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Virologist who spent weeks documenting his ‘battle’ against Coronavirus from hospital on NBC News finds out he was not infected

OpIndia Staff -
On Tuesday, Fair revealed that he was never diagnosed with the Chinese virus and had tested negative for it multiple times.
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News Reports

‘Drone boy’ Prathap NM makes a statement after OpIndia fact-check: Here is why his explanation makes little sense

OpIndia Staff -
'Drone boy' Prathap NM says he won't show his drones due to intellectual property issues, but will show certificates from unregistered events
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Opinions

Here is a short list of anti-Brahmin people and ideas Congress has nurtured and supported

K Bhattacharjee -
The Congress party has been trying to paint the Yogi Government as 'anti-Brahmin'.
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Entertainment

Stand-up comedian apologises for insulting memorial to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Arabian sea after MNS workers vandalised studio

OpIndia Staff -
The stand-up 'comedian' Agrima Joshua had made scornfully derisive remarks in her video against the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj memorial that is going to be erected in the Arabian Sea
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News Reports

Anti-Hindu Delhi Riots: Two employees of Tahir Hussain turn witness, testimony included in chargesheet

OpIndia Staff -
Girish Pal and Rahul Kasana - the two employees of the accused Tahir Hussain said in their statements to the police that they were present in the office of Hussain in Khajuri Khas area on February 24.
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News Reports

“If this was Uttar Pradesh, I would have set your houses on fire”: Vikas Dubey had said to Ujjain police officials after his arrest

OpIndia Staff -
Madhya Pradesh police official who had arrested Vikas Dubey narrates how the gangster was threatening the police team
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News Reports

With Apple’s plans to exit China, its Taiwanese supplier Foxconn to invest $1 billion in India in iPhone manufacturing unit

OpIndia Staff -
Foxconn to expand its iPhone produciton unit in Tamil Nadu with $1 billion investment to make more models as Apple moves out of China
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News Reports

Rajasthan Special Operations Group issues notices to CM Ashok Gehlot and DyCM Sachin Pilot over allegations of attempts to topple their govt

OpIndia Staff -
After Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot alleged attempts to topple his govt, SOG issues notices to him and DyCM Sachin Pilot to record statement
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Locals write to NHRC after state authorities fail to act against illegal church construction in Kadapa

OpIndia Staff -
District authorities ignore illegal church construction evicting SC families from their homes, locals write to NHRC
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Opinions

Police encounters and ‘secular privilege’ in Indian politics

Abhishek Banerjee -
Between 2002 and 2007, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found 440 cases of suspected “fake” encounters by the police across India.
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Government and Policy

‘Safeguarding cows is our priority’: Minister says Karnataka preparing to implement a ban on cow slaughter

OpIndia Staff -
Prabhu Chauhan, the Animal Husbandry Minister in Karnataka, informed that the BJP government is in the process of implementing cow slaughter ban in the state
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News Reports

1500-year-old Cathedral Hagia Sophia converted to a mosque, President Erdogan says it’s Turkey’s ‘sovereign right’

OpIndia Staff -
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that a 1500-year-old Orthodox Christian Cathedral in Istanbul named Hagia Sophia would be converted into a mosque
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News Reports

Kerala: Locals in Coronavirus hotspot Poonthura protest against lockdown restrictions, spit on healthcare workers collecting swab samples

OpIndia Staff -
Locals of the fishing suburb of Poonthura near Thiruvananthapuram attacked a team of health workers, including a doctor, who had gone to collect swab samples
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News Reports

Terrorist Abid Hakani went to Pakistan for training before killing BJP leader Wasim Bari, caught on CCTV footage near Bandipora

OpIndia Staff -
The Islamic terrorist, who unleashed terror and killed the BJP leader Wasim Bari and his two family members at their shop in Bandipora, north Kashmir has been identified by the security forces.
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Opinions

The spin around Vikas Dubey encounter reminds about the police-raid against Mohammad Shahabuddin in Siwan

Shwetank Bhushan -
While people are saying “dead men tell no story” after Vikas Dubey encounter, Md Shahabuddin narrated no tales even after jailed for years
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News Reports

“I feel free after ages. This is an end to the era of terror”, says Lallan Vajpayee who was on the hit-list of slain...

