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Congress Party has shrunk to a fringe party by siding with Tukde Tukde gang : Union Minister Prakash Javdekar

OpIndia Staff -
Javdekar claimed that BJP would get a landslide victory by getting more seats than it won in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and that the NDA would get two-third majority in the elections.
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Politics

Rape accused former Goa MLA Atanasio Monserrate joins Congress, likely to contest for Parrikar’s vacant assembly seat

OpIndia Staff -
Monserrate is believed to be a prominent leader in the state capital, despite being charge-sheeted in 2018 for allegedly raping a minor female, and also for human trafficking. Authorities have previously also booked him in a case of extortion.
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Crime

West Bengal: BJP’s Hooghly candidate Locket Chatterjee’s house attacked, party blames Trinamool goons

OpIndia Staff -
Locket Chatterjee was reportedly present in the house when the attack occurred. The goons gained access to the residence carrying BJP flags and once they were inside, they ran amok. The residence was then vandalized.
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News Reports

Postmortem report of ND Tiwari’s son deems his death as ‘unnatural’, case registered under section 302 of IPC

OpIndia Staff -
Autopsy report of Rohit Shekhar, N D Tiwari's son, has revealed 'strangulation' as cause of death
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Fact-Check

Fact check: Was Sadhvi Pragya first arrested by BJP govt in a terror case and not Congress as claimed by The Wire?

K Bhattacharjee -
Leftist Propaganda outlet The Wire has published an article where it was claimed that Sadhvi Pragya was first arrested in a terror case by a BJP government and not Congress.
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News Reports

Will Priyanka Chaturvedi sing ‘Rishton ke bhi roop badalte hai’ yet again

OpIndia Staff -
Once a very vocal critic of the party, Priyanka Chaturvedi thanks the Thackerays for welcoming her to the 'family'
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Politics

PM Modi belongs to a ‘fake’ backward caste, Mulayam’s caste is genuinely backward: Mayawati

OpIndia Staff -
While hailing SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for bringing people of all classes under his party, Mayawati asserted that Mulayam Singh, by birth, truly belongs to the backward community, unlike PM Modi who belongs to a "fake" backward community.
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Politics

Man who slapped Hardik Patel at a rally in Gujarat explains why he did it

OpIndia Staff -
Taran Gujjar, the man who slapped Hardik Patel, explained that he had a problem with Hardik Patel shutting Gujarat down when "he wants to" while saying that Hardik thinks of himself a "Gujarat's Hitler".
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Politics

Islamist fundamentalists backed by Congress block N Sitharaman’s roadshow in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Report

OpIndia Staff -
N Sitharaman was in Thiruvananthapuram to participate in a roadshow
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Opinions

Digvijay Singh is not the only ‘saffron terror’ mongerer

Ashish Shukla -
It’s Digvijay Singh’s moment of truth on 'saffron terror'. Sadhvi Pragya probably would make him pay for it in Bhopal. There are many though who wouldn’t be called to account. Let’s name them too and hold them up in the public eye.
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Politics

‘Continuing with Congress would compromise my self-respect and dignity’: Priyanka Chaturvedi quits Congress, to join Shiv Sena

OpIndia Staff -
In her resignation letter, Priyanka Chaturvedi says that while the Congress party says it stands for women empowerment, safety and dignity of women, this call is not reflected in the actions of some of its members.
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Politics

2019 Lok Sabha Elections: West Bengal election officer incharge of EVMs reportedly missing

OpIndia Staff -
Nadia District Nodal Election Officer Arnab Roy has gone missing during his election duty. Arnab Roy was on duty at Bipradas Choudhury Polytechnic College on Thursday during the second phase of 2019 Lok Sabha polls. 
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Politics

Uttar Pradesh: Local BJP leader attacked in Mathura on polling day, party blames SP for attack

OpIndia Staff -
In the recent past, there have been innumerable such attacks on BJP and RSS leaders.
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News Reports

BJP wants to get me killed: Hardik Patel alleges after a man slaps him in public rally

OpIndia Staff -
It is good he didn't have a gun or he would have shot me: Hardik Patel accuses BJP of trying to get him killed after he got slapped
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Politics

Milind Deora found guilty of violating the Model Code of Conduct for comments on Jains

OpIndia Staff -
The returning officer has asked for suitable action against Milind Deora for his remarks. The Election Commission has sought a reply from the Congress candidate demanding an explanation from him on how he has not violated the MCC.
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Politics

Rumours about Priyanka Chaturvedi joining Shiv Sena gain strength as she removes AICC from her Twitter bio, Congress sources term it pressure tactics

