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After Sunny Gupta was killed days before sister’s marriage, one Adil Mirza arrested for using his murder to incite hate, called for killing ‘all...

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Exploiting Sunny Gupta's death, Adil Mirza created multiple fake Facebook accounts and posted communally provocative remarks through them
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News Reports

Here are 20 incidents where members of Tablighi Jamaat engaged in unlawful behaviour with doctors, police and government officials

OpIndia Staff -
Ever since the Tablighi Jamaat was busted and hauled up to quarantine facilities and hospitals, they have embarked on a Jihad against civility, decency and the laws of this country.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Vehicle with ‘Jai Bajrang Bali’ written on it used for illegal cow smuggling in Nashik, one Naeem Farooq Qureshi and four others arrested

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In middle of countrywide lockdown owing to coronavirus outbreak, five men were arrested over allegations of illegally smuggling cows in Nashik, Maharashtra
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News Reports

‘L’ strain of coronavirus possibly responsible for the higher death rate in Gujarat: State health secretary Dr Jayanti Ravi

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Gujarat state health secretary Dr Jayanti Ravi claimed that the L strain, the more virulent of two strains of coronavirus that is prevalent in Gujarat is the reason for more fatalities in the state.
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News Reports

“Will not eat food meant for the sick, give chicken and fish tandoori”: Watch how coronavirus patient Saeed Bhopali makes unreasonable food demands

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In a video that has gone viral, coronavirus patient Saeed Bhopali, claiming himself to be "sher ki aulaad" scoffs at the routine food fed to him and demands non-vegetarian food
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News Reports

Delhi police arrest Jamia Alumni Association’s president Shifa-Ur-Rehman in connection to the Delhi Anti-Hindu Riots

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Delhi Police sources have revealed that Shifa was called for questioning on Sunday and arrested after evidence was found against him.
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Media

Youth Congress workers accused of attacking Arnab and his wife granted bail even as Mumbai Police continues to interrogate Goswami

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Two people allegedly associated with the Congress party who had attacked Republic Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami and his wife have been granted bail by Bhoiwada Court in Mumbai
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News Reports

Watch: Hindu fruit seller in Bihar’s Begusarai harassed by Muslims for sporting a saffron flag on his cart

OpIndia Staff -
The fruit vendor reported told the miscreants, "The saffron flag will remain intact. If someone has the might to overturn my cart, then, let him try his hand."
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 53 students from 3 madarsas test positive for coronavirus in Kanpur

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Students of madarsa in Kanpur, which was visited by Tablighi Jamaat members from Nizamuddin Markaz, test positive for coronavirus.
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News Reports

Bangladesh: Cleric tests positive for Coronavirus after holding Ramzan prayers for 2 dozen people at Mosque

OpIndia Staff -
The Ramzan prayers were conducted by the Muslim cleric in sheer violation of the emergency notice by the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
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Fact-Check

Hand not paralysed, advised home quarantine: How AltNews lied in ‘fact-check’ to exonerate Muslim man who threw currency note at a petrol pump

Nupur J Sharma -
AltNews furthered fake news in their alleged 'fact-check', to shield a Muslim man who was seen throwing a currency note inside a petrol pump recently.
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News Reports

Harassment by police officials, threats and intimidation by local Muslims: Ranchi’s Richa Bharti and her family narrate their experience after the ‘Quran copies’ order

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A posse of policemen had recently barged into Richa Bharti's house without any search warrant and confiscated her mobile phone
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News Reports

PM Modi’s meeting with CMs: Phased resumption of economic activities, an extended ban on public gathering and state border sealing discussed

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While Mizoram's Chief Minister assured of compliance with Centre's directives, Puducherry CM sought for immediate intervention with regard to PPEs and financial aid.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Congress leader Udit Raj spreads misinformation about coronavirus test kits, ICMR calls out the fake news

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Congress leader Dr Udit Raj claimed that while 17 companies in India were ready to provide coronavirus testing kits for as low as Rs 500, PM Modi gave the contract to one Gujarat-based company for Rs 4,500 per kit.
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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: 33 health workers infected, 145 people quarantined in Delhi’s Max Hospital, Pratapganj

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As per reports, the health workers of Max Hospital who had tested positive for the Chinese virus were not in-charge of infected patients.
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News Reports

