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‘Why don’t we invoke the UN?’ Shehla Rashid takes EVM row to a new level as exit polls predict Modi’s victory

OpIndia Staff -
Shehla Rashid bemoaned about the lack of clarity and purpose among the opposition parties while levelling serious allegations of EVM fraud and rigging
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Politics

There will be tit for tat: Ram Vilas Paswan on Upendra Kushwaha’s call for violence over EVMs

OpIndia Staff -
On the issue of EVMs Paswan said that the opposition raises doubt over EVMs when they are aware that they will be losing the elections.
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Media

Now, even Rajdeep Sardesai abandons opposition parties’ EVM clown car

OpIndia Staff -
In stark contrast to his natural disposition, Rajdeep Sardesai has slammed the opposition parties trying to create controversy over EVMs.
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World Cup 2019

Remembering India’s ill-fated 1999 campaign, last time World Cup was held in England

Sandeep Singh -
It has been 20 years since the Cricket World Cup was last held in England, and it was a tournament most Indians would like to forget.
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Social Media

HDFC Bank promises ‘appropriate action’ against employee for exercising his constitutional right, people threaten boycott

OpIndia Staff -
A journalist employed by AFP news agency, Uzair Hasan Rizvi, has implored HDFC Bank to act against one of its employees for views he calls 'Islamophobic' and 'Xenophobic'.
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News Reports

Breaking: Attempted break-in carried out at IAF Rafale project management team in Paris suburb

OpIndia Staff -
The incident happened on Sunday night
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Crime

Businessman’s ex-driver kidnaps his son, a class one student for ransom, shoots himself after retaliation by UP Police

OpIndia Staff -
Ranvir was kidnapped from the gymnastics hall of Boys High School and College located in the Civil Lines area of ​​Prayagraj where the child went for extra classes
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Politics

AAP’s Sanjay Singh wants Arnab Goswami to either go to a mental asylum, be jailed or drowned

Nirwa Mehta -
AAP's Sanjay Singh was reacting to a clip by Arnab where he was mocking the Opposition for their EVM drama
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Congress govt to reopen 12-year old murder case against Sadhvi Pragya in which she was earlier acquitted

OpIndia Staff -
MP Law Minister, P C Sharma, on Tuesday, said that the Congress-led Madhya Pradesh government will seek legal opinion of reopening the murder case of ex-RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi in which Pragya Singh was acquitted.
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Politics

Congress leader Udit Raj accuses Supreme Court of ‘rigging the polls’

OpIndia Staff -
Udit Raj accused the Supreme Court of rigging the Lok Sabha polls after its dismissed a petition seeking 100% matching of the VVPAT with the EVMs yesterday
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News Reports

Relax, DD’s iconic Satyam Shivam Sundaram logo is not being changed, yet

OpIndia Staff -
Prasar Bharti had tweeted saying that it had selected the top 5 designs from the Doordarshan logo contest that had received over 10,000 entries.
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Politics

Amidst the EVM row, Election Commission sets up 24-hour control room to monitor complaints relating to EVMs

OpIndia Staff -
EC has issued clarifications saying that it would like to "emphatically and unambiguously" clarify that all such reports and allegations are "absolutely false and factually incorrect."
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Fact-Check

India has 90 crore eligible voters, ‘journalists’ and opposition claim votes of 400 crore voters are ‘missing’

OpIndia Staff -
Following the rejection of the claims by ECI and the clarification over the issue, Frontline magazine had accepted that their report is false and a rejoinder will be published. TV9 Bharatvarsh had removed the report from their website and YouTube channel.
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News Reports

Convent schools in Mumbai barred Dabbawallas to deliver food to students

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Dabbawallahs' Association called the ban a money making racket by the school's canteen contractors
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Media

Barkha Dutt expresses deep anguish over the fact that the mainstream media can no longer influence elections

OpIndia Staff -
Barkha said it doesn't make her happy that mainstream media cannot influence the voters to vote in a particular way anymore.
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News Reports

RSLP leader Upendra Kushwaha calls for violence in the name of protecting votes

OpIndia Staff -
Kushwaha said that votes were no less valuable than one's reputation and food and that even picking up weapons was justified if it was done for protecting the votes.
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Politics

