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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

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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’

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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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News Reports

After outrage, Google intervenes, removes the Hinduphobic definition of ‘co-religionist’, but not in the USA

OpIndia Staff -
After the widespread protest, Google seems to have taken cognisance of the blatant Hinduphobia and removed that Hinduphobic sentence in the definition of co-religionist.
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News Reports

Defence Minister inaugurates strategic road connecting Indo-China border at Lipulekh pass, travel to Kailash Mansarovar shortened

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The road originates at Ghatiabagarh and ends at Lipulekh pass, the gateway to Kailash-Mansarovar which is just 90 km away
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News Reports

“West Bengal not allowing trains with migrants reaching the state”: Amit Shah says Mamata Banerjee govt is not supporting centre in handling the migrant...

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In a letter to Mamata Banerjee, Amit Shah stated that Centre not getting required support from WB govt to handle migrant workers.
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News Reports

Delhi govt claims they are paying for train tickets of migrants returning to Bihar, Bihar govt releases letter exposing Kejriwal’s lie: Details

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Delhi govt has sent a letter to Bihar govt asking them to pay the cost of tickets of migrants returning to Bihar from Delhi
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News Reports

Media says Markaz video of Maulana Saad was ‘doctored’ by a Tablighi Jamaat member: An attempt to save Maulana Saad?

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A report published in Indian Express claims that the video where Markaz Nizamuddin head Maulana Saad Kandhalvi of Tablighi Jamaat condemned social distancing may be 'doctored'.
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News Reports

Ahmedabad: Mob pelts stone at policemen for enforcing lockdown at Red Zone in Muslim-dominated Shahpur area, 15 detained

OpIndia Staff -
Stone-pelting began after a team of Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel asked people to follow the lockdown rules in Shahpur in Ahmedabad
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Media

Rajdeep Sardesai appreciates the ‘unscripted’ press interaction by Rahul Gandhi, another journalist reveals how he is lying – blatantly

OpIndia Staff -
After the second press interaction by Rahul Gandhi, hailing this move by the Congress scion, Rajdeep Sardesai appreciated him for the 'unscripted' media interactions.
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News Reports

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray says he may ask for central forces to give state police some rest, admits not successful in breaking Coronavirus chain

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray admiited that his government has not been successful in breaking the virus chain
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News Reports

Navi Mumbai: Vashi’s Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) to be shut for a week to prevent the spread of Coronavirus

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The supply of vegetables, fruits, and grains will be stopped from May 11 to 17 following the closure of the Vashi APMC market
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News Reports

Union Govt asked Twitter to take down a tweet by Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya? Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Tejasvi Surya has, of late, has been suffering the brunt of a targeted campaign against him.
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News Reports

Mumbai coronavirus outbreak: BMC chief Praveen Pardeshi transferred to urban development; Iqbal Chahal takes the charge

OpIndia Staff -
Both Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shunted out by Maharashtra govt
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News Reports

DD news includes Gilgit-Baltistan and regions of Pakistan occupied Kashmir in its daily weather forecast report

OpIndia Staff -
A day after Indian Meteorological Department included Gilgit-Baltistan in weather reports, DD News too has followed the suit
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News Reports

China agrees to a Coronavirus review but only after the pandemic is over and under current WHO chief’s leadership

OpIndia Staff -
China agrees to a Coronavirus review by an "open, transparent and inclusive" WHO panel, constituted under WHO Chief
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News Reports

Non-bailable warrant issued against AAP MLA in connection with suicide of doctor in South Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Prakash Jarwal is an elected representative of the AAP from the Deoli Assembly Constituency.
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News Reports

Another shocking video emerges from Sion hospital in Mumbai, Coronavirus patient tries to escape by jumping out of the window

OpIndia Staff -
The video is of last Sunday at 9:25 pm, when a man is seen running towards the window and jumped out of it.
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News Reports

Work resumes for laying the foundation for Ram Mandir in Ayodhya after Yogi government’s nod

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SC, had in November 2019 accepted the Hindu claim and handed over the Ram Janmbhoomi site to Hindus to build Ram Mandir
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News Reports

Aligarh: Hindu students in AMU being hounded, threatened with death by Islamists over social media posts

