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This speech by Narendra Modi in March shows his desire to uproot the existing status quo and his commitment towards major reforms

OpIndia Staff -
Narendra Modi delivered a speech in March which highlights the commitment of his government towards real reforms.
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News Reports

Pakistan, drinking pigeon sh*t slurry won’t cure coronavirus, leave the kabootars alone!

Nirwa Mehta -
Recently, a preacher, Peer Pinjar Sarkar, in Pakistan claimed that drinking pigeon poop mixed in water is a sure shot cure for coronavirus.
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News Reports

China asked WHO director to delay global warning on Coronavirus in January: Reports German media house quoting German intelligence

OpIndia Staff -
According to German intelligence agency BND, Xi Jinping had asked WHO chief in January to delay global warning on Coronavirus
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Culture and History

The myth of Mughal greatness: Mughals were neither great rulers nor were they secularists competing with Nehru

Saket Suryesh -
Amd growing tendency to recreate the myth of Mughal majesty, it is important for people to know about the truth about the Mughals
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News Reports

After India telecasts Gilgit-Baltistan and PoK regions in weather update Pakistan tries to act smart, ends up with self goal

OpIndia Staff -
Radio Pakistan tweeted that maximum temperature is -4 degree centigrade and minimum temperature is -1 degree centigrade in Ladakh
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News Reports

Government issues safety guidelines to restart factories post lockdown after Styrene gas leak incident in Vishakhapatnam

OpIndia Staff -
3 days after Styrene gas leak incident, govt has issued safety guidelines to be followed while restarting factories after lockdown
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News Reports

US college apologises after Islamists threaten professor over quiz stating terrorists strive to emulate prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
Scottsdale Community College in Arizona, United States of America has apologised over quiz questions where a professor asked multiple choice questions on Islam in a quiz.
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News Reports

India’s New Education Policy will be based on Vedic Knowledge combined with Science: HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

OpIndia Staff -
HRD minister said that we have to combine our ancient vedic knowledge with modern science and technology to move forward in future
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News Reports

Angered by lockdown restrictions, Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla headquarters, factory out of California

OpIndia Staff -
Elon Musk also threatened to shift the Tesla headquarters to Texas or Nevada, where shelter-in-place rules are less restrictive.
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News Reports

Previously shunted by Maha Vikas Aghadi, ex-Mumbai Metro chief Ashwini Bhide brought back to handle coronavirus crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Ashwini Bhide, who was shunted out from Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation for taking on his son, was soon appointed as the additional commissioner in the BMC by the Maharashtra government.
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News Reports

West Bengal: “No Coronavirus testing, no drinking water”, People quarantined at Asansol ESI Hospital create ruckus

OpIndia Staff -
A person stranded at the quarantine centre in West Bengal complained that 1 litre of water had been provided for 32 people.
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News Reports

While “No non-Muslim slaughterer” Halal is mainstream, police in Chennai arrest Jain Bakery owner for “No Muslim staffs” advertisement

OpIndia Staff -
Chennai police have arrested a bakery owner for cautionary information stating that it employed no Muslims to prepare food items.
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News Reports

Cremations and burials according to Coronavirus protocol and COVID-19 deaths in hospitals in Delhi far exceed state govt’s numbers: Report

OpIndia Staff -
A total of 314 last rites according to Coronavirus protocol has taken place in Delhi so far, opposed to Delhi govt report of 68 deaths
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Media

Journalist Deepak Chaurasia threatened over reporting the Palghar Sadhu lynching and questioning Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad, files FIRs

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Deepak Chaurasia has filed two separate FIRs with Gautam Buddha Nagar over threats he has been receiving for reportage on Palghar Sadhu lynching as well as Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad.
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News Reports

Indian Army confronts Chinese troops in Naku La sector of Sikkim, few soldiers injured

OpIndia Staff -
The aggressive confrontation by the Chinese forces occurred near the Naku La pass, which is at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres.
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News Reports

Delhi Police issues notice to Delhi Minorities Commission chief Zafarul Islam, asks him to submit laptop or mobile used for seditious Facebook post

OpIndia Staff -
Several Muslim leaders have come to the rescue of Zafarul Islam by accusing the Delhi police of assuming a "biased role.
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News Reports

Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin leads slain terrorist Riyaz Naikoo’s condolence meet in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, admits Indian security forces eliminated 80 terrorists this year

OpIndia Staff -
Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin addressed a condolence meet of terrorist Riyaz Naikoo who was eliminated by Indian Forces last week.
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News Reports

