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Some ‘liberals’ who wanted ‘contempt of court’ proceedings against those they did not agree with, but are now defending Prashant Bhushan

OpIndia Staff -
The guilty verdict against Prashant Bhushan has, along expected lines, set the proverbial cat among the pigeons.
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Opinions

Bengaluru riots, Wikipedia and the impossible staircase of Indian secularism

Abhishek Banerjee -
Wikipedia's blatant religious bias is glaringly evident in their articles of Bengaluru and Delhi riots.
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News Reports

My family has lived here for 50 years, I considered Muslims my brothers: MLA breaks down while narrating how his house was burnt down...

OpIndia Staff -
The Pulkeshinagar MLA's house was attacked by a violent Muslim mob with weapons, patrol bombs, and stones.
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Media

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri slams India Today for its ‘sting operation’ on Air India, says action already taken against touts selling tickets at...

OpIndia Staff -
Air India has been extremely vigilant and has time and again repeatedly warned citizens against such touts who were soliciting customers
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News Reports

Jesus Christ’s photo inside Hindu temple goes viral claiming police SP had ‘pressurized’ priest to put it there, temple priest and police deny allegations

OpIndia Staff -
The temple priest has apologised for the incident and said that they did not have any evil intentions to hurt any religious sentiments
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News Reports

When Prashant Bhushan wanted those he didn’t agree with to be jailed for contempt of court

OpIndia Staff -
'PIL Activist' Prashant Bhushan has been found guilty on charges of Contempt of Court by the Supreme Court of India.
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News Reports

‘Dravidian politics’ in turmoil: All you need to know about Periyar’s grandson joining BJP and DMK facing heat over Skanda Sashit Kavasam row

OpIndia Staff -
DMK maintained silence over insult of a devotional song, while the BJP demanded the blocking of the Hinduphobic channel
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News Reports

FIR on Meerut’s former SP leader Shahzeb Rizvi who announced a bounty of Rs 51 lakh for Karnataka Congress MLA’s nephew Naveen’s head

OpIndia Staff -
Former SP leader Shahzeb Rizvi had announced Rs 51 lakhs reward for whoever beheads Naveen for his post that was considered 'blasphemy' by Islamists.
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News Reports

US Justice Dept accuses Yale University of discrimination against Asian Americans and White applicants in their admission process

OpIndia Staff -
The US Justice Department has accused Yale University of violating the federal civil rights by discriminating against White and Asian Americans in its admission procedure.
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Crime

AAP leader arrested for sexually exploiting woman for two years, threatening to kill her and her children: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Mukesh Tokas had allegedly threatened to kill the woman and her children after his marital status was revealed.
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Law

SC holds Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court, could land him in jail for up to 6 months: Read the details

OpIndia Staff -
In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court held advocate Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court for his tweets against the CJI
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News Reports

Wikipedia page on Bengaluru violence calls it a ‘clash’, refuses to identify rioters as Muslims: Here are the reasons given by the ‘editors’

OpIndia Staff -
On the 11th of August, when Hindus of the country celebrated Janmashtami, a Muslim mob indulged in violence in Bengaluru after being offended by a Facebook post that was allegedly against the Prophet of Islam.
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots: Kaleem Pasha, close aide of Congress leader KJ George arrested for instigating riots

OpIndia Staff -
Kaleem Pasha is the husband of Irshad Begum, a BBMP corporator from Nagavara ward. He was arrested by Bengaluru police on Thursday along with 60 others for instigating the August 11 violence in the city.
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News Reports

Shringeri: Adi Shankaracharya statue draped with Islamic flag

OpIndia Staff -
The residents and the devotees of the city came to know about the incident on Thursday. The flag was immediately removed while the devotees of Sharada Peetha gathered at the spot and protested against the attempt to flare communal tension in the holy city.
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News Reports

After exposing Chinese occupation of Rui village, journalist Balram Baniya found dead under mysterious circumstances in Nepal: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Two months after he was suspended over a critical story on Chinese occupation of Rui village in Nepal, 50-year-old journalist Balram Baniya was reportedly found dead
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News Reports

Former SP leader Shahzeb Rizvi announces bounty of Rs 51 lakh on Karnataka Congress MLA’s nephew Naveen’s head for ‘blasphemous’ Facebook post

OpIndia Staff -
Shahzeb Rizvi said that whoever beheads Naveen for insulting the Prophet and brings his head will be given a bounty of Rs 51 lakh
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News Reports

Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau appoints investigation team to find out causes of the Air India Express flight crash at Kozhikode airport

