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Remember the Tamil Nadu candidate who promised a trip to the moon in election manifesto? Here’s why he promised the freebies

OpIndia Staff -
Thulam Saravanan said that his aim was simply to spread awareness and to caution voters against parties promising freebies.
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Opinions

Bangladesh liberation and PM Modi: What ‘liberal’ disbelief says about our world

Abhishek Banerjee -
The other day, PM Modi mentioned in his speech that he once had to go to jail during a satyagraha for the liberation of Bangladesh.
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Politics

Mamata Banerjee wants PM Modi’s visa cancelled, insinuates there is nothing wrong if Bangladeshi actor campaigns for TMC: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi's VISA to be cancelled for his official visit to Bangladesh.
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News Reports

Shashi Tharoor tweets, apologises to Prime Minister Modi: Read why

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today posted a tweet in which he admitted his mistake and apologised to Prime Minister Modi
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News Reports

“I am feeling the same emotions my Matua brothers and sisters in India feel coming here”: PM Modi meets Matua community members in Bangladesh

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met members of the Matua community in Orakandi during his 2-day visit to Bangladesh
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Politics

Smells like Saket Spirit: Mamata Banerjee claims PM Modi’s visit to Bangladesh violates model code of conduct. Read why she is wrong

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee appears to be fearing the worst for her party in the assembly elections that are underway in the state.
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Cricket

33 arrested for betting on the 2nd ODI between India and England, bookies attacked police: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Pimpri Chinchwad Police in Maharashtra have arrested 33 bookies for allegedly betting on the 2nd ODI match between India and England
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News Reports

‘Bharat Bandh’ by ‘farmer protestors’ in Punjab leads to Rs 500 crore loss: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Congress, AAP, BSP and SAD workers were seen in protests in different parts of Punjab on Friday during the 'Bharat Bandh'.
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Politics

Leaked audio clip shows Mamata Banerjee pleading BJP’s Nandigram leader for help, Pralay Pal refuses to betray the Adhikaris: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
A leaked audio clip of a conversation between Mamata Banerjee and BJP district Vice President Pralay Pal has surfaced.
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News Reports

NCPCR seeks probe into allegations of misconduct against IPS officer Praveen Kumar, says Christian missionaries are being allowed inside state-run schools

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR said that Praveen Kumar is running the government organization TSWREIS as if it was his own personal fiefdom
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News Reports

Delhi High Court clears the decks for the trial of the accused in the Delhi riots case under the stringent UAPA Act

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Delhi High Court vacated its earlier stay order on the trial of the Delhi riot accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
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Politics

Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari’s brother Somendu’s car attacked, driver assaulted, TMC’s Ram Govind Das accused of leading attack

OpIndia Staff -
The car of Somendu Adhikari, brother of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was reportedly attacked on Saturday.
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News Reports

Hours into the first phase of polling in WB, TMC raises EVM bogey, claims votes are automatically being transferred to BJP

OpIndia Staff -
TMC has started creating doubt on EVMs by claiming that EVMs have started transferring TMC votes to BJP during 1st phase polls
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News Reports

Ground Report: As TMC banks on former Maoists, will red corridor areas of Jhargram and Jangalmahal turn saffron this election

OpIndia Staff -
While voters are satisfied with roads and lights in their areas, they have lots other complaints against the TMC government- A ground report
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Crime

Former union minister Swami Chinmayanand acquitted in rape case filed by law student, the ‘victim’ acquitted in blackmail and extortion case

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The girl had withdrawn charges against Chinmayanand saying that she was forced to do this by certain persons.
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News Reports

PM Modi prays at Jashoreshwari peetha in Bangladesh: All you need to know about the historic temple, where left palm of the Devi lies

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers in Jashoreshwari temple in Satkhira district in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh.
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News Reports

Sachin Vaze admits that he destroyed five mobile phones after the dead body of Mansukh Hiren was found, NIA says he was using 13

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The prime accused in the Mansukh Hiren death case - Sachin Vaze - has reportedly admitted to the NIA that he destroyed five mobile phones
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World

Shia cleric slaughtered with an axe over allegations of blasphemy in Pakistan, video goes viral: Here is what happened

