Archives of OpIndia

Crime

West Bengal: Makhan Bibi force fed acid by husband and in-laws for voting against Trinamool, claims son

OpIndia Staff -
In a gruesome incident of political violence, a woman in Murshidabad, West Bengal was fed acid by her Trinamool supporting husband and in-laws for voting for Congress in the Lok Sabha elections
Read more
Media Fact-Check

Tripura CM Biplab Deb’s wife denies reports that she has accused her husband of domestic violence, calls them highly paid dirty rumours

OpIndia Staff -
Biplab Deb's wife Niti Deb says that dirty rumours are being spread to gain political advantage against influential people
Read more
Politics

A day before Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Ahmednagar, Congress district unit dissolves as leaders refuse to support NCP

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, senior Maharashtra Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, whose son joined the BJP last month, has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly.
Read more
Politics

Mamata’s grand plan to defeat BJP: Will put pebbles in mitti ke laddu to break Modi’s teeth

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi, in interaction with Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, had revealed that Mamata Banerjee sends him Bengali sweets and personally selected Kurtas.
Read more
Politics

Rahul Gandhi camp and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra camp at odds: Sibling rivalry taking an ugly turn?

OpIndia Staff -
Sibling rivalry appears to have taken an ugly turn within the Nehru-Gandhi Parivar after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra chickened out from contesting from Varanasi against PM Modi
Read more
Politics

A day after Priyanka Gandhi chickened out from contesting against PM Modi, Congress ecosystem launches a rescue operation

OpIndia Staff -
The anguish of the ecosystem seems to have toned down as they have now launched a rescue mission to protect Priyanka Gandhi from further more ridicule and criticism.
Read more
Politics

Havan and Puja in UP, promoting man who butchered a calf in Kerala: The Rahul-Priyanka brand of ‘secularism’

Jinit Jain -
In 2017, Rijil Makkutty had brutally butchered a calf in protest against the Centre's move enforcing anti-cow slaughter laws.
Read more
Opinions

The hypocrisy and delusions: Raj Thackeray as the saviour for India’s liberals is both sad and hilarious

Abhishek Banerjee -
A man like Raj Thackeray, who cannot win a single MP has emerged as the grand hope of India’s ‘secular’ liberals to stop the Modi juggernaut. Let that sink in.
Read more
News Reports

Supreme Court upholds the Election Commission’s decision to ban the release of Modi biopic during elections

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the decision of the Election Commission to ban Modi's biopic during elections
Read more
Editor's picks

‘Anti-communist’ Javed Akhtar campaigns for proud communist and CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar

OpIndia Staff -
Javed Akhtar had once said, "If Communism is your faith, then you are as bad as a religious person."
Read more
Law

PepsiCo sues potato farmers for growing the variety used for Lays Chips

OpIndia Staff -
In a letter sent to Ministry, the activists have said that the farmers have every right to produce and sell a protected variety of seeds and that Pepsico can't claim intellectual property right on it.
Read more
Opinions

Why I think Prime Minister Modi will win 2019 and why some people won’t believe in it

Saket Suryesh -
As the Elections 2019 draw to an end, the desperation rises among the intellectual gang which has even till yesterday considered Narendra Modi in the government as an aberration.
Read more
Politics

Congress manages to insult the memory of Pulwama martyrs and make fun of Nehru in one stroke

OpIndia Staff -
In one swift motion, with one edited picture, Congress not only insulted the martyrs of the dastardly Pulwama terror attack but also mocked former PM Jawaharlal Nehru.
Read more
Opinions

The Prime Minister’s roadshow at Varanasi was a reflection of the liberals’ worst nightmare

K Bhattacharjee -
On the 25th of April, 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party organized a roadshow in Varanasi where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the centre of attention.
Read more
Crime

Fugitive Nirav Modi’s bail rejected for the third time, next hearing set on May 30

OpIndia Staff -
The hearing this week takes place as per the four-week time frame for judicial remand in such cases
Read more
Social Media

Watch: Propagandist Nikhil Wagle calls Hafiz Saeed ‘Hamara Apna’ in a rant video against PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Wagle seems to think that the dozen or so interviews of the PM mean nothing unless the person asking questions is Raveesh 'Koun Jaat Ho' Kumar or Abhisar 'headlights' Sharma.
Read more
Politics

“If BJP comes back to power, only Rahul Gandhi will be responsible”: Arvind Kejriwal shows frustration of failed alliance talks

