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Muslim villagers protest against suspension of teachers who forced Hindu students to offer Namaz

OpIndia Staff -
The teachers also reportedly tried to force the students to convert to Islam
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News Reports

Vande Mataram – the history of Muslim opposition and support

Saswat Panigrahi -
It is important to revisit the history of Vande Mataram and understand its relevance in order to get the right perspective.
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Interviews

If social media had not supported Indu Sarkar, I’d have gone into depression: Madhur Bhandarkar

Nupur J Sharma -
Exclusive interview with Madhur Bhandarkar, where he talks about the movie and Bollywood’s hypocrisy.
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News Reports

DRDO develops India’s first indigenous unmanned tank

Hemant Bijapurkar -
A big boost to India's defence weaponry
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News Reports

2 SP legislators quit the party after being discontent with Akhilesh’s leadership

OpIndia Staff -
Newer cracks continue to emerge in the opposition parties
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News Reports

Man breaks Lord Shiva’s idol, asks why stop him if Aamir Khan was ‘allowed’ in PK

OpIndia Staff -
There have been many incidents of Lord Shiva’s idols being broken in this month in Uttar Pradesh.
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News Reports

BJP office attacked by CPM workers in Kerala, cops suspended for inaction

OpIndia Staff -
One of the attackers was a CPM councillor
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News Reports

JD-U not to change its stand on Vice Presidential elections despite being with BJP now

OpIndia Staff -
Party is sticking to its earlier stance of supporting UPA candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi against NDA’s Venkaiah Naidu
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News Reports

Congress hit by a mutiny in Gujarat as MLAs continue to quit the party

Hemant Bijapurkar -
As many as 16 MLAs are expected to leave the party
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News Reports

Congress hooligans disrupt screening of Madhur Bhandarkar’s ‘Indu Sarkar’ in various cities

OpIndia Staff -
Film screenings were delayed and cancelled at various places due to protests by Congress supporters.
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News Reports

Rebel AAP leader claims that Kejriwal is trying a ‘compromise’ with the BJP

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Suspended party MLA Kapil Mishra made the claims on Twitter.
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News Reports

After Ajit Doval-Yang Jiechi meeting, signals emerge about diplomatic resolution of Doklam standoff

OpIndia Staff -
This was the first official meeting between the top officials of India and China ever since Doklam standoff started.
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Fact-Check

PTI uses Chennai Airport pictures as pictures of flooded Ahmedabad Airport

OpIndia Staff -
The news agency terminated the services of the photographer who sent them fake image of Ahmedabad airport.
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News Reports

India and China face-off over making Tibetan medicine a part of their own cultural heritage

OpIndia Staff -
Doklam plateau isn't the only conflict point between the two countries
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News Reports

Minor whose FB post triggered Basirhat riots, still unlawfully languishing in jail

OpIndia Staff -
Human rights groups in West Bengal have been unusually quiet about this issue
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News Reports

Communist leader Sitaram Yechury denied another Rajya Sabha term by his party

Hemant Bijapurkar -
What next for Mr Yechury?
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News Reports

Documents show terrorists turn to separatists for finances

OpIndia Staff -
NIA has recovered several letters from Hurriyat leaders that show the terrorists asking for money from them.
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Media

How some journalists suffered a virtual meltdown during the Bihar political drama

OpIndia Staff -
From Barkha criticising 'liberals' to Rajdeep introducing a JD-U leader as an RJD MP, yesterday saw it all.
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Opinions

An open letter to Shekhar Gupta by a man whose efforts were maligned by ThePrint

Anuraag Saxena -
Anuraag Saxena is a Singapore-based CA & MBA, who runs India Pride Project, which was termed 'communal' by ThePrint.
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News Reports

Case filed against youth for posting ‘objectionable comments’ against Rahul Gandhi on Facebook

OpIndia Staff -
Local Youth Congress workers had complained against a youth in Ambala Cantt Police Station of Haryana.
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News Reports

UPA didn’t celebrate Kargil Vijay Divas from 2004-09 apparently because it was ‘BJP’s war’

OpIndia Staff -
Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar shared on Twitter a letter that led to official celebrations from 2009 onward.
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Media

You are a poor performer, not martyr – fellow journalist exposes claims of Nikhil Wagle

OpIndia Staff -
Marathi journalist Nikhil Wagle had claimed that his TV show was stopped under 'political pressure'
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News Reports

Jethmalani calls Kejriwal a liar, quits as his counsel in the defamation case filed by Jaitley

OpIndia Staff -
Ram Jethmalani has also asked Arvind Kejriwal to settle his pending legal fees, which amounts over Rs 2 crore.
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News Reports

