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Tikri gang rape: ‘Farmer leader’ Yogendra Yadav interrogated for two hours by Police

OpIndia Staff -
Along with Yogendra Yadav, Yogita Suhag, another 'activist' named in the FIR was also interrogated for three hours.
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News Reports

Pro-Palestine groups get violent outside Israeli consulates in NYC and LA, condemn Israel’s retaliation against terrorist attacks

OpIndia Staff -
Pro-Palestinian supporters marched through New York City, carrying banners condemning the Israeli retaliation against Palestinian terror attacks.
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World

‘Biden’s weakness is leading to attacks on our allies’: Donald Trump says the US must stand with Israel

OpIndia Staff -
Former US President Trump said that Biden's weakness and lack of support is leading to new attacks on USA's allies.
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News Reports

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin gets a nod for phase 2 and 3 trials on 2-18 years-olds

OpIndia Staff -
SEC allows Phase 2 and Phase human clinical trials for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children between 2 to 18 years
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World

Turkey Pres Erdogan fans conflict, dials up Muslim leaders to take strong stance against Israel

OpIndia Staff -
Recep Tayyip Erdogan invokes the 'ummah', calls upon Muslim leaders to take stand against Israel
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News Reports

Watch: Israel’s Iron Dome intercepts hundreds of rockets launched by the Palestinian terror group Hamas

OpIndia Staff -
The high-tech 'Iron Dome' is a short-range air-defence system designed to intercept rockets, artillery, and mortars. The surface-to-air missile system has been deployed by Israel Defence Forces since 2011 and has helped reduce casualties from rocket attacks against Israeli cities.
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News Reports

Pakistani actress Veena Malik’s justifies genocide of Jews as Israel-Palestine conflict escalates

OpIndia Staff -
Veena Malik's Twitter account has been withheld in India owing to a legal demand.
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News Reports

California man Mustafa Qadiri bought luxury cars, lavish vacations with US Govt’s Covid loan for small businesses

OpIndia Staff -
California man Mustafa Qadiri was arrested for scheming to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program of the US government.
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Government and Policy

‘UP going the last mile to stop COVID-19,’ WHO lauds Yogi Govt’s efforts to tackle spread: Here is what the UP Govt is doing...

OpIndia Staff -
Efforts of Yogi Govt to tackle the Coronavirus surge gets acclamation from the World health organisation (WHO).
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News Reports

NGO’s bank account frozen and show cause notice issued after Jignesh Mevani sought funds in its name: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Jignesh Mevani has claimed political persecution after the charity commissioner of Gujarat ordered the freezing of the NGO's account.
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News Reports

After oxygen, AAP govt plays politics over availability of COVID vaccines: Here is how they are wrong

OpIndia Staff -
The AAP Govt has begun diverting attention from its poor vaccination efforts by shifting the goalposts
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World

Bangladesh: Hindu actor bullied, called names after Islamists realise that he is not a Muslim

OpIndia Staff -
Chanchal Chowdhury, a National award-winning actor in Bangladesh, was abused by Islamists after they learnt that he is a Hindu by faith.
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Opinions

Samajwadi Party’s Covid politics: Why they want to derail the vaccination drive in Uttar Pradesh

Shantanu Gupta -
Akhilesh Yadav sent a very irresponsible message to his followers, that this is 'BJP’s vaccine' and 'I will not take this vaccine'.
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News Reports

CM Yediyurappa writes to Oxford University over Hinduphobic attacks against Rashmi Samant, says faculty member defamed coastal Karnataka

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa wrote to the Oxford University to draw attention to the harassment suffered by Rashmi Samant.
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News Reports

34 FIRS, 21 arrests in 5 days over ‘inflammatory’ social media posts in West Bengal talking about post-poll violence in Bengal: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Just five days after Mamata Banerjee took oath as the third time Chief Minister of West Bengal, a crackdown on social media posts has begun.
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News Reports

Mumbai: Woman gets vaccination certificate without getting a jab, BJP demands audit

OpIndia Staff -
Hinting at a scam, Mulund MLA Mihir Kotecha has demanded an audit of every vaccine given to Mumbaikars suspecting there could be more cases like hers.
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News Reports

