ground report

During the pronouncement of the verdict in a case against Mukhtar Ansari, another convicted individual named Raju Kanojia openly accused Judge Adil Aftab of accepting a bribe in a packed courtroom.

Chhotelal Gandhi explained how Mukhtar ansari used to grab lands through his henchman Ganesh dutt Mishra and make ploting to sell them.

Locals say that there are backward and Dalit people living in the area. That is why Islamists often harass them.

The Haldwani encroachers said that the Maulana who is leading the protests against the eviction is an outsider

Kanchan Jariwala said that he was repeatedly told by the voters that he is anti-national and anti-Gujarat, for his association with AAP

The roadside crosses in the villages inside Chhattisgarh are territory markers. "Only a few Hindus are left here", is the message they give.

Many villages along the Nepal border are Muslim-dominated and have become a hub of criminal activities.

Dumariaganj is the only place where taps with Urdu and Arabic nameplates have been installed on the Indo-Nepal border by 'The Khair Technical Society. On these taps, the 'United Arab Emirates Association' is written in Arabic and the 'Khair Technical Society India' is written in English.

What follows here is the fourtheenth episode of the series of OpIndia reports documenting the Islamisation of the UP-Nepal border

Hindus in villages near the Indo-Nepal border recall how in the last few years the dynamics have changed due to rapid demographic shift.