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After telecasting exit polls extensively, Times Now decides to not telecast election results on 2nd May: Details of their statement

OpIndia Staff -
Days after conducting exit polls for assembly elections, Times Now suspends election results coverage citing the COVID-19 pandemic
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OpIndia Explains

The curious case of ‘Help India Breathe’: An Islamic organisation, changing donation goals and ties to Hizbul Mujahideen

OpIndia Staff -
There are more than one reasons to believe that the Islamic NGO IMANA and its fund raising campaign 'Help India Breathe' is nothing but a sham
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Media

After coming under scrutiny post Barkha Dutt’s father’s death, the ambulance driver says that there was ample oxygen

OpIndia Staff -
Journalist Barkha Dutt took to Twitter to inform that her father had tragically died after being tested positive for COVID-19
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News Reports

Moving toward establishing criteria about which govts are ‘objectionable’: What Russian Security Council chief said on George Soros, role in USA unrest

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Chief of Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev accused George Soros of shaping 'political discourses' and creating unrest in USA
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News Reports

Former RJD MP and mafia don Mohammad Shahabuddin dies of COVID-19, had drenched two brothers in acid before killing them

OpIndia Staff -
Tejashwi Yadav has confirmed that gangster Mohammad Shahabuddin is indeed dead. He added that the gangsters death was a loss to the party.
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News Reports

As the COVID-19 crisis engulfs India, China moves to strengthen its positions at friction points in Ladakh: Report

OpIndia Staff -
India Today's Shiv Aroor reported that China is reinforcing its positions along the border in friction areas in Ladakh
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News Reports

Covid facilities, food, donations: Temples rise up to help the nation again as second wave hits

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The Covid-19 care centre of the Swaminarayan temple is equipped with 500 beds, oxygen facilities like liquid oxygen tanks and piped oxygen lines, ICU beds and ventilators.
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Pregnant tigress with 4 unborn cubs killed by poachers in Yavatmal, death toll of tigers in this year reaches 17 in the state

OpIndia Staff -
A 60-day pregnant tigress was brutally killed and her paws chopped off by unknown poachers in Maharashtra's Yavatmal
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Government and Policy

Issues and solutions for Veda Pathashalas: What ails our traditional education and how to solve it

Suren -
One stream of learning which has been continued unbroken through the 70 odd years of independent India is Veda Pathashalas.
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News Reports

As Allahabad HC issues notice over Covid-19 deaths in UP panchayat polls, read how the same court had ordered the polls, dismissed PIL to...

OpIndia Staff -
Allahabad HC had ordered to conclude the UP Panchayat polls by 30 April, and dismissed a PIL to postpone them due to Covid-19
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News Reports

Safoora Zargar celebrates Aaj Tak anchor Rohit Sardana’s death, says ‘maut ka tamasha’ is trailer for ‘Godi Media’

OpIndia Staff -
Safoora Zargar today took to Twitter to celebrate the death of Rohit Sardana and hurled abuses against him and 'Godi Media'.
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Opinions

William Dalrymple: Hate and hubris of the perfumed elite, and the Robert Clive-esque sociopathic display of racism in the face of death

Nupur J Sharma -
William Dalrymple fled to Sri Lanka and posted a picture from there, calling it his 'Great Escape' from India.
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News Reports

‘He was suffering from Modism’, ‘gaumutra drinking sanghi’: Minutes after Rohit Sardana’s death, Islamists vandalise his Wikipedia page

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While dozens of edits were made to the Wikipedia page of Rohit Sardana abusing him, some vandalisms were made praising him also
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News Reports

Adani Vidya Mandir school in Ahmedabad will be converted to COVID-19 care centre: Gautam Adani

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The Adani Foundation will be turning its school in Ahmedabad into a COVID care Ccentre.
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News Reports

‘I don’t want to be another Ayesha’: Muslim woman, tortured for dowry, appeals to PM Modi, CM Yogi to save her from in-laws

OpIndia Staff -
A video has gone viral on the internet where a Muslim woman called Hina Khan is pleading with authorities to save her life.
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News Reports

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal hospitalised, had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 20

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Sunita Kejriwal has been admitted at the Max Hospital in New Delhi's Saket. She had tested positive for COVID-19 on April 20.
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News Reports

‘Govt trying to suppress voice of farmers amidst COVID-19 spike’: Rakesh Tikait insists on carrying on his drama amidst deadly pandemic

