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Days after Aakar Patel gave call to violence asking Muslims and Dalits to carry out US like protests in India, his Twitter account is...

OpIndia Staff -
"Aakar Patel's account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand" the landing page of his profile said.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party leader Javed Siddiqui and 34 others arrested over setting Dalit houses on fire in Jaunpur, CM Yogi invokes NSA

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Muslim community attacks Dalit community in Jaunpur over minor argument among childred, dozens of houses set ablaze
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News Reports

India denies visa to controversial USCIRF teams, MEA says the ‘prejudiced’ body has no locus standi in country’s affairs

OpIndia Staff -
The minister added that the USCIRF has been known to make prejudiced, inaccurate and misleading observations regarding the state of religious freedom in India.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: One Aslam, who ‘healed’ people by kissing their hands dies of coronavirus, infects 19 others

OpIndia Staff -
Out of the 85 coronavirus positive cases in Ratlam, 19 were those who had come in contact with the 'healer', named Aslam.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Massive Pakistan sponsored narco-terror module busted in Handwara, three terrorists nabbed

OpIndia Staff -
Narco-terror: Three terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba arrested along with the drugs and loads of cash in Handwara division in Jammu and Kashmit
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News Reports

Google updates Maps to provide real-time crowd information for public transit amid COVID-19 pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
Using the historic data of past riders, Google Maps will predict if the area you want to visit will be crowded or not.
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Law

Reservation is not a fundamental right, says Supreme Court, rejects petitions by political parties over NEET admission in Tamil Nadu

OpIndia Staff -
The political parties had filed petitions asking the court to ensure that 50% of OBC candidates get admission in medical colleges out of the seats that Tamil Nadu surrenders under All India Quota.
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News Reports

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan wants to give India its ‘cash transfer program’ to help, Indian Twitterati say, no thank you

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister Imran Khan left Twitterati in splits. Netizens reminded him of how he and his country are more in need of help
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News Reports

50,000-year-old Lonar Lake in Maharashtra turns pink, experts claim salinity and algae responsible for colour change

OpIndia Staff -
The Lonar Lake is a popular tourist destination and also attracts scientists from across the globe due to its geological importance.
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Opinions

Economic policy to alleviate the immediate effects of Covid-19 on the Indian Economy needs to be tactical to stabilize society

Guest Author -
As preparations are made to restart economy after effects of lockdown, stimulating demand side of economy is need of the hour
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News Reports

West Bengal: Textbook for pre-primary children depicts the image of a black person as ‘ugly’, parents fume

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal school's pre-primary book described the letter 'U' as 'Ugly' with a person of dark complexion in the picture.
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Culture and History

Did you know? Lord Jagannath in Puri is now under ‘quarantine’ till Ratha Yatra. Read details of the ‘Anasara’ ritual of the ancient Hindu...

Shashank Bharadwaj -
At the Shree Jagannath Temple of Puri, Odisha, every year after the Devasnana Purnima, the three deities of the temple - Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Balabhadra, go into a 'quarantine' for a period of fourteen days to recover completely from their 'illness'.
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Opinions

Columbus statues demolished in America: Was he different from Babur or Ghazni?

Abhishek Banerjee -
In the case of Columbus statues, the reactions have ranged from benign neglect to silent support to active praise. In the case of Babri Masjid, there was near universal condemnation.
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News Reports

“Not time for conservative approach, time for bold decisions, investment”, PM Modi reiterates his dream for self-reliant India

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PM Modi said that India should convert the COVID-19 crisis into a turning point towards becoming self-sufficient
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News Reports

On 73rd birthday of Lalu Prasad Yadav, JD(U) wishes him with a list of 73 properties acquired by him and his family using political...

OpIndia Staff -
JD(U) wishes Lalu Prasad Yadav on 73rd birthday in unique way, publishes list of 73 properties illegally acquired by him and family
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News Reports

Population of the majestic Asiatic lions in Gir forest up by 29%, read how Gujarat forest carried out the census amid coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Population of Asiatic Lions in Gir Forest in Gujarat completed under Poonam Avlokan method amid coronavirus lockdown.
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News Reports

Historian Ram Guha gets history wrong while drawing up comparison between Gujarat and Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Ramchandra Guha, who now seems to have developed complicated relationship with history, today took to Twitter to claim Philip Spratt in 1939 had written that Gujarat, though economically advanced is backward culturally and Bengal while being economically backward, has been culturally advanced.
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News Reports

Bengaluru court denies bail to sedition accused Amulya Leona, says she will abscond and involve in offences that could affect peace

