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Student group of TISS demands scrapping of awards like Gold medal as it ‘upholds concept of merit’

OpIndia Staff -
TISS student group expressed 'solidarity' with the Student Action Committee that was evidently spearheading a campaign against the provision for awarding 'Gold medal', 'Silver medal', 'Best Student' and 'Best Dissertation Award'. 
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News Reports

After getting Bangladeshi actors to campaign, Mamata’s TMC caught running ads in Bangladesh appealing for votes

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata's TMC is running as many as 13 ads on Facebook, appealing people to vote for TMC in the ongoing elections
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Crime

Subash Chandra Bose’ kin and BJP leader CK Bose heckled by TMC goons, alleges inaction by Kolkata Police

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Chandra Kumar Bose says that TMC workers stopped him when he was going to file nomination from South Kolkata
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News Reports

Interpol to look into India’s demand for red corner notice against Islamist preacher Zakir Naik

OpIndia Staff -
Interpol is likely to issue a red corner notice against Zakir Naik on India's request
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Government and Policy

Government awards 5,700 km of roads under the ambitious Bharatmala project

OpIndia Staff -
The Bharatmala project is an initiative by Modi government that aims to construct 34,800 km of highways in the country
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News Reports

MP govt spent Rs 1.58 crore for Switzerland visit of CM Kamal Nath and 3 officials, reveals RTI reply

OpIndia Staff -
Rs 1.58 crore was spent by MP govt when Kamal Nath and other officials visited Davos to attend World Economic Forum meet
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Opinions

Electoral Bonds: Fast gaining steam as an innovative instrument created keeping Indian circumstances in mind

Sapan Gupta -
Electoral bonds were first proposed in 2017 when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in his budget speech that this would pave the way to cut black money in political funding.
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News Reports

Meet the Photoshop artist whose work Akshay Kumar showed to Prime Minister Modi

OpIndia Staff -
While mostly people have been appreciative of his artwork, suspended bureaucrat Ashish Joshi has threatened him with police complaint about his cleverly Photoshopped image
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav targets his own ally Mayawati while falsely attributing her casteist remarks to Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
Akhilesh Yadav blames Yodi Adityanath for a casteist remark against him made by Mayawati
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News Reports

‘Goondo ke liye Mamata, aur jan-gan ke liye Nirmamta’: PM Modi in Ranaghat, West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
"Speedbreaker didi is also 'sticker didi': PM Modi
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News Reports

TMC worker seen brandishing a gun during roadshow organised by over 200 workers in Birbhum, West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Around 200 TMC workers organised a bike rally in Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal
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Politics

Congress leader Ajay Singh calls BJP MP Riti Pathak “Maal”

OpIndia Staff -
Ajay Singh while criticising BJP MP Riti Pathak, said she is not a good "Maal".
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Politics

Raj Thackeray spreads fake news, while ‘liberals’ hail him as ‘fact-checker’

OpIndia Staff -
MNS chief Raj Thackeray, who in the past had often spewed venom against the migrant population in Mumbai has suddenly found himself being featured in the Liberals' list of blue-eyed boys and is being hailed as 'fact-checker'
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News Reports

BJP fields another Dalit from North West Delhi, disgruntled leader who joined Congress calls BJP anti-Dalit

OpIndia Staff -
Calling himself the biggest Dalit leader, Udit Raj accused the BJP of being anti-Dalit after he was not given ticket by the party.
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Politics

Decision comes from political will, the Army follows, success comes when both operate in unison: Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
BJP needn't do anything, the opposition is helping us to acquire the Hindu support by invoking castist statements, said Amit Shah in the interview by Republic Bharat.
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News Reports

Advocate claims SC employees sacked for manipulating order against Anil Ambani conspired to frame CJI

OpIndia Staff -
Advocate Utsav Bains has alleged in his affidavit that disgruntled employees of the Supreme Court have come together to frame the CJI
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News Reports

Prime Minister Modi meets his mother, ‘liberals’ have a meltdown

OpIndia Staff -
Apparently, the prime minister meeting his mother is not a normal thing and is ridiculed by 'liberals'
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Social Media

Robert Vadra’s relative mocks Modi’s memories, exposes why Congress could never understand needs of India’s poor

Jinit Jain -
Tehseen Poonawalla mocked PM and others who claimed to have used chalk to whiten their dirty canvas shoes and called them dumb.
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News Reports

Election Commission orders removal of the trailers of Mamata Banerjee’s biopic ‘Baghini: Bengal Tigress’

OpIndia Staff -
Another biopic taken down by EC, this time trailers of Mamata Banerjee's biopic ordered to be removed
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Fact-Check

The Quint lies, twists and tortures CVoter data to make it say that the Modi wave is over. Here is what the data actually...

