Archives of OpIndia

US-India 2+2 dialogue: Washington agrees help India track down Dawood Ibrahim, Hafiz Saeed

The US will urge Pakistan to take concrete steps to stop terrorist activities on its soil.

Delhi police registers NCIR against set of persons for harassing and intimidating Republic TV reporter

Republic TV journalist Shivani Gupta was allegedly harassed by a mob at Jignesh Mevani rally earlier this year

V S Achuthanandan says the CPI(M) will act against MLA accused of sexual harassment

The Kerala MLA has been accused by a woman DYFI member of sexually harassing her

After refusing blood and urine tests, Hardik Patel now not letting doctors weigh him: Reports

Hardik Patel, who is now convicted for causing riots, is on a indefinite hunger strike to demand reservation for Patidar Community

Iran ready to handover Chabahar port to Indian firm for operation: Iranian Minister Abbas Akhoundi

Chabahar is one of the most important strategic areas of influence for India

Website representing ‘Indian Muslims’ voice’ calls scrapping of section 377 as ‘a step towards self-destruction’

Darul Uloom Deoband yesterday slammed the Supreme Court's decision saying that according to Shariat, homosexuality is haram and illegitimate.

SP Vaid removed from DGP post in Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh to take over

Dilbag Singh as DG(prisons) had shifted hardened terrorists to jails outside Kashmir, he is to be the temporary DGP of the state

Demystifying the ‘Civil Society’: Christian orgs donated to organization that published report calling Amarnath Yatra ‘militarised’

Gist of the matter is this: one of the organizations which were involved in the publishing of the report received significant donations from Christian organizations based abroad.

Politicisation of India’s historic Asian Games performance is unfair to our athletes

The Asian Games of 1951 and 2018 were very different, comparing the two and projecting the success from a political perspective is unfair to the athletes and their hard work

‘Rahul Gandhi is the biggest buffoon in the country’: Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao

The Telangana Cabinet dissolved the state assembly earlier today.

Today, an ‘intolerant’ India emancipated the tolerant

Given that this is India, those will eventually happen, but like all things in India, it takes time and patience

Telangana Cabinet dissolves State Assembly, state to go in for early polls

Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan has approved the dissolution of the assembly

Yogi Adityanath government to invoke NSA against people who leak examination papers

Yogi Adityanath seems to be determined to end the examination malpractices

Section 377 verdict: Homosexuality is no longer a crime in India

Consensual sexual acts between adults in private cannot be termed criminal, SC bench calls the part of section 377 'unconstitutional'.

Your petrol price is high because UPA left 2 lakh crore of oil debt for Modi

This is what Congress has always been: always there for the taking and never there for the making.

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