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BKU leader Rakesh Tikait asserted that the 'farmers protests will continue and insisted that his drama at the border will continue
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News Reports

‘Shooter Dadi’ Chandra Tomar passes away in Meerut after testing positive for Covid

OpIndia Staff -
'Shooter Dadi' Chandro Tomar has passed away after being infected with the novel Coronavirus.
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Opinions

Peddling falsehoods during Covid crisis: Here are 3 blatant lies by Arundhati Roy in her Guardian article

Jinit Jain -
Arundhati Roy recently penned an article in the British daily The Guardian to peddle lies, misinformation and propaganda against the Modi government
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News Reports

Union Government announces ₹15,000 crore interest-free 50 year loan for states to spend on capital projects

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Union Govt to provide an additional amount upto Rs 15,000 crore to states as interest-free 50-year loans for capital projects
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Media

Newslaundry, ThePrint columnists, journalists, Congress ‘youth icon’ and other Islamists celebrate Rohit Sardana’s death

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists on social media are celebrating the death of Rohit Sardana and hurling the worst kind of abuses at him.
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News Reports

How to identify fake Remdesivir injections from a real one? IPS officer shares the simple steps

OpIndia Staff -
IPS Monica Bhardwaj has pointed out a total of 6 identifiers that can help differentiate between a counterfeit and authentic Remdesivir jab.
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News Reports

“A commerce graduate will tell how to treat Covid-19?” Supreme Court imposes cost of Rs 1,000 on petitioner seeking directions on Covid-19 treatment

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Suresh Shaw had filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking to issue directions on medication and treatment of Covid-19
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News Reports

Dasna temple priest Yati Narsighanand Saraswati’s Twitter account suspended: What happened

OpIndia Staff -
The official account of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati has been suspended by Twitter.
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Media

Senior Aaj Tak journalist Rohit Sardana passes away due to Covid, was busy helping others even as he suffered from Covid himself

OpIndia Staff -
Rohit Sardana, popular news anchor at Aaj Tak, has passed away on Friday after testing positive for Covid-19.
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Media

As international media turns into vultures, MEA tells diplomats to not get overpowered by negative reports: Here is why he is right

Editorial Desk -
S Jaishankar has spoken to diplomats to not get bogged down by negative reports in international media about India and COVID-19 and take charge.
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News Reports

Netizens trend #ArrestPChidambaram after he asks for a ‘revolt’ against Modi govt

OpIndia Staff -
In a tweet, P Chidambaram said, "People must revolt against a government that is assuming all the people of India are fools."
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News Reports

Slain Pakistani Islamic terrorist Usman Khan had conned the Christian priest inside prison, convinced him of ‘change of heart’

OpIndia Staff -
Usman Khan was considered a ‘poster boy for deradicalisation’ following his release from prison after being convicted on charges of terrorism. Less than a year after his release, he went into a stabbing spree at an event where he was invited.
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Government and Policy

‘Reservation’ in the COVID-19 vaccine process? Chhattisgarh’s Congress CM writes to PM Modi, suggests ‘socially weaker’ be given priority

OpIndia Staff -
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghe has suggested that govt implement a form of reservation in the COVID vaccine process
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News Reports

‘Bring Delhi under President’s rule, or there will be dead bodies piled up on roads’: AAP MLA Shoaib Iqbal on Covid crisis

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA appeals for immediate President's rule in Delhi to handle the Covid crisis.
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News Reports

Chinese state media now claims that cases of a mutant strain found in India detected in China, 11 taken to the hospital: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese state media is now claiming that they have detected some cases of mutant strains of COVID-19 found in Indian in China.
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News Reports

Bombay HC refers to RSS Swayamsevak Narayan Dabhadkar’s sacrifice, says his death ‘reflection on Maharashtra Govt’s healthcare system’

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“Had we woken up earlier, both could have lived”, Bombay HC said referring to RSS Swayamsevak Narayan Dabhadkar’s sacrifice
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News Reports

Exit polls predict a close contest in West Bengal, clear verdict in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry

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Exit polls predict win for NDA in Assam and Puducherry, LDF in Kerala, DMK+ in Tamil Nadu, and mixed verdict for West Bengal
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News Reports

Bharat Biotech reduces the price of Covaxin for state governments a day after Covishield price for states cut by SII

