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Meet Corona Yoddha Prerna Dawar: Working for the real medical heroes on the front lines in the battle against the coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Taking to Twitter on April 1, Prerna Dawar shared a 24*7 helpline number where doctors and other medical workers in need of hygiene kits and N-95 masks could contact and seek help.
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News Reports

Those who killed the Sikhs are still alive: BJP’s Tajinder Bagga on why it is necessary to speak up on Rajiv Gandhi and 1984...

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday, Bagga took to Twitter to share an old video clip where former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appears to be justifying the murder of thousands of Sikhs by stating that when a big tree falls, the earth shakes.
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News Reports

Cyclone Amphan: Protest against West Bengal government continues as relief work languishes, deployment of Indian Army requested

OpIndia Staff -
Even after 5 days since the cyclone Amphan made a landfall with West Bengal, basic services such as water, sanitation and power are yet to restore in several areas, including neighbourhoods in Kolkata
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Social Media

Old theatrics, new special effects: Is Alka Lamba preparing for an entry into Bigg Boss house?

Sanghamitra -
Alka Lamba is wearing a delicate shade of pink, the video is professionally shot and edited, with key scenes repeated thrice as they do in serials when the gareeb Bahu shatters the fancy tea set and the rich Sasural reacts like they have lost all their wealth.
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News Reports

As Maharashtra coronavirus cases cross the 50,000 mark, Aaditya Thackeray’s biggest concern is ‘hate on social media’

OpIndia Staff -
On being asked by journalist Nidhi Razdan about the most worrying aspect of the Coronavirus outbreak in Maharashtra, Aaditya Thackeray replied, "It's a feeling of little sadness that there are people who are also trying to spread hate, fear, and division on social media."
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News Reports

Trains have been going back empty because of Uddhav Thackeray government’s failure to provide details of migrants: Piyush Goyal

OpIndia Staff -
Goyal stated that train journeys have to be planned and the ministry does not want that after all the preparations and planning, the trains only idle on respective stations and are eventually cancelled as it had happened before.
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh Congress leader files FIR against BJP leader Tajinder Bagga for ‘insulting remarks’ against Rajiv Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
The FIR was filed against Tajinder Bagga by one Pankaj Wadhwani, the President of Youth Congress in Kanker.
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Politics

No state can take manpower from UP without permission: State Govt to try create employment opportunities for migrants within the state

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath further added that a 'Migration Commission' will be set up so that those migrants who have come back home in Uttar Pradesh could be facilitated in providing employment opportunities.
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News Reports

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan tests positive for Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra PWD Minister and former CM Ashok Chavan is reported to have tested coronavirus positive.
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News Reports

Hockey legend and three-time Olympic gold-medal winner Balbir Singh Sr passes away at 95

OpIndia Staff -
Hockey legend Balbir Singh Dosanjh aka Balbir Singh Sr died at the age of 95 years in Chandigarh after battling pulmonary illness since past two years.
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News Reports

Pinjra Tod activists sent on two day police custody after Delhi Police rearrests the duo in anti-Hindu Delhi riots case

OpIndia Staff -
Two women activists with the far-left group Pinjra Tod who were granted bail on Sunday night were arrested again by Delhi Police within hours and sent on two day police custody.
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News Reports

Railway Minister refutes ‘insufficient train’ claim of Maharashtra, says state govt not providing passenger details, already 65 trains cancelled due to non-cooperation

OpIndia Staff -
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal exposes Maharashtra govt by asking for details of 125 trains for tomorrow within an hour on Twitter
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News Reports

Notorious criminal Mohammed Israel, absconding for 10 months, nabbed by Delhi Police

OpIndia Staff -
Mohammed Israel is a member of a biker gang and was planning for an armed robbery in the Delhi-NCR region
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News Reports

Punjab: Journalist thrashed by policemen on duty for video recording a fight, two police officials suspended

OpIndia Staff -
Two policemen of Punjab police took journalist Major Singh and others to the police station and thrashed them badly
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News Reports

Political storm brews over the suicide of Rajasthan cop alleging pressure, colleagues blame athlete turned Congress MLA Krishna Poonia

OpIndia Staff -
Vishnu Dutt Vishnoi’s colleagues have also confirmed that they were under pressure from Congress MLA Krishna Poonia
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News Reports

Heads I win, Tails you lose: Uddhav Thackeray and his Govt sound clueless with contradictory statements on Coronavirus lockdown and travel

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra, led by Uddhav Thackeray, which has survived so far on PR stunts and media control seems to be spiralling out of control with the rampant Coronavirus pandemic taking over
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News Reports

