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“Agla Chief Minister NCP se hoga”, says Dhananjay Munde. Congress calls it ‘daydreaming’

OpIndia Staff -
NCP has the 2nd largest number of MLAs among MVA members, and controls several important portfolios like Finance Ministry and Home Ministry.
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News Reports

Hyderabad gang rape case: Waqf board leader’s car was taken to a farmhouse, was wiped clean to destroy evidence, say reports

OpIndia Staff -
The five accused had tried to destroy evidence of the crime by wiping off the white Innova car, in which the 17-year-old girl was raped in Hyderabad, as per reports.
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News Reports

RBI denies reports of issuing currency notes with the faces of Abdul Kalam or Tagore, says no such proposal

OpIndia Staff -
On June 5, several media outlets published reports citing 'government sources' that the RBI is considering the usage of watermark images of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam and Rabindranath Tagore on currency notes.
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News Reports

Delhi police registers FIR against unidentified people over death threats to Nupur Sharma, initiates probe

OpIndia Staff -
The Delhi police have registered an FIR and initiated a probe against unidentified people over the threats faced by Nupur Sharma
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News Reports

“Absurdity of a serial violator of minority rights commenting on minorities”, MEA calls out Pakistan’s propaganda to foment communal disharmony in India

OpIndia Staff -
Ministry of External Affairs called out Pakistan's propaganda and schooled it over rising atrocities against minorities on its own land.
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News Reports

‘You will end up like Moosewala’: Maharashtra govt increases security of Salman Khan after actor receives a death threat

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The Maharashtra department of Home Affairs on Monday tightened the security of Salman Khan after a threat was sent to him and his father, Salim Khan.
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Opinions

BJP suspends Nupur Sharma: I am sad, disgusted, and worried

Nupur J Sharma -
Nupur Sharma was suspended from the primary membership of the party for her comments on Prophet Mohammad, and we need to talk about it
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Featured

Police access Whatsapp chats of Kanpur violence mastermind Hayat Zafar Hashmi, 141 chat groups under the scanner over the violence

OpIndia Staff -
The police have revealed that a total of 141 WhatsApp groups have been found on Hashmi's mobile and most of the conversations are regarding the Kanpur clashes
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News Reports

MEA calls out OIC’s ‘motivated, misleading and mischievous’ comments over Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
MEA called out OIC over its motivated, misleading and mischievous rant against India.
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News Reports

‘Delhi se hoon, BC’ gets real as road rage incident gets caught on camera, video viral

OpIndia Staff -
A video has surfaced on social media wherein a Delhi man hits a biker with his four-wheeler following a heated verbal exchange with the biker group
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News Reports

Amritsar: Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Harmandir Sahib on Operation Blue Star anniversary, warning issued to Govt of India while police watched

OpIndia Staff -
Pro-Khalistan slogans raised at Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar on Operation Blue Star anniversary.
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World

Nigeria: ‘Gunmen’ storm Church in Ondo, kill over 50 Christians gathered for Sunday prayers and kidnap priest amid rising Islamic insurgency

OpIndia Staff -
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. However, in recent times, Nigeria has been fighting the rising Islamic insurgency where armed groups carry out such attacks and hold people for ransom.
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News Reports

ED raids residence and other locations linked to Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain in connection with hawala transactions: Details

OpIndia Staff -
Satyendra Jain is currently in ED’s custody till June 9 in connection to the money laundering case involving a company from Kolkata.
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News Reports

Qatar, which had given citizenship to MF Hussain after painting nude Hindu Goddesses, gets upset at alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad in India

OpIndia Staff -
MF Hussain, afraid of the legal troubles in India, fled away to Qatar in 2006. In 2010, he was granted citizenship of Qatar.
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News Reports

Gujarat: Elderly man incites Muslims to avenge alleged blasphemy by Nupur Sharma. Here is how he is instigating people on the streets

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The man recording the video hailed the bearded Islamist as Aashiq-e-Rasool (devout follower of the Prophet).
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News Reports

After Qatar, Kuwait summons Indian ambassador over ‘blasphemous’ comments by BJP leaders, demands public apology

OpIndia Staff -
Foreign Affairs ministry of Kuwait summoned Indian Ambassador and handed over a note condemning comments by BJP leaders on Prophet
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News Reports

NIA files charge sheet in Rohingyas trafficking case; lists 6 accused

OpIndia Staff -
In March 2022, NIA had busted a human trafficking racket operating in the border areas of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya, and other parts of the country.
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News Reports

Read Kamlesh Tiwari’s last post days before he was assassinated by Islamists over alleged ‘blasphemy’

