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‘Desh ke gaddaron ko, Goli maaro saalon ko’: Pro-CAA protests carried out in Jamia, 40 detained

OpIndia Staff -
On Tuesday, demonstrations in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) were conducted at Jamia
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Books

‘Predators and Prey’. Mounted on a big canvas, Abhinav Agarwal’s book is a fast-paced thriller ready for a movie script

D V Sridharan -
The novel 'Predators and Prey’ by author Abhinav Agarwal works at many levels.
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Politics

Leave or you will be evicted ‘MNS-Style’: MNS Posters in Panvel say to illegal Bangladeshis

OpIndia Staff -
MNS posters are seen in Navi Mumbai's Panvel asking illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to leave or get evicted 'MNS-style'.
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News Reports

ISIS terrorist Abu Musa attacks Judge with shoe during the hearing of 2014 Burdwan blast case

OpIndia Staff -
ISIS terrorist Mohammed Mosiuddin alias Abu Musa attacked the Chief Judge, City Sessions Court in Kolkata
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News Reports

HDFC Independent Director exposes SEBI analyst and The Wire columnist for deliberately lying about the bank’s quest for new MD

OpIndia Staff -
HDFC saga: SEBI Research Analyst and columnist at the Wire, Hemindra Hazari, has resorted to blatant lies
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News Reports

Shaheen Bagh: Parents of the dead infant show no regret, defend taking children out in cold, blame government

OpIndia Staff -
None of them seems to register that NRC has not even been started yet and CAA has nothing to do with Indian citizens.
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News Reports

After wrongly blaming Savarkar for two-nation theory, Congress blames BJP for creating Shaheen Bagh

OpIndia Staff -
Leader from Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad has threatened that more Shaheen Baghs will come up all across India
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Culture and History

Blood Buddhas: Not just about theft of antiquities, but a portrayal of much deeper malaise of societal apathy towards heritage

Ashish Dhar -
I have watched Blood Buddhas four times. And it has shocked me afresh every single time
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News Reports

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury uses unparliamentary language in Lok Sabha while attacking BJP MP, says ‘Ye Ravan ke aulad hain’

OpIndia Staff -
Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Tuesday, sparks a fresh controversy after he used a derogatory slang against BJP
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News Reports

Azad Maidan police files sedition charges against 50 people for anti-national slogans at LGBTQ event

OpIndia Staff -
As per reports, Urvashi Chudawala was called for questioning on two occasions but she did not turn up for the preliminary inquiry. Reportedly, she has now gone underground.
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Fact-Check

Congress lies about Budget 2020, claims Modi Govt has reduced funds for Indian Railways: Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff -
Congress lies and claimed that the Railway Budget had been cut by the Indian government in the Budget
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Opinions

A chronology of how Arvind Kejriwal betrayed the 12 principles AAP was founded on

Yossarian -
AAP has willfully, systematically and repeatedly betrayed each one of the 12 principles on which it was founded
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News Reports

Bihar: Dispute over Rs 200 linked with CAA and NRC, Hindus in Darbhanga village attacked by Muslim mob

OpIndia Staff -
Rumours regarding CAA and NRC have been leading to stray incidents of violence not only in Bihar but many other states in the country
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Politics

Despite Times Now predicting AAP winning Delhi, this is how they can still lose the elections

Rahul Roushan -
5 reasons why AAP might not be in as comfortable a position as they appear in opinion polls.
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News Reports

Amnesty International defends the violent mobs and rioters of anti-CAA protests, starts petition claiming India is curbing ‘freedom of expression’

OpIndia Staff -
Dubious NGO Amnesty International defends riots and violent mob attacks in the name of anti-CAA protests, claims that there was "excessive use of force towards protesters".
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News Reports

Shaheen Bagh ground report: A well-organised ‘organic’ protest, estimated costs of Rs 5L everyday and protestors spying on you

OpIndia Staff -
OpIndia ground report reveals the uncomfortable truth: How Shaheen Bagh protest is far from 'organic'
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News Reports

Imran Khan boasts in Malaysia, says Pakistan will buy Malaysia’s palm oil to to compensate for its losses after India’s import curb

