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“How’s the josh?” asks PM Modi at the inauguration of the National Museum of Indian Cinema in Mumbai

"How's the josh?", asked Modi and the audience replied with an enthusiastic "High Sir".

OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Saturday, 19th January 2019

The OpIndia Evening Dispatch will catch you up on the day's event even if you have been busy thus far.

Hail Mary pass: The stained ghosts of Niira Radia resurrected by the Congress ecosystem

The Radia tapes scandal brought to the fore the shenanigans employed by political parties and their ‘pliable’ journalists

‘This Gathabandhan is not only against Modi but the country’: Highlights from PM Modi’s speech at Silvassa

Attacking the opposition rally taking place in Kolkata, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Silvassa said that the opposition leaders have gathered in Kolkata crying for help

Facts, No Fiction: Rahul Gandhi, the rightful heir to Indira’s legacy of Emergency

Rahul Gandhi has over the last couple of months demonstrated that at the end of the day, he is the rightful heir to the legacy of the family and to be more specific, to the legacy of Emergency

Court nod for FIR against Delhi CM Kejriwal for disrespecting National Flag in 2014 rally

Kejriwal is accused of disrespecting the National Flag during an election rally in 2014.

PM Modi inaugurates K-9 Vajra manufacturing facility in Hazira, Howitzer riding images go viral

PM Modi inaugurated India's first manufacturing facility for self-propelled K9-Vajra.

Here are Arun Shourie’s views on Ambedkar, does Jignesh Mevani support them?

Arun Shourie was one of the attendees at the United India rally organized by the Trinamool Congress at Kolkata. The event was also attended by Jignes Mevani, a Dalit 'leader'.

Rajasthan Congress’ proposed women reservation and BJP’s reservation for the poor: How The Wire reported them

The leftist propaganda website The Wire has run many misleading and false reports in the past.

Freudian slip: Embarrassment for ‘united opposition’ at Kolkata rally as Sharad Yadav talks about the Bofors loot

At the United India opposition rally in Kolkata, Sharad Yadav said that Bofors was daylight robbery and that while our soldiers laid their lives down at the border, the ruling dispensation had robbed and stole in the Bofors case

D-Company and Pak’s ISI planned conspiracy to murder RSS leaders, Delhi Police burst module

One of the suspects arrested suspects allegedly works for Dawood Ibrahim’s close aide Rasool Patty.

‘United India’ rally: A heady mix of comical contradictions

On Saturday, Kolkata was witness to the 'United India' rally by Opposition parties at Kolkata organized by the Trinamool Congress

How Mr X turned from being a die-hard Modi fan to a thorough Modi hater overnight

Every time PM Modi and his party would do something Mr X would oppose it but will pretend as if he supported the last action.

Vibrant Gujarat Summit: Investments worth lakhs of crores announced by Indian and foreign companies

Investors announced investments worth more than Rs 4 lakh crore for the state.

Arvind Kejriwal govt delays in giving sanction to prosecute ‘tukde tukde gang’, Court rejects chargesheet till approval given

The court has questioned the Delhi police as to why the chargesheet in the JNU sedition case against Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others was filed without proper sanction from the Delhi government led by Arvind Kejriwal

‘Felt like chopping Ram Kripal Yadav’s hands off when he joined BJP,’ says Misa Bharti

Misa Bharti stated that she felt like chopping his hands off when she heard the news of him joining BJP

Fake names, male pilgrims, false age: Kerala government pulled all forgery tricks to make list of ’51 women under 50′

Many names in the list are reportedly found false, some have the wrong age mentioned and some belong to male persons.

Congress popularity wanes, attracts a mere 20% of BJP’s receipts in 2017-18

Congress party's income fell to Rs 199 crores in 2017-18 as compared to Rs. 225 crores in 2016-17

Fact-check: Was the photo shared by Vinod Kapri that of Nehru after taking holy dip in Kumbh 1954

While a Congress leader in his book says photo shows Nehru immersing ashes of his father, few media houses say it was ashes of Nehru's mother

Fact-Check: N Ram is lying in his The Hindu article about the Rafale Deal, here’s how

The Hindu article gets its facts wrong and makes a blunder in analysing them

OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Friday, 18th January, 2019

In the hustle and bustle of the day, it is only natural to miss some of the biggest developments that impact the nation. The OpIndia Evening Dispatch will catch you up on the day's event even if you have been busy thus far.

A new TV News Channel backed by Congress leaders to be launched ahead of general elections

The new News channel is reportedly expected to counter Arnab Goswami's Republic TV.

Smriti Irani questions the Kerala government’s intentions on women empowerment

Union Minister Smriti Irani accused the Kerala government of being blind to nuns’ ordeal

Belt and Road Initiative: China and the world

China was quick to utilise its influence in developing port near strategic sea routes and choke points

After Gujarat and Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh approves 10% reservation for economically weaker sections

The Yogi government has given approval to the proposal for 10% economic reservation in higher educational institutions.