Pakistani tweeps attack feminists for criticising Tablighi Jamaat Maulana Tariq Jamil who blamed women for coronavirus

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Pakistani Tablighi Jamaat preacher Maulana Tariq Jamil had blamed 'shameless' women and their 'immodest behaviour' for coronavirus
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News Reports

Challenges and recent advancements in the fight against Coronavirus: JNU organises a 2-day international webinar

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Leading scientists across the globe, including from countries like China, Italy, the USA, and India, presented their research related to characterization and preventive measures for COVID-19.
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News Reports

Suicide bombings are permitted by Sharia Law: Grand Mufti Of Libya Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani

OpIndia Staff -
The Grand Mufti of Libya, Sadiq-Al-Ghariani claimed that if the suicide bombing deflates the enemy and brings about a crushing defeat upon him, then it is allowed by the Sharia Law.
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Government and Policy

Government junks report by IRS officials that suggested tax hike, orders probe against concerned officers for violation of code of conduct

OpIndia Staff -
As per the 43-page report, the Government can earn up to ₹18,000 crores by implementing the suggested proposals.
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News Reports

Congress supporters compare Sonia Gandhi to Goddess Sita

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Congress supporters shared an image which stated that like Sonia Gandhi alias Antonia Maino, who has roots in Italy, Goddess Sita, too, had roots in Nepal.
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News Reports

Karnataka: CRPF COBRA commando beaten, humiliated and tied up in chains by police, was assaulted for cleaning his bike in front of his house

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Images of the soldier from an elite commando unit being tied up in chains in a police station have caused a furore on social media.
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News Reports

Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh, media water down Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, refer to him as ‘activist’

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Soon, Punjab Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh faced severe backlash for whitewashing the Hizbul terrorist and referring to him as activist.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Senior Congress leader Badruddin Sheikh succumbs to coronavirus

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Senior Congress leader from Gujarat Badruddin Sheikh succumbed to coronavirus. He was the leader of opposition in Amdavad Municipal Corporation.
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News Reports

Arnab Goswami writes to Mumbai police accusing them of concealing Congress link of two persons who had attacked him

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Arnab Goswami alleges that Mumbai police has omitted that the two persons who had attacked him are Congress members
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News Reports

91% Indians agree that Modi govt is handling coronavirus crisis well, 97% say lockdown is the right step to combat the pandemic: Gallup International...

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A Gallup snap polls shows most Indians think Modi govt is handling the Coronavirus crisis well, and the lockdown is necessary
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News Reports

Mumbai Police sends Arnab Goswami 2 notices in 12 hour period for immediate interrogation for questioning Sonia Gandhi’s silence on Palghar lynching

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According to a statement issued by Arnab Goswami, as a law abiding citizen, he will cooperate with the investigation and will appear for interrogation on Monday morning.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Police arrest 3 men accused of raping a stranded woman in a school where she was quarantined

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The stranded woman could not go to her hometown Jailpur due to lockdown, and local authorities had kept her at the village school
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News Reports

Kerala government in dock over breaching the privacy of people under quarantine: Read details about Sprinklr data scam

OpIndia Staff -
The data of more than 1.75 lakh symptomatic patients were collected and transferred to a private company named Sprinklr by Kerala govt.
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News Reports

The Bijon Setu Massacre: When 16 monks and a nun of Ananda Marga were lynched to death and burnt alive in broad daylight in...

OpIndia Staff -
In the Bijon Setu Massacre of 1982, 16 monks and a nun of the Hindu organization Ananda Marga were murdered and set on fire in broad daylight near Ballygunge in Kolkata.
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News Reports

Coronavirus lockdown: Chandigarh Police devises a “Corona trap” to tackle suspected patients and lockdown violators without touching them

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The VIP Security wing of Chandigarh Police has made the device, which is a metal rod with a tong like structure at one end
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News Reports

“They kicked plate filled with food, demand biryani, non-vegetarian”: Quarantined Tablighi Jamaat members in Kanpur continue to misbehave

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Despite being given full meals twice a day along with fruits and snacks, the Tablighi Jamaat members at Kanpur hospital continue to create troubles
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News Reports

India Today does it again – Shows a distorted map of India without POK and Pakistan Map with Indian Kashmir

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India Today also displayed the map of Pakistan by including the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

Bihar: FIR filed against Hindu shop owners for hoisting saffron flags accusing them of rioting, disturbing communal harmony, hurting religious feelings etc

