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Rahul Gandhi calls himself ‘leader of opposition’, people mock him assuming he meant ‘leader of the opposition’

OpIndia Staff -
Many asked who is Adhir Ranjan Choudhury if Rahul Gandhi is leader of opposition, but current Lok Sabha does not have leader of opposition
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News Reports

In trying to explain why Scindia abandoned Congress, did Rahul Gandhi just admit that Congress leaders have no political future in the party?

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi seems to imply that he admits that Congress leaders have no political future in the party, and that's why they are abandoning it
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Opinions

Pro-AAP blogger Dhruv Rathee analyses the Delhi riots, spreads misinformation and leaves out vital details: Here is how

Priyanka Deo -
Dhruv Rathee is not misinformed. On the contrary, it is his business to misinform, which he does in analysis of Delhi riots
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Opinions

12 March 1993: Twenty Seven Years later, like Sharad Pawar back then, the ‘secular’ establishment continues to invent lies to preserve ‘Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb’

K Bhattacharjee -
Almost three decades have passed since serial blasts rocked Mumbai but the 'secular media' is not over its obsession to 'preserve the Ganja-Jamuni tehzeeb'
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Social Media

‘Hath’ se nikal gaya: Amul takes a jibe on Jyotiraditya Scindia slipping out of Congress’ hand

OpIndia Staff -
Amul's buttery jibe on Rahul Gandhi, says Scindia 'slipped out of hand'
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Union ministers not to travel abroad, Rashtrapati Bhavan closed for tourists, Delhi schools and cinemas shut till March 31

OpIndia Staff -
Following the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of coronavirus as pandemic, India has scaled up its responses and put in place even stricter controls
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Media

China vs India: Dear global media, why so unfair?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Everyone seems to have forgotten that this disaster happened because the Chinese government failed to spot the threat and contain its spread while there was still time.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh Congress minister Jitu Patwari creates ruckus at Bengaluru resort as police stop him from meeting rebel MLAs, scuffle breaks out

OpIndia Staff -
Jitu Patwari had gone to Embassy Boulevard in Bengaluru to meet Madhya Pradesh Congress rebel MLAs but he was not allowed to meet them.
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Government and Policy

We have a responsibility, cannot bring untested people back to India in an epidemic situation: EAM Jaishankar on evacuating Indians amid coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
S Jaishankar says untested Indians from foreign can't be allowed to enter India in the severe Epidemic situation.
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Crime

Delhi Police arrest 23-year-old Salman in connection with Ankit Sharma’s brutal murder, IB official was stripped naked to check religion

OpIndia Staff -
23-year-old Haseen alias Salman is currently in police custody at Lodhi colony
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News Reports

Even as Congress govt in Madhya Pradesh is on verge of collapse, Digvijaya Singh files nomination for Rajya Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst this political turmoil, Congress has gone ahead to nominate senior leader Digvijaya Singh for the Rajya Sabha elections
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Media

Propagandist Scroll publishes fake news, claims ‘no temple’ was attacked in North East Delhi during the riots

OpIndia Staff -
Leftist propaganda website Scroll.in, in its continued propaganda over the Delhi anti-Hindu riots, has made the patently false claim that not one Hindu religious place was attacked.
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News Reports

“Hum udhaar ka sindoor leke suhagan bane hai”, Sanjay Nirupam says Maharashtra govt is unstable, blames groupism by senior leaders for Scindia’s exit

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leaders especially those above age of 70 should be made retire forcefully and send to marg darshak mandal, says Sanjay Nirupam.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena likely to name Priyanka Chaturvedi as Rajya Sabha candidate

OpIndia Staff -
With the existing support of allies in Maharashtra, the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress are assured of winning at least four of the seven seats due to its numerical strength in the Maharashtra Assembly.
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Media

Netizens remind NYT correspondent of its anti-India bias, he labels everyone ‘trolls’ after comparisons to toilet paper

OpIndia Staff -
The New York Times has embarked on an effort to increase its readership in India.
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News Reports

Foreign players may not be available for IPL till April 15 due to coronavirus outbreak, plea filed in SC seeking postponement

OpIndia Staff -
A vacation bench of justices UU Lalit and Aniruddha Bose told the petitioner that he could mention the matter for urgent listing before the regular bench on March 16 when the top court will re-open after the Holi break.
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Crime

SIT arrests seven in connection with head constable Ratan Lal’s murder during Delhi riots

