Monday, March 8, 2021

Politics
- Politics
  
  ‘He is a Naxal, he has no credibility, no respect’: TMC MP Saugata Roy rants against Mithun Chakraborty after actor joins BJP
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 March, 2021
  
  Superstar Mithun Chakraborty joined the BJP during the party's massive rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.
  
  Politics
  
  From ‘Sonar Bangla’ promise to ‘Corruption Olympics’ attack against Mamata: Read what PM Modi said at Kolkata rally
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 March, 2021
  
  Slamming the Mamata Banerjee led TMC govt, PM Narendra Modi said that democratic system has been destroyed in West Bengal
  
  Politics
  
  From Naxalism to ‘Disco Dancer’ to politics: How the death of his brother completely changed Mithun Chakraborty’s life
  
  Anurag - 7 March, 2021
  
  Mithun Chakraborty left Naxal movement after his brother's tragic death in a freak accidence and ended in the film industry.
  
  News Reports
  
  ‘Your scooter has decided to fall in Nandigram’: PM Modi mocks Mamata Banerjee, turns the ‘helping friends’ jibe on its head
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 March, 2021
  
  PM Modi said that poor in the country are his friends, adding that he has helped his friends, and will continue to do so
  
  Politics
  
  Shyama Prasad Mukherjee smiles from above: What BJP means by ‘Aashol Poriborton’ Narendra Modi makes it clear in Kolkata
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 7 March, 2021
  
  Prime Minister Modi addressed a massive crowd on Sunday at the historic Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.
Opinions
- News Reports
  
  As Western engagement with China has failed, decoupling with it is the only option left
  
  Anurag - 7 March, 2021
  
  As China has become a visible threat to the global economy, the best idea would be to disengage with China in all possible aspects
  
  Politics
  
  Shyama Prasad Mukherjee smiles from above: What BJP means by ‘Aashol Poriborton’ Narendra Modi makes it clear in Kolkata
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 7 March, 2021
  
  Prime Minister Modi addressed a massive crowd on Sunday at the historic Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata.
  
  Opinions
  
  How Freedom House duped millions of Indians into signing up for an anti-India agenda
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 5 March, 2021
  
  You must have seen the headlines yesterday. India has been 'downgraded.’ By whom? Some apparently international organization called Freedom House.
  
  Opinions
  
  ‘Even if life was taken away illegally, courts are helpless’: the Congress toolkit for protecting institutions
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 5 March, 2021
  
  Rahul Gandhi had recently said that though the Emergency was wrong, Congress has never tried to capture India's institutional framework.
  
  Opinions
  
  Indian Govt should ask badminton coach and Taapsee Pannu’s boyfriend Mathias Boe to quietly do his job or quit
  
  Jinit Jain - 5 March, 2021
  
  Mathias Boe had tweeted tagging Minister Kiren Rijiju, asking him to do 'something' about the IT raids on his girlfriend Taapsee Pannu
Fact-Check
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  Fact-Check: Has BJP opened a ‘branch’ in Sri Lanka too? Know what is ‘Sri Lanka Bharatiya Janata Party’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 March, 2021
  
  An image has gone viral on the internet with claims that the Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling political party in India, has launched a 'branch' in Sri Lanka.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress caught trying to pass off old video of mock drill as police shooting CAA protesters to malign BJP govt in Assam
  
  OpIndia Staff - 6 March, 2021
  
  Assam Congress uses a video from mock drill by police in Jharkhand which was earlier also used several times to spread fake news
  
  Social Media
  
  Trolls use fake, photoshopped images to attack Kangana Ranaut for pictures of a fruit smoothie
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021
  
  Kangana Ranaut faced troll attack after sharing a photo of a smoothie she had made. Trolls claimed that she had copied food image from the internet.
  
