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Hyderabad: Restaurant denies entry to Muslim woman for wearing Hijab, online Islamists abuse her for visiting a place that serves liquor and pork

OpIndia Staff - 14 November, 2021

A Muslim woman revealed that she was denied entry to a restaurant for wearing Hijab, but Islamists slam for visiting a place that serves liquor and pork

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Tripura: MHA debunks fake news about mosque vandalism in Gomati, warns against its use to spread discontent

OpIndia Staff - 14 November, 2021

MHA warned that fake news about mosque vandalism in Tripura could be weaponised to disturb the tranquillity in Maharashtra.

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WWE Superstar John Cena posts Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s photo on Instagram, invokes famous ‘You can’t see me’ reactions

OpIndia Staff - 13 November, 2021

WWE Superstar John Cena posted photo of MS Dhoni extending his hand, social media says he is shaking hands with invisible Cena

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American radio show defends “Gender Queer”, a book that was banned across schools in the US for pornographic content involving children

OpIndia Staff - 13 November, 2021

NPR's 1A defended 'Gender Queer' book, which was pulled out from many schools across the US for its sexually explicit content

Fact-Check

AltNews and The Wire whitewash Akhilesh’s Jinnah statement, call it fake news while admitting that he indeed made the statement

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

AltNews and The Wire claimed that people saying Akhilesh Yadav praised Jinnah as a freedom fighter was 'fake news' because Yadav had not named Jinnah alone, he had named others too.

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Big brain liberals “slam” PM Modi for not giving Padma Award to Neeraj Chopra because he is a ‘farmer’s son’: Here is how they...

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

Neeraj Chopra was not awarded a Padma Award because the awards were for 2020 and announced on January 26th, much before the Olympics

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Fiddlehead founder Melinda Byerley goes from calling Indians ‘parasites’ to ‘underprivileged’ in apology that came late: Details

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2021

The silicon valley entrepreneur in her Twitter post on Friday ‘thanked’ the netizens for the honest feedback. She further apologized for her statements and for ‘taking too long to understand.’

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