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Accusing Twitter of being an agent of ‘Brahmanvad’ shows the hollowness of leftist Dalit activism

K Bhattacharjee - 3 November, 2019

Dilip Mandal has gone on to urge people to trend 'Brahmanvadi Twitter' on the social media platform.

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Quizmaster turned politician Derek O’Brien posts two graphs in 24 hours to show Bengal doing better than national average, gets both of them wrong

OpIndia Staff - 3 November, 2019

Derek O’Brien posts two wrong graphs to compare healthcare spends of India and Bengal

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Columnist working for ‘blue tick Baniya’ Shekhar Gupta attacks Twitter for not giving blue ticks to Dalits

OpIndia Staff - 3 November, 2019

The blue tick is now being referred to as 'neeli janeu' because ThePrint columnist Dilip Mondal thinks he deserves a blue tick but Twitter is casteist in not giving him one.

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Pakistani singer Rabi Pirzada’s sex videos leaked a day after she criticised their army spokesperson Ghafoora on Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 2 November, 2019

Rabi Pirzada is the Pakistani singer who had gained social media attention in India by claiming to release snakes and crocodiles on PM Modi after the abrogation of Article 370

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It was a joke, being made into a mountain out of molehill: Farokh Engineer over ‘serving tea’ comment on Anushka

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2019

The 82-year-old former wicket-keeper had stirred controversy by dragging Anushka’s name while launching an attack on Indian cricket team selectors.

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And for the record, I drink coffee: Anushka Sharma takes on malicious news alleging her interference in BCCI

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2019

Farokh Engineer had stirred a controversy by alleging that Anushka Sharma was interfering in BCCI

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Government clarifies that there is no ‘Gold Amnesty Scheme’ after media publishes misleading reports

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2019

Media houses had reported earlier today that the government may soon announce a 'gold amnesty scheme' which will fix a holding limit for gold and will tax Indians over a certain amount of gold.

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Twitter to ban all political advertisements: CEO Jack Dorsey

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2019

Dorsey announced his decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally stating that the micro-blogging site believed that political message reach "should be earned, not bought".

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