News Reports

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

Media

News agency PTI turns Jaish-e-Mohammad into a respectable corporate structure, calls JeM terrorists as ‘associates’

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

News agency PTI today, in essence, declared terror group Jaish-e-Mohommad as a corporate entity by calling its terrorists as 'associates'.

News Reports

Veer Savarkar’s photo found defaced at BHU, leftist student had earlier threatened to do so

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Veer Savarkar's photo in the political science department of BHU was found defaced and smeared with ink on Monday.

Politics

JNUSU demands protection from administrative action, blames registrar, ignores questions over halted ambulances

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

The JNUSU President has requested the Joint Secretary of the Human Resource Development Ministry, GC Hosur, to ensure that no administrative action is taken against students for carrying out the protests.

Crime

‘Worst ever pedophile in French history’: Surgeon suspected of raping and abusing up to 250 children

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

A French surgeon, who has been imprisoned since 2017, may have sexually abused up to 250 children

Government and Policy

No taxes paid for Anand Bhavan: Prayagraj authorities send 4.35 crores notice to Nehru Memorial Fund

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund that manages Anand Bhavan, Swaraj Bhavan and Jawahar Planetarium have argued that all these buildings are heritage buildings and thus exempted from taxes.

News Reports

In 2016, two teenagers got radicalised, converted to Islam, pledged allegiance to ISIS and tried to blow up Eiffel Tower for their wedding

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

How Sara and Thomas got radicalised, converted to Islam, pledged allegiance to ISIS, decided to get married and blow up Eiffel Tower

News Reports

Orthodox vs Jacobites in Kerala: Body of BSF Jawan not allowed inside Piravom church, funeral turns chaotic

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

While the two Christian factions in Kerala fight over control of Churches, on several instances, bodies of believers are kept frozen for days because of the tussle over funeral rites.

News Reports

MHA responds to question about Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar, says no formal recommendation needed for it

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Member of Parliament from Mumbai North, Gopal Shetty asked a question to the central government about the steps taken to grant Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar.

News Reports

Pakistan’s dirty tricks: Halts repatriation of five Indian civilian prisoners and many fishermen in its custody

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

As per the India-Pakistan ‘Agreement on Consular Access’ signed on May 21, 2008, the two countries biannually exchange lists of civilian prisoners and fisherman apprehended for violating territorial restrictions.

Government and Policy