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After Mamata Banerjee, communist govt in Kerala puts NPR work on hold due to ‘apprehensions’ that it would lead to NRC

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala's Chief Minister's Office said the action was taken as the NPR "deviates from Constitutional values"
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News Reports

Sharad Pawar bats for Bhima Koregaon violence accused ‘Urban Naxals’, demands ‘fresh probe’ from CM Thackeray

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Sharad Pawar had in 2018 filed an affidavit holding Maharashtra govt responsible for the violence and giving a clean chit to the ‘Urban Naxals’
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News Reports

Idols will be removed, thrones will vanish, only Allah’s name will remain: Complaint against IIT-K’s Jamia solidarity event

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IIT-Kanpur professor lodges complaint against recitation of communal lines from Faiz poem during Anti-CAA protests
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News Reports

AAP MLA and Delhi Waqf Board Chairman Amanatullah Khan rewards Md Minhajuddin, who got ‘injured’ during Jamia anti-CAA riots

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AAP MLA and chairman of Delhi Waqf Board Amanatullah Khan provided Minhajuddin, injured during Jamia riots, financial aid
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News Reports

Anti-CAA violence: Section 144 extended till 31st January in Uttar Pradesh, internet service suspended in 21 districts

OpIndia Staff -
According to reports 11 persons have died in the violence during anti-CAA protests
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News Reports

Anti-CAA riots: RJD workers, armed with sticks and flags with Lalu’s face, vandalise autorickshaws during ‘bandh’ called in Bihar

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Violent visuals have emerged from Bhagalpur, Bihar where RJD has called for an anti-CAA 'bandh'
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News Reports

Anti-CAA protest at Kranti Maidan, Mumbai: 11 videos that show clueless protestors who have no idea why they are protesting

OpIndia Staff -
One of the anti-CAA protests was also held at the August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai, where the protestors were clueless
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Media

Anti-CAA riots: As propaganda spreads about ‘children’ being arrested, CNN-News18 deletes video showing young Muslim rioters in Kanpur

OpIndia Staff -
The anti-CAA protests have descended into blatant rioting, violence and arson by Muslim mobs throughout the country.
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News Reports

Anti-CAA protests: Kerala branch of Congress student wing NSUI block bus belonging to India’s pride, ISRO

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Anti-CAA protests: Kerala chapter of Congress' NSUI in Peroorkada junction blocked the bus belonging to the country's proudest organisation - ISRO.
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News Reports

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor shares map of India with part of Kashmir given to Pakistan, ironically calls it attempt to save India

OpIndia Staff -
Shashi Tharoor had posted an infographic related to 'Bharat Bachao' protest by Congress against CAA
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News Reports

Anti-CAA protesters in Bengaluru display blatant Hinduphobia by distorting Hindu Om symbol to look like the Nazi symbol

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Anti CAA protesters carry poster showing Hindu Om symbol as the Nazi Swastika symbol, and the text 'Fuck Hindutva'
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News Reports

Indian citizens do not have to prove ancestry dating back to pre-1971: MHA quells all falsehoods about the Citizenship Amendment Act

OpIndia Staff -
The leftist brigade have been working overtime to spread misinformation on the Citizenship Amendment Act
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News Reports

‘Goli maaro gaddaro ko’: Thousands of Delhiites take out Tiranga yatra in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act

OpIndia Staff -
5000 common citizens assembled at the Central Park in Delhi at 5 pm today, holding placards which read: We support CAA
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News Reports

Modi government dispels myths about NRC: Here are 13 FAQs and their answers published by the govt

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The Goverment of India publishes 13 questions about NRC and their NRC to dispel myths
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News Reports

Anti-CAA protests: Stones hurled at Government buses by rioters in Nashik and Beed districts of Maharashtra

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Maharashtrian towns of Nanded, Beed and Parbhani witnessed stone-pelting incidents during the anti-CAA protests
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News Reports

Take revenge, don’t spare any cop: Congress Corporator Shehzad Khan Pathan instigated anti-CAA riots in Ahmedabad

OpIndia Staff -
Ahmedabad Police has arrested Congress Corporator Shehzad Khan Pathan along with several other for anti-CAA riots
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News Reports

No interest in meeting her: MEA S Jaishankar cancels meeting with US politicians over inclusion of anti-India Congresswoman

OpIndia Staff -
S Jaishankar said that Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal does not have a fair understanding of Kashmir issue and he has no interest in meeting her.
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Politics

Can the anti-CAA protests hurt BJP or Narendra Modi electorally?

