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‘Muslim men, women and children were chased out of their homes’: Here is how The Wire spread fake news blatantly

OpIndia Staff -
Hoshiarpur Police uploaded a video on its official Twitter page, debunking fake news about Muslim families being harassed as peddled by 'The Wire'
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News Reports

As Coronavirus lockdown nears the end of 21-day period, no new cases were reported in 25 districts of 15 states: Here is the list

OpIndia Staff -
The benefits of the 21-day lockdown announced by PM Modi have gradually started to come out as 25 districts across 15 states have registered no new coronavirus cases
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Media

Read how Siddharth Varadarajan of The Wire whitewashed the Godhra Massacre and spread propaganda regarding Gujarat Riots

OpIndia Staff -
Siddharth Varadarajan whitewashed the Godhra Massacre and implied that the Gujarat Riots would have occurred even if the massacre of Hindus had not occurred.
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News Reports

West Bengal initially sent 90-100 samples per day, last week they sent only 20 for Coronavirus testing: Director of central lab raises alarm

OpIndia Staff -
Refuting claims made by Mamata Banerjee about the shortage of Coronavirus testing kits, NICED Director said that they had 27,000 such kits in stock.
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News Reports

Prasar Bharati CEO calls out ‘The Wire’ journalist’s claim that Doordarshan is streaming Ramayana from Moserbaer DVD

OpIndia Staff -
'The Wire' journalist Neha Dixit had most likely shared a screen-grab of Ramayana show on YouTube to allege that Doordarshan channel is broadcasting the show from Moser Baer DVDs
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News Reports

Organizer of ‘Holi Against Hindutva’ campaign throws a hissy fit because some Bernie Sanders supporters will not vote for Joe Biden, gets roasted

OpIndia Staff -
Ziad Ahmed threw a hissy fit on social media on Saturday because some supporters of Bernie Sanders continue to say that they will not vote for the presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Curfew to be imposed in Balbhoonpura after hundreds defied lockdown and protested against an Imam being quarantined

OpIndia Staff -
Balbhoonpura in Uttarakhand had emerged as a potent cluster of Wuhan coronavirus after seven people having links with the infamous Tablighi Jamaat were tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus in the area.
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Government and Policy

World Bank lauds India for showing the way in containing Coronavirus pandemic through Aarogya Setu app

OpIndia Staff -
Aarogya Setu app also contains a list of helpline numbers for every State in India. A chatbot within the app helps resolve user queries and educate about the symptoms of the Chinese virus.
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News Reports

NCP leader Jitendra Awhad self-quarantines after coming in contact with a Coronavirus infected police officer

OpIndia Staff -
Jitendra Awhad took this decision as a preventive measure though he has not been diagnosed with the deadly pathogen as of yet.
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News Reports

Former Grand Mufti of Egypt Sheikh Ali Gomaa blames 5G technology for the Wuhan Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
According to Sheikh Ali Gomaa, the disruptions in the Earth's Electromagnetic Field that the technology supposedly causes causes coronavirus.
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News Reports

Punjab Police wins the Internet by using amusing memes to urge people to abide by the coronavirus lockdown protocols

OpIndia Staff -
The Punjab Police has shared popular Bollywood memes to dissuade people from breaching the lockdown restrictions amidst coronavirus crisis
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News Reports

Only infidels and oppressors die of the Coronavirus, not Muslims, claim ISIS women, call the virus a soldier of Allah

OpIndia Staff -
ISIS women have claimed that the Wuhan Coronavirus does not infect Muslims, and only 'infidels' and 'oppressors' die of the disease.
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Crime

Coronavirus scare: Tamil Nadu Police books infected Tablighi Jamaat member for spitting on a nurse in Trichy

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Charges were pressed under Sections 269, 270 and 271 of the Indian Penal Code against the Tablighi Jamaat member.
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News Reports

Westerners get diseases like Coronavirus because they do not wash their buttocks with water, claims Islamic scholar

OpIndia Staff -
Jordanian Islamic Scholar Ahmad Al-Shahrouri has claimed that people living in the West suffer from diseases like the Wuhan Coronavirus because they do not wash their buttocks with water after performing their excretory functions as Muslims do.
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Social Media

Rajasthan: Women in Kota hurl plastic bags inside homes after spitting in them amidst coronavirus outbreak, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
A group of 4-5 women were caught in a viral video spitting on the sidewalks, houses in the city of Kota, heightening panic of coronavirus among people
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Are restaurants and hotels remaining shut till October 15 amidst coronavirus lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
A message has gone viral on social media which claims that Tourism Ministry has announced closure of all hotels and restaurants till October 15
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News Reports

