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Opinions

If you believe Google Trends, BJP has an advantage over AAP in Delhi: Here is how

Abhishek Banerjee - 20 January, 2020

According to Google Trends, in Delhi, BJP has an advantage over AAP. Is Kejriwal confident?

News Reports

Watch: RJD MP Ashfaque Karim continues anti-CAA speech even while his trousers fall down

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2020

Ashfaque Karim was speaking against the Citizenship Amendment Act at a gathering, reportedly in Araria district when he pants accidentally fell off.

Politics

Delhi: AAP celebrates Kejriwal’s nomination as fire in transport dept burns all documents, BJP leader Kapil Mishra alleges bigger conspiracy

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2020

AAP maintains stunned silence as fire in Delhi's transport department burns all documents.

News Reports

Union Budget 2020: All you need to know about the customary ‘Halwa Ceremony’ preceding the budget

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2020

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present the Union Budget 2020 on February 1, 2020, in the parliament.

Government and Policy

Commerce Ministry recommends lowering limits on import of duty-free alcohol and tobacco, is it contrary to global norms?: Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2020

The Commerce Ministry has reportedly recommended a restriction on the purchase of tax-free alcohol at duty-free shops to one bottle

Opinions

Lies, deception and misinformation of anti-CAA protests: How University campuses have wrongly become a battleground

Shubhendu Anand - 20 January, 2020

One of the universities which is at the forefront of the opposing the CAA is Jamia Milia Islamia

News Reports

ED arrests CC Thampi, through whom not just Robert Vadra but even Rahul Gandhi had a connection with arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari: Read details

Nupur J Sharma - 20 January, 2020

In a massive breakthrough, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested NRI businessman CC Thampi

Crime

Kolkata: 11-year-old girl dies after being stabbed and mutilated by 13-year-old stalker

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2020

The alleged perpetrator happens to live in the same neighbourhood as the victim. He has now been detained by the police.

Politics

J. P. Nadda elected new BJP chief, PM Modi will felicitate him later today at party headquarters

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2020

J P Nadda to take over reins from Amit Shah as BJP national President.

News Reports

India test fires nuclear-powered SLBM with 3500 km range in the Bay of Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2020

A Notice To Airmen (NOTAM) was issued by India earlier this month over a 3400 km flight corridor over the Bay Of Bengal for January 19 to 21.

Politics

Aam Aadmi Party morphs Kejriwal’s face on Shah Rukh Khan’s body to mock BJP, deletes after self goal

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2020

AAP morphed Arvind Kejriwal's face on Shah Rukh Khan's body in the film 'Chalte Chalte', deleted after self-goal.

Media

Journalist Barkha Dutt applauds Shaheen Bagh women who wear ‘tricolour’ burqas, netizens say ‘Modi hai to mumkin hai’

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2020

Controversial journalist Barkha Dutt was in New Delhi's Shaheen Bagh recently where she spotted two women who were wearing pinkish red, white and green abaya style burqa.

News Reports

OpIndia impact: Following report, senior Congress leader Kishor Upadhyay’s brother arrested in fraud case

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Senior Uttarakhand Congress leader Kishor Upadhyay’s brother Sachin Upadhyay arrested in connection with a fraud case

News Reports

Shaheen Bagh anti-CAA protesters clash with Kashmiri Pandits on the 30th anniversary of the Genocide

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Kashmiri Pandits chanted 'Justice for Kashmiri Pandits' slogans at Shaheen Bagh, which was objected by anti-CAA protesters

News Reports

Historian Ramachandra Guha backtracks on his “dynasty jibe” against Rahul Gandhi and reiterates his opposition to Modi-Shah regime

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Ramchandra Guha says PTI distorted his comments, backtracks on his dynasty jibe against Rahul Gandhi

News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Administration releases list of 153 ‘whitelisted’ websites after broadband and 2G mobile internet was restored

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Internet services partially restored in Jammu and Kashmir, access to 153 websites allowed through broadband and 2G

News Reports

District Magistrate and Deputy DM in Congress ruled Madhya Pradesh slap and assault people at peaceful pro-CAA rally

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

The Congress party decided to oppose the Act that provides citizenship to persecuted minorities from neighbouring Islamic States tooth and nail.

