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Karnataka: Yeddyurappa led BJP govt overturns previous govt order, cancels Tipu Jayanti celebrations

OpIndia Staff -
Last year, Kumaraswamy's name was missing from the invite for the Tipu Jayanti celebration because the Gowdas believe that honouring the Sultan of Mysore would bring them bad luck.
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News Reports

Bareilly: Muslim cleric Munir Ahmad molests eight-year-old girl in a mosque, arrested by police

OpIndia Staff -
Finding minor girl alone in mosque, the imam sexually molests her
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Fact-Check

Vox joins the bandwagon of fake news peddlers, uses dubious IndiaSpend data to allege ‘violent rise of cow-vigilantism’, blames Modi and Yogi

K Bhattacharjee -
Titled 'The violent rise of India's cow vigilantes', Vox uses selective data and undue fearmongering to peddle a predecided false narrative.
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News Reports

Faith under siege: Media projects Kanwariyas as ‘hooligans’, but here are 7 attacks on Kanwariyas that media doesn’t outrage about

OpIndia Staff -
While outlets like Times Now, Business Standard, CNN-News18 etc are hell-bent of painting Kanwariyas as hooligans, here are 7 instances when Kanwariyas were brutally attacked, but the media at large, chose to maintain silence
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Politics

In a bid to score political point, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra makes Unnao rape victim’s name public

OpIndia Staff -
According to the law, identity of a rape victim cannot be disclosed and those guilty of doing so faces punishment under Section 228-A of the Indian Penal Code.
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News Reports

Chandauli: 17-year-old Khalid Ansari who set himself on fire in a dargah succumbed to his injuries

OpIndia Staff -
The boy was been admitted in Kashi's Kabir Chaura hospital. He was critical and had received 60 per cent burns.
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Social Media

Ira Trivedi deactivates her Twitter account after lying to cover-up her anti-Hindu views

OpIndia Staff -
Yoga instructor Ira Trivedi had first deleted her old tweets then claimed that the screenshots were fake, a lie that was again exposed by Twitter users.
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News Reports

As CCD founder goes missing, here is how the Income Tax sleuths had uncovered Rs 650 crores undisclosed income in 2017

OpIndia Staff -
VG Siddhartha, the founder of India’s largest coffee chain Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) and also owns Asia’s single-largest coffee estate, is reportedly missing since Monday evening.
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Politics

Congress triggered over PM Modi’s appearance in Man Vs Wild, peddles old lies and asks Discovery to share shooting timings

OpIndia Staff -
As per the latest report in the Economic Times, government sources have confirmed that PM Modi was already back from Jim Corbett about 30 minutes before the Pulwama Attack happened.
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Media

Indian Express communalises road rage incident, says Muslim youth beaten up for being a Muslim

OpIndia Staff -
Even in his statement to Indian Express, Faisal himself has not mentioned that he was beaten up because of his religious identity.
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News Reports

‘I failed to create profitable business model’: Read Cafe Coffee Day founder, VG Siddhartha’s letter to Directors before he went missing

OpIndia Staff -
In a letter written to the Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) board, founder VG Siddhartha has said that he failed to create the right profitable business model despite taking best efforts.
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News Reports

RSS to open school where children will be trained to join the Defence Forces, to be called Rajju Bhaiya Sainik Vidya Mandir

OpIndia Staff -
In a first, the nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) is set to open an Army school in Uttar Pradesh to train children to become officers in the armed forces
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Editor's picks

Cafe Coffee Day founder and SM Krishna’s son-in-law VG Siddhartha goes missing near Mangalore, search operations on

OpIndia Staff -
The driver told the police that Siddhartha travelled to the Ullal bridge from Mangaluru in his car and asked him to stop the car the other end of the bridge. He then walked some distance before he disappeared.
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News Reports

Samajwadi Party leader owns the truck that hit Unnao rape victim’s car, denies any conspiracy; UP govt recommends CBI probe

OpIndia Staff -
Samajwadi Party leader Nandu Lal has claimed that the number plate of the truck that was involved in the accident were blackened out to evade the financiers.
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News Reports

Watch: Eyewitness narrates what happened in Chandauli where Muslim boy claimed he was set on fire for refusing to chant Jai Shri Ram

OpIndia Staff -
The Chandauli police today took to Twitter and posted the conversation it recorded with Dinesh Maurya, a witness to the entire Chandauli incident.
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News Reports

All you need to know about the horrific Unnao gang rape case: Lies, cover-ups, mysterious deaths and an accident

OpIndia Staff -
The Unnao gang-rape victim attempted to immolate herself outside CM Yogi Adityanath's residence on April 8, 2018, protesting no action by the police against the rape accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar
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Fact-Check

No, PM Modi is not a ‘climate change denier’: Propagandists rely on doctored video by Congress to criticise Modi’s appearance on Man vs Wild

