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Gujarat: A case about illegally constructed hotel was given communal twist just because hotel owner was Muslim
A hotel, where two of the three directors are Muslims, is accused of violating margin norms in construction. However, some have given a communal twist to the protests by residents.
Watch: Vishal Jood, who stood up to Khalistanis in Australia and was jailed for it, speaks to OpIndia
On the 15th October, Vishal Jood, man from Haryana was released from prison in Australia and revealed his ordeal in an interview to OpIndia
The pushback begins: Surat residents play Hanuman Chalisa twice a day from temples, rooftops to get close to Dharma
When the Hindus have started reciting Hanuman Chalisa on loudspeakers, it is more of a symbolic pushback, a protest, for being treated as equal.
‘They are not farmers, they are butchers’: After murder of Lakhbir Singh at Kundli border, Kasar sarpanch remembers how Mukesh was burnt alive
A badly mutilated corpse of a man, whose hands were chopped and legs cut, was suspended over a police barricade, reportedly by Nihang Sikhs for allegedly committing blasphemy.
Sikh ‘farmer’ protesters disrupt Ramleela program in Punjab, attack attendees, FIR registered: Exclusive details
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On October 9, group of Sikhs barged into Ramleela ground and attacked the event by Shri Sanatan Dharma Ramleela Committee in Punjab
‘Bhajan is haram in Islam’: How Muslim residents who purchased houses near Jalaram Bapa temple in Bharuch got them to stop Aarti
Residents of Soni Faliya in Bharuch say they feel unsafe and threatened because the Muslim residents who have purchased homes in recent years have anti-Hindu mindset and are creating unnecessary clashes
‘This is Jalaram Bapa Temple, but it is for sale’: Hindus in Bharuch decide to leave homes over demography change
Bharuch residents appeal for help from state administration, write to chief minister of Gujarat over change in demography, allege illegal transfer of property to Muslim owners
Gujarat: Surat Municipal Corporation cancels permission for construction given to Raihan Heights in violation of Disturbed Areas Act
The further construction at Raihan Heights has been halted after the Deputy Collector, Surat Municipal Corporation cancelled the transfer of property which violated the Disturbed Areas Act
Gujarat: Bajrang Dal decides to have ‘their own show’ to disrupt shows by ‘comedian’ Munawar Faruqui who had mocked Godhra train victims
Bajrang Dal activists have pledged that they will not allow 'comedian' Munawar Faruqui to perform in Surat, Gujarat.
Gujarat: Hindu partner removed after property jointly purchased by Hindu-Muslim partners, how Disturbed Areas Act was circumvented
A Surat-based builder circumvented the Disturbed Areas Act and brought in temporary Hindu partner to get property transferred. However, it is not an isolated incident.
