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Gujarat: Women’s group to hold rally in Ahmedabad in support of Nupur Sharma who is receiving death threats by Islamists

OpIndia Staff -
In last week of May 2022, during a debate on Times Now, Nupur Sharma made certain comments on Prophet Muhammad which have also been stated in the Islamic scriptures.
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News Reports

‘Bulldozer action will continue unabated’: Yogi Adityanath assures strict action against rioters

OpIndia Staff -
In a series of tweets, UP CM Yogi Adityanath issued a public statement, promising strict against miscreants responsible for violence that swept the state on Friday.
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News Reports

Congress expels Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party positions for cross voting in Rajya Sabha polls after Ajay Maken lost by 0.66 votes

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After Congress MLA Kuldip Bishnoi has been expelled by the party from all position after he voted for BJP in Rajya Sabha polls
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Featured

Viral video of kids urinating on photo of Nupur Sharma: What it tells us about patriarchy and the prevalence of rape culture

Sneha -
Apart from the "crime of blasphemy", Nupur has committed another crime, against patriarchy, to be born a woman in a highly patriarchal society.
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News Reports

‘Comedian’ Munawar Faruqui mocks singer Justin Bieber’s facial paralysis, had earlier made fun of victims of the Godhra train burning tragedy

OpIndia Staff -
Munawar Faruqui mocked singer Justin Bieber's facial paralysis after he revealed he is suffering from Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.
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News Reports

Jharkhand Congress MLA Irfan Ansari demands ₹50 lakh and government job for kins of the rioters killed in Ranchi, questions role of city SP

OpIndia Staff -
Jharkhand Congress MLA Irfan Ansari demands compensation and a job for the kin of the rioters killed in Ranchi during violence
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: State BJP chief K. Annamalai warns DMK government for threatening Hindu seers, says ‘bad time has started’

OpIndia Staff -
Annamalai warned that if Tamil Nadu government hassles Adheenam in any manner, serious repercussions will follow.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Hindu girl detained after Muslim Mob pelt stones at police chowk over her post asking rioters to migrate to Islamic countries

OpIndia Staff -
In a Facebook post, Aishwani had written, "Instead of vandalising properties, they can also avail the option of leaving this country."
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News Reports

Complaints against LiveLaw for misreporting HC proceedings in Kerala Gold Smuggling Case; prime accused had named CM Vijayan in the case

OpIndia Staff -
The complaints have alleged that LiveLaw misreported the Kerala Gold Smuggling Case proceedings with malafide intentions.
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News Reports

Srinagar police initiate probe against Caravan Magazine’s reporter Shahid Tantray for giving targets to terrorists with his reporting

OpIndia Staff -
Srinagar police confirmed that a probe has been initiated against a reporter from The Caravan for his mischievous article.
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News Reports

‘Nupur Sharma is daughter of India’: Hindu seers support the former BJP spokesperson, 16 resolutions passed in Dharma Parishad at Kashi

OpIndia Staff -
Hindu seers attending Dharma Parishad at Kashi said that India is run by constitution and not by Sharia, and supported Nupur Sharma
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Opinions

Tiananmen square massacre: How Beijing’s slaves in India had no sympathies for the victims and abused them as lackeys of the USA

Ganesh R -
Come June, the world remembers Tiananmen. Not in China’s official media though. But forget China, it has become a cowboy capitalist state in a fitting tribute to Mao. Let us look at the Indian left.
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News Reports

BJP sweeps 8 seats to strengthen its position in Rajya Sabha; MVA govt suffers massive setback after BJP wins 3 seats in Maharashtra

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP swept away the Rajya Sabha elections by winning eight of the 16 seats up for grabs in four states, namely Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Karnataka
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News Reports

Members of women’s journalist body IWPC distance themselves from statement supporting Saba Naqvi, say it was issued without any consultation

OpIndia Staff -
Several woman journalists, who are members of IWPC, said they don't endorse statement supporting Saba Nazvi
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News Reports

‘Will be killed soon’: Dutch legislator Geert Wilders gets death threats from Islamists for supporting Nupur Sharma, says he is ‘proud of supporting her’

OpIndia Staff -
Geert Wilders has repeatedly taken a tough stance against Islamic extremism in his country.
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News Reports

Jammu and Kashmir police arrests Kashmiri YouTuber Faisal Wani who enacted the beheading of ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma

OpIndia Staff -
The Jammu and Kashmir police Saturday, June 11 arrested the Kashmir-based Youtuber Faisal Wani, who had digitally recreated the act of beheading the former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma
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Opinions

A weekend story: Ravish Kumar, Whatsapp University and Jaipur Literature Festival

