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Prashant Bhushan submits rejoinder affidavit in Rafale review petition, repeats the same lies

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan repeats that same lies in rejoinder affidavit filed in the Rafale review petition
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Entertainment

Up against the Lutyens cabal, disgruntled journalists and a blockbuster like Avengers Endgame, The Tashkent Files succeeds

OpIndia Staff -
The Tashkent Files, the small budget product of love was up against a big blockbuster like Avengers Endgame
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Politics

Uttar Pradesh: Congress candidate’s car caught with cash worth 24 lakh in Basti

OpIndia Staff -
Cash worth Rs 24 lakh has been seized from Raj Kishore Singh, the Congress candidate in Basti, UP.
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Politics

Shiv Sena backs PM Modi’s ‘Bhrashtachari’ remark, says its the price Rahul is paying for insulting Savarkar

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena, while defending the Prime Minister for his remark, said the latter has simply "shown him (Rahul) his deeds"
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Politics

PM Modi hits out on Mamata Banerjee in Purulia, says infiltrators included in TMC as its cadres will be identified

OpIndia Staff -
Modi said Mamata's slap will also be an 'ashirwad' for him as he refers to her as 'Didi'
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News Reports

ASI identifies Indian artefacts seized from art smuggler Subhash Kapoor in USA, could be brought back to India

OpIndia Staff -
The artefacts were stolen by art smuggler Subhash Kapoor. He was arrested and extradited from Germany. Currently is locked up in Trichy prison
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Economy and Finance

The discussion around GDP data is driven by political and ideological belief, not data and facts

Karan -
The recent debate regarding the GDP has come with the backdrop of a report that suggests that the MCA-21 database has 36% of its companies unsuitable for collection of data
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News Reports

Woman throws slipper at Navjot Singh Sidhu for speaking against Modi at a rally marked by ‘Modi, Modi’ chants

OpIndia Staff -
Woman detained by police for throwing slipper at Navjot Singh Sidhu for speaking against Modi
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News Reports

Cyclone Fani devastates Odisha’s Raghurajpur, the artisans’ village famous for Pattachitras

OpIndia Staff -
Cyclone Fani has devastated Odisha's Raghurajpur, the village famous for Pattachitra art.
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Entertainment

Rakhi Sawant poses with a Pakistani flag, gets abused by Pakistanis, Rakhi asks them to ‘don’t eat my brain’

OpIndia Staff -
Rakhi Sawant gets abused by Pakistanis for posing with a Pakistani flag
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Fact-Check

People arrange chairs at PM’s meeting venue, Economic Times journalist claims that an ‘agitated crowd threw chairs’

OpIndia Staff -
Madhuparna Das, a journalist with Economic Times, shared a video on Twitter where she claimed people were throwing chairs at the venue of the Prime Minister's address in Purulia, West Bengal after getting agitated
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee’s bizarre statement: Lord Rama says ‘Sita Maa, Sita Maa’, BJP chants ‘Ram Naam Satya Hai’ for elections

OpIndia Staff -
In a video that has gone viral, Mamata Banerjee can be heard saying, "Ramchandra calls Sita Maiya, and then says, 'Sita Maa, Sita Maa, there are elections in Bharata it seems'."
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News Reports

Nirav Modi’s third bail application rejected by UK court despite his defence team being ready to pay double bail amount

OpIndia Staff -
The next hearing in his extradition proceedings has been scheduled for May 30
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Fact-Check

After Congress trolls, Ahmed Patel too spreads lies to shift focus from Rajiv Gandhi’s corruption

Sanghamitra -
Ahmed Patel is blatantly lying. At the time of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, Chandrasekhar, not VP Singh was the PM of India, a government that was in power due to Congress' support. India was facing another general election because Rajiv's Congress had decided to withdraw that support.
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Political History of India

How Jawaharlal Nehru used Indian Navy assets not just for vacation, but to ‘pay respects’ to Edwina Mountbatten after she died

OpIndia Staff -
The tradition to use Navy assets for their personal use was not started by Rajiv Gandhi. Jawaharlal Nehru had pioneered this abhorrent culture.
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News Reports

Amethi: Congress worker writes a letter to EC in blood seeking action against the PM over his ‘Bhrashtachari no 1’ remark

OpIndia Staff -
Congress worker from Amethi says anyone who insults Rajiv Gandhi is equal to those who assassinated him
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Media Fact-Check

Did India Today modify 1988 report on Rajiv Gandhi using INS Virat as ‘personal taxi’ after PM Modi raised the issue?

