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Facebook rubbishes charges of being pro-BJP, claims they ‘penalise’ everyone irrespective of political affiliation

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook today has refuted the allegations that it is pro-BJP and claimed that they prohibit 'hate speech' and content that 'incites violence' irrespective of party affiliation.
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News Reports

Malaysia: India returnee Nezar Mohamed imprisoned for 5 months for breaching home-quarantine as a deadly strain of coronavirus ‘D614G’ detected

OpIndia Staff -
Upon arrival in Malaysia, Nezar Mohamed Sabur Batca had tested negative in initial screening for coronavirus. However, he later tested positive.
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News Reports

Xinjiang: China razes Uyghur mosque, builds public toilet on the site

OpIndia Staff -
China builds public toilet on the site of a razed mosque in Xinjiang province.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC worker Humayun Kabir dies in an explosion while making crude bombs

OpIndia Staff -
Spokesperson of the TMC in Murshidabad, Goutam Ghosh, said that no TMC worker was involved in the incident.
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News Reports

Germany: Pakistanis abuse India and Indian citizen for standing ground and calling out their anti-India slogans in Frankfurt

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan-sponsored Khalistani elements hold rally in Frankfurt, abuse Indians and PM Modi
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News Reports

Indian Railways refutes New Indian Express report claiming North Indians were preferred over Tamilians in a recent recruitment exercise

OpIndia Staff -
Contrary to claim of bias in recruitment, Indian Railways said that 53% candidates selected for Asst. Loco Pilot are from Tamil Nadu
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News Reports

Maharashtra govt to train minority youth to ensure ‘maximum recruitment’ in the police department

OpIndia Staff -
Malik has also been advocating 5% Muslim quota in the state in government jobs. He had earlier stated that the government will bring an ordinance for it.
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News Reports

Aamir Khan draws ire for meeting Turkish First Lady amid reports of Turkey radicalising Indian Muslim youth with help of Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan who is in Turkey for the shooting of Laal Singh Chaddha on Sunday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's wife Emine Ergogan.
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Editor's picks

Touching the skies with glory: Women officers in Indian Air Force in reality vs movie world

Krishna Kant -
To make the movie more dramatic, the movie makers have ended up casting aspersions on Indian Air Force and strayed far from truth
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News Reports

Alia Bhatt starrer Sadak 2 trailer is now the most disliked video in the country, receives more than 1 crore dislikes on YouTube

OpIndia Staff -
Sadak 2 trailer tops the list of like to dislike ratio, out of total likes and dislikes, its dislike share is 95%, while the rest 5% has liked it
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News Reports

Karni Sena stages protest demanding CBI investigation in Sushant Singh Rajput case

OpIndia Staff -
Karni Sena had warned of a violent protest if the government did not intervene and initiate a CBI investigation in the case
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News Reports

Netizens slam creators of Zee5 web series ‘Abhay 2’ for depicting freedom fighter Khudiram Bose as a criminal

OpIndia Staff -
It can be clearly concluded that the makers of the Zee5 show used a sketch of Khudiram as the sketch of a criminal in Abhay 2
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Police arrest two in Sudeeksha Bhati hit and run case, Bullet owner tried to change appearance of the motorcycle

OpIndia Staff -
UP Police found no evidence of eve-teasing in Sudeeksha Bhati hit and run case, two people who had caused the accident arrested
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Opinions

WSJ story about Facebook India being ‘partial’ to the BJP is the revenge of the old media

Rahul Roushan -
Dressed up as some expose that quotes unidentified Facebook employees, it is part of an ongoing war.
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News Reports

AAP worker praises Arvind Kejriwal for the ‘daring act’ of not respecting Vande Mataram, compares the national song with Nazi salute

OpIndia Staff -
AAP social media team member compares Vande Mataram to Nazi salute while wishing birthday to Arvind Kejriwal
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Former Cricketer and UP cabinet minister Chetan Chauhan dies of coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Chetan Chauhan was 73 years old.
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Delhi: Shaheen Bagh activist Shahzad Ali joins BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Shaheen Bagh social activist Shahzad Ali today joined the BJP in presence of State BJP President Adesh Gupta and leader Shyam Jaju.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra resumes with restrictions, only 100 devotees from other states allowed per day

