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Nigeria: Man stoned to death, set ablaze in front of police by radical Islamist mob on charges of blasphemy

OpIndia Staff -
While unleashing violence, the Islamist mob continued to raise the slogan of 'Allahu Akbar.' The stoning continued until Ruwa lay motionless.
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Politics

Congress’ Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed for wishing only people of Wayanad and Kerala on Easter

OpIndia Staff -
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is the sister of Wayanad MP and senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and daughter of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
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World

‘This is Easter, you preening woke’: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau slammed for referring to the Christian festival as ‘long weekend’

OpIndia Staff -
Some users argued that the Canadian Prime Minister did not 'necessarily' avoid the mention of the word 'Easter' and that he would wish his countrymen about the same today.
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News Reports

From planning a “fake encounter” to mysterious bank withdrawals and hawala: Latest in Sachin Vaze saga

OpIndia Staff -
The woman who frequented Vaze during his stay at Trident, revealed that she sent a 'share' of money recovered from raids to Gulf countries through hawala
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WTF News

Iraq: Baby born with three penises, creates history

OpIndia Staff -
In 2015, a baby born in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, had three penises, of which two had erectile tissue. His anus was also absent.
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News Reports

Delhi Police registers FIR against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati after Amanatullah Khan files complaint

OpIndia Staff -
Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Muslims.
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News Reports

Amanatullah Khan’s threat to Yati Narsinghanand: The long Islamist tradition of using violence to suppress criticism of Islam

Jinit Jain -
Since time immemorial, Islamists have been using the instruments of violence and threat to stymie any critique of Islam and Prophet Muhammad
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News Reports

Chhattisgarh: At least 5 security personnel killed in an encounter with Maoists in Bijapur, 12 injured

OpIndia Staff -
A joint team of CRPF and DRG was attacked upon by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, following which an encounter started.
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Crime

Banned outfit ULFA(I) releases one of the two Quippo employees near Myanmar border more than 100 days after abducting them

OpIndia Staff -
After released by ULFA(I), Pranam Kumar Gogoi crossed the Indo-Myanmar border on foot, where Indian Riffles soldiers found him
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Politics

Twitter allows death threat by AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan to remain on its platform despite numerous calls to remove it: Details

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan called for the beheading of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati in a tweet on Saturday morning.
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World

Here’s why despite Indian media’s best efforts, Kamala Harris will never be as popular among Indians as Tulsi Gabbard

K Bhattacharjee -
Tulsi Gabbard is largely credited for putting an end to the presidential bid of Vice President Kamala Harris.
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News Reports

Himachal Pradesh: Nihang Sikh man chops off fingers of a bike rider with kirpan for refusing to give him lift, hits another on head

OpIndia Staff -
The Himachal Pradesh victim said that the Nihang Sikh man attacked him as he refused to go to Anandpur Sahib to drop him
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News Reports

ED attaches properties of TMC leaders Kunal Ghosh and Satabdi Roy in Saradha chit fund scam case

OpIndia Staff -
ED attached properties worth ₹3 crores belonging to TMC leaders Kunal Ghosh and Satabdi Roy, and Saradha director Debjani Mukherjee.
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News Reports

SC-appointed panel submits its report on the illegal arrest of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan

OpIndia Staff -
The court had then ordered a probe into the role of Kerala police officers in the illegal arrest of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan
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News Reports

‘Working for one group is secularism, but working for all is somehow communal in India’, PM Modi in Assam

OpIndia Staff -
"The rhetorics around secularism and communalism has caused serious damage to the country," Pm Modi added.
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News Reports

Election Commission reduces election campaign ban on Himanta Biswa Sarma to 24 hours from 48 hours

OpIndia Staff -
Election Commission halved the campaign ban on Himanta Biswa Sarma after receiving his unconditional apology
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Opinions

How anti-Hindu riots in Bangladesh prove that ‘Hindutva vs Hinduism’ distinction is fake

Abhishek Banerjee -
When PM Modi visited Bangladesh last week, violent riots broke out. The minority Hindu community was attacked and a number of temples were targeted.
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News Reports

Curious case of Twitter verifying new handle of unknown person: Pro-China, anti-Trump propaganda and Uyghur genocide denial

