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Shahbuddin redux: Media reports death of Chhota Rajan due to Covid, media says he is still alive

OpIndia Staff -
Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan was admitted to AIIMS on 27th April after testing positive for Coronavirus in Tihar jail
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News Reports

This only hurts nation: Several CMs, including YS Jagan Mohan Reddy slam UPA’s Jharkhand CM for petty politics over call by PM Modi

OpIndia Staff -
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren took potshots at PM Modi, after he called to inquire about ongoing Coronavirus pandemic in the State
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News Reports

Watch: Police personnel attacked by mob in Sangamner, vehicles damaged, employees of Zubair hotel booked

OpIndia Staff -
In one of the videos, the mob is seen chasing a police officer while he runs for his life.
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News Reports

Indic Collective writes twice to Supreme Court to list petition on Bengal violence for urgent hearing, court pays no heed

OpIndia Staff -
On May 3, the Indic Collective Trust (ICT) had moved the Supreme Court over the post-poll violence that has erupted in West Bengal.
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News Reports

Bengal post-poll violence: Mamata govt denies extension of stay to NCW chief, denies access to victims of violence

OpIndia Staff -
The Mamata govt has reportedly refused to provide an extension to NCW chief Rekha Sharma's visit, citing Covid duties for officials.
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Crime

Delhi’s Covid black marketing: Day after 419 oxygen concentrators were recovered, 96 more recovered from Khan Market restaurant

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi Police has recovered 96 oxygen concentrators from one Khan Chacha restaurant at Khan Market in Delhi.
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal govt opposes centre’s proposal to conduct an Oxygen audit in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
Stressing that Delhi was unnecessarily seeking excess oxygen, the SG said, "On Wednesday, not one complaint of stock out was received from Delhi. It may be noted that this was based on supplies of oxygen of 585 MT the day before on May 4, made to Delhi."
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News Reports

Oximeters and Thermal scanners provided to Gaushalas are for employees, not for cows, clarifies UP govt after misleading reports in media

OpIndia Staff -
UP govt has clarified that Oximeters and Thermal scanners will be installed at helpdesks at gaushalas for the staff working their only
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World

CIA embraces ‘Woke Ideology’, edgy Tumblr rhetoric now adopted by the US intelligence apparatus, leftists deny that this is happening

Guest Author -
The CIA in the United States of America has enthusiastically embraced the 'Woke ideology' and is using it for propaganda.
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Politics

West Bengal violence: 2 more BJP workers found hanging from tree, party says murdered by TMC

OpIndia Staff -
BJP Bengal has accused has accused Trinamool goons of murdering two of its karyakartas in Uttar Lakshmipur, Malda.
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World

China’s new craze of sending animals as ‘surprise gifts’ via courier: All you need to know about bizarre ‘Blind Box’

OpIndia Staff -
Following the controversy, the courier company ZTO suspended the delivery executive and deducted his annual performance bonus
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News Reports

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suggests Coronavirus was developed in a lab, later retracts blaming media of misquoting him

OpIndia Staff -
In his defense, the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that he did not mention any Asian country in his statement.
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News Reports

Refugees in their own country: Victims of Bengal post-poll violence narrate their stories from Assam camps

OpIndia Staff -
Nandigram MLA and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari had also asserted that over a lakh people have already fled Bengal since the post-poll violence erupted in West Bengal from May 2, 2021.
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi attacks construction of new parliament as ‘wastage’ while his Maharashtra govt is spending 900 crores on MLA residences

OpIndia Staff -
Ever since the much-needed ambitious project was launched by the Modi government, Rahul Gandhi and his Congress party have been indulging in politicising the issue by asking the government to shelve its plans on the central vista project.
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News Reports

Covid crisis: Delhi court orders 12 seized oxygen concentrators to be used for judges, family members and police

OpIndia Staff -
The court order comes at a time when an acute dearth of medical oxygen continues to haunt residents of Delhi.
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Opinions

Left-leaning Twitter and ISIS seem to have the same threads of fascism that bind them: Here is how

Nitin Rivaldo -
After the political upset for BJP, Mamata Banerjee took the reigns and a spate of unimaginable violence was unleashed on those who worked for BJP or those who had supported the party in the state.
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Crime

Congress leader arrested in Faridabad for black marketing of oxygen cylinders

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress leader was arrested as he was not able to produce valid license and required permit for the oxygen cylinders in his possession
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News Reports

