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BJP-RSS activists donning central forces’ uniforms being pushed in the state: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has also alleged that the Central forces are influencing the voters, asking them to vote in favour of the saffron party
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Politics

Feminist Swara Bhasker endorses Digvijay Singh of ‘Sau Taka Tunch Maal’ fame over female victim of custodial torture during UPA govt

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Icon of modern-day Feminism, Swara Bhasker, renowned for her tirades against the 'right-wing and general obtuseness, has endorsed Digvijay Singh from the Bhopal Lok Sabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh.
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Politics

“Have any BJP leaders ever been assassinated for the cause of this nation?” Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

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Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister made an insensitive remark against the BJP leaders
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Sports

Shahid Afridi says he will not allow daughters to play outdoor games because of social and religious reasons

OpIndia Staff -
They have permission to play all the indoor games they want, but my daughters are not going to be competing in public sporting activities, Afridi has written.
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Politics

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh skips casting his vote in the Lok Sabha elections

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Digvijaya Singh has expressed his regret at not being able to vote
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Social Media

Robert Vadra posts inked selfie with Paraguay flag instead of Indian flag, deletes tweet after gaffe gets called out

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Robert Vadra deleted his tweet with Paraguay flag after being pointed out
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Politics

AAP candidate Balbir Jakhar’s son Uday Jakhar appeals voters not to vote for his father

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Uday Jakhar's allegations were denied by his father who said that he did not have any discussion about his candidature with his son
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Politics

Engrossed in overseeing polls in Bhopal, Digvijaya Singh is yet to cast his vote in Rajgarh

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Facing a stiff fight from BJP's Sadhavi Pragya in Bhopal, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh is yet to cast his vote in Rajgarh
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Opinions

‘India is Secular despite Hindus,’ Aakar Patel claims in Congress mouthpiece National Herald but is India really secular?

K Bhattacharjee -
Thanks to Aakar Patel and the National Herald, we now know what the Congress Party considers Secularism to be. According to them, Secularism is the institutional discrimination of Hindus in their own land
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Government and Policy

Mumbai attains new global standards, can drink water straight from tap: Report

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Mumbai residents can now drink water directly from the tap
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Politics

When Manmohan Singh blamed RSS for 1984 Sikh genocide

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Far from being apologetic about the organised pogrom of Sikhs in 1984, Manmohan Singh had pinned the blame of the massacre on RSS
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Politics

Video: Madhya Pradesh farmer exposes the farm loan waiver sham, calls Rs 2 lakh loan waiver a lie

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The farmer's loan hasn't been waived off as promised and the police have also raided his house thrice over the due payment of loans
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News Reports

Pakistani couple living illegally in Bengaluru deported

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The Pakistani couple was in jail since May 2017 after being caught by the police for illegally entering and staying in India
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Politics

West Bengal: BJP surge leaves Mamata Banerjee in a tizzy, TMC goons caught on camera pulling down Modi’s posters in Kolkata

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The rising popularity of BJP amongst the people of West Bengal, which began last year during the panchayat polls only kept burgeoning this election season.
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Media

If I give an ad to Indian Express is it a dole? Then how can homes for poor be a dole? says PM Modi...

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PM Modi in an interview with the Indian Express how his government's policies have empowered the poor
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Media

Modi’s image has not been made by Khan Market gang or the Lutyens Delhi that it can be dismantled: PM Modi takes on Rahul...

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"I could not get Indian Express to be objective in its criticism against me," PM Modi in a freewheeling chat with the Indian Express
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News Reports

25% voter turnout recorded in Phase 6 of Lok Sabha Elections till 11 AM

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The BJP had won 44 of the 59 seats that went to polls today in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
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News Reports

Didi’s intolerance: BJP youth leader arrested for Met Gala-themed meme of Mamata Banerjee slapped with non bailable charges

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A complaint against the convenor of BJYM, Priyanka Sharma was made by TMC leader Vibhas Hazra. for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of Mamata Banerjee in Howrah
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Politics

West Bengal: BJP candidate Bharati Ghosh heckled, her vehicle vandalised and stopped from casting her vote by TMC cadre

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Bharati Ghosh had last year made shocking revelations about West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee alleging that Banerjee “transfers officers if BJP gains ground”
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Politics

Uttar Pradesh: Humiliated by Priyanka Gandhi, Congress leaders and other office-bearers quit the party

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The arrogance spread out by the current generation dynasts have forced other senior members to abandon the party
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Politics

West Bengal marred with violence in the 6th phase of elections, one BJP, one TMC worker found dead while two other BJP workers shot...