  News Reports
  
  Congress tries to pass off multiple images of tea gardens from Taiwan as that of Assam, gets fact-checked by BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021
  
  Congress party used two photographs from tea gardens in Taiwan for its Assam Bachao campaign on Facebook
Media
- Media
  
  Shekhar Gupta admits that he has been scared to criticise Rahul Gandhi and Congress, Congress leaders prove him right
  
  OpIndia Staff - 7 March, 2021
  
  Shekhar Gupta criticised the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi for failing to put enough pressure on the Modi government
  
  Media
  
  ‘Can’t wait to anchor Jabab Chay Bangla’: Republic Bangla to go on air from March 7, Arnab Goswami to anchor a debate show
  
  OpIndia Staff - 6 March, 2021
  
  The channel has taken to its official Twitter handle to announce the official launch of its Bengali News channel Republic Bangla
  
  News Reports
  
  The popularity of PM Narendra Modi surges, becomes the most-watched personality on television in India last year: BARC report
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021
  
  Much the same as his social media fan-base, the impact of PM Narendra Modi on television has also been multiplying
  
  News Reports
  
  Defence analyst Nitin Gokhale and journalist Ashutosh say they will sue Caravan India for allegedly misquoting them: Details
  
  OpIndia Staff - 4 March, 2021
  
  The article in Caravan magazine, written by its editor Hartosh Singh Bal, claims that the government's move to regulate fake news and web portals is aimed to act against people who are writing against the government.
  
  Fact-Check
  
  The Wire publishes fake news regarding new guidelines for digital media sites, gets fact-checked
  
  OpIndia Staff - 3 March, 2021
  
  The Wire falsely claimed that the ministry will select members for the self-regulating body of the digital media portals under the guidelines
Variety
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  News Reports
  
  Catholic school expels 3 kids of an OnlyFans model after ‘jealous’ mothers of other children complain about her ‘raunchy pictures’
  
  OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2021
  
  The OnlyFans model said that a group of jealous 'Karen mums' complained to the school about her, leading to expulsion of her children
  
  Books
  
  Rahul Roushan’s book ‘Sanghi Who Never Went To A Shakha’ goes out of stock on Amazon
  
  OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2021
  
  The Kindle version of the book, however, can be pre-ordered on Amazon.
  
  Opinions
  
  ‘Even if life was taken away illegally, courts are helpless’: the Congress toolkit for protecting institutions
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 5 March, 2021
  
  Rahul Gandhi had recently said that though the Emergency was wrong, Congress has never tried to capture India's institutional framework.
  
  News Reports
  
  Meet Dr Romesh Japra, Prominent Indian-American Cardiologist attacked in the USA for supporting Indian farm laws
  
  T Waraich - 23 February, 2021
  
  Recently, in a viral video, a group of protestors were seen gathered outside the house of prominent cardiologist Dr Romesh Japra in California and raising derogatory slogans.
Specials
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  Interviews
  
  Violence in Bengal, election rigging, misgiving of Congress, Abbas Siddiqui, COVID-19 and China: CPI (M) leader Rabin Deb talks to OpIndia
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 6 March, 2021
  
  Rabin Deb, one of the tallest leaders in West Bengal of the CPI (M) talks to OpIndia ahead of the 2021 elections, TMC and BJP
  
  Editor's picks
  
  ‘Haram or Halal, TMC wants only money’, says West Bengal Congress leader Haji Mohabbat Khan in an interview with OpIndia
  
  OpIndia Staff - 5 March, 2021
  
  The Congress leader said that if 'communal BJP' has to be stopped from winning in West Bengal, then Congress is the only hope
  
  News Reports
  
  ‘Freedom House’ downgrades India from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’: Read how it is wholly funded by the US govt and has ties to George...
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 4 March, 2021
  
  Freedom House downgraded India based on facts they did not find convenient and a fallacious narrative woven by left and Islamists
  
  OpIndia Scoops
  
  Still living in fear, no compensation yet for our losses: A year on, OpIndia spoke to the owner of a parking lot burnt down...
  
  रवि अग्रहरि - 1 March, 2021
  
  The owner of the parking lot that was burnt down by rioters in Delhi's Shiv Vihar said that the cars were ransacked a day before the actual violence gripped the national capital
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