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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Srinagar Police deny reports that Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti are under house arrest, request media not to spread fake news

OpIndia Staff - 5 August, 2022

After National Conference had claimed that Dr Farooq Abdullah has been placed under house arrest, Srinagar Police denied it

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Rahul Gandhi insinuates his family is above law, says ED summons for him and his mother is an attack on democracy

OpIndia Staff - 5 August, 2022

Rahul Gandhi, who is being probed in the National Herald money laundering case, claimed in a presser that ED notices to his family are attack on democracy.

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China imposes sanction on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her Taiwan visit

OpIndia Staff - 5 August, 2022

Days after US House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, Chinese govt imposed sanctions on her and her family

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Delhi: Congress protests against inflation and unemployment; Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders detained

OpIndia Staff - 5 August, 2022

As Congress leaders gathered at Vijay Chowk violating section 144, police detained them, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi

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Kunda MLA’s father Raja Uday Pratap Singh protests against mosque-shaped Muharram gate, says Hindus forced to follow Islamic ritual

OpIndia Staff - 5 August, 2022

Raja Uday Pratap Singh said that Hindus are forced to walk under the mosque shaped Muharram gate, and demanded to remove it

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Rajasthan govt issues order instructing Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra volunteers to open fake accounts on Twitter and Facebook: Full details

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2022

Rajasthan govt suspended an official after he instructed Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Mitra volunteers to open fake accounts on social media

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As custody gets extended, Sanjay Raut complains of windowless room, ED says ‘because there is AC’

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2022

The judge then asked ED why they had kept Raut in a windowless room. As per reports, the ED replied that the room is 'windowless' because it has air conditioning.

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Haryana: Suspended Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi, whose cross-voting cost Ajay Maken a Rajya Sabha seat, joins BJP

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2022

Congress did not appoint Kuldeep Bishnoi as the Haryana state president. He was angry with the party since then and cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha elections.

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