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3 reasons why China is more powerful than us: Congress, Congress, Congress

Abhishek Banerjee -
How did the power trajectories of India and China turn out to be so different? There are three reasons: Congress, Congress and Congress.
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Crime

Robert Vadra’s self proclaimed ‘Chela’ and ‘Gold Buddy’ Jagadish Sharma summoned by ED in PMLA case

OpIndia Staff -
Vadra is also being questioned in a number of money laundering and land deal cases.
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Editor's picks

ED to question HL Pahwa who dubiously sold land to Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra: India Today

K Bhattacharjee -
The report further adds that the ED has established a money-trail of kickbacks which were received from the Pilatus and Samsung deal signed during UPA era.
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Editor's picks

As more property papers emerge linking Vadra-Gandhi family to HL Pahwa, here are questions Rahul Gandhi can’t escape

Nupur J Sharma -
OpIndia.com had exposed links between Rahul Gandhi and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari through dubious land deals between Rahul Gandhi and HL Pahwa who was in turn financed by CC Thampi.
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News Reports

Karnataka seat sharing tussle ends, JD(S) gets 8, Congress keeps 20

OpIndia Staff -
As expected, Sumalatha, wife of late actor and former Congress leader MH Ambareesh has missed out on Mandya Lok Sabha ticket. She is all set to contest as an independent candidate, with a tactical backing by the BJP against Nikhil Kumaraswamy.
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News Reports

TMC leaders continue jumping ship, MLA Arjun Singh to join BJP today: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, TMC MPs Saumitra Khan and Anupam Hazra had joined the BJP.
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News Reports

Were they retaliating on behalf of terrorists? Sushma Swaraj comes down heavily on Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Every time you disown your terrorists but eventually, they are found on your soil only: Sushma Swaraj comes down heavily on Pakistan
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News Reports

Indian Defence Radars detect the movement of two Pakistani Air Force jets near the LoC

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Air Force had shot down two Pakistani drones few days ago when they violated the Indian air space by entering the bordering States of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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News Reports

Smriti Irani says Congress has vindicated OpIndia expose on Rahul-Bhandari link

OpIndia Staff -
By accepting that Rahul Gandhi did buy land from H L Pahwa, Congress has vindicated the OpIndia report: Smriti Irani
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi failing to keep his flock together as senior Maharashtra Congress MLA Kalidas Kolambkar set to join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
If the similar situation persists, it would become difficult for the Congress supremo to keep his flock cinched before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections
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Editor's picks

Look at the world not from your position, but look at the world from your position: Rahul Gandhi does an Ashutosh

OpIndia Staff -
Congress President's cryptic gaffe has everyone in splits
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News Reports

Priyanka Gandhi meets Bhim Army chief who was arrested for allegedly violating model code of conduct by taking out a rally

OpIndia Staff -
It is rumoured that Priyanka offered a Lok Sabha ticket to Chandrashekhar to contest from Nagina constituency.
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News Reports

Delhi police starts probe on AAP’s phone calls to people lying about voter list deletion, Kejriwal alleges harassment

OpIndia Staff -
The call centre employees of the AAP party have been accused of making misleading calls to the Delhi electorals
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Government and Policy

Rahul land deals: Arun Jaitely cites OpIndia expose´ to slam Gandhi-Vadra family

OpIndia Staff -
Jaitley highlights the issue of politicians and their 'extended family' living well without working. He states that instead of directly indulging in corruption through bribery, wheeler-dealers or fly-by-night operators are being used by corrupt politicians to get 'sweetheart deals'.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal’s desperation doesn’t let him take Congress’ no for an answer, displays obsessive, stalkerly behaviour

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal again proposes an alliance to Congress. Will he be third time lucky?
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Editor's picks

Congress admits to Rahul Gandhi’s land deals, but keeps mum on HL Pahwa and Sanjay Bhandari link

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party has now come forward and accepted the land deal by Rahul Gandhi as exposed by OpIndia.com
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Editor's picks

Corruption comes in a family package : Smriti Irani cites OpIndia report to attack Gandhi-Vadra Parivar

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani alleged that Rahul Gandhi's alleged association with the Eurofighter and Sanjay Bhandari losing out on Rafale deal as the main reason behind his attempts to scuttle the whole Rafale Deal.
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Economy and Finance

