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‘Goli Chal Jayegi’: Woman shot in face as she stopped dancing at wedding in UP’s Chitrakoot, caught on camera

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2019

A video showing a woman shot on the face because she stopped dancing at a wedding has gone viral

Social Media

Cropped video circulated out of context to mock FM Nirmala Sitharaman over onion prices: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2019

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday stated that her replies on the floor of the Lok Sabha are being quoted out of the context to mislead the public.

Social Media

Daniel Shravan’s mother says she is ashamed of her son’s comments, he should apologise to all women with folded hands

OpIndia Staff - 5 December, 2019

Daniel had written on a Facebook post that rapes happen only due to unsatisfied sexual desires of men and women 'should cooperate with their rapists' to ensure that rapists do not have to murder them afterwards.

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Police officer suspended for posting ‘indecent photographs’ of PM Modi on social media

OpIndia Staff - 27 November, 2019

Social media has often been used as a platform to thumb a nose at Modi and his policies

Social Media

The psychology of ‘Woke Culture’: How bitter individuals weaponise resentment to perpetuate a cancerous narrative

K Bhattacharjee - 24 November, 2019

Social Media has revolutionized public discourse but it in doing so, it has also unleashed unbridled chaos.

Government and Policy

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad dismisses reports of Aadhaar to be linked with social media accounts

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

Aadhaar not to be linked to social media, Union Minister RS Prasad dismisses media reports.

Fact-Check

Congress chattels misrepresent Patanjali CEO’s statement on ‘working with multinationals’

OpIndia Staff - 18 November, 2019

Ramdev's Patanjali has long been a soft target for malicious reporters who have often wrapped up a series of lies in their reportage to malign the company

Social Media

Cops not welcome, users don’t feel safe: Mastodon Social platform suspends Assam Police account

OpIndia Staff - 18 November, 2019

Mastodon told Assam Police they're not welcome as it wants the community to feel 'safe and secured'.

Social Media

Amethi DM sacked after video of him dragging murder victim’s kin by shirt goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 14 November, 2019

In the viral video, DM Sharma was seen first dragging a person by his hand, then by his shirt and literally shoving him, all the while talking to him in a menacing and threatening manner.

News Reports