News Reports

News reports about current affairs encompassing various topics, fields, and entities.

Law

Cow protection, bringing ‘Hindustan to knees’, anti-Brahmin rants, more: Analysis of order framing sedition, other charges against Sharjeel Imam

Nupur J Sharma - 27 January, 2022

Delhi Court has found sufficient grounds to proceed against Sharjeel Imam for offences in the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1949 (UAPA) and sedition

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Madhya Pradesh: Shweta Tiwari lands in controversy after her ‘bra fitting’ remark on God, MP minister orders probe

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2022

Shweta Tiwari's comment has created outrage on social media for dragging the name of Hindu Gods in a derogatory statement.

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Illegal cow slaughter racket busted in Maharashtra’s Tarapur, FIR filed against 11 after cops were attacked during the operation

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2022

Maharashtra Police has registered an FIR against 11 people over illegal slaughtering of cows and selling beef in Tarapur, Palghar

Politics

Rift in Punjab Congress widens, 5 party MPs boycott Rahul Gandhi’s state visit ahead of elections: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2022

Ahead of Punjab elections, Rahul Gandhi visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar earlier today along with CM Charanjit Singh Channi and state Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu

World

The siege of Leningrad: When Russian scientists starved themselves to death to preserve the future of the world, in a seed bank

Sanghamitra - 27 January, 2022

Nine botanists from the Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry, the world's largest seed bank at that time, had starved themselves to death while trying to preserve their collection from Nazi forces that surrounded Leningrad.

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‘Modi bashing turning into India bashing’: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slams Hamid Ansari for his rants against Indian democracy

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2022

"Religious intolerance is encouraged in India by portraying the religious majority as a political monopoly." said Hamid Ansari

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Elle India distances itself from Rana Ayyub’s brother Arif Ayyub after his tweets attacking the Saudi regime go viral

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2022

While Elle India clarified that Arif Ayyub is not associated with the publishing house since August 2019, Ayyub's Facebook profile mentions it as being associated with them.

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