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Doctored videos of Prime Minister Modi had been shared in an attempt to suggest that he is a climate change denier to discredit his appearance on popular Discovery Channel show Man vs Wild
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Government and Policy

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar says Doordarshan will hire ‘creative heads’, hints at lateral entry of professionals

OpIndia Staff -
The union minister stated that under the three-year action plan of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, support has been given to Doordarshan to modernize its infrastructure.
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News Reports

IT sleuths raid 13 properties linked to Haryana Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi, stashed foreign assets worth Rs 200 crore recovered

OpIndia Staff -
Kuldeep Bishnoi, however, has claimed that the BJP was trying to "harass" him and his family.
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Media Fact-Check

Chandauli fake ‘hate crime’: ABP News quietly deletes fake report, usual suspects continue to lie that Muslim boy was set on fire for not...

OpIndia Staff -
Despite UP police's clarification that the teenager self-immolated, a coterie of self-proclaimed liberals continued to peddle lies claiming he was set on fire for not chanting "Jai Shri Ram"
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Crime

Unnao case: Murder, attempt to murder and intimidation charges in fresh FIR against BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar, his brother and associates

OpIndia Staff -
The victim's uncle has registered the FIR against Sengar, his brother and others over their alleged involvement in the accident. MLA Kuldeep Sengar has been lodged in Sitapur jail since last year after CBI took over the investigation in the rape case.
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News Reports

UP’s Vidisha Baliyan crowned Miss Deaf World 2019, becomes the first Indian to win the title

OpIndia Staff -
Vidisha Baliyan had previously participated in the Deaflympics representing India as a tennis player.
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Opinions

Narendra Modi’s appearance on Man vs Wild will burn the ‘liberal’ heart because it defeats their mission to dehumanise him

Nupur J Sharma -
British adventurer and survival expert Bear Grylls, known for his popular television show, Man vs Wild, will host a unique guest - PM Modi
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News Reports

Mosques in the valley under scanner, Amit Shah’s Home Ministry seeks the details of mosques in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
The decision of the Modi government is part of a new approach taken to ensure that places of worship are not misused for terror activities.
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Politics

Azam Khan apologises for his sexist ‘poetry’ on BJP MP Rama Devi in Lok Sabha, Rama Devi calls him ‘serial offender’

OpIndia Staff -
Azam Khan, the habitual offender had earlier too been called out for his misogynist attack on BJP leader and veteran actor, Jaya Prada.
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Entertainment

In a first, Prime Minister Modi to be a guest in popular wildlife show “Man vs Wild”

OpIndia Staff -
Man vs Wild show documents host Bear Grylls efforts to survive and find a way back to civilization, usually requiring to fight the natural odds that he faces inside deep forests.
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News Reports

PM Modi releases 2018 tiger census results, tiger population sees a 33% jump as 2967 tigers reported in India

OpIndia Staff -
On International Tiger Day, PM Modi released the results of the 2018 Tiger Census. There are currently 2967 tigers in India, 741 more than the 2014 census.
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Crime

Rajasthan: Rape victim attempts self immolation in police station alleging Jaipur Police inaction

OpIndia Staff -
When questioned about the current status of her FIR and the family’s allegations against the cops, a police officer said that the case is still in the process of investigation.
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News Reports

Karnataka: BS Yediyurappa wins confidence motion through trust vote, Siddaramaiah says they accept the verdict because ‘they have less time’

OpIndia Staff -
After BS Yediyurappa won the trust vote in Karnataka assembly, Siddaramaiah accepted the outcome of the vote and said that they accept the verdict because 'they have very less time'. 
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Politics

Bengal: Mamata’s government makes pregnant women ‘pose’ before lavish food platter but doesn’t let them eat it

OpIndia Staff -
Ironically, the event was being organised on the occasion of Supushti Divas (Nutrition Day) to promote nutritional awareness among expectant mothers.
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Media

Army man Amanullah Khan gets killed by robbers, assorted fearmongers give it a communal twist and call it ‘lynching’

OpIndia Staff -
The propaganda has been busted as it is now revealed that 64-year-old Amanullah Khan was murdered in his house by unidentified assailants, contrary to the claims that he was lynched for being a Muslim.
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Politics

Kerala: Youth Congress workers ‘purify’ the spot with cow dung-mixed water after Dalit MLA does a sit-in protest

OpIndia Staff -
After the Dalit MLA left the spot, a group of Youth Congress workers reached the protest venue and allegedly sprinkled cow dung-mixed water to 'purify the spot'.
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Crime

Fake ‘hate crime’ in UP: Chandauli Police denies allegations that Muslim boy was set on fire for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’

OpIndia Staff -
Chanduali Police says 17-year-old Khalid's burnt clothes were found at a dargah, eyewitness saw him set himself on fire.
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Opinions