OpIndia Staff -
India Today updated the 1988 archive article on Rajiv Gandhi and family using INS Virat for a family holiday
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Editor's picks

‘The Namdar family of Congress used INS Viraat as personal taxi’, PM Modi raises Rajiv Gandhi’s Lakshadweep vacation using aircraft carrier

OpIndia Staff -
Narendra Modi talked about Gandhi families Lakshadweep vacation in 1987 using Indian Navy carrier
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Media

NBSA threatens to shut down Republic TV if Arnab Goswami doesn’t apologise for calling Jignesh Mevani’s goon a ‘goon’ for misbehaving with journalist

Nupur J Sharma -
On 9th January 2018, Republic TV reporter, Shivani Gupta. She was heckled, harassed, humiliated with lewd gestures, to a point where she had to be escorted out of Jignesh Mevani’s ‘hunkar rally’ under police protection. The NBSA wants Arnab Goswami to apologise for calling the goon a goon
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News Reports

Chowkidar has brought ‘shahensha’ to jail doors, will put him behind bars: PM takes a dig at Robert Vadra

OpIndia Staff -
Modi spoke about everything the Congress party has been complying to in its divisive plan to break the country for its personal benefits.
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Law

SC issues notice to Indira Jaising, Anand Grover and NGO over PIL demanding investigation into FCRA violations

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to senior advocates Indira Jaising, Anand Grover and NGO Lawyers Collective on the basis of a PIL filed by a voluntary organization of lawyers, Lawyers Voice
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News Reports

Bangalore University: Controversy in campus over Buddha idol being installed in place of Saraswati idol

OpIndia Staff -
Bangalore University has witnessed a turmoil after a Buddha idol was allegedly forcefully installed on a pedestal meant for a Saraswathi idol.
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News Reports

Balakot airstrike killed 130-170 JeM terrorists, 45 still being treated by Pakistan Army doctors: Italian journalist

OpIndia Staff -
The report says those grievously injured in the Balakot airstrikes are being medically treated at Pakistan Army base in Shinkari
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Opinions

Unfounded prejudices shouldn’t be allowed to damage independence and esteem of the judiciary

Manish Vashisht -
Principles of natural justice have been followed in the sexual harassment case against the Chief Justice of India.
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News Reports

Dhanbad: ‘Modi zindabad’ slogans in Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow, boy thrashed by police for wearing Modi mask

OpIndia Staff -
"Chowkidar pure hain, unka aana sure hain", slogans heard at Rahul Gandhi' Dhanbad roadshow
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Politics

Video: Arvind Kejriwal does nothing as his supporters thrash the man who slapped him

OpIndia Staff -
As soon as Kejriwal was slapped, his supporters brutally beat up the man who slapped him
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Government and Policy

How Modi govt’s strategic plan helped open 5,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras and deliver 1,000 medicines at less than half the market price

Dhairya Roy -
The Modi Government is putting major efforts towards completing the initial vision of opening at least 1 Jan Aushadhi Kendra store in every block. As such plans are in place to open additional 2,500 Jan Aushadhi stores by 2020.
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Politics

From sewage worm, Gangu Teli to mad dog and rabies stricken monkey: PM Modi recounts the abuses hurled at him by Congress

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said in the Haryana rally that the abuses hurled at him by Congress exposes their dictionary of 'love'.
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News Reports

She accepts Pakistan’s PM but not India’s PM, Narendra Modi hits back at Mamata’s ‘not my PM’ remark

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said that he will respond to Priyanka Gandhi's attacks by keeping mum
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Media

The anatomy of a d*ck pic: Why its politicization ought to concern us more than politicization of Surgical Strikes

K Bhattacharjee -
Not so long ago, people on Twitter were shocked, bemused, angry and disgusted, all at the same time, when they were greeted by an image of circumcised male genitalia on their Twitter feed thanks to 'eminent journalist' Barkha Dutt.
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Media

Karni Sena threatens Javed Akhtar over his remark equating Ghoonghat with Burqa, demands apology

OpIndia Staff -
The Karni Sena has threatened Javed Akhtar for his remarks equating Ghoonghat with Burqa.
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News Reports

Indian Air Force likely to buy ‘bunker-buster’ version of the Spice-2000 bomb used in Balakot strikes

OpIndia Staff -
India plans to buy the bunker buster version of the guided bomb used in Balakot strike
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Culture and History

I am a Bengali ‘Jai Shri Ram wala’, and I am offended at Pritish Nandy’s disdainful attempt to divide Hindus in the name of...