OpIndia Staff -
Mata Vaishno Devi Mandir opens after five months, only 2000 devotees including 100 from other states allowed per day
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News Reports

Watch: When PM Modi ran and hugged former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi can be seen approaching Atal Bihari Vajpayee and giving him a warm hug in a old video that has gone viral now
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News Reports

Watch: Historical speech by Atal Bihari Vajpayee during the 1977 victory rally after the defeat of Indira Gandhi after Emergency

Dibakar Dutta -
Atal Bihari Vajpayee had compared the defeat of Indira Gandhi in 1977 to a 'peaceful revolution' and 'public overthrowing' of a govt
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News Reports

West Bengal: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar accuses State government of putting Raj Bhavan under surveillance

OpIndia Staff -
Alleging that Raj Bhavan has been put under surveillance, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said he will do everything to protect its sanctity
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Social Media

Bahrain: Video of burqa-clad woman breaking Hindu idols goes viral, Islamists hail and celebrate on social media

OpIndia Staff -
A video of a burqa-clad woman breaking idols of Lord Ganesha in a store has gone viral on social media.
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Editor's picks

Wing Commander Namrita Chandi hits out on Karan Johar’s Dharma Production for ‘monstrous film’ Gunjan Saxena for showing IAF in poor light

OpIndia Staff -
Creative license is one thing but when someone deals with institutions, they cannot change facts like done with Gunjan Saxena
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News Reports

Fact Check: Is “Raam” with the photo of Lord Ram printed on it is the world’s most expensive currency

OpIndia Staff -
As Raam is not a legal tender issued by a sovereign state or a central bank, it is not a regular currency, it is actually a bearer bond
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At 1.94%, India has one of lowest fatality rate for Chinese coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
So far, a total of 18,62,258 people have recovered from Chinese coronavirus in the country taking recovery rate to 71.61%.
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Pranab Mukherjee’s health continues to remain critical, being closely monitored by health specialists

OpIndia Staff -
Pranab Mukherjee had been admitted to Army (R&R) Hospital earlier this month for a brain surgery where he tested positive for coronavirus.
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Entertainment

NCW chief asks filmmakers of ‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil girl’ to apologise and stop the screening of the movie

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, on Thursday, the NCW head had demanded clarity from the former IAF pilot on the allegations of 'gender discrimination' that has been emphasised in the movie.
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News Reports

Fact check: Did two Muslim men in Turkey cut off a dog’s ears and posted pics on Facebook? Read details

OpIndia Staff -
In the image, it was seen that two Muslim youths in Turkey had cut off the ears of the dog and proudly posted those photo on Facebook.
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Media

SaReGaMa claims copyright violation by Doordarshan telecast of Armed Forces musical band performance of Saare Jahan Se Achha on Independence Day

OpIndia Staff -
Prasar Bharati CEO expresses disappointment for receiving copyright strike on YouTube
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots accused Syed Nadeem who was arrested for violence dies, tests positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said that one accused named Syed Nadeem, who was arrested after the incident, was admitted to the Bowring hospital due to chest pain.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: 13-year-old gang-raped and killed in Lakhimpur Kheri, eyes gouged, tongue cut

OpIndia Staff -
Days after a six-year-old was raped in Hapur, a 13-year-old girl was found raped and murdered in Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh
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Donald Trump’s brother Robert Trump dies at 71

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, the US President had visited Robert at the hospital on Friday and told the media that his brother was having a 'hard time.'
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Social Media

‘Liberals’ are deleting their Facebook accounts but not because rioting Muslim mob burnt down Bengaluru over a post on Prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
Days after a rioting Muslim mob took to streets in Bengaluru and burnt down a Dalit Congress MLA's house and attacked police station over an allegedly blasphemous Facebook post on Prophet Muhammad, 'liberals' in India are deleting their Facebook accounts.
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Cricket

Former captain of Indian cricket team MS Dhoni announces retirement on Independence Day, Suresh Raina follows suit

