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Online test platform Gradeup blames center spreading riots in Bengal, apologizes after social media uproar

OpIndia Staff -
Gradeup had put out a multiple choice question declaring that the party that rules the center has a history of perpetrating riots in West Bengal.
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News Reports

Congress MLA says ‘unknown’ woman called and performed ‘obscene’ act, now blackmailing him

OpIndia Staff -
MLA justified attending to the unknown call saying he assumed it might be from someone from his constituency calling him for help.
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Media

Republic Bangla suspends journalist over allegations of impersonating central investigating officer and blackmailing

OpIndia Staff -
Avikesh Sengupta, a reporter with Republic Bangla allegedly kidnapped a businessman and demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore.
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News Reports

Yogi effect? 55 districts in UP now have fresh covid cases in 2 digits, active cases fall 78% from peak

OpIndia Staff -
While weeks back the state was seeing around 40,000 news cases daily, in the last few days the daily new cases have been below 4000.
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News Reports

Black Day: Protesting farmers hoist black flags and burn effigies of PM Modi on the six months of the protests, wish death for the...

OpIndia Staff -
Large number of farmer protestors assembled at various places on black day protests, completely disregarding Covid-19 protocols
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News Reports

IMA continues to bully Baba Ramdev, now sues him for Rs 1,000 crore over his statements on Allopathic medicine

OpIndia Staff -
IMA continues to target Baba Ramdev even after he had withdrawn statement on allomathic medicine
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News Reports

Tata Steel to pay salaries of employees who passed away due to Covid till retirement age. Here is how Tatas have risen to the...

OpIndia Staff -
Not only the families would continue to receive salaries but TATA will bear the children's education expenses too till they graduate.
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Media

‘Rohit Sardana’s immense wealth’: Videos and images with fake claims on deceased journalist go viral

OpIndia Staff -
YouTube channel 'Kuch Pal Sukoon Ke' and others uploaded many such videos on YouTube with suggestive thumbnails to imply that Sardana and his wife, Pramila Dixit, have both accumulated a lot of wealth and have multiple bungalows and cars.
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News Reports

‘My father was medically murdered’: Actress Sambhavna Seth accuses Delhi’s Jaipur Golden Hospital of negligence

OpIndia Staff -
Sambhavna alleged that her father's oxygen saturation was at 55 but the hospital staff did not do anything, instead, the nurse said that it was 'very good oxygen level'.
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Social Media

WhatsApp moves to Delhi HC against Indian govt’s new IT rules, claims it will harm privacy protection policies

OpIndia Staff -
WhatsApp has filed a petition against the Government of India on May 25 in the Delhi High Court protesting against the new IT rules that require "significant social media intermediaries" like WhatsApp to trace the original senders of particular messages.
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News Reports

Jharkhand wasted 37.3% vaccines, Chhattisgarh 30.2%, much higher than national average of 6.3%

OpIndia Staff -
Union govt has asked the states to ensure that the wastage of vaccines is under 1%.
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News Reports

Tonsuring, daily self-flogging, and disallowed from taking baths: Ex-Nuns reveal how Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity worked like a ‘cult’

Jinit Jain -
A recently released podcast titled "The Turning: The Sisters Who Left" sheds light on what went inside the walls of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Midair kiss by couple causes uproar, complaint filed against airline for not stopping ‘indecent behaviour’

OpIndia Staff -
Air hostess had given the couple a blanket after they refused to stop kissing to keep their kiss under wrap.
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Fact-Check

Viral claim about Gurudwara Takht Shri Hazur Sahib donating gold of 50 years for hospitals is fake. Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
“We have enough cash and are building 50 bedded Covid center," informed the institutions secretary Ravinder Singh.
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Crime

Goa Police destroyed crucial evidence in Tarun Tejpal case, says Sessions Court, state govt to challenge acquittal

OpIndia Staff -
The Sessions Court observed in its verdict that the crucial two-minute footage of the lift from the first floor of the hotel was deliberately destroyed by the investigating officer.
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Entertainment

Salman Khan sues Kamaal R Khan for Radhe review, KRK had called him ‘Sallu Daadu’. Watch review here

OpIndia Staff -
"Corona damages lungs, this film damages brain. To watch this film in corona times is as risky as going to crowded place without masks," KRK says while giving 1 star rating to Radhe
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News Reports

