Saturday, November 16, 2024

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Media

Journalist ‘collects’ data after deciding what the story will be

Nirwa Mehta -
Instead of weaving story around data available, journalist tries to find data for an already established storyline.
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Opinions

Dear Narendra Modi, Gorkhas listen to you, please listen to them before they stop listening

Upendra -
If the BJP government thinks they can win in rest of the Bengal by ignoring Gorkhaland, they are in for a shock.
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Politics

Twitter reacts to Hamid Ansari’s “feeling of unease and insecurity” comment

OpIndia Staff -
Vice President Hamid Ansari in his farewell speech says Indian Muslims feel insecure. Gets slammed on Twitter.
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News Reports

Shia Wakf board tells SC that Babri Masjid was built after demolishing a temple

OpIndia Staff -
The Shia board is currently petitioning the Supreme Court
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News Reports

Woman journalist groped and pinched at a Youth Congress rally in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Aneesha Mathur, a senior correspondent with Times Now, shared her ordeal on Twitter.
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News Reports

Crude bomb, letter vowing revenge for Abu Dujana’s death found on train to Amritsar

OpIndia Staff -
Crude bomb, threatening letter recovered from Amritsar bound Akal Takht Express. No casualties.
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News Reports

Truth about why the Wayback Machine or Internet Archive was blocked in India

OpIndia Staff -
Many media reports blamed government and claimed censorship without caring to report the facts.
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Entertainment

AIB can’t think beyond cow, users come up with memes to help them

OpIndia Staff -
They soon deleted the joke from Facebook and Instagram
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News Reports

Single women tenants in Gurugram society accused of being ‘crusaders of prostitution’

Nirwa Mehta -
Residents take it upon themselves to ensure you remain sanskari and safe.
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News Reports

Is the JD(U) now heading towards an internal war?

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Recent incidents have signalled that all is not well within the party
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Media

Indian Express writes misleading headline with Chinese propaganda

Nirwa Mehta -
Misleading headline from Indian Express draws criticism on Twitter.
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News Reports

Amazon India sends a Bible, even though customer never ordered one

OpIndia Staff -
Amazon customer Yogini Deshpande was shocked to see a Bible being delivered while she had ordered another book.
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Political Fact-Check

Congress supporting troll followed by Kejriwal spreads fake news about BJP

OpIndia Staff -
A troll named Abhishek Mishra shared a fake CNN survey declaring BJP one of the most corrupt parties in the world.
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Opinions

Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls – there is hardly anything to celebrate for Congress

Nirwa Mehta -
Ahmed Patel may have managed to retain the Rajya Sabha seat, but Congress' prospects in upcoming elections seam bleak.
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Media

Did NDTV conduct a ‘fixed’ interview with Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Kerala CM appears on NDTV reading out prepared responses to "Questions" right on air!
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News Reports

See how Kerala Leftists are getting back at Arnab and Republic TV

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab and Republic TV seem to have touched a raw nerve of the Leftists. Here is how they are 'getting back' at him
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News Reports

What are you trying to hide when you go abroad? Rajnath Singh asks Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh stirs up a storm as he questions Rahul Gandhi's unaccounted foreign trips.
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Fact-Check

Fact-Check: Is Congress right in claiming that demonetisation is a ‘scam’ because BJP printed two sets of Rs 500 notes ‘secretly’?

OpIndia Staff -
The 'scam' that wasn't
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Social Media

Now Irfan Pathan is told by fundamentalists that Raksha Bandhan is against Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Cricketers on Facebook are continuing to receive religious sermons from fundamentalists.
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News Reports

Veteran BJP leader found brutally murdered in Muzaffarpur, Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
This comes at a time when there's turbulence in Bihar politics
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News Reports

Digvijaya Singh’s desperate caste appeal fails to impress Shankersinh Vaghela

Nirwa Mehta -
AICC General Secretary Digvijaya Singh tries to play the caste card to woo Shankersinh Vaghela
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News Reports

Ahmed Patel to RS – the mother of all Rajya Sabha elections: what to expect

Nirwa Mehta -
Will Amit Shah's chakravyuh work?
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Politics

BJP spokesperson Shaina NC does a ‘Rajdeep’ after sending out senseless tweet

OpIndia Staff -
Another major face-palm moment for the BJP over the Chandigarh stalking incident
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News Reports

Kapil Mishra asks Arvind Kejriwal why has he forgotten AAP worker Santosh Koli’s death

OpIndia Staff -
On the death anniversary of Koli, the rebel AAP leader shared a video of Koli's mother demanding justice.
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News Reports

Modi govt compulsorily retires 2 IPS officers for being inefficient in their duty

OpIndia Staff -
Modi government has been taking continual action against such officers
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Fact-Check

