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Did CPR India delete video where Shekhar Gupta admitted that media chose to ignore positive effects of Modi govt’s welfare schemes

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The discussion was uploaded on CPR India YouTube page and was extensively viewed and reported in May 2019
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Crime

Ajmer minor rape: Accused Habibullah found positive for coronavirus, policemen, court officials, pregnant victim to be tested

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One of the three accused in the Ajmer minor rape case - Mohammad Habibullah, was tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday. The accused was arrested along with another accused identified as Mohammad Rafiq.
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News Reports

Rajasthan govt is showing its bankruptcy, inhumanity: Mayawati slams Congress for demanding money for student buses, exploiting migrant issue

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Accusing the Congress government of inhumanity, Mayawati tweeted, "Two neighbouring States must not indulge in such despicable politics."
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News Reports

Maharashtra: No ambulance, 26-year-old coronavirus patient walks to the hospital accompanied by social workers, video goes viral

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The patient walked all the way to Shastrinagar civic hospital in Dombivli on Thursday after the hospital staff allegedly asked him to walk to the hospital, a distance of 3km away, as an ambulance was not available.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Thousands gather at Bhiwandi over rumours of Salman Khan distributing free food and money ahead of Ramzan Eid

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The incident took place on Wednesday evening in Khandupada locality of Bhiwandi. Police had to disperse the crowd.
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Opinions

The spread of Covid-19 pandemic has added a unique dimension to the ‘Great Game’ between the two economic giants of Asia

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Relations between India and China soured even more when India rejected the Chinese Covid-19 test kits,
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News Reports

Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan sends a bill of Rs 36.36 lakh to UP government for the buses used to ferry students from Kota

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan govt is asking UP govt to pay Rs 36,36,664/- for 70 buses that they had provided to transport students from Kota to UP last month.
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News Reports

US deports Telangana engineer Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad to India who was convicted for financing Al Qaeda leader

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Terror finance convict Ibrahim Zubair Mohammad was deported to India at the end of his five year jail term in the USA
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News Reports

Migrant bus row: Uttar Pradesh Congress Chief Ajay Lallu sent to 14-day judicial custody

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Ajay Lallu and Priyanka Gandhi's private secretary Sandeep Singh were charged for forgery.
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Government and Policy

Uttar Pradesh government takes control of Shia and Sunni Waqf Boards in the state: Read details

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UP Minister for Minority Affairs Mohsin Raza said that CEOs will be appointed by the government to look after work of the 2 waqf boards.
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Opinions

How Sikkim, once a different country like Nepal, became a state of India

OpIndia Staff -
The communist government in Nepal, alleged to be a 'puppet' of China, seems to be losing confidence of its own people
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News Reports

Is Pakistan govt website really showing the entire Kashmir as part of India, a fact check

OpIndia Staff -
Kashmir is seen in India on Pakistan govt's Covid portal because they have embeded Bing map, which shows different maps based on user location
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News Reports

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi recalls ‘buses’ sent to Uttar Pradesh for migrants

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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has now recalled the 'buses' she had sent for migrants in Uttar Pradesh after blaming Yogi Adityanath government of 'playing politics'.
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News Reports

Terrorists attack patrol party of Jammu and Kashmir police in Pulwama, one cop martyred

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This is the second attack within two days on security personnel. Yesterday, two BSF jawans were martyred in a terrorist attack.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Woman gives birth in ambulance in Gir Somnath as the road was blocked by lions

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After noticing the lions blocking the way, the ambulance stopped at the spot and the woman delivered her baby inside the ambulance.
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News Reports

Delhi Waqf Board trying to encroach a public park to convert it into coronavirus graveyard for Muslims, alleges VHP, writes to Lt Governor

OpIndia Staff -
In March, the Delhi Waqf Board had declared that it will make the 'Jadeed Qurustan' near Millennium Park a dedicated burial ground for Muslim coronavirus patients. However, the VHP has alleged that the area they had demarcated for the graveyard belongs to the park and not the Waqf Board.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Woman claims her husband, a coronavirus patient, is missing, hospital says he was cremated and family was informed

OpIndia Staff -
The hospital clarified that the family was duly informed about the patient's death and municipal authorities had performed the cremation as per due procedure.
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Opinions

