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Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh apologizes for casteist remark against Yuzvendra Chahal

Ruchika Chaubey -
Yuvraj Singh took to Twitter and expressed regret for the comment which was made during a conversation with Rohit Sharma.
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News Reports

Darbhanga, Bihar: Massive explosion in one Nazir’s house, locals suspect bombs and not firecrackers responsible for blast

OpIndia Staff -
Local residents in Darbhanga claimed that the explosion took place at Nazir's house while making bombs and not due to fire crackers.
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News Reports

Markaz management deliberately disregarded police instructions to send back its members, central govt tells SC

OpIndia Staff -
Markaz management did not inform about the Tablighi Jamaat gathering to authorities, centre tells SC in affidavit
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News Reports

Meerut police find that more than 13000 phones of Chinese manufacturer Vivo operating on single IMEI number, case registered against the company

OpIndia Staff -
When one Meerut Police officer gave his phone to cyber cell for checking, they found that more than 13000 phones have same IMEI number
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News Reports

Central audit team finds JNU officials guilty of committing fraud worth Rs 57 lakhs in the financial year 2017-2018

OpIndia Staff -
The DGCAE has recommended that criminal cases be lodged against the JNU officials for availing LTCs using fake bills.
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News Reports

Facebook user narrates the harrowing tale of his struggle to get tested for Coronavirus in Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi man narrates how he was told by multiple hospitals and laboratories that Delhi govt has stopped Coronavirus testing for 2-3 days
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News Reports

Udaipur: Tribal youth Mukesh stabbed to death over a minor fishing dispute, Zafar, Saeed, Firoz and others arrested after 1000 villagers agitate

OpIndia Staff -
As the mob started swelling Udaipur police, fearing communal tension, went on high alert. Internet was snapped for 24 hours
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News Reports

Delhi riots case: Delhi police investigating the assets of accused Faisal Farooq and his links with Nizamuddin Markaz

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi riot accused Faisal Farooq was in contact with the people involved with the PFI and Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz
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News Reports

Kerala: Two accused Abdul Kareem and Riyazudheen absconding, says police probing the pregnant elephant death case

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier in the day, Kerala police arrested one person identified as P Wilson in connection with the pregnant elephant death case
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News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai discusses the success of ‘Bengaluru model’ in tackling coronavirus, asks whether the success was due to luck

OpIndia Staff -
Rajdeep Sardesai tried to discredit the BJP govt in Karnataka for containing Coronavirus by saying that luck helped the state
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News Reports

‘A political football’: When Malcolm X, American Muslim minister and human rights activist, warned African Americans about ‘liberals’

Dibakar Dutta -
Malcolm X accused the liberals of using the black Americans as 'political pawns' in their political struggle against the conservatives.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Indian Medical Association writes letter to CM accusing Shiv Sena minister of threatening and intimidating doctors in Jalgaon

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Narrating their ordeal, the IMA - Maharashtra has written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asking why are the local politicians are giving illogical threats to them.
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News Reports

George Floyd case: Contradictory statements emerge about protestors burning a house with a child inside

OpIndia Staff -
Christopher Armstrong alleged that the occupants were unharmed, and outside their house by the time fire trucks had reached the location.
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Media Fact-Check

Congress mouthpiece says ‘Muslims have sat quiet and subdued’: Here is how they are wrong and how their dog-whistling might not work

K Bhattacharjee -
National Herald published an article that said that the first year of Modi Sarkar 2.0 has been the 'worst possible year' for Muslims in the country.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Migrant worker attempts to commit suicide after rumours of ghost in a ‘haunted’ quarantine centre in Kurnool

OpIndia Staff -
The 47-year-old Kurnool migrant attempted suicide in the facility by hanging from a window of the school building..
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Politics

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal hails PM Modi’s lockdown decision, says the timely lockdown was instrumental in equipping the country against the coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal said that the imposition of lockdown provided crucial time for states to prepare for the Coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

George Floyd Autopsy: Tested positive for Coronavirus, report reveals fentanyl intoxication, recent meth use, cardiopulmonary arrest listed as cause of death

OpIndia Staff -
The autopsy report says that George Floyd died of cardiopulmonary arrest. It also says that he had a history of heart diseases.
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News Reports

Non-bailable charges like “attempt to murder” will be filed for creating ruckus in quarantine centres: Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff -
Until now, Assam was only charging the accused with IPC section 269 and section 270, both bailable with a jail term of six months only
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News Reports