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West Bengal elections are often greeted with violent skirmishes and clashes between competing parties
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Politics

Sadhvi Pragya, Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli cast their votes, violence continues in Bengal in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections

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Fates of several political bigwigs to be decided today in the sixth phase of polling
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Politics

All you need to know about Phase 6 of Lok Sabha Elections 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha Elections are set to be conducted on the 12th of May, 2019. The fate of 59 constituencies will be decided by the voters on Sunday.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee’s bizarre comment about Modi: ‘I said I will give slap of democracy, your chest is 56 inch, how can I slap you?’

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has come out to clarify her 'slap of democracy' statement about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Politics

PM Modi says Congress was afraid that Alwar gang rape case would impact votes, calls out the deafening silence of ‘activists’

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Rajasthan Congress is accused of delaying the action against rape culprits in Alwar due to the ongoing Lok Sabha elections
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Politics

Sikh community protests outside Rahul Gandhi’s residence, demand Pitroda’s ouster

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Pitroda had shrugged off the 1984 riots by dismissing them with his 'hua to hua' remark
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Law

Sad that after 60-70 years after Independence, we are still trying to improve the system: SC on cash seized during elections

OpIndia Staff -
According to the data collected by the Election Commission, Rs 303 crore of unaccounted cash was seized during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
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Politics

10 outlandish and asinine things that Rahul Gandhi said in his interview to NDTV’s Ravish Kumar

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Ravish Kumar interviews Rahul Gandhi. As expected, the complexity and depth of the discussion will the stuff of legends.
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Politics

Arvind Kejriwal sends legal notice to Gautam Gambhir for saying ‘I feel ashamed to have a CM like Arvind Kejriwal’

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Through the notice, AAP has sought an immediate apology from Gambhir for his tweets and publishing of his apology on his social media account within 24 hours.
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News Reports

ISIS announces its Indian ‘branch’, call themselves Wilayah of Hind: Reports

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In a worrying development, the Islamic State (ISIS) has issued a statement claiming to have established its "province" in India.
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Political History of India

All you need to know about the General Elections through the years: 1957-2014

K Bhattacharjee -
A walk through the political history of post-independence India
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Opinions

Really, Rahul Gandhi? Did Sonia Gandhi really apologize for 1984 Sikh genocide?

Ashish Shukla -
Rahul Gandhi, while 'apologising' for Sam Pitroda's remarks, had said that Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh had apologised for the 1984 Sikh genocide. But did they really?
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Media

Greeting people with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ a corrupt practice? According to The Wire Editor, it is when PM Modi does it

K Bhattacharjee -
Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor of The Wire and a US citizen himself, opined on Friday that Prime Minister Modi greeting people with 'Jai Shri Ram' at his rallies is a 'corrupt practice'.
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Politics

AAP candidate Balbir Jakhar’s son alleges that his father paid 6 crores to Kejriwal to get the ticket

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Uday Jakhar stated that his father Balbir Jakhar has paid Rs 6 crores to Arvind Kejriwal and Gopal Rai and has also promised to bail out Sajjan Kumar in exchange for a Lok Sabha ticket.
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Opinions

Letting the past remain buried will be the wisest thing for Congress

Saket Suryesh -
Congress has so many skeletons in their cupboard that they should rather have gone a one-off retort by the PM Modi after years of harassment.
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Crime

Mayawati asks Supreme Court to act against Congress government in Rajasthan over Alwar rape case

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The Dalit woman was gang-raped by a group of men on April 26 and her family had approached the police to lodge an FIR on April 30. The Alwar police had allegedly put off filing an FIR keeping the elections on 6th April in mind.
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Media

