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Journalist Aarti Tikoo Singh moves Delhi High Court against Twitter for blocking her account

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2022

Aarti Tikoo Singh approaches Delhi High court against Twitter after her account was locked for showing Islamists threating her brother

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Mumbai Police detains, interrogates BJP leader for comparing Rashmi Thackeray to Rabri Devi on Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2022

The Mumbai police have been for the last few hours questioning BJP's Jiten Gajaria over his two Tweets on Uddhav Thackeray's wife Rashmi Thackeray.

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OpIndia Exclusive: Was AIMIM chief Owaisi denied a room in a ‘Hindu’ hotel in Moradabad? Here is the truth

Jhankar Mohta - 6 January, 2022

A video with claims that a 'Hindu hotel' in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh refused to give a room to the AIMIM chief has gone viral on social media.

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IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw orders action against Telegram channel sexually targeting Hindu women, Mumbai Police keeps mum

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2022

Popular Twitter user Anshul Saxena had shared the images of the Telegram channel named 'Hindu Ran*yan' that was sharing images of Hindu women with derogatory and explicit threats.

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Arvind Kejriwal tests positive for Covid after doing 4 rallies in a week, ‘superspreader’ memes flood the internet

OpIndia Staff - 4 January, 2022

Kejriwal took more than 11 trips to the poll-bound states like Goa and Punjab to campaign for his party in last 2 weeks.

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Irregularities and misappropriations: Some high-profile ‘activists’ whose crowdfunding drives have faced controversy

OpIndia Staff - 3 January, 2022

Fundraisers that have run into controversies over misappropriations and violation of laws.

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Over 17.5 lakh WhatsApp accounts banned in India in November mostly for spamming, reveals compliance report under IT Rules 2021

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2022

WhatsApp is reported to have banned nearly 17.5 lakh Indian accounts in the month of November under IT Rules 2021

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Popular Modi hating Instagram account ‘F*ckBJP’ comes undone, accused of abuse and harassment

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2022

In recent past, many social media activists who portray themselves to be 'woke, liberal and feminist' have been accused of sexual and emotional abuse by multiple women.

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