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Media Fact-Check

No, Indian Railways will not allow begging in trains and platforms, Ministry busts media reports

OpIndia Staff -
Multiple media houses had reported that the Indian Railways may decriminalise begging, thereby effectively allow begging on the trains and platform.
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Crime

West Bengal: BJP worker in his dying moments says TMC goons lynched him, denied water in last moments. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
When the family learnt about his ordeal, they rushed to the scene. They alleged that the TMC workers stopped the victim's daughter when she tried to offer him water.
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Opinions

Did Kafeel Khan compare Pakistani Hindu refugees to thieves?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Is Kafeel Khan suggesting that religious minorities in a country are like slaves of the majority? Or is he suggesting that non-believers should be seen as slaves of the believers? Both are disturbing and quite frankly, disgusting…
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News Reports

Zakat Foundation, which assists Muslims get recruited into civil services, helps Rohingyas get settled in Delhi in camps

OpIndia Staff -
Zakat Foundation helps Rohingyas get settled in Delhi, who have been deemed to be a national security threat to the country.
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OpIndia Explains

From allegations of torturing Sadhvi Pragya in custody to dereliction of duty during 26/11 Mumbai terror attack: A brief intro on Mumbai CP Param...

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Mumbai Police has been recently under fire for criticism in the manner in which the Sushant Singh Rajput death case is being investigated
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News Reports

If Joe Biden is elected president, US could suffer another 9/11 style terror attack, cautions ‘American at heart’ niece of Osama bin Laden

OpIndia Staff -
Noor bin Ladin is a supporter of Donald Trump and considers herself an 'American at heart'. Her favourite show is Tucker Carlson Tonight.
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News Reports

Kerala: Coronavirus positive patient raped by ambulance driver en route to hospital

OpIndia Staff -
The ambulance driver identified as Noufal, who hailed from Alappuzha district, was part of the state health department’s 108 ambulance service.
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News Reports

Ministry of Culture withdraws book that called Moplah Massacre architects ‘martyrs’ following intervention by state unit

OpIndia Staff -
The 5th volume of the Dictionary of Martyrs has been withdrawn by the Union Ministry of Culture from its website.
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News Reports

Final map of proposed design of Ram Mandir approved, to accommodate 1 lakh devotees. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
As per the final design, the Ram Mandir will be 161 feet tall, and the temple premises will cover 67 acres of the land.
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News Reports

Anti-Hindu Delhi Riots: One accused Mustaquim Saifi arrested in Rahul Solanki murder case in Shiv Vihar

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested Mustaquim Saifi for killing Rahul Solanki in Shiv Vihar adjoining the Rajdhani school during the anti-Hindu Delhi riots in the national capital. A weapon has also been reportedly recovered from him.
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News Reports

Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer claims her interrogation in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case is ‘consequence of love’

OpIndia Staff -
Rhea Chakraborty's lawyer refers to the investigation in Sushant Singh Rajput as 'witch-hunt'
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News Reports

Amid speculations of imminent arrest, Rhea Chakraborty reaches NCB office for interrogation

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Times Now has reported that Rhea may be arrested following the interrogation by NCB
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News Reports

Sanjay Raut wants ‘that girl’ Kangana Ranaut to apologise for doing something she never did: Refer to Mumbai as ‘mini Pakistan’

OpIndia Staff -
Even though Kangana Ranaut has not made any remarks about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Sanjay Raut earlier admonished a News Nation reporter saying, “She had disrespected Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and the State of maharashtra. And your channel is shamelessly siding with her?”
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News Reports

Gauri Lankesh’s brother and filmmaker Indrajit Lankesh names over a dozen top actors, models in Kannada film industry drug scandal. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
A drug scandal is being unearthed by the Crime Branch officials in Bengaluru, which has now led to the arrest of Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi. Many more actress, musicians, are under the police scanner, who have been indirectly linked to the massive drug racket.
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News Reports

ICMR allows ‘testing on-demand’, issues new advisory on Coronavirus testing. Here is all you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Doing away with the previous advisory that only 'symptomatic' patients and contacts of infected individuals can get tested, ICMR, in a welcome move, has made testing open for all
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News Reports

Pakistani documents certify Hizbul chief Salahuddin as a bonafide ISI official: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The revelation holds significance in light of the September review of Pakistan by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). India is making a strong case against the Islamic Republic for executing terror attacks in the country.
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News Reports