Amit Shah hosts dinner for NDA alliance partners ahead of vote counting on May 23

OpIndia Staff -
The meeting was scheduled ahead of the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election on May 23
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Opinions

Fear and falsehood: How a colonialist ecosystem paints the Modi government as communal

Saket Suryesh -
Was Akhlaq killed because the killers wanted him to convert to Hinduism? The incident is called communal because the killers belonged to one community and the victim to another.
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Media

The curious case of ‘Tricolour News Network’ and their Romanian owner Diana Biciin

Nirwa Mehta -
It is curious that Aam Aadmi Party social media cell member shared a video of a dubious platform which was earlier used by Congress' Kapil Sibal
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Politics

BJP worker shot at, shop burned in West Bengal post-poll violence

OpIndia Staff -
In several incidents of post-poll violence, a BJP worker was reportedly shot at while shops have been set ablaze in Cooch Behar. In Bhatpara too, violent clashes are being reported.
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Law

“This is nonsense. Let the country elect its government”, SC dismisses petition to match 100% VVPAT with EVMs

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court dismisses a petition seeking 100% matching of VVPATs with EVMs
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News Reports

Exit poll rattles opposition, 21 parties submit a memorandum to EC urging to count 100% VVPAT slips

OpIndia Staff -
Unnerved by the exit poll predictions Opposition parties are not in the mood to refrain themselves from creating unnecessary controversy
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Government and Policy

Modi ministers in five years – Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj

Keshav -
A look at the achievements of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj mininstry in Modi government
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Crime

Arunachal Pradesh: Sitting NPP MLA Tirong Aboh and 10 others killed in terror attack suspected to be carried out by NSCN-IM

OpIndia Staff -
Aboh was seeking re-election from Khonsa West Assembly seat in the ongoing Assembly Sabha elections.
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Media

‘Journalist sitting in a political party’s lap is calling others godi media’, Aaj Tak’s Rohit Sardana hits out at NDTV’s Ravish Kumar

OpIndia Staff -
Aaj Tak journalist Rohit Sardana said that earlier journalists used to decide ministry allocations.
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Politics

Spooked by Exit Polls revelations, a certain ‘R Gandhi’ cancels his London trip before the result day: Report

OpIndia Staff -
A certain 'Mr R Gandhi' cancelled his Delhi to London return trip after the exit polls predicted a landslide victory for PM Narendra Modi.
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Politics

IIT graduate and an IAS officer explains in detail why EVMs can’t be ‘hacked’ or ‘tampered’ with

OpIndia Staff -
Bhavesh Mishra, IAS 2015 batch, B.Tech IIT Delhi, on Quora gave a detailed explanation regarding why EVMs cannot be 'hacked' or 'tampered' with.
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Politics

ECI issues clarifications after opposition parties and journalists peddle fake news about EVMs

OpIndia Staff -
The spokesperson of the ECI has clarified that the allegations of EVM tampering arising from political parties are baseless and all protocols are being duly followed in storage and security of the EVMs.
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Politics

Karnataka meltdown: Congress leader Roshan Baig trains guns at Siddaramaiah, calls KC Venugopal a buffoon

OpIndia Staff -
After the exit polls forecasted BJP sweep in Karnataka, rebellion among Congress leaders gathers pace
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Opinions

Here is why Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik might be ditching his decade old ‘no political alignment’ policy

Sambit Nayak -
Naveen Patnaik has maintained his equidistance policy since 2009 after breaking alliance with BJP and getting separated from NDA.
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Politics

After Exit Polls indicate NDA victory, AAP leaders and journalist spread fake news to discredit EVMs

OpIndia Staff -
Not just politicians, even certain journalists have resorted to peddling Fake News regarding EVMs to further their political agenda.
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News Reports

‘Don’t let exit polls discourage you’, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to party workers in audio message

OpIndia Staff -
Though Congress has been outwardly disregarding the exit polls secretly they have resigned to the fact that Modi is coming back for another 5 years
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Specials

Meet Ashok Lavasa: A man surrounded by many controversies, going back to the CWG scam