OpIndia Staff -
Former captain of the Indian cricket team MS Dhoni has announced his retirement from international cricket.
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Specials

Seventy years after Jogendra Nath Mandal decided to return from Pakistan over atrocities on Hindus, his prophecies have come true

OpIndia Staff -
Jogendra Nath Mandal was appointed as a minister in the first Pakistan govt, but later he had returned to India
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Political History of India

Bina Das, Pritilata and Kalpana Dutta: Three valiant women from Bengal who fought for independence from the British

Monidipa Bose Dey -
This article takes a brief look at three such women from Bengal who had taken direct part in India's fight for freedom.
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News Reports

Ankita Lokhande shares house record and bank statements to dismiss reports claiming that Sushant Singh Rajput paid her EMIs

OpIndia Staff -
Ankita Lokhande dismisses claim by ED official that EMI for her flat was paid by Sushant Singh Rajput, shares records as proof
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Media

Ravish Kumar claims mob has ‘no religion’ after Bengaluru riots but earlier emphasised that Pehlu Khan was lynched by 100 Hindus

Dibakar Dutta -
Ravish tried to deny the 'communal angle' in the Bengaluru carnage, but praised Muslims for 'protecting' a Hindu temple
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Opinions

How new India moved from women’s development to women-led development under Prime Minister Modi

Smriti Z Irani -
Union Minister Smriti Irani writes on PM Modi's contribution towards women empowerment in the country.
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Specials

Independence Day: Remembering the forgotten freedom fighters from Northeast India

OpIndia Staff -
On this occasion of 74th Independence Day, let us remember five such freedom fighters from the North East India.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: FIR filed against Kamruddin, Alamgir, Ahmad and several others for molesting a teenage girl and assaulting her family

OpIndia Staff -
After family of a girl and others protested against uslim youths passing lewd comments on her, they were assaulted by a Muslim mob
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Media

With one ‘profile’ of Naveen, India Today becomes a part of the Muslim mob that burnt Bengaluru, thirsty for his blood: Read how

OpIndia Staff -
After Deccan Herald painted Naveen as a 'serial offender', India Today has published a 'character profile' which is basically character assassination
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP booth worker killed in scuffle with TMC miscreants during flag hoisting ceremony on Independence Day

OpIndia Staff -
Another BJP worker, block general secretary Smarajit Samanta was seriously injured in the attack by TMC goons in West Bengal
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Opinions

Why my little Haryana village celebrated Diwali on the 5th of August

Sharad Yadav -
Late evening on the 5th of August when I called my 17-year-old cousin, I could see several glowing Diyas in his house
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Opinions

On this Independence Day, here is why the Govt of India must pledge to root out toxic ideology of Gender Identity Politics

K Bhattacharjee -
The government must undertake concrete measures to prevent the mainstreaming of the ideology of Gender Identity politics.
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Media Fact-Check

Did Indian scientists make space bricks with ‘urine’ as claimed by NDTV? Not really: Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV claimed that Indian scientists were using urine to make space bricks when the scientists were, in fact, using urea.
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News Reports

Bengaluru Riots: ‘Just because I’m from Congress, should I not speak about Dharma’, Naveen tells police

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, Naveen has revealed sensational information pertaining to Bengaluru riots to the police officials during his investigation.
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News Reports

Outrage grows in Somalia as bill legitimising child marriage tabled in Parliament, UN and other international bodies criticise the move

OpIndia Staff -
Bill tabled in Somalia parliament legalizing marriage of girls without their consent once they achieve sexual maturity
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Political History of India

The Communist betrayal of the Hindus on Direct Action Day and support for the Pakistan Demand

User -
The Communist Party of India (CPI) was one such organisation that left an obtrusive footprint upon the history of the mass independence movement, for reasons good and bad, significantly, for betrayal during Direct Action Day
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News Reports

PM Narendra Modi announces National Digital Health Mission, citizens to be provided with Digital Health ID: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
A unique ID will be issued to citizens under a 'One Nation One Health Card' scheme under the National Digital Health Mission
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