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The curious symbiosis between Modi and the masses

Jithu Aravamudhan -
The civilian participation in the election campaign has been significant
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News Reports

Akhilesh Yadav defends Azam Khan’s Khaki underwear remark on Jaya Prada

OpIndia Staff -
Launching personal attacks on media persons who tried to question him when he came to attend the funeral of former MP Munawwar Salim , Azam Khan replied "apke vaalid ki maut mein aya tha".
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Politics

Kabhi haan kabhi naa: Rahul Gandhi and Kejriwal’s lovers’ quarrel over AAP-Congress alliance

OpIndia Staff -
Kejriwal and recently his deputy Manish Sisodiya have been literally begging Congress for an alliance for weeks now.
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News Reports

Goa BJP unit moves Election Commission to file a complaint against a Catholic priest for hate speech against the party

OpIndia Staff -
The Priest was found levelling unfounded allegations against the BJP President Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi in his video
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Politics

NSUI workers welcome Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot with a garland of lemons and chillies

OpIndia Staff -
NSUI workers garlanded Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot with lemons and chilies to protect him from evil eyes.
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Politics

Stone pelters attack Mehbooba Mufti’s motorcade in Anantnag

OpIndia Staff -
Mehbooba Mufti escaped the attack unharmed, a spare vehicle in her cavalcade was damaged by the stone-pelting and the driver was also injured.
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Entertainment

Vivek Agnihotri’s The Tashkent Files would be a crime to miss

Mohit Gulati -
Vivek Agnihotri's The Tashkent Files proves that script is the hero of the film
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News Reports

Election Commission bars Yogi Adityanath and Mayawati from campaigning for making communal speeches

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission has banned UP CM Yogi Adityanath and BSP chief Mayawati for 72 hours and 48 hours respectively, starting from 6 am tomorrow, for violating Model Code of Conduct by making objectionable statements in their speeches. 
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Politics

Thiruvananthapuram: Shashi Tharoor injured during temple ritual, gets stitches on head

OpIndia Staff -
Tharoor was shifted to a hospital where he has reportedly received multiple stitches on the head.
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Opinions

The mythical ‘dayan’ of Kishtwar and the eating away of the Indian state

Vijaya Dar -
Kashmir has seen many pogroms against the Hindus in the past, but these were mostly inspired by bigoted rulers
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News Reports

Months before Rahul Gandhi declared his candidature from Wayanad, official Twitter account for his Wayanad office was already active

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi had agreed to fight from the Wayanad constituency just a few days before the first phase of Lok Sabha elections
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Politics

Unfounded and malicious: Tejaswini Ananthkumar calls out fake NOTA campaign that used her name

OpIndia Staff -
A malicious campaign was doing rounds in Bangalore South constituency after a poster associated with Tejaswini Ananthkumar became viral in which it was claimed that Tejaswini is asking people to 'vote' NOTA instead of BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya.
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Politics

‘Draupadi being disrobed in Rampur’: Sushma Swaraj seeks ‘Bhishma Pitahmah’ Mulayam Yadav’s response on Azam Khan’s remark

OpIndia Staff -
Jaya Prada has been on the receiving end of sexist and misogynist remarks since she joined the BJP
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News Reports

Watch movie before taking decision on its release: SC to Election Commission on PM Modi biopic

OpIndia Staff -
The film's producers approached the SC after EC stalled the release of 'PM Narendra Modi' film
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News Reports

Congress workers beat up BJP supporters at Urmila Matondkar’s election campaign at Borivali railway station in Mumbai

OpIndia Staff -
BJP supporters changed 'Modi, Modi' when Matondkar arrived for her campaign which enraged Congress supporters who took to violence
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Politics

Azam Khan swears by Allah’s name: ‘Will make collectors clean our shoes’

OpIndia Staff -
As per latest reports, UP Police have registered an FIR against Khan for his sexist and misogynist statements against Jaya Prada.
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News Reports

We never said ‘Chowkidar chor hai’, SC sends notice to Rahul Gandhi for inventing facts

