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China retains top position in global rankings on countries with maximum number of imprisoned journalists

OpIndia Staff -
China had topped last year's rankings as well. The country is known for imposing stringent restrictions on press freedom
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News Reports

How the New York Times reduced a 40-minute conversation with Sanjeev Sanyal to merely 2 words to prove that Shramik trains were ‘virus trains’

Nupur J Sharma -
Sanjeev Sanyal released audio of his conversation with NYT journalist as they omitted the comments made by him in their article
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News Reports

Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda and LoP Paresh Dhanani submits resignation over defeat in by-polls in all 8 assembly seats

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leadership in Delhi will decide on the resignations of Gujarat Congress leaders Paresh Dhanani and Amit Chavda
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News Reports

TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari resigns from West Bengal Assembly ahead of Amit Shah’s visit to the state, BJP welcomes the move

OpIndia Staff -
Suvendu Adhikari had earlier resigned as the chairman of the HRBC and then as the Transport Minister of the state.
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News Reports

‘Muslims are not your property, you don’t like Muslims who think and speak for themselves’: Owaisi to Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata had earlier accused AIMIM of 'cutting votes'. "BJP gives them money and they are dividing votes. Bihar election has proved it," she had said.
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News Reports

‘Inexperienced leadership of the party led to rout in recent local body polls’, says Goa Congress MP Francisco Sardinha

OpIndia Staff -
Congress MP Francisco Sardinha also took objection to the party’s young leaders for calling veteran politicians as "grandfathers".
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News Reports

Protesters heckle Republic Bharat and Zee News journalists for reporting about the farmers’ protests

OpIndia Staff -
Republic Bharat journalist Shazia Nisar confirmed the incident, stating that thousands of protesters chased her out of the protest site after snatching her mobile phone
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Govt cancels leaves for all medical, healthcare staff for proposed COVID vaccination work

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh government gearing up for Covid-19 mass vaccination program.
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Fact-Check

Fact Check: Has the government sold the Indian Railways to Adani Group as alleged in a viral video? Read the truth here

OpIndia Staff -
Congress leader Hardik Patel had shared the misleading claims on Twitter. General Secretary Priyanka Vadra had shared the fake claims further.
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News Reports

‘Hemant Soren raped me like an animal, sex maniac’: Woman alleges death threat, letter demanding police protection goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
The incident came to light after several netizens took to Twitter on Wednesday to trend 'JusticeforAyesha' to demand justice for a woman, who was allegedly raped and threatened by the incumbent Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren seven years ago at a hotel in Mumbai.
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News Reports

Republic TV CEO Vikas Khanchandani granted bail by Mumbai court in TRP case

OpIndia Staff -
Khanchandani was arrested by Mumbai police from his residence a day before the hearing for anticipatory bail was scheduled.
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News Reports

India gearing up for COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, cold chain infrastructure being set up across the country

OpIndia Staff -
The scale of inoculation for Covid-19 is going to be unprecedented, therefore, the government is preparing in advance, informed Heath Secretary Rajesh Bhushan.
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News Reports

Home Minister Amit Shah’s outreach to farmers in West Bengal: Lunch at a farmer’s house, followed by rally in support of new farm laws

OpIndia Staff -
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be visiting West Bengal on December 19 ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in the state
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News Reports

Punjab farmers vs farmers: Punjab farmer organisations with Maoist links oppose govt talking to farmers from other states

OpIndia Staff -
The letter is written by Darshan Pal, who was a founding member of Maoist organisation PDFI.
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News Reports

Mumbai based actor Salman Jaffery arrested for looting people by posing as a police officer

OpIndia Staff -
Salman Jaffery was arrested after an elderly woman from Dehradun filed a complaint with police of robbery and cheating
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News Reports

Kerala: Congress mayoral candidate N Venugopal loses to BJP rival by just one vote. Netizens in splits

OpIndia Staff -
UDF candidate N Venugopal, who was seen as Congress's mayoral candidate blamed EVMs after he was defeated by just 1 vote.
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OpIndia Explains

India Post Payments Bank launches digital payment service DakPay, here is a comprehensive guide on how to use it

Anurag -
DakPay app comes with a suite of digital financial and assisted banking services offered by India post and IPPB using the postal network
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News Reports

