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Shahid Afridi’s disturbing analogy in Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint: Destroy Indian players almost like ‘a suicide bomber’

Nirwa Mehta -
Shekhar Gupta's ThePrint gives space to Shahid Afridi's vitriol, chooses to publish portions of his book 'Game Changer' where he singles out Gautam Gambhir and indulges in personal attacks
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News Reports

India’s addition to UNSC as a permanent member a ‘strategic priority’, says France

OpIndia Staff -
The French envoy had said the inclusion of Germany, India, Japan, Brazil and fair representation of African countries is "absolutely needed" to better reflect the world as it is in UN Security Council.
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Politics

PM Narendra Modi becomes the second most followed leader in the world, surpasses US President Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff -
With over 110 million followers worldwide, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has overtaken US President Donald Trump who has 96 million followers globally
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Government and Policy

Modi ministers in five years – Railway Minister Piyush Goyal

Keshav -
An analysis of the performance of the Railway ministry under Modi government
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News Reports

ED seizes assets worth Rs 1.46 crore belonging to AAP leader Kailash Gahlot’s brother

OpIndia Staff -
Harish Gahlot is AAP leader Kailash Gahlot's brother. Kailash Gehlot's assets worth Rs 2 crores were seized last year.
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News Reports

Mamata’s goons attack journalists covering booth capturing by TMC workers in Hooghly, assault BJP candidate

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist and photojournalist of Sangbad Pratidin attacked by TMC goons when they were covering vote rigging by TMC
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Politics

As AAP claims a Modi-Bhakt slapped Kejriwal, reports say he was a regular in AAP rallies

OpIndia Staff -
Suresh Chauhan had recently slapped Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal during a roadshow in Delhi’s Motinagar area.
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Specials

Leftists, Foreign Funded NGOs and the Rafale link: Women ‘activists’ protest against clean chit to CJI Gogoi in sexual harassment case

OpIndia Staff -
Considering the entities which are protesting against the clean chit given to CJI Gogoi, the plot has certainly thickened.
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Media

Editors Guild whose chief hailed Mamata for fighting ‘fire with fire’ condemns violence against journalists in Bengal without naming her

OpIndia Staff -
The Editors Guild has today issued a statement condemning the violence unleashed upon journalists in Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal during 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.
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Politics

At least 2 DU professors deny signing anti-Modi letter that Congress spread on social media

OpIndia Staff -
At least two signatories have denied having signed or ever seeing such a letter
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Politics

Imran ‘Taliban’ Khan hails Tipu Sultan as a hero, Shashi Tharoor is all praises for one bigot hailing another

Jhankar Mohta -
Imran Khan hails Tipu as a hero, Shashi Tharoor cannot stop admiring one bigot praising another, keeping the Congress traditions alive.
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News Reports

Congress duped farmers in the name of loan waiver, Rahul Gandhi and Kamal Nath giving contradictory statements: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

OpIndia Staff -
Both Rahul Gandhi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath have given contradictory statements on the matter of loan waiver to farmers in the state
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Politics

Supreme Court ‘perplexed’ after Rahul Gandhi’s contempt case hearing gets mysteriously delayed

OpIndia Staff -
Bewilderingly, the contempt plea against Rahul Gandhi was not listed as per the SC's order and it will be now heard on the 10th of May along with the Rafale review petitions.
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Opinions

Terrorism has no religion but people who mourn death of terrorist do, according to PDP spokesperson whose interview The Wire published

K Bhattacharjee -
The leftist propaganda The Wire interviewed PDP spokesperson Waheed ur-Rahman Para which was published as an 'edited testimony' by the portal on 5th of May 2019. 
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Opinions

Stung by Rajiv Gandhi’s corruption and incompetence being debated, Congress resorts to spreading abhorrent fake news on PM Modi

Sanghamitra -
Since PM Modi brought up Rajiv Gandhi's name into play, a pandora's box has been opened, and many skeletons that were buried deep in Congress' closet are out in the open to haunt the party.
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Entertainment

Priyanka Chopra’s Met Gala look has netizens in splits, compare her to a scarecrow

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter users don their creative hat as they see bizarre outfits worn by the celebrities at the Met Gala
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Law