Salman Khan fan MP Anubhav Mohanty slapped with domestic violence case by actor wife Priyadarshini

OpIndia Staff -
Anubhav Mohanty, BJD MP from Kendrapara, who bloats his fandom for Salman Khan, has been slapped with domestic violence case by his Ollywood actor wife Barsha Priyadarshini in the SDJM court in Cuttak.
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News Reports

A month after Air India pilot Akhilesh Kumar lost his life in Kozhikode plane crash, his wife gave birth to a baby boy

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Wife of co-pilot Akhilesh Kumar who lost his life in Kozhikode plane crash gave birth to baby boy.
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News Reports

Maharashtra in a mess as state records highest ever coronavirus cases contributing almost 25% to total new cases

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra has now reported a record number of coronavirus cases for four consecutive days. The state now contributes almost 25 percent to total fresh coronavirus cases in the country.
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News Reports

Producer Guild of India issues open letter, says Sushant’s death being used as a ‘tool’ to defame the film industry

OpIndia Staff -
The Producer Guild of India said that the slandering must stop as it is painting the film industry as a terrible place
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News Reports

Chinese government mouthpiece Global Times uses Congress rants to target India’s moves in Ladakh

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese state-affiliated mouthpiece Global Times claims that Modi government is facing a severe pressure from the Congress party
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Politics

Congress ties up with AIUDF for 2021 Assam Assembly Elections, rift within party grows, BJP calls it ‘conspiracy’ to harm the state

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party is set for an alliance with the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) for the Assembly Elections in the state.
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News Reports

Railway recruitment examinations for 3 categories to be conducted from December 15

OpIndia Staff -
The decision to conduct Railway Recruitment exams has been taken considering the successful conduct of the NEET-JEE examinations
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News Reports

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut goes on a misogynistic tirade against actress Kangana Ranaut, calls her ‘haramkhor’

OpIndia Staff -
After threatening Kangana Ranaut, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut abuses her, lies that she disrespected Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
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News Reports

Ahmedabad: One Moin Qureshi marries Hindu girl by promising not to force her to convert, later starts torturing her to embrace Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Ahmedabad police have registered a case against Moin Qureshi under Sections, 498-A and 294-B of the IPC
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh High Court grants bail to rape accused to marry the victim

OpIndia Staff -
An accused in a rape case was granted two-months bail by the Madhya Pradesh High Court to marry his victim
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News Reports

Bengaluru Archbishop, who criticised CAA, now accused of a multi-million dollar scam: Read the full details

Dibakar Dutta -
Former Karnataka High Court Judge Michael F Saldanha had accused Peter Machado and Bishop of Mysuru, K A William, of 'criminally misappropriating' ₹49.5 crores collected for Coorg Disaster Relief work in 2018.
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News Reports

Book published by Union Ministry of Culture and ICHR glorifies the chief architects of Moplah Massacre, that resulted in genocide of Hindus, as ‘martyrs’

OpIndia Staff -
A 'Dictionary of Martyrs' published by Union Ministry of Culture and ICHR eulogises Islamic genocidal maniacs behind Moplah Massacre
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Culture and History

Tipu Sultan: a freedom fighter or Islamic bigot?

Nivan -
Tipu Sultan is often credited in our history textbooks as a ‘secular’ ruler of Mysore who fought against the British in the late 1700s. While the latter part of the sentence does hold merit, the former is nothing but blatant propaganda
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Crime

Man tied to a tree and beaten up on suspicion of theft, Congress leader gives it a communal spin: Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Salman Nizami spreads fake news that a man beaten on suspicion of being thief was beaten for being Muslim
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News Reports

Caretaker and Devotees of Panchbakhtar Mahadev temple in Jammu protest against the construction of multilayer parking and commercial complex on the temple land

OpIndia Staff -
Jammu temple devotees and caretaker accuses administration of grabbing temple land to build parking and commercial complex
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Opinions

How an old Soviet joke explains Bollywood’s stance on free speech

Abhishek Banerjee -
While Maharashtra may be No. 1 in COVID cases, with a test positive rate around 20%, here is the No. 1 priority of the state government. How dare someone disrespect Mumbai Police?
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News Reports

California Legislature passes bill lowering criminal penalty for LGBT adults who have sexual relations with minors

