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Suspected Coronavirus patients kept in close proximity to dead bodies: Babul Supriyo tweets shocking video of apathy in West Bengal, demands inquiry

OpIndia Staff -
The man cited example of two suspected Coronavirus patients who were in close proximity to a dead body in the isolation ward in West Bengal
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 30 Tablighi Jamaat attendees including Allahabad University Professor arrested in Prayagraj for hiding travel history

OpIndia Staff -
30 Tablighi Jamaat attended from Prayagraj arrested. They were found living in mosques while hiding their travel history earlier this month.
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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: 125 families asked to self- isolate after a relative of a female staffer in Rashtrapati Bhavan tests positive

OpIndia Staff -
125 families in the Rashtrapati Bhavan were asked to self-isolate after the daughter-in-law of a sanitation worker was diagnosed with Coronavirus.
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News Reports

Profiteering from a pandemic: White House official accuses China of hoarding PPEs and selling them at exorbitant prices

OpIndia Staff -
“First of all, the virus was spawned in China. Second of all, they hid the virus behind the shield of the WHO. The third thing they did was basically hoard PPEs and now they’re profiteering from it", Navarro said to Fox News.
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Politics

“An honest Chief Minister son, is my life’s only precious earning”: Late Anand Singh Bisht told Yogi Adityanath’s biographer

Shantanu Gupta -
Yogi Adityanath's biographer, Shantanu Gupta, writes what his parents feel when they see their son Ajay as UP Chief Minister
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Media Fact-Check

Scroll shares fake claim that children in Bihar are eating frogs due to lack of food, lies busted by DM

OpIndia Staff -
The authorities have revealed that the children had enough food in their homes and the video was deliberately made by some malicious individuals to defame the district administration.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 30-year-old Wajid kills his 2-year-old daughter after black magic healer named Irfan suggested it for maintaining domestic peace

OpIndia Staff -
30-year-old labourer in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, killed his two-year-old daughter as human sacrifice after his fellow labourer and part-time black magic healer Irfan suggested the same to maintain peace at home.
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News Reports

‘Shekhar Gupta has been leading the compromise of Indian journalism’: Arnab Goswami resigns from Editors’ Guild on live TV

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Goswami called out Shekhar Gupta for sheer silence on the Palghar lynching case and for leading the "compromise on Indian journalism."
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Politics

NCP works with Maoists, Shiv Sena stigmatising Hindus: Ex-Shiv Sena leader slams the Thackerays for treating party as private property

OpIndia Staff -
Ex-Shiv Sena leader Vijay Krishna slammed Shiv Sena over the Palghar lynching and even demanded that the NCP be banned
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News Reports

Coronavirus fallout: 1000 foreign firms plan production in India as concerns grow about China, claim reports

OpIndia Staff -
Around a thousand foreign companies are contemplating shifting their manufacturing base to India as the geopolitical and economic repercussions of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic become imminent.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: IMA tells doctors to not criticize state govt in WhatsApp groups following state cyber cell instructions

OpIndia Staff -
The Maharashtra Unit of the Indian Medical Association has informed doctors in the state that no 'derogatory' comments should be passed against the state government's decisions in WhatsApp groups
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News Reports

Former BJD leader Tathagata Satpathy passes a debased remark against UP CM Yogi Adityanath for prioritizing public health over attending his father’s funeral

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath today announced that he will not be attending his father's funeral due to the lockdown and the responsibility of fighting the Coronavirus pandemic
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News Reports

Locals claim the suspected man in Palghar mob lynching video is a member of Sharad Pawar’s NCP: BJP leader Sunil Deodhar

OpIndia Staff -
Palghar lynching: BJP leader Sunil Deodhar claims that the man wearing white and yellow stripes t-shirt is Kashinath Chaudhary, an NCP functionary.
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News Reports

Palghar mob lynching: Complaint filed against journalists for peddling fake news about BJP sarpanch being arrested for lynching of 2 sadhus

OpIndia Staff -
A frenzied mob of more than 100 people lynched 2 sadhus and their driver in Palghar, Mumbai on April 16, 20
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Media

The Wire declares that two Sadhus of Juna Akhara, victims of Palghar lynching, were not Hindus at all: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire spread propaganda even in the wake of heinous mob lynching of two Sadhus associated with the Juna Akhara at Palghar in Maharashtra
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Chennai doctor who died of COVID-19 denied burial as angry mob attacks family, corporation staff amidst coronavirus fear

