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How The Hindu justified not publishing anything other than the Left agenda and chided a reader in the process

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Reader gets chided for asking the Readers' Editor to ensure that The Hindu publishes the opinions from all sides and not restrict itself to “left-leaning commentators”.
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News Reports

India section on Malala Fund’s website shows a cropped image of Indian map, excludes Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh from Indian territory

OpIndia Staff -
Malala Fund clearly violates the official rules by showing Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK) as the territory of Pakistan.
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News Reports

Provide arms and training to Hindus in the valley to protect themselves from terror, says former J-K Police chief SP Vaid

OpIndia Staff -
SP Vaid also added that weapons should be provided to the members of the community and arms training should be provided to minority Kashmiri Hindus to take protect themselves from the terror attacks.
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News Reports

AIIMS reveals Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad and his doctor Harjit Bhatti did not reveal his blood disease before donating blood

OpIndia Staff -
AIIMS says Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad donated blood without revealing that he has polycythemia vera, a blood disease
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News Reports

Troubled media house NDTV loses another ‘star anchor’, Nidhi Razdan to quit the channel to join Harvard as Associate Professor

OpIndia Staff -
Nizdan Razdan announced that she is joining Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences as Associate Professor after 21 years of working at NDTV.
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Cricket

Former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi tests positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Former cricketer and captain of the Pakistani national team Shahid Afridi has tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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News Reports

77% new Coronavirus cases can be ascribed to hotspots in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
A study by Professor Shamika Ravi revealed that 77 per cent of the new coronavirus cases in the country can be attributed to the hotspots in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi
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Social Media Fact-Check

Truth about the ‘haunted’ park in Jhansi, UP, where people alleged ‘ghosts’ were exercising on a swing that moved on its own

OpIndia Staff -
Jhansi Police said that the grease ensures that the swing keeps moving for a short while after its movement has once been initiated.
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News Reports

Making sense of the tax on parota vs roti debate: Read what the GST authority’s ruling exactly says

OpIndia Staff -
The tax order saying parotas are not rotis is applicable only for packaged parotas, and not for regular parota available at restaurants
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News Reports

Whatsapp group formed on Feb 25th to retaliate against Muslim mobs during anti-Hindu Delhi riots, chargesheet filed

OpIndia Staff -
The role of one WhatsApp group has now come forward in the anti-CAA riots that took place in Delhi in the month of February.
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Opinions

The Wire raves and rants, accuses Modi govt of ‘Patriarchal Authoritarianism’ to shield arrested women anti-CAA hoodlums

Jinit Jain -
The Wire recently published an article in which corrective action against women anti-CAA protesters such as Safoora Zargar, Natasha Narwal, Gulfisha Fatima and others were defended by accusing the Modi government of espousing patriarchal authoritarianism
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News Reports

Hindu organisation challenges Place of Worship Act in Supreme Court, criticises Parliament for transgressing its legislative power

OpIndia Staff -
The petition argued that the Parliament had 'transgressed' its power of making laws by barring judicial remedy to reclaim temples.
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News Reports

Fresh cases of coronavirus reported from the Chinese capital city Beijing, markets, schools shut

OpIndia Staff -
Fresh cases of coronavirus have been reported from Chinese capital city Beijing this week
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News Reports

Former CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member from West Bengal booked 63 train tickets in January, used only 7

OpIndia Staff -
Former CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP from West Bengal asked for reimbursement of unused train tickets worth Rs.1,46,920 in January 2019 alone.
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News Reports

Maharashtra Coronavirus cases cross 1 lakh mark, Mumbai alone records 55,000 cases

OpIndia Staff -
While Total Coronavirus cases in India has crossed 3 lakh, cases in Maharashtra has crossed 1 lakh, with one-third share in the country
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Crime

Rituparna Pegu brutally murdered in Guwahati after argument over a seat, Hussain and 4 others arrested: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Rituparna Pegu slapped Hussain Ali who then called his family members, thrashed the victim and stabbed him from behind.
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Politics

‘Selfless comrade’: Kerala CM pays tribute to CPI(M) leader convicted in murder of party rebel who was stabbed 51 times

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala CM and CPI(M) leaders gave a farewell on the death of 72-year-old PK Kunjananthan, convicted ofl murder and sentenced to life imprisonment
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News Reports

Story of Lakshmi, the humble elephant of Manakula Vinayagar Temple in Puducherry: What PETA alleged, what devotees say

