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Zafar Ali had come to Vadodara from Cuddalore to set up a new module of ISIS in Gujarat and was in touch with three ISIS operatives who were held by the special cell of Delhi police on Thursday.

News Reports

JNU: Here is how common students are being harassed by Leftists for not joining their ‘protest’ and wanting to register for next semester

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2020

Ordinary students from financially weak families are being harassed by leftist students and professors for staying away from agitations and wanting to register for the new semester.

News Reports

Pakistan training 40 Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh after it fails to push terrorists from LoC, plans for them to infiltrate India

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2020

Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI is funding and training 40 Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh to push into India

Crime

Female protestor from JNU mob attacks and bites Additional DCP Southwest’s hand

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2020

The woman accused biting the cop is yet to be identified. The DCP managed to free his hand after much struggle but has been injured. The cop was later to a hospital for a medical check-up.

News Reports

Swara Bhaskar thanks Pakistanis for standing in solidarity with Indian students in a march where ‘Azadi’ slogans were raised

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Swara Bhaskar upped the ante today by thanking Pakistanis for standing in solidarity with Indian students.

News Reports

Free Press Journal publishes report about BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta’s comment on Deepika Padukone with a misleading headline

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

On Wednesday, Swapan Dasgupta was attacked by goons at the Visva Bharati University in West Bengal.

News Reports

After confirming his attendance at RSS event, Accenture India MD back out after bullying by ‘liberals’

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

The 'liberal' bullies force Accenture India MD to back out from RSS event which is to be held in February this year.

Media

NOT SATIRE: Hindus must convert to Islam to prove they are ‘secular’, argues article on Leftist website

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Liberals have finally abandoned the domain of political disagreement and crossed over into the realm of the insane.

News Reports

Mysuru: ‘Free Kashmir’ posters held during protests in support of JNU, sedition case filed

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Following these anti-India protests, an unidentified person has been booked for sedition under IPC section 124A in the Jayalakshmipuram Police station of Mysuru.

Opinions

With the ‘Shikara’ trailer out, expected guilt tripping of Hindus for merely sharing the story of their Genocide has started

K Bhattacharjee - 9 January, 2020

The trailer of Shikara, directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, was released on the 6th of January.

Politics

Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath targets PM Modi’s family, says they did not fight for country’s freedom

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Attempting to spread false fears against the National Register of Citizens (NRC), Kamal Nath said, "They talk about NRC. What is the meaning of NRC? When you will go for registration they will ask what's your religion? What was your father's religion?"

Media

As Communists fade electorally in Bengal, is their inner Naxal emerging?

Abhishek Banerjee - 9 January, 2020

See if you catch the difference in tone between these two articles published by The Hindu which often favours Communists

News Reports

After Pakistan comes out in support of JNU, Pakistani-inspired slogans raised against Delhi Police at JNU protests

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Protests have been underway at JNU after violence escalated massively at the campus on the 5th of January.

News Reports

Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha tries to show separatist Azadi slogans did not come from Kashmir. Read how he is wrong

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha tries to water down the brutal history behind Azadi slogans, tries to obfuscate.

Politics

Shiv Sena toes NCP’s line by seeking a review on FIR against ‘protestor’ who held ‘Free Kashmir’ poster

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Shiv Sena leader and Thackeray-scion Aaditya Thackeray had also dismissed the 'Free Kashmir' placard at the protests and said that we need to "look at the larger picture".

Opinions

Siding with ‘Free Kashmir’ through its mouthpiece Saamna: Shiv Sena 2.0

Shriya Gune - 9 January, 2020

Shiv Sena through Saamana supported the 'free Kashmir' posters flashed at Gateway of India in the recent protests

News Reports

NUJS, Kolkata disrespects constitutional head of a state, decides to ‘uninvite’ West Bengal Governor for an event over his CAA-NRC views

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

NUJS Kolkata decides to 'uninvite' the West Bengal Governor as guest after he speaks in favour of CAA-NRC

Opinions

Rich versus Poor nations: A debate that’s at the core of Climate Change discussions

Anagha Paranjape-Purohit - 9 January, 2020

Green House Gas Emissions, particularly CO2 and climate change cannot be delinked with the state of the economy and lifestyle of citizens

Law

Delhi court orders Meghna Gulzar to give due credit to victim’s lawyer in Chhapaak: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

The Patiala house Court in Delhi, after hearing lawyer Aparna Bhat's plea, has today ordered Chhapaak director Meghna Gulzaar to give due credit to the lawyer in the movie.