Nupur J Sharma -
Leftist portal The Quint published an article headlined "Modi wave over? Why pollsters are scaling down projections for BJP" based on CVoter data, where the data itself was twisted, selectively quoted and misrepresented
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Law

NIA court refuses to restrain Pragya Thakur from contesting Lok Sabha elections, says it has no jurisdiction

OpIndia Staff -
The special NIA court was hearing a petition filed by Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, a 59-year-old resident of Malegaon, Nashik seeking directions to restrain Pragya Singh Thakur from contesting elections.
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News Reports

Lawyer submits ‘proof’ of conspiracy to frame CJI Gogoi, Court summons chiefs of CBI, IB and Delhi Police

OpIndia Staff -
Allegations of sexual harassment were levelled against CJI Ranjan Gogoi recently by a former female staffer at the Supreme Court
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Politics

BJP felicitates youth who had conducted a ‘surgical strike’ on Congress leader Digvijaya Singh

OpIndia Staff -
After Amit Mali's response, Digvijaya Singh was seen severely embarrassed. Mali was interrupted in between and was later pushed down the stage by a party member. 
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News Reports

Propagandist Dhruv Rathee mocks Manohar Parrikar’s death to score political brownie points

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, too, Rathee was caught speaking the same language as that of Pulwama attack terrorist by mocking 'cow urine drinkers'
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News Reports

Complaint filed against Rahul Gandhi at EC for lying in election affidavit that he has not received summons in a defamation case

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi’s affidavit says he has not received summons, but records show he received and sent a lawyer to court
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Social Media

Twinkle takes out all her anger on Tweets against me, so your family life must be peaceful: PM Modi says to Akshay Kumar

OpIndia Staff -
Twinkle Khanna, daughter of former Congress MP Rajesh Khanna, in the past has used false equivalence to take a dig at some of the initiatives of Prime Minister Modi.
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Politics

Wedding venues in West Bengal ‘instructed’ to play TMC theme songs instead of Shehnai : Report

OpIndia Staff -
The Trinamool Congress has instructed owners of marriage venues to play the campaign songs of the party in the events. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has allegedly instructed them to play these songs in between the shehnai music.
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Opinions

If you believe Google trends, this election is a runaway win for Modi

Abhishek Banerjee -
It’s fairly clear: Congress hasn’t managed to get its message out.  If you ask Google Trends, this election is over. The writing is on the wall. PM Narendra Modi is all set to win
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Editor's picks

Sri Lankan millionaire’s family was an ISIS cell: Suicide bombers shatter shameless excuses peddled by ‘liberals’ to justify Islamic terrorism

Sanghamitra -
All over the world, the terrorist attacks by radical Islamists is immediately served with long and extensive excuses about how social ills, discrimination, poverty, hardships, and atrocities lead to terrorism.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee sends kurtas and sweets for him says PM Modi in a freewheeling chat with filmstar Akshay Kumar

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Modi's informal interaction with film star Akshay Kumar leads to a meltdown of 'journalists'
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News Reports

Naxal sympathisers, ultra-left wing activists and Congress beneficiaries among ’eminent’ people seeking inquiry against CJI

OpIndia Staff -
We look into the background of some of these people part of the 'eminent' group which has now asked for a probe against the sitting CJI for sexual harassment
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Crime

Sri Lanka terror attack: ISIS claim responsibility, two wealthy Muslim brothers were among the ISIS suicide bombers

OpIndia Staff -
Two Muslim brothers from a wealthy family were among the ISIS suicide bombers involved in Sri Lanka terror attack
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Fact-Check

Congress Sevadal makes sexist comment against Smriti Irani with a fake image, deletes tweet after getting called out

OpIndia Staff -
Congress Sevadal posted a fake image of a TV News clip to launch a sexist attack on Smriti Irani
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News Reports

Congress spokesperson Dr Ajoy Kumar shares old article to spread EVM hack theory

OpIndia Staff -
Even after pointing out that news about EVM malfunction was from 2014, Congress leader refused to take it back
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News Reports

Non-bailable warrant issued against Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav in a defamation case

