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Chittisinghpura Massacre: When 36 Sikhs were gunned down by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir

Jinit Jain -
On the fateful day of March 20, 2000, a group of masked armed men wearing Army fatigues had entered Chittisinghpura village and killed 36 Sikhs in cold blood
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News Reports

Covid-19 outbreak: Delhi govt shuts all malls, Maharashtra govt orders closure of non-essential shops and offices till March 31

OpIndia Staff -
Union govt and state govts are stepping up efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country, Delhi and Mumbai shut shops
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Vasundhara Raje, son BJP MP Dushyant Singh go into quarantine after Kanika Kapoor, who attended a party with them tests positive

OpIndia Staff -
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her son BJP MP Dushyant Singh were among the attendees of a party hosted by singer Kanika Kapoor, who was tested positive for the Coronavirus on Friday.
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News Reports

What happened to the juvenile rapist of the Nirbhaya gang-rape case: Here are the details

OpIndia Staff -
Six men were accused of gang-raping and murdering the 23-year-old medical student, who came to be called Nirbhaya. Of the six, four were convicted, one was a juvenile, who got convicted by the juvenile justice board.
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News Reports

Singer Kanika Kapoor tests positive for Coronavirus: Reports say after landing from the UK, she stayed in a five-star hotel and threw a party

OpIndia Staff -
The new patients of coronavirus have been taken to isolation wards in King George Medical University, Lucknow.
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News Reports

So-called human rights activists claim “moral high ground” to denounce justice to Nirbhaya by classifying it as an act of revenge

Dibakar Dutta -
Nirbhaya was brutally raped, her intestines were ripped and she was shoved with an iron rod. It thus qualified as a "rarest of rare" crime.
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News Reports

ICMR says 206 individuals have tested positive for coronavirus in India so far

OpIndia Staff -
ICMR confirms positive cases of coronavirus reached 206.
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News Reports

Delhi High Court junks ‘comedian’ Kunal Kamra’s plea challenging his flying ban, says “Kamra’s in-flight behaviour unacceptable”

OpIndia Staff -
Kunal Kamra had hectored and abused Republic TV anchor Arnab Goswami on an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Lucknow on January 28
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News Reports

Barkha Dutt’s ‘sheroes’ support ‘journalist’ Rana Ayyub over her insensitive tweet on Indians dying of coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
Rana Ayyub's death wishes were welcomed by Islamists with pouring support from Jihad apologists like Aysha Renna and Ladeeda Farzana.
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News Reports

Ram Navami Mela at Ayodhya to be called off due to Covid-19 threat, formal announcement soon

OpIndia Staff -
VHP sources confirmed to OpIndia that the Ram Navami Mela will not be held on scheduled dates, and a formal announcement will be made soon
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Politics

Madhya Pradesh government collapses as Chief Minister Kamal Nath resigns

OpIndia Staff -
The Madhya Pradesh Congress government collapses with Kamal Nath stepping down as the Chief Minister.
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News Reports

Justice delayed but not denied: After a long wait, Nirbhaya’s rapists finally hang from the noose

Dibakar Dutta -
Replying to the lawyer of the rapists of Nirbhaya, Justice Manmohan said, "We are close to the time where your client can meet God."
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Media

Fact-check : Did The Hindu call COVID-19 coronavirus as ‘Indian virus’?

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu inadvertently referred to coronavirus as 'Indian virus'.
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News Reports

Journalist who exposed cartel of Wikipedia editors permanently banned from the platform for ‘offline harassment’

OpIndia Staff -
Wikipedia relies heavily on external citations for your edits. "These editors ensure by one method or the other that their narrative on a particular page does not change. This is mainly the case with political pages."
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Politics

Madhya Pradesh crisis: Power and functions of the Governor as Supreme Court orders floor test for Kamal Nath government

Shubhendu Anand -
While the Constitution was being framed and discussed upon, Sardar Patel sought to make it explicit that 'special powers' endowed upon the Governor would not create dissonance between him and the ministry. He stressed that there would be no 'invasion of the field of ministerial responsibility'.
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Social Media

Support comes from unexpected avenues for PM Modi’s ‘Janata Curfew’ as even the detractors join in

OpIndia Staff -
The support for PM Modi also came from unexpected quarters as usual detractors including the members of the "liberal-secular" media and the Congress ecosystem heaped praises on PM Modi for calling people to observe the Janata Curfew.
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News Reports

Ex-CJI Gogoi exposes the ‘lobby’ which holds judiciary at ransom, says if judgement goes against what they advocate, they malign the judge

