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Crime

Hyderabad: AIMIM worker Shakeel Khan arrested for raping a minor Dalit girl

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, Shakeel Khan is a member of Asaduddin Owaisi's party All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the Malakpet constituency area.
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News Reports

Assam: Muslim neighbours abuse, threaten to kill a Hindu woman in Nazira district for watching TV during Ramzan

OpIndia Staff -
Reports stated that the woman's attacker Sameeruddin is originally a Bangladeshi and his name was not mentioned in the NRC.
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Media

Raghav Bahl’s promoted company, which has now bought Raghav Bahl’s website TheQuint, was bought by Raghav Bahl 2 years ago

OpIndia Staff -
Past few hours, the Internet was abuzz with claims that Raghav Bhal had sold off his website to Haldiram's. However, this is what has actually happened.
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Media Fact-Check

An NGO writes to govt asking for study into the use of Ganga water in treating Coronavirus, Shekhar Gupta’s The Print makes it Modi...

OpIndia Staff -
The Print claimed that Modi govt wants study on use of Ganga water for Coronavirus, while it was a request by NGO Atulya Ganga
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Social Media Fact-Check

Journalist Punya Prasun Bajpai posts Pakistani image, claims it is ‘mother India’s feet’

OpIndia Staff -
Yesterday, former Aaj Tak and ABP News journalist Punya Prasun Bajpai had posted an image which showed the chapped, rough feet of some children. He added the text, "Mother India ke panv dekhe hain kabhi"? which means, 'have you ever seen the feet of mother India?
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: Three including one child die after gas leak at chemical plant in Visakhapatnam

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A chemical gas leakage was reported early morning on Thursday at LG Polymers factory in Visakhapatnam
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Media

From Hinduphobic ‘gaumutra’ to Homophobic ‘gays of srk’: Meet the journalist who operates the Times of India Twitter handle

OpIndia Staff -
Samina Shaikh was caught handling the Times of India’s twitter account after same content was tweeted by TOI which was earlier shared from her own account
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News Reports

“He was not a rapist, stop calling him that,” brother of the Class 12 boy who committed suicide says that social media made him...

OpIndia Staff -
A class 12 boy in an upscale residential area of Gurugram jumped from the balcony of his flat on 11th floor at around 11 PM on Tuesday
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Government and Policy

West Bengal has the highest rate of coronavirus fatalities and lowest rate of testing: Union Home ministry to Mamata Banerjee government

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Secretary wrote the West Bengal govt raising concerns over Coronavirus management in the state
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News Reports

Journalist with The Wire calls terrorists as martyrs, seen operating close to security forces in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
'The Wire' photojournalist Junaid Bhat's social media feed is replete with intimate details of Army movements and operations
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News Reports

Five Tablighi Jamaat members, who had misbehaved with nurses in Ghaziabad hospital, arrested after the end of the quarantine period

OpIndia Staff -
Ghaziabad police arrested the 5 Tablighi Jamaat members on Wednesday after their quarantine period was over
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News Reports

Jamia student Shadab Najar who was shot during anti-CAA protests bats for Islamic terrorism in Kashmir, glorifies terrorist eliminated by Army

OpIndia Staff -
Shadab Najar has in the past made several incendiary remarks against the Indian Army.
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Media

Following the elimination of Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo, here is how liberals are humanising him and singing dirges to the Islamic terrorist

Jinit Jain -
As per typical modus operandi adopted by the liberal cabal, insignificant details of terrorists like their characteristic traits, areas of interest, family background, educational qualifications etc. are highlighted to humanise them and whitewash their criminal tendencies
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News Reports

West Bengal CM informs that 91,515 cases of Influenza-like Illness and 872 cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Illness found during door-to-door surveillance in the...

OpIndia Staff -
During the period of 7th April to 3rd May, 5.57 crore total household visits have been conducted. 872 cases of persons with SARI and 91,515 cases of persons with ILI have been identified and given necessary health advice, informed WB Chief Minister.
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News Reports

Delhi Police cyber cell team visits Delhi Minorities Commission chief Zafar-ul-Islam’s house, carries out searches

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police cyber cell team has reached Delhi Minorities Panel chief Zafar-ul-Islam's residence in Delhi to carry out searches.
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News Reports

Kashmir: Violence erupts in Pulwama after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo killed in encounter by security forces