Nupur J Sharma -
Rumours have gained strength that Priyanka Chaturvedi might be poised to join Shiv Sena.
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Politics

Ab Hoga NYAY: BJP spokesperson Tajinder Bagga’s new posters on Sadhvi Pragya boomerang the Congress slogan

OpIndia Staff -
BJP President Amit Shah has stated in many of his rallies that the Congress and its ecosystem had tried very hard to paint Hindus as terrorists and they had miserably failed at it.
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News Reports

Bangladeshi teenager set on fire after she accused her madarsa headmaster of sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
15 people, including a female student have been arrested for killing her allegedly on instructions of the suspended madarsa principal.
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Crime

Another Nirbhaya like incident in Karnataka? Civil Engineering student’s body found half-burnt and hanging from a tree in Raichur

OpIndia Staff -
In a barbaric incident, the burnt body of a civil engineering student identified as Madhu has been found in Raichur, Karnataka, shocking the conscience of the people.
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Politics

Tripura Congress chief Pradyot Deb Burman slaps, threatens a man inside police station

OpIndia Staff -
In the CCTV footage, Pradyot and his men can be seen entering the police station and resorting to vandalism against a man arrested over allegations of attacking the convoy of Pradyot's sister.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: BSP supporter chops off his finger after voting for the BJP ‘by mistake’

OpIndia Staff -
The Dalit youth, Pawan Kumar, later released a video 'repenting' voting for the BJP by mistake
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Fact-Check

Exclusive: Men in video shared by Rahul Gandhi claim that their statements were twisted, say they support PM Modi

Nupur J Sharma -
Rahul Gandhi, the Congress president tweeted an excerpt of The Wire video saying that the event of PM Modi washing the sanitation workers' feet was a 'made for media' event
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Media

They would hang me upside down and threaten to disrobe me : Sadhvi Pragya recalls her ordeal as she breaks down

OpIndia Staff -
I had understood that they wanted to target Hindutva but I thought that I belong to the country and with this thought I kept tolerating everything, she said.
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News Reports

India suspends cross-LoC trade with Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir, says trade routes being misused to fuel terrorism

OpIndia Staff -
MHA has asserted that persons associated with terror outfits were running trade through the LoC route
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News Reports

AugustaWestland chopper scam middlemen Christian Michel denied bail to celebrate Easter with family

OpIndia Staff -
Christian Michel sought bail to attend holy mass during the Easter, but the court denied it
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Politics

Hindu voters in Raiganj, West Bengal stopped from voting, proxy votes cast in many villages: Report

OpIndia Staff -
BJP West Bengal has taken up the issue and moved to the Election Commission.
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Politics

Congress’ Sam Pitroda says ‘something’ is wrong with EVMs, which he will find if allowed to ‘study’ one EVM for one year

OpIndia Staff -
Sam Pitroda claims he needs 1 year to study about the EVMs before revealing what are the faults in it
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News Reports

Second Bangladeshi actor who campaigned for TMC asked to leave India, Gazi Abdun Noor’s Visa had already expired

OpIndia Staff -
Bangladeshi actor Gazi Abdun Noor was seen campaigning for TMC candidates in Dumdum district of West Bengal
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Politics

The man who hurled shoe at GVL Narasimha Rao was raided by IT Department in 2018

OpIndia Staff -
According to the IT Department, Bhargav had failed to disclose the source of an income of Rs 8 crore that he had invested in a company called Skyline Construction Private Limited.
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Opinions

Election Commission is setting a bad precedent, and it’s not good for democracy

Karan -
Banning movies, books and leaders- institutional havoc may soon become a reality in India.
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News Reports

“Party pyaari hai, parivar se badhkar nahin,” Congress’ Shatrughan Sinha campaigns for SP candidate and his wife Poonam Sinha

OpIndia Staff -
Congress left red-faced as Shatrughan Sinha bats for Congress but fields for Samajwadi Party
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Law

Election Commission bans ‘Chowkidar chor hai’ advertisement of Congress in MP, calls it highly derogatory and defamatory

OpIndia Staff -
State Election Commission of Madhya Pradesh in its order dated April 17 2019, stated that the Congress' advertisement campaign is highly derogatory and defamatory
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Books

Saffron Swords – a book that exposes the lie peddled by Marxist historians that Hindus didn’t have courage

Dr. Rajat Mitra -
Stories of wars between Hindu warriors and invaders were subverted earlier. A new book re-tells these stories in an Indic way.
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Politics