‘Varanasi is not the same anymore’, Ravish Kumar says bitterly on being called ‘Modi-virodhi’ at a Hotel in Varanasi

K Bhattacharjee -
Ravish Kumar appears to have made it a point to disagree with the popular public perception regardless of the matter in question.
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Politics

BJP’s unique voter outreach in Delhi, shows Delhi is more than just Punjabis and Purvanchalis

Nirwa Mehta -
BJP Karnataka MLA Arvind Limbavali has reached out to the Kannadigas in the national capital as a part of voter outreach
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Entertainment

Meet the man who walked up to Swara Bhaskar at the airport and said ‘Aayega To Modi Hi’

Nupur J Sharma -
On 8th May 2019, a short video clip went viral on Social Media where a man was seen taking a selfie with actress Swara Bhaskar at the airport. In the clip, while taking a selfie, the man says to Swara Bhaskar, 'par ma'am aayega to Modi hi'.
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Politics

After ‘heat of campaigning’ Rahul Gandhi uses ‘free flow of political speech’ to defend his lie about tribal law

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Rahul Gandhi claims before the Election Commission that he did not violate the poll code in his speech in Shahdol where he had claimed that Modi government has made a law where they can shoot down tribals.
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Politics

Manish Sisodia’s Wikipedia page protected after trolls added ‘handsome’ to his bio

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AAP leader Manish Sisodia's Wikipedia page has been vandalised by miscreants. In his introduction, the words "most handsome and virgin man of Asia region" have been added.
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Politics

‘Neutral’ journalists urge Sam Pitroda to shut up and not dent Congress’ prospects in 2019

OpIndia Staff -
Pitroda's 'motormouth' has been a cause of a greater worry in Congress' supportive ecosystem of 'neutral journalists' than it seems to be for Congress itself.
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Fact-Check

AltNews founder misleads people about PM Modi’s 2014 poll promise of ‘sending guilty MPs and MLAs to jail within a year’

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Pratik Sinha, the founder of AltNews insinuated that the Modi government had not fulfilled its 2014 poll promise of fast-tracking criminal cases against MPs and MLAs
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Politics

FIR for MCC violation against temple priest and BJP candidate for offering saffron and green cloth at Khajrana Ganesh Temple

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Indore police have lodged an FIR against BJP MP candidate Shankar Lalwani and the priest of Khajrana Ganesh temple alleging that the offering of saffron and green cloth and lotus flowers was a violation of the MCC.
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Government and Policy

The truth about the ‘revolution’ AAP brought in education sector in Delhi

Abhishek Ranjan -
Delhi government schools have had disastrous results for class 10 board exams in the last two years, but AAP is not taking any responsibility for it
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Politics

Even while apologising for Sam Pitroda’s comment, Rahul Gandhi won’t stop whitewashing the 1984 organised Sikh genocide

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi said that what Sam Pitroda said what completely out of line and he should apologise for it. He said that justice needed to be done and the people responsible for 1984 "tragedy" have to be punished.
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Politics

Former Congress I&B minister Manish Tewari says he knows which journalist’s ‘zameer’ gets sold for how much

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Congress leader Manish Tewari said that he has been the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister in the past and he knew for how much the conscience of journalists could be purchased.
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Crime

Curfew imposed in Assam’s Hailakandi after communal clashes triggered by Friday prayers on road, 1 dead, several injured

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Hindus objected to Muslims holding Friday prayers on a road that leads to a temple, causing communal riots
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News Reports

Sam Pitroda asks everyone to ‘move on’ from the ‘issue’ of 1984 Sikh Genocide

OpIndia Staff -
Sam Pitroda says he wanted to mean jo hua vo bura hua, but ended up saying hua to hua as his Hindi is bad
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News Reports

Zero infiltration bids from Pakistan points to the success of Balakot airstrikes: Report suggests

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has been desperately trying to reduce the tensions along the borders which had spiked after the Pulwama attack which killed 40 Indian CRPF personnel
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