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A South African anti-racism campaign, the inexplicable presence of Congress leader Anand Sharma and how Indian interests may be compromised

Nupur J Sharma -
7 out of 8 of those panelists belonged to South Africa, however, there was one name that did not add up - Anand Sharma, Congress leader.
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News Reports

Defence Ministry advises media to refrain from any speculative and unsubstantiated reporting on India-China border situation

OpIndia Staff -
Defence ministry said that any speculative reporting about India-China border situation would not be helpful
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Politics

Gujarat: Ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, Congress moves its MLAs to resorts

OpIndia Staff -
The Election Commission (EC) has now finalised the polling of four Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat on June 19.
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News Reports

This is not the first time Arvind Kejriwal has said he doesn’t watch Rahul Kanwal’s shows, here is an incident from 2014

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejrowal rejects the claim of India Today journalist Rahul Kanwal that he watched his program on Delhi hospitals
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News Reports

Congress leader Archana Dalmia passes off an old image from 2017 as recent one, deletes it after being caught

OpIndia Staff -
Archana Dalmia claimed that the woman had died by the railway tracks of the MP's Damoh and she was spotted by people in the state
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Mild and asymptomatic cases do not need hospitalization, says Delhi Health department

OpIndia Staff -
Citing union health ministry guidelines, Delhi govt said that Coronavirus patients with mild and no symptoms do not need hospitalization
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News Reports

Every Sikh wants Khalistan, says Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh on 36th anniversary of Operation Bluestar

OpIndia Staff -
The controversial remarks came from the Akal Takht chief on the occasion of 36th anniversary of the Operation Blue Star
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Government and Policy

A tale of 2 contradictory orders: How Arvind Kejriwal govt made the Coronavirus fight impossible for doctors at Ganga Ram Hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital would test 150-170 Coronavirus samples and conduct 30-40 surgeries per day, prior to the government order.
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News Reports

Communist Party is ‘both a court and police station’: Kerala women’s panel chief MC Josephine courts controversy

OpIndia Staff -
State Women’s Commission chairperson MC Josephine kicked up a controversy after she claimed that her party Communist Party of India (Marxist) was both a court and a police station
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News Reports

Celebrities have commercialised dissent in India, they say ‘BlackLivesMatter’ while endorsing racist fairness creams: Kangana Ranaut

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana Ranaut slams celebrities for speaking on 'Black Lives Matter' while staying silent on incidents like Palghar lynching
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News Reports

Pakistan: 8-year-old maid Zohra Shah beaten to death after she accidentally let two parrots escape from cage

OpIndia Staff -
When the parrots flew away, a miffed Siddiqui and his wife Umm Kulsoom beat the victim 8-year-old Zohra Shahblack and blue, killing her
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News Reports

News of Chhota Bheem ditching Chutki to marry princess Indumati is fake, clarifies maker of animated show after netizens outrage over ‘betrayal’ by Bheem

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens launch #JusticeForChutki campaign after news spread that Chhota Bheem is ditching best friend Chutki to marry princess Indumati
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Media Fact-Check

No, Jyotiraditya Scindia has not ‘removed BJP’ from his Twitter bio: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Media claimed that Jyotiraditya Scindia, the former Congress leader who is now with the BJP, had removed his association with the BJP from his Twitter bio.
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News Reports

“Yoga has no place in the life of Christians,” Greek Orthodox Church issues diktat against yoga to its followers

OpIndia Staff -
Greek Orthodox Church said yoga has no place in the life of Christians after Greek media recommended Yoga during lockdown
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Entertainment

On the need for making “The Judge” – A movie on Love Jihad and the typical ‘liberal’ reaction of Hindus to the issue

OpIndia Staff -
Maker of The Judge explains why he made a movie on Love Jihad, a topic not touched by mainstream movie makers
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News Reports

FIR registered in Delhi against journalist Vinod Dua for spreading fake news and creating public nuisance: Read the details

OpIndia Staff -
FIR registered by Delhi police against Vinod Dua on the complaint of Delhi BJP spokesperson Naveen Kumar for reporting fake news
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Media Fact-Check

How AltNews ‘fact-checked’ the pregnant elephant story to shield Muslim suspects, quietly changed copy but continued to peddle agenda

OpIndia Staff -
AltNews tried to 'fact-check' the brutal incident that resulted in the death of an elephant in Kerala with the aim to shield the Muslim suspects
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News Reports

