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Ashok Gehlot asks Rajeev Chandrasekhar to sack Arnab Goswami, but he should ask Arnab Goswami to sack Arnab Goswami, here is why

OpIndia Staff -
Ashok Gehlot demanded sacking of Arnab Goswami after Goswami slammed Sonia Gandhi for silence on Palghar lynching
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Media

Congress leaders, journalists attack Arnab Goswami after he questions Sonia Gandhi’s silence over Palghar mob-lynching of Sadhus

OpIndia Staff -
Launching an attack against Sonia Gandhi, Arnab Goswami had questioned if she would have maintained the silence she is exhibiting today had Christian padres been killed instead of Hindu sadhus in Palghar lynching
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News Reports

Watch: Woman driver misbehaves with police, cries when asked for movement pass amid lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The drama reaches a crescendo when the woman driver who was yelling at the cops sits on the road and starts weeping profusely.
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News Reports

Nurses who claim they were manhandled by Jamaat patients should show their torn clothes as proof: Tablighi Jamaat spokesperson Mujibur Rehman

OpIndia Staff -
India TV had interviewed a nurse from a Delhi quarantine facility who stated that she was assaulted and manhandled by the Tablighi Jamaat members.
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Opinions

Indian liberals joining hands with theocratic regimes is a terrifying development for India

Abhishek Banerjee -
'Liberals' and Islamists come together to attack the weakest, vulnerable Indians in gulf countries
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News Reports

Home Minister assures safety to health care professionals amid attacks, Indian Medical Association calls off ‘White Alert’ and ‘Black Day’ protests

OpIndia Staff -
The Home Minister talked to doctors and Indian Medical Association members through video conferencing today
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Opinions

Opportunities for the Indian economy after the Coronavirus pandemic

Pradeep Mahaur -
With the coronavirus pandemic, China has lost the faith of the world. Many nations are now keen to shift their manufacturing dependency away from China.
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News Reports

Modi govt brings an ordinance to end violence against health workers, upto 7 years imprisonment for attackers

OpIndia Staff -
In a significant measure to stop the attacks against the healthcare workers in the country, Modi Government has brought an ordinance to end violence against health workers.
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News Reports

Delhi: Aviation ministry staffer tested positive for coronavirus, ministry headquarters at Jor Bagh sealed

OpIndia Staff -
The concerned employee had attended office on 15 April and was found coronavirus positive on 21 April.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Kedarnath temple to open on 29 Apil, only 16 people including chief priest to remain present due to lockdown orders

OpIndia Staff -
The decision to reopen Kedarnath Temple at the scheduled date was taken by priest community headed by the chief priest, Bhimashankar Linga.
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News Reports

Would Antonia Maino (Sonia Gandhi) have remained silent if Christian padres were killed? Arnab asks on news debate over Palghar mob-lynching of Sadhus

OpIndia Staff -
Republic TV Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami stated in his show that Sonia Gandhi will probably send a report to Italy about mob lynching of Hindu Sadhus in a state governed by her party and will be applauded for it.
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Politics

TMC throws one troll under the bus, but is tight lipped about its most famous troll

OpIndia Staff -
Garga Chatterjee, a vocal supporter of the TMC and an abusive troll has a habit of raking up issues to create polarisation on linguistic lines.
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News Reports

CID takes over the Palghar lynching case, Maharashtra home minister says no Muslim arrested in the crime

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh released the list of 101 adults arrested in the Palghar lynching case
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News Reports

Central government team fears that 42,000 people in Mumbai will contract coronavirus by April 30: Report

OpIndia Staff -
An Inter-Ministerial Central Team visited Mumbai yesterday to take stock of the coronavirus situation in the city
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Migrant workers paint walls of quarantine centre in return for good hospitality by villagers

OpIndia Staff -
Migrant workers paint the walls of a school building in Rajasthan, Sikar where they are staying in quarantine
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News Reports

Indian Islamists join Pakistanis pretending to be Arabs while targeting Hindus in Gulf over criticism of role of Tablighi Jamaat in spreading coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Alert netizens pointed out that in past few days, various Twitter users changed their handles to sound more Arabic and tweet against India 'condemning' the 'hate' against Muslims.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Teacher kills self after declaring himself coronavirus positive on social media

OpIndia Staff -
The suicide note that went viral on social media claimed that the man went for check-up but no symptoms were detected so was sent back.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir: Police books journalist Gowhar Geelani for indulging in unlawful activities, glorifying terrorism

