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Triple talaq petitioner writes to Mamata, alleges police inaction regarding her safety

OpIndia Staff -
Triple talaq petitioner gets threats, seeks protection from state.
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News Reports

Kerala ‘love jihad’: NIA suspects same ‘mentor’ lured two girls

OpIndia Staff -
Preliminary probe by NIA in Kerala "love jihad" case reveals some a deeper conspiracy.
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News Reports

MP cop who saved the lives of 400 children by carrying away a bomb, awarded by state govt

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The cop won laurels of many for his act
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News Reports

Twitter reacts to Lalu’s ‘morphed’ photo from his Patna rally

OpIndia Staff -
RJD supremo Lalu Yadav gets called out for sharing a fake image of his #DeshBachao rally.
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News Reports

Triple Talaq – Read about the petitions, arguments and the judgment

Sambit Nayak -
A brief look at the history of the case, and the major arguments made in the Supreme Court by both sides.
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Opinions

Is “Panchkula model” of shooting stone-pelters dead the solution to Kashmir?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Perhaps all this time the real solution was right in front of us : Army & Police shooting stone-pelters in the head. 
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Political Fact-Check

Congress leader spreads fake stories implying Dera chief used Adani chopper after conviction in rape case

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter teaches Congress leader Salman Nizami a quick lesson on how to Google.
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Opinions

Why Arvind Kejriwal is afraid of taking action against Satyendar Jain? Kapil Mishra writes

Kapil Mishra -
Kejriwal removed a minister in press conference after corruption allegations, but why does he not act against Jain?
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News Reports

Lapses on Haryana govt’s part aggrieved the post Gurmeet Ram Rahim verdict violence

OpIndia Staff -
The government had reportedly failed to control the size of the crowd
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News Reports

CBI files FIR against Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain in money laundering case, searches residence

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain faces money laundering allegations.
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Opinions

Ram Rahim Verdict: how some indulged in whataboutery while people died

Nirwa Mehta -
Indian "liberals" shocking whataboutery on Gurmeet Ram Rahim conviction and Dera violence comparing it to Kashmir.
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Opinions

Mamata imposes restrictions on Durga Puja to make way for Muharram, Liberals blame her “bad luck”

Abhishek Banerjee -
In the coming days, whether Hindus in Bengal are able to stand up for their rights remains to be seen.
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News Reports

In Mamata’s Bengal, triple talaq petitioner faces social boycott

OpIndia Staff -
Ishrat Jahan, one of the five petitioners in triple talaq verdict, faces hostility back home in West Bengal.
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Fact-Check

Prashant Bhushan shares unverified image with wrong information to score a political point

OpIndia Staff -
Photo appeared like a newspaper clipping about Reliance Jio, except that its authenticity was entirely in doubt.
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News Reports

TMC leader calls triple talaq verdict ‘unconstitutional’, says courts can’t interfere in matters of Islam

OpIndia Staff -
The leader is a minister in Mamata government and President of state unit of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind
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News Reports

In Mamata’s Bengal, news channel banned as its Facebook page had ‘offensive’ comments by people

Nirwa Mehta -
Posting anything that Mamata Banerjee government finds offensive on social media could land you in a soup.
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News Reports

Sonia and Mayawati to not attend Lalu’s ‘Desh Bachao, Bhajpa Bhagao’ rally

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Lalu not being able to unify the opposition?
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Media

Newslaundry columnist asks a Sikh man supporting Hindu festivals to give up Sikhism

OpIndia Staff -
Rather than apologising, the Newslaundry columnist decided to stoop even lower.
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News Reports

Father of 2 Spanish terrorists claims they were radicalised by their Imam who masterminded the attack

OpIndia Staff -
The Imam had used human rights defence to stop deportation from Spain
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News Reports

How an unverified picture about Doklam made it to Times Group’s newspaper and news channel

Nirwa Mehta -
Times of India and Times Now spread unverified images of Doklam, wrongly attributes it to Bhutanese journalist.
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News Reports

Parents of Mulayam’s daughter-in-law accused of grabbing land worth Rs 100 crore during Akhilesh regime

OpIndia Staff -
Another controversy has struck Mulayam Singh Yadav's relatives
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Opinions

Dear liberals, BJP is treating Triple Talaq verdict as their victory because you are treating it as your defeat

Abhishek Banerjee -
Who is responsible for turning Indian secularism into such a joke over 70 years? Time to introspect.
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Media

Bhutanese journalist slams Indian magazine for biased report helping China

Nirwa Mehta -
Indian magazine The Week runs an 'irresponsible' cover story on Doklam standoff.
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News Reports

Rajasthan govt recommends CBI probe into Robert Vadra’s controversial land deals

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Is the government finally initiating proper action against Robert Vadra?
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News Reports

