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Politics
- Opinions
  
  How six years of Modi Sarkar shifted the Overton Window of the country towards Hindutva dominance
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 30 May, 2020
  
  The first year of Modi Sarkar has been the most historic of any government in the history of independent India.
  
  Editor's picks
  
  Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot peddles lie about Shramik Special Train taking 9 days to reach destination days after the fake news was debunked by...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot attacks Railways with lies on Shramik Special trains which are already debunked by the Railways
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  The Dark Side of ‘Stop Funding Hate’: Its antisemitic history, association with Jeremy Corbyn, Christian institutions and its hateful supporters
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 30 May, 2020
  
  Stop Funding Hate is an organisation registered in the United Kingdom seeking to dictate the coverage of Indian media.
  
  News Reports
  
  Opposition leaders and leftist journalists circulate fake news about substandard PPE kits at AIIMS Delhi, PIB calls out the lie
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  Journalist Runjhun Sharma had falsely claimed that AIIMS doctors were provided with substandard N-95 and PPE kits
  
  News Reports
  
  BJP questions huge single-day jump in recovery of Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, demands explanation from state government
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  The BJP in Maharashtra has hit out at the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government for allegedly fudging data related to the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.
Opinions
- Opinions
  
  How six years of Modi Sarkar shifted the Overton Window of the country towards Hindutva dominance
  
  K Bhattacharjee - 30 May, 2020
  
  The first year of Modi Sarkar has been the most historic of any government in the history of independent India.
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  The Dark Side of ‘Stop Funding Hate’: Its antisemitic history, association with Jeremy Corbyn, Christian institutions and its hateful supporters
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 30 May, 2020
  
  Stop Funding Hate is an organisation registered in the United Kingdom seeking to dictate the coverage of Indian media.
  
  Opinions
  
  Why India should be concerned about the growing investments of China in Indian online gaming companies
  
  rajnishk - 30 May, 2020
  
  Alibaba and Tencent, two of the largest Chinese tech companies now have big stakes in leading Indian online gaming companies.
  
  Opinions
  
  Nobody likes a rising global power and we must ask a simple question – Who benefits the most from tearing India’s image to pieces
  
  Abhishek Banerjee - 30 May, 2020
  
  India got more bad press last year than North Korea did. The words “Hindu” and “Nazi” were declared synonymous.
  
  Opinions
  
  As West Bengal is ravaged by Cyclone Amphan, a long term sustainable plan is required to help South Bengal
  
  Santanu Chakraborty - 28 May, 2020
  
  South Bengal still stranded without food and shelter as West Bengal government messes up relief and rescue after Cyclone Amphan.
Fact-Check
- All Media Fact-Check Political Fact-Check Social Media Fact-Check
  
  Editor's picks
  
  Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot peddles lie about Shramik Special Train taking 9 days to reach destination days after the fake news was debunked by...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot attacks Railways with lies on Shramik Special trains which are already debunked by the Railways
  
  Media Fact-Check
  
  The art of lying: How ThePrint spread fake news about who is paying for Shramik trains while reporting SC proceedings
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 29 May, 2020
  
  Reportage of the SC case regarding the migrant labourers and Shramik trains only exposes how ThePrint focusses on spreading fake news
  
  News Reports
  
  TOI publishes fake news about ‘Maharashtra model’ receiving national praise, twice: Read details here
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  In April, TOI had used a press briefing from Uddhav Thackeray's office to claim that the IMCT team visiting Mumbai had praised the 'Worli-Koliwada Model'. It was also endorsed by Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.
  
  Media
  
  Rana Ayyub shares Hindustan Times report to claim a child’s death in Bihar was due to ‘starvation’, gets fact-checked by Indian Railways
  
  OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020
  
  Hindustan Times had published an article dated May 27, 2020, titled: "Migrants’ kid dies as father hunts for milk at railway station", claiming that a four-and-a-half-year-old son of migrants from Bihar based in Delhi died of hunger at the railway station on arrival by a ‘Shramik Special’ train.
Media
- News Reports
  
  Opposition leaders and leftist journalists circulate fake news about substandard PPE kits at AIIMS Delhi, PIB calls out the lie
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  Journalist Runjhun Sharma had falsely claimed that AIIMS doctors were provided with substandard N-95 and PPE kits
  
  News Reports
  
  Scroll asked OpIndia about Islamists targeting our ad revenues, and here is our response
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 30 May, 2020
  
  A Twitter handle of an organisation called 'Stop Funding Hate' has taken it upon themselves to counter the supposed 'hate speech' that was supposedly propagated by OpIndia in one of its articles which spoke about the inherently discriminatory practices in the Halal process
  
