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Nanavati-Mehta Commission says Gujarat riots not organised, gives clean chit to Narendra Modi and then state govt

OpIndia Staff -
Nanavati-Mehta Commission report on Gujarat riots was submitted to Gujarat Chief Minister in 2014 but was tabled today
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Politics

When 200 Hindu women were raped by Muslims: Read why HM Amit Shah mentioned the Bhola violence in Bangladesh

Sanghamitra -
The Bhola rape and violence incident that the Home Minister mentioned had occurred in 2001, just after the Bangladesh National Party under Begum Khalida Zia came to power.
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News Reports

‘Activists’, ‘Intellectuals’ join ‘Liberal’ mob to oppose Citizenship Amendment Bill, write another ‘letter’: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
More than 600 self-proclaimed 'intellectuals', including writers, filmmakers and academicians write a letter opposing Citizenship Amendment Bill
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News Reports

Police investigation reveals the reasons for the horrific Delhi Anaj Mandi fire that claimed 43 lives: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police revealed that illegal power connections and several illegal sub-meters caused a 'short circuit' triggering the Delhi fire incident
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Crime

Unnao rape case: Accused claims he was in hospital when the December rape was committed, medical officer says documents are fake

OpIndia Staff -
Rejecting the claims of the Unnao rape accused, the medical officials said "medical registration slip" is "fake".
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News Reports

Harish Salve defends CAB, says bill not anti-Muslim, does not violate articles 14, 15 or 21 of the Indian constitution: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
Harish Salve stated that the Citizenship Amendment Bill is not anti-Muslim and it does not violate the Articles 14, 15 and 21 of Indian constitution as being claimed by naysayers.
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Media Fact-Check

Shekhar Gupta is wrong, the Citizenship Amendment Bill is exactly what BJP was voted to power for

OpIndia Staff -
Tired of oft-repeated lies about the Citizenship Amendment Bill, Shekhar Gupta of The Print decided to come up with a new argument.
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News Reports

Pakistan: 14-years-old Christian girl in Karachi abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her abductor

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Huma Younus, the 14-year-old was abducted, and forcibly married off to her captor after being forcibly converted to Islam
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News Reports

Maharashtra: Amidst political turmoil, senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse meets CM Uddhav Thackeray, denies rumours of quitting BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Rumours are floating for a while now that Eknath Khadse, who alleges of being sidelined by BJP may quit the party
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News Reports

Sikh Uber driver racially assaulted in the United States, attacker released on bail after arrest

OpIndia Staff -
A Sikh Uber driver in the United States was racially abused and strangulated by a passenger
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News Reports

National Conference to not participate in politics until Article 370 and statehood is restored to J&K, says Farooq Abdullah’s brother

OpIndia Staff -
Mustafa Kamal said that National Conference won't take part in political processes that do not serve the interests of the people of J&K.
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Politics

Cultural Marxism: Liberals oppose the CAB because of Hinduphobia which dictates that Hindus must never be recognized as Victims

K Bhattacharjee -
'Liberals' do not want India to recognize Hindus as victims because they believe it's too dangerous.
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Politics

Owaisi slams Shiv Sena for flipflop on CAB, calls it ‘bhangra politics’

OpIndia Staff -
The Sena had supported the CAB in Lok Sabha yesterday but stated today that it won't support the bill in Rajya Sabha unless 'things are clear'.
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Politics

NCP’s Nawab Malik asks Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut to ‘cross all limits in love’ after both parties ally

OpIndia Staff -
Sanjay Raut's lovebug (for poetry) seems to have infected NCP's Nawab Malik.
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Law

Delhi pollution is killing us anyway: Death row convict in Nirbhaya case mocks supreme court with bizarre argument in review petition

OpIndia Staff -
Akshay Singh, who had not filed the review plea earlier with the other three convicts, has now moved the apex court with a petition asking to spare him from the death penalty.
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News Reports

Gujarati, Jain and Sindhi communities in Bhopal ban pre-wedding photoshoot and Sangeet ceremony as these are ‘against their culture’

OpIndia Staff -
Digambar Jain saint Munishree Prasad Sagar Maharaj has called for ban on pre-wedding photoshoot and choreographers in Sangeet ceremony
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Politics