OpIndia Staff -
Dismissing the insinuations that he was 'compensated' for the Ayodhya and Rafale verdict, ex-CJI Gogoi said that if a former CJI wants quid pro quo, he could seek bigger, better posts with more lucrative emoluments.
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News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak: PM Modi calls for ‘Janta Curfew’ on March 22, forms Economic Response Task Force to combat impact on economy

OpIndia Staff -
The Janta Curfew will be from 7 AM to 9 PM on Sunday. The PM has urged his citizens to follow 2 things: Resolve and Restraint
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News Reports

Assam man who fled quarantine in Kerala held at Bongaigaon railway station onboard Kolkata-Silchar train, kept in isolation

OpIndia Staff -
All the passengers of the respective coach in which the absconder traveled, were screened advised home quarantine as per norms
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News Reports

Celebrities come together to support PM Modi’s call to action in fight against coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi appeals to people of India to follow 'Janta curfew', celebrities come together to support the call to action.
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News Reports

Enforcement Directorate files case against former Kerala PWD minister and Muslim League leader VK Ebrahim Kunju on money laundering charges

OpIndia Staff -
Ebrahim Kunju is accused of money laundering by depositing Rs 10 Crores into party's bank account during demonetisation
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Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath government must face floor test on Friday by 5 pm, rules Supreme Court on plea filed by BJP

OpIndia Staff -
The session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly that has been deferred shall be reconvened on March 20 for the floor test
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News Reports

Media misleads public on nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus scare, govt calls reports baseless

OpIndia Staff -
HW News resorted to fear-mongering by claiming that there were rumours of a pan-India lockdown afterPM Modi's public address
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Satyaniti and Swaraj constitute the historical backbone of the socio-political order of India, through the ages

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
Satyaniti, this dharmic anarchism, is the result of the Indic civilisation embracing the dynamism of life, and the spontaneity and capacity to self-organize of human beings.
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Opinions

Digvijay Singh: The Mastermind behind the fall of Kamal Nath Government

Abhinav Khare -
The former princely state of Raghopur once collected revenues for the Maharaja of Gwalior, the Scindias. The brunt of this rivalry was still borne by the descendants in Congress.
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News Reports

Twitterati couldn’t believe Indian students ‘studying in Pakistan’ but here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Indian students 'returning' from Pakistan has made netizens curious.
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News Reports

Chennai: Anti-CAA protest organisers of Thowheed Jamath booked, had held massive rally defying govt order

OpIndia Staff -
The protestors have been booked under four sections of the IPC including IPC section 269.
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News Reports

Karnataka: Coronavirus positive patient had taken Dubai-Bengaluru flight, then bus to Madikeri, advisory issued to co-passengers

OpIndia Staff -
The Kodagu district administration has also asked all the people who had travelled in KSRTC Bus No. KA-19-F-3170 from Bengaluru to Madikeri to report to the nearest hospital, as the suspect who had travelled from Dubai, reached Madikeri in that KSRTC bus.
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Opinions

By changing the Preamble of the Constitution, Indira Gandhi had destroyed democracy, in the words of Ambedkar

Saket Suryesh -
Ambedkar had said that policy of the govt cannot be laid down in the Preamble because that is destroying democracy altogether
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Crime

Nirbhaya case: No legal remedies pending says court, convicts to be finally hanged tomorrow at 5:30 am

OpIndia Staff -
On March 5 this year, a trial court had issued the death warrant with March 20 as the date of the execution in Tihar jail.
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Anti-CAA protests organiser in Delhi shows symptoms of COVID-19 after sister tests positive, had visited ‘protest’ site

OpIndia Staff -
One of the organisers of the anti-CAA protests in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri has shown symptoms of the COVID-19 and is currently undergoing tests after he met his sister, who was earlier tested positive.
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News Reports

Amethi gets a new medical college, Smriti Irani reminiscences how it came as a full circle for Dr Harshvardhan

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Smriti Irani today took to Twitter to announce a new government medical college coming up in her constituency, Amethi.
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Politics

Akhilesh Yadav says BJP bigger threat than coronavirus, accuses Yogi Adityanath of not being serious on tackling the pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
Trivialising the Central and State government's fight against the deadly disease, Akhilesh Yadav went on to target BJP, calling it a bigger virus than coronavirus.
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Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi takes oath as a nominated Rajya Sabha MP amid sloganeering by opposition MPs

OpIndia Staff -
Congress and other opposition MPs shouted 'shame-shame' while Ranjan Gogoi was taking oath, and later walked out of the house
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Crime

