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Watch: Mayawati translates PM’s name as ‘Negative Dalit Man’

Hemant Bijapurkar -
She did this at an election rally. See to believe.
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Opinions

State vs Hindus – how Indian politics has destroyed the notion of ‘secularism’

Divya -
We have come to a point where talking about equal rights to Hindus is seen as 'communalism'.
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News Reports

Dr Swamy’s explosive press conference: Targets Chidambarams and Finance Ministry

OpIndia Staff -
All the revelations made by Dr Swamy, in one place
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Fact-Check

PM Modi was right: Uttar Pradesh did see religious discrimination in electricity supply

OpIndia Staff -
A report by a committee shows that religious discrimination had indeed taken place.
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News Reports

Ravish Kumar’s brother, who is also a Congress leader, accused of running a sex racket

OpIndia Staff -
Daughter of a Congress leader has alleged that Brajesh Kumar was running a sex racket
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Entertainment

Rumour of Farida Jalal’s death: From Pakistan to KRK to Congress to Indian social media

OpIndia Staff -
We track the genesis of the rumour that was spreading fast on Sunday.
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Opinions

The Gandhis, the media, and the anti-truth

factorator -
Is post-truth actually 'forced-truth'?
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Opinions

Why moving towards cashless economy is not easy for India

Shreyash -
A look at the common barriers towards being cashless or less-cash economy.
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News Reports

PM Modi’s words taken out of context to create a ‘communal’ controversy

OpIndia Staff -
Selective reporting of a particular portion of a statement to give it a communal tone.
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Politics

Lotus rising: BJP’s amazing sunrise in Odisha

Abhishek Banerjee -
BJP spreads into new geography, opening up a new chapter in the history of the state and the party.
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Politics

How should you, an Adarsh Liberal, react to Uttar Pradesh election results

Amit Kelkar -
A handbook to help a self-declared ‘liberal’ person on appropriate reactions after UP election results are announced.
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News Reports

5 times Indian elected representatives shamed our democracy with unruly behaviour

Hemant Bijapurkar -
After the DMK created a ruckus in TN assembly here are a list of instances where the elected members have shamed our democracy in a similar manner
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Politics

Priyanka Gandhi follows in Rahul’s footsteps: Gets massively trolled on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Gandhi proves she is no better than Pappu
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News Reports

Congress mouthpiece National Herald exposed for publishing blatant lies

OpIndia Staff -
The art of reviving a dead story with lies - Congress style.
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News Reports

Not the first time NGO run by AAP MLA’s father-in-law has landed in trouble

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The NGO had been delivering mid-day meals since Congress regimes.
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News Reports

Nitish doesn’t want his Bureaucrats to drink but why spare the MLAs?

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Nitish government has brought in an order to prevent his officials from drinking anywhere in the world
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News Reports

Activist beaten up by cops for tweeting against poor quality of roads

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The activist was also forcibly made to write an apology letter
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News Reports

Army Chief attacked for talking tough against those who help terrorists in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Gen Rawat's statement was twisted, and twisted very dangerously by some politicians and some in media.
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Opinions

How sexual offenders are mainstreamed by the left liberals

Shwetank Bhushan -
Standard template how sexual predators are quietly rehabilitated by the Khap-elites
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News Reports

They wanted money for making Bhojpuri films, so ISI offered them train derailment job

OpIndia Staff -
These people are believed to be responsible for the Kanpur derailment which left over 140 dead
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Politics

Digivijay Singh stoops to new low: Tweets morphed image to attack Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
When the truth is not good enough, rely on post-truth.
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News Reports

Telangana govt to provide financial assistance to non-Hindu drivers in partnership with Uber

Srikanth Ramakrishnan -
In what appears to be a divide & rule policy, govt has come up with this scheme when drivers are protesting against cab aggregating companies.
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News Reports

Will India’s population get wiped out in 2 years? Aaj Tak thinks so!