OpIndia Staff -
Kejriwal's desperation to form an alliance with the Congress has left him completely flustered
Read more
Opinions

How a born communist Atishi Marlena, who is today being hailed as a ‘revolutionary’, ruined Delhi’s education system

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The left-liberals amaze us now with propping up Atishi Marlena as some sort of youth icon who revolutionised Delhi's education. But, as usual, the left propaganda always turns out to be another myth.
Read more
News Reports

PM Narendra Modi files his nomination from the Holy City of Varanasi, top NDA leaders join him in a show of strength

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a 20-party coalition is fighting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Read more
Social Media

Legal complaint filed against photoshop artist day after PM Modi and Akshay Kumar appreciated his work

OpIndia Staff -
A day after the PM himself appreciated Krishna's work, a legal complaint has been filed against the photoshop artist.
Read more
News Reports

West Bengal: Missing election official in charge of EVMs found in Howrah after a week

OpIndia Staff -
The 30-year old election officer Arnab Roy had gone suspiciously missing from duty on April 18th from Bipradas Choudhury Polytechnic College of Nadia, West Bengal. Interestingly, Roy was the in charge of the EVMs and VVPATs.
Read more
Social Media

Gujarat Congress’ official Twitter handle uses an image from Congress era to criticise Modi govt’s Ganga cleaning project

OpIndia Staff -
Using fake images and older images to spread their malicious propaganda is something the Congress has been doing repeatedly.
Read more
Media

‘Mea culpa’: Rajdeep Sardesai finally admits Modi wasn’t responsible for 2002 and that media sensationalised the riots

OpIndia Staff -
Responding to a question asking whether Narendra Modi the then Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2002 was anyway responsible for the incident, Rajdeep Sardesai admitted that he personally believed that Modi was not responsible for the riots that followed after Godhra massacre.
Read more
News Reports

Clerics from WB write 10,000 letters, tell Muslims to vote as a block for ‘secular parties’ and keep ‘fascist forces’ out

OpIndia Staff -
Imams and clerics of West Bengal under the banner of All India Milli Council have written 10,000 letters to Muslim voters of West Bengal to vote unitedly as a bloc and choose a 'secular government' over 'communal forces'. 
Read more
News Reports

BJP is like Ramleela’s Sita, who smokes behind the screen: RLSP supremo Upendra Kushwaha

OpIndia Staff -
RLSP supremo Upendra Kushwaha was addressing an election rally in Darbhanga
Read more
Crime

‘Tumhari beti ko kaat ke fenk doonga,’ Ola driver Md. Azhardeen snaps at the father of the passenger after an argument over payment

OpIndia Staff -
The safety and well being of our near and dear ones, using Ola and Uber as a frequent mode of communication, is becoming an honest cause of concern
Read more
News Reports

Kerala records highest voting turnout in 30 years, all parties hopeful for victory

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala has recorded a voter turnout of 77.68% this year, highest in last 30 years
Read more
News Reports

PM Modi arrives in Varanasi to a grand ‘saffron’ welcome with a sea of people turning up for his roadshow

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi showered with rose petals, given a grand welcome in Varanasi ahead of filing his nominations
Read more
Opinions

Deeply disappointed with the Congress’ decision of not fielding Priyanka Gandhi from Varanasi: Arun Jaitley

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party has decided to field Ajay Rai against Narendra Modi from his constituency, Varanasi where Rai lost to Modi with a difference of almost 4 lakh votes
Read more
Opinions

There is no difference between Leftist terrorism and Islamic Jihad, none at all

अजीत भारती -
The word 'proletariat' is a shield for these Communists. Mass revolution is a mere means for them to get power for their own selfish interests.
Read more
Politics

Arvind Kejriwal wants AAP workers to abandon whatever they’re doing and come to Delhi to help ‘BJP lose’

OpIndia Staff -
As the talks of a coalition with Congress failed, AAP is going to be contesting on all the 7 seats of Delhi.
Read more
Fact-Check

Fact-Check: Does RSS really want the BJP to remove Sadhvi Pragya as its candidate from Bhopal?

