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Newslaundry’s Sharjeel Usmani glorifies Islamist Shahrukh Pathan, who fired at police officials during anti-Hindu riots in Delhi

Jinit Jain -
Sharjeel Usmani, who writes columns for Newslaundry, Firstpost and DailyO, posted a tweet hailing Delhi riots accused Shahrukh Pathan as his 'hero'.
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News Reports

US Senate passes bill for Hong Kong’s autonomy, proposes sanctions against China’s efforts to restrict autonomy

OpIndia Staff -
The bill was brought in by the Democrat Chris Van Hollen from Maryland and Republican Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
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News Reports

Over 200 J&K youths issued Pakistani visas go missing, intel sources believe Pakistan training youths to carry out terror attacks in India

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan has issued visas to 399 youth from jammu and Kashmir since 2017, out of which whereabouts of 218 are not known.
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News Reports

Home Ministry calls out Reuters’ misleading report claiming Army has taken over COVID-19 facilities in Delhi, says ‘The news is far away from reality’

OpIndia Staff -
While one temporary Coronavirus hospital has been handed over to ITBP, Reuters claims all Delhi Coronavirus hospitals given to army
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News Reports

“Deliberate attempts to cause misunderstanding between Bhutan and Assam”: Bhutan Govt denies claims that it has stopped irrigation water to Assam

OpIndia Staff -
Bhutan govt has clarified that due to Coronavirus, Assam farmers were not allowed to enter the country to repaid traditional irrigation channels
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News Reports

Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden demands the ‘restoration of people’s rights’ in Kashmir; expresses his disapproval for CAA-NRC

Jinit Jain -
Joe Biden categorises Kashmir and Assam in India with the forced detention of over a million Uyghur Muslims in China
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News Reports

T- Series director Divya Khosla dismisses allegations by Sonu Nigam, accuses him of encouraging extortion and blackmail

OpIndia Staff -
Divya Khosla claimed that Sonu Nigam used to sing for ₹5 in Delhi's Ramlila when he was spotted by T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar
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News Reports

Australian Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane raided by security agencies for his links with China, suspended from the party

OpIndia Staff -
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed that raids has been conducted at the residence of the Labor MP. "This activity does not relate to any specific threat to the community," ASIO said.
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News Reports

Mangaluru: BJP corporator Manohar Shetty enters a manhole to clean it himself, images go viral

OpIndia Staff -
When local sanitation workers and city corporation vehicle operator refused to do the job, citing dangers, the BJP MP reportedly entered the manhole himself to have it cleaned.
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OpIndia Explains

Not just PMNRF, 7 ministries and govt depts, including MHA and 11 PSUs ‘donated’ to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation from 2005 to 2013

OpIndia Staff -
If impropriety of allocating PMNRF funds to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was not enough, multiple govt departments, ministries and PSUs 'donated' to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation between 2005 and 2013
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News Reports

Manmohan Singh tried to allocate Rs 100 crores to Rajiv Gandhi Foundation in the Union Budget when he was Finance Minister

OpIndia Staff -
The archived records of the Indian parliament's discussion of the Union Budget in 1991-92 shows a section when, after the then Finance Minister Manmohan Singh allocated a sum of Rs 100 crores to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, there was a huge uproar from the opposition leaders.
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News Reports

‘She can gift the PM her bangles and a lot of other things’: Congress MLA’s offensive, misogynist remarks against Smriti Irani

OpIndia Staff -
Shashank Bhargava reportedly made the comment during a cycle rally organised by the Congress, against the fuel price hike.
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OpIndia Explains

Rajiv Gandhi Foundation received ‘donation’ from the PMNRF not once but thrice: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
As disclosed in the Annual Reports, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation received donations from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) not once but multiple times.
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News Reports

The United States to move troops from Europe to counter the Chinese threat to India and Southeast Asia

OpIndia Staff -
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the increasing Chinese aggression in the region was one of the main reasons why they decided to move the troops closer to India and Southeast Asia.
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News Reports

Hindustan Unilever to drop words like ‘whitening’, ‘lightening’ and ‘fairness’ from skincare products

OpIndia Staff -
Hindustan Unilever Limited has announced that they will refrain from using words like fair/fairness, White/whitening and light/lightening.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh Child Rights Panel issues notice to Priyanka Gandhi for “misleading” comment on Kanpur shelter home

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh Child Rights Panel sends notice to Priyanka Gandhi for her Facebook comment, says she has hurt the honour of girls
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News Reports

Childs Right body asks Congress leader Jitu Patwari to apologise or face legal action for misogynistic tweet against girl child

OpIndia Staff -
NCPCR issues notice to Congress leader Jitu Patwari for comparing girl child with failure, asks him to apologise or face action
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News Reports

