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Farmer leader slammed by SDM for trying to interfere in the removal of an illegal majaar in UP, audio viral

OpIndia Staff -
An audio clip containing the phone conversation between 'farmer leader' Ashu Chaudhary and Barabanki SDM Divyanshu Patel has gone viral on social media.
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News Reports

We were being beaten by TMC workers: Girl attacked and bruised while trying to save her father and uncle from TMC goons, BJP shares...

OpIndia Staff -
BJP has accused the TMC of assaulting a young girl along with her family members in Dum Dum.
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OpIndia Explains

The Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Act, the 4 amendments, what they mean and why the outrage by media is misplaced

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Amendments are being made to “THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI ACT, 1991”, passed by Congress when in power
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News Reports

‘They wanted to murder’: 4 BKU leaders arrested, 24 booked for mob attack on BJP MLA, police in Punjab

OpIndia Staff -
27 booked for attacking BJP MLA in Malout, four arrested so far.
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News Reports

From giving them a makeover to getting them a job: Kumbh Police starts a unique initiative that has so far changed the lives of...

OpIndia Staff -
Thanks to a campaign by Kumbh Mela Police in Uttarakhand, the lives of 24 beggars have changed forever.
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Politics

‘I don’t do so much even for CM, are you kidding me?’: TMC MP Nusrat gets angry during rally, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
A video has gone viral on social media where Trinamool MP Nusrat Jahan was spotted losing her temper during a rally.
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News Reports

Pakistan PM Imran Khan wishes Hindus in his country a happy Holi. Do you know how many Hindus remain in Pakistan?

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday took to Twitter to wish the Pakistani Hindu community a "very happy holi".
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News Reports

Gujarat: Premium institutes in state see Covid surge, many cases asymptomatic

OpIndia Staff -
25 confirmed cases have been reported in IIT Gandhinagar and 40 in IIM Ahmedabad as Gujarat sees Covid surge.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Farman rapes 25-year-old Divyang Dalit in a sugarcane field, threatens to murder if she told anyone

OpIndia Staff -
Farman raped Dalit Divyang woman in a sugarcane field in Uttar Pradesh. He has reportedly been arrested by the Police.
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News Reports

NIA sends in divers in Mithi River to retrieve evidence destroyed by Sachin Vaze: Details

OpIndia Staff -
The investigations are believed to speeded up as Sachin Vaze will be in NIA's custody till April 03, 2021.
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News Reports

‘Goons holding Kisan Union flags wanted to lynch me’: BJP MLA Arun Narang tells OpIndia a day after he was assaulted in Punjab

Anurag -
BJP MLA Arun Narang was attacked by goons holding Kisan Union flags on Saturday by anti farm law protesters.
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News Reports

Police brutally assault Naga Sadhu and beat his private parts with stick, loot cash and belongings in Congress ruled Chhattisgarh

OpIndia Staff -
The police in Chhattisgarh seized ₹1.25 lac rupees cash, a mobile phone worth ₹12,000 and silver utensils from the Naga Sadhu.
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World

Bangladesh: Islamists chant ‘direct action’, attack Hindu temples to protest PM Modi’s visit

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists in Bangladesh attacked Hindu Temples to protest against the official visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Politics

A day after BJP MLA was attacked in Congress-ruled Punjab, Rahul Gandhi threatens BJP and RSS

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi, high on rhetorics, low on substance.
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Politics

‘Everything cannot be made public’: Amit Shah confirms he met Sharad Pawar at Adani residence

OpIndia Staff -
Home Minister Amit Shah subtly hinted that a meeting was held between the leadership of the two parties and added that not everything can be made public.
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Politics

BJP asserts will form govt in Bengal and retain power in Assam

OpIndia Staff -
Home Minister Amit Shah said that the higher voter turnout showed that the people are enthusiastic about new government.
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Politics

Rakesh Tikait claims BJP organised the lynching of its Punjab MLA Arun Narang

OpIndia Staff -
Rakesh Tikait claimed that his people had only shown black flags and were not involved in the lynching of Arun Narang.
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News Reports

