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A day after Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi witnessed unprecedented violence where masked goons ran riot on campus, more shocking details have come to the fore.

Specials

The Battle from CAA to JNU: Khilafat 2.0, Communist Fantasies, Petty Politics and the conspiracy of Hong Kong style protests

K Bhattacharjee - 6 January, 2020

During JNU violence, dreams of Khilafat 2.0 met petty political concerns and fantasies of a Communist revolution.

Politics

As Congress links emerge to JNU violence, Rashid Alvi calls Modi and Shah ‘experts in rioting’

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

"Priyanka Gandhi and Congress Party are about to extinguish the fire. These people are going to set fire," Alvi added.

Social Media

Barkha Dutt violates Twitter rules, the social media platform bans rightwing account who had quote tweeted it instead

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

The political bias of Twitter when it comes to the users and suspension of their account doesn't really come as a surprise.

News Reports

Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut proposes Sharad Pawar’s name for 2022 presidential election, says will have enough numbers on their side by then

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

Sanjay Raut said Sharad Pawar should be considered by all political parties for the post of President in 2022

Crime

Delhi Police arrest one Ameer Hamza Khan with pistol and live ammunition at Jamia Millia Islamia metro station

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

The Jamia Nagar area has been tensed since the anti-CAA protests by a violent Muslim mob in December.

Opinions

JNU Tales: How comrades went from hating Lalu Yadav to worshipping him

Abhishek Banerjee - 6 January, 2020

Leftists at JNU are outraged … again. As Communists gather on cold winter nights to resist “fascism” by elected governments, I bet some stories of their heroes and “sheroes” would surely lift their spirits

News Reports

“It was the darkest time of my life”: Chef Atul Kochhar narrates what he and his family had to face after being targeted by...

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

Chef Atul Kochhar says being targeted by Ismalist-Leftists for a tweet was the darkest time of his life

News Reports

JNU violence: Former JNUSU President and AISA activist Geeta caught spreading misinformation to incriminate ABVP

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

Geeta Kumari, in her tweet had tagged Delhi Police and claimed how 'ABVP goons having fun after beating students' after masked goons unleashed violence on JNU campus

News Reports

BPSC officer on JNU violence: Saw JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh enter Periyar hostel, stone pelting by ‘Naxals’ continued for an hour

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

BPSC officer who is studying in JNU narrated his harrowing experience after masked goons unleashed violence in JNU

Crime

JNU violence: Ex-The Hindu journalist Abhimanyu Singh heckles, assaults Republic TV journalist Piyush Mishra in police presence

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

Republic TV correspondent Piyush Mishra has shared a video where he was assaulted, heckled and abused by the protesting mob in the JNU campus.

Crime

Jamia goons called inside JNU by leftists, girls assaulted on their private parts: Meenakshi Lekhi

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

Reports say that miscreants from Jamia Millia Islamia and other outsiders had arrived in JNU after organised calls from leftists to gather there.

News Reports

JNU violence: Claims surface of JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh directing masked mob to attack, video goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

A video has gone viral where purportedly, Aishe Ghosh can be seen directing masked men who attacked JNU

News Reports

JNU violence: Congress connection emerges after WhatsApp conversation of coordination of violence goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

Shocking revelations show Congress connection to the violence that broke out on JNU campus on Sunday evening.

Fact-Check

Fact-check: Is this masked goon seen attacking JNU an ABVP activist as alleged

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

On Sunday, masked goons carrying sticks and rods and had indulged in violence inside the JNU campus

News Reports

Violent miscreants attacked students who supported registration process and wanted to study: Read the full statement issued by JNU

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2020

JNU statement says after damaging the servers and halting the registration process, violent protestors at JNU had also physically stopped non-agitating students who want to pursue their academic activities.

News Reports

Shekhar Gupta forced to apologize after The Print slandered a social worker as someone who ‘condemns Dalit upliftment’

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

The Print falsely accused a man they had profiled as someone who 'condemns Dalit upliftment'

News Reports

Delhi police conduct flag march in JNU campus after violent fight between two groups of students

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

Delhi police said that the situation inside the JNU campus is normal now after police were deployed following violence

News Reports

Even as left-wing groups keep JNU under forced lockdown over fee hike, masked men with sticks enter campus, indulge in violence

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

Hundreds of masked men and women attack students in JNU, ABVP and left-wing groups blame each other

News Reports

Yogi Adityanath meets people from the Muslim community to dispel doubts about the CAA

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

Yogi Adityanath distributes booklet among people from the Muslim community to dispel doubts about the CAA

News Reports

Soleimani’s killing an act of ‘international terrorism’, targeting cultural sites a war crime: Iran responds to Donald Trump

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

Tensions in the Middle-East between the United States of America and Iran are escalating.

