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All not well between Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan and her husband? Media reports suggest he’s unaware about her pregnancy

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, Nusrat Jahan's 'good friend' Yash Dasgupta is the father of the child.
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News Reports

‘Scientists were threatened Anthony Fauci and his gang will destroy careers and reputation’: Indian experts make explosive claims after emails become public

OpIndia Staff -
Anthony Fauci has found himself in the eye of the storm after thousands of his emails were revealed to the world.
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News Reports

Harvard University and DW News had published lies and misinformation peddled by Licypriya Kangujam: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Harvard University and DW News had published the false claims made by Licypriya Kangujam without verifying them
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News Reports

Netizens storm Twitter for a separate chapter on North East India in NCERT textbooks: Here is what triggered the trend

OpIndia Staff -
Netizens used hashtags 'A Chapter for NE' and 'Northeast Matters' on Twitter demanding separate chapter non North East in NCERT textbooks
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News Reports

MC Kode’s mother lodges FIR in South Delhi police station alleging kidnapping after rapper goes missing

OpIndia Staff -
A complaint with regards to "kidnapping" has been filed by the mother of rapper MC Kode after he went missing.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath instructs officials to triple the state’s daily Covid vaccination rate in a month

OpIndia Staff -
On June 1, Uttar Pradesh had embarked on a massive Covid-19 vaccination drive called 'Mission June'
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Opinions

Taliban’s destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas was inspired by Babri Masjid demolition, insinuates Arfa Khanum Sherwani

K Bhattacharjee -
There are multiple aspects of the argument by The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani that are beyond ridiculous.
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Opinions

Post-Poll Bengal: Selective silence, gendered violence and political alienation

Digvijay -
The deliberate silence on the part of the intelligentsia on the post-poll violence in West Bengal is deeply agitating and distressing
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News Reports

KSRTC vs KSRTC legal battle: Karnataka rejects Kerala’s claim over brand name, says Trade Marks Registry order has no legal basis

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala and Karnataka are fighting a legal battle to claim the 'KSRTC' trademark for their respective road transportation corporations
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Opinions

On World Environment Day, we need to remind ourselves that India does not need SUV driving, AC loving nature lovers

Shashank Singh -
On this year's World Environment Day, let us begin our annual lessons on saving the environment with a story.
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News Reports

‘Media orgs are like dogs snapping at heels of bullock cart’: Girish Kuber after Devendra Fadnavis accuses media of acting like power brokers

OpIndia Staff -
Devendra Fadnavis accused Loksatta and Express Group of relinquishing its legacy of being anti-establishment after Maha Vikas Aghadi government came to power in Maharashtra
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Opinions

As EVM theories fade after Mamata Banerjee’s win, here is all you need to know about how EVMs cannot be hacked, no matter who...

Guest Author -
EVMs are "calculator like devices" that cannot be hacked, as they can not be reprogrammed, and they don't have any hardware for external communication
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News Reports

Social Media playing God: How Facebook and Instagram removed fact-checks by Govt of India spreading vaccine hesitancy

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook and Instagram had removed PIB Fact check post that rebutted a dangerous claim spreading vaccine hesitancy
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Opinions

Blue and white: How Mamata Banerjee put the 10 million people of Kolkata through a party loyalty test

Abhishek Banerjee -
Here is a piece of trivia about Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - Her favourite colours are blue and white and you simply must conform
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Law

Munger firing case: Supreme Court dismisses Bihar govt petition, upholds compensation for deceased Anurag Poddar

OpIndia Staff -
The Bihar government had moved the apex court to challenge the Patna High Court order, which had asked it to pay compensation to the victim.
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News Reports

‘Dalit Christians’ in Tamil Nadu express anger at Pope Francis for appointing non-Dalit as Bishop of Salem

OpIndia Staff -
For decades, 'Dalit Christians' have been demanding the appointment of 'Dalit bishops' in the vacant dioceses of Tamil Nadu.
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Opinions

Deluded ramblings of a Hinduphobic mind: Anish Kapoor and his ‘fascist’, ‘Hindu Taliban’ accusations against PM Modi, support for Teesta Setalvad

K Bhattacharjee -
Anish Kapoor called the BJP 'Hindu Taliban' in his latest column on The Guardian, compared PM Modi to Aurangzeb.
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Crime

