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Former UP Chief Ministers cannot occupy government bungalows, says Supreme Court

The SC quashed former UP Assembly's law that granted permanent accommodation to former CMs.

Once upon a time, my school friend used to be ‘secular’, he has now turned into a proud Hindutvawadi

Govind is not taking the bigotry and intolerance against his religion lying down anymore

Mayawati lands up in trouble as CBI takes over probe in the Rs 1,179 crore UP sugar mill scam

The Mayawati government had decided to sell these sugar mills on 4th June, 2007.

Is your college professor a terrorist? Reading FB wall of Mohmmad Rafi

It's not paranoia if they are really out to get us

Supreme Court lawyer tries to moral police IPS officer who gives her a fitting reply

IPS officer had shared a picture with BJP leader Subramanian Swamy

Turf war between Government and Judiciary witnesses a showdown in Supreme Court

The Government has been facing accusations that it has been sitting on recommendations made by the Collegium.

‘UttaraPrachand’: AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal’s Rahul Gandhi moment has Twitter in splits

An old clip of Kejriwal went viral on social media and Twitter unleashed the sense of humour.

Congress spokesperson ‘likes’ Tweet calling security forces in Kashmir, ‘Indian occupation forces’

Is Congress' hate for Modi so strong, that they are willing to compromise national security?

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander among five gunned down by security forces

An army jawan and a policeman were injured during the operation.

VIDEO: ‘The OpIndia Recap’ with Sham Sharma: On dishonesty of Audrey Truschke

We are back with another episode of ‘The Opindia Recap’ by Sham Sharma, an MBA student at the Roosevelt University, Chicago and a sales...

Urban Naxal threat to India: Why the Soviet Union needed to exist

Unless we seize the moment, it’s going to be all over for us.

Congress delayed four Bills that could have changed India

In a democracy, the legislative process being hampered by political adventurism

Dear Rahul Gandhi, why in God’s name should I repose my trust in you?

'This ordinary citizen of India considers you the least likely candidate for the top job'

Haryana Chief Minister criticizes offering namaz in public spaces

Some organisations had opposed offering namaz in public spaces.

Prime Minister Modi praises artist Karan Acharya, slams Congress ecosystem for attacking his artwork of Lord Hanuman

Narendra Modi's voice of support for the artist and condemnation for his detractors is sure to cause more heartburn to liberals.

St Stephen’s admin says they didn’t say slogans on chapel, Police too calls it ‘rumours’

It has been reported that a lot of teachers have been protesting against the move of making the college autonomous.

The church has been plagued with cases of sexual abuse, and it’s time the ‘omerta’ is broken

Christain priests are very frequent lawbreakers, how long are we going to let the protectionism continue

From Ahmedabad to Roland Garros, story of Ankita Raina, the rising tennis star

In 2013, Modi as Gujarat CM supported her in her tennis endeavours

Shashi Tharoor shares fake news from an Islamist website to attack Modi government

Tharoor did not delete his tweet containing fake news, even after the Islamist publication deleted their story

One rupee clinic in Thane railway station helps a 22 year old women deliver a baby on the platform

An initiative was taken last year by Central Railway along with 'Magicdil' to establish 24X7 'One Rupee Clinics' at 14 different stations.

Consistent with BJP’s dalit outreach, police in Mahidpur to provide security to marriage processions of Dalits

The circular was issued in light of an incident where a marriage procession of a Dalit youth was allegedly disrupted

A ground report from the Modi rally in Tumakuru, Karnataka

The winds are blowing in favour of BJP in Karnataka

NIA reveals larger conspiracy in RSS leader Ravinder Gosain’s murder, files chargesheet

Transnational conspiracy to destabilize Punjab by targeted killings.

Yogi Adityanath accuses Congress of supporting Jihadis, speaks of ancient relationship between UP and Karnataka

The CM of Uttar Pradesh also accused the Congress of using Karnataka as an ATM

Power over opinion: Doval’s old speech highlights the nature of the ‘information war’ we see today

Governments, strategists and nationalists must be ready for this battle over opinions and ideas.

Come June, Sikkim will no longer be the only state in the Country without an operational airport

Sikkim's Pakyong airport will start flight operations from this June

Dear Prakash Raj, ‘Hindu Rashtra’ is a struggle for equality

I take the side of equality and justice for all

Muslim Mahasangh chief condemns Jinnah’s posters in AMU, announces reward to tear such posters

The national head of All-India Muslim Mahasangh blamed Jinnah for having broken the country at the time of partition

Brother of Kerala CPM leader arrested for running a fake jobs for money racket

He used to take money from them after promising them jobs

Jinnah sympathisers tacitly support two-nation theory under the garb of ‘secularism’, and India can’t have that

I request this cabal to make its stand clear on their support or opposition to Jinnah instead of playing the victim card.

When Subramanian Swamy destroyed Prakash Raj

Dr Swamy does not take any prisoners

Fact Check: Did Justice Lodha slam the Loya verdict?

Why did Business Standard mention something in a headline that was not true at all

Indian Wheelchair Cricket team all set to play against Bangladesh

Indian Wheelchair Cricket team left for Dhaka to play a bilateral series against Bangladesh.

A right-winger thanks The Wire for showing how liberals must be treated

An apparent viral article on The Wire has declared war and gifted a soldier to the right-wing.

Fact finding team says Kathua chargesheet has glaring loopholes, demand fair probe

The fact finding committee has found a lot of faults with the chargesheet filed by the Jammu and Kashmir police

Hotelier arrested for murder of woman official executing SC order to demolish illegal constructions

The Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of her killing, terming the incident as "extremely serious".

Tripura assured of all possible financial assistance by Arun Jaitley

The Tripura CM is in the national capital on a 3-day visit

NASA’s nuclear energy project to power space missions

Once successful, the nuclear power system could be enhanced to carry heavy payloads into unexplored space

Forget Jinnah portrait, let Aligarh Muslim University become subject to Indian laws

Aligarh Muslim University needs to get it. ‘Being Muslim’ isn’t enough. You have to be constitutional as well.

Partition’s main culprit Jinnah cannot be respected in India: Yogi Adityanath on AMU portrait row

A row has erupted over a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Aligarh Muslim University

Job creation continues upward trajectory, touches a 7 year high : Nikkei

The survey panel has also expressed confidence of further improvement in economic activities.

Aligarh Muslim University: Little has changed between then and now

The more things change, the more things remain the same.

Hyderabad High Court upholds life term awarded to Pakistan spy, Ashique Ali

The police booked him under Sec 121 and 121-A of the IPC and Sec 14 of Foreigners’ Act and Officials Secrets’ Act

Madras HC allows Income Tax department to proceed against Karti Chidambaram under Black Money Act

The IT department had issued a show cause notice to Karti and his associates for undisclosed income and assets in foreign investments

Maoists blow up culvert in Bhadrachalam Agency, seek ‘revenge’ against security forces

This comes after security forces intensity anti-Naxal operations