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Twitter locks Indian journalist’s account for sharing screenshots of NY Post article against Joe Biden that it did not want to be shared

OpIndia Staff -
The NY Post article that had shared details of Joe Biden's meeting with a top Burisma official was censored by Facebook and Twitter.
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News Reports

Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gives befitting reply to an ‘Islamic Scholar’ on shutting down state-run madrassas

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Himanta Biswa Sarma asked Rehman to cite any statement of Sardar Patel where he said that state should run madrassas
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News Reports

Journo with Independent shares fake, photoshopped tweet to defame columnist Shefali Vaidya, brazens it out even after being caught

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Stuti Mishra shared fake tweet of Shefali Vaidya to imply that those calling to boycott Tanishq can’t afford products of the company
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News Reports

Election drums in Bengal: PM Modi to hold special address ‘Puja ki Baat’, BJP’s women wing to organise Puja in Kolkata

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CM Mamata Banerjee, who usually goes on a Puja pandal inauguration spree every year, is to inaugurate Pujas virtually this year.
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News Reports

NIA suspects Dawood link in the Kerala gold smuggling scam, accused had travelled to D-gang locations in Tanzania: Reports

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Accused Ramees and Sharafudheen had travelled to Tanzania and visited shops in the African country where guns are sold, the NIA told in court.
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Media

Anticipatory bail granted after being opposed for 2 hours, reveals Republic TV journalist Pradip Bhandari, who is being hounded by Mumbai Police

OpIndia Staff -
In a relief to Republic TV journalist Pradeep Bhandari, anticipatory bail has been granted to the journalist after he was summoned under non-bailable sections by the Mumbai Police.
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News Reports

Justice Chandrachud raises concern over Police Commissioners giving TV interviews, police says ‘other channels also summoned in TRP scam’: Here is what happened in...

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Supreme Court asks Republic TV to approach High Court against summons by Mumbai police over TRP scam reporting by the channel
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Crime

Watch: Delhi traffic police constable dragged on car’s bonnet for 400 metres after attempting to stop an errant driver

OpIndia Staff -
A Delhi traffic police constable was dragged on the bonnet of a car for nearly 400 metres after he tried to stop the vehicle by jumping on top of the car.
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Law

Mohua, are you on Mohua? Calcutta HC dismisses charges against Babul Supriyo over his 2017 remarks against TMC MP Mahua Moitra

OpIndia Staff -
In a big setback to TMC MP Mahua Moitra, Calcutta HC quashed police chargesheet against BJP MP and Union Minister Babul Supriyo
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News Reports

After India Today ‘Fake TRP scam’, BARC to pause weekly television ratings of news channels and review current standards of measuring viewership

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BARC will now stop publishing the weekly individual ratings for all news channels as they review their rating system that will take 8-12 weeks
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News Reports

Can’t appear to be targeting two channels only, let’s add NDTV, India Today, Editors Guild etc to suit: OpIndia accesses internal communication of cine-associations

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CNITAA told Producers Guild that they were surprised to see only two channels in the petition, and asked more channels to be added
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Economy and Finance

Those who brought us Kerala model of health have now come up with Bangladesh model of economy: How they are wrong, so, so wrong

Abhishek Banerjee -
Doesn’t it also predict that India will see a GDP growth of 8.8% next year, making us the world’s fastest growing economy and India will easily pull ahead of Bangladesh in per capita GDP next year?
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Media

Retreat, Retreat! Howls Bollywood: Bollywood production houses change tunes, now say suit against ‘entire media’, not just Arnab Goswami

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Bollywood production houses had filed a suit in the Delhi High Court to stop Arnab Goswami, Republic TV, Pradip Bhandari and Times Now from 'defaming' Bollywood.
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News Reports

Sushant Singh Rajput’s friend Sandip sends defamation notice to Republic TV and Arnab Goswami, seeks Rs.200 Cr in compensation

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Sandip Singh has asked Republic TV and Arnab Goswami to remove all content against him from all platforms and apologise within 15 days.
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News Reports

Here is how even before Rahul Gandhi says something silly, he has already managed to spread fake news

OpIndia Staff -
This morning, when he woke up in the night, Rahul Gandhi achieved a geopolitical breakthrough. He glued the 2 Koreas into one.
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Media

Indian Express mentions Dalit identity of accused Congress leader, but not of Muslim in-laws who drove the Hindu woman to self-immolate