OpIndia Staff -
While the provision of applying for verification of Twitter account is not available now, account spreading pro-China propaganda was verified
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Politics

Ahead of third phase of polling in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee gives a call to action to her ‘Muslim brothers and sisters’: Read details

OpIndia Staff -
As West Bengal get ready to vote, Mamata Banerjee, who has been playing on weak wicket, gave a call to her Muslim 'brothers and sisters'.
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Opinions

Why the greatest icons of free speech rights in India have always been Hindutvavadis and not ‘liberals’

K Bhattacharjee -
AAP MLA Amantullah Khan called for the beheading of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati on Twitter.
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News Reports

Yale professor blames Islamist attacks against Hindu temples in Bangladesh on Narendra Modi, backtracks after outrage: All you need to know

Dibakar Dutta -
An Economics Professor at Yale University named Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak has sparked controversy with his social media post.
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News Reports

Islamic terrorist outfit Boko Haram claims it downed a Nigerian Air Force jet, experts remain doubtful: Details

OpIndia Staff -
A video was released by Boko Haram on Friday in which it claimed responsibility for the downing of a Nigerian Air Force jet.
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News Reports

‘Migrant labourers being drugged and forced to work longer as bonded labourers, used for cross-border drug smuggling’, MHA writes to Punjab govt

OpIndia Staff -
MHA said that human trafficking syndicates hire such labourers from their native places, and they are exploited in Punjab
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News Reports

Imran Khan had approved restoring trade ties with India as Commerce Minister, but rejected it as the Prime Minister

OpIndia Staff -
The outlandish statement came on the heels Pakistan refusing to lift the ban and import sugar and cotton from India
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News Reports

Ajaz Khan’s interrogation leads NCB to raid at a TV actor’s residence in Mumbai’s Lokhandwala, drugs recovered

OpIndia Staff -
NCB arrested actor Ajaz Khan earlier this week in connection with its investigation into the Bollywood drugs nexus case.
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Books

How Anna Hazare’s 2011 anti-corruption movement led by Arvind Kejriwal could have helped Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha election

Rahul Roushan -
While the movement around Jan Lokpal Bill is widely acknowledged to have hurt Congress, the original plans might have been different.
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News Reports

“You have mothers and sisters at home”, TMC candidate Koushani Banerjee intimidates locals into voting for her party

OpIndia Staff -
Actress turned TMC candidate Koushani Banerjee asked voters to remember they have mothers, sisters at home while voting
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News Reports

RTI reveals Delhi’s AAP government, despite numerous boasts, developed no new hospitals, built no new flyover from 2015-2019

OpIndia Staff -
The reality seems far from what the AAP government in Delhi has advertised over the years.
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Politics

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan calls for beheading of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati as ‘punishment’ for criticising Prophet Muhammad

OpIndia Staff -
AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan called for the beheading of Dasna Devi Temple head priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati.
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News Reports

NIA recovers another Mercedes SUV linked to Sachin Vaze, total number of vehicles linked to the Antilia bomb scare case goes up to eight

OpIndia Staff -
Vehicles and fake number plates have had crucial roles to play in the Sachin Vaze and the Antilia bomb scare case
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News Reports

US Capitol attack: Black radical Islamist shot dead after killing a cop, injuring another, wanted to target the US govt

OpIndia Staff -
After ramming his car at a police check point at US Capitol, Noah Green attacked two cops with knife, killing one and injuring the other
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News Reports

Senior Congress leaders don’t want to campaign in West Bengal to avoid upsetting Mamata Banerjee: Reports

OpIndia Staff -
Senior Congress leaders have decided to concentrate on other states at present, and may campaign in West Bengal later
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News Reports

Rahul Gandhi asks for American interference in India’s internal affairs, asks why the US establishment is silent

OpIndia Staff -
Rahul Gandhi also complained about discovery of an EVM in a vehicle belonging to a BJP MLA to the American professor
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News Reports

Election Commission bans Himanta Biswa Sarma from campaigning for saying Congress ally BPF chief will be jailed if he encourages extremism

OpIndia Staff -
Along with banning from campaigning, EC also banned Himanta Biswa Sarma from making any comment on media and social media
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News Reports

‘There will be a government of men with beard, cap and lungi in Assam’, says son of Badruddin Ajmal

