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Drugs, casual sex and taboos: This podcast by film journalist reaffirms what Kangana Ranaut says on the film industry

OpIndia Staff -
Film journalist Renil Abraham spills the beans on the deep, dark world of Bollywood.
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News Reports

India beats China to become a member of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) under the United Nations

OpIndia Staff -
India gets elected to United Nations’ Commission on Status of Women (CSW), a body of Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
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News Reports

‘No criminal offence’: Delhi Police submit in court in case against journalist who had asked people to use Teej Vrat book as toilet paper

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Sushmita Sinha had last month posted a video on her YouTube channel in which she was seen urging people to use Hindu religious book as toilet paper.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Vikas Dubey’s ‘ghost’ spooks villagers, claim they still see the gangster who was recently killed in an encounter

OpIndia Staff -
The 'ghost' of gangster Vikas Dubey, who was recently killed ain an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police, seems to be haunting the villagers in Kanpur's Bikru village.
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News Reports

Twitter suspends Chinese scientist’s account days after she had asserted that Wuhan coronavirus was made in a lab

OpIndia Staff -
The suspension of Dr Yan's account took place after she had gained over 60,000 followers in less than 48 hours.
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News Reports

Stolen Vijayanagara era bronze idols of Sri Ram, Maa Sita and Laxman handed over to India by UK authorities

OpIndia Staff -
The idols were formally handed over to India by the British police in a ceremony at the India House, London.
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News Reports

Delhi Police chief responds to ex-IPS officer Julio Ribeiro, expresses disappointment at latter’s lack of efforts to know facts in Delhi riots case

OpIndia Staff -
SN Shrivastava, Commissioner of Police, Delhi, has written a detailed reply to ex-IPS officer Julio Ribeiro clarifying his doubts about the North East Delhi Riots investigation.
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News Reports

All is still not well in Rajasthan Congress? MLA demands removal of ‘most corrupt’ minister

OpIndia Staff -
Apparently, during his earlier tenure as Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot had removed Pramod Jain Bhaya after cabinet reshuffle in November 2011.
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News Reports

Congress MLA who had threatened to burn BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur alive dies of Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Last year, Congress MLA Govardhan Dangi had openly threatened to burn Sadhvi Pragya alive if she sets foot in Madhya Pradesh.
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News Reports

Actress Kangana Ranaut seeks Rs 2 crore from BMC as compensation, slaps notice at the civic body

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana Ranaut is in no mood to spare the Maharashtra Government who came down hard on her for speaking her mind.
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News Reports

NSA Ajit Doval walks out of SCO meeting in Russia after Pakistan’s shenanigans: Here is why

OpIndia Staff -
Secretary of NSC of Russia, Patrushev said that Pakistan's act will not affect his personal relationship with Ajit Doval .
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Fact-Check

Fact Check: Is India going under lockdown once again from September 25?

OpIndia Staff -
PIB has debunked rumours on social media about the reimposition of lockdown from September 25 in the wake of Coronavirus surge.
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Cricket

BCCI president Sourav Ganguly shares pictures of his visit to the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, blurs picture of Pakistani cricketers in background

OpIndia Staff -
Sharjah is the 1st of the 3 venues that Sourav Ganguly has visited and he is likely to visit Dubai and Abu Dhabi as well
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Madrassa to provide 3-month coaching for ‘minority’ candidates aspiring for police constabulary

OpIndia Staff -
A Madrassa in Maharashtra has decided to provide pre-recruitment training to 200 Muslim candidates who are aspiring for the post of the police constable.
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News Reports

Supreme Court stays the telecast of Sudarshan TV’s ‘UPSC Jihad’ show, next hearing on September 17

OpIndia Staff -
Sudarshan TV, in its defence, had submitted that it is an investigative story and is important to national security as there is a lot of foreign funding involved.
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News Reports

Vladimir Putin’s critic Alexei Navalny, who was ‘poisoned’, on road to recovery, shares a photo from hospital on Instagram

OpIndia Staff -
Alexei Navalny had collapsed on a flight from Siberia on August 20. He was rushed to the Charité hospital in Berlin
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News Reports

China has been illegally occupying parts of Ladakh and PoK, it can not be allowed to make unilateral changes to LAC any more: Rajnath...