Naagin 3 actor Pearl V Puri arrested under POCSO in sexual assault case, celebrities come out in support

OpIndia Staff -
Actor Pearl V Puri and five others have been charged under various sections of the IPC and the stringent POCSO Act.
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News Reports

Modi govt transfers Rs 76,000 crore to farmers under DBT, Punjab and Haryana farmers get direct payment for the first time

OpIndia Staff -
For the first time since independence, farmers from Punjab received more than Rs 26,000 crore in their accounts directly
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Government and Policy

Government of India issues final notice to Twitter for compliance with the new Information Technology Rules

OpIndia Staff -
Despite repeated reminders, Twitter has refused to appoint Chief Compliance Officer as required under new IT Rules
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News Reports

Prashant Bhushan tries to spread anti-vaccine propaganda again, but the report he uses shows how vaccines gave over 99% protection

OpIndia Staff -
Despite very low fatality rate among vaccinated cops in Uttarakhand, Prashant Bhushan tried to spread anti-vaccine propaganda
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News Reports

Twitter restores RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s verified badge after outrage, ‘blue tick’ of other functionaries restored too

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter is receiving flak for its random decision to remove the verification badge of these right wing account holders
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Social Media

Twitter says it removed verified badge from Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s account due to ‘inactivity’: Here is why their argument is flawed

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter went off the line yet again after it arbitrarily un-verified the Twitter account of Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu.
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News Reports

Cartoonist Manjul cries ‘fascism’ based on standard Twitter correspondence: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Anti-BJP cartoonist Manjul took to Twitter to insinuate that the Modi government has been trying to silence his freedom of expression.
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News Reports

‘Don’t use IMA to propagate any religion’: Read what the Delhi court said slamming IMA President John Rose Jayalal

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi court ordered Indian Medical Association (IMA) President John Rose Austin Jayalal to not use the organisation’s platform to propagate religion
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News Reports

Govt grants approval to NGOs to open SBI account for receiving foreign contributions, to get letter of commitment from donor about purpose of donation

OpIndia Staff -
The Union government emphasised that the time period for verification and application for bank accounts must be cleared within 1 week from the date of removal of all objections (if any)
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News Reports

Mehul Choksi extradition case: Indian team returns after the court in Dominica adjourns hearing

OpIndia Staff -
The Indian team stayed in Dominica for nearly seven days to see if the court would allow Mehul Choksi to return
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World

Giant hypocrite: Activist confronts Twitter CEO over censorship, asks why he ‘hates Jews and Conservatives’. Watch

OpIndia Staff -
"Bitcoin is all about decentralisation. You have no right to be here," she lambasted the Twitter CEO," she lambasted the Twitter CEO.
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Social Media

Twitter arbitrarily removes ‘blue tick’ verification from account of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, restores after backlash

OpIndia Staff -
Twitter has unverified Vice President Venkaiah Naidu from its platform by removing "blue tick" from his personal account.
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News Reports

Bhopal: Waqf board Hospital employee Hafiz Mohammed accuses director Mohsin Khan and his two associates of thrashing him and shaving off his beard

OpIndia Staff -
Ambulance driver Hafiz Md Ateeq has accused hospital director Mohsin Khan and his 2 associates Mudassir & Shahroz of ruthlessly assaulting him
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News Reports

Nigeria suspends Twitter indefinitely after it had deleted President’s tweet warning secessionists against violence

OpIndia Staff -
The Nigeria govt on Friday announced that it has indefinitely suspended Twitter's activities in the country
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Crime

Dilip Chhabria says he was arrested by Mumbai Police for not paying ₹25 crore, paid ₹25 lakh to Sachin Vaze to save family from...

OpIndia Staff -
Dilip Chhabria said Sachin Vaze had asked him to pay Rs 25 lakh within 10 minutes, else his family will be arrested in fake caess
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News Reports

The Seeker: Meet the Indian man who helped find evidence for the Covid-19 lab leak hypothesis

Nupur J Sharma -
The Seeker, an Indian with a profile picture of Bengal tribal art, helped find evidence for Covid-19 lab-leak hypothesis.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Journalist Hamid Mir faces sedition charges for threatening to reveal military secrets after being taken off-air

OpIndia Staff -
A petition seeking sedition charges against Hamid Mir was filed on Friday in Lahore High Court for his comments on Army
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News Reports

