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BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hospitalised in Gurgaon after displaying Coronavirus like symptoms

OpIndia Staff -
BJP National spokesperson Sambit Patra has been reportedly admitted to a Gurgaon hospital after displaying Coronavirus like symptoms.
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Media

Rana Ayyub shares Hindustan Times report to claim a child’s death in Bihar was due to ‘starvation’, gets fact-checked by Indian Railways

OpIndia Staff -
Hindustan Times had published an article dated May 27, 2020, titled: "Migrants’ kid dies as father hunts for milk at railway station", claiming that a four-and-a-half-year-old son of migrants from Bihar based in Delhi died of hunger at the railway station on arrival by a ‘Shramik Special’ train.
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Opinions

Here is how media’s war on Yogi Adityanath became a headache for Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee -
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is angry. There are dozens of trains full of migrant workers heading from Maharashtra towards West Bengal.
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News Reports

US lawmaker introduces a bill in Congress to declare Tibet as an independent country

OpIndia Staff -
In a decision which could escalate tensions between two countries, the US Representative Scott Perry introduced a bill to declare Tibet Autonomous Region as an independent country.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand forest department to file police case against those spreading fake photos of wildfire, Chief Conservator says such fires don’t occur in the state

OpIndia Staff -
Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Jai Raj has clarified that such forest fire where the entire tree is burning does not happen in Uttarakhand
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Politics

Congress stoops to new low, makes perverse claim about PM Modi using old photograph of PM with Madame Tussauds’ female employee

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party used a photograph of Narendra Modi in which measurements were being taken for his statue at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
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News Reports

Crematoriums in Delhi sending back bodies of Coronavirus victims to hospitals due to high number of bodies and broken down furnaces

OpIndia Staff -
The Nigambodh Ghat CNG crematorium in Delhi sent eight bodies back to the Lok Nayak hospital on Tuesday
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News Reports

Amidst pandemic and untold suffering, the circle of life continues: 31 births in Shramik trains amidst Lockdown

Nupur J Sharma -
Lakhs of migrant labourers have been transported back to their home states in special Shramik Trains that have been started by the Government of India.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Contempt proceedings against YSRCP MP, 48 others for threatening judges over verdicts ‘against’ Jagan Mohan govt

OpIndia Staff -
A division bench of the AP High Court comprising of Chief Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice C Praveen Kumar issued orders to the state government to issue notices to all the individuals, including eight who are yet to be identified.
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News Reports

Major terror attack averted in Pulwama after police received credible information of explosive-laden car

OpIndia Staff -
The Pulwama Police and security forces have averted a major terrorist attack after an explosive-laden car was apprehended.
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News Reports

LAC standoff: Chinese ambassador, foreign ministry insist on ‘dialogues’, experts say de-escalation has begun

OpIndia Staff -
The aggressive posturing by India in response to Chinese decision to intimidate the country along the LAC, perhaps, made Chinese to seek for a de-escalation of matter.
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News Reports

Mumbai: BJP MLA files petition in HC, questions the constitutional validity of Uddhav government’s gag order on citizens

OpIndia Staff -
The 23c May order also indirectly bans all criticism of the Maharashtra government led by Uddhhav Thackeray as one of the clauses in the prohibitory order says that messages that incite “mistrust towards government functionaries and their actions taken to control Covid-19” will also be acted against.
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News Reports

Pakistan rants, issues statement ‘condemning’ the commencement of construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya

OpIndia Staff -
In the statement issued by Pakistan, the commencement of the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya was 'condemned'
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News Reports

SC asks central govt to identify private hospitals which were given free land, directs those hospitals to treat Coronavirus patients for free

OpIndia Staff -
The Bench headed by CJI SA Bobde observed that the hospitals that were given free lands should treat Coronavirus patients for free
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News Reports

Maharashtra forest department mulls sterilizing tigers in Chandrapur district to control population: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The forest department in Maharashtra plans to sterilise 20 male tigers, apart from trans-locating 50 other tigers
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News Reports

Visakhapatnam doctor who was suspended for demanding PPE kits writes to medical superintendent, claims he is being given antipsychotics at the mental hospital

OpIndia Staff -
The videos of a police constable kicking and flooring the bare-chested Visakhapatnam doctor had gone viral on social media
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News Reports

US President Donald Trump threatens “big action” against Twitter after his tweets were labelled as ‘misleading’

