Saturday, January 24, 2026

Archives of OpIndia

West Bengal PWD minister, Aroop Biswas conspicuously missing as mayhem continues after Majerhat bridge collapses

Despite several complaints from the local people and traffic police, the repair work of the Majerhat bridge wasn't ever taken into consideration.

This is what General Rawat said when a journalist asked him about ‘sportsmanship’ at the Indo-Pak border

The COAS was responding to a question by a journalist on whether Neeraj Chopra like sportsmanship is being displayed at the India Pakistan border too

Maha police’s chilling affidavit to SC: ‘Activists’ gave input for ‘armed struggle’, smuggling of weapons and more

Police also challenged the locus of the persons filing the petition for the alleged persons.

Hizbul Mujahideen’s ‘hardcore motivator’ Touseef Ahmad Gudna arrested in Jammu and Kashmir

Gudna's name emerged while the police interrogated two Hizbul members who were arrested on 1st July.

IPC Section 377: So what is really against the order of nature?

With the courts declaring that the lordships will deliver their verdict on Section 377 tomorrow, one can only hope sense prevails

Startup offering ‘Adarsh Bahu course’ ‘offers’ comprehension skills course for journalists

About time the journalists understand the difference between institutes and startups incubated by them.

Asian Games medalist wrestler slams Delhi CM Kejriwal for not supporting when players need it most

Divya Kakran has told the Delhi CM that even after he promised support after her Commonwealth Games success, she got no help from his government and her requests went unanswered.

Modi brainchild Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana to benefit 1.18 crore families in Uttar Pradesh

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan is prepped to be launched on 25th September 2018

Supreme Court lists petition seeking SIT probe into the Rafale deal, hearing on PIL next week

Advocate ML Sharma is known for filling PILs in Supreme Court on various issues, many of which have been dismissed by the apex court

Remembering Rajbala Devi, woken from sleep and killed under UPA

I watched bits of his primetime show. I felt his views on dissent have evolved between then and now.

Dear NBSA, we are not fair game because we disagree. You just created a monster you can’t control

Today, I remember my 14-year-old self, and somehow, the fear I felt then, grips me again today.

Despite his struggles with the bat, KL Rahul remains important for the playing XI, here is why

He has scored just 113 runs in 8 innings, but KL Rahul may still be picked up for the final test against England.

The Centre has been very supportive towards Kerala, admits Kerala Chief Minister in his interview

Pinarayi Vijayan went on to use this platform to clear the fallacy which had been envisaged by several propagandists to meet their political agenda

Sexist attacks against Smriti Irani just never stop, this time it is worse than ever

Congress leaders, members and supporters have always attacked Smriti Irani in the vilest, filthiest and most abusive ways possible.

Disgraced former Gujarat cop taken into custody by state CID over a 1998 case

Disgraced cop Sanjiv Bhatt is said to have played a key role in the entire episode of abduction and planting of narcotics in order to frame the lawyer.

Allahabad: Retired cop, Abdul Samad Khan, beaten to death by his neighbour Yousuf

The local people looked on while the retired cop was beaten to the death

9-year-old girl gang raped and brutally murdered in Uri, stepmother and half brother arrested with 3 others

The stepmother allegedly planned the rape and murder because she was jealous of the girl receiving more attention from her husband.

‘Congress has Brahmin DNA’ says Randeep Surjewala, likens Rahul Gandhi to ‘God’ and BJP to ‘devil’

The statements of Surjewala is interesting in the context of the fluid position that Congress has taken on religion

Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) Elections: A Festival of Democracy

Youth needs direction; they can change the world and what better way to begin than to understand the power of their vote

Assam: Zakir Hussain convicted of raping a 13 year old girl and murdering her by setting her ablaze

Gauhati HC had approved a state government proposal for setting up exclusive fast-track courts

Ruffians on Rafale : It is time that the liars are shut up and shut down with the facts

This country is above them and the truth needs to be told..repeatedly. 

Naxals cut throat of tribal woman in Bihar for refusing to join them

Naxals had allegedly opposed Basanti marrying a man of another caste and were pressurising her to join their cadre.