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Aaj Tak put out a report yesterday claiming that in India 20 people die per second due to pollution.
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News Reports

In a proposed ‘License Raj’, Congress MP wants people to compulsorily spend less on weddings

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The bill proposes to cap the expenses incurred at weddings, or impose a surcharge if the cap is breached.
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News Reports

‘They were small satellites’ – how prejudiced foreign media tried to deny India her success

Gaurav -
NYT and FT betrayed their bias and ignorance while trying to run down the news of ISRO launching 104 satellites.
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News Reports

Dr Swamy’s ‘U Turn’: Typo or ‘call from above’

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Swamy predicted a Mayawadi win in UP, later clarified that he didn't mean to say so.
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News Reports

Sasikala, Panneerselvam and Tamil Nadu: what’s going on

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Via a Q and A list we attempt to provide clarity about the situation in Tamil nadu
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News Reports

SRK booked for vandalism, it was ‘gareeb’ vendor’s complaint against ‘Raees’ superstar

OpIndia Staff -
A vendor at Kota Railway Station platform had to suffer losses due to Shah Rukh Khan’s film promotion.
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Media

Not everyone is a ‘Presstitute’ – a note on job losses in the media

Mohan Sinha -
The ‘right wing’ finds Schadenfreude when journalists lose jobs, but they should understand that media is not the way they imagine.
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Media

Sagarika Ghose writes humour column on USA-Mexico border wall

Ashwin S Kumar -
Satirist Ashwin S Kumar imagines himself as Sagarika Ghose, and writes what she would have written.
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News Reports

Indian blind cricket captain blasts media for misquoting him over Virender Sehwag

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Express had claimed that the blind team captain was unhappy over a tweet by Sehwag.
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News Reports

Sagarika Ghose tries ‘humour’ on Tamil politics, comes up with idli-dosa, gets panned

OpIndia Staff -
The unreadable piece contained the same old lazy South Indian references frequently used to mock the region.
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Politics

Victory vs growth – the dilemma BJP has to solve in the run up to 2019

Abhishek Banerjee -
What should BJP focus on? Growing in strength or winning every election?
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News Reports

This is why AAP leader Somnath Bharti deleted his tweet praising PM Modi

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Bharti has claimed that his account was hacked when the tweet was posted.
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Opinions

What Sasikala could have learnt from Sonia Gandhi

Kishore V. Ramsubramonian -
The AIADMK leader was in a hurry, but that was not the best policy.
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News Reports

A story from 2011 is being circulated as a rumour today. Have you fallen for it?

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Another example of how some are misusing social media
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News Reports

Can Economic Times be trusted with UP elections coverage? Asks Social Media

OpIndia Staff -
People have drawn a connection between Akhilesh allocating land to Bennet University and ET publishing pro-Akhilesh reports.
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Social Media

Social Media outrages as second account of Sonam Mahajan is also suspended by Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter has been throttling voices of a particular ideology
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News Reports

It’s not what Congress leaders are tweeting – It’s what they are reading

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Extending the twisted logic of the website The Wire, Congress has a lot to answer.
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News Reports

76% Indians feel country is heading in the right direction: Ipsos MORI poll

Hemant Bijapurkar -
India ranks the highest among democratic countries in this poll
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News Reports

Hindustan Times journo insults and abuses PM Modi on Twitter, calls him ‘Jaahil’

Abhishek Banerjee -
Is this journalist another 'abusive troll'?
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Opinions

What ails JNU? Well, some of its students inhabit the island of Calypso

Saumya Dey -
The revolution makers of JNU inhabit a delusional mental state that is incapable of bringing about any genuine, desirable changes in their surroundings.
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Politics

5 things Sasikala can do to completely stop the MLAs from escaping

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Moved my her efforts to keep her MLAs hostage, we decided to give her some more tips
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Social Media

Popular Right Wing Twitter account suspended allegedly for questioning Kejriwal and Anti-Nationals

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The popular twitter user Sonam Mahajan(@AsYouNotWish) got suddenly suspended yesterday
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News Reports

Manmohan Singh’s magical raincoat is now available for sale

OpIndia Staff -
The raincoat was mentioned in the parliament by PM Modi as a jibe.
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News Reports

18 sabotage attempts including 7 blast attempts in the last 40 days: Suresh Prabhu

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Suresh Prabhu expressed concern yesterday over the rise in Sabotage attempts
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Politics

Outrage over ‘raincoat’ comment – how Congress is trying to re-write history

Rahul Roushan -
The phoney outrage by Congress over the ‘raincoat’ comment by PM Modi is a well thought of strategy.
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Media

This is the proof that Rajdeep Sardesai had asked tough questions to Akhilesh Yadav

Liberals of Delhi -
A liberal of New Delhi explains what normal people with normal brains could not understand.
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News Reports

A summary of what is going on in the AIADMK and Tamil Nadu politics

Hemant Bijapurkar -
A concise summary of events that have taken place in the political landscape of Tamil Nadu.
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News Reports

After USA, Saudi Arabia too plans to scrutinise Pakistanis before letting them in

OpIndia Staff -
The Islamic Kingdom is worried with hordes of Pakistanis involved in crime and terrorism.
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