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Exclusive: Oxygen refilling station owner harassed by Delhi govt, says officials sealed station, seized cylinders and detained employees

OpIndia Staff -
Owner of a oxygen cylinder refilling station in Delhi alleged that government officials sealed his station and harassed his staff
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News Reports

After trends show TMC victory, party workers and Islamists resort to name-calling, threaten BJP supporters with violence

OpIndia Staff -
TMC workers and Islamists resorted to threatening, name-calling BJP supporters after trends showed TMC victory in West Bengal
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Politics

Prashant Kishor announces he is quitting his career as political strategist, expresses desire to pursue an alternate career

OpIndia Staff -
Prashant Kishor in an interview to NDTV said he will be handing over I-PAC to his colleagues to pursue something else in life.
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News Reports

As trends show TMC victorious, opposition leaders congratulate Mamata, Congress celebrates its own defeat

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut have congratulated Mamata Banerjee.
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Opinions

Demography is destiny indeed, but Assam shows the way: What Bengal BJP can learn from Assam

K Bhattacharjee -
Hindi consolidation happened in Assam but not in West Bengal, thereby resulting in a devastating defeat for the BJP.
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News Reports

As trends show TMC victory in Bengal, workers gherao BJP office in Kolkata, burst cracker in front of police in Asansol when asked to...

OpIndia Staff -
As per initial trends, TMC is ahead in the state of West Bengal in at least 200 seats and BJP, that claimed they would win 200, are trailing
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News Reports

As initial trends show TMC winning West Bengal, party workers celebrate and violate COVID-19 protocol: Watch

OpIndia Staff -
TMC workers hit streets to celebrate the victory of the party in complete violation of Coronavirus protocols and social distancing guidelines
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News Reports

LIVE UPDATES: Mamata Banerjee loses to Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram, Himanta Biswa Sarma wins by from Jalukbari

OpIndia Staff -
Live updates on high octane state assembly elections.
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News Reports

Not one input predicted the intensity and ferocity of the Covid-19 second wave, says Science & Technology secretary

OpIndia Staff -
DST Secretary Ashutosh Sharma said that election rallies and Kumbh are not the main reasons for the second wave of Covid-19 in India
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Politics

Rajdeep Sardesai explains why TMC needs to treat Congress with Rasogullah if it wins Bengal, Rahul Kanwal shuts him down

OpIndia Staff -
Sardesai wanted to give credit for TMC's performance in election to Congress, but Rahul Kanwal shut his arguments down
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Politics

UP Panchayat Elections: Police lathi charge polling agents in Firozabad, counting begins late in many places

OpIndia Staff -
The Police in Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh were forced to lathi charge polling agents during the counting of the Panchayat Elections.
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News Reports

New Zealand embassy apologises after being questioned for appealing to Congress for oxygen, right after party’s Philippines embassy stunt: Details

OpIndia Staff -
New Zealand embassy has reached out for help to Youth Congress National President Srinivas BV, after party pulled off Philippines stunt
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News Reports

37 seats were won by less than a margin of 5000 votes, 8 among them won by less than 1000 votes in the 2016...

OpIndia Staff -
Out of total 294 seats in West Bengal, as many as 37 seats were won by a margin of less than 5000 votes during the 2016 polls
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News Reports

Adar Poonawalla’s factory was gheraod by Shiv Sena goons demanding that they be given the vaccine first: Rahul Kanwal

OpIndia Staff -
CEO of the Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla has temporarily moved out after facing threats from the most powerful men in India
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News Reports

SP leader Azam Khan may be shifted out of Sitapur jail after testing positive for Covid-19, his son also tests positive for the virus...

OpIndia Staff -
RT-PCR test of Azam Khan was done after his antigen report came positive on Thursday, which also came positive on Friday
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News Reports

How Congress ‘delivered’ Oxygen to Philippines embassy when they had no COVID-19 cases: Jairam Ramesh debunked by S Jaishankar

OpIndia Staff -
S Jaishankar informed that the MEA verified the matter with the Philippines embassy and found that they had no cases of COVID-19
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News Reports

Adar Poonawalla says Covishied production is in full swing, will return to India in a few days after meeting in UK

OpIndia Staff -
Adar Poonawalla shared the latest update on his meeting with the stakeholders in the UK and production of Covishield.
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News Reports

As Arvind Kejriwal plays politics, doctors of Batra Hospital, where 12 died due to lack of oxygen, question Delhi govt: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Another disaster struck Delhi earlier today when at least 12 people lost their lives in Batra Hospital in Mehrauli
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News Reports

2.4 lakh doses of Covaxin abandoned in a truck for 12 hours safe as refrigerator was running, transport company arranges replacement driver

OpIndia Staff -
A truck carrying 2.4 doses of Covaxin was found abandoned for more than 12 hours at a roadside in Madhya Pradesh, driver still missing
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Media

Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha justifies Sharjeel Usmani’s hateful rant following Rohit Sardana’s death

OpIndia Staff -
Alt News co-founder Pratik Sinha on Saturday justified Sharjeel Usmani celebrating the death of Rohit Sardana.
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News Reports

While India battles the second wave of Coronavirus, here is a list of 10 covidiots who mocked India’s vaccination drive

OpIndia Staff -
While many left-liberals demanding free covid-19 vaccine, many of they were seen spreading anti-vaccine propaganda 2 months ago
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Politics

AAP’s Sanjay Singh tries to teach Islamists true Islam, gets schooled by Islamist

K Bhattacharjee -
Sanjay Singh tried hard to pretend that he knew and understood Islam better than the Islamic fundamentalists.
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News Reports

Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla hints at starting vaccine production outside India, says he temporarily moved to UK due to threats from the powerful

OpIndia Staff -
Adar Poonawalla said Serum Institute will start vaccine production in other countries as it struggles to meet supply commitments
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World

Donald Trump mocks Twitter after stocks stumble 15%, slams them for silencing free speech: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Donald Trump said that this was the price the social media giant Twitter was probably having to pay for stifling free speech
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News Reports

‘Send tankers, will send 20 MT oxygen daily to Delhi’: Himanta Biswa Sarma to AAP founder who tried to find holes in Assam’s oxygen...

OpIndia Staff -
AAP convenor claims Assam only has PSA oxygen plants in hospitals, Himanta Biswa Sarma informs the state has industrial plants too
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News Reports

NIA refuses to entertain petition by Urban Naxal Rona Wilson based on ‘forensic report’ which was picked up by WaPo to exonerate him

OpIndia Staff -
Rona Wilson had referred to the dubious 'forensic report' by Arsenal Consulting to seek innocence in Bombay HC
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News Reports

Netizens trend #JusticeForRohitSardana, claim ‘medical negligence’ behind his death, BJP leaders demand investigation

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Richa Rajpoot lamented how a physically and mentally fit individual such as Rohit Sardana died within hours of hospitalisation.
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News Reports

“We mean business. You will arrange everything now”: Delhi HC threatens contempt proceedings against centre if Delhi does not get allocated oxygen

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi high court said that 490 MT oxygen was allocated by centre only, and they should ensure that this quantity is delivered to Delhi
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Media

Times of India passes off an anti-Modi paid article as a news item, removes the story when called out: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The advertisement which was passed off as a news article was an opinion piece written by Devlina Chakravarty in the Times of India
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Opinions

‘Liberals’ always dehumanise their opponents: Did it surprise you that liberals celebrated the passing of Rohit Sardana?

Abhishek Banerjee -
Yesterday, 'liberal' Twitter erupted in cheers as news of the death of journalist Rohit Sardana spread everywhere
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Media

IIT Professor responds after Economic Times misquoted him to insinuate that the Indian government ignored warning signs of Covid 2nd wave

OpIndia Staff -
"It is perhaps a paraphrase but sounds like an accusation, which was never made by me," the Professor said on Economic Times report.
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News Reports

West Bengal woman protestor dies of Covid at Tikri border as ‘farmers’ continue to agitate amid second wave

OpIndia Staff -
Sandeep Singh has confirmed that Basu's death is the first confirmed case of death due to the COVID-19 at the Tikri border.
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News Reports

As others play politics, Yogi Adityanath gets to work: Says UP has received 1 crore Covid-19 vaccines for 18 to 45 age group

OpIndia Staff -
UP govt had ordered 50 lakh doses each of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines to start the vaccination of people in 18-45 age group
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News Reports

Reliance Industries becomes India’s largest producer of medical oxygen, provides 1,000 MT of the gas free of cost daily to fight COVID-19

OpIndia Staff -
Reliance Industries has so far provided 15,000 MT of medicinal grade liquid oxygen free of cost, helping nearly 15 lakh patients
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News Reports

Islamists celebrating death of Rohit Sardana were not fringe, prove themselves to be mainstream as #StandWithSharjeelUsmani trends

Editorial Desk -
Sharjeel Usmani is not a fringe element. He is entirely a creation of liberal media and its band of 'intellectuals'.
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News Reports

Gujarat CM announces Rs 4 lakh ex-gratia to kins of 18 people who died in the fire at Bharuch Hospital

OpIndia Staff -
A fire broke out at Patel Welfare COVID Hospital in Bharuch, Gujarat on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday
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Media

Editors Guild wants Govt to vaccinate journalists on priority, even as ordinary citizens wait patiently for their turn

OpIndia Staff -
The Editors Guild of India on Friday demanded that the Central Government vaccinate journalists on priority.
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News Reports

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

OpIndia Staff -
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

OpIndia Staff -
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

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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

OpIndia Staff -
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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