George Fernandes Archives

News Reports

OpIndia Staff - 25 January, 2020

The President has approved 141 awards this year which includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards

Political History of India

OpIndia Staff - 14 January, 2020

This is how George Fernandes, a small town boy from Mangalore, rose to power and changed the political landscape of India.

News Reports

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2019

Selected stories of the day for your evening reading.

Editor's picks

Raju Das - 29 January, 2019

Although the Congress party badly wants the ‘Rafale scam’ to become the Bofors scam for BJP, it is actually a repeat of ‘Coffin scam’.

News Reports

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2019

Bihar government announces two-day mourning following the demise of leader George Fernandes.

Editor's picks

Aashish Chandorkar - 29 January, 2019

George Fernandes was a principled socialist leader who became active in Mumbai local politics in the 1960s

Editor's picks

K Bhattacharjee - 29 January, 2019

As tributes flow in, Congress seems to have forgotten how they treated George Fernandes during the Emergency, when he was alive

Editor's picks

Abhishek Banerjee - 29 January, 2019

I am no socialist, but yes I am capable of looking beyond that to appreciate a man with sincerely held beliefs. And a working moral compass.

News Reports

OpIndia Staff - 29 January, 2019

Today morning, George Fernandes breathed his last following a prolonged illness.

Political Fact-Check

OpIndia Staff - 12 October, 2018

Lt. Gen. Zameeruddin Shah has claimed that state government delayed transportation for Army troops during 2002 riots

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