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter had marked Donald Trump's tweets about mail-in ballot box with a fact-check warning label which read “Get the facts about mail-in ballots”
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News Reports

Old photos of wildfires all over the world used to falsely claim severe wildfire in Uttarakhand, police to file FIR against fake news peddlers

OpIndia Staff -
Images shared on social media sites soon drew traction and many media houses reported that Uttarakhand has been burning in a forest fire for the last four days
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News Reports

Christian group files complaint against Bharat Mata statue in Kanyakumari, advocate counters, sends notice to DC warning legal action if statue removed

OpIndia Staff -
All India Christian Development Army files complaint against Bharat Mata statue in Kanyakumari alleging disruption of communal harmony
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Mob pelt stone at police and free cow slaughter accused Afzal who was arrested, three policemen injured

OpIndia Staff -
As police officials arrested Afzal, a frenzied mob attacked the policemen and pelted stones at them, they also freed Afzal.
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News Reports

Karnataka govt decides to name newly built Yelahanka flyover after Veer Savarkar, opposition parties oppose the decision

OpIndia Staff -
The 400-metre long flyover will be inaugurated by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday, on the day of Veer Savarkar's birthday.
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News Reports

Union government amends Companies Act, PM CARES Fund now eligible to receive funds through CSR

OpIndia Staff -
The companies which have contributed in PMCARES till now will also be counted as a Corporate Social Responsibilty.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Journalist Rana Ayyub lies, shares a video on Instagram to claim a passenger on-board Shramik train had died of hunger

OpIndia Staff -
The Railways sources have clarified that the woman was suffering from a prolonged illness
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh govt to provide employment opportunities to 2.16 lakh migrants and unemployed youths

OpIndia Staff -
The Khadi board has outined 12 plans and programs and a target has been set up to provide employment to 1,45,528 people.
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh: Mahila Congress leader Suman Chaudhary and others booked for trying to stop cremation of a Coronavirus patient

OpIndia Staff -
The Mahila Congress Leader obstructed the way of ambulance to cremation ground with her supporters.
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News Reports

1100-year-old monolithic sandstone Shivling unearthed in Vietnam’s Cham temple complex in My Son Sanctuary

OpIndia Staff -
The 9th-century fully intact Shivling is part of a complex of Hindu temples which were constructed by the Champa Empire between 4th century CE and 13th century CE.
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News Reports

Nepal PM faces setback as his proposed constitutional amendment to adopt new map incorporating Indian territories delayed by political parties

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier this month, Nepal PM KP Oli's cabinet had approved a new map, showing Indian areas of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani as parts of Nepal
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Media

‘We are shocked at the brazen and desperate strong-arm tactics of the State Home Minister’, Republic TV accuses Maharashtra govt of vendetta

OpIndia Staff -
The Republic TV also accused the Maharashtra government of re-opening cases against the media houses for after it exposed fake claims made by the Maharashtra government regarding the unavailability of trains.
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News Reports

US President Trump offers to mediate between India and China in border standoff

OpIndia Staff -
Trump says USA is "ready, willing and able to mediate or arbitrate India and China's now raging border dispute".
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News Reports

Opposition parties choose politics over human life, states run by them have approved far less Shramik Special Trains compared to NDA run states

OpIndia Staff -
Compared to NDA run states, opposition run states have given approval for a very small number of Shramik Special Trains
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News Reports

Kent RO apologises, takes down ad after it received backlash for insensitive advertisement portraying domestic helps as infection carriers

OpIndia Staff -
Kent RO Systems was found promoting its new Bread and Atta maker machine with an insensitive ad campaign that insinuated that domestic helps are infection carriers.
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Editor's picks

Ancient Roman mosaic of a villa unearthed at a Vineyard in Northern Italy

OpIndia Staff -
The surveyors in the commune of Negrar di Valpolicella, which is in the north of Verona, have unearthed mosaic floor recently and also published images of the well-preserved tiles buried beneath the earth.
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Media Fact-Check

India Today report claims ‘exclusive’ details of Lockdown 5.0, MHA calls it speculations, denies quoted ‘sources’

OpIndia Staff -
The MHA tweet added that attributing imaginary statements to the MHA is incorrect and irresponsible.
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News Reports

Radical Islamists attack journalist Rubika Liyaquat for wishing Eid wearing yellow dress, trolls her by calling her “Godi media”

