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YouTube restores OpIndia video that exposed how media whitewashes terrorists, but now places age restriction on viewership

OpIndia Staff -
YouTube has now restored the pulled down OpIndia video, however, it has been put behind an age restriction.
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News Reports

If Modi comes back to power ‘Tukde Tukde gang’ will get fragmented and fall apart: PM Modi in Bhagalpur, Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
The Lok Sabha elections which commenced today will be concluded in seven phases spread over a month
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Politics

Leaked audio clip: TMC leader asks party workers to capture election booths in Cooch Behar

OpIndia Staff -
Shockingly, a few days ago TMC leader Anubrata Monal had openly appealed to the Election Commission officials to allow people to rig the polls by managing 500-600 votes per booth.
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Social Media

Facebook page called ‘Aligarh Muslim University’ promotes Rahul Gandhi, AMU distances itself from the page

OpIndia Staff -
Aligarh Muslim University posts image with Congress symbol while appealing to vote
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Politics

In the first phase of polling itself, Congress rides the ‘EVM glitch’ bogey

OpIndia Staff -
A total of 39 EVM complaints have been sent to the Election Commission by the Congress party.
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Opinions

Narendra Modi is no Vajpayee: Here is why Sonia Gandhi is wrong and why BJP’s defeat in 2019 is extremely unlikely

K Bhattacharjee -
Sonia Gandhi, former Congress President and mother to the current one, in response to a question on the invincibility of PM Narendra Modi, has remarked that people assumed the Atal Bihari Vajpayee was invincible in 2004 as well but the UPA managed to secure a win.
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Editor's picks

Sadhguru clarifies what he meant when he called Pakistani student ‘Talibani’. Did the Media do a hit job on the Guru?

OpIndia Staff -
Leftist propaganda website The Wire and several others ran stories after stories of how Sadhguru was an Islamophobe because he had called Saqib 'Taliban' and 'Talibani' during a private conversation with him after the event.
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Crime

Before claiming ‘assassination attempt by sniper rifle’, Congress should have at least understood it could not have been a sniper rifle at all

Raju Das -
Real sniping is less about focusing on someone on the crosshair through the viewfinder, and more about understanding complex physics.
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News Reports

Two Hindu girls who were abducted and forcefully converted to Islam sent back to their husbands by the Islamabad High Court

OpIndia Staff -
Two underage Hindu girls Raveena (13) and Reena (15) were abducted from their home in Pakistan’s Sindh on the eve of Holi. The girls were forcefully converted and married off to older Muslim men.
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News Reports

Meerut college closes inquiry after Muslim girl who alleged harassment doesn’t turn up after repeated calls, suspensions revoked

OpIndia Staff -
Dr. Naresh Goyal, Executive Director of the Dewan College, said that since four faculty members dedicated to the job were wasting their time, waiting for her to turn up, the college had no option but to take the decision.
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News Reports

‘Possible assassination attempt’ on Rahul Gandhi turned out to be camera flashed by AICC photographer

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, MHA has verified with the SPG and there is no threat to Rahul Gandhi's life
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Crime

ISIS bride reveals murder of a 5-year old Yazidi girl to a German undercover cop

OpIndia Staff -
Jennifer and her husband had chained-up a 5-year-old Yazidi girl and left her to die of thirst in the scorching heat.
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Politics

Fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad Yadav pleads with voters to save democracy and constitution

OpIndia Staff -
Lalu Prasad Yadav is convicted in 4 fodder scams and has been sentenced with 27.5 years of imprisonment.
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News Reports

“Free speech can’t be silenced for the fear of the mob,” SC imposes Rs 20 lakh fine on Mamata govt for Bhobishyoter Bhoot ban

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee usually can’t handle criticisms too well.
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News Reports

YouTube deletes OpIndia video where Rivaldo exposed how the media whitewashes crimes of terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
After restricting one video, YouTube deletes another video from a 3-video series by Rivaldo on Kashmir propaganda and terrorism
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News Reports

French Embassy denies reports of Pakistan pilots training in Rafale jets delivered to Qatar, call it ‘fake news’

OpIndia Staff -
The French Embassy has clarified that this is "fake news" and that no Pakistani pilots have been trained in the Rafales delivered to Qatar.
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Opinions

