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When Rahul flew over the cuckoo’s nest: Metaphysics of fruit flavours and Rahul Gandhi’s desperate attempt to appear smart

K Bhattacharjee -
Rahul Gandhi interview with India Today was a hoot and a half, and these excerpts are a must read
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Law

Rafale deal: Modi govt files fresh affidavit in SC, says clean chit given by Court is correct, media quoted documents selectively

OpIndia Staff -
In the affidavit, the Centre said, Monitoring of progress of the Rafale deal by the PMO cannot be construed as interference or parallel negotiations.
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Fact-Check

Journalist invents new arithmetic to defend Rahul, asks others to get calculators while needing one herself

OpIndia Staff -
Author Sujata Anandan, in her desperation to defend the lies of Rahul Gandhi on the NYAY yojana, made a fool of herself
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Politics

Sam Pitroda shatters the sham of Congress and BSP-SP fighting alone in UP, says ‘Gathbandhan will come together at the right time’

OpIndia Staff -
Pitroda has just confirmed what was being speculated in the political circles since long, that the Congress is, in fact, always in the alliance or 'Gathbandhan' mode and is willing to compromise with regional parties to any level.
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi accuses EC of bias and threatens them with ‘consequences’, hours after the same EC gave him clean chit for a lie

OpIndia Staff -
Continuing to attack the EC and the Modi government, Rahul Gandhi said that these people will have 'consequences in the future' and that he 'won't allow Indian institutions to be crushed'.
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi’s former partner in British company Backops, got defence offset contracts during Congress regime, reveals report

OpIndia Staff -
Reports now reveal that Rahul Gandhi's former partner in the British company Backops, who owned 35% shares, got defence offset contracts during the Congress regime. 
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News Reports

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh shocks all, demands proof of Balakot air strike

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab CM insisted that demanding proof from the government was no way an unpatriotic gesture.
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News Reports

Congress Lucknow candidate Acharya Parmod calls Shatrughan Sinha an RSS man for campaigning for wife and SP candidate

OpIndia Staff -
Shatrughan Sinha should fulfil Party Dharma, not Patni Dharma, Congress Lucknow candidates calls Sinha RSS man for campaigning for wife and SP candidate in Lucknow
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News Reports

“Ask him to first change his name from Sitaram”, Subramanian Swamy reprimands Yechury for citing Ramayana-Mahabharata as proofs of Hindu violence

OpIndia Staff -
Swami said Communist believe in 'revolutionary violence' meanwhile Hindu's believe in 'retaliatory violence'
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Media

On press freedom day, meet the ‘fearless’ journalist who interviewed Rahul Gandhi and said ‘Rafale has entered people’s blood’

OpIndia Staff -
Now, as if the India Today interview fiasco wasn't bad enough, another pliant journalist has got the "once in a lifetime" opportunity to interview Rahul Gandhi.
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News Reports

Former CIA acting director Michael Morell says Pakistan is using terrorism as a tool against India

OpIndia Staff -
Former CIA acting director Michael Morell says that Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world.
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Politics

Hans Raj Hans rubbishes allegations that he converted to Islam, says will file defamation and SC/ST act case against Kejriwal

OpIndia Staff -
Hans Raj Hans has been fielded as a BJP candidate from the North-West Delhi constituency.
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Media

India Today says the Rahul Gandhi interview was recorded by Congress, and party has not given recording to the channel

OpIndia Staff -
India Today has tweeted a clarification regarding the entire fiasco by asserting that there was never a video interview that was recorded.
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Politics

A campaign dais is not for singing bhajans, it is for attacking the political opponents: Yogi Adityanath on EC notice

OpIndia Staff -
"Our work is to highlight the opposition's weakness in front of the people. We do not mind it even when the Congress or the Samajwadi Party abuse us during their election campaigning", said the UP CM.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu BJYM Vice President complains to EC over MK Stalin speech blaming Modi for Tuticorin massacre

OpIndia Staff -
TN BJYM VP SG Suyah said that Stalin violated model code by blaming the Modi for Sterlite firing
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Politics

AAP MLA joins BJP seven hours after Kejriwal boasts their loyalty towards the party