National Geographic panned for its limited understanding of Hindu culture

OpIndia Staff -
One article had claimed that only a few temples in India are dedicated to the female deity
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News Reports

Nine Pakistani Hindus deported even as Rajasthan High Court stays their deportation

OpIndia Staff -
Though the court issued notice to authorities, it was already late and the Hindus had to go back to Pakistan.
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News Reports

They inflicted 89 cuts on his body; Rajesh is gone, but his story has to be told

Advaita Kala -
Advaita Kala pays tribute to Rajesh Edavakode, RSS worker who was killed in Kerala on July 29, 2017.
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News Reports

Missing CCTV footage, dropped charges cloud the stalking case against Haryana BJP chief’s son

OpIndia Staff -
Now new layers are being added to the whole incident
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News Reports

How Bengal police tried to prove a minor as adult to please the Islamists

Rahul Roushan -
A boy was accused of blasphemy and locked up in jail. Read this interview to find out how he was saved from legal clutches.
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News Reports

Gau rakshaks attacked by mob of butchers and cattle traders near Pune, 7 injured

OpIndia Staff -
The mob comprised friends and supporters of suspected cattle smuggler Wahid Shaikh and Raju Shaikh.
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Media

Smriti Irani slams PTI once again, this time for a derogatory tweet

OpIndia Staff -
A news agency should ideally NOT be in the news for such reasons.
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News Reports

Kapil Mishra questions Alka Lamba’s China visits

OpIndia Staff -
Rebel MLA Kapil Mishra of AAP has made some strong allegations against the party member
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News Reports

Aadhaar, the technology, and the privacy debate

Sambit Nayak -
A look at how the technology behind Aadhaar enrollment and authentication works, and the concerns.
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Media

The Left is out to capture the web and why the Right should worry

Abhishek Banerjee -
Taking lessons from its bitter 2014 defeat, the Left has invested lots of resources into building an online fortresses.
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News Reports

Now a man in Haryana blames a cat for chopping his hair

Hemant Bijapurkar -
You might be strongly inclined to believe so, but it isn't satire.
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Politics

Shashi Tharoor slammed for trying to downplay killing of RSS workers in Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
On Twitter, Shashi Tharoor shared an incomplete and misleading data on political murders in Kerala.
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News Reports

Plan to rename Mughalsarai station meets with strong protests from SP and BSP

OpIndia Staff -
They have claimed that the government is trying to change the geography of UP
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News Reports

Bollywood stars under scanner for service tax payment discrepancies

OpIndia Staff -
Reported defaulters include Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Ranbir Kapoor, Riteish Deshmukh and Arjun Rampal.
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News Reports

Rahul’s Day Out : Congress Vice President’s Gujarat tour creates political ripples

Nirwa Mehta -
From allegations of political violence to counter allegations of fake drama, Rahul Gandhi's tour saw it all.
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Media

Hindustan Times’ Hate Tracker: A classic case of how media peddles an agenda

Nirwa Mehta -
The partisan agenda is to fill Hindus with guilt and encourage victimhood among 'minority' communities.
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Fact-Check

PTI misleads again, know the truth about ‘mandatory’ Aadhar for death certificate

OpIndia Staff -
News agency PTI has notched up a reputation of spreading misleading information
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Politics

Haraam or Halaal: Zakir Naik’s ready reckoner

Nirwa Mehta -
A guide for the celebs, especially cricketers, who are regularly discovering something not allowed in Islam.
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News Reports

Sant Gopal Das: fighting for cow rights by bringing dead bull at political rally

Nirwa Mehta -
The self styled saint and activist brought a dead bull at a Haryana rally being addressed by BJP President Amit Shah.
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News Reports

How Congress, BSP and some ‘journalists’ provoked people in name of caste

OpIndia Staff -
People belonging to political parties and media tried to spread caste tensions though misinformation.
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News Reports

Communists get support of Muslim fundamentalists in Kerala: RSS leader

OpIndia Staff -
CPM returned to power in Kerala with active support from Muslim fundamentalists, J Nandakumar says.
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News Reports

Muslim clerics oppose Yogi govt’s decision to make marriage registration compulsory

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim clerics from the Darul Uloom Deoband Islamic school aren't happy about this decision
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News Reports

Supreme Court blasts Congress over the issue of NOTA in Rajya Sabha elections

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The Congress has also tried to insinuate that the Election Commission was partial towards the BJP.
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News Reports

Maoists pay tribute to their ‘martyrs’ by abducting railway employees

OpIndia Staff -
The left wing terrorists also hijacked a train. Incidents happened in Bihar.
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News Reports

Indo-Pak border to get “smart fence” but border with Bangladesh remains neglected

OpIndia Staff -
Fence will be aided by surveillance radars, which would blip once it detects any form activity near the border.
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