BMC Commissioner claims to have received Pfizer bid for Covid-19 vaccine tender, Pfizer denies

OpIndia Staff -
After BMC Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal claimed that it had received a bid from Pfizer, the pharma company has denied.
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World

Russia: Security agency releases video of ISIS sympathiser’s arrest, was plotting terror attack during May 9 Victory Day parade

OpIndia Staff -
FSB in Russia said that the ISIS terrorist was taken into custody during an operation in the Stavropol Region on April 22
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News Reports

Telangana: Hindu girl allegedly commits suicide after converting to marry Salman, family says daughter beaten to death

OpIndia Staff -
The relatives of the Telangana Hindu girl said their daughter had injuries on her neck and have demanded action against in-laws.
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Social Media

Parody ‘liberals’ in India fall for a parody Twitter account, now eat crow

OpIndia Staff -
The usual suspects fell for the parody account of news agency ANI just to hate on PM Modi.
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News Reports

ThePrint attempts to shield Babus following backlash after officers were spotted abusing power, ends up arguing against Democracy

K Bhattacharjee -
Shekhar Gupta's ThePrint, in an attempt to shield the IAS after a week of bureaucrats indulging in an abuse of power, has published an...
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Hindu temples not allowed to use loudspeakers, but others playing them 5 times a day, BJP MLA writes to police chief

OpIndia Staff -
Lahoty in his letter mentioned that if this rule has been implemented due to the lockdown then it should be followed by all the religious institutions.
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News Reports

China slowly engulfing parts of Bhutan, wants strategic advantage against India: Report

OpIndia Staff -
China has constructed new roads, a small hydropower station, two Communist Party administrative centers, a communications base, a disaster relief warehouse in the Lhuntse district of Northern Bhutan, as per a Foreign Policy report.
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Crime

Tamil Nadu: Two men, Mubarak Ali and Rafeeq, steal and butcher two pregnant cows owned by a poor farmer

OpIndia Staff -
While Mubarak Ali has been arrested, the police is on a lookout for Rafeeq who is on the run.
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Opinions

‘If Trump can be banned, who is Raman Singh’: Congress cheers for Twitter censorship after Rahul Gandhi sought US help, here’s why it is...

K Bhattacharjee -
Randeep Surjewala wrote to Twitter to take action against Union Ministers for their comments on the Congress toolkit.
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News Reports

Where cow is worshipped, it should not be consumed: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on cow protection in the state

Dibakar Dutta -
Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the directive principles of the Indian Constitution call for the protection of cows.
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World

Former WWE Champion John Cena apologises to China for calling Taiwan a ‘country’ in his promotion interview

OpIndia Staff -
Despite Taiwan having been independent for all practical purposes since 1950, the Chinese government likes to believe that Taiwan is a breakaway province, that will, eventually, be part of China again.
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News Reports

Punjab-based YouTuber Paras Singh under arrest for his slurs against Arunachal MLA, had said Arunachal was a part of China: Details

OpIndia Staff -
In a recent video, YouTuber Paras Singh had called Arunachal MP Ninong Ering as a non-Indian and Arunachal Pradesh a part of China
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News Reports

Amidst Covid pandemic in 2020, IMA had endorsed a wall paint that claimed to kill 99% bacteria

OpIndia Staff -
The wall paint product by Asian Paints had claimed that it kills germs and is 'recommended by the Indian Medical Association'.
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Social Media

As #ArrestYuvikaChaudhary trends, actress apologises after video of her allegedly using casteist slur goes viral: What happened

OpIndia Staff -
Taking to Instagram, Yuvika Chaudhary apologised for using the casteist slur inadvertently as she was not aware of the meaning of the word
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Opinions

The stand-off with Twitter is not about politics, it’s about a ‘messiah syndrome’: Read what it is

Rahul Roushan -
It is not BJP vs Congress fight. The Twitter battle belongs to an altogether different war, especially in India, with 'woke' support
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World

As Twitter versus Indian Govt heats up, Florida Governor signs law to hold Big Tech accountable: Here is what the law says

OpIndia Staff -
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is quickly emerging as a favourite among Republicans in the United States of America.
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News Reports

No punishment for attacking police, damaging property? Hisar administration to drop FIRs against farmer protestors: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Thousand of 'farmers' had marched to Hisar to stage a massive protest against the May 16 clash.
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News Reports

Twitter, Facebook fail to comply with new social media rules issued by govt, may be liable for criminal action

