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Government and Policy

Former Niti Ayog Vice Chairman slams Rahul Gandhi’s ‘NYAY’: Fiscally imprudent and may cost more than India’s defence budget

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress has promised to provide cash support to the poorest 20 percent households of the country if it is voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party promised to target five crore families or 25 crore individuals as beneficiaries of the scheme.
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Opinions

As Ravan scrambles to ‘upgrade’ himself, Mayawati has been branded as ‘Manuwaadi’

अजीत भारती -
All these cloves of garlic, in every single narrative, in every speech, in every rally, in every discussion, in every panel, in every prime time show, speak the same words.
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News Reports

Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia cancels fashion show after radical students backed by AAP students’ wing protest

OpIndia Staff -
A group of 12 students, under the banner of ‘Students of Jamia’, with the support of Aam Aadmi Party student wing protested against the event protested outside the venue saying the fashion show was "un-Islamic" and "immoral". The show was eventually canceled.
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Entertainment

PewDiePie makes racist remarks against Indians after losing the YouTube subscriber battle against T-Series

OpIndia Staff -
PewDiePie's video conceding defeat to India's T-Series is in poor spirit of sportsmanship
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News Reports

CPM leader V S Achuthanandan once again calls Rahul Gandhi “Amul Baby” for contesting from Wayanad seat

OpIndia Staff -
Apparently fearing his defeat from Amethi, Rahul Gandhi has chosen to also contest from Wayanad seat in Kerala for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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News Reports

Indian radars detect Pakistani F-16 jets, UAV close to border, IAF fighter jets force them to retreat

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan Air Force jets tried to enter Indian air force but they were detected and forced to go back by Indian defence forces
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News Reports

CPI(M) labels Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad candidature as ‘Pappu Strike’, Congress miffed

OpIndia Staff -
The CPIM mouthpiece editorial titled 'Congress Collapse to be Completed with this Pappu Strike' asserted that the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi Parivar was afraid of a defeat in Amethi.
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Government and Policy

Modi ministers in five years – Finance and Corporate Affairs minister Arun Jaitley

Keshav -
A brief look at the achievements and initiatives of Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley
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News Reports

Another racist slur against Nepalis, this time by Congress minister Navjot Singh Sidhu

OpIndia Staff -
Sidhu urged Indians to elect a Prime Minister this time, an honest Chowkidar can be obtained from Nepal
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News Reports

Aam Aadmi Party caught running donation ads in Saudi Arabia, UAE and other Middle-Eastern countries

OpIndia Staff -
AAP has earlier been in the soup for donation received from seemingly dubious sources and secret trips to Dubai
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Politics

Tej Pratap Yadav to launch ‘Lalu Rabri Morcha’, claims he will contest elections as an independent candidate

OpIndia Staff -
Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son, Tej Pratap Yadav, has seemingly revolted against his party which has come to be headed by Tejashwi Yadav, the convicted RJD supremo's other son. As per reports, Tej Pratap has decided to float the 'Lalu Rabri Morcha' following his resignation from the Youth Wing of the party.
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News Reports

NC leader Omar Abdullah demands a separate post of Prime Minister for Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Omar Abdullah has demanded the restoration of pre-1953 position when there used to be a Prime Minister of the State instead of a Chief Minister.
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Editor's picks

Fourth Battle of Panipat: The significance of Narendra Modi’s barb at Rahul Gandhi’s choice of constituency

K Bhattacharjee -
Prime Minister Modi said that the Congress party branded the Hindu community as terrorist which has accepted the entire world as its family.
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Law

Income Tax officials attach separatist leader Geelani’s Delhi property for not paying taxes worth Rs 3.62 crores

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier the residences of Hurriyat leaders were raided by the NIA as part of an investigation in a terror-funding case and incriminating evidence including letterheads of terrorist organisations were recovered.
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Economy and Finance

Economy doomed? Sensex touches all time high and govt collects highest ever GST in March

OpIndia Staff -
GST collection in March was highest, and BSE Sensex crossed the 39000 for the first time on April 1st
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Editor's picks

Congress lies about Wayanad seat not being Hindu-minority to hide consequence of their historic Hinduphobia

K Bhattacharjee -
Rahul Gandhi was on the hunt for a a safe seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections after Smriti Irani laid siege to the Nehru-Gandhi Parivar bastion of Amethi. Towards that end, he chose Wayanad in Kerala as his preferred second seat.
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Media

