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Fact-checking site Snopes Co-founder David Mikkelson caught plagiarising 54 articles in 4 years, suspended and articles retracted

Dibakar Dutta -
Snopes co-founder David Mikkelson wrote over 50 articles containing plagiarised content between 2015 and 2019, found Buzzfeed News
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Political History of India

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day: Why it is important to understand what caused them, Islamism and the Two-Nation Theory inherent in it

K Bhattacharjee -
The Direction Action Day, and the Partition Riots that followed a year later, marks one of the darkest phases of modern India.
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News Reports

‘All religions same is a comfortable lie, truth is written on walls of destroyed temples’: Watch Nitin Gupta speak on temple destructions by Islamists

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The ideology that promotes forced conversion also condones and rationalises the temple destructions by Islamic jihadis
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News Reports

Delhi govt cites zero requirement of testing kits, labs, ICUs, Oxygen tank etc to combat Covid-19, other states submit requirements under central scheme

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi govt has not submitted any requirement for any testing kit, lab, ICU unit, oxygen plant etc under the Rs 23,123 crore ECRP-II scheme
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News Reports

‘Unmarried girls in the country do not indulge in sex just for fun’: Says MP High Court rejecting bail to man accused of rape...

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MP High Court said that as a man had sex with his girlfriend promising marriage but didn't marry her, he can be prosecuted for rape
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News Reports

Blast from the past: Unseen picture of Congress delegates, including Jawaharlal Nehru, voting in favour of the partition of India goes viral on the...

OpIndia Staff -
The picture is from Delhi Congress session on 14t June 1947, during which the resolution for India's partition was passed by Nehru & others
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News Reports

Actor Meera Mithun arrested for passing casteist slurs against Dalits

OpIndia Staff -
Meera Mithun has been arrested by the Chennai Police after a video of her asking SC film-makers to be "chucked out" had gone viral
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News Reports

Independence day siege plan: Why Rakesh Tikait and his supporters need to be charged with treason

Jinit Jain -
BKU leader Rakesh Tikait has called on his supporters for a tractor rally along the borders of Delhi on Independence Day
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Political History of India

Tracing the events that led to Direct Action Day and genocide: From the late 19th Century to the Partition of Bengal, and beyond

K Bhattacharjee -
75 years have passed since Direct Action Day but still, a day does not go by when it does not impact current events.
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News Reports

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani calls for re-mobilisation of armed forces against the Taliban, speculations of his resignation turn out to be false

OpIndia Staff -
Ashraf Ghani said that remobilization of defence forces is his top priority but will not allow more devastation and death in Afghanistan
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Sports

‘Fans do not deserve this’: Rwanda President Paul Kagame trashes Arsenal management after defeat against Brentford

OpIndia Staff -
Rwanda President Paul Kagame let out his frustration at the continuous disappointing performance by Arsenal.
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Crime

Muslim man thrashed in Kanpur for attempted forced conversion of Dalit woman? What we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Three persons have been arrested by the UP police after a Muslim man was allegedly beaten up at Kacchi Basti area, Kanpur.
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Opinions

Abandoning Afghanistan: Why should an Indian trust a word that liberals say about human rights concerns?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Joe Biden has begun his innings as President of the United States with possibly the worst, most humiliating military defeat for America in history.
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News Reports

The USA faces a fresh Covid-19 surge powered by Delta variant, hospitals in southern states run out of beds

OpIndia Staff -
The southern states of the US states are witnessing a fresh surge of COVID-19, driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant
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Political History of India

Liberals accuse PM Modi of ‘polarising’ Independence Day by remembering horrors of partition: Here’s why they are so angry

K Bhattacharjee -
Narendra Modi announced on Friday that the 14th of August, henceforth, shall be recognized as 'Partition Horrors Remembrance Day'.
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News Reports

Had to ‘fall at the feet’ of bureaucrats to get permissions: Serum Institute chairman Cyrus Poonawalla says no ‘maska polish’ required under PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Serum Institute chairman Cyrus Poonawalla recalls the governmental and bureaucratic hurdles he faced during the UPA regime
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News Reports

Goa NCP President instigated Sao Jacinto Island residents not to allow Indian Navy to hoist tricolour, Congress objects to Independence Day event

OpIndia Staff -
NCP leader objected to national flag hoisting by Indian Navy at a Goa island saying that it was a ploy by the navy to capture the island from the locals
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News Reports

