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Video of ‘fakirs’ being harassed: Villagers tell OpIndia they were concerned after Kanpur violence, strangers had come dressed as Sadhus before

राहुल पाण्डेय -
The villagers were reportedly alert after the recent Kanpur violence and wanted to prevent any such incident in Dingur.
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Karnataka: Suspected Islamists hang an effigy of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in Belagavi after her comments on Prophet Mohammad

OpIndia Staff -
The local police said that the effigy of Nupur Sharma was hanged at night on the cables on Fort Road in the city and it came to the notice of the police at dawn.
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Will Arif Mohammerd Khan be the NDA’s presidential candidate? Know why the Kerala governor is favourite of many

Suyash -
It is being speculated that BJP may nominate Arif Mohammad Khan as the president as damage control after backlash by Muslim countries
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‘Shiv Sena gets backing from Nizam’s successors, its Hindutva is a sham’, MNS slams MVA for taking AIMIM’s support during the Rajya Sabha elections

OpIndia Staff -
MNS spokesperson Gajanan Kale said, "So, finally the people of Maharashtra know the secret. AIMIM is the B team of the Maha Vikas Aghadi."
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News Reports

Beheading call from Jammu mosque: How TOI, HT watered down ‘sar tan see juda’ threats to Nupur Sharma and Ashish Kohli

Jinit Jain -
HT and TOI published articles with vague and incomplete information about death threats issued from Jammu mosque
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News Reports

Mumbai Police links Lawrence Bishnoi gang in Salman Khan threat case, actor denies receiving any threat in recent past

OpIndia Staff -
Mumbai Police has traced the threat letter sent to Salim Khan to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.
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News Reports

After mosque announcement calls for beheadings of anyone who opposes hijab and Azan, stone-pelting reported amid curfew in Bhaderwah

OpIndia Staff -
Stone pelting on security forces has been reported in the Bhaderwah locality of the Jammu region in J&K after Maulana's hate speech against Hindus.
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News Reports

AIMIM supports Shiv Sena candidates for Rajya Sabha elections, puts conditions including increasing income of Waqf Board and Muslim reservation

OpIndia Staff -
Imtiaz Jaleel pointed out that the Islamic party's difference with Shiv Sena will continue to exist, despite its support for the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
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News Reports

Kanpur violence: ATS probes into mastermind Hayat Zafar Hashmi’s four bank accounts, suspicious transactions of over Rs 50 crore traced

OpIndia Staff -
Hashmi has four local bank accounts in the name of the NGO which has received Rs 50 crores. The ATS officials suspect that the amount has been used for anti-India activities.
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Jammu hate speech from mosque: Curfew imposed, case registered, Minister Jitendra Singh says ‘elders should sit together to maintain harmony’

OpIndia Staff -
curfew was imposed in Bhaderwah, Doda district, Jammu and Kashmir, after members of the Hindu community came to the streets to protest hate speech
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Afghan model arrested by Taliban for laughing at a comedian reading Quranic verses, Amnesty international demands ‘unconditional’ release

OpIndia Staff -
The Taliban have detained Afghan model and YouTuber Ajmal Haqiqi and three of his colleagues for insulting Islam.
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News Reports

Inside Qatar’s ‘holy’ world of waging global Jihad and state-sponsored terrorism: A detailed report

Suyash -
Qatar flirts with terrorists on a daily basis. Its relationship with terrorist groups is out in open. The FATF grey list holder, however, gathered the courage to sermon India on the rights of religious minorities in the recent Nupur Sharma controversy.
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‘Please protest in Delhi and demand PM’s resignation, not in Bengal’: Mamata tells Islamists blocking roads in Howrah over Prophet remarks

OpIndia Staff -
Instead of acting against the mob that brought traffic to a near halt in Howrah, Mamata Banerjee requested them to protest in Delhi instead.
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News Reports

NSA Doval did not say ‘we will teach lesson to those who insulted the Prophet’ during meeting with Iranian foreign minister, clarifies MEA

OpIndia Staff -
The MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, "We have made it pretty clear that the tweets and comments don't reflect the views of the government."
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News Reports

Siddhesh Kamble questioned in Salman Khan threat case, Lawrence Bishnoi gang’s connection being investigated

OpIndia Staff -
Police are investigating if members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang sent the threatening letter to writer Salim Khan and his son and actor Salman Khan
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Kerala: Congress holds ‘Biryani’ protests demanding CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s resignation over gold smuggling case, police use water cannons on protestors

OpIndia Staff -
After new allegations against Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in gold smuggling case, Congress holds 'Biryani' protests demanding his resignation
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‘Nupur Sharma’s head will be found somewhere and torso somewhere else, will behead those opposing azaan and hijab’: Threatens radical Islamist at Jammu mosque

