Monthly Archives: May, 2019

News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Stolen idol returned after 100 years by grandson of former priest who had stolen it

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

A 700 hundred-year-old idol of Dhroupathi Amman has been retrieved

News Reports

Karnataka Minister GT Deve Gowda says “JDS workers might have voted for BJP”, irks Congress

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

Karnataka JDS minister says that in some areas JDS voters may have voted for BJP instead of coalition candidates from Congress

Politics

Priyanka Gandhi encourages Congress workers to shout down Rajdeep after he asks about work done by Gandhis in Amethi

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

Priyanka Gandhi was in Amethi to address election rallies when she urged her supporters to heckle Rajdeep Sardesai as he tried to ask her why Amethi has shown no progress over the years.

Government and Policy

Another feather in PM Narendra Modi’s cap: Masood Azhar designated as terrorist in UN sanctions list

OpIndia Staff - 1 May, 2019

The mastermind of the Pathankot terrorist attack and head of Jaish-e-Mohammed, Masood Azhar, has been designated as a global terrorist in the United Nations Sanctions List

Opinions

True Indology speaks out, hits out on the horde of perpetrators who violated his religious beliefs

Guest Author - 1 May, 2019

Popular Twitter user True Indology, who prefers to stay anonymous, hits out on those who got his account suspended

Opinions

Paddy Upton calling Gautam Gambhir ‘mentally insecure’ in his book exposes corruption within mental healthcare services and threat it poses

K Bhattacharjee - 1 May, 2019

Former mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton has described former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir as “mentally the most insecure”. However, it didn't deter him from becoming one of India's most accomplished batsmen, he added.

Government and Policy

Modi ministers in five years – Road Transport and Shipping minister Nitin Gadkari

Keshav - 1 May, 2019

A look at the achievements of ministries under Nitin Gadkari

Opinions

The voter turnout in the first phases of 2019 elections shows which way the political wind may be blowing

Karan - 1 May, 2019

There has been a lot of discussion regarding voter turnouts in the current 2019 elections. During the initial phases, it was argued that the voter turn-out, in general, was lower than the 2014 levels.

Economy and Finance