Rahul Roushan -
An analysis on how the current round of protests around CAA and NRC could affect votes in India.
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News Reports

Burhan ‘headmaster’s son’ Wani 2.0: despite being exposed as terrorist and Jihad supporters, Barkha Dutt stands by her Jamia ‘sheroes’

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Barkha Dutt continues to refuse to accept the Jihadi ideologies of her Jamia ‘sheroes’
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Crime

2008 Jaipur blast case: Special court awards death penalty to all four Islamist terrorists

OpIndia Staff -
On Wednesday, a special court in Jaipur had convicted four people for the 2008 Jaipur blasts, which killed nearly 80 people and left many others injured. The quantum of sentence was announced on Friday by the special court. 
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Crime

Watch: 9 videos of stone pelting, arson, vandalism by Muslims mobs and action by police during anti-CAA riots in UP today

OpIndia Staff -
The situation in Kanpur also turned violent after protesters went unruly in the city. The violent Muslim mobs chased a police jeep and ransacked public property.
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News Reports

Can’t join protest while on duty, absence will be considered unauthorised: TISS issues circular to faculty and staff on anti-CAA protests

OpIndia Staff -
The circular from TISS has come at a time when anti-CAA protests have turned into riots. 
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News Reports

Left, media destroying Sanatan Dharma, Hindus should unite to preserve Hinduism: Former Deputy PM of Nepal Kamal Thapa

OpIndia Staff -
Former Deputy PM of Nepal Kamal Thapa today called for Hindus of the world to unite in the fight against the leftists
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Politics

Anti-CAA riots in Bihar: Vandalism, disruptions reported, Pappu Yadav marches wearing handcuffs and shackles

OpIndia Staff -
JAP chief Pappu Yadav marched on the streets accompanied by supporters wearing handcuffs and shackles, accusing the government of trying to smother dissent.
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News Reports

Media, celebrities spreading falsehoods, CAA being misinterpreted: Pune law students issue statement supporting the Act

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Students of ILS Law College, Pune strongly reiterate their support for the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
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Crime

Out-on-bail Islamist KA Najeeb of PFI, accused in Kerala professor’s hand-chopping case re-arrested by NIA

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The Muslim radicals had attacked the professor as a punishment for the alleged reference to Prophet Mohammed in a question paper that he prepared for an internal exam in 2010.
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News Reports

Everything that doesn’t fit ideology of a clique is not unconstitutional: 51 NLUO students extend support to CAA, slam critics

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The students of NLOU, Cuttack signed a letter extending their support to CAA and slammed critics
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Opinions

No right to question India when its own closet is brimming with skeletons: Here is why USCIRF should back off on CAA

Vinayak Jain -
The USCIRF has condemned the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA, then CAB) brought in by Modi govt
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Politics

Bhim Army chief defies police ban, leads protest march from Jama Masjid, detained after trying to escape: Report

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Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad surfaced at the Jama Masjid in Delhi today, dramatically defying a ban on protests amidst heavy police presence.
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News Reports

In a hilarious gaffe, US Department of Agriculture lists fictional country ‘Wakanda’ as a free-trade partner, removes later

OpIndia Staff -
Wakanda featured prominently in the movie Avengers: Infinity War. 
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Crime

Unnao rape case: Delhi court sentences Kuldeep Sengar to life imprisonment, imposes Rs 25 lakh fine

OpIndia Staff -
On December 16, Former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted in the Unnao rape and kidnapping case by Delhi’s Tis Hazari Court. The court had convicted Sengar for rape under the sections of IPC and the POCSO Act for raping a minor.
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Politics

Anti-CAA protests: Sharmistha Mukherjee, other Congress members detained near Home Minister Amit Shah’s residence

OpIndia Staff -
Sharmistha Mukherjee along with other Delhi Mahila Congress members were stating a protest near Home Minister Amit Shah’s residence against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
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Law

‘Shame shame’ slogans: Lawyers request Delhi HC judges to take contempt of court action against Jamia lobby

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The bench has agreed on referring the matter to one of its relevant committees to undertake an inquiry.
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News Reports

Anti-CAA Seelampur riots: Police arrest Raees who got injured after the bomb he was trying to hurl at police exploded in his hand

OpIndia Staff -
Raees was hospitalised after the bomb he had tried to throw at police in Seelampur riots exploded in his own hands
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Opinions

