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Parents of Class 12 boy who committed suicide over unsubstantiated rape allegations file complaint: Read full details

OpIndia Staff -
A complaint has been filed in the suicide case of -Manav Singh who took his life after being accused of sexual abuse on social media.
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Social Media

‘COVID, cancer or both’: Another ‘journalist’ previously associated with TOI, DNA found wishing death upon the Home Minister

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier an NRI 'journalist' had wished death upon HM Amit Shah by stating that his lipoma surgery transformed into a “full-blower cancer"
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News Reports

Are Red, Green, and Orange zones decided by the central government without input from the states? Rahul Gandhi is lying, yet again

OpIndia Staff -
The MHA circular clearly states that the zones are decided as per feedback from districts. It also stated that weekly review of the zones will be conducted with state authorities regarding the classifications.
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News Reports

From ‘terrorizing Holi’ to ‘health hazard Ramayana’: How media demonizes Hindus and all they hold sacred

Shashank Bharadwaj -
The Hinduphobic media organisations regularly offend Hindu sentiments by bashing Hindu festivals.
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Law

Supreme Court refuses to stay alcohol sale, tells states instead to consider home delivery to consumers amidst Coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The top court on Friday refused to stop the sale of liquor across India, asking the state governments to consider providing 'home-delivery' to the consumers desiring to buy alcohol.
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News Reports

The blatantly Hinduphobic definition of ‘co-religionist’ on Google – Who do we blame and how do we fix it

OpIndia Staff -
The sentence that is thrown up by Google to understand the term 'co-religionist' in reference to context reads, "Hindu fundamentalists are admired by many of their co-religionists as virtuous people".
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Hindu and Muslim groups come face to face in a village after one Jamshed Ansari removes barricades preventing outsiders’ entry

OpIndia Staff -
Seeing the tension escalating between Hindus and Muslims in the village, elders from both communities intervened and pacified the people. No complaint has been lodged.
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News Reports

MiG-29 fighter jet of Indian Air Force crashes in Punjab near Nawanshahr, pilot ejects safely

OpIndia Staff -
Eyewitnesses saw something like fireball approaching towards the ground. After following, they found the MiG-29 jet crashed
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News Reports

Tripura: 24 more BSF Personnel test positive for Coronavirus, infection reported from 86th Battalion after 138

OpIndia Staff -
Twenty Four more Border Security Personnel (BSF) personnel have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus in Tripura.
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News Reports

Video from Pakistan International Airlines shared on social media to claim that Air India is charging thrice the ticket price

OpIndia Staff -
A video of a traveler arguing with Pakistan International Airlines crew being shared to claim that it was an Air India flight
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News Reports

Kerala: 21-year old girl studying to become nun in a convent mysteriously found dead in a well

OpIndia Staff -
A girl who was studying to become a nun was suspiciously found dead in a well in the compound of Paliakkara Beselian Convent in Kerala
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News Reports

Bengal: Mandatory to play Mamata Banerjee’s ‘corona song’ along with ‘selected’ Tagore songs on the poet’s birth anniversary, BJP shares ‘order’

OpIndia Staff -
The government order shared by Locket Chaterjee states that the coronavirus song written by Mamata Banerjee must also be played with the select Tagore songs in residential areas and housing complexes on the occasion of Tagore Jayanti.
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News Reports

Kerala: BJP fumes as Devaswom Board transfers Rs 5 crores from the Guruvayur Temple’s fixed deposits to CM’s relief fund

OpIndia Staff -
The Devaswom Board has reportedly sourced the amount from the interests received on its fixed deposits, despite having no proper income due to the lockdown.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 15 Migrant workers walked 45 km, run over by goods train while sleeping on the tracks

OpIndia Staff -
The poor workers sleeping on the tracks were mowed down by the goods train carrying petrol and diesel from Nanded to Manmad at 5.15 am. Five of them escaped with injuries and they have been rushed to a hospital.
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Social Media

AAP cheerleader and NRI ‘Journalist’ of US-based news portal wishes cancer and death upon Home Minister Amit Shah

Dibakar Dutta -
Spewing her inner vitriol against the Home Minister, Nadar said that his death that ought to be "celebrated in the larger interest of humanity."
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News Reports

As Muslim cases surge, Maharashtra ropes in Mosques and Imams to issue Coronavirus awareness messages in Urdu: Report

OpIndia Staff -
At least 239 deaths out of the total 548 deaths recorded in Maharashtra are from the Muslim community, making a whopping 44 per cent of the total deaths in the state, which is almost thrice their share of the population in the state, as per the report.
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Media