No medical aid and supplies from Pakistan to deal with coronavirus pandemic in PoK, activists allege shortage of food in the region

OpIndia Staff -
Gilgit-Baltistan has only 2 outdated ventilators for Coronavirus patients, while Pakistan & China has started $14 billion dam project in the area
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News Reports

‘Will you withdraw or should we dismiss’: SC refuses to entertain Prashant Bhushan’s PIL on ‘decongestion of jails’ over coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court stated that the coronavirus situation is different on every state and a general order cannot be passed. The bench asked Bhushan to approach individual state HCs with his PIL regarding jail decongestion.
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OpIndia Explains

Is Safoora Zargar being unfairly kept in jail while she is pregnant? Here is what the law says

OpIndia Staff -
Safoora Zargar was denied bail and liberals on social media have been calling the order 'remorseless' and 'shameful'.
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Crime

Himachal Pradesh: After Kerala pregnant elephant death case, video of a pregnant cow injured due to cracker explosion in mouth surfaces online

OpIndia Staff -
In the video shared online, it can be seen that the mouth of the pregnant cow has been injured very badly with a lot of blood oozing out of her mouth
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News Reports

The ancestor of the Novel Coronavirus strain from China may have entered India in November or December before the first confirmed case was found...

OpIndia Staff -
A study by Indian scientists reveal that the ancestor of Wuhan coronavirus strain was in circulation in India as early as November 2019.
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News Reports

“Your mother was Hindu, how can we trust you?” Read shocking revelations by the niece of Nawazuddin Siddiqui

OpIndia Staff -
Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his family refused to believe the niece's allegations stating that they cannot trust the daughter of a Hindu.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Panchayat members and affluent people unaffected by Cyclone Amphan receive compensation meant for damage to houses, justify saying it is govt money

OpIndia Staff -
Out of 28 people given compensation for house damage due to cyclone in WB, 20 have undamaged houses and are connected to TMC
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Fact-Check

Media furthers a dangerous narrative, wrongly portrays scuffle between cops and a thug in Rajasthan as ‘India’s George Floyd moment’

Jinit Jain -
There is a stark difference between the George Floyd murder and what happened in Jodhpur when police tried to control a thug who assaulted them
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News Reports

Justice for Bramsh Baloch: An Echo Of Revolution

Hakeem Baloch -
The current incident of Bramsh Baloch has not only exposed the relation of Pakistani state with the burglars, killers, death squad members, but it also unveiled the hidden dirty faces of Parliamentarians
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News Reports

Kerala: One person named P Wilson arrested in the pregnant elephant death case

OpIndia Staff -
The Forest Department has identified three people suspected to be involved in the elephant death case, however, let off two persons after interrogation.
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News Reports

Complaint filed against Maneka Gandhi and others for alleged hate campaign against Mallapuram and its residents in the wild elephant death case

OpIndia Staff -
Maneka Gandhi had said that Mallapuram is known for its intense criminal activities against animals after the death of the wild elephant
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News Reports

From December 2019 to Delhi riots 2020: Here is how Islamist mobs tampered with CCTV cameras to avoid detection as they went on rampage

OpIndia Staff -
During the Delhi anti-Hindu riots, Islamists broke CCTV cameras. Police also confirmed no CCTV footage was recovered fro Tahir Hussain's house
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News Reports

Delhi riots: Speeches by Sharjeel Imam and Harsh Mander mentioned in the charge sheet explaining incidents leading to the riots

OpIndia Staff -
Police specifically pointed speeches by Harsh Mander and Sharjeel Imam and during the Delhi riots in the charge sheet.
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News Reports

FIR filed against Aakar Patel for his Tweet asking Muslims and Dalits to carry out US like protests in India

OpIndia Staff -
Aakar Patel booked on charges of provoking and instigating people from minority communities to organise US like protests across India
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News Reports

Home Ministry repatriates CAPF canteens chief after ‘Swadeshi’ products list goof-up, new CEO assigned

OpIndia Staff -
The office memorandum issued by the Home Ministry on Wednesday stated that KPKB CEO R M Meena was recalled to CRPF on June 1, the day the 'Swadeshi list' was withdrawn, owing to administrative reasons.
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News Reports

Jamia riots: Delhi Police asks HC to dismiss petitions seeking quashing of FIRs, says violence was preplanned under the garb of ‘student protests’

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that there is no need of separate inquiry to look into the violence at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) as it was already carrying out a comprehensive investigation pertaining to the Jamia riots.
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News Reports

