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Politics

‘Few people on higher level dictating terms’: Congress spokesperson Khushbu Sundar resigns from party

OpIndia Staff - 12 October, 2020

In her letter addressed to party president Sonia Gandhi, she claimed that she did not join the party for monetary gains as she joined it in 2014 after Congress had lost the general elections.

News Reports

Christian preacher accused of sending inappropriate texts to minor girls says his messages were ‘misread’

OpIndia Staff - 7 October, 2020

Following the allegations, the board members of Scripture Union had taken the complaints into cognizance and had decided to take stringent action against Sam Jaisunder and Reuben Clement.

News Reports

Tuticorin custodial death case: CBI names 9 cops in charge sheet in the custodial death of father-son duo in Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff - 27 September, 2020

P Jayaraj and his son J Bennix had died after they were picked up by the Police for opening their mobile accessories shop during lockdown

Government and Policy

Economics of Higher Education in India: Tamil Nadu as a sample state

Suren - 26 September, 2020

There is a need to derive an economic solution for the issue of NEET protests that we see in Tamil Nadu and the seeming unfairness.

Law

HRCE Dept uses the ‘we are doing what Kings did’ argument, claims ‘secular’ state of Tamil Nadu entitled to control temples

OpIndia Staff - 19 September, 2020

HR&CE Dept has filed an affidavit at the Madras HC saying that though the state of Tamil Nadu is secular, it is entitled to control temples.

Opinions

How YS Jaganmohan Reddy held the Judiciary to ransom after a PIL was filed to ‘clean politics up’

Guest Author - 18 September, 2020

Even before the debate on Justice Gogoi’s tenure settles, a fresh attempt to breach independence is seeming to blow from down south.

Crime

Tamil Nadu: Dalit BJP leader murdered while celebrating son’s birthday, nine arrested

OpIndia Staff - 17 September, 2020

The BJP youth wing leader was attacked at his home while he was celebrating his son's birthday.

News Reports

Stolen Vijayanagara era bronze idols of Sri Ram, Maa Sita and Laxman handed over to India by UK authorities

OpIndia Staff - 16 September, 2020

The idols were formally handed over to India by the British police in a ceremony at the India House, London.

Political History of India

The Dream of Dravida Nadu: How the movement started with heroic speeches and ended in a damp anti-climax

Suren - 15 September, 2020

For close to a quarter-century, the demand was for a separate State called Dravida Nadu. However, the DMK did not place much thrust on this demand after the first early years and completely abandoned it in 1963.

OpIndia Explains

Why Tamil Nadu govt does not want to see the growth of Navodaya Vidyalayas: Some truths about DMK and anti-Hindi agitations

Suren - 12 September, 2020

Elements in Tamil movie industry started a campaign of circulating their pictures on social media with the caption ‘I am a Tamil Speaking Indian’ or ‘Hindi Theiyadhu Poda’ – ‘I don’t know Hindi, man!’.

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