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How media spread propaganda to link Gauri Lankesh murder with ‘right wing’ outfit

Abhishek Banerjee -
SIT confirms Lankesh murder has no links to Dabholkar or Kalburgi murder
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Social Media

5 times Rajdeep Sardesai was absolutely decimated while recording an interview

OpIndia Staff -
He has been taken on by people of various political ideologies
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Opinions

Gurmehar Kaur is by no means a ‘Free Speech Warrior’

Ananth Krishna -
The Time magazine has hailed someone threatening jail for memes as a free speech warrior
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News Reports

Kerala High Court rules that student politics has no place in educational institutes

OpIndia Staff -
The students might be expelled if they carry out such practices
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Social Media

Former minister Shashi Tharoor gets schooled by a Twitter user on Global Hunger Index

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor whines that the 3 year old government has done nothing, gets reminded of Congress misrule.
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News Reports

Now AAP leader announces reward for whoever can find Kejriwal’s stolen car

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The car was stolen yesterday from near the Delhi secretariat
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News Reports

Woman dies after man attempts rape, inserts iron rod in her private parts in Naubatpur, Patna

Nirwa Mehta -
He raped her after she refused his advances.
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News Reports

Civil liberties group files petition in Supreme Court against Delhi cracker sale ban

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court had banned the sale of crackers in the Delhi NCR region
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News Reports

The Dynasty’s tryst with adult magazines

Nirwa Mehta -
One can only wait and watch who will carry Rahul Gandhi's interview
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News Reports

These strange reasons, and not pollution, seem to be why SC banned sale of crackers

Sambit Nayak -
The ban was imposed in Delhi NCR region
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News Reports

Miscreants break a goddess’ idol in Saharanpur where such incidents have happened before

OpIndia Staff -
This is a worrying sign from the region in Uttar Pradesh
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Social Media

Journalist Tavleen Singh gets a lesson on fact checking by a Twitter user

OpIndia Staff -
Senior journalist gets schooled on Twitter.
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News Reports

Expelled CPI-M leader summoned by West Bengal CBI after woman files rape complaint

OpIndia Staff -
He allegedly engaged in physical relations after promising marriage.
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News Reports

Possibly disappointed with Prashant Kishor, Congress now looks to hire foreign poll experts

Sharanya Shetty -
The Congress party is now taking refuge in foreign experts
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News Reports

The full story behind India’s “fall” in Press Freedom rankings

OpIndia Staff -
There's more than what meets the eye
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Social Media

Facebook blocks user for sharing donation appeal to Civil Liberties group

OpIndia Staff -
Indic Collective the organisation in question has taken up very novel initiatives
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Media

Despite goof ups galore, media outlets are claiming Congress is winning social media space

Nirwa Mehta -
Mainstream media seems to be singing praises of Congress's new social media head, despite faux pas
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Social Media

AAP leader slammed on Twitter for playing low-level politics over attack on Australia’s team bus

OpIndia Staff -
She unnecessarily brought in politics
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Social Media

Firecracker ban: how the pseudo liberal cabal showed their hypocrisy

OpIndia Staff -
Twitterati shows the pseudo liberals the mirror
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News Reports

Congress leader arrested in Mumbai for running a fake currency racket

Hemant Bijapurkar -
His uncle and a builder have also been arrested
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Social Media

Stand Up comic shows how not to react to criticism on social media

Nirwa Mehta -
If you find an Indian standup comic unfunny, you're either abused or worse, threatened
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Opinions

Congress VP Rahul Gandhi makes sexist remarks, says Sangh women don’t wear shorts

Nirwa Mehta -
Rahul Gandhi should stop embarrassing himself now.
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News Reports

Amethi’s local congress leader joins BJP merely days after Rahul Gandhi’s visit

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Rahul Gandhi was recently on a 3 day visit of the region
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Social Media

Congress twitter handle claims Indira Gandhi inaugurated a project 8 years after her death

Nirwa Mehta -
Congress social media team itself needs lessons on #KnowYourLegacy
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Fact-Check

How National Herald distorted facts to attack Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff -
National Herald picks up from where thewire left
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News Reports

