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The exit polls for 2019 Lok Sabha elections at a glance

OpIndia Staff -
All exit polls have predicted an NDA government after 23rd May
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Crime

Rohingya Muslim arrested at IGI with fake Indian passport and Aadhaar card procured through his contacts in Hyderabad

OpIndia Staff -
According to the police, he introduced himself as an Indian passenger when he headed for his immigration clearance after arriving at the airport.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha: The BJP could make significant gains from its combined tally of 76 in 2014

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP could very well be looking at 300 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.
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Politics

After 2019 Exit Polls, Congress official handle also says ‘Aayega To Modi Hi’

OpIndia Staff -
Looks like after the 2019 Exit Polls predicted a thumping majority for BJP and PM Modi, Congress too is saying #AayegaToModiHi. 
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Media

‘Liberals’ and ‘neutral journalists’ have a meltdown after 2019 Exit Polls predict massive victory for PM Modi, just like they did after 2014 Exit...

OpIndia Staff -
As the exit polls predict BJP sweep, Liberals are visibly rattled by the poll results
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Media

Live updates: Exit polls predict a BJP victory in Lok Sabha polls, now all eyes on May 23

OpIndia Staff -
Latest updates and reactions: Who will win? What do the exit polls say? How is media reacting to exit polls?
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Politics

If 2014 trend of underestimating right-wing voteshare in exit polls holds, the BJP could very well be looking at 300 seats

K Bhattacharjee -
If this trend holds, there's a good reason to believe that the BJP may well cross its 2014 tally and might even hit the 300 mark as Prime Minister Modi, Amit Shah and the BJP have constantly maintained.
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News Reports

TMC may start massacre after polls as revenge, urge EC to keep central forces in WB till MCC is in place: Nirmala Sitharaman

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Nirmala Sitharaman urges Election Commission keep Central Armed Forces in West Bengal until MCC in place fearing revenge violence by TMC
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News Reports

Exit Polls show BJP sweeping MP, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh despite Congress win in assembly election of the 3 states

OpIndia Staff -
Exit Polls numbers for Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh reveal that BJP is all set to sweep the Lok Sabha seats in these states despite the setback in the Vidhan Sabha elections
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Politics

TMC should not behave like a crying baby: Babul Supriyo slams TMC for complaint against PM’s Kedarnath visit

OpIndia Staff -
Supriyo said that TV channels should have the freedom to decide what they want to cover and that the amount of media coverage a person gets depends on how important the person is.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi concedes defeat, whines about EVMs even before the first vote is counted

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi blames EVM, electoral bond, election schedule, NaMo TV, Modi's Kedarnath visit for Congress party's expected defeat
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Politics

Far Left propaganda website gives UPA 200 seats, 166 seats to NDA based on “projections”

OpIndia Staff -
As per the current predictions based on "past election results, current alliances and losses due to discontent with the Modi government", the NDA will win 166 seats while the UPA will end up with 200.
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News Reports

Patna: Eateries encashing on the election season offer discounts to people with inked fingers

OpIndia Staff -
Several restaurants and bars across Mumbai and Delhi had also followed the same strategy to boost their sales. While some eateries offered discounts to voters, others had served politically named dishes.
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Politics

No difference between TMC and a terrorist organisation: Chandra Bose calls TMC goons as ‘Jihadi brigade’

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier CK Bose had claimed of being heckled by the TMC goons who stopped him when he was going to file nomination from South Kolkata.
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Media

‘Journalists’ now use the fall of the Left in Australia to console themselves and insinuate that Modi can meet the same fate

Jinit Jain -
Shekhar Gupta has hinged his argument that exit polls are untrustworthy based on the recent Australian elections, in which conservative coalition registered a victory against popular opinion and exit polls
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Government and Policy

Modi ministers in five years – Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law Justice and Minister of Electronics and Information Technology

Keshav -
A look at the achievements of ministries under Ravi Shankar Prasad
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Politics

Sidhu may have ambition of becoming CM, Congress does not tolerate indiscipline: Captain Amarinder Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Captain Amarinder Singh asserted that he was sure that the party would look at the matter after the elections as Congress Party does not believe in indiscipline.
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Politics

