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Is Azaan really ‘banned’ during the lockdown? Not really says Delhi Police: Here is exactly what happened in the viral video

OpIndia Staff -
The statement of Delhi Police came after the video of an altercation between Muslim women and two Policemen regarding Azaan went viral on social media.
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News Reports

Maulana Saad transferred windfall donation received by Tablighi Jamaat in March to a dozen different bank accounts: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
An FIR with charges of culpable homicide and a money laundering case has already been filed against the Tablighi Jamaat head Maulana Saad who is still absconding.
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News Reports

Letter war escalates in West Bengal: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar replies to CM Mamata Banerjee, accuses her of minority appeasement

OpIndia Staff -
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar writes that Mamata Banerjee government is trying their best to brush aside the Coronavirus pandemic in the state
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News Reports

Pakistan: Tablighi Jamaat preacher cries profusely at fundraising event attended by PM Imran Khan, blames women for Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Tariq Jameel, Tablighi Jamaat preacher, was seen crying profusely on Pakistani television during a fundraising event attended by Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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News Reports

Dead bodies remain unattended in Mumbai hospital, coronavirus suspect patient spends the night with 2 bodies around him: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The hospital authorities have stated that the bodies were left unattended because the staffers were not ready to touch them and the police did not arrive soon for panchnama.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Angry mob thrashes a policeman after their gambling den was raided during the lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
An accused cornered a cop and found screaming and cursing him for ruining their good times raiding their gambling den
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News Reports

Kerala: A 4-month-old infant with congenital heart disorder dies of coronavirus infection

OpIndia Staff -
Five doctors who had attended the infant have been put under quarantine. The infant had a congenital heart disorder and was taken to many hospitals in the last few months.
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Crime

“This house if for sale”: Sunny Gupta shot dead during conflict over Coronavirus lockdown, stones pelted at his funeral procession

OpIndia Staff -
Haunted by the gruesome killing of his innocent son, Gopal has decided to sell his house and migrate somewhere else.
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News Reports

Muslim Mochi Mohalla in Ajmer’s Dargah area turns into new coronavirus hotspot after 79 cases reported in the last 24 hours

OpIndia Staff -
Most of these confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported from 11-15 houses, making it a Coronavirus hotspot
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News Reports

The Muslim street veto: Here is why the police had to flee on their bike after being surrounded by locals

OpIndia Staff -
A huge altercation broke out between a Muslim mob and the Police in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
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News Reports

Survey of India directs Telangana govt to initiate action against ‘EA Sports FIFA’ for the wrong depiction of the Map of India

OpIndia Staff -
The Survey of India has directed the Telangana Government to initiate action against EA Sports FIFA, which is an online video game, for the incorrect depiction of India's map.
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News Reports

Supreme Court grants protection of 3 weeks to Arnab Goswami and stays FIRs filed by Congress party, Kapil Sibal threatens sedition charges against him

OpIndia Staff -
Supreme Court said that no coercive action can be taken against Arnab Goswami during the three weeks interim period
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News Reports

Mumbai lawyer Ali Kaashif files complaint against Kangana Ranaut for supporting her sister’s alleged ‘hate speech’

OpIndia Staff -
Kaashif has accused the duo of misusing their influence, fame and money to "promote hatred and disbalance" in the country for personal gain.
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Social Media

Maa Tujhe Salaam: Two days after its goons attacked Arnab Goswami, Youth Congress displays its sycophancy for Sonia Gandhi, gets called out

OpIndia Staff -
Republic had reported that the attackers who had targeted Arnab Goswami and his wife on Thursday night were Youth Congress goons sent by 'higher ups'.
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News Reports

Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad tests positive for coronavirus, was under self-quarantine after several contacts tested positive

OpIndia Staff -
It is suspected that Jitendra Awhad may have contracted the novel coronavirus following his meeting a senior police inspector of Mumbra police station earlier in April to discuss the lockdown and law and order situation.
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News Reports

Aligarh: Complaint filed against students and ex-students of AMU for hate campaign against Hindus in Gulf

OpIndia Staff -
Presenting all these screenshots as evidence, Nishit Sharma has demanded appropriate action against all these AMU Hinduphobes
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News Reports

Arnab Goswami approaches the Supreme Court for a stay on FIRs filed against him by Congress in 5 states, hearing today

OpIndia Staff -
In his petition, Arnab Goswami has sought no coercive action against him under the Right to Free Speech of the Constitution.
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News Reports

Who the hell do you think you are Sonia? Arnab Goswami calls out the ‘Italian mafia’ style attack on him and his wife