Satire

When Barely Sanghi talks to INSANE and CRAZY residents of ‘woke’ township BULLSHIT about fornication of his religion

Mayuresh Didolkar - 9 January, 2020

In these polarized times, it is more important than ever to understand an opposing viewpoint whether it's CAA or why hate my religion so much

Media

India Today’s Lallantop’s Editor wants BJP supporters to use a ‘condom’ so they don’t procreate, deletes tweet after outrage

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

It is pertinent to note that Hindi news and opinion website 'Lallantop' is owned by the India Today group.

News Reports

New York Times columnist claims hackers used his IP address to download child pornography

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Paul Krugman, declared on Wednesday that his IP address was used to download child porn

News Reports

Congress defends goons who had gheraoed and attacked BJP MP Swapan Dasgupta at Visva Bharati

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Congress leader Rashid Alvi says that it is not that the Indians do not know how to read and understand laws and if anyone tries to 'teach' them, they'll have to face such consequences.

Politics

Even as Shiv Sena turns ‘secular’, poster boy Umar Khalid mocks Aditya Thackeray, says he wouldn’t share a stage with him

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Umar Khalid went on to claim that if Aaditya Thackeray was present at the venue, he would not have shared the stage with him. Further, Khalid said that the young leader of 'secular' Shiv Sena has not stated a clear stand on the issue of the NPR.

Social Media

Struggles dismissed if you don’t hate Hindus, don’t need such love: Acid attack survivor Rangoli Chandel hits out after ‘comedian’ mocked her

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Rangoli Chandel, reacting to Khatri's shameful attempt to mock her, stated that the main reason behind the hatred she receives from such 'secular liberals' is that she is not anti-Hindu and doesn't deride India, or our security forces in her tweets.

Entertainment

“Pooja, what is this behaviour?” Read how Bigg Boss made an appearance after US bombed Iran leader Soleimani in Iraq

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Indian reality tv show Bigg Boss, which everyone loves to hate but secretly watches to hate on it, has made it to US bombing Iranian general Soleimani in Iraq and putting the world on the verge of third world war.

News Reports

Lawyer who represented Laxmi Agarwal files plea in Delhi Court seeking stay on release of Chhapaak: Read why

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Aparna Bhat, the lawyer who represented Laxmi Agarwal has moved Delhi Court seeking for a stay on Chhapaak

News Reports

In their bid to fear-monger about CAA-NRC, ‘liberals’ are exposing how Muslim cab drivers are flouting safety rules

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

If social media activists are to be believed, the 'cab drivers' are now changing their names on cab aggregator apps to 'hide' their Muslim identity.

News Reports

Pakistani passport becomes fourth-worst for overseas travel, tied with Somalia

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

In its latest report, the Index has found that only 32 nations allow visa-free access to Pakistan, tied with Somalia.

News Reports

Kerala: Left-wing ‘activists’ block Nobel laureate Michael Levitt for hours in his houseboat during Bharat Bandh

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

Levitt, who received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was on a three-day visit to the state. His boat, anchored near Alappuzha after a trip to Kumarakom, was not allowed to leave by CITU protestors, who threatened the crew.

News Reports

IPS officer Aslam Khan speaks the language of Pulwama terrorist, makes a ‘cow urine’ jibe at BJP Delhi spokesperson

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2020

The latest to join in making the 'cow urine' jibe to mock Hinduism is Delhi-based senior IPS officer, Aslam Khan.