PM Modi to address the nation at 10 am on Tuesday, 14 April, may announce decision on the extension of lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
India has recorded over 9000 positive cases and over 300 deaths. Maharashtra's tally of positive coronavirus cases crossed the 2000 mark on Monday.
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News Reports

More than 100 employees of Southern Railway asked to undergo medical tests after many Jamaatis travelled on 13 trains: Details here

OpIndia Staff -
As hundreds of the attendees have now tested positive for the Chinese virus, the Southern Railway has now warned that ticket examiners and RPF personnel may also have been contracted with the virus and hence asked its staff to undergo a medical test.
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Media

Congress’ Hinduphobia: National Herald whitewashes vile conduct of Tablighi Jamaat while taking jibes at Hindus

K Bhattacharjee -
National Herald, The Congress mouthpiece, published an opinion piece that absolved the Tablighi Jamaat of all its crimes and instead accused political parties and the media of 'scapegoating' them.
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News Reports

Amidst worsening coronavirus crisis in Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray government denies Army intervention in the state: Report

OpIndia Staff -
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in the state has refused the central government's move to deploy the Armed Forces and stem the inexorable spread of the virus in the country's financial capital, say reports.
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News Reports

Frontrunner for Democratic nominee in 2020 US Presidential Election Joe Biden accused of sexual harassment by former staffer

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Tara Reade, who had briefly worked as a staff assistant in Biden’s Senate office said that in 1993, Biden had pinned her to a wall in a Senate building, reached under her clothing and penetrated her with his fingers.
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News Reports

Delhi police closes in on Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad, expects to arrest soon: Reports

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Maulana Saad has been absconding since March 28 after the Nizamuddin Markaz emerged as the hotspot for coronavirus.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Mumbai’s Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum reports 19 news cases on Sunday, 47 cases and 5 deaths till now

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The Mumbai police on Monday barricaded the area amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases from the locality. The policemen have maintained a strict vigil to check the movement of the people.
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Social Media

‘Liberals’ and Islamists attack cricketer Ravindrasinh Jadeja, mock Rajput community after he shares a video of his swordsmanship

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists and liberals mocked Rajput community after Jadeja shared a video of himself displaying his swordsmanship.
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News Reports

Mangaluru: Minor was ‘bored’, so packed friend inside suitcase to bring him home, case registered

OpIndia Staff -
The Mangaluru police will now produce the minors before the Juvenile Justice Board.
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Social Media

Watch: Pakistani doctors dance inside hospital wards in the middle of coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
The global death toll due to the Chinese pandemic coronavirus has crossed 1,14,000-mark with more than 1.8 million people being tested positive for the Chinese virus.
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News Reports

Delhi Police registers case against a firm for allegedly issuing fake ration cards, company cries foul

Dibakar Dutta -
A First Information Report (FIR) was filed under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 420 and Information Technology (IT) Act Section 66D after a complaint was filed by the Food and Civil Supplies Department.
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Fact-Check

Assorted fake news peddlers come together to spread lies that woman drowned her five children in river ‘due to lockdown’

OpIndia Staff -
While the country has come together to fight Chinese coronavirus, a certain section of propagandists are rooting for the government's efforts to fail.
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Government and Policy

Central govt rejects Sonia Gandhi’s demand to transfer PM-CARES fund to PMNRF, to allow FCRA-exempted foreign donation

OpIndia Staff -
The PM-CARES Fund will also receive exemptions from the operation of all provisions of the FCRA Act and can now accept donations from individuals and organisations based in foreign countries through foreign credit/debit cards and through wire transfer/SWIFT. Receipts can be downloaded directly from the portal.
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News Reports

Punjab: Doctors successfully reattach hand of police officer which was amputated in an attack by Nihangs in Patiala

OpIndia Staff -
Doctors at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research in Chandigarh managed this feat after a 7.5 hours long surgery
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News Reports

Uttarakhand: Muslim mob comes out onto the streets in hotspot Balbhoonpoora to prevent authorities from quarantining an Imam

OpIndia Staff -
A Muslim mob came out onto the streets at Balbhoonpura in Haldwani, Uttarakhand after a team of the health department had visited the area in order to quarantine an Imam.
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News Reports

Enterprising Gujarati man uses drone to deliver ‘paan masala’ during coronavirus lockdown, police books two

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A young man named Hiren Patel managed to fly a drone with packets of tobacco in Morbi near Rajkot using a drone owned by friend Ravi
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News Reports