Ujjain based NGO claims Dainik Bhaskar made a 10-year-old girl pick up grains from the road for a photo-op: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindi daily newspaper Dainik Bhaskar has come under the scanner for a picture it published in its Ujjain edition on May 5, where it showed a young girl collecting scattered grains from the road under a scorching sun.
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News Reports

Three Russian doctors mysteriously fall from hospital windows after speaking against government on Coronavirus, two of them dead

OpIndia Staff -
Russian doctors are under immense pressure due to increase workload and lack of protective gear in fight against Coronavirus
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News Reports

Vizag gas leak: Styrene gas leak from LG Polymers caused due to technical glitch in refrigeration unit

OpIndia Staff -
The VIzag Styrene Gas leak happened after liquid Styrene kept in tanks gasified due to failure of refrigeration unit and escaped to atmosphere
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News Reports

The security forces faced law and order problem for the first time at the encounter site yesterday after August 5, says IGP Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
A massive violence had erupted after encounter of Hijbul commander Riyaz Naikoo yesterday in Kashmir, first such incident after 5 August
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News Reports

After being caught charging money for medical certificates, Maharashtra decides to send migrant labours packing to home states without check up

OpIndia Staff -
Maharashtra Health Minister announced that going forward only a thermal screening will be conducted before the journey.
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News Reports

On the day PM Modi holds a meeting of NDMA with Amit Shah present, rumours of Shah’s ill health peddled by vested interests

OpIndia Staff -
The allegations that Amit Shah is unwell and he is missing from action are not true, vested interests spreading baseless rumours
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News Reports

Union Home Secretary writes to West Bengal govt twice in 24 hrs, warns to ensure “specific groups” from flouting lockdown norms

OpIndia Staff -
This is the second letter that has been addressed to the West Bengal government by the Union Home Ministry in the last 24 hours
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News Reports

West Bengal: Health Services Association claims WHO and Indian Govt guidelines not being followed while sample collection, will lead to under reporting of Corona...

OpIndia Staff -
The Health Services Association, West Bengal has spoken out against the manner in which the state administration is collecting the samples for the Coronavirus tests.
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News Reports

RJD leader Tejashvi Yadav loses his cool during an interview with ABP journalist Sumit Awasthi: Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
Tejashvi Yadav seems to be so agitated that he keeps cutting the anchor short and repeats the same argument several times during the interview
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: Boiler Explosion at NLC thermal power station in Cuddalore District, at least seven injured

OpIndia Staff -
At least seven were injured after a blast in a boiler at the thermal power station (TPS) II of Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited in Cuddalore district.
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News Reports

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announces changes in the labour laws of the state to boost economy effected due to coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Industry body FICCI welcomed the long-awaited reforms saying that FICCI lauds Shivraj Singh Chouhan's labour reforms
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News Reports

Online learning platform Unacademy hacked, details of 22 million users available for sale: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Reportedly, the records include usernames, hashed passwords (SHA-256), date joined, last login date, email addresses, first and last names, account profile (staff member/a superuser), account status etc.
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News Reports

SCBA Secretary calls for removal of Dushyant Dave as President over resolution condemning Justice Mishra for speech praising PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Dushyant Dave has called the move demanding his ouster "illegal and improper".
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News Reports

Even after 40 days of strict lockdown, India has not seen a declining trend, crisis may hit peak in June-July: AIIMS director

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Randeep Guleria said that even after imposing 40 days strict lockdown in the country, India has not seen a declining trend in new novel coronavirus cases.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Life imprisonment for those who purposefully infect and kill someone in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath led Uttar Pradesh government has cleared an ordinance on Wednesday levying heavier fines and punishment, including life imprisonment, for harassing the frontline workers in the coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

Karnataka government takes corrective actions following public feedback, Shramik Special trains resume and notices over salaries put on hold

OpIndia Staff -
After stopping trains for migrants, and deciding to send notices to pvt sector for non-payment of salaries, Karnataka govt reverts the decisions
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Opinions

Coronavirus crisis gives us a unique opportunity to evaluate the path between Socialism and Capitalism – The Third Way

Desh Ratan Nigam -
The present Coronavirus pandemic and the resultant crisis has given us a unique opportunity to review and reassess the existing system
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Crime

Karnataka: 31-year old Sahul Hameed absconding after murdering his 19-year-old pregnant wife Bhagyashree in Madikeri

OpIndia Staff -
31-year-old Hameed had married 19-year-old Bhagyashree in August last year.
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News Reports

Ayush ministry starts clinical trials for traditional medicine like Ashwagandha, Guduchi Pippali etc for coronavirus treatment