Farmers’ protests: Over 1800 factories facing a hard time due to closed borders in Delhi, CII warns of adverse impact on economy

Anurag -
Businesses in Delhi are facing losses as goods movement is affected due to farmer protests.
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News Reports

Kerala: Journalist SV Pradeep, a known critic of Communist govt and Islamists, dies in a mysterious accident

OpIndia Staff -
The family of the journalist has also said that the journalist had received several threats in the recent past. The lorry driver has been arrested.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Imran, Zaid and 9 others arrested for attacking and injuring policemen during night curfew

Aditi -
One constable has received head injury, and another has been injured in the shoulder in the mob attack.
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Crime

Tamil Nadu: DMK leader arrested for involvement in a prostitution racket

OpIndia Staff -
The Madurai police busted a prostitution ring on the outskirts of Madurai and arrested eight people including DMK leader Poosamalai.
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News Reports

On Vijay Diwas, watch rare footage of Pakistan Army surrendering to Indian Armed Forces after the humiliating defeat in 1971 war

OpIndia Staff -
The Pakistani forces in erstwhile East Pakistan, led by General AA Khan Niazi along with his 93,000 troops, surrendered unconditionally before the Indian forces. This historic incident paved the way for the creation of Bangladesh.
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News Reports

After communist link emerges in Wistron plant vandalism, Chinese propagandist uses it to threaten other companies moving from China to India

OpIndia Staff -
The propagandist of China's Communist Party, subtly threatening the other partners of Apple Inc such as Foxconn, asked whether these companies now regret about moving those facilities to India.
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Opinions

Dear liberals, “EU disinfo report” proves you hate India, not just Modi

Abhishek Banerjee -
At what point would you admit that liberals are trying to defame India, not just Modi?
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Media

‘Investigative journalist’ Swati Chaturvedi’s midnight ‘goggling’ is more humiliating than her conversations with ‘sources’

OpIndia Staff -
Swadi Chaturvedi was googling about Modi’s marriage at midnight. Read how she ended up humiliating herself
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: One tribal minor girl gang-raped and another pressured to convert, 14 ABVP workers arrested during protest demanding justice

जयन्ती मिश्रा -
500 ABVP workers surrounded the collectorate and raised slogans against the Congress-led Chhattisgarh govt and the police administration
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News Reports

Supreme Court to hear petition seeking removal of protesting farmers from Delhi border areas

OpIndia Staff -
A Supreme Court bench bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde, Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian will hear the petition.
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Law

‘Insulting Hindutva is not religious insult’: Abhinav Chandrachud, son of SC Justice Chandrachud, argues before Karnataka HC

OpIndia Staff -
Abhinav Chandrachud contended that using insulting language for Hindutva did not amount to insulting Hinduism.
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News Reports

Delhi Police detains Umar Khalid’s mother and sister during protests to mark one year of Islamist violence at Jamia University

OpIndia Staff -
Umar Khalid is an accused in the anti-Hindu Delhi Riots case where he is alleged to have conspired to unleash riots in the national capital.
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Social Media Fact-Check

Fact Check: Did Wikileaks really ‘dump all their files online’ as being claimed on social media? Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
There is a claim on social media platform Twitter which says that Wikileaks has "leaked all their files" and dumped thousands of files on its website.
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News Reports

As Republic TV CEO is sent to 14-day custody, Mumbai Police embarks to hunt Arnab Goswami down, again: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Police has been relentlessly pursuing Republic TV and Arnab Goswami after they asked uncomfortable questions
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News Reports

Christian groups in Kerala call for boycott of Halal meat ahead of Christmas, IUML claims Muslims being targeted

OpIndia Staff -
Christians groups have alleged that they are forced to sell and buy only halal meat in Kerala and have called for a boycott.
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News Reports

Kerala Electricity Board suspends its employee and Islamist organisation PFI chief Muhammed Abdul Salam Ovungal

OpIndia Staff -
The Enforcement Directorate is probing the PFI in a money-laundering case and in connection with charges of its alleged links to anti-CAA protests in the country
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News Reports

‘Kejriwal ne kela bheja hai’: AAP worker kicked out by protestors for handing out 1 banana per person, BJP, Congress tweet viral video