OpIndia Staff -
Abdur Rahim Ajmal also said that after they form govt, people will have to respect burkha, beard, lungi and skullcap
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News Reports

Ex assistant editor at Mint calls ‘Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa’ a ‘right wing whistle call’, netizens give befitting reply

OpIndia Staff -
Nidheesh MK, described 'Swamiye Sharanam Ayyappa' as the 'favourite whistle call of right wing protesters'.
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News Reports

Columnist says Foreign Policy editors had forced him to write that the farm laws were “rammed through the Indian Parliament” by Modi govt

OpIndia Staff -
Columnist Salvatore Babones said that Foreign Policy Editors insisted on adding that the farm laws were rushed through the parliament
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World

Watch: Tulsi Gabbard speaks out in favour of persecuted Hindus of Bangladesh, condemns Pakistan Army’s genocide of Bengali Hindus

OpIndia Staff -
Former US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has spoken out in favour of the persecuted Hindu minorities of Bangladesh.
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News Reports

Mamata Banerjee raises ‘tampering’ bogie again hours after EC dismissed her claims, accuses central forces of working for BJP

OpIndia Staff -
Mamata Banerjee claimed that the central security forces have been intimidating people to not vote for TMC and vote for BJP
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News Reports

Another spitting in food video goes viral, this time in Shamli in Uttar Pradesh, police takes accused into custody: Watch

OpIndia Staff -
The visuals were captured at Shamli in Uttar Pradesh and have prompted much disgust from people on social media.
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News Reports

BJP files complaint against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee with Election Commission for disrupting polls in Nandigram

OpIndia Staff -
BJP said that Mamata Banerjee disrupted the polling when stationed herself at a polling booth in Nandigram on Thursday
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News Reports

Know how Mulayam Singh govt ruined ex-cop Sailendra Singh’s career and life because he had slapped POTA against Mukhtar Ansari

OpIndia Staff -
Shailendra Singh had resigned due to pressure from SP government after he put POTA charges on Ansari. After a few months of his resignation, the then SP govt implicated Sailendra Singh in fake cases and put him in jail.
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Politics

Here are seven tweets that prove TMC’s Mahua Moitra is a Champion of Cringe and the Queen of Stupidity

T Waraich -
Mahua Moitra has carved herself a niche in the hearts of social media liberals, with her terminally online style of tweets.
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News Reports

Rakesh Tikait claims BJP leaders shot at his car, video posted by him shows farmers damaging the car with a stick

OpIndia Staff -
In a video posted by Rakesh Tikait, it can be seen that farmer were hitting his car with a stick while alleging it was attacked by BJP leaders
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Government and Policy

Mumbai: Despite having 83 corporators in BMC, BJP gets zero allocation from Mayor’s Rs 190 crore fund, Mayor from Shiv Sena defends

OpIndia Staff -
The BJP got zero allocation from the Shiv Sena controlled Rs 190 crores Mayor's funds
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Politics

Is Asaduddin Owaisi insinuating that Hindus are up for sale and ‘honourable’ Muslims cannot be bought? Here is what he said

OpIndia Staff -
One of the parties trying to capture some ground in Bengal is AIMIM, the party of Asaduddin Owaisi and the battle is heating up
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News Reports

Wife of Delhi police constable dies of suicide by hanging herself after trying to strangulate her two toddlers

OpIndia Staff -
The wife of a Delhi constable allegedly strangled her two children before committing suicide at her house in Delhi's Ghitorni village
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World

Shooting sounds heard in Donetsk as Russia-Ukraine crisis intensifies further, videos viral on social media

OpIndia Staff -
A major confrontation between Russia and Ukraine is feared with videos of shooting sounds in Donetsk going viral.
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News Reports

Congress leader says fodder scam convict Lalu Yadav is in jail because of his ‘caste’

OpIndia Staff -
Udit Raj shared a picture of Lalu Yadav recuperating in a VIP hospital room and wrote that the reason behind the latter's suffering is his anti-BJP stance and his 'caste'.
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Cricket

Cricket fans get nostalgic on the 10th anniversary of Team India’s historic World Cup 2011 win: Here are some visuals

OpIndia Staff -
On 2 April 2011, Indian cricket team won its second ICC Cricket World Cup after a hiatus of 28 years
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