Archives of OpIndia

Crime

Communal tension in UP’s Gonda after criminals kill a man who protested his daughter being molested

OpIndia Staff -
Shah Mohammed, Dost Mohammed and Yaar Mohammad had allegedly molested a minor Hindu girl near Katra Bazaar area while she was going to the toilet.
Read more
News Reports

Six days after being released on bail, Ayyappa devotee and activist Rahul Easwar taken into custody

OpIndia Staff -
He was released on bail by a local court only on the 22nd of this month.
Read more
Crime

Taking cue from fugitive Vijay Mallya, ‘social activist’ Sudha Bharadwaj seeks spruced jail facilities

OpIndia Staff -
Bharadwaj was arrested from Gurgaon and brought to the city after the court had rejected her bail application on Friday
Read more
News Reports

Former Delhi Chief Minister and BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana passes away after a prolonged illness

OpIndia Staff -
He was the first CM of Delhi after its state legislative assembly was reinstated through the 69th Constitution Amendment Act, 1991.
Read more
Politics

Chhattisgarh: CM Raman Singh begins poll campaign from Naxal-hit Sukma

OpIndia Staff -
Chhattisgarh is slated to go to the polls in two phases.
Read more
Media

Media spreads fake news about Rakesh Asthana donating 20 crore to BJP from police fund

OpIndia Staff -
Surat police confirms that Rakesh Asthana didn't make any such donation
Read more
Editor's picks

Factcheck: No Akhilesh Yadav, fighter jets aren’t buses where seats can be ‘removed’ willy-nilly

Raju Das -
Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that India is getting single seat Rafale instead of twin-seater version
Read more
News Reports

4 CRPF Jawans martyred as Maoists blew up a vehicle in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur

OpIndia Staff -
The attack happened in poll-bound Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district which is going to elections on November 12
Read more
Culture and History

Sabarimala, the abode of Lord Ayyappa: The beginning of a Hindu uprising in India

Gunja Kapoor -
For a global participant like India, which is known for its cultural equity, it is very important for decision makers to resist from sounding aloof or foreign.
Read more
News Reports

Amit Shah becomes the very first passenger to land at Kerala’s new Kannur Airport

Jhankar Mohta -
He is in Kannur to inaugurate the new district office of the BJP
Read more
Fact-Check

Media, journalists and self-proclaimed ‘fact checkers’, spread lies about Amit Shah’s speech in Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
The lie is tweeted and shared but the apology is conveniently ignored by an agenda driven coterie.
Read more
News Reports

SP and BSP may fight elections jointly in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh

OpIndia Staff -
The regional parties SP and BSP have reportedly decided to dump Congress and fight the elections together.
Read more
News Reports

PM Modi’s leaves for 2-day Japan visit to attend India-Japan Annual Summit

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi to visit Japan on the eve of India-Japan Annual Summit and talk with PM Abe won wide-ranging issues.
Read more
News Reports

Controversial former VP Ansari says Sardar Patel was as guilty as Jinnah in the conspiracy to partition India

OpIndia Staff -
Hamid Ansari referred to Sardar Patel's speech delivered in Delhi, four days prior to India's Independence
Read more
News Reports

Army soldier murdered by stone pelters, COAS Rawat calls them over ground workers of terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
A young army man was martyred after a stone hurled at him by stone pelters hit him on his head in Kashmir
Read more
News Reports

Taking a jibe at Rahul’s Congress, Arun Jaitley says Indira or Rajiv Gandhi would never have supported anti-India slogans

OpIndia Staff -
The Finance Minister also appeared to hint towards his displeasure with judicial overreach.
Read more
News Reports

College in Assam reminds students to wear proper uniforms, Muslim MLA alleges ‘saffronisation’

OpIndia Staff -
All colleges in Assam have prescribed uniforms.
Read more
Culture and History

Liberal Fundamentalism and Sabarimala fiasco: India needs a Renaissance

Kausik Gangopadhyay -
The only question is: Do we have it in us?
Read more
Government and Policy

“Rahul Gandhi’s Jhalawar rally was a flop”, says senior Youth Congress member

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi's rally and roadshow in Rajasthan failed to draw crowd
Read more
Government and Policy

India asks UN to list terrorist groups involved in sexual violence

OpIndia Staff -
UN Secretary-General has woman human rights activists, political leaders and journalists in conflict areas are being targeted at alarming rates.
Read more
Editor's picks

‘BJP stands with the devotees of Lord Ayyappa like a rock’: Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
Shah emphasized that the entry of women into Sabarimala is not related to equality in any manner.
Read more
Editor's picks

#HimToo: BJP Delhi spokesperson shares his story of false allegations and mental harassment by a lady doctor

OpIndia Staff -
After remaining silent on the matter for long, Bagga has come out strongly to defend himself.
Read more
News Reports

Facebook unpublishes official page of RightLog, organised targeting or ideological bias?

