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West Bengal: 100% cover by central forces in the 5th phase of polling after rampant violence and rigging in first 4 phases

OpIndia Staff -
Election Commission, as a preventive measure, has decided to deploy 100 per cent cover by central forces in all the polling booths in the fifth phase of polls.
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News Reports

Vishal Dadlani, Tehseen Poonawalla asked to pay Rs 10 lakh fine for mocking Jain monk Tarun Sagar

OpIndia Staff -
Dadlani and Tehseen Poonawalla had mocked the Jain monk who belonged to the Digambar sect and did not wear clothes
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Politics

Election Commission gives clean chit to Narendra Modi, says his Wardha speech does not violate poll code

OpIndia Staff -
EC dismissed Congress allegation that PM's Wardha speech had violated the model code of conduct
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News Reports

TMC’s ‘goondaraj’: Booth level BJP workers assaulted in Siliguri, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff -
This election season has witnessed several incidents of violence under Mamata’s regime in the state.
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Specials

Curious case of Rahul Gandhi’s nationality: Congress’ ‘explanation’ opens a pandora’s box, raises more questions than answers

Nirwa Mehta -
Congress' 'proof' of Rahul Gandhi's Indian nationality has opened a can of worms, raising more doubts than it cleared
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News Reports

“If Hemant Karkare’s role as a police officer was not correct, we will say it was not correct”: Sumitra Mahajan

OpIndia Staff -
Sumitra Mahajan said that there are two aspects to Hemant Karkare, becoming a martyr and role as a police officer
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Politics

Congress leaders and Congress-friendly journalists see conspiracy in fire at Shastri Bhavan which burnt waste material

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi insinuated that the fire at Shastri Bhavan was caused to burn important government files
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News Reports

“Do not take his (Babul Supriyo) name else you have no idea what I will do with the camera”: Moon Moon Sen to journalist

OpIndia Staff -
TMC candidate Moon Moon Sen verbally attacks and threatens to break the camera of journalist for bringing the name of her opponent Babul Supriyo in front of her. 
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Law

SC issues notice to EC on plea seeking action against PM Modi and Amit Shah, says EC has liberty to pass order as it...

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MP Sushmita Dev had yesterday filed a plea in SC seeking urgent and necessary directions to EC to act against alleged poll code violation by PM Modi and Amit Shah
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Politics

Watch: Congress makes kids abuse Narendra Modi in presence of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

OpIndia Staff -
Even with the Supreme Court bringing Congress down to its knees, the arrogance of the Congress party has not been diminished
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Economy and Finance

Eight Core Industries grew by 4.3% in 2018-19, the growth rate for March 2019 was 4.7%

OpIndia Staff -
In the eight sectors, only crude oil production declined, all other seven sectors saw positive growth in March 2019.
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Crime

Sri Lanka receives intelligence inputs of attacks planned on Buddhist temples by female bombers posing as devotees

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslim women members of a terror organisation had purchased nine sets of white cloths, which is worn by female Buddhist devotees
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Politics

BJP delegation approaches Election Commission over poll violence in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Babul Supriyo’s car was vandalised by the TMC workers in Asansol yesterday
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Politics

TMC leader Moon Moon Sen asks journalists to ‘go lick BJP’s a$$’ when asked about poll violence in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
The arrogance of TMC leaders is not just limited to Moon Moon Sen threatening a journalist
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Social Media

After Uttara Prachand, Arvind Kejriwal coins new state name Maniland, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
A video has gone viral where Arvind Kejriwal is heard referring to Manipur as Maniland
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Politics

Here is why Home Ministry sent a notice to Rahul Gandhi and it is not ‘political vendetta’

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party and the opposition claim that it is merely an attempt to distract people from the issues that plague the country.
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Satire

When Aladin, the present day Indian Prince, got hold of the magic lamp and yelled ‘ab hoga insaf’

Anand Walunjkar -
Poverty in the countryside was still a cause of concern to Aladin. On consultation with one Uncle Chidu, he came up with an idea.
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News Reports

LDF members were involved in bogus voting in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency: Kerala Chief Electoral Officer

