Archives of OpIndia

Opinions

Our Children, Our Future: Dear Smriti Irani, these child development and humanitarian issues cannot wait

Suren -
It is time that attention is drawn towards three disturbing trends in child development, especially relating to the most vulnerable children in our society - orphans, runaways, children of the indigent and children of marginalized sections of society.
Read more
Politics

After Mamata Banerjee, KCR and Captain Amarinder Singh to skip NITI Aayog meet

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana's KCR wouldn't be attending the meeting due to his mega irrigation project. Punjab's Captain Amarinder Singh would skip the meeting due to ill health.
Read more
News Reports

Even as 700 doctors resign, TMC leader Abu Taher Khan Chaudhury accused of threatening doctors with rape and murder

OpIndia Staff -
There are videos circulating on social media which purportedly show the Trinamool MP from Murshidabad, Abu Taher Khan threatening the doctors at the institution. The politician, however, has denied all allegations.
Read more
Politics

Chhattisgarh: Congress govt arrests man over social media post, targets journalist over tweeting about it

OpIndia Staff -
Mangelal Agarwal has been arrested by the Congress government in Chhattisgarh for sharing a video on social media that claimed the Bhupesh Baghel government's secret understanding with inverter manufacturers is the reason behind the rampant power cuts in the state.
Read more
News Reports

Is Kamal Nath in trouble for the 1984 Sikh Genocide case? Armed with this Home Ministry order, MS Sirsa certainly thinks so

OpIndia Staff -
The order also says that the order has been passed in consideration of the representation made on 24th December 2018 received from the General Secretary, Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee.
Read more
News Reports

Chandrababu Naidu denied VIP access to aircraft and undergoes frisking at Vijayawada airport, made to travel in bus

OpIndia Staff -
Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and current leader of opposition N Chandrababu Naidu was denied VIP access to the aircraft he was boarding and was asked to undergo frisking at Vijayawada airport.
Read more
World Cup 2019

Match Preview, Afghanistan v South Africa: The bottom two teams will play against each other

Ritesh -
South Africa is desperately looking for a win, and they are playing against the weakest team of this world cup.
Read more
Opinions

The Islamic onslaught in West Bengal: A saga that started long before the current state regime made it worse

Kartikey Gaur -
The Islamisation of Bengal has been a slow and steady process, repetitive governments have chosen to ignore their rising population, rather using the community as a vote bank.
Read more
Opinions

How Mamata Banerjee is spared of allegations they level on Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Ashish Shukla -
Millions of Indians today would term West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is arrogant.
Read more
News Reports

FactChecker wins an international award for its dubious and faulty hate crime database

K Bhattacharjee -
The award was presented to the FactChecker by the Global Editors Network in their Data Journalism Awards for 2019.
Read more
News Reports

Central government releases Rs 57 lakh as first GST refund for Langar items purchased by Gurudwaras

OpIndia Staff -
This is the first instalment of GST refund and henceforth this refund would be issued quarterly to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).
Read more
News Reports

Corrupt Gupta brothers and the big fat weddings in Auli, Uttarakhand: Did the BJP govt in the state miss their sketchy past?

Nupur J Sharma -
The weddings that are set to take place in the picturesque mountains are that of the offsprings of the Gupta brothers. While Ajay Gupta's son Suryakant gets married on June 18-20, his younger brother Atul Gupta's son Shashank ties the knot on June 20-22.
Read more
World Cup 2019

Match Preview: Australia v Sri Lanka: Another easy win for Australia?

OpIndia Staff -
Another bright day for the cricket fans as no rain is forecasted for the match between Australia and Sri Lanka at The Oval.
Read more
News Reports

Bengal government’s open abetment to lynch mob mentality has destroyed doctor-patient relationship in state, says doctor

OpIndia Staff -
The sacrosanct doctor-patient relationship lies destroyed by this open abetment to a lynch mob mentality by the West Bengal administration.
Read more
Crime

Punjab: Congress councillor’s brother brutally assaults woman in public view, booked

OpIndia Staff -
Meena's elderly mother is seen trying to beg the men and save her daughter, but she was beaten up by Suresh Chaudhary's goons too.
Read more
News Reports

‘Pained’ Manish Sisodia gives a confused response to Metro Man Sreedharan’s objection to AAP’s dole of free Metro rides to women

OpIndia Staff -
Manish Sisodia in his letter has said that he is 'pained and surprised' that the former DMRC chief has opposed the State government's move to let women travel on Metro for free.
Read more
News Reports

Striking doctors refuse to meet Mamata Banerjee unless she visits NRS Hospital, Mamata appeals to get back to work