News18 uses photoshopped pic of Chennai gay parade as TCS workers’ protest in Lucknow

OpIndia Staff -
The picture showed an old man asking Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to intervene.
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Opinions

Why SC’s refusal to probe the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits is a travesty of justice

Saswat Panigrahi -
The Kashmiri Pandits speak to us about this refusal of justice
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Media

Former colleagues Barkha Dutt and Nidhi Razdan fight on twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Not friends anymore?
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News Reports

Kejriwal openly contradicts his own lawyer in the ongoing defamation case against him

Hemant Bijapurkar -
All doesn't seem to be well between Kejriwal and Ram Jethmalani
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News Reports

Pakistani ministers spread fake news about a Muslim body builder getting lynched by Hindus in India

OpIndia Staff -
Their claims have now been debunked
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News Reports

NCP skips press conference called by the ”United Opposition” of Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
There are two different versions as to why they chose to do so
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News Reports

Proposed tunnels through Sela Pass in Arunachal to reduce travel time to the China border by an hour

OpIndia Staff -
These tunnels in Arunachal Pradesh would make troop movement a lot easier during winter
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News Reports

7 Hurriyat leaders including the dreaded Bitta Karate arrested by NIA

Hemant Bijapurkar -
They all have been arrested on charges of receiving funds from Pakistan to spread terror in the Kashmir valley
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News Reports

JNU celebrates Kargil Vijay Diwas for the 1st time, makes leftists unhappy

OpIndia Staff -
The event featured various eminent dignitaries and a Tiranga march
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News Reports

Colgate is worried about Patanjali’s Swadeshi effect

OpIndia Staff -
US multinational's global CEO has acknowledged that Patanjali is a “tough competitor” in the Indian business space.
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News Reports

As NDTV’s Tax troubles mount, Barkha Dutt distances herself from the channel

OpIndia Staff -
All is not well between Barkha and NDTV
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News Reports

BJP MP introduces private bill in Lok Sabha to amend the Minority favouring RTE act

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The MP wants the amendment of the controversial sections of the Right to education act
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News Reports

Muslim mob attacks Kaanvariyas for passing through ‘their area’

OpIndia Staff -
The incident happened in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh, causing injuries to many including policemen.
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Politics

Now, a hawala scam haunts Mr Clean Naveen Patnaik

Saswat Panigrahi -
A peon working in the party office is reported to have donated 1 crore rupees to BJD through hawala route.
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News Reports

Researchers conclude that cows might be the key to fighting HIV, find out how

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The research has been published in the prestigious Nature journal
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News Reports

Radicals threaten to cut off Malayali author’s limbs if he doesn’t convert to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists were unhappy with articles written by him and have threatened to chop of an arm and a leg.
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News Reports

Shankarsinh Vaghela quits Congress. But where will he go?

OpIndia Staff -
Vaghela claimed that the Congress has expelled him “out of fear” and the party has been “perturbed”.
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News Reports

Another molestation case gets filed against another AAP MLA

OpIndia Staff -
AAP's tryst with crimes against women continues
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News Reports

More than 100 Hindus from Pakistan get Indian citizenship in Gujarat

OpIndia Staff -
The rules for conferring citizenship to minority communities from Pakistan were made easier by the government.
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Satire

UNESCO declares BMC the best Municipal Corporation in the world, BMC threatens to sue

Hemant Bijapurkar -
A satirical report about BMC's problems with an RJ who came up with a parody song.
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News Reports

With India reiterating PoK as its territory, foreign powers avoid the region for investment

OpIndia Staff -
A South Korean company is reportedly reconsidering its investment plan in a proposed Hydropower project in PoK.
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Fact-Check

Media spreads Fake News about eggs and non-veg being banned in Greater Noida for Kanwar Yatra

OpIndia Staff -
The media is at it again spreading fake news. Either huge incompetence or agenda driven propaganda.
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News Reports

In the presidential election, many MLAs rebelled and voted for Kovind, find out how many

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Not everyone was loyal to the party
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Opinions

Is China now looking to meddle into domestic politics of India?

Saswat Panigrahi -
Why is China speaking the language of 'secular-liberal' establishment of India?
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News Reports

SP leader who linked Hindu gods to alcohol, has notched many other controversies

OpIndia Staff -
From sexism to a sex racket, he has been accused of it all
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Opinions

Paika Rebellion – The 1st war of Indian Independence that has not received its rightful place

Saswat Panigrahi -
Paika Rebellion of Odisha is a story of gallantry, courage and patriotism exactly two hundred years ago.
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News Reports

Ram Jethmalani to defend accomplices of convicted Naxal sympathiser

OpIndia Staff -
Both the accomplices, including a journalist, have also been convicted for helping carry out Naxal activities.
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