OpIndia Staff -
Several locals, instigated by the Pakistani elements, stormed the encounter site soon after news spread that Riyaz Naikoo was eliminated
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News Reports

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un might have faked his death to identify traitors in inner circle: Report

OpIndia Staff -
On May 1, Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance since April 11 when he was seen inaugurating a company on Labour Day
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News Reports

5-year-old boy driving an SUV on Highway stopped by police in Utah, was going to California to buy a Lamborghini with $3 in pocket

OpIndia Staff -
When his mother refused to buy him a Lamborghini, he decided he will take the car and go to California from Utah to buy the car himself
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News Reports

Ahmedabad: All shops, including those selling fruits, vegetables and groceries shut down from 7th May till 15th, milk and medicine shops to remain open

OpIndia Staff -
All shops except those providing milk and medicines have been ordered to shut down in Ahmedabad in the wake of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

Yogi Adityanath govt refutes Samajwadi Party’s allegations of caste bias for martyrs, reiterates it does not differentiate

OpIndia Staff -
CM's office clarified that it has already been announced that in case of the army and paramilitary forces a financial assistance will be provided to the martyr's spouse and surviving parents.
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News Reports

Kerala: Despite showing no symptoms, 2 patients remained coronavirus positive for over 40 days

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala extended the 14-day incubation period for coronavirus to 28 days to ensure that an asymptomatic person is disinfected completely
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News Reports

Web journalist Safiqul Islam threatened for reporting on Mamata govt’s grant to fake clubs, wife decides to stop the news venture

OpIndia Staff -
Sheikh Safiqul Islam, the journalist of Arambagh TV who regularly reports on the misconduct of the local administration has allegedly been threatened in West Bengal.
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News Reports

Angry drunk man in Karnataka bites snake into pieces after it crossed his path. Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka man, angry at snake for crossing his path, bites it into pieces.
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News Reports

3.17 crore food packets, 50 lakh ration kits, 3.42 lakh volunteers: RSS stands tall in coronavirus relief measures

OpIndia Staff -
The RSS has stepped in to help provide various relief measures amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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News Reports

BJP MP alleges that stranded migrant workers from Rajasthan stopped at Congress-ruled Chattisgarh border despite permission

OpIndia Staff -
Patel has urged Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot to either facilitate their return home or stop the drama of being concerned about stranded migrants.
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Opinions

The MPLADS funds were a tool to appease MPs and keep a coalition government intact, read details

Anant Chetan -
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament and Planning Commission had termed MPLADS useless and corruption-generating.
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News Reports

Delhi police arrests the class 12 admin of the controversial ‘Bois Locker Room’ Instagram group which glorified rape

OpIndia Staff -
So far, 27 members of the Bois locker room Instagram group case have been identified by the Cyber Cell Branch of the Delhi Police
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News Reports

Karnataka: Two youths Haneef and Irshad arrested for poisoning Phalguni river in Belthangady, thousands of fish die

OpIndia Staff -
Phalguni river is not only the source of fresh water for the residents of the village but also used by several animals and birds.
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Opinions

Bois Locker Room: Society and family are part of the solution to protect and safeguard women from predators and not the problem

K Bhattacharjee -
The existence of such a 'boys locker room' only proves that such conduct is not tolerated in any sane society.
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News Reports

Watch: Security forces personnel ask Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Tanveer Malik if he wants to go to ‘Jannat’

OpIndia Staff -
Terrorist Tanvir is an associate of two active terrorists in Kashmir. One of his earlier terror associates was killed by security forces at the start of this year.
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Opinions

Hindus need to defend and promote their faith, even if that sounds ‘controversial’ to others

Maria Wirth -
The insights of the Vedic Rishis need not be pushed; they only need to be known.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir Top cop tweets photo of a martyred cop’s daughter, asks “Any award for this photograph?”

