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Meet ‘Journalist’ Seema Mustafa: The first elected president of Editors Guild of India who replaces Shekhar Gupta

OpIndia Staff -
Seema Mustafa, Sanjay Kapoor and Anant Nath elected president, general secretary and treasurer of the Editors Guild of India.
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News Reports

Bihar tops the list of central Indian states in providing its rural population with access to tap water

OpIndia Staff -
By 2021, Bihar will have achieved its target of providing access to 100 per cent of its rural households with tap water connection
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World

Editor of Chinese propaganda machinery Global Times threatens India as Taiwan vows to have better ties with India

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The warm ties between Delhi and Taipei have now become a major strategic headache for Communist Party of China, who have been vehemently opposing any positive engagement between the two countries.
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Government and Policy

After ‘donations’ during Coronavirus, Mamata Banerjee to give doles to Durga Puja ‘clubs’, HC slams govt, opposition raises questions: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Meanwhile, Bikash Bhattacharya, representing the petitioner in the case, said, "Not a single penny can be used for the purpose of Durga puja. So, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's plan to pacify the puja clubs had failed."
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Opinions

This is why ‘liberal’ condemnation that we see around Paris beheading was missing when Kamlesh Tiwari was murdered

K Bhattacharjee -
A high school teacher in Paris was beheaded by an Islamic fanatic for showing cartoons of prophet Mohammed to his students.
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Fact-Check

Barabanki: How media and Rahul Gandhi attempted to create another Hathras using the rape of a Dalit girl but the identity of perpetrator foiled...

OpIndia Staff -
Politicians and the media attempted to create another Hathras over the Barabanki Rape by inserting a caste angle.
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News Reports

Pro-congress journalists and trolls target Amitabh Bachchan’s son-in-law Nikhil Nanda when another Nikhil Nanda criticised Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Nikhil Nanda, the MD of JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Limited, had exposed Rahul Gandhi for criticising India's handling of COVID-19 crisis
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News Reports

FIR registered against Mithun Chakraborty’s son Mahaakshay and wife Yogeeta Bali alleging rape, intimidation of an actress-model

Dibakar Dutta -
The victim has claimed that Mahaakshay, son of Mithun Chakraborty, raped her after drugging her in 2015
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News Reports

A Muslim man wrote to Darul Uloom if he can have a marriage similar to shown in Tanishq ad, this is what he got...

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim man wrote to Darul Uloom Deoband seeking guidance from the Islamic seminary on his proposed marriage with a Hindu woman.
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News Reports

“I am sure DCW care for all women”: Delhi landlady accused of ‘assaulting’ Kashmiri woman writes scathing letter to Swati Maliwal

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi landlady Taruna Makhija said that DCW ordered a case against her based on tweets against her without hearing her side of the story
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News Reports

DCP investigating Republic TV in ‘TRP scam’ transferred to Traffic police but the story might not be as simple: Here is what we know

Nupur J Sharma -
TRP scam in which, while all evidence pointed towards India Today, the Mumbai Police has been adamant in naming Republic TV, has not been without its twists.
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Crime

Delhi: JNU student pretending to be consultant to the PMO arrested for committing fraud

OpIndia Staff -
The JNU student posed himself as a Consultant to the PMO to the Custom Officials at the Delhi Airport, has been arrested.
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News Reports

Ex-CBI director M Nageswara Rao raises questions about conduct of Andhra Pradesh police in a rape case by a Church Pastor in Tirupati: Here...

OpIndia Staff -
Despite the rape accused being a Church Pastor, Tirupati denied that he is a pastor, and delayed registering the case
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World

Trouble mounts for Joe Biden, son’s emails reveal shady deal with Chinese firm and a ‘payout’ for the Democrat presidential nominee: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Fox News has also reported that Joe Biden himself was in on a deal that involved Hunter Biden, his son, and a Chinese company.
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News Reports

FIR against Kangana Ranaut and sister for ‘sedition’, ‘spreading communal hate’ etc after complaint by Munawar Ali and Sahil Ashraf Syed

OpIndia Staff -
In fresh trouble for Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel, an FIR has been filed against the two for supposedly spreading 'communal hatred'
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News Reports

Saharanpur Riots: Former Social Welfare Principal Secretary and District Magistrate booked under sedition charges for violating provisions of SC/ST Act

OpIndia Staff -
Ex DM Alok Pandey and Social Weldare Principal Secretary Manoj Kumar booked under sedition charges for not granting SC-ST Act benefits to SC victims
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News Reports

