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Days after the Delhi riots, Shaheen Bagh seems to be losing steam as media partners abandon the anti-CAA protest site: Report

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The protesters at Shaheen Bagh seem to have deserted the protest site on Thursday
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News Reports

‘Eminent journalist’ Ravish Kumar trolls fellow ‘eminent journalist’ Rajdeep Sardesai, calls him a shopkeeper

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Ravish Kumar accused Rajdeep Sardesai, and majority media, of trying to do 'balancing' when there is none
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News Reports

Pakistani propaganda media outlet spreads fake news of Muslim girl being raped by Hindus in New Delhi’s Jafrabad

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Pakistani propaganda website 'Republic of Buzz' published fake news of Muslim girl being raped by Hindus in Delhi
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News Reports

Turkish President Erdogan’s comments on Delhi violence are factually inaccurate and driven by his political agenda: Ministry of External Affairs

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India rejects global criticism of CAA, asks to refrain from making irresponsible comments on Delhi Violence: MEA
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News Reports

Test Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi because they recently returned from Italy which be badly hit by Coronavirus: RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal

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RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal says probe must be conducted whether coronavirus spread from Sonia Gandhi's home.
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News Reports

Meet Harsh Mander: The ‘PIL Activist’ who always manages to land himself in the wrong side of Indian interests

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Harsh Mander has been very active in the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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News Reports

Delhi police detains one Akhtar Khan after he attempts to enter Parliament with three live bullets in pocket, released after verification

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Man who had tried to enter parliament with 3 live bullets in pocket released by Delhi police after verification
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Opinions

BJP has to make Mamata Banerjee pay a political price in West Bengal for her statement on Bangladeshis

Abhishek Banerjee -
It is now Battle Royale in West Bengal. It is for Shah to map out a campaign that will drive Mamata Banerjee crazy
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News Reports

Islamic Preacher refers to Delhi Police personnel as ‘atankwadi’ in viral video where Muslim mob is attacking them during anti-Hindu riots

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Islamic preacher Yasin Arafat took to Twitter to refer to Delhi policemen being beaten up by a Muslim mob as 'atankwadi'.
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News Reports

Telangana: Facing fund crunch for ‘Seetha Rama Kalyanam’ celebrations, Bhadrachalam temple decides to sell tickets

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The temple earns about Rs 2 crore per month, out of which Rs 90 lakh goes to the staff salaries and about Rs 40 lakh to the Telangana State Endowments Department towards the payment of goodwill fund. The temple is left with only Rs 60 lakh.
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News Reports

Watch: TMC MP Mahua Moitra tears up paper and throws it towards speaker while creating ruckus in Lok Sabha

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TMC MP Mahua Moitra was seen tearing up a paper and throwing it aiming towards Lok Sabha Speaker
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Media

The Wire huddles up to defend Ankit Sharma’s murder accused Tahir Hussain, provides platform for him to claim innocence

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Prior to this, The Wire had tried to dilute the brutality heaped upon Ankit Sharma by saying that he was ‘believed to be beaten to death’.
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News Reports

Meet Nadia Whittome, the 23-year old British MP who believes the democratically elected Govt of India is ‘colonial’

OpIndia Staff -
Nadia Whittome, the Member of Parliament to the United Kingdom's House of Commons from Nottingham East, has generated quite the flutter in Indian circles on social media.
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News Reports

Man in Ghaziabad tested positive for Coronavirus, the total cases in India rise to 30

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Yesterday, Ghaziabad district administration had issued an advisory to the schools and private hospitals on coronavirus alert.
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Politics

Karnataka: Crisis hits JDS as leaders look to switch loyalties

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Setback for JDS in Karnataka as rumours are making rounds that senior leader G T Deve Gowda may quit the party to join the BJP.
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News Reports

Lok Sabha suspends seven Congress MPs for snatching and throwing paper on speaker’s chair, barred from attending rest of the budget session

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Seven Congress MPs suspended from Lok Sabha for rest of the budget session on charges of gross misconduct
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Law

Nirbhaya case: Delhi court issues fresh warrant to hang convicts on 20th March, convicts’ lawyer blames media for ‘hanging them 4 times’

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The order by a Delhi court comes after President Ram Nath Kovind had rejected the mercy petition of Pawan Gupta, one of the convicts in the Nirbhaya case.
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News Reports

“He was here to get pictures clicked, rub salt on our wounds”, Brijpuri woman expresses angst on Rahul Gandhi’s late visit to Delhi’s riot-hit...

