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Government and Policy

20,000 acres of Temple land encroached in Telangana, State Government decides to act tough

OpIndia Staff - 18 June, 2019

The Telangana government has decided to take action against illegal occupants of large tracts of temple lands.

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Church aided by Kerala’s communist govt now accused of sponsoring land-grabbing in sacred forestland around Sabarimala

OpIndia Staff - 12 June, 2019

Four decades ago, the Christian organisations had made a similar attempt to grab the Sabarimala lands in Nilakkal by claiming that they had unearthed a stone cross established by Jesus' apostle Saint Thomas in 57 A.D.

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UP: Yogi Adityanath administration pulls down ‘Urdu Gate’ built by Azam Khan in Rampur

OpIndia Staff - 6 March, 2019

Former UP cabinet minister and senior SP leader Azam Khan is accused of illegally acquiring public land and misusing public funds to build Urdu Gate

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Uttar Pradesh: Hindus protest over Muslims throwing garbage at religious site in Bahraich, violence ensues

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2019

Four people, including the BJP booth president, were injured in the incident in Kurdaspara which falls under the jurisdiction of Fakharpur Police station in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district.

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