Pakistan rattled as Trump requests India’s help in Afghanistan

Hemant Bijapurkar -
US giving a cold shoulder to Pakistan?
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News Reports

Gorakhpur Tragedy: FIR to be filed against half a dozen people

OpIndia Staff -
Updates on the Gorakhpur tragedy. Probe over, FIRs to be filed.
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News Reports

Islamic clerics oppose the Triple Talaq verdict because it interferes in Shariat law

OpIndia Staff -
One of the clerics claimed that normally women are responsible for the talaq
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News Reports

Shayara Bano: The woman whose fight against Instant Triple Talaq led to its abolition

Hemant Bijapurkar -
She petitioned the Supreme Court regarding the matter
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News Reports

Supreme Court strikes down the practice of Instant Triple Talaq, but it may not be enough

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The real issue of a woman having a say or right in the whole process of divorce is still to be addressed.
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Media

Triple Talaq verdict: How ‘seculars’ can’t think beyond religion

Nirwa Mehta -
Twitterati slam attempts to drag Hinduism after triple talaq verdict
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News Reports

Brutal acid attack on cows in Agra sparks tension in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Acid thrown on cows and oxen in Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

Pamphlet asks Muslims to vote for AAP as the ‘community has always ruled over Delhi’

OpIndia Staff -
The pamphlets printed in the name of an AAP minister was allegedly distributed ahead of the Bawana by-polls.
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi meets Gujarat Congress MLAs from behind a ‘barricade’, Twitter reacts

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter reacts to Rahul Gandhi's meeting with Gujarat MLAs.
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Opinions

Mr. Satpathy, please behave like an MP – a fellow Odia writes

Sambit Nayak -
BJD MP Tathagata Satpathy, while trying to raise issue of language, exposed his uninformed and elitist mindset.
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News Reports

Kejriwal, who has at least 11 defamation cases against him, says sorry to try and end one

Hemant Bijapurkar -
One down, ten more to go?
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News Reports

Utkal Express tragedy: what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Utkal Express derailment: alleged audio tapes reveal negligence, rule out terror plot.
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News Reports

Members of a ‘particular community’ disconnect Temple’s electricity supply to stop its loudspeaker

OpIndia Staff -
The incident happened in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh. Hindus as a result staged a protest.
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News Reports

BSP ‘disowns’ its verified Twitter handle after it shows Mayawati together with Akhilesh

OpIndia Staff -
A verified handle of BSP tweets a poster calling opposition to unite. Party claims account is not official, tweet deleted.
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News Reports

Another Janmashtami procession attacked in Uttar Pradesh by a Muslim mob

OpIndia Staff -
This is a second such incident in recent days in the state.
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News Reports

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor spreads fake news on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor tweets fake news link, gets called out.
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News Reports

CBDT clarifies there is no inconsistency in the data provided by government, PM

OpIndia Staff -
Truth about discrepancies in government numbers and numbers quoted in Prime Minister's speech.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena writes an editorial attacking Manohar Parrikar based on fake news

OpIndia Staff -
The editorial made scathing attacks against Manohar Parrikar
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News Reports

Before giving sermons to BJP, the Catholic Church should examine its own pacts with Fascist Mussolini

Abhishek Banerjee -
Mussolini gave the Catholic Church a cool 750 million lira in cash and another 1 billion lira in government bonds.
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News Reports

Zakir Naik starts playing the victim card, claims persecution for being a Muslim

OpIndia Staff -
Is this going to be the default go-to defence for Zakir Naik?
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s aide calls Congress nepotistic and feudal while quitting

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi's close aide alleges Congress being "anti-Hindu" in his resignation letter.
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News Reports

Alka Lamba brazens out her fake survey tweet, attacks news channel for exposing her lie

OpIndia Staff -
Alka Lamba deleted fake survey tweet, but mocked the news channel for calling out her lies.
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News Reports

Goa Church continues to interfere in politics, asks people not to vote for Manohar Parrikar

OpIndia Staff -
They said it through an article in their magazine, which comes before the Panjim by-election on August 23rd.
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News Reports

Allegations of food shortage and unhygienic cooking emerge within days of Indira Canteen launch

OpIndia Staff -
The canteens were inaugurated by Rahul Gandhi in Bengaluru earlier this week, and now it runs into troubles.
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Opinions

Is toppling of a Confederate statue in the US different from demolishing Babri Masjid?

Abhishek Banerjee -
What distinction is between those cheering the pulling down of North Carolina statue and those who chanted 'Ek dhakka aur do'?
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News Reports

Don’t fall for this fake survey tweeted by AAP MLA Alka Lamba for upcoming Bawana bypolls

OpIndia Staff -
AAP resorting to old tricks as elections come near
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