Sachin Vaze’s aide, Riyaz Kazi caught on camera entering a number plate shop, accused of destroying evidence: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
The owner of the shop was held for interrogation by the agency. The statement of the shop owner has been recorded.
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News Reports

Notorious criminal Kuldeep Maan alias Fajja who had escaped from GTB Hospital killed in an exchange of fire with police

OpIndia Staff -
Fajja had escaped from GTB Hospital following a shoot out. He was hiding in Rohini sector 14 where he was killed in an encounter.
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Fact-Check

Does PM Modi’s 1978 book not mention his arrest during Satyagraha for Bangladesh? Fact-checking the fact-checker

Anurag -
In the recent years, 'liberal' media have adopted fact-checking as a tool for propaganda wherein they dismiss certain claims or call them 'fake news' based on a completely different set of data.
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News Reports

SGPC to assist Haryana Sikhs to obtain visa for Pakistan: Details

OpIndia Staff -
SGPC President has stated clearly that no religious function will be canceled despite surge in Covid-19 cases
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Politics

Nandigram: Mamata Banerjee extends visit from 3 days to 5, Amit Shah and Mithun Chakraborty to hold rally in lead up to face off

OpIndia Staff -
Nandigram is all set to witness a face-off between the titans between BJP's Suvendu Adhikari and CM Mamata Banerjee.
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Politics

Kerala: CPM cadres attack BJP candidate Shobha Surendran’s convoy, party workers injured

OpIndia Staff -
After the attack on Shobha Surendran, the DYFI members fled from the spot and took shelter inside the CPM booth office.
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Politics

‘Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami is born of an illegitimate affair, less worthy than Stalin’s slippers,’ says DMK leader A Raja

OpIndia Staff -
A Raja abused Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami by referring to him as an illegitimate child.
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Sports

Manchester United FC attacked on social media for wishing their Hindu supporters a happy Holi

OpIndia Staff -
Manchester United Football Club wished Hindus a happy Holi on the occasion of the festival of colours.
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Politics

Maha Extortion Case: Retd High Court judge to probe allegations against Anil Deshmukh

OpIndia Staff -
The assurance from the Maharashtra Chief Minister comes after Deshmukh had written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, urging him to order a probe into the allegations.
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Crime

Punjab: Middle-aged man befriends minor Hindu girl at mazar, lures, kidnaps and rapes her in Amritsar

OpIndia Staff -
40-year-old Mohammad Junaid Hussain reportedly repeatedly raped her for three days on pretext of marrying her.
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World

International outcry grows louder as Myanmar armed forces suspected of killing over 100, including children, in one day: All you need to know

OpIndia Staff -
Over 100 people were suspected of being killed in Myanmar by armed forces in ongoing attempts to suppress protests.
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Politics

West Bengal BJP leader Locket Chatterjee attacked with chemical-laced colours by TMC goons

OpIndia Staff -
The incident took place when Locket Chatterjee had gone to participate in Basant Utsav celebrations at Kalitala ground in Rabindra Nagar in Chunchura
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Crime

Mamata aide, who had served jail time for assassination bid on former Bengal CM, arrested by NIA again: Here is why

Dibakar Dutta -
Chhatradhar Mahato also served a 10-year-sentence for his involvement in bombing cases and landmine blasts.
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News Reports

Fearing Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal publishers refused to publish Yogi Adityanath’s bestselling biography, says author

Dibakar Dutta -
Recounting the experience, Shantanu Gupta emphasised, "Publisher after publisher, everyone almost said the same thing. Didi & TMC will not like Yogi Adityanath’s biography to be published in Bengali.
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World

New Zealand Catholic Church apologises to victims of abuse, some as young as nine-months-old, at faith-based institutions

OpIndia Staff -
The report of the Commission said that the victims of sexual abuse included nine-month old babies who suffered years of abuse.
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World

Suicide bomber detonates himself outside a Church in Indonesia ahead of Easter

OpIndia Staff -
Priest Wilhelmus Tulak said he heard a "very loud explosion" at around 10.30 am on Sunday after a second mass finished. He had that suspected bomber who attempted to enter the church grounds on a motorbike but was stopped by a security guard.
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World

Nike, H&M, Uniqlo and other brands face fire in China after comments on forced labour camps in Xinjiang