Viral audio: Supriya Sule, daughter of Sharad Pawar, allegedly threatens BJP leader to kill him in his own house

OpIndia Staff -
BJP Maharashtra has alleged that Sule threatened Rahul Shewale by claiming that she is not a contractor and will come to his house and beat him up.
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Politics

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad withdraws from Varanasi, to support SP-BSP alliance

OpIndia Staff -
The Dalit leader has stated that will lend his support if the SP-BSP-RLD alliance fields Satish Chandra Mishra, who is the Brahmin face of the BSP and also the general secretary of the BSP supremo Mayawati, as a candidate. in Varanasi. 
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News Reports

Dimple Yadav, wife of Akhilesh Yadav defends Azam Khan’s shameful comment on Jaya Prada, calls it ‘chhotti si baat’

OpIndia Staff -
In it rather appalling that Dimple Yadav, though being a woman herself, did not hesitate to defend Azam Khan's sexist remark against a lady
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News Reports

Election violence in West Bengal: EVM smashed in clash, black tape affixed on BJP candidate’s name and symbol on EVM

OpIndia Staff -
Darjeeling witnessed several incidences of violence during voting
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Politics

HD Kumaraswamy in a soup for endorsing his son outside polling booth, EC seeks video footage

OpIndia Staff -
HD Kumaraswamy had reportedly conducted a press briefing outside a polling station in contravention to the rules set by the Election Commission
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Opinions

Congress dare not say a word on Sadhvi Pragya and here’s why

Ashish Shukla -
Sadhvi Pragya suffered unspeakable torture under police custody for eight years, to the extent that it left her paralysed, during the Congress regime
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Politics

Congress Social Media head retweets meme mocking ‘BJP candidates’ who become victims of political violence

OpIndia Staff -
That the meme, which was quite obviously in bad taste, was shared by a close aide of Rahul Gandhi reflects extremely poorly on the Congress party. However, it has increasingly become the norm.
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Crime

Odisha: Maoists gun down polling party member, torch vehicles on the day before phase-2 of elections

OpIndia Staff -
Five Lok Sabha constituencies Aska, Kandhamal, Sundergarh, Bargarh, and Bolangir and 35 Assembly constituencies under them will go to elections in the second phase of 2019 polls on Thursday in Odisha.
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Editor's picks

The inherent fascism of ‘liberals’ – How a tweet by Pritish Nandy expose violent mindset of the lot

Editorial Desk -
'Journalist' Pritish Nandy celebrates MNS goons thrashing citizens for a mere Facebook post. Hails Raj Thackeray for "giving it back to bhakts"
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Politics

Karnataka: CM Kumaraswamy bats for dynasty politics, says India developed only because of it

OpIndia Staff -
Kumaraswamy added that he is not bothered about the BJP's criticism.
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Politics

West Bengal: BJP worker murdered, body found hanging from a tree in Bengal’s Purulia

OpIndia Staff -
Several incidents of violence were also reported in West Bengal during the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections which concluded on April 11
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Politics

As Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi for ‘working for industrialists’, Congress candidate uses endorsement by Ambani and others to seek votes

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leader Milind Deora and candidate from South Mumbai released a video where several Industrialists were seen endorsing Deora, in stark contrast to Rahul Gandhi's stand attacking the business community and PM Modi
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Politics

Even if our potatoes get dumped or we die of hunger, we will vote for Modi ji: Potato farmers in Hathras

OpIndia Staff -
The farmers said that they had no problem with schemes like demonetisation or GST and that the PM Modi needs more than five years to change the country.
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Politics

Political violence continues in Odisha: Mutilated body of BJP worker found on the eve of phase-2 polls

OpIndia Staff -
A week ago, the nephew of the BJP MLA candidate in the same Bhanjanagar area was attacked by violent miscreants and had sustained critical injuries.
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News Reports

Two Punjabi men, who were arrested in 2015 on charges of murder, executed by beheading in Saudi Arabia

OpIndia Staff -
As per officials Satwinder and Harjeet, who have not been executed by beheading in Saudi Arabia, were arrested on December 9, 2015, on charges of allegedly murdering Arif Imamuddin, another Indian national.
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News Reports

Voting concluded in second phase of elections, parts of West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir witness violence on polling day

OpIndia Staff -
Voting is underway in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections
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Politics

BJP writes to EC against Mamata Banerjee’s alleged biopic ‘Bhaghini’ set to hit theatres smack in the middle of elections

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP has now urged that the film 'Baghini' ought to be reviewed by the EC on the lines of what was done regarding PM Modi's biopic
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