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Book My Show shares hilarious meme on Rahul Gandhi, deletes tweet despite praise from netizens: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The funny Rahul Gandhi photograph had become a meme on social media and Book My Show had shared the same.
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News Reports

After UP Police declares him as history-sheeter, Opposition leaders, ‘liberals’ rally behind Dr Kafeel Khan

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh Police opened a history-sheet of 81 people in Gorakhpur district and Dr Kafeel Khan was amongst the top ten named in the list.
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News Reports

After Khalistanis, left-wing terror groups extend their support to ‘farmer’ protests

OpIndia Staff -
The Communist Party of India (Maoist) is a terrorist organization that is outlawed in the country, which aims to overthrow the government of India through peoples' war.
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News Reports

Prior approval now necessary for government-funded organisations wanting to host online international seminars

OpIndia Staff -
The Ministry of Education has passed a new directive, making it mandatory for academicians, doctors, scientists and others from government-funded organisations to seek prior approval for online seminars on “India’s internal matters”
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OpIndia Scoops

‘Liberals’ try to ‘scare’ Yogi govt with US pressure over American citizen Siddharth Varadarajan

Nirwa Mehta -
No sooner the FIR was registered against Siddharth Varadarajan for fake news, the usual suspects were out of their burrows to cry foul.
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Opinions

From cheering censorship to ranting against govt action on fake news: Here’s why liberals cannot complain about Twitter accounts being withheld

K Bhattacharjee -
Around 250 tweets and Twitter accounts were withheld in India after the intervention of the Indian Government on Monday.
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News Reports

Palestinian medical personnel to get 5,000 Covid-19 vaccines doses from Israel

OpIndia Staff -
Israel to send 5,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Palestinian Authority.
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Media

‘He is a habitual offender’: The victim of fake sting operation has his say on the speculated resignation of Rajdeep Sardesai

Jhankar Mohta -
Recently, Rajdeep Sardesai had peddled blatant lies over the death of a farmer during the tractor rally violence. He had also spread misinformation about Rashtrapati Bhavan over the Netaji portrait.
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News Reports

Govt blocks 250 tweets and Twitter accounts that claimed PM Modi was planning farmer genocide

OpIndia Staff -
Sources tell OpIndia that this has been done on the request of Ministry of Home Affairs and law enforcement agencies to prevent any escalation of law and order in view of the on-going farmer agitation.
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Social Media

The Caravan, Sanjukta, Sushant Singh and more: Here’s a list of prominent Twitter accounts that were withheld after the Republic Day riots

OpIndia Staff -
Multiple accounts including The Caravan had their Twitter account withheld in the aftermath of the Republic Day riots.
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News Reports

Union Budget proposes cess on Petrol and Diesel, but will have no impact on overall fuel prices: Read why

OpIndia Staff -
From now on, the unbranded petrol and diesel will attract basic excise duty of Rs 1.4, and Rs 1.8 per litre respectively.
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Social Media

Twitter withholds the accounts of The Caravan, others in response to a legal demand after Republic Day riots: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter India has withheld the account of far-left outlet The Caravan in the country in response to a legal demand.
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News Reports

‘Mandarin only’: China removes Uyghur language as medium of instruction in Xinjiang

OpIndia Staff -
As the caller asked to clarify which language the children would study in, the bureau employee said that instruction in Kelpin would be carried out in the "national language," or Mandarin Chinese only, as per the RFA report.
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Political History of India

Union Budget 1959: When PM Nehru reduced the defence expenditure by Rs 25 crores and China attacked India three years later

OpIndia Staff -
The significant reduction in the defence budget was the first in a series of disastrous steps taken by PM Jawaharlal Nehru leading to the embarrassing defeat in 1962 war
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News Reports

Relief for senior citizens, ease in filing of IT returns: Here’s all the Indirect and Direct tax proposals in Budget 2021

OpIndia Staff -
Considering the circumstances, the tax provisions in the Union Budget 2021 acquires special significance.
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Crime

Punjab: Hindu Temple attacked in Phillaur, gunmen shoot priest, girl

OpIndia Staff -
The priest got shot thrice while Simran suffered two bullet injuries. Both of them are getting treatment at Civil Hospital Jalandhar in critical condition.
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News Reports

Central university in Leh, more tribal schools: Here’s what FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced in Budget 2021 for education sector

OpIndia Staff -
Nirmala Sitharaman announces initiatives which will are expected to provide a big thrust to the education sector
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Social Media

