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Fact-Check

‘Journalist’ Saba Naqvi gets invited to talk about ‘ethics in journalism’ and we can’t stop laughing

OpIndia Staff -
The shenanigans listed by us here are, of course, only the tip of the iceberg
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News Reports

AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal convicted for threatening and intimidating a woman

OpIndia Staff -
Jarwal and another AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan are the main accused in the Delhi Chief Secretary assault case.
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Crime

#MeToo: Mumbai Film Festival drops AIB’s first film ‘Chintu Ka Birthday’ and Rajat Kapoor’s ‘Kadakh’ from the line up

OpIndia Staff -
Last night, video streaming platform Hotstar, too, cancelled AIB show, "On Air with AIB'.
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Crime

Veteran actor Alok Nath accused of sexual assault by former colleague

OpIndia Staff -
Writer-producer Vinta Nanda narrates her ordeal of repeated sexual abuse and exploitation she faced in the industry.
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Media

#MeToo: Hotstar cancels All India Bakchod show, ‘On Air with AIB’ with immediate effect

OpIndia Staff -
People are also demanding that Amazon and YouTube also removes the content of AIB from their platforms
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Media Fact-Check

Remember journalists sharing old news of Dalit killed for entering temple? It was fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Even Akhilesh Yadav government had confirmed that the reason for the murder was not caste
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News Reports

Suspected ISI spy arrested from Nagpur’s Brahmos Missile Unit

OpIndia Staff -
Nishant Agarwal works at Brahmos Aerospace and had access to classified information
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Crime

Anonymous account deletes MeToo allegations against singer

OpIndia Staff -
The anonymous account deleted the allegations against the singer
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News Reports

Gujarat Minister urges migrant workers, who were forced to leave amidst clashes, to return, assures situation under control

OpIndia Staff -
Gujarat Home Minister confirmed that more than 450 arrests of people responsible for the attacks have been made.
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Media

#MeToo: Hindustan Times Bureau Chief and Politics Editor asked to step down following sexual harassment allegations

OpIndia Staff -
Despite the woman said no, Prashant Jha has been accused of repeating his efforts to start an affair with a lawyer-journalist
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Law

Review petition filed in Supreme Court against verdict allowing women’s entry in Sabarimala

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, the priests and the Pandalam royal family had refused to hold talks with the leftist government of Kerala.
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News Reports

JNU Student Najeeb Ahmed Case : After two years, Delhi HC allows CBI to file a closure report

OpIndia Staff -
Najeeb Ahmed allegedly disappeared from Mahi-Mandavi hostel of the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi in 2016, following an alleged scuffle with some students of the university.
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News Reports

7-year-old girl allegedly raped and murdered, FIR against local councillor Aizaz and his 3 brothers

OpIndia Staff -
The girl's relative had allegedly contested against Aizaz in the municipal election and the families had enmity ever since.
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Crime

Gujarat: Congress MLA to sit on fast demanding release of riot accused

K Bhattacharjee -
Alpesh Thakor has announced that he will sit on an indefinite fast from the 11th of October.
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Crime

Amidst allegations of sexual misconduct, AIB co-founders Tanmay and Khamba asked to step away

OpIndia Staff -
The duo have been accused of sending inappropriate messages to women
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Opinions

Disappearance of a dissident: Jamal Khashoggi becomes new point of contention for Middle East

Devanshu Rajput -
Saudi is alleged by Turkey of killing one if its critic Jamal Khashoggi, inside Saudi consulate in Istanbul
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News Reports

Haryana’s ‘out on parole’ former CM Chautala lashes out at Congress, vows to make Mayawati the next PM

OpIndia Staff -
Chautala has announced to contest the coming elections in alliance with BSP.
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Crime

Dear Anurag Kashyap, forget your silence, even your words and actions are questionable

Nupur J Sharma -
Anurag Kashyap, for all his explanations, seems to have done exactly that.
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Crime

Man arrested for circulating offensive video against Lord Ayyappa

OpIndia Staff -
The video allegedly shows Lord Ayyappa in bad light.
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Crime

Bihar: Villagers, parents beat up girls of a residential school for resisting to harassment from their boys

OpIndia Staff -
Over 30 girls were reportedly injured when a mob of parents and villagers attacked them for resisting harassment attempts from local boys earlier.
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News Reports

86th Air Force Day: Nine decades into the India’s guardian angels ensuring that the skies remain safe

OpIndia Staff -
India today celebrates its 86th Air Force Day, and our efficacy has only multiplied in these nine decades. 
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News Reports

Naxalism will be eliminated in 3 years, says Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

OpIndia Staff -
Rajnath Singh was addressing the RAF troops on the occasion of their 26th raising day.
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Crime

Gujarat: Police confirm Congress leader instigated violence against non-Gujaratis

OpIndia Staff -
The violence started as revenge for the rape of a minor girl allegedly by a Bihari man
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Media

Woman claims sexual harassment at NDTV, claims Barkha, Prannoy Roy never responded to her complains

OpIndia Staff -
She said she wrote multiple mails to Dutt and Prannoy Roy but her concerns were not addressed
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Economy and Finance

