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Man abducted by family of Muslim girlfriend who were planning to extort money from him to finance her marriage to someone else

Aditi - 3 November, 2020

Family of Nargis was not happy with her relationship with her boyfriend. Her father had allegedly planned to abduct her boyfriend and extort money from him to finance her marriage to someone else.

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Moments after Nagpur Court granted bail, Sameet Thakkar arrested by Mumbai Police: Details

Jinit Jain - 2 November, 2020

Sameet Thakkar was arrested on October 24 for making critical remarks on social media websites against Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray and his son, Aaditya Thackeray

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Illegal immigrants from Bangladesh arrested by Mumbai police could have connections with AIMIM, 2 MLAs under probe: Report

OpIndia Staff - 2 November, 2020

Mumbai police, which had earlier arrested three illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, have found links of the accused with AIMIM

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Mumbai police cracks down on BJYM’s peaceful protest in another display of predisposition of Maharashtra govt to stifle dissent

Jhankar Mohta - 2 November, 2020

From hounding of Republic TV and Arnab Goswami to going after Twitter users like Sameet Thakkar, Maharashtra government can't really handle dissent

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Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad, NCP corporator Ashraf Shanu Pathan and other NCP leaders organise protest against France in Mumbra

OpIndia Staff - 31 October, 2020

Senior leaders of the NCP, which is part of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra, have come out openly in protests against France

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Watch: Video emerges showing Sameet Thakkar being led by men with a rope, his face covered in black cloth while bringing to court

OpIndia Staff - 30 October, 2020

The person told us that she is well acquainted with people who personally know Sameet Thakkar and that is how she accessed the footage.

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Mumbai: French President’s posters pasted on road to be trampled upon after ‘blasphemy’ beheadings, Islamist Raza Academy lauds the act

OpIndia Staff - 30 October, 2020

Muslims in Bhindi Bazaar of Mumbai posted images of French President on the streets of the city, walked and drove on these posters as a mark of protest against Macron

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NCP workers vandalise office of cement company because it allegedly refused to meet the demands of the party: Here are details

OpIndia Staff - 29 October, 2020

NCP workers were seen damaging property and also threatening the owner of the private cement company to employ local workers in their company

Interviews

9 key takeaways from Union Minister Prakash Javadekar’s exclusive interview with OpIndia. Read the details here

OpIndia Staff - 27 October, 2020

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar gave an exclusive interview to OpIndia wherein he spoke on a range of issues such as Bihar elections, relentless hounding of Republic TV, environment woes in Delhi and many others.

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