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Government and Policy

‘Maharashtra suffering from an inept and corrupt government’, Piyush Goyal slams Uddhav Thackeray for ‘gimmicks on oxygen’

OpIndia Staff -
Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that Maharashtra has received the highest share of Oxygen in the country
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News Reports

Food grain smuggling into Punjab to make money out of MSP continues, more than 25,000 bags of wheat smuggled from Bihar seized in Bhatinda

OpIndia Staff -
Wheat is purchased at the rate of Rs 1,100 per quintal in Bihar and other states and sold in Punjab at around Rs 1,925 per quintal as MSP
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News Reports

‘No difference between Islam and Islamic radicalism, its a danger to all religions’: What Yati Narsinghanand said in a recent interview

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Speaking to Goa Chronicle, Yati Narsinghanand did not shy away from presenting his honest views on Islam despite threats to his life
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News Reports

Republic Day violence: Hours after getting bail, Deep Sidhu gets arrested by Delhi Crime Branch

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Only hours after Delhi Court granted bail to Deep Sidhu in Republic Day violence case, Delhi Crime Branch has reportedly arrested him again
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News Reports

TMC admits the audio of Mamata Banerjee promising rally of dead bodies is genuine, demands action on BJP for ‘illegal call recording’

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TMC alleges that BJP illegally recorded phone call of the CM with a TMC worker, and played the recording out of context.
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Media

Former Indian Express journalist has an ‘Allah’s virus’ moment, thanks God for COVID-19, says pandemic saved Muslims from detention camps

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Irena Akbar, formerly with the Indian Express, has thanked God for Covid-19 and attributed the virus to God's plan.
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Opinions

New York Times provides platform to Islamic bigotry, columnist claims onus to convert is on non-Muslims after Hindu boyfriend refuses to convert

K Bhattacharjee -
The New York Times on Friday provided platform to Islamic bigotry in a blog where the author narrates her 'tragic' love story.
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Entertainment

Actor Sonu Sood tests positive for COVID-19, releases statement on Twitter

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Actor Sonu Sood took to social media websites to declare that he has tested positive for the coronavirus, releases statement
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News Reports

Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar blames Kumbh Mela for COVID-19 surge, says returnees will distribute Coronavirus as ‘prasad’

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Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar compared Kumbh Mela with the Tablighi Jamaat's Markaz Nizamuddin event
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Opinions

Panic amid pandemic: Did we get complacent as we thought we got lucky

Nirwa Mehta -
As India struggles in second wave of coronavirus pandemic, a lowdown of how we all got complacent to the Chinese virus
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News Reports

Members of European Parliament take offence to India giving citizenship to Hindus, wants India to not prosecute Amnesty for FCRA violations

K Bhattacharjee -
Members of the European Parliament have expressed 'concerns' regarding the human rights situation in India.
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Politics

Lalu Prasad Yadav granted bail by Jharkhand High Court in fodder scam case: Details

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The Jharkhand High Court has granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fodder scam case.
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Government and Policy

This is the best system, earlier, it was in control of Arhtiyas: How Direct Benefit Transfer is changing the lives of farmers in Punjab...

OpIndia Staff -
As of now, payments are being made to farmers through DBT on the basis of the Aadhar cards and the quantity of crops brought by them to the Mandis.
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News Reports

Violence continues during polls in West Bengal: BJP polling agent assaulted allegedly by TMC goons in North 24 Parganas

OpIndia Staff -
Like the first four phases, fifth phase polls for West Bengal Assembly election has also been marred with violence
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News Reports

Kerala MLA PC George reiterates his stand on Grooming Jihad, says 47 girls in his constituency, including 12 Hindus and 35 Christians, were victims

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Poonjar MLA PC George said that love jihad exists and that 47 girls—12 Hindus and 35 Christians—have been the victims of the phenomenon
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News Reports

Christian pastor dupes Jalandhar family of Rs 80,000, converts them to Christianity on the pretext of healing cancer

OpIndia Staff -
Jalandhar Pastor Balwinder Singh duped a family of Rs 80,000 promising to cure a cancer patient, and converted them to Christianity
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Government and Policy

Coronavirus vaccination: Gujarat administers over 1 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses

OpIndia Staff -
The health bulletin released by the Gujarat government last evening revealed that so far over 87 lakh people have been vaccinated with the first dose and over 13 lakhs with both the doses
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Law

Actor Deep Sidhu, accused in the Republic Day violence case, gets bail: What the court said while granting bail

OpIndia Staff -
Actor Deep Sidhu was arrested by the special cell of Delhi Police in February 2021 for his role in instigating violence and riots in New Delhi in the wake of tractor rally
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News Reports

Watch: Muslim mob gathers at Dargah Bazar Ajmer after Friday prayers, demand arrest of Yati Narsinghanand, law against insult to Islam

OpIndia Staff -
Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati has been in the line of fire ever since he made some remarks on Prophet Muhammad
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News Reports

‘Terrorists would have fired into your heart’: Cop in Kashmir arrested under UAPA for glorifying terrorism, resisting search and turning violent

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Jammu and Kashmir police arrested a Special Police Officer (SPO) under the stringent anti-terror law in Frisal village in Kulgam of South Kashmir.
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News Reports

Scores of people, mostly migrant workers, caught on camera running out of Buxar railway station in Bihar to avoid COVID-19 test

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Passengers, mostly migrant workers, including women and young children, were trying to escape the mandatory COVID-19 test in Bihar
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World

Indianapolis mass shooting that killed 8, including 4 Sikhs: Attacker was a former employee at FedEx, was previously arrested twice

OpIndia Staff -
The gunman who killed at least eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis mass shooting, was a former employee of the company.
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News Reports

An hour into the 5th phase of 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections and reports of violence begin to pour in: Crude bombs hurled

OpIndia Staff -
The ruling TMC and the BJP are contesting on all the 45 assembly seats across five districts in phase five of the West Bengal assembly elections today
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News Reports

We respect PM Modi’s call: PM Modi urges for snan at Kumbh to be kept symbolic due to COVID-19, Swami Avdheshanand responds

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PM Modi spoke to Juna Akhara Mahamandleshwar, Swami Avdheshanand and requested for 'Shahi Snan' at Kumbh Mela to be kept symbolic.
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Entertainment

Kangana Ranaut slams Karan Johar after Dharma Productions fires Kartik Aryan, tells them not to ‘force him to hang himself’ like SSR

OpIndia Staff -
Kangana Ranaut has hit out at Karan Johar and Dharma Productions after Kartik Aryan was fired from Dostana 2.
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Politics

TMC’s Derek O’Brien opposes EC’s Covid campaign restrictions, says new rules very suitable to ‘Lutyens bungalow’ residents

OpIndia Staff -
TMC leader Derek O'Brien criticized the Election Commission's new Covid restrictions in a press conference today.
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News Reports

Two days after daughter of Ajay Tandon took over father’s campaigning for by-elections as he had COVID-19, the Congress leader seen on the street

OpIndia Staff -
Daughter of Congress leader Ajay Tandon had confirmed that her father had tested positive for COVID-19
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World

Facebook censors media reports of multi-million dollar real estate purchases by BLM co-founder, her group calls criticism ‘White Supremacy’

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook users said that shared links to stories from NY Post and the Daily Mail about BLM co-founder were met with an error message.
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News Reports

EC extends election campaign ban before polls in West Bengal to 72 hours, no campaigning allowed after 7 PM

OpIndia Staff -
In view of the worsening Covid-19 crisis in the country, the Election Commission has extended restrictions on campaigning for polls
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World

BLM co-founder attempts to defend herself from criticism over buying property worth over million dollars, netizens point out Marxist hypocrisy

OpIndia Staff -
BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors has been heavily criticised recently for buying a series of properties worth millions
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News Reports

Iran increases its uranium enrichment programme to 60%, its highest level ever, following attack on Natanz nuclear facility

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After Iran's Natanz nuclear plant suffered a major sabotage, Tehran had vowed to increase its uranium enrichment to 60% levels
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Opinions

Shekhar Gupta’s ThePrint accuses the centre of issuing diktats to states on COVID-19, which is far from the truth

Editorial Desk -
ThePrint ignores that apart from the initial nationwide lockdown, centre has given every flexibility to states on the ward against COVID-19
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Law

Justice Chandrachud apologises to a lawyer, asks him to go rest since he was fasting for Ramzan