OpIndia Staff -
Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and others have failed to comply with the new legal rules issued by the government.
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News Reports

IMA still fuming over Baba Ramdev’s remarks, writes to Uttarakhand CM seeking strict action

OpIndia Staff -
The Uttaranchal state branch of IMA has written a letter to Uttarakhand CM against Baba Ramdev's remarks as the state is home to Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee cries ‘discrimination’ over Cyclone Yaas money even as Met Dept predicts Odisha will bear the worst impact

OpIndia Staff -
Home Minister Amit Shah today evaluated the situation arising out of Cyclone Yaas and allotted Rs 600 crore each for Odisha and Andhra Pradesh and Rs 400 crore for West Bengal
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News Reports

Directors of obscure Landomus Group also serve as Trustees of another unknown entity—The Indian University of Deaf: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier yesterday, as strange ad talking about investment of $500 billion into India was published in the TOI by an obscure company named Landomus Group
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Politics

Congress withdraws toolkit complaint from Delhi Police, invites Twitter to undermine India’s national sovereignty

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress party is withdrawing its toolkit complaint from the Delhi Police and has chosen to pursue the same in Chhattisgarh.
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Politics

After BKU, now Navjot Singh Sidhu snubs CM Amarinder Singh, raises black flag to support superspreader farmers protest in Patiala: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Navjot Singh Sidhu instigated the farmers of Punjab to continue their quest until the Central Government is forced to repeal the 'black laws'
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News Reports

Newslaundry investor and MeToo accused Mahesh Murthy’s despicable tweet on Mayawati goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Mahesh Murthy later deleted his old tweet and claimed he had said 'dumb things' in a 'poor attempt at humour.'
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News Reports

Discrepancies found in COVID deaths recorded and number of cremations in Rajasthan, situation remains worrisome: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier we had reported how Jaipur’s largest state-run Covid-10 facility RUHS CMS Hospital recorded 442 deaths of patients on ventilator support in just 20 days as the machines were reportedly not cleaned regularly.
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News Reports

Congress social media head and spokesperson served noticed by Delhi Police in connection with toolkit probe

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police has said that a notice was served to two Congress members to join the investigation into the toolkit.
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World

‘This is Islamic area. Israel has no right to exist’: Hamas co-founder makes his intentions clear days after the ceasefire

Anurag -
Hamas co-founder Mahmoud al-Zahar justified rocket attacks on civilians, spending money on military installations and insisted that peace talks with Israel are irrelevant.
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News Reports

Congress leader Udit Raj threatens journalist with SC/ST Act, successfully stops him from releasing his interview with tough questions

OpIndia Staff -
The journalist has approached OpIndia saying that he could not upload some parts of his interview of Udit Raj because of threats from Congress leader.
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OpIndia Scoops

AAP’s poster offering free logs to cremate the dead is real, here is what we found out

Nirwa Mehta -
The tractors carrying the logs for cremation were flagged off with much fanfare with AAP supremo and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's face printed on the flags.
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News Reports

Pakistan: Karachi policemen get beaten up by a Navy officer for trying to stop his car. Watch video

OpIndia Staff -
A police spokesperson that 'certain elements' are trying to create misunderstanding between the Police and the Navy on social media.
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News Reports

Ex-NYT science editor slams mainstream media for peddling Chinese propaganda, ignoring possibilities of lab origin of Covid

OpIndia Staff -
It must be mentioned that leftist mainstream media portals such as CNN, New York Times, and The Washington Post had relentlessly fanned a narrative completely disregarding the possibility of Coronavirus' origin in a laboratory.
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News Reports

Baba Ramdev fires 25 questions at IMA, asks if they have permanent treatments for diabetes, hypertension and insomnia yet

OpIndia Staff -
The sparring between Baba Ramdev and modern medicine practitioners has taken a new turn as the Yoga Guru has fired a letter with 25 questions to IMA.
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World

How Belarus President got a plane ‘hijacked’ to arrest a journalist accused of creating mass unrest

OpIndia Staff -
Roman Protasevich had reportedly organised protests against Alexander Lukashenko, the President who has ruled Belarus for over two decades.
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News Reports

‘Will never discriminate between voters and non-voters’: Yogi Adityanath reassures citizens

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh, India's most populated state, has till now registered 16,73,785 positive cases for Chinese coronavirus. Of these, 76,703 are active as of now.
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