Comedian Sanket Bhosale who had featured in ad mocking Rahul Gandhi booked for violating Covid-19 norms in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
A week after the vandalism by the Congress workers in Mumbai, the Congress-led Punjab government has now booked comedian Sanket Bhosale, the actor featured in the advertisement, on the pretext of violating Covid-19 regulations during his wedding.
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Politics

PM Modi calls several CMs to take stock of the COVID-19 situation in their state, Jharkhand CM uses that to play politics: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren took potshots at PM Modi, after latter had called to inquire about ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the State
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News Reports

Air Ambulance does a successful belly landing on foam carpet at Mumbai airport after losing a wheel while departing from Nagpur

OpIndia Staff -
Air ambulance of Jetserv Aviation belly-landed at Mumbai airport after it had lost its front wheel while departing from Nagpur Airport
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News Reports

As ‘journalist’ spread hate against RSS affiliate Sewa Bharti, here is how they are giving it their all in troubled COVID-19 times

Jhankar Mohta -
"Such propaganda and lies do not affect us", said Sewa Bharti Delhi head Rajesh Agarwal in response to 'The Wire' journalist's Tweet against them
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News Reports

Cricketer Irfan Pathan accused of extra-marital affair with cousin sister, girl’s in-laws allege fake dowry case

OpIndia Staff -
According husband of the woman, the relationship between his wife and Irfan Pathan goes back a long time ago and continues even now
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News Reports

After saying Delhi needs 976 MT oxygen just to meet daily needs, Arvind Kejriwal says he can open 9,500 new oxygen beds with only...

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi CM says they will open 9000-9500 new oxygen beds if they get 700 MT oxygen per day, implying the current demand is much less
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News Reports

‘Find out whether Tocilizumab is an alternative to Remdesivir’, Bombay High Court tells Maharashtra government

OpIndia Staff -
Bombay HC Chief Justice said that Tocilizumab should be given wide publicity if it found to be alternative of Remdesivir
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News Reports

As Covid-19 cases surge in several states, Solicitor General tells SC that other states will suffer if Delhi is supplied more oxygen

OpIndia Staff -
The Solicitor General said that the demand of Delhi govt for 700 MT of oxygen per day is not a factually correct position
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News Reports

Times Group and The Wire’s editor spread misleading claims over FICCI letter to NDMA about ventilators: Here is what FICCI said

OpIndia Staff -
FICCI clarified they never suggested any negligence by the government in distribution of ventilators manufactured under PM CARES Fund
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News Reports

Sugar Mills in UP to generate oxygen and supply directly to hospitals; other directions given by CM Yogi to special COVID team

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday directed the COVID management team to ensure that the oxygen generated by the sugar mills is supplied to the nearest CHC
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News Reports

After TMC leaders denying post-poll violence, Mamata Banerjee announces compensation for kin of victims

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has claimed that around 16 people have died in the post -poll violence, almost equal from BJP and TMC, and oner person from the Sanjukta Morcha.
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Opinions

Black Lives Matter, a Facebook post and how I got censored: Big Tech, freedom of speech and the overall hypocrisy of the Ultra Left

Dr. Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar -
On 11 February 2021, my Facebook account of 13 years was disabled without reason and it is time we talk about the Ultra Left's hypocrisy
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News Reports

Exposing the bias of Western media: Old video of Azerbaijan President goes viral. Here’s what he said

T Waraich -
In the old video, the Azerbaijan President was asked about press freedom in his country.
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Opinions

After their trial by fire, BJP needs to frame the narrative in Bengal without playing into Mamata’s hands

Abhishek Banerjee -
Other than the political violence against BJP in Bengal, people are not happy with their handling of COVID - can it get worse for them? Yes
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News Reports

Gujarat: Somnath Temple Trust steps in to help ease the oxygen crisis amid coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra’ has also announced the setting up of an oxygen plant at an estimated cost of Rs 55 lakh in view of the Coronavirus crisis.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Mamata govt to use over 2.75 lakh ‘quack’ doctors to fight Covid in rural areas

OpIndia Staff -
According to a report published in BBC in July 2020, over 100,000 such doctors helped the West Bengal government control the disease.
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News Reports

Another life lost in West Bengal violence as RSS worker Balaram Majhi lynched to death by TMC workers: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
RSS worker Balaram Majhi died after he was attacked by TMC workers at his residence in Sripur village in East Bardhaman district
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News Reports

