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Not just semantics: How the media uses one word to water down terrorism in Kashmir

Nupur J Sharma -
The media has often been sympathetic to the terrorism in Kashmir, even though it has claimed the lives of thousands - civilians and security forces.
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News Reports

Hindu Mahasabha writes to PM, HM and UP CM, demand withdrawal of Babri demolition cases against Kar Sevaks

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu Mahasabha has also demanded ‘Martyr Status’ for those Kar Sevaks killed in the aftermath of Babri demolition in 1992
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News Reports

VHP to reach out to Hindus to donate for the construction of a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
Vinod Bansal, the spokesperson of the VHP said that Ayodhya temple movement stirred sentiments of many Hindus and devotees of Lord Ram globally will definitely donate for the temple.
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Government and Policy

Tata, Mahindra and Adani amongst four Indian firms shortlisted by the Indian Navy for Rs 25000 crore chopper deal

OpIndia Staff -
In August last year, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) had approved the procurement of 111 utility helicopters for the Indian Navy at a cost of over Rs 21,000 crore as the first under the SP model.
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Politics

President’s rule imposed in Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
Following the deadlock over government formation, President's rule has been imposed in Maharashtra.
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News Reports

Fear of losing British-Indian votes and money? UK Labour Party backtracks on its Kashmir stand, says issue bilateral

OpIndia Staff -
The Labour party’s earlier stance on Kashmir was contrary to India’s position on Kashmir and similar to Pakistan's rhetoric against India.
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News Reports

Rajasthan University declines permission to Indian Council of Historical Research for a seminar on Veer Savarkar

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan University passed up ICHR’s request stating certain aspects of Veer Savarkar were “deeply controversial “
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News Reports

Karachi faces locust attack, Pakistani minister urges people to eat them in Biriyani

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan had last experienced a locust attack on a similar scale last in 1961. Government officials claim that the locust species will not harm food crops.
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News Reports

Sharjah-based ex-Indian Kalpana aka Kajal, who is one of the four wives of Pakistan businessman, now faces identity crisis

OpIndia Staff -
60-year-old Rasheed Khan has four wives, two each from India and Pakistan, and 10 children
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Culture and History

Purana Qilla may have been the site of Mahabharata’s Indraprastha: ASI to carry out another round of excavations

OpIndia Staff -
The ASI believes that a village named Indrapat existed at the site until 1913, which is the direct descendant of Mahabharata's 'Indraprastha', founded by the Pandavas as their capital.
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News Reports

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari recommends President’s rule in the state

OpIndia Staff -
President's rule recommended by the governor in Maharashtra as no party was able to form a government
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena to move Supreme Court against governor for declining to extend time, Kapil Sibal to represent the party

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena ropes in Kapil Sibal to move Supreme Court against Maharashtra governor for declining to extend time
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Media

Defence analyst slams Nidhi Razdan’s claim that she countered Pakistan at UK Kashmir event, exposes her lies and anti-India statements

OpIndia Staff -
Nidhi Razdan of NDTV had claimed that she countered Pakistan propaganda at the UK event on Kashmir, however, that seems far from the truth
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Editor's picks

VHP demands new mosque at Ayodhya be named after patriots like APJ Kalam or Ashfaqullah Khan, not a ‘foreigner’ or ‘attacker’ like Babur

OpIndia Staff -
VHP says new mosque at Ayodhya should not named after a ‘foreigner’ or ‘attacker’ like Babur
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News Reports

Bailable warrant issued against Shashi Tharoor in defamation case over ‘scorpion on Shivling’ remark

OpIndia Staff -
The warrant has been issued by Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court after Shashi Tharoor failed to appear.
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News Reports

Congress should not have said they support building Ram Temple: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Ayodhya verdict

OpIndia Staff -
He said it was clearly mentioned in Congress manifesto that they would honour and respect the SC judgement in Ayodhya
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Politics

BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party to fight Jharkhand elections solo on 50 seats

