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Websites by Congress for ‘Social Media Warriors’ and ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ now take users to casino and betting games
Sloganeering, ruckus, objections and more: How Opposition disruption is bringing parliament to a standstill
Zohran Mamdani, JD Vance and an unrouted itinerary: Why MEA blocked US visit of CM Revanth Reddy
Kshatriyas and Brahmins are “thieves”; Muslims are our real voters: Old video of SP MLA Abrar Ahmed goes viral
FIR against Ajeet Bharti under SC/ST act: If unsavory words and sexually coloured remarks are to be booked, Ambedkarites should be jailed first
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Live Law has a ‘Constitutional’ problem with government officials doing Bhumi Pujan in state functions: Does secularism mean de-Hinduisation?
GIVA Raksha Bandhan ad row: How Kriti Sanon turned the outrage to protect the Hindu festival’s sanctity into a feminism debate
Sloganeering, ruckus, objections and more: How Opposition disruption is bringing parliament to a standstill
Zohran Mamdani, JD Vance and an unrouted itinerary: Why MEA blocked US visit of CM Revanth Reddy
The curious case of ‘missing’ Bangladeshis in Maldives
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Sloganeering, ruckus, objections and more: How Opposition disruption is bringing parliament to a standstill
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Zohran Mamdani, JD Vance and an unrouted itinerary: Why MEA blocked US visit of CM Revanth Reddy
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Kshatriyas and Brahmins are “thieves”; Muslims are our real voters: Old video of SP MLA Abrar Ahmed goes viral
News Reports
FIR against Ajeet Bharti under SC/ST act: If unsavory words and sexually coloured remarks are to be booked, Ambedkarites should be jailed first
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Live Law has a ‘Constitutional’ problem with government officials doing Bhumi Pujan in state functions: Does secularism mean de-Hinduisation?
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GIVA Raksha Bandhan ad row: How Kriti Sanon turned the outrage to protect the Hindu festival’s sanctity into a feminism debate
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Sloganeering, ruckus, objections and more: How Opposition disruption is bringing parliament to a standstill
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Zohran Mamdani, JD Vance and an unrouted itinerary: Why MEA blocked US visit of CM Revanth Reddy
News Reports
The curious case of ‘missing’ Bangladeshis in Maldives
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Did Subhash Chandra get away with paying Rs 6.5 crore against Rs 22,006 crore debt? Here’s the truth
temple elephants
‘Bhakra Dam will break, Punjab-Delhi will drown’: Viral video spreads panic with misleading 1.77-inch tilt claim
News Reports
Indian Express revises erroneous ‘91% of names back in Bengal electoral roll’ headline after backlash: Read how it misrepresented the SIR data
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After Arvind Kejriwal, CJP ‘cockroach’ Saurav Das peddles lies against Punjab & Haryana HC Acting Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra over DA ruling: Debunking...
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Live Law has a ‘Constitutional’ problem with government officials doing Bhumi Pujan in state functions: Does secularism mean de-Hinduisation?
temple elephants
‘The Economist’ commits faux pas, claims Amit Shah is ‘India’s home secretary’
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AAP calls BJP ‘fascist’ while it weaponises copyright strikes to impose media censorship in Punjab: An analysis of AAP’s hypocritical sanctimony
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UPI still climbing, The Wire still faking: Notorious fake news peddler claims decline in UPI use, data shows healthy growth
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Puducherry: Elephant Laxmi of Manakula Vinayagar temple dies suddenly, activists allege sabotage by PETA and others
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30 November, 2022
Many individuals paid respects to Lakshmi, including Lt. Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.
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Assam govt sends high-level committee to Tamil Nadu to bring back the elephant Joymala after video of her brutal torture went viral
OpIndia Staff
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2 September, 2022
A video had emerged showing the elephant Joymala, originally from Assam, being brutally tortured in a Tamil Nadu temple
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PETA files petition in Madras HC to take away Lakshmi the Elephant from her home at Manakula Vinayagar Temple in Puducherry again
OpIndia Staff
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2 August, 2020
After Lakshmi the Elephant returned to Manakula Vinayagar Temple in Puducherry, PETA files petition in Madras HC to remove it again
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Amidst celebration and fanfare, Lakshmi the Elephant returns home to Manakula Vinayagar Temple
OpIndia Staff
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18 July, 2020
Earlier, CM V. Narayanasami, had directed the forest department to return Lakshmi back to her home at the temple in Puducherry.
News Reports
Chief Minister of Puducherry directs Forest Department to return Lakshmi the Elephant to her home at the Manakula Vinayagar Temple
OpIndia Staff
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14 July, 2020
Lakshmi the Elephant will return to her home at the Manakula Vinaygar Temple in Puducherry on Wednesday.
News Reports
Kerala elephant owners threaten to boycott Thrissur Pooram after govt bans most popular elephant from the festival
OpIndia Staff
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9 May, 2019
Fans of the elephant allege that the government was interfering with the traditions whereas the government says that it took the decision based on safety concerns.
News Reports
Kerala bids farewell to its King of Beauty, legendary elephant Thiruvambadi Sivasunder
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15 March, 2018
Sivasunder was diagnosed with impaction, he was the most celebrated elephant in Kerala
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