OpIndia Staff -
The picture Imtiyaz Hussain tweeted is of Zohra who was 5 years old when her father Assistant sub-inspector Abdul Rashid was killed in 2017.
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Crime

Left-wing terrorists have indoctrinated tribals against Hinduism: Report reveals ‘Ultra left’ connection to Palghar Sadhus’ lynching case

OpIndia Staff -
The report by Times Now claimed that Tribal inhabitants were brainwashed and seeds of animosity towards Hindus were sown by the supporters of leftists ideology.
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News Reports

Singapore court sends Indian-origin man to jail for verbally abusing policemen and health workers

OpIndia Staff -
Deputy Public Prosecutor Timotheus Koh informed the Court that he had even threatened to attack his brother with chopper and boiling water.
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News Reports

Aarogya Setu replies to French ethical hacker who flagged privacy issues, clarifies no personal data compromised

OpIndia Staff -
Aarogya Setu determines the location of the person and informs whether he is in proximity to a Coronavirus positive patient.
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News Reports

Rajasthan HC stays FIR against BJP leader Amit Malviya for allegedly mocking Raul Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Malviya was accused of mocking the Congress leaders, in response to a comment made by Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi where she had credited her son Rahul for the successful handling of coronavirus crisis in Bhilwara district.
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News Reports

Delhi Commission for Women asks Delhi Police to take action against online trolls for “outraging modesty” of Safoora Zargar

OpIndia Staff -
Arrested for violence during anti-CAA protests in Delhi, Jamia Millia student Safoora Zafar has been a target of online trolls who had made disparaging remarks against the legitimacy of her marriage and her pregnancy
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News Reports

After Jadavpur University students, members of the Youth Theatre circuit of Kolkata call out sexual harassment

OpIndia Staff -
Youth Theatre circuit of Kolkata has come under scanner for allegedly shielding serial abuser and harasser for years
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Crime

Mumbai: Sikh man brutally stabbed in Chembur, Akali leader seeks swift action against main accused Salim and his associates

OpIndia Staff -
While the main accused Salim has been arrested by the Tilak Nagar Police, the other 4 accused are still on the run from law enforcement.
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News Reports

Mumbai: BJP worker to approach the Supreme Court against the Maharashtra government’s use of goons and state machinery to intimidate dissidents

OpIndia Staff -
Prakash Ghade, a Maharashtra BJP worker, has alleged that Maharashtra government is sending goons to browbeat dissenters who are raising voices against government failures
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Opinions

After taking life of a baby at Shaheen Bagh, liberals using unborn child for propaganda

Abhishek Banerjee -
The rhetoric of victimhood got turbocharged when some internet trolls got into discussing Safoora Zargar's marital status.
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News Reports

West Bengal reports as many as 98 deaths in a single day due to coronavirus, accounts for 55 per cent of country’s tally for...

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal also reported its highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases thus far, at 296.
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News Reports

Bihar: Auto driver loses Rs 20,000, gets them back because no one touched it out of fear of coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
The auto-driver carried a sum of 20,500 rupees in cash to buy a tin-shed from Mahua Bazaar. While on the way he realized that cash is missing.
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News Reports

Joseph Pulitzer – the story of the founder of the Pulitzer Prizes, and the Father of Yellow Journalism

OpIndia Staff -
The term Yellow Journalism originated during a competition between two major newspaper publishers Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst.
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News Reports

One Mohammad Salauddin arrested in Delhi for kidnapping minor girl from West Bengal and trying to sell her to traffickers in Rajasthan, gets bail

OpIndia Staff -
The minor girl was brought to New Delhi in March by the kidnapper to sell her to a trafficker in Rajasthan, but got stuck due to lockdown
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News Reports

After Bois Locker Room controversy, Jadavpur University students accused of sharing nudes of women through Google Drive

OpIndia Staff -
Hours after the controversial 'Bois Locker Room' Instagram group came to light, similar allegations were levelled on a group of men from Kolkata who are former students of Jadavpur University.
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News Reports

Islamic terrorist and Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff -
The dreaded terrorist Riyaz Naikoo was a top Hizbul Mujahideen commander. He had carried a reward of Rs 12 lakh on his head.
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Social Media

Islamists attack Indian-origin man in Canada over his social media posts, bully authorities to terminate him from job

OpIndia Staff -
Responding to the Mayor's tweet, Ravi Hooda questioned the decision of allowing Mosques to play Azan on loudspeakers.
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News Reports

Fact Check: The truth behind Indian cops dancing while carrying a corpse

Dibakar Dutta -
According to Fact Hunt, the video is from Koppal in Karnataka where cops enacted the dance moves to raise awareness about the Chinese virus. The corpse was fake.
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News Reports

Odisha: Health workers, police team pelted with stones, abused by Coronavirus hotspot residents in Rourkela, ASHA workers demand security

OpIndia Staff -
The team of health workers in Rourkela came under a volley of stones. The ASHA workers have alleged that the Nala Road locals threatened to burn them with kerosene.
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