OpIndia Staff -
A day after RSS had clarified that the letter purportedly written by an RSS leader is fake, a website publishes the same
Read more
News Reports

Netizens play Jagga Jasoos as Arvind Kejriwal resurfaces days after rumours of him beaten up by AAP MLAs went viral

OpIndia Staff -
From 'scratch marks' on nose to 'new frame of glasses', Twitterati had a field day on Kejriwal's first public appearance after a long time
Read more
Politics

TMC goons allegedly burn down BJP worker’s poultry farm in Birbhum

OpIndia Staff -
Unnerved by BJP making successful inroads in WB, Mamata Banerjee and her squad have been resorting to all sorts of techniques to hold on to their slithering position.
Read more
News Reports

Facepalm: Congress’ latest poll promise of returning money to victims of PACL fraud is already being fulfilled under Modi govt

OpIndia Staff -
SEBI has already started receiving applications from PACL investors for refund of their money
Read more
Politics

We had an alliance with the Congress, but found that their ego is too big: Akhilesh Yadav

OpIndia Staff -
Likening Congress with the BJP, Yadav said that Congress believes in threatening political parties like the BJP.
Read more
News Reports

Tenders floated for India’s first undersea tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project

OpIndia Staff -
The bullet train project is expected to be completed by August 2022
Read more
News Reports

Supreme Court directs probe into allegations of conspiracy against CJI Ranjan Gogoi

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court initiated a suo moto case in the issue related to allegations of conspiracy against CJI Gogoi.
Read more
Media

Coward, gutless, visionless, losers: ‘Neutral’ media has a meltdown after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is not fielded as Congress candidate against PM Modi

Nupur J Sharma -
The media first put its eggs in the Rahul Gandhi basket, and when that appeared to have holes big enough to fit chickens, they decided to pin their hopes on Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Read more
Politics

While Congress condemns Sadhvi Pragya’s candidature, Priya Dutt campaigns with her convicted brother Sanjay Dutt

OpIndia Staff -
While the opposition and media slammed the BJP's decision to field Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, who is still an accused in the court case where the NIA has already given her a clean-chit, their silence when convicts like Sanjay Dutt are actively campaigning for a Congress candidate was questioned by many on social media.
Read more
News Reports

Lok Sabha 2019: Congress not even confident of crossing 150 seats mark, Kamal Nath puts the figure at 122

OpIndia Staff -
Congress seems to have even stopped pretending to believe that it will win the elections and form the government.
Read more
Politics

Rajasthan CM defends Dynasty politics, says PM Modi doesn’t understand because he has no children

OpIndia Staff -
A rattled Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and he attacked Modi saying that he wouldn’t understand what it means to strive for one’s children because he has none.
Read more
News Reports

Congress leader Sam Pitroda says removing RSS-linked people from institutions would be the first priority of Congress govt

OpIndia Staff -
Sam Pitroda says cleaning up government institutions by removing RSS-associated persons will be the first job of Congress
Read more
Politics

Fearing defeat of Gandhi scion Priyanka Vadra, Congress fields Ajay Rai against Prime Minister Modi in Varanasi

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party has fielded Ajay Rai amidst the speculation that Gandhi scion and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would be contesting against PM Modi.
Read more
Government and Policy

Transforming Varanasi into a Smart City while safeguarding its spiritual essence: The Modi doctrine of governance

Dhairya Roy -
Varanasi, represented by PM Narendra Modi during 2014, forms a key part of the political landscape of India.
Read more
Crime

A Sri Lankan church escaped terror attack as it ended its Easter Sunday Mass early

OpIndia Staff -
What helped the St Mary' church escape the bomb blast, was that the priest in charge had called the Easter Service half an hour earlier than usual time
Read more
News Reports

Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana: How have the villages adopted by Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi fared

OpIndia Staff -
While MPs in PM Modi's ministry have gone on to adopt as many as three and four villages, the villages adopted by Sonia and Rahul continue to wait for basic facilities
Read more
Politics

Watch: When asked whether they would support Rahul Gandhi, people declare “No”

OpIndia Staff -
Interestingly, Rahul Kanwal is seen saying to Kamal Nath that he might get in trouble for this.
Read more
Government and Policy

Business Standard’s article insinuating that private entities benefit more from coal policy than consumers is flawed and ill-argued

K Bhattacharjee -
Business Standard published an article recently, authored by Nitin Sethi, titled 'NDA's coal block policy and new regulations face critical questions' where it was insinuated that private entities gained more from the central government's coal policy and consumers and state governments suffered as a consequence.
Read more
News Reports

After serial blasts shook Sri Lanka, another blast heard in Pugoda, 40 kms from capital Colombo, no casualties reported

OpIndia Staff -
The Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the series of blasts that was carried out across 8 locations in three different cities including Colombo
Read more
1...1,2801,2811,282...1,517Page 1,281 of 1,517