Haryana: Shringi Rishi Asharam’s mahant Rambhaj Das murdered, case registered against 3 persons named by the saint before death

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu saint named Mahant Rambhaj Das was murdered on Wednesday night in Haryana by three persons, case registered
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News Reports

‘Shaheed kar diya’: Imran Khan refers to terrorist Osama Bin Laden as martyr while speaking in Pakistan parliament

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan OM Imran Khan said in parliament that USA had martyred Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan
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News Reports

16-year-old TikTok celebrity Siya Kakkar dies by suicide, family demands detailed police investigation

OpIndia Staff -
The news of the suicide of TikTok star Siya Kakkar comes days after actor Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide
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News Reports

Alwar: Man found dead after he refused to withdraw case against Aneesh Khan and others for raping his minor daughter

OpIndia Staff -
One Aneesh Khan raped the minor Hindu girl in Alwar and when his father refused to withdraw the case, he was found dead
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Opinions

“Somebody had to do it, then why not me”, account of a ‘liquidator of Corona’ participating in Coronavirus screening conducted by RSS and ABVP

Eshaan Ganpule -
ABVP leader narrates his experience as 'liquidator of Corona' in conducting Coronavirus screening organised by RSS and ABVP
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Azam Khan’s media advisor arrested, two stolen buffaloes and gold ornaments recovered from his farmhouse

OpIndia Staff -
The Rampur police have raided Fasahat Khan's farmhouse in Koyala village and have recovered stolen gold ornaments and buffaloes.
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News Reports

Pakistan aviation minister says more than 30% civilian pilots in Pakistan have fake licences, PIA to fire 150 pilots for cheating to get licences

OpIndia Staff -
PIA plane crash report says that 262 out of 860 civilian pilots in Pakistan are having fake licences as they got others to write their exams
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Opinions

Free Tibet would mean richer, safer India: How Chinese occupation of Tibet has impacted India’s safety and has cost billions of dollars every year

Tsewang Rigzin -
"Beijing got what it wanted: the omission of Demchok pass in the Treaty, (leaving the door of Aksai Chin open), the removal of the last Indian representatives and jawans from Tibet, the surrender of Indian telegraphic lines and guest houses, but first and foremost, the Indian stamp of approval on their occupation of Tibet,"
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Opinions

China has an asymmetric advantage over India that lies within India, not at the border front

Guest Author -
China can get away with unimaginable acts like not owning up loss of lives of its own soldiers. which India can't do
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OpIndia Scoops

Sonia Gandhi headed Rajiv Gandhi Foundation took well over Rs 1 crore from Govt of China in 3 years, launched ‘project’ endorsing FTA

OpIndia Staff -
From the year 2005 to the year 208 at least, Sonia Gandhi headed Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was involved in taking money from the Government of China
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News Reports

Bhopal: FIR filed against Congress leader Digvijay Singh for holding bicycle rally against fuel price hike without prior approval

OpIndia Staff -
Bhopal police files FIR against Digvijay Singh for holding cycle rally against fuel price hike without prior approval
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News Reports

Coronavirus effect: CBSE and ICSE boards cancel their exams for the remaining papers of class 10 and 12

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday, the Maharashtra government had told the Bombay High Court that the Indian School Certificate Examination (ICSE) board cannot be permitted to conduct its pending standard 10 and 12 exams in July in view of the current COVID-19 situation.
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Politics

Sonia Gandhi’s statement to Xinhua News Agency in 2011 confirms Congress’ pact signed with China

Guest Author -
In an interview to China's Xinhua News Agency, Sonia had mentioned the 2008 MoU Congress had signed with the CCP and had emphasised on the increased coordination between young leaders of both parties.
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News Reports

When Chinese propaganda video passed off scenes from Top Gun as their military exercise video

OpIndia Staff -
In 2011 the Chinese Armed Forces had tried to pass off clips of Hollywood movie Top as footage of PLA Air Force training exercise
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News Reports

1962 India-China war was lost due to Nehru, we didn’t even have woollen clothes: Watch viral video of war-hero Air Marshal Denzil Keelor (Retd)

OpIndia Staff -
In the video posted by WildFilms India in 2015, Air Marshal Denzil Keelor (Retd.) can be heard speaking about the 1962 India-China war and states that India lost the war to China because of Jawaharlal Nehru’s failure. He said how Nehru relied on diplomacy and ignored the armed forces, because of which India lost.
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News Reports

Locals of China Mukku in Kerala seek to change the name of their place after Galwan valley clash

OpIndia Staff -
Panchayat in China Mukku in Kerala is panning to move a resolution to change the name of the place after the clash with China along the LAC
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Opinions