OpIndia Staff -
As BJP leader Nupur Sharma gets death threats over 'blasphemy' charges, time to read the last message of Kamlesh Tiwari
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News Reports

Qatar summons Indian Ambassador over ‘blasphemous’ comments by BJP leaders and demands apology from Indian govt, Ambassador responds

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"These insulting remakes would lead to incitement of religious hatred, and offend more than two billion Muslims around the world", threatened Qatar
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News Reports

Assam police register 16 cases against PFI, establishes its link with Bangladeshi terror outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team 

OpIndia Staff -
Assam Police have filed 16 cases against the Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) and 2 cases against its student wing Campus Front of India (CFI)
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News Reports

Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal issue statements apologizing for their comments on Prophet Muhammad, say did not intend to hurt anyone’s sentiments

OpIndia Staff -
Nupur Sharma in a statement said she did not have intentions to hurt anyone and took back her remarks on Prophet Mohammed
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Firozabad man Rizwan expels wife within a fortnight of marriage for not getting dowry, threatens her with triple talaq

OpIndia Staff -
Within days of marriage, Rizwan and his family members harassed Mantsa for dowry. Then they expelled her out and threatened of triple talaq.
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News Reports

Naveen Jindal gets life threats, urges everyone not to share his address following expulsion from BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Naveen Kumar Jindal urged everyone not to share his address after his suspension letter with the address was shared by media.
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News Reports

BJP’s Nupur Sharma appeals to media houses after news agency ANI and NDTV journos amongst others published her address with suspension letter

OpIndia Staff -
Amid death threats by Islamists, media houses make Nupur Sharma's suspension letter public with her address.
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News Reports

AAP’s Raghav Chadha says BJP is collecting Congress’ ‘garbage’ as Valmiki samaj leader Raj Kumar Verka joins the party

OpIndia Staff -
AAP Raghav Chadha called Congress leaders, including a Dalit leader, garbage as they joined BJP.
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News Reports

Another mass shooting in the USA: 3 dead, 11 injured in Philadelphia after multiple attackers open fire at crowded street

OpIndia Staff -
In yet another mass shooting which have become a regular affair in the USA, 3 people were killed and 11 others were injured in Philadelphia
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh govt gets 4640 proposals from public representatives to adopt government schools after CM Yogi Adityanath’s call

OpIndia Staff -
UP govt receives overwhelming response to adopt schools after CM Yogi Adityanath appealed MPs, MLAs and other representatives
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News Reports

BJP suspends Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal from the party’s primary membership, days after Islamists dog-whistled by AltNews’ Zubair threatened her

OpIndia Staff -
Though there is no official word from the party, it is believed that the action against Sharma has been taken in context to her statement against Prophet Mohammed during a debate on Times Now.
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News Reports

Uttar Pradesh: Imran hides his marital status to trap Asha, blackmails her, shoots her in the head

OpIndia Staff -
Imran had clicked some objectionable photographs of the girl and was blackmailing her continuously for money.
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News Reports

‘BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personalities’: BJP issues statement amid threats by Islamists to Nupur Sharma over ‘blasphemy’

OpIndia Staff -
In a statement, BJP strongly denounced insult of any religious personalities, amid the controversies over comments by Nupur Sharma
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News Reports

Mathura Krishna Janmabhoomi petitioner receives death threats from Agra Jama Masjid Committee President Jahid Qureshi, FIR lodged

OpIndia Staff -
SSP Agra Sudhir Kumar Singh informed that Jahid Qureshi had made provocative remarks at Jama Masjid in Agra, following the Namaz on Friday.
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News Reports

Vadodara: Muslims seek FIR against BJP’s Nupur Sharma for her alleged ‘blasphemous’ remarks on Prophet Muhammad

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Muslims in Padra Taluka in Vadodara approached the Mamlatdar office seeking FIR against BJP's Nupur Sharma
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News Reports

“This is not corruption, it’s humanity”: Himanta Biswa Sarma reiterates his wife had donated PPE kits, says Manish Sisodia will face legal consequences

OpIndia Staff -
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma released documents stating PPE Kits were sent to NHM as CSR contribution by his wife
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News Reports

Rajasthan: Maulana Mufti Nadeem threatens to gouge eyes and chop hands over ‘blasphemy’ in presence of Police, watch video

OpIndia Staff -
Maulana Mufti Nadeem of Bundi, Rajasthan, threatened to gouge eyes and chop hands of those who speak against Prophet Mohammed in presence of Police.
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News Reports

Kanpur violence: Curfew in Bareilly after Maulana Tauqir Raza, who has been baying for blood of Hindus, gives call for protest