SC refuses to entertain Lt Col Purohit’s petition for SIT probe into his arrest and torture, asks to take up with Trial Court

The validity of sanctions to prosecute lt Col Purohit is to be decided by the trial court tomorrow

2007 Hyderabad Blasts Case : NIA court convicts two Indian Mujahideen terrorists

The blasts at Hyderabad's popular spots Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park had killed more than 40 people and injured many others.

Creating a nuisance aboard an airplane isn’t dissent, it’s a crime

One has to respect legal and regulatory norms regarding time, place & occasion while conducting any kind of protest.

Amidst BJP’s NRC demand, Imams of West Bengal ask Muslims to keep citizenship records ready

The Supreme Court monitored exercise was conducted in Assam to weed out illegal immigrants

TMC leader caught on video asking party workers to get BJP worker arrested in false ganja case

Anubrata Mondal had earlier been in news for asking party men to burn houses of political opponents and hurl bombs at the police

60 crores loan scam in Tamil Nadu, labourers shown as borrowers, many died mysteriously: Report

The arrested duo allegedly obtained signatures of labourers and presented them to the bank as farmers seeking a loan

One Nation One Card policy soon for public transport services, says NITI Ayog CEO

The CEO of NITI Ayog was speaking at the Future Mobility Summit-2018

Naxals kill two tribals from Chhattisgarh suspected to be ‘police informers’, chilling note reveals details

The tribals Sonu and Somaji were allegedly kidnapped along with another person named Panduram

Here are some prominent members of the out-on-bail Mahagathbandhan

The NDA is going to fight against the 'Out-on-bail' opposition in the next Lok Sabha elections

Congress criteria for selecting candidates for election: 15,000 likes on FB, 5,000 followers on Twitter

Interesting to note here is that, before Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 2017, BJP also had determined similar criteria

Five Muslim youths held in Coimbatore for plotting to kill Hindu leaders

One of the five arrested individuals turns out to be an Islamic State sympathiser.

Demystifying the ‘Civil Society’: An incestuous nexus

This is the first in a series of articles that will explore the background of the organizations that form the 'civil society'.

Shaky openers, unreliable lower middle order and the curious case of Hardik Pandya

Indian team is only looking even more vulnerable and a number of questions remain in front of Kohli-Shastri after the series defeat against England.

Intelligence report says Varavara Rao attended funeral of Maoist terrorist killed in Gadchiroli encounter

As per reports, Varavara Rao had attended the funeral of Srinu alias Srikanth, a Maoist commander killed in Gadchiroli encounter in April.

5 booked after UP woman is given triple-talaq and raped by father-in-law under garb of Nikah Halala

The woman was allegedly harassed by her in-laws for dowry and then forcefully married to her father-in-law who raped her

Muslim woman files plea in the Supreme Court to declare Sharia Courts unconstitutional

The Supreme Court has ruled that Islamic practices like Triple Talaq and Nikah Halala are unconstitutional.

Pakistani pop singer wanted a Dutch MP killed for blasphemy, this is where she learnt bigotry from

The irony of all this is that Tablighi Jamaat promotes segregation and believes that women should stay at home

14 skeletons of babies wrapped in plastic bags found in Kolkata’s Haridevpur

Massive search is undertaken as police believes more skeletons may be recovered from the area

The kind of Indian Atheists and why they continue to be Hindus, unlike Abrahamics and Marxists

Criticise them and challenge them. But do it with the right understanding or be a skeptic and just say "I don't know".

Even in sarcasm, seems only a Naxal sympathizer would say #MeTooUrbanNaxal

And now we have people who are “proud” to call themselves Naxals.

Kerala police stalls arrest of Kerala Bishop despite incriminating evidence, reports Goa Chronicle

In their investigation, Kerala police have found that the initial statement given by the Bishop wass a falsified one.

BuzzFeed maintains silence even as their employee attempts to dox, stalk and threaten a woman who disagreed with him

It is very common for so-called liberals to go after the livelihood of those who disagree with them.

India at the Asian Games – Plenty of highs, a few lows, and a lot of hope for the future

A concise summary of how India performed at the Asian Games 2018, hosted at Jakarta in Indonesia.