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Electronics and IT ministry directs social media platforms to remove name, photos and videos of the RG Kar Hospital victim as per Supreme Court...

OpIndia Staff - 21 August, 2024

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked the social media platforms operating in India to comply with Supreme Court order to remove name and photographs of deceased in RG Kar Medical college incident.

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As West Bengal police starts crackdown on social media for comments on RG Kar hospital incident, BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari offers free legal help to...

OpIndia Staff - 18 August, 2024

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has free legal assistance to social media users who have been targeted by Bengal police for their online comments on RG Kar hospital incident

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Zomato bans AI-generated food images after surge in complaints from customers, to actively remove such images from restaurant menus

ANI - 18 August, 2024

Food delivery company Zomato "will actively start removing" the artificial intelligence (AI) generated images of dishes from restaurant menus after receiving several complaints from the customers

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Kolkata Police summon TMC MP Sukhendu Ray for allegedly tweeting ‘wrong information’ after he demanded custodial interrogation of police commissioner and RG Kar Hospital’s...

OpIndia Staff - 18 August, 2024

Senior Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray has been served a notice by the Kolkata Police for tweeting "wrong information" about the probe in connection with the RG Kar hospital rape and murder case.

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Delhi High Court orders Samajwadi Party to remove defamatory tweet with allegations of sexual misconduct against BJP leader Amit Malviya

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2024

The Delhi High Court on Friday ordered the Samajwadi Party to take down allegations of rape made against BJP IT cells head Amit Malviya.

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Gujarat: Class 8 Unit test for Hindi with questions related to Khuda, Ramzan, Eid and Namaz stirs outrage on social media, officials say questions...

Meghalsinh Parmar - 14 August, 2024

A picture of a Hindi subject question paper for Class 8th students is doing rounds on social media as four out of five visible questions asked in the Unit test relate to Islam.

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‘Yeh Konkani log ch***ya banate hein’: ‘Comedian’ Munawar Faruqui sparks outrage with racist remarks, apologises after backlash

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2024

'Comedian' Munawar Faruqui was earlier jailed for his derogatory remarks on Lord Ram and Sita.

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Pictures of Pakistan’s Olympic Gold medalist Arshad Nadeem with Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Muhammad Harris Dar go viral

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2024

In the video, Arshad Nadeem and Lashkar terrorist Muhammad Harris Dar are seen having a conversation wherein Dar tells Nadeem that his achievement has made the entire Muslim Ummah proud.

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US embassy warns Americans against travelling to Bangladesh, quietly removes references to Muhammad Yunus and attacks on minorities from tweet

OpIndia Staff - 13 August, 2024

The embassy had intiially warned US citizens about Bangladesh's deteriorating law and order situation amid the formation of a new interim government under US asset Muhammad Yunus.

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