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News Reports

Months after “quitting” active politics, musician Vishal Dadlani campaigns for Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Vishal Dadlani was recently fined Rs 10 lakh for hurting religious sentiments of the Jain community by his tweets on monk Tarun Sagar

Social Media

#ReleaseSharjeelImam trends on Twitter as radicals demand Shaheen Bagh mastermind be released after he was arrested for his seditious speech

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Radicals took to Twitter to trend '#ReleaseSharjeelImam' to extend their support to Shaheen Bagh mastermind over his seditious speech.

Crime

Neeraj Prajapati’s death: Family alleges administration is trying to cover up the iron rod attack on him by the Muslim mob

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Neeraj Prajapati's family has alleged that police and local administration trying to suppress facts. They claim that administration is trying to hide that he was attacked with a rod by the Muslim mob in Lohardaga, Jharkhand.

News Reports

Will clear Shaheen Bagh within one hour if BJP forms govt in Delhi, all illegal mosques on govt land will be removed: BJP MP...

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

BJP MP Pravesh Verma promises to remove Shaheen Bagh protests, illegal mosques on govt land if BJP wins Delhi election

Media

‘Mentally unstable’ Kunal Kamra abuses and heckles Arnab Goswami on a flight to Lucknow: Here is what actually happened

Nupur J Sharma - 28 January, 2020

In what appears to be a massive security breach, 'mentally unstable' 'comedian' Kunal Kamra abused and heckled senior journalist Arnab Goswami on a flight

Opinions

Billion dollars vs billion people: Why we should be scared of Soros and the global left

Abhishek Banerjee - 28 January, 2020

Do you have what it takes to defend our democracy? Our sovereignty?

Media

The Quint defends Sharjeel Imam’s ‘cut off Assam’ speech, claims he meant only a ‘Chakka Jam’, compares it to imaginary ‘blockade’ of 2008 during...

Jinit Jain - 28 January, 2020

Aditya Menon of The Quint draws a false equivalence between Amarnath agitation in 2008 with Sharjeel Imam's seditious statements inciting Muslims for a war against India.

News Reports

Shaheen Bagh’s ‘organic’ protests: Viral video shows protestor talking about following strict instructions from ‘uparwala’

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Shaheen Bagh protester reveals that they are working as per strict instructions of someone from above.

News Reports

Propagandist Kunal Kamra heckles Arnab Goswami on a flight, here is how he can be banned from flying

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

'Comedian' Kunal Kamra resorted to unruly behaviour to harass his fellow passenger, Arnab Goswami, on an Indigo flight

News Reports

Inspired by Shaheen Bagh protests, women in Mumbai start sit-in dharna against CAA, NRC and NPR

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Hundreds of women have been on a sit-in protest on a road in south Mumbai against the CAA-NRC-NPR

News Reports

Complaint filed against former Bombay High Court judge B. G. Kolse Patil for defaming Veer Savarkar

Shriya Gune - 28 January, 2020

Pune Police register case against former Bombay High Court judge B. G. Kolse Patil for defaming Savarkar

Law

Was forced to have sex with another convict: Nirbhaya case convict Mukesh seeks review of rejection of mercy petition

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Mukesh' plea in court has claimed that there was 'non-application of mind' by the President of India in rejecting his mercy petition.

Opinions

No such thing as free lunch: Read how foreign ‘donations’ are a serious danger to our national security

M Nageswara Rao - 28 January, 2020

As a nation we have failed to ask ourselves an elementary question: Why should foreigners ‘donate’ such humongous amounts to certain Indians, unless they have an agenda?

Entertainment

After PM Modi, Superstar Rajinikanth to appear in Bear Grylls’ Man vs Wild, both arrive in Bandipur forest for shooting

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Bear Grylls and superstar Rajinikanth have arrived in Karnataka's Bandipur National Park to shoot a special episode of the popular show Man vs Wild.

News Reports

Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam arrested for calling for cutting off the North East from rest of India

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Sharjeel Imam, the mastermind of the Shaheen Bagh protests, has been arrested by the Police from Bihar's Jehanabad.

News Reports

‘When Indian Army captured 90,000 Pakistani soldiers, Kartarpur Sahib could have been taken back’: PM Modi

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

PM Narendra Modi said that his government had taken steps to have the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor opened after Sikhs pilgrims had to wait to visit the shrine for decades.

