Editor's picks

Opinions

Bhatta Parsaul to Hathras, Congress continues to use the same script to launch Gandhi siblings

Sandeep Singh - 4 October, 2020

Like the Hathras case, Congress has used multiple tragic events in past in an attempt to launch & re-launce Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi

Media

Times Group’s tabloid Ahmedabad Mirror fakes an interview with Gujarat BJP President CR Paatil, Editor denies allegations

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2020

Taking to Twitter, Paatil called out the fictional 'interview' where the tabloid's Congress-friendly Editor herself had taken the byline.

Opinions

Hathras case: How the Darbari media is helping the Bunty-Babli of politics to revive their career

Shehzad Poonawalla - 4 October, 2020

Hathras is not about Bharat ki Beṭi anymore but about a political Beta-Beṭi or Bunty and Babli as I call them.

Entertainment

‘Jism ki garmi’: How Hindi film industry disregarded consent and normalised rape and molestation over the years

Dibakar Dutta - 4 October, 2020

The Hindi film industry has, knowingly or unknowingly, convinced a generation of people that rape is normal when done in light of 'greater good'.

Media Fact-Check

Hathras victim needs justice, but not with lies and propaganda – here is why Wire’s report claiming medical report confirms rape is wrong

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2020

The Wire attributes the comments of Hathras victim to doctors to claim that there is medical and forensic evidence of rape in the case

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrests Congress leader Nizam Malik for announcing bounty on the head of Hathras case accused

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2020

Congress leader Nizam Malik was heard saying whoever brings the head of the four accused in Hathras case, the community will give them Rs 1 crore

Crime

Chhattisgarh: Congress leader and minister refers to gang-rape of a minor in Balrampur as a ‘small incident’

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2020

Congress leader and Chhattisgarh Minister Shiv Dahariya called the brutal gang-rape of a minor girl in Balrampur a ‘small incident.’

News Reports

Republic TV says it will have a ‘final expose’ on Sushant Singh Rajput on Monday morning, sticks to ‘no suicide’ theory

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2020

Republic TV chief Arnab Goswami on Sunday said that the AIIMS report on Sushant Singh Rajput's death is a 'plant' and questioned the hospital for not coming on record to release the final statement.

News Reports

Motley of ‘international NGOs’ join Hathras politics, demand dismissal of Yogi govt

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2020

With the 'international NGOs' throwing their hat in the ring, the justice for the deceased woman now seems to have taken a backseat as politicians rush in for their 15-seconds of fame.

News Reports