OpIndia Staff -
Vikas Dubey had multiple attempts to kill Lallan Vajpayee in the party, Vajpayee celebrates the death of Dubey in Police encounter
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News Reports

Journalist shares image of a Pakistani cannibal who ate a baby as ‘RAW agent captured in Nepal’

OpIndia Staff -
The photo of a RAW agent supposedly arrested in Nepal is actually photo of a Pakistani cannibal who was convicted of eating children
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News Reports

NIA names 6 ISIS terrorists in the charge-sheet filed in the murder case of Tamil Nadu cop SSI Wilson

OpIndia Staff -
6 terrorists charge sheeted by NIA in the case of murder of SSI Wilson in January 2020 in Tamil Nadu
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News Reports

Chinese app ban: Govt sends 70 questions to concerned firms, gives 3 weeks to respond

OpIndia Staff -
The response of the firms will be evaluated by a high-level panel and any discrepency may lead to a permeant ban.
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News Reports

Watch: Nellore Municipal Corporation uses earth-mover to dispose of COVID-19 bodies, investigation ordered

OpIndia Staff -
In a shocking apathy, officials of Nellore municipal corporation are seen dumping the bodies of coronavirus patients using an earth mover
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News Reports

Irony: Priyanka Gandhi accuses Yogi govt of shielding criminals like Vikas Dubey on the same day he was killed in encounter by UP police

OpIndia Staff -
On a day criminal Vikash Dubey was killed in an encounter by UP police, Priyanka Gandhi slams Yogi govt for shielding criminals like Dubey
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Entertainment

Sony Liv criticised for ‘spine chilling’ promotional of its thriller Undekhi after people receive calls from a man whose life is ‘under threat’

OpIndia Staff -
Sony Liv was criticised for the promotional of its web series Undekhi that released on Friday.
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News Reports

‘I will not go to attend his last rites: Says deceased gangster Vikas Dubey’s father Ram Kumar Dubey

OpIndia Staff -
Vikas Dubey's father stated that the family has disowned him and they will not part-take in his last rites.
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Politics

History-sheeter Mohammad Akhtar arrested in Madhya Pradesh after he fled from Uttar Pradesh following recent police encounters

OpIndia Staff -
Akhtar had escaped from UP to MP fearing for his life, after seeing that several members of Vikash Dubey's gang were killed in police encounter
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Opinions

Sharad Pawar: The Perfidious Man From Maharashtra

Pranjal Chaudhari -
Sharad Pawar has been one of the longest-running active politicians of today's times
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News Reports

A Mosque remains the property of Allah: AIMIM and Muslim clerics outrage over new secretariat construction in Telangana, CM tries to pacify

OpIndia Staff -
Telangana CM has promised to reconstruct the mosque and a temple in the new secretariat complex 'even if it means spending crores of rupees'.
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News Reports

US bans Pakistan’s national carrier PIA for 6 months after the revelation that 30% Pakistani pilots have fake licenses

OpIndia Staff -
After fake pilot licence controversy in Pakistan, US bans PIA flights for 6 months over serious concerns to aviation safety
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Political History of India

When Rajnath Singh fought for the country but lost an election

Abhishek Banerjee -
Today is the birthday of Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. And let me tell you a story about the time Rajnath Singh lost from Mohana Assembly constituency in the 1993 elections to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
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News Reports

Reacting on the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey, Akhilesh Yadav questions UP government for killing of “innocents”

OpIndia Staff -
After the death of Vikash Dubey in encounter, SP leader Akhilesh Yadav accues UP police of killine innocents under 'Operation Clean'
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Social Media

Read how this Congress loyalist is so enraged about the Vikas Dubey encounter, that he wants Anand Mahindra to intervene

OpIndia Staff -
Poonawalla has asked Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd CEO Anand Mahindra to investigate the Vikas Dubey encounter. Yes. You read that right.
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News Reports

Delhi anti-Hindu riots: Sahil’s father Parvez died in 3 different ways, in 2 different locations, 16 Hindus named in the FIR

अजीत भारती -
Sahil Parvez had stated that his father was shot in front of their house in his statement to the media. His complaint letter to the police several weeks later suddenly shifts the location, identifies 16 'attackers' by name and makes a lot of contradictory claims, read details.
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News Reports

“I am proud of UP police”, says the father of a martyred UP police officer after Vikas Dubey was killed in an encounter

OpIndia Staff -
Urmila Verma, the wife of deceased constable Sultan Singh, said that the death of Vikas Dubey had brought relief to her soul.
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News Reports

The Wire issues half-hearted correction after being called out by NCPCR for their blatantly fake news about ‘eight-fold increase in complaints post lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire retracted it after the author of the article said that she had no evidence to support her stunning claim.
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Government and Policy

1 lakh km of road built with plastic waste, Modi govt saves Rs 30,000 per km: Read about the revolution in road construction