Marathi channel Loksatta censured by Press Council of India for publishing a fake story about the Statue of Unity

OpIndia Staff -
PCI Inquiry Committee found that claims made by Loksatta were 'absolutely incorrect' and 'figment of imagination by the newspaper'.
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News Reports

Ex-wife of actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui repeats allegations against actor and his family in molestation case against brother to POCSO court

OpIndia Staff -
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has earlier been accused of infidelity by his estranged wife Aliya aka Anjana Kishore Pandey
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News Reports

Controversy over Soyeb Aftab ranking first in NEET even though Akanksha Singh scored same marks: Here are the tie-breaking rules of NEET

OpIndia Staff -
In the NEET results which were declared on Friday night, Odisha's Soyeb Aftab and Akanksha Singh from Delhi have secured 720 out of 720 marks and got 1st and 2nd rank
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Government and Policy

Global Hunger Index Rank 2020: India improves from rank 102 in 2019 to 94 in 2020: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The Global Hunger Index report for the year 2020 has been released and India has shown remarkable improvement in the Index
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News Reports

West Bengal: Protests erupt demanding CBI inquiry as BJP leader dies in custody, family says he was picked up by police ‘without any explanation’

OpIndia Staff -
A BJP leader from West Bengal, East Medinipur district has been suspiciously found dead during his police custody on Thursday.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi denied permission to virtually inaugurate school in Wayanad by Kerala administration

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala govt has denied permission to Congress scion Rahul Gandhi to attend the online inauguration of a school building in Wayanad
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News Reports

Teacher beheaded amidst chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’ in Paris, gunned down terrorist had posted pictures of severed head on SM: Here are full details

OpIndia Staff -
Paris beheading comes as a grim reminder of Charlie Hebdo massacre where Islamic terrorists had gunned down 12 people in their officers for publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
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News Reports

Union govt announces level playing field for digital media including PIB accreditation and other benefits, issues clarification on FDI policy in the sector

OpIndia Staff -
Personnel working in digital media outlets will be eligible for PIB accreditation, health benefits, concessional rail fare etc
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Politics

Shiv Sena, Congress allege actor Vivek Oberoi and filmmaker Sandeep Ssingh links in drug scandal, demand NCB probe

OpIndia Staff -
Opposition and a section of media had earlier targeted actor Vivek Oberoi for making a biopic inspired by the life of PM Modi
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News Reports

Union govt says Business Standard report claiming retrenched workers will have to return reskilling fund if not reskilled is fake, rules not yet framed

OpIndia Staff -
Business Standard spreads fake news on Reskilling fund for retrenched workers as per Industrial Relations Code 2020
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Politics

Congress fields ‘Jinnah supporter’ and former AMUSU president Maskoor Usmani in upcoming Bihar elections

OpIndia Staff -
Congress party denied ticket to Rishi Mishra to field Maskoor Usmani from Jale constituency in the upcoming Bihar elections.
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Politics

‘I am PM Modi’s Hanuman. If needed, I will tear open my chest to show Modi ji resides in my heart’: LJP leader Chirag...

OpIndia Staff -
Lok Janshakti Party president Chirag Paswan today described himself as the 'Hanuman' of PM |Narendra Modi.
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News Reports

Kashmiri Muslim woman called ‘terrorist’ by her landlady in Delhi? Read the full story that tells you exactly what happened

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Videos show that Noor Bhat was threatening landlady for asking to pay rent & bills, no proof that she was assaulted & called terrorist
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Media

‘You go after the person, kill the person and pick the flesh off her bones’: Shekhar Gupta does a Rajdeep Sardesai, calls journalists vultures

OpIndia Staff -
Shekhar Gupta discussed the controversy around Rukmini Callimachi on the 15th October episode of Cut The Clutter.
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News Reports

Mathura district court admits plea seeking removal of Idgah Mosque built on Krishna Janmabhoomi land

OpIndia Staff -
The Mathura court will next hear the plea seeking the removal of the Idgah mosque built over Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi on November 18
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World

Did US President Donald Trump just share a satire article believing to be real news? Maybe not.

