Friday, November 15, 2024

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News Reports

Concessional lands to Patanjali – How Reuters used conjectures and half truths to build a narrative

Shantanu -
A 'special report' by Reuters tries to insinuate that Baba Ramdev's business received favours from BJP governments.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Don’t be Digvijay Singh, that video of Pope slapping Trump’s hand is fake

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, on Twitter, thought that the video was genuine, and slammed Trump.
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News Reports

Indian woman forced to marry a Pakistani at gunpoint returns home, here’s her story

OpIndia Staff -
Uzma Ahmed has safely returned to India now after allegedly being captive in Pakistan for almost a month.
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News Reports

Retired Pakistani Army Lt Gen nails Pakistan’s lies on Kulbhushan Jadhav

OpIndia Staff -
A former official of ISI and a retired Lieutenant General of the Pakistani Army has echoed what India has maintained.
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News Reports

Stolen headphones, vandalized LCDs, toilets not flushed – Tejas Express’ maiden trip

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The Tejas Express one of the best trains to have been introduced by the Indian Railways
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News Reports

How fake websites are being used by Pakistan to burn India in caste wars

Ashutosh Muglikar -
Earlier, Pakistan senate had adopted a resolution that called for exploiting fault-lines in India.
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News Reports

Surrendered Maoist denies police pressure, villagers protest against ‘urban naxals’

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The surrendered Maoist had claimed that activists Nalini Sundar and Bela Bhatia used to meet top Maoist men.
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News Reports

A Gujarat lawyer has filed an RTI to know the IQ of a Judge

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The RTI query is full of loaded questions, and has reportedly been accepted.
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News Reports

No more free lunch? US to convert aid to Pakistan into loan

Saswat Panigrahi -
US President has proposed to convert the US grant to Pakistan – for purchase of military hardware – into loan.
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Crime

Twitter calls out ‘political correctness’ in responding to Manchester terror attack

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Under the garb of political correctness, there is often an attempt to silence criticism.
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News Reports

Tortured for not accepting Islam after marriage – CBI files chargesheet in Tara Shahdeo case

OpIndia Staff -
Tara Shahdeo had married Rajeet Kohli, who turned out to Raqibul Hasan. She was subsequently tortured.
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News Reports

Three years of Modi government – an overview of the Defence sector

OpIndia Staff -
The three years of Modi government has seen a number of policy decisions in the crucial Defence Ministry.
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News Reports

AAP MLA delays rescue operation, later laughs on Twitter quoting the news

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Alka Lamba climbed a fire brigade crane and reportedly delayed operations by 1 hour
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News Reports

Kashmiri cop deserts the force and joins terror group Hizbul Mujahideen

OpIndia Staff -
He reportedly also took 4 rifles with him
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News Reports

Pakistan feels humiliated after being completely ignored during Trump’s Islamic Summit

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Pakistan didn't quite get what it was hoping for at the summit, and they are not hiding the disappointment.
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Opinions

What the Left fears the most – no, it is not the electoral victories of the BJP

Abhishek Banerjee -
BJP is winning elections, and the ‘right’ is happy with that. But the ‘left’ is fighting another battle.
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News Reports

Kejriwal hires Jethmalani to fight one defamation case, Jethmalani makes it two

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Arun Jaitley has slapped another defamation suit on Arvind Kejriwal after Ram Jethmalani called him a 'crook'.
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News Reports

Yogi govt to scrap 20% Minority Quota which was enacted by the Akhilesh govt

OpIndia Staff -
This decision would most likely be enacted after a cabinet proposal
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News Reports

Markets continue to give thumbs up to Modi government in three years

OpIndia Staff -
Indian stock market is on an upward march in the last three years after Modi government took charge.
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News Reports

Naxals kill each other after dispute over sharing loot money, 6 dead

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Naxals belonging to a group called TPC decided to finish each other off in Jharkhand.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh’s red zone to be electrified through renewable energy

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Power Ministry is working out an action plan to electrify the Maoist affected areas of Chhattisgarh.
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News Reports

Hurriyat leaders under NIA radar for receiving Pak funds to spread terror in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
NIA has launched a probe following evidences emerged about Kashmiri separatist leaders receiving foreign funds.
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Media

How media dragged in ‘caste’ in a rape-cum-murder case, almost following ‘Pakistan doctrine’

Abhishek Banerjee -
When you invent a caste atrocity where there is none, you are doing disservice to many parties all at once.
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News Reports

CRPF jawan caught for drinking liquor dies in custody in Bihar

OpIndia Staff -
Family says that doctors had advised the jawan to consume liquor as he was posted at high altitude for long time.
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News Reports

Warned of police action, Sagarika Ghose deletes tweet spreading communal discord

OpIndia Staff -
The television journalist has been caught multiple times spreading lies on Twitter of late.
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News Reports

