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Are 3,000 oxygen concentrators stuck in Customs as per viral social media claims? Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
The image shared by NDTV purported to be of the said oxygen concentrators was actually of the 300 oxygen concentrators received from Hong Kong which are already cleared.
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Media

NDTV journalist justifies political violence against ABVP karyakartas by TMC goons, claims ‘Twitter account compromised’

OpIndia Staff -
NDTV's Soumit Mohan has since deleted his tweet, but has not apologised for justifying violence.
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World

Antifa arsonist gets four years in prison for burning Minneapolis police station

OpIndia Staff -
An Antifa rioter has been convicted to four years in prison for throwing a Molotov inside a Minneapolis police station to burn it down.
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Social Media

‘Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned’: Netizens accuse ex-Armyman of celebrating post-election violence in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Retired Lt. Gen H.S. Panag, father of actress Gul Panag, was accused of celebrating the post-poll violence in West Bengal.
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Politics

Home Ministry asks Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal to submit report on post-election violence targeting opposition political workers

OpIndia Staff -
Violence swept the state of West Bengal as TMC goons went on a rampage against political opponents after their win.
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Opinions

Avijit Sarkar, a kind hearted man who loved stray dogs, is the kind of man whose murder is justified and whitewashed by the ‘Woke’...

K Bhattacharjee -
Even in his dying moments, all that Avijit Sarkar could think of was the brutal manner in which his puppies were killed.
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Cricket

Bullied by liberals, Pat Cummins reallocates his contribution from PM CARES to UNICEF Australia

OpIndia Staff -
Australian cricketer Pat Cummins has announced that he has relocated his donation to UNICEF Australia from the PM CARES fund.
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News Reports

COVID-19 crisis: Several cities achieve peak, downward trajectory noticed in seven-day data: Experts urge to follow guidelines

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai, Surat, Thane and other cities have touched peak and the new Covid-19 cases/day are going down.
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Politics

ABVP says TMC goons attacked their office in Kolkata for over 20 minutes in a pre-planned assault: Read what happened

OpIndia Staff -
After sweeping victory for TMC, ABVP accused the TMC of sending its goons in order to attack ABVP's office in Kolkata.
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News Reports

West Bengal polls: How Congress lost security deposit in both constituencies where Rahul Gandhi campaigned

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi had campaigned in the two constituencies of Goalpokhar and Matigira- Naxalbari and Congress lost deposits in both
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Politics

Mamata Banerjee pretends to appeal for calm, inflames passions further as BJP workers continue to get attacked: Here is how

OpIndia Staff -
Soon after TMC surpassed BJP in state elections, goons of the ruling dispensation unleashed violence against their political opponents
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News Reports

How this doctor abandoned every single oath that doctors take and might endanger lives in his unbridled hate for ‘Bhakts’

Editorial Desk -
In a rush to blame PM Modi for the current COVID-19 crisis, this particular doctor forgot that his duty is paramount
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Coronavirus positive elderly couple commit suicide to not pass on the virus to their grandson

OpIndia Staff -
The couple had lost their only son eight years back and were afraid to lose their only grandson if they inadvertently end up spreading infection to him.
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Kota Nagar Nigam van blares audio message saying ‘Babri Masjid verdict’ responsible for pandemic, other tragedies in India

OpIndia Staff -
The audio message broadcasted from the Kota Nagar Nigam alluded that the deaths due to COVID-19 in India is because of the SC verdict that granted the Ayodhya land to Hindus for the construction of Ram Mandir
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News Reports

Well supported by govt of India, NZ Embassy should have used normal channels to get oxygen: PM Jacinda Ardern speaks up on controversy

OpIndia Staff -
New Zealand embassy had courted controversy after it requested the youth wing of Congress party for oxygen cylinder
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Media Fact-Check

Fact-check: Has govt of India not placed any new orders for coronavirus vaccines since March 2021? Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
Detailed account of advance given for vaccines for both, COVISHIELD as well as COVAXIN and the number of doses received was put forth by the government of India.
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News Reports

BJP worker brutally assaulted, bleeds profusely from the head after being attacked by TMC goon