OpIndia Staff -
BJP ally Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will fight the upcoming Jharkhand elections alone on 50 seats.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: As Pon Manickavel’s Idol Wing wades through legal and bureaucratic delays, hundreds of seized artefacts lie in the open

OpIndia Staff -
The artefacts include centuries-old stone sculptures, idols, stone pillars, wooden artefacts, 'Vahanas' or ritual vehicles, and other antiquities. They have been lying in the premises of CBI-CID's Economic Offences Wing in Chennai.
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News Reports

Give us 5 acres within 67 acres of Ram Janmabhoomi only, our kabristan and dargah are there: Muslim litigants demand

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim litigants in the Ayodhya case demand that the 5 acres of land Supreme Court awarded them be on the 67 acres of Ram Janmabhoomi only
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Media

NDTV’s Nidhi Razdan peddles another dangerous narrative about Kashmir, this time, about Hazaratbal shrine and Eid Milad

OpIndia Staff -
Nidhi Razdan from NDTV was caught spreading a dangerous narrative about Kashmir all over again that only helped Pakistan.
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News Reports

Rohingyas are a threat to national and regional security, says Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

OpIndia Staff -
Hasina was addressing the three-day 'Dhaka Global Dialogue-2019' in the Bangladeshi capital.
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Entertainment

Case registered against National Award winning Gujarati film ‘Hellaro’ for allegedly using casteist slur in dialogue

OpIndia Staff -
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation councillor has alleged that a dialogue in the film has hurt the feelings of a community.
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News Reports

Days after Turkey supported Pakistan in UN, Congress opens its overseas office in Turkey: Turkish media report

OpIndia Staff -
Turkish media report suggests that Congress has opened its overseas office in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Politics

Maharashtra Tragicomedy: Shiv Sena digs itself a hole and jumps right in, state possibly headed towards President Rule

OpIndia Staff -
NCP has been invited to form the Maharashtra government by Governor after Shiv Sena failed to show letters of support.
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News Reports

49 percent of the child sexual abuse content shared on web platforms is on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
The vast majority of child sexual abuse imagery we find is linked to darker places of the internet
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Governor invites NCP to stake claim for government after declining to extend time for Shiv Sena to gather support

OpIndia Staff -
Both NCP and Congress clarified that they have not sent any letter of support for Shiv Sena
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News Reports

Kalyan Singh, Class of 92: 6th December, 1992 a matter of National Pride, No Regret, No Repentance, No Grief

K Bhattacharjee -
Kalyan Singh was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1992 when the disputed structure was demolished.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Shiv Sena stakes claim to form government without enough numbers as Congress yet to decide on supporting them

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sema met the governor to stake claim for Maharashtra government, but had no letters of suppor
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Media

Financial Times publishes a shredded Indian Tricolour in its anti-Modi article, netizens enraged

OpIndia Staff -
In the Article titled "Narendra Modi has had a free pass from the west for too long", the Financial Times displays a featured image that has the Indian Tricolour in tatters.
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Opinions

Six things that follow from the new Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress govt and what the Hindus of India should learn from this

Abhishek Banerjee -
A Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra, facilitated by the Congress and the NCP, with BJP sitting it out
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Government and Policy

Ayodhya makeover: Ram Mandir-style railway station, Lord Ram’s statue on the banks of Saryu, airport and much more

OpIndia Staff -
Among the major development and beautification projects is a grand railway station in the form of the Ram Temple, modern airport and holiday resorts.
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Culture and History

The Hindu history and heritage of Kerala: The land of the Chera kingdom associated with Lord Parashurama

dauhshanti -
Kerala as the land of Chera kingdom existed as early as 5-4th centuries BCE during the early Tamil Sangam age.
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Social Media

Welcome to Lemurverse: Satirical world of ‘Dravidian’ politics where Lemurs and Red Pandas are locked in heated battle

anonBrook -
This is an attempt to introduce the participants, the backstory and terminologies of the twitter "Lemurverse"
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Politics

Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut invokes fictional Dawood in current Maharashtra crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut tweeted a dialogue from the film 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai' spoken by Emraan Hashmi whose role was inspired by Dawood
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Politics