OpIndia Staff -
Capt. S S Chahar, former designated examiner of Boeing 737 NG, has been appointed as Investigator-In-Charge for Kozhikode crash probe
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots: Muslim mob wanted to kill Naveen for his ‘blasphemous’ post, torched down police station as cops prevented it

OpIndia Staff -
The Bengaluru riots were triggered by a Facebook post by Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy's nephew Naveen
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News Reports

BMC removes illegal loudspeaker at Mankhurd for which Karishma Bhosale was heckled by Muslims, was sent notice by Mumbai police

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai police had sent notice to Karishma Bhosale calling her request to lower volume of Mosque's loudspeaker "inappropriate"
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Economy and Finance

From cheap goods to telecom: How China’s industrial hegemony and guerilla marketing tactics can hurt India

Guest Author -
Be it the battlefield or business environment, Chinese have always tried to strain India's economy in all possible aspects.
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Crime

Mumbai Police records statement of journalist Faye D’Souza’s husband in the ‘fake views’ scam involving singer Badshah

OpIndia Staff -
Rapper Badshah had confessed that he had paid Qyukl, where Sagar Gokhale is director and COO, for fake views of his YouTube video
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News Reports

ED questions Rhea Chakraborty over alleged mismatch in income and expenses, asks to submit financial records: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Rhea and her brother are directors in at least two firms, Front India For World Foundation and Vividrage Rhealityx Private Limited, set up by Rajput.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Did water enter Delhi Transport Corporation bus when incessant rains flooded the national capital

OpIndia Staff -
The video which social media users claimed to be of Delhi is from Jaipur which was uploaded on YouTube on August 11, 2020
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Media

Chinese media publishes propaganda of Pakistan’s Ambassador to China but refuses to carry India’s rebuttal: Here are the full details

OpIndia Staff -
A day after first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, Chinese state media runs Pakistani propaganda
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News Reports

Tricolour is slowly replacing the black flag in Chhattisgarh’s worst Naxal-hit regions as villagers embrace peace and development: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Many schools in the Bastar district, which is considered a core area of Naxal activity, have started initiating flag hoisting ceremony on occasions like Independence Day and Republic day or any other national festival, in which the villagers participate extensively, says the report.
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News Reports

Congress link emerges in Bengaluru riots, husband of party’s corporator named as an accused in FIR

OpIndia Staff -
Kaleem Pasha - one of the masterminds of Bengalururiots, is the husband of Congress corporator from Nagavara Irshad Begum
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Social Media

‘Temples are spreading COVID-19’: 5 reasons why that is untrue and mere propaganda, driven by Leftists and Islamists

Nivan -
Left-liberals and Islamists have started to trend "#TirupatiVirus" on Twitter, claiming that 75% of India's COVID-19 cases are linked to temples.
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News Reports

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Draft notification 2020 explained: Facts vs allegations of harming the environment

Akshaan Gupta -
Contrary to the Congress party and other opponents, the Draft EIA notification 2020 brings much needed reforms in EIA
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News Reports

He may have flings with actresses, but is not a murderer: Subramanian Swamy says Aditya Thackeray has nothing to do with Sushant Singh Rajput’s...

OpIndia Staff -
Swamy said in the Q and A session that some other powerful persons are involved in the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, and Aditya is not one of them.
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News Reports

Standing up for Hindus: In Conversation with author-journalist Francois Gautier

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
Indian born French journalist Francois Gautier talks on a range of issues concerning India, Hinduism and the society
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Crime

Chhattisgarh: Family being pressurised to get a 9-year-old rape victim married to the Maulana who brutalised her, complaint lodged

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Mohammed Arshad Rehmani, was arrested on August 9 (Sunday) when he had allegedly raped the 9-year-old girl in Raipur.
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Political History of India

Dravidian sabotage in education: Behind the veils of the Dravidian Delusion

Suren -
Tamils in Tamil Nadu have had the benefits of national integration, wider exposure to language among others, denied to them by the Dravidian agitation.
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News Reports

PM Narendra Modi launches Transparent Taxation platform, Taxpayer’s Charter to honour the honest taxpayers

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi launches new transparent taxation platform including Faceless assessments, Faceless appeals, and Taxpayer's charter
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Social Media

#BringBackAnandRanganathan trends as users protest Twitter declaring a Quranic verse ‘hateful’ and blocking Dr Anand Ranganathan who posted the verse

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter claimed that citing a Quranic verse is against the rules of the platform and is 'hateful conduct'.
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots: 5 people led a gang of 200-300 Islamists, called for ‘hacking cops to death’, 9 FIRs lodged so far

OpIndia Staff -
9 FIRs pertaining to the Bengaluru riots have been filed so far, Cyber Police are likely to file more complaints in the case
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News Reports

Prashant Bhushan withdraws petition against Contempt of Court law after plea was moved to Justice Arun Mishra’s court, to file it again after Justice...

