Crime

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TMC Panchayat member Mohammad Alam and associates Zaidul, Jainal, Afidul gang rape poor woman for asking refund of cut-money

OpIndia Staff - 21 August, 2019

The victim, who is a resident of Saptibari panchayat area in Maynaguri belongs to a poor family. She alleged that they had paid Rs.7,000 bribe for allocation of a house under the government scheme.

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Uttar Pradesh: 150 first-year medical students forced to tonsure their heads in the name of ragging

OpIndia Staff - 21 August, 2019

A group of 150 first-year MBBS students studying at Saifai Medical College in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh were forced to tonsure their heads and salute their seniors in the name of ragging.

Crime

Sunanda Pushkar case: Prosecution alleges Sunanda was a victim of domestic violence, seeks charges against Shashi Tharoor

OpIndia Staff - 20 August, 2019

Former Union minister Shashi Tharoor has been charged under Sections 498-A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the IPC but has evaded arrested in the case so far.

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Bishop Franco case: Sister Lucy alleges illegal confinement by convent, case registered

OpIndia Staff - 20 August, 2019

Sister Lucy Kalapurakkal had last year supported the victim nun and had demanded the arrest of rape-accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal, who headed the Roman Catholic Diocese in Jalandhar.

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Zakir Naik banned from giving speeches in Malaysia, grilled by Malaysian police for over 10 hours

OpIndia Staff - 20 August, 2019

Zakir Naik was grilled by Malaysian police for over ten hours on Monday for his racially discriminatory remarks against Malaysian Hindus and Chinese Malaysians, the two prominent non-Muslim groups in Malaysia.

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Jharkhand BJP leader denies media reports that his son committed suicide due to fear of losing job, says it was family matter

OpIndia Staff - 19 August, 2019

BJP leader says his son killed himself due to family problem, not in fear of losing job

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: 22-year-old Sayeeda burnt to death by husband and in-laws for complaining against Triple Talaq

OpIndia Staff - 19 August, 2019

Ramzan Khan, the father of the victim has alleged that his son-in-law Nafees (26), who worked in Mumbai had pronounced triple talaq to Sayeeda over the phone.

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West Bengal: BJP worker Dalu Sheikh killed after crude bombs were hurled at him by TMC workers

OpIndia Staff - 18 August, 2019

West Bengal has been a hotbed for political violence ever since BJP has made successful inroads into the state.

Media

Habitual offender Prashant Kanojia shares news from Akhilesh era to stoke caste tensions, blame Yogi govt of caring about temples but not Dalit girls

OpIndia Staff - 17 August, 2019

Controversial journalist Prashant Kanojia tweeted the screenshot of a news report from 2015 in an effort to stoke caste tensions and malign the Yogi government

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