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‘Naam mita do Babur ka’: BJP leader Vijay Goel recommends renaming ‘Babur road’ in Delhi

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2020

The politician superimposed a poster that read '5 August road' on the signboard that earlier carried the name of the Mughal tyrant Babur.

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‘Stones and bottles are not firearms’: Indira Jaising defends Jamia hoodlums in Delhi HC, seeks inquiry on ‘police brutality’

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2020

Indira Jaising and other attorneys today submitted their argument in Delhi HC seeking independent inquiry into the alleged police atrocities in the Jamia Millia Islamia University.

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Delhi: Anwar pretends to be a Hindu, befriends a woman and rapes her for months on pretext of marriage

OpIndia Staff - 4 August, 2020

As per a report by Jagran, Anwar even took lakhs of rupees from the woman under the pretext of marriage.

OpIndia Scoops

‘Aaj Dekh Lenge Hinduon ko’: The tale of Faizal Farooqui, Rajdhani and DRP school and what Chargesheet number 1 says

Nupur J Sharma - 3 August, 2020

The Delhi Police and the Special Cell have filed numerous chargesheets in the Delhi riots that pertain to several different incidents of violence that led to carnage and destruction over a period of the two days.

Amit Shah tests positive for coronavirus, gets admitted to hospital

OpIndia Staff - 2 August, 2020

Union Home Minister Amit Shah showed mild symptoms of coronavirus. After that he got himself tested.

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“I will rape you and cut you into four pieces”: Sameer Ahmed had threatened a girl in Delhi’s Maujpur area a day before riots...

रवि अग्रहरि - 2 August, 2020

Delhi girl says that her neighbour Sameer Ahmed threatened to rape and murder her just days ahead of northeast riots.

Government and Policy

How Amit Shah saved Delhi from hitting AAP’s ‘target’ of 5.5 lakh Coronavirus cases by July 31

Abhishek Banerjee - 1 August, 2020

Towards the end of March this year, just as Coronavirus was making its way across India, the AAP government quietly signed up Delhi for the Center’s Ayushman Bharat program.

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‘This house is on sale due to fear of members of a particular community’: Posters come up on houses of Hindus in riot-affected areas...

OpIndia Staff - 1 August, 2020

Hindus in riot-affected areas in Delhi are living under a constant fear of being persecuted by members belonging to a particular community

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Sedition charges against Sharjeel Imam: AAP govt yet to sanction prosecution, Delhi Police tells court

OpIndia Staff - 30 July, 2020

Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana has taken cognisance of the charges under UAPA against Sharjeel Imam, but the AAP govt is yet to give prosecution sanction on the sedition charges.

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