Ayodhya: Museum needed to preserve memory of oppressed generations

Abhishek Banerjee -
Victory is not simply in building a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya. Real victory lies in establishing a full documented history of what happened to generations of oppressed Hindus in India.
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News Reports

Wuhan: City authorities officially ban eating, hunting wild animals, certain aquatic animals for 5 years

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The new policy was released on May 13. The current ban on the consumption and hunting of the wild animals is to stay for 5 years as of now.
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Interviews

Ultimately, we are all in this together: Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari talks about his month long ground reporting on coronavirus and migrant crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari traveled for over a month to understand and get to the bottom of the ground realities of the migrant crisis. In conversation with OpIndia, Bhandari talks about how the governments fared and what more they could do to mitigate the crisis.
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News Reports

“Young cobras inside my house and coronavirus outside. Where do I go?” Madhya Pradesh villager asks as over 100 baby cobras slither inside his...

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Villagers have caught fifty-one snakes so far but every day five-six more baby cobras are coming out of nests under the house
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News Reports

US Senator Kamala Harris and other Democrats introduce resolution against terms ‘Chinese Virus’ and ‘Wuhan Virus’ to describe coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Democratic senators say use of terms like "Chinese Virus" or "Wuhan Virus" to describe Novel Coronavirus is racist.
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News Reports

Renowned Folk Singer Malini Awasthi sends defamation notice to Congress IT cell worker for slandering her and family, demands unconditional apology

OpIndia Staff -
Malini Awasthi shared the defamation notice being sent to Congress IT cell worker Gaurav Pandhi.
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News Reports

Karnataka: FIR filed against Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi for misleading tweet by party on PM-CARES Fund

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The FIR for a tweet by Congress identifies Sonia Gandhi as the handler of the social media account of the Congress Party
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News Reports

India and Bangladesh start five new ports of call and two more protocol routes to enhance connectivity and trade between the two countries

OpIndia Staff -
The number of Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) routes are being increased from 8 to 10 after an agreement between the two countries
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News Reports

Imran Khan’s tweets reveal that Pakistan has been trying a terror attack in Kashmir since 9 months, but security forces have frustrated them

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Government on August 5, 2019, abrogated Article 370 and made the erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir state an integral part of India without any riders attached. Pakistan, obviously hasn't been too thrilled about the step.
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News Reports

Sorbonaash hoye gachhe: Mamata Banerjee says several districts are totally devastated as cyclone Amphan batters Odisha and WB

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The cyclone has killed 12 people in West Bengal, while seven others have reportedly died in neighbouring Bangladesh. At least three people have lost their lives due to Cyclone Amphan in Odisha.
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News Reports

Ayodhya: Carved stone pillars, Hindu sculptures, broken idols and a Shivling excavated during Ram Mandir construction work

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Stone pillars with carvings, artefacts like kalash, aamalak etc, broken idols of Hindu deities and a 5-foot tall Shivling has been found at the Ram Janmabhoomi site beneath the debris.
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News Reports

Indian Railways announces resumption of 200 trains from June 1, bookings to start from May 21

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These trains will be fully reserved trains having both AC & Non AC classes. The general coaches will also be reserved seats for sitting. Most importantly, there will be no unreserved coach on the train.
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News Reports

Haryana Congress leader Pankaj Punia arrested by police over abusive, Hinduphobic tweet

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Multiple FIRs have been filed against Punia for his vile remarks targeting religion and beliefs. The FIR in Lucknow was filed by UP Police's cyber cell.
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News Reports

NIA arrests Hizbul terrorist accused of murdering BJP leader and brother in Kashmir

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Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Rustam Ali arrested by NIA in the case of murder of BJP leader Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet Parihar.
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News Reports

“Boom” in Bengaluru: Indian Air Force says it may have been an IAF jet going supersonic causing the loud noise

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Earlier today, Bengaluru was rocked with a thunderous sound after which many people took to social media to attribute the sound to jets going supersonic
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News Reports

Kolkata: Rebuked by mother for spending too much time on mobile phone, 13-year-old girl commits suicide

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The mother of the 13-year-old Kolkata girl had allegedly rebuked the child for spending too much time chatting on her mobile phone
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Naxals in Gadchiroli sets four trucks on fire

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Banned left-wing terror outfit CPI-Maoist set four trucks on fire in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli late night on Tuesday and gave a call for bandh on Wednesday.
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News Reports

Congress suspends Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh from the post of General Secretary in party’s woman wing after she rebuked party on migrant bus...

