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Chhapaak: Deepika Padukone starrer film fails to dazzle public, gets disappointing reviews from viewers on IMDb and Google

OpIndia Staff -
Majority users on IMDb and Google have given low rating to Chhapaak after watching the movie
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News Reports

Telangana: BJP MLA Raja Singh put under house arrest, says Owaisi’s party behind the attack on Hindus in Bhainsa

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh placed under house arrest on Tuesday after he had decided to visit riot-hit Bhainsa town.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact check: Was Jawaharlal Nehru a volunteer with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

OpIndia Staff -
Jawarharlal Nehru in an attire similar to that of the RSS has surfaced many times in the past too
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News Reports

Fact-Check: Has Wankhede Stadium really banned the colour black during India vs Australia cricket match for fear of protests?

OpIndia Staff -
Contrary to claims that black colour banned in India-Australia match, spectators are seen in black cloths in Wankhede Stadium
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Media

Deliberately spread fake news, grovel and apologise when caught: Here are 3 instances when Rajdeep Sardesai tendered ‘unconditional apologies’

OpIndia Staff -
In 2017, controversial journalist Rajdeep Sardesai issued an apology for lying about BHU VC joining PM Modi’s election rally
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Politics

Remarks against Rahul Gandhi: Mumbai University professor sent on ‘leave’ after NSUI protests against his Facebook post against Rahul’s Savarkar comment

OpIndia Staff -
Yogesh Soman, Director at the Academy of Theater Arts, allegedly made some objectionable remarks against Rahul Gandhi in a Facebook video.
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News Reports

Left-liberal celebration over Satya Nadella’s CAA comment short-lived as he clarifies that nations have right to define immigration policy

OpIndia Staff -
Satya Nadella gave a generic and balanced reply on immigration, and didn't mention CAA in his reply
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Crime

Delhi: 7 Afghan drug peddlers arrested at IGI airport, fed 120 bananas to help excrete 177 insoluble capsules of heroin worth Rs 10 crore

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Narcotics Department has arrested seven Afghan drug traffickers over the past few days, from the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and recovered heroin worth Rs 10 crore from them.
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Crime

Mumbai: Ajmal Hussain Lashkar becomes Ashish Dubey, befriends then rapes minor girl and her aunt

OpIndia Staff -
Azmal Lashkar has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rape and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Media

As India Today defends its shoddy journalism, we look at their 5 other ‘pathbreaking investigations’

OpIndia Staff -
India Today, in its efforts to defend the indefensible, asked its readers to not pay any attention to the criticism of news network's 'pathbreaking investigation'.
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Culture and History

Makar Sankranti Parv, Khichadi Mela of Shri Gorakhnath Mandir: Yogi Adityanath explains

peelihaldi -
How Makar Sankranti is celebrated in India, especially in Gorakhpur, explains UP CM Yogi Adityanath.
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News Reports

‘Can’t recall source of fund, saw land only on Google Map’: Robert Vadra to ED on Bikaner land scam

OpIndia Staff -
Robert Vadra tells ED that he didn't visit Bikaner for land deals, and don't remember the source of fund
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News Reports

Republic Day 2020: Beating Retreat ceremony to include Vande Mataram, Christian hymn ‘Abide With Me’ likely to be dropped

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, the ceremony used to end with the Christian hymn 'Abide With Me', said to be a favourite of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and written by a Scottish Anglican preacher named Henry Francis Lyte.
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News Reports

JNU violence: Delhi HC asks Delhi Police to seize mobiles of members of ‘Friends of RSS’ and ‘Unity Against Left’ WhatsApp groups

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi High Court today asked Google and WhatsApp, a Facebook company, to preserve their data based on basic subscriber information including the email ids, as per their policy.
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Political History of India

Sushma Swaraj’s husband Swaraj Kaushal narrates a story of how a proofreader in Times of India changed India’s political landscape

OpIndia Staff -
This is how George Fernandes, a small town boy from Mangalore, rose to power and changed the political landscape of India.
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News Reports

Professors joined leftists in harassing students, media largely focused on one side: ABVP student speaks to OpIndia on JNU violence

OpIndia Staff -
Manish has named JNUSU general secretary Satish Chandra Yadav as the leader of the violent mob. He also added that the violent mob included JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh and Sucheta.
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Social Media

TikTok user Yuvraj Singh wins hearts, compliments from Hrithik Roshan, Amitabh Bachchan after his dancing clips go viral

OpIndia Staff -
A small town boy Yuvraj Singh is winning the Internet by his dance moves through TikTok.
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Entertainment

Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government makes ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ tax-free in the state

OpIndia Staff -
The UP government has made Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior tax-free so more people can get inspired by Tanaji Malusare
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-Check: Is the viral image of a ‘Shudra man’ feeding off leftovers from the street in Uttar Pradesh as it is claimed?

