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Why are intellectuals like Ram Guha so lopsided in their views?

Amrit Hallan -
The selective outrage and carefully crafted narrative about those betray a lot about our ‘intellectuals’.
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News Reports

Shia body calls for a ban on Triple Talaq and issues fatwa against Cow Slaughter

OpIndia Staff -
This resolution was passed in Shia PG college in Lucknow on 5th April 2017.
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Government and Policy

The outrage that was not – legal sharaab vs illegal kabab

Nupur J Sharma -
A comparative analysis of liquor ban in Bihar and illegal slaughterhouse shutdown in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Kejriwal’s legal expenses case: Jethmalani’s bills to Punjab and Delhi vary hugely

OpIndia Staff -
Kejriwal is paying Jethmalani way more compared to what the Punjab govt is paying
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News Reports

AAP asked YouTube to delete their funny videos. Meet ‘Super Londay’

OpIndia Staff -
The YouTube channel of a popular parody group is getting banned for mocking AAP. Meet the founders.
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News Reports

Ajmer Dargah’s diwan ‘sacked’ and declared non-Muslim for opposing cow slaughter

OpIndia Staff -
The diwan of the famous Sufi shrine had earlier supported ban on cow slaughter and beef consumption.
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News Reports

DMK leader MK Stalin ko gussa kyun aata hai?

OpIndia Staff -
On Twitter, Stalin blocked a person for merely writing an article.
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News Reports

Kerala pastor wants short skirts banned in Church, asks followers to give their kids ‘Christian names’

OpIndia Staff -
This isn't the only time the Kerala church fraternity has been in the news for the wrong reasons
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Opinions

4 governance obstacles Mr. Modi needs to cross to seal the 2019 hurdle race

Ravindra Vasisht -
Four major areas of actions that the government should focus on for overall development.
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News Reports

Making taxpayers pay Kejriwal’s legal expenses, all you need to know

Hemant Bijapurkar -
This is the latest controversy courted by the Kejriwal led Delhi govt
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Opinions

What the right-wing in India can learn from Arvind Kejriwal’s debacle

Shreyash -
Arvind Kejriwal is failing. He may or may not bounce back. But his story teaches everyone a lesson.
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News Reports

MP EVM controversy mostly a result of low IQ journalists and vile politicians

OpIndia Staff -
The whole case of ‘faulty’ EVM is increasingly turning out a case of misreporting and propaganda.
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News Reports

Repeating this popular story about Maharishi Valmiki can land you in jail

OpIndia Staff -
Rakhi Sawant faces arrest as she had repeated the story on a TV channel last year. A movie was banned too.
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Opinions

The ‘liberal’ bully of India, and how he is now at his worst

Thought Gun -
Recent socio-political developments are attracting the worst from those who call themselves ‘liberal’
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Opinions

Daaru pe Dialogue: what I told my right-wing Hindu friend about removing 295(A)

Kushal Mehra -
My friend told me that removing IPC 295(A) is idealistic and won’t help Hindus. I tried to reason.
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News Reports

Massive crackdown on money laundering shell companies in 100s of locations

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Some shell companies also had links to various prominent politicians
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News Reports

Election Commission explains in detail why EVMs can’t be hacked, asks AAP to introspect over defeats

OpIndia Staff -
ECI was responding to an earlier request put by AAP to verify EVM numbers with the VVPAT data.
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Satire

Blocked? Twitter now allows you to send a last message with request to unblock

Hemant Bijapurkar -
If someone blocks you on Twitter, you can’t interact with him further. But this new feature changes that.
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News Reports

Kejriwal’s anti-corruption unit was actually used to spy on officials and journalists: Reports

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Earlier, a lot of irregularities were found in setting up of this unit and its secret functioning.
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News Reports

Modi govt solicits smart solutions by organising a mega Hackathon

Hemant Bijapurkar -
This event is being dubbed as the biggest in the world
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Crime

Ravish Kumar breaks silence, condemns his brother accused in the Bihar sex scandal

Hemant Bijapurkar -
He asked his brother to surrender before the police by 31st April, failing which he will blacken his TV screen.
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News Reports

Kejriwal spreads another lie in desperation to prove EVM tampering

OpIndia Staff -
An unreliable news about EVM machine voting BJP was shared by the AAP supremo multiple times
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News Reports

Pakistan declares Dalits as different religion from Hinduism in their census

OpIndia Staff -
In the religion column of the census form, ‘Hinduism’ and ‘Scheduled Castes’ appear as different options.
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Entertainment

India Today slammed on Twitter for suggestive headline on SRK’s daughter

OpIndia Staff -
India Today was later forced to edit the story
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News Reports