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Goswami referred to the midnight attack on him and his wife as an 'Italian mafia' style attack. He questioned Sonia Gandhi's silence over the lynching of Hindu monks in a state where Congress is in power.
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Opinions

Arnab Goswami used ‘harsh language’? Congress must realize that they and their leaders are not special

Abhishek Banerjee -
Arnab Goswami, in a riveting segment on Republic Bharat, used some particularly harsh language against Sonia Gandhi.
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News Reports

Prashant Kishor flew to Bengal in a cargo flight to help Mamata deal with criticism over handling of Coronavirus crisis: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Kishor was brought to West Bengal in a cargo plane my Mamata Banerjee, violating Coronavirus lockdown to deal with criticism over Coronavirus crisis
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News Reports

Quarantine centre will be declared as temporary jail if anyone attempts to leave without doctor’s permission: Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

OpIndia Staff -
Himanta Biswa Sarma said that if the inmates continue their Facebook live protests, the govt will declare the quarantine centre as a temporary jail
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News Reports

The Congress goons who attacked Arnab Goswami were in possession of lockdown passes for distribution of food: Republic

OpIndia Staff -
Arnab Gowami and his wife filed a written complaint to the NM Joshi Marg Police station naming two individuals of Mumbai who had allegedly attacked the couple.
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News Reports

India to become the chairperson of the WHO Executive Board next month amid the global coronavirus crisis

OpIndia Staff -
India will assume lead position in WHO executive board after Japan will complete its one year term in May
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News Reports

Delhi government warns medical staff on Coronavirus duty not to flag their problems on social media, says will embarrass govt

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi government said that some problems are inevitable and advised to refrain from talking to media or use social media
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Media

Press Council issues shameless statement underplaying attack against Arnab Goswami, shaming him instead of Congress

Editorial Desk -
Press Council of India has joined the never-ending stream of media shamelessness and released a statement that essentially downplays the attack against Arnab Goswami and shames him, the victim, instead of Congress.
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News Reports

Jharkhand: Police arrests one Dildar Ansari for misbehaving and assaulting on-duty home guard for enforcing lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
When Home Guard jawans were enforcing lockdown in Jharkhand's Godda, some locals argued with them and attacked one of them
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News Reports

Bodies of suspected Coronavirus patients handed over to relatives by Mumbai’s Nair Hospital before test results were out, some test positive later: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The BMC Nair Hospital released the dead bodies of suspected Coronavirus positive patients before their test results came in.
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News Reports

34 police personnel in Bhopal tested positive of coronavirus, official claims infection transmitted from Tablighi Jamaat members

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from the police personnel, 30 family members have been also tested positive for Coronavirus in Bhopal
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News Reports

1966 Hindu massacre in Delhi: When Indira Gandhi government killed hundreds of Sadhus and Gau rakshaks

OpIndia Staff -
Around 3 to 7 lakh sadhus and saints demanding cow slaughter ban were attacked in 1966 by the Delhi police at the behest of Indira Gandhi
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News Reports

It is an assault on the Hindu faith by leftists: VHP meets Maharashtra governor, demands high-level probe into Palghar lynchings

OpIndia Staff -
The VHP has stated that Hindu saints have long been facing violence at the hands of leftists in the Palghar area. They claim that the murder of Sadhus is a part of an ongoing conspiracy by leftists to steer the locals against Hinduism.
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Social Media

After TV Islamists reveal the true nature of their ideology, Muslims call them ‘Sanghi behind beards’ and ‘Rental Mulle’

OpIndia Staff -
Muslims have started calling Maulanas appearing on TV as Rental Mulle after some Maulanas revealed themselves to be complete Islamists
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News Reports

SpiceJet air ambulance to bring gold medallist boxer Dingko Singh from Imphal to Delhi for his cancer treatment free of cost

OpIndia Staff -
The Padma awardee couldn't travel to Delhi due to nationwide lock down. He is suffering from liver cancer.
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News Reports

US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo accuses China of destroying coronavirus samples as part of a cover-up, demands permanent shut down wildlife wet markets

OpIndia Staff -
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused China of destroying coronavirus samples as part of a cover-up during the early days of the outbreak
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Opinions

Here are some ‘great achievements’ of Sonia Gandhi as listed by Darbaris, and here is why they are neither ‘great’ nor ‘achievements’

K Bhattacharjee -
Over time, the mainstream media has created an image of Sonia Gandhi that is starkly in contrast with reality itself.
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News Reports

