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‘Peace-loving’ Pakistani man gets 10 years for planning murder of Dutch politician who had planned Prophet cartoon competition

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

In June 2018, Dutch MP Wilders had announced Prophet Muhammad cartoon competition to be held at his party’s parliamentary offices. Later in August, he was forced to cancel

Politics

NRC will be implemented across the country: HM Amit Shah in Rajya Sabha

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

Union Minister Amit Shah speaks on Kashmir and the NRC issue in the Rajya Sabha

News Reports

Agra: Idol of Lord Hanuman desecrated at Itmad-ud-Daula, eyes gouged out

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

Eyes of the idol of Lord Hanuman were gouged out by unknown miscreant in the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday

News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: BJP lawmakers urge CM Yogi Adityanath to rename Aligarh to ‘Harigarh’

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

It has been a long standing demand to change name of Aligarh to Harigarh.

News Reports

JNU administration moves Delhi HC seeking contempt against protesting students, Delhi Police for violating court order

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

The JNU admin approached the Delhi High Court seeking contempt action against its "students" and the Delhi Police for violating August 2017 court order

Politics

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor joins UK firm which had hosted NDTV’s Nidhi Razdan in controversial Kashmir event

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor joined CTD Advisors which had hosted the event 'The Cost to Britain of the Kashmir Crisis: Is There a Solution?' in London

Social Media

Mughals established ‘Akhand Bharat’: Unintentional comedy erupts as Islamists trend #ThanksMughals

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

ThanksMughals was trended on Twitter by Islamists to glorify the brutality of Mughals.

News Reports

After Rahul Gandhi’s infamous ‘hug and wink’ in Parliament, now Congress MLA blows kisses in Odisha Assembly

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

Odisha: Congress MLA blew a flying kiss to Speaker SN Patro for being allowed to raise issues faced by his constituency

Crime

The skeletons keep tumbling out: Three more former altar boys accuse two priests of sexually abusing them inside Vatican Church

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

These shocking cases of sexual abuse have now come to light just two months after the Vatican Church had announced Father Gabriele Martinelli and Father Enrico Radice, who allegedly covered up his suspected crimes.

Entertainment

Watch: ‘Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj…’ Tanhaji actor Sharad Kelkar corrects journalist who referred to the Maratha warrior by his first name

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

Actor Sharad Kelkar plays the role of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the film Tanhaji which releases on 10 January 2020

Google removes the anti-India mobile app ‘2020 Sikh Referendum’ from its Play Store

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

The Referendum 2020 app on Google Play Store is now removed by the tech giant.

News Reports

Parliament passes bill to remove Congress President as the permanent member of Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

The Parliament on Tuesday has passed the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill, 2019 which seeks to remove the Congress president as a trustee of the memorial.

News Reports

Watch: Pakistani politician in exile seeking asylum in India Altaf Hussain sings ‘Sare Jahan Se Achha’ in TV debate

OpIndia Staff - 20 November, 2019

Pakistani politician in exile Altaf Hussain, who is seeking asylum in India, sang 'Sare Jahan Se Achha, Hindustan Humara' in a television debate on Republic TV last night.

News Reports

We perform Purohit Karm, we do not want Sanatan Dharma studies get influenced by Islam or Christianity: Protesting students at BHU

रवि अग्रहरि - 19 November, 2019

BHU students of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan faculty are protesting against appointment of Muslim professor, Dr Firoz Khan

News Reports

PRO of BHU clarifies, says Ramayana and Mahabharata not removed from BA syllabus

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

BHU has been in a storm of controversies lately.

News Reports

Kerala: Child registered as 10 year old, stopped from entering Sabarimala after Aadhar reveals she is 12

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

The Sabarimala shrine of Lord Ayyappa in Sabarimala had opened for the annual 41-day pilgrimage on November 17 (Saturday) marking the beginning of the Mandala Puja

Media

Ravish Kumar incites violence, wants students from Hindi heartland with ‘third class’ ideology to be more like JNU goons

Editorial Desk - 19 November, 2019

Ravish Kumar engaged in extremely dangerous rhetoric in the article published on NDTV about JNU

Media

News agency PTI turns Jaish-e-Mohammad into a respectable corporate structure, calls JeM terrorists as ‘associates’

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

News agency PTI today, in essence, declared terror group Jaish-e-Mohommad as a corporate entity by calling its terrorists as 'associates'.

News Reports

Veer Savarkar’s photo found defaced at BHU, leftist student had earlier threatened to do so

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Veer Savarkar's photo in the political science department of BHU was found defaced and smeared with ink on Monday.

Politics

JNUSU demands protection from administrative action, blames registrar, ignores questions over halted ambulances

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

The JNUSU President has requested the Joint Secretary of the Human Resource Development Ministry, GC Hosur, to ensure that no administrative action is taken against students for carrying out the protests.

