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While Dhruv Rathee blames BJP for spending crores on ads, who is sponsoring promotion of his Youtube video on Rafale deal?

OpIndia Staff -
First Dhruv Rathee claimed screenshot showing ad of his video was fake, then he claimed someone was running them
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News Reports

2019 General Elections dates announced: Polling starts from 11th April, counting to be held on 23rd May 2019

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission today held a press conference at the Vigyan Bhavan to announce the dates of the General Election 2019 with the model code of conduct coming into force immediately.
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News Reports

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announces 33% quota for women in allocation of tickets for Lok Sabha elections

OpIndia Staff -
Patnaik's BJD which was a part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance had walked out of the alliance in 2009.
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Editor's picks

Pakistan and the unsubtle art of messing with the wrong man

shwetashalini -
Pakistan had lots of examples to learn from to conclude that the India of Modi is not the pusillanimous incompetent leadership of the earlier regime.
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Media

Journalist exposes ignorance about road-safety, claims Expressways should not have speed limits

OpIndia Staff -
According to the National Criminal Bureau Record (NCRB) data, in 2015, the total road accidents in India accounted for 4,64,674 accidents which have resulted in 1,48,707 traffic-related deaths in India.
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Editor's picks

Around 15 million jobs created by the Modi govt per year, but the ‘liberal’ propaganda won’t stop

Karan -
The report estimates a total of 13.5-14.9 million job additions per annum by the Narendra Modi government. These estimates are again indicative of robust job creation in the economy over the last five years.
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Editor's picks

If the ‘liberals’ were not foolish, they would never have to ask these 7 questions about Balakot strikes and its aftermath

Abhishek Banerjee -
Not surprisingly, our ‘secular’ opposition and 'liberal' ecosystem would rather embrace the Pakistani version of what happened in the Balakot airstrikes and its aftermath
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News Reports

Malaysia: Man sentenced to 10 years in jail for Insulting Islam and Prophet Mohammed on Facebook

OpIndia Staff -
Another social media user had also pleaded guilty and a sentencing hearing would be held on Monday. Two others had to plead not guilty and were being held without bail. All four were charged under laws against causing racial disharmony, incitement and misusing communications networks.
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Editor's picks

While Rahul Gandhi blames PM Modi for Nirav Modi, here is how Congress facilitated the scamster

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi has constantly blamed the Prime Minister for Nirav Modi absconding and has drawn strange parallels between the two.
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Culture and History

Here is why Muslim petitioners won’t budge on Ayodhya dispute

Ashish Shukla -
Most believe that the Supreme Court-mandated mediation process in the Ayodhya dispute has little chance of succeeding.
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Editor's picks

Elections in West Bengal tend to be violent and one-sided, but here is why Modi magic might work in Mamata’s bastion

OpIndia Staff -
BJP is rising in Bengal, which has been a cause of worry for TMC chief Mamata Banerjee.
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Editor's picks

Here are the 5 mind-numbingly stupid things that Left-Liberals say

Ahmed Shariff -
Left-Liberals say the darndest things and the list is endless, however, here are 5 mind-numbingly stupid things they say
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News Reports

Grey-listed Pakistan wants India removed from terror financing watchdog FATF’s review body

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan wants India's removal from FATF review body, for an unbiased review
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Editor's picks

‘People scared when Modi will shoot the bomb’: In the presence of Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader compares PM Modi to a terrorist

OpIndia Staff -
Within days after Karnataka Congress leader had wished for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's death, actor-turned-politician Vijayashanti on Saturday referred PM Modi to a 'terrorist' in the presence of Congress President Rahul Gandhi
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News Reports

ISI backed Khalistanis, Kashmiris raise ‘Naraa-e-Taqbeer’, ‘Allah-u-Akbar’slogans, attack British Indians staging counter protest

OpIndia Staff -
They then also proceeded to crumble the Indian flag and stomp on it.
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News Reports

Here is why Imran ‘Taliban’ Khan might not remain the PM of Pakistan if this case doesn’t go his way

