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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Congress social media head posts morphed image of PM Modi, Twitter doesn’t mark it ‘manipulated media’, fact-checkers let it go

OpIndia Staff - 28 September, 2021

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after coming back from his 3-day trip to the USA for bilateral meetings and for the UNGA summit, went straight to monitor the construction of the new Central Vista.

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Lured by ‘sugarcane cultivation’ and ‘jaggery factory’, BKU President Naresh Tikait’s duplicity exposed in sting operation

OpIndia Staff - 28 September, 2021

As per Zee News, their undercover team met Tikait in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district where a 'mahapanchayat' was held recently. The sting made some shocking revelations.

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Uddhav govt sitting on Metro approvals, loans may dry up soon: How Mumbaikars are paying for Shiv Sena’s petty politics

OpIndia Staff - 28 September, 2021

Japanese ambassador to India, Suzuki Satoshi in a letter dated February 17, 2021, wrote to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray expressing concern over the expected ‘cash crunch’. The CM is yet to respond to it.

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Bihar: Communist leader Kanhaiya Kumar takes away air conditioner from CPI office amidst speculations of joining Congress

OpIndia Staff - 27 September, 2021

Speculations are rife that the former JNU ‘student leader’ Kanhaiya Kumar is all set to join the Congress party on October 2.

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Ravi Shankar Prasad calls out Dainik Bhaskar for publishing ‘false and misleading’ claims about his late mother’s pension: Details

OpIndia Staff - 27 September, 2021

Former Law minister RS Prasad said he had closed down his mother's pension account on December 31, 2020, six days her death and there is no possibility of a closed down account receiving pension.

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TMC workers attack BJP’s national VP Dilip Ghosh before Bhowanipore by-poll, video emerges: Here’s how it happened

OpIndia Staff - 27 September, 2021

Trinamool Congress workers clashed with BJP workers during a recent rally and attacked Dilip Ghosh, National VP of the BJP.

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Illegal mosque near Tehri Dam: Locals demand removal of encroachment, govt, administration accused of laxity and delay

Anurag - 27 September, 2021

Locals living near Tehri dam are protesting against an illegal mosque and the delay by local administration in its removal. SDM promised it will be removed soon.

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