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After Jharkhand, now FIR filed against Hindu shopowners in Bihar for displaying religious identity, shops had saffron flags
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News Reports

Fresh meat brand Licious says that they have decided to supply only Halal meat as business policy

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The brand was responding to a customer who had sent a query to the company after a Twitter outrage over ‘halal economics’.
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News Reports

As state govts take efforts to address migrant labour issue, centre decides to check the feasibility of labourer mobility across states

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Central government discussed the feasibility of allowing migrant labourers to move back to their home states amidst the lockdown
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News Reports

Rajdeep Sardesai lies that Punjab government received only Rs 71 crore from the centre to fight coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Punjab govt has received Rs 247 crore from center contrary to claims of Rajdeep Sardesai & Punjab Finance Minister
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News Reports

Delhi riots preplanned, Umar Khalid and his associates arranged for firearms, gave provocative speeches: Read FIR details

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The FIR alleges that as part of the conspiracy, Umar Khalid and his associates fielded women and children at numerous roads in order to incite a riot.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Former Chief Minister Raghubar Das meets the fruit-seller booked for writing ‘Hindu’ on the banner, assures no case will be registered

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Ex Jharkhand Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Raghubar Das today took to social media to inform that he met the fruit-seller who was booked by Jharkhand Police for having "Hindu" written on his banner.
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News Reports

India Today comes up with infographic suggesting that Delhi is most aggressive in Coronavirus testing, Ahmedabad Commissioner shows how that is misleading

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Ahmedabad commissioner pointed out that it is misleading for India Today to compare Coronavirus testing data of Delhi with large states
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Coronavirus lockdown: “Chandan Yatra” of Puri Jagannath Temple to be held without devotees, uncertainty looms over the Rath Yatra

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The Shankaracharya of the Jagannath Temple has said that while alternate arrangements can be made, the centuries-old-tradition cannot be stopped.
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News Reports

Andhra Pradesh: 40 new cases of Coronavirus come to light in Vijayawada after 2 ‘bored’ truck drivers play cards with friends and neighbours

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Krishna district Collector A Md Imtiaz stated that the cause of Coronavirus infection in Vijayawada was due to the failure in maintaining physical distance.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Doctors protest against PPE shortage as 150 medics diagnosed with Chinese coronavirus

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Irked over the acute shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the country, the doctors and nurses have been protesting against the Pakistani Government since April 16.
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News Reports

Internet breaks into memes galore as rumours of death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un gain momentum

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As the rumours about death of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un after a possible botched up heart surgery gains momentum on social media, netizens flooded the Internet with memes and jokes
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Books

Sutradhar by Ratul Chakraborty: A collection of stories from historical fantasy to cosmic horror set across the arc of Indian history

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Sutradhar by Ratul Chakraborty is a collection of stories set across the arc of Indian history.
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Politics

Why is Congress obsessed with stopping Bullet Train and Central Vista?

Abhishek Banerjee -
It feel like Congress wants to scrap the Bullet Train and Central Vista as eventually they could not credit Rajiv Gandhi for envisioning them
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News Reports

New York Governor absolves China as he holds travellers from Europe responsible for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
New York in United States of America has been the worst hit in the coronavirus pandemic
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News Reports

No government has ever given me any award: Reel life ‘Lord Ram’ Arun Govil who campaigned for Congress after Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan

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Arun Govil played the role of Lord Ram in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan which has made a comeback on Doordarshan amid coronavirus lockdown
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News Reports

Two minor Hindu girls abducted by brother of a politician in Pakistan, World Sindhi Congress condemns the abduction and forced conversion

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Two minor Hindu girls have been abducted by the brother of an influential local politician in Sindh province in Pakistan
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News Reports

Odisha Based numismatist pledges to auction his collection of 2 lakh antique coins worth 2 crores to donate for Coronavirus fight

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Debiprasad Mangaraj, a Bhuvaneshwar based numismatist has decided to auction 2 lacs antique coins to donate for Coronavirus fight
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News Reports

Fruit sellers in Jamshedpur booked for writing ‘Hindu’ on the banners of their shop, Netizens question why no action against shops with ‘Muslim’ in...

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Acting on a Twitter complaint, Jamshedpur police removed banner of some fruit sellers that had 'Hindu' written on them and filed case against them
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