SC shatters 21 opposition parties’ EVM fear mongering in less than a minute, dismisses petition for 50% VVPAT verification

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court (SC) headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi dismissed the review petition filed by 21 opposition parties combined for the review of its decision in case of 50% verification of voting by VVPAT
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Media

Netflix takes Pakistani line, shows Kashmir as a part of Pakistan in its show ‘Street Food’

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Indian media publications like Indian Express and The Quint had also shown PoK as part of Pakistan
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Opinions

India rejecting the Rs 72,000 NYAY boondoggle would show the highest level of voter maturity

Abhishek Banerjee -
The weeks have rolled by and the Rs 72,000 NYAY has all but disappeared from the narrative. It is stunning how little traction it got on the ground during the 2019 Lok Sabha election
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Politics

Exit Polls for 2014 General Elections: How accurate were they?

OpIndia Staff -
In 2014 General Elections, Today's Chanakya came the closest with its prediction of 291 seats for the BJP and 340 for the NDA, overestimating BJP by 9 and NDA by 4
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Politics

Modi challenges Congress to fight elections in Rajiv Gandhi’s name, who presided over Bofors scam and 1984 riots

OpIndia Staff -
The Bofors scam, 1984 anti-Sikh riots and Bhopal gas tragedy have come back to haunt Congress
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News Reports

Samajwadi Party workers beat up a man in Uttar Pradesh for wearing saffron gamcha

OpIndia Staff -
The Samajwadi Party workers allegedly asked Pathak to abuse PM Modi and CM Yogi. When he refused to do that they started brutally beat him up.
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News Reports

SP candidate from Varanasi Tej Bahadur Yadav caught on camera agreeing to kill PM Modi for money

OpIndia Staff -
Sacked BSF soldier and SP candidate from Varanasi Tej Bahadur Yadav was seen offering to kill PM Modi for ₹50 crore in a 2 years old video
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Media

Arnab Goswami buys back Asianet shares, transforms Republic Network with a landmark valuation of Rs 1,200 crores in just 2 years

OpIndia Staff -
As the Republic TV is on the verge of completing its 2 years, Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami has bought the minority shares held by Asianet Media Network
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Politics

2019 poised to become the Lok Sabha election with the highest voter turnout ever

OpIndia Staff -
The 2019 Lok Sabha Elections are poised to record the highest voter turnout in the history of Independent India.
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News Reports

Bengaluru police close sexual harassment case against Asianet CEO Abhinav Khare, say allegations were ‘baseless and false’

OpIndia Staff -
Police say that no witness supported the allegations made by Sonam Mahajan against Abhinav Khare
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Media

‘Secular’ media portal The Quint and its headlines during Hindu festivals and Ramzan

OpIndia Staff -
As Ramzan starts today, The Quint decided to tell its readers about the benefits of While for fasting and what it does for one's well-being.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi and how the media has been making him ‘come of age’ for the past 10 years

Ullas -
After 2014 elections, efforts to resurrect his sorry career continued after every speech he gave in the parliament, after every odd election wins and after any success during news cycles.
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Politics

Jharkhand: Muslim woman assaulted by husband for voting BJP, FIR lodged

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim woman Sahana Khatoon of Chanho, Jharkhand was allegedly assaulted by her husband because she voted for BJP.
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Politics

Booth rigging in Amethi: District Magistrate orders probe against polling officer

OpIndia Staff -
After Smriti Irani's complaint, the District Magistrate in Amethi has reportedly ordered a probe on the alleged booth capturing reported in the area by Congress workers.
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News Reports

In-House committee of Supreme Court gives clean chit to CJI Ranjan Gogoi in sexual harassment allegations

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court panel finds no substance in allegations of sexual harassment against Ranjan Gogoi.
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News Reports

Muslims call for boycott of Chinese products to oppose atrocity on Uighurs and ban on Ramzan in China

OpIndia Staff -
As the month of Ramzan has commenced, many observant Muslims across the world have registered their protest against the Chinese atrocity upon the Uighur Muslims by calling for a boycott of Chinese products during Ramzan
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Politics

TMC goons attack a journalist days after Editors Guild chief Shekhar Gupta ‘praised’ Mamata for ‘fighting fire with fire’

OpIndia Staff -
In Phase 4 also TMC goons had attacked journalists for covering Bengal poll violence
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News Reports