OpIndia Staff -
Even as Pakistan is grappling from the worst financial crisis in its history, Pakistan PM Imran Khan has promised Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad that his country would increase palm oil imports from Malaysia to compensate for India's palm oil curbs.
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News Reports

No decision on NRC at the national level till now: Home Ministry clarifies on the floor of Parliament

OpIndia Staff -
HM in a written reply in Lok Sabha, said the govt has not taken any decision till now to prepare NRC at national level
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Law

Zakia Jafri’s petition challenging acquittal of then CM Modi and others by SIT in 2002 Gujarat riots case adjourned till April 14

OpIndia Staff -
The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday postponed to the hearing till April 14 on the petition filed by Zakia Jafri
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News Reports

Coronavirus: Five men in Manesar camp, who were evacuated from Hubei province, develop symptoms, sent to Army Hospital

OpIndia Staff -
Any individual suspected to be infected with coronavirus will be shifted to an isolation ward
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News Reports

Bali: Indonesian President Joko Widodo sets up the country’s first Hindu State University

OpIndia Staff -
The primary objective of the regulation to set up a new varsity is to administer and support Hindu higher education programmes.
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Politics

Former Bollywood actress Zaira Wasim who left acting for Islam, claims Kashmir ‘continues to suffer’

OpIndia Staff -
The 19-year-old Srinagar-born former actor, in a hurry to get some media attention, seems to have resorted to unverified claims on the status of normalcy on Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

3 confirmed cases in Kerala: State government declares coronavirus outbreak as ‘state disaster’

OpIndia Staff -
Besides intensifying surveillance at airports, the Central Government had earlier temporarily suspended e-visa facilities for Chinese residents travelling to India.
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News Reports

Pakistani news channel claims Muslim ghosts are jamming JCBs in Ayodhya and PM Modi is afraid of Sanjay Dutt

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistani channel claims that JCB machines sent to work at the Babri Masjid demolition site were jammed by Muslim ghosts.
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Opinions

Shaheen Bagh protesters, your delusions of grandeur, Jihad and hatred are responsible for the death of the baby

K Bhattacharjee -
A little infant has passed away due to the negligence of her parents at Shaheen Bagh
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News Reports

“More than enough grounds for strong reaction from Muslims across India”: Police unravels shocking details from Sharjeel Imam’s phone

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police has reportedly found incriminating evidence against Shaheen Bagh mastermind Sharjeel Imam who is currently in police custody under sedition charges.
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News Reports

Bhupendra Chaube and his panellists attacked by Shaheen Bagh mob, forced to cut his show short to ensure safety

OpIndia Staff -
Gunja Kapoor, who was one of the guests on Bhupendra Chaube's show, thanked him for his handling of the situation.
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News Reports

The artist who shot the allegedly fake ‘crying Muslim cab driver’ video pulled down by Quint to appear in Shaheen Bagh

OpIndia Staff -
Several artists are performing at the Shaheen Bagh under the banner Artists Against Communalism
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News Reports

The Iowa Caucuses: The process to decide Democratic nominee for US Presidential Elections 2020 formally begins

OpIndia Staff -
The state of Iowa comprises of 90% white Americans as compared to 72% as a whole. As such, voting patterns in the State is different from the rest of the country.
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News Reports

Anti-CAA protests: Rapid Action Force deployed at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh and outside Jamia Millia Islamia University

OpIndia Staff -
In view of the anti-CAA protests at Shaheen Bagh, the government has decided to deploy Rapid Action Force
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Opinions

Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya: A God in captivity

Tarek Fatah -
Ayodhya and God Ram’s birthplace is miles of barbed wire, thousands of troops, due to fear of armed attacks
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News Reports

Exclusive: Poster with North East India cut off from rest of the country spotted at Shaheen Bagh protests

OpIndia Staff -
Mastermind of Shaheen Bagh was arrested after he gave a call for cutting off North-East India from rest of India
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News Reports

Raj Thackeray’s anti-illegal immigrants rally on Sunday to avoid passing through Mumbai’s Muslim dominated neighbourhoods

OpIndia Staff -
After Mumbai police refuse to permit MNS' anti-illegal immigrants rally as it went through Muslim areas, party prepares new route
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Politics

Delhi govt gives salary of Rs 18,000 to masjid imams, but forgets the pujaris of mandirs, granthis of gurudwaras: BJP MP Parvesh Verma