OpIndia Staff -
While the doctors are insisting that Mamata Banerjee visits the NRS hospital personally to meet the protesting doctors, Banerjee on her part has not done that yet as is instead issuing appeals.
Read more
News Reports

Kolkata: Father blames Police for newborn’s death for not letting him enter the Hospital amidst Doctors’ Strike

OpIndia Staff -
The father said that the junior doctors helped him a lot and were crying. He was told by the Junior Doctors that they called the Health Ministry four times but the calls were not received.
Read more
News Reports

Watch these 5 powerful videos of doctors walking out after resigning, setting the stage for Mamata’s Singur moment

OpIndia Staff -
The imbroglio between medical professionals and TMC state government intensified as Mamata Banerjee threatened the doctors to call off their strike
Read more
News Reports

Mass Resignations of doctors in West Bengal, here is the list of institutions where resignations have been submitted so far

OpIndia Staff -
The latest to join the league are 37 doctors of the Rampurhat Medical College, Birbhum who submitted their resignations today to support the protests.
Read more
Media

SEBI bars NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy from accessing Securities Markets and holding management positions for 2 years

OpIndia Staff -
In a major jolt to NDTV promoters, Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, Securities and Exchange Board of India has barred them from accessing Securities Markets and holding any management position in NDTV for the next 2 years
Read more
News Reports

Mamata vs Doctors: Mamata Banerjee won’t back down, reiterates that protesting doctors are outsiders

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal has turned into a hornet's nest after doctors from various state-run medical colleges and hospitals resign en masse
Read more
Opinions

A brilliant cartoon undone by Vijayan’s Kerala

Ashish Shukla -
Pinaryi Vijayan’s Left government (LDF) in Kerala uses its two hands differently: One wears a velvet glove for Christians and Muslims; the other a baton for Hindus.
Read more
News Reports

Love Jihad: Father accuses one ‘Jaffer’ of threats and attempts of forced conversion behind Coimbatore girl’s suicide

OpIndia Staff -
The father has alleged that a Muslim man Jaffer is responsible for Ashwini's suicide as he had forced her to convert and had also threatened her family.
Read more
News Reports

West Bengal: Amidst mass resignations, another attack at Calcutta National Medical College, one student suffers head injury

K Bhattacharjee -
A student at the Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) has been injured following mob violence.
Read more
World Cup 2019

It’s a marquee event all over the world: Virat Kohli on India-Pakistan clash

OpIndia Staff -
Straightaway after the washout against New Zealand, Virat Kohli's focus turns towards the India-Pakistan encounter.
Read more
Politics

Arvind Kejriwal complains about law and order situation in Delhi, gets schooled by Delhi Police

OpIndia Staff -
One of the grouse Delhi CM has is the fact that the Delhi Police is with the central government falling under the Home Ministry which is now headed by Union Minister Amit Shah
Read more
News Reports

If you want to stay in Bengal, speak in Bengali: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s autocratic diktat

OpIndia Staff -
Beleaguered with the NRS controversy, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee whips up linguistic chauvinism
Read more
News Reports

Metro Man Sreedharan asks PM Modi to ‘not agree’ with AAP’s proposal of free travel for women

OpIndia Staff -
Since the Delhi government and Centre are equal partners in DMRC, Sreedharan sought PM Modi’s "personal intervention" in the matter.
Read more
Media

The silence from the self-proclaimed crusaders of free speech and justice during West Bengal protests is deafening

OpIndia Staff -
In the unprecedented crisis taking place in Bengal, the so-called champions of justice and free speech seem to have chosen to turn a blind eye
Read more
News Reports

As more doctors in West Bengal resign, IMA with 3.5 lakh doctors as members announces nationwide strike on Monday

OpIndia Staff -
Joining the doctors' strike, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), which has 3.5 lakh doctors as its members, has also declared a pan-India strike starting on 17th June from 6 am till 6 am on 18th June.
Read more
News Reports

Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi to hold silent protest in support of West Bengal doctors

OpIndia Staff -
Showing utter insensitivity towards the protesting doctors, Mamata Banerjee had warned them yesterday to end their strike or face action.
Read more
Politics

Chhattisgarh: Congress-led Baghel govt arrests man under sedition charges for sharing video about power cuts

OpIndia Staff -
A man has been arrested in Chhattisgarh under sedition section 124A for expressing his lament on Social Media about the rampant electricity cuts.
Read more
News Reports

Another BJP worker shot to death allegedly by TMC supporters in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
A woman BJP leader was allegedly shot dead in 24 North Paraganas district in West Bengal
Read more
News Reports

