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Who are ‘Dimagi Naxals’ PM Modi warned the nation about in his Independence Day speech?
West Bengal police lodge FIR against Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj: Here is what happened
‘Don’t have time’: Karnataka Congress minister Zameer Ahmed Khan writes to Shivakumar for relief from I-Day flag-hoisting duty
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as ‘secularism’
Punjab and Haryana High Court stays Pharmacy Officers and State Rural Livelihoods Mission recruitments over irregularities and cheating: AAP, CJP silent
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Economist vs Economist: The British media house opposes UCC and backs Muslim Personal Law in India, while defending secular law in the UK
Meet Cambridge academic Farah Ahmed: Former Hizb-ut-Tahrir member who called Western secular education ‘a threat to Islam’
Drain of wealth 2.0: Return of ‘Lagaan’ and India’s need for another Swaraj
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as ‘secularism’
JPSC scam and the national disease called ‘Sarkari Naukri’
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Assam govt ‘reducing’ Eco-Sensitive Zone of Kaziranga: Read how the decision follows Supreme Court order, and how the issue exposes Congress hypocrisy
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Anti-Hindu propagandist Prakash Raj claims his name was deleted from the electoral roll during SIR; Bengaluru civic body debunks his lies
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Another ex-employee of Newslaundry, Bhadra Mahapatra, narrates how she was made to compromise her safety in the organisation
Newslaundry lied about acting on 4 sexual harassment complaints since 2017: Former employee reveals official documents. Read shocking details
Former employee accuses ex-Newslaundry manager, who was involved in #MeToo case in 2018, of workplace harassment
Floral showers on Kanwariyas ‘undermine’ secularism: Indian Express peddles Muslim victimhood bogey
Mini truck driver Mohd Azeem dies due to injuries during assault after accident with Mohd Farman’s auto rickshaw ferrying Kanwariyas; The Wire pins sole...
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Free online coaching, civil defence, nuclear energy, Saptadhara, and more: Major announcements made by PM Modi during Independence Day speech
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Private thrust: How Indian start-ups are building aero-engines from scratch
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Who are ‘Dimagi Naxals’ PM Modi warned the nation about in his Independence Day speech?
hostage
West Bengal police lodge FIR against Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj: Here is what happened
hostage
‘Don’t have time’: Karnataka Congress minister Zameer Ahmed Khan writes to Shivakumar for relief from I-Day flag-hoisting duty
Opinions
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as ‘secularism’
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Punjab and Haryana High Court stays Pharmacy Officers and State Rural Livelihoods Mission recruitments over irregularities and cheating: AAP, CJP silent
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Economist vs Economist: The British media house opposes UCC and backs Muslim Personal Law in India, while defending secular law in the UK
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Meet Cambridge academic Farah Ahmed: Former Hizb-ut-Tahrir member who called Western secular education ‘a threat to Islam’
Opinions
Drain of wealth 2.0: Return of ‘Lagaan’ and India’s need for another Swaraj
Opinions
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy boasts that Muslims are biggest beneficiaries of free electricity: Congress continues to justify appeasement as ‘secularism’
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JPSC scam and the national disease called ‘Sarkari Naukri’
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Assam govt ‘reducing’ Eco-Sensitive Zone of Kaziranga: Read how the decision follows Supreme Court order, and how the issue exposes Congress hypocrisy
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‘Amit Shah planned’: CJP cockroach Saurav Das alleges ‘political intimidation’ by Puducherry Police over home visit, police refute claim
Fact-Check
Anti-Hindu propagandist Prakash Raj claims his name was deleted from the electoral roll during SIR; Bengaluru civic body debunks his lies
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Mini truck driver Mohd Azeem dies due to injuries during assault after accident with Mohd Farman’s auto rickshaw ferrying Kanwariyas; The Wire pins sole...
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hostage
Another ex-employee of Newslaundry, Bhadra Mahapatra, narrates how she was made to compromise her safety in the organisation
hostage
Newslaundry lied about acting on 4 sexual harassment complaints since 2017: Former employee reveals official documents. Read shocking details
hostage
Former employee accuses ex-Newslaundry manager, who was involved in #MeToo case in 2018, of workplace harassment
Opinions
Floral showers on Kanwariyas ‘undermine’ secularism: Indian Express peddles Muslim victimhood bogey
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Mini truck driver Mohd Azeem dies due to injuries during assault after accident with Mohd Farman’s auto rickshaw ferrying Kanwariyas; The Wire pins sole...
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Battle of Colachel: How Travancore king Marthanda Varma crushed Dutch colonial power
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When Travancore king Marthanda Varma challenged the Dutch monopoly on the Malabar Coast spice trade
News Reports
BJP to launch ‘Samrasta Sankalp Abhiyan’, month-long yatra from Jalandhar to Varanasi: How Ravidassia outreach factors into UP, Punjab polls
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How Hindus are reclaiming the Adina Temple , which was converted into a mosque by invaders
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Free online coaching, civil defence, nuclear energy, Saptadhara, and more: Major announcements made by PM Modi during Independence Day speech
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Alchemy of superalloys and single-crystal blades: How India is mastering the metallurgical hellscape of aero engines
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Private thrust: How Indian start-ups are building aero-engines from scratch
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Coronavirus: Medical team held hostage, rescue team attacked in Kashmir
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12 April, 2020
The J&K police official said that a person from the village was to be taken for screening but his family members refused and kept the medical team hostage inside their house.
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Jharkhand: Police raid Madarsa in Ranchi, rescue more than 600 girls kept hostage violating lockdown orders
OpIndia Staff
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26 March, 2020
The madarsa had locked the girls inside and continued its classes violating nationwide lockdown imposed by the government
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The operation that took out ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi named after Kayla Mueller who was abducted, raped and killed in ISIS custody
OpIndia Staff
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30 October, 2019
Twenty-six year old Kayla Mueller, an American humanitarian worker, was kidnapped in Syria by ISIS and was tortured and raped by Baghdadi himself.
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Police raids UP Madarsa and rescues 51 girls being held hostage, manager arrested
OpIndia Staff
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30 December, 2017
The girls have also complained about sexual harassment
Politics
5 things Sasikala can do to completely stop the MLAs from escaping
Hemant Bijapurkar
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10 February, 2017
Moved my her efforts to keep her MLAs hostage, we decided to give her some more tips
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