OpIndia Staff -
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate issued non-bailable warrants as Kejriwal, Sisodia and Yadav were not present during the hearings of the case
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News Reports

‘We look forward to the pleasure of welcoming you on board again soon’: Vistara posts picture with Maj Gen GD Bakshi again

OpIndia Staff -
Air Vistara had faced significant backlash after they deleted the picture of Major General GD Bakshi with a shabby explanation
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Crime

Man behind the theft of three diamond studded gold crowns from Govindaraja Swami temple in Tirupati arrested, 1.3 kg melted gold seized

OpIndia Staff -
The missing crowns which date back to the 12th century were suspected to have been stolen at the time of evening prasad offerings.
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News Reports

Two AAP MLAs lunged towards Kejriwal and one punched him such that his glasses fell off, claims Kapil Mishra

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLAs reportedly beat up Kejriwal so much that he has injured his knees and could not walk properly
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Opinions

How NDTV lied to paint Narendra Modi as ‘Hitler’ in 2004 and whitewashed violence and rigging by Left, Lalu

GujaratRiots.com -
NDTV has reported horribly against Narendra Modi right since 2002. But among all stark lies spread by NDTV, one which needs to be immediately exposed is this.
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Crime

[Video] Sri Lanka serial blasts: As ISIS claims responsibility CCTV footage of suspect surfaces

OpIndia Staff -
The Sri Lankan government had yesterday stated that a domestic terror outfit the National Thowheed Jama'ath is responsible for the attacks.
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News Reports

Congress’ Abhishek Manu Singhvi makes a self goal as he tries to play the ‘caste’ card on Hans Raj Hans’ nomination for Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Abhishek Manu Singhvi was called out by twitterati for his faux pas on caste politics
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News Reports

West Bengal: Presiding officer, polling agent cast vote on behalf of voters, bombs thrown at polling stations

OpIndia Staff -
Large scale violence and irregularities have been witnessed during the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal
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Fact-Check

The Print publishes a bogus and statistically inaccurate ‘research’ to claim retweeting PM Modi increases chances to get LS ticket

Azaad -
Titled “Retweeting Modi increases BJP MPs’ chances of getting a Lok Sabha ticket: Study,” The Print article was written by Barbara De Alfaro, a student of political science at UC Berkeley
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Crime

Bijnor: Asif, Rafiq and Rihan shoot three Dalit men over argument, police on high alert fearing communal clashes

OpIndia Staff -
Bulaki Singh's son, Somapal has registered a complaint against the accused. The police have been investigating the matter closely. Meanwhile, the car used in the murder has been recovered from Delhi.
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News Reports

Sri Lanka terror attacks on Easter were ‘retaliation’ to Christchurch attacks: Sri Lanka Deputy Defence Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister has said in the parliament that the suicide bombing was a retaliation to the Christchurch attack in New Zealand last month
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Opinions

The face of our ‘liberals’: They wept for Christchurch and rightly so, but where is the outrage on Sri Lanka?

Ashish Shukla -
The bomb blasts in Sri Lanka which have killed over 200 people are markedly different from Christchurch shooting of only a month ago.
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News Reports

‘For five seconds, I was shocked. I was very angry,’ Sumitra Mahajan on Rahul Gandhi’s infamous wink

OpIndia Staff -
"But when he returned to his seat, started speaking again and winked, I was very angry. I said this is not proper. Actually, the hugging was not proper either. But this was a step too much," Sumitra Mahajan said.
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Politics

Convicted felon and Congress leader Hardik Patel makes a racist remark, says ‘if I want to look for Chowkidar, I will go to Nepal’

OpIndia Staff -
Hardik Patel said that if he wants to look for a 'Chowkidaar', he will go to Nepal and instead, he wants a Prime Minister who can strengthen the economy of the country, education and work for the youth and armed forces.
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News Reports

I-T department seizes Rs. 8 crores from North East Region, highest ever seizure from NE during elections

OpIndia Staff -
According to the Income Tax department, cash to the tune of Rs 1.21 crore was seized during Election Expenditure Monitoring for 2014 elections making this seizure of Rs. 8 crores the highest ever
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News Reports

SC issues contempt notice to Rahul Gandhi: ‘He says he wrongly attributed chowkidar comment to court, but he himself stands by it’

OpIndia Staff -
'Who is chowkidaar': Asks CJI Gogoi while issuing contempt notice to Rahul Gandhi
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