Muslim radicals set Delhi ablaze: What explains the behaviour of these Indian Muslims

Tarek Fatah -
The current rampaging began soon after the Indian parliament enacted the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) on December 11
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News Reports

Pakistan based Islamic terror groups may try to assassinate PM Modi at Ramlila Maidan rally: Intelligence reports

OpIndia Staff -
Intelligence agencies have inputs that JeM operatives mobilised to assassinate Narendra Modi at Ramlila ground
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News Reports

Anti-CAA riots: Muslim mob led by Jignesh Mevani in Gujarat that attacked a police van carried ‘Jai Bheem’ flags

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Anti-CAA riots: A Muslim mob went violent in Jignesh Mevani’s constituency in Gujarat
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Crime

Anti-CAA riots: Samajwadi Party’s MP Shafiqur Rahman, Firoze Khan booked by UP Police for violence and arson in Sambhal

OpIndia Staff -
On Thursday, Sambhal, a stronghold of Samajwadi Party, witnessed a large-scale protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act as four buses of UPSRTC and six police vehicles were vandalised by protesters.
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Media Fact-Check

Here is how PTI lied about Yogi Adityanath’s stern message to anti-CAA rioters who went on rampage in Uttar Pradesh

OpIndia Staff -
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had sent a strong warning to the anti-CAA rioters
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Crime

UAPA case against CPM members in Kerala: NIA to take over investigation against Alan Shuhaib and Thaha Fazal

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The two accused, who hailed from Thalassery, were handing out pro-Maoist pamphlets and shouting pro-Maoist slogans when they were arrested from the Pantheerankavu market. 
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News Reports

Watch: Hindu refugees confront and chase Medha Patkar away, ask her to live in Pakistan to know what they suffered

OpIndia Staff -
The Hindu refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, who faced religious persecution in their respective countries, will be the biggest beneficiaries of the Citizenship Amendment Act which will finally make them Indian citizens after years of waiting.
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News Reports

Muslim mob gathered at Dargah and started stone pelting after Namaz: Cops injured during anti-CAA riots in Ahmedabad

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On 19th December 2019, in an anti-CAA riot, a raging Muslim mob had gone on a rampage in the Shah-e-Alam area of Ahmedabad.
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Government and Policy

NITI Aayog to hold consultative meetings to draft roadmap for achieving population stabilisation

OpIndia Staff -
The officials and experts will brainstorm over recommendations such as treating population stabilisation and family planning as a national priority and ensuring inter-governmental convergence and multisectoral participation.
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News Reports

Congress Corporator Shehzad Khan Pathan detained among 32 others for violence by Muslim mob in Ahmedabad during anti-CAA riots

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After vicious violence was unleashed by a Muslim mob in the Shah-e-Alam area of Ahmedabad, Congress Corporator Shehzad Khan Pathan has been detained
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News Reports

No dharna, protests or interruption of work: AIIMS warns resident doctors, nurses and students in the wake of anti-CAA ‘protests’

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The administration, in its memorandum, warned that any violation will lead to disciplinary and other actions
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News Reports

Barkha Dutt’s ‘shero’ Aysha Renna deactivates Facebook account after being exposed as terrorist sympathiser

OpIndia Staff -
One of the two Barkha's 'sheroes', Aysha Renna, has deactivated her Facebook account after her terror sympathies were exposed
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Media

Facebook removes The Quint’s “fact-check” where they had declared the ‘Hinduon se Azadi’ video as fake

OpIndia Staff -
Facebook has removed a fake 'Fact-Check' by The Quint where the propaganda outlet claimed that the slogan "Hinduon Se Azadi" was never chanted by the Jamia students.
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News Reports

Watch: Muslim mob goes on a rampage during anti-CAA riots in Ahmedabad, pelt stones, almost lynch policeman

OpIndia Staff -
Anti-CAA riots: A Muslim mob in Ahmedabad went on a rampage, pelted stones and almost lynched a police officer.
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News Reports

India deploying missiles, escalating tensions to divert the world’s attention: Pakistan rants and complaints to UN

OpIndia Staff -
Pakistan is now complaining that India is deploying missiles in Jammu & Kashmir.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee says BJP workers buying skull cap to malign Muslims, demands UN-monitored referendum on CAA and NRC

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee has blamed BJP workers for plotting to disturb the peace and maligning Muslim during anti-CAA protests
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