#CABNRCSatyagraha: How the self-appointed custodians of secular fabric of India are trying to save illegal Rohingya immigrants

OpIndia Staff -
People in the 'Secular' camp have decided that 'Civil Disobedience' is the proper way to move forward with their agenda.
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News Reports

India needs to address the issue of protection of its women with utmost urgency

Satyanarayana Dosapati -
More than the laws, we need accountability and speedy justice to curb violence against women
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh: Minor molested, threatened with ‘Unnao like fate’ if she complains to the police

OpIndia Staff -
The victim said that her family members were hit by the molesters when they objected, also alleging that police refused to take action against the accused.
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Politics

Mood swings? After Rahul Gandhi’s tweet, Shiv Sena hints at not supporting CAB in Rajya Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Shiv Sena had earlier voted in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Bill 2019 in the Lok Sabha.
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Politics

Congress kept Farooq Abdullah’s father in jail for 11 years, we will not do that: HM Amit Shah takes on Opposition on Kashmir situation

OpIndia Staff -
"The situation in Kashmir is completely normal", Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday and attacked the Congress for its pitch after the abrogation of Article 370 that had predicted bloodshed in Jammu and Kashmir.
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News Reports

Citizenship Amendment Bill – Myths and lies propagated against it, and the facts

OpIndia Staff -
Several myths have been propagated against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, which are completely baseless
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Politics

Citizenship Amendment Bill has exposed Indian ‘liberals’ like never before

Abhishek Banerjee -
The Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday. Indian 'liberals' have shown their true colours.
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Politics

CAB in Rajya Sabha: With BJP’s floor management, here is how it might just clear the halfway mark

OpIndia Staff -
The present regime, under the supervision of HM Shah, has been silently laying down the groundwork for the CAB since the beginning of Parliament's winter session.
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Politics

Ministry of External Affairs gives a scathing rebuttal to the USCIRF over its unwarranted threats on Citizenship Amendment Bill

OpIndia Staff -
In a statement issued by the MEA, the ministry's official spokesperson said that the statement made by USCIRF is 'neither accurate nor warranted'.
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Politics

Pakistan PM Imran Khan goes on a deranged rant to oppose the passage of CAB in Lok Sabha, invokes ‘bilateral agreements’

OpIndia Staff -
Indian Lok Sabha passes the Citizenship Amendment Bill tabled by HM Amit Shah, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan loses his mind.
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News Reports

BHU: SVDV students finally vindicated, Dr Firoze Khan resigns, will join Arts faculty to teach Sanskrit

OpIndia Staff -
Sources have informed OpIndia that Dr Firoze Khan has resigned from the SVDV faculty late on Monday night.
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Politics

USCIRF, the commission that recommended denial of US visa to Modi, threats US sanctions against Amit Shah if CAB is passed

OpIndia Staff -
It is notable here that the USCIRF is the same body that had recommended the US government not to approve a tourist Visa for PM Narendra Modi after the Gujarat riots when he was the CM of the state.
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Politics

“Salam Alaikum Harshuddin Miyan”: Netizens react as ‘activist’ Harsh Mander decides to ‘register’ himself as Muslim if CAB is passed

OpIndia Staff -
Taking to Twitter, Harsh Mander said that as part of his 'civil disobedience' he will officially register himself as a Muslim (as against conversion, we wonder how that would work) if the CAB is passed.
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Politics

Congress’ new ally Shiv Sena votes for Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
As Congress opposed Citizenship Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, Shiv Sena extended its support.
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Politics

From Nehru-Liaquat Pact to Rohingyas: Here are the most important takeaways from Amit Shah’s reply on CAB

OpIndia Staff -
On Monday night, Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke on the floor of the Parliament again in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Bill before the Parliament voted on the Bill.
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Politics

At the stroke of midnight, as Lok Sabha passed Citizenship Amendment Bill, ‘seculars’ can’t keep calm

OpIndia Staff -
Self-appointed custodians of 'secular fabric of India' have an amusing meltdown as Lok Sabha passes the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
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Politics

Watch: Home Minister Amit Shah slays Congress and Shiv Sena during the Citizenship Amendment Bill debate in Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Home Minister Amit Shah took a dig at Shiv Sena and Congress during the debate on Citizenship Amendment Bill.
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News Reports

Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by Lok Sabha in midnight voting

OpIndia Staff -
311 MPs of Lok Sabha voted for Citizenship Amendment Bill, while 80 voted against it.
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News Reports

After spewing venom against Amit Shah, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi tears copy of CAB in Lok Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
Asaduddin Owaisi said that CAB is an insult to India's freedom-fighters
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News Reports

Burqa-clad unknown person throws acid on the face of a woman in Bihar’s Kaimur district

OpIndia Staff -
The unknown assailant in Burqa entered the victim’s house and threw acid on her before fleeing away
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News Reports

Controversial IAS officer makes dangerous insinuations about Supreme Court if they don’t strike down CAB

OpIndia Staff -
Kannan Gopinathan, whose only claim to fame is his resignation as IAS officer over Article 370, is up to his usual tricks again
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News Reports

Denial of Reality? Journalist claims India was divided on the basis of secularism, not religion

OpIndia Staff -
Shivam Vij continues to bury his head in sand, refusing to accept that India’s partition happened on religious lines
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News Reports

JNU ‘students’ march to Rashtrapati Bhavan to protest against fee hike, police lathi charge to control the unruly mob

OpIndia Staff -
In November, JNU students had marched towards the parliament chanting anti-fee hike slogans
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Fact-Check

Pro-AAP blogger Dhruv Rathee shows his ‘WhatsApp University’ credentials, claims India was not partitioned on religious grounds

OpIndia Staff -
Pro-AAP blogger and YouTuber Dhruv Rathee is a known peddler of fake news and this time, he is spreading lies about CAB
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News Reports

From wanting modern day ‘Mahatma’ to fast unto death, to ‘everyone is a piece of shit, ‘Liberals’ lose their mind opposing CAB

OpIndia Staff -
On social media, it was an all-around meltdown in the 'secular' camp due to the CAB.
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News Reports

Despite Kulbhushan Jadhav giving power of attorney to Indian High Commission, Islamabad insists only a Pakistani can represent him in court

OpIndia Staff -
This announcement came even as Pakistan said that it is in the process of taking further legal steps in Kulbhushan Jadhav's case.
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Political History of India

Ahmadiyyas were at the forefront of creation of Pakistan, an Ahmadiyya Unit fought against India in Kashmir in 1947-48

OpIndia Staff -
One argument that is often made is against the Bill is the exclusion of Ahmadiyyas from the CAB.
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News Reports

Congress leaders want Rahul Gandhi back as President but want mommy Sonia to handhold him, journalist close to party reveals

OpIndia Staff -
Rasheed Kidwai says that Congress leaders do not relish the prospects of Rahul as head of the party in Sonia's absence.
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Opinions

Despite a setback in Maharashtra, Amit Shah remains the undisputed Kautilya of modern Indian politics

pranavjain -
Not for nothing is Home Minister Amit Shah called the modern-day Kautilya
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News Reports

UP Shia Board chief claims Shias are persecuted in Sunni countries, asks HM Amit Shah to include them in CAB

OpIndia Staff -
Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi said that Shias have been oppressed by Sunnis and has asked for their inclusion in the CAB.
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News Reports

After Siddaramaiah, now Karnataka Congress State President resigns: Another jolt to Congress after BJP sweeps Karnataka by poll

OpIndia Staff -
The Congress State President has also resigned, delivering another body-blow to Congress in Karnataka.
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Politics

Madhya Pradesh: Congress MLA extends open support to Indore’s mafia don Jitu Soni

OpIndia Staff -
Jeetu Soni has been absconding and a Rs 30,000 bounty has already been declared on him. The Madhya Pradesh government has also demolished his illegal properties.
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News Reports

CAB necessary because Congress divided country on basis of religion, does not violate Constitution: Amit Shah

OpIndia Staff -
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) was tabled in the parliament by Amit Shah that led to a massive debate and uproar.
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News Reports

Watch: The man who was threatened by Karti Chidambaram for asking a question on INX media scam speaks up

OpIndia Staff -
Prakash Belwade-Patil says Chidambaram father-son duo keep threatening others and they should be sent back to Tihar jail
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