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Man hangs by balcony railing as he tries to jump off over fight with wife over spiciness in food, rescued by neighbours. Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
Video of the man hanging from the balcony of his apartment in Ahmedabad's Chandkhela area has now gone viral on social media
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News Reports

“They demand we stop worshipping Hindu deities and worship only Babasaheb”, says a Dalit family alleging attack by Bhim Army members in Bihar

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The Dalit family alleged that Bhim Army entered the temple and asked to remove the saffron flag bearing an image of Bajrang Bali
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Political History of India

The Tragedy of 19 May 1961: When 11 Bengalis lost their lives for their mother tongue

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The significance of the 19th day of May 1961 is probably as alien a concept to the modern-day Bengali of Kolkata, as civilization is to a Vandal.
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News Reports

In Arnab v Antonia, this round goes to Goswami: SC extends protection by three weeks, emphasises importance of freedom of the press

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a great blow for Arnab Goswami in his ongoing tussle against Sonia Gandhi.
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News Reports

“No interference in the internal affairs of any country”, Afghan Taliban rubbishes claims of ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ in Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
Following the clarification by the Taliban, it becomes clear that the Taliban will not toe Pakistan's line on Kashmir.
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News Reports

Lockdown 4.0: Public transport, taxi services start in several cities, shops opened with specific social distancing orders

OpIndia Staff -
In Karnataka, the government has allowed resumption of public bus services in the state during the fourth phase of coronavirus lockdown. Parks will be opened for public for 2 hours each in the morning and evening.
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News Reports

Lockdown 4.0: E-commerce firms resume full operations across the country from Tuesday

OpIndia Staff -
Following the ease of restrictions, e-commerce companies have started taking orders for both essential and non-essential items
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Social Media

Promoting rape, animal abuse, hatred and violence against Hindus: The disturbing trends of TikTok in India

Dibakar Dutta -
TikTok has been the subject of public scrutiny ever creator Faisal Siddiqui promoted acid attacks on women by jilted lovers in a viral video.
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Social Media

Laxmi Agarwal slams TikTok user Faizal Siddiqui for promoting acid attacks against women, thanks NCW For taking action against the video

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Taking to Instagram, Laxmi Agarwal slammed Faizal Siddiqui for promoting such criminal acts through social media platforms.
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News Reports

List of buses sent by Congress to Uttar Pradesh govt includes auto rickshaws and blacklisted numbers, online database reveals

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Gandhi, in a letter to UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) has claimed that the UP government asking for handing over the buses she has arranged for migrant workers is 'political move'.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Coronavirus politics: Congress tweets old video clip to claim they help the poor more than the BJP does

OpIndia Staff -
Passing off old images and videos as recent ones to hit out at the central government is becoming a usual practice for Congress and other prominent persons.
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News Reports

Trump says no US funding to WHO if it doesn’t show independence from Chinese influence in next 30 days

OpIndia Staff -
President Trump said that the review carried out by his administration has confirmed that the WHO consistently ignored credible reports of the virus spreading in Wuhan as early as December 2019.
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Entertainment

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s wife Aalia sends divorce notice through WhatsApp due to coronavirus lockdown, levels ‘serious allegations’

OpIndia Staff -
While the notice was sent on 7th May, Nawazuddin has not yet responded. The lawyer stated that the legal notice seeks divorce and maintenance.
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News Reports

Bhuj mosque provocation: Man who called for unscheduled azaan and asked Muslims to pick up arms lodged in Surat jail under PASA

OpIndia Staff -
On 7th May 2020, the said person entered the Masjid Imam-e-Rabbani mosque at around 2:30 AM and played an unscheduled azaan.
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News Reports

Ex-BJP leader Yashwant Sinha claims being arrested, was sitting on dharna amid lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Yashwant Sinha demanded that armed forces and paramilitary forces be deployed to help migrant workers reach their homes.
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News Reports

Indian Air Force to acquire 450 fighter aircraft for deployment on the northern and western frontiers of India: IAF Chief

OpIndia Staff -
The list of aircraft planned to be inducted by the Indian Air Force included 36 Rafales, said the IAF chief.
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News Reports