Nupur J Sharma -
Election commissioner Ashok Lavasa had kicked up a storm earlier after he alleged that he did not agree with the ECI decisions to clear PM Modi and Amit Shah of charges of violating the MCC
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Crime

Man in Uttar Pradesh brutally killed his wife for choosing to vote in favour of BJP: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Rambachan, who wanted Neelam to vote for BSP had reportedly got into an argument with her on Monday as she chose to vote for BJP instead.
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World Cup 2019

The first ever World Cup cricket match witnessed India’s most controversial world cup innings

Ritesh -
The first ever Cricket World Cup was played in 1975, and the first match of the tournament was between India and England.
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Media

BBC tweaks timeline, sets 2024 as the year when Rahul Gandhi will finally come of age and unseat Modi

Nirwa Mehta -
The BBC eulogises Congress President Rahul Gandhi while giving him five more years to prove himself as a credible politician
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Politics

Former President Pranab Mukherjee hails the Election Commission of India for perfectly conducted elections

OpIndia Staff -
Pranab Mukherjee stated that election commissions starting from Shukumar Sen to the present CEC, have made sure that elections are conducted perfectly.
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World Cup 2019

Keep it funny, not personal, Moeen Ali’s expectations from fans during World Cup

OpIndia Staff -
All-rounder Mooen Ali wants English fans not to be personal with Smith and Warner during the World Cup.
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Politics

Congress’ new excuse for predicted loss: North Indian voters are not as educated as South Indians

OpIndia Staff -
Congress spokesperson Shama Mohammad stated that the reason of Congress' bad performance in North Indian states is that the people in North Indian states are 'pliable' and they are not educated like the people in the south.
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Cricket

Kedar Jadhav fit, no changes in India’s World Cup Squad

OpIndia Staff -
Many former cricketers and experts believed that Pant should have been selected for the World Cup.
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Media

‘Krantikari’ journalist is back, predicts more seats for Congress ally DMK than it is even contesting, Congress happily shares it

OpIndia Staff -
Congress, too, used Bajpai's imaginary numbers to show that the BJP is losing
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World Cup 2019

Mohammad Amir makes a comeback to World Cup Squad

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan chairman of selectors Inzamam ul Haq told the media on Monday about three changes made in the provisional squad.
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News Reports

Congress mouthpiece National Herald claims ‘moral victory’, says even if Modi wins, he has emerged ‘weaker and diminished’

OpIndia Staff -
Congress concedes defeat after exit polls, claims moral victory by saying PM Modi will emerge 'weaker' and 'diminished'.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu CM reiterates state government’s commitment to release Rajiv Gandhi’s killers

OpIndia Staff -
Mr Palaniswami said the Cabinet resolution that was passed reflected the popular public sentiment on the issue
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Media

Former NDTV journalist uses an unnamed ‘clued in Congress leader’ to assert that Exit Polls are declaring Congress’ demise ‘too soon’

OpIndia Staff -
Most of the exit polls released yesterday have predicted a total rout for the Congress and the UPA coalition parties
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News Reports

AAP goes insane, alleges that there will be attempts to open strong rooms and manipulate or replace EVMs

OpIndia Staff -
With the exit polls predicting 0-1 seat for the Aam Aadmi Party, it, in turn, starts preparing excuses in case the exit poll predictions hold up
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Books

‘J&K Invisible Faultlines’- a book that attempts to correct the skewed narrative on Jammu and Kashmir

Guest Author -
A Review of the book ‘J&K Invisible Faultlines’ -Edited by Sandhya Jain, published by Pentagon Press
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Media

Dubious NewsX Neta Exit Poll gave NDA 242 seats while being overdependent on a less than popular mobile app

K Bhattacharjee -
NewsX Neta Exit Polls predicts the NDA to secure 242 seats, 30 short of the 272 required for a majority. The UPA is predicted to win 164 while Others are expected to win 136.
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World Cup 2019

2019 World Cup preview: England – Overwhelming favourites but that bowling attack will keep opponents interested

Sandeep Singh -
England has a batting line up that is arguably among the best, but will that be enough to be the world champions?
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News Reports

The first surgical strike was carried out by the armed forces in September 2016: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Lt Gen Ranbir Singh confirms that no surgical trike took place during UPA government, the first strike was in 2016
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