To know Aaditya Thackeray’s ‘potential’, watch YouTube, says Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant, who had resigned from the post of a Union Minister in the NDA government earlier today, stated to the media that Aaditya Thackeray has a lot of potential and vision to become a true leader.
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Opinions

Sadanand Dhume: Typical brown sepoy ‘liberal’ who peddles nonsense unfettered by reality hitting him in the face

K Bhattacharjee -
In the liberal clown world, competence is not a concern, allegiance to the dogma is. And one person who has benefited greatly from it is Sadanand Dhume.
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Social Media

Twitter erupts with memes as Shiv Sena breaks alliance with BJP to possibly form government in alliance with NCP-Congress

OpIndia Staff -
Logjam in Maharashtra continues as Shiv Sena breaks off its alliance with the BJP over chief ministership.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Security increased after man threatens to blow up Har Ki Pauri Ghat in Haridwar, one arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The accused who allegedly threatened to blow up Har Ki Pauri was arrested from there itself.
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Social Media

Ayodhya Verdict: 77 people under arrest by UP Police for sharing objectionable content on social media

OpIndia Staff -
The UP Police had initiated action against 8275 social media posts, a significant part of which belonged to Twitter and Facebook.
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News Reports

Feminist journalist mocks man for proposing his bride at KFC, dozens of companies and individuals organise a grand wedding for them on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
After a video of a man proposing his bride at KFC went viral, companies and individuals came up with gifts
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News Reports

JNU students asked to pay for electricity, hostel cleaning, etc. leftist groups attack police during protests

OpIndia Staff -
JNU Students Union (JNUSU) is holding protests against the Draft hostel manual that has provisions for the fee hike, curfew timings and dress code restrictions on the students
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Media

Nobody needs to ‘plant evidence’ to prove that the Gyanvapi Mosque was built over a Temple: Caravan should stop fear mongering

Editorial Desk -
The Caravan has released a baseless video that claims that the Modi government is paving the way for another "Babri incident" to take place where the Kashi-Vishwanath corridor is taking shape and the Gyanvapi mosque stands.
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Politics

Maharashtra conundrum: Sanjay Raut desperate to form government, Sanjay Nirupam apprehensive over alliance with Sena

OpIndia Staff -
The governor of Maharashtra has asked Shiv Sena to show a willingness to form the government by today evening.
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News Reports

As RJD drags caste is Ayodhya, they forget that Hanuman Mandir in Patna has a Dalit priest

OpIndia Staff -
No sooner was the Ayodhya verdict out, the usual suspects were busy playing caste politics over caste of the priest at the Ram Mandir.
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News Reports

NDTV’s Nidhi Razdan attends UK ‘Kashmir’ event, gets endorsed by JKLF

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV reports and shows have already been quoted and mentioned by Pakistan to further their lies. Now, it seems, Pakistan has found useful work for employee Nidhi Razdan too
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News Reports

To take of not to take: Sunni Waqf Board to take a decision on the 5 acre land by 26th November

OpIndia Staff -
Following the Ayodhya verdict, UP Sunni Central Waqf Board chief Zufar Farooqui has said that he is getting multiple suggestions on whether to take the land or not.
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News Reports

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi continues to stoke passion, says if Babri Masjid was illegal, why is there a case against Advani

OpIndia Staff -
At a public meeting organized on occasion of Milad un Nabi, AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi continued to stoke passions post Ayodhya verdict
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News Reports

Ram Mandir construction may begin on Ram Navami in April 2020: Media reports

OpIndia Staff -
The construction of Ram Mandir is expected to take about 2-3 years.
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News Reports

Read how leftist historians had accepted they argued against Ram Mandir in Allahabad High Court without any knowledge of the subject

OpIndia Staff -
The statements of left historians are recorded in the Allahabad High Court judgment on Ram Mandir
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Opinions

This is how aligning with Congress and NCP can be ‘ideologically justified’ for Shiv Sena

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena was formed with the help of Congress, so it can go back to its roots easily
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