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West Bengal: Home Dept issues advisory, warns strict action against those circulating false news regarding the communal violence in Telinipara

OpIndia Staff -
WB police have detained thirty-seven people in connection to the communal clash which broke out in West Bengal's Telinipara on Sunday.
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News Reports

Terrorists attack maternity clinic in Kabul, the Taliban denies responsibility

OpIndia Staff -
Armed terrorists attacked a maternity clinic run by Doctors Without Borders at Dasht-e-Barchi Hospital in Kabul
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Law

In Arnab Goswami v Antonia, Congress is not fairing to well: After questioning photocopy FIRs, Court throws out demand to ban Republic TV

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party isn't faring too well in its fight against Arnab Goswami.
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Social Media

Pakistanis triggered by Major Gaurav Arya’s Balochistan comment stage protest, ‘hang’ his effigy

OpIndia Staff -
Major Arya's comments have frustrated many Pakistani leaders. He seems to have touched a raw nerve. Many Pakistani politicians, including the CM of Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan, a Pakistani parliamentarian Sarfaraz Bugti have expressed angry reactions over his statements.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Islamic clerics demand that govt should consult them before quarantining Muslim coronavirus patients

OpIndia Staff -
Jamia Arabia Islamia secretary said that government should heed to the views of Muslim clerics before quarantining Muslim coronavirus patients
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News Reports

Liberals want us to believe that Muslims were drooling over Trump and Modi in the Gujarat event

OpIndia Staff -
Some claim that the 'Namaste Trump' event is responsible for the high number of cases that is being observed in Ahmedabad.
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News Reports

MLC elections: Uddhav Thackeray lists family assets worth Rs 143 crores in his maiden election affidavit

OpIndia Staff -
While Uddhav Thackeray disclosed family assets worth Rs 143 crores, owns no cars.
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News Reports

Personal data of top celebrities including Madonna, Lady Gaga, Priyanka Chopra breached after law firm representing them faces ransomware attack

OpIndia Staff -
Media and entertainment law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks faced ransomware attack by REvil malware
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Opinions

Dear CM Uddhav Thackeray, wake up before it’s too late

Jiten Gajaria -
Now that your biggest worry is addressed, can I, perhaps, draw your attention to the COVID-19 crisis?
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News Reports

Indian Air Force deploys fighter jets along LAC in Ladakh after spotting Chinese choppers

OpIndia Staff -
This comes days after Chinese People's Liberation Army troops resorted to aggression against the Indian troops along the LAC in North Sikkim injuring soldiers on both sides
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News Reports

Pakistanis threaten Zee News Editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary over his Jihad related news, shares video of Rahul Gandhi to berate Indian media

OpIndia Staff -
On May 7, an FIR had been filed in Kerala against Sudhir Chaudhary after he had reported on various kinds of ‘Jihad’ on a TV show
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Social Media

Congress tries to pass off old image of Rohingyas in Bangladesh as Indian migrant workers to malign Modi govt, gets called out

OpIndia Staff -
The image shared by Congress is actually an old image of some Rohingya refugees in Cox Bazaar, Bangladesh
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News Reports

Mumbai: Raza Academy founder among 125 booked for organising a funeral Namaz in violation of social distancing norms

OpIndia Staff -
Saeed Noori, Salim Batawala, Hasabhai, Munnabhai and 120 others have been booked by the Mumbai Police for organising a funeral namaz for a Raza Academy member who had recently died. The participants had flouted all lockdown norms and had allegedly carried out the Namaz on the road despite police orders.
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News Reports

Two-year long ‘freedom struggle’ to ‘liberate Goa’ from India comes to an end after police complaint, petitioner blames Goans for ‘lack of concern’

OpIndia Staff -
The online petition, which garnered around 4,200 signatories, asking Goa to be a 'free country' came under the radar of Goa Police after the NGO 'Revolutionary Indians' (RI) lodged a complaint against the accused.
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News Reports

PoK’s puppet ‘Prime Minister’ tells Imran Khan to ‘attack India’ with forces, and start weather reports on Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Haider has stated that just like India started broadcasting the weather forecasts of Gilgit-Baltistan and PoK, Pakistan should soon start weather forecasts for Delhi.
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News Reports

Welcome to the Aarogya Setu App: A quick look at the app that is helping India fight Coronavirus and how it works

OpIndia Staff -
The Government of India has launched the Aarogya Setu App to assist the fight against the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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News Reports