  News Reports
  
  DD News temporarily shifts operations from Mandi House to Khelgaon after an employee tested positive for Coronavirus after death
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  News operations of DD News shifted to Khelgaon studio from the night of May 28 while Mandi house studios are sanitised
  
  News Reports
  
  Legal notice sent to Amazon and directors of Patal Lok for hurting religious sentiments of Sikh community, unconditional apology sought
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  The DSGMC has sent legal notice to Amazon and the directors of Patal Lok web series Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy for insulting Sikhs
  
  News Reports
  
  Woman raped by Moulvi Aslam, media gives it a ‘Hindu spin’ by using image of a saffron-clad Hindu priest and describing the perpetrator as...
  
  OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020
  
  A Muslim sorcerer claiming to relieve people of their miseries through his wizardry was depicted as a Hindu priest by media organisations
Variety
- All Books Culture and History Satire
  
  News Reports
  
  Buddhist rock carvings vandalised by Islamists in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan flag painted on ancient artwork
  
  OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020
  
  Islamists vandalise Buddhist rock carvings in Gilgit-Baltistan by writing Islamic slogans on the rock-art from 800 AD.
  
  Books
  
  Nightmare of Nehruism – a ‘tribute’ to Jawahar Lal Nehru by Sita Ram Goel
  
  OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020
  
  Excerpts from the book "How I became a Hindu" by Sita Ram Goel in which he talks about how he felt about independent India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Nehruism.
  
  Opinions
  
  Praṇavārth: Brahman, Manifested
  
  Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar - 25 May, 2020
  
  Praṇava (प्रणव) - ॐ holds a position of paramount importance in Dharma.
  
  Culture and History
  
  Is Hinduism a ‘religion’ or just a ‘way of life’? Depends on how one defines ‘religion’ itself
  
  Maria Wirth - 25 May, 2020
  
  Hindus are often heard arguing that Hinduism is not a religion but a way of life while others object and see Hinduism as a religion
Specials
- All Interviews OpIndia Explains OpIndia Scoops
  
  News Reports
  
  Amidst pandemic and untold suffering, the circle of life continues: 31 births in Shramik trains amidst Lockdown
  
  Nupur J Sharma - 28 May, 2020
  
  Lakhs of migrant labourers have been transported back to their home states in special Shramik Trains that have been started by the Government of India.
  
  Interviews
  
  Ultimately, we are all in this together: Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari talks about his month long ground reporting on coronavirus and migrant crisis
  
  OpIndia Staff - 21 May, 2020
  
  Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari traveled for over a month to understand and get to the bottom of the ground realities of the migrant crisis. In conversation with OpIndia, Bhandari talks about how the governments fared and what more they could do to mitigate the crisis.
  
  OpIndia Explains
  
  The Kaluchak Massacre: Does India remember this brutality, 18 years on
  
  Deepika Sharma - 14 May, 2020
  
  In the early hours of 14 May 2002, three Pakistani terrorists managed to sneak into Indian territory from Samba region - And thus began the Kalachak Massacre
  
  News Reports
  
  The full story behind the murder of a minor Hindu boy in Gopalganj
  
  OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2020
  
  Rajesh Jaiswal's gravest allegation was that in order to suppress the incident, the police has altered the autopsy report of Rohit Jaiswal
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In Focus

How six years of Modi Sarkar shifted the Overton Window of the country towards Hindutva dominance

Opinions

K Bhattacharjee - 30 May, 2020

The first year of Modi Sarkar has been the most historic of any government in the history of independent India.

Latest updates and important links about COVID-19 coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Live statistics and tracking of news related to COVID-19 coronavirus with focus on India.

Unelected people think they can impose their will on the government through courts: Harish Salve

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Harish Salve said that one may not agree with the judgment of the court but saying that the court does not stands with the people is wrong.

India emerges as fifth-largest hydropower producer in the world overtaking Japan

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

As per International Hydropower Association, India has a total installed base at 50 Gigawatt after Canada, the US, Brazil, and China.

UP Power Minister Shrikant Sharma orders to close all drains opening in Yamuna river till February

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Expressing concern over the situation of Yamuna, UP power minister ordered to close all drains opening in the river till February

‘We want court and Govt to end Babri Masjid Demolition Case,’ says Ram Mandir dispute petitioner Iqbal Ansari after losing the case

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Ansari further added that the Special CBI Court, overseeing the Babri Masjid Demolition case, must look to deliver speedy closure.