Enforcement Directorate books Anil Deshmukh under anti-money laundering law, to probe financial dealings: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The case by ED against Anil Deshmukh was made out based on the details of the corruption case filed by the CBI on April 24.
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News Reports

NCP supremo Sharad Pawar believes he committed a big mistake by making Uddhav Thackeray the CM of Maharashtra: Report

OpIndia Staff -
A report published in Marathi daily Tarun Bharat said that Sharad Pawar conveyed to Sanjay Raut that he made a big mistake by making Uddhav Thackeray the chief minister of Maharashtra.
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News Reports

Sanjay Raut approaches court to ask Twitter to take down tweets accusing him of harassing Marathi film producer Swapna Patker

Akshita Bhadauria -
In his complaint, Raut claimed that the Tweets made on him are misleading and could “harm the peace and harmony” of the country.
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News Reports

Islamist Sharjeel Usmani jumps on the BDS bandwagon: All you need to know about the movement against Israel

OpIndia Staff -
Sharjeel Usmani has jumped on the BDS movement bandwagon and has asked people to boycott brands such as Puma and HP.
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Opinions

As ‘farmer leaders’ distance themselves, Tikri gangrape incident shows the dark side of “activism”

Abhishek Banerjee -
In today’s world, activism is a full time job in itself. The only thing it is missing is proper regulation, with benefits and protections for everyone involved.
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News Reports

‘I will become CM one day’: Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife recounts what he told her 30 years ago

OpIndia Staff -
On being asked what Riniki should tell her mother about his future prospects, Himanta Biswa Sarma had remarked, "Inform your mother, I will be the Chief Minister one day.
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News Reports

Israel spy agency Mossad’s parody account pokes fun at Bollywood entertainer Swara Bhasker over her ‘#FreePalestine’ campaign

OpIndia Staff -
Swara Bhasker had posted a tweet calling Israel apartheid and terrorist state following the clashes at the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
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News Reports

China threatens Bangladesh, says their bilateral ties will be severely damaged if it joined the Indo-Pacific Quad

OpIndia Staff -
Chinese ambassador in Dhaka Li Jiming said Bangladesh's relations with China will be "substantially damaged" if it joins the 4-nation Quad.
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World

Palestinian officials claim 9 children killed by Israeli strikes day after rockets were fired at Jerusalem

OpIndia Staff -
Israel carried out strikes against armed groups, rocket launchers and military posts in Gaza after rockets targeted Jerusalem.
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World

Bill Gates hired strippers, held naked parties during younger days, media only published what was fed by Microsoft: Biographer

OpIndia Staff -
Bill Gates was a womanizer and the media knew about it but never reported it, claimed journalist James Wallace
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News Reports

China: Strong wind blows away floor panels in 100m high glass bridge, tourist left clinging to railings

OpIndia Staff -
The incident took place in Piyan Mountain near the city of Longjing in China.
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News Reports

Here are the 5 things Suvendu Adhikari wrote in his first article after becoming the Leader of Opposition in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Suvendu Adhikari penned an article in the Indian Express, slamming the TMC for destroying the united fabric of West Bengal
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News Reports

Maharashtra Minister Dhananjay Munde flouts COVID-19 protocol, gathers a huge crowd for inauguration of isolation centre in Beed

OpIndia Staff -
The district of Beed has been adversely affected by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
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News Reports

Creating vaccine hesitancy, fear, unused ventilators in Congress-ruled states and more: Read JP Nadda’s scathing letter to Sonia Gandhi

OpIndia Staff -
"In a nation that has almost no recent history of vaccine hesitancy, your party has the dubious record of trying to actively create it, that too, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic," JP Nadda's letter to Sonia read.
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News Reports

Congress govt had nominated Navneet Kalra, now accused of black marketing oxygen concentrators, as a permanent member of Golf Club

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi police had issued a lookout notice for absconding Delhi restaurateur Navneet Kalra who is accused of black marketing oxygen
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News Reports

Calcutta HC “appreciates” Mamata Banerjee-led govt for ‘stemming’ the post-poll violence

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal was in the grips of political violence after Mamata Banerjee-led TMC emerged victorious in the assembly elections
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News Reports

Actress Shweta Tiwari releases CCTV footage, accuses ex-husband Abhinav Kohli of physical abuse