Prashant Bhushan slammed after he claims Covid-19 is ‘dying naturally’, wants vaccine money to be used for farmers’ MSP

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Bhushan appears to have lost control of his mental faculties that at some point of time enabled him to think critically.
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News Reports

Budget 2021: Govt plans to raise Rs 1.75 trillion through disinvestment, LIC IPO announced

OpIndia Staff -
The government plans to raise Rs 1.75 trillion with its ambitious disinvestment proposal
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Government and Policy

Massive boost to agriculture: FM Sitharaman announces outlay of Rs 16.5 lakh crore, Rs 75,000 crore allocated for farmers

OpIndia Staff -
FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her Union Budget for 2021-22 said that agriculture credit has been enhanced to Rs 16.5 lakh crores.
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Politics

Shashi Tharoor continues to cast aspersions on rioter Navreet’s autopsy report despite multiple FIRs over fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Tharoor was quoting a report done by The Wire in the first tweet that resulted in FIRs against The Wire Editor Siddharth Varadarajan.
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Government and Policy

Railways and Urban Infrastructure gets a boost in the Union Budget -2021: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The Finance Minister added that Indian Railways will monetize dedicated freight corridor assets after commissioning. Indian railways have prepared National Rail Plan for India 2030.
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Government and Policy

In first budget during Coronavirus pandemic, Sitharaman announces massive outlay for health and well-being with an increase of 137%

OpIndia Staff -
FM Sitharaman announced that Rs 35,000 crore were allocated for the COVID vaccines which were rolled out earlier this year. She said that more funds will be provided if needed.
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News Reports

Israeli embassy attack: Threatening letter to ambassador warns of revenge for Iranian leaders killed in US drone strike. Details

OpIndia Staff -
A letter recovered by the probe agencies talked about avenging the killings of Iran Quds Commander Qassem Soleimani, and Abu Mehdhi Al Muhandis, who were killed in a US drone attack in January 2020.
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News Reports

Pakistan to get 17 million doses of AstraZeneca’s India-made Covishield under UN’s vaccination alliance Covax

OpIndia Staff -
Pune's Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, will reportedly be supplying over 200 million doses of Covishield and Novavax to GAVI-Covax.
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News Reports

From briefcase to bahikhata to iPad: Budget 2021 goes digital

OpIndia Staff -
While leaving from Ministry of Finance this morning, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman posed with a tablet wrapped in a red cover with the Emblem shining brightly on it.
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News Reports

BJP demands action against Sharjeel Usmani for Hinduphobic speech at Elgar Parishad

OpIndia Staff -
BJP's Keshav Upadhye asked Thackeray how can someone come to Maharashtra and call Hindus a rotten society.
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News Reports

UP Police sends notice to 220 tractor owners, opposition cries foul

OpIndia Staff -
Ram Govind Chaudhary, Leader of Opposition in UP legislative assembly has accused the police of 'trying to threaten the farmers'.
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News Reports

Myanmar: Military takes control after a coup, Aung San Suu Kyi, other leaders detained

OpIndia Staff -
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s 75-year-old state counselor, President Win Myint, and other members of the National League of Democracy were arrested at their residences in the capital Naypyidaw early on Monday.
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News Reports

‘I need a partner for sexual relations’: Ahmedabad-based NGO chief Hassan Johar booked for sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
Hassan Johar is ex-husband of Zakia Soman, founding member of Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, a 'human rights movement'.
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Opinions

How incendiary Punjabi songs are fueling dangerous narratives surrounding the ‘farmers protests’, fuel division between Punjab and rest of India

Guest Author -
The Khalistani face of the 'farmer protests' was out in the open on Republic Day when a Khalistani mob hoisted the Sikh flag at...
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Media

JNU-like scenes at Delhi Police headquarters as ‘journalists’ raise slogans against Mandeep Punia’s detention, say he lived and ate with protesters

OpIndia Staff -
'Journalists' protested at the Delhi Police headquarters on Sunday demanding the release of Mandeep Punia.
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News Reports

Subhas Chandra Bose was suspected of being ‘poisoned’ after ouster from the post of Congress president: Author of book on Netaji

Dibakar Dutta -
Author Anuj Dhar stirred up a controversy regarding Netaji Shubhash Chandra Bose on social media on Saturday.
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World

Tigray conflict: US directs Eritrea govt to withdraw from Ethiopia, fugitive rebel leader releases audiotape

