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Major Anuj Sood, who was martyred in Handwara encounter, got married just few months back

OpIndia Staff -
Major Anuj Sood's father says his son made a supreme sacrifice. Major Sood along with four other security personnel were martyred in Handwara encounter.
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Politics

As Congress talks about Press Freedom, here is the party’s track record, and it’s just an indicative list

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party lamenting over lack of freedom for the press to express their opinion in the country is just paradoxical
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News Reports

China: Man who ate raw snake gallbladder and raw seafood finds out that his lungs are filled with worms

OpIndia Staff -
The Chinese man visited a doctor after experiencing breathing difficulties, only to find that his lungs were infested with live worms.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Five bridges closed in Ahmedabad to block movement, authorities urge people to celebrate Ramzan at home as coronavirus spreads like wildfire

OpIndia Staff -
With increasing number of Chinese coronavirus cases in Gujarat, particularly Ahmedabad, the city administration has closed down two more bridges, Ambedkar Bridge and Sardar Bridge, over river Sabarmati for traffic movement.
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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: Ladakh witnesses surge of 19 positive cases in a day, 18 of them in a single village in Leh

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The Chuchot Yokma village in Ladakh which saw a spike in 18 cases in a single day was earlier declared a Coronavirus hotspot.
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News Reports

Footballer Sunil Chhetri wins the internet after he helps a fan to get a free subscription from Netflix to pass time during lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Fan asks footballer Sunil Chhetri to share Netflix account details to use during the lockdown, gets Chhetri’s signed jersey and Netflix subscription card
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News Reports

Delhi Minorities Commission Chairman stands by his comments threatening Hindus, claims he is fighting to save the country and Constitution

OpIndia Staff -
Zafarul Islam has declared that he still stands by his incendiary comments after he was booked on charges of sedition by Delhi Police.
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News Reports

Pakistani terrorist Haider, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, killed in Handwara encounter

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, the terrorists were found hiding in a cowshed. The Forces were reportedly acting on a tipoff that terrorists were present in the Rajwar forests area.
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Political History of India

The dictatorial history of the Congress party began right after Indian independence under Nehru, Arnab Goswami is only the latest victim

Saket Suryesh -
It all began when Jawaharlal Nehru was selected the leader of Congress at the time when Independence of India was around the corner.
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News Reports

Congress party cries over ‘press freedom’, days after harassing journalist Arnab Goswami

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The Congress party opened a war front against Arnab Goswami after he had questioned Sonia Gandhi over the Palghar lynching case.
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News Reports

West Bengal: TMC supporter Sheikh Kasemuddin arrested after 153 crude bombs were recovered from his backyard

OpIndia Staff -
The accused TMC supporter Kasemuddin was produced before the Kanthi Court on Saturday and sent to 14 days in judicial custody.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Bhim Army leader arrested for attacking healthcare workers in Muzaffarnagar

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The Uttar Pradesh police have arrested Bhim Army district president Upkar Bawra for assaulting a medical staff at district hospital in Muzzaffarnagar on Thursday.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee govt denies permission for flypast by Indian Air Force to show gratitude for healthcare workers: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The West Bengal government has not approved the request to allow Indian Air force aircraft to fly over two Kolkata hospitals. The hospitals are the ID&BG hospital and the Eastern Command Hospital.
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News Reports

Naveen Patnaik dials up PM Modi who steps in to ensure coronavirus testing kits are delivered in record time

OpIndia Staff -
A report by PGurus states how the Centre and state coordinated to ensure that the testing kits for coronavirus stuck in Mumbai reached Odisha in record time.
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News Reports

Indian Air Force, Navy carry out flypast and shower petals to salute brave corona warriors: Watch visuals

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Air Force has decided to conduct a flypast in various cities and also shower petals on coronavirus hospitals, while the Indian Navy will light up its warships to express their gratitude towards coronavirus warriors who are battling the pandemic.
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News Reports

Pakistanis celebrate as 4 Indian Army personnel lose their lives in terrorist encounter in Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
As news emerged that four Indian Army personnel died fighting the Pakistani terrorists, the Pakistanis and Islamists took to social media to celebrate the Handwara attacks.
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News Reports

Four Indian Army personnel lose their lives in Handwara encounter in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
As per Indian Army officials, two terrorists were also neutralised in the Handwara encounter.
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News Reports

China didn’t share data on Coronavirus on time, closed the lab of Shanghai professor a day after he had revealed information on the virus:...