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, family members, friends and corporation workers became the victims of mob violence when they tried to bury the dead body of a 55-year-old neurosurgeon in Chennai
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Government and Policy

Arunachal Pradesh: Govt releases cash aid of Rs 3500 each for over 14,000 residents stranded in other states due to lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The financial aid has been provided from the CM's relief fund. Each of the 14,859 Arunachalis stranded in other states will receive Rs 3500.
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Media

‘Arrest was necessary to prevent him from indulging in similar activity’: Read scathing comments of Court in fake news case against ABP journalist

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Kulkarni, ‘journalist’ with ABP Majha was arrested by Mumbai Police for misleading people with fake news that led to the migrant crisis in Bandra
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Mamata stays defiant, says will not follow IMCT directions amidst COVID-19 crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee today 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

NDTV publishes report claiming Arunachal tribals are hunting snakes due to rice scarcity, gets called out by minister and state govt

OpIndia Staff -
The government of Arunachal Pradesh has also refuted the claims made by NDTV. It said that there is no rice scarcity in the state and people struggling for livelihoods are being provided free rations by the government.
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News Reports

Following Arunachal Pradesh and Goa, Manipur becomes third Indian state to become coronavirus-free

OpIndia Staff -
Manipur CM N Biren Singh posted a tweet Sunday evening saying both the coronavirus patients in the state have recovered from the illness
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News Reports

MEA trashes Imran Khan’s rant of religious discrimination in India, says Pakistan should instead focus on its own dwindling minorities

OpIndia Staff -
MEA stated that Pakistan must instead focus on its own dwindling minorities who are subjected to discrimination.
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News Reports

London: Vijay Mallya’s plea against extradition to India rejected by UK High Court

OpIndia Staff -
After the UK High Court's verdict, the case will now go to Home Secretary Preeti Patel for a final decision on this regard.
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Media

Here’s the difference in how media reported lynching of Muslim victims and the Palghar lynching of innocent Hindu Sadhus

OpIndia Staff -
The duplicitous manner in which the media reports on cases of mob lynching became evident in the wake of the murder of the Sadhus at Palghar.
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News Reports

Islamists express their glee over UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s father’s death

OpIndia Staff -
Scores of Islamists react with joy and elation over the news of death of UP CM Yogi Adityanath's father
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Opinions

Why defending Tablighi Jamaat is the biggest disservice to the Indian Muslim

manasdoon -
If whereabouts of Tablighi Jamaat members are not shared with the relevant Authority and the Jamatis do not come forward by themselves, the first victim of this infection will be Muslims themselves.
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News Reports

BJP MP Tejasvi Surya attacked by Islamists for an out of context tweet. Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Arabic Islamists joined hands with Indian Islamists to launch an organised smear campaign against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya for his tweet quoting Canadian journalist Tarek Fatah
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News Reports

Supply chain disrupted, livelihoods affected, Haldia in West Bengal facing a shortage of medicines: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The livelihood of shopkeepers in the micro-spots of West Bengal are threatened due to restrictions in procuring supplies. A report In India Today says that Haldia district has been facing the shortage of medicines.
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath will not be attending the last rites of his father: Read the heartfelt letter where he explains why

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has written a heartfelt letter expressing anguish at the death of his father and also, apologised for not being able to attend his funeral.
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News Reports

Palghar Sadhu lynching: Home Minister Amit Shah speaks to Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, seeks report

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah today spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray over the lynching of two sadhus in Palghar on April 16.
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News Reports

Germany: Newspaper asks China to pay £130 billion in Coronavirus damages, says it owes 1500£ to every German person

OpIndia Staff -
Julian called out China for curbing freedom of speech by shutting down newspapers that are critical of his government.
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News Reports

Coronavirus positive man Javed who is accused of attacking cops in Indore and had fled quarantine, arrested again

OpIndia Staff -
Javed Khan who was lodged at the Indore Central Jail was brought to the Jabalpur hospital on April 9. The local SP had announced a reward of ₹10,000 for his arrest.
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News Reports

UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s father passes away, was admitted in AIIMS

OpIndia Staff -
The UP CM's family is from Uttarakhand. His father Anand Singh Bisht was a retired government employee.
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News Reports

Radio Mirchi RJ Fahad gives communal colour to Sadhus lynchings, suggest it’s result of lynching of Muslims

OpIndia Staff -
Radio Mirchi RJ Fahad who hosts 'Purani Jeans' on Radio Mirchi UAE today took to Twitter to give a communal colour to the lynching of the two Sadhus in Palghar, Maharashtra.
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Government and Policy