NDTV India refuses to apologize for its coverage of the Pathankot terror Attack

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The Supreme Court has now decided to hear the case on its merits
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News Reports

The silent reforms that are helping transform the once ailing power sector

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Piyush Goyal is steadily invoking a new life in the country's struggling power sector
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News Reports

CBI probing corruption charges against secret anti-corruption unit of Kejriwal

OpIndia Staff -
The irregularities hinting at corruption were found by Delhi govt’s vigilance department
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News Reports

Kenyan ‘racist’ attack: Police claim ‘loopholes’, Kenyan embassy withdraws case

OpIndia Staff -
Did the girl make up the story of racial attack amid some real incidents of racial attacks against Africans in India.
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News Reports

AAP asked to pay 97 crores from party fund for Ads put out using taxpayer’s money

Hemant Bijapurkar -
This was suggested by a commission headed by a former Chief Election Commissioner.
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News Reports

GST: Past, Present and Future

OpIndia Staff -
GST is a revolutionary step in India's taxation
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Politics

Twitterati slam Shiv Sena for its meat banning exercise in Gurgaon

OpIndia Staff -
This is the second time recently that the party has been in the news for the wrong reasons
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Media

‘YoAurangzebSoNoble’ – Huffpost gets mocked for its effort to whitewash Aurangzeb’s crimes

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Huffpost becomes the latest media house to publish pieces which humanize the Mughal tyrant
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Politics

Odisha politics: Naveen Patnaik facing heat from BJP’s growth and internal feud

Sambit Nayak -
After BJP's splendid performance in local bodies polls in Odisha, BJD is facing new challenges.
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News Reports

Man finds cockroaches at CCD, complains, gets slapped, is accused of molesting woman employee

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The incident happened at a Cafe Coffee Day outlet in Jaipur
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News Reports

PDS scam exposed in UP: Aalu, Baingan, Bhindi were names of ration card holders

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The incident is of a Nibohra village near Agra
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Politics

Captain Arvind Kejriwal and the ship called Aam Aadmi Party

Hiren Ladva -
The ship has been wrecked. The party is sinking, and only the captain is to be blamed.
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News Reports

Aligarh man claims he got threats for having ‘Jai Sri Ram’ ringtone on his mobile

OpIndia Staff -
The man Manish Agarwal is a resident of village Jalali in Uttar Pradesh
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News Reports

Quint journalist booked for abetment of suicide in the Army jawan’s death case

OpIndia Staff -
Army has reportedly lodged a complaint with Nashik Police, which has now registered a case.
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News Reports

There are more than one issue with AAP’s promise of no property tax by MCD

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The MCD elections would take place on 23rd April 2017
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News Reports

Mamata shutting schools, Yogi shutting slaughterhouses. Guess which one media cares about?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Misplaced and prejudiced priorities of the mainstream Indian media was never so obvious.
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News Reports

ISIS inspired Islamic terrorism can target both Hindu and Muslim sects in India

OpIndia Staff -
The terror organisation doesn't just want to target 'infidels' like Hindus, but also some Muslim sects.
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News Reports

Mandatory Aadhar for Mid-Day meal finds 4.4 lakh fake students in schools

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The Congress party and a few activists had opposed this move
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Opinions

Mahabharat is not only about gambling away Draupadi: An open letter to Kamal Haasan

arun rai -
Kamal Haasan's comments on Mahabharat shows that he doesn't understand the complexities of the epic.
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News Reports

Scroll gets caught again while defending the ‘Tunday Kababi’ Fake News

Gaurav -
More lies to cover up one lie
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Politics

Has Modi scored a self-goal with Tunday Kabab bandi?

Abhishek Banerjee -
This is an article from the future. What the media might (love to) report tomorrow.
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News Reports

The Hindu spreads lie about former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

OpIndia Staff -
Those who call themselves 'liberals' are the biggest followers of Hitler's minister of propaganda.
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News Reports

Govt seeks a clear apology from a reluctant NDTV for its Pathankot attack coverage

OpIndia Staff -
The incident happened in a court hearing where NDTV is challenging the 1 day ban imposed by the I&B ministry.
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News Reports

Rajdeep and India Today issue a wrong corrigendum for a lie he spread, people seek apology

OpIndia Staff -
Rajdeep and India Today make a mistake while pointing out a mistake
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News Reports

Police officer suspended for administering oath of cleanliness while chewing paan masala

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had asked officials not to chew tobacco products while on duty
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News Reports

Pakistan sheltering the mastermind behind Indian train sabotage which left over 150 dead?

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Shafi Sheikh the mastermind behind the sabotage has reportedly fled to Pakistan
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