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Congress’ Abhishek Manu Singhvi makes a self goal as he tries to play the ‘caste’ card on Hans Raj Hans’ nomination for Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Abhishek Manu Singhvi was called out by twitterati for his faux pas on caste politics
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News Reports

West Bengal: Presiding officer, polling agent cast vote on behalf of voters, bombs thrown at polling stations

OpIndia Staff -
Large scale violence and irregularities have been witnessed during the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal
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Fact-Check

The Print publishes a bogus and statistically inaccurate ‘research’ to claim retweeting PM Modi increases chances to get LS ticket

Azaad -
Titled “Retweeting Modi increases BJP MPs’ chances of getting a Lok Sabha ticket: Study,” The Print article was written by Barbara De Alfaro, a student of political science at UC Berkeley
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Crime

Bijnor: Asif, Rafiq and Rihan shoot three Dalit men over argument, police on high alert fearing communal clashes

OpIndia Staff -
Bulaki Singh's son, Somapal has registered a complaint against the accused. The police have been investigating the matter closely. Meanwhile, the car used in the murder has been recovered from Delhi.
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News Reports

Sri Lanka terror attacks on Easter were ‘retaliation’ to Christchurch attacks: Sri Lanka Deputy Defence Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Sri Lanka's Deputy Defence Minister has said in the parliament that the suicide bombing was a retaliation to the Christchurch attack in New Zealand last month
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Opinions

The face of our ‘liberals’: They wept for Christchurch and rightly so, but where is the outrage on Sri Lanka?

Ashish Shukla -
The bomb blasts in Sri Lanka which have killed over 200 people are markedly different from Christchurch shooting of only a month ago.
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News Reports

‘For five seconds, I was shocked. I was very angry,’ Sumitra Mahajan on Rahul Gandhi’s infamous wink

OpIndia Staff -
"But when he returned to his seat, started speaking again and winked, I was very angry. I said this is not proper. Actually, the hugging was not proper either. But this was a step too much," Sumitra Mahajan said.
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Politics

Convicted felon and Congress leader Hardik Patel makes a racist remark, says ‘if I want to look for Chowkidar, I will go to Nepal’

OpIndia Staff -
Hardik Patel said that if he wants to look for a 'Chowkidaar', he will go to Nepal and instead, he wants a Prime Minister who can strengthen the economy of the country, education and work for the youth and armed forces.
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News Reports

I-T department seizes Rs. 8 crores from North East Region, highest ever seizure from NE during elections

OpIndia Staff -
According to the Income Tax department, cash to the tune of Rs 1.21 crore was seized during Election Expenditure Monitoring for 2014 elections making this seizure of Rs. 8 crores the highest ever
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News Reports

SC issues contempt notice to Rahul Gandhi: ‘He says he wrongly attributed chowkidar comment to court, but he himself stands by it’

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'Who is chowkidaar': Asks CJI Gogoi while issuing contempt notice to Rahul Gandhi
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Politics

Bollywood Superstar Sunny Deol joins BJP, expected to contest from Gurdaspur in Punjab

K Bhattacharjee -
Popular actor Sunny Deol, renowned for his roles in superhit movies such a Gadar and Ghatak, follows in the footsteps of his step-mother Hema Malini who has been a long time member of the BJP.
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Politics

Trinamool Councillor’s husband thrashed by goons, party blames Congress and Communists

OpIndia Staff -
Sporadic instances of violence have been reported from West Bengal during the third phase of the elections where poll-related violence has been the norm.
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News Reports

Pandit Nehru will be pleased that Narendra Modi could achieve what Panditji dreamed of: Arif Mohd Khan on Triple Talaq Bill

OpIndia Staff -
In an interview, Arif Mohammad Khan has said that he is pleased that PM Narendra Modi could achieve what Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru dreamt of, with respect to the Triple Talaq Bill.
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Fact-Check

Indian Express journalist caught spreading fake news claiming ‘All votes going to Lotus’

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist helps spread a rumor that booth number 151 in Kovalam, Kerala was taking votes only for 'Lotus'.
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News Reports

Several Muslim majority seats vote today, including Rahul Gandhi’s ‘safe seat’ Wayanad and Badruddin Ajmal’s Dhubri

OpIndia Staff -
As the third phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha election is being held on Tuesday, nearly 30 of the 115 Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the third phase of elections have substantial Muslim population
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Politics

Deoria: Mob attacks Dalit villagers, damage Ambedkar statue after they opposed molestation of Dalit girl by Rehmat Ali