Social Media

Pakistani minister wants Elon Musk’s Tesla to forget Berlin and make cars in Islamabad, offers discounts

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

Pakistani 'science and technology' minister Fawad Chaudhry took a very profound step towards technological advancement in Pakistan. No, he did not invent a 'timatar' producing machine, he invited Tesla founder Elon Musk to come and "Make In Pakistan".

Satire

Diary of a Delhi Liberal: Of new year, dying infants and Modi getting his friend Trump to bomb an Irani general in Iraq

Liberals of Delhi - 5 January, 2020

Within this week, fascists Modi and Shah tried several ways to divert people's attention diary.

News Reports

Two days after Nankana Sahib attack, Pak PM Imran Khan blames Modi and RSS for ‘attacks’ on minorities in India

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

Imran Khan said that RSS goons are doing public lynchings of Muslims and it is supported Modi Govt

Media

What Rajdeep Sardesai does not understand about India: Hindutva is the natural order of existence for the Indian State

K Bhattacharjee - 5 January, 2020

Rajdeep Sardesai makes a series of dubious assertions and comes across as some trying desperately to hold on to his own sanity.

News Reports

Research scholar attacks PhD quality of Kanhaiya Kumar, accuses him of publishing paper in ‘predatory journal’

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

A PhD scholar has shown that PhD research paper of Kanhaiya Kumar was published in a shady journal, and qualitiy of the paper is very poor

Crime

Uttar Pradesh: High alert along Nepal border after intelligence report of two ISIS-trained terrorists trying to flee the country

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

The ISIS terrorists are believed to be present in Uttar Pradesh. Basti IG range Ashutosh Kumar confirmed that they have received information that two terrorists have entered the state and are currently in Uttar Pradesh.

News Reports

Pakistan: Days after Nankana Sahib siege, Sikh man Ravinder Singh murdered in broad daylight

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

A 25-year-old Sikh man, Ravinder Singh, was murdered in broad daylight in Pakistan's Peshawar.

Politics

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra instigated riots by misleading people over CAA: Home Minister Shah

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

The violence in Nankana Saheb recently shows how Pakistan is terrorising minorities in its territory, said Shah.

Political History of India

When Asaduddin Owaisi says ‘We rejected Pakistan and Jinnah’s Two Nation Theory’, he is lying. Here is how

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is the legacy of the Razakars, a Jihadist terror group that committed innumerable atrocities against Hindus in the Nizam's kingdom.

Politics

In Maha Vikas Aghadi government, Shiv Sena emerges as biggest loser as prime portfolios go to NCP and Congress

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

In the portfolios allotted in the Maharashtra government, NCP and Congress which has lesser MLAs than Shiv Sena, have got more important portfolios.

News Reports

“If Abhinandan was flying a Rafale instead of a MiG-21, equation in air battle would have been different”: Ex-Air Force chief BS Dhanoa

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

Former Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa called out politicisation of defence acquisition system over delay in upgrading defence equipments.

Media

Uttar Pradesh: Saadat madarsa children deny media reports of police assault, say they did not suffer from rectal bleeding

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

Media houses and propagandists join hands to allege that UP Police had assaulted minors from Saadat madarsa during anti-CAA riots

News Reports

“If Iran attacks an American base, we will send some brand new beautiful equipment their way”: US President Donald Trump threatens after Iran calls...

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

US President Donald Trump warns Iran after it calls for revenge on general Soleimani's assassination.

Cricket

Irfan Pathan announces retirement: Here are the top 5 moments of his cricket career

Ritesh - 5 January, 2020

Irfan played 173 matches for India in which he took 301 International wickets. Here are the top 5 moments from his cricketing career.

News Reports

Rajasthan: Congress workers clash amongst themselves creating ruckus even as infant death toll in Kota hospital reaches 110

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

In Kota, Rajasthan as many as ten children have now died in the first four days of January, taking infant death toll to 110 since December 2019

Politics

First phase of the NPR process will start from May 15, 2020 in Bihar, says Deputy CM Sushil Modi

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

In his press conference, Modi also hit out at Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and her Kerala counterpart Pinarayi Vijayan for opposing the NPR, the NRC and CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act).

News Reports

Iran raises ‘red flag of doom’ above its tallest mosque symbolising war is coming after US kills top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2020

Iran has unfurled a red flag on top of the iconic The Holy Dome of Jamkaran Mosque in Qom, which is an old Shi'ite tradition symbolising bloody revenge.

News Reports