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Hindu diaspora under attack: The rising trends of global Hinduphobia, attacks by Islamists and propaganda

NARENDRA SHARMA - 10 October, 2022

Recent instances of targeted hate crimes against the Hindu community and its temples by Khalistani and Islamic radicals in Canada, the USA and the UK point towards the worrying trends of rising Hinduphobia

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‘Due to Urban Naxals, we wasted 50 years in construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam’: PM Modi in Gujarat

OpIndia Staff - 10 October, 2022

PM Modi said that 50 years were squandered in realising Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel's vision of building a dam on the Narmada river in Gujarat.

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How Mulayam Singh Yadav’s caste politics and Muslim appeasement could stop BJP’s rise in UP, but couldn’t erase Hindutva

Rahul Roushan - 10 October, 2022

With the death of Mulayam Singh Yadav, here is an excerpt from Sanghi Who Never Went to Shakha, explaining how caste politics could not erase Hindutva

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Missiles hitting Kyiv? Multiple explosions reported from several cities including the capital city of Ukraine

OpIndia Staff - 10 October, 2022

Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, confirmed explosions in the Shevchenko district, a sizable area in the city's centre where the old town and various government buildings are located.

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Toolkit activated to mock PM Modi, Prashant Bhushan, Jignesh Mevani lead from the front

OpIndia Staff - 10 October, 2022

Modhera rally of PM Modi on Sunday drew huge crowds, but Congress leaders, workers and sympathisers used a video shot hours after the speech was over to take a dig at his popularity.

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West Bengal: Anti-Hindu violence reported from Kolkata’s Mominpore, BJP seeks urgent deployment of central forces. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 10 October, 2022

Suvendu Adhikari pointed out that the current state of violence against Hindus in Mominpore was reminiscent of past attacks in Howrah, Nadia and Murshidabad districts.

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Mulayam Singh Yadav, the politician who fired at unarmed Karsevaks, dead at 82: A short profile

Gopal Tiwari - 10 October, 2022

One of the most successful politicians, Mulayam Singh Yadav, died on 10th of October at the age of 82

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Babiya, the divine crocodile, who lived in Kerala’s Ananthpuram lake temple dies, tributes pour in

OpIndia Staff - 10 October, 2022

Legend says that in 1945, a British officer shot at a crocodile in the temple and within days Babiya appeared in the temple pond. She was completely vegetarian.

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