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3 days, 19 hours ago

The chilling narration of how Chandan Gupta's family was pressurised during trial

Op India

On 3rd January, a special National Investigation Agency court presided over by Additional District Judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi in Lucknow sentenced 28 accused in the Chandan Gupta murder case to life imprisonment under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and other sections. During the trial, a hostile environment was created for Chandan’s family in the Kasganj court, forcing his …

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4 days, 16 hours ago

NGO run by Teesta Setalvad criticised in Chandan murder case

Op India

On 3rd January, a special National Investigation Agency court presided by Additional District Judge Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi in Lucknow sentenced 28 accused in the Chandan Gupta murder case to life imprisonment under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and other sections. Concerns raised about the involvement of NGOs in communal cases in courts From points 185 to 188 of …

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Congress leader Sam Pitroda defends George Soros funding anti-India activities

Op India

Sam Pitroda, the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress and Congress scion Rahul Gandhi’s close aide, has defended Hungarian-American billionaire and regime-change enthusiast George Soros. Sam Pitroda’s chagrin over the Modi government supposedly making it a ‘major task’ for channeling foreign funding to NGOs in India and criticism of Soros can be better understood by looking into George Soros’s antecedents …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Pune: Father was murdered, now son and relatives face assault and threats from Sadik, Nur, Irfan and others

Op India

On Thursday, 2nd January, Maharashtra Police in the city of Pune booked 5 individuals named Sadik Sheikh, Nur Sheikh, Irfan Beig, Salim Tamboli, and Immu Sheikh for assaulting 3 Hindu individuals out of elongated personal enmity. The complainant identified as Anil stated that the accused persons in an inebriated state arrived in his residential locality late at around 11 pm …

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1 week, 3 days ago

When ex-CEO of Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher spilled the 'truth' about Wikipedia

Op India

In November last year, the Modi government sent a notice to Wikipedia pointing out the biased and inaccurate information published by the ‘free encyclopedia.’ The notice was issued by the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry. Katherine Maher on how ‘truth is a distraction’ During a TED talk in August 2021, Katherine Maher inadvertently revealed that the information disseminated through Wikipedia …

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1 week, 3 days ago

OpIndia’s ground reports of 2024 from Gujarat that made an impact

Op India

Year 2024 has come to an end and we enter year 2025. It should be noted that in the viral video, Salman Azhari was heard saying, “Abhi toh Karbala ka aakhiri maidan baki hai… kuch der ki khamoshi hai, phir shoor aayega… aaj kutton ka wakt hai, kal hamara daur aayega.” OpIndia Impact: Bulldozer action against illegal shrine near Ranjitsagar …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Racism, Hinduphobia, and the rising wave of anti-India rhetoric in the US over H-1B visas

Op India

Hindus have across the centuries faced prejudices, hatred, discrimination and persecution at the hands of Islamic barbarians and then British colonial forces. How the H-1B visa debate started While the rhetoric of the American racists and Christian supremacists about India and Indian Americans have carried an undertone of disdain for the Hindu identity, the ongoing discourse which started with the …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Sajid-Javed stabbed Ayush-Ahaan with knives, conspiracy to delay the case: Badaun victim's father shares his pain

Op India

On March 19, 2024, in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district, two minor brothers, Ayush and Ahaan, were brutally murdered after being stabbed with knives. Denouncing those claims as completely false, Vinod stated, “If my wife was guilty, Sajid would have targeted me, not my children.” He urged people through OpIndia to ignore such unfounded rumors. After the prosecution concludes presenting evidence, …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

YouTube channel MVS Films targeted by Islamists and Leftists over Madarsa train derailment video, Bihar police initiates probe

Op India

On the 23rd of December, the Buxar Police said that they have taken cognisance of the satirical videos of a Bihar-based YouTube channel “MVS Films”. In a statement issued on Monday, the SP office of Buxar Police said that they have received information about three video creators including a Buxar resident Ashish Pandey at MVS Films allegedly trying to “spoil” …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

The Economist gives Bangladesh 'country of the year' award

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Every year in the month of December, the European magazine The Economist announces its “country of the year” award. This year, The Economist believed that Bangladesh deserved the crown for toppling an “authoritarian regime” and transitioning towards a “technocratic interim government” led by “Nobel laureate” Muhammad Yunus. It is unclear what “economic stability” The Economist has lauded which is a …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