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi is accused of replacing his personal statement as Supreme Court's order and trying to create prejudice
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News Reports

Congress leaders seen openly demanding tickets for Muslims because their population is growing

OpIndia Staff -
Outer Delhi has 'beshumar' Muslims: ex-Congress MLAs demand a ticket in Lok Sabha elections owing to increasing Muslim population
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Social Media

The Wire journalist defends Azam Khan’s misogynist attack on Jaya Prada, deletes tweet after getting called out

OpIndia Staff -
In a hurry to contain the damage that was inflicted on 'Mahagathbandhan' after Azam Khan's sexist anti-women comment, Arfa Khanum Sherwani jumped into the rescue of Samajwadi Party leader claiming that his statements were not targetted at Jaya Pradha but against former SP leader Amar Singh.
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Editor's picks

Uber driver Usman refuses to switch on AC, tells lady passenger to ‘ask Modi to send a cab’

OpIndia Staff -
The lady passenger took to Twitter to share her ordeal where the Uber driver misbehaved with her
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Politics

4th murder of BJP-RSS men in a week, now BJP mandal president shot dead in Odisha

OpIndia Staff -
BJP Odisha has called for a 6-hour bandh in Khurda town where the incident took place.
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News Reports

A year after banning Ram Navami rallies, TMC leaders take armed rallies to observe the ‘Hindu’ festival

OpIndia Staff -
Amusingly, Mamata Banerjee had criticised the BJP's Ram Navami rally just two days back
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News Reports

J&K: Raped by father for several years, girl commits suicide in Bandipora, horrific details emerge

OpIndia Staff -
The girl had earlier also tried to file a police complaint against her father but the complaint was not filed
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Crime

75-year-old Narendra Modi fan killed by Congress-DMK supporter in Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff -
Govindarajan was attacked by Congress-DMK supporter Gopinath when he was campaigning for Modi
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News Reports

NCW writes to EC to take action against Azam Khan against his sexist comment against Jaya Prada

OpIndia Staff -
Jaya Prada had earlier claimed that Azam Khan had attempted an acid attack on her
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News Reports

NDTV journalist tries to downplay violence against Modi supporters, draws flak

OpIndia Staff -
Sreenivasan Jain equates a Facebook post with mob violence
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News Reports

Bowing down to political pressure, Canada updates 2018 report on terror to remove reference to Sikh extremism

OpIndia Staff -
Giving in to the pressure from the Sikh community in Canada, the Canadian government removed the reference to the Sikh religion from terror threat
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News Reports

Watch: On a flight, co-passenger says ‘Mohalla clinic band pade hai’ while sitting next to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

OpIndia Staff -
Co-passenger in a flight tells Arvind Kejriwal that Mohalla clinics are not in working condition
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News Reports

#DoVoteForModi: Meet the guy who held message of ‘Vote for Modi’ at some of the unlikeliest places

OpIndia Staff -
This guy stood outside JNU, Commonwealth Games Village and Herald House to ask to vote for Modi
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Culture and History

Operation Meghdoot on the Baisakhi in 1984 : A tale of valour of Indian Armed Forces at Siachen Glacier

OpIndia Staff -
In the year 1699 on the day of Baisakhi, the tenth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh had formed the Khalsa Panth of warriors to protect the people from religious persecution by Muslim rulers.
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News Reports

NIA arrests fifth Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist for attack on Lethpora CRPF camp

OpIndia Staff -
The attack on CRPF camp, Lethpora was executed to avenge the death of Noor Trali who was killed in an encounter with security forces in December 2017. Five CRPF were killed during the incident and three others were injured during the terrorist attack. 
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News Reports

Wayanad: Maoists put up posters asking people to refrain from voting in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections

OpIndia Staff -
During Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, similar posters had come up where Maoists had asked villagers to boycott elections
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News Reports

Quora user claims Congress govt in MP forced him to buy Congress mouthpiece National Herald’s subscription

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier it was reported that Congress state units have been given targets to sell National Herald subscription
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News Reports

