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News Reports

Chennai’s Loyola College displays Hinduphobic ‘artworks’, apologises after backlash

OpIndia Staff - 21 January, 2019

The art that was put on display in an exhibition in Loyola College expressed anti-Hindu sentiments. It depicted Hindu symbols and Bharat Mata in a derogatory manner.

Times Group’s communal propaganda: Supporting desecration of Sabarimala while publishing ‘Convert to Islam’ op-ed

K Bhattacharjee - 18 January, 2019

The Kochi edition of the Times Group newspaper, Times of India, published an article with effusive praise for the religion with the headline "Convert to Islam"

Crime

Court gives bail to British national accused in killing of Hindu leaders as Police fail to complete investigation

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2019

Jaggi is suspected of having funded terrorist activities in Punjab and is also an accused in the murder of two Hindu leaders.

Crime

Man vandalises Hanuman murti and then offers namaz, says Allah asked him to do so

OpIndia Staff - 17 January, 2019

A man vandalised the Hanuman murti and offered namaz and chanted religious slogans.

News Reports

Twist in the tale: Kerala activist claims it was Kanakdurga who beat up her mother-in-law, a staunch Ayyappa devotee

OpIndia Staff - 15 January, 2019

Sandeep Varier alleged that it was actually Kanakdurga who had attacked her mother-in-law, a staunch Sabarimala and Lord Ayyappa devotee

Crime

Hundreds, including leprosy patients, flee an Ashram in Jharkhand after Muslim mob threatens them

OpIndia Staff - 8 January, 2019

As per witnesses, the Muslim mob reportedly targeted the Ashram since it housed people with disabilities

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After threatening temple traditions, Kerala Communist minister now abuses Sabarimala Tantri as a ‘monster’

OpIndia Staff - 6 January, 2019

G Sudhakaran not only criticised the Tantri for performing the ritual ceremony but also went on to question the priest’s ‘Shuddhi’ (purity).

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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.

How ‘cow’ becomes cattle, ‘cow vigilantes’ become ‘mob’ and ‘Muslim man’ becomes ‘man’ when perpetrator is Muslim

OpIndia Staff - 5 January, 2019

On 30th December, a Muslim man, Kabul Miyan was lynched to death by a mob on the suspicion of cow theft in Araria, Bihar. The ghastly incident took place after two cows and a calf was stolen from another Muslim man, Muslim Miyan

Crime