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Mission Shakti: Congress politicians and Durbaris are wrong, Narendra Modi deserves full credit for the political risks

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a significant announcement, told the nation that India has developed anti-satellite missiles (ASAT) which can take down enemy satellites in space.
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News Reports

In dry Bihar, Lok Sabha candidate arrested after he turns up drunk to file nomination

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Alcohol prohibition was put in place in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April 2016
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News Reports

Ram Madhav bats for early assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, slams Abdullah and Mufti for boycotting panchayat polls

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BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav has called for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir to be held soon.
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Media

‘Journalist’ Abhisar Sharma caught handing out paper to interviewee, Twitterati speculate whether it was money

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Self-proclaimed journalist Abhisar Sharma, who often comes up with bizarre conspiracy theories and indulges in false propaganda to discredit Narendra Modi government seems to...
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Editor's picks

Mission Shakti: Here is why India’s capability to shoot down enemy satellites is a massive feat

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Mission Shakti: Made in India - India successfully shot down a satellite on low earth orbit
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News Reports

‘Kya khoob thagti ho, 5 saal baad hi kyu Amethi dikhti ho?’: Posters against Priyanka Gandhi emerge in Rahul Gandhi’s constituency

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Posters have emerged in Amethi which call Priyanka Gandhi Vadra a fraud and ask her to answer for the 60 years her party was in power in the country.
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News Reports

Goa: Catholic Church continues its interference in politics, issues advisory to ‘teach a lesson’ by voting

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Elections for the two Lok Sabha and bypolls to three assembly constituencies are scheduled for April 23 in the state.
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News Reports

Live updates: India acquires capability to shoot down spy satellites, PM Modi says this is not to show aggression

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation. Follow latest news and updates. Live blog.
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News Reports

Setback for Mamata? Ex-TMC leader who recently joined BJP says 100 others would follow soon

OpIndia Staff -
Arjun Singh had left TMC to join BJP after being denied MP ticket for Barackpore. He will contest against his TMC rival Dinesh Trivedi for the seat on a BJP ticket.
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News Reports

Why BJP carried out a midnight surgical strike on its “ally” in Goa

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Following the merger, MGP's Sudin Dhavalikar will now be dropped as Deputy CM
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Editor's picks

Scathing sting: Congress leader says Rahul Gandhi will win from Wayanad because Hindus are a minority in the constituency

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Congress Party has finally arrived at a decision to field Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency as it is believed to be a traditional Congress bastion comprising of over 50 per cent of minority votes.
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Editor's picks

Maharashtra: Congress MLA Abdul Sattar takes away 300 chairs after party denies him ticket

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Abdul Sattar was hoping to get Lok Sabha ticket from Aurangabad
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News Reports

After devout Muslims, ‘AMU scholars’ attack Muslim journalist for promoting ‘Holi with Bismillah’

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AMU students protest against Wire journalist's presence in Women Leadership Summit organised in the university campus due to her tweet wishing Holi.
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News Reports

Jaya Prada joins BJP, to contest from the Rampur constituency against Samajwadi Party strongman Azam Khan

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In 2014, BJP had won a remarkable 71 seats to register a historic mandate in Uttar Pradesh.
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Crime

Saradha Chit Fund case: SC says CBI has made ‘very very serious’ allegations against Kolkata police chief in its status report

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The Saradha Group had reportedly collected more than 200 billion rupees from lakhs of small investors
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News Reports

Fiscal deficit will shoot up, Rahul Gandhi hasn’t thought about impact on economy: Niti Aayog VC on Congress’ Minimum Basic Income

OpIndia Staff -
NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has sounded the alarm bells after the Congress made the announcement yesterday
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News Reports

AAP candidate for Gautam Buddh Nagar disqualified for failing to arrange 10 persons to back her nomination

OpIndia Staff -
As the AAP is not recognised as a national party by the EC, their candidate has to arrange a minimum of 10 people as proposers at the Returning Officer's office to back her nomination.
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News Reports

Fantasy better than Game of Thrones: 10 lies by Rahul Gandhi in one speech at Rajasthan