BJP polling agent brutally assaulted by TMC workers in Howrah as West Bengal votes in the 5th phase of Lok Sabha elections

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission has sought a report from the administration regarding the alleged attack on BJP candidate Arjun Singh by TMC workers.
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Politics

Watch: Rahul Gandhi admits that Congress rule produced unemployment, corruption, problems for farmers, etc

OpIndia Staff -
Congress President, Rahul Gandhi, who has somehow got into the habit of putting his foot into his mouth every time he makes a public appearance, this time too lives up to his reputation
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Politics

Congress President Rahul Gandhi cancels Amethi tour

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani, BJP candidate for Amethi, termed it as an insult to people of Amethi
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Opinions

Pliant journalists, the entitled Prince, a litany of lies and a whole lot of incompetence

vigoe -
In the last few days, Indians witnessed an event that they all had been waiting for the last 5 years. Rahul Gandhi, the Prince, finally gave an interview
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Politics

Congress writes to EC against PM Modi’s comment calling Rajiv Gandhi ‘Bhrastachari number 1’, says its against poll code

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi had said in a rally in UP that Rahul Gandhi's father Rajiv Gandhi's life had ended as 'Bhrashtachari number 1'.
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Entertainment

Karan Oberoi who acted in ‘Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin’ arrested on charges of rape and blackmail

OpIndia Staff -
Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin actor Karan Oberoi arrested on charges of rape
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Opinions

Al Jazeera – Yes, we stand by our PM when he says ‘Hindus have never become terrorists’

vigoe -
Al Jazeera, which is known for its Hindu hate and anti-India agenda, conducted an interview of a BJP leader, Nalin Kohli while reporting on the Indian general elections 2019.
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Politics

PM Modi slams ‘Speedbreaker’ Mamata Banerjee for playing politics over Cyclone Fani

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi has stated that Mamata Banerjee is playing politics over Cyclone Fani. The West Bengal CM has refused to talk on the phone or hold a review meeting.
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Politics

The Battle for Barrackpore, West Bengal: Why the seat is important for both BJP and TMC

Editorial Desk -
While violence and rigging occurred sporadically as expected, the BJP candidate from Barrackpore, Arjun Singh, was attacked by goons associated with Trinamool Congress.
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News Reports

600 foreigners including 200 Islamic clerics expelled from Sri Lanka, visa restrictions on religious preachers tightened

OpIndia Staff -
Clerics had entered legally but had overstayed their visas. They were fined and expelled from Sri Lanka following the Easter Sunday attacks
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee government now declines PMO’s request for review meeting over Cyclone Fani

OpIndia Staff -
As PM Modi meets Naveen Patnaik today, reports state that the West Bengal government have declined PMO's request for a review meeting on Cyclone Fani stating that the state officials are busy in election duty. Earlier, Mamata Banerjee had avoided PM's phone call over the same.
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Opinions

A ‘surgical strike’ on Manmohan Singh and no less by army generals

Ashish Shukla -
3 Army chiefs, 2 from the Congress regime call out former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's blatant lies about surgical strikes
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Politics

Phase 5 of Elections in West Bengal again sees violence, rigging and polling malpractices

OpIndia Staff -
Regardless of the results of the elections, the 2019 General Elections is turning out to be a dark phase in the history of Bengal politics.
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Politics

Amethi: Voter claims polling officer forcefully made her vote for Congress, Smriti Irani asks the EC to intervene

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani has urged the Election Commission to take action against this
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Politics

Congress leader and former Punjab CM slaps a youth for asking questions

OpIndia Staff -
Former Punjab CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal slapped a youth who had asked what she had done for her constituency in all the years that she was MLA in the area.
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Politics

Violence reported in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency, 38 polling officials airlifted

OpIndia Staff -
Due to security reasons, the polls in Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency which is composed of 16 assembly segments, is being held in 3 phases
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Politics

Smriti Irani hits out on Rahul Gandhi, says the despicable family is ready to kill an innocent man for their politics

OpIndia Staff -
Yesterday, Irani had shared a video where a man was recounting how his uncle died after Sanjay Gandhi Hospital allegedly turned them away because they were holding an Ayushman Bharat card
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