On the expectation of PM Modi’s re-election in 2019, Rupee hits two-and-a-half-month high

OpIndia Staff -
The surging popularity of Modi could also be seen as three opinion polls envisioned a clear majority of the NDA in the upcoming general elections
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News Reports

BJP delegation approaches EC office seeking additional security forces deployment in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP delegation had also asked the EC to act against Rahul Gandhi for his unfounded allegations against the PM even after the model code of conduct is in effect
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Editor's picks

Rahul Gandhi says Chidambaram determined India’s economic future, forgets biggest economic scams took place under his nose

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi fuels North-South divide, ignores N Sitharaman, says Chidambaram was the senior minister from Tamil Nadu in central government
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Crime

Not declaring Masood Azhar as global terrorist against regional stability and peace, US ahead of UNSC meet today

OpIndia Staff -
There are high chances that Pakistan is taken by a surprise in the United Nations Security Council meeting scheduled to take place today
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Crime

Cardinal George Pell, third most senior Vatican official, sentenced to 6 years for sexually abusing minor boys

OpIndia Staff -
Ironically, George Pell was one of the inner circle of nine cardinals chose by Pope Francis to deal with issues such as sexual abuse of children by the clergy, fixing account books and financial reforms. The Pope had declined to remove Cardinal Pell after pressure mounted over the way in which the Church was handling such issues.
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News Reports

Pakistan shifted bodies, enough evidence that Indian airstrikes were successful: US based activist from Gilgit

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has continued to maintain that Indian bombs had destroyed nothing but a few trees in the region during the airstrikes at Balakot. It was even considering registering a complaint against India at the UN for 'eco-terrorism'.
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Crime

Madhya Pradesh: Congress leader Mohammed Saghir accused of rape, case registered in Bhopal

OpIndia Staff -
This is not the first time Congress leader has been accused of rape
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News Reports

Karnataka: JDS MLA cuts off water supply to yoga centre after yoga guru praised PM Modi, says report

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, the yoga center is functioning for the last 18 years and has been involved in a lot of charity works. Yoga guru Umamaheshwar Guruji, speaking to a local media outlet, said that the center uses 500 liters of water every day.
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Crime

ISI trained spy appointed to collect information about Indian Army arrested from Rajasthan

OpIndia Staff -
Nawab Khan, a resident of the Sam village near Jaisalmer, was working as a jeep driver.
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News Reports

After milking the ‘Gandhi’ surname for decades, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra admits to having visited the Sabarmati Ashram for the first time ever

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in her debut election rally made a startling admission that after the decades she claims to have been in politics, this was the first time she had visited the Sabarmati Ashram.
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Crime

TMC’s candidate Nusrat Jahan, Mamata Banerjee and their connection with the infamous Park Street rape case

OpIndia Staff -
Actress Nusrat Jahan was in a relationship with one of the main accused of the Park Street rape case. Her role in shielding and helping the accused, Kader Khan, was questioned by many.
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Media

Media mistakes satirical comments for actual one while reporting downrating of MS Excel by ‘patriotic protestors’

OpIndia Staff -
Media houses yet again do not let rationality get into the way of pushing a narrative
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News Reports

Suspended officer Ashish Joshi threatens ‘True Indology’ after being exposed for his lack of knowledge

OpIndia Staff -
Ashish Joshi was accused of being involved in ‘blanket-tea scam’ and was suspended for using official letterhead for personal use, threatened and doxxed Twitter user 'True Indology'
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Politics

Asom Gana Parishad comes back to NDA in Assam, forms alliance with BJP for Lok Sabha elections

OpIndia Staff -
AGP has decided to form an alliance with BJP for Lok Sabha elections in Assam
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Government and Policy

Government of India orders immediate grounding of Boeing 737 MAX planes following Ethiopian Airlines crash

OpIndia Staff -
Boeing 737 Max planes planes will be grounded in India till appropriate modifications and safety measures are undertaken
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News Reports

TMC hooligans keep party MLA and friend confined to bungalow warning against joining BJP, issue rape and murder threat

OpIndia Staff -
TMC hooligans threaten Former WB minister and Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee and his friend Baiskhakhi Chatterjee against joining BJP
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Government and Policy

‘If we stop this now, they will attack with us reinvigorated force’: Former COAS Gen Bikram Singh on Balakot strikes