2018’s controversy alleging Pampers diapers contain Prophet Mohammad’s name resurfaces

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Last week, a bizarre video from the city of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh went viral over social media in which a Muslim man claimed that the name of Prophet Mohammad was allegedly inscribed on the Pamper baby diapers produced by the company Procter & Gamble. The video has sparked outrage among the community on social media claiming that the company is …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Maharashtra: Muslim mob attack Hindu man’s house over alleged blasphemy, raise 'Sar Tan Se Juda' slogans

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On Monday, around 16 people were arrested by the Maharashtra Police in Hingoli district for pelting stones at a Hindu businessman. As per the initial reports, a mob of around 40-50 Islamists attacked a businessman identified as Kailash Kabra and pelted stones at his residence and commercial premise alleging him of conducting an alleged ‘blasphemous’ act against Islam. The incident …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Historian Rizwan Kadri speaks to OpIndia about 'Nehru papers', appeals to Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi for access

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Rizwan Kadri has made headlines for seeking the release of private letters of Jawaharlal Nehru with Edwina Mountbatten. In the minutes of the meeting, it was mentioned that the entire collection of Nehru papers was removed in 2008 at the behest of Sonia Gandhi. I had requested Sonia Gandhi in September to return the Nehru papers to PMML or allow …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Hindus are being used as pawns by cow smugglers and cow killers

Op India

On 8th December, the police in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh caught a gang of cow smugglers. Lack of morality and values is the reason On 9th November, the police arrested 7 cow smugglers after an encounter in Satrikh police station area of Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh. Hindus used as defense in cow smuggling OpIndia spoke to Bharatiya Janata …

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1 month ago

Islamist mob attacks Hindus in Navsari, Gujarat

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A complaint has been registered at the local police station in Navsari, Gujarat, that a mob of 150 to 200 Islamists attacked Hindus, especially women, living in the Dargah Road area of Navsari on the night of December 7. This is just the beginning.’ Apart from this, it is alleged that the mob also threatened the Hindu women by saying, …

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1 month ago

Fake journalist Asim Raza Zaidi arrested by Sambhal Police for inciting violence

Op India

On 6th December, Sambhal Police arrested a fake journalist identified as Asim Raza Zaidi for inciting violence and extorting money in the name of those who died during the violence on 24th November. In a video statement, Sambhal Superintendent of Police Krishan Bishnoi said that Zaidi falsely claimed to be a journalist of the Dev Kesari newspaper and possessed a …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Bangladesh: Hindu houses, temples vandalized in Doarabazar over alleged blasphemous comment on Facebook, say reports

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On Monday, 3rd December, no lawyer for ISKCON head Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh could appear for him in Chattogram court forcing the authorities to postpone the date of the hearing to January 2nd. Islamists ransacked his home and brutally attacked him, leaving him in the ICU, fighting for his life.#SaveBangladeshiHindus #FreeChinmoyKrishnaPrabhu pic.twitter.com/uudpC10bpN — Radharamn Das राधारमण दास December 2, …

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How OCCRP, which targeted Adani Group, is financed by US govt agencies and acts as their propaganda tool

Op India

The Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which had previously targeted India and the Adani Group, is now under the scanner following the publication of an explosive investigative report by Mediapart. It further highlighted, “The OCCRP has omitted from its official history the role played by the US government in its creation, only mentioning the funding by the UN…OCCRP has …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Indian interference claims by Radio Canada rely on Baaz News

Op India

On 2nd December, Canada’s national broadcaster, Radio Canada, claimed that agents of the Indian government interfered in Conservative candidate Patrick Brown’s 2022 Conservative Party leadership campaign. In December 2023, Baaz News Organisation claimed that Indian consular officials intervened in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race to undermine the candidacy of Brown. Citing sources, Radio Canada further claimed that …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Wikipedia Sambhal violence page criticised for biased claims and false narratives