“Indira Gandhi was above all Sharanas”, says Congress leader Siddaramaiah defending naming schemes after her while opposing flyover named after Savarkar

OpIndia Staff -
Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah says that Indira Gandhi's statue was even greater than social-reformers such as 'Sharanas'.
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News Reports

US filmmaker says former Pakistan minister Rehman Malik raped her, former PM Yousaf Raza Gilani manhandled her: Watch

OpIndia Staff -
Cynthia D. Ritchie said that sexual assault against her by Senator Rehman Malik had happened occurred at Interior Minister's residence in 2011
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News Reports

Second Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita booked under UAPA in the Delhi riots case

OpIndia Staff -
Pinjra Tod activist and JNU student Devangana Kalita booked under UAPA for Delhi riots, she is under judicial custody after her arrest
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Crime

Hackers take down website of Maneka Gandhi’s NGO after she blamed people of Malappuram district for the death of pregnant elephant

OpIndia Staff -
The hackers put a message on the web page saying that Maneka Gandhi used the matter of elephant's death for dirty politics.
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News Reports

Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh apologizes for casteist remark against Yuzvendra Chahal

Ruchika Chaubey -
Yuvraj Singh took to Twitter and expressed regret for the comment which was made during a conversation with Rohit Sharma.
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News Reports

Darbhanga, Bihar: Massive explosion in one Nazir’s house, locals suspect bombs and not firecrackers responsible for blast

OpIndia Staff -
Local residents in Darbhanga claimed that the explosion took place at Nazir's house while making bombs and not due to fire crackers.
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News Reports

Markaz management deliberately disregarded police instructions to send back its members, central govt tells SC

OpIndia Staff -
Markaz management did not inform about the Tablighi Jamaat gathering to authorities, centre tells SC in affidavit
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News Reports

Meerut police find that more than 13000 phones of Chinese manufacturer Vivo operating on single IMEI number, case registered against the company

OpIndia Staff -
When one Meerut Police officer gave his phone to cyber cell for checking, they found that more than 13000 phones have same IMEI number
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News Reports

Central audit team finds JNU officials guilty of committing fraud worth Rs 57 lakhs in the financial year 2017-2018

OpIndia Staff -
The DGCAE has recommended that criminal cases be lodged against the JNU officials for availing LTCs using fake bills.
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News Reports

Facebook user narrates the harrowing tale of his struggle to get tested for Coronavirus in Arvind Kejriwal’s Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi man narrates how he was told by multiple hospitals and laboratories that Delhi govt has stopped Coronavirus testing for 2-3 days
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News Reports

Udaipur: Tribal youth Mukesh stabbed to death over a minor fishing dispute, Zafar, Saeed, Firoz and others arrested after 1000 villagers agitate

OpIndia Staff -
As the mob started swelling Udaipur police, fearing communal tension, went on high alert. Internet was snapped for 24 hours
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News Reports

Delhi riots case: Delhi police investigating the assets of accused Faisal Farooq and his links with Nizamuddin Markaz

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi riot accused Faisal Farooq was in contact with the people involved with the PFI and Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz
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News Reports

Kerala: Two accused Abdul Kareem and Riyazudheen absconding, says police probing the pregnant elephant death case

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier in the day, Kerala police arrested one person identified as P Wilson in connection with the pregnant elephant death case
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News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai discusses the success of ‘Bengaluru model’ in tackling coronavirus, asks whether the success was due to luck

OpIndia Staff -
Rajdeep Sardesai tried to discredit the BJP govt in Karnataka for containing Coronavirus by saying that luck helped the state
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News Reports

‘A political football’: When Malcolm X, American Muslim minister and human rights activist, warned African Americans about ‘liberals’

Dibakar Dutta -
Malcolm X accused the liberals of using the black Americans as 'political pawns' in their political struggle against the conservatives.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Indian Medical Association writes letter to CM accusing Shiv Sena minister of threatening and intimidating doctors in Jalgaon

Shashank Bharadwaj -
Narrating their ordeal, the IMA - Maharashtra has written a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray asking why are the local politicians are giving illogical threats to them.
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News Reports

George Floyd case: Contradictory statements emerge about protestors burning a house with a child inside