Centre formulates protocols for Aarogya Setu App’s data management, uses will be able to request deletion of their data

OpIndia Staff -
The protocol ensures that it will not share the Aarogya Setu data with any third party until it is extremely necessary to formulate or implement health responses.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: Cop fined ₹5000 after he pulls off an ‘Ajay Devgn’ stunt on two moving cars in a viral video

OpIndia Staff -
The sub-inspector can be spotted in his shades and police uniform standing on two moving cars to record the video of his stunt
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Social Media

Something big at 8 PM? Netizens curious for PM Modi’s 8 PM address to nation after HM Amit Shah endorsed

OpIndia Staff -
Speculations are rife on social media that PM Modi might extend the nationwide lockdown or announce a big stimulus package for business battered by the crippling restrictions
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Media

‘Journalist’ Swati Chaturvedi tweets about ‘plot to assassinate PM Modi’, deletes it after netizens demand investigation

OpIndia Staff -
The self-proclaimed journalist, often known for her abusive rants on Twitter, hinted at some sort of a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Modi amidst the coronavirus pandemic across the country.
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News Reports

Glenmark starts phase-3 clinical trial for potential coronavirus drug ‘Favipiravir’ in India

OpIndia Staff -
Glenmark has received regulatory approval for phase-3 clinical trial of Favipiravir for treatment of Coronavirus in India
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News Reports

“Hindu Bania aukat se bahar nikal gaya hai”: Pakistan news anchor makes anti-Hindu comment while taking potshots at India

OpIndia Staff -
The programme was about the recent attack in Balochistan, Pakistan, carried out by the Baloch Liberation Army.
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Social Media

Congress’ Lok Sabha leader calls China a ‘venomous snake’ and ‘yellow expansionist’, praises Indian Army but deletes tweet

OpIndia Staff -
Congress has distanced itself from Chowdhury's tweet, calling his his personal opinion and not the party's stand.
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Opinions

Coronavirus pandemic will give birth to a new world order, and the non-left should grab it

Santanu Chakraborty -
Historical trends show that we are living at the cusp of one of the biggest transitional phases we will see in our lives.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: 700 Bengal tourists remain stranded in Haridwar as Mamata govt remains unresponsive to transport requests

OpIndia Staff -
As per the Uttarakhand government, then state governments of UP and Haryana have already arranged transport and taken their people back. But WB government is yet to take any steps.
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News Reports

Former PM Dr Manmohan Singh tests negative for coronavirus, is stable and fit to be discharged

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Manmohan Singh was tested for coronavirus as abundant precaution after he was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS following fever and chest pain.
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News Reports

’96th Coronavirus patients is being buried here’: Aaj Tak ground report contradicts claims of Delhi Government

OpIndia Staff -
The ITO cemetery is specified for burial of coronavirus patients. It is spread across 5 bigha land.
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News Reports

Chennai ‘No Muslim Staff’ case: Complaint filed against Delhi lawyer Rizwan Nizami over sharing Photoshopped image to defame the bakery

OpIndia Staff -
On 8 May, Nizami had tweeted an image expressing anger that a Chennai-based bakery had said it does not employ Muslim bakers.
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News Reports

Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan: China throws another tantrum against Indian media, harps on ‘One-China principle’

OpIndia Staff -
Spokesman of the Chinese Embassy in India, Rong alleged that Taiwan is using the coronavirus to engage in political manipulation.
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News Reports

Mili Gazette defends Halal Certification, but defense also justifies economic boycott of Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
Mili Gazette has come out resolutely in the defence of the discriminatory Islamic practice of Halal certification.
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News Reports

AAP leader Rajendra Pal Gautam gets called out by the Indian Army for sharing an outdated video maligning the forces

OpIndia Staff -
AAP legislator Rajendra Pal Gautam, claimed that Indian Army jawans are insulted by their superiors with casteist slurs.
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News Reports

Government not considering community-wise mapping of coronavirus: Health Ministry trashes report by Deccan Chronicle

OpIndia Staff -
The Union Health Ministry rubbished the reports that said that the central government is mulling over the community-wise mapping of the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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Opinions

How ‘Communist Muslims’ helped create Pakistan and what it tells us about the unholy alliance between Islamism and Communism

Sanjay Pandey -
Is communism a convenient cover for 'Communist Muslims' to bolster the forces that have been trying to break India for decades?
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News Reports