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“Hindu students have been targeted at the AMU in the past as well. Earlier they were ragged and tortured, now the Hinduphobes have gone a step ahead to threaten the Hindu students with death", said an AMU alumnus.
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News Reports

Watch: Stranded Kashmiri students praise Indian Embassy and MEA for evacuating them from Dhaka amidst lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
A medical student heaped praise on the arrangements made at the airport by the Indian embassy to ensure a hassle-free journey.
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News Reports

Coronavirus continues to fox researchers, new study disproves old assertions as traces of the virus now found in semen of patients

OpIndia Staff -
Doctors at China’s Shangqiu municipal hospital detected that out of 38 men hospitalised with the disease, six of them(16%), had tested positive for Sars-CoV-2 in their semen.
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Politics

Meet Preeti S Menon: The crass, sexist, Abuser-in-Chief of Aam Admi Party

OpIndia Staff -
National Executive Member of the Aam Aadmi Party, Preeti Sharma Menon, made a crass tweet targeting Union Minister for Railways on Friday.
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News Reports

PIB debunks fake news claiming that Mumbai will be under ‘military lockdown’ for 10 days due to Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
The video further claimed that if Mumbai was not shut down completely, then, cases in the country might rise up to a whopping 1 crore.
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News Reports

No second leak at polymer plant, experts working to fix issue: NDRF chief denies rumours of another leakage in Vizag

OpIndia Staff -
"There are some rumours and media reports about a second leakage. I categorically clear that it is not true. It has nothing to do with leakage as such and hence there is no reason to believe that there is a second leakage", said the NDRF chief.
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Government and Policy

Indian Railways operates 201 Shramik special train until May 7, helps nearly 2 lakh migrant stranded workers to reach home

OpIndia Staff -
India Railways operated around 201 Shramik Special trains till late Thursday and helped nearly 2 lakh stranded migrant workers, tourists and students to return to their home state.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Man arrested in Amravati after video of him spitting on bread in a bakery goes viral on TikTok

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Abdul Nazim Sheikh Mahmood was seen slicing breads and spitting on them in a TikTok Video from Amravati in Maharashtra
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Crime

Gujarat: Unscheduled Azaan at Bhuj Mosque asks Muslims to pick up weapons and come out of their homes, 1 arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The arrested man named Mamad Abdullah Luhar had allegedly played Azaan on loudspeakers at 2.30 am in the night and had urged Muslims to 'pick up weapons and come out'.
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News Reports

After exporting Coronavirus infection to green zone Amethi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sends 1 lakh Covid-19 masks to UP

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has sent 1 lakh masks to the state of Uttar Pradesh for battling the scourge of coronavirus.
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Opinions

Leadership is looking at adversity as an opportunity: Yogi Adityanath pushes massive labour and agricultural reforms

Abhishek Banerjee -
Coronavirus crisis has finally given the Indian state the license to cut through the license quota permit raj and implement reforms, like the UP and MP govt have implemented
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News Reports

Supreme Court quashes petition seeking directive to use “Physical Distancing” in place of “Social Distancing”, fines petitioner with Rs 10,000

OpIndia Staff -
Advocate B. Karthik Navayan had petitioned the Supreme to issue directives to the Government to use “Physical Distancing” in place of “Social Distancing”
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi government brings ordinance, abolishes all but 4 labour laws for the next three years to boost production, business in the state

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Only the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996, Workmen Compensation Act, 1923, Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act, 1976, and Section 5 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (the right to receive timely wages), will apply in the state. The statement also said that provisions related to children and women in the labour laws will continue.
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News Reports

Parents of Class 12 boy who committed suicide over unsubstantiated rape allegations file complaint: Read full details

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A complaint has been filed in the suicide case of -Manav Singh who took his life after being accused of sexual abuse on social media.
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Social Media

‘COVID, cancer or both’: Another ‘journalist’ previously associated with TOI, DNA found wishing death upon the Home Minister

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Earlier an NRI 'journalist' had wished death upon HM Amit Shah by stating that his lipoma surgery transformed into a “full-blower cancer"
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News Reports