Ira Trivedi is being forced to lie because the gravy train that rewarded anti-Hindu hate has finally come to an end

Editorial Desk -
After hastily purging her Twitter account, Ira Trivedi is now attempting to convince people that the Tweet where she hailed the Quran as progressive and modern Hinduism as regressive, is a fake tweet.
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Crime

Unnao rape victim, her lawyer critical after truck hits their car, had accused MLA Kuldeep Sengar last year

OpIndia Staff -
The Unnao rape victim was reportedly travelling in a vehicle with her lawyer and two aunts to meet her uncle in Raebareli. The car was hit by a truck in the Lalganj-Raebareli highway near Sultanpur Kheda.
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Politics

Shashi Tharoor speaks out on President-mukt Congress, suggests democratic ‘elections’ in a party which epitomises dynasty politics

OpIndia Staff -
Congress is having a leadership crisis since Rahul Gandhi decided to resign from the post of party president after the 2019 general elections debacle.
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Variety

Dhinchak Pooja is back with another musical masterpiece, ‘Naach ke pagal ho jao’ takes YouTube by storm

OpIndia Staff -
Dhinchak Pooja's song is full of deep philosophy and serious advice for the general public. The lyrics ask viewers to dance like mad and go mad dancing.
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Politics

Karnataka assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar disqualifies 14 rebel MLAs

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP has condemned the decision of the Karnataka assembly speaker to disqualify the MLAs
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News Reports

Wahhabi lobby in the United States set up meeting between Imran Khan and Donald Trump, report suggests

OpIndia Staff -
An interesting revelation has been made a Sunday Guardian report stating how Wahhabi lobby in the US played laid the trap to Donald Trump by fixing a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Donald Trump in White House on July 23. 
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Entertainment

Contestant on Bigg Boss Tamil admits molesting women on bus to a cheering audience, Kamal Haasan normalizes rape culture by remaining silent

OpIndia Staff -
Audience cheered as one of the contestant on Bigg Boss Tamil admitted to molesting women on public buses.
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Fact-Check

Pakistan’s armed forces spokesperson passes off doctored video Air Marshal Keelor speaking on ’65 war as Balakot airstrikes

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan Armed Forces' official spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor from her personal account shared a doctored video of veteran Air Marshal Denzil Keelor, a hero of the 1965 India-Pakistan war.
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Media

The Wire journalist reduces Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to his religious identity of being a Muslim, compares him with her former boss ex-VP Hamid...

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter users pointed it out that any Indian regardless of his/her political leanings respects Dr Kalam because of his achievements and his contributions to the nation's development.
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Crime

Kerala nun rape case: Sister Anupama fears sabotage of evidence to save rape accused Bishop Franco

OpIndia Staff -
Sister Anupama, one of the five nuns who led the protests against Franco on August 2018, expressed her fear over sabotaging the case after a local court in Pala, Kerala found irregularities in the copies of the cyber forensic report submitted in a DVD by the police and laboratory. 
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News Reports

Six Maoists, wanted for murder and attack on security forces, surrender in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district

OpIndia Staff -
The Maoists were wanted for several cases of murder, kidnapping and attack on security forces in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
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Social Media

Shekhar Kapur says ‘intellectuals’ still make him feel like a refugee, Javed Akhtar takes it as a personal offence

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Javed Akhtar, one of the active members of the "liberal-secular" intellectual industry, often feels a sense of entitlement and control over the intellectual thought of this country.
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Media Fact-Check

Bihar man unleashes his dog on cow, journalist invents Hindu-Muslim angle

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Narendra Nath gave it a communal angle and spread fake information that the matters escalated over rumours that the dog owner was a Muslim
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Crime

Ahmedabad man registers Pak PM Imran Khan, rape convicts Ram Rahim and Asaram Bapu as ‘BJP members’, arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP members came to know about the forgery on July 24 as Ghulam Fareed Shaikh circulated these images showing e-cards of BJP primary membership of Imran Khan, Asaram Bapu and Ram Rahim Singh on social media. 
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Crime

CBI frames charges against Raqibul Hassan for hiding his religion and torturing shooter Tara Shahdeo

OpIndia Staff -
The CBI has framed charges against Raqibul Hasan, his mother Kaushal Rani, a former judge and Rajesh Prasad, the former judicial magistrate of Gaya in the case.
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Media

Sagarika apologises to Maj Singh for calling him an ‘idiot’, continues to maintain she knows more about wars than most decorated officer of territorial...

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Sagarika Ghose is a 'liberal'. By virtue of being a 'liberal', Ghose gets the moral authority to be more knowledgeable in all fields.
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News Reports

Randeep Hooda schools Dia Mirza for her disparaging remarks against the forest department

OpIndia Staff -
Randeep Hooda slammed Dia Mirza for making a generalised accusation that forest department is incompetent based on a single incident in, which a tigress was killed
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