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visits riot-hit areas in Delhi after his foreign trip, locals not happy with him
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News Reports

A pet dog in Hong Kong tested positive for Coronavirus, authorities confirm first case of human to animal transmission of Disease

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Pet dog belonging to coronavirus patient tested positive, authorities claimed its first case of humans to animal disease transmission.
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News Reports

Delhi anti-Hindu riots: AAP councillor Tahir Hussain arrested by Delhi Police in Ankit Sharma murder case

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The suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain, who was absconding after being charged for the brutal murder of the IB sleuth Ankit Sharma has been arrested by the Delhi Police.
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News Reports

Delhi riots: Police Commissioner meets officer Anuj Sharma who was injured trying to rescue DCP Amit Sharma from a violent mob

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ACP Anuj Kumar was injured during the violent clashes while rescuing the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Amit Sharma. 
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News Reports

Indian medical team to land in Qom, Iran soon, clinic to help stranded Indians to be set up by today: MEA Jaishankar

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MEA S Jaishankar announced that the first medical clinic for the screening of Coronavirus is expected to be set up today.
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News Reports

Murshidabad man applied for correction in Voter ID, received updated Voter Identity Card with a dog’s photo on it

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West Bengal: Sunil Karmakar had applied for correction in Voter ID, gets the 'corrected' card with a dog's photo
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Crime

Another video surfaces showing police personnel rescue injured DCP Amit Sharma from rioting mob in East Delhi

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Video of Delhi riots show mob pelting stones on police as police personnel rescue injured DCP Amit Sharma
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Books

Modi Mandate 2019: How psephologist Pradeep Bhandari covered 400 constituencies to know what Indian voter thinks

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Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari has turned author with his debut book 'Modi Mandate 2019: Dispatches from Ground Zero" which he penned after travelling to as many as 400 out of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies.
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News Reports

Karachi-bound seized Chinese ship was carrying nuclear-capable equipment to Pakistan: DRDO experts

OpIndia Staff -
According to DRDO’s technical experts, the seized 18-metre by 4-metre autoclave can indeed be used in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) platforms. An autoclave is a pressure chamber which carries out various industrial and scientific processes. Prima facie, it can be used for civilian as well as military purposes.
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Crime

Police tracing Bangladeshi criminals in Ankit Sharma case, believe his murder was ‘target killing’: Report

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According to the initial investigation, Ankit Sharma had returned from office around 5 pm on February 25 and stepped out with his friends. Ankit, along with his friend Kalu and a few others were on one side of a 'pulia' (small bridge) while heavy stone-pelting was on from the other side.
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News Reports

“Supreme Court has failed India’s minorities”: Foreign-funded ‘activist’ Harsh Mander’s another video indulging in fear-mongering goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Yet another video of foreign-funded controversial 'activist' Harsh Mander has emerged where he is again indulging in fear-mongering and accusing the Supreme Court of 'failing Indian minorities'. 
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Opinions

Do we really need proof that non-Muslims in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are persecuted? Harish Salve slams detractors of CAA

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Slamming the 'loudest' allegation against the CAA, that it is designed to 'throw out all Muslims from India', Salve writes that there is no law, rule or notification published, or even a draft circulated, that would suggest that the government has any such intent.
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News Reports

Flipkart cofounder Sachin Bansal’s wife files police complaint, alleges dowry harassment

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The dowry harassment allegations have been filed against Sachin Bansal, his parents Kiran Bansal and Satprakash Bansal, and Sachin's brother Nitin Bansal. The complaint was filed on February 28.
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Media

Prasar Bharati CEO rejects invite by BBC due to its biased coverage of Anti-Hindu Delhi riots

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Prasar Bharati chief executive Shashi Shekhar Vempati has declined an offer to attend one of their event citing one-sided reportage of the Anti-Hindu riots in Delhi.
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News Reports

Coronavirus outbreak: As panic grips, chemist shops face shortage of hand sanitizers, face masks across the country

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As reports of coronavirus cases being reported from several parts of India, people are rushing to medical stores to buy protective masks, hand sanitizers.
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News Reports

Video surfaces where rioters, including women, pelt stones, attack Delhi Police, killing constable Ratan Lal as he tried to save DCP Amit Sharma

OpIndia Staff -
A video has surfaced late night on Wednesday where a violent mob of rioters can be seen attacking the Delhi Police officers with stones and sticks.
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News Reports