Are Red, Green, and Orange zones decided by the central government without input from the states? Rahul Gandhi is lying, yet again

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The MHA circular clearly states that the zones are decided as per feedback from districts. It also stated that weekly review of the zones will be conducted with state authorities regarding the classifications.
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News Reports

From ‘terrorizing Holi’ to ‘health hazard Ramayana’: How media demonizes Hindus and all they hold sacred

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The Hinduphobic media organisations regularly offend Hindu sentiments by bashing Hindu festivals.
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Law

Supreme Court refuses to stay alcohol sale, tells states instead to consider home delivery to consumers amidst Coronavirus lockdown

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The top court on Friday refused to stop the sale of liquor across India, asking the state governments to consider providing 'home-delivery' to the consumers desiring to buy alcohol.
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News Reports

The blatantly Hinduphobic definition of ‘co-religionist’ on Google – Who do we blame and how do we fix it

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The sentence that is thrown up by Google to understand the term 'co-religionist' in reference to context reads, "Hindu fundamentalists are admired by many of their co-religionists as virtuous people".
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Hindu and Muslim groups come face to face in a village after one Jamshed Ansari removes barricades preventing outsiders’ entry

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Seeing the tension escalating between Hindus and Muslims in the village, elders from both communities intervened and pacified the people. No complaint has been lodged.
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News Reports

MiG-29 fighter jet of Indian Air Force crashes in Punjab near Nawanshahr, pilot ejects safely

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Eyewitnesses saw something like fireball approaching towards the ground. After following, they found the MiG-29 jet crashed
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News Reports

Tripura: 24 more BSF Personnel test positive for Coronavirus, infection reported from 86th Battalion after 138

OpIndia Staff -
Twenty Four more Border Security Personnel (BSF) personnel have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus in Tripura.
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News Reports

Video from Pakistan International Airlines shared on social media to claim that Air India is charging thrice the ticket price

OpIndia Staff -
A video of a traveler arguing with Pakistan International Airlines crew being shared to claim that it was an Air India flight
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News Reports

Kerala: 21-year old girl studying to become nun in a convent mysteriously found dead in a well

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A girl who was studying to become a nun was suspiciously found dead in a well in the compound of Paliakkara Beselian Convent in Kerala
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News Reports

Bengal: Mandatory to play Mamata Banerjee’s ‘corona song’ along with ‘selected’ Tagore songs on the poet’s birth anniversary, BJP shares ‘order’

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The government order shared by Locket Chaterjee states that the coronavirus song written by Mamata Banerjee must also be played with the select Tagore songs in residential areas and housing complexes on the occasion of Tagore Jayanti.
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News Reports

Kerala: BJP fumes as Devaswom Board transfers Rs 5 crores from the Guruvayur Temple’s fixed deposits to CM’s relief fund

OpIndia Staff -
The Devaswom Board has reportedly sourced the amount from the interests received on its fixed deposits, despite having no proper income due to the lockdown.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 15 Migrant workers walked 45 km, run over by goods train while sleeping on the tracks

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The poor workers sleeping on the tracks were mowed down by the goods train carrying petrol and diesel from Nanded to Manmad at 5.15 am. Five of them escaped with injuries and they have been rushed to a hospital.
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Social Media

AAP cheerleader and NRI ‘Journalist’ of US-based news portal wishes cancer and death upon Home Minister Amit Shah

Dibakar Dutta -
Spewing her inner vitriol against the Home Minister, Nadar said that his death that ought to be "celebrated in the larger interest of humanity."
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News Reports

As Muslim cases surge, Maharashtra ropes in Mosques and Imams to issue Coronavirus awareness messages in Urdu: Report

OpIndia Staff -
At least 239 deaths out of the total 548 deaths recorded in Maharashtra are from the Muslim community, making a whopping 44 per cent of the total deaths in the state, which is almost thrice their share of the population in the state, as per the report.
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Media

Ujjain based NGO claims Dainik Bhaskar made a 10-year-old girl pick up grains from the road for a photo-op: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindi daily newspaper Dainik Bhaskar has come under the scanner for a picture it published in its Ujjain edition on May 5, where it showed a young girl collecting scattered grains from the road under a scorching sun.
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