What global trends suggest and what it means for PM Modi: Pollsters have a tendency to significantly underestimate right-wing votes

K Bhattacharjee -
If the current 2019 Lok Sabha elections follow the general trend, then again for this election, pollsters will underestimate the vote-share of the PM Modi led NDA quite significantly.
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Government and Policy

Modi ministers in five years – Prakash Javadekar, Ministry of Human Resources

Keshav -
A look at the achievements of Human Resources Ministry in the Modi government
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News Reports

Water scarcity looms over Maharashtra as 26 dams report zero levels

OpIndia Staff -
The water storage level in the state stood at 11.84 %, as opposed to 23.73% last year. The Central Water Commission has issued an advisory to the Maharashtra government stating that water storage is the lowest in reservoirs here in a decade.
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World Cup 2019

2019 World Cup preview: India – One of the favourites but the much debated “Number 4” remains a concern

Sandeep Singh -
India has the best batting lineup but the middle order remains a concern. Could that hurt in the tournament?
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Government and Policy

Modi ministers in five years – Dr. Harsh Verdhan, Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Environment

Keshav -
a look at the achievements of Dr. Harsh Vardhan
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Media

After Anjana Om Kashyap, now Shweta Singh calls out Rajdeep Sardesai’s bias among others

OpIndia Staff -
Sweta Singh has called out the blatant bias in the Left media and even Rajdeep Sardesai among others.
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Politics

Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee sends a defamation notice to PM Modi over his Diamond Harbour speech

OpIndia Staff -
In the two-page notice, Abhishek Banerjee has demanded an unconditional apology within 36 hours from Modi, failing which he would "initiate appropriate proceedings".
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Crime

‘Conspiracy to kill me’, says Tej Pratap Yadav after his bodyguards beat up journalist in Patna

OpIndia Staff -
Tej Pratap denies that his bouncers hit journalist, alleges media personnel conspired to kill him
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Entertainment

Actor-cum-cocktail politician Swara Bhasker gains 20 sarees and loses 4 brand endorsement deals this election season

OpIndia Staff -
Swara Bhasker had extended support to various politicians across political parties with a cocktail of political ideologies
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Media

Sensing a possible Modi victory, Rajdeep Sardesai proceeds to discredit his own channel’s Exit Poll even before it is aired

OpIndia Staff -
Sensing that PM Modi might just come back to power for a second term, he has proceeded to discredit his own channel's Exit Poll which is yet to be aired.
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Politics

Despite Congress ecosystem’s attempt to use Murli Manohar Joshi to target Modi, the veteran says Modi has blessings of the people

OpIndia Staff -
Murli Manohar Joshi’s name had earlier been used by the Congress ecosystem to claim rift between BJP's old guard and new leadership.
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Politics

Bombs hurled and journalists assaulted in Bengal, but TMC writes to EC complaining against PM Modi’s Kedarnath visit

OpIndia Staff -
The TMC has written to the Election Commission of India alleging that the PM's visit to Kedarnath and the media coverage of it is a 'gross violation of the model code of conduct'.
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Editor's picks

Congress’ Captain Amarinder violates Model Code of Conduct, tweets to urge people to vote for Congress

OpIndia Staff -
Captain Amarinder Singh then deleted his tweet urging people of Punjab to vote for Congress
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Politics

West Bengal marred by violence: BJP leader shot at, office vandalised and cars set ablaze in Bhatpara

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal has been marred by political violence through all phases of the general elections. Incidents of vandalism and political attacks are being reported in the last phase too.
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Media

Here is what may have triggered Rajdeep Sardesai’s own colleague slamming him for being a pliant journalist

OpIndia Staff -
Anjana Om Kashyap, one of the Editors of Aaj Tak who conducted that interview interestingly took to Twitter today to castigate what appears to be her colleague, Rajdeep Sardesai.
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News Reports

US military F-16 fighter jet crashed in a building in California, it was carrying live ammunition

OpIndia Staff -
F-16 fighter jets were recently in the news after Pakistan used the jet in its aggression against India after the Balakot air strikes
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Social Media

Farhan Akhtar asks people not to vote for Sadhvi Pragya a week after polls, uses Bhopal Gas Tragedy as a cheap pun