‘Fatwa’ pamphlets issued by terrorist Hafiz Saeed circulated in Aligarh, police registered FIR

OpIndia Staff -
The Superintendent of Police has said that this is an attempt to fume the community as the pamphlets were carrying objectionable content that may result in communal clashes.
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News Reports

Gujarat: 100 swords seized from Mangrol, arms dealer Hasan Vanjha along with 4 others arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The Rajkot police have seized a parcel containing 100 swords and arrested four people from whom the parcel was recovered last week.
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Social Media

Dhinchak Pooja is back with a new song spreading awareness on coronavirus and we can’t keep calm

OpIndia Staff -
In her latest video, Dhinchak Pooja is seen grooving with a group of people, who have worn masks and have stethoscopes around their necks.
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News Reports

“Make masks not gallows”, lawyer of Nirbhaya gangrape and murder convicts make bizarre comments, calls the case a media trial

OpIndia Staff -
Lawer of Nirbhaya convicts also accused the courts of being biased, as he said that courts already make decisions before hearing them
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After asking Italian priests to visit coronavirus patients, Pope Francis “asks” God to stop the pandemic “with his hand”

OpIndia Staff -
Mr Francis of the Vatican church has claimed that he has asked God to stop the coronavirus epidemic "with his hand" and said people should use their time in quarantine to reconnect with their families.
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Telangana: Seven Indonesian nationals who tested positive for Coronavirus attended Islamic evangelical event Ijtema in Karimnagar

OpIndia Staff -
Seven Indonesian nationals who travelled from Delhi to Karimnagar in a train to attend the Islamic evangelical event of Ijtema have been tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus.
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News Reports

UK: Man cheated wife to visit Italy with Mistress, catches Coronavirus

OpIndia Staff -
The report further added the man was in a panic state not because of his health but about the fact that his extra-marital affair maybe exposed.
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Opinions

iPad in one hand and Aarti thali in another, Yogi proved his critics wrong

Shantanu Gupta -
Yogi government has completed three years in office, and Uttar Pradesh has witnessed many positive changes.
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News Reports

Wuhan coronavirus: A pandemic that was started in China, covered up by China but China thinks calling it Chinese is ‘racism’

Sanghamitra -
China's hyperactive propaganda machinery is now working overtime to claim racism and guilt-trip the rest of the world about relating to them a global pandemic that was started on their soil and made worse by their efforts to cover up.
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Media

Gayatri Mantra vs ‘Hum Dekhenge’: NDTV deletes video of Gurugram residents singing in balcony as ‘seculars’ mock the sacred chant

OpIndia Staff -
To battle out the self-isolation amidst coronavirus outbreak, citizens are coming up with creative ideas to not only keep themselves busy but also cheer up others during these testing times.
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If you had gathered courage when Babri was demolished, your mothers and sisters wouldn’t be here: Shaheen Bagh ‘protestor’ gives call to violence

OpIndia Staff -
As the nation fights the coronavirus outbreak on war footing, the 'protestors' at Shaheen Bagh continue to lie, spew hatred and fear-monger with zero regard for public health and safety.
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Rajya Sabha MPs demand to curtail budget session due to coronavirus scare, chairman Naidu says members can take preventive arrangements

OpIndia Staff -
Opposition MPs suggested that the budget session should be adjourned to practice a basic preventive measure of social distancing
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BJP leader Kapil Mishra raises more than Rs 1 crore through his fundraising campaign for the victims of Delhi riots

OpIndia Staff -
Kapil Mishra said that after the achieving the goal of Rs 1 crore, the campaign has stopped and no more donations will be accepted
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Media

NCPCR writes to Delhi Police asking to investigate complaints against Barkha Dutt for revealing identity of infant victim in Delhi riots

OpIndia Staff -
Barkha Dutt had posted a tweet on March 16, 2020, revealing the identity of a 10-moths-old victim of the Delhi riots
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Filthy, unhygienic, crowded Quarantine Camps in Pakistan raises concern about increase in Coronavirus cases

OpIndia Staff -
Videos shared by Pakistanis at Taftan Quarantine Camp show it is filthy with inadequate facilities & lots of people living together
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Four Germany-returned passengers deboarded from Garib Rath train after co-passengers & Railway officials found “Home Quarantine” stamps on their hands

OpIndia Staff -
The four passengers with Home Quarantine stamps on hands were travelling to Surat in Bandra Terminus-Delhi Garib Rath express
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