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday, 11th March 2019, Lahore High Court is all set to hear seeking the disqualification of Imran Khan as the Prime Minister for not being "honest and righteous"
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Pakistan violates ceasefire along the LoC, an IED neutralised by the Army in Akhnoor

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has been carrying out a proxy war against India by indulging in unprovoked ceasefire violations along the LoC on a daily basis.
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Entertainment

‘Feminist’ Anushka Sharma to produce web series based on rape accused Tarun Tejpal’s novel

OpIndia Staff -
Five years after Tarun Tejpal was accused of rape, Editors Guild finally suspended him last year
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Government and Policy

India has conducted 3 air strikes in last 5 years, cannot disclose details of the 3rd strike: Rajnath Singh

OpIndia Staff -
The home minister added that India will no longer stand quiet and let terror attacks go unavenged.
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Government and Policy

Pakistan was expecting surgical strike, we did air strikes, they woke up at 5 and cried “Modi Ne Maara”: PM Modi in Noida

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi inaugurated an extension of the Delhi Metro's Blue Line, a 6.6 km section that connects Noida City Centre to Noida Electronic City.
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News Reports

Bihar Congress General Secretary resigns, says people think Congress party is a ‘Pakistani agent’

OpIndia Staff -
People have started looking at Congress as if it is Pakistani agent, Bihar Congress leader in his resignation
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Editor's picks

OpIndia’s response to International Fact Checking Network’s rejection of its application for accreditation

K Bhattacharjee -
OpIndia.com's rejection by IFCN further confirms that the organization of fact-checkers is merely another liberal echo-chamber. It also shows that IFCN is concerned less about the quality of fact-checking and more about the political inclinations of the applicant.
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Editor's picks

Modi is everywhere, Rahul is nowhere

Abhishek Banerjee -
Thirty days before the election, the opposition has almost vanished from the scene
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News Reports

Fugitive Vijay Mallya’s luxury private jet dismantled at Air India hangar

OpIndia Staff -
Trouble seems to be mounting for the fugitive liquor baron
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News Reports

Pakistan rattled after Indian cricket team sport camouflage caps in their match against Australia

OpIndia Staff -
Virat Kohli and his men sported camouflage military caps as a mark of respect for the fallen soldiers in the Pulwama attack
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Editor's picks

Muslim BJP MLC Bukkal Nawab reads Hanuman Chalisa at a Hanuman temple built by his father

OpIndia Staff -
Bukkal Nawab had earlier said that Lord Hanuman was a Muslim
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Editor's picks

How UPA’s feeble attempt failed to vaccinate children, while Modi’s Mission Indradhanush vaccinated 3.28 cr

Dhairya Roy -
Mission Indradhanush, a health mission launched by the Narendra Modi government, with a target to achieve full immunization coverage by 2020
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Crime

Mehbooba Mufti tries to rationalise Pulwama terrorist attack, blames government for ‘muscular approach’

OpIndia Staff -
Mehbooba Mufti rationalises the Pulwama terror act by blaming government policies responsible for youths in Kashmir to take up arms.
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Editor's picks

‘Go Back Nikhil’ campaign mocking nepotism in JDS irks Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy, directs investigation

OpIndia Staff -
If Gowda were to be the captain of the Indian cricket team, the team would be filled with Gowda family members: People mock nepotism in JDS
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Opinions

No, wearing military caps in solidarity with the armed forces is not ‘jingoism’

Chandan Kumar -
Nationalism in India has woken up from slumber
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Crime

West Bengal: 1000 kg of explosives seized from vehicle in Kolkata

OpIndia Staff -
The vehicle had started from Odisha and was going towards the North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal.
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News Reports

‘Modi is our daddy, he is India’s daddy,’ AIADMK minister K T Rajendra Balaji on the alliance with BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Since we have lost our Amma, PM Modi has come as a daddy to guide and support us: AIADMK Minister
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Editor's picks

Uttar Pradesh: After Moradabad, posters urging Robert Vadra to contest elections come up in Ghaziabad

OpIndia Staff -
Congress President Rahul Gandhi's brother in law Robert Vadra is accused of money laundering case and dubious land deal cases
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News Reports

Pakistan indulges in heavy shelling in ceasefire violation along the LoC once again