Javed Miandad to collect funds in his bank account to pay off loans taken by Pakistan, because lenders may take away ‘atom bomb’ otherwise

OpIndia Staff -
In the video, Javed Miandad appeals to every Pakistani, including those residing abroad or the corrupt Pakistanis who have ‘looted’ the nation, to donate generously to his campaign.
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News Reports

Coronavirus lockdown: 5 killed, 11 injured after truck laden with mangoes carrying labourers from Hyderabad to UP overturns

OpIndia Staff -
5 people have lost their lives while 11 have been injured after a truck laden with mangoes carrying labourers from Telangana's Hyderabad to Uttar Pradesh overturned near Patha village in Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh
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News Reports

Punjab Police exposes Pakistan sponsored narco-terrorism network in the country, ‘big fish’ in ISI’s drug smuggling chain arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab police arrested Ranjeet Singh alias Rana alias Cheeta, who is said to be a 'big fish' in the ISI controlled drug smuggling network
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News Reports

Four ‘high-value’ Naxal terrorists killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh, AK-47, SLR rifle and 12-bore guns recovered, a police officer martyred

OpIndia Staff -
Four Naxal terrorists carrying heavy bounties on their heads killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh, one Sub-inspector also died
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Crime

Hindu family leaves Gopalganj district in Bihar due to fear after their minor son was killed

अनुपम कुमार सिंह -
The minor Hindu boy's dead body was taken for a post mortem and it was over in barely 2-3 minutes, throwing light on police apathy
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News Reports

Suicide of a woman in Gujarat due to family dispute falsely attributed to Coronavirus lockdown in viral Facebook post

OpIndia Staff -
Tulsi killed her two children and committed suicide after suspecting that her husband Vishnu was having an extra-marital affair.
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News Reports

PIL filed in Delhi High Court seeking SIT, CBI probe in ‘Bois Locker Room’ case

OpIndia Staff -
The plea said that the offenders in the 'Bois Locker Room' case belong to the high-profile families, can avoid arrest.
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News Reports

PIL filed in SC seeking directives for centre to move International Court of Justice against China for spreading coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
The petitioner has asked the centre to approach ICJ and seek damages worth $ 600 billion from China for spreading coronavirus
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News Reports

West Bengal government has not approved any Shramik Express train from coronavirus-ravaged Maharashtra: Indian Railways

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal govt has left migrant workers from the state stuck in Maharashtra in the lurch as the govt has not approved trains from there
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News Reports

AAP MLA Prakash Jarval arrested from Saket after a Delhi doctor committed suicide blaming him

OpIndia Staff -
AAP's Deoli MLA Prakash Jarval accused of abetting a doctor to suicide has been arrested from Saket in Delhi
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News Reports

Congress picks Coronavirus data of four random countries to prove that India has the highest number of cases, fails in that too

OpIndia Staff -
Even in five countries picked by Congress party, India has the lowest per capita Coronavirus cases, even though the absolute number is most
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News Reports

Chennai: Ayurvedic Pharmacist dies after consuming the ‘cure’ he developed to battle Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
During the experiment, Sivanesan and Kumar consumed Sodium Hydrate, used in the manufacture of chemicals and soaps, and in petroleum refining. The duo hoped that the company would make huge profits if they succeeded.
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News Reports

Bangladeshi NGO ‘Bidyanondo’ hounded by Islamic fundamentalists for its Hindu name and Hindu founder: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
Bangladeshi NGO named Bidyanondo Foundation has now come under the attack of Islamist fundamentalist on social media for its Hindu name
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu Government moves Supreme Court against Madras HC’s order to close liquor outlets in the State

OpIndia Staff -
The Madras High Court had however allowed the sale of liquor through online channels and home delivery services.
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News Reports

14-year-old Christian girl abducted, converted to Islam and married off to her abductor in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
A 14-year-old Christian girl, Myra Shehbaz, was abducted in Faislabad in Pakistan by Muhammad Naqash and his accomplice while she was travelling to her workplace in April 2020
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Government and Policy

Amidst cries of privacy concerns, Singaporean ethical hacker Frank Liauw gives thumbs-up to security features of Aarogya Setu app

OpIndia Staff -
Privacy concerns had plagued the Indian Government's contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, with many raising doubts about the data collection, storage and encryption
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Editor's picks

Many, including AltNews co-founder, share fake news from Indian Express, in a bid to shield Tablighi Jamaat and Maulana Saad

Jhankar Mohta -
A report published in the Indian Express today was fact-checked by OpIndia even before being debunked by the Delhi police
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News Reports