Editorial Desk -
In a horrifying incident, on the 13th of October 2020, a woman self-immolated in front of the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. She has now reportedly succumbed to her injuries.
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Media

CINTAA sets ground for tacit retreat? Passes resolution saying they are ‘free to add’ media channels other than Republic TV

OpIndia Staff -
CINTAA's decision to include other media networks in their suit is now being viewed as an attempt to tacitly retreat from the war against Republic TV and Arnab Goswami
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News Reports

Lucknow: Woman who had set herself on fire near Vidhan Sabha dies in hospital, husband Asif, inlaws accused of harassment, forced conversion

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Anjana Tiwari alias Aisha, who had self-immolated in front of the UP Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday, 13 October, has succumbed to burn injuries.
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Politics

“Facebook and Twitter are not media platforms. They’re propaganda machines”: New York Post says after platforms censor its bombshell expose on Joe Biden

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Facebook and Twitter censored a bombshell report exposing corruption of Joe Biden and son by New York Post.
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News Reports

Hathras investigation: Arrested PFI members were in touch with Delhi Riots accused, had received money from PFI account

OpIndia Staff -
The Jagran report has stated that the arrested persons had also received money from a bank account that belongs to PFI.
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News Reports

NIA questions Congress MLAs Zameer Ahmed Khan and Rizwan Arshad for over 4 hours in the Bengaluru violence case: Details

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The NIA officials questioned the Congress MLAs for over four hours, asked them about they saw on August 11 during Bengaluru violence
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Media

NDTV continues to defend itself after spreading fake news, anchor says they meant ‘strongly disagree’ when they said a ‘mob attacked’ Tanishq store

OpIndia Staff -
Tanishq ad that created a furore and was eventually pulled down after strong disagreements by Hindus was seen as an opportunity by NDTV to peddle its agenda
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News Reports

Woman who self-immolated outside UP Vidhan Sabha alleging harassment by in-laws dies in hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Aisha, who was earlier Anjana Tiwari, had set herself ablaze in from of UP Vidhan Sabha due to harassments from her Muslim in-laws
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OpIndia Explains

Hindu woman married to Muslim man without converting does not have equal rights as others in the family according to Islamic law: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
According to Islamic law, marriage of Muslim boy with idol worshipper or a fire worshipper girl is considered irregular marriage
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News Reports

City sewage plant named after comedian John Oliver because his show is full of crap and garbage: Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton

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After a spat between comedian John Oliver and Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton, the city council votes to rename the sewer plant after John
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News Reports

Video of a person making anti-India comments circulated on social media falsely claiming that it is the founder of Himalaya Drug Company

OpIndia Staff -
Muhammad Manal, the founder of HImalaya Drug Company died in 1986, and the person in the viral video is one Naqi Ahmed Nadwi
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News Reports

Hathras Case: CBI team issues summons to the father and the brothers of the victim again

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CBI to question the father and the three brothers of the Hathras murder and alleged rape victim, issues summons
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News Reports

Gujarat Home Minister orders ‘strict action’ against NDTV for fake news about attack on Tanishq showroom, directs to register a case

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV had today published a fake news claiming a Tanishq showroom in Gandhidham, Kutch, was under attack by an angry mob
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News Reports

Gautam Navlakha had sought mercy for a Pakistani ISI agent in US court: NIA charge sheet

OpIndia Staff -
NIA charge sheet says that urban naxal Gautam Navlakha had written to a US court seeking mercy for Ghulam Nabi Fai
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Crime

UP: Congress leader’s son arrested for provoking Anjana alias Aisha to set herself on fire near Vidhan Sabha

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The woman who has converted to Islam to marry one Asif, set herself on fire outside UP Vidhan Sabha alleging harassment by in-laws.
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News Reports

Twelve days after India Today awarded Kerala as best state in combating coronavirus amid soaring cases, Rahul Kanwal questions, ‘what went wrong?’