Abhishek Banerjee -
There was this time fairly recently when Ravish ji went on a short break. When he returned, I noticed that he had made a few changes to his studio for prime time.
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News Reports

Kanpur Violence: Bulldozer runs on the illegal building of mastermind Hayat Zafar Hashmi’s close aide

OpIndia Staff -
The mastermind behind the Kanpur violence of 3rd June 2022, Hayat Zafar Hashmi, is said to be Mohammed Ishtiaq's close relative.
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News Reports

Journalists try to prove AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel demanding death penalty for Nupur Sharma is ‘fake news’, end up proving themselves as rumour-mongers

OpIndia Staff -
A raft of liberals peddled fake news that AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel was misquoted by ANI in claiming he demanded Nupur Sharma be hanged.
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News Reports

Mastermind of ‘protest’ against Nupur Sharma in Prayagraj, Javed Ahmed detained, used minors to hurl stones at police during violence

OpIndia Staff -
According to SSP Prayagraj, the daughter of Javed Ahmed, studying in Delhi, is also involved in such activities.
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Fact-Check

‘Activist’ claims Dalit youth was tied to a tree and beaten in a case of caste discrimination in Andhra Pradesh: What really happened

OpIndia Staff -
The attempt by Suraj Kumar Bauddh to twist a case of personal enmity and theft into a crime, influenced by the caste of the victim, was thus debunked by the Andhra Pradesh police.
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News Reports

West Bengal: Violence over ‘blasphemy’ continues for third day, stones pelted on police in Howrah ignoring section 144, CM Mamata Banerjee blames BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Violent protests by Muslims demanding punishment Nupur Sharma continued for third consecutive day in Howrah
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Opinions

Has the disproportionate noise and outrage on Nupur Sharma boomeranged on the Islamists?

NR Nigam -
While Islamists in India seemed overjoyed that Arabs have come to their support against Nupur Sharma, there are bigger implications of the way this issue has played out.
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News Reports

UP: Bulandshahr man Umar Mohammad held for circumcising 9-year-old after ‘adopting’ the child without following norms, CM office takes cognizance

OpIndia Staff -
Umar Mohammad circumcised and converted the child as soon as he adopted him without following norms, arrested
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News Reports

‘Covid-19 management in Uttar Pradesh far better than in the United States’, says Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation CEO in Lucknow

OpIndia Staff -
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation praised Covid management of UP when its CEO Mark Suzman met CM Yogi Adityanath
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News Reports

Naveen Jindal’s family leaves Delhi amid death threats from Islamists, gets another threat call about hunting his family down

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists across the country are baying for the blood of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal for their remarks on Prophet Muhammad
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News Reports

Waseem Rizvi alias Jitendra Tyagi receiving death and beheading threat calls from Dubai and Pakistan numbers, urges UP CM to take action

OpIndia Staff -
Waseem Rizvi has written to UP CM saying that he is receiving death and beheading threats on phone from Dubai and Pakistan
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News Reports

Beheading threats, videos enacting the act, and violent posts continue unabated on Instagram against Nupur Sharma: Here are some of them

OpIndia Staff -
Although it has been 2 weeks since former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma made statements about Prophet Muhammad and then apologised and retracted, the death threats issued by Islamists seem to have no end
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News Reports

Police to install CCTV cameras at Idgah Maidan in Chamarajpet, Karnataka, as Hindus question why only Muslims were allowed to use the site: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Due to an ongoing dispute over ownership of the 2.5-acre Idgah Maidan in Chamarajpet, the Karnataka Police has decided to install CCTVs
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‘Protest’ against Nupur Sharma reaches Uttarakhand: Islamists hit the streets in Uddham Singh Nagar, Haridwar on high alert after violence in Saharanpur

OpIndia Staff -
After the Jumma Namaz Islamists wreaked havoc in states like Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana, Maharashtra, Delhi, and WB against Nupur Sharma
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MHA alerts state police chiefs, asks to remain attentive following violent protests by Islamists after Friday prayers, says police may be targeted

OpIndia Staff -
According to a top Ministry of Home Affairs source, state and UT police have been instructed to be cautious during the protests.
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Islamist violence over Nupur Sharma’s remark: 2 rioters dead in Ranchi after police retaliated to firing by mob, Yogi Adityanath govt arrests 229 rioters

OpIndia Staff -
On June 10, Islamist mobs, enraged by the remarks made by Nupur Sharma, ran riot in numerous parts of the country
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‘Islam teaches tolerance’: Kashmiri Youtuber enacts beheading of Nupur Sharma over blasphemy row, proclaims innocence after video goes viral