Twitter bows down to Congress demand, removes old notice on Rahul Gandhi’s Tweet that violated POCSO: Explainer

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi Twitter account has been unlocked days after he had compromised the identity of a 9-year-old rape victim.
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News Reports

Congress-led panel tells other States to emulate ‘UP Model’ on women safety after Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi had criticised the same

OpIndia Staff -
Parliamentary panel led by Congress MP Anand Sharma praised the UP govt for its efforts in combating violence against women
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News Reports

#PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay: After decades, PM Modi finally institutionalises conversation around partition horrors on Pakistan Independence Day

OpIndia Staff -
Today, PM Narendra Modi ended that silence by institutionalising the conversation around the partition by announcing 14th August to be observed as #PartitionHorrorsRemembranceDay.
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News Reports

NCPCR summons Facebook’s ‘Trust and Safety Dept’ head for failing to take down post by Rahul Gandhi compromising identity of minor victim: Details

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR has now issued summons to the Head (Trust and Safety Department) Satya Yadav at Facebook for failing to take down post by Rahul Gandhi
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Crime

Delhi Rape Case: Delhi Police says they have no evidence that the 9-year-old was raped before being killed, court stops interim compensation to mother

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police has submitted before the local court that there is no evidence yet to confirm whether the nine-year-old girl was raped before being killed near Delhi Cantonment
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News Reports

Residents protest Indian Navy hoisting Indian flag in Goa’s Sao Jacinto, CM promises iron fist, asks Navy to go-ahead: What happened

OpIndia Staff -
The residents have claimed that they are not opposed to unfurling the tricolour, but they would hoist the flag themselves.
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News Reports

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban, turns a blind eye as the terror group steps up atrocities in Afghanistan

OpIndia Staff -
Malala Yousafzai, who fashions herself as children and women's activist, has maintained a deafening silence on the Taliban blitz in Afghanistan
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News Reports

Mumbai court sentences ‘Molester’ Mohammed Mansuri to 4 years in jail for lewd, sexual gestures towards a minor girl. Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammed Mansuri was found guilty of stalking a minor girl and making sexual gestures towards her by a special court in Mumbai
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Opinions

A Comprehensive Perspective on Modern Strategies to Effectively Stand for Dharma

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
Dharma is one of the most misunderstood, distorted and attacked concepts in the contemporary world.
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Editor's picks

Pakistani ‘Human Rights Minister’ celebrates fake news that Afghan vice president fled Kabul, taunts him for ‘not getting rescued by India’

OpIndia Staff -
Office of Afghan vice president Amrullah Saleh said that fake news of him fleeing Kabul is propaganda by Pakistan
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Opinions

NDTV gives platform to Taliban spokesperson to whitewash the terror outfit’s crimes: Its history of apologia for Islamic extremism

Jinit Jain -
NDTV interviewed Taliban spokesperson Muhammad Sohail Shaheen who defended his terror outfit from accusations of crime.
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Culture and History

The Battle of Haldighati: The valour of Maharana Pratap and the history of Raja Man Singh who fought against him

User -
Man Singh secured the day at the Battle of Haldighati, a success for which he would be treated as a “traitor” by the coming generations.
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Crime

Gujarat: Akhtar, father of 5 children, poses as ‘Mukesh’ to lure and marry a young Hindu girl, tries to forcibly convert her to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
50 year old Mohammed Akhtar Sheikh posed as Mukesh Gupta to lure a 22 year old Hindu girl to marry, later tried to convert her to Islam
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News Reports

Exclusive: Here is how Poetic Justice Foundation plans to target Independence Day with Khalistani campaign, was behind ‘Greta toolkit’

K Bhattacharjee -
The theme of Poetic Justice Foundation and their Ask India Why's Independence Day campaign is, "India is a Gangster's Paradise".
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Political Fact-Check

Indira Jaising is well aware of the provisions under POCSO Act, she still chose to defend Rahul Gandhi, a remarkable flip in just 3...