Op India

Wikipedia, the so-called “encyclopaedia,” has created a dedicated page on the Sambhal violence that took place on 24th November 2024 during the court-ordered survey of Jama Masjid. The page on Wikipedia read, “While the opposition MPs have made allegations that some people accompanying the court-appointed survey commission at the mosque chanted “Jai Shri Ram” to provoke Muslims, in the presence …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sambhal violence: SP MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq named in FIR for violent instigation, hateful speech aimed at triggering communal clash

Op India

On 24th November, violence broke out in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, when a team of local authorities went to Jama Masjid to conduct the second round of a court-ordered survey. Source: UP police In his complaint, SI Rathi said that a court-ordered survey was conducted under the supervision of Advocate Ramesh Babu Ragha as court commissioner and other team members on …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Beldanga yet to return to normalcy after attack on Hindus, OpIndia speaks to a resident

Op India

The law and order situation in Beldanga in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal is far from normal. Also, clash means a violent confrontation between two parties, but what happened in Beldanga is at the best can be described as a concerted attack by one party on the… https://t.co/FwklnDa7GB pic.twitter.com/AuW9VnoLJs — Suvendu Adhikari November 18, 2024 So far, around 17 …

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2 months ago

OpIndia Ground report after Saket Gokhale stopped Mata Jagran: Devotees conduct aarti without bhajans

Op India

On Saturday, November 9, 2024, police in New Delhi’s capital forcibly halted a Durga Mata Jagran event, which was set to begin on Dr. Vishwambhar Das Marg. Watch how TMC MP Saket Gokhale traumatised Hindu residents just because they wanted to conduct Durga Maa Jagran in Sindhu Apartment and Gomti Apartment building. Gets the holy program cancelled by creating nuisance …

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2 months ago

Tracing violence against Hindus on Diwali: An account of such attacks in the last 20 years

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Diwali, or Deepavali, is the festival of lights marking the glorious return of Bhagwan Ram from a 14-year-long “Vanvaas” and also Ganesh-Lakshmi pooja as a central ritual. In Rajasthan’s Bhilwara, a person was stabbed and several others attacked by some people belonging to the Muslim community on 24th October for bursting firecrackers ahead of Diwali. In Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district, …

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The chilling narration of how Chandan Gupta's family was pressurised during trial

NGO run by Teesta Setalvad criticised in Chandan murder case

Congress leader Sam Pitroda defends George Soros funding anti-India activities

Pune: Father was murdered, now son and relatives face assault and threats from Sadik, Nur, Irfan and others

When ex-CEO of Wikimedia Foundation Katherine Maher spilled the 'truth' about Wikipedia

OpIndia’s ground reports of 2024 from Gujarat that made an impact

Racism, Hinduphobia, and the rising wave of anti-India rhetoric in the US over H-1B visas

Sajid-Javed stabbed Ayush-Ahaan with knives, conspiracy to delay the case: Badaun victim's father shares his pain

YouTube channel MVS Films targeted by Islamists and Leftists over Madarsa train derailment video, Bihar police initiates probe

The Economist gives Bangladesh 'country of the year' award

2018’s controversy alleging Pampers diapers contain Prophet Mohammad’s name resurfaces

Maharashtra: Muslim mob attack Hindu man’s house over alleged blasphemy, raise 'Sar Tan Se Juda' slogans

Historian Rizwan Kadri speaks to OpIndia about 'Nehru papers', appeals to Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi for access

Hindus are being used as pawns by cow smugglers and cow killers

Islamist mob attacks Hindus in Navsari, Gujarat

Fake journalist Asim Raza Zaidi arrested by Sambhal Police for inciting violence

Bangladesh: Hindu houses, temples vandalized in Doarabazar over alleged blasphemous comment on Facebook, say reports

How OCCRP, which targeted Adani Group, is financed by US govt agencies and acts as their propaganda tool

Indian interference claims by Radio Canada rely on Baaz News

Wikipedia Sambhal violence page criticised for biased claims and false narratives

Sambhal violence: SP MP Zia Ur Rahman Barq named in FIR for violent instigation, hateful speech aimed at triggering communal clash

Beldanga yet to return to normalcy after attack on Hindus, OpIndia speaks to a resident

OpIndia Ground report after Saket Gokhale stopped Mata Jagran: Devotees conduct aarti without bhajans

Tracing violence against Hindus on Diwali: An account of such attacks in the last 20 years