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The party has notified its MLA from Rae Bareli Aditi Singh regarding its decision and a response from her is awaited
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Government and Policy

Cabinet approves Atmanirbhar Bharat package for the allocation of food grains, 8 crore migrant workers to benefit

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The State governments will be identifying the migrants, distribute the grains, and will be conducting the complete implementation of the scheme.
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News Reports

TikTok faces huge backlash due to videos promoting assault on women as its Play Store rating drops to 1.3, NCW calls for a ban

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NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma alleged that several videos related to violence against women have been shared on TikTok, demanding a ban
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News Reports

Domestic flights to begin operations from May 25 in a calibrated manner: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

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The Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri added that all the standard operating protocols (SOPs) for passenger movement is also being separately issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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News Reports

Manisha Koirala endorses Nepal’s controversial map claiming Lipulekh and Kalapani as their territory, calls it Nepal’s ‘dignity’

OpIndia Staff -
Manisha Koirala was replying to a tweet by Nepalese foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali’s tweet informing the inclusion of the regions in the country’s official map.
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News Reports

Nepal releases new political map claiming Indian territories as its own as PM KP Oli launches an offensive against India

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The Nepalese PM KP Oli had also made irredentist claims on the Indian territories of Kalapani-Limpiyadhura-Lipulekh area
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News Reports

News channel Calcutta News removed from cable networks in Kolkata allegedly on orders of Mamata Banerjee govt, BJP terms it ‘undeclared emergency’

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The broadcast of the channel Calcutta News was stopped on various cable networks in Kolkata and surrounding areas.
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Politics

With an uncalled for jibe at Goa, Kerala’s Communist Minister has shamed India

Abhishek Banerjee -
Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja's dragging Goa in her interview with BBC was petty
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News Reports

Kolkata: 500 constables attack and chase DCP rank officer for not sanitising barracks after personnel testing positive for coronavirus

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An agitating constable reportedly complained that despite performing duties in the containment zones their safety has been completely ignored by the administration.
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Crime

West Bengal: Youth dies after being assaulted by TMC councillor Rupali Sarkar and her aides after she was accused of corruption

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Soumen Das had accused TMC councillor, Rupali Sarkar, of corruption in the distribution of relief supplies to the needy
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News Reports

China deploys more forces near Ladakh, sets temporary tents across Galwan river, NSA Doval monitoring closely: Report

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The Chinese may be targetting Darbuk-Shyok-Daula Beg Oldi (DBO) Road that was constructed last year, which is a lifeline for Sub Sector North (SSN). However, India has a considerable deployment of troops in that area, unlike 1962, says the ET report.
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Social Media

TikTok’s dark gut: Why porn, sex, rape, violence is allowed to thrive… Ex-employee explains

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As an ex-employee of a Chinese-run company, I want to write about my experience as well as what I gathered by knowing people in similar positions at other Chinese organisations.
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News Reports

NIA arrests Hizbul terrorist and close aide of Riyaz Naikoo involved in the killing of an RSS worker

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Rustam Ali, the arrested Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, was allegedly involved in the killing of Kishtwar's RSS functionary Chander Kant Sharma and his PSO
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News Reports

Loud sound heard across Bengaluru as window panes, buildings shake, netizens speculate sonic boom

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On Wednesday, social media was abuzz with posts from Bengaluru with a huge boom sound people heard in the city. Many people posted on Twitter that a blast sound was heard in Bengaluru at around 1:30 PM, which caused window panes to shake.
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News Reports

FIR lodged by Ahmedabad Police against online portal Muslim Mirror for calling officers of Crime Branch “armed BJP and RSS activists”

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Police said it was the flag march conducted by police and crime branch personnel in plain clothes after the clash in Shahpur on May 8
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News Reports

Renowned environmentalist Afroz Shah alleges harassment by Mumbai Police for helping migrants and poor amidst coronavirus lockdown

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Afroz Shah is a prominent environmentalist who is known for leading the world's largest beach cleanup project at Versova
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