OpIndia Staff -
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said that Donald Trump has valid reasons to be angry with China on Coronavirus
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News Reports

China deliberately attempted to conceal crucial information about coronavirus outbreak: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Intelligence agencies of five countries say China withheld the crucial information Coronavirus from the rest of the world until January
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News Reports

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un may have been holed up in his private villa with his 2000-women ‘pleasure squad’ to avoid Coronavirus: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier in the day, it was reported that the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in the last 21 days
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News Reports

14 key players under scanner of Enforcement Directorate in the funding of Tablighi Jamaat

OpIndia Staff -
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has directed to freeze bank accounts of Tablighi Jamaat and examining all the transactions
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News Reports

Delhi court rejects bail plea of ex-AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in the Delhi riots case

OpIndia Staff -
Karkardooma court dismissed bail plea of Tahir Hussain on the ground that police investigation in the case was still at an initial stage
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News Reports

Enforcement Directorate reopens Irrigation scam case against Ajit Pawar, registers case against him in Nagpur

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Ajit pawar is accused of irregularities in Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation under which the irrigation projects were approved.
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News Reports

Spike in Coronavirus cases in Gujarat came around April 15th because Jamaatis hid their links with Delhi Markaz: Gujarat CM

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While holding Tablighi Jamaat accountable for the menacing rise of coronavirus cases in Gujarat, Rupani added that state govt is tackling the pandemic well
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News Reports

Meet Dr S Mukherjee, tainted doctor heading Mamata Banerjee’s 12-member experts’ committee formed to deal with Coronavirus

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Despite his 'crackerjack professional' record, Dr Sukumar Mukherjee was appointed as a member of the WBCERC in 2017
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Cops arrest 2 people for organising Iftar party in Noida amidst Coronavirus lockdown, FIR against 19 others

OpIndia Staff -
DCP Rajesh Kumar informed that the Jewar Police nabbed the two accused from the scene, on receiving information about the Iftar party amidst Coronavirus
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News Reports

The Hindu publishes fake news claiming that Railways is charging extra money from stranded migrants to travel in special trains: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
While The Hindu reported that passengers will have to pay Rs 50 extra for special trains, actually state govts are paying for the trains
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Media

Hounding of Arnab Goswami is unsurprising: This is what happened to me at a media event when I was just a law student

Rucha Dhakras -
The recent incident of the attack on editor in Chief of Republic TV, Arnab Goswami, brought a flashback of events that happened around six years ago.
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News Reports

Watch: 18 people found travelling from Maharashtra to Lucknow inside a concrete mixer

OpIndia Staff -
The concrete mixer truck was stopped by the cops at the border between Indore and Ujjain to check for the illegal movement of people
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News Reports

Gujarat: School reopens in Rajkot in violation of Coronavirus lockdown rules, probe ordered

OpIndia Staff -
100 students attended school to take their test results, despite Rajkot being one of the containment zones in Gujarat.
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Media

15 people test Coronavirus positive after attending a prayer meeting held by a family in their own building, TOI gives it a ‘Hindu temple’...

Jhankar Mohta -
Times of India has been a repeat offender. Despite attracting furore on social media for its transgressions, TOI refuses to refrain
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News Reports

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance after weeks of rumours of his bad health and possible death

OpIndia Staff -
Kim Jong Un inaugurated a company on Labour day in presence of senior officials and his sister, according to North Korean state media
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News Reports

Ranchi: Denied place for burial in Christian cemetery, the family of the deceased cremates the body with Hindu rituals

OpIndia Staff -
The father of the Saint Francis Church reportedly denied the deceased man's son, Philip, of having any place left in the Christian cemetery to lay his father to rest
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News Reports

China launches ‘crusade’ against Christianity, begins to remove crosses from churches across the country

OpIndia Staff -
The leadership in China has launched the crusade to eradicate Christianity in various provinces for two years now.
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News Reports