Cyclone Amphan to evolve into a super cyclone; Bengal, Odisha on high-alert as landfall expected on May 20

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Meteorological Department today announced that Cyclone Amphan in Bay of Bengal has intensified into a super cyclone with wind speed close to 200 Kmph
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News Reports

Many migrant trains not yet running due to lack of cooperation from states, railways rue, West Bengal has approved only 19 Shramik trains

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh has approved nearly 800 Shramik Trains thus far. West Bengal has approved only 19.
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News Reports

No ambulance, no help from govt proved fatal for Mumbai cop Amol Kulkarni: Journalist alleges maltreatment of front-line warriors in coronavirus-hit Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
Vijay Chormare, the Maharashtra Times journalist has alleged Maharashtra state administration of exhibiting shocking apathy towards police official Amol Kulkarni who was diagnosed and later died of COVID-19
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Entertainment

Oscar-winning ‘Joker’ actor Joaquin Phoenix urges people to virtually adopt a cow

OpIndia Staff -
In a heartwarming video, Joaquin Phoenix was seen carrying the calf in his arms from the slaughterhouse in LA
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Media

Following a severe backlash, NDTV deletes the video where their reporter was seen asking a ‘migrant worker’ to pose and ‘walk again’ while crossing...

OpIndia Staff -
After clarifying that the video was sourced from a stringer, NDTV has now curiously deleted the video altogether.
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Social Media Fact-Check

NDTV India journalist shares picture of buses from Kumbh to pass off as buses arranged by Congress for migrants

OpIndia Staff -
Laughably, NDTV had itself used the same image back then to report how the UP Government was eyeing to make it to the Guinness Record
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Social Media

Former MP and journalist Shahid Siddiqui shares 2016 video from Bangladesh as that of India’s migrant crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Shahid Siddiqui had also claimed that such a miserable state of a person can only happen in a country like India.
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Politics

BJP President JP Nadda condemns targeting of independent voices on social media by state machinery in opposition ruled states

OpIndia Staff -
Opposition should adhere to political arguments, when questioned on their failing, said BJP National President JP Nadda
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News Reports

“Eat beef, only then you will become a true Muslim,” Hindu woman accuses her husband of torture, says being pressurised to convert to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
A video went viral on social media where a woman who addressed herself as Neha Khan said that her husband was torturing her.
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News Reports

Coronavirus fallout: Swiggy and Zomato lay off employees, CEO says business heavily impacted

OpIndia Staff -
Last week, Zomato had announced laying off 13 per cent workforce and 50 per cent salary cuts for the rest of the employees.
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News Reports

One Md Aasim arrested by Cybercrime division for sharing morphed images to harass female BJP worker, 26 social media posts deleted

OpIndia Staff -
Apurva Singh had earlier expressed disappointment over the inaction of police officials on the complaint she had registered two months ago.
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News Reports

UP Govt accepts Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s offer of providing 1,000 buses for migrant workers, seeks details

OpIndia Staff -
On 16 May 2020, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had tweeted a letter wherein she had written to UP government seeking permission to ply 1,000 buses for migrant workers.
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Media

India Today selling images of migrants is not the problem, problem is media’s hypocrisy

OpIndia Staff -
The India Today Group has decided to sell images of migrant labourers in distress during the lockdown.
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Opinions

Kerala model for coronavirus: No cities, no virus

Abhishek Banerjee -
The pandemic is not in states nor in countries. The pandemic is in cities.
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Social Media

Virat Kohli congratulates RSS’ Sewa Bharati for their humanitarian work during the coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
The organisation Sewa Bharati is headquartered in Delhi, from where the relief work is being carried out across the country.
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News Reports

FIR against TikTok star Faizal Siddiqui for promoting acid attacks on women, NCW also demands action

OpIndia Staff -
Faizal Siddiqui has 13.4 million followers on TikTok and is the brother of another controversial Amir Siddiqui.
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News Reports

Days after reopening, Chinese smartphone brand Oppo suspends its Noida factory’s operation after 6 of its employees test positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Oppo had resumed operations 8th May 2020 with 30 per cent of its employee, after receiving a go ahead from the Home Ministry
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Opinions