OpIndia Staff -
Leftist activist Amulya Leona Noronha, was arrested on the charges of sedition after raising slogans of 'Pakistan Zindabad' in a rally of AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi.
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News Reports

Rajya Sabha elections: Resort drama back in Rajasthan, Congress shifts its MLAs, alleges poaching attempts

OpIndia Staff -
This political development in Rajasthan comes at a time when Congress MLAs in Gujarat have been resigning from the party ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections.
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News Reports

Shocking visuals emerge from Delhi’s LNJP hospital: Dead bodies lying unattended, naked corpse left on the floor

OpIndia Staff -
The India TV report claimed that most of the patients did not have any saline drips and in most of the wards, no healthcare staff was seen attending the patients.
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Social Media

Actor Anupam Kher calls out the toxicity and abuse on social media, ‘Is abuse cool?’ he questions

OpIndia Staff -
Actor Anupam Kher shared his concerns about increasing hate and indecency on social media platforms.
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Social Media

INC Madhya Pradesh fake tweet gets ‘Antonio Maino’ trended, netizens question is this the ‘women empowerment’ Rahul Gandhi talks about

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, MP Congress tweeted how under the BJP-led government, women 'have to sell alcohol' which is very shameful.
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Media

Delhi court grants anticipatory bail to journalist Vinod Dua in defamation case

OpIndia Staff -
An FIR was filed against journalist Vinod Dua in Delhi accusing him of misreporting the Delhi riots and also on charges of creating a public nuisance by false "contextual reporting".
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News Reports

Indian economy will witness a growth of 9.5 percent in the next financial year: Fitch Ratings

OpIndia Staff -
Fitch Ratings stated that if India's Financial sector does not go down by 2021-22 then it will witness a growth of 9.5 percent.
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News Reports

Fact check: Is India going under lockdown again from June 15? Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
The Press Information Bureau has categorically denied that no such order of reimposing lockdown starting June 15 has passed by the Ministry of Home Affairs
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Media Fact-Check

The Wire conveniently ignores facts and misinterprets statements to cast aspersions on Indian Railways’ Shramik Special trains effort

OpIndia Staff -
With the Shramik trains ferrying lakhs of migrants home, the Left ecosystem activated its propaganda channels to cast aspersions on the operation.
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News Reports

ED recovers diamonds, pearls and other valuables worth Rs 1350 crore belonging to fugitives Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi from Hong Kong

OpIndia Staff -
Enforcement Directorate has brought back 108 consignments of various overseas entities belonging to Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Bareilly Dargah Aala Hazrat opposes alcohol-based sanitisers, Islamic cleric calls it haram in Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Alcohol is prohibited in Islam. Muslims should not use alcohol-based sanitisers, said the Islamic cleric at Dargah Aala Hazrat
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News Reports

‘They remember humanity when there is some jihadi agenda’: Kangana Ranaut calls out selective secularism of Bollywood, seeks justice for Kashmiri Pandits

OpIndia Staff -
Hinduism should be re-established in the valley. This is the only way to provided justice to Ajay Pandita, Kangana Ranaut
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 82-year-old coronavirus patient goes missing from govt hospital, found dead in hospital toilet after eight days

OpIndia Staff -
After family lodged complaint of missing 82-year-old Coronavirus patient in Maharashtra hospital, police find her dead in hospital toilet
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News Reports

Daulat Beg Oldi: Read about India’s strategically important airstrip in Ladakh that keeps the Chinese troops in check

OpIndia Staff -
The Air Force also carries routine sorties using An-32 aircraft to provide relief and supplies to the troops stationed nearby. The outpost is strategically important as it helps Indian Armed Forces to keep a check on Chinese troops that patrol along the Line of Actual Control.
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Entertainment

They issued rape threats to me, my 73-year-old mother and my child: Ekta Kapoor says how fictional story cannot justify real life humiliation of...

