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Islamists join hands with a UAE ‘journalist’ to ensure that Indian man faces jail for mocking TikTok users claiming Namaz can keep Coronavirus away

OpIndia Staff - 10 April, 2020

A Dubai based Indian ex-pat Rakesh Kitturmath had posted a comment mocking deluded Muslim TikTok users who claim that offering namaz 5-times a day is enough to stop the coronavirus pandemic.

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276 Indians infected with coronavirus abroad

OpIndia Staff - 18 March, 2020

In a written reply to the Lok Sabha the Minister of External Affairs informed that 276 Indians are infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus abroad.

Entertainment

‘Great’: US President Donald Trump praises Bollywood’s gay rom-com Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan

OpIndia Staff - 22 February, 2020

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan, a directorial debut of Hitesh Kewalya, is a love story between two men in small-town India

Entertainment

Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan banned in UAE for homosexuality

OpIndia Staff - 21 February, 2020

The makers of the movie have tried to portray the taboo against homosexuality in middle-class Indian families in a humorous way through the movie.

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No iron, steel to be used in construction of first Hindu temple in UAE, to be built adopting traditional temple architecture

OpIndia Staff - 15 February, 2020

The first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, UAE will be built without using any steel or ferrous materials.

Crime

Indian Consulate in Dubai reaches out to woman after her tweet seeking help on social media from domestic violence goes viral

OpIndia Staff - 13 November, 2019

Indian woman currently living in Sharjah, Jasmine Sultana, has accused her husband of domestic violence.

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Sharjah-based ex-Indian Kalpana aka Kajal, who is one of the four wives of Pakistan businessman, now faces identity crisis

OpIndia Staff - 12 November, 2019

60-year-old Rasheed Khan has four wives, two each from India and Pakistan, and 10 children

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UAE’s first astronaut gets ‘Islamic guidelines’ on how and when to do Namaz while in space

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2019

The Islamic authority has advised the astronaut to do Namaz by matching the time of the day in Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which is considered to be the holiest place for Muslims on Earth.

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UAE tells Pakistan Kashmir is a bilateral issue and has nothing to do with ‘Muslim Ummah’: Reports

OpIndia Staff - 5 September, 2019

UAE Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan has told Pakistan that Kashmir is not an issue of the Muslim Ummah and is a dispute between India and Pakistan

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