News Reports

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee rues how JNU is no more a place with vibrant debates between different ideologies

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

Abhijit Banerjee lamented that JNU was a safe place for voicing dissenting opinions when he studied in the university

News Reports

West Bengal: Videos of police vandalising vehicles and setting them on fire emerge from Malda

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

In a video, police in Malda, West Bengal, can be seen smashing windowscreens of cars during the Bharat Bandh violence

News Reports

Watch: Pakistanis extend support to JNU students in Lahore, chant ‘halla bol’ in solidarity against PM Modi

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

Students and teachers in Lahore, Pakistan took out a rally on Wednesday in solidarity with the JNU students.

News Reports

After ‘Free Kashmir’ poster in Mumbai, now ‘Kashmir Maange Aazadi’ slogans and posters in DU

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

January 6, secessionist posters asking for "Free Kashmir" were seen in Mumbai's Gateway of India where many social media and Bollywood activists had gathered to show solidarity with the JNU students after Sunday's violence in the campus.

Social Media

Middle-aged ‘comedian’ extends support to film on acid attack victims by mocking an acid attack victim

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli Chandel is an acid attack survivor.

Entertainment

Ahead of release of Deepika Padukone starrer Chhapaak, Laxmi Agarwal’s Wikipedia page vandalised, culprit Naeem changed to ‘Rajesh’

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

Ahead of release of the film, some elements are vandalising Laxmi Agarwal's Wikipedia page and changing the name of the culprit from Naeem Khan to 'Rajesh'.

News Reports

Read how President Ramnath Kovind made this couple’s wedding memorable

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

The bride Ashley Hall had requested the President of India on Twitter to help them so that they don’t have to move their planned wedding out of Taj Malabar Cochin hotel

Politics

BJP was in opposition for 60 years, but never got support from Pakistan

Abhishek Banerjee - 8 January, 2020

The BJP and its predecessors have been in the opposition for nearly 60 years. Has it ever happened that Pakistan Armed forces were cheering for BJP?

Politics

West Bengal: CM Mamata Banerjee says ‘Gundagardi’ and ‘Dadagiri’ is not movement, calls Left’s Bharat Bandh as ‘cheap politics’

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

Mamata Banerjee also launched an attack against the left parties by claiming that they have not engaged in any mass movement against CAA or NRC, neither in Bengal nor across the country, but wanted to take a short cut by calling a strike.

Politics

NCP goons attack and vandalise ABVP Pune’s office to show ‘solidarity’ with JNU students

Shriya Gune - 8 January, 2020

On Tuesday, 7th of January, ABVP's office in Pune was attacked. The attackers smeared ink on the name board outside ABVP Pune's office.

News Reports

Iran will welcome measures by India to de-escalate tensions with the US: Iranian envoy to India

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

Justifying Iran's missile strikes against US military installations in Iraq, Iranian Envoy to India said his country defended itself.

Media Fact-Check

“Media Houses that have amplified a report by so called ‘Fact-Checker’ AltNews may take note”: Prasar Bharti debunks fake narrative on JNU violence

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

AltNews co-founder Pratik Sinha caught sharing false narrative on JNU violence

Crime

Karnataka: Two men, Anwar and Niyaz, arrested by police for issuing death threats to PM Modi and Amit Shah over CAA, NRC

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

Anwar and another person identified as Niyaz had allegedly sent such messages and had even contacted RSS workers and youths to ask them to oppose CAA and NRC by putting out messages on WhatsApp.

News Reports

MNS chief Raj Thackeray to extend support to CAA-NRC after an hour long meeting with Devendra Fadnavis: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

Sensing pro-Hindutva void created by the departure of Shiv Sena, Raj Thackeray aims to reviving his party’s depleting political fortunes by aligning with the BJP

Politics

In a bid to demonise Hinduism, Shashi Tharoor compares Hindutva to Islam and Christianity, get attacked by ‘liberal’ bullies

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

Sharing an infographic to 'explain' that Hinduism is not equal to Hindutva, Tharoor ended up with yet another self-goal.

Politics

Bharat Bandh: BJP-ruled states remain mostly unaffected, vandalism cases in Bengal, Rahul Gandhi claims 25 crore people supporting

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2020

The unions have demanded the reversal of "anti-working class, anti-people and the anti-national policies" allegedly implemented by this government.

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