OpIndia Staff -
The development came after case was re-listed before Justice Arun Mishra, after it was wrongly registered with different justices
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News Reports

Medical Council of India bars doctors with medical degrees from colleges in Pakistan occupied Indian territories from practising medicine in India

OpIndia Staff -
In December last year, J & K HC had asked Medical Council of India to clear its stance on medical degrees obtained from PoJKL
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Ram Janmabhoomi trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests positive for coronavirus, was on stage with PM Modi on Bhoomi Pujan

OpIndia Staff -
Ram Janmabhoomi trust chief Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tested positive for Chinese coronavirus. He is now being moved to Medanta hospital, Gurugram for further treatment.
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News Reports

Don’t chant Ram Ram, chant Allah Allah: Hindu family in Delhi’s Kalindi Kunj says Amanatullah Khan’s close aide attacked them for celebrating Bhoomi Pujan

जयन्ती मिश्रा -
Hindu family alleges attack by close aide of Amantullah Khan for celebrating Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan. Says police ignored their complaint and took action against the Hindu side.
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Politics

Sambit Patra gets attacked by ‘liberals’ after Congress spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi dies following a television debate

OpIndia Staff -
Congress supporters and 'liberals' attacked BJP leader Sambit Patra after Congress spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi suffered major cardiac arrest and passed away soon after he was on a television debate.
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PM Modi to launch ‘Transparent Taxation’, direct tax reforms to benefit taxpayers, ease the process

OpIndia Staff -
PM Narendra Modi will today launch 'Transparent Taxation', a drive intended to bring benefits for the taxpayers and ease the process of compliance for honest taxpayers.
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News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai, Congress leader spread fake news about Pranab Mukherjee’s death, family slams rumour-mongering

OpIndia Staff -
Sharmistha Mukherjee, the former president's daughter also slammed the fake claims and even requested media persons to not disturb by calling her, as she needs to keep her phone free for updates from the hospital about her father's health and treatment.
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Media

When Bengaluru paid the price for the hanging of Saddam Hussein

Abhishek Banerjee -
In 2007, a group of people turned out on the streets to protest the hanging of Saddam Hussein. The rally was led by prominent Congress leader and former Cabinet Minister C K Jaffar Sharief.
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots: Helpless police officials cried for help, asked seniors for permission to fire at the Islamist mob in self-defence

OpIndia Staff -
Heavy police deployment has been made in KG Halli and DJ Halli police station. Section 144 has been imposed in Bengaluru
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News Reports

Odisha: Two persons arrested after their phone conversation criticising Coronavirus mismanagement goes viral, action taken against TV channel

OpIndia Staff -
Odisha govt arrested two persons after their phone conversation highlighting mismanagement of Coronavirus crisis goes viral
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News Reports

5 incidents when ‘blasphemy’ against Prophet Muhammad led to widespread communal violence and riots

OpIndia Staff -
Muslims keep creating widespread communal violence over perceived blasphemy against the prophet Muhammad
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News Reports

Journalist Abhisar Sharma asks Muslims not to riot and target Hindus because BJP might use it to “create problems for Muslims”

Jhankar Mohta -
'Journalist' Abhisar Sharma has often been called out on social media for indulging in false propaganda and false news
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots: Islamist mobs had entered basement of police station, burnt hundreds of vehicles

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslim mob torched down the police station and damaged vehicles believing that the police had kept the accused detained there.
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News Reports

Bengaluru riots: “Kamlesh Tiwari” happening once again as Naveen receives threats on his life for alleged post against Prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
Just like Kamlesh Tiwari, Muslims are baying for the blood of Naveen for his Facebook post that allegedly triggered the Bengaluru riots
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News Reports

A saffron flag tied in a lane, ‘Shanno’ is terrified: Read how The Wire is trying to stoke communal tension in a sensitive area

OpIndia Staff -
The woman mentioned in The Wire's report, Shanno, claims that putting saffron flags in a 'Muslim lane' is worrisome and should be punished. The lane she has mentioned is an area where both Hindus and Muslims live.
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