Coronavirus: Why are Indian babas judged differently from Teresa’s miracle cures?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Science is amazing, but this works only as long as we apply the standard equally to everyone
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Crime

Bengal: TMC leader’s husband accused of molestation and pushing a girl’s mother to death, party slanders victim’s character

OpIndia Staff -
Kush Bera's wife, who is a TMC panchayat member defended her husband and accused the woman of trying to frame him up.
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News Reports

Sonia Gandhi headed Rajiv Gandhi Foundation had received Rs 10 lakh as ‘donation’ from China in 2006: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
It is pertinent to note that it is none other than Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who heads the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Along with Sonia Gandhi, Gandhi-scion Rahul Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram and Priyanka Gandhi are also the trustees of the foundation.
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News Reports

73 years after the Islamic State of Pakistan was born, Islamabad to get its first Hindu temple and crematorium

OpIndia Staff -
The Islamabad Hindu Panchayat has recently performed the ground breaking ceremony at the proposed site.
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News Reports

UP government demolishes illegal dental college building owned by SP leader Iqbal Ali

OpIndia Staff -
Illegal building built on government land for dental college of SP leader Iqbal Ali demolished by Yogi Adityanath govt in UP
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Opinions

Xitler is not just a wordplay, here are some things common between Hitler and Xi Jinping

Santanu Chakraborty -
There are several common things between Hitler and Chinese premier Xi Jinping as both have concentrated power in themselves
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News Reports

Nepali Congress passes resolution in parliament urging the government to reclaim land illegally encroached by China

OpIndia Staff -
Nepal's main opposition party Nepali Congress passed a resolution urging government to take back land encroached by China.
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News Reports

Two more Jamia students questioned by Delhi Police over their roles in anti-CAA violence and anti-Hindu riots

OpIndia Staff -
The controversial Jamia Millia Unversity has been at the forefront of the anti-CAA protests and was also the epicentre of the large scale violence in the national capital.
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News Reports

T-Series faces backlash after uploading Atif Aslam’s song on YouTube, apologises and promises not to promote Pakistanis in future

OpIndia Staff -
T-Series removes song by Atif Aslam from YouTube after receiving backlash from netizens.
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News Reports

Congress leader Jitu Patwari equates the birth of girl child to misfortune in his tweet, outrage over misogynist remarks

OpIndia Staff -
Patwari had tweeted saying that in the hope of a son named Vikas, the BJP has already given birth to 5 daughters bringing miseries for the people.
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Politics

Rahul Gandhi’s outburst at CWC meet may have been scripted, per reports: Here is what happened and the possible reasons

OpIndia Staff -
Congress held a CWC meeting where it was reported that a huge drama had unfolded with Rahul Gandhi throwing aa fit at his party leaders
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News Reports

Las Vegas hotel issues apology and decides to remove Lord Mahavira statue after complaints of disrespect and hurting religious sentiments

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday, netizens took to Twitter to share images of the Buzzy cocktail lounge Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas to express their disappointment over the disrespect shown towards the Lord Mahavira, the founder of Jainism, by the owners of Foundation Room at their hotel.
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News Reports

Manmohan govt was under pressure to compromise on Siachen, wanted to call it ‘Mountain of Peace’ by letting the Pakistanis have it: Former COAS...

OpIndia Staff -
Former COAS JJ Singh has revealed that the then UPA government under Manmohan Singh was considering allowing Pakistan access to the Siachen glacier and call it a 'Mountain of peace'.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Congress govt re-launches scheme with Hindu Goddess ‘Anapurna’ replaced with Indira Gandhi in its name

OpIndia Staff -
Congress govt in Rajasthan relaunches Annapurna Rasoi Yojana launched by BJP govt as Indira Rasoi Yojana to provide food to poor
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News Reports

US Secretary of State lists Jio as a “Clean Telco” for not using Chinese tech, something Mukesh Ambani had told Trump in February

OpIndia Staff -
Mike Pompeo said that tide is turning toward trusted 5G vendors and away from Huawei as Clean Telcos like Jio not using Chinese Tech
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News Reports

India-China standoff: Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu taunts China, refers to LAC as ‘Indo-Tibet border’

OpIndia Staff -
Days after the Galwan Valley standoff, India Arunachal Pradesh CM makes a statement by referring to the border as India-Tibet border.
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News Reports

Pakistan continues to remain safe harbour for terrorists; took “modest steps” to curb terror financing: US Dept’s Country Reports on Terrorism 2019

OpIndia Staff -
The report said that Pakistan did not take actions against JeM found and UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar and 2008 Mumbai attack ''project manager'' Sajid Mir, both of whom continue to roam free in Pakistan
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