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Delhi University principal Masroor Ahmad Beg accused of plagiarism

OpIndia Staff -
A complaint has been registered at the UGC chairman and vice-chancellor of DU against Masroor Ahmad Beg, the principal of Zakir Husain Delhi College (evening) accusing him of plagiarism
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News Reports

Sikh-owned restaurant vandalized by white supremacist group in the US, walls covered with racist and anti-ISIS graffiti

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Sikh-owned restaurant named 'Indian Palace' in Santa Fe city in New Mexico in US was vandalized by a white supremacist group
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News Reports

“Relaunch of ‘the scion’ for the nth time can wait”: BJP chief JP Nadda takes a dig at Congress over LAC standoff

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JP Nadda said that India lost thousands of square kilometres of land due to "misadventures of one dynasty"
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News Reports

Corruption charges against TMC leaders in cyclone compensation distribution: Mamata Banerjee orders probe fearing impact on polls: Report

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CM Mamata Banerjee orders probe against corruption charges against TMC leaders in cyclone compensation distribution
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News Reports

Bank employee assaulted in Surat: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promises strict action against culprits

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FM Nirmala Sitharaman stated that she has spoken to concerned authorities in Surat and promised strict action against the culprits for assaulting a female bank employee.
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Social Media

Liberalman and more – watch these 5 clips going viral that expose liberal hypocrisy

OpIndia Staff -
The Daily Switch, a political, media and culture website, on its social media account shared the antics of 'liberals and 'Liberalman', the new superhero in town.
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News Reports

Bengal: TMC MLA Tamonash Ghosh passes away due to coronavirus, had heart and kidney ailments

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Tamonash Ghosh was a three-time MLA from the Falta constituency in South 24 Parganas and had been the treasurer for TMC since 1998.
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Fact-Check

Did Hong Kong approve new maps including Chinese-occupied territories as parts of India? Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Various social media users took to Twitter to share the purported post to claim that 'Republic of Hong Kong' had released a new map in which it has approved Chinese-occupied territories as parts of India.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Ten cricket players test positive for coronavirus ahead of England tour, PCB says no change in schedule

OpIndia Staff -
The PCB has informed that most of those found corona positive were reserve players and only one player from the intended playing 11 has tested positive.
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News Reports

IMA ‘Halal’ ponzi scam: Senior IAS officer accused of corruption found hanging at his residence in Bengaluru

OpIndia Staff -
The senior IA officer had been accused of taking a bribe if Rs 1.5 crores from the promotors of IMA. He was the former DC of Bengaluru and was accused of submitting a report favouring the IMA to the state government when an inquiry was launched into the alleged money laundering in the name of 'halal' investments.
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Media

Times of India apologises for using alive food bloggers’ photo as a dead couple’s photo on the front page of their paper

OpIndia Staff -
Food vloggers Shilpi and Amit Agarwal who live in California took to Facebook earlier on Tuesday to express their angst.
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News Reports

Twitter censors Donald Trump’s tweet as ‘abusive behaviour’ after he warns DC protestors

OpIndia Staff -
Social networking giant Twitter on Tuesday flagged one more tweet of US President Donald Trump for 'abusive behaviour' and 'violating guidelines'
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Government and Policy

Chinese propaganda outlet Global Times claims Rajnath Singh will meet Chinese defense minister in Russia, Indian MoD refutes claims: Report

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After the violent India-China standoff Global Times, had shared a disparaging caricature of an elephant personifying India
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News Reports

Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl in Jacobabad abducted, converted to Islam and married off to kidnapper Wazir Hussain

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A minor Hindu girl was abducted, converted to Islam and married off to her abductor in Sindh's Jacobabad in Pakistan.
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News Reports

Maharashtra Cyber department warns of ‘large scale phishing attack’ by Chinese entities, issues advisory

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Maharashtra Cyber department issued an advisory on Tuesday warning of a phishing attack by Chinese entities.
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Politics

Bihar: 5 MLCs from RJD resign from party ahead of Legislative Council Elections, national vice-president steps down from post

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5 RJD members in the Bihar Legislative Council and its national vice-president resigned from the party right ahead of Legislative council elections.
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News Reports

Ten places in Nepal already encroached upon by China through increased road network in Tibet: Report

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The report cautioned that if the new direction of the flow of rivers continues unabated, then, hundreds of hectares of Nepal land may be annexed to Tibet.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal tries to show lack of cooperation from centre for 10,000 bed COVID facility. Amit Shah reveals the work is already being completed...