OpIndia Staff -
 The Dalit victims have alleged that they had informed the police after the first incident of the break-in and molestation attempt by Rehmat Ali. But the local police did not pursue the issue.
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Politics

AAP and their lowly caste games: Atishi, who had earlier changed her surname to ‘Singh’ is back to being ‘Marlena’

OpIndia Staff -
Atishi of the Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aami Party, who had earlier changed her name to 'Singh' is back to being 'Atishi Marlena' in her 2019 election affidavit.
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Opinions

Justice Gogoi, the ‘plot’ and the things you might not know

Ashish Shukla -
Indian Express also does a quick job on Attorney General K.K. Venugopal. It says the AG wanted the day’s proceedings to receive “widest publicity” even as CJI wanted the “media to show restraint.”
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News Reports

All you need to know about the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019

OpIndia Staff -
The third phase of the elections is set to be conducted on the 23rd of April, 2019. It is perhaps the most crucial phase of the elections for the BJP and could decide whether it crosses the magic mark of 272 on its own or falls short.
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News Reports

Live Updates: One person who was standing in a queue to vote in Bengal killed after clashes break out between TMC and Congress worker

OpIndia Staff -
This third phase of polling is perhaps the most crucial phase of the elections for the BJP and could prove crucial as to whether it crosses the magic mark of 272 on its own or falls short.
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News Reports

Grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru’s personal barber and famous hairstylist Jawed Habib joins BJP, praises PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Habib said that when the Prime Minister proudly says that he was a chaiwala, why should he be ashamed of calling himself a nai (barbar).
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News Reports

Air Vistara senior officials visit Gen GD Bakshi, apologise for deleting the tweet honouring him

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjiv Kapoor, Chief Strategy & Commercial Officer, and Deepa Chadha, Senior Vice President – Human Resources & Corporate Affairs or Air Vistara visited Maj. Gen. Bakshi and tendered an official apology
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Crime

JNU’s missing Najeeb Ahmed case: Delhi court directs CBI to hand over closure report documents to his mother

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Naveen Kumar Kashyap directed the CBI to present Najeeb Ahmed missing case documents in either physical or electronic form to his mother
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Opinions

‘Liberals’ addressing Yogi Adityanath by his birth name is a reflection of their deep seated Hinduphobia

K Bhattacharjee -
The elevation of Yogi Adityanath to the seat of Chief Minister of India's most populous state ruffled many feathers and it's hardly surprising that they are throwing everything at him in the desperate hope that something will stick.
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Politics

Watch: Digvijay Singh spreads the Rs. 15 lakh lie at a public rally, boy does a ‘surgical strike’ on him

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Digvijay Singh, while addressing a public rally and attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tauntingly asked the people whether they received the amount of Rs 15 lakh in their accounts.
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Politics

PM Modi’s nuclear button remark offends Mehbooba Mufti, she gives a response before Pakistan could

OpIndia Staff -
Mehbooba Mufti has recently been threatening India with dire consequences if Articles 370 and 35A were scrapped.
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News Reports

AAP Kerala convener suspended for extending support to Congress without permission

OpIndia Staff -
C.R. Neelakandan says that the decision was taken at the behest of national leadership in order to defeat BJP
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News Reports

Karnataka CM confirms four JDS workers killed in the Sri Lanka bomb blast, 3 still missing

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports India had shared the intelligence input that the NTJ might carry out attacks in Churches and a hotel frequented by Indian nationals.
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Opinions

Modi ministers in five years – Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Keshav -
Few achievements of defence ministry during the past few years.
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Specials

Web of dubious transactions featuring ‘RG’, ‘SG’, ‘AP’ and ‘DKS’: Tale of K Govindaraj, Parliamentary Secretary to Siddaramaiah and the seized diary

K Bhattacharjee -
In March 2016, the IT Department conducted raids on K. Govindaraj, Parliamentary Secretary to the then Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah and a member of the Legislative Council of the state.
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News Reports

IIT Bombay’s Management School says their Twitter account was compromised, anti-BJP tweet was posted by someone outside the institution

OpIndia Staff -
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management says an anti-BJP tweet posted from its Twitter account was done by someone outside the institution
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News Reports

Sri Lankan government confirms that Islamist terror group National Thowheed Jama’ath responsible for blasts that killed 290 people

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Sri Lanka’s PM Ranil Wickremesinghe has reportedly admitted that they had been warned about possible attacks by an Islamist terrorist group. PM Wickremesinghe stated that despite the warning by intelligence agencies, Sri Lanka ‘failed’ to take adequate measures.
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Opinions