OpIndia Staff -
Muslim cleric at Jamia Masjid in Bhaderwah in Doda district in Jammu issues beheading threat to Nupur Sharma and her supporters
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“Another act of systemic persecution of religious minorities”: MEA condemns vandalization of Hindu temple in Pakistan

OpIndia Staff -
A temple in the Korangi area in Karachi city of Pakistan was desecrated and the priest of the temple was also attacked.
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Alleged involvement of cops Nawab Ahmad, Akmal Khan and Naeem Akhtar, foreign funding, minors used as shields: New angles emerge in Kanpur violence case

OpIndia Staff -
From Beckonganj SHO's alleged role to Hayat Zafar Hashmi receiving foreign aid to participation of minors, the police are probing many new angles in the Kanpur violence case
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Pakistani politician and meme star Aamir Liaquat Hussain, whose 3rd wife had called him ‘worse than Devil’, found dead in his house

OpIndia Staff -
Apart from being a politician and a television host, Aamir Liaquat Hussain was also a comedian and subject of several memes on social media
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Opinions

Mobocracy makes democracy bend to its will, the State bends down to accommodate the most violent, most vocal group

चंदन कुमार -
The police arrested Kamlesh Tiwari's murderers and the law is taking its own course in this case as well. But what course did the law take about the 'Sar Tan Se Juda' mob? Did it take any action against it? No. It did not. This again underlines that the mob is more powerful than the State.
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News Reports

Naveen Jindal gets death threats for ‘controversial’ tweet, demands security from govt, suspects hand of ‘toolkit’ gang in turning his tweet into a global...

OpIndia Staff -
On the 9th of June 2022, former BJP leader Naveen Jindal got a summons from the Maharashtra police over his remarks about Islam.
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News Reports

Did you know: 306 years ago, Mughals had stuffed Sikh warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur’s mouth with his son’s liver and heart before cutting...

Siddhi Somani -
Sikh warrior Baba Banda Singh Bahadur was tortured to death by Mughals in 1716 for fighting against the empire
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Prophet remarks row: Maharashtra Police summons Naveen Kumar Jindal over FIR in Bhiwandi, asks to appear on June 15

OpIndia Staff -
Naveen Jindal is asked by the police to appear at the Bhiwandi Police Station in Maharashtra on 15 June.
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Opinions

The harsh realities of facing Islamic threats and radicalism: Why India cannot be France, China, or Israel

Sanghamitra -
Some truths are hurtful. It is human nature to ignore them and pretend they do not exist. In India's case, despite being a progressive nation that is rapidly becoming an economic superpower, there are geopolitical, demographical, social and historical realities that keep holding us back
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Hyderabad gang-rape: Police to appeal Juvenile Justice Board to allow minor accused to be tried as adults to ensure maximum punishment

OpIndia Staff -
The Hyderabad police will be filing an appeal with the Juvenile Justice Board to allow the minor accused in the Jublilee Hill rape case to be tried as adults, as per reports.
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The Lady of Heaven: How a movie on Fathima has exposed Islam’s Shia-Sunni conflict again as theatres in UK surrender before threats

OpIndia Staff -
The Lady of Heaven, a movie based on the life of prophet Mohammed daughter Fathima, is being opposed by Sunni Muslims
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Gujarat girl Kshama Bindu marries herself: Watch visuals of India’s first ‘sologamy wedding’

OpIndia Staff -
In response to wide criticism on social media, Kshama Bindu decided to have the sologamy marriage ceremony sooner than planned.
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News Reports

Islamic scholars and communist panellists on TV debate refuse to condemn beheading calls by Muslim fundamentalists over alleged ‘blasphemy’

OpIndia Staff -
During debate on Times Now, Islamic  scholars and communists refused to condemn beheading calls by Muslim fundamentalists
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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi named in the FIR filed by Delhi police for spreading hate on social media, Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati’s name also appears

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi police have named Asaduddin Owaisi and Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati in FIR over allegations of promoting false information with an intention to create unrest in cyberspace
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Opinions

The slippery slope of blasphemy laws

Saket Suryesh -
But if a stringent blasphemy law is needed, so be it, as long as it comes in after judicial reforms. Law that acts arbitrarily is no law.
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Pakistan: Islamists desecrate another Hindu temple, Hanuman idol destroyed and priest attacked in Karachi

OpIndia Staff -
Shri Mari Mata Mandir was desecrated and the priest of the temple was also attacked in the Korangi area in Karachi, Pakistan
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Bhima Koregaon probe panel summons 6 political party chiefs in Maharashtra including CM Uddhav Thackeray, affidavits to be filed before June 30