Coronavirus lockdown relaxations in some states, MHA objects to Kerala lifting bans in certain districts: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Many states have ordered some limited relaxations, allowing certain industries and government projects to open.
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News Reports

Bengaluru: Health workers attacked by a violent mob in coronavirus hotspot Padarayanapura, 59 including local marijuana seller Firoza arrested

OpIndia Staff -
Padarayanapura is a coronavirus hotspot. Over 17 people have been tested positive. The medical team was there to take primary contacts of some coronavirus patients into quarantine.
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News Reports

Palghar lynching: 110 including 9 juveniles arrested for murder of two Sadhus and a driver where police acted as mute spectator

OpIndia Staff -
Horrifying visuals have emerged in the Palghar lynching incident where a mob of over 100 people killed two Sadhus and their driver even as the Police stood there as mute spectators, just letting the barbaric act unfold.
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News Reports

Rajasthan Congress office-bearer, who had justified attack on Police, arrested for spreading hatred and enmity on social media

OpIndia Staff -
Rajasthan Congress leader Mohsin Rasheed Tonk was arrested on 19th April for objectionable posts on Facebook
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News Reports

West Bengal sitting on a time bomb as many believe Mamata Banerjee government is fudging coronavirus positive and death numbers

OpIndia Staff -
Doctors in West Bengal allege govt is under-reporting Coronavirus cases and they are not allowed announce new cases without approval
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News Reports

“Co-operate with the administration”, absconding Tablighi Chief Maulana Saad has a message for his followers

OpIndia Staff -
According to Maulana Saad, the Coronavirus pandemic is, in fact, the result of people distancing themselves from their Creator.
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Opinions

Coronavirus Spread in India- With and without the Tablighi Jamaat incident: A quantitative estimation

Guest Author -
Without Tablighi Jamaat incident and Lockdown, the Coronavirus numbers in India would have been 3,40,000 as on 14th April
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Social Media

Meerut: Kashif Ali, who had made viral video of people defying lockdown, apologizes for it, says he regrets making the video

OpIndia Staff -
The Meerut man appeared jubilant that people continued to crowd the streets defying the lockdown.
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News Reports

Ambedkarnagar Police busts fake news spread by UP Congress, Samajwadi Party and others regarding death of young boy Rizwan amidst coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Ambedkarnagar Police has refuted claims made on social media that one Rizwan Ahmad died after being beaten by the Police.
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News Reports

Victory over coronavirus: After Arunachal Pradesh, Goa becomes free from COVID-19 as all patients recover

OpIndia Staff -
While Sikkim has not reported as single positive case of coronavirus, Goa and Arunachal Pradesh have managed to clear the states of the pandemic
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Opinions

How fake news about ‘intolerance’ inspires attacks on essential workers

Abhishek Banerjee -
Those who built the fake narrative of 'rising intolerance' need to own up for the atmosphere of irrational fear gripping the country amidst coronavirus outbreakk
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News Reports

Pakistan lifts ban on mass prayers at mosques during Ramzan, allows conditional congregations amid Cornavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
The Pakistani Government had to ease restrictions during Ramzan due to the mounting pressure from the radical Islamic preachers.
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News Reports

Congress targets Modi govt over allowing e-commerce sale while its own state govt allowed sale of non-essential goods on e-commerce platforms

OpIndia Staff -
As centre had allowed e-commerce for all goods in earlier order, several states including congress ruled states had issued relevant notifications
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Social Media

The rise and fall of Altaf Shaikh alias ‘brumbyoz’: Rabid anti-Hindu bigot promoted actively by ‘liberals’ on social media and friend to fake news...

K Bhattacharjee -
After Hindus in the Middle-East were targeted by a section of Indian Muslims and their cohorts abroad, brumbyoz was claimed to have been doxxed himself by unknown individual(s).
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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: Gujarat witnesses a surge in the pandemic, 228 new cases detected since last evening

OpIndia Staff -
25 districts of Gujarat have been affected by the Wuhan Coronavirus. 862 cases have been reported in Ahmedabad alone.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Islamists attack Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for stating that Delhi is paying price for Tablighi Jamaat event at Nizamuddin Markaz

OpIndia Staff -
Addressing media, Arvind Kejriwal today said that Delhi had to suffer the most because of the Nizamuddin event, especially because of the foreign nationals who attended the event.
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