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Bangladeshi NGO ‘Bidyanondo’ hounded by Islamic fundamentalists for its Hindu name and Hindu founder: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
Bangladeshi NGO named Bidyanondo Foundation has now come under the attack of Islamist fundamentalist on social media for its Hindu name
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu Government moves Supreme Court against Madras HC’s order to close liquor outlets in the State

OpIndia Staff -
The Madras High Court had however allowed the sale of liquor through online channels and home delivery services.
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News Reports

14-year-old Christian girl abducted, converted to Islam and married off to her abductor in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
A 14-year-old Christian girl, Myra Shehbaz, was abducted in Faislabad in Pakistan by Muhammad Naqash and his accomplice while she was travelling to her workplace in April 2020
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Government and Policy

Amidst cries of privacy concerns, Singaporean ethical hacker Frank Liauw gives thumbs-up to security features of Aarogya Setu app

OpIndia Staff -
Privacy concerns had plagued the Indian Government's contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, with many raising doubts about the data collection, storage and encryption
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Editor's picks

Many, including AltNews co-founder, share fake news from Indian Express, in a bid to shield Tablighi Jamaat and Maulana Saad

Jhankar Mohta -
A report published in the Indian Express today was fact-checked by OpIndia even before being debunked by the Delhi police
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News Reports

Elite Left journalists assert changing cities for education and jobs akin to ‘migration’, call themselves ‘migrant workers’

Jinit Jain -
Privileged left liberal journalists have started identifying themselves as 'migrants' as a ruse to attack the Modi government amidst the double whammy of migrant crisis and coronavirus outbreak
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News Reports

Jharkhand: New details emerge in Jamtara incident where one Jamshed Ansari had removed barricades placed by the villagers to enforce lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Jamtara police have lodged an FIR against 13 identified and 40 unidentified miscreants based on the complaint lodged by one Gautam Kumar
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News Reports

Four Muslim youths arrested in Ahmedabad for spreading fake tweet regarding the health of home minister Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
Firoz Khan, Sarfaraz, Sajjad Ali, and Shiraz Hussain arrested in Ahmebadad for fake tweet on health of Amit Shah
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Media

From Land grabbing, vandalization of temples to the abduction of women: Persecution of Hindus increases in Bangladesh during the lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
World Hindu Federation has alleged that the persecution of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh has increased during the lockdown in the country
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News Reports

‘Had converted to Islam during rule of Aurangzeb’: 250 Muslims from 40 families convert to Hinduism in Haryana

OpIndia Staff -
250 Muslims from 40 families converted to Hinduism in Bidhmira village in Hisar district of Haryana
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News Reports

Home Minister Amit Shah dismisses rumours surrounding his health, says busy with coronavirus crisis

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah said that millions of party workers and well wishers have expressed a lot of concern regarding his health after the rumours
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Culture and History

Maharana Pratap Jayanti: What Asaf Khan told Mughal forces at the Battle of Haldighati

Abhishek Banerjee -
On the occasion of Maharana Pratap Jayanti, let me tell you a story. We all know about the Maharana’s legendary battle in 1576 against Mughal forces on the fields of Halidghati
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News Reports

Mumbai: Dean of the Sion hospital removed after video of dead bodies next to coronavirus patients went viral

OpIndia Staff -
In the chilling video of the Sion hospital, it was clearly seen that corpses were kept in the ward in which the patients of coronavirus were admitted
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News Reports

Enforcement Directorate attaches National Herald’s building worth Rs 16.38 crore in Mumbai’s Bandra under PMLA

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Oscar Fernandes Motilal Vohra, Sam Pitroda are all accused in the National Herald Case and are currently out on bail
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Media Fact-Check

Indian Express story based on imagination, reporter did not talk to any ‘sources’: Delhi police trashes story claiming Maulana Saad video ‘doctored’

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police has issued a statement on Twitter calling the report in the Indian Express about the Tablighi Jamaat and Maulana Saad imaginary and fake news
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News Reports

Styrene gas leak: NGT imposes Rs 50 crore fine on LG Polymer for not complying with rules, constitutes committee to probe the gas leak

OpIndia Staff -
NGT has set up a five-member committee to probe Thursday's Styrene gas leak incident in LG Polymer factory.
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News Reports

26 US Congressmen urge Mike Pompeo to relocate minorities of Afghanistan including Sikhs and Hindus who are under imminent danger of Islamic state terror

OpIndia Staff -
The 26 US Congressmen expressed deep concern about safety of the vulnerable Sikh religious minority in Afghanistan
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News Reports

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

OpIndia Staff -
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’

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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...

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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?

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
“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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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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