OpIndia Staff -
Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh addresses the parliament on LAC situation, says Indian soldiers are prepared and any attempts by China to change status quo unilaterally will not be tolerated.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Kanpur police set up an SIT to investigate multiple ‘love jihad’ cases

OpIndia Staff -
The SIT is going to probe the alleged role of Islamic organisations in financially assisting outfits indulging in 'love jihad'
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Entertainment

Silence of the Bachchans: When Samajwadi Party’s Jaya Bachchan kept quiet as her party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav justified rapes

Jhankar Mohta -
One wonders where was the spine and voice when Jaya Bachchan's colleague's were justifying rapes and passing sexist remarks
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News Reports

COVID-19 vaccine may become reality by the first quarter of 2021, PM warns people to stay cautious as cases in India surge

OpIndia Staff -
Covid-19 vaccine may become reality by the first quarter of 2021 said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.
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Law

A Hindu conservative argument against same sex marriages: Religious sanction, dictatorship of the minority, and where does it end?

K Bhattacharjee -
A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court recently demanding the recognition of same sex marriages under the Hindu Marriage Act.
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News Reports

The Wire journalist loses her mind, claims Golden Retriever dog is ‘upper caste’

OpIndia Staff -
In ugly display of Brahmin hatred, the journalist went on to declare the Golden Retriever breed of dogs an upper caste.
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News Reports

‘We are answerable only to the Govt of India’: Facebook rejects Delhi assembly committee’s summons

OpIndia Staff -
Labelling it as a 'disregard' to the 'privilege' of the committee, Raghav Chadha stated that summons would be issued to Facebook again.
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OpIndia Explains

Delwar Hossain Sayeedi: The man who is convicted for war crimes against Hindus and pro-Bangladeshi supporters in 1971 war

OpIndia Staff -
Delwar Hossain Sayeedi is a war criminal convicted for presiding over murders, rapes and forced conversions of Hindus and pro-Bangladeshis during the 1971 war
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News Reports

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s estranged wife stands by her allegations, records statement with UP Police

OpIndia Staff -
Aaliya had accused Siddiqui of infidelity and had alleged that another family member was molested by his brother but the family hushed the issue up.
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News Reports

‘I am now with BJP-RSS, will not let gundagardi happen in Maharashtra’: Navy officer who was assaulted by Sena goons

OpIndia Staff -
The retired Navy officer met Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and stated that president's rule should be imposed in the state.
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News Reports

Congress leaders including Shashi Tharoor and Digvijaya Singh extend support to Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid

OpIndia Staff -
Despite FIR blames Umar Khalid of hatching the conspiracy, Congress laments the arrest of the former JNU student
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Social Media

Food vloggers ‘Bong Eats’ comes out to defend Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid, call him an ‘independent voice’

Dibakar Dutta -
Bong Eats dedicated the song to Umar Khalid, suggesting that none can tame the 'independence' of the alleged conspirator of Delhi riots.
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Political History of India

The Dream of Dravida Nadu: How the movement started with heroic speeches and ended in a damp anti-climax

Suren -
For close to a quarter-century, the demand was for a separate State called Dravida Nadu. However, the DMK did not place much thrust on this demand after the first early years and completely abandoned it in 1963.
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Opinions

The simple reason PM Modi won’t say “China”

Abhishek Banerjee -
In other words, PM Modi cannot talk about China because Xi Jinping is not talking about India.
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News Reports

Tech in the time of pandemic: How Aarogya Setu app has been helping people in fighting the Chinese coronavirus

Nirwa Mehta -
Aarogya Setu: How India is using technology to fight the pandemic
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News Reports

Kaagaz Scanner: The India-made document scanner app that was praised by PM Modi in his Mann Ki Baat

Anurag -
Kaagaz Scanner – A mobile app to scan documents, lauded by PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat
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Fact-Check

Pakistanis use a 2-year-old image to claim IAF chopper has crashed in Ladakh

OpIndia Staff -
The image is that of an Mi-17 Indian chopper, which had caught fire in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in April 2018
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Media

“Doordarshan is an emotion that reminds the unity of the nation”: Netizens become nostalgic as Doordarshan turns 61

