Monthly Archives: January, 2024

News Reports

Ex-Delhi Minorities Commission Chairman Zafarul Islam shares old video from Hyderabad to allege harassment of Muslims in Mumbai through ‘Israeli tactics’

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

Zafarul Islam shrewdly passed the 2-year-old video as a recent development in the hopes of stirring sympathy for his co-religionists involved in recent riots in Mira Road area of Mumbai.

Politics

Ditched by alliance partners in Bengal and Punjab, relief for Congress in UP: SP agrees to give 11 seats to Congress to contest in...

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

Uttar Pradesh unit of the Congress party has not accepted the deal, adding that it is not the Congress’ decision but rather taken by Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav.

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MP: Police arrest 22 people in connection with the installation, and removal of Sardar Patel’s statue in Ujjain

ANI - 27 January, 2024

The installation and removal of a statue of the eminent personality occurred near Krishi Upaj Mandi under the jurisdiction of Makdone police station in the district on Thursday.

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“Congress has lost its strength”: After TMC, AAP & SP, now seat-sharing tensions emerge between DMK-Congress as INDI Alliance withers

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

DMK and Congress are allies in Tamil Nadu. The two parties are reportedly set to hold the first round of formal seat-sharing talks in Chennai on Sunday (28th January) for the upcoming general elections.

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Gilgit-Baltistan economy paralysed as the region comes to a standstill amid massive protests against hikes in subsidised wheat prices and power outages

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

Residents of Gilgit-Baltistan have been staging protests against hike in subsidised wheat price and massive power outages in the region.

Government and Policy

Yogi Adityanath fulfils the wish of Asian Games gold medalist Parul Chaudhary to become DSP. Here is the backstory

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

Following her victory in the 5000-metre race in the Asian Games in October 2023, Parul Chaudhary had said, "In our UP, it takes a gold medal to get you the post of DSP. I hope this effort gets me that position.”

News Reports

Husband duty-bound to provide maintenance to wife even if he has no income; can earn Rs 350-400 as unskilled labourer: Allahabad HC

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

The Allahabad HC said that a husband bears the duty of providing maintenance to his wife even if he has no income from his job.

Crime

‘Woke up to him raping me’: 21-year old girl drugged and assaulted by ‘Instagram friend’ in Mumbai, netizens share similar experience with him in...

OpIndia Staff - 27 January, 2024

In her post, the victim said that she suspected she had been drugged with Roofy (Rohypnol), a sedative-hypnotic drug commonly referred to as the 'date rape drug'.

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