OpIndia Staff -
Shares of H&M, Nike Inc. and others have said to have plummeted after Chinese government officials endorsed the boycott and celebrities cut ties with brands including Adidas, New Balance and Japan’s Uniqlo.
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News Reports

UP Minister says practice of wearing burqa is ‘inhumane’ and ‘evil custom’ suggests a ban in India

OpIndia Staff -
Anand Swarup Shukla said that practices like triple talaq and burqa encourages Wahabi culture in India.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Miscreants burn Holika before Holi in Muzaffarnagar

OpIndia Staff -
The incident took place on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday, two days prior to the prescribed time of Holika Dahan.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Plastic veil to ‘protect’ over 40 mosques in ‘sensitive’ areas ahead of ‘Joota Maar Holi’ procession to maintain peace

OpIndia Staff -
As there are mosques located along the route of the procession, the officials have added a thick security blanket across the town.
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News Reports

Rakesh Tikait threatens to cut off electricity in 16 states if Centre does not reconsider farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
Rakesh Tikait has not yet clarified which 16 states he plans to plunge into darkness. As of now, there are twelve states where BJP is the ruling party and 6 states where BJP is part of the ruling coalition.
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World

Woman dead, six injured as man goes on stabbing spree at Canada’s Vancouver library, suspect arrested

OpIndia Staff -
In a video that has now gone viral, the perpetrator can be seen stabbing himself in his leg before he was taken into custody.
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News Reports

Facebook services down, Bangladesh deploys border guard as Islamist protests over PM Modi’s visit continue: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook services are down in Bangladesh as Islamists protest against the visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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News Reports

‘It is better to call out hypocrisy of vested interests rather than allowing them to set narrative’, EAM Jaishankar slams agenda-driven ‘watchdogs’

OpIndia Staff -
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar said that there is a need to call out hypocrisy of vested groups which target India over several issues
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News Reports

Concerns rise as men of Pakistani origin found sexually assaulting women in Greece with alarming frequency

OpIndia Staff -
While most victims are native women, in some cases, even children have been assaulted by men of Pakistani descent.
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Politics

Punjab: Anti-farm law protestors attack BJP MLA, strip him naked after thrashing him

OpIndia Staff -
'Farmer protestors' in Punjab attacked BJP MLA from Abohar, Arun Narang, and tore off his clothes after thrashing him.
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News Reports

President Ram Nath Kovind to undergo bypass procedure on Tuesday on the advice of AIIMS doctors in Delhi

OpIndia Staff -
President Ram Nath Kovind had visited Army's Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi yesterday after he had felt discomfort in chest
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Politics

New leaked audio shows Mamata Banerjee allegedly instructing aide to bury BJP leader in a pit: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Arjun Singh said, "Who leaked this audio tape, only Mathurapur MP CM Jatua or Mamata Banerjee can answer."
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World

USA: CDC chief under Trump admin says he believes the novel Coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab

OpIndia Staff -
Ex CDC chief Robert Redfield has said that he believes that the novel Coronavirus escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan, China.
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News Reports

‘I had to drag my husband like dead animal’: Victim of Mumbai hospital fire narrates ordeal, says hospital didn’t help them after the incident

Jinit Jain -
Madhuri Godhwani and her husband Chetan Godhwani had to wait hours on road before finding a hospital after escaping fire at Sunrise hospital
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News Reports

Thousands of students and parents express solidarity with British teacher who was suspended for showing Prophet Muhammad cartoons in class

OpIndia Staff -
The petition launched by a student at Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire said the teacher had "pure intentions"
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News Reports

BJP leader Pralay Pal speaks up after Mamata Banerjee begged him to help her in Nandigram, says he will remain loyal to Suvendu Adhikari

OpIndia Staff -
BJP leader Pralay Pal said that he will remain loyal to Suvendu Adhikari after Mamata Banerjee called him asking for his help in Nandigram
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Corrupt Tehsildar burns cash worth Rs 20 lakh on gas burner after ACB officials knocked on his door to raid his house

OpIndia Staff -
ACB officials video recorded Tehsildar Kamlash Jain burning bundles of Rs 500 notes on the gas burner with his wife
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