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“The suspect in his statement confessed to having killed the victim, Taqi Shah, over blasphemy allegations,” Jhang District Police Officer Sarfraz Virk informed
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Crime

Sachin Vaze had forgotten to plant threat letter inside explosive-laden Scorpio, had gone back to place it: NIA

OpIndia Staff -
The NIA has revealed that Sachin Vaze had first forgotten to place the threat letter inside the Scorpio and had later gone back to plant it.
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News Reports

FIR lodged against CM Ashok Gehlot’s OSD in connection with Rajasthan illegal phone tapping case: Here are the details

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Delhi Police Crime Branch has lodged an FIR against Ashok Gehlot's OSD Lokesh Sharma in Rajasthan illegal phone tapping case
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World

USA invites 40 world leaders for online climate summit including PMs of India, Bangladesh and Bhutan, Pakistan not included

OpIndia Staff -
President Joe Biden announced that the United States of America would be holding an online World Leaders' Climate Summit in the month of April.
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News Reports

West Bengal polls: Election Commission’s vehicle set ablaze by miscreants in erstwhile Maoist stronghold, driver escapes narrowly

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Reportedly, the polling station is located just half a kilometre away from the place, where the Election Commission's vehicle was torched
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News Reports

Delhi govt to offer job to brother of Ankit Sharma, IB staffer killed by an AAP-leader-led mob amidst chants of Allahu Akbar during Delhi...

OpIndia Staff -
A year after the horrific murder of IB staffer Ankit Sharma, Arvind Kejriwal govt has now decided to provide a government job to his brother.
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News Reports

Munawar Faruqui case: Co-accused Nalin Yadav quits stand-up comedy and starts working as a daily labourer

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Nalin Yadav said that he could not go back to stand-up comedy as cafes where he had performed don't want him back
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News Reports

Four Hefazat-e-Islami members shot dead as Islamist protest over PM Modi’s visit to Dhaka turns violent: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The Bangladesh police had opened fire to control Islamists protesting against PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Dhaka
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News Reports

Amazon denies accusations of forcing workers to urinate in bottles to save time, netizens reply with proofs that the company is lying

OpIndia Staff -
Several social media users posted proofs that Amazon delivery drivers are often forced to urinate in bottles due to lack of time
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News Reports

Amar Chitra Katha issues statement after anti-Hindu comment of ‘intern’ goes viral: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Abu Amaan faced flak from the Hindus on Twitter who asked Amar Chitra Katha to take action against him for his comments
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Opinions

People who fed us daadi nana stories by Priyanka now have issues believing history that RSS supported creation of Bangladesh

K Bhattacharjee -
Narendra Modi recalled the Gana Satyagrah organised by the Jana Sanghin August 1971 to support Bangladesh liberation.
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News Reports

Karnataka sex CD case: FIR lodged against BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi for sexual harassment after woman files complaint

OpIndia Staff -
The woman has mentioned in her complaint that Ramesh Jarkiholi had promised her a job and asked her to be prepared for a "compromise'
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News Reports

Maharashtra Chief Secretary’s fact-finding report on phone-tapping a sham, full of fallacies: Former CM Devendra Fadnavis

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra chief secretary Sitaram Kunte had released a report ruling out aby wrongdoing in transfer posting of police officials
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News Reports

NCPCR writes to I and B Ministry, asks for removal of objectionable scenes from Netflix’s ‘Bombay Begums’

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"It is clear that the Netflix Series Bombay Begums has not only violated the prevailing law of land and guidelines, it is continuing the same and affecting children's interest to a very large extent," NCPCR reiterated.
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News Reports

Loyalty to Israel and fellows Jews paramount: Read what convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard said in interview

OpIndia Staff -
Jonathan Pollard was arrested in 1985 while he was working for the US Navy and subsequently convicted for spying for Israel.
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News Reports

‘Pishi continues her khela’: BJP Tweets after another worker found hanging in Medinipur, claims 4 workers killed in last 72 hours

OpIndia Staff -
'Pishi continues her khela with human lives', BJP Tweeted informing that 4 of their workers have been murdered in the last 72 hours in West Bengal.
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News Reports

Maulana Jarjis lauded Mamata Banerjee for standing up against ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, urged Muslims in Bengal to vote for her: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
On 23 January 2021, Mamata Banerjee had walked out of the birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after being greeted with the slogans of "Jai Shri Ram"
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News Reports

