Mamata Banerjee is the only woman leader who has the guts to stand up,” in response to a question regarding who he thinks is the most powerful woman leader in India.

News Reports

Howrah: Screening of ‘The Kerala Story’ disrupted, BJP accuses West Bengal police of attacking moviegoers

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2023

On May 8, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee banned the movie ‘The Kerala Story' in West Bengal, citing the need to maintain ‘peace’ in the State.

News Reports

Vivek Agnihotri sends legal notice to Mamata Banerjee for defaming ‘The Kashmir Files’. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2023

Mamata Banerjee had suggested that movie makers had no qualms about making 'The Kashmir Files' and supposedly ‘condemning’ Kashmiri people.

Politics

Why are they standing up for such terrorists: Union Minister Anurag Thakur asks as West Bengal bans ‘The Kerala Story’ film about ISIS indoctrination

ANI - 8 May, 2023

West Bengal has become the first state to ban The Kerala Story, which narrates the ordeal of three women who are trafficked to ISIS camps after being converted to Islam through marriage.

News Reports