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Pakistani website claims Muslim population in India has grown to 22% thanks to beef consumption

OpIndia Staff -
They are writing quite the stories
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Political History of India

How Sardar Patel ensured Hyderabad’s inclusion in India

NR Nigam -
Lost in the pages of history.
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Opinions

Building a sustainable ‘Right Wing’ ecosystem

@bhagwaanuvacha -
Time is running out
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News Reports

Amid rising radical Sikh violence, Congress drops idea to install Indira’s statue in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
They didn't want to create more tension
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Social Media

AIB deletes out of context video demeaning PM Modi after getting called out on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
They again seem to have indulged in "shoot and scoot" comedy
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News Reports

On Indira’s death anniversary, don’t fall for this lie about Vajpayee

OpIndia Staff -
The oft-repeated lie about Vajpayee busted
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News Reports

Now West Bengal Government says NO to celebrating Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s birth anniversary

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal refuses to follow UGC directive on paying tribute to Sardar Patel
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News Reports

Tehseen Poonawalla threatens to sue OpIndia for a Mumbai Mirror report after-effects

OpIndia Staff -
Even though our report was based on Mumbai Mirror report, Tehseen targets OpIndia.
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News Reports

In a historic first, India sends a wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Iran’s Chabahar port

Hemant Bijapurkar -
A functional Chabahar port would mean India won't be dependent on Pakistan for trade routes
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News Reports

Billionaire Cyrus Poonawalla clarifies ‘motormouth’ Poonawalla of Congress is not his relative

Nirwa Mehta -
Ouch! We did not see that coming!
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Fact-Check

PTI has misquote the CBEC chief on GST collection targets?

OpIndia Staff -
PTI is in the cross-hairs of GST authorities again
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News Reports

Love Jihad: Now a Kerala mother moves SC for a NIA probe into daughter’s conversion to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
The state of Kerala continues to be riddled with this issue
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News Reports

SC slams Mamata Banerjee for not respecting the federal structure of India

OpIndia Staff -
Apex court slams Mamata Banerjee on Aadhaar, says file plea as individual, not government.
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News Reports

Hijack scare: Jet Airways diverts Mum-Del flight to A’bad, finally leaves for Delhi at 11 am

OpIndia Staff -
After a night long ordeal, the flight took off at 11 am from Ahmedabad
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News Reports

Home ministry grants long term visas to 431 Pakistani Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
They can now buy property and avail PAN, Aadhaar cards
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Fact-Check

Were the Punjab drug problem figures misleadingly ‘high’?

Nirwa Mehta -
MSM's shoot and scoot hitjobs on Punjab's drug problem.
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Media

The Wire or The Liar? Old habits die hard

Dr. Bharat K -
Once is a mistake.. Twice is a pattern.. Thrice is a habit.
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Politics

Ha-Laal Salaam – Amendment to the communist constitution

mirchagalib -
How the commies will paint the country red!
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Social Media

Go home people! Himanta Biswa Sarma wins Twitter for today

OpIndia Staff -
He hit it right out of the park!
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News Reports

Chidambaram demands autonomy for Kashmir, again, slammed by BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Chidambaram courts controversy again, bats for Kashmir autonomy
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News Reports

Hardik Patel threatens to disrupt Rahul Gandhi’s rally if Congress doesn’t make its stand clear on Patidar reservation

OpIndia Staff -
Perhaps Alpesh joining Congress has pushed the Patidars away.
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Social Media

Rahul Gandhi’s claim of having a black belt in martial arts leaves people amused

opindiastaff -
He reportedly has a black belt in Aikido, a Japanese martial arts
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Social Media

Twitter users slam India Today for sharing a video demeaning the use of Saree

OpIndia Staff -
The video tried to create a negative perception
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Opinions

India’s informal Hundi market and how it has suffered a blow post demonetisation

Chinmay 'Bharadwaj' -
The Modi government also needs to ensure banking reforms to reduce dependency on this sector
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Social Media

Kerala’s electricity minister shares fake picture of a solar power plant in Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
This area is thousands of miles away from Kerala
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News Reports

I&B Ministry issues show cause notice to Radio Mirchi for its anti-India campaign