K Bhattacharjee -
'Eminent journalist' Pritish Nandy took to Twitter today to vent his frustration towards 'Jai Shri Ram walas'.
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Politics

FIR registered after a bunch of people chanted ‘Modi, Modi’ at Digvijaya Singh’s roadshow

OpIndia Staff -
According to DIG Irshad Wali, the Madhya Pradesh Police will take action against those chanted pro-Modi slogans for 'creating a ruckus'
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Politics

Rabri Devi calls PM Modi a ‘Jallad’, says PM has got judges and journalists murdered

OpIndia Staff -
Rabri Devi stated that Priyanka Gandhi calling PM Modi 'Duryodhan' was wrong, she added that the PM is a Jallad (executioner) who has got judges murdered.
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Editor's picks

Big Tech is watching you: Dear TrueIndology, you never existed

Abhishek Banerjee -
While TrueIndology gets suspended, Indians described as piglets, swine, cockroaches and rodents seems to be ok with Twitter
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Opinions

Digvijay Singh resorts to lies and deception to show how Hindu votes favour him instead of Sadhvi Pragya in Bhopal

Editorial Desk -
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh is seemingly having a tough time dealing with the candidature of Sadhvi Pragya.
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News Reports

Supreme Court disposes of Congress MP Sushmita Dev’s petition against Modi and Shah, saying it has become pointless

OpIndia Staff -
SC said that As EC has already acted on complaints against Modi and Shah, the Congress MP's petition has become unnecessary
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Politics

Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam calls PM Modi a modern day ‘Aurangzeb’

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Nirupam alleged that PM Modi is like Aurangzeb for 'destroying' temples in Varanasi and taxing people for visiting Kashi Vishwanath.
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News Reports

Digvijaya Singh loses cool, refuses to talk to media, ‘you are biased,’ he shoots back at journalist

OpIndia Staff -
Digvijaya Singh even reportedly stopped Computer Baba from interacting with Times Now journalist
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi tenders unconditional apology for lie attributing “Chowkidar Chor Hai” remark to Supreme Court

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul gandhi Supreme court tussle seems to be coming to climax as Rahul Gandhi submits unconditional apology in the Supreme Court for wrongly attributing the 'Chowkidar Chow Hai' jibe to the court order.
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Crime

Alwar gang rape: Victim’s kin allege that police suppressed the case because of elections

OpIndia Staff -
The family of the survivor alleged that the police have tried and suppressed the case and attempted to hush up the matter initially
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News Reports

Frustrated with him looking like Rahul Gandhi, Rahul look-alike puts on weight to look different. Not satire

OpIndia Staff -
If you thought life was tough as Rahul Gandhi, imagine living a life looking like Rahul Gandhi
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Media

The very people who screamed ‘No Modi wave’ in 2014 are saying the same thing in 2019: Will the result be the same too?

OpIndia Staff -
The run-up to results day of 2019 Lok Sabha Elections appears to be along the same lines of what we witnessed 5 years ago. It only remains to be seen whether 2019 has a similar conclusion to what we witnessed in 2014.
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Politics

21 opposition parties planning to write to president, urging not to call single largest party to form government: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
This plan by the said 21 opposition parties, however, rests on the hope that the NDA will fall short of majority seats (272) in the Lok Sabha that holds 543 elected seats and there is a hung parliament.
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Politics

Lok Sabha elections: EC declares polls held in Tripura West ‘void’, orders repolling in 168 polling booths

OpIndia Staff -
Tripura West parliamentary seat had recorded one of the highest voter turnouts of over 81 per cent when the constituency went to polls on April 11
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News Reports

RTI response says ‘no surgical strike prior to 2016′, days after 3 former Army Chiefs trashed Congress’ claims of previous surgical strikes

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of Defence, through the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), said they have records of only one strike, that was conducted in September 2016.
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Law

Election Commission dismisses Congress complaint against PM Modi for his Bhrashtachari remark on Rajiv Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
The EC said that the 'Bhrashtachari No. 1' remark against Rajiv Gandhi, prima facie, did not violate the Model Code of Conduct
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News Reports

Cavalcade of BJP leaders Himanta Biswa Sarma and Dilip Ghosh attacked by TMC goons in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Slamming the Mamata government for the apparent lawlessness in the State Biswa said that he was appalled at such brazen abuse of power
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News Reports

“My hands were sore because I had scratches over my hands” : Mimi Chakraborty on shaking hands with gloves on

OpIndia Staff -
Mimi Chakraborty said that she had used gloves to protect ointment she had applied to treat scratches, bruises and burns on hand
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