OpIndia Staff -
In the first week of October, India Today had awarded 'Healthgiri Awards 2020' to Kerala, today, they wonder what went wrong
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News Reports

‘Fake news circulated for propaganda’: Gujarat police dismiss NDTV, Indian Express reports claiming that Tanishq store was attacked by a ‘Hindu mob’

OpIndia Staff -
The SP of East Kutch visited the Tanishq store in Gandhidham and confirmed that it was not attacked as reported by NDTV, Indian Express
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Opinions

Indian secularism cares more about losing a YouTube ad than the murder of 18-year-old Rahul Rajput

Abhishek Banerjee -
You know what has not become a talking point? The murder of 18 year old Delhi University student Rahul Rajput. His “crime”? Having a Muslim girlfriend.
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News Reports

India Today Group issues guidelines prohibiting employees from posting any personal view on social media, says it does not breach freedom of expression

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India Today says persons associated with it can post only content from the media house on their personal social media accounts
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News Reports

Myanmar military intensifies its crackdown against terror outfit Arakan Army in Rakhine

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The Arakan Army is the largest terror group operating in the Rakhine state, the western province of Myanmar.
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Media

Day after Tanishq showroom in Gandhidham apologised for controversial ad, ‘ecosystem’ created a ‘Hindu mob attacked showroom’ narrative

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Three headlines in span of two hours: How NDTV went from 'mob attacked' Tanishq showroom in Gandhidham to 'threat calls' which were eventually debunked by police
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News Reports

After ‘love jihad’ ad, Tanishq faces allegations of selling jewellery not approved by BIS

OpIndia Staff -
Tanishq provides a certificate of authentication by Titan with their products, their name is not in the BIS accredited jewelers list
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News Reports

Mumbai Police issues show-cause notice to Republic TV’s Arnab Goswami over his alleged communal remarks on Palghar Sadhu lynching case

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Arnab Goswami issued show-cause notice under Section 108(1)(a) of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) by the Mumbai polic
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Police officials cut cake and celebrate birthday of history-sheeter in police station, video goes viral

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Police officials seen celebrating birthday of a criminal by cutting cake in police station in Vasai Virar near Mumbai
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News Reports

Tanishq controversy: Secularism takes a bizarre turn as smashing patriarchy takes a backseat

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Secularism vs Patriarchy: Social media user slams Hindu neighbors for not cooking for them as men in the house don't cook
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News Reports

Hathras Case: UP govt files compliance affidavit in SC, says three-layer security provided to victim’s family

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The Uttar Pradesh government had also asked the Supreme Court to monitor the CBI probe and urged them to direct CBI to submit a fortnightly status report on the investigation to the state government
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Social Media

Ahead of Bihar elections, Youth Congress highlights decreasing unemployment rates, indirectly praises Modi govt: Read details

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Citing the CMIE's data on overall unemployment rate in the country, the Congress party essentially claimed that the rate of unemployment has come down in the country and indirectly praised by the Narendra Modi-led government for the fall in unemployment levels.
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News Reports

‘Will never forget’: Mehbooba Mufti urges Kashmiris to ‘continue the struggle’ in first message after being released from detention

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In her first message after being released from detention, Mehbooba Mufti called the abrogation of Article 370 'undemocratic and illegal'.
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News Reports

Kerala gold scam: Accused Swapna Suresh says CM Vijayan had multiple ‘private meetings’ with UAE consul general at his residence

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Swapna Suresh has also admitted before the probing agency that the private meetings between Vijayan and the UAE diplomats were held at CM's official Vijayan's official residence in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Opinions

Chetan Bhagat and left-leaning ‘intellectuals’ resort to elitist snobbery to attack the critics of the controversial Tanishq advertisement

Jinit Jain -
Tanishq removed its advertisement after criticism mounted against the organisation for subtly promoting 'love jihad' through its commercial
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News Reports

IMF projects a contraction of 10.3% this year and a growth rate of 8.8% for the Indian economy in 2021

OpIndia Staff -
Noting the severe effects of lockdown on Indian economy, the World Bank said that India needed to continue with critical reforms to reverse the sudden effects of the pandemic.
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News Reports

Law student who had accused former Union minister Chinmayanand of rape turns hostile, set to be tried for perjury

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The student appeared before the court on Tuesday and denied that she had made any allegations of sexual assault against Chinmayanand.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Congress leader Alka Lamba shares fake news on Twitter, gets schooled by Meerut police

OpIndia Staff -
Alka Lamba linked the criminal advertisement to Uttar Pradesh while it actually related to the Congress ruled state of Rajasthan as clarified by Meerut police.
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Media

After CFO, Mumbai Police summons Republic TV Exec Editor to question him about Hansa Report that named India Today in TRP scam

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Police has issued a summons to Niranjan Narayanswamy, Executive Editor of Republic TV.
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News Reports

‘We withdraw this film keeping in mind hurt sentiments’: Hindus win, Tanishq issues statement

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Tanishq has issued a statement following the huge controversy created by its ad normalising Love Jihad.
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