BJP leader requests PM Modi to rename Babur Road as Lt Ummer Fayaz Road

OpIndia Staff -
BJP Delhi Spokesperson Tajinder Bagga gave a written request to the PM, Meenakshi Lekhi and NDMC.
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News Reports

How HuffPost tried to incite communal feelings by twisting a news report

OpIndia Staff -
An unfortunate incident of lynching in Jharkhand was given communal colour by the Huffington Post.
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Opinions

The real whitewashing – how the crime of burning 59 Hindus alive was covered up

Abhishek Banerjee -
Important to remember this in wake of fake outrage created by some over a change in textbook term
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News Reports

What if Pakistan doesn’t comply with ICJ order in Kulbhushan Jadhav case

Saswat Panigrahi -
If Pakistan defies the ICJ order, India can move to the UN Security Council to seek justice for Kulbhushan.
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News Reports

Kapil vs Kejriwal fight continues, claims made in an NDTV interview termed lies

Hemant Bijapurkar -
A man Mukesh Sharma had told NDTV that he was the real face behind 2 crore rupees donated to AAP
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News Reports

Prices of most goods expected to go down after GST is enacted from 1st July

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The prices of various products can come down from July
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News Reports

More skeletons tumble out of Chidambarams – school teacher made dummy director in company

OpIndia Staff -
It is understood that there was an attempt to hide real ownership and management by propping dummy directors.
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News Reports

Govt amends law to prevent politicians and babus from overstaying at official residences

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Overstaying at official residences has always been a major issue
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News Reports

Big win for India – ICJ orders Pakistan to stay execution of Kulbhushan

OpIndia Staff -
ICJ stayed death sentence of the former Indian Navy officer given by a Pakistani military court until further notice.
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Media

Social media reacts as Republic TV beats all English news channels in the latest TV ratings

Hemant Bijapurkar -
Total viewership of Republic stood at about 51.9%, more than double of Times Now's 24.5%
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News Reports

How separatists shut down schools in Kashmir but send own kids abroad to study

OpIndia Staff -
Kin of Kashmiri separatist leaders have got the best education, settled abroad and leading a life of luxury.
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News Reports

India’s rank improves dramatically by 73 places in the World Bank’s Electricity rankings

Hemant Bijapurkar -
India is now ranked 26th, an improvement of 73 places as compared to 2014
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Opinions

What message GST Council meet at Srinagar sending across

Saswat Panigrahi -
This is for is the first time that such a major policy meeting is being taken place in Srinagar in the past six decades.
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News Reports

Times of India changes headline to ‘protect’ DU professor accused of helping Maoists

OpIndia Staff -
Serious allegations have been made by a surrendered Maoist against DU professor Nandini Sundar and top activist Bela Bhatia
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Media

Has Times Group scored a self-goal by accusing Arnab Goswami of ‘theft’

Ashutosh Muglikar -
Times has filed a case claiming Tharoor and Lalu tapes as their intellectual ‘property’ that were stolen by Arnab.
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News Reports

Red bearded Mullah, who warned jihad against India, sacked as Shahi Imam of Tipu Sultan Mosque

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati has been sacked from the post of Shahi Imam of Kolkata based mosque.
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News Reports

Haryana schoolgirls notch a major victory after State govt agrees to their demands

Hemant Bijapurkar -
The girls had to resort to sitting on a hunger strike
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News Reports

Kashmiri boy who topped the BSF exam now getting threats from terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
He and his sister have claimed that they have been threatened by terrorist elements
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Politics

Naveen Patnaik tapping phones of his party men, suspecting them of joining BJP, newspaper claims

Saswat Panigrahi -
Phones of MLAs, MPs of the ruling BJD and some journalists are being tapped, an Odia daily has reported.
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News Reports

Six ‘awesome arguments’ Kapil Sibal has made in the triple talaq case

OpIndia Staff -
Kapil Sibal is representing the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and in the Supreme Court.
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News Reports

These are the cases for which CBI raids took place at Chidambarams today

OpIndia Staff -
CBI has conducted raids at the residences of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram.
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News Reports

Maulvi refuses to solemnize marriage, as orchestra at wedding is against Islam

OpIndia Staff -
This incident happened at Deoria in Uttar Pradesh where an orchestra accompanied a wedding procession.
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News Reports

Republic TV journalist slams Sagarika Ghose for spreading lies about her

OpIndia Staff -
The journalist had put her papers, but a lie about the development was spread on social media.
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News Reports

Two CPM workers arrested in Kerala for the murder of an RSS worker

OpIndia Staff -
The arrest has been made with regards to a murder of RSS worker on 12th May
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News Reports

Surrendered Maoist breaks narrative created by activists of being ‘oppressed poor tribal’

OpIndia Staff -
The arrest of a top Maoist commander has threatened to shatter the prevalent narrative
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