OpIndia Staff -
Head constable Ratan Lal was killed by a violent Muslim mob on February 24 during the Delhi riots
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News Reports

SC refers UP govt’s plea against Allahabad HC judgement ordering removal of posters of anti-CAA rioters to a larger bench

OpIndia Staff -
A Supreme Court vacation bench comprising Justice UU Lalit and Justice Aniruddha Bose said that the matter involves "issues which need further consideration by a bench of sufficient strength" and referred it to a larger bench for consideration next week.
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News Reports

Home Minister Amit Shah disappoints Congress, welcomes Jyotiraditya Scindia into BJP with open arms

OpIndia Staff -
While Congress taunted Jyotiraditya Scindia saying neither Modi nor Shah has welcomed him, Amit Shah tweeted welcoming Scindia into BJP
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News Reports

‘Thank God this didn’t start in India’: British think tank expert mocks India on coronavirus outbreak, praises China for ‘controlling it well’

OpIndia Staff -
British think tank expert Jim O'Neill made condescending remarks against India, raising doubts over its ability to fight pandemics like coronavirus outbreak
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News Reports

French President Emmanuel Macron, Prince Charles and Netanyahu: Indian ‘Namaste’ becomes the preferred greeting amid coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, the coronavirus has claimed 30 lives and affected over 1500 people in France. Macron had recently stated the country was taking appropriate measures to deal with the situation.
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Crime

Bengaluru: Minor Bangladeshi girl brought to India and forced into prostitution, 5 Bangladeshis arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The victim had managed to escape from a house in Kadugodi and was sleeping on the footpath. She was found with bruises all over her body
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Media Fact-Check

Nikkei Asian Review writes a strange, ill-informed article on PM Modi: Here are some things they got wildly wrong

OpIndia Staff -
The Nikkei-Asian Review article headlined, "How Modi won India’s elections but paralyzed the economy" was laden with blatant misrepresentations and lies
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News Reports

Namaste London: Prince Charles greets celebrities with a ‘Namaste’ amidst Coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
The Prince of Wales greeted celebrities including Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly with the Indian greeting 'Namaste' as he chose to avoid shaking hands amidst Coronavirus outbreak.
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News Reports

Anti-Hindu riots: 1100 rioters identified using facial recognition tech, 300 came from UP, HM Amit Shah informs Parliament

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah said that the facial identification technique does not discriminate between communities and religions, "We entered Voter ID data and other information available with the government to identify people who were involved in the riots."
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Crime

Anti-Hindu riots: AAP MP Sanjay Singh, Congress leader Udit Raj’s name emerge as ED interrogates radical Islamist outfit PFI members

OpIndia Staff -
PFI Delhi President Parvez Ahmed was reportedly in regular touch with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh and several Congress leaders including Udit Raj.
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News Reports

Congress supporters get vindictive, after Wikipedia vandalism and veiled death threats, throw ink on Scindia’s poster

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of his scheduled visit to Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, ink was thrown on a poster with Scindia's face.
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News Reports

Coronavirus high alert: India on lockdown till April 15, govt suspends all tourist visas for travellers

OpIndia Staff -
"Indian nationals are strongly advised to avoid all non-essential travel abroad. On their return, they can be subjected to quarantine for a minimum of 14 days. International traffic through land borders will be restricted to designated check posts with robust screening facilities", the statement read.
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Politics

Madhya Pradesh Congress Twitter account has a prolonged meltdown after Scindia quits, gives a veiled death threat

Nirwa Mehta -
While Congress leaders and supporters have not held back expressing their disappointment over Jyotiraditya Scindia quitting the Grand Old Party to join the BJP, Madhya Pradesh Congress state unit is still not over.
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Crime

1993 Mumbai bomb blasts: 12 blasts that had brought India’s financial capital to a standstill on March 12, 27 years ago

Jinit Jain -
On March 12, 1993, the city of Mumbai was thundered with a string of 12 ravaging bomb blasts that had left hundreds of people dead and more than 1400 people injured.
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Entertainment

Coronavirus: Hollywood actor Tom Hanks, wife Rita Wilson test positive

OpIndia Staff -
Hollywood actor Tom Hanks and his wife, actress Rita Wilson have tested positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus. Hanks took to Twitter to make the announcement regarding his diagnosis.
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News Reports

Congress MP Kapil Sibal admits in Parliament that CAA will not take away citizenship of any Indian