Shamima Begum, who had joined ISIS, comes up with a far more innovative excuse for Jihad than Barkha Dutt: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
ISIS bride Shamima Begum says her mother is responsible for her fleeing UK and joining the Islamic terror group ISIS in Syria
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News Reports

Tata Sons, Cyrus Mistry and the Supreme Court verdict: All you need to know about the case

OpIndia Staff -
On Friday, the Supreme Court formulated a total of 5 questions pertaining to the case. All the questions were answered in favour of the Tata conglomerate.
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Crime

Nikita Tomar murder case: Faridabad fast track court sentences Tauseef and Rehan to life imprisonment

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Nikita Tomar was shot dead from point black range by Tauseef in full public view outside the Aggarwal college in Ballabgarh, Faridabad
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World

Black Lives Matter leader arrested in connection with vandalism of Lincoln statue with faeces, paint and signs: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Black Live Matter leader Terry Wilson arrested in connection with the vandalism of an Abraham Lincoln statue in Boise, Idaho.
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Politics

TMC getting nervous in Nandigram? Delegation meets EC to complain about ‘voters being threatened’

OpIndia Staff -
TMC delegation comprised of Derek O' Brien and Kakoli Ghosh visited the Election Commission office in Kolkata regarding elections in Nandigram.
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Crime

Supreme Court orders the transfer of mafia don Mukhtar Ansari from Punjab jail to Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
According to reports, Mukhtar Ansari will be shifted from Rupnagar Jail in Punjab to Uttar Pradesh's Banda Jail in the coming two weeks.
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News Reports

After admitting Sunrise Hospital had only “temporary permission”, Uddhav Thackeray says “most people” died of COVID-19, not the fire

OpIndia Staff -
CM Uddhav Thackeray said that most of the patients who have died in Sunrise Hospital at Dreams Mall were on the ventilator
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News Reports

Maulana who calls men bh*dwas for not putting women in Burqa has a Mamata Banerjee connection

OpIndia Staff -
A video of Maulana Jarjis ranting and raving against women who refrain from wearing fully covering purdah has gone viral on social media.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Muslim mob assaults Hindu man-Muslim woman couple, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim mob was seen harassing and thrashing a Hindu man-Muslim woman couple at a resort in Bigod, Rajasthan.
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News Reports

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admits suppressing explosive Hunter Biden story of NY Post was a mistake, downplays it as “process error”

OpIndia Staff -
The Post had published a story about email conversations between a Ukrainian executive and Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath reminds Mamata Banerjee about the sacrifice of Kothari brothers for Ram Mandir movement, Suvendu Adhikari calls her ‘Begum’

OpIndia Staff -
CM Yogi accused Mamata Banerjee of showing concern only for infiltrators in West Bengal and hence no banning cow slaughter.
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News Reports

US House Rep remembers the Bengali Hindu Genocide of 1971, Indian ‘liberal’ rushes in to prove why the mass slaughter has been forgotten

K Bhattacharjee -
Ro Khanna, progressive US House Rep remembered the 50th anniversary of the Bengali Hindu Genocide on Friday.
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Opinions

Where is ‘Bengal model’: A non-intellectual response to the intellectuals of Bengal

Abhishek Banerjee -
As polling in Bengal draws near, a number of these artists and performers have taken to Youtube to tell us that they are not neutral.
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News Reports

Three boats from Sri Lanka with drugs worth Rs 3000 crore and arms seized, brought to coast guard station Vizhinjam

OpIndia Staff -
Three boats with drusg and illegal arms from Sri Lanka were seized and 19 crew members were detained and brought to Vizhinjam
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News Reports

BJP leader Jay Panda seen flying his own helicopter for campaigning in Assam ahead of polls: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Ahead of the upcoming State Legislative elections, BJP spokesperson and National Vice President Baijayant Panda Jay Panda was spotted driving a helicopter
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Crime

Haryana court judge transferred hours before pronouncing the quantum of sentence for convicts in Nikita Tomar murder case

OpIndia Staff -
The Faridabad court is supposed to announce the quantum of sentence for the convicts in Nikita Tomar murder case today
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