This tweet by Dhruv Rathee shows how he’s inspiring a generation with low IQ and high confidence

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Dhruv Rathee opined that 'by default, left-wing thinkers will always be more creative, imaginative and empathetic.
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News Reports

Watch: Maharashtra policeman tells about the lack of masks, sanitisers to former CM Devendra Fadnavis

OpIndia Staff -
The station incharge of Jaulka police station has asked police officers to refrain from indulging in politics. He has stated that the DSP has provided all necessary masks, sanitisers and face shields.
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News Reports

Complaint filed against AIMIM for urging Muslims to run ‘parallel Judiciary’ based on Sharia

OpIndia Staff -
The complaint against AIMIM was filed with the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Registrar of the Bombay High Court.
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News Reports

Atmanirbhar Bharat Economic Package: Here’s the split-up of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus announced by India

OpIndia Staff -
FM Nirmala Sitharaman had announced the fiscal packages in 5 tranches, excluding the earlier steps taken by government and the RBI measures to tackle the coronavirus induced economic downturn
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News Reports

After migrant workers complain about being forced to travel in cargo truck, Gehlot praises his own govt and Rahul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Gehlot claimed that it will take '6 to 8 months' if migrant workers travel by train. He said that the governments should arrange vehicles for them.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Baloch activists’ online conference triggers panic, Imran Khan govt blocks Twitter and Zoom for hours

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan government in Pakistan blocked social networking platform Twitter and video conferencing platform Zoom for a couple of hours on Sunday.
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Social Media

TikTok star Faizal Siddiqui promotes using acid attack as revenge for jilted lover, police complaint filed

OpIndia Staff -
TikTok videos that glamorise acid attack, as a means to avenge lost love, can influence jilted lovers to follow suit in real life.
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News Reports

India, along with 61 other countries, seeks independent probe into WHO’s response to Chinese coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
India has reportedly backed a joint effort by Australia and European Union calling for an impartial, independent and comprehensive probe into the coronavirus crisis.
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News Reports

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao violates social distancing norms as he prays at a city church amid lockdown, netizens express shock

OpIndia Staff -
Ironically, the crowd at the church, including senior police officers can be seen standing next to each other violating social distancing norms.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Police arrest one Saleem Ballari after he spat on hotel staff, find out he is a murder accused on the run

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After police arrested Saleem Ballari for spitting on hotel staff for refusing food during lockdown, they find out he is an absconding murder accused
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Cricket

Shahid Afridi anti-Modi comment: ‘Never Again,’ says Yuvraj Singh after Harbhajan Singh expressed regret for making donation appeal for the Pakistani’s NGO

OpIndia Staff -
Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has expressed his regret for making a donation appeal for Shahid Afrid's NGO.
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News Reports

Watch: Muslim mobs in Karnataka threaten and abuse Muslim women for purchasing goods from Hindu owned shops

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists in Karnataka’s Davangere harass Muslim women for purchasing from Hindu shops and carrying orange plastic bags
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Government and Policy

Lockdown 4.0: Centre extends nationwide Coronavirus Lockdown till May 31, MHA issues guidelines

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured that Lockdown 4.0 will have different rules and a new set of contours.
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News Reports

Terror influencer Zakir Naik’s Peace TV fined £300,000 by UK media regulator Ofcom for broadcasting hate speech

OpIndia Staff -
Peace TV and Peace TV Urdu have been found broadcasting hate speech and "highly offensive" content in the UK
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News Reports

SIO member Asif Tanha arrested by Delhi Police, was booked earlier for involvement in violence at the national capital

OpIndia Staff -
Asif Tanha, a member of the Students' Islamic Organisation (SIO), has been arrested by the Delhi Police.
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News Reports

Chinese ambassador found dead at his official residence in Israel

OpIndia Staff -
According to Channel 12 TV of Israel, the 57-year-old Chinese ambassador Du Wei died in his sleep of natural causes.
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News Reports

Dharmic Vidhi arranger company that had brought Hindu priests online now launches initiative to support the priests during the lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
oPandit is a Mumbai based company that arranges Dharmic Vidhi as requested by their clients at their homes
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