Many farmers across Madhya Pradesh discover only Rs 25-30 to few hundred rupees of farm loan waived by govt

Famers claim that loan waiver scheme only benefited them by mere Rs 25-30, even though loan amounts to Rs 1 lakh

Madhya Pradesh: Farmers block Damoh-Sagar highway over protests

The problems for the farmers in Congress-ruled Madhya Pradesh only seems to be on the rise

Interim Budget may go beyond conventional vote-on-account, indicates Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Jaitley rubbished doubts that he is under pressure to present a populist budget after the recent election defeat in three states and ahead of general elections in April-May

‘2016 Rafale deal achieved objectives of better price, delivery and terms’: MoD spokesperson rubbishes The Hindu report

In a point by point response, the Ministry of Defence spokesperson has rubbished The Hindu article about the Rafale deal written by N Ram. Read the full statement here

Congress leader discovers a new low yet again, after mocking Amit Shah’s diagnosis, says he doesn’t have swine flu at all

The Congress leader made a statement claiming that he has received reports stating that BJP President Amit Shah does not have any flu

West Delhi: Man, wife and son stabbed to death by Mohammad Azad, in full public view

Incidentally, the murder spree occurred in West Delhi, the same region of the capital city where Ankit Saxena was murdered last year by her Muslim girlfriend's family.

Odisha: Congress MLA resigns after party suspended him for praising non-Congress Chief Minister

MLA Jogesh Kumar suspended from Odisha Congress, for his alleged anti-party activities

RLP’s Hanuman Beniwal disrupts the first session of Rajasthan Assembly, stops the Governor from delivering address

Beniwal entered the Well of the House and started shouting slogans demanding that the government should purchase moong dal from farmers.

HD Kumaraswamy: The eternal whiner

Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy has been perpetually lamenting about his party’s coalition government with Congress

Times Group’s communal propaganda: Supporting desecration of Sabarimala while publishing ‘Convert to Islam’ op-ed

The Kochi edition of the Times Group newspaper, Times of India, published an article with effusive praise for the religion with the headline "Convert to Islam"

Sabarimala: Kerala govt says 51 women entered shrine, panel slams VIP treatment by police

In a huge embarrassment for the ruling Pinarayi Vijayan government in Kerala, a High Court-appointed monitoring committee has slammed Kerala Police for taking unauthorised measures and treating the two woman activists like VIPs to facilitate their entry into the shrine.

Himachal Pradesh: Two Congress factions hurl chairs at each other as new state president assumes office

The clash allegedly took place between the supporters of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh and outgoing state unit president Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

Indian Express and Hindustan Times reject article asking uncomfortable questions about Shah Faesal

Khalid Shah wrote an article asking tough questions of Shah Faesal and the article was rejected by Hindustan times and Indian Express

At 7.3%, the average GDP growth over last 4 years has been highest for any government since 1991: PM Modi at Vibrant Gujarat

Various initiatives taken by the Modi government have helped India improve the GDP and contain inflation

President Kovind becomes the first President since Rajendra Prasad in 1953 to visit the Kumbh Mela

President Kovind's visit was organised on a day when the authorities expected less of a rush. He performed Ganga Pujan at the banks of the Triveni Sangam.

N Ram of The Hindu blatantly picks up the work of another journalist on Rafale to brand it an “exclusive”

N Ram of The Hindu has not only stolen another journalist's work on Rafale and called it his own, but he has also skewed his work to give it a narrative spin that suits him

Karnataka crisis: Congress summons MLAs to identify dissenters, warns absentees of expulsion

Animosity between the three principal parties in the state has been at a fever pitch

PM Modi says ‘Indian Communists do not respect India’s history, culture or spirituality’: Here is why he is right

Would these communists ever confess that Stalin killed more people than Hitler did before or during the Second World War?

Scribe asks whether The Wire refused to run a woman’s account of sexual harassment due to funding from TATA

Manu Joseph further stated that the Wire ought to be questioned in this regard due to its 'hypermoral' positions regarding issues concerning women.

Bishop Franco Rape Case: Nuns supporting the victim to defy transfer order issued by Missionaries of Jesus

Four of the five nuns protesting against the Bishop were transferred to different locations by by Missionaries of Jesus

Congress govt in MP calls criminal cases against party workers ‘politically motivated’, approves process to withdraw them

The MP government to withdraw all criminal cases that were 'politically motivated'.

The saffron dawn: A tale of progression, coalition and trust

The Vision Document for Vision 2020, earmarked for the development of the North Eastern Region, brought about the first true rays of hope to the citizen of the states.

ED registers FIR in illegal sand mining case, to probe the role of Akhilesh Yadav

The Enforcement Directorate sources said the agency will now identify properties and assets created by the accused with the money earned through illegal licences and will proceed to attach these properties. 

PM Modi is working tirelessly to promote India’s global visibility: Philip Kotler thanks PM for accepting award

Kotler stated that he was unable to come and present the award himself due to health reasons.

JNU row: Event preplanned, Kashmiri students accused of raising anti-India slogans were in touch with Umar Khalid

Delhi Police has enough evidence to prove that Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were the 'main conspirators' who had organised the protest