“Eunuchs”, “stupids”: Abdul Rahman Ilyas who claims to have worked with Andhra Pradesh govt abuses Hindus, celebrates their hounding in Islamic countries

OpIndia Staff -
The AP govt adviser expressed happiness over countries joining to call out the alleged anti-Muslim mindset of Hindus living in their countries.
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News Reports

Coronavirus deaths being covered up in Delhi? Municipality records show three times deaths compared to official numbers, say MCD leaders

OpIndia Staff -
Leaders in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have reportedly accused the Arvind Kejriwal-led-Delhi Government of a 'massive discrepancy' in the number of official Coronavirus deaths and the actual data of such deaths
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News Reports

Assam: Vegetable vendor Sanatan Deka beaten to death by Faizul Ali and four others over a minor incident in Hajo

OpIndia Staff -
The gruesome murder happened in Manahkuchi near Hajo in Assam, where Sanatan Deka was fatally assaulted by Faizul Ali and his friends.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: After Palghar lynching, two Sadhus brutally killed inside ashram in Nanded

OpIndia Staff -
The bodies of the Sadhus were found in their ashram in Maharashtra's Nanded late on Saturday night
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News Reports

Hindu Basti razed to the ground in Punjab province of Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
The demolition exercise in Bahawalpur in Pakistan was carried out under the watch of the Housing Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema.
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Social Media

Shashi Tharoor dons ‘Thawb’ and turns Arabic to wish Eid

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor 'Arabized' himself by posting an image of himself wearing 'Thawb'. He posted the image on the micro-blogging site Twitter on the occasion of Eid.
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News Reports

As Muslims trend #EidMubarak1441H to wish Eid, here is what 1441H means according to the Islamic calendar

OpIndia Staff -
Not just Shashi Tharoor, many people posting Eid greetings on Twitter used the term 1441H, and some people were seen asking what does this mean.
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Government and Policy

No more ‘J-K Police’ in Ladakh as Union Territory gets its own ‘Ladakh Police’ force, gets new symbols and insignia

OpIndia Staff -
The earlier usage nomenclature and insignias of 'Jammu and Kashmir' police, will henceforth be discarded in Ladakh.
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News Reports

UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs funding Palestinian Jihadists under the garb of Coronavirus aid: Report

OpIndia Staff -
NGO Monitor noted that the United Nations (UN) had resorted to 'anti-Israel advocacy' instead of contributing to the humanitarian crisis.
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News Reports

“They want to show lesser Coronavirus cases”, alleges doctors after BMC issues show-cause notice to a Mumbai doctor for recommending COVID-19 test

OpIndia Staff -
BMC had threatened to cancel the doctor's licence, in case he failed to respond to the contentious notice within 24 hours.
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News Reports

Telangana: Case registered against AIMIM MLA for abusing Dalit women, similar case filed against TRS MLA for attacking a local Dalit leader

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Shruthi alleged that Balala abused her in the name of her caste when when she had visited the house a victim Dalit girl.
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Media Fact-Check

NDTV cites ‘sources’ to claim Indian Jawans were detained and then released by China, Indian Army categorically rejects

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Army has said no troops patrolling the border have been detained by the Chinese troops. "This is not true," stated an officer speaking to ANI.
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Media Fact-Check

Here is the truth about the fake TIME magazine cover page shared by Ravish Kumar and subsequently deleted

OpIndia Staff -
His legendary capacity to peddle fake news was once again exposed when Ravish Kumar shared a fake TIME magazine cover in a bid to malign PM Modi.
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Crime

Gujarat: Illegal slaughterhouse behind Rani Roopmati mosque raided in Shahpur, 12 smugglers arrested, cattle rescued

OpIndia Staff -
The illegal slaughterhouse that was raided by the police was located behind Rani Roopmati Mosque in Ahmedabad.
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Government and Policy

UP: Yogi Adityanath allows demolition of over 100 shops inside Gorakhnath temple for road widening, orders alternate shops be given to those affected

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath, who is also the Mahant of Gorakhnath temple in Gorakhpur has allowed authorities to demolish a part of the temple boundary to necessitate road-widening work
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Crime

Maharashtra ATS nabs one Kamran Amin Khan for threatening to kill Yogi Adityanath ‘with a bomb’: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Kamran who had issues death threat to Yogi Adityanath would be produced before a court on Sunday and would be handed over to the Uttar Pradesh STF.
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News Reports

Pinjra Tod ‘activist’ arrested for inciting Delhi riots was a columnist with The Wire and Newslaundry

