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As Rafale fighter jets touch down in Ambala, the nation remembers Manohar Parrikar for inking the momentous defence deal

OpIndia Staff - 29 July, 2020

Many users and prominent BJP leaders remembered former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar after Rafale jets landed in India

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Twitter user Sarfaraz goes from ‘Masjid phir se banega’ to ‘galti ho gayi’ after netizens accuse him of provoking communal tension

OpIndia Staff - 29 July, 2020

A Twitter user Sarfaraz said that a mosque will be built again at the site of Ram Temple in Ayodhya when they come back to power

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Sweden’s Lund University asks people to stop defaming them and making fun of their name: Fact check

OpIndia Staff - 29 July, 2020

Social media post has been making rounds that the University of Lund in Sweden - one of the world's top 100 universities recently took to social media to express their deep disappointment over disparaging comments made on the university, especially by several social media users who made fun on university's name.

Facebook de-platforms page that shared videos of ex-Muslims talking about how they were persecuted after they left Islam

OpIndia Staff - 28 July, 2020

Facebook, on the 27th of July 2020, unpublished a page on the social media platform called Ex-Muslims TV, that merely shared short videos of ex-Muslims and the persecution they faced by the community after they had left Islam.

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Freudian slip? After hounding IPS officer Nageshwar Rao, Siddharth Varadarajan unwittingly admits that he is working to destroy Hinduism

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2020

Siddharth Varadarajan had earlier accused senior police officer M Nageswara Rao of spreading 'communal paranoia'.

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Radio Mirchi’s RJ Sayema laments over criticism against Bakra Eid, gets reminded of her own statements against Diwali

OpIndia Staff - 27 July, 2020

Radio Mirchi's Sayema stated that Muslims are not being allowed to celebrate Bakra Eid 'peacefully'.

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This is why the American editor of The Wire wants to silence IPS officer Nageswara Rao

OpIndia Staff - 26 July, 2020

Siddharth Varadarajan, has hit out at former interim-director of CBI M Nageswara Rao after the latter spoke out against what he calls "Project Abarahamosation of Hindu Civilisation".

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Congress supporter Saket Gokhale says RSS workers protested outside his house, RSS denies involvement, says it is his publicity stunt

OpIndia Staff - 24 July, 2020

RSS said they are busy with volunteering for Coronavirus, and they have no time to get involved with Saket Gokhale

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Constructing a Hindu temple in an Islamic state is ‘haram’, even non-Muslim citizens cannot spend their money on it: Zakir Naik on proposed Islamabad...

OpIndia Staff - 24 July, 2020

In the YouTube video, Naik is seen saying that he does not support Islamic nations providing land or funds to build temples. He added that Pakistan has committed a sin by allocating land for a Hindu temple and Muslims destroying it are right.

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