OpIndia Staff -
State Chiefs of BJP, Congress, Shiv Sena, MNS, Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi, Republic Party of India summoned by Bhima Koregaon probe panel
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Islamist fear wins: Indian news channels start removing content that can offend Muslims, show on ‘ex Muslims’ goes missing

Nupur J Sharma -
Nupur Sharma's comment and the subsequent outrage by the Islamic community, which led to calls for beheading and gang rape, has opened Pandora's box.
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Karnataka: Uppinangady college suspends 24 girls for wearing hijab and burqa in violation of high court order on uniform dress code

OpIndia Staff -
The girls were suspended after staging a demonstration in which they demanded permission to wear hijab inside the college premises.
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Ravindra Jadeja gets hate from Congress supporters for opening Sukanya Samriddhi accounts for underprivileged girls

OpIndia Staff -
While many praised Jadeja for the charity work, some trolls called it a ploy to venture into politics after retirement.
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‘I will make her do mujra, she deserves to be hanged’: Bhim Sena chief Satpal Tanwar calls for Nupur Sharma’s murder, boasts about his...

OpIndia Staff -
Bhim Sena chief Nawab Satpal Tanwar had earlier said he would make Nupur Sharma do mujra in front of him.
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Delhi: FIR against Nupur Sharma, Saba Naqvi, Maulana Nadeem and others for ‘hateful message’ on social media, read details

OpIndia Staff -
The FIR has been filed against Nupur Sharma and others over allegations of promoting false information with intention to create unrest in cyberspace.
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Jammu and Kashmir: BJP youth leader retracts his statement, says no FIR filed against him in Kishtwar for supporting Nupur Sharma

OpIndia Staff -
While BJP Youth leader Ashish Sharma retweeted tweets supporting him in the alleged FIR against him for supporting Nupur Sharma, he later tweeted that there is no FIR against him.
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Opinions

MF Husain and his reasons for painting Hindu Gods and Goddesses naked: A perverse Islamist under the veneer of ‘maverick’ artist

Siddhi Somani -
MF Husain was a quintessential 'secular, liberal' Islamist, for whom secularism began and ended only at the Hindu religion.
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Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma announces cabinet expansion, BJP MLAs Jayanta Malla Baruah and Nandita Gorlosa to take oath tomorrow

OpIndia Staff -
14-member Himanta Biswa Sarma cabinet in Assam to be expanded with swearing ceremony of 2 new ministers
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Blasphemy row: Posters demanding arrest of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma pasted on a bridge in Surat in Gujarat

OpIndia Staff -
Posters were pasted on the surface of Jilani bridge in Surat calling for the arrest of Nupur Sharma
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Karnataka hijab row: Instagram post calls for beheading of BJP leader Yashpal Suvarna and Sri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik

OpIndia Staff -
Yashpal Suvarna, the BJP national secretary of the OBC Morcha said he is receiving death threats for opposing Hijab.
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Opinions

The ‘liberals’ mocking Vashudev over his boycott call for Qatar Airways exposes how those ‘fighting for equality’ are deeply classist

Amit Kelkar -
"I request you to boycott the goods from Qatar, including Qatar Airways," Twitter user Vashudev had appealed in a video
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Hunter Biden’s prostitute was given $20,000 ‘Covid relief’ by the US govt under Joe Biden’s administration: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
US President Biden's son Hunter Biden's 'favorite prostitute' received federal support of $20k and another woman living on same address received $5k, a report by Daily Wire has stated.
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Cricket

Can England’s Joe Root break the record of Sachin Tendulkar?

Ritesh -
Joe Root's sublime performance in test cricket has inevitably led to his comparison with Sachin Tendulkar
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Fugitive Gupta Brothers from South Africa arrested in UAE, were accused of benefitting financially through ex-president Jacob Zuma

OpIndia Staff -
The Gupta brothers, Ajay, 56, Atul, 53, and Rajesh, 51, are Indian-born and belong to Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
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How the unwarranted hounding of Nupur Sharma would shrink the space for dissent in India 

Amit Kelkar -
Islamists are hounding and threatening Nupur Sharma for quoting Islamic Hadiths on Prophet Muhammad.
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Medieval Odisha: A Hindu state that resisted Islamic onslaught for centuries

Nihar Ranjan Nanda -
Herman Kulke while referring to Suryavamsi Emperor Gajapati Kapilendra Deva who ruled in the 15th century said, "Kapilendra deva became the greatest Hindu ruler of his day."
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Kerala gold smuggling case: Day after explosive revelations by main accused Swapna Suresh, co-accused allegedly abducted

OpIndia Staff -
Kerala gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh alleges that co-accused PS Sarith was abducted on Wednesday
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