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Gujarat University namaz row: 7 Afghan students asked to leave hostel who were staying illegally after their courses were over

OpIndia Staff - 7 April, 2024

Gujarat University recently grabbed headlines after controversy over performing namaz in open areas in the university.

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‘Illegal, erroneous and arbitrary’: Tribunal quashes Waqf Board’s order which declared Surat Municipal Corporation’s head office ‘Waqf property’

Krunalsinh Rajput - 5 April, 2024

In November 2021, the Waqf Board partially approved an application and declared the SMC Headquarters as waqf property.

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Gujarat: POCSO court sentences Azam Khan to 20 years in jail for luring away a Hindu minor girl from Mehsana and raping her in...

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2024

A special POCSO court in Mehsana in Gujarat has sentenced Azam Khan Siddiqui to 20 years in jail for luring away a 17-year-old Hindu girl from Ladol in Vijapur and raping her in Pune

Law

Gujarat: Bharuch Court denies bail to Adil who posed as Arya Patel to lure a Hindu girl; Sessions Court calls the case an eye...

OpIndia Staff - 30 March, 2024

Adil had claimed that a false complaint had been filed to frame him in this case and said that now that the charge sheet was filed, he should be released on bail.

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‘Eye opener case for today’s generation’: Bharuch court denies bail to married Adil who posed as bachelor Arya Patel to trap a Hindu girl

OpIndia Staff - 29 March, 2024

This case pertains to Adil Abdul Patel of Chavaj village whom Bharuch police arrested on January 6, 2024, for luring a Hindu girl using a fake social media ID. Adil, using the name ‘Arya Patel’, trapped a Hindu girl on Instagram.

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Kutch Copper: Adani Group’s greenfield copper unit in Mundra commences operations, to become the world’s largest single-location smelter

ANI - 28 March, 2024

Adani Enterprises Limited, through its subsidiary Kutch Copper, marked a milestone with the commissioning of the first unit of its greenfield copper refinery project in Mundra.

Crime

Disgraced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt convicted after 28 years in 1996 Drug Peddling case where he tried to frame an innocent lawyer

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2024

Sanjiv Bhatt was arrested by the Gujarat CID on the accusation of falsely implicating the lawyer Sumersingh Rajpurohit by planting opium in a hotel room in Palanpur.

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‘Why did you take Ram’s name’: Alfaz, Atiq assault Hindu student for chanting “Jai Shri Ram” in Gujarat, issue death threat to his father

Krunalsinh Rajput - 24 March, 2024

The student in Gujarat was threatened not to say "Jai Shri Ram" because the institution allegedly belonged to Muslims.

Crime

Gujarat: CCTV footage shows man in skull cap trying to set fire to Sankaracharya Math in Bharuch; note threatening priest with ‘Sar Tan Se...

OpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2024

The CCTV footage of the incident showed a man in a black shirt and a skull cap hurling something towards the door of the Shankaracharya Math in Bharuch before igniting it

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