OpIndia Staff -
Television queen Ekta Kapoor speaks to OpIndia on the recent controversy regarding Alt Balaji's show XXX2, the abuses and the online bullying.
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News Reports

UP Police asks Cyber Cell to take necessary action against The Wire journalist Arfa Khanum after she was caught peddling fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Amroha Police calles out 'The Wire' journalist Arfa Khanum's lies after she alleged that a Dalit boy was killed for praying in a temple
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Social Media

Did Pakistan shoot down its own F-16 aircraft amid blackout panic in Karachi: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Various social media users took to Twitter to claim that one PAF F-16 fighter aircraft had not returned to Masroor airbase after it was sent to Combat Air Patrolling mission to detect and push back Indian fighter jets.
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Politics

Ex-Congress MLA who quit the party with Jyotiraditya Scindia assaulted, says Congress trying to eliminate him

OpIndia Staff -
Munnalal Goyal sustained injuries on his face and leg. His vehicle was also reportedly damaged in the stone-pelting.
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Media Fact-Check

Fact check: Dalit boy killed by upper caste men for praying in temple in Amroha? Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
On Tuesday, social media was abuzz with the reports that a Dalit boy was allegedly killed by upper caste men for praying in a temple.
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News Reports

George Floyd protests: Protestors bring down statue of Christopher Columbus in Richmond, behead Columbus statue in Boston

OpIndia Staff -
Statue of Christopher Columbus demolished by mob protesting against killing of George Floyd in The United States
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News Reports

Delhi-based firm accused of spying on individuals, organisations in several countries, hacking senior politicians, NGOs, and CEOs

OpIndia Staff -
Some of the other targets allegedly have been Rockefeller Family Fund, Climate Investigations Center, Greenpeace, Center for International Environmental Law, Oil Change International, Public Citizen, Conservation Law Foundation, Union of Concerned Scientists and several others.
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News Reports

“I will snap your neck till it breaks”: Late Ajay Pandita’s daughter pledges vengeance against the terrorists who killed him

OpIndia Staff -
Sarpanch Ajay Pandita was shot dead by terrorists on Monday while he was working in his orchard in Anantnag
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News Reports

“Convenient attempt to ignore historical blunders of Jawaharlal Nehru era”: Retired army officers slam Rahul Gandhi for his tweet on India-China border issue

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Rahul Gandhi targets Modi govt, shares article by The Wire to claim that Chinese have taken away our territory in Ladakh
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Politics

Ladakh MP fact-checks Rahul Gandhi over Chinese intrusion in Ladakh, schools him on Congress party’s historical blunders

OpIndia Staff -
In his reply to Rahul Gandhi's question on whether the Chinese had occupied Indian territory in Ladakh, Namgyal said, "Yes, Chinese occupied Indian Territory". He then shared a list of the Indian territories in Ladakh that the Chinese have occupied under the Congress rule.
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News Reports

Delhi Health Minister presents a grim picture, predicts 30000 more coronavirus cases in the next 15 days

OpIndia Staff -
Satyendra Jain said that only the central government can declare if there is community transmission in Delhi.
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Opinions

The Wire denigrates Indian culture, claims its shallow regard for ‘motherhood’ responsible for Safoora Zargar’s incarceration

Jinit Jain -
The Wire blames Indian culture for imprisonment of Safoora Zargar, accusing it of “selectivity” in respecting motherhood
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News Reports

India condemns targeted demolition of houses of minority Hindus in Punjab province of Pakistan, issues strong demarche

OpIndia Staff -
India has strongly condemned the incident where minority Hindus in Pakistan are being rendered homeless despite having valid documents
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News Reports

Pakistan enacts law to supervise Islamic material in textbooks, Ulema Board approval to be mandatory for Islam-related content

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan passes law mandated that no material related to Islam can be published in the textbooks without prior approval
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh govt approves ordinance against cow slaughter, stringent punishments included. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The proposed amendment includes a penal provision of imprisonment ranging from one year to ten years for physical damage to the cow and fine from Rs one lakh to Rs three lakh in cases related to cow slaughter.
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News Reports

DMK MLA J Anbazhagan dies due to coronavirus related complications

OpIndia Staff -
DMK MLA J Anbazhagan is the first legislator in Tamil Nadu to have died of coronavirus infection.
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News Reports

Genetic research suggests link between blood type and susceptibility to coronavirus, says ‘O’ group less likely to get infected

OpIndia Staff -
Initial findings of 23andMe research suggest blood type O is less likely to get Covid-19 infection. Another study claims that patients with blood type A are more likely to need ventilator support.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi shares a video of cry for help by a journalist who works for company formed by ex-NDTV employee and advisor to Manmohan...

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, the distressed journalist, who is in the home quarantine, also added that his father-in-law and mother-in-law passed away due to the coronavirus and authorities only picked up their dead bodies from his home after a long time.
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News Reports

My own son is trying to kill me: Bihar’s Akhtar Imam nominates pet elephants as his legal heirs, alleges threat from family

OpIndia Staff -
Akhtar Imam's wife had separated from him earlier and was given her share in his properties. He runs a trust named Asian Elephants Rehabilitation and Wildlife Trust (AERAWAT).
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