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Uttar Pradesh: Maulvi booked for hiding Indonesian Muslims in a mosque in Bijnor, Muslims of other nationalities also found from other mosques

OpIndia Staff -
A Markazi mosque in Kaiserbagh area of Lucknow was found sheltering foreigners from Kyrgystan and Kazakhastan since March 13
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News Reports

Wuhan Coronavirus: 10 foreign nationals found staying in a mosque in Ahmednagar, trustees booked by police

OpIndia Staff -
Cases of foreign nationals hiding in Mosques have been reported from Ranchi and Patna too.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Foreign Islamic preachers who attended ‘Tablighi Jamaat’ event in Nizamuddin violated visa rules, Home Ministry may blacklist 800 of them

OpIndia Staff -
The Home Ministry on Tuesday said that the foreign Islamic preachers who visited India on tourist visa but attended the Islamic religious conference organised by the “Tableeghi Jamaat” are in violation of visa rules.
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News Reports

People infected by ‘Secularitis’ attempt to blame Modi govt and ‘rightwing’ for mess created at Markaz Nizamuddin: Here are the facts

K Bhattacharjee -
The Markaz, Nizamuddin in Delhi, the global center for the Tablighi Jamaat, is suspected to be the ground zero of hundreds of potential infections of the Wuhan Coronavirus.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: 24 people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Delhi’s Nizamuddin, foreign members found violating visa norms

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi's Nizamuddin which hosted thousands of Muslims for Tablighi Jamaat has recently emerged as the new hotspot for coronavirus
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Opinions

The one true pandemic: How Tablighi Jamat has become the ‘super spreader’ for coronavirus in Asia

Sanghamitra -
In India, 10 coronavirus deaths are now traced to Tablighi Jamat in Delhi. Since yesterday, over 285 people showing coronavirus symptoms have been admitted in Lok Nayak Hospital alone.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Tablighi Jamaat member stabs policeman while trying to escape quarantine after 2 dozen members test positive for coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, a member of the Tablighi Jamaat stabbed a police officer SHO Ashraf Malik Maakhi, with a knife after he reportedly tried to escape a quarantine facility.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: 6 from Telangana who were at Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin die due to COVID-19 infection

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday, 6 people from Telangana who attended a religious gathering at Markaz in Delhi's Nizamuddin area between March 13 and March 15 had reportedly died of Coronavirus infection.
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Entertainment

Salman Khan’s 38-year-old nephew passes away after complaining of breathlessness, media reports suggest coronavirus as possible cause, family denies

OpIndia Staff -
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's 38-year-old nephew Abdullah passed away in Mumbai after complaining of breathlessness.
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News Reports

We’re not rich like US, but we’ve Islam: Pakistan PM announces ways to fight Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan, in his address to his nation on March 30, praised China, the country which unleashed Wuhan coronavirus on rest of the world.
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News Reports

Delhi Government to ask Police to register FIR against Maulana of Markaz, Nizamuddin, suspected ground zero for hundreds of potential Coronavirus infections

OpIndia Staff -
A huge number of people are suspected to have been infected with the Chinese Coronavirus from Markaz, Nizamuddin.
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News Reports

Karnataka: People quarantined at home have to send govt their selfies and GPS coordinates every hour, declares state government

OpIndia Staff -
The Karnataka Government has announced that every single citizen under home quarantine in the state will have to upload their 'selfies' on a government app every hour
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Entertainment

BACK AGAIN: After Ramayana and Mahabharata, Indian superhero Shaktimaan set to return on Doordarshan

OpIndia Staff -
Doordarshan is all set to re-telecast episodes of India's superhero Shaktimaan in the wake of the nationwide lockdown featuring Mukesh Khanna in the lead role.
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Fact-Check

Aajtak falsely calls food preparation by Jhandewalan Temple Trust and Sewa Bharati volunteers for needy as Kejriwal’s “Community Kitchen”

OpIndia Staff -
Pictures of Jhandewalan Trust Members and Sewa Bharati members preparing food were passed off by AajTak as images from Arvind Kejriwal's "Community Kitchen" during Coronavirus lockdown
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Government and Policy

‘Bakwas Band Karo​’: CM Yogi Adityanath reprimands Noida DM over Coronavirus preparations, DM transferred after requesting leave

OpIndia Staff -
Yogi Adityanath told the DM to stop speaking nonsense and not keep on blaming each other over Coronavirus preparations. It was all captured on camera.
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News Reports

BMC directs dead bodies of Coronavirus patients to be cremated irrespective of religion, circular withdrawn after NCP minister Nawab Malik steps in

OpIndia Staff -
BMC Police Commissioner released an order mandating disposal of dead bodies of the people who died due to Coronavirus only by cremation
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News Reports

