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Dibakar Dutta - 18 January, 2021

The Mumbai Police leaked the private WhatsApp chats of Arnab Goswami on the internet in order to embarrass the Republic TV Editor.

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‘Consensual affair’ between minors and adults not a valid defense, says SC: Here’s why it is significant in view of growing Grooming Jihad cases

K Bhattacharjee - 18 January, 2021

The Supreme Court on the 13th of January delivered a very significant judgment in a case involving the kidnapping of a minor.

Media Fact-Check

As India starts world’s largest COVID vaccination drive, media organisations resort to spreading lies and fear

Jinit Jain - 18 January, 2021

Several media organisations have published headlines that alluded the ward boy who died of heart attack in Moradabad, had lost his life because of COVID-19 vaccine

‘Gaadi se layenge farzi comedian ko’: UP Police reaches Madhya Pradesh to take custody of Munawar Faruqui

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

UP Police has sought custody of 'comedian' Munawar Faruqui in a 2020 case pertaining to allegations of insulting Hindu gods and goddesses.

Hinduphobic content on OTT platforms and censorship: The case against it and the ironic case for it

Abhishek Banerjee - 18 January, 2021

Content creators don’t stay away from picking on other communities because they fear lawsuits or court cases. They stay away because they fear raw street power.

‘Jack Ma is safe and sound’, is ‘laying low’ claims founder and chairman of equity firm Primavera Capital Group

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Days after his unflattering opinion of the Chinese authorities, Alibaba founder Jack Ma went mysteriously missing

OpIndia Explains

The vaccine diplomacy: The next battleground between India and China to dominate the global COVID-19 vaccine requirements

Jinit Jain - 18 January, 2021

With apprehensions surrounding Chinese vaccines swelling, India has taken a lead in helping the world to combat coronavirus with its indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccines

The build up to the Delhi anti-Hindu Riots 2020

On this day that year

OpIndia Explains

Scars of how Islamists and Left came together to burn the country a year ago: From the ides of December to end of February

Nupur J Sharma - 17 December, 2020

It was on the 11th of December 2019 that calls to Jihad started emanating, culminating into the Delhi anti-Hindu riots.

Rajasthan: Pakistani immigrant Neeta Kanwar who was granted citizenship in September elected Sarpanch in Tonk

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2020

Neeta Kanwar defeated her opponent Sonu Devi by 362 votes. A total of 1,073 votes were cast in Kanwar's favour.

While Congress party keeps protesting against CAA, Congress govt in Rajasthan gives land at half prices to Pakistani migrants in the state

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2020

The double standard displayed by the Congress government in Rajasthan has attracted sharp criticism from the Opposition

Anti-CAA riots: Delhi police urges ‘protestors’ at Shaheen Bagh to clear the blockage to help residents, school children

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2020

Delhi High Court had asked the police to keep law and order situation and public interest in mind while evicting protesters at Shaheen Bagh to clear roads at the Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch.

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Proctor of Aligarh Muslim University shown a shoe, called a pimp by students sitting on dharna against CAA and NRC

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2020

AMU students protesting against CAA-NRC abuse proctor by showing shoe and calling him pimp

Coronavirus
Latest status and reports from India

India

10,572,672

Total cases

Updated on 18 January, 2021 8:51 PM

India

10,211,342

Recovered

Updated on 18 January, 2021 8:51 PM

India

152,456

Deaths

Updated on 18 January, 2021 8:51 PM

Data automatically updated from this public source

95,592,908

Updated on 18 January, 2021 8:51 PM

Opinions

World

Force the Vote: The churn within the Democratic Party, the ‘Fraud Squad’ and the plank for ‘Medicare for All’ that appears abandoned

brakoo - 18 January, 2021

Progressives within the party want to move the Democratic Party more and more to the left of the political spectrum.

What the Nidhi-Harvard story reveals about our world: Get off your high horse, you are not that special, anyway

Abhishek Banerjee - 16 January, 2021

Liberal journalist, Nidhi Razdan, thought she had received an offer from Harvard University to become an Associate Professor of journalism.

