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‘Did you remove diya because it was non-Islamic’: Arfa Khanum Sherwani gets slammed for tweet on Dusshera, others wonder if tweet was ‘Danish Kaneria...

OpIndia Staff - 24 October, 2023

Arfa initially tweeted wishing people 'Happy Dussehra' and added an emoji of a lamp (diya) which symbolizes the triumph of light over dark and good over evil. However, she later edited the post and removed the emoji of the lamp.

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‘Some elements deliberately disrupt peace in India. Fanaticism only breeds chaos’: 7 takeaways from Mohan Bhagwat’s Dussehra speech

OpIndia Staff - 24 October, 2023

Speaking at RSS' annual Dusshera event in Nagpur, Mohan Bhagwat urged the citizens of the country to remain vigilant against “divisive forces” ahead of the upcoming assembly and national elections

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Delhi: 17-year-old Shivam stabbed to death while returning from Vijaya Dashami procession in Jahangirpuri

OpIndia Staff - 6 October, 2022

17-year-old Shivam was a resident of Mukundpur and he had killed while returning from Vijaya Dashami procession in Jahangirpuri

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Rahul Gandhi’s Dussehra greeting fails to include images of Hindu Gods, revives social media discussions of ‘minority appeasement’

OpIndia Staff - 5 October, 2022

The omission of images of Hindu Gods in Dussehra greetings by Rahul Gandhi has sparked discussions of minority appeasement.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh leaves for France to receive first Rafale jet on the occasion of Dussehra and Vijaya Dashami

OpIndia Staff - 7 October, 2019

Though Rajnath Singh will officially receive Rafale on October 8, the jets will start arriving in India from May 2020

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Bihar: Controversy erupts as posters depicting Tejashwi Yadav as ‘Ram’ and Nitish as ‘Ravan’ surface

Jhankar Mohta - 18 October, 2018

The JD(U) was quick to remind the RJD that it was Nitish Kumar’s face which helped them increase their tally from 22 to 80 in the 2015 assembly elections