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UP police probe terror angle after saffron kurta with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ found from room of paramedical student Sarfaraz after his arrest over bomb-making...

OpIndia Staff - 2 August, 2026

Investigation into a suspicious note found at Ayodhya Medical College expanded to Balrampur, where police questioned detained student Sarfaraz’s family.

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West Bengal: Violence erupts in Jangipur in Murshidabad after Ram Navami procession attacked by goons, saffron flag pulled down

OpIndia Staff - 27 March, 2026

Tensions escalated in the Jangipur area of Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on Friday during a Ram Navami procession, resulting in clashes between two groups...

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Migrant worker from Bihar brutally assaulted for wearing saffron scarf in Bengaluru, his manager too attacked, three Muslims arrested after outrage

OpIndia Staff - 28 August, 2025

A migrant worker from Bihar was brutally assaulted in Bengaluru’s Kalasipalyam area for wearing a saffron-coloured Gamchha. The video of the incident went viral.

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Did you know: People of India wanted kesari as national flag, Congress supported it but tricolour-obsessed Gandhi bulldozed the idea

Dibakar Dutta - 1 April, 2025

As a result of this Gandhian veto, the public sentiment and civilisation identity was ignored and kesari/ bhagwa flag did not become our national flag.

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Modi 3.0: “Saffron logo” of DD News just a start, significant plans underway for MIB and Prasar Bharati to elevate DD India to a...

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2024

The next term of Modi administration will witness a host of changes and introductions at MIB, Prasar Bharati and Doordarshan

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Jaipur: Saffron flags put up on occasion of Ram Navami removed after Hinduphobic Congress files complaint citing violation of Model Code of Conduct

OpIndia Staff - 17 April, 2024

Calling the Congress's allegations false, VHP said that the saffron flags have nothing to do with politics and are hoisted every year on Ram Navami

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Kerala High Court denies request for saffron flags at Hindu temple, says temple premises not a place for political activities

OpIndia Staff - 14 September, 2023

Kerala High Court says saffron flags are political, denies permission to use them at a Hindu temple

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New look of Vande Bharat Express train revealed, Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw says its Saffron colour is inspired by the tricolour

OpIndia Staff - 8 July, 2023

A new livery for the Vande Bharat Express train has been revealed by the Railways, with a theme of Saffron and Grey colours

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Imam of a Mosque from Ghatiyapur, UP, threatens a Muslim man for offering namaz wearing saffron-coloured clothes, mob tries to attack after FIR: What...

OpIndia Staff - 24 May, 2023

In the Farrukhabad district of Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim man named Kunwar Asif Ali was allegedly threatened by the Imam of a mosque, for wearing a saffron-coloured (Kesariya/Bhagwa) Kurta while offering namaz.

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