We will sell it: Watch how some people are hoarding food items to profit amidst the Coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
People already having large quantities of rations stored in the house are accruing benefits of free food services amidst coronavirus lockdown
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Government and Policy

Uttar Pradesh: Here is how you can make a contribution to UP Chief Minister Distress Relief Fund for Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has started a Coronavirus relief fund under the chief minister’s office
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News Reports

You had power to implement lockdown: Arvind Kejriwal faces heat from Centre for facilitating exodus of migrant workers amidst lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The Lieutenant Governor also pointed out that Arvind Kejriwal had all the powers to effectively implement the Coronavirus lockdown in Delhi .
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News Reports

Gujarat: Members of the transgender community distribute ration in Godhra amidst coronavirus outbreak. Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
The transgender women were seen handing out the packages along with money to the people. They also urged the villagers to stay indoors to stop spread of Coronavirus
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Social Media

Viral video shows Maulvi refusing to close mosque in coronavirus lockdown, says ‘house of Allah’ can’t be closed

OpIndia Staff -
A recalcitrant Maulvi turns down police officials' request of asking Muslim worshippers to desist from visiting mosque and instead offer their prayers from their respective houses
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News Reports

Delhi: Dozens of coronavirus cases across the country traced to Tablighi Jamat Mosque in Nizamuddin, hundreds in hospital, 2000 quarantined, area sealed off

OpIndia Staff -
A medical camp has been set up in the area and samples are being tested. Drones have been deployed to maintain strict vigilance over movements. As per reports, over 2000 people in the area are under quarantine.
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Law

The urgency of Nationwide lockdown and how it differs​ from a curfew: A legal study

Aastha Tiwari -
There are some vital differences between the Indian Epidemic Disease Act and the Disaster Manage Act and this article, we explore when these acts were used to control the Wuhan Coronavirus
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Social Media Fact-Check

Rana Ayyub, William Dalrymple share old picture of curfew defaulters being punished as that of migrant labourers

OpIndia Staff -
As India fights Wuhan coronavirus, propagandists masquerading as 'journalists' and 'historians' seem to have taken upon themselves to spread misinformation.
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Law

Nirbhaya and the Nation get closure, but the Death Penalty debate still rages on

Stuti S. -
If the gory, gut-wrenching details of how Nirbhaya was subjected to fatal gang-rape do not ace the tests of rarest of the rare, inviting the maximum punishment of death penalty, what will?
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News Reports

COVID-19 Lockdown: How IIT-D students’ initiative to help on-campus rickshaw-pullers inspired the Institute to set up the ‘Benevolent Fund’

OpIndia Staff -
IIT-D students pooled in money and disbursed Rs 7000 each to 17 rickshaw-pullers on the campus amidst the coronavirus lockdown. This initiative eventually led the administration to establish a fund to help the underprivileged who depend upon the IIT for their livelihoods.
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News Reports

Ai Fen, doctor in Wuhan, who was first to raise alarm over Wuhan Coronavirus, disappears in China after criticizing authorities

OpIndia Staff -
Ai Fen, director of the emergency at Wuhan Central hospital, has disappeared after criticizing Chinese authorities over their handling of the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

Congress MP from Kerala’s Kasaragod, hotspot of coronavirus outbreak, moves Supreme Court seeking opening of Karnataka-Kerala border to ambulances, essential items

OpIndia Staff -
In the wake of rising number of coronavirus cases in neighbouring Kerala, Karnataka has fortified all its entry/exit points in order to prevent influx from Kerala
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Crime

Street war in Kolkata during lockdown: Councillors Shams Iqbal and Rahmat Alam Ansari booked as their supporters throw bombs at each other

OpIndia Staff -
The street-war occurred in the Kachhi Sadak area on Sunday night. Even police personnel were allegedly assaulted in the fight.
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News Reports

RSS comes to the rescue of Pakistani Hindus amidst Coronavirus lockdown: Here are some pictures

OpIndia Staff -
It is important to remember how Pakistan Hindus who were ostracised by the left-liberal jamaat found a ray of hope in the RSS volunteers.
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Social Media

UP: TOI journalist fear-mongers, insinuates that disinfectant spray is ‘chemical solution’ to kill humans

OpIndia Staff -
Even as Wuhan Coronavirus poses a severe threat to the safety and security of the country, journalists continue to engage in fear mongering and fake news peddling to undermine the efforts being made by the central and state governments.
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News Reports

Coronavirus lockdown: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan allows sale of liquor as ‘lack of alcohol may cause social problems’

OpIndia Staff -
The Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Monday announced that the state government will allow sale of alcohol amidst coronavirus lockdown to those with "valid doctor's prescription".
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News Reports

