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Large scale violence in Jaipur after Muslim man allegedly gets hit by a policeman

OpIndia Staff - 11 September, 2017

A curfew was also imposed in parts of the city from Friday

Fact-Check

Twist: Media spreads negative rumour about Modi, ‘positive’ rumour about Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff - 10 September, 2017

Will UP schools stay open for Modi's birthday? Will Rahul Gandhi really talk on Artificial Intelligence?

News Reports

Muslim woman thrashed and thrown out by in-laws for painting Modi and Yogi

OpIndia Staff - 10 September, 2017

She had made the painting following the SC verdict on instant triple talaq.

Opinions

Bengal: The Crumbling Cradle of Indian Renaissance

Siddhartha Kar - 9 September, 2017

The once progressive land of Bengal, now risks losing its cultural heritage

News Reports

Mamata govt asks its colleges to ignore the telecast of PM Modi’s Vivekananda anniversary speech

OpIndia Staff - 9 September, 2017

The Mamata government has again decided to lock horns with the Modi government

News Reports

Rahul Gandhi to be sent on worldwide study tours for learning new technologies and ideas

Hemant Bijapurkar - 8 September, 2017

These tours also involve him expanding his thoughts about Artificial Intelligence

News Reports

Now Ravish Kumar slams the leftists for spreading fake news about him

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2017

The Journalist who is left-leaning himself, wasn't too happy with the fake news

News Reports

Journalists slam Shehla Rashid for bullying Republic TV journalist

Nirwa Mehta - 8 September, 2017

Shehla Rashid bullies a reporter, media fraternity calls her out.

News Reports

Digvijaya Singh posts an offensive tweet on the PM, gets called out

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2017

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi follows Digvijaya Singh who posted the abusive tweet about PM Modi

News Reports

Exclusive: Complaint filed against Goa Church’s magazine for violating the Representation of People’s Act 1951

OpIndia Staff - 8 September, 2017

Activist group Legal Rights Observatory has filed the complaint

Opinions

Gauri Lankesh murder: PM Modi must condemn this “undeclared apartheid” against the Right Wing

Abhishek Banerjee - 7 September, 2017

Some media and politicians have been jumping over each other to blame the Right Wing for the crime

Opinions

The Economics of blaming someone for a murder without proof

Kausik Gangopadhyay - 7 September, 2017

The author applies Coase theorem to the Gauri Lankesh murder to determine who should take the default blame for it

News Reports

In a big crackdown on black money, govt blacklists 3 lakh directors of shell companies

Hemant Bijapurkar - 7 September, 2017

These directors won't be allowed to serve on the board of other companies

Opinions

Left wing trolls attack Lankesh brother for not toeing their propaganda

Nirwa Mehta - 7 September, 2017

Is there a narrative being set for Gauri Lankesh's murder?

News Reports

Uneasy calm in MP town after Muslim mob pelts stones on a Ganesh Visarjan procession

OpIndia Staff - 7 September, 2017

A similar incident had happened during last year's Navadurga Visarjan

News Reports

#GauriLankeshMurder: Kerala Congress’ offensive tweet sparks outrage

OpIndia Staff - 7 September, 2017

Kerala Congress tweets insensitive picture of the slain journalist, gets called out.

News Reports

Hindu community in Australia upset over showing Lord Ganesha in meat consumption ad

OpIndia Staff - 6 September, 2017

In an attempt to make meat appear all inclusive, Australian agency offended Hindus.

News Reports

NIA arrests notorious stone pelters and raids 16 locations as part of its terror funding probe

Hemant Bijapurkar - 6 September, 2017

One of the arrested stone pelters is a journalist

News Reports

Rohingya are illegal immigrants and need to be deported as per law: Kiren Rijiju

OpIndia Staff - 6 September, 2017

The Minister of State for Home Affairs didn't mince his words regarding this issue

Fact-Check

Is Twitter India censoring content of users from Kashmir?

Nirwa Mehta - 6 September, 2017

Hindustan Times journalist writes a lopsided story on Twitter sending notice to Kashmiri users.

News Reports

Journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead, Twitter abuzz with speculations

OpIndia Staff - 6 September, 2017

Media persons were quick to blame the right wing for journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder.

