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BJP vows to implement UCC in Uttarakhand if it wins Assembly elections. Here is how Goa is running its UCC programme

Dibakar Dutta - 12 February, 2022

UCC has been included in the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP) and can be implemented by the State governments.

News Reports

Is Pinarayi Vijayan a graduate in Economics as per viral social media claims? Here is what we know

Dibakar Dutta - 12 February, 2022

The official website of the Kerala Chief Minister says Pinarayi Vijayan is a graduate with a Bachelor's degree in the discipline of Economics

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Rubika Liyaquat, Taslima Nasreen and more: Muslim women who have been vigorously opposing the regressive practice of burqa

Suyash - 12 February, 2022

While the left-liberals are passionately defending hijab, some prominent Muslim women have been vigorously opposing the regressive practice

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Karnataka: Students offer Namaz inside govt school premises in Bagalkote amid burqa row

OpIndia Staff - 12 February, 2022

Police is probing the role of Campus Front of India in the ongoing hijab controversy. CFI is the students with of Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), an extremist organisation banned in various states.

News Reports

‘Motivated comment on internal issues not welcomed’, India strongly responds to comments by foreign countries on Karnataka burqa row

OpIndia Staff - 12 February, 2022

Post America and Pakistan's remarks on Karnataka hijab row, MEA has curtly stated that India does not welcome motivated comment on its internal issues

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BJP turned Congress turned TMC leader Kirti Azad spreads fake news about BJP leaders attacked in Uttar Pradesh

Jhankar Mohta - 12 February, 2022

BJP’s national executive committee member Dr Anirban Ganguly rebuked TMC Kirti Azad for not being able to distinguish between the hinterlands of West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh

News Reports

American diplomat attempts to meddle in India’s internal affairs amid ongoing burqa row, earlier Pakistan too tried to interfere

OpIndia Staff - 12 February, 2022

Interestingly, the coordinated attempts by foreign powers, especially Pakistan and America, comes just a year after Rahul Gandhi had asked for American interference in India's internal matters.

News Reports

It’s raining gifts! Burqa clad person who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ gets iPhone from Maharashtra Congress MLA, earlier got ₹5 lacs from Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind

OpIndia Staff - 12 February, 2022

A video of Bibi Muskan Khan had gone viral on February 8 after she was seen shouting “Allahu Akbar” at a group of students inside PES College in Mandya, Karnataka.

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