OpIndia Staff -
Union Health Ministry Dr Harshvardhan informed earlier today that the trials will be conducted on health workers and persons working in high rise areas. He stated that the health ministry and CSIR will be conducting these trials under the guidance of ICMR.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Kolkata lab sealed, owner arrested for conducting coronavirus test without mandatory ICMR approval

Jhankar Mohta -
The West Bengal government has also slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakhs on Tribeni Lab the ground that it was conducting Covid-19 tests without approval.
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Opinions

Anatomy of the communal riots in Delhi: Anti-CAA protestors who provoked violence must be held accountable

Monika Arora -
Communal riots engulfed North-East Delhi between the 23rd and the 26th of February 2020. Fifty-four people from both communities, Hindu and Muslim, lost their lives
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News Reports

FIR registered against Sudhir Chaudhary of Zee News in Kerala for explaining different types of Jihad through a flow chart in his TV show

OpIndia Staff -
Zee News' Editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary, shared an FIR filed against him in Kerala over his March 11 report, in which he had exposed the idea behind 'Jihad' with a flowchart. The show had triggered the 'secular-liberal' media, who had attacked the Zee News editor for his reportage.
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News Reports

Vishakapatnam gas leak tragedy: NDRF evacuates 1500 people, 800 admitted in hospitals, says Director-General

OpIndia Staff -
the police and the local administration came into action after locals reported throat and skin irritation and some toxic smell following the leak from the polymer plant.
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News Reports

Low wage migrants in Qatar forced to beg for food amid the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Many of the low wage migrant workers in Qatar have been left without a job and they have no means to earn a living.
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News Reports

After Vizag, gas leak reported in Chhattisgarh paper mill, 7 hospitalised

OpIndia Staff -
As the factory was set to open soon after the lockdown, then workers were cleaning a chlorine tank, as per reports.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Coronavirus infected dead bodies left lying next to patients under treatment in Sion hospital, Milind Deora slams BMC

OpIndia Staff -
The BMC is held responsible for not issuing clear guidance on the handling of dead bodies.
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Politics

Congress uses 2018 FIR in suicide case, dismissed by court, to target Arnab Goswami: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
When the attack by goons and the relentless haranguing by the state machinery did not help silence Arnab Goswami, Congress raked up an old suicide case, in which an FIR was filed against Arnab Goswami, in an attempt to cower him down.
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News Reports

Don’t spoil good work for political benefits, Railways employees union writes to Sonia Gandhi over Shramik trains

OpIndia Staff -
Central govt has started 'shramik' special trains which are facilitating the return of migrant labourers back to their home states from the various states where they might be stranded due to the Coronavirus lockdown.
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News Reports

Taliban-backed Haqqani network joined hands with Islamic State for Kabul Gurudwara attack: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The two Pakistan proxies in Afghanistan - Aslam Farooqui led ISKP and the Taliban deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani-led Haqqani network - which had often targeted each other in the past had taken some steps to work together recently. The two groups had jointly carried out attacks on Gurudwara in Kabul in March, as per reports.
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News Reports

Indian Meteorological Department includes Gilgit, Baltistan in its weather forecasts

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian Meteorological Department showed weather conditions in towns such as Muzaffarabad, Skardu, Nilam regions located in Gilgit-Baltistan.
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News Reports

Madras High Court allows sale of liquor, shops ordered to record name, address and Aadhar Card Number of the buyer

OpIndia Staff -
Liquor Shops in Tamil Nadu are set to reopen after the Madras High Court refused to stay their reopening.
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News Reports

Gujarat Principal Health Secretary Dr Jayanti Ravi, sidelined now, was once handpicked by Sonia Gandhi for NAC under UPA 1

Nirwa Mehta -
Dr Jayanti S Ravi is a scientist with a master's degree in nuclear physics from University of Madras. The 1991 Gujarat cadre IAS officer was the District Collector of Godhra when the 2002 carnage took place.
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News Reports

Ten people dead, more than 5,000 fall ill due to styrene gas leak at LG Polymers plant in Vishakapatnam, gas contained and FIR filed

OpIndia Staff -
The gas leaked from a tank containing around 2000 metric ton of styrene in LG Polymers factory in Vishakapatnam
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Media

After relentlessly repeating the lie that lynched Sadhus were not Hindus, The Wire silently updates its report to admit they were Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Swati Goel Sharma has pointed out that The Wire's founder Siddharth Varadrajan, speaking to Newslaundry, had also claimed that sadhus as 'people belonging to nomadic tribes', in an attempt to peddle the narrative that they were not Hindus.
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