In 2019, West Bengal is all set to throw up the greatest surprise of the election season and Mamata Banerjee won’t be happy

Editorial Desk -
With a massive upswing in 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, BJP is poised to pull off a political coup in West Bengal. The only question now is: How would Mamata Banerjee react?
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News Reports

Mischief mongers: Journalists share images of ‘NaMo’ food package being distributed in Noida, insinuate MCC violation

OpIndia Staff -
Food ordered from a local store for policemen on election duty, 'Namo Foods' creates a storm on social media as 'journalists' insinuate involvement of BJP and Modi
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Politics

Bihar lawyer files complaint against Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah for their anti-India rants

OpIndia Staff -
In his petition, Advocate Sharma has said that he felt hurt by the statements of Abdullah and Mufti and alleged that their remarks could fan unrest and mutiny in the country.
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Politics

Congress does not respond to request for interview with Rahul Gandhi for a week after accusing Doordarshan of bias

OpIndia Staff -
On the 4th of April, chief executive officer of Prasar Bharti, which runs Doordarshan, Shashi Shekhar Vempati had written to the Congress requesting an interview with Rahul Gandhi.
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Politics

West Bengal: Voters of Cooch Behar wary of voting, fear rampant violence by TMC goons like panchayat elections last year

OpIndia Staff -
Polling in two parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal, Cooch Behar, and Alipurduar, is being held in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 11.
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Politics

Congress is ‘hero’ in Muslim areas but ‘zero’ in Hindu dominated areas: AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal

OpIndia Staff -
Ajmal had fielded only 3 candidates declaring that he has left the other seats for the Congress because he doesn't want the division of 'secular' votes. There were also reports of a rift within the Congress over support to Ajmal's party.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Rampant polling malpractice, TMC accused of violence

OpIndia Staff -
Violence has been reported in West Bengal in the two constituencies, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar, that has gone to polls in the first phase of the elections.
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Politics

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind directs Muslims to vote for SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Similar kind of open polarisation of votes was seen even a few days earlier when BSP Supremo Mayawati had openly appealed for consolidation of Muslims votes.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: ITBP and Chhattisgarh Police joint party come under Naxal ambush while on their way to polling booth

OpIndia Staff -
Two days back, BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi had lost his life when Naxal terrorists ambushed his convoy in Dantewada, Bastar
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News Reports

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s chopper loses way near Bangladesh border, rally delayed

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee's rally got delayed as a helicopter ride which was to take 22 minutes took 55 minutes
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Editor's picks

Live Updates: West Bengal registers 69.96% voting till 3 pm, Mizoram shows voter turnout of 55.2%

OpIndia Staff -
Voting for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections has begun today with people of 91 out of 543 seats will cast their votes to choose their representative in the parliament
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Politics

Andhra Pradesh: Janasena MLA candidate smashes EVM inside polling booth, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Janasena MLA candidate Madhusudan Gupta has been arrested for smashing an EVM inside a polling booth in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district.
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News Reports

Lok Sabha elections 2019: 91 constituencies to vote today, fates of Nitin Gadkari, Kiren Rijiju to be decided

OpIndia Staff -
AIMIM's Asadudding Owaisi and Congress' Renuka Chowdhary will also fight it out today
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News Reports

‘Unemployed’ Kanhaiya Kumar had a cumulative income of Rs 8,58,650 in last two years

OpIndia Staff -
Despite earning over 8 lakh rupees in the past two years, Kanhaiya Kumar had claimed he could not afford cooking gas cylinder
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Editor's picks

All you need to know about the first phase of the 2019 General Elections

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP had won 32 seats from these 91 constituencies, the TDP had won 16, YSRC had won 9, the TRS had won 11 and the Congress had won 7.
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Opinions

Lok Sabha elections 2019: May we get the leader we deserve

Nirwa Mehta -
Here's a toast to the democracy that India is
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Politics

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra skips visit to Jain temple during Saharanpur roadshow on instruction of Imran Masood, Jain community angry: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The deeply hurt Jain community in Saharanpur has vowed to teach a lesson to Congress in the Lok Sabha elections by voting for Modi.
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News Reports

British PM Theresa May expresses deep regrets for Jallianwala Bagh massacre, says it is a despicable scar on the British Indian history

OpIndia Staff -
General Dyer ordered his troops to open fire at the people gathered to celebrate Baisakhi on April 13, 1919
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News Reports