OpIndia Staff -
Doordarshan, which began as an experiment on 15 September, 1959, became a service in 1965, beaming signals to televisions around the national capital region
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Entertainment

Would she say the same if Abhishek was found hanging one day?: Kangana Ranaut hits out on Jaya Bachchan on Bollywood drug abuse case

OpIndia Staff -
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday hit out on veteran actress and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan for trying to water down the rampant drug abuse in the film industry.
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Media

Media shields Congress leader Brijesh Kalappa for demanding the withdrawal of Y-plus security cover of Kangana Ranaut

Dibakar Dutta -
Media reports covering Kalappa's demand of Kangana's security cover did not mention that he is a Congress leader and AICC spokesperson
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News Reports

NCB confirms it may soon summon Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh for questioning: Report

OpIndia Staff -
NCB to summon Sara Ali Khan, Rakul Preet Singh, Simone Khambatta for questioning in the drugs case.
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News Reports

‘Jis thaali mein khaya, usi mein chhed kiya’: SP’s Jaya Bachchan attacks BJP’s Ravi Kishan over Bollywood drug abuse issue

OpIndia Staff -
Veteran Bollywood actress and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday attacked BJP MP Ravi Kishan for raising the drug abuse issue which is quite prevalent in Bollywood.
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News Reports

Under construction Mughal museum in Agra to be named after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath emphasised, "How can our heroes be Mughals? The very name of Shivaji will invoke a feeling of nationalism and self-esteem"
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News Reports

‘Haramkhor means lazy’, Congress leader Arshi Khan says on television debate, claims PoK is part of Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader and reality show contestant Arshi Khan, who joined Congress ahead of 2019 general elections, in a television debate made outrageous claims that PoK, the part of Kashmir illegally occupied by Pakistan, is part of Pakistan.
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News Reports

‘Can search or arrest without warrant’: All you need to know about the new Uttar Pradesh special security force

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath had on 26 June announced the formation of the Special Security Force.
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News Reports

What Rhea is to Sushant Singh’s death case, fiance Rohan Rai is to Disha Salian’s case: BJP Nitish Rane questions his disappearance, asks CBI...

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MLA wants CBI to investigate the role of fiance Rohan Rai into the suicide case of celebrity manager Disha Salian
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News Reports

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia tests positive for COVID-19, isolates himself

OpIndia Staff -
After testing positive for coronavirus, Manish Sisodia assured his followers that he is not facing any complications.
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News Reports

Leftists including Teesta Setalvad agree that PFI and SDPI are radicalising Muslim youth: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
Swaraj Abhiyan activist Zia Nomani is heard pleading with Teesta Setalvad to raise the threat posed by SDPI and PFI.
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Politics

Donald Trump agrees to debate Joe Biden in a podcast with Joe Rogan

OpIndia Staff -
Joe Rogan had offered to moderate a debate between incumbent president Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden.
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News Reports

Police yet to register FIR against ‘comedian’ Munawar Faruqui for hurting Hindu sentiments, alleges complainant

OpIndia Staff -
Munawar Faruqui had mocked the 2002 Godhra carnage where 58 Hindus returning from Ayodhya were burnt alive by a Muslim mob.
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News Reports

Court grants police 10 day custody of Umar Khalid in the Delhi Riots Case

OpIndia Staff -
Umar Khalid was arrested by Delhi Police and booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on Sunday night.
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OpIndia Explains

How Zakat Foundation romanticises Muhammad Iqbal and why it is extremely problematic

OpIndia Staff -
The Zakat Foundation has found itself in a raging controversy recently after allegations have been made that Muslims receive undue advantages in their efforts to gain recruitment into the civil services
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News Reports

Prashant Bhushan files review petition against SC’s verdict in contempt case where he was fined Rs 1

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan is seeking a review of the contempt of court verdict that had penalised him with Rs 1 last month.
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Media Fact-Check

Newslaundry publishes a hitjob against PBNS, Prasar Bharati and the Modi govt: Here are 12 lies they peddled

Editorial Desk -
Propaganda outlet Newslaundry published an article that essentially said that the Modi government could not 'capture' PTI and hence, it launched PBNS.
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