Unlock 1.0: MHA issues guidelines for phased reopening for all activities outside containment zones after the end of Lockdown 4.0

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

The Unlock 1:0 guidelines proposes a plan for gradual reopening of the restricted activities after the end of Lockdown 4.0

Read all the latest news

Editor's Picks

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot peddles lie about Shramik Special Train taking 9 days to reach destination days after the fake news was debunked by...

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot attacks Railways with lies on Shramik Special trains which are already debunked by the Railways

Entertainment

Zee5 casts aside rising criticism of soon-to-be-aired Hinduphobic series ‘Godman’, brazens out claiming the show intends to ‘create awareness’

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

The teaser of the show had portrayed Brahmins in a bad light, with liberal doses of voyeuristic scenes and abusive dialogues galore

OpIndia Explains

The Dark Side of ‘Stop Funding Hate’: Its antisemitic history, association with Jeremy Corbyn, Christian institutions and its hateful supporters

Nupur J Sharma - 30 May, 2020

Stop Funding Hate is an organisation registered in the United Kingdom seeking to dictate the coverage of Indian media.

News Reports

Opposition leaders and leftist journalists circulate fake news about substandard PPE kits at AIIMS Delhi, PIB calls out the lie

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Journalist Runjhun Sharma had falsely claimed that AIIMS doctors were provided with substandard N-95 and PPE kits

News Reports

Maharashtra: Cop dies hours after he tested Coronavirus negative and was discharged from the hospital, police initiates inquiry

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

So far, 25 cops have died due to Coronavirus in Maharashtra.

News Reports

Scroll asked OpIndia about Islamists targeting our ad revenues, and here is our response

Nupur J Sharma - 30 May, 2020

A Twitter handle of an organisation called 'Stop Funding Hate' has taken it upon themselves to counter the supposed 'hate speech' that was supposedly propagated by OpIndia in one of its articles which spoke about the inherently discriminatory practices in the Halal process

Coronavirus
Latest info and reports

News Reports

Latest updates and important links about COVID-19 coronavirus

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Live statistics and tracking of news related to COVID-19 coronavirus with focus on India.

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

News Reports

Three Indian Companies get licenses from NASA to manufacture ventilators developed by the space agency for coronavirus patients

NASA has developed a ventilator, especially for coronavirus patients, at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in South California

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

News Reports

Delhi-Moscow Air India flight under Vande Bharat Mission returns after pilot found positive for coronavirus

Air India Delhi-Moscow flight returned from Uzbekistan air after ground crew realised that one pilot has tested Coronavirus positive

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

News Reports

BJP questions huge single-day jump in recovery of Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra, demands explanation from state government

The BJP in Maharashtra has hit out at the Maha Vikas Aghadi Government for allegedly fudging data related to the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

News Reports

Half of India’s population will test positive for coronavirus by year-end, 30 million Indians will need critical care: Health experts at NIMHANS

NIMHANS experts added that 90% of the affected will not be aware of being coronavirus positive, and only 5% will be seriously affected.

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

News Reports

Delhi government converts five luxury hotels into makeshift coronavirus hospitals

Medical services at the makeshift COVID-19 hospitals in five luxury hotels will be provided by private hospitals attached to them

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

News Reports

DD News temporarily shifts operations from Mandi House to Khelgaon after an employee tested positive for Coronavirus after death

News operations of DD News shifted to Khelgaon studio from the night of May 28 while Mandi house studios are sanitised

Opinions

Why India should be concerned about the growing investments of China in Indian online gaming companies

rajnishk - 30 May, 2020

Alibaba and Tencent, two of the largest Chinese tech companies now have big stakes in leading Indian online gaming companies.

Opinions

Nobody likes a rising global power and we must ask a simple question – Who benefits the most from tearing India’s image to pieces

Abhishek Banerjee - 30 May, 2020

India got more bad press last year than North Korea did. The words “Hindu” and “Nazi” were declared synonymous.

As West Bengal is ravaged by Cyclone Amphan, a long term sustainable plan is required to help South Bengal

Opinions

Santanu Chakraborty - 28 May, 2020

South Bengal still stranded without food and shelter as West Bengal government messes up relief and rescue after Cyclone Amphan.

How mainstream media is failing India during a pandemic: Fake news and the migrant crisis amidst Coronavirus lockdown

Media

Priyanka Deo - 28 May, 2020

These days, mainstream media has been complaining about how it’s being treated. One can make the argument that Indian journalism is dominated by mainstream media via print and broadcast.