OpIndia Staff -
New bill passed in California to preventgay adults who sodomise or perform oral sex with minors from registered as sex offenders
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News Reports

UP government orders inquiry into the construction of SP leader Azam Khan’s dream project Ala Hazrat Haj House in Ghaziabad

OpIndia Staff -
The National Green Tribunal, in February 2018, sealed the Ala Hazrat Haj house due to lack of a Sewage Treatment Plant
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Fact-Check

Old tweet by Saba Naqvi that peddled fake news about ‘Brahmin Sambar powder’ goes viral: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
'Brahmin Sambar powder' is not manufactured by a company run by Hindus, it is made by a company owned by Muslims
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath government to distribute cows to the families of the most malnutritioned children under the Nutrition Drive in Uttar Pradesh

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UP government to provide cows and a monthly allowance of Rs 900 to the families of the most malnutritioned children
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News Reports

Indian Army rescues 3 stranded Chinese nationals who lost their way in Plateau area of North Sikkim, provide food and oxygen

OpIndia Staff -
The three Chinese citizens had lost their way in the Plateau area of North Sikkim at an altitude of 17,500 under sub-zero temperatures
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News Reports

Chinese activist Zhou Fengsuo compares Wuhan Coronavirus to Tiananmen massacre, says world should follow India’s lead in resisting CCP

OpIndia Staff -
Zhou Fengsuo drew comparisons between the CCP's handling of the Tiananmen protests and the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

Weeks after restricting Ganesh Visarjan, Telangana police grants permission to Muharram procession in Hyderabad defying SC order

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana police assisted Muslim groups to hold Muharram procession in Hyderabad by providing protection to it
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News Reports

Here are 4 Maoist violence incidents from the recent times that signal how the menace may be coming back to West Bengal

Dibakar Dutta -
Several incidents of Maoist violence have taken place in recent times in West Bengal after almost a decade
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Media

FIR lodged against AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair for doxxing a minor girl, stringent POCSO Act invoked

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR had written to Delhi police seeking action against AltNews co-founder Mohammed Zubair
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News Reports

Rhea Chakraborty’s brother Showik admits to using her credit card for drug purchase payments: Report

OpIndia Staff -
After Showik and Samuel Miranda, sources revealed that Rhea Chakraborty might be the next to be arrested
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China’s aggressive behaviour and attempt to change status quo in violation of bilateral agreement: Read Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s full statement

OpIndia Staff -
Rajnath Singh met with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Moscow.
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News Reports

Chinese spy Charlie Peng transferred 500 million dollars to a UK Bank, was running a Rs 1,000 crore hawala racket in India

OpIndia Staff -
Forensic reports of the phone of Charlie Peng had revealed that the Chinese spy had transferred a staggering amount of $500 million to UK and was involved in Hawala scam in India
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Politics

A black man invented the light bulb, claims Joe Biden, ‘not a white guy named Edison’

OpIndia Staff -
Joe Biden was probably referring to Lewis howard Latimer who made significant improvements to the light bulb.
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News Reports

Congress leader Kavitha Reddy who attacked actress Samyuktha Hegde had heckled journalist Mahesh Hegde too: Here is what had happened

OpIndia Staff -
In January this year, Kavitha Reddy had joined hands with far-left activist Amulya Leona to publicly heckle journalist Mahesh Vikram Hegde at Mangaluru airport.
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Law

Trouble for senior advocate Prashant Bhushan as Bar Council of India directs examination of his tweets and explores disciplinary action

OpIndia Staff -
The Bar Council of India said that BCD must examine the tweets of Prashant Bhushan and proceed as 'expeditiously' as possible.
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Social Media

18 out of 20 members of Facebook’s new ‘oversight board’ meant to ‘regulate content’ linked to George Soros: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
90 per cent of new Facebook oversight board to regulate content have links to liberal Jewish billionaire George Soros.
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News Reports

ITBP takes control of key points along LAC, earlier unoccupied, Chief says the focus will now be on road construction: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The ITBP, which is a specialized mountain force, is deployed on border guarding duties from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh covering 3488 km of the Indo-China Border.
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Government and Policy

France vs Gujarat: Coronavirus and how India’s superstar performance in high recovery and low mortality is being ignored

Abhishek Banerjee -
United States and Western Europe have been brought to their knees by Coronavirus and its certainly not the time when they want to give credit to India
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