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After KRK, another Indian decides to take on Twitter legally for suspending his account

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2019

In 2017, Sanjay Hegde had shared a Gorakh Pandey poem on first execution in independent India with a title 'Hang him'. Last week, his account was suspended over this old tweet.

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‘May Allah forgive my sins,’ Pakistan pop singer Rabi Pirzada, who threatened to suicide bomb PM Modi, quits showbiz

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2019

Rabi Pirzada, who tweeted that she has quit showbiz, was recently in news over leaked nude videos.

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Complaint filed with child rights body against actor Swara Bhasker for calling a 4-year-old child actor from South India ‘chu**ya’

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2019

In the letter addressed to the Chairperson of NCPCR, Legal Rights Protection Forum talks about the abusive language used against children by Swara in the YouTube show 'Son of Abish' hosted by 'comedian' Abish Mathew.

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Actor-cum-cocktail politician, Swara Bhasker, refers to a four-year-old child actor as ‘chu**ya’ in a ‘comedy’ show

OpIndia Staff - 4 November, 2019

When the child called her 'aunty', Swara Bhasker, in her head, called the child 'chu**ya' even as the audience in the show 'Son of Abish' erupted in laughter.

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Pakistani singer Rabi Pirzada’s sex videos leaked a day after she criticised their army spokesperson Ghafoora on Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 2 November, 2019

Rabi Pirzada is the Pakistani singer who had gained social media attention in India by claiming to release snakes and crocodiles on PM Modi after the abrogation of Article 370

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Sona Mohapatra slams Sony TV for reinstating Anu Malik as a judge in Indian Idol, criticises music industry colleagues for supporting him

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2019

Sonam Mohapatra has written an open letter expressing her disappointment over Sony TV's decision to reinstate #MeToo accused Anu Malik as a judge of the reality TV show Indian Idol.

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Shah Rukh Khan’s Diwali greeting invites the wrath of rabid Islamists, gets called a “False Muslim” for sporting a tilak

OpIndia Staff - 28 October, 2019

Shah Rukh Khan had shared a picture of his family wishing his followers and fans a "Happy Diwali" while donning a tilak.

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Cricketer Virat Kohli bats for vegetarianism, says ‘never felt better’

OpIndia Staff - 23 October, 2019

Taking to Twitter, Kohli said that watching The Game Changers on Netflix only reaffirmed his faith in the vegetarian diet he has been following since a few years.

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