Firangi lord Rahul Gandhi realises the glory of Hindu festival after witnessing it, makes superb U-turns while making zero sense

Sanghamitra - 14 January, 2021

After Congress tried to ban Jallikattu for years, today Rahul Gandhi has decided that he likes it. Also the lord Gandhi has been kind enough to allow us brown people to continue their traditional festivities on Pongal.

Explained – The political crisis over crop procurement in Chhattisgarh and why paddy procurement has been stopped in the state

Anand Walunjkar - 14 January, 2021

As mandis in Chhattisgarh overflow due to bonus announced by govt, both Congress and BJP blaming each other

Is collapse of Congress making the left ecosystem more openly Hinduphobic?

Abhishek Banerjee - 14 January, 2021

Americans already know about Muslims and Hindus. The binary is simple to explain. That’s what Indian liberals are doing.

‘Sarve Santu Niramayah’: The wait is over, may we all be free from the disease

Nirwa Mehta - 12 January, 2021

A sticker on the Covishield vaccine box reads 'सर्वे संतु निरामयः'. It means may all be free from disease. Indeed.

Politics

Pakistan: Demand for an independent ‘Sindhudesh’ intensifies, placards of PM Modi raised

Dibakar Dutta - 18 January, 2021

The demand for a free Sindh nation, Sindhudesh, has been a long-standing demand of the people of the province.

After mouthing platitudes over farmer protest in India, Justin Trudeau’s police cracks down on protestors in Toronto

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Pakistan claims India staged Pulwama attack after Mumbai Police leaks chat to embarrass Arnab, Republic hits back: Details

Media OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

Fake letter on Delhi BJP’s letterhead circulated containing derogatory comments and inciting violence against protesting farmers

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

Shiv Sena to contest West Bengal Assembly elections

Politics OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

‘Azadi’ slogans raised at Azad Maidan in Mumbai as thousands of Muslim protestors gathered to protest against farm laws

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

Congress admits Mumbai police leaked Arnab Goswami chats: Here are all the wild conspiracy theories they generated

Media K Bhattacharjee - 17 January, 2021

‘Karnataka-occupied areas’ with majority Marathi speaking people will be incorporated into Maharashtra, claims Uddhav Thackeray

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

Fake TRP Scam: Wife of former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta files complaint with NHRC over torture of her husband in jail

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

Fact-Check

NDTV’s Ravish Kumar spreads fake news on paddy procurement by govt: Read full details of letter written by govt of India

PIB Additional Director General sent a letter to NDTV after Ravish Kumar used wrong data to accuse govt of lying about paddy procurement

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2021

Media Fact-Check

Usual suspects lie and spread propaganda to allege that Centre branded all protesters as Khalistanis in SC: Read details

The left-leaning propagandists twisted AG Venugopal's assertion that Khalistanis have infiltrated the farmers' protests to allege Centre has called all the farmers as Khalistanis

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2021

Media Fact-Check

‘No cash award system’, Indian army refutes media reports that Shopian encounter was staged for Rs 20 lakhs

These reports were widely shared on Twitter, with many rebuking the Indian Army for faking an encounter in lieu of a bribe

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2021

OpIndia Explains

Does Twitter own Signal? Well, No. Here is all you need to know

Rumours suggested that Signal is owned by Twitter which turned out to be misinformation

Anurag - 12 January, 2021

Media

MediaOpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

While Times Now goes hammer and tongs after Arnab Goswami, here is what Times of India published ahead of air-strike

The Arnab Goswami private WhatsApp chats leaked by Mumbai Police have created quite the storm.

MediaOpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

The curious case of Steve Jarding: How the specialist in failure Harvard Professor failed Nidhi Razdan

Steve Jarding is in the advisory board of the Kautilya School of Public Policy (KSPP) along with Nidhi Razdan.

MediaOpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2021

Harvard University announced freeze on hiring two months before Nidhi Razdan claimed she was joining the Uni: Details

In April 2020, the Harvard University had announced that they were implementing an immediate freeze on hiring and salary.

MediaK Bhattacharjee - 16 January, 2021

Nidhi Razdan, fake Harvard professorship and her blog explaining the fiasco, which raises more questions than answers: Details

Nidhi Razdan has now penned a blog detailing how she fell victim to a phishing attack promising her professorship at Harvard.