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir police had booked two other Kashmiri journalists Masrat Zahra and Peerzada Ashiq for spreading misinformation on social media and sharing anti-national posts with criminal intent.
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News Reports

A month after Shivraj Chouhan took oath as CM, Madhya Pradesh gets 5 ministers

OpIndia Staff -
A full scale cabinet is likely to be appointed in May, after the lockdown is lifted.
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News Reports

Covidiot: Surat broker forges HM Amit Shah’s signature to return home from Mumbai, booked for forgery

OpIndia Staff -
Surat broker, in his desperation to come back home from Mumbai, forged Union Home Minister Amit Shah's signature on a 'special permission' to take a road trip.
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News Reports

Bizarre: A 60-year-old man in Pakistan tests positive for ‘pregnancy’, lab owner arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The lab in Khanewal had issued reports stating that the man’s urine test had confirmed his pregnancy.
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Crime

Karnataka: Sanitation workers threatened, attacked near a Mosque in Chikmagalur, one injured

OpIndia Staff -
One sanitation worked identified as Manjunath has been severely attacked causing injuries to him. A lady worker Geeta was also threatened by the mob while on duty near the mosque premises. The injured sanitation worker has been admitted into a hospital.
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News Reports

Kerala: 284 Tablighi Jamaat attendees from Nizamuddin Markaz still missing, authorities fear they may be carrying coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Another 509 suspected Tablighi Jamaat attendees identified based on cellphone location in the period March 12-28 are out of Kerala and are currently in other states like Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.
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News Reports

Healthcare professionals write to West Bengal CM demanding transparent data on coronavirus, urge govt to ensure safety of healthcare workers

OpIndia Staff -
Eight medical bodies ask West Bengal govt to share "real time, transparent data of COVID-19" in west Bengal
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News Reports

Karnataka: Three booked for attacking and threatening to kill ASHA worker Sumayya Firdose for asking them to follow coronavirus guidelines

OpIndia Staff -
An ASHA worker in Mysuru, Sumayya Firdose, was allegedly attacked by three men, Mehaboob, Khaleel and Zeeshan, when she advised them to wear face masks and follow social distancing guidelines
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News Reports

Umar Khalid booked under UAPA, FIR says anti-Hindu Delhi riots was a ‘premeditated conspiracy’ by Khalid and others: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Umar Khalid has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in a case related to the anti-Hindu riots in Delhi.
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News Reports

Amidst Coronavirus outbreak, PM Modi’s approval rating soars to 68%, higher than any other world leader: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
As of April 14, net approval rating of PM Narendra Modi is 68, up from 62 at the beginning of the year.
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News Reports

TikTok users Salim and Fahad arrested by Mumbai police, had claimed ‘police don’t touch celebrities’ while defying lockdown rules

OpIndia Staff -
A video of the two TikTok users had gone viral on the Internet in which they are seen moving around amidst Coronavirus lockdown claiming police don't act against celebrities
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News Reports

Pakistan: Charity group tests positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus, had met PM Imran Khan the previous week

OpIndia Staff -
The Philanthrophist met Imran Khan a week ago and handed over a cheque of 10 million.
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News Reports

Hapur, UP: Muslim youth attack Hindus suspecting them of disclosing the location of Tablighi Jamaat members, five injured

OpIndia Staff -
Police in Hapur have arrested six rioters and lodged a complaint against several unknown miscreants who are now absconding
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OpIndia Explains

How the Indian Students Association is helping Indians in the UK during the Coronavirus Crisis

Guest Author -
INSA stepped up to help stranded students and Indian nationals in the UK during the crisis unleashed by the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Opinions

Clarity that must come to Hindus amidst Coronavirus pandemic: Tribal loyalties matter, identities matter and having a country to call own matters

K Bhattacharjee -
The wet markets of China have unleashed a monster on the world that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of the 21st Century world.
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News Reports

Bihar: Agriculture officer sent show cause notice after for punishing an on-duty constable in Araria

OpIndia Staff -
Araria constable Gonu Tatma was following lockdown orders amidst coronavirus outbreak.
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News Reports

BJP Spokesperson Sambit Patra attacks Congress after the party leaders were allegedly found smuggling liquor to Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Patra said, "While BJP workers are working to deliver food supplies to 5 crore people, Congress workers are smuggling expensive liquor"
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Opinions