OpIndia Staff -
In a video that has now surfaced online, a visibly drunken man could be seen abusing the victim and his wife with the choicest of expletives.
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Media

India Today’s Rahul Kanwal backtracks after receiving a letter from Shiv Sena, had claimed party goons heckled SII CEO Adar Poonawalla

OpIndia Staff -
The anchor now claims that the hoodlums seen in the video sent to him belonged to a different political party and not the Shiv Sena.
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Politics

Bengal : Need for a middle path between complacency and despair

Abhishek Banerjee -
The BJP won handsomely in Assam. It broke into new territory in both Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Despite the big hopes and the big efforts, the party did indeed start from just 3 seats in Bengal and go up to 77%.
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News Reports

Tripura DM suspended after wedding raid theatrics, had abused, threatened and thrashed guests and purohit

OpIndia Staff -
The Tripura Government has suspended Tripura West District Magistrate Shailesh Kumar Yadav over his wedding raid.
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News Reports

Delhi govt did not purchase a single ventilator between July 2020 and April 2021, reveals RTI query

Anurag -
4500 oxygen cylinders/tankers were bought in July 2020, no new cylinders ordered or purchased till April 2021.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Interest waiver on repayment of crop loans extended till June 30

OpIndia Staff -
The farmers who repay their crop loans can get total interest waiver till June 30, 2021, the Gujarat government has announced.
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News Reports

Ornaments stolen, home vandalised: TMC goons attack another BJP worker’s house after election victory in Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
The residence of a BJP worker named Bishwanath Dhar was attacked by TMC goons in North 24 Parganas district.
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World

‘Get the f*ck out’: Top Philippines diplomat calls China an ‘ugly oaf’ that wants to ‘father’ a Chinese province on a ‘handsome guy’

OpIndia Staff -
Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Philippines, Teodoro Locsin Jr., lashed out at China on Monday and called them an 'ugly oaf'.
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Cricket

IPL 2021: KKR v RCB match postponed after two KKR players test positive for COVID-19

OpIndia Staff -
Two KKR players Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier have tested positive for COVID-19
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: CM Yogi appeals to businessmen to rise to the occasion and help fight the coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
CM Yogi urged the business class to work on innovations in the field of oxygen production and oxygen concentrators
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News Reports

TMC workers loot shop of BJP karyakarta after trends showed Mamata Banerjee’s victory, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
A video has gone viral on the internet from Shibpur in Howrah where people can be seen looting a shop.
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News Reports

7 seats with highest win margins and 7 seats with lowest win margins: What does it say about Hindu and Muslim consolidation in Bengal

Nupur J Sharma -
While BJP increased tally massively from 3 seats in 2016 to 77 seats, the Hindutva undercurrent that most people had predicted fell flat
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News Reports

Delhi govt requests to deploy Army in the national capital amid raging Chinese coronavirus pandemic

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi government has written a letter to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh seeking Army's assistance in setting up, operationalising and running some COVID-19 facilities in the national capital
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News Reports

Maharashtra: BJP snatches victory from NCP in Pandharpur bypolls

OpIndia Staff -
Pandharpur seat is considered an NCP bastion owing to Bharat Bhalke's strong presence.
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News Reports

China mocks India’s COVID-19 outbreak, removes post after backlash

Jinit Jain -
The Chinese Communist Party's Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission shared a post juxtaposing pictures of their country's successful space module launch and cremation pyres to mock the COVID-19 outbreak in India.
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News Reports

They thrashed my puppies to death: Watch two harrowing videos by BJP’s Avijit Sarkar before he was thrashed to death by TMC goons

OpIndia Staff -
BJP worker Avijit Sarkar narrated the harrowing tale of violence that he was subjected to by the TMC goons, before he was murdered
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News Reports

Shiv Sena accuses Rahul Kanwal of lying about Sena goons threatening Adar Poonawalla for vaccines

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Kanwal had yesterday claimed that he had received videos from Adar Poonawalla in which he saw Sena goons gheraoing his factory and demanding vaccines for themselves
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News Reports

300 injured personnel, properties worth crores: RTI query reveals damages caused by 26 Jan rioters