PM Modi told a channel’s CEO that his journalists have Modi hate in their blood. Here is how he was right

OpIndia Staff -
Vinod Kapri, Group Editor's hatred for Prime Minister Modi has been quite evident from his social media posts
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Politics

Accused of domestic violence and rape, the controversial ‘activist’ Talib Hussain joins Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP

OpIndia Staff -
Mehbooba Mufti inducted into PDP the controversial rights activist Talib Hussain who is accused of serious offenses such as domestic violence and rape.
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Editor's picks

‘Journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai shamelessly twists PM Modi’s comment on Congress’ ‘Hindu terror’ bogey

OpIndia Staff -
Rajdeep Sardesai, the "journalist" who had once said that the Parliament attack back in 2000 actually "excited him" took to Twitter to shamelessly twist PM Narendra Modi's statement.
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Editor's picks

With Wayanad, Congress prepares for a future India where Hindus are a minority

Abhishek Banerjee -
Rahul Gandhi is going to contest from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala, in addition to Amethi. There’s more to the decision than meets the eye.
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Politics

It might be a mere toilet for you but for me it is about upholding the dignity of women: PM Modi in Wardha

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi held Congress responsible for sullying India's 5000-year-old culture of global bonhomie and peace with its 'Hindu Terrorism" bogey.
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Editor's picks

In Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi in bad company of extremist Muslims, says CPI(M): How would this impact 2019 Elections?

Ashish Shukla -
One of Congress support in Wayanad emanates from IUML which in turn is tied up with Jammat-e-Islami and SDPI, both accused by NIA in conducting arms training camps across the state under the pretence of health awareness camps.
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News Reports

Delhi High Court dismisses PIL seeking stay on release of the film ‘PM Narendra Modi’

OpIndia Staff -
The makers of the movie 'PM Narendra Modi' has already responded to a notice by EC saying they don't have any link with BJP
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Editor's picks

Congress branded Hindus as terrorists and now Rahul Gandhi runs to Hindu-minority seat: PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Modi launched a scathing attack against the Congress for its coinage of the shameful term "Hindu terror".
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News Reports

Ex-DRDO chief clarifies on former NSA’s statement, says Congress govt neither responded, nor gave financial assistance for ASAT programme

OpIndia Staff -
VK Saraswat says he had made an informal presentation to the ex-NSA but had received only silence over the ASAT programme.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: IT raids on Congress ally DMK leader, huge cash recovered allegedly belongs to DMK treasurer

OpIndia Staff -
In a midnight operation, Income Tax (IT) department officials along with the Election Commission officials carried out a raid on the premises of senior leader Duraimurugan of the DMK, the Congress party ally in Tamil Nadu.
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Editor's picks

Watch: You can’t find solution if you ask wrong questions, Rivaldo explains why Kashmir issue is ‘unsolved’

OpIndia Staff -
Comedian Nitin Gupta aka Rivaldo, in this three-part video, has exposed how the discourse around the Kashmir issue is flawed mostly due to the excuses provided by the 'liberals'.
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor welcomes Rahul Gandhi to Wayanad, Twitterati join him

OpIndia Staff -
Scared of losing from Amethi, Rahul Gandhi has decided to contest from Wayanad where ‘Hindus are a minority’
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News Reports

RLD leader threatens to demolish BJP office, calls BJP the biggest ‘jutiya’ party

OpIndia Staff -
RLD leader's best response to the 'sarab' dig of Modi is a word which sounds like an abuse
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Editor's picks

2019 poll arithmetic indicates formidable risk for Congress of Rahul Gandhi losing Amethi

Shashank Goyal -
Rahul Gandhi has contested from Amethi since 2004 and has always won comfortably. He never faced any stiff competition in Amethi except in 2014 from BJP’s Smriti Irani.
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News Reports

‘Chop off the limbs of forest officials’: Former judge and NC leader says to people in Kashmir, FIR registered

OpIndia Staff -
Tauqeer who was a Principal and Sessions Judge had taken voluntary retirement and joined the National Conference on March 17.
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Crime

Punjab: Police arrests close aide of rape accused Franco Mulakkal with 9.6 crores in unaccounted cash

OpIndia Staff -
Two days after police recovered Rs 9.66 crore in ‘hawala’ money from six men, Father Anthony Madassery of Jalandhar has accused the Punjab police of misappropriation of Rs 6.65 crore.
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News Reports