Growth in India solidifying, will propel upwards says World Bank

OpIndia Staff -
The World Bank predicts 7.3% growth in 2018-19 fiscal year
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Government and Policy

Delhi Minorities Commission issues notice over circular recommending Gayatri Mantra during morning assemblies

OpIndia Staff -
The DMC said the recommendation was against the 'secular polity'.
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Fact-Check

How ‘independent’ journalists and Congress tried to fan discord after election dates were announced

OpIndia Staff -
With the race to 2019 general elections heating up and 5 states heading to polls before 2019, the media seems to be in overdrive
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Government and Policy

UNICEF applauds PM Modi for his efforts on India’s health and sanitation issues

OpIndia Staff -
Sanitation coverage in the country has increased from almost 40 percent to nearly 90 percent after the Swachh Bharat Mission was launched.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee government refusing to share data for CAG audits, reveals RTI response

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According to CAG, audit reports of West Bengal become even more important as it has 2.5 thousand kilometers of International borders.
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Entertainment

Tanushree Dutta files complaint against Nana Patekar accusing him of sexual harassment on sets of a film in 2008

OpIndia Staff -
A case has been filed under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for outraging the modesty of a woman.
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Law

Sabarimala: Priests, Pandalam royal family cite lack of intent from Kerala government, reject talks

OpIndia Staff -
The Kerala government had invited to hold talks with the concerned stakeholders after it had faced severe backlash for its decision to implement the order of the top court and not to file a review petition.
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Media

Former India Today employee slams CEO Arun Poorie for failing to act on her workplace sexual harassment complaint

OpIndia Staff -
A journalist named Rukmini Sen has alleged that India Today's Supriya Sen had used the worst kind of verbal and sexist insult on her.
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Entertainment

Sonam Kapoor says ‘hard to believe Kangana’ on allegations against Anurag Kashyap, Kangana hits back

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Many film personalities have maintained radio silence on the allegations against Vikas Bahl and Anurag Kashyap
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Culture and History

Mahalaya: When we invoke the Devi to descend on this mortal world and bless us with her divine presence

jogakhichudi -
Today we will again wake up in the wee hours and collectively invoke the Devi to descend on this mortal world
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Media

Now co-founder of leftist website ‘The Wire’ accused of sexual harassment, denies allegations

OpIndia Staff -
Sidharth Bhatia has neither refuted nor apologised on the allegations
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Culture and History

Amid country wide protest against the Sabarimala verdict, Congress makes a turnaround in its stand

OpIndia Staff -
Congress has welcomed the SC verdict, but now asking for a review petition and an ordinance against it
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News Reports

Watch: ‘Aarti’ at Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Jabalpur backfires as balloon explodes

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier too, the Congress president has evaded a somewhat similar situation
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Media

Dibang was removed as editor of NDTV India as Congress’ friends were not happy, suggests former NDTV journalist

OpIndia Staff -
Pranoy Roy overrules editors in programming decisions at NDTV, claims the former NDTV journalist
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News Reports

Police probe allegations of college in Ballia district, UP punishing children for chanting ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ and singing ‘Vande Mataram’

OpIndia Staff -
Refuting the allegations, the college principal, Majid Nasir, called it "baseless and an attempt to malign the school’s reputation"
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Law

Bengaluru: Several people hit the streets to protest against the SC verdict on Sabarimala

OpIndia Staff -
After the Supreme Court judgement, several people have hit the streets to protest against the interference of the courts in age-old religious traditions.
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News Reports

NASA satellite images exposed the environmental laws in force to check the air quality in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Air quality in Delhi has been continuously deteriorating
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Culture and History

Calling Akbar, the Mughal, the father of the nation is an insult to history and common sense

K Bhattacharjee -
A Mughal can never be called the Father of a nation the soul of which is Hindu.
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Crime

Mother of Kerala youth who allegedly left to join ISIS, turns hostile

OpIndia Staff -
Ashfaque Majeed, with his wife and a year old toddler, left India to join the ranks of ISIS
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Opinions

Remember when Kanhaiya was accused of flashing his d*ck to a woman?

Abhishek Banerjee -
There is not one liberal who is actually ashamed today about what was happening on the left wing scene until the moment they all got caught.
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Crime

BSF officer, arrested for Hizbul links, was directed to train new recruits: reports

OpIndia Staff -
He was an over-ground worker (OGWs) of the Hizb and were engaged in providing logistic support to militants
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News Reports

Rajasthan Congress MLA threatens to relaunch Jat agitation if demands not fulfilled

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan is scheduled to go to polls on 7th December
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Culture and History

Kerala : LDF government to invite Sabarimala priests, members of Pandalam royal family to hold discussion on SC verdict

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court in its recent judgement had ordered Sabarimala Shrine to open its doors to women of all ages.
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Crime

HP Youth Congress leader arrested over derogatory slogans against PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Police checked the CCTV footage and Thakur was arrested
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: Congress may not give tickets to all sitting MLAs for upcoming state assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
Chhattisgarh is going to polls in November this year.
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Crime

22-year-old woman set ablaze by her stalker, Ibrahim, for refusing to marry him

OpIndia Staff -
Both persons and the girl's sister-in-law suffered life-threatening burns and were rushed to Osmania hospital
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