OpIndia Staff -
Wani claimed, "I have said in my earlier videos that my intention is never to hurt religious sentiments. Because our religion (Islam) teaches us tolerance."
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‘Islam is a religion of peace, we demand that Nupur Sharma should be hanged’: AIMIM MP and former NDTV journalist Imtiyaz Jaleel

OpIndia Staff -
AIMIM MP Imtiyaz Jaleel said, "Islam is a religion of peace. People are angry. We too demand that Nupur Sharma should be hanged."
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‘Hindus form just 3% of the population…are the victim of exodus, love jihad’: Locals reveal plan was to capture Chandreshwar Mohalla during Kanpur violence

राहुल पाण्डेय -
Islamists mob went on a rampage in Kanpur on June 3 over comments made by Nupur Sharma on Prophet Muhammad
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Press Club of India claims Saba Naqvi mocking Shivling at Gyanvapi is not ‘blasphemy’, here is what Naqvi had tweeted

OpIndia Staff -
Saba Naqvi had shared a picture of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre to mock the Shivling discovered inside Gyanvapi compound
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Mobs run rampage in several cities after Jumma Namaz over Nupur Sharma’s Prophet Muhammad remark: List of ‘protests’ and violence

OpIndia Staff -
Islamist mobs ran riot in numerous parts of the country following the Friday Namaz as they continued to protest against Nupur Sharma over her remarks
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Kolkata: Woman killed and several injured as cop opens fire near Bangladesh High Commission before shooting himself dead

OpIndia Staff -
Woman who was driving pillion on a bike was shot dead when cop Chodup Lepcha opened fire on people in Kolkata
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WB: Protests against Nupur Sharma continues for second day in Howrah as mob burn down vehicles and police booths, large protests in Kolkata too

OpIndia Staff -
Massive protests by Muslims against Nupur Sharma broke out in Park Circus in Kolkata and on a highway in Howrah
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AAP leaders claim Satyendar Jain was beaten up in ED custody; pictures suggest otherwise

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain was arrested by the ED in connection with a money laundering case.
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‘Only objective of news channels is to mock and insult Islam and Muslims’: AIMPLB appeals Islamic clerics and scholars to not appear in TV...

OpIndia Staff -
All India Muslim Personal Law Board has issued an appeal to Islamic scholars and clerics to refrain from appearing in TV debates
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Prophet Muhammad comment row: Tricolour defaced in Telangana, Ashok Chakra replaced with Kalma during protests by Islamists

OpIndia Staff -
Islamist mob in Telangana’s Mahbubnagar defaced the Indian tricolour and replaced Ashok chakra with Kalma.
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Jharkhand: Violent protests by Islamists in Ranchi over Nupur Sharma’s remarks, Police officer injured in stone-pelting, curfew imposed

OpIndia Staff -
Islamists took to the streets of Ranchi in protest against the remarks of Nupur, and all the shops in the area were closed as a part of the protest.
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Opinions

When the State weakens, men become monsters: How long do we have till effigies turn real?

Sanghamitra -
The effigy is not real, not an actual person. But while we stare at it, thousands of people are running wild all over India, declaring that they want the real Nupur Sharma hanged, beheaded and brutalised.
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News Reports

Hyderabad: Large number of Islamists protest outside Mecca Masjid demanding arrest of Nupur Sharma

OpIndia Staff -
The protesters on the streets of Hyderabad raised slogans against Nupur Sharma and demanded her immediate arrest
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Opinions

Prophet Muhammad comment row: How Scroll is trying to save a teenage stone pelter during Kanpur violence on a technicality

Jinit Jain -
The Scroll published a sob story to whitewash the criminality of a 16-year-old stone pelter accused in Kanpur violence.
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News Reports

Islamists continue to target Nupur Sharma for comment on Prophet Muhammad, launch massive protests at Delhi’s Jama Masjid, UP’s Saharanpur demanding her arrest

OpIndia Staff -
Massive protests erupted at Delhi's Jama Masjid and UP's Saharanpur demanding arrest of Nupur Sharma
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Prayagraj: Islamists pelt stones at police, protest against Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh saw heavy stone-pelting on the police forces by Islamists after the Friday Namaz and the situation continues to remain tense.
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News Reports

NDTV’s Vishnu Som admits that most terrorists are from Islam, but says the truth must not be spoken to preserve Muslim sentiment: Here is...

OpIndia Staff -
The NDTV journalist appeared more worried about the potential that 'data' might have in stereotyping Muslims than the actual over-arching implications of terrorism.
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900 Sodha Rajput Hindus from Pakistan blacklisted by the Indian govt miss weddings and funerals, can’t visit family in Rajasthan and Gujarat

सुधीर गहलोत -
The central government's decision to blacklist almost 900 Sodha Rajputs from Pakistan has left the fate of these Hindu minorities in jeopardy.
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