Anurag -
Puducherry temple elephant Lakshmi forcibly taken away after a complaint by PETA and animal rights activists, devotees allege conspiracy against Hindu temples
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News Reports

Scroll publishes misleading article claiming that Modi govt is actually charging extra for Shramik Special trains, here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
Scroll publishes misleading article on Shramik Special Trains claiming they are costly and they take more time than regular trains
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News Reports

Alka Lamba uses a 4-year-old stock image to claim temples were opened after lockdown to collection donations

OpIndia Staff -
Alka Lamba defamed Hindu temples by claiming that they were opened after the lockdown for the sole purpose of collecting donations
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News Reports

Statues of Churchill, Gandhi, Mandela in London covered in boxes ahead of BLM protests as protestors demand removal of statues of ‘racists’

OpIndia Staff -
Statues of prominent personalities in London covered after demand for removal of them grows from anti-racism BLM protesters
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News Reports

GST authority rules that packaged parotas are not rotis and they will attract 18% tax

OpIndia Staff -
GST authority says Patoras are not completely cooked before packing and consumer has to heat it, therefore they are not same as rotis & will be taxed 18%
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News Reports

Ajay Pandita’s family slams Congress leader Shashi Tharoor for politicising his killing

OpIndia Staff -
Ajay Pantida's family slammed Shashi Tharoor for saying that Ajay was killed because he was a Congress leader
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News Reports

‘You have a parallel information system in place’: RS Prasad takes a jibe at Rahul Gandhi citing Gandhi’s meetings with Chinese officials during Doklam...

OpIndia Staff -
Union minister RS Prasad slamed Rahul Gandhi for demanding that govt should disclose sensitive information on China border issue
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News Reports

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot alleges Rajya Sabha elections could have been done 2 months ago but BJP delayed it, BJP says he is doing...

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot accuses BJP of delaying the Rajya Sabha elections so that they can buy MLAs, BJP says he has become mentally unstable
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News Reports

Police demolish Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu following objections by Muslims: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Tamil Nadu police demolish a Hindu temple after Muslims in the area objected to renovation work done in the temple
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Opinions

Test positivity rate, deaths per million and ‘secular’ states: What the media won’t show you about coronavirus data in India

Abhishek Banerjee -
As for Gujarat, our intellectuals will need to find better reasons to criticize than words of some racist Brit from the last century.
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News Reports

Threat to kill CM Yogi Adityanath “with a bomb” along with blasts at 50 other places in Uttar Pradesh sent to police on WhatsApp,...

OpIndia Staff -
In a Whatsapp message sent to the social media cell of UP Police, a person threatened to kill CM Yogi Adityanath “with a bomb”
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News Reports

Swara Bhaskar says she abused a child ‘in her head’ but doesn’t seem to be sure if child was real or fictional

OpIndia Staff -
Swara Bhaskar implies that using abusive words for others is OK as long as the subject of such words don't hear it
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News Reports

Punjabi Singer singer Jazzy B glorifies Bhindranwale in his latest song, justifies Khalistan by saying Sikhs do not get respect in India

OpIndia Staff -
Punjabi singer Jazzy says that Sikhs deserve Khalishtan and supports keeping arms in his latest song
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Social Media

SJWs are not looking for solutions, but drama: Tweets by Swara Bhasker over the Daren Sammy episode prove it

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Bhaskar, however, was not pleased by the news report that Sammy is pleased after a conversation with a former teammate over the issue. She said that Sammy should not move on and he should seek an official apology from the SRH team.
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News Reports

‘U for Ugly’ row: West Bengal education dept suspends two teachers of govt-aided school following outrage over racist content in textbook

OpIndia Staff -
Two teachers suspended after a pre-primary textbook in West Bengal government aided school described dark-skinned people as “ugly”
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News Reports

Nepal police open fire near the border in Bihar’s Sitamarhi, one Indian farmer killed and four injured

OpIndia Staff -
One India farmer died after Nepal police open fire on Indians at Sonbarsa in Sitamarhi in Bihar near Indo-Nepal border, 4 others injured
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Crime

Dalit youth’s murder: Mobile thieves Md Mohsin, Adil and Salman had strangled Vivek to death after his bike collided with their vehicle

OpIndia Staff -
Vivek's body was found in a field in the Matiyala village on June 1. The accused have multiple cases of mobile theft and animal cruelty against him.
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News Reports

Welcome to CHAZ: ‘Protesters’ in USA establish autonomous zone in Seattle, demand abolition of police and courts, local ‘Warlord’ takes control

OpIndia Staff -
The objective of CHAZ was to establish some form of socialist utopia which epitomises social justice ethos.
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News Reports

Indian ‘liberals’ take USA-styled protest fantasies a notch higher, want the statue of Manu in Rajasthan HC to be brought down like that of...