“Work has begun to settle the displaced Kashmir Pandits at home, Congress responsible for the situation of Kashmiri Pandits” : PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi further assured the Kashmiri Pandits that he was committed to settling the displaced Pandits in their native places in Kashmir and added that the work has already started in this regard. 
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Crime

TRS leader arrested after his picture clicked inside EVM strongroom goes viral on social media

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As the picture did the rounds and the Congress party cried foul
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News Reports

A purported letter written by Murli Manohar Joshi to LK Advani with ANI stamp is fake, ANI says no such letter exist

OpIndia Staff -
A fake letter falsely attributed to Murli Manohar Joshi claims that he is unhappy about the present state of affairs of the BJP led by PM Narendra Modi.
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News Reports

Chandrababu Naidu’s ‘EVM expert’ was arrested in 2010 for ‘EVM theft’

OpIndia Staff -
Ironically, the 'expert' from Chandrababu's delegation representing the TDP in front of the poll chief, was a person who himself was an 'EVM theft' accused
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Crime

7 year old girl brutally raped and murdered in Kannauj, postmortem reveals broken bones, injury in private parts

OpIndia Staff -
The girl's body was found floating in the river with broken bones and injury marks on the private parts
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: Villagers ‘punish’ a woman for marrying a man of another caste by making her carry him on shoulders

OpIndia Staff -
Shockingly, the onlookers hooted and cheered at the woman's plight
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Opinions

‘Unemployment at 45 year high’ is fake liberal fantasy based on an obviously wrong data

Abhishek Banerjee -
How were the 'leaked NSSO data' numbers cooked up?
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News Reports

Communal tension grip parts of Jharkhand, Rajasthan, after some Muslim groups object to Ram Navami procession, pelt stones

OpIndia Staff -
Communal clashes break out as Muslim mobs pelt stones at the Ram Navami procession
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News Reports

Goa: Christian priest incites people by claiming minorities will be burnt if BJP returns to power

OpIndia Staff -
In his rant, the Padre even abused the late Goa CM Manohar Parrikar and said he was 'punished' with cancer as he had his pockets full
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News Reports

Congress rewards the leader and conman who questioned Pulwama attack as ‘inside job’ by giving him a Lok Sabha ticket

OpIndia Staff -
Jarariya's name had also emerged in the IT raids at MP CM Kamal Nath's aides on a list of people who allegedly received cash payments
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Politics

Chandrababu Naidu writes to Chief Election Commissioner alleging “mala fide actions of the ECI”

OpIndia Staff -
Naidu demanded the ECI to immediately revert back to the ballot paper system in order to save the sanctity of the electoral process.
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News Reports

Deputy Mayor of Srinagar asks Kashmiris to prefix their names with ‘Mujahid’

OpIndia Staff -
The word 'mujahid' has a negative connotation as it has been frequently used by Islamic terror outfits for describing their suicide bombers
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News Reports

France says tax settlement with Reliance France done as per legislative and regulatory framework, denies links with Rafale deal

OpIndia Staff -
French ambassador to India said that tax settlement with Reliance France was conducted in full adherence with the legislative and regulatory framework.
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News Reports

Aam Aadmi Party spreads maliciously edited video to defame security forces who were attacked by a mob

OpIndia Staff -
AAP posted a video showing security forces attacking people, while hiding that the mob had attacked police first with stones and sticks
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Politics

Rahul Janeudhari Gandhi of the Kaul-Dattatreya Gotra is yet to wish people on Ram Navami

OpIndia Staff -
The 'Chiraag' of the Kaul-Dattatreya gotra, Nehru's royal Janeudhari descendant Rahul Gandhi is yet to wish people on Ram Navami.
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Entertainment

Wife of Mahesh Bhatt, who lied about Junaid to pontificate to Indians how they should vote, holds a British passport

OpIndia Staff -
Soni Razdan and her daughter Alia Bhatt both hold British Passports and hence cannot vote in India
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Politics

Here is a look at the discrepancies in Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi’s educational details in their election affidavits over the years

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi's educational details keep changing in his election affidavits in various years.
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