OpIndia Staff -
Christopher Armstrong alleged that the occupants were unharmed, and outside their house by the time fire trucks had reached the location.
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Media Fact-Check

Congress mouthpiece says ‘Muslims have sat quiet and subdued’: Here is how they are wrong and how their dog-whistling might not work

K Bhattacharjee -
National Herald published an article that said that the first year of Modi Sarkar 2.0 has been the 'worst possible year' for Muslims in the country.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Migrant worker attempts to commit suicide after rumours of ghost in a ‘haunted’ quarantine centre in Kurnool

OpIndia Staff -
The 47-year-old Kurnool migrant attempted suicide in the facility by hanging from a window of the school building..
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Politics

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal hails PM Modi’s lockdown decision, says the timely lockdown was instrumental in equipping the country against the coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Arvind Kejriwal said that the imposition of lockdown provided crucial time for states to prepare for the Coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

George Floyd Autopsy: Tested positive for Coronavirus, report reveals fentanyl intoxication, recent meth use, cardiopulmonary arrest listed as cause of death

OpIndia Staff -
The autopsy report says that George Floyd died of cardiopulmonary arrest. It also says that he had a history of heart diseases.
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News Reports

Non-bailable charges like “attempt to murder” will be filed for creating ruckus in quarantine centres: Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff -
Until now, Assam was only charging the accused with IPC section 269 and section 270, both bailable with a jail term of six months only
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News Reports

No medical aid and supplies from Pakistan to deal with coronavirus pandemic in PoK, activists allege shortage of food in the region

OpIndia Staff -
Gilgit-Baltistan has only 2 outdated ventilators for Coronavirus patients, while Pakistan & China has started $14 billion dam project in the area
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News Reports

‘Will you withdraw or should we dismiss’: SC refuses to entertain Prashant Bhushan’s PIL on ‘decongestion of jails’ over coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court stated that the coronavirus situation is different on every state and a general order cannot be passed. The bench asked Bhushan to approach individual state HCs with his PIL regarding jail decongestion.
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OpIndia Explains

Is Safoora Zargar being unfairly kept in jail while she is pregnant? Here is what the law says

OpIndia Staff -
Safoora Zargar was denied bail and liberals on social media have been calling the order 'remorseless' and 'shameful'.
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Crime

Himachal Pradesh: After Kerala pregnant elephant death case, video of a pregnant cow injured due to cracker explosion in mouth surfaces online

OpIndia Staff -
In the video shared online, it can be seen that the mouth of the pregnant cow has been injured very badly with a lot of blood oozing out of her mouth
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News Reports

The ancestor of the Novel Coronavirus strain from China may have entered India in November or December before the first confirmed case was found...

OpIndia Staff -
A study by Indian scientists reveal that the ancestor of Wuhan coronavirus strain was in circulation in India as early as November 2019.
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News Reports

“Your mother was Hindu, how can we trust you?” Read shocking revelations by the niece of Nawazuddin Siddiqui

OpIndia Staff -
Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his family refused to believe the niece's allegations stating that they cannot trust the daughter of a Hindu.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Panchayat members and affluent people unaffected by Cyclone Amphan receive compensation meant for damage to houses, justify saying it is govt money

OpIndia Staff -
Out of 28 people given compensation for house damage due to cyclone in WB, 20 have undamaged houses and are connected to TMC
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Fact-Check

Media furthers a dangerous narrative, wrongly portrays scuffle between cops and a thug in Rajasthan as ‘India’s George Floyd moment’

Jinit Jain -
There is a stark difference between the George Floyd murder and what happened in Jodhpur when police tried to control a thug who assaulted them
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News Reports

Justice for Bramsh Baloch: An Echo Of Revolution

Hakeem Baloch -
The current incident of Bramsh Baloch has not only exposed the relation of Pakistani state with the burglars, killers, death squad members, but it also unveiled the hidden dirty faces of Parliamentarians
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News Reports

Kerala: One person named P Wilson arrested in the pregnant elephant death case

OpIndia Staff -
The Forest Department has identified three people suspected to be involved in the elephant death case, however, let off two persons after interrogation.
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News Reports

Complaint filed against Maneka Gandhi and others for alleged hate campaign against Mallapuram and its residents in the wild elephant death case

OpIndia Staff -
Maneka Gandhi had said that Mallapuram is known for its intense criminal activities against animals after the death of the wild elephant
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