OpIndia Staff -
Rubika Liyaqaut donning a yellow dress irked the Islamic fundamentalists, who descended on her timeline to abuse the journalist
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Sadhu accused of rape commits suicide, declares himself innocent and a victim of blackmail in video message

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, Sant Premadas declares himself innocent and accuses the couple, a member of women's commission and others of blackmailing him for an amount of Rs 15 lakhs.
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Politics

How Congress is insulting voters of Maharashtra

Abhishek Banerjee -
As with many other things, Rahul Gandhi needs a lesson in basic civics. In this case, it happens to be the principle of collective responsibility.
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News Reports

Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana claims lockdown restrictions in minority-dominated Mumbra were eased on account of Eid festivities

OpIndia Staff -
The Saamana editorial claims that the Maharashtra government pampered minorities and eased restrictions in Mumbra owing to the Eid celebrations
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News Reports

Brother-in-law of Blasphemy victim Asia Bibi killed in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
Younus, brother in law of Asia Bibi, was murdered with his throat slit, whose body was found in the farm on Monday morning.
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Books

Nightmare of Nehruism – a ‘tribute’ to Jawahar Lal Nehru by Sita Ram Goel

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Excerpts from the book "How I became a Hindu" by Sita Ram Goel in which he talks about how he felt about independent India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Nehruism.
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Social Media

‘Yeh bhaiya bataiye ki vaccine kab aayegi’, Rahul Gandhi’s question to public health expert triggers another joke fest on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter users speculated whether Rahul Gandhi was asking for vegetable or grocery items to a local vendor.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Rift within TMC over Cyclone Amphan response, senior Minister blames Kolkata Mayor for lack of planning to deal the disaster

OpIndia Staff -
Asking for the resignation, Pandey said anybody who fails to perform should resign from his post. "The chairman of KMC did not call any meeting of the MLAs of the city. Firhad Hakim should have consulted his predecessor Sovan Chatterjee," he alleged.
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News Reports

China says its step to evacuate citizens from India is not linked to border standoff, terms Indian media ‘irresponsible’

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese government mouthpiece Global Times says linking the evacuation of citizens to the border standoff at Ladakh will lead to 'domestic hostility' towards China, calls media reports 'far-fetched and misguided'.
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Media

Railways calls out misinformation again, 3 new cases of prior ailments misreported as deaths due to negligence

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday, May 27, 2020, Jagran published a news claiming that four people died on Shramik Express due to negligence.
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News Reports

Maharashtra mess: Rahul Gandhi shares a video clip of press conference, edits the controversial part out and claims there is no controversy

OpIndia Staff -
Though Rahul Gandhi telling blatant lies is quite usual, Rahul Gandhi denying the statements made in his own press conference is rather amusing.
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Entertainment

Paatal Lok changes the morphed image with BJP leader where he is shown next to corrupt character after he files a complaint against Anushka...

OpIndia Staff -
Days after BJP MLA Nandkishore Gurjar filed a complaint against Amazon Prime series Paatal Lok producer Anushka Sharma for using a morphed image of himself without his permission, the producers have changed the image.
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Social Media

Donald Trump hits out on Twitter, accuses it of interfering in presidential elections after it labels his tweet as ‘misleading’

OpIndia Staff -
Hours after Twitter flagged tweet of US President Donald Trump as 'misleading', he hit out on the platform and accused it of interfering in US Presidential elections slated for later this year.
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News Reports

Activist writes to the health ministry and AIIMS Delhi asking to probe blood donation by Bhim Army chief who suffers from a serious blood...

OpIndia Staff -
In the letter, the activist has urged the authorities to probe whether Chandrashekhar Azad and his doctor hid his medical condition from AIIMS before donating blood
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News Reports

The UK: Man and son have a lucky escape after a turtle they found on the ground turn out to be live grenade from...

OpIndia Staff -
Man grabs his son moments before he was about to pick up a live World War 1 grenade thinking it to be a turtle on the ground
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Salon operator resumes work after giving samples for Coronavirus test, attended 18 customers before confirmed positive

OpIndia Staff -
Hairdresser found coronavirus positive when his report came late at night, after he had attended 18 customers in his saloon during the day
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News Reports

Maharashtra government goes all out against Republic TV, orders CID probe against Arnab Goswami and his channel in a two-year-old suicide case

OpIndia Staff -
CID investigation ordered against Arnab Goswami by Maharashtra Home Minister in a case which was already closed by court
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