Gujarat election: Congress VP Rahul Gandhi caught lying, again

OpIndia Staff -
It has become a routine of sort.
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News Reports

12 out of 25 Supreme Court judges yet to make their financial assets public

OpIndia Staff -
A 2009 resolution called for such a disclosure
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Media

The Hindu suggests ‘bold economic steps’ to PM Modi, which he has already taken

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Business page of The Hindu newspaper gave prominence to an article, which made no logical conclusion.
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News Reports

Bihar Congress workers beat up each other, shout ‘Narendra Modi Zindabad’

OpIndia Staff -
A lot of drama seems to be happening in Bihar Congress
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Opinions

To the Hindus : This Diwali, light a diya and weep

Abhishek Banerjee -
No need to protest the firecracker ban or troll the 'seculars'. This is a moment for some introspection. Do it.
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News Reports

Kerala: Fake audio of Bengali labourer’s ‘murder’ makes 400 migrant workers flee Kerala

Nirwa Mehta -
'Intolerance' in Kerala is on the rise.
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News Reports

After OpIndia expose, The Wire selectively alters its story, gets further slammed by readers

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter wasn't too impressed with the Wire
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Fact-Check

The Jay Amit Shah story: Low on Facts, High on innuendo

OpIndia Staff -
Basic errors? or malafide intent?
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Media

Why the Indian mainstream media is hated by many – just 5 reasons

Amit Kelkar -
The Fourth Estate's credibility is at its lowest level ever.
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Social Media

Retired Armyman Lt Gen H S Panag posts misleading pictures of martyrs, gets called out

Nirwa Mehta -
Unfortunate that an armyman would share misleading images of martyrs for a political point.
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News Reports

Has ‘Operation Gujarat’ of the Left liberal cabal started?

OpIndia Staff -
We have seen this script play out before
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Social Media

In a twitter fight, Adnan Sami calls Omar Abdullah sadistic sore loser

OpIndia Staff -
Adnan Sami gives befitting reply to former J&K CM Omar Abdullah
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News Reports

Kerala’s leftist govt now trying to stop NIA probe into state’s “Love Jihad” case

OpIndia Staff -
The probe was recently commissioned by the Supreme Court
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Social Media

Twitter reminds Arvind Kejriwal of his hypocrisy on caste based politics

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter reacts to Kejriwal's duality.
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Opinions

Why shaming Hindus for alleged pollution on Diwali is completely misplaced

lordwalrus -
Statistically it doesn't make any sense
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News Reports

The truth about No PAN requirement for jewellery sales above Rs 50,000

OpIndia Staff -
Half knowledge can be dangerous.
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News Reports

The Hindu receives show-cause notice from Press Council for its Elphinstone molestation story

OpIndia Staff -
The show-cause notice follows a complaint from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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Fact-Check

Media and Politicians spread sensational lies about renewed Chinese aggression in Dolam

Nupur J Sharma -
Is the job of a journalist to give clarity or muddy the water?
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News Reports

Dalit youth faked attack on himself after being ‘inspired’ by speeches of NGO people

OpIndia Staff -
The Gujarat police has concluded it after finishing the probe
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Opinions

What media won’t admit : Yogi Adityanath is destroying Dengue, Malaria, Japanese Encephalitis and Chikungunya in UP

Abhishek Banerjee -
Just a look at the numbers will tell you things are changing in Uttar Pradesh, for better.
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Opinions

Kerala’s Model of Growth is far different from what it is advertised to be

Ashish Shukla -
Kerala is promoted by some ideologically driven journalists and activists as the model state, but is it?
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News Reports

Banks provide shocking data relating to demonetization activities of suspected shell companies

OpIndia Staff -
The crackdown is just starting
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News Reports

8 newborns die within 24 hrs in Assam hospital and the cause might be bizarre

OpIndia Staff -
There may be more to the story
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Opinions

FIFA U-17 World Cup – A golden chance for India to get onto the global football map

Hemant Bijapurkar -
This might be the big break which Indian Football has waited for
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Media

This senior journalist from The Hindu hates facts, data, feedback, and Twitter

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Astounding that a person with scant regard for facts is the Deputy Editor of The Hindu
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