OpIndia Staff -
A user on Twitter shared an image claiming a 'Shudra man' was feeding on leftovers from a religious ceremony in Uttar Pradesh.
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Politics

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor sparks a controversy, compares Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to eunuchs

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor compared Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal to eunuchs, thereby creating a controversy.
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Politics

‘Jo apni maa ka nahi hua, patni ka nahi hua, woh desh ka kya hoga’: Congress MLA Irfan Ansari stoops to a new low

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MLA from Jharkhand, Irfan Ansari, has stooped to a new low after another disgraceful comment on PM Modi
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Government and Policy

40,000 non-Muslims refugees identified as Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh becomes first state to implement CAA

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh government has sent a list of 40000 non-Muslim refugees becoming first state to implement CAA
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Media

India Today ‘standing by’ their unethical journalist won’t cut it: They have to answer for their lies and propaganda

Editorial Desk -
India Today stood by its reporter after OpIndia broke the story of their journalist having a hush-hush conversation with JNUSU VP
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Law

Tax Evasion Case: Madras HC judge who worked as a lawyer for Karti Chidambaram‘s law firm agrees to step aside

OpIndia Staff -
Madras HC Justice Samanth had previously worked as a lawyer for Karti Chidambaram’s firm Advantage Strategic Consulting Pvt Ltd.
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News Reports

Brands temporarily reducing visibility of ads featuring Deepika Padukone following her PR stunt at JNU: Report

OpIndia Staff -
'Chhapaak' starring Deepika Padukone performed below expectations at the Box Office as well.
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Crime

Telangana: Communal violence erupts in Bhainsa, 18 houses set on fire, bikes torched, internet suspended

OpIndia Staff -
Communal tensions erupted in Telangana late on Sunday when clashes broke out between Hindus and Muslims in Bhainsa town of Nirmal district.
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Politics

Stop complaining otherwise Uddhav will resign: Congress leader issues warning to disgruntled legislators in Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
Congress Ex-MP Yashwantrao Gadakh had yesterday said that Uddhav Thackeray is 'not a regular politician' and that he had a 'mindset of an artist'.
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Social Media

PoK minister poses with a hunting shotgun wearing track pants and fedora and threatens Indian Army chief saying ‘we are ready’

OpIndia Staff -
PoK Minister Mushtaq Minhas embarrasses himself by threatening Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane on Twitter.
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News Reports

DK Shivakumar’s Christ statue: RSS, VHP protest against 114 feet tall statue project on alleged grazing land

OpIndia Staff -
On Christmas last year, Congress strongman DK Shivakumar had handed over the documents of the land to the trust which is tasked with the responsibility of building the 114 feet tall Jesus Christ statue.
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Media Fact-Check

Rajdeep Sardesai lies in a Hyderabad speech just days after apologising unconditionally in court for spreading fake news

S. Sudhir Kumar -
“Indians no longer voting for values, but for individuals”– said the controversial journalist Rajdeep Sardesai
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Politics

Placards calling Batla House encounter ‘fake’ spotted at JNU protests against Shashi Tharoor’s ‘Islamophobia’

OpIndia Staff -
The placard that calls the Batla House encounter fake appears consistent with everything that we have seen in these protests until now.
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News Reports

Dhoti for men and Sarees for women not compulsory for Sparsh-Darshan of Jyotirlinga at Kashi Vishwanath Temple, only discussion happened, clarify authorities

OpIndia Staff -
It was reported earlier that the Kashi Vishwanath Temple of Varanasi has announced a new dress code for devotees who seek to enter the sanctum of the shrine.
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News Reports

Jamia students block Republic from reporting, try to delete footage as they gherao VC’s office demanding FIR against Delhi Police

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police entered the Jamia Millia Islamia university on December 15, 2019, to flush out the hoodlums carrying out arson, vandalism and stone pelting under the pretext of carrying out anti-CAA protest
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Opinions

