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The end of ‘Khilafat’: How the Gandhi supported movement unleashed the beast of Islamic fanaticism

Anay Joglekar - 20 October, 2019

The Khilafat movement propelled the religious-national sentiments among Indian Muslims who until then largely stayed away from the mainstream political activity.

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Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee brushes aside responsibility for Congress party’s NYAY, says it was not a well-designed scheme

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2019

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee was one of the economists who consulted Congress on their ambitious social welfare programme-NYAY

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Bizarre diktat by Congress government in Rajasthan, no male teachers below 50 in girls’ schools

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2019

Rajasthan education minister wants to remove male teachers below 50 from girls’ schools

Politics

Congress govt in Rajasthan stops the pension for MISA prisoners, says they were ‘rule breakers’ not freedom fighters

OpIndia Staff - 19 October, 2019

In January, Congress in Madhya Pradesh had also suspended the MISA pension but was forced to withdraw its decision after it led to an uproar in the state.

Economy and Finance

Hua to Hua? Manmohan Singh now says ‘what happened did happen’

Abhishek Banerjee - 19 October, 2019

Manmohan Singh had this simple comeback to Nirmala Sitharaman pointing out the financial disaster that the UPA government created in Public Sector Banks.

Opinions

Think before pressing NOTA to teach your party a lesson, you may end up learning a hard one yourselves

Guest Author - 19 October, 2019

As BJP does not have vote bank like Congress, most NOTA voters are BJP supporters which harm BJP in the elections

Opinions

The real reason why Congress opposes a Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar is much more fundamental than mere politics

K Bhattacharjee - 18 October, 2019

A Bharat Ratna for Veer Savarkar would be official recognition of his contributions to the story of Independent India at the highest level, despite the vilification heaped by Congress

Law

DK Shivakumar has hit a triple century, has acquired 300 properties with disproportionate funds: ED tells court

OpIndia Staff - 18 October, 2019

Pleading to the court for granting bail, Shivakumar's lawyer and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated that the former Karnataka minister has already spent 45 days inside the jail.

Politics

Read Indira Gandhi’s letter referring to Veer Savarkar as ‘remarkable son of India’

OpIndia Staff - 17 October, 2019

In a letter dated May 30, 1980, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had written a letter to Pandit Bakhle, then secretary of Swatantrayaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak, hailing Savarkar's contribution to the freedom struggle.

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