I wanted respect, but all I got was insult. Congress has backstabbed me: Alpesh Thakor resigns from the party

OpIndia Staff -
Thakor Sena, headed by Alpesh Thakor had decided to withdraw support from Congress
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News Reports

Stone sculpture damaged during shooting of Dabangg 3 in Maheshwar Fort, ASI issues notice

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, a controversy had erupted when photos of a Shivling covered with a plank on the sets of Dabangg 3 surfaced on Social Media.
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News Reports

‘Continuance of Modi government is the need of the hour’, more than 900 artists issue statement in support of PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Over 900 personalities from the fields of art and literature have come forward in the support of prime minister Narendra Modi
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Politics

Who are you to conduct ‘one-sided’ raids: Chandrababu Naidu asks I-T department

OpIndia Staff -
Naidu alleged that Prime Minister Modi wants to demolish democracy and therefore he was launching 'Save India Save Democracy' campaign.
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Law

Election Commission stalls release of Vivek Oberoi’s Modi biopic, claims threat to ‘level playing field’ and ‘free and fair elections’

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from the PM Narendra Modi, 'NTR Laxmi' and 'Udyama Simham' has also been mentioned in the order.
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Politics

1 family sticking to power for 60 years is not ‘NYAY’: Ranvir Shorey slams artists who appealed against PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Ranvir Shorey slammed Congress and Gandhi dynasty claiming those who tethered on to power for 60 years are now talking about 'NYAY'.
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Government and Policy

Petitioners using ‘stolen’ documents with an intention to present selective and incomplete picture of Rafale Deal: Defence Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
In March, the controversial left-wing lawyer Prashant Bhushan wanted to file an eight-page note, which was allegedly "stolen" from the defence ministry and later published by N Ram of the Hindu.
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Politics

Ulhasnagar: NCP supremo Sharad Pawar address a half-empty ground at his rally

OpIndia Staff -
BJP and it's ally, Shiv Sena sorting out their internal rifts have come together once again to take on the Congress-NCP alliance in Maharastra.
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Opinions

The Left may lie, obfuscate, peddle half truth and whole lies, but here is why you should vote for Narendra Modi

Karan -
There are multiple things that this government got right and there are multiple errors too that it has made but one has to compare a political party with other political parties. For all that the Modi government gets wrong, it gets at least twice as many things right.
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Crime

Delhi court frames charges against Priya Ramani in defamation case filed by MJ Akbar, the journalist pleads ‘not guilty’

OpIndia Staff -
Priya Ramani was one of the first among a number of women who accused MJ Akbar of sexual misconduct during his time as a media personality
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Politics

Out-on-bail Rahul Gandhi campaigns with out-on-bail Robert Vadra, questions PM Modi on corruption

K Bhattacharjee -
Robert Vadra, husband of Priyanka Gandhi and accused in multiple scams, participated in Rahul Gandhi's roadshow in Amethi as the Congress President filed his nomination papers from the constituency.
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Editor's picks

Sex and cheap thrills: When ‘The Print’ struggles, Shekhar Gupta pulls a ‘coup’ on journalistic integrity

अजीत भारती -
Shekhar Gupta's 'The Print' has now come up with an article that is asking the readers a question 'if Narendra Modi is a sex symbol for village women?'
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Crime

NIA gets custody of Yasin Malik for 12 days in the terror funding case, Farooq Abdullah calls it ‘zulm’

OpIndia Staff -
Yasin Malik was booked under Public Safety Act and shifted to Jammu's Kot Balwal jail last month.
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Politics

Gurjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla and Vijay Bainsla join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
KS Bainsla is a retired colonel and is associated with the Gurjar reservation movement from the last 14 years.
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News Reports

NSAB chairperson PS Raghavan alleges Lt General DS Hooda had revealed details of a secret report, Hooda denies

OpIndia Staff -
As a part of the largest reform programme of the defence forces, the Modi government has been trying ways to "optimise" the size of the military forces
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Media

Rajya Sabha TV accuses The Wire of stealing, illegally possessing and using copyrighted material

OpIndia Staff -
Rajya Sabha TV, in its legal notice, has alleged that since the clip used by The Wire had no logo of RSTV, it is bound to be the original clip that Rajya Sabha TV has in its possession.
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