Sikh pilgrims test positive for coronavirus, India Today attempts to draw a parallel to Tablighi Jamaat superspreaders: Here is why they are wrong

Jinit Jain -
197 Sikh pilgrims have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus, and the media is now using them to shield Tablighi Jamaat super-spreaders
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News Reports

Man arrested over killing of Hindu sadhus in Palghar lynching tests positive for Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
The 55-year-old accused in the Palghar lynching case, who was found Corona positive, was held in police custody at the Wada police station
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News Reports

122 personnel of a single CRPF Batallion test positive for Coronavirus in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
The personnel belong to the 31st battalion of CRPF that is based in the Mayur Vihar Phase-III area of the national capital
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News Reports

After interrogating Arnab Goswami for over 12 hours, now Mumbai police ‘questions’ group CFO of Republic: 4 hours and counting

OpIndia Staff -
Interrogation of Republic TV CFO S Sundaram started at around 10.30 AM, and it is still going on till the time of writing this report.
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News Reports

Delhi: AAP MLA from Hari Nagar refuses ration to poor labourers amidst lockdown, defeated BJP candidate Tajinder Bagga comes to their rescue

OpIndia Staff -
Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga tweeted, informing that he had spoken to the activist and delivered the ration to the two needy families.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Murshidabad locals vandalise shop of distributor Halim Sheikh, angered by him hoarding half the ration supplies meant for distribution

OpIndia Staff -
Miffed over the improper distribution of ration supplies, angry locals in Salar area in West Bengal's Murshidabad district Saturday vandalised a ration distributor Halim Sheikhs' house
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News Reports

Irked over changing the name of its embassy in Taiwan, China threatens to stop medical supplies to the Netherlands: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
Chhina warned that the name change concerns the country's "core interests" andasked the Netherlands to follow its "One China principle.'
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News Reports

Brothers get pass on the pretext of treatment to marry and bring wives, cab driver uses same pass to transport relative’s wife who tests...

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Imran and Shah Rukh got a pass for going to Agra treatment, but instead they got married there and brought their wives back
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Economy and Finance

How did Raghuram Rajan miss his chance to “predict” Coronavirus recession after “predicting” doom 5 years in a row?

Abhishek Banerjee -
The Congress party uploaded a 28 minute long, valuable interaction between Rahul Gandhi and Raghuram Rajan on the impact of Wuhan Coronavirus on the Indian economy and the possible way forward.
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News Reports

Punjab: Man drags police officer on his car’s bonnet for trying to stop the car during the lockdown

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Punjab Police officer climbs bonnet of a car after it refuses to stop at police checking, car drives on with the officer on the bonnet
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News Reports

Watch: Mob attacks Mumbai police in Kurla as they go to enforce lockdown, no arrests made yet

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On the 29th of April, a police team was attacked while the team was on Coronavirus related enforcement duty in Kurla Pipeline area
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News Reports

Contracting a disease is not a crime, spreading the Coronavirus infection, hiding the disease deliberately is a crime: Yogi Adityanath on Tablighi Jamaat

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Yogi Adityanath said what Tablighi Jamaat did was a criminal act and actions should be taken against them accordingly.
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News Reports

Delhi riots: Delhi High Court appoints Justice Sunil Gaur as Claims Commissioner to recover damages from the rioters

OpIndia Staff -
The High Court appointed Claims Commissioner after Delhi government had written a letter seeking approval for the appointment
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News Reports

Unruly relatives of a Coronavirus patient vandalise hospital, attack healthcare workers in West Bengal after the patient’s death

OpIndia Staff -
Larger number relatives of Coronavirus patient Akhatari Begum assemble at West Bengal Hospital, vandalise hospital after her death
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News Reports

Karnataka: 11 people arrested in Kolar for offering Namaz during lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Woman police officer enters mosque in Karnataka's Kolar, arrests 11 person for offering namaz violating lockdown
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News Reports

Karnataka: IAS officer hails Tablighi Jamaat as ‘heroes’, abuses media for not covering alleged positive deeds, gets show-cause notice

OpIndia Staff -
IAS officer Mohammad Mohsin had posted a tweet hailing Tablighi Jamaat members as "heroes" and had targetted the media for exposing their crimes of spreading coronavirus across the country.
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