OpIndia Staff -
Indira Jaising, in fact, has a fair amount of understanding of the POCSO Act, as she was appointed as the amicus curiae by the Supreme Court in a petition that wanted the court to examine the provisions of very same POCSO Act.
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Social Media

Twitter India head shifted out of country amidst ‘shadow boxing’ with Congress, move seen as ‘trick’ to escape punishment for not following IT rules

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter India will now appoint a 'leadership council' with key executives, who will directly be reporting to Twitter's overseas executives.
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News Reports

One-third of editorial board members of American medical journal resign over papers that could help China persecute its minorities: Details

OpIndia Staff -
8 editorial board members of the American journal resigned after getting no response from management on unethical papers on minorities in China
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News Reports

Barkha Dutt thanks Netizen for appreciating her interview with Capt Vikram Batra during Kargil war, gets a rude shock: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
The movie once again brought under the spotlight the controversial role of journalist Barkha Dutt during the Kargil war
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Crime

UP: Over 200 murders, rape and organised robbery, Kadim alias Ashad Khan of Chhaimar gang arrested by STF

OpIndia Staff -
The dreadful and dangerous Chhaimar gang has been involved in dozens of cases of armed robbery and murder in several states like Bihar, UP, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
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Opinions

How TMC is helping Congress: Absorbing the most toxic elements in the anti-Modi brigade

Abhishek Banerjee -
Rahul Gandhi is not good at anything and he only helps PM Narendra Modi win - but here is where TMC could provide surprise relief for Congress
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News Reports

China to ban karaoke songs containing ‘illegal content’, to create a blacklist of songs that endanger national unity

OpIndia Staff -
China will create a blacklist of karaoke songs containing "illegal content", content providers asked to scrutinise songs for banned content
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Pastor Christhudoss arrested for sexually abusing an 11-year-old child

OpIndia Staff -
The police registered a case against the pastor under the section of the POCSO Act in the Srivilliputhur All Women Police Station after he was arrested
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News Reports

Old letter of BJP MP Sunny Deol asking for out of turn delivery of Mahindra Thar for MLA’s daughter goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Sunny Deol's letter was addressed to one JS Grover of JS Grover Autos Ltd., the in the Pathankot district of Punjab.
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News Reports

Community of Sant’Egidio: All you need to know about the org that allegedly invited Mamata Banerjee to ‘global peace event’

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has reportedly been invited by the Community of Sant’Egidio for an international peace event.
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Opinions

Rahul Gandhi slams Twitter but the symbiotic relationship between the two reveal it may just be a part of political shadow-boxing: Here is how

Jinit Jain -
Rahul Gandhi today took to YouTube to rail against Twitter after it blocked his account for violating the provisions of POCSO Act
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News Reports

China prepared to recognise the Taliban if it overthrows Ashraf Ghani government in Afghanistan: Report

OpIndia Staff -
China had last month hosted a Taliban delegation and conveyed its concerns about East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
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News Reports

After Twitter, NCPCR asks Facebook to remove video posted by Rahul Gandhi on Instagram, compromising identity of the minor rape victim: Details

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR has issued a notice to Facebook, asking them to remove video posted by Rahul Gandhi on Instagram that compromised identity of minor victim
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News Reports

Maharashtra: School dropout Ibrahim builds a helicopter from scratch, dies after broken rotor blade slashes his throat

OpIndia Staff -
Sheikh Ibrahim wanted to showcase his DIY helicopter to public on the occasion of Independence Day, but died in an accident during a trial
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Fact-Check

SC lawyer Indira Jaising lies about the law meant to protect minor rape victims to shield Rahul Gandhi: What the law says

OpIndia Staff -
Not just Congress workers, but also SC advocate Indira Jaising who lied about the law to shield Rahul Gandhi after he revealed identity of minor rape victim
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News Reports

Four-year-old killed, seven injured in grenade attack on BJP leader’s house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri

OpIndia Staff -
A bomb was hurled at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jasbir Singh's house in the Khandli area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district by unknown assailants on Thursday.
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News Reports

Denying my 20m followers right to ‘opinion’: Watch Rahul Gandhi’s diatribe after his account was locked for compromising identity of minor rape victim

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi lambasted Twitter and accused it of being prejudiced after it had locked his account for violating its policies
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News Reports

Joe Biden’s administration in talks with Taliban, requesting their embassy in Kabul to be spared when the terrorists storm Afghan capital: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The US negotiators are hoping to secure assurances from the Taliban that they will not attack the US Embassy in Kabul if the Taliban terrorists overrun the capital in the coming days.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Minor Christian girl abducted, forcibly converted to Islam, married off to abductor. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Noreen Maseeh alleged that the Ghazi police initially did not lodge a First Information Report (FIR) and also claimed that the minor girl eloped on her own, willingly converted to Islam to marry her abductor.
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