Why the ‘multi-faith prayer’ feels like an act to fool Hindus

Abhishek Banerjee -
For over a month now, the anti-CAA crowd have struggled to put up a ‘secular’ face on their blatantly communal and anti-Hindu demand.
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News Reports

JNU violence: Delhi Police to question 9 suspects, including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh at the University

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police had earlier issued a notice to 9 suspects including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh
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Media

India Today journalist who was caught whispering in JNUSU VP’s ears had heckled Republic reports along with Aishe Ghosh in November

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist of India Today who was seen having a hushed conversation JNU Student Union VP also heckled Republic TV reporters along with Aishe Ghosh
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News Reports

ED writes to PMLA tribunal, seeks possession of Delhi property owned by Robert Vadra’s company

OpIndia Staff -
The ED has filed an application urging the PMLA tribunal to vacate the stay clamped on the appellate authority on August 2019 from taking any coercive action against Vadra or his company Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd.
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Politics

Congress’ meeting against CAA, NRC dumped by Mamata and Maya, AAP says not invited

OpIndia Staff -
Mayawati stated that despite her party providing support to the Congress government in Rajasthan, the Congress had worked on causing an internal rift in the BSP and had inducted BSP MLAs in their party.
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Media

The Wire journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani compares Nazi Germany with India in 2020, netizens explain the difference

OpIndia Staff -
Arfa Khanum Sherwani, The Wire journalist, tried to draw parallels between India in 2020 and Nazi Germany.
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Crime

Kerala: BJP State Secretary AK Nazeer attacked by SDPI goons while offering Namaz at Mosque

OpIndia Staff -
 On Sunday, Nazeer had attended a pro-CAA public meeting in Idukki district's Nedumkandam.
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Politics

Shashi, what is this behaviour? Congress MP Shashi Tharoor continues to lie on CAA in JNU

OpIndia Staff -
The students at JNU, who are violently protesting against marginal fee hike which has been partially rolled back, were given wrong notes on CAA by Tharoor.
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Entertainment

Ajay Devgn starrer ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ to be made tax-free in Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath led UP govt is all set to make Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior tax-free in the state
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Politics

Shashi Tharoor meets real intolerance and communalism, Jamia students oppose him for his comments on Muslim communalism

OpIndia Staff -
As Tharoor addressed protestors at Jamia, the protestors shouted him down by chanting 'La Ilaha Ilallah'.
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News Reports

BJP sends Rs 500 crore defamation notice to AAP for publishing video of Manoj Tiwari’s movie scenes mixed with AAP campaign song

OpIndia Staff -
After AAP publishes spoof video of Manoj Tiwari with AAP theme song, BJP sends Rs 500 crore defamation notice
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News Reports

Watch: India Today journalist and JNUSU VP talking in a hushed, off the record conversation. Does this point to collusion?

OpIndia Staff -
India Today's Tanushree Pandey seems to be coaching JNUSU VP and accepting whatever he is saying without question
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News Reports

Hindustan Times journalist finds Delhi Airport putting up Hindu decorative symbol ‘ugly’

OpIndia Staff -
Hindustan Times editor Sunetra Choudhury asks Delhi Airport to Shankha installed at Terminal 3, says it is ugly
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Politics

After having justified ‘Antifa’ violence, left can’t complain when tables turn

K Bhattacharjee -
The Left appears to have forgotten the age-old lesson of 'As you sow, so shall you reap'.
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News Reports

Bangladeshi journalist visits Kolkata, participates in anti-NRC protest holding ‘Modi go back’ poster

OpIndia Staff -
Bangladeshi journalist Noor Alam Sk posts photo holding 'Modi go back' poster in Kolkata, later deletes it from Facebook
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News Reports

JNU violence: 208 reputed academicians, professors blame ‘Left-wing Coterie’ for deteriorating academic environment in country

OpIndia Staff -
Academicians write to PM Modi raising concerns over the deteriorating academic environment due to the shenanigans of a small coterie of left-wing activists
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Satire

Diary of a Delhi Liberal: Do not underestimate us, comrades will make sure Modi and Shah lose their deposits in next elections

Liberals of Delhi -
This fight against fascism really takes a toll on you, you feel lost at times, you start wondering whether this is all worth it.
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