Elite Left journalists assert changing cities for education and jobs akin to ‘migration’, call themselves ‘migrant workers’

Jinit Jain -
Privileged left liberal journalists have started identifying themselves as 'migrants' as a ruse to attack the Modi government amidst the double whammy of migrant crisis and coronavirus outbreak
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News Reports

Jharkhand: New details emerge in Jamtara incident where one Jamshed Ansari had removed barricades placed by the villagers to enforce lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Jamtara police have lodged an FIR against 13 identified and 40 unidentified miscreants based on the complaint lodged by one Gautam Kumar
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News Reports

Four Muslim youths arrested in Ahmedabad for spreading fake tweet regarding the health of home minister Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
Firoz Khan, Sarfaraz, Sajjad Ali, and Shiraz Hussain arrested in Ahmebadad for fake tweet on health of Amit Shah
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Media

From Land grabbing, vandalization of temples to the abduction of women: Persecution of Hindus increases in Bangladesh during the lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
World Hindu Federation has alleged that the persecution of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh has increased during the lockdown in the country
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News Reports

‘Had converted to Islam during rule of Aurangzeb’: 250 Muslims from 40 families convert to Hinduism in Haryana

OpIndia Staff -
250 Muslims from 40 families converted to Hinduism in Bidhmira village in Hisar district of Haryana
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News Reports

Home Minister Amit Shah dismisses rumours surrounding his health, says busy with coronavirus crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah said that millions of party workers and well wishers have expressed a lot of concern regarding his health after the rumours
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Culture and History

Maharana Pratap Jayanti: What Asaf Khan told Mughal forces at the Battle of Haldighati

Abhishek Banerjee -
On the occasion of Maharana Pratap Jayanti, let me tell you a story. We all know about the Maharana’s legendary battle in 1576 against Mughal forces on the fields of Halidghati
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News Reports

Mumbai: Dean of the Sion hospital removed after video of dead bodies next to coronavirus patients went viral

OpIndia Staff -
In the chilling video of the Sion hospital, it was clearly seen that corpses were kept in the ward in which the patients of coronavirus were admitted
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News Reports

Enforcement Directorate attaches National Herald’s building worth Rs 16.38 crore in Mumbai’s Bandra under PMLA

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Oscar Fernandes Motilal Vohra, Sam Pitroda are all accused in the National Herald Case and are currently out on bail
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Media Fact-Check

Indian Express story based on imagination, reporter did not talk to any ‘sources’: Delhi police trashes story claiming Maulana Saad video ‘doctored’

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police has issued a statement on Twitter calling the report in the Indian Express about the Tablighi Jamaat and Maulana Saad imaginary and fake news
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News Reports

Styrene gas leak: NGT imposes Rs 50 crore fine on LG Polymer for not complying with rules, constitutes committee to probe the gas leak

OpIndia Staff -
NGT has set up a five-member committee to probe Thursday's Styrene gas leak incident in LG Polymer factory.
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News Reports

26 US Congressmen urge Mike Pompeo to relocate minorities of Afghanistan including Sikhs and Hindus who are under imminent danger of Islamic state terror

OpIndia Staff -
The 26 US Congressmen expressed deep concern about safety of the vulnerable Sikh religious minority in Afghanistan
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News Reports

Wuhan coronavirus outbreak: Stranded Chinese nationals in Nepal resort to stone-pelting while demanding return flights to go home

OpIndia Staff -
Marooned in Nepal following the coronavirus induced flight restrictions, the Chinese nationals claimed that they have exhausted money and other wherewithal to continue their stay in the country
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News Reports

Anti-Hindu Delhi riots: Lawyer demands bail for Shahrukh Pathan citing ‘risk of Coronavirus’, Court denies bail plea

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Court rejected the bail plea of Shahrukh Pathan, the anti-CAA rioter who opened fire at police personnel on February 24 after violence broke out in the North-East Delhi areas.
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News Reports

After brutal Palghar lynching, body of Sadhus lay unclaimed for over 9 hours, police fled and came back only next morning: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Every day, new revelations are being made in the Palghar mob lynching case. Still, there are many questions which remain unanswered
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News Reports

FIR registered against Jamia Millia Islamia law student Mahoor Parvez in UP for calling martyred soldiers and police personnel as ‘war criminals’

OpIndia Staff -
Jamia student Mahoor Parvez was booked on the basis of a complaint filed by a Bajrang Dal office-bearer named Praveen Bhati
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