The Hindu’s ‘Readers Editor’ rebuffs a reader’s genuine concern because he interrupted the paper’s anti-India propaganda: Read how

Media

Nupur J Sharma - 28 May, 2020

The current Readers Editor writes a weekly column that seldom addresses the concerns of the readers. His articles are a bore and have no relevance to the “terms of reference”.

Here is how media’s war on Yogi Adityanath became a headache for Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Opinions

Abhishek Banerjee - 28 May, 2020

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is angry. There are dozens of trains full of migrant workers heading from Maharashtra towards West Bengal.

Politics

News Reports

Donald Trump bids goodbye to WHO, imposes sanctions on China for spreading the “Wuhan Virus”

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Donald Trump asked why China shut down the movement of people from Wuhan to other parts of China but not to the entire world

Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad expelled from his own political party amidst rumours of power tussle

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Maharashtra govt’s PR campaign begins to come apart, BMC data reveals 99% ICU beds and 72% ventilators occupied in Mumbai

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Nagpada police station Senior PI Shalini Sharma transferred as Uddhav Thackeray bows to pressure from Abu Azmi

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

After Chattisgarh, youth Congress leader in Indore files complaint against BJP leader Tajinder Bagga for calling Rajiv Gandhi “father of mob lynching”

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

Congress stoops to new low, makes perverse claim about PM Modi using old photograph of PM with Madame Tussauds’ female employee

Politics OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

Mumbai: BJP MLA files petition in HC, questions the constitutional validity of Uddhav government’s gag order on citizens

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

Pakistan rants, issues statement ‘condemning’ the commencement of construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

Karnataka govt decides to name newly built Yelahanka flyover after Veer Savarkar, opposition parties oppose the decision

News Reports OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020

Fact-Check

Media Fact-Check

The art of lying: How ThePrint spread fake news about who is paying for Shramik trains while reporting SC proceedings

Reportage of the SC case regarding the migrant labourers and Shramik trains only exposes how ThePrint focusses on spreading fake news

Nupur J Sharma - 29 May, 2020

News Reports

TOI publishes fake news about ‘Maharashtra model’ receiving national praise, twice: Read details here

In April, TOI had used a press briefing from Uddhav Thackeray's office to claim that the IMCT team visiting Mumbai had praised the 'Worli-Koliwada Model'. It was also endorsed by Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.

OpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Media

Rana Ayyub shares Hindustan Times report to claim a child’s death in Bihar was due to ‘starvation’, gets fact-checked by Indian Railways

Hindustan Times had published an article dated May 27, 2020, titled: "Migrants’ kid dies as father hunts for milk at railway station", claiming that a four-and-a-half-year-old son of migrants from Bihar based in Delhi died of hunger at the railway station on arrival by a ‘Shramik Special’ train.

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

News Reports

Old photos of wildfires all over the world used to falsely claim severe wildfire in Uttarakhand, police to file FIR against fake news peddlers

Images shared on social media sites soon drew traction and many media houses reported that Uttarakhand has been burning in a forest fire for the last four days

OpIndia Staff - 27 May, 2020

Media

News ReportsOpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Legal notice sent to Amazon and directors of Patal Lok for hurting religious sentiments of Sikh community, unconditional apology sought

The DSGMC has sent legal notice to Amazon and the directors of Patal Lok web series Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy for insulting Sikhs

News ReportsOpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Woman raped by Moulvi Aslam, media gives it a ‘Hindu spin’ by using image of a saffron-clad Hindu priest and describing the perpetrator as...

A Muslim sorcerer claiming to relieve people of their miseries through his wizardry was depicted as a Hindu priest by media organisations

MediaOpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

MSNBC reporter says Minneapolis protest against death of George Floyd ‘not unruly’ while standing in front of a burning building amidst riots

On May 25, a 46-year-old ‘black’ man, George Floyd was reportedly murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin

MediaOpIndia Staff - 29 May, 2020

Indian Express misquotes confidential report to claim China crossed LAC: Here is what Defence Analyst revealed

Tensions have been rife along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between Indian and China.

Specials

Our special offering of interviews, detailed reports, explainers, and more...

News Reports

Amidst pandemic and untold suffering, the circle of life continues: 31 births in Shramik trains amidst Lockdown

Nupur J Sharma - 28 May, 2020

Lakhs of migrant labourers have been transported back to their home states in special Shramik Trains that have been started by the Government of India.