OpIndia Staff -
Farhan Akhtar tweeted asking the people of Bhopal not to vote for Sadhvi Pragya, used the Gas Tragedy as a cheap pun and also forgot that Bhopal has already voted last week.
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World Cup 2019

Nasser Hussain believes that India has the best team to win the World Cup

OpIndia Staff -
Nasser Hussain says that India has every base covered for the World Cup
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News Reports

Here is what PM Modi said after his Kedarnath visit when asked if he prayed for victory in 2019 polls

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi had started meditation in a holy cave in Kedarnath late last evening
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News Reports

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu on a meeting spree with all prospective ‘mahagathbandhan’ Prime Ministerial candidates

OpIndia Staff -
Chandrababu Naidu has met NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati
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Specials

In pictures: After a gruelling election campaign, PM Modi visits the abode of Lord Shiva in Kedarnath

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi is on a two-day visit to the Hindu shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath
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Social Media

PM Modi visits Kedarnath for prayer and meditation, ‘secular intellectuals’ rush to mock his faith

OpIndia Staff -
The visceral reaction that liberals have whenever Prime Minister Narendra Modi practices his Hindu faith reveals the deep insecurity they suffer from.
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Politics

Delhi Police rubbish Arvind Kejriwal’s outlandish claims that he can be murdered because PSOs answer to Modi

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Chief Minister had claimed on Saturday that he might be assassinated by his PSOs like former PM Indira Gandhi.
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Politics

Congress’ Lucknow candidate Acharya Pramod slams Shatrughan Sinha for not following ‘party dharma’

OpIndia Staff -
Taking a dig at Sinha's line of work, Krishnam said that politics is not a scripted drama, where you play various characters at different hours.
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Fact-Check

Kamal Haasan claims that the word ‘Hindu’ didn’t exist before the Mughals: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
In a statement in Tamil posted on Twitter, he claimed that the word 'Hindu' is not native to India and that Hindus have to identify themselves as only Indians
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Law

After sandals and reasons behind extra-marital affairs, judiciary turns focus on ‘Chur Chur Naan’

OpIndia Staff -
After Sandals and extra-marital affairs, the Indian Judiciary shows its culinary wisdom and declares that no vendor can have a monopoly over Chur Chur Naan.
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Media

MK Venu calls ‘aggressive’ chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ provocative in The Wire, justifies Mamata Banerjee’s reign of violence

Editorial Desk -
Propagandist MK Venu, in his recent article for The Wire, has defended, even justified, the great violence that Mamata Banerjee has unleashed in West Bengal in her bid to retain power in the state.
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News Reports

CRPF Jawan deployed for Rabri Devi’s security commits suicide

OpIndia Staff -
The cause of suicide by the deceased CRPF soldier is reported to be a family dispute.
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Opinions

The Congress ecosystem is investing full scale in discrediting the Indian election

Abhishek Banerjee -
While BJP has been raked over the coals by the Election Commission, nearly getting banned, you wouldn’t be surprised to hear who get VVIP privileges from the same EC.
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Opinions

Election Commissioners are not clones of each other, CEC Arora slams controversy over Lavasa letter

OpIndia Staff -
The CEC has asserted that the election commissioners are not expected to be template or clones of each other and they do have a dissenting view in many instances.
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A dystopian future where Hindu nationalists take over: Social media reacts to Netflix’s latest Hinduphobic show ‘Leila’

OpIndia Staff -
After Ghoul and Sacred Games, Leila is the third show on Netflix that demonizes Hindus.
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Fact-Check

Of Nationalism and Hindu history: When fiction writer Romila Thapar writes for racist NYT, the result is bound to be poppycock

K Bhattacharjee -
In an article for the 'failing' New York Times (as POTUS Trump calls it), Romila Thapar, academia and approved fake news peddler, spreads rather dubious canards about Hindu Nationalism and Hindu history
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Culture and History

The side of Rabindranath Tagore that ‘Liberal Intellectuals’ don’t want you to see: Here is what he thought of Islam

K Bhattacharjee -
Rabindranath Tagore was an extremely complicated man born into an extremely complicated era. Unfortunately enough, he became a victim of the newly minted artificially secular regime's revisionist project
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