OpIndia Staff -
Genral Bikram Singh said, "We should remember that terrorism will continue in Jammu & Kashmir. You have seen how the Pakistani Army, their government and their Prime Minister protects terrorists like Hafiz Saeed. Pakistan will keep making claims but will do nothing."
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Crime

‘His rectum was missing, eyes were gauged out’, Sanjay, a Dalit Hindu was murdered because he did not convert after marrying his Muslim neighbour

OpIndia Staff -
Swarajya reports on the gruesome details of the postmortem of a man, brutally murdered for resisting to convert to Islam
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News Reports

‘Rakesh Asthana said he will make my life hell if I don’t cooperate in investigation’: Christian Michel

OpIndia Staff -
Christian Michel said that Rakesh Asthana's threats have become a reality
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Editor's picks

Dear ‘liberals’, inventing fake victims of terror to uphold secularism will have terrible consequences

K Bhattacharjee -
NCP Supremo Sharad Pawar, the veteran politician, lied about a Masjid being attacked during the 1993 Mumbai Bomb Blasts for the sake of secularism since, in reality, only Hindu dominated areas were targeted.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee announces TMC’s candidates for General Elections, accuses BJP of performing ‘Black Magic’

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee is known to make bewildering remarks. She had earlier said that Prime Minister Modi was jealous of her painting skills. Then again, in a poem of sorts, she equated illegal immigrants with untouchables.
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Economy and Finance

Thanks to ‘Make in India’, India’s manufacturing expands to hit 14-month high amidst slump in Asia: Nikkei Asian Review

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian manufacturing industry is mainly comprised of chemicals, machinery, metals, and textiles. The increasing growth in the manufacturing sector is attributed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, which seeks to transform manufacturing in the country. 
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Editor's picks

Ethiopian Airlines Crash: A close look at Boeing 737 MAX 8 systems

Sambit Nayak -
On 10th of March, A Nairobi bound Ethiopian airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8, carrying 149 passengers and 8 crews crashed 6 minutes after its take off from Addis Ababa.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC MP Anupam Hazra, 2 MLAs from Congress and CPM join BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Recently, Saumitra Khan, another Trinamool Congress MP had quit the party to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. Saumitra Khan, who is the MP from Bishnupur is all likely to contest from the same seat on a BJP ticket in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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Law

After banning firecrackers, SC asks why are people seeking a ban on them when automobiles appear to cause more pollution

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court directed the government to submit a comparative study on the pollution caused by firecrackers and automobiles.
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News Reports

PoK activists condemn Pulwama attack at the UNHRC, blame Pakistan for nurturing terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
PoK activists held Pakistan responsible for fostering and promoting extremism and exporting terrorism in the neighbouring countries
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News Reports

Upset over Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ remarks, Security Guards Association approaches Mumbai Police

OpIndia Staff -
The Maharashtra Rajya Suraksha Rakshak Union submitted an application at the Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) police station in Mumbai on Monday, saying that the remark was an insult to security guards.
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News Reports

Spooked by India’s response, Pakistan on high alert, lines border with an entire F-16 squadron: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has deployed an entire squadron of F-16 fighters along its eastern front, says report.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Congress leader of opposition’s son Sujay Vikhe Patil joins BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls

OpIndia Staff -
Congress alliance partner NCP's chief Sharad Pawar denied Ahmednagar seat to Sujay Vikhe Patil, after which he quit Congress to join the BJP.
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Editor's picks

Huffington Post claims government’s e-governance data is fake only because it shows achievement of Modi govt

Editorial Desk -
Huffpost does not like that govt has done well in e-governance, so they complain about things included in it.
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News Reports

Jolt to Congress: Gujarat Congress MLAs continue to jump the ship even as Hardik Patel joins the party

OpIndia Staff -
Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel today formally joined Congress
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News Reports

Investigative agencies discover more evidence to suggest that Christian Michel had lobbied for Eurofighter against Rafale

OpIndia Staff -
Christian Michel was in contact with many Indian people who wanted sway MMRCA deal in favour of Eurofighter
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Crime

Crackdown on terror funding: ED to attach 25 properties linked to Hafiz Saeed and Srinagar businessman Zahoor Watali

OpIndia Staff -
The Enforcement Directorate had registered a fresh case against Hafiz Saeed on January 19 on the basis of a first information report (FIR) filed by the NIA in June 2017. Watali is allegedly the financier of LeT in India.
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