Mumbai Police takes cognizance of hateful tweets made by a Communist genocidal maniac after outrage by netizens, Mumbai based company to terminate his employment

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Mumbai police to take action against Arun Nambiar who had earlier called for genocide of 'Sanghis' and people from 'upper castes'.
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News Reports

Sri Lanka: Government makes cremation of those who die of coronavirus compulsory, rejects objections by Muslim groups

OpIndia Staff -
Sri Lanka govt issues official gazette notifying that the bodies of coronavirus victims will be cremated.
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News Reports

Inquiry initiated against Delhi Police Head Constable Pankaj Khan for helping Madrassa members to cross the border during the lockdown

OpIndia Staff -
The inquiry has revealed that the Delhi Police Head Constable used his police ID to ferry those people in his vehicle.
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News Reports

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson discharged from hospital after receiving treatment for the coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has been discharged from the hospital after having been admitted due to the Wuhan Coronavirus. However, he will not immediately return to work.
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News Reports

Netizens joke about end of world as an earthquake hits Delhi-NCR amidst coronavirus lockdown

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The internet was flooded with dark humour about doomsday prophecies and end of world jokes as a 3.5 magnitude earthquake hit the Delhi-NCR region on Sunday.
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Social Media

BookMyShow under fire from netizens for promoting Hinduphobes and those who wished death upon PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, BookMyShow had shared a tweet promoting an event of ultra-left wing troll Harnidh Kaur
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News Reports

2 Fraudsters who duped people to the tune of ₹52 lacs by creating fake website of PM Cares Fund arrested

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The fake website pmcarerelieffund.com was used to defraud people who were making donations to the PM Cares Fund
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 17 Foreign Tablighi Jamaat members sent to jail in Bahraich after the end of quarantine period

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17 foreign nationals sent to jail include 10 from Indonesia and 7 from Thailand, who were hiding after returning from Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi
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Media

Mamata Banerjee to extend the lockdown till April 40th? AajTak journo’s slip of tongue pulls at funny chords of netizens

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens took a swipe at Mamata Banerjee after an AajTak report claimed that she had extended the lockdown in West Bengal till "April 40th"
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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: Villagers near Aligarh panic after 2 Bikers throw five ₹100 currency notes on the road after spitting on them

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The miscreants had covered their faces with cloths who stopped on the road, spat on the currency notes and threw them away before leaving the spot
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Entertainment

Kangana Ranaut’s sister comes up with innovative idea to save resources during the Coronavirus crisis, suggests dismissing 2024 General Elections

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Instead of spending crores on elections in 2024, Rangoli suggested, PM Modi should continue for 3rd term uncontested.
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News Reports

Sharp decline in infiltration, smuggling of cattle, fake Indian currency, marijuana through Indo-Bangladesh Border amidst Coronavirus outbreak: BSF

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BSF officials said infiltration and smuggling across the South Bengal frontier region had reached "a rock bottom level."
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News Reports

Coronavirus: China engages in racism against Africans even as it accuses the USA of being racist towards them

OpIndia Staff -
Racism against Africans has been reported in the Guangzhou city of China. The allegations surfaced after a recent spark in the number of Wuhan Coronavirus cases in the country which were allegedly imported by Nigerians.
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News Reports

Covidiots: Uruguayan diplomat defies lockdown rules in Delhi, fights with Delhi police

OpIndia Staff -
When the cops asked why was she not following the mandate issued by the MEA, the diplomat said she has not received any such notices.
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Media

ABP News spreads fake news, exaggerates coronavirus cases in Haryana while understating cases in Maharashtra and Kerala

OpIndia Staff -
The fake news spread by the mainstream media cannot be attributed to incompetence alone because if it were only incompetence, they would have erred on equal parts against all sides of the political spectrum.
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News Reports

Coronavirus fight: The UK will receive 3 million packets of Paracetamol and its stranded citizens from India on April 12

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, thousands of UK nationals stranded in various parts of India will be ferried to their home country via charter flights.
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News Reports

Pressurised by Delhi Minority Commission, Kejriwal govt drops reference to Nizamuddin Markaz super-spreader in daily coronavirus bulletin

OpIndia Staff -
A new tab 'Special Operation' now comprises the Markaz Nizamuddin related coronavirus cases in the national capital
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News Reports

Coronavirus scare: 250 hotspots in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh linked to Tablighi Jamaat

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around 130 hotspots in Telangana and 120 hotspots in Andhra Pradesh for Coronavirus are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat
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