Anurag -
RTI revealed 299 police personnel injured, 11 DTC buses and 236 barricades among hundreds of items of public and private property were damaged during the Republic Day Riots.
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World

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern may remain silent on China’s atrocities on Uyghur Muslims. Here is why

Nirwa Mehta -
China is now New Zealand’s biggest trading partner with annual two-way trade of more than NZ$32 billion ($22.3 billion)
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News Reports

BJP’s Mahila Morcha National President Vanathi Srinivasan defeats Kamal Haasan to win Coimbatore South seat

OpIndia Staff -
Makal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan who made his electoral debut with 2021 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections lost to BJP's Vanathi Srinivisan from the Coimbatore South constituency.
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News Reports

TMC goons go berserk after party’s victory in West Bengal, engage in violence, vandalism and arson

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's convoy was also attacked by TMC goons in Haldia.
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News Reports

TMC goons go on a rampage in Nandigram after Mamata Banerjee loses to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
The media also came under violent attack as police acted as mere spectators after Mamata lost Nandigram to Suvendu Adhikari
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News Reports

Rajasthan: 1,500 ventilators received under PM CARES Fund lying unopened since 10 months, says report

OpIndia Staff -
As per doctors, Rajasthan is currently in need of 1,000 more ventilators.
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News Reports

Assam voters reject anti-CAA agenda: 3 new parties formed against the amendment fail to make a mark in elections, win only 1 seat

Raju Das -
Three new parties Asom Jatiya Parishad, Raijor Dal and Anchalik Gana Morcha were formed in Assam on anti-CAA agenda
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Politics

West Bengal Elections: BJP wins Naxalbari where the Maoist movement began

OpIndia Staff -
In Naxalbari, which gave rise to the Maoist movement, the BJP has won comfortably with a margin of over 70,000 votes.
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News Reports

TMC MP Derek O’Brien continues to hit below the belt, refers to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as mosquitoes using wordplay

OpIndia Staff -
TMC's Derek O'Brien referred to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as MO-SHA, which means mosquito in Bengali
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News Reports

Bengal election results: BJP candidate Chandana Bauri, wife of a daily wage earner, wins from Saltora constituency

OpIndia Staff -
Chandana Bauri won by defeating TMC candidate Santosh Kumar Mondal by 4,145 votes in Saltora constituency in Bankura district
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News Reports

Congress celebrates as it concedes 16 seats to BJP, 27 to TMC in West Bengal and scores a big fat zero

OpIndia Staff -
While the Congress party was celebrating the win of TMC, it forgot to realise that it itself suffered the loss most due to TMC only
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee seen back on her feet, ditches wheelchair right after TMC won by a landslide in West Bengal

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee walked to her party office after winning West Bengal to urge TMC workers to not carry victory rallies.
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Politics

West Bengal elections: Suvendu Adhikari defeats Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram by a narrow margin

OpIndia Staff -
Suvendu Adhikari has defeated Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram in the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021 by a narrow margin.
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Media

‘Neutral journalists’ celebrate as election trends show TMC victory in West Bengal: Here is what they said

OpIndia Staff -
The cabal of so-called 'neutral journalists', who had been eyeing the opportunity for a long time, took to Twitter to mock the BJP and express glee over its defeat.
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Editor's picks

As Mamata Banerjee appears set to win big, here are 6 things that went wrong for the BJP

K Bhattacharjee -
Mamata Banerjee is well on her way to registering a thumping victory for the Trinamool Congress in the West Bengal Elections 2021.
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News Reports

Himanta Biswa Sarma wins by over 1 lakh votes from Jalukbari constituency, Assam Congress president Ripun Bora loses from Gohpur

OpIndia Staff -
Himanta Biswa Sarma campaigned in Jalukbari constituency for himself for only one day, on the last day of the campaigning
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News Reports

BJP office in Arambagh burnt to ashes by suspected TMC goons, violence erupts in Beliaghata as trends show TMC landslide

OpIndia Staff -
Trends that have come in so far in the counting process shows a decisive victory for TMC. TMC was ahead in 208 seats
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