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

Suvendu Adhikari writes to union health ministry objecting approval of private medical college managed by scam accused TMC leader Anubrata Mondal

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

Suvendu Adhikari said Anubrata Mondal funds the trust behind the medical college with money from dubious, unaccounted sources

News Reports

Gujarat cabinet sees complete overhaul with 24 new ministers in Bhupendra Patel ministry

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

None of the minister from Vijay Rupani cabinet inducted in Bhupendra Patel govt in Gujarat, 24 new ministers inducted

News Reports

Unending fight of ‘Amra Akranto’: Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra continues a long battle for sharing Mamata Banerjee’s cartoon in 2012

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

While Ambikesh Mahapatra has been discharged under the IT act, the Bengal govt now wants to slap IPC sections 500 and 509

Social Media

Viral video: Congress supporters in UP waiting for Priyanka Gandhi have no idea who she is

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

The Congress supporters waiting for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra seem to have no idea who she is.

News Reports

‘Critics of Central Vista project cunningly quiet on Defence Offices Complexes’: Says PM Modi inaugurating new defence offices in Delhi

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

PM Modi inaugurated the new Defence Offices Complexes built at Kasturba Gandhi Marg and Africa Avenue in New Delhi on 16 September

News Reports

Karnataka CM refers to BJP MP Subramanian Swamy as a ‘freelance politician’, says his forte is to speak against his own party

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

The character and forte of Subramanian Swamy has been to speak against his own party and its leadership, said the Karnataka CM

Opinions

Afghanistan, France, India, Japan: Learn not to trust the USA

Abhishek Banerjee - 16 September, 2021

Liberals all over the world endorsed Joe Biden because they thought Trump was a “white supremacist.” Since coming to power, he has sidelined the only two non-white countries in his Indo-Pacific alliance.

News Reports

Kerala: Another Church comes forward warning Christians against Love Jihad, says Islamic clerics using ‘black magic and witchcraft’ to trap girls

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2021

A press release by the diocese stated that at least 100 cases of various forms of “sex terrorism” targeting Christian women and girls surfaced in an inquiry conducted on receiving complaints.

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