UP Police arrests BJP leader Narayan Singh Bhadauria for helping wanted criminal Manoj Singh escape arrest

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Narayan Singh Bhadauria arrested after helping wanted criminal Manoj Singh escape when Police had arrived to arrest him
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Opinions

32 years later, China finds new excuse to justify Tiananmen Square Massacre as political divide in USA deepens

K Bhattacharjee -
The 4th of June this year marks the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China.
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News Reports

Punjab govt cancels decision to profit from vaccine selling after Centre’s notice, to recall doses from Pvt hospitals

OpIndia Staff -
Just hours before, the Union Health Ministry had sought a response from the Punjab Government on allegations of 'vaccine profiteering'.
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News Reports

Covid-19 lab leak theory: Indian scientists had flagged ‘unnatural insertions’ in its genome, were forced to withdraw study

Raju Das -
Researchers from Kusuma School of Biological Sciences in IIT Delhi had found that Covid-19 virus in humans is different from those in bats
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News Reports

Bokaro: Police recover 6 kgs of Uranium from a smuggling gang, 7 smugglers arrested

OpIndia Staff -
7 smugglers arrested while looking for customers to sell 6 kilograms of uranium at the price of Rs 50 lakh per kg
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News Reports

‘Not farmer leader but land mafia’: Muzaffarnagar farmer alleges Rakesh Tikait occupied her land, pleads to CM Yogi for justice

OpIndia Staff -
"Rakesh Tikait is not a farmer leader but a very big land mafia. They forcibly occupy lands of small farmers", said the woman farmer from Muzaffarnagar.
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Entertainment

‘Juhi Chawla filed 5G lawsuit for publicity. Dismissed’: Delhi High Court imposes 20 lakh fine

OpIndia Staff -
Juhi Chawla had filed a petition in the Delhi HC against the 5G rollout, alleging that it could be danger of imminent nature.
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News Reports

The Seeker: How an Indian man helped find evidence for the Wuhan Coronavirus lab leak hypothesis

OpIndia Staff -
The Seeker discovered detailed plans of Wuhan Institute of Virology to test the infectivity of SARA-like viruses.
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Editor's picks

Amanatullah Khan warns against demolishing mosques inside Govt premises in Central Vista project, Imam says don’t fall for propaganda

OpIndia Staff -
After the warning issued by Amanatullah Khan, the Imam of Zabta Ganj mosque assured that there is no threat to the mosque and asked Muslims not to fall for propaganda.
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News Reports

Delhi: Out on bail Salman calls the police, threatens to kill PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Salman is reportedly a drug addict and a history-sheeter with several cases against him. He is currently out on bail.
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Opinions

How ‘Antifa’ Kashmiri terrorists used Rahul Gandhi’s words to justify the murder of a ‘fascist’ Hindu’ man

K Bhattacharjee -
BJP Councilor in Jammu and Kashmir, Rakesh Pandita, was shot dead by Islamic terrorists on Wednesday.
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News Reports

18 instances when the opposition spokespersons have resorted to abuses, threats and attacks against BJP opponents

OpIndia Staff -
A host of opposition spokespersons have often taken to abusive, ugly and boorish behaviour during TV debates to criticise and attack the BJP representatives
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Editor's picks

Event 201: Attended by Gates representative, Chinese CDC and others, a simulation to deal with a Coronavirus pandemic month before 1st reported Covid-19 case

K Bhattacharjee -
Event 201 was organised on the 18th of October, 2019, a month before the first suspected case of Covid-19 in Hubei, China.
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News Reports

Mumbai Municipal Corporation slammed for spending Rs 2 crore annually to manage its 34 Twitter accounts

OpIndia Staff -
BMC had awarded the contract to run its 34 Twitter accounts to S2 Infotech International Ltd without inviting any tender
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News Reports

Hemkunt Foundation files complaint against landlord after they were asked to vacate COVID facility being used as warehouse for farmers’ protest

OpIndia Staff -
Based on a complaint filed by Hemkunt Foundation, Gurugram police have registered an FIR against land owner and tent operator
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: FIR against Samajwadi Party leader for assault, flouting Covid guidelines while dancing at wedding

OpIndia Staff -
When the villagers intervened, the Samajwadi party leader and his supporters reportedly began thrashing the them.
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