OpIndia Explains

The Kaluchak Massacre: Does India remember this brutality, 18 years on

Deepika Sharma - 14 May, 2020

In the early hours of 14 May 2002, three Pakistani terrorists managed to sneak into Indian territory from Samba region - And thus began the Kalachak Massacre

News Reports

The full story behind the murder of a minor Hindu boy in Gopalganj

OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2020

Rajesh Jaiswal's gravest allegation was that in order to suppress the incident, the police has altered the autopsy report of Rohit Jaiswal

News Reports

Welcome to the Aarogya Setu App: A quick look at the app that is helping India fight Coronavirus and how it works

OpIndia Staff - 12 May, 2020

The Government of India has launched the Aarogya Setu App to assist the fight against the Wuhan Coronavirus.

News Reports

Pokhran Nuclear Tests: When Communists linked the test to Babri Masjid demolition and called the nuclear bomb a ‘Hindu bomb’

OpIndia Staff - 11 May, 2020

Communists in India, the CPI(M) and its ideological comrades, were not pleased with the Pokhran Nuclear Tests.

Bollywood, Sports & more

Cricket

Cricket Australia releases dates for India’s tour of Australia in December-January

Amidst the pandemic of COVID-19, Cricket Australia has released the dates and venues for Australia-India Test series which will take place in December this year.

OpIndia Staff - 28 May, 2020

Cricket

Shahid Afridi anti-Modi comment: ‘Never Again,’ says Yuvraj Singh after Harbhajan Singh expressed regret for making donation appeal for the Pakistani’s NGO

Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has expressed his regret for making a donation appeal for Shahid Afrid's NGO.

OpIndia Staff - 17 May, 2020

Cricket

Shahid Afridi’s anti-Modi comment: Cricketer Harbhajan Singh regrets donation appeal for Afridi’s foundation, says will pick up gun to protect India

Harbhajan Singh further said that he appealed for the NGO on humanitarian grounds. But Afridi's anti-India message is not appropriate at all.

OpIndia Staff - 17 May, 2020

News Reports

Javed Miandad to collect funds in his bank account to pay off loans taken by Pakistan, because lenders may take away ‘atom bomb’ otherwise

In the video, Javed Miandad appeals to every Pakistani, including those residing abroad or the corrupt Pakistanis who have ‘looted’ the nation, to donate generously to his campaign.

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2020

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News Reports

Spy network using illegal VOIP exchange to gather information on Indian Army’s movement busted in Mumbai

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Calls from Pakistan were converted to local calls and diverted to Kashmir and Ladakh using spy network's illegal VOIP exchange

News Reports

513 domestic flights carrying over 39,900 passengers operated on Friday, informs Hardeep Singh Puri

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Hardeep Singh Puri assured that the aviation sector would recover fast, owing to a huge captive market.

News Reports

Army hands over minor girl gang-rape accused Shahnawaz Sheikh to police, moved from Siliguri to Sahibganj

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Ekramul Sheikh, Idgar Sheikh and Shahnawaz Sheikh had ambushed a Hindu minor girl in Sahibganj on May 25 to gang-rape her

News Reports

Twelve Coronavirus patients die in a span of a week in BMC-run Mumbai hospital due to shortage of oxygen: Read details of the report

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

n a shocking case of alleged negligence by authorities in Maharashtra, at least 12 people have died in a span of two weeks in a BMC-run hospital in Jogeshwari, Mumbai due to a shortage in oxygen supply to coronavirus patients

News Reports

“Software in a week, Hardware in a year”, education reformer Sonam Wangchuk calls for a boycott of Chinese products

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Sonam Wangchuk also cited the example of PM Modi's 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' and explained how the boycott of Chinese products can help the Indian economy.

News Reports

Shemaroo’s Surleen Kaur video controversy: ISKCON issues a third statement in a span of 28 hours, here are what all three statements say

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

ISKCOM have noted Shemaroo's apology but have taken Surleen Kaur's comments very seriously, and they are considering appropriate action.

News Reports

‘No salary for healthcare workers since December 2019’: Hospital staff in Pune forced to protest

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

On Friday, Pune had reported 116 cases of the Chinese virus. As such, the total tally in the city has risen to 7,314.

News Reports

Delhi Anti-CAA riots accused Congress leader Ishrat Jahan granted bail of 10 days for her Nikah

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Congress leader Ishrat Jahan had moved to a Delhi court Thursday seeking interim bail for 30 days to get married.

News Reports

Maharashtra: Annual ‘Palkhi’ pilgrimage to Pandarapur cancelled, Padukas of holy saints may be airlifted for Ashadhi Ekadashi

OpIndia Staff - 30 May, 2020

Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Maharashtra, announced that the annual pilgrimage of silver 'paduka' of two saints was called-off, instead, it may be carried by the air from Pune to Pandharpur.

News Reports