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has been resorting to repetitive ceasefire violations along the Line of Control after the Indian air strikes on Balakot.
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Editor's picks

Invasion of the Sacred: If you embarrass your family on social media for being pro-Modi, you could be featured in next TOI story

K Bhattacharjee -
Mainstream media journalists have fallen to reporting on personal squabbles within families with a political slant to peddle agenda
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News Reports

Supreme Court has taken a surprising stand: RSS on SC’s decision to send Ram Mandir issue to mediation

OpIndia Staff -
RSS says Hindus are getting neglected and termed SC's decision to send Ram Mandir issue to mediation a surprising one.
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Editor's picks

The Hindu and Indian Express are livid about Sri Sri Ravi Shankar being included in Ayodhya mediation process

Ashish Shukla -
There is a massive heart-burning in The Hindu and Indian Express today on the appointment of spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar by Supreme Court as one of the mediators in the long-simmering Ayodhya dispute.
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Government and Policy

ED continues crackdown on Kashmiri separatists, likely to attach their assets

OpIndia Staff -
In the aftermath of the Pulwama attack, the NIA tightened its noose on the Kashmiri separatists.
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Editor's picks

Journalist asks Indian cricketers to learn from someone who put Allah’s law over country’s law

OpIndia Staff -
After Politics and Bollywood, Pakistani and Islamic propaganda now finds a space in narrative around Sports.
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Editor's picks

Prashant Bhushan may have pushed his luck too far this time

Ashish Shukla -
Civil Riots…err…Rights Lawyer Prashant Bhushan gets away with murder. But this time he might have pushed his luck too far.
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Editor's picks

Karnataka: HD Revanna’s insensitive remark on Sumalatha, questions her entry into politics ‘within months of her husband’s death’

OpIndia Staff -
It's not even a month since her husband died and she is already nursing political ambitions: Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy's brother HD Revanna on Sumalatha
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News Reports

Congress shenanigans: After Digvijaya Singh, Kapil Sibal, Kamal Nath, now Ashok Gehlot doubts authenticity of Balakot air strikes

OpIndia Staff -
Ashok Gehlot had cited international media reports to raise his suspicions over the authenticity of the air strikes done by the IAF in Pakistan’s Balakot
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Editor's picks

PM Modi snatched money from badminton courts and gave it to Anil Ambani: Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Congress President meant it in all seriousness that the badminton court money has been 'given away' to Anil Ambani through 'Rafale scam'.
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Crime

Nirav Modi runs away in London taxi after British journalist asks him about his fraud

OpIndia Staff -
The fugitive businessman did not comment on whether he has applied for political asylum in England
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Crime

AAP MLA Naresh Balyan caught with over Rs 2 crore in unaccounted cash during Income Tax raid

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Naresh Balyan found with unaccounted cash during a raid at a property dealer
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Fact-Check

Some facts you need to know about the newly introduced charges for Aadhaar based e-KYC authentication

OpIndia Staff -
Misinformation being spread about the newly introduced charges for e-KYC authentication, which is payable by institutions, not end-consumers
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Economy and Finance

MSME sector created around 1.5 crore jobs each year in last 4 years, CII finds in its latest survey

OpIndia Staff -
One of the largest job surveys done by CII shows healthy job growth rate in MSME sector during the Modi government
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Editor's picks

Yogendra Yadav’s malicious article in The Print should be welcomed: It is almost an admission that Modi is coming back to power

Karan -
The article published by Yogendra Yadav in The Print can be viewed as an indirect recognition of Prime Minister Modi coming back to power so we must welcome it.
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News Reports

AMU Students Union opposes ban on Jamat-e-Islami, calls government’s action ‘hard core Hindutva politics’

OpIndia Staff -
AMU Students Union President Imtiaz in his statement called the ban as politically motivated and accused the government of doing Hindutva politics.
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News Reports

Mizoram Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan resigns, speculated to fight LS elections from Kerala against Shashi Tharoor

OpIndia Staff -
Mizoram governor Kummanam Rajasekharan resigns from post, amid speculations that he is going to contest Lok Sabha elections from Kerela
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