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The coronavirus facility at Radha Satsang Beas campus will be operational by June 26, Amit Shah told Arvind Kejriwal.
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Government and Policy

Ministry of Ayush takes cognisance of Patanjali coronavirus kit, asks to refrain from publicising claims until duly examined

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Patanjali has launched an Ayurvedic medicine combination which claims to cure the Coronavirus disease within 3-7 days
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News Reports

India downgrades diplomatic relations with Pakistan, instructs Pakistan High Commission to reduce its staff presence by half within 7 days

OpIndia Staff -
Indian government hasasked Pakistan High Commission to reduce its staff strength by half in the country.
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Law

SC and its suo motu cognisance of the migrant crisis: An institution which is infinitely powerful yet frightfully defenceless

Guest Author -
Alexander Pekelis observes “the Supreme Court is infinitely powerful and at the same time frightfully defenceless”.
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News Reports

After botched up ‘Monkey Christ’, another Spanish restorer botches up Virgin Mary painting despite two attempts

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In 2012, a Spanish restorer had botched the famous Ecce Homo painting which was then called "Monkey Christ"
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News Reports

Pakistan’s attempt to list an Indian citizen as ‘global terrorist’ failed after USA terminated proposal at UNSC

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Pakistan has been trying to put an Indian national on UN terror list over false charges of terrorism on its soil.
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Opinions

Sympathy for The Devil? With Safoora getting uncontested bail on ‘humanitarian grounds’, Islamists win this round

Nupur J Sharma -
A grotesque, shameless injustice was seen today as Safoora Zargar got bail and walked out of Tihar jail after being arrested for instigating the Delhi riots
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News Reports

Hilal Ahmad Dar, missing PhD scholar from Srinagar, joins Hizbul, says police

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Hilal Ahmad Dar, PhD student who went 'missing' after he had gone for a trek with his friends earlier this month, has now joined joined terror group Hizbul Mujahideen.
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News Reports

This day that year: The legacy of the attack on Air India Flight 182 Kanishka by Khalistani terrorists which killed all 329 people onboard

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The bombing of Air India Flight 182 by Khalistani Terrorists was the deadliest of its kind until the 9/11 terror attack 16 years later.
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News Reports

Marathi daily owned by Pawar family shows Uddhav Thackeray as Captain America even as coronavirus caseloads in Maharashtra soar

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The glorification of the Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders come in the midst of the worsening coronavirus situation in Maharashtra which has so far registered upwards of 1.35 lakh cases and more than 6200 fatalities.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Congress govt revises class 10 book which gives “lack of patience and control” as reason why Maharana Pratap lost Battle of Haldighati

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The Battle of Haldighati was fought between Maharana Pratap and Akbar's forces led by Raja Man Singh of Amer. The battle was lost by Maharana Pratap.
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News Reports

CWC meeting: Rajasthan CM stands to pay tribute to martyred Indian soldiers, Netizens question why ‘madam’ remained seated

OpIndia Staff -
Ashok Gehlot had tweeted that during the virtual meeting of the CWC, two minutes silence was observed to pay tribute to the martyred Indian soldiers.
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Opinions

Ladakh Standoff: Four reasons we can be sure China suffered heavier losses than India

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While Indian side has admitted 20 soldiers were martyred and more injured, the Chinese have maintained silence on the number of casualties.
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News Reports

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali launches Coronavirus treatment kit, claims 100% cure within a week. Here is all you need to know

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Patanjali has reportedly developed the medicine and has conducted clinical studies on 95 patients with support from NIMS, Jaipur. They have claimed 100% recovery within a week.
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Government and Policy

Union govt makes it mandatory for sellers to mention of ‘Country of Origin’ of products in Government e-Marketplace

OpIndia Staff -
The platform has also enabled a provision for indicating the percentage of local content in products in order to promote local goods.
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Crime

ED raids Tahir Hussain’s factories, says he laundered money to fund Delhi riots: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
ED raids six factories of Delhi-riots accused and former AAP leader Tahir Hussain under PMLA probe.
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News Reports

Jamia student Safoora Zargar granted bail by Delhi High Court in the Delhi Riots case on ‘humanitarian grounds’

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Jamia student Safoora Zargar was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on Tuesday in the Delhi Riots case on humanitarian grounds.
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News Reports

2,923 ventilators manufactured, 1340 delivered out of PM CARES fund; 14,000 ventilators to be delivered to the states and union territories soon