OpIndia Staff -
“Nobody is saying that CAA will snatch the citizenship of any person. We are not saying that,” Kapil Sibal said in Rajya Sabha
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News Reports

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in landmark #MeToo case

OpIndia Staff -
More than 80 women had made allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein by October 31, 2017, sparking the #MeToo movement
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu government refuses to adopt resolution against the Citizenship Amendment Act, opposition MLAs walk out of assembly

OpIndia Staff -
Tamil Nadu government refuses DMK leader Stalin's demand for a resolution against Citizenship Amendment Act, said it will be cheating the public
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News Reports

Prima Facie, the riots on a large scale in such a short span of time reeks of a conspiracy: Amit Shah in Lok Sabha...

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah claimed that Delhi Police officials did not allow the violence to spread and contained the riots within 36 hours of their start
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News Reports

Fearing similar fate? Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot hits out at Jyotiraditya Scindia over joining BJP, calls him an ‘opportunist’

OpIndia Staff -
Such opportunists should have left the party much earlier, public will teach them lessons: Ashok Gehlot on Jyotiraditya Scindia
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News Reports

Yogi government moves the Supreme court against the HC order of removing the ‘Name and Shame’ hoardings comprising the details of Anti-CAA rioters

OpIndia Staff -
SC to hear UP govt petition against Allahabad HC court order to remove hoardings naming anti-CAA rioters on Thursday
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News Reports

ED likely to summon Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for questioning over sale of painting to Yes Bank founder, may attach her cottage near Shimla

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may be summoned by ED over sale of MF Hussain’s Rajiv Gandhi painting to Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor
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Politics

Stefano Maino: Sonia Gandhi’s father once served in the Italian fascist Benito Mussolini’s army

OpIndia Staff -
Meenakshi Lekhi reminds in Parliament that Rahul Gandhi’s maternal grandfather Stefano Maino worked in to Italian dictator Mussolini’s army
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News Reports

UK Health Minister tested positive for coronavirus, had attended a reception with British PM and several ministers

OpIndia Staff -
UK health minister tested positive for coronavirus.
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Politics

Some people have a history of setting things ablaze, 1984 riots accused are sitting as CM: Meenakshi Lekhi roars in Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
In response to Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's allegations on Home Minister Amit Shah, Meenakshi Lekhi said, "Opposition is defending minority vote bank politics and has forgotten about Sharjeel Imam and AAP MLA Amanatullah."
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Opinions

Satyatva or the Absolute Truth: Resonances across Religions and Rejection of Exclusivism

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
the Absolute Truth transcends the relative, the subjective, the worldly, to the extent of transcending polarities and dualities
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Politics

BJP declares Jyotiraditya Scindia as Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Scindia to represent BJP in upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh.
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News Reports

Delhi riots not genocide or a pogrom, planned conspiracy by left-jihadi network: Fact-finding report

OpIndia Staff -
In its report, the team observed that the women were used as a shield and that the dharnas were established in areas with concentrated Muslim population.
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News Reports

Future of India is safe in the hands of PM Modi, Congress failed to fulfil key promises: newly-inducted BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia

OpIndia Staff -
Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the Congress government failed to follow through on key promises it made during the 2018 assembly election
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Politics

‘Swagat hai Maharaj, Saath hai Shivraj’, former MP chief minister welcomes Jyotiraditya Scindia to BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Two days after quitting Congress, former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has formally joined the BJP
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Politics

BJP will be operated upon by surgeons like us if they dare MP-like ‘operation’ in Maharashtra: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut

OpIndia Staff -
About 23 Congress legislators, including strongman Jyotiraditya Scindia, tendered their resignation to the Madhya Pradesh Governor yesterday.
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News Reports

44 persons in Iran die of methanol consumption after rumours that alcohol can prevent Coronavirus infection

OpIndia Staff -
Iran: 44 people die after consuming toxic bootleg alcohol due to rumours that alcohol can cure Coronavirus infection
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Politics

“Rajmata would be elated, good to be on the same team” Jyotiraditya Scindia’s aunt Vasundhara Raje welcomes him to BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Senior BJP leader Vasundhara Raje welcomed her nephew former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia to the BJP.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP Hooligans attack BJP Karyakartas on their way to file nominations for upcoming MPTC elections

OpIndia Staff -
BJP workers were going to file nomination for the Mandal Parishad elections when they were attacked by YSRCP goons
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