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Creates caste divide, harasses upper caste students: Protest against The Print columnist Dilip Mandal erupt in Makhanlal University

OpIndia Staff -
Dilip Mandal had then urged people to trend ‘Brahmanvadi Twitter’ on the social media platform
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News Reports

Congress emulates Pakistan, to ‘gherao’ Indian embassies across the globe ‘to show solidarity with AICC on national issues’

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Indian Overseas Congress plans to stage a demonstration to gherao Indian embassies across the Europe
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News Reports

Former Sikh minister from Imran Khan’s PTI hails Modi and Shah for CAB, says India the only country which is home

OpIndia Staff -
Imran Khan former minister Baldev Singh particularly lauded Home Minister Amit Shah whom he gave the credit for passing of CAB
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News Reports

UP CM Yogi Adityanath asks families to donate Rs 11 and a stone for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya

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UP CM Yogi Adityanath asked every family to donate Rs 11 and a stone to Ram Temple in an election rally in Jharkhand
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News Reports

Muslim organisations opposing CAB called for post-Friday prayer protests in various parts of the country

OpIndia Staff -
Though this time these post-Friday prayer protests have been tucked away behind the pretext of CAB, violence after Friday Muslim prayers are not uncommon
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News Reports

Supreme Court upholds the report of JK Juvenile Justice Committee, nails the lies spread by leftist media over ‘detention of children in Kashmir’

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The Supreme Court today reiterated that there seems to be misinformation being spread on this issue and concluded that no minor has been detained.
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Law

Andhra Pradesh government passes ‘Disha Bill’: Trials of rapists and acid attackers to conclude within 21 days, death penalty included

OpIndia Staff -
According to new provisions, the investigation is completed within seven working days if there is 'adequate conclusive evidence'. The new law also states trial must be completed within 14 working days, thus reducing the total judgment time to 21 working days.
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News Reports

DSSF, a students’ forum in TISS extends support to the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, NRC

OpIndia Staff -
Democratic Secular Students Forum(DSSF) of TISS organised a silent gathering to register their support for the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019, and NRC.
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Crime

Pune: Step-father booked under POCSO for sexually assaulting and killing 15-year-old girl

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The accused step-father allegedly had an ugly brawl with his wife following which he had threatened her of “dire consequences”.
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News Reports

Assam protests: Japan PM Shinzo Abe’s official visit postponed, to be held on a later date

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Guwahati, the capital city of Assam was the planned venue for the three-day summit between Japanese Prime Minister Abe and PM Modi.
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News Reports

TMC’s Mahua Moitra rushes to SC against Citizenship Amendment Act, SC refuses urgent hearing

OpIndia Staff -
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has now become an act of law after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the historic legislation on Thursday.
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Politics

Ruckus in parliament over Rahul Gandhi’s cheap comments over sexual crimes against women

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Launching a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh said people like Rahul Gandhi should not be elected to the House.
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News Reports

CAB protests: Curfew lifted for 5 hours in Dibrugarh, AASU calls for hunger strike in Guwahati

OpIndia Staff -
Following the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Bill and subsequent protests in the North-Eastern region, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday tried to assure people that the Citizenship Act will not hamper the spirit and interests of the region.
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News Reports

Sikh community in Kashmir agrees for demolition of 72-year-old Gurudwara to make way for National Highway

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The Gurudwara was one of four bottlenecks in the road project, most parts of which were completed in 2013. Besides the gurudwara, the three other bottlenecks were a power line, a petrol pump, and water supply lines.
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News Reports

UK elections: Labour Party that supported Pakistani narrative over 370 abrogation loses big, its chief Jeremy Corbyn resigns

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Many leaders and MPs of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party were found participating in anti-India protest marches organised by Pakistan-sponsored groups in Britain. On two occasions, such mobs had even attacked the Indian High Commission building in London.
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News Reports

Citizenship Amendment Act comes into force after President Kovind gives assent to the bill

OpIndia Staff -
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed by Rajya Sabha on Wednesday and by Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Government and Policy

Focus on protecting your own minorities rather than compulsively issue statements: MEA schools Imran Khan on CAB

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Pointing to Pakistan’s “draconian blasphemy laws”, MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar asked Imran Khan to pay more attention to this issue
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News Reports