News Reports

Not our official position, India key partner to address global challenges: EU distances itself from anti-CAA draft resolution

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Sources revealed that India has the support of France that happens to be a founding member of the EU.

Crime

Maharashtra: Teen raped after she fell unconscious, brutalised with iron rod in Nagpur

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

When the victim tried to resist, the accused reportedly stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, after which she fell unconscious

Media

Psephologist Pradeep Bhandari assaulted for calling people like Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam a traitor

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Last week, a video had come to fore in which mastermind of Shaheen Bagh protests, Sharjeel Imam was seen making a clarion call for Muslims to cut-off Assam from the rest of India

Media

Media Coordinator of Shaheen Bagh protests calls fellow panelist ‘tawaif ka bachha’ on Arnab Goswami’s debate

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Shoaib Jamei, president of the Indian Muslim Foundation and the media coordinator of the Shaheen Bagh 'movement', lashed out at a fellow panelist during Arnab Goswami's debate on Republic TV and called him 'taw*if ke bachche' (son of a 'wh*re').

Crime

Lohardaga violence: Neeraj Prajapati, man injured in the Muslim mob attack on pro-CAA rally dies in hospital

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Neeraj was initially treated at Orchid Hospital but was later transferred to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS).

Entertainment

Watch: Dia Mirza cries uncontrollably during discussion on climate crisis, insists ‘it is not a performance’

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Dia Mirza declined to use a tissue paper offered to her, saying "I don't need a paper", and also refused when a fellow panellist offered her a handkerchief to wipe her tears.

Politics

From ‘where is BJP’ to Kejriwal panicking – How Amit Shah changed Delhi assembly elections in a week

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Responding to Kejriwal's challenge, HM Shah today tweeted a video where 8 BJP MPs had visited Delhi schools to check up on the tall claims made by Delhi government.

Media

Fearmongering beyond CAA: Now The Wire employee Arfa and Bollywood entertainer Swara Bhaskar paint Bollywood as threat

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Bollywood entertainer Swara Bhaskar while interacting with The Wire employee Arfa Khanum Sherwani expressed unhappiness over showing Mughal invaders as barbaric.

Crime

Bihar police detain the brother of Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam for questioning

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

The Jehanabad police have detained Imam's brother, and two more family members for interrogation.

News Reports

Rajasthan: Colleges arrange for buses of students, cancel classes to help NSUI in arranging ‘crowd’ for Rahul Gandhi’s rally

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

Rajasthan government colleges have sent out notices to students to attend Rahul Gandhi's rally in Jaipur today.

News Reports

Chennai mall justifies azaan calls, 5 times a day, on mall speakers, because they also celebrate Diwali once a year

OpIndia Staff - 28 January, 2020

A mall in Chennai has justified playing azaan, call to pray for Muslims, five times a day because it also "celebrates Christmas, Diwali and Pongal".

Government and Policy

10 Chairs in Universities in the names of noteworthy women approved by MWCD, Devi Ahilyabai Holkar and M.S. Subbulakshmi among them

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

The initiative is called the 'Establishment of Chairs in the University in the Name of Eminent Women Administrators/Artists/Scientists/Social Reformers'.

Politics

AAP says they are with Shaheen Bagh, does Arvind Kejriwal support Sharjeel Imam: Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi rally

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Amit Shah asked whether Arvind Kejriwal supports action against Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam

Crime

Asansol, West Bengal: One Gaurav Thakur sent to jail after communal tension following him and a Muslim girl eloping

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Communal tensions in Asansol spiked after a Hindu boy, Gaurav allegedly eloped away with his girlfriend, a Muslim girl

News Reports

Kapil Sibal threatens media, warns against linking him to revelations regarding PFI funding anti-CAA riots and payments made to him

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Kapil Sibal has issued a clarification claiming that the payments made by PFI were the lawyer fees owed to him in the Hadiya case.

Media

Mumbai: News Nation video journalist attacked by ‘Shaheen Bagh’ inspired anti-CAA protest in Nagpada, camera broken

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

The camera was broken and the cameraman assaulted. An FIR was lodged against 3 unidentified men at Nagpada police station.

News Reports

FIR filed against Pro-Congress fake news peddler Flynn Remedios by former Miss India Natasha Suri for uploading objectionable pictures of her

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Natasha accused Remedios of putting up adult content tagging her name on his portals Indiascoops.com and Indiaspeaks.live, and also sent the same to various other websites for publication.

