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Social Media

Digvijay Singh locks his Twitter account, whines over lack of retweets

OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2019

Digvijay complained that his tweets are not showing the Retweet option and he cannot even see two previous tweets where he had questioned the government over intelligence failure.

Crime

Kolkata: Former Miss India, Uber driver attacked by mob, Fardin Khan, Sheik Rahit, and 5 others arrested

OpIndia Staff - 19 June, 2019

The Kolkata police finally swung into action and arrested seven men: Sheik Rahit, Fardin Khan, Sk. Sabir Ali, Sk. Gani, Sk. Imran Ali, Sk. Wasim and Atif Khan, for allegedly harassing the complainant.

Opinions

Even as Indian liberals and peaceniks hail ‘peaceful’ Pakistanis, abuse pours in against Sania Mirza post world cup defeat

Shashank Bharadwaj - 18 June, 2019

After motormouths like Veena Malik dragged Sania Mirza into an unwarranted controversy, it was time for other eminent intellectuals of Pakistan to share their blame on Sania Mirza.

News Reports

Kerala government intervenes to stop removal of illegal crosses planted at Panchalimedu near Sabarimala: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

A village officer had given the Church time until today to remove the crosses. However, after the intervention of the state government, the revenue department has now stalled the process claiming it to be a matter of 'faith'.

News Reports

Church in Thanjavur prevents residents of Nirmala Nagar from constructing a Ganesha temple on community land

OpIndia Staff - 17 June, 2019

The Church has opposed the construction despite the judgement of the Madras High Court.

Opinions

Twitter diplomacy: Imran Khan made a thread on India-Pak world cup match but zero tweets by PM Modi

Editorial Desk - 17 June, 2019

Cricket has always been part of ‘track 2 diplomacy’ so off-field events can’t be ignored.

Cricket

India refuses to be mediocre and docile, if that is ‘cold hearted’ for this Guardian writer, so be it

Sanghamitra - 17 June, 2019

Some people, who have clearly run out of issues to find faults, have come up with a brilliant demonstration of what Hindi Twitter knows as 'Naraaz Fufa'.

World Cup 2019