From Hindu Rashtra to Nazi Germany: ‘Liberals’ continue their epic meltdown against Citizenship Amendment Bill

OpIndia Staff -
Citizenship Amendment Bill was passed in the Upper House. With that ensued another round of the Great Liberal Meltdown.
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News Reports

Assam CAB protests: Angry mob sets BJP MLA Binod Hazarika’s house on fire, other property of BJP leaders vandalised

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Protests rage on in Assam for the fourth consecutive day against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019
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News Reports

Tarun Tejpal case: Bombay HC orders Mapusa court not to let defence lawyers pose irrelevant questions to the victim

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Tejpal is charged under several sections of the IPC for sexually assaulting his junior colleague inside a lift of a resort hotel in Goa during a media event in November 2013.
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Opinions

Congress allies with IUML and Shiv Sena: Lust for power dictates coalition politics now, not respect for constituent and ideology

Yogesh Attray -
The fall of one-party dominant system or what famous political scientist Rajni Kothari termed as ‘Congress System’ in the 1970s led to an era of coalition politics.
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Crime

Uttar Pradesh woman raped last year in Delhi threatened with fate ‘worse than Unnao’ if she appears in court

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This is the third such incidents reported in the last few days where the rape accused has used the Unnao incident to threaten the victim.
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News Reports

Partition imposed on minorities of Pakistan, temples, churches, gurdwaras vandalised: Here is what Modi said

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PM Modi asked the public not to be misled by the Congress, which he said had promised relief to persecuted minorities but had never done anything for them. 
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News Reports

Cancellation of the Bangladesh FM’s visit and the passage of the CAB should not be linked: Read MEA response

OpIndia Staff -
The Ministry of External Affairs has refuted claims made by sections of media and clarified that cancellation of Bangladesh Foreign Minister's official trip to India is not connected to the ongoing events in India, especially Citizenship Amendment Bill.
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News Reports

5 instances in the latest Twitter rant by Imran Khan where he picked the ideas from the Congress party

OpIndia Staff -
Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan continued with his nonsensical rants on Twitter on Thursday inspired by Congress
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Law

Win for Hindus as the Supreme Court dismisses all 18 petitions seeking review of the historic Ayodhya verdict

OpIndia Staff -
SC was today conducting an in-chamber hearing of a bunch of review petitions filed against the Ayodhya ruling
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Crime

He holds me captive, tortures, threatens to kill: SP leader Aafaq Khan booked for sexually assaulting woman for 5 years

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Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Aafaq Khan has been booked for sexually exploiting a woman and blackmailing her.
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News Reports

Sanjiv Bhatt lied, told an imaginary ‘story’ about meeting the then Gujarat CM Modi, says Nanavati-Mehta Commission report

OpIndia Staff -
The report concluded that the former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt had lied and made up stories of him attending a meeting at the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi's residence on February 27, 2002.
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News Reports

JDU to act against Prashant Kishor and Pavan Verma over their statements against Citizenship Amendment Bill: Reports

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Unhappy over the comments made by the senior leaders of the party - Prashant Kishor and Pavan Verma over the issue of party's support to the Citizenship Amendment Bill, the JDU has reportedly sent notices to both leaders
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Politics

‘Liberals’ who have suddenly discovered their love for Ahmadiyyas were silent when Asaduddin Owaisi was oppressing them

K Bhattacharjee -
The plight of Ahmadiyyas was mostly highlighted by 'Secular' people like Owaisi in opposition to Citizenship Amendment Bill
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Crime

Bhopal: Woman given triple talaq by husband, raped by ‘healer’ Anwar Khan on pretext of Halala

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Triple talaq is now a punishable offence carrying a three-year jail term. Still, numerous cases are being reported regularly.
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News Reports

‘Like a bird who has been freed from a cage’ says Hindu refugee from Majnu Ka Tila on CAB: OpIndia Exclusive

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The refugees said that they have come to India nearly a decade back with a valid visa issued by the Indian government. The refugees added that they had to leave their relatives in Pakistan and come to India because religious persecution in the Islamic nation had made their lives difficult.
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Opinions

BHU Dharma Vigyan students deserve an apology for being labelled as ‘bigots’

Abhishek Banerjee -
A few weeks ago, headlines went viral about protests at BHU against a newly appointed professor of Sanskrit who happened to be Muslim.
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Law