IFCN rejects Fact Hunt’s application based on their founders’ past tweets but overlooks open political prejudice of Altnews founders

OpIndia Staff -
The rejection of Fact Hunt’s application and acceptance of Altnews’s application despite its flagrant violations of IFCN policies reveals the dual standards espoused by the organisation
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News Reports

Gurugram Paytm employee tested positive with novel coronavirus after returning from Italy

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Paytm decides to shut its offices in Gurugram and Noida for at least two days after its employee tests positive for coronavirus
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News Reports

Delhi Police file affidavit in Supreme Court seeking contempt of court proceedings against Harsh Mander for his ‘justice on the streets’ speech

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Delhi police seek contempt of court proceedings against Harsh Mander, files affidavit in SC saying he instigated violence
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News Reports

Maharashtra: 14 police personnel to be promoted for capturing 26/11 Mumbai Terror attack convict Ajmal Kasab alive

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Police officers who caught Ajmal Kasab alive will be promoted by one rank, announces Mahrashtra govt
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Pakistan: Radical Islamists stop organisers of Aurat March from completing a mural, deface it saying it was against Sharia

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Sunni clerics stopped Aurat March organisers from completing a mural, defaced it, painted anti-Shia messages over it
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News Reports

After her ‘caa caa chi chi’ slogan against CAA, Mamata Banerjee to launch ‘BJP chi chi’ campaign in West Bengal

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Mamata Banerjee said that the Trinamool Congress will start a 'BJP chi chi' (shame shame) campaign in West Bengal
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News Reports

“People of Delhi have rejected your propaganda outrightly,” Kapil Mishra gives befitting reply to Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint for their biased coverage of Delhi riots

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BJP leader Kapil Mishra gives befitting reply to Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint for their biased coverage of Delhi riots
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News Reports

UP government to award 13-year old girl on Women’s Day for stopping child marriage of her minor cousin

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13-year old girl, who had stopped cousin’s child marriage, to be awarded by the Uttar Pradesh government on Women's Day
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Social Media

You are killing Muslims and destroying Mosques: Social Media post says Indian Hindu woman was harassed by an American Uber driver

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Contrary to the claims made by the Muslim driver, Muslim mobs went on a rampage engaged in arson, stone-pelting and vandalism in the national capital
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi just returned from Italy, did he get screened for coronavirus? Asks BJP MP

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Rahul Gandhi had reportedly returned to India from Italy, a country which is one of the worst-affected by the novel coronavirus after China.
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Editor's picks

Pakistan has illegally occupied Gilgit, Baltistan, intends to prolong occupation by spreading lies and myths: Activist at UNHRC

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US-based Activist says Pakistan is illegally occupying Gigit Baistan at UNHRC event in Geneva
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News Reports

Arrested Delhi riots shooter Mohammad Shahrukh associated with a notorious gang, parents are drug peddlers

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Delhi anti-Hindu riot shooter Mohammad Shahrukh was arrested on March 3 from UP's Bareilly after absconding for over a week.
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News Reports

After filing petition in Supreme Court, ‘activist’ Harsh Mander packs up and flies off to US as his ‘justice on the streets’ speech goes...

OpIndia Staff -
The controversial foreign-funded 'activist' Harsh Mander, whose hate speech video has now surfaced on the social media platforms, has reportedly flown off to the United States.
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News Reports

Afghanistan: Days after the much hyped ‘peace deal’, Taliban kills 20 in attack, US launches airstrikes

OpIndia Staff -
20 Afghan army and police personnel killed by Taliban hours after a telephonic conversation with Trump.
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Mamata Banerjee says government is trying to ‘divert attention’ from the Delhi riots by ‘creating’ coronavirus panic

OpIndia Staff -
In September last year, Mamata in all seriousness had said that ISRO launched Chandrayaan 2 to ‘divert attention’ from the economic condition
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Social Media

“Coughing in public these days is like shouting Allahu Akbar”: Syria origin American author’s tweet wins Internet

OpIndia Staff -
US-based Syrian origin author and journalist Hassan Hassan today took to Twitter to comparing coughing in public spaces to shouting 'Allahu Akbar' as both the things seem to be triggering similar panic amongst people.
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Crime

Unnao Case: Former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar convicted for death of rape victim’s father

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The Unnao rape survivor's father died in judicial custody on April 9, 2018, six days after he was brutally beaten by Kuldeep Singh Sengar and his brother Atul while he was returning to his village Makhi.
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