OpIndia Staff -
Ethiopia has denied any presence of Eritrean troops in the Tigray region. Eritrea said US concerns were 'provocative' and 'ill-intentioned'.
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Politics

Delhi: State Congress unit wants Rahul Gandhi as Congress President, again

OpIndia Staff -
Amidst all this, there are rumours that Rahul Gandhi has again left the country for foreign vacation. Congress, however, has dismissed the reports.
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Politics

Meet TMC’s Madan Mitra: The meme sensation of West Bengal politics infamous for beef comments and self-proclaimed ‘crush of Bengal’

OpIndia Staff -
Madan Mitra has found himself in the dock recently after making Hinduphobic comments during a live debate on Zee 24 Ghanta.
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News Reports

Ahead of Republic Day riots, Khalistanis gave a call to pick up arms on social media apps: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Members of a group going by the name of "Khalistan Zindabad" had discussed 'picking up arms' and 'carry as many arms as possible' in the initial days of January on the popular messaging application Telegram.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Dr Kafeel Khan named as one of top 10 history sheeters in Gorakhpur, to remain on police radar

OpIndia Staff -
Along with Dr Kafeel Khan, 80 others are added to the list of history sheeters in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
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OpIndia Scoops

InstantBollywood: How this Bollywood fan Instagram handle with millions of followers has been spreading anti-farm laws propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
Owned by one Simi Deol, Instant Bollywood spread anti-farm law propaganda on its social media accounts to millions of followers
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Social Media

Surprising U-Turn of Shah Faesal breaks Islamist hearts, troll him for Mann ki Baat comments

OpIndia Staff -
Shah Faesal, who was once the poster boy for other emerging Islamists, faced fierce criticism for his support to PM Modi's 'Maan ki Baat' programme.
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News Reports

Haryana: Congress MLA disqualified from State Assembly after being convicted in rioting case

OpIndia Staff -
Pradeep Chaudhary, who represented the Kalka Assembly, has been sentenced to 3 years behind bars and penalised ₹85,000 by the Nalagarh court in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh.
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Politics

Watch: Smriti Irani slams Mamata Banerjee over ‘Jai Shri Ram’ insult and TMC corruption, speaks fluent Bangla at Howrah rally

OpIndia Staff -
Smriti Irani addressed a rally in Howrah, West Bengal on Sunday as campaigning for the Assembly Elections in the state heats up.
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Opinions

R-Day riot and aftermath: How “fact checking” became the biggest form of fake news

Abhishek Banerjee -
The Republic Day riot was a watershed moment for media in India. Never before have “fact checkers” been used in such frontline roles and on such a scale in propaganda warfare.
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Social Media

Netizens have a field day after Myntra decides to change its logo over ‘insulting to women’ complaint

OpIndia Staff -
Myntra has decided to rework its logo after it ran into a controversy over its alleged 'insulting' and 'offensive' logo.
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News Reports

Mann Ki Baat: From Padma Awardees to Strawberries and Red Fort siege, here is what PM Modi talked about in the year’s first episode

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi talked about Amrit Mahotsav on Mann Ki Baat, a 75-week long festival to celebrate 75th Independence day in 2022.
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News Reports

Muzaffarnagar riots, provocative speeches and failed political stints: A brief profile of Rakesh Tikait

OpIndia Staff -
Your history of alleged provocative speeches which led to communal violence is forgiven if you are going to stand against Modi
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Politics

Oops, he did it again! Kejriwal falls for yet another parody account, mistakes ‘Poonam Pandit’ for BKU’s Naresh Tikait

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has yet again fallen for a fake account. This time it was one of Naresh Tikait.
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News Reports

Hinduphobic comments, incendiary speeches and a small crowd: Here is what happened at Elgar Parishad 2021

OpIndia Staff -
There are videos going viral of Elgar Parishad 2021 where the speakers can be heard making extremely controversial comments.
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News Reports

Telangana CID freezes 26 bank accounts associated with Christian evangelist organisation and a Pastor

OpIndia Staff -
The funds thus received were deposited in banks as Fixed Deposit (FDs), which were then diverted and misappropriated by the accused, thus cheating the donors and other patrons of the organisation.
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News Reports

Soldiers martyred in Galwan Valley get their names engraved at National War Memorial

OpIndia Staff -
The fallen Indian soldiers were honoured by the government and their last rites were performed in the presence of government representatives, accorded them the due status of martyrs.
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