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Ernakulam blast: Preliminary probe reveals incendiary device used, explosives found in tiffin box, NIA and NSG team rushes to the spot

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2023

Kerala police say that preliminary investigation hints towards the use of an IED with an “incendiary device” was used for the Ernakulam blasts

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As Kerala gets rocked by multiple blasts, state CM Pinarayi Vijayan is in Delhi protesting in support of Gaza

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2023

Kerala CPI(M) leaders including CM Pinarayi Vijayan and party leader Sitaram Yechury participated in an anti-Israel protest in Delhi on Sunday

Crime

Alappuzha Police arrest 49-year-old self-proclaimed “faith healer” Salim for raping a young woman on the pretext of treatment of anger issues

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2023

The victim approached the police on 20th October and filed a complaint. The FIR was registered on 27th October under Sections 376(2)(n) and 354A(1)(i) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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One person killed and over 40 injured in multiple blasts at a Jehovah’s Witnesses meeting in Kerala’s Ernakulam, NIA to probe

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2023

NIA has been called for investigation into the blast at Jehovah's Witnesses meeting at a convention centre in Ernakulam, Kerala

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“Nothing unusual”: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind youth wing leader justifies ex-Hamas chief Khaled Mashal’s virtual presence at pro-Palestine event in Kerala

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2023

Suhaib CT, the state chief of Student Youth Movement (SYM), the youth wing of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind outfit, said that Hamas is not a terrorist organisation but a 'resistance movement'

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“Efforts to degrade Sanatan Dharma and Hindu religion”: BJP targets Kerala govt and I.N.D.I. Alliance over ex-Hamas chief’s participation in Jamaat-e-Islami rally

ANI - 28 October, 2023

Hamas leader’s participation in anti-Israel rally in Mallapuram shows the failure of Kerala government: BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya

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Former Hamas chief virtually addresses rally by Jamaat e Islami youth wing in Kerala’s Malappuram, ‘Buldoze Hindutva, unroot Zionism’ slogans raised

OpIndia Staff - 28 October, 2023

Ex-Hamas chief Khaled Mashal participated virtually at a rally organised by the youth wing of Jamaat-e-Islami in Kerala's Malappuram

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Congress’ ‘secular’ ally IUML holds pro-Palestine rally, Shashi Tharoor who called Hamas ‘terrorists’ backtracks after backlash from leftists and Hamas sympathisers

Jhankar Mohta - 27 October, 2023

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, during his speech at the IUML pro-Palestine rally, acknowledged that Hamas is a terrorist outfit, however, a day later, he backtracked accusing opposition of spreading wrong message

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Kerala: SDPI members Nauful, Yasim and Ajmal brutally attack RSS workers returning home after a Dusshera procession, arrested

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2023

Notably, after the central government had banned PFI last year, the Kerala HC had noted that both SDPI and PFI have a history of attacking members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

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