Arunachal Pradesh: 21-year-old Indian youth abducted by China’s People’s Liberation Army, says memorandum to Governor

OpIndia Staff -
The Tagin Cultural Society (TCS) in Arunachal Pradesh has claimed in a memorandum to the governor that a 21-year old youth was abducted by China's People's Liberation Army
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Crime

Mujeeb Mohammed, the Infosys employee who urged people to ‘spread the coronavirus’, followed Zakir Naik on social media: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Mujeeb Mohammed had written in a post on social media, “Let’s join hands, go out & sneeze with open mouth in public. Spread the virus.”
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News Reports

Islamists wish death upon Nirmala Sitharaman after Finance Minister of German state committed suicide over Coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
After German minister committed suicide reportedly over coronavirus worries, brainwashed radical Islamists took to Twitter to wish the same fate upon Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Government and Policy

Modi government has been battling coronavirus with proactive steps: Here are the key developments since January

OpIndia Staff -
On January 8, the Health Ministry had held the first mission meeting over coronavirus. On January 17, the government of India had started screening all passengers arriving from China.
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Social Media

Whataboutery in the time of virus: This is how Rohini Singh of The Wire has impressed everyone on Twitter

OpIndia Staff -
The Wire's Rohini Singh and the art of whataboutery amidst coronavirus outbreak
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News Reports

Union Home Ministry takes disciplinary action against 4 Delhi government bureaucrats for ‘dereliction of duty’ in ensuring Coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The action by the MHA came after a massive crowd of migrant workers flocked to Anand Vihar bus terminal and jeopardized the safety of other citizens.
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News Reports

Lucknow lockdown: Crowd gathers to shout communal slogans from rooftops near Dargah, FIR against 18

OpIndia Staff -
In Lucknow, members of a particular community used to gather in the rooftops and lanes near the Dargah Hazrat Abbas area and were raising communal slogans
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News Reports

After ‘healing’ Coronavirus through television, Christian scamvangelist ‘demands’ God to ‘destroy’ it, declares pandemic ‘finished’. Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
American 'scamvangelist' Kenneth Copeland has declared that the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic has been 'finished' by God.
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Media

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint claims govt may extend lockdown, Prasar Bharati terms it fake news

OpIndia Staff -
Shekhar Gupta's ThePrint published an article claiming that an unnamed government official has said that the 3 week lockdown announced from 24th March 2020 may be extended by a week.
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News Reports

‘Send four samosas please,’ prank caller asks Rampur DM amidst coronavirus outbreak. Here is how he was treated

OpIndia Staff -
While the youth was let off with a warning for calling up the control room for non-emergency request, he was asked to clean a drain as part of social service.
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News Reports

King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand goes into isolation with his harem of 20 concubines in Germany, books an entire luxury hotel

OpIndia Staff -
Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn has booked out the entire Grand Hotel Sonnenbichl in Bavaria, with permission from local council
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News Reports

Pakistan heaps praise on China amid Coronavirus pandemic, Imran Khan’s advisor says stranded students in Wuhan grateful to Pakistan for not evacuating them

OpIndia Staff -
The world has a lot to learn from China regarding the prevention and control of communicable diseases: Imran Khan’s adviser said
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News Reports

UP Govt takes over Jaypee Sports City to house migrants returning from Delhi in quarantine

OpIndia Staff -
Authorities in Noida have decided to take over the Jaypee Sports City in order to house the migrants fleeing to UP from Delhi.
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News Reports

Coronavirus fight: Assam man offers to donate 4 acres of land to build a hospital for treatment of COVID-19 patients

OpIndia Staff -
Krishna Mahanta has written a letter to the Kaliabor Sub-Divisional Officer offering to donate land for COvid-19 hospital
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Government and Policy

Centre directs States to seal borders and prevent outflux of migrant workers in the wake of coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
Migrant workers who have violated lockdown guidelines and travelled to other states are to be kept under quarantine for 14 days.
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News Reports

Akshay Kumar, Prabhas, Pawan Kalyan, Kapil Sharma, Varun Dhawan among celebrities to pledge monetary contribution to fight the Coronavirus outbreak

OpIndia Staff -
Akshay Kumar who is often mocked for allegedly possessing a Canadian passport pledged ₹25 crores from his savings to the PM Cares Fund.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Four arrested while smuggling smack using an ambulance as disguise, one became doctor, another patient

OpIndia Staff -
Smack smugglers were apprehended in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand while they were attempting to smuggle the substance in an ambulance during the lockdown.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: AAP shrugs off responsibilities after pushing lakhs of UP-Bihar migrants under the bus in middle of pandemic, indulges in blame games

Editorial Desk -
As the Chinese coronavirus pandemic slowly engulfs the country, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party is back to doing what it does the best, shrug off responsibility and play petty politics.
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