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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
Opinions
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
‘Amit Shah planned’: CJP cockroach Saurav Das alleges ‘political intimidation’ by Puducherry Police over home visit, police refute claim
Anti-Hindu propagandist Prakash Raj claims his name was deleted from the electoral roll during SIR; Bengaluru civic body debunks his lies
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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Floral showers on Kanwariyas ‘undermine’ secularism: Indian Express peddles Muslim victimhood bogey
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Who are ‘Dimagi Naxals’ PM Modi warned the nation about in his Independence Day speech?
Lingayat
West Bengal police lodge FIR against Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj: Here is what happened
Lingayat
‘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
Opinions
Editor's picks
Economist vs Economist: The British media house opposes UCC and backs Muslim Personal Law in India, while defending secular law in the UK
News Reports
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’
Opinions
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
Featured
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...
Media
Lingayat
Another ex-employee of Newslaundry, Bhadra Mahapatra, narrates how she was made to compromise her safety in the organisation
Lingayat
Newslaundry lied about acting on 4 sexual harassment complaints since 2017: Former employee reveals official documents. Read shocking details
Lingayat
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
Featured
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...
Variety
All
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Culture and History
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News Reports
Battle of Colachel: How Travancore king Marthanda Varma crushed Dutch colonial power
Culture and History
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
News Reports
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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Private thrust: How Indian start-ups are building aero-engines from scratch
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No separate religious status for Lingayats: Centre informs Karnataka High court
OpIndia Staff
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10 December, 2018
Central Government has informed Karnataka High Court, that recommendation to provide separate religion tag to Lingayat sect is discarded.
Editor's picks
The Congress-JDS govt in Karnataka has proved time and again that they have no respect for the people
Jhankar Mohta
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3 November, 2018
Congress, which impersonates to be the partisans of democracy can go to any lengths in its quest to attain power.
News Reports
Karnataka: Congress’ DK Shivakumar confesses it was a mistake to divide Hindus by declaring Lingayat a separate religion
OpIndia Staff
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18 October, 2018
The Congress government headed by Siddaramaiah had recommended for a separate religion tag for 'Lingayat'
News Reports
Poster issued by Congress leader in Bihar exposes Congress’ casteist mentality
OpIndia Staff
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27 September, 2018
The Congress desperately tries to prove itself to be a secular, egalitarian party while taking every opportunity to stoke casteist sentiments.
News Reports
Lingayat minority status granted by Congress ahead of Karnataka elections challenged in High Court
Jhankar Mohta
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23 June, 2018
The primary grounds for the challenge is that Veershaivas and Lingayats fall under the Hindu religion
News Reports
Karnataka: Cracks appear in the coalition as the Lingayat card continues to haunt Congress
Shashank Bharadwaj
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23 May, 2018
The Lingayat division is still haunting the Congress party
News Reports
End of Congress-JDS honeymoon period? Clashes erupt over portfolios even as organisations demand Muslim Deputy CM
Sanghamitra
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22 May, 2018
Even as HD Kumaraswamy is all set to take oath as CM of Karnataka, clashes and disagreements for posts are being reported
Opinions
Why Congress is finished in Karnataka
Abhishek Banerjee
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20 May, 2018
In the relentlessly competitive sphere of Indian politics, they can expect to be taken to the cleaners.
Opinions
As Amit Shah hits back, Rahul should stop crying over spilt milk and shed his sense of entitlement
Jhankar Mohta
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17 May, 2018
The constitution of our country makes us a democratic country and democracy still trumps dynasty.
Opinions
How Karnataka rejected Congress’ ‘Divide and Rule’ tactics
Aaina
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16 May, 2018
The caste fault lines were actively ignited by the Congress in the run up to the elections.
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