OpIndia Staff -
BJP MP Parvesh Verma, who rose to speak despite opposition, attacked the Aam Aadmi Party today for their mismanagement of Delhi.
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News Reports

“Allah ki bachchi thi, Allah ne bula liya”: How the anti-CAA protests in Delhi killed a 2 month old baby

OpIndia Staff -
In an exclusive story, OpIndia can now confirm that a child, about 2-months-old, who used to come to Shaheen Bagh for "protests" with her mother has breathed her last.
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News Reports

Burkina Faso: 20 civilians die after Jihadi terrorists attack a village, govt decides to arm citizens to combat terrorism

OpIndia Staff -
The attack comes at the backdrop of France's decision to send additional troops to the Sahel region.
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News Reports

After Arrnab Goswami, Kunal Kamra starts stalking Raj Thackeray: Here is what happened

OpIndia Staff -
Kunal Kamra has suffered a meltdown in recent times, as one recalls what he did with Arnab Goswami
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News Reports

Ranjeet Bachchan killed because he was going to make a huge announcement on CAA: Murdered Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha chief’s wife

OpIndia Staff -
UP President of Vishwa Hindu Mahasabha Ranjeet Bachchan was shot dead in Lucknow by unknown assailants on Sunday
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Opinions

Opposition to CAA: Here is how the assorted ‘Liberals’, ‘Activists’ and opposition members kept changing the goalpost

S. Sudhir Kumar -
Through constitutional means, India stood by persecuted minorities of neighbouring Islamic nations by bringing in CAA
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Villagers in Firozabad forced to sell their homes and leave village due to fake cases filed against them under SC/ST Act

OpIndia Staff -
Residents of Gothua village in UP are selling their homes and moving to other places due to fake cases under SC/ST Act
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News Reports

Arvind Kejriwal’s bid to win over Hindus backfires, Islamists outrage over him reciting Hanuman Chalisa

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal recited the Hanuman Chalisa during an interview on News18.
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News Reports

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan hits out at radical Islamist organisation SDPI, accuses it of creating unrest using anti-CAA protests.

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan hit out at SDPI for infiltrating the supposedly "peaceful" Anti-CAA protests
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Opinions

Sharad Pawar’s last Hurrah, Raj Thackeray and why BJP must resist the temptation to get close to MNS

Ajay Sudame -
Raj Thackeray is turning full Saffron and is going mainly for voters who will desert Shiv Sena.
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Politics

I am not ruling out the possibility of an alliance with the BJP in future: Maharashtra CM and Congress ally Uddhav Thackeray

OpIndia Staff -
Uddhav Thackeray said that he might ally with BJP in the future and is not ruling possibility out
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News Reports

We are not like Congress and Kejriwal. Naa Biryani khaate hain, naa khilate hain, terrorists will get bullets: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath gave an interview to the BBC on the 3rd of February
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News Reports

India’s manufacturing sector growth in January rises to an 8-year high, economic recovery in coming months expected

OpIndia Staff -
Analysts claim that If this growth rate in the manufacturing activity sustains, the improvement in business conditions could lead to a gradual economic recovery
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News Reports

‘Muslims did not do India any favour by choosing to remain here after partition’: Yogi Adityanath

OpIndia Staff -
When India was partitioned, it should have been opposed, Yogi Adityanath told BBC in an interview
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Crime

London: Terrorist who went on stabbing spree wanted girlfriend to behead her parents, thought raping Yazidi women permissible per Quran

OpIndia Staff -
On Sunday, a 20-year-old terrorist from Harrow, Sudesh Amman, was shot dead by the police after he went on a stabbing spree in Streatham, London
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: 40 members of Islamist PFI arrested so far for inciting anti-CAA riots, 10 in the last 24 hours alone

OpIndia Staff -
So far, since the riots, Uttar Pradesh government has arrested 40 members of the radical Islamist organisation PFI
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News Reports

Bhainsa: Journalist reports how Muslim mobs attacked Hindu homes amidst chants of ‘Allah ho Akbar’, Telangana govt targets him with FIRs

OpIndia Staff -
The Muslim mob also robbed gold and silver ornaments after they barged into Hindu homes during the violence.
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