OpIndia Staff -
In a viral video, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker was kicked out by anti-farm law protestors for offering only one banana per person.
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Politics

AAP decides to take on Yogi Adityanath, after being embarrassed in Goa, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, MP

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal today announced that AAP will be contesting the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections
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World

Pakistan: Police defuse faulty bomb, which failed to explode, from the car of a Chinese businessman in Karachi

OpIndia Staff -
Two miscreants who were riding a bike planted the explosive on the car of the Chinese restaurant owner in Karachi.
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Fact-Check

Fact-Check: 25,000 soldiers of the Indian Army are NOT returning their Shaurya Chakra medals

OpIndia Staff -
Telugu newspaper spreads fake information that 25,000 soldiers are returning their Shaurya Chakras.
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OpIndia Explains

Kutch, devastated by 2001 earthquake is now a tourism hub. Read how the white desert emerged as economic powerhouse

Nirwa Mehta -
Kutch nahin dekha, to kuch nahin dekha. If you've not seen Kutch, you haven't seen anything.
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Politics

Karnataka: Congress manhandles Assembly Deputy Chairman, Naseer Ahmed and Narayana Swamy try to pull him out chair

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress MLCs alleged that the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Chairman was locked outside and prevented from taking the Chair
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Politics

Speculations rife about TMC rebel Suvendu Adhikari joining BJP, TMC might get a jolt in 86 seats in upcoming Assembly Elections

OpIndia Staff -
The departure of Suvendu Adhikari, in all likelihood, will prove fateful for TMC in 2021 assembly polls
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News Reports

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Shetra announces Mass Contact and Contribution Campaign: Read Details

OpIndia Staff -
Ram Mandir Trust's Nation-wide Mass Contact and Contribution Campaign to start on Makar Sakranti 2021
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Entertainment

After hounding Arnab Goswami in fake TRP case, Mumbai Police’s Crime Intelligence Unit will now ‘investigate’ Kangana-Hrithik’s alleged affair

OpIndia Staff -
Hrithik Roshan had filed the case against Kangana Ranaut in 2016 after she referred to him as "silly ex" in an interview.
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News Reports

Vandalism over salary non-payment, denial by Labour Dept, and a Communist hand: All you need to know about Wistron plant saga

OpIndia Staff -
A large group of employees vandalised and ransacked the Apple iPhone manufacturing unit of Taiwan-based Wistron in Karnataka alleging untimely payment and reduced salaries.
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Politics

Late Pranab Mukherjee’s children fight over his memoir, daughter accuses son of doing ‘cheap publicity’: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of Pranab Mukherjee has come out all guns blazing against her brother Abhijit Mukherjee.
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Government and Policy

UK PM Boris Johnson accepts the invitation to be Chief Guest for 2021 Republic Day, invites PM Modi for G-7 summit: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
PM Boris Johnson, has accepted the Indian govt’s invitation to be Chief Guest at India's Republic Day celebrations of 2021
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News Reports

Watch: Mukesh Ambani says that if the pandemic had happened 5 years ago, it would lead to disaster, hails PM Modi’s efforts

OpIndia Staff -
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani in conversation with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Fuel for India 2020 event.
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Politics

Is there a conspiracy against India? What a small election in Goa tells us about protest circuses across India

Abhishek Banerjee -
India is fast becoming a smartphone hub. And just then, with perfectly bad timing, India faces a huge PR disaster on this front.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Illiterate Mewati gang loots over 20 lakhs from Canara Bank ATMs, Haneef and Osaf arrested

OpIndia Staff -
The gang used to target only the ATMs of the Canara Bank that are manufactured by the D-Bolt company.
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Politics

Pranab Mukherjee’s son wants to stop publication of former president’s memoir: Read why

OpIndia Staff -
Abhijit Mukherjee, son of former President Pranab Mukherjee, demanded that Rupa Publications stop the publication of his father's memoirs.
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News Reports

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom, earlier accused of Coronavirus coverup, now faces allegations of genocide. Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Nobel Peace Prize nominee David Steinman has complained to ICJ in Hague against WHO chief Dr Tedros. He has accused him of aiding ethnic cleansing in Ethiopia when he was in the government.
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