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We are convinced that if Rahul Gandhi chose to pursue a career in writing fantasy, he would sell more copies than the Harry Potter series and Lord of the Rings combined.
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Government and Policy

China destroys 30,000 world maps showing Arunachal Pradesh as part of India

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India and China have so far held 21 rounds of talks to resolve the border dispute covering 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC)
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Government and Policy

Digital India: How the Modi govt took massive strides in turning India into a digitally empowered economy

Dhairya Roy -
A push towards a Digitally empowered economy by PM Narendra Modi is giving rise to many products based on the 3 building blocks of Digital India.
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Editor's picks

Congress-friendly journalist tries to shield Dynasty, but Rahul Gandhi spoils the party by pulling a Rahul

Nirwa Mehta -
Even though journalist Pallavi Ghosh sends out feelers to Congress President, he goes ahead and does completely the opposite.
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News Reports

KXIP skipper R Ashwin’s wife and children targeted on social media after controversial run-out in IPL match

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The incident began when Prithi Ashwin expressed her opinion on Twitter following a controversial debate regarding Ashwin 'Mankading' Jos Butler out during the clash between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals in an IPL game.
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News Reports

Congress-AIUDF understanding in Assam out in open, AIUDF to contest only 3 seats to help Congress in other seats

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Badruddin Ajmal led AIUDF leaves 11 seats for Congress, to prevent division of secular votes and defeat BJP
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Crime

Went to Pakistan 17 times in 18 years: Arrested ISI spy Mohammad Parvez reveals to police

OpIndia Staff -
As we dig into the past, we see innumerable such instances where ISI spies of both Indian and Pakistani origin have been caught attempting to leak crucial information to our hostile neighbor.
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News Reports

BJP to launch Digital Raths with Wifi connection, WiFi password will be ‘Kejriwal failed to give free WiFi’

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The Digital Rath, scheduled to be launched soon will travel across all the seventy assembly seats and seven Lok Sabha seats in the state, which will telecast videos related to the developmental works of the BJP.
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Editor's picks

The Tashkent Files: Speaking to team OpIndia, Shashtri Ji’s family says they hope the film will answer some long hushed up questions

OpIndia Staff -
Shastrijis relatives hoped that the questions which remained answered till now will be brought to the fore soon through Vivek Agnihotri's undaunted efforts.
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News Reports

After failing to transform Delhi into London, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal now wants to ‘build 10 Singapores’ in Delhi

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal while addressing a public rally in East Delhi said that he is ready to build infrastructure in Delhi equivalent to 10 Singapore put together
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Editor's picks

Tejasvi Surya: A political star is born

Ullas -
It is fraught with risk to call someone a star at the beginning of a career. However, Tejasvi Surya has earned his stripes
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Editor's picks

Congress IT cell attacks BJP’s Bangalore South candidate for performing Ayudha Puje as per Hindu rituals

OpIndia Staff -
Ayudha Puje is one of the widely celebrated festivals in India which falls during the Navratri
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Fact-Check

Within hours of announcement by Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders give new definition of income guarantee scheme, make absurd claims

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi had said that Congress party's minimum income guarantee scheme will be a top-up scheme, party leaders denies the claim
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News Reports

Shocking remarks by National Conference leader: “Terrorism is equal to Modi, Modi is equal to terrorism”

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NC leader Javed Rana again calls PM Modi a terrorist
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News Reports

Defence Agent Sushen Mohan Gupta arrested by ED in connection with AgustaWestland scam

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Gupta was arrested on the basis of information given by Rajiv Saxena, who had recently turned approver in the case following his extradition from UAE and subsequent arrest by the ED.
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Sports

Ashwin would regret this hideous act for the rest of his career

Ashish Shukla -
From now on, every time Ashwin bats, cameras would pan on how often he leaves the non-striker’s crease as a bowler gets into his bowling stride.
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Law

Abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls: Islamabad HC orders state to take custody, ensure safety of minor girls

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Earlier today, EAM Sushma Swaraj had questioned Pakistani PM Imran Khan on his promises of 'Naya Pakistan' and promises of safety to minorities.
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Editor's picks

Why is Rahul Gandhi not pulling up Pakistan over the plight of 2 Hindu girls?