OpIndia Staff -
The Kasargod seat is considered to be the stronghold of the CPI(M)
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Law

Arrogant Congress brought down to its knees, Rahul Gandhi to file new affidavit apologising for lie attributing ‘chowkidaar chor hai’ to SC

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court (SC) has today compelled the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi to offer an unconditional apology to the Court for attributing the 'chowkidaar chor hai' comment to the Supreme Court judgement. 
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Media

The Print, headed by the chief of Editors Guild, maintains stoic silence as Bengal burns with poll violence

K Bhattacharjee -
Media outlet run by the Chief of the Editors Guild himself, The Print, hasn't found the time to highlight the matter of the journalists who were attacked yesterday and the violence in West Bengal
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Politics

Akhilesh Yadav’s bizarre rant: ‘Modi wants youth to sell pakodas because the oil imported from abroad helps industrialists’

OpIndia Staff -
Speaking at Banda, Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav launched a bizarre tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an election rally.
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News Reports

Read why Tej Bahadur Yadav, the mahagathbandhan candidate against PM Modi, was jailed four times and sacked from BSF

OpIndia Staff -
Tej Bahadur Yadav was sacked from BSF for making false claims, and earlier he was jailed four times for misbehaving with seniors
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News Reports

Here are the documents on the basis of which Rahul Gandhi has got a notice from MHA regarding his British citizenship

OpIndia Staff -
These documents formed the basis for the representation made by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy questioning Rahul Gandhi's citizenship
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Fact-Check

‘Journalist’ lies to draw false equivalence between convicted Indian Mujahideen terrorist Yasin Bhatkal and Sadhvi Pragya

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Rana Ayyub attempted to equate convicted Islamic terrorist Yasin Bhatkal and Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, who is incidentally still an accused and was given a clean chit by NIA in a case and was a victim of severe brutality
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Media

‘I wonder where this arrogance comes from,’ pro-Congress mediaperson hits out at Congress for its leaders’ arrogance

OpIndia Staff -
Pallavi Ghosh was told by a Congress leader that journalists are self-obsessed and that they don't matter.
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Opinions

Here is why India needs to start fact-checking its election ‘experts’

Abhishek Banerjee -
This is about a larger problem of a certain caravan of ‘election astrologers’: journalists posing as ‘experts’, speaking with little regard for the truth and getting away with it
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Crime

ISIS terrorist from Kasargod module case arrested by NIA, admits to planning Sri Lanka style suicide blasts in Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
His interrogation revealed that he was planning to conduct a suicide bomb blast in Kerala, similar to the Sri Lankan blast
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Fact-Check

‘Journalists’ fail to understand the difference between ‘MLA’ and ‘MP’, twist PM Modi’s statement to spread lies

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi during his election rally speech in Serampore, West Bengal had dropped a bombshell, warning Mamata Banerjee that 40 MLAs belonging to Trinamool Congress (TMC) were in touch with him.
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News Reports

MHA issues notice to Rahul Gandhi, cites British company documents to seek response within 15 days over citizenship

OpIndia Staff -
Home Ministry has issued a notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi over the citizenship controversy that erupted a few weeks ago.
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News Reports

ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears in a new propaganda video, seeks revenge for killing and imprisonment of its ‘fighters’

OpIndia Staff -
This is ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's first public appearance in as many as five years
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News Reports

Indian Army spots the elusive, mysterious ‘Yeti footprints’ while on an expedition near Makalu Base Camp

OpIndia Staff -
Must have come out to vote for Modi: Twitterati reacts to Indian Army spotting the 'Yeti Footprints' in the Himalayas
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath left red-faced as power supply tripped when he went to cast his vote

Aditi -
Later Nath and his family had to cast his vote in the flashlight of the cameras of the media persons.
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Media

“Earlier our country was slave of the British, Mughals and Italian government” : Kangana Ranaut

OpIndia Staff -
Attacking the politicians, Kangana said that earlier we were slaves because our politicians used to chill our abroad while the country suffered from poverty, pollution, etc.
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Social Media

Popular Twitter account TrueIndology suspended again after suspended bureaucrat threatened to use his ‘contacts’ to block it