Arnab vs Antonia: SC questions Kapil Sibal on hundreds of FIRs that have the same wording, Congress leader concedes photocopies being used

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party has gone all out in its pursuit against Republic TV Chief Editor Arnab Goswami.
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News Reports

Sonia Gandhi paid for your tickets: Punjab Congress MLA tells migrant workers, distributes political pamphlets at the station

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, the MLA from Gidderbaha also delivered a politically speech from the tower of the railway station prior to the departure of the train carrying migrant workers from Punjab to Bihar. He reiterated, "Congress has paid for your tickets."
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Opinions

The Bois Locker Room controversy, the F.R.I.E.N.D.S syndrome, sexual promiscuity and what needs to change – urgently

Guest Author -
Recent 'Bois Locker Room' incident that took over Instagram by a storm, exposed the dark side of the web. It was a classic example of what happens when one does not use social media responsibly.
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News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak: About 900 policemen in Maharashtra affected with COVID-19, 207 instances of assault on cops so far

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh took to Twitter to reveal the rampant spread of coronavirus among Maharashtra police officials.
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News Reports

Stop going to courts, go to Maulvis instead: Viral AIMIM poster encourages Muslims to subvert Indian Judiciary

OpIndia Staff -
As per the image shared by BJP leader Kuljeet Chahal, the AIMIM poster encouraged Muslims to stop going to courts and instead trust Ulemas to resolve issues.
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News Reports

Pokhran Nuclear Tests: When Communists linked the test to Babri Masjid demolition and called the nuclear bomb a ‘Hindu bomb’

OpIndia Staff -
Communists in India, the CPI(M) and its ideological comrades, were not pleased with the Pokhran Nuclear Tests.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: While the state faces over 22,000 coronavirus cases, Uddhav Thackeray takes family, party leaders for filing MLC nomination

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra is the worst-afflicted state from the coronavirus outbreak with over 22,000 cases and over 800 deaths.
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News Reports

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to oppose the resumption of train services: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee is also reportedly likely to demand the early release of funds to the tune of ₹50,000 crores for West Bengal.
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News Reports

Tanzania President claims goat and papaya samples tested positive for coronavirus, suspends national lab head for ‘faulty testing’

OpIndia Staff -
Goat, papaya, car oil and other such non-human samples were reportedly tested by Tanzania labs and some of them tested positive for coronavirus.
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Opinions

Pokhran: CPIM supported North Korea being a nuclear power, but not India

Abhishek Banerjee -
It may sound unbelievable today, but not every Indian was happy to see India take one step towards claiming its rightful status among nations of the world after the Pokhran test
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Politics

Congress just admitted in Court that the ‘investigation into Arnab Goswami’ is nothing but vendetta: Here is how

OpIndia Staff -
It comes as no surprise that the lawyer representing Raza Academy against journalist Arnab Goswami is senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal.
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Opinions

Lifting the lockdown and revival of the economy: An open letter to PM Modi

Vijaya Dar -
Lockdown will result in the number of cases looking to be under control, but its repeal will inevitably result in a spike.
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Media

One of the cops who interrogated Arnab Goswami tested positive for coronavirus, senior Advocate Harish Salve informs SC

OpIndia Staff -
Two of the officers who interrogated Goswami were asymptomatic and later one of them have tested for coronavirus.
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Crime

Doctor’s suicide case: AAP MLA Prakash Jarwal and associate sent to 4 days of police custody, connections with water tanker mafia alleged

OpIndia Staff -
The public prosecutor had sought remand of the accused by highlighting the preliminary stage of investigation, heinous nature of the crime and recovery of the extortion money.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Hearing and speech impaired minor Christian girl abducted and sexually assaulted

OpIndia Staff -
In yet another horrific incident of attack on religious minorities in Pakistan, a Christian minor girl, Komal Patras, was abducted and sexually assaulted in Lahore's Shibli town.
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News Reports

Former PM Manmohan Singh admitted to AIIMs due to fever and chest pain, currently under observation

OpIndia Staff -
The former PM was admitted in the cardio-thoracic department. His condition is said to be stable and he is currently under observation by a team of doctors.
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News Reports

You don’t vote for us, no ration for you: Poor in AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s constituency allege religious discrimination amid coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The poor in Sarita Vihar area of New Delhi are left to fend for themselves amid the coronavirus lockdown as they were turned away because they didn't vote for AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan.
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