OpIndia Staff -
US President Donald Trump shared a satirical report by popular right-wing satire website The Babylon Bee on censorship by Twitter
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News Reports

Special court takes cognizance of complaint against Robert Vadra’s aide Sanjay Bhandari in PMLA case, asks ED to expedite his extradition from UK

OpIndia Staff -
The court issued summons to Sanjay Bhandari and others named in a case under section 44 and 45 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act
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News Reports

Watch: Old interview of Yogi Adityanath goes viral, watch him shut up condescending Prannoy Roy on casteism, Ram Mandir, Hindu identity and more

OpIndia Staff -
A 3-year-old interview of Yogi Adityanath by NDTV's Prannoy Roy and Shekhar Gupta is going viral on the social media.
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Opinions

Admin expenses, dependency on local transfer and word clouds: An analysis of Foreign Funding to Indian NGOs with graphs and charts

Suren -
This short article provides a series of data points that will help break down the nature of foreign funded non-profits in India.
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News Reports

CBI recovers clothes with blood-like stains from the house of Hathras rape accused, his family claims the stains to be of red paint

OpIndia Staff -
Family of Hathras case accused Luv Kush Sikarwar said that blood-like stain on clothes found by CBI is from red paint as his brother is a painter
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News Reports

Hindu group sends legal notice against Bangladeshi teledrama alleging promotion of love jihad and adultery, promos of the show suspended

OpIndia Staff -
Legal notice served against upcoming Puja special teledrama Bijoya saying it promotes adultery and love jihad among Hindu women
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Here are the 5 states that would be monitored by high-level central teams

OpIndia Staff -
The central teams will help the states control the spread of the virus and manage the active cases.
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Media

Republic TV’s Pradeep Bhandari summoned to the court by Mumbai Police, threatened with arrest: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Only yesterday, anticipatory bail granted to Pradeep Bhandari after being opposed for 2 hours
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Media

4th notice served to Arnab Goswami by Maharashtra Assembly, asks him to appear within 10 minutes: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The coalition government in Maharashtra headed by Shiv Sena and their chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has been dogged in its hounding of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami.
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News Reports

Bihar Election 2020: How LJP’s ‘bungalow’ and BJP rebels are complicating the political equations in Jamui district

OpIndia Staff -
With the 243-member Bihar assembly election just two weeks away, the political drama in the state is in full swing.
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News Reports

#IndiaKeLiye: Micromax shows the way, launches ad that tugs on the heartstrings of the nation after aggression by China

OpIndia Staff -
From 22% share in Indian smartphone market, Micromax was reduced to being a small player by Chinese mobile phone companies
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World

‘Ruling communists treacherously ignoring China capturing our land’: Indian Army Chief to visit Nepal amidst opposition parties targeting Oli

OpIndia Staff -
The Nepali Congress (NC) has reiterated that China has encroached upon Nepalese territory and condemned the govt's silence.
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News Reports

Chinese President Xi Jinping keeps coughing violently during speech, fuels speculations about coronavirus infection

OpIndia Staff -
The Chinese President was speaking at an event marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Economic Zone.
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News Reports

Raj Thackeray’s MNS backs Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray in shielding Bollywood, alleges deliberate conspiracy to malign the Hindi film industry

OpIndia Staff -
Raj Thackeray’s party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has backed the Shiv Sena supremo in his attempts to shield Bollywood.
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News Reports

Turkish channel blurs Radha Krishna murtis while telecasting a dubbed version of Hindi serial

OpIndia Staff -
Turkish channel Kanal 7 was found blurring the Radha Krishna idols placed in a family temple in some scenes of Hindi serial 'Saath Nibhaana Saathiya".
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News Reports

After Tanishq Love Jihad ad, Tata Cliq releases ad denigrating Hinduism, calls Yoga ‘boring’ while promoting Christian e-marriages

OpIndia Staff -
The ad was uploaded to the YouTube channel of Tata Cliq on the 14th of October, two days after the Tanishq ad was pulled down.
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Media

The curious case of TRP scam: How did the witness go from naming India Today to naming Republic TV? Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
The TRP scam has become a raging issue, specifically since Republic TV's name was dragged into the controversy after the research report by Hansa Research implicated India Today
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee asks railways to re-start local train services in WB but pays no heed to letters sent to her by Eastern Railways to...

OpIndia Staff -
In these one and a half months Mamata Banerjee has not managed to spare time to discuss modalities to resume train services in the state
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News Reports

After picking up senior journalist of OTV, Odisha Police arrive at offices of the channel to search without warrant

OpIndia Staff -
Police came to OTV offices saying that Police have powers to enter and search as part of an investigation without warrants
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