OpIndia Staff -
In 2016, Union minister Nitin Gadkari had announced the usage of plastic waste in road construction
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News Reports

Hours before Vikas Dubey was killed in encounter, a petition was filed in Supreme Court seeking protection for the gangster

OpIndia Staff -
Before Vikas Dubey’s encounter, one Mumbai-based petitioner had filed petition in SC to prevent UP police from encountering him
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News Reports

Police recover seven crude bombs from properties connected to Vikash Dubey, some from house taken care of by the gangster’s driver

OpIndia Staff -
Vikas Dubey, who was arrested yesterday from Ujjain, was killed in an encounter in Kanpur on early morning on Friday
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News Reports

Police personnel injured in Vikas Dubey encounter did suffer bullet injuries: Here is what the doctor said

OpIndia Staff -
The doctor who treated policemen injured during the Vikas Dubey encounter confirm that they were hit by bullets
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News Reports

Congress leader Udit Raj’s organisation makes derogatory comments against Brahmins, compares the community to ‘pigs’

OpIndia Staff -
Dalit organsation All India Parisangh run by Congress leader Udit Raj insults Brahmins by comparing with pigs
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News Reports

Nepal: Lawmaker removed from House of Representatives for pro-India stand, had blamed China for the new map

OpIndia Staff -
Sarita Giri of the Samajwadi Party Nepal has been removed from her position of a member of the House of Representatives.
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News Reports

Nizamuddin Markaz: Delhi Court sets 60 Tablighi Jamaat members from Malaysia free for a ₹7000 fine

OpIndia Staff -
60 Malaysian nationals who had attended Nizamuddin Markaz violating visa norms freed by Delhi court on fine of Rs 7000 each
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News Reports

Four policemen injured in the accident, which led to the encounter of Vikas Dubey, brought to the hospital: Watch

OpIndia Staff -
The injured policemen have been rushed to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur, after they suffered some injuries during the encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey.
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News Reports

After notorious gangster Vikas Dubey, another criminal Panna Yadav killed in an encounter after he opened fire

OpIndia Staff -
After Vikas Dubey, notorious criminal Panna Yadav gunned down in encounter by Uttar Pradesh police
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Media

The Wire accused Yogi Adityanath of being ‘casteist’ for not killing Vikas Dubey hours before the encounter of the gangster

Editorial Desk -
Notorious gangster, Vikas Dubey, who was arrested from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh was killed in an encounter in the wee hours of the morning on Friday
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News Reports

Nepal irked over reports of KP Oli’s alleged affair with Chinese ambassador, cable operators ban Indian channels

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, the ban is not official and has been brought in by cable operators. Nepal's Nepal’s information minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada, when asked whether the Nepalese government is mulling a ban on Indian channels, had stated that it would be better if Indian media practises self-restraint.
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Fact-Check

India Today journalist Ashraf Wani peddles fake news claiming Kashmiri woman was killed by Army bullets in Pampore

OpIndia Staff -
A lady was caught in the crossfire after some terrorists attacked an Army convoy near a Mosque in Pampore. She was brought to hospital and was discharged soon after first-aid.
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News Reports

Vikas Dubey killed in an encounter after he attempts to flee from police custody: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
The encounter broke out between Vikas Dubey and the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) after the gangster tried to flee upon reaching Kanpur.
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OpIndia Scoops

Delhi Riots Chargesheets: Before murdering Ratan Lal, the Islamist mob had held 2 other police constables hostage

Nupur J Sharma -
The chargesheet filed by Special Investigation Team of Delhi Police in the murder of Ratan Lal and deadly attacks by rioters on IPS Amit Sharma and IPS Anuj Kumar mentions at least 17 accused.
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News Reports

AAP does it again: Arvind Kejriwal supporters hail him for ‘saving life’ of a Modi voter amid coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
After receiving severe criticism, Arvind Kejriwal supporters have taken it upon themselves to rebuild his lost credibility
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News Reports

Indian and Chinese sides move back at conflict areas along the LAC in Ladakh to create temporary non-patrolling zones

OpIndia Staff -
India and China have completed withdrawal from conflict sites along LAC at Galwan Valley, Pangong Tso lake and other conflict areas
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News Reports

Gujarat shows the way in Atmanirbhar Bharat: Morbi, the ceramic tiles hub of India, now looks to take on China’s toy market

OpIndia Staff -
150 firms in Gujarat's Morbi have joined hands to create local alternatives to products currently being outsourced from China.
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