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They’re paying someone in Taloja to torture him till he names Arnab, he’s on death bed: Ex-BARC CEO family speak up, file affidavit

OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2021

Days after they arrested BARC COO Romil Ramgarhia, they arrested BARC former CEO Partho Dasgupta on the 25th of December 2020.

OpIndia Scoops

BHU to induct degree course on Hindu Studies with Ancient scriptures, Vedas, Puranas and more: Exclusive details

रवि अग्रहरि - 16 January, 2021

Bharat Adhyayan Kendra of BHU has come up with a structured two-year course on Hindu Studies, scriptures and traditions

TRP case exclusive: Even before Republic TV was born, BARC’s internal emails point towards an IPL link

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2021

In statement by Police in TRP case, they alluded to a 'forensic report' on the basis of which, they claimed to have 'found evidence'.

World Hindi Day and how it is different from ‘Hindi Diwas’

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2021

Since 1975, the World Hindi Conference has been organised in several countries over the years including Mauritius, USA and the UK

WhatsApp vs Signal vs Telegram: Here’s how they fare against each other amidst concerns of privacy after WhatsApp’s latest policy update

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2021

The popularity of messaging apps Signal and Telegram soared after WhatsApp updated its policy raising concerns about data privacy

Bollywood, Sports & more

As ‘Tandav’ controversy erupts, an email written by Amit Malviya to Amazon surfaces

Malviya's email and shared an OpIndia report on the open ideological and political bias of Aparna Purohit, the creative head of Prime Videos.

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Social Media

‘Madam Chief Minister’ poster row: Bhim Sena threatens to cut off Richa Chadha’s tongue, actress apologises for poster

The poster of 'Madam Chief Minister' showed Richa Chadha holding a broom. Many have called it an offensive stereotyping of the Dalit community.

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Entertainment

Waste of talent, resources and time: I watched Tandav on Amazon Prime so you don’t have to

Tandav on Amazon Prime would've died its own slow, painful death and vanished without a whimper has it not got the attention it got in past few days.

Nirwa Mehta - 18 January, 2021

‘Web Series Tandav can hurt religious harmony’: UP Police files FIR against makers, police team to be sent to Mumbai

An FIR has been filed in the Hazratganj Police Station in Lucknow against the makers of 'Tandav'.

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

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Condemn desecration Hindu places of worship: Conservative MP from Canada calls for resettlement of Kashmiri pandits in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Canadian Conservative MP Bob Saroya has extended his full support to the Modi government for the resettlement and rehabilitation of the Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley.

Crime

Mumbai: NCP leader Nawab Malik’s son-in-law Sameer Khan sent to 14-day judicial custody in drug case

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

The NCB remand of Sameer Khan, the son-in-law of Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik ends today on January 18.

World

Uganda: Islamist mob attacks pastor and his wife, demolishes Church building. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

After the converted Imam joined Church service, the mob demolished parts of the Church, including the roof, windows, benches, musical instruments and doors.

‘Pakistan hand in the conspiracy against Republic has become obvious’: Arnab Goswami hits back at Pakistan PM Imran Khan

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Arnab Goswami hits out at Imran khan and Indian media for twisting facts to attack him over his chats leaked by Mumbai Police.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan uses Indian media to target India ahead of Republic Day

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Imran Khan tweeted on Monday that the transcripts leaked by Mumbai Police vindicated his government's claims about the Modi government's intentions.

Farmer leader Gurnam Chaduni teamed up with Congress to topple Khattar govt in Rs 10 crore deal: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Chaduni is also accused of instigating 'farmer' protestors to vandalise the venue of Haryana CM Manoharlal Khattar's rally earlier this month.

Went undercover as ‘Iftikhar Bhatt’, killed two Hizbul terrorists: The story of Major Mohit Sharma

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Major Mohit Sharma from the 1 Para Special Forces was martyred in an anti-terror operation in Kupwara in 2009.

Crime

Gujarat: Ram Mandir fund collection rally attacked again, riots in 2 villages of Kutch

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

Hindu rallies to collect funds for the Ram Mandir attacked in two locations in Kutch, Gujarat.

Uttar Pradesh surpasses its paddy purchase target two months in advance, makes record payment to farmers

OpIndia Staff - 18 January, 2021

While the state government has surpassed the procurement target, Yogi Adityanath has instructed that the procurement of produce will continue in the state.