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Indigenous Muslims in Assam to conduct their own ‘NRC’, object to being identified with immigrant ‘Miya’ Muslims: Report

OpIndia Staff - 12 April, 2021

“Our religion and names may be the same but the indigenous Muslims have a distinct identity, given by the Ahom and Koch kings,” says Aowal while talking about distinguishing themselves from the migrant Miya population

Politics

‘A corrected version of NRC will be implemented in Assam’: BJP promises in its manifesto ahead of Assam elections

OpIndia Staff - 23 March, 2021

The saffron party's national president released a 'Sankalp Patra' for the Assam assembly elections, making 10 promises for the people of Assam

News Reports

After Mamata Banerjee lies to Matua community about Indian citizenship, BJP’s Kailash Vijayvargiya assures implementation of CAA in the state

OpIndia Staff - 13 December, 2020

Matuas are 'lower-caste' Hindu immigrants from Bangladesh who have migrated to India, owing to religious persecution.

News Reports

Saudi Arabia deported a large number of Indians back to India for protesting against CAA and NRC: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 12 December, 2020

Anti-CAA protestors were deported by Saudi govt to India as the Gulf State prohibits assembly or public demonstration of any form

News Reports

Was Nitish Kumar ‘calling out’ Yogi Adityanath for his comments on ’throwing out infiltrators? Not quite: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2020

News agencies misunderstood the context of Nitish Kumar's statement and alleged it was against Yogi Adityanath

News Reports

Days after justifying Paris beheading, Imran Khan writes to Facebook seeking ban on ‘Islamophobic content’, whines against India

OpIndia Staff - 26 October, 2020

Pakistan's PM wrote to Facebook's CEO seeking ban on 'Islamophobic content' on Facebook.

OpIndia Explains

Julio Ribeiro and Open Letters, a love story better than Twilight: Here are some letters that the former IPS officer has signed

OpIndia Staff - 18 September, 2020

Former IPS Officer Julio Ribeiro has recently written to the Delhi Police complaining of their 'flawed investigation' into Delhi Riots.

Opinions

The challenges to ‘Secularism’ and the need to implement NRC to preserve it

Guest Author - 20 August, 2020

The day the Hindus become a religious minority in India, their eventual decimation would become a matter of time as it happened in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

News Reports