OpIndia Staff -
In January this year, Tauqir Raz addressed a gathering of 20 lakh Muslims in Bareilly and threatened that Hindus would have nowhere to escape if the rage of Muslims flared. Tauqeer Raza, once an ally of the Samajwadi Party and Congress, was heard as saying, “If we rise, you can’t hide”.
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World

No issue in sending Afghan soldiers to India for training, says son of Taliban founder Mullah Omar

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The statement comes just after the Indian delegation met the Taliban leadership in Kabul.
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OpIndia Scoops

The Wire gives cover to ‘Dara Hua Musalman’ through fake reporting as illegal encroacher re-occupy the streets of Jahangirpuri

राहुल पाण्डेय -
On Jun 2, The Wire published a report claiming there is an exodus of Muslim families from Jahangirpuri fearing police action. However, ground reality is completely different.
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News Reports

Death row convict Balwant Rajoana’s sister to contest Sangrur Lok Sabha by-poll as SAD-BSP candidate on the Shiromani Akali Dal symbol

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Balwant Singh Rajoana is on death row for assasination of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh
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News Reports

Advanced times leading to mistakes…feel sorry: Telangana Home Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali resorts to victim shaming in Hyderabad rape case

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Telangana Home Minister Md Mahmood Ali said that 'modern times are leading to mistakes' like the Hyderabad Gangrape case
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News Reports

Himanta Biswa Sarma to file criminal defamation case against Manish Sisodia over scam allegations, Sisodia brings out a ‘cancelled PO’ as his proof

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Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "Stop sermonising and I will see you soon in Guwahati as you will face criminal defamation."
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News Reports

NDTV journalist writes an entire thread about the second arrest in the Hyderabad rape case, has trouble stating that the accused is a son...

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NDTV Journalist uses "head of important community body" instead of "Waqf Board" to hide that accused in Hyderabad gangrape case is Muslim
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News Reports

Tamil Nadu: AIADMK, BJP slam Dravidar Kazhagam for raising derogatory slogans against Hindu deities, DK workers booked

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Slamming Dravidar Kazhagam for passing derogatory remarks against Hindu deities, AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan said that it was their culture to abuse one section of believers
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News Reports

Chetan + Shut Up = Chup: Read how Chetan Bhagat gives bizarre ‘Mosples’ suggestion, cites Hagia Sophia to talk about mythical ‘conjoined past’

OpIndia Staff -
Talking about 'conjoined past' of Hindus and Muslims in India, Chetan Bhagat suggested Mosque+Temple hybrid structures called 'Mosples'
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News Reports

‘Lord Krishna had illicit relationships in his youth’, Hatred for Hindu gods resurfaces on TV as VCK spokesperson defends a Hinduphobic rally

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VCK party spokesperson Vikraman made objectionable remarks about Lord Krishna. He accused Krishna of having illicit relations with the Gopis.
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News Reports

MIB directs social media platforms to remove controversial ads by ‘Layer’r Shot’ as netizens slam the ad for promoting rape culture: Details

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Netizens were miffed with the brand for promoting sexually inappropriate content and glorifying rape culture.
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News Reports

‘Anti-Tribal mindset’: AAP MP Raghav Chadha says bad officers should be transferred to ‘tribal ministry’ as a punishment posting

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Raghav Chadha said, "If someone is doing a bad job, then give them a posting in tribal affairs and say that this is your punishment posting."
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Law

‘Duty-bound to protect temple properties’: Madras HC lashes out at Tamil Nadu govt, orders to initiate proceedings to recover the encroached temple land

OpIndia Staff -
Madras HC has asked Tamil Nadu government to initiate proceedings to recover the encroached lands of Sri Ramanaadheswarar temple at Palnankuppam
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News Reports

Properties of Islamists who rioted in Kanpur to be bulldozed, PFI link being probed: Timeline of events over 9 days that culminated in violence

OpIndia Staff -
A day after Islamists unleashed mayhem on the streets of Kanpur, cops said that bulldozers will run on the properties of the miscreants
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Opinions

Are they always ready? Visuals from Kanpur violence by Islamists show a hint of pre-planning: What it means

Nupur J Sharma -
On 3rd May 2022, an Islamist mob in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, went on a rampage, pelting stones against 'Kafir' Hindus.
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News Reports

Kanpur violence mastermind Hayat Zafar Hashmi arrested, had earlier participated in violent anti-CAA protests

OpIndia Staff -
The mastermind of the Kanpur riots, Hayat Zafar Hashmi, has been involved in various activities for the past few years and has acquired several illegal properties.
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