Monthly Archives: December, 2020

Politics

Mamata Banerjee directs state officials to not attend meeting despite MHA summons, declines to send 3 IPS officials on central deputation

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2020

Mamata Banerjee has decided not to send the state’s chief secretary and police chief to New Delhi in compliance with Union Home Ministry’s summons

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‘State govt not allowing benefits’: TMC MLA writes to West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim over ‘Smart City Mission’ project for Asansol

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2020

TMC leader writes to West Bengal minister to either allow them central government funding for smart city project or provide funding from state govt

News Reports

Niger witnesses deadly terrorist attack by Boko Haram jihadis, village burned, 27 people killed

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2020

Boko Haram terrorists had attacked a village in Niger a day before regional elections. They burned most of the village and killed 27 people.

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PFI’s Rauf Sharif had paid for the Hathras trip of arrested Siddique Kappan, had received foreign money worth over Rs 2.5 crores

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2020

ED says arrested PFI leader had funded the Hathras trip of arrested Siddique Kappan and others. Sharif's accounts have shown suspicious transactions.

Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: No, woman ‘detained’ under UP’s new anti-forced religious conversion law was not ‘forced to abort’

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2020

The woman, who is currently in protection home, was taken to hospital after she complained of stomachache on Sunday. The doctors have said her health is okay.

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Jharkhand: Communal tension over burial of the dead body of a woman in Forest Department land

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2020

After official intervened, the family finally agreed to bury the deceased woman in the cemetery and not on government land.

Economy and Finance

Demands to legalise MSPs is retrograde, can destroy the farm sector and hurt the Indian economy: Explained

Shashank Bharadwaj - 14 December, 2020

Setting MSP as a floor price legally will effectively derail the market for other players. Legalising MSP is also retrograde and anti-market, which can devastate the Indian farm sector.

News Reports

Sana Khan, who married a cleric after quitting showbiz for Allah, gets moral policed by Islamists on honeymoon pics

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2020

Besides telling the actress to wear modest clothes and steer away from breaking the 'rules' of Allah, Islamists told Sana Khan to stop uploading pictures altogether on social media.

World

Chinese Communist Party’s data leak shows how China infiltrated corporates, foreign consulates, including Indian, for spying

OpIndia Staff - 14 December, 2020

The CCP through a recruitment agency carried out a well-coordinated infiltration by getting its members employed in senior, specialist and advisory positions in consulates of countries such as India, UK, USA and Australia.

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