West Bengal: Mamata visits hospital, accuses protesting doctors of hurling abuses at her

OpIndia Staff -
Doctors across West Bengal have gone on a strike in protest against the insensitivity shown by the state government towards the attacked doctors of NRS Hospital.
Read more
Politics

The West Bengal doctor crisis will go down in history as Mamata Banerjee’s Singur moment

K Bhattacharjee -
The saffron surge in the state was initially sparked by the ongoing demographic invasion but it is the Bengal doctor crisis that has turned out to be the 'Singur Moment' for Mamata Banerjee
Read more
News Reports

Calcutta High Court questions Mamata government on doctors’ strike, directs to mediate and find solution

OpIndia Staff -
The Court had questioned West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata on the steps taken against the accused of the NRS hospital attack and the steps taken to end the doctor's strike.
Read more
News Reports

‘Ashamed of the Chief Minister’: Doctors protest as Mamata Banerjee fails to take action after mob attacked doctors brutally

OpIndia Staff -
As Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal has gone to war against the doctors in the state, the medical fraternity across the country has hit the streets
Read more
Opinions

Minority scholarships: Modi government should lend an ear to the ‘outraged’ Hindus

Rahul Roushan -
Some are angry over ‘minority appeasement’ by Narendra Modi govt, and they need to be heard.
Read more
News Reports

Mamata vs Doctors: 16 doctors from Calcutta National Medical College and 27 from North Bengal Hospital, Darjeeling, resign

OpIndia Staff -
After mass resignations by doctors at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) on Friday, doctors at Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) and North Bengal Medical College & Hospital, Darjeeling have submitted their resignations as well, as per our sources.
Read more
Government and Policy

Union HRD minister proposes to set up two Sanskrit speaking villages near the central institutes

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP government attempts to preserve the 3500-year-old heritage
Read more
News Reports

After poll drubbing, disgruntled RS MP Misa Bharti withdraws approval for projects worth Rs 15 crores

OpIndia Staff -
Disappointed after her defeat in LS elections, RJD's Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharati refuses to fund preapproved projects worth Rs 15 crores under MPLAD
Read more
World Cup 2019

Cricket World Cup Match preview – England v West Indies: A run feast in making?

OpIndia Staff -
The two teams with the biggest hitters of the tournament will face each other at Southampton where finally some sunshine is expected during the day
Read more
Crime

Bihar: 55 year old Kalam Ansari caught red-handed while raping a 10 year old girl, VHP calls for a bandh in Sheohar

OpIndia Staff -
The VHP today called for a bandh in Sheohar, Bihar after a 55-year-old man, Kalam Ansari was caught raping a 10-year-old minor girl ealier this week
Read more
News Reports

Read resignation letter by RG Kar Hospital doctors in a mass protest, demand unconditional apology from Mamata Banerjee

K Bhattacharjee -
80 doctors at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have resigned demanding an apology from the Chief Minister for her remarks.
Read more
News Reports

Veer Savarkar loses the ‘Veer’ prefix as Congress government re-writes history textbooks in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
Congress has on several occasions attempted to malign Veer Savarkar’s contributions to India’s freedom by branding him as a “loyal colonialist”
Read more
News Reports

Talks were ongoing for speedy resolution before Mamata Banerjee threatened medical fraternity, decisions for safety of doctors were taken

K Bhattacharjee -
Mamata Banerjee escalated the ongoing crisis in West Bengal by blaming 'outsiders' and the BJP for the series of protests by medical professionals in the state.
Read more
Crime

4 accused in Malegaon blast case granted bail by Bombay high court

OpIndia Staff -
NIA had claimed in its 2013 charge sheet that Lokesh Sharma, Dhan Singh, Rajendra Chaudhary and Manoj Narwariya, the members of Abhinav Bharat, were behind the Malegaon blast in 2006.
Read more
News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: YSR Congress MLA takes oath in party chief and CM Jagan Reddy’s name in assembly

OpIndia Staff -
The pro tem Speaker of Andhra assembly objected to YRSC MLA K S Reddy taking oath in Jagan Reddy's name
Read more
News Reports

Dr Harsh Vardhan appeals to Mamata Banerjee not to make this a ‘prestige issue’ after doctors go on strike following violence against them

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister for Health, Dr Harshvarshan has appealed to Mamata Banerjee not to turn the issue of Doctors going on strike following violence being unleashed on them as a matter of prestige.
Read more
1...1,2651,2661,267...1,529Page 1,266 of 1,529