OpIndia Staff -
Major setback for Aam Aadmi Party just ten days before Delhi votes in Lok Sabha elections
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Opinions

Sexual harassment – Legal position versus Cynicism

Swarupama Chaturvedi -
An advocate writes about the legal processes to be followed in wake of sexual harassment charges against judges.
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Opinions

Digvijaya Singh’s rants against Sadhavi Pragya reveals Congress’ misogyny and anti-Hindu proclivities

Jinit Jain -
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh in a public meeting yesterday had made an inherently misogynistic remark about Sadhavi Pragya who is going to contest against him from the Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency.
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Politics

First they mocked, then protested and now they say ‘me too me too’: PM Modi on Congress’ Surgical Strike claim

OpIndia Staff -
Narendra Modi said that the Congress party conducted such surgical strikes which no one had any clue about.
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Crime

Hours before Amit Shah rally in Jharkhand, Naxals blow up BJP office in Khunti

OpIndia Staff -
The Jharkhand police had earlier categorised 13 districts including Seraikela-Kharsawan, Khunti, as “most sensitive” during the elections.
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News Reports

Reuters photojournalist Siddiqui Ahamad Danish arrested by Sri Lankan police for forcibly entering school premises

OpIndia Staff -
Pulitzer winner Reuters Chief Photographer in India arrested by Sri Lankan police for unauthorised entry into a school
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Politics

Why did India Today drop the video interview of Rahul Gandhi that it was apparently about to telecast?

OpIndia Staff -
A rumour gained wind on Social Media that India Today had indeed conducted a video interview with Rahul Gandhi, but the interview was so bad that India Today chose to scrap the video interview and publish a text interview instead.
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Politics

Adivasi women respond with ‘Modi Zindabad’ to ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ slogan at Rahul Gandhi’s rally

OpIndia Staff -
The Adivasi women said that they were supporting the Prime Minister because the Modi government has given them toilets, gas connections, houses and electricity.
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Opinions

Dharmayuddha is not Jihad: What Sitaram Yechury gets wrong

K Bhattacharjee -
CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has triggered a massive controversy with his recent comments on the Mahabharata and the Ramayana.
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Opinions

Racist, “liberal”, The Economist, its battle with Narendra Modi and how Indian media uses it to bash India’s own Prime Minister

Nupur J Sharma -
While NYT has long proven its credentials, The Economist is the new favourite of the "liberal" ecosystem in a last-ditch attempt to discredit Narendra Modi.
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Social Media

The dark side of the Internet: Sordid saga of the Gurugram mall woman

K Bhattacharjee -
If we do not learn to tame the wild beast that social media is, there may be devastating consequences
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Politics

Congress makes BPL voters in Madhya Pradesh to fill fake NYAY forms, Aadhaar and other crucial details obtained

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Rajasthan Congress leader had allegedly printed and distributed fake NYAY forms in Kota, Rajasthan, another Congress-ruled state
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News Reports

PM Modi’s pet project: Kashi Vishwanath Temple corridor seeks to reclaim Varanasi’s cultural heritage

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi’s Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project seeks to link the ancient shrine and one of 12 Jyotirlinga Temples with prominent ghats in Varanasi
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News Reports

Terror financing case: ED attaches properties worth over ₹73 lakh of LeT operative who had built a mosque in Haryana

OpIndia Staff -
Properties belonging to LeT operative who received money for funding terror attached by ED
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News Reports

Last surviving member of Burhan Wani’s gang of Hizbul terrorists killed in Shopian encounter

OpIndia Staff -
Burhan Wani was a dreaded Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist who was gunned down by Indian security forces in 2016.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi is like the Joker. He just wants to watch the world burn

Nirwa Mehta -
In his interview with India Today, Rahul Gandhi has shown how he doesn't really have a plan except to wreak havoc and chaos
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Law

Petition filed to EC for cancellation of Rahul Gandhi’s nomination till the matter of his ‘British citizenship’ is decided upon

OpIndia Staff -
The petition says that till the matter of British citizenship and eligibility to contest elections is subjudiced before the central govt, nomination of Rahul Gandhi as a candidate from Amethi should be cancelled in the interest of justice
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Media