Why did the world not grieve for Pulwama the way it grieved for Sri Lanka?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Yesterday was a day of pure terror. The death toll in Sri Lanka continued to mount throughout the day.
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Politics

Amit Shah defends Sadhvi Pragya, calls allegations against her baseless

OpIndia Staff -
Shah alleged that a false case against Sadhvi Pragya was filed to malign the Indian culture before the world.
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News Reports

Currency worth crores gutted in flames as a truck carrying it caught fire in South Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Usually, illegal relocation of cash becomes rampant during every election season.
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News Reports

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan responds to Narendra Modi’s appeal, urges people to go out and vote

OpIndia Staff -
Modi had urged Khan to creatively try and urge people to come out in large numbers and cast their votes
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi essentially admits SC hasn’t found wrongdoing in Rafale, yet continues with his ‘chowkidaar chor hai’ jibe

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday, Rahul Gandhi was forced to apologize before the Supreme Court for attributing his own misguided opinions to the highest court of the country.
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Politics

‘Samajwadi’ leaders ignored building houses for poor, were busy fitting imported tiles and ‘Tontis’ in their own Bungalows: PM Modi in Etah rally

OpIndia Staff -
Modi exposed the hollow claims of Samajwadi Party leader of being a 'socialist' and slammed him for leading an extravagant life in opulent bungalows.
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Entertainment

Akshay Kumar puts an end to speculations, denies rumours of contesting elections

OpIndia Staff -
Akshay Kumar's cryptic tweet earlier today raised wild speculations that he may contest the ongoing Lok Sabha elections
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Opinions

Dear ‘Koul-Dattatreya Brahmin’ Rahul Gandhi ji, why do you hate the Kashmiri Pandit community?

Saksshi -
Going by your words, let me ask you, Rahul Gandhi, my fellow community member a few questions. Why do you harbour such hate towards the Kashmiri Pandit community that you call your own?
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi talks while PM Modi delivers the Make In India promise: Apple to shift mass production of iPhones from China to India

OpIndia Staff -
While Bengaluru unit of Apple was already manufacturing older models, the new facility will manufacture newer phones
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News Reports

India missed a golden opportunity to resolve the Kashmir issue after winning the 1971 war: PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Congress government had released 90,000 PoWs and the captured lands after the 1971 war, a mistake which costs us even to this day.
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Politics

Like Father Like Son: After Azam Khan’s sexist comment against Jaya Prada, son Abdullah calls her ‘Anarkali’

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Abdullah Azam was speaking in reference to Yogi Adityanath's response to BSP chief Mayawati, who had appealed to Muslim voters to not vote for the Congress.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s nomination from Amethi found valid, objections on foreign citizenship rejected by Returning Officer

OpIndia Staff -
Amethi Returning Officer rejected the objections filed against Rahul Gandhi's nomination from Amethi
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Social Media

Journalists and politicians spread lies about Sadhvi Pragya’s age, do not retract their tweets even after being fact-checked

OpIndia Staff -
Sadhvi Pragya's 2016 bail application in the Bombay High Court cites her age as 44. Which means that she would at least have been born in 1972 at least.
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Politics

‘Chowkidar chor hai’ bubble bursts, Rahul Gandhi tells SC that he attributed statement to Rafale judgement in ‘heat of campaigning’

OpIndia Staff -
In his response to criminal contempt notice on him attributing 'chowkidar ne chori karwayi' statement to the SC, Rahul Gandhi had ow said that he made the statement in the heat of election campaigning
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News Reports

Locals of Begusarai reveal how goons of Kanhaiya Kumar beat them up on his instructions after they waved black fags during his roadshow

OpIndia Staff -
No FIR against Kanhaiya Kumar and his supporters has been lodged in this connection so far
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Law

Allahabad Court sends notice to Congress and Election Commission: Is NYAY scheme a bribe to voters?

OpIndia Staff -
the NYAY scheme has run into trouble as Allahabad Court has issued a notice to Congress and the Election Commission of India (ECI) asking whether the scheme itself can be considered an electoral bribe to the voters.
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Politics

Sri Lankan PM admits they failed to act on warning, reports suggest India had warned about possible terror attack too

OpIndia Staff -
PM Wickremasinghe has also stated that they would need international help to ascertain whether the terrorists had received help from another country.
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News Reports

AltNews co-founder caught shielding Islamists following the Sri Lanka terror attacks

OpIndia Staff -
Altnews cofounder seems to have graduated from sharing fake news himself to shielding radical Islamists
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