Indian Union Muslim League represented by Kapil Sibal move SC against Citizenship Amendment Bill, seek to declare it ‘illegal’

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The Indian Union Muslim League moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019
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Crime

Ranchi: Lawyer who represented Richa Bharti against Quran distribution order shot dead, property dispute suspected

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Ram Pravesh Singh had represented Richa Bharti in her legal fight against the court order which had asked her to distribute the copies of Quran over a complaint against her Facebook post.
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News Reports

Asaduddin Owaisi denies persecution of Hindus and other minorities in Islamic nations in a shameful interview

OpIndia Staff -
In an interview to The Logical Indian, AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi denied persecution of Hindus and other minority groups in Pakistan and other neighbouring Islamic nations
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News Reports

Prime Minister Modi vows to safeguard Clause 6 of Assam Accord: Read its significance amidst CAB debate

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi assures that Clause 6 of the Assam Accord will be upheld. The BJP has been insisting that the CAB will not impact the state negatively.
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News Reports

Tihar starts preparing to hang Nirbhaya rapists, specials ropes ordered from Bihar’s jail, dummy execution done: Read details

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Arrangements for the execution of four rapists convicted in 2012 Nirbhaya case have begun at Tihar Jail
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Government and Policy

Maharashtra: Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway to be renamed after Balasaheb Thackeray, was earlier to be named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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The previous government, led by BJP had planned to name the Mumbai Nagpur expressway after late Atal Bihari Vajpayee and had even submitted the proposal for the same to then chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. 
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News Reports

Report claims US State Department had reprimanded Pakistan for F16 use against India: Read details

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Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig 21 Bison had shot down an F16. India had highlighted the usage of Pakistan's US-supplied F16s and AMRAM missiles against India in February this year, just after the Balakot airstrike.
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News Reports

IPS officer, who was accused of favouring Muslim candidates, resigns to protest against Govt favouring non-Muslims in CAB

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IPS officer from Maharashtra, Abdur Rahman had applied for VRS in August but is now saying he resigned to protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill
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News Reports

Citizenship Amendment Bill: Amit Shah lashes out at Congress, accuses it of singing the same tune as Pakistan PM Imran Khan

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Amit Shah blasted at Congress for inciting fear among the Muslim for Citizenship Amendment Bill
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Government and Policy

The historic Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by the Rajya Sabha with 125 Ayes and 105 Noes

OpIndia Staff -
The Citizenship Amendment Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha after being passed in Lok Sabha yesterday
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Crime

Fatehpur gang-rape victim threatened with ‘Unnao-like’ fate by family members of accused if complaint not withdrawn

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The 16-year-old rape victim, who is being threatened with 'Unnao like' fate, was allegedly abducted and raped by four men in a village in Ghazipur
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News Reports

566 Muslims given Indian Citizenship under Modi government: Amit Shah informs Rajya Sabha during CAB debate

OpIndia Staff -
Amit Shah revealed that the Modi-led govt has provided citizenship to 566 Muslims since it came to power in 2014.
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News Reports

Assam: Mobile Internet services suspended for 24 hours in certain districts as protest over CAB turn violent

OpIndia Staff -
Protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) have taken an ugly turn in the Northeastern state of Assam
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Crime

Mumbai: 22-year-old man stalked via Instagram, kidnapped and raped by four men

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According to police officers from the VB Nagar police station, the four accused had stalked the 22-year-old victim on Instagram and had reached near a restaurant to approach him.
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Political History of India

Officially anti-Hindu party: How Congress is trying to blame the Islamic concept of two nations on Hindus

K Bhattacharjee -
Congress leader Kapil Sibal said in the Rajya Sabha that the Citizenship Amendment Bill will realize "Savarkar's two-nation theory".
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News Reports

Majnu Ka Tila: Hindu refugee family from Pakistan name their daughter ‘Nagrikta (Citizenship)’, father says she is ‘India’s daughter’

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Many residents of Majnu Ka Tila in the national capital said that the bill if cleared, will help them get Indian citizenship and finally bring an end to their life in exile.
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News Reports

IIT-B students support Citizenship Amendment Bill even as handful of students from leftist orgs try to protest in campus

Nupur J Sharma -
IIT B has been gripped with controversy as Leftist student groups try to protest against Citizenship Amendment Bill
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