OpIndia Staff -
The FM station had shared an absurd campaign that aimed to demean India
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News Reports

A brief profile of 14 Apostles of Left-liberal feminism

Nirwa Mehta -
Are these feminists insecure and afraid of newer generation of feminists who are more vocal?
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Social Media

Now Gurmehar Kaur’s mentor shows fascist color, abuses people from UP and Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
He put out a number of hate-filled tweets
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Fact-Check

Comedian blames The Wire for spreading fake story about censorship of Modi jokes

Nupur J Sharma -
Mimicry artist Shyam Rangeela told OpIndia.com that his words were twisted by the media
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News Reports

India receives high praise from FIFA for very successfully hosting the Under-17 World Cup

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The officials are very happy with India's organisation
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News Reports

Read why social media users are appalled at Radio Mirchi

OpIndia Staff -
Mirchi sunne wale hue nakhush!
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News Reports

Income Tax Department provisionally attaches Roys’ shares in NDTV

OpIndia Staff -
Is the long arm of the law finally catching up?
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News Reports

I&B ministry to punish ‘NDTV India’ for compromising national security?

OpIndia Staff -
It will go off air for about two week
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Media

The Wire promoting faulty Dalit statistics by dubious ‘Navsarjan Trust’

Vikrant -
Waiting for The Wire to improve their editorial standards.
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Opinions

Hardik Patel’s treatment of the Congress shows how low the party has fallen

Abhishek Banerjee -
Some in the media already seem to have given up on a Congress victory
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News Reports

Gujarat ATS arrests 2 ISIS terrorists suspected of planning an attack during Gujarat Assembly elections

OpIndia Staff -
The two arrested were in touch with ISIS via social media
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News Reports

How Leftists come together to save one of their own accused of sexual harassment

Nirwa Mehta -
Self proclaimed feminists abandon victims if perpetrator is one of 'their own'.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh govt helps provide citizenship to 60 Pakistani Hindus, will further aid 600-700 such Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
600-700 more Pakistani Hindus would be provided the citizenship in the coming days
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News Reports

Sexual harassment allegations against Mahesh Murthy: Did we have our own ‘Weinstein’ moment too?

OpIndia Staff -
There seems to be ample evidence that he may have wronged women
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News Reports

Manish Mundra the man behind Newton and Masaan speaks to OpIndia

Hemant Bijapurkar -
He answered a variety of interesting questions
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Social Media

Political ‘Sholay’: political parties get filmier as election campaigns get more dramatic

OpIndia Staff -
Political parties now engage in meme wars!
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Opinions

Bank Recapitalization – sorting the myths from the facts

Ashutosh Muglikar -
Lot of pseudo-economics is being spread on social media
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Opinions

“A Brahmin is always a rapist”: Has the Indian left lost control of its loons?

Abhishek Banerjee -
The leftists are turning on each other
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News Reports

What has happened to Hindustan Times’ database ‘hate-tracker’?

OpIndia Staff -
Has social media struck another Goliath?
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News Reports

Stage is set: Election Commission declares Gujarat Assembly election dates

OpIndia Staff -
A nail-biting finale to the politically charged year is coming!
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Opinions

Dear ‘liberals’, hate us, thats all you can do, but spare our babies

Nupur J Sharma -
'Liberals' resort to wishing ill for children just because they don't agree with parents' views.
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News Reports

NIA arrests son of global terrorist and head of Hizbul Muhajideen Syed Salahuddin

OpIndia Staff -
He is currently employed in agriculture department of J&K government.
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News Reports

FM Jaitley announces bank recapitalization plan, amidst data showing Indian Economy’s position

Hemant Bijapurkar -
A summary of the major announcements made by FM Arun Jaitley
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Social Media

Gabbar Singh Tax Congress style? Twitter users react to Punjab govt taxing domestic animals

OpIndia Staff -
From amusement to anger to jokes, Twitter users had all kinds of reactions to this new tax rule in Punjab.
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News Reports

Jan Dhan Yojana: showing small, but steady impact on our lives

OpIndia Staff -
PMJDY has had significant effect on our economy
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