News Reports

Kolkata Mayor’s R-Day message from municipal corporation’s official page shares distorted map of India, faces criticism

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Netizens have accused Firhad Hakim of furthering the cause of Islamisation in India, appeasing his community members and being a closet Pakistan supporter.

News Reports

‘This is how the Christoislamist lobby behaves’, says journalist abused on social media for speaking out against Azaan in Chennai’s Marina Mall

Editorial Desk - 27 January, 2020

Sanjay Pandey shared a short video on Twitter where the Azaan can be heard playing in Marina Mall

Politics

Kejriwal activates damage-control mode, asks BJP to negotiate with seditious organisers of the Shaheen Bagh protests

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wants BJP to negotiate with Shaheen Bagh protesters, who have been making inflammatory, communal and seditious statements

Politics

Is Arvind Kejriwal beginning to panic about Shaheen Bagh?

Abhishek Banerjee - 27 January, 2020

Arvind Kejriwal has finally mentioned Shaheen Bagh in a tweet and it seems like he is panicking

Politics

Brace yourself: Rahul Gandhi will ‘come of age’ yet again as Congress plans his ‘one more return’

Dibakar Dutta - 27 January, 2020

Despite promising ₹72000 per year under NYAY and weaving the imaginary tale of Rafale scam, the Congress Party failed to hold its ground in 2019 elections.

Opinions

Why are comedy ideologues abusing Sadhguru and what is at stake for us all

drishtikone - 27 January, 2020

Quite simply, Kamra is churning out bigoted and profane abuse packaged as comic fodder against Sadhguru

News Reports

Pakistan believes BJP government is the ‘biggest threat’ to Pakistan, claims ‘Muslims feel unsafe in India’

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

If reports are to be believed, Pakistan believes that the Narendra Modi led BJP government of India is the biggest threat to their nation.

Government and Policy

Home Minister Amit Shah secures peace agreement with Bodo groups amidst plans to ‘cut off Assam’ by Shaheen Bagh mastermind

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured that the agreement signed between Assam government, Centre and the Bodo representatives will herald a golden future for Assam and the Bodo people.

News Reports

Tamil Nadu: BJP leader hacked to death by sickles, party says his pro-CAA views may have led to his gruesome murder

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

A 40-year-old BJP leader Vijaya Raghu was reportedly hacked to death in Trichy, Tamil Nadu early morning on Monday.

Opinions

Delhi Elections: Errant, recalcitrant, spoilt Delhi needs a tough disciplinarian government

Mahesh Jagga - 27 January, 2020

Would Delhi in these elections choose an opportunist cum obstructionist who is prone to flout rules?

Law

Based on Quran, cannot be challenged over laws based on Constitution: Here is how AIMPLB is batting for Nikah Halala and Polygamy

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

The AIMPLB's submission was in response to a PIL filed by BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay in the Supreme Court.

Politics

There were always ‘red flags’ about Arvind Kejriwal: Munish Raizada to OpIndia while talking about his web-series exposing AAP

Editorial Desk - 27 January, 2020

Web series by Munish Raizada, titled 'Transparency', documents progressive deterioration of AAP

News Reports

#ScientistSisodia Manish Sisodia saying it is ‘scientifically impossible’ for supply pipes to provide clean water makes him a Twitter hashtag

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia donned the hats of a scientist to explain how it is impossible to provide clean water in Delhi.

News Reports

Nexus between Congress and Islamists in stoking anti-CAA riots? PFI spent over 120 crores, transferred huge sums to Kapil Sibal and Indira Jaising: Read...

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

SC lawyer and Congress leader Kapil Sibal, lawyers Indira Jaising and Dushyant Dave have also been reportedly named as PFI beneficiaries in the explosive report.

Media

Deepak Chaurasia, who was assaulted at Shaheen Bagh, gives befitting reply to The Wire employee who downplayed attack

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Rohini Singh justified attack on Deepak Chaurasia by saying that he really is not a "journalist" as per her

News Reports

As students from IIT Bombay take out Tiranga march, Left group paints posters in support of Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Left students of IIT-B organising "Reclaim the Republic" held posters that read "Support Sharjeel Imam"

News Reports

Kerala: Catholic priest says govt ignoring Love Jihad cases, missing women and children is ‘silent sanction’

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2020

Fr Varghese Vallikkatt, the spokesperson of the Catholic Church Bishops Council, has stated that the cases of women from South India being used as sex slaves in war-torn nations like Syria and Afghanistan are a reality.

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