OpIndia Staff -
Popular Twitter account TrueIndology suspended again, this time after threatened by govt officer suspended for misusing official power
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News Reports

Congress leader plays caste and religion card in illegal Rohingya affected Mewat region in Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
Congress' Zahida Khan appeals to Gujjars and Muslims in Mewat region to come together to vote for Congress
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News Reports

Telangana: Teacher sacked for giving a student 0 marks instead of 99, massive protests after 3 lakh students fail 12th exam

OpIndia Staff -
20 students have committed suicide in Telangana after over 3 lakh students failed in the 12th board exam, large scale wrong evaluation alleged
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Politics

After threatening TV anchor, Moon Moon Sen says ‘this much violence happens everywhere’ when asked about poll violence in Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
TMC candidate from Asansol, Moon Moon Sen has spent the day planting her foot firmly in her mouth
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Dog with pro-BJP stickers on body detained for violating model code of conduct

OpIndia Staff -
A dog was detained and case filed against owner for pro-BJP stickers stuck to the dog's body on election day
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Politics

“Nahi hai jo Mohammad ka, humara ho nahi sakta”: Here is why Congress leader Pramod Krishnam has no right to call himself ‘Acharya’

OpIndia Staff -
Pramod Krishnam, who runs Kalki foundation and the Peethadheswar of Sambhal Peeth has been listed as one of the 'fake babas' of the country by All India Akhara Parishad after it released its third such list.
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News Reports

SP changes Varanasi candidate, BSF jawan sacked for indiscipline to fight PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Tej Bahadur Yadav was sacked in 2017 for uploading videos on social media raising his grievance against the authorities and his superiors
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Politics

Digvijay’s rare moment of honesty: Says no Congress leader after Nehru read or wrote, party depends on Left for ideas

OpIndia Staff -
Digvijay Singh has also extended support to sedition case accused Kanhaiya Kumar who is the communist party candidate from Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency.
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News Reports

TMC workers spray perfume on EVM button, smell voters’ fingers to verify whether they voted for the party

OpIndia Staff -
According to Anandabazar Patrika, TMC workers sprayed perfume on EVM button and were sniffing fingers of voters to check if they voted for TMC
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Opinions

Here is why the fourth phase of 2019 election is the most critical for PM Modi and BJP

K Bhattacharjee -
Overall, the NDA needs to win a minimum of 50 seats in the fourth phase of the elections if it wishes to retain its possibility of securing a majority in the Lok Sabha.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi has nothing to add on contempt of court case, submits copy of first affidavit as counter affidavit in SC

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi submits second affidavit in the contempt of court case, which is a copy of the first affidavit
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Politics

Political party that claims to be a ‘Kashmiri Pandit’ party floated to fight assembly polls for the first time

OpIndia Staff -
Political party floated that claims to represent the cause of Kashmiri Pandits
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Opinions

Indian state can no longer ignore Kerala and its growing Islamic State (IS) recruits

Ashish Shukla -
National Investigation Agency (NIA) is raiding alleged Jihadi/terrorist hideouts in Kerala and it must have the attention of citizens of India.
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Politics

’40 of your MLAs are in contact with me,’ PM Modi warns Mamata Banerjee of saffron surge in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took a dig at the West Bengal Chief Minister's bizarre comment that she will send him sweets made of mud and pebbles to break his teeth
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Opinions

The opposition has lost its sanity, and India must remember the journey of reform in the last 5 years before casting their vote

Karan -
Your one vote has the power to change the trajectory of an entire nation- we did in 2014 and we can repeat it in 2019.
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Crime

Jammu and Kashmir: Jaish terrorists who killed RSS leader identified, were planning to disrupt elections in Kishtwar

OpIndia Staff -
The four terrorists have been identified as Zahid Hussain, Haroon Abbas Wani, Osama Bin Javed, and Naveed Shah.
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Politics

Navjot Singh Sidhu’s rant: Asks PM Modi to learn nationalism from Sonia Gandhi, says will quit politics if Rahul loses Amethi

Jhankar Mohta -
Navjot Singh Sidhu said that people should learn nationalism from UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who is the sitting MP from Rae Bareli
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