Opinions

There is no ‘fee hike’ in JNU: While free education may be a right, free accommodation is certainly not

Abhishek Banerjee - 19 November, 2019

For almost a week now, the nation has been transfixed at the spectacle of JNU students doing what they are best known for - protests

Crime

‘Worst ever pedophile in French history’: Surgeon suspected of raping and abusing up to 250 children

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

A French surgeon, who has been imprisoned since 2017, may have sexually abused up to 250 children

Government and Policy

No taxes paid for Anand Bhavan: Prayagraj authorities send 4.35 crores notice to Nehru Memorial Fund

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund that manages Anand Bhavan, Swaraj Bhavan and Jawahar Planetarium have argued that all these buildings are heritage buildings and thus exempted from taxes.

Entertainment

Here are five reasons why the trailer of ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ will anger ‘liberals’

Editorial Desk - 19 November, 2019

The trailer of Ajay Devgan's upcoming movie Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior has bee released on the 19th of November.

News Reports

In 2016, two teenagers got radicalised, converted to Islam, pledged allegiance to ISIS and tried to blow up Eiffel Tower for their wedding

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

How Sara and Thomas got radicalised, converted to Islam, pledged allegiance to ISIS, decided to get married and blow up Eiffel Tower

Media Fact-Check

The Hindu and Sonia Gandhi’s NAC member Jean Dreze join hands to spread lies about Modi govt’s maternity schemes

S. Sudhir Kumar - 19 November, 2019

“Maternity scheme reaches only one-third of beneficiaries”, screamed a headline in The Hindu today and then, Jean Dreze chimed in too

News Reports

Orthodox vs Jacobites in Kerala: Body of BSF Jawan not allowed inside Piravom church, funeral turns chaotic

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

While the two Christian factions in Kerala fight over control of Churches, on several instances, bodies of believers are kept frozen for days because of the tussle over funeral rites.

News Reports

MHA responds to question about Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar, says no formal recommendation needed for it

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Member of Parliament from Mumbai North, Gopal Shetty asked a question to the central government about the steps taken to grant Bharat Ratna to Veer Savarkar.

News Reports

Pakistan’s dirty tricks: Halts repatriation of five Indian civilian prisoners and many fishermen in its custody

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

As per the India-Pakistan ‘Agreement on Consular Access’ signed on May 21, 2008, the two countries biannually exchange lists of civilian prisoners and fisherman apprehended for violating territorial restrictions.

Government and Policy

Andhra Pradesh increases assistance for Christians travelling to Jerusalem and other Biblical places by whopping 50%

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

The government of Andhra Pradesh has increased the financial assistance provided to Christian pilgrims by a significant margin

Specials

The Rice Bag Project: ‘Mission India’ and how it uses rice bags and caste role-play games to convert Hindus to Christianity

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Mission India is an evangelical organization that seeks to 'transform India with the love of Christ through the local Church' and it uses Rice Bag to do so

Politics

From Shayari to Ghori: Shiv Sena’s frustrations continue, unable to form govt, puts the entire blame on BJP

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

As if the regular doses of Urdu Shayaris from Sanjay Raut's Twitter handle were not enough, the Sena has now gone ahead and compared their former allies with the Muslim invader Muhammad Ghori.

News Reports

Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Hind Chief says SC should have given alternate land to Hindus for Ram Mandir, lies in the process

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Jamiat-e-Ulama-e-Hind has said that SC should have given the alternate 5-acre land to Hindus to build a temple instead of the Muslims.

News Reports

Madhya Pradesh: 5,000 college teachers organise three-phase protest against Congress govt over non-payment of salaries

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh had initially denied the allegations saying that the teachers had not approached them with their grievances

Fact-Check

Watch: The ‘half-dead farmer brutally beaten by UP Police’ gets up and runs after filming video is over

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

A video clip of 'unconscious farmer' brutally beaten up by police in Unnao had gone viral on social media.

News Reports

The disruption begins: Congress gives adjournment motion in Lok Sabha over withdrawal of SPG cover to Gandhis

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Congress has submitted an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha over the withdrawal of SPG security to Gandhi family

Politics

CPM unhappy with Ayodhya verdict, says SC should have set clear ruling against future raising of Kashi-Mathura issues: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

The politburo had met on November 16 and 17 in New Delhi to discuss the Ayodhya verdict and the Sabarimala Temple issue.

News Reports

Pakistan: Only Christian journalist registered with Lahore Press Club quits after being harassed for not converting to Islam

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Pakistan: Christian journalist Gonila Gill, married to Husnain Jamil has quit Pakistan media house Dunya News after being harassed by her colleagues for her religion.

Politics

‘Putramoh’? Uddhav, not Aaditya Thackeray, may be the first Thackeray chief minister Maharashtra gets

Nirwa Mehta - 19 November, 2019

Udhhav Thackeray may be first Thackeray to become Maharashtra chief minister.

News Reports

South Korea: After leaning the bible and how to evangelise, over 100,000 ‘graduate’ from Shincheonji Church of Jesus

OpIndia Staff - 19 November, 2019

Over 50,000 seminaries were present at the ceremony while the rest of the seminaries across Korea and other nations attended the programme via a live stream.

News Reports