OpIndia Staff -
Besides Rs 2000 crore allotted from PM Cares Fund for sourcing ventilators, the central government has assigned Rs 1,000 crore to the states for the welfare of migrant labourers
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News Reports

Shiv Sena’s U-turn: After protesting against felling of trees in Aarey for metro shed, BMC claims cutting trees for coastal road project ‘inevitable’

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BMC has estimated that about 600 trees will be affected by the project which aims to link the Marine Drive with the southern end of Bandra-Worli Sea Link.
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News Reports

‘This is not a victory for China’: US Intelligence report reveals how senior Chinese Commander ordered attack against India

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India and China were involved in a blood-soaked standoff that claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers and according to US intelligence reports, at least 35 Chinese soldiers were killed.
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News Reports

Dispute between China and Japan escalate over Senkaku Islands as latter begins complete integration of island chain

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The Ishigaki city council in Japan’s Okinawa division has passed a bill to change the name of an administrative area covering the disputed uninhabited island chain to Tonoshiro Senkaku from Tonoshiro, starting from October 1.
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Media

PCI takes cognizance of The Hindu ‘threatening’ to fire journalists amidst reports of its Mumbai Bureau shutting down

OpIndia Staff -
The Press Council of India (PCI) has taken a suo motu cognizance of the termination notice served to more than twenty journalists associated with the Mumbai edition of ‘The Hindu’ in case they fail to resign.
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News Reports

Donald Trump temporarily suspends issuance of new H-1B visas, other work permits

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump has also issued broader directions for reforms in the existing H-1B visa which is based upon a lottery system rather than a merit-based system.
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Media

‘We are alive’: Food bloggers forced to clarify they are alive after Times of India publishes their photo as dead couple on front page

OpIndia Staff -
Food vloggers Amit and Shilpi Agarwal took to their Facebook channel Food and Flavors by Shilpi to clarify after concerned people reached out to them after the story of murder
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Fact-Check

Agra DM schools Priyanka Gandhi for spreading fake news that 28 people died of coronavirus within 48 hours

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday, the District Magistrate of Agra fact-checked the claims made by Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Twitter about the supposed deaths of 28 Coronavirus positive people in the past 48 hours.
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News Reports

US government declares China’s Global Times, People’s Daily and two other outlets as ‘foreign missions’, calls them CCP mouthpieces controlled by Chinese govt

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These four media outlets join five other Chinese news organizations that have been declared as 'foreign missions' by the US authorities in February.
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Crime

Abdul Karim Rana becomes ‘govt doctor Rahul Thakur’ to cheat coronavirus patients seeking plasma donors, arrested by police

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police have arrested a fraudster named Abdul Karim Rana for posing as a plasma donor and duping Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel's relatives.
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News Reports

Malayalam film actor Prithviraj Sukumaran’s new film ‘Vaariyamkunnan’ glorifies a man who led Hindu genocide during Moplah Massacre

OpIndia Staff -
The new Malayalam movie 'Vaariyamkunnan' on the life of Islamic terrorist Variyam Kunnathu, who had unleashed massive terror on Hindus on the Malabar region of Kerala, is yet another attempt to whitewash the crimes committed by the Islamists in the country under the garb of freedom of movement.
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Crime

Father in Kerala church badly beats up his 2 months old daughter as he suspected someone else was her father

OpIndia Staff -
Shaiju Thomas had allegedly slapped the infant and threw her on a cot, causing brain injury. The infant is now battling for her life.
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Entertainment

Bhushan Kumar’s wife Divya attacks Sonu Nigam, calls him ‘thankless’ after the singer gave the ‘don’t mess with me’ warning

OpIndia Staff -
T-Series chief Bhushan Kumar's wife Divya Khosla Kumar took to Instagram and attacked singer Sonu Nigam after he lashed out on former and accused him of planting stories against Nigam.
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News Reports

18 family members including wife of Rajasthan Congress MLA Giriraj Singh Malinga test positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Family and others who came in contact with the Congress MLA who tested positive for coronavirus were sent on home quarantine
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News Reports

32 Ventilators donated to Afghanistan to fight the Coronavirus pandemic smuggled to Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Amid the coronavirus pandmic, corrupt officials in Afganistan managed to smuggle 32 ventilators to neighbour Pakistan.
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News Reports

Kolkata police not cooperating in Garga Chatterjee case: Assam Police who went to arrest the TMC troll for insulting Ahom dynasty founder

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CM of Assam called for strict action against Garga Chatterjee for making derogatory remarks against Ahom Dynasty's founder
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