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Bharat Biotech has announced that it is reducing the price of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin for the state governments to Rs 400 from Rs 600
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News Reports

Top sellers of India’s misery: Hindustan Times, AFP, Bloomberg and Nur Photo emerge biggest contributors of crematorium photos on Getty Images

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Several media houses, agencies and photographers selling photos of funeral pyres from India at Rs 23,000 per photo on Getty Images
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News Reports

BJP leader Tajinder Bagga requests Delhi CM to convert Delhi’s Mohalla Clinics into COVID care centres

OpIndia Staff -
Tajinder Bagga said that with 20 beds each in the mohalla clinics, the Delhi govt can create 20,000 beds for Covid-19 patients in a day
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News Reports

Columnist with The Wire, Al Jazeera amongst others apologises over spreading fake news of a funeral, NDTV’s Ravish Kumar continues to be brazen

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Sharad Sharma, the elder brother of Anubhav Sharma informed that he performed the last rites for funeral of his brother with his own hands.
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News Reports

Sonu Nigam says ‘how dare you’ to Tripura DM who raided a wedding, Hindu priests also criticise the DM’s behaviour

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Calling the incident deplorable, Nigam questioned how dare the West Tripura DM speak to people in an unruly fashion and touch them.
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News Reports

The Wire, Tribune quote IMA’s Dr. Navjot Dahiya who called PM Modi a ‘super spreader’, but skip this important point

OpIndia Staff -
Dr Dahiya, VP IMA who called PM Modi a 'super spreader' is also a spokesperson for Punjab Congress.
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World

Remember the horrible forest fire in California? It was arson, to cover up a murder

OpIndia Staff -
Police in California's Solano Country have confirmed that the Markley Fire that killed 2 senior citizen and burned down a large forest area was a cover up for murder.
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News Reports

50-year old woman came to vote in place of 31-year old woman, BJP’s Kalyan Chaubey says, TMC goons gherao his car

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With final phase of voting concluding in West Bengal today, the results of the high octane elections will be declared on 2nd May, 2021.
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News Reports

Tragedy porn amid COVID-19 crisis: Photographs of funeral pyres from India selling for Rs. 23,000 each on stock image sites

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Stock image site Getty Images is hosting dozens of photographs depicting Indian funeral pyres, selling them for up to Rs. 23,000
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News Reports

Loksatta quietly edits its ‘fact-check’ on RSS Swayamsevak’s supreme sacrifice, claims the report was based on an unverified Tweet

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Loksatta had also quoted the original Tweet from where it had picked up the story, that tweet has been deleted by the user now
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News Reports

Media takes false viral story about ‘Muslim hero’ at face value, but resorts to fake claims to prove deceased RSS worker a liar

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The mainstream media is not only disproportionately signal-boosting 'Muslim hero' stories but also denigrating genuine heroes who happen to be from the RSS to serve a political agenda.
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News Reports

Govt of India calls out Wall Street Journal’s mischievous attempt to portray that govt censored hashtags on social media

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Facebook had accidently blocked a hashtag which was later reinstated. Wall Street Journal blamed GoI censorship for the block
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Editor's picks

Hinduphobic professor Audrey Truschke found stalking parents of students at Rutgers University who had passed resolution against Hinduphobia

OpIndia Staff -
Voices against Hinduphobia gained prominence in Rutgers University after it defended Hinduphobnic ‘historian’ Audrey Truschke
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News Reports

Oxygen cylinder vendors in Delhi selling oxygen in black by putting ‘not available’ sign on their shops, reveals a Twitter user

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One Twitter user said that the black marketeer demanded Rs 20000 advance & Rs 15,000 after delivery of 1 oxygen cylinder in Delhi
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Opinions

Fact-checking a dead Sanghi – the reason why Indian media stoops so low

Rahul Roushan -
Hinduphobia is real, and it has manifested itself when two newspapers decided to discredit the ultimate sacrifice of an 85 years old RSS Swayamsevak.
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News Reports

Uttarakhand government suspends Char Dham Yatra amidst rising Covid cases

OpIndia Staff -
The Char Dham yatra was to begin from 14 May, 2021 this year.
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News Reports

Delhi HC slams Kejriwal govt on number of Remdesivir vials delivered after it understates the figure

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Government had stated it only got 2,500 vials of Remdesivir but the records show they got 52,000 vials, as per reports.
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