Modi’s Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana ‘un-Islamic’ as per Sharia, 200 Islamic scholars pass a fatwa against it

OpIndia Staff -
The fatwa department strikes again, this time, interest earned in Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is declared 'un-Islamic'.
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News Reports

Former BSF Constable Tej Bahadur Yadav, who had complained about poor quality food, to contest against PM Modi from Varanasi

OpIndia Staff -
Yadav was suspended from service after he shared a video complaining about the poor quality of food to soldiers.
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Media

Your journalists with anti-Modi hatred in their blood can continue with their hatred: PM Modi to CEO at channel launch

OpIndia Staff -
TV9 accepted that his channel is filled with Modi haters, and said he will change it
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News Reports

Pakistan will die its own death, we will march forward: PM Modi at ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ mega event

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi interacted with thousands of his followers through virtual video conferencing and answered questions asked by them.
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News Reports

After resigning from Congress, Sudhakara Reddy wants work under the leadership of PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
After tendering resignation earlier in the day from the Congress Party, the former AICC Secretary Dr P Sudhakara Reddy has now written to PM Modi expressing his desire to work with BJP under his leadership.
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Editor's picks

The Print article by Shekhar Gupta on air battle after Balakot airstrikes peddles faulty analysis, half truths and whole lies

Rohit Vats -
In most cases, commentators have tried to be factual and present as accurate an account of the aerial battle as possible. A noted exception has been an article carried in The Print and written no less by Shekhar Gupta.
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Government and Policy

McKinsey report: India 2nd fastest digitising economy in the world

OpIndia Staff -
The digitisation of the Indian economy is expected to add about 60-65 million jobs by 2025
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News Reports

BSP supremo Mayawati calls Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad a BJP stooge

OpIndia Staff -
Mayawati alleged that Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar contesting from Varanasi seat is a BJP conspiracy to divide the Dalit vote.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh CM who was accused in sex CD scandal, questions the Balakot airstrikes, yet again

Jinit Jain -
Citing differing numbers of terrorists killed, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel raised suspicion over the authenticity of the Balakot airstrikes
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News Reports

Editor of Congress mouthpiece makes transphobic comment to target PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
In a hurry to mock Prime Minister Modi, the Congress journalist Mrinal Pande said that PM Modi instincts were to garner votes of the "Kinnars"-the transgender community.
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News Reports

Ex-AICC secretary resigns from Congress, alleges party is selling Lok Sabha election tickets for crores or Rupees

OpIndia Staff -
Alleging cash for tickets in Congress, the former AICC secretary, Sudhakar Reddy, has alleged that the Congress party high command is not receptive to the complaints raised by its members
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Crime

Indian Catholic priest sentenced to six years in prison for child sex abuse in US

OpIndia Staff -
The Catholic priest is identified as 38-year old John Praveen, who had pleaded guilty in February to sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl in the Rapid City church, South Dakota.
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News Reports

Nishad Party announces dissociation from the SP-BSP alliance, likely to join the NDA

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Nishad's son Praveen Nishad had won the Gorakhpur seat in 2018 bypolls while contesting on SP ticket.
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Media

AltNews founder Pratik Sinha reached out to OpIndia CEO Rahul Roushan for ‘comments’. Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
AltNews founder Pratik Sinha reached out to OpIndia CEO Rahul Roushan for a comment. We are publishing those comments here so delusional elements don't have the opportunity to twist what was said
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Entertainment

‘It is fake, never issued or signed any such statement’, says filmmaker whose name appears as signatory of anti-Modi statement

OpIndia Staff -
Filmmaker whose name appear in a list under a statement against Modi government says she never made any statement
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Editor's picks

While Modi chose Varanasi, Rahul chooses Wayanad: Both made a civilisational point that should not be missed

Nupur J Sharma -
Rahul Gandhi has now decided to fight from Wayanad, Kerala, in addition to his 'bastion' Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

Allies no more? Communists cry foul over Rahul Gandhi’s candidacy from Kerala, says will work to defeat him

OpIndia Staff -
CPI(M) has fielded a Muslim candidate PP Suneer against Rahul Gandhi in a seat where minority communities make half of the population making it a tough battle for Rahul Gandhi. 
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Opinions

Did PM Modi really do “nothing” for right wing ecosystem in his first term?

Abhishek Banerjee -
There is a perception and a popular one among the RW, that “nothing” has been done to nurture RW ecosystem in the last five years.
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