OpIndia Staff -
With Social Media becoming an ideological battleground, it has often been noticed that platforms selectively target right-leaning platforms in an ad-hoc fashion.
Read more
News Reports

Mizoram: NGOs oppose political parties fielding Chakma candidates. Read about the age old conflict

K Bhattacharjee -
The core aspect of the inter-tribal conflict is the issue of nativity.
Read more
News Reports

‘Casual handling of people’s lives’ and poor dam management by state government led to Kerala Floods, reveals research study

OpIndia Staff -
The study has blamed the communist Kerala government's inaction and mismanagement for the devastation caused by the floods.
Read more
Editor's picks

Media sanitises Goa Congress leader’s crass comment on Manohar Parrikar

OpIndia Staff -
This incident comes just days after Goa BJP state President Vinay Tendulkar had declared that the CM would rejoin office shortly
Read more
Crime

Urban Naxal arrests: Maharashtra police takes custody of 3 accused after Pune court rejects bail plea

OpIndia Staff -
After the bail pleas were rejected, the defence lawyers sought a week's stay on implementation of the order so that they could file an appeal in the High Court, but the judge did not grant a stay.
Read more
News Reports

Kerala government’s brutal crackdown on Sabarimala devotees, plans to impose heavy penalty on those arrested: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala government can impose fines up to Rs 13 lakh on some of the arrested Sabarimala devotees and also has issued look-out notices for hundreds of others.
Read more
Crime

Father of Azeem confirms that death of his 8 year old son was not due to any communal violence

OpIndia Staff -
Aseem's father, Khaleel Ahmed, is a farmer by profession
Read more
News Reports

Digital security company apologises for false report on ‘Aadhar data breach’

OpIndia Staff -
Gemalto had published a report this month claiming 1.2 billion records in Aadhar database have been compromised.
Read more
Media

Rajdeep Sardesai: The great Indian tweet thief

OpIndia Staff -
Sardesai's tweets are too similar to tweets posted by many popular Twitter users.
Read more
News Reports

Receipt amount do not match donations made by some Paytm users for Kerala floods

OpIndia Staff -
The technical glitch was acknowledged by Kerala Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund and PayTM and corrected receipts were issued
Read more
Economy and Finance

China agrees to increase imports from India this year, announces Suresh Prabhu

hansika09 -
The Indian government announced that trade relations between India and China will increase this year, in 2018.
Read more
Media

‘Journalist’ compromises security by revealing names and ID of IB officials, deletes later

OpIndia Staff -
Swati Chaturvedi posted the names and ID card numbers of 4 IB personnel caught by PSOs of CBI Director Alok Verma
Read more
News Reports

Kerala: Communist govt’s excesses continue on Sabarimala devotees, more than 2000 detained

OpIndia Staff -
The Kerala Police have come down hard on the Sabarimala devotees protesting to uphold their traditions
Read more
Culture and History

Watch: Is the Indian state really secular? No, according to this Supreme Court advocate

OpIndia Staff -
There has been much talk in recent times about various articles of the Indian Constitution actively discriminating against Hindus.
Read more
Government and Policy

ED moves court seeking ‘fugitive economic offender’ tag for Sterling Biotech promoters

OpIndia Staff -
Nitin Sandesara was arrested in Dubai in August.
Read more
News Reports

‘Gali gali main shor hai, Rahul Gandhi chor hai’: Says Congress worker during protest against CBI fracas

OpIndia Staff -
The list of gaffes by Rahul Gandhi, Congress and all their social media accounts are endless
Read more
Crime

Gold medalist in chemistry caught running illegal liquor factory in the name of juice factory

OpIndia Staff -
Grover planned the liquor factory with gangster Amit when he met him in Patiala jail.
Read more
Media

Google denies New York Times’ claim of offering exit package, says has fired 48 employees for sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
Pichai has written that Google has fired 48 people in two years on sexual harassment allegations.
Read more
News Reports

MHA evaluates steps taken by social media companies to curb rumours and fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Representatives of social media giants have ensured they are taking necessary steps to curb the spread of rumours through their platforms.
Read more
Editor's picks

The Hindu carries Yogendra Yadav’s falsified narrative on MSPs based on a dubious methodology

Ashutosh Kulkarni -
Cloaking data to subtly further a motivated agenda is not only unethical but also extremely dangerous
Read more
Crime

YouGov India’s latest survey on #MeToo Findings

OpIndia Staff -
Based on a survey of 1,000 people, YouGov India focused on how people from different zones of the country viewed sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement as a whole.
Read more
Crime

FIR against BJP state president in Tamil Nadu for allegedly ‘abusing’ woman who shouted slogans inside airplane

OpIndia Staff -
Sophia had raised slogans inside a Chennai-Tuticorin flight in which Tamilsai Soundararajan was incidentally traveling.
Read more
Crime

Bareilly Panchayat issues diktat: asks a woman to maintain marital relations with two husbands

OpIndia Staff -
Arshi approached Bareilly police several times after the Panchayat's decision was forced on her, but the police were unwilling to take any action
Read more
Government and Policy

Twitter reacts as MoD spokesperson Twitter handle responds harshly to ex admiral, apologises later

OpIndia Staff -
The Ministry of Defence spokesperson's Twitter handle has since apologised for the tweet
Read more
Fact-Check

No, Rahul Gandhi has not been ‘arrested’, he has been ‘detained’ after his ‘protest’ over the CBI fracas

OpIndia Staff -
In the CBI vs CBI, Rahul Gandhi has decided to take a side
Read more
Crime

Urban Naxal arrests : Pune Court rejects bail application of Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Sudha Bhardwaj

OpIndia Staff -
The house arrest of all the three activists will be ending today and the Pune police can take them into custody and produce them in the court for additional interrogation.
Read more
News Reports

Youth allegedly flees to Abu Dhabi to convert to Islam, radicalised after chatting with Muslim woman: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The youth is suspected to have been in touch with a Muslim woman online .
Read more
Editor's picks

Dassault CEO Trappier demolishes every claim by Rahul Gandhi, says ‘a bit sad’ about the controversy

OpIndia Staff -
Dassault selected Reliance on its own, clarified CEO Éric Trappier
Read more
1...1,3671,3681,369...1,517Page 1,368 of 1,517