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Bengaluru

Bengaluru city put on high alert after police suspects terrorists hiding in madarsa and other ‘religious places’: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 18 August, 2019

The high alert comes after a suspected member of Jamat-ul Mujahideen, a Bangladesh-based terror outfit, was arrested from Doddaballapur where he was taking shelter at a local mosque in June.

News Reports

After virtue-signalling with Zomato, Uber fails to help woman passenger stuck with abusive driver

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2019

Woman passenger narrates how Uber customer care remained indifferent when she complained about an abusive driver

News Reports

NIA busts Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh terror module in Bengaluru, seizes live IEDs and components

OpIndia Staff - 9 July, 2019

The NIA busted the terror ring based on the revelations made by key JMB operative Habibur Rehman, who was arrested by the security agencies last month

Crime

Bengaluru: Nabi stabs friend Shoaib for refusing to hug due to bad breath, stabs friend’s brother too

OpIndia Staff - 3 July, 2019

Two brothers Shoaib and Shahid stabbed by friend Nabi after being refused to be hugged due to bad breath

News Reports

Live bombs found in Bengaluru based on information given by arrested JMB terrorist

OpIndia Staff - 26 June, 2019

The Bengaluru police had yesterday caught the accused in Burdwan bomb blast Habibur Rehman Sheikh

Politics

Bengaluru: Two men arrested for posting videos critical of CM HD Kumaraswamy and his family

OpIndia Staff - 10 June, 2019

Recently, JD(S) had filed an FIR against senior journalist Vishweshwar Bhat for publishing an article on Karnataka CM H D Kumaraswamy’s son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy

Political History of India

Church Bombings in the year 2000: How Christian priests blamed Hindu groups for attacks committed by Islamic terrorists

K Bhattacharjee - 8 June, 2019

Along expected lines, Christian priests blamed Hindu right-wing groups for the 2000 Church Bombings but reality could not have been more different.

News Reports

Congress cannot decide if they won Bengaluru Urban Body polls because ‘EVMs were not hacked’ or because ‘paper ballots were used’

OpIndia Staff - 1 June, 2019

The Congress party has registered a victory in the Karnataka Urban Local Body polls, winning 509 of the total 1,221 wards while the BJP secured 366 wards. The JD(S) came third with victory in 174 wards.

News Reports