Islamist org that collected and routed money to India after anti-Hindu Delhi riots banned by Germany for funding terrorism in Syria and elsewhere

OpIndia Staff -
Germany banned Islamist org Ansaar International for financing terrorism and they had also sent money to India after Delhi CAA riots
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News Reports

As preparations for Eid-ul-Fitr begin, huge crowd seen in Hyderabad’s Charminar area

OpIndia Staff -
It is not just social distancing that has gone for a complete toss, many can be seen roaming without masks in the video dated May 05, 2021. The video has now gone viral on social media.
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News Reports

Union Minister of State V Muraleedharan’s convoy attacked in Bengal, was on his way to meet BJP workers attacked by TMC goons: Watch

OpIndia Staff -
Following TMC victory in West Bengal Assembly polls on Sunday, there have been reports of widespread violence in West Bengal.
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News Reports

Turkish govt-owned news portal publishes misleading photograph with Indian Covid stats

OpIndia Staff -
Photograph of Nepalese cremation ground passed as India's while publishing Covid-19 stats by Turkish News outlet TRT World
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Crime

21-year-old college student raped and murdered in Medinipur district in West Bengal, 3 including a woman arrested

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal police arrested 2 masons and their female aide for rape and murder of a college student, who have confessed to the crime
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Fact-Check

Scroll journalist mischievously shares misleading, old report to insinuate that union govt is funding a trial of using Gayatri Mantra to treat Covid-19

OpIndia Staff -
While AIIMS Rishikesh is testing using gayatri mantra along with usual treatment for Covid-19, fake news claims it as standalone treatment
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News Reports

The facts about Ernakulam ‘war room’ for COVID control and how the ‘Kerala govt’ manages it

Venkat Goli -
The Ernakulam 'war room' for COVID is actually Integrated Command and Control Centre that was fully funded by the Government of India as a part of the Smart City Mission.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Yogi govt to set up oxygen plants in 37 districts, GOI approves

OpIndia Staff -
A government spokesperson informed that 4,370 oxygen concentrators have been made available to all districts with each community health centre being equipped with 20 concentrators.
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News Reports

Union Home Ministry forms four-member fact-finding team to probe post-election violence in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Multiple reports of brutal killings, arson, loot, rape and vandalism have come forth from different parts of West Bengal since May 2
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News Reports

Netizen who was hounded by the Uddhav Thackeray govt gets victory as Bombay HC quashes FIR against her

OpIndia Staff -
The Maharashtra government had booked Sunaina Holey for her tweet on the mass congregation of migrant workers outside the Bandra station amidst the Covid-19 induced nationwide lockdown in April 2020.
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News Reports

Wrestler murder case: Police looking for olympian Sushil Kumar as accused. What we know so far

OpIndia Staff -
Wrestler Sushil Kumar has been named as one of the accused in a murder case in Delhi.
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Crime

West Bengal: Another BJP worker murdered, TMC goons ransack BJP candidate’s house in Jadavpur

OpIndia Staff -
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, BJP president JP Nadda said that at least 14 BJP workers have been killed during the post violence that erupted following the victory of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Asaram Bapu, convicted in rape of a minor girl, admitted in ICU for COVID treatment as oxygen levels drop

Akshita Bhadauria -
Asaram was arrested in 2013 on charges of raping a minor. He has also been accused of murder. In April 2018, he was convicted of rape.
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: 13 patients die at Chengalpattu govt hospital in one night, oxygen shortage alleged

OpIndia Staff -
The hospital authorities have contended that the deaths were not due to a shortfall of lifesaving medical oxygen. Chengalpattu district collector A John Louis denied reports that the deaths were due to oxygen shortage.
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News Reports

Punjab: Farmer unions to take to streets, open up closed shops to ‘protest’ against lockdown announced to control COVID crisis

OpIndia Staff -
32 farmer unions to protest against COVID curbs and take to streets of Punjab to defy lockdown.
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News Reports

After delaying India and South Africa’s proposal for months, USA to finally support TRIPs waiver on Covid vaccines at WTO

OpIndia Staff -
India and South Africa had brought a proposal at the WTO to lift IP restrictions for Covid vaccines and medicines back in October 2020. The proposal has been repeatedly blocked by the US, UK and EU.
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