Mumbai Mirror prints cartoon calling PM Modi the “Butcher from Godhra”, retracts and apologises later

OpIndia Staff -
The derogatory cartoon was published under the column 'Poll Dance' in the Mumbai Mirror yesterday. It called PM Narendra Modi as 'The butcher from Godhra'.
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Fact-Check

India Today interview: Rahul Gandhi says he wants to destroy Modi’s image, interviewer repeats a lie about Modi

Nupur J Sharma -
With Rahul Gandhi's admission that he wanted to "rip PM Modi's incorruptible image", the strategy behind his Rafale lies are clear.
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News Reports

[Updated] Cyclone Fani Complete Details: Pictures & Videos

OpIndia Staff -
Latest photos, videos, news, updates about Cyclone Fani that hit coastal parts of India in Odisha.
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Law

Child Rights body issues notice to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over use of children in election campaign

OpIndia Staff -
The NCPCR had yesterday written to the Election Commission (EC) regarding the video requesting to ensure that children are not involved for the election purposes.
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News Reports

Even as Priyanka does a u-turn, Rahul Gandhi confirms her initial statement of Congress acting as a vote cutter

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier Priyanka Gandhi stated that Congress is fielding candidates across UP with the aim of cutting the BJP votes
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Politics

The ever changing number of surgical strikes Congress leaders claim UPA had conducted

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress response to the Surgical Strikes conducted by the Narendra Modi government has been rather comical.
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Crime

India to ask for Pakistan to be blacklisted by terror finance watchdog FATF

OpIndia Staff -
The FATF has already listed Pakistan in its grey list and given time until October to avoid being blacklisted
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Fact-Check

AAP uses Pakistani propaganda to target Hans Raj Hans, repeats the long debunked lie of him converting to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Hans Raj Hans' family had denied Pakistani media reports that he had converted to Islam, but still AAP raised the issue
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News Reports

Pepsi withdraws lawsuit against potato farmers alleging patent infringement

OpIndia Staff -
Pepsi said that the company agreed to withdraw the cases against the farmers after a discussion with the government
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Politics

AAP’s Amanatullah Khan’s alleged MCC violation: Delhi CEO writes to EC over distribution of cheques to Imams

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was seen distributing salary cheques to the Imans and thus violating the Model Code of Conduct.
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News Reports

ASI finds evidence of 4000 years old civilisation at ‘Mahabharat era’ excavation site, different from Indus Valley Civilisation

OpIndia Staff -
This excavation is a continuation of the work started in 2018, at Sanauli
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Opinions

When Narendra Modi said ‘this is just the beginning’ on his fight against terrorism, he meant business

vigoe -
One thing is for sure that if Modi gets a clear majority again in 2019, the world will not be the same in 2024
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Politics

NIA conducts raids at PFI office in connection with murder of Ramalingam who resisted religious conversions

OpIndia Staff -
PFI was banned by the Jharkhand government in February this year under the Criminal Law Amendment Act for indulging in anti-national activities in the State and having links with terror groups like the ISIS.
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Social Media

Popular Twitter account True Indology warns people against imposters

OpIndia Staff -
True Indology has clarified that he has no backup or alternate accounts on Twitter
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Politics

Priyanka Gandhi’s quick U-turn after ‘vote cutting’ statement, says Congress has all strong candidates

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking to media yesterday, Priyanka had stated that in the constituencies where the Congress is weak, they have fielded such candidates who will cut BJP's votes.
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News Reports

Congress party falsely claims that they got JeM blacklisted by UN, takes credit for US bounty on Hafiz Saeed

OpIndia Staff -
JeM was banned by UN in 2001 when NDA was in power, but Congress takes credit for it.
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Law

SC dismisses petition seeking recusal of CJI in detention camps case, filed by ‘activist’ who signed mercy petition for Yakub Memon

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court has also struck down Harsh Mander's name from the petitioner's place and appointed Prashant Bhushan as Amicus Curiae in the case
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Politics

After claiming Hindu philosophy is against his dignity, Congress’ MP Candidate seen praying in temple

OpIndia Staff -
Like many among his colleagues from the Congress party, Devashish Jarariya too appears to have undergone a change of heart with regards to Hinduism as elections came.
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