OpIndia Staff -
Since violent protests and vandalism started in the USA after George Floyd's death, a lot of India 'secular liberals' have been dreaming of similar chaos in India. They often share their fantasies on social media to instigate people.
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News Reports

“Horrendous, horrific, pathetic”: Supreme Court rips into Delhi Govt over treatment of Coronavirus patients in its hospitals and handling of dead bodies

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court slams Delhi govt for decrease in Covid-19 test numbers, mishandling of Coronavirus patients and dead bodies
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News Reports

TDP Leader and former minister K Atchannaidu arrested by Anti-corruption bureau, Chandrababu Naidu calls it ‘attack on backward classes’

OpIndia Staff -
TDP leader Kinjarapu Atchannaidu has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption bureau for his alleged involvement in the ESI scam.
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Social Media

Did Prashant Bhushan plagiarise a tweet to question the Indian judiciary? Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter user Joy Bhattacharjya had shared the original tweet with the image of Jagmohanlal Sinha. Bhushan's tweet some time later appears to have lifted the content verbatim.
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News Reports

Delhi High Court agrees to hear contempt of court plea against LNJP hospital and Delhi Government in a case on the handling of Coronavirus...

OpIndia Staff -
Plea filed in Delhi HC against Delhi govt and LNJP hospital alleging flouting HC orders in a case on handling of Coronavirus-infected dead bodies
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News Reports

Chhatisgarh High Court grants interim relief to BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra in the case against him for tweet on Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Sanjay K Agrawal ordered that no coercive action should be taken against Sambit Patra until further orders.
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News Reports

Twitter terminates 1.7 lakh accounts for propagating Chinese narrative

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter terminated 1.7 lakh accounts for artificially pushing content favoring China, Russia and Turkey.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir administration hands over Rs 20 lakh relief to the family of martyred sarpanch Ajay Pandita

OpIndia Staff -
Ex-gratia relief of Rs 20 lakh provided to the family of martyred sarpanch Ajay Pandita by the Jammu and Kashmir government
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News Reports

Do not consider offering asylum to Vijay Mallya: Indian government has told the UK

OpIndia Staff -
Vijay Mallya has applied for asylum in the UK in order to avoid extradition to India and face serious charges of fraud and money laundering.
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News Reports

Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, major US papers received millions to run Chinese propaganda: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
As a part of its campaign to alter the global perception, China Daily has been covertly promoting its stories in foreign newspapers.
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Crime

Delhi: Mob attacks Inderlok police station, opens fire at police personnel, Sadkeen, Ashkeen and Shahrukh arrested

OpIndia Staff -
A police official had to fire two rounds in the air to scare away the mob. The Delhi Police have nabbed Sadkeen and two others. Naved, who had opened fire, is absconding.
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Media Fact-Check

Fact check: Dalits beaten, tonsured, paraded with shoes around their neck by upper caste men in Lucknow’s Barauli? Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
The media reports had stated that the Dalit men were beaten, tortured by villagers for stealing from the house of a 'Brahmin man'. The police have denied any caste angle in the case and have stated that the accused were from both upper and lower castes.
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News Reports

Journalist sent by Shekhar Gupta to Assam quarantined after testing Coronavirus positive, angry Gupta claims Assam has locked up journalists for ever

OpIndia Staff -
Shekhar Gupta claims Assam’s Coronavirus numbers not credible because journalist he sent to Assam quarantined for testing COVID-19 positive
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News Reports

Delhi University professor Wali Akhtar dies of coronavirus, family and colleagues allege he was denied bed by many hospitals

OpIndia Staff -
DU professor Akhtar was confirmed positive of coronavirus and hours later he succumbed to the disease in a Jamia Nagar hospital.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Video of ‘unclaimed decomposed dead bodies’ dragged by KMC goes viral, authorities claim they did not die of coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Govt-run NRS medical College wrote to the Kolkata PC calling the subject of the viral video in circulation "fake"
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