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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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News Reports

Bangladeshi Maulvi blames Yati Narsinghanand for Covid crisis in India, claims conversion to Islam only solution

OpIndia Staff -
Only reciting Kalma and converting to Islam is the only solution to COVID crisis in India, claims Bangladeshi maulvi in viral video
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News Reports

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief and former Union Minister Ajit Singh succumbs to Covid-19

OpIndia Staff -
Chaudhary Ajit Singh was son of former Indian Prime Minister and farmer leader Chaudhary Charan Singh
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News Reports

Aam Aadmi Party’s Raghav Chadha defies logic while giving calculations on cryogenic tanks and medical oxygen

Nirwa Mehta -
One feels that if Aam Aadmi Party leaders focus on resolving the oxygen crisis instead of overusing their tiny brain for absurd calculations, they could perhaps save a few lives.
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News Reports

Are they giants? The story behind a photo of POTUS and FLOTUS that baffled the internet

Anurag -
A distorted photo of US president and first lady with former president and former first lady due to wide angle lens and strong flash
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News Reports

Covid-19 positive girl dies after alleged molestation at Tikri border, farmer leaders say they are investing the matter on their own

OpIndia Staff -
A young girl was allegedly molested at the Farmer's protest on the Tikri border and she had filed a molestation complaint with police
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News Reports

Facebook Oversight Board upholds the ban on Donald Trump, but questions its permanent nature saying it is a ‘vague, standardless penalty’

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook Oversight Board said that Donald Trump violated the norms of the platform, but permanent ban is not consistent with regular penalties
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News Reports

Karnataka Congress shares morphed image to allege BJP MP Tejasvi Surya’s link with BBMP bed scam after Congress supporter arrested in the case

OpIndia Staff -
Karnataka Congress morphed a photo to claimed that BBMP bed scam accused Congress supporter is actually BJP supporter
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News Reports

West Bengal: BJP worker releases SOS video on social media, says he is in hiding for past 3 days from TMC goons without food

OpIndia Staff -
BJP Bhaskar Mandal released a SOS video saying that his house was looted and he is in hiding for the past 3 days from the TMC goons
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News Reports

Congress link to BBMP bed scam? Bengaluru police arrest Congress supporters for illegal allotment of Covid-19 beds against payment

OpIndia Staff -
40-year-old woman Nethravathy, arrested in the BBMP bed scam case, is a Congress supporter and had attended several rallies of the party
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News Reports

Fact sheet: Central govt’s Rs 190 crore a month subsidy on food grains vs Delhi govt’s Rs 8 crore a month free ration scheme...

OpIndia Staff -
While central govt provides free food grain under PMGKAY and wheat & rice at ₹2 and ₹3 under NFSA, Delhi govt is subsidising that ₹2 and ₹3
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News Reports

The orphans of Covid-19: Everything you need to know about legal adoption and govt rules

Anurag -
India has strict rules for parents who want to adopt a child. No individual, NGO or organization can take in a child without permission from the authorities.
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News Reports

Media says Karnataka teacher died after following COVID-19 advice of BJP leader: Here is what his family says

OpIndia Staff -
Following the unfortunate death of Basavaraj and the subsequent misinformation peddled by media groups targeting the BJP leader and businessman Vijay Sankeshwar, the family members of the deceased teacher have come out in public to quell the misinformation about his death.
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News Reports

Bengal post-poll violence: Over a lakh people have fled from Bengal, says BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari

OpIndia Staff -
In recently concluded polls, TMC won 213 out of 292 seats while BJP won 77 seats. Suvendu Adhikari defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram.
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