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi police arrested two women, Natasha Narwal, who was also a columnist with The Wire and Devangna Kalita for inciting the anti-Hindu Delhi riots
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News Reports

World War-II veteran, Indian Army’s oldest artilleryman Major Gurdial Singh Jallanwalia passes away

OpIndia Staff -
Major Gurdial Singh Jallanwalia was a pioneer in developing surveillance and target acquisition in Indian Artillery after India's independence
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News Reports

Two women activists of Far-left group ‘Pinjra Tod’ arrested in North-East Delhi riots case

OpIndia Staff -
It was found that on February 22 Pinjra Tod members had mobilised local residents for protesting against the CAA
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News Reports

‘Eid has the potential of becoming a super-spreader of Coronavirus’: South-African Muslim body urges Muslims to avoid Eid ceremonies and prayers

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim Judicial Council of South Africa urged Muslims to avoid gatherings and ceremonies on Eid as it can become Coronavirus super-spreader
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News Reports

“I am fully hopeful that we will restart international flights before August or September”, says Civil Aviation Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Hardeep Singh Puri said that international flights will resume by August or September, or even before depending in situation
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News Reports

FIR filed against Daati Maharaj for offering prayers at Delhi temple during the lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The FIR has been filed under Sections 188, 34 and relevant sections of Disaster management act and epidemic diseases act.
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News Reports

Artisans from West Bengal borrowed money and pledged family jewellery to return from Kota as administration refused to help

OpIndia Staff -
The 200 artisans with their family collectively booked 7 buses using the money the borrowed and left for their homes.
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Government and Policy

Delhi recruitment advertisement controversy: Senior officer of Directorate of Civil Defence suspended for incorrectly referring to Sikkim as an independent country

OpIndia Staff -
The LG added that there is no tolerance for such gross misconduct and directives have been issued to withdraw the advertisement.
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News Reports

One Mohammad Ajruddin arrested for impersonating army officers to cheat victims on Olx

OpIndia Staff -
The accused Mohammad Ajruddin and his gang had created various fake IDs of the army and paramilitary personnel on e-commerce platforms to lure victims on OLX.
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News Reports

Italian resistance song ‘Bella Ciao’ played from Turkey’s mosques ahead of Ramzan, probe ordered

OpIndia Staff -
the Italian resistance song "Bella Ciao" was broadcast from several mosque minarets in Turkey’s western province of İzmir on May 20
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News Reports

Mumbai coronavirus outbreak: 3rd doctor dies of COVID-19, wife claims it took 5 hours to get a bed for her sick husband

OpIndia Staff -
As per the account of the wife of the deceased doctor, the couple struggled from 3-8 PM to get him admitted
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News Reports

Chickens at poultry farm in Kerala lay eggs with green yolk, KVASU launches study

OpIndia Staff -
Ak Shihabudheen is a native of Othukkungal in Malappuram. About nine months back, a chicken, who was little smaller than the other chicken, laid an egg with green yolk.
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News Reports

United States blacklists dozens of Chinese entities on the allegations of human right violations and military offences

OpIndia Staff -
US said that organizations which are blacklisted represent a significant risk of supporting the procurement of items for military end-use in China.
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Opinions

23 May 2019 – more than just a counting day – when one won over innermost fears

Rahul Roushan -
It was not just Modi returning to power with a bigger mandate, it was a day when the ghosts of 2004 were buried.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Complaint filed against quarantined members of the Muslim community in Mau for threatening and misbehaving with ASHA workers

OpIndia Staff -
The quarantine members reportedly threatened ASHA workers with death when the latter advised them to follow lockdown and quarantine guidelines
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News Reports

Sikkim govt asks Delhi govt to remove the offensive ad where it stated Sikkim as an independent country

OpIndia Staff -
Sikkim Government has asked Delhi government to remove the offensive advertisement for recruiting civil defence volunteers where Sikkim was mentioned as a separate country along with Bhutan and Nepal.
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Opinions

People like Rajdeep Sardesai – you are English media, not National media, stop blowing up your ego so much

S. Sudhir Kumar -
People like Rajdeep Sardesai continue to live under the distinct impression that they represent “national media”
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News Reports

Complaint filed against street vendors, shops in Bengaluru for putting up saffron flags

OpIndia Staff -
A lawyer named Maitreyi Krishnan has registered a complaint on May 18 against a Facebook post by 'Uttara Kannada Mandi' and claimed that the Facebook had allegedly put out photos of people putting up saffron flags.
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