Muslim mob torched properties of Hindus till 24th Feb night, burnt Dilbar Negi alive: Fresh charge sheet against 12 in Delhi riots

OpIndia Staff -
According to the charge sheet, a Muslim mob came from Brijpuri Pulia side in northeast Delhi and unleashed violence, targeting properties of Hindus. The mob continued damaging Hindu shops and burnt them till late night on February 24.
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News Reports

Medical journal The Lancet retracts its HCQ article based on fake data from a dubious company, authors say they cannot vouch for data’s authenticity

OpIndia Staff -
The lead author of the research paper, Prof Mandeep Mehra, from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts had asked the Lancet to withdraw the study saying could no longer vouch for the data’s accuracy. The Guardian's expose had revealed that the Chicago-based company's data used in the article was fake.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir top cop advises Congress leaders and left-lobby to ‘keep their mouth shut’ for questioning security forces

OpIndia Staff -
Jammu and kashmir DGP slams Congress leader PL Punia and left lobby for their questioning security forces after recovery of car bomb
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News Reports

Bar Council of India passes resolution against legal news portal Live Law for publishing a defamatory article against BCI chairperson

OpIndia Staff -
Bar Council of India passes resolution against Vikas Bhadauria's article on Live Law criticising BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra
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News Reports

One suspect arrested in Kerala pregnant elephant death case, autopsy report reveals she could not eat for two weeks after cracker explosion in mouth

OpIndia Staff -
The forest department in Kerala has arrested one suspect in the case of death of a pregnant wild elephant in Kerala
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Editor's picks

“He is being punished for being Muslim”: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan once again plays communal card to defend Tahir Hussain

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan defends IB officer Ankit Sharma murder accused Tahir Hussain, says Tahir framed by police for being Muslim
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News Reports

Complaint filed against former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh for casteist comments against cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal

OpIndia Staff -
Dalit activist and lawyer Rajat kalsan has filed a complaint against Yuvraj Singh cricketer in Hisar for remarks in an old video
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News Reports

Delhi court rejects bail plea of Delhi riots accused Jamia student Safoora Zargar filed under medical grounds

OpIndia Staff -
Prior to this, Patiala court had rejected the bail plea of Safoora Zargar on May 26 and extended her judicial custody till June 25
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News Reports

GoAir fires trainee officer Asif Khan after screenshots of his Hinduphobic comment went viral on social media

OpIndia Staff -
GoAir has terminated the employment of one Asif Khan after his anti-Hindu offensive comments on social media went viral.
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News Reports

Meerut love jihad case: Shakib and his family members had chopped off Ekta’s body, sister-in-law removed her clothes

OpIndia Staff -
Shakib, a resident of Meerut, had posed as a Hindu boy, Aman, in the case of Love Jihad to get into a relationship with Ekta Deshwal.
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News Reports

After India sends Pakistani spies packing, Indian diplomat in Islamabad chased in a vehicle by ISI operative, attempts to intimidate him

OpIndia Staff -
A member of Pakistan's ISI gave chase to the vehicle of India's Chargé d'affaires Gaurav Ahluwalia in Islamabad.
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News Reports

Afghanistan: Despite Peace talks, the Taliban will continue the path of Jihad, says its deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani

OpIndia Staff -
Deputy leader of the Taliban Sirajuddin Haqqani says that the group will not leave jihad despite the peace talks with the USA
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News Reports

Ease of lockdown restrictions shows signs of economic recovery, e-commerce sales almost return to pre-lockdown levels

OpIndia Staff -
An increase in sales have been reported by various sectors of the economy following the easing of Lockdown restrictions by the govt
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News Reports

After trying to rope in 2nd, 3rd-year MBBS students to manage Coronavirus patients, Maharashtra govt to punish medical interns if they get coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Medical interns in Maharashtra will be liable to repeat the internship for the quarantine period if they are infected with Coronavirus
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News Reports

Zee5 ‘hides’ replies on Twitter which had questioned their association with #MeToo accused comedy group All India Bakchod

OpIndia Staff -
When Twitter users questioned Zee5 for showing a movie by controversial comedy group All India Bakchod, Zee5 chose to hide the replies
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News Reports

Over 2,200 foreign Tablighi Jamaatis blacklisted, banned from entering India for 10 years by the MHA

OpIndia Staff -
The blacklisted foreign nationals were barred from entering India for violating visa norms by indulging in Tablighi Jamaat's religious activities.
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