184 Articles by
Siddhi Somani
Siddhi Somani is known for her satirical and factual hand in Economic, Social and Political writing. Having completed her post graduation in Journalism, she is pursuing her Masters in Politics. The author meanwhile is also exploring her hand in analytics and statistics. (Twitter- @sidis28)
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‘Your women will be raped, you’ll be killed’: Hindu family threatened by Muslim mob over land issue in Maharashtra’s Sangli, 9 booked and 2...
As per the complainant, Jagdish Kudale, Rafiq wanted him and his family to leave the area so that he could house other people from his community in the locality. "The accused and his family time and again used to harass my family. Rafiq used to tease women from our house and look at them often making them feel uncomfortable," he said.
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Solapur: Muslim students of govt college offer Namaz in classroom without permission, authorities take no action despite complaints, video viral
One of the faculty members confirmed to OpIndia that the incident happened within the college premises and the authorities including the college principal failed to take any action against the students for offering Namaz in the college without permission.
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OpIndia Exclusive: Mujahid Sheikh from Mira Road circulates derogatory image insulting saint Swami Samarth, FIR filed after MLA Geeta Jain seeks action
The accused used the photograph of the Hindu saint 'Guru Swami Samarth' and replaced his face with that of PM Modi. He insulted Lord Swami Samarth and also called PM Modi an annihilator.
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‘CAA will affect Indian Muslims because Hindu refugees will get voting rights’: Indira Jaising’s argument in SC, after spending years advocating for Rohingyas
Jaising indicated that no citizenship should be granted under the law as that will affect the minority communities. On asking how would providing citizenship under the law affect minority communities in India, Jaising said, "Because they (Hindus arriving from nearby Islamic countries) will get voting rights..that is how it will affect them (Muslims)."
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Pakistani author Waseem Altaf calls Indian Muslims jahils for offering namaz on the road
The between Arzoo Kazmi and Waseem Altaf was based on the recent case of a cop kicking a Muslim man when a group of Muslim men in Delhi's Inderlok were performing namaz on the road
Specials
Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni’s murder in Palestine: How despite supporting the Palestinian cause, he was murdered for being a Kafir in 2011
In a public event, the then-Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh bestowed honorary Palestinian citizenship on Arrigoni as a gesture of gratefulness.
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Hindus under siege in Mira-Bhayander, Mumbai: Forced conversion, rape, assault, torture – 15 cases from last 1 year which expose the criminal den. Exclusive
Mumbai's Mira Road and Bhayander area become a hub of 'Grooming Jihad' and religious conversion incidents
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Ahmednagar: Pastor and his associates rape and threaten two 10-year-old girls in Church under the guise of ‘treatment from evil possession’, booked
Maharashtra Police booked a church pastor and two others for sexually assaulting two 10-year-old minor girls in the name of exorcism
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Latur: Altaf Qureshi booked under sections of the SC/ST and POCSO Act for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl; a manhunt launched to capture him
Altaf has been booked under sections 376AB, 376(2)n, 377, 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, sections 3(1)(w)(i), 3(2), 3(v) of the SC-ST Act, and sections 4 and 6 of POCSO Act.
Crime
Punjab: Indian-origin US citizen murdered by in-laws in Kapurthala for insurance money
The mother of a five-year-old son, Rajdeep was a US citizen and is believed to have been murdered for her insurance money.