Opinions

How Yogi govt saved thousands of children in UP but still got a bad name

Abhishek Banerjee - 5 September, 2017

Here the author examines the anatomy of a media hitjob

News Reports

Sona Mohapatra slams media for misinterpreting her statement on Kangana Ranaut

OpIndia Staff - 5 September, 2017

Media misinterprets and takes singer Sona Mohapatra's comments on Kangana Ranaut out of context.

News Reports

Loudspeakers can be used freely during Ganesh Visarjan as Supreme Court stays High Court ban

Hemant Bijapurkar - 5 September, 2017

The Bombay High Court had imposed the ban on 1st September

News Reports

Pakistan: Journalist claims Hindu temple near Karachi airport used to keep sacrificial animals

OpIndia Staff - 5 September, 2017

Twitter reacts to the insensitivity towards Hindus in Pakistan.

News Reports

Uproar in Mumbai Church after a CCTV camera is found in its women’s toilet

OpIndia Staff - 5 September, 2017

The Church is located in Mahim

News Reports

Explosives, IED making equipments recovered from Darjeeling

OpIndia Staff - 4 September, 2017

The explosives are believed to be stolen from NTPC plant near Negi.

News Reports

Huge cache of arms recovered from Gurmeet Ram Rahim’s Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters

OpIndia Staff - 4 September, 2017

The Haryana Police recovered it during a raid

Politics

#KnowYourLegacy: Congress social media plays quiz, gets trolled

OpIndia Staff - 4 September, 2017

The day when Congress social media team got trolled.

News Reports

2 years after becoming the CM, Kejriwal finally decides to take charge of a Ministry

Hemant Bijapurkar - 4 September, 2017

It has been a long time coming

News Reports

Cabinet Reshuffle: How media and their ‘sources’ got it all wrong

Nirwa Mehta - 4 September, 2017

Modi Government is keeping the cards close, media doesn't get a sniff of what's going on.

Politics

Congress repeats the same “oops” moment it had 24 hours ago

OpIndia Staff - 4 September, 2017

The Congress IT cell has again made the same gaffe

Media

Nirmala Sitharaman to handle Defence Ministry, ‘liberals’ get into a tizzy

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2017

How the liberal and feminist media persons reacted to Sitharaman being the Defence Minister

Politics

Yet another “oops” moment for Congress

OpIndia Staff - 3 September, 2017

Twitter reacts to Congress IT cell's quiz blunder

News Reports

Bihar Congress on the verge of a split with its rebels planning a JD(U) switch

Hemant Bijapurkar - 2 September, 2017

The rebel MLAs have reportedly formed an informal group

Opinions

Are the recent GDP numbers really as bad as they are being made out to be?

pragmaticagent - 2 September, 2017

The quarterly GDP growth has come down to a 3 year low of 5.7% in Q1 2017-18 but it may not be a huge cause of concern

Opinions

HuffPost is happy to believe in ancient aeroplanes as long as you say that a Muslim invented them

Abhishek Banerjee - 2 September, 2017

Huffpost India and Huffpost Maghreb slightly differ when it comes to their outlook of science

News Reports

RJD gets Income Tax notice for its Desh Bachao, Bhajpa Bhagao rally on 27th August

Hemant Bijapurkar - 1 September, 2017

The department has sought explanation about the expenses incurred

News Reports

Punjab and Haryana HC upholds constitutional validity of jat quota.

OpIndia Staff - 1 September, 2017

Punjab & Haryana High Court verdict on validity of jat quota.

News Reports

Muslim youths create commotion in a Ganesh puja and abuse the Priest to stop devotional songs

OpIndia Staff - 1 September, 2017

They reportedly wanted to stop the devotional songs from playing

News Reports

Al Qaeda’s Kashmir head Zakir Musa threatens India, says will liberate India from Hindus

OpIndia Staff - 1 September, 2017

Zakir Musa issues fresh threat against India on eve of Eid al-Adha.

News Reports

Kolkata Police traces triple talaq petitioner Ishrat’s two children who went missing

OpIndia Staff - 1 September, 2017

Triple Talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan continues facing social and mental harassment.

News Reports