OpIndia Staff -
Justice Chandrachud of the Supreme Court apologised to a Muslim lawyer for not knowing that he had been fasting during the month of Ramzan.
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News Reports

Rally of dead bodies, threats against CRPF, lying and scaring with ‘detention camps’ so people don’t vote: What viral audio of Mamata Banerjee means

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Mamata Banerjee was heard telling TMC worker Partha Pratim Roy to organise a political rally with the dead bodies to stir public sympathy
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News Reports

US intelligence backtracks on Russian bounty claims, here is how media ran unfounded stories to damage Trump’s re-election bid

Dibakar Dutta -
A June 2020 article in NYT had claimed that Russia is offering money to Taliban-linked terrorists to kill US soldiers, a claim that has now been discredited.
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News Reports

British Home Minister approves the extradition of fugitive Indian businessman Nirav Modi: CBI

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Billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi is wanted for fraud and money laundering in the Rs 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank scam
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Social Media

While ‘liberals’ discuss usurpring Ram Mandir funds, they debate whether they should help ‘Sanghis’ amidst rising COVID-19 cases

K Bhattacharjee -
Liberals online are busy debating whether they should help 'Sanghis' combat Covid-19 in these trying times.
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WTF News

Taiwan man marries the same woman four times, divorces thrice to get extra paid leaves, employer fined for refusing to pay

OpIndia Staff -
The bank clerk in Taiwan pulled off this bizarre stunt up until he managed to get his 8 days paid leave extended up to 32 days
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News Reports

Noida: Family of Muslim girl accuses Hindu boy of kidnapping, girl tells police she converted to Hinduism and married willingly

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Noida Police confirmed that the Muslim girl and the Hindu youth had been living together in Prayagraj for very long
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World

France passes legislation outlawing sex with minor under the age of 15, but with a rider called ‘Romeo and Juliet’ clause: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The new legislation adopted by the French parliament characterises sex with a minor as rape, punishable up to 20 years in prison
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News Reports

California: Gay ex-mayor, who advocated for BLM riots, ‘defund police’ campaign arrested for child sexual abuse

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Jacob is a progressive Democrat who supports the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and ironically advocates for defunding the police.
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Entertainment

Karan Johar’s Dharma Production fires Kartik Aryan, not to work with him again: Here is what happened

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Dharma Productions said it was pushed to the wall by “unprofessional behaviour” of Kartik Aryan during shooting of Dostana 2
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News Reports

The Logical Indian spreads fake news claiming BJP leader attended Kumbh despite testing Covid positive, issues apology

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The Logical Indian (TLI) has apologised for spreading fake news about Uttar Pradesh Minister Sunil Bharala.
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News Reports

SII CEO Adar Poonawalla asks US President Joe Biden to lift embargo on raw materials needed for Covid-19 vaccine production

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Adar Poonawalla appealed to Joe Biden to lift the embargo on the export of raw materials so that manufacturing of vaccines can be ramped up
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Media

Shekhar Gupta’s The Print declares Instagram Reels casteist, claims dancing Savarnas marginalise Dalits through ‘modern casteism’

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The Print article makes it abundantly clear that Instagram Reels are the next great enemy that must be overcome.
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News Reports

Amidst shortage, black marketing of Remdesivir injections continues unabated: Here are the 5 cases reported in the last few days

OpIndia Staff -
Across the country, several cases of black marketing of Remdesivir have been reported as the stocks run short and Covid cases surge
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News Reports

At least eight people dead, many injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis in the USA

OpIndia Staff -
8 people were killed during a mass shooting at the FedEx Ground Plainfield Operations Center in Indianapolis on late Thursday
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Crime

Andhra Pradesh man hacks family of six including two children to avenge the rape of his daughter: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Andhra Pradesh police confirmed that the incident was a fall out of a old feud between the accused and the victim family
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News Reports

FIR registered in Kanpur, police on the look-out for those from AIMIM who put up posters calling for beheading of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati

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On April 16, the Kanpur Police took to Twitter to respond to reports on AIMIM's calling for beheading of Yati Narsinghanand
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News Reports

Pakistan shuts down social media platforms from 11 AM to 3 PM due to expected protests by radical Islamists after Friday prayers

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This decision has been reportedly taken in order to combat the deteriorating law and order situation in Pakistan.
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