Ashish Shukla -
Congress party and its president Rahul Gandhi are being censured for their lack of concern on the abduction and forceful conversion to Islam of two Hindu girls in Pakistan
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Economy and Finance

Rahul Gandhi’s Minimum Income Guarantee could kill all other subsidies and be the mother of all scams

Abhishek Banerjee -
Remember, India’s worst-case scenario is also the Dynasty’s best case scenario.
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Crime

Abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls: Sushma Swaraj questions Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’

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India's minister for external affairs Sushma Swaraj had taken cognisance of the issue earlier and had asked the Indian High Commission in Pakistan for a detailed report of the incident.
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Editor's picks

Conned by Congress and with narcissism at play in the party, JDS is fighting for its relevance in Karnataka

Shashank Bharadwaj -
An octogenarian-opportunistic father, a mediocre son, often conned by the Congress and routinely ridiculed by the BJP. So far, this is the story of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
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Editor's picks

Amethi: Resentment grows against the party and the Nehru-Gandhi family, locals say they do not want to empower Muslims in this region

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They do not want to empower Muslims because if we become strong, we could also become MP: Locals in Amethi show resentment towards Congress
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News Reports

Facebook arbitrarily suspends account of activist Anshul Saxena, fails to restore account despite no wrongdoing

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The social media giant, Facebook, has allegedly resorted to arbitrarily suspending the account of social media user Anshul Saxena
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News Reports

‘Hundreds of students broke into my house, kept my wife confined for hours’, alleges JNU Vice-Chancellor

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JNU students had organised a march to the residence of vice-chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar today
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News Reports

Posters declaring Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as Ram Bhakt emerge in Ayodhya ahead of her visit to the city

OpIndia Staff -
The temple visits of the Gandhi siblings right before the elections are an example of what all can elections make the politician do.
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News Reports

‘Despite being in power for two-third of the last 48 years, Congress has left behind a legacy of poverty’: Arun Jaitley

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The announcement of a new subsidy scheme for poor by Rahul Gandhi is a testimony to the fact that Indiraji, her son and the decade of UPA governance was unable to remove the poverty, writes Arun Jaitley
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Crime

In a big boost to AgustaWestland case, CBI court approves middleman Rajiv Saxena’s plea to turn approver

OpIndia Staff -
The ED had stated that  Saxena had shown an inclination to ‘unravel the truth’ and that he would be an important witness in the case
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Editor's picks

Actor R Madhavan offers support to PM Modi to urge voters to cast votes in elections, gets trolled by ‘liberals’

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Because of their sheer bitterness for Modi, these cynics are in no mood to spare anyone who comes out in support of Modi
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News Reports

Paralympics medalist Deepa Malik, INLD MLA Kehar Singh Rawat join BJP

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Deepa Malik said that she has been able to see her self as a Divyang and not as physically-disabled because of the efforts of PM Modi for the physically disabled people.
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Crime

Robert Vadra’s case involves Rs.300 crore bribe paid by Pilatus to influence trainer aircraft deal: ED to Delhi court

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The probe which began in July 2017 after the government had ordered a probe into the Pilatus deal. The CBI had begun an investigation into the Rs. 2900 crore Pilatus deal which allegedly involved an absconding arm dealer, Sanjay Bhandari, close to both Rahul Gandhi and Robert Vadra. 
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Government and Policy

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa: Pakistan doesn’t have an answer for Rafales

OpIndia Staff -
Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi have tried all their might to scuttle the deal by purveying lies about the deal and allegations of corruption against the Modi government, despite CAG and Supreme Court dismissing their claims.
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Entertainment

The Tashkent Files: A historical thriller embedded with political themes relevant in the present era

OpIndia Staff -
Vivek Agnihotri's The Tashkent Files is slated to be released on 12th April 2019
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Congress leader Rashid Alvi withdraws candidature from Amroha because ‘he did not want to lose’

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According to some reports Rashid Alvi was reluctant to contest from the Amroha seat against the strong candidates of the BJP and the BSP.
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