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News Reports

Gopalganj Rohit Jaiswal murder case and the curious ‘u-turn’: The recording of two conversations with the victim’s father

OpIndia Staff - 15 May, 2020

Rajesh and his family had also alleged earlier that Kataiya SI Ashwini Tiwari had supressed Rohit's post-mortem report for over 22 days. In a video, they had also alleged that Tiwari had misbehaved with Rohit's mother.

Social Media

“You people are terrible terrorist of India. You all have to be killed,” Marriott International employee’s Hinduphobic tweets go viral

OpIndia Staff - 14 May, 2020

Calling Hindus as 'racist', Vinny Bailam threatened Hindus of dangerous consequences if Muslims and Christians of the country unite against them.

News Reports

Chennai’s ‘No Muslim Staff’ bakery appears ‘permanently closed’ on Google after allegations of religious discrimination led to social media outrage

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2020

According to Google business, Jain Bakeries and Confectioneries, a bakery in the T Nagar, Chennai, which has been at the receiving end of the hate across the social media has been permanently closed.

News Reports

While “No non-Muslim slaughterer” Halal is mainstream, police in Chennai arrest Jain Bakery owner for “No Muslim staffs” advertisement

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2020

Chennai police have arrested a bakery owner for cautionary information stating that it employed no Muslims to prepare food items.

Culture and History

Maharana Pratap Jayanti: What Asaf Khan told Mughal forces at the Battle of Haldighati

Abhishek Banerjee - 9 May, 2020

On the occasion of Maharana Pratap Jayanti, let me tell you a story. We all know about the Maharana’s legendary battle in 1576 against Mughal forces on the fields of Halidghati

News Reports

26 US Congressmen urge Mike Pompeo to relocate minorities of Afghanistan including Sikhs and Hindus who are under imminent danger of Islamic state terror

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2020

The 26 US Congressmen expressed deep concern about safety of the vulnerable Sikh religious minority in Afghanistan

News Reports

After brutal Palghar lynching, body of Sadhus lay unclaimed for over 9 hours, police fled and came back only next morning: Report

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2020

Every day, new revelations are being made in the Palghar mob lynching case. Still, there are many questions which remain unanswered

News Reports

The blatantly Hinduphobic definition of ‘co-religionist’ on Google – Who do we blame and how do we fix it

OpIndia Staff - 8 May, 2020

The sentence that is thrown up by Google to understand the term 'co-religionist' in reference to context reads, "Hindu fundamentalists are admired by many of their co-religionists as virtuous people".

Opinions

Anatomy of the communal riots in Delhi: Anti-CAA protestors who provoked violence must be held accountable

Monika Arora - 7 May, 2020

Communal riots engulfed North-East Delhi between the 23rd and the 26th of February 2020. Fifty-four people from both communities, Hindu and Muslim, lost their lives

Media