#IndiaFightsCorona: 78 districts in 23 states and UTs have not reported a fresh coronavirus case in last 14 days

OpIndia Staff -
12 districts across India have not registered a single new coronavirus case in 28 days.
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Media Fact-Check

HT refused a Ram Guha article that peddled lies about Central Vista project: Here’s why the trash could only be published in The Wire

S. Sudhir Kumar -
This fake news article by Ram Guha, rejected by Hindustan Times, was published by the controversial publication, The Wire.
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News Reports

Palghar lynching: NCP member summoned by CID, was present when the Sadhus were killed by the mob

OpIndia Staff -
The local police, however, have stated that the NCP leader was called by them to stop the mob.
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News Reports

Human clinical trials for potential Coronavirus vaccines begin in the UK, Germany and USA, China races ahead with second phase trials

OpIndia Staff -
Out of around 150 potential Coronavirus vaccines under development, human trials for several of them have begun
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Mob attacks police, breaks barricade while violating coronavirus lockdown in containment zone in Malegaon

OpIndia Staff -
The police in Maharashtra was attacked by a mob at Malegaon in Maharashtra on Thursday.
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News Reports

Gujarat: HIV positive man bites CISF jawan in Surat for stopping him for not wearing a mask

OpIndia Staff -
An HIV positive man allegedly bit the finger of a CISF jawan after he was stopped for not wearing a mask during checking in Surat, Gujarat on Tuesday evening.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Days after video of suspected coronavirus patients sitting next to dead bodies goes viral, govt bans mobile phones in hospitals

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter users claimed that the mobile phone ban has come after a viral video exposed the government's apathy at MR Bangur hospital where corpses of coronavirus patients were kept in close proximity of other individuals.
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News Reports

23 incidents of Hindus being lynched, brutally murdered, that have failed to inspire any outrage from the ‘liberal’ ecosystem

Jhankar Mohta -
Hindus have been murdered brutally and lynched for speaking up, in riots that were specifically anti-Hindu and driven by Islamists and some, just for being Hindus.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: First Lady Savita Kovind stitches face masks in Rashtrapati Bhavan for distribution in various shelter homes

OpIndia Staff -
Health authorities worldwide have encouraged people to use homemade face masks, and not to use surgical and N95 masks
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News Reports

Executive Officer of TTD during Congress regime discloses that the then Chairman called off meeting of Dharmacharyas saying it might annoy ‘madam’

OpIndia Staff -
IYR Krishna Rao revealed that the Dharmacharya Sadassu was cancelled at the last moment because the chairman thought it might 'annoy' Sonia Gandhi.
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Media

Rahul Kanwal has claimed twice in a row that India Today beat Republic TV hollow in terms of viewership: Here is what BARC data...

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Kanwal first said that viewers are spending twice the time on India Today as they do on their competition's, and their 'competition' would mean channels like Times Now and Republic TV
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News Reports

Congress and AAP IT cell join hands to spread falsehood that the attack on Arnab Goswami was staged

OpIndia Staff -
Just because Republic tweeted about the attack Arnab Goswami late, Congress and AAP trolls claim some people knew it before it happened
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News Reports

Mumbai: Man arrested after delivery boy claims customer refused delivery because he was Muslim

OpIndia Staff -
The incident took place on Tuesday when the 32-year-old delivery man went to deliver groceries at Srushti Complex home of the Chaturvedi at Mira Road.
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News Reports

Meet Arun Borade and Prateek Mishra, Congress workers named in FIR in attack on Arnab Goswami

Nirwa Mehta -
Gowami and his wife filed a written complaint to the NM Joshi Marg Police station naming two individuals, Arun Dilip Borade and Prateek Kumar Shyam Sunder Mishra of Mumbai who had allegedly attacked the couple.
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News Reports

Telangana minister KT Ramarao fact-checks India Today’s claims over PPEs in the state, calls it disgraceful journalism

OpIndia Staff -
India Today managing editor Rahul Kanwal put up an infographic which listed out the number of PPEs available in coroanvirus designated hospitals in India’s 12 most affected states. According to Kanwal, Maharashtra has the maximum number of PPEs at 1,22,133. The lowest, according to him was Telangana with 3,132 PPEs.
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News Reports

Mumbai Police refused to name Youth Congress for the attack on him, says Arnab Goswami in his complaint

OpIndia Staff -
In the complaint, Arnab Goswami has stated that the initially Mumbai Police had identified the workers as Youth Congress but later backtracked to name the Congress party in the FIR.
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