News Reports

1 school approved vs 500 promised, fall in DTC buses, 0 new hospitals, fake surveys: RTI replies reveal Kejriwal hasn’t fulfilled major election promises

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Arvind Kejriwal govt has not fulfilled several promises made before the last election, RTI replies reveal

Opinions

Kashmiri Pandit Genocide: Then and now, from Azadi slogans to Hindu hate, the nature of Jihad and its apologists remain unchanged

K Bhattacharjee - 19 January, 2020

The 19th of January, 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the genocide and exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the valley.

News Reports

Sting video exposes propaganda behind Shaheen Bagh protests, organiser Sharjeel Imam from JNU confesses protest was carried out to attract ‘Western media’

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Chief of Shaheen Bagh protests reveals on camera that the plan was for a one-day protest to attract ‘western media’

News Reports

Dalit youth burnt alive in MP, BJP says Congress shielding accused from ‘minority community’ due to appeasement politics

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Youth from Dalit community set to fire by pouring kerosene on him by Muslim men in Madhya Pradesh

Diary of a Delhi Liberal: We celebrate the day we got freedom from Kashmiri Hindus, but Shaheen Bagh has become a bit of an...

Liberals of Delhi - 19 January, 2020

Talking of Shaheen Bagh, it has become a bit of an albatross around our neck, diary.

Entertainment

Biggest takeaway from Saif Ali Khan interview on Tanhaji: He doesn’t give a damn about politics, he only cares about his career

Editorial Desk - 19 January, 2020

A viral clip of Saif Ali Khan from an interview with 'Film Companion' on Tanhaji has gone viral

News Reports

Muslim dominated Malerkotla sits on Dharna to support anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh where ‘Jinnah wali Azadi’ slogans were raised

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Shaheen Bagh protests where slogans like 'Jinnah Wali Azadi' slogans were chanted have become increasingly communal

Opinions

Today’s India is like Hitler’s Germany, says Congress: Here is what Hitler’s Germany looked like and why Congress is out of its mind

Vinayak Jain - 19 January, 2020

It is appalling that the ecosystem creates a fallacious narrative that India today is like Hitler's Germany

News Reports

At women’s anti-CAA rally, NCP MP Supriya Sule says that Triple Talaq is good for women according to Quran

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

While addressing a women's anti-CAA protest, Supriya Sule said that according to the Quran, triple talaq is good for women

Politics

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra bats for Hardik Patel who was convicted for rioting, blames BJP for a court ordered arrest

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said Hardik Patel has been fighting for the employment of youth and the rights of farmers.

Media

Saba Naqvi mirrors Jihadis, insinuates that re-settling Kashmiri Pandits in the valley is a part of the ‘Hinduisation’ project

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Shockingly, Saba Naqvi seems to have a problem with Kashmiri Pandits returning to Kashmir, three decades after they were persecuted by Islamic radicals

News Reports

Shabana Azmi accident: FIR registered against driver for endangering life, rash driving due to which the car rammed into truck

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

After Shabana Azmi got injured in the accident, an FIR has been filed against her driver for rash driving

Politics

Must obey: While Congress fear-mongers and refuses to implement CAA in states, Kapil Sibal and Salman Khurshid burst the bubble

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Kapil Sibal asserted that the move to prevent the implementation of CAA would be "problematic" and pave the way for many difficulties.

News Reports

I thought this guy was a villain and talked crap only in movies: Adnan Sami on Raza Murad using him to criticise CAA

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Reacting to Raza Murad using him as a means to target the CAA, Adnan Sami took to Twitter to slam the actor.

News Reports

Gujarat: Congress leader Hardik Patel arrested for failing to appear before trial court in sedition case, sent to judicial custody

OpIndia Staff - 19 January, 2020

Hardik Patel was arrested on Saturday night in Ahmedabad for failing to appear before a trial court in sedition case

News Reports