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Seelampur violence: Announcements for mobilisation were made from local Mosques, says report

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

"Announcements were made in the locality since two-three days asking us to mobilise people to protest against the NRC. We were asked to gather on Tuesday," said a protestor speaking to India Today.

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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh likens Jamia riots with 2002 Gujarat riots, says no Muslim can trust Modi

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh resorts to fear-mongering by comparing Jamia riots with the 2002 Gujarat riots

Politics

BJP’s Kailash Vijayvargiya shares videos of being surrounded by Muslim mob, says WB government showed no concerns to his safety

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

West Bengal has been turned into a war zone after anti-CAA rioters had unleashed chaos in the state. Several trains had been damaged, railway stations vandalised and buses have been burnt.

Crime

West Bengal: DCP trying to arrest railway station vandals injured as violent mob hurls bomb at police

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

The anti-CAA rioters in West Bengal have been resorting to endless vandalism and arson attacks. DCP Yadav was chasing the persons behind the Sankrail railway station vandalism when a local mob hurled bombs at the police.

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AMU: FIR against Dr Kafeel Khan for provocative AMU speech on CAA and NRC

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

Kafeel Khan was booked under section 153-A on the 13th of December for his speech in Aligarh which was allegedly provocative and an attempt to vitiate the atmosphere and spread communal disharmony.

Social Media Fact-Check

Read why “facts” about CAA and NRC shared by Farhan Akhtar are all false or misleading

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

Shockingly, the parts of Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and Aksai Chin are also missing from the Indian map in the infographic posted by Farhan Akhtar.

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Kerala: SFI goons brutally thrash ABVP workers trying to conduct a seminar on CAA

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

Each day it's becoming clearer that these so-called ‘student movement’ against CAA is actually a well planned and coordinated effort to fan communal violence.

Politics

Tamil Nadu: AIADMK MP Mohammed John gets expelled from Jamat Federation for voting in favour of CAB in parliament

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

The decision to remove him from the post was taken reportedly after Jamaat across the state and the local Muslim community in Ranipet had put pressure following his vote in support of the CAB.

Crime

Jamia students joined rioters, former Congress MLA Asif Khan named: Read details of FIR filed in Jamia anti-CAA riot case

OpIndia Staff - 18 December, 2019

The Delhi Police has also named former Congress MLA Asif Khan as one of the accused in its FIR. Six people including four local politicians and the former Congress MLA have been named as suspects in the Delhi Police FIR.

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