Arundhati Roy spreads poison as the vilification of Hindus reaches an all-time high

Maria Wirth -
It always amazes me, although India and Germany are on friendly terms, how negatively DW reports on India, recently, with the help of Arundhati Roy
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News Reports

Karnataka: Two youths, Shahbaz and Ryan, arrested after their video selling watermelons stored and washed in drain water goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Belgavi police sent Shahbaz and Ryan to hindalga jail for selling contaminated fruits amidst coronavirus threat
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News Reports

Kerala: Feline Parvovirus scare grips Wayanad as several cats found dead

OpIndia Staff -
Feline Parvovirus does not transmit from cats to humans.
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News Reports

IMCT accuses West Bengal govt of non-cooperation in the on-spot assessment of Coronavirus outbreak in the state

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had yesterday questioned the formation of the Inter-Ministerial Central Teams (IMCT) constituted by the Central Government for quick redressal of coronavirus crisis in states claiming that it is ‘not consistent with the spirit of federalism’.
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News Reports

5 Muslim men lied, spread fake news, TOI carried it: The truth about ‘Muslims organising last rites of Hindu man ostracised by neighbours

OpIndia Staff -
A report published in the Times of India claimed that five Muslim men organised last rites of Hindu man after the neighbours shunned his family
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News Reports

Trying to hoodwink FATF? Report says Pakistan has quietly removed names of 4000 terrorists from watchlist including Mumbai attack mastermind

OpIndia Staff -
FATF retained the Pakistan in the Grey list in February, will review the progress in June 2020.
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Opinions

The role of Muslim leadership in the times of Coronavirus crisis

Desh Ratan Nigam -
The Maulvis of the kind of Tablighi Jamaat have taken over the leadership of the Muslim community even much prior to the independence and wearing a mask to hide their true identity
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News Reports

Bihar: Communal tension in Warisaliganj after 60 goons attack Maha Dalit colony leaving one dead and several injured

OpIndia Staff -
The fight which started as a minor scuffle quickly escalated in a shootout after which a 55-year-old Dalit man named Ravidas was shot dead by the main accused Mohammad Irfan.
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News Reports

Palghar mob lynching: Relatives of those arrested threaten to kill BJP sarpanch on the suspicion of colluding with the police

OpIndia Staff -
The relatives of those arrested in the gruesome mob lynching of three men, including 2 sadhus, have threatened BJP sarpanch of Gadchinchle village with life threats on the suspicion of leaking the identities of attackers to the police
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News Reports

Amidst coronavirus, Donald Trump to ‘temporarily’ suspend immigration into the United States

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump has, however, not clarified on the duration of the order or the date from which it will be enforced in the US.
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News Reports

Malegaon: Over 500 people gather at Noorani Masjid area for a funeral procession despite lockdown orders, dispersed after police intervention

OpIndia Staff -
The funeral procession took place in Malegaon's Noorani Masjid area. Police had to intervene and finally, only 20-25 people were allowed to proceed.
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Political History of India

Liberals always talk about ‘Sare Jahaan Se Achcha’ composed by Muhammad Iqbal but never ‘Tarana-e-Milli’: Here is why

K Bhattacharjee -
The 21st of April marks the death anniversary of Muhammad Iqbal, one of the most significant proponents of the two-nation theory and the creation of Pakistan in the first half of the 20th Century.
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News Reports

After 53 journalists in Mumbai, 27 employees of a Chennai-based channel test positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has agreed to get journalists in national capital who are on the field to get tested for coronavirus
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Media

Rana Ayyub declares victory for Ummah, claims PM Modi appealed for communal harmony due to ‘pressure from Islamic countries’

OpIndia Staff -
Professional Fake News Peddler Rana Ayyub appears to be hallucinating in broad daylight. She in labouring under the belief that pressure from Islamic countries is forcing Prime Minister Modi to appeal for communal harmony.
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Entertainment

Singer Sonu Nigam deactivates Twitter account after Islamists attack him for his 2017 tweet on loudspeakers at religious places

OpIndia Staff -
Owing to coronavirus pandemic, Sonu Nigam is currently stuck in Dubai as he was in the gulf country when the worldwide travel restrictions were put in place.
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Opinions

No Congress, Dr Tedros saying the same thing as Rahul Gandhi is nothing to celebrate: Here’s why

Nupur J Sharma -
The "testing testing testing" trope might not be entirely accurate or even factually correct when it comes to India.
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