OpIndia Staff -
The couple, who got married in 2013 separated in 2019 after Shweta Tiwari accused Abhinav Kohli of domestic violence.
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Politics

Sonia Gandhi retains her position as party president, blames the local leadership for Congress’ poor performance in polls

OpIndia Staff -
Paucity of time, infighting, covid restrictions were some of the reasons given by the state leadership for Congress' poor performance in assembly elections.
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News Reports

Washington Post and DW News resort to vulture journalism, criticised by netizens for ‘promoting’ India’s Covid crisis on Twitter

Dibakar Dutta -
Social Media users slammed Washington Post and DW for 'selling human tragedy' for cash.
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News Reports

Activist who raised questions about Hemkunt Foundation’s funding and donations faces abuses, death threats

OpIndia Staff -
Yuvraj Pokharna, one of the activists who raised questions against Hemkunt Foundation's fundraiser is getting abuses and threats on social media and phone.
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News Reports

Twitter chief Jack Dorsey donates to RSS-affiliate NGO Sewa to help in COVID relief in India, ‘liberals’ fume

OpIndia Staff -
Along with Sewa, Jack also donated to CARE and AIDINDIA to help fight the pandemic in India.
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News Reports

China to set up a line of separation on Mount Everest after several mountaineers test positive on the Nepalese side. Details

OpIndia Staff -
Such a 'line of separation' will be laid by guides, who scale the Mount Everest alongside the rope fixing teams.
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News Reports

Covid-19: India records more recoveries than new case for first time in second wave, curves show early signs of improvement

Anurag -
For the first time in two months, India has reported more recoveries than new Chinese coronavirus cases in single day.
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World

‘Islamism will lead to civil war’: Soldiers warn French President Emmanuel Macron

OpIndia Staff -
The letter, with over 76,000 signatories from the armed forces, warned the French government of a brewing civil war.
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News Reports

Yogendra Yadav admits he knew the rape victim was being taken away to Haryana against her wish by the accused. Watch

OpIndia Staff -
While victim's father says Yogendra Yadav knew about the rape, the former AAP leader tries to distance himself from the incident at Tikri
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Law

West Bengal Govt tells Calcutta High Court there was no post-poll violence but with a caveat: Details

OpIndia Staff -
West Bengal government told the Calcutta High Court that there was no post-poll violence after the recently conducted state elections.
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Entertainment

ZEE5’s Radhe Combo Offer is the perfect gift for all Salman Khan fans

OpIndia Staff -
Salman Khan's Radhe releases on 13th May, 2021. Besides Salman Khan, the film also has Disha Patani and Jackie Shroff in the pivotal roles and Randeep Hooda is playing the antagonist.
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News Reports

Cartoonist gets Twitter notice for a caricature of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The cartoonist took to Twitter to share the copy of the notice he received from the legal department of the microblogging website.
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Politics

‘Nothing is further from the truth than the claim that Centre dropped the ball on Covid preparedness’: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar in an exclusive write-up at the Indian Express said the allegation is ‘far from the truth.’
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Entertainment

Class privilege at its worst: Farhan Akhtar defends receiving vaccine at center where only senior citizens and specially abled above 45 are eligible

K Bhattacharjee -
Farhan Akhtar announced that he had received his first Covid-19 vaccine dose at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai.
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News Reports

Twitter restores official handle of Lieutenant Governor office of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha after govt steps in

OpIndia Staff -
The spokesman for the Government of India has said that the account has been suspended due to some technical issues
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Opinions

From dead babies to hushing rapes: How the spectacle of human sacrifice has come to dominate liberal protests

K Bhattacharjee -
Yogendra Yadav was aware that a woman had been raped by AAP leaders at the Tikri border farmer protest site.
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World

While liberals seek sadist pleasure from India’s tragedy porn, hundreds of bodies of COVID-19 patients remain refrigerated for a year in the US

OpIndia Staff -
While liberals enjoy India's plight, USA has still not been able to dispose of the bodies of Covid-19 patients, who died last year.
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Entertainment

Talent agencies advise Bollywood celebs not to post vacation pics, amplify COVID SOS posts to build brand: Report

OpIndia Staff -
Talent agencies believe that a sensitive persona presented in the current situation would go a long way for the Bollywood celebs
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