Friday, March 29, 2024

Central India

VBA decides to go solo in LS elections, accuses Sanjay Raut of stabbing it in back

Putting to rest any chance of joining the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar Wednesday announced that his party would contest the Lok Sabha elections on its own.

Bomb thrown outside mosque in Odisha, three injured

At least three Muslim men were injured in a bomb blast near a mosque in Odisha’s Sambalpur on Tuesday evening.

‘Shri Ram’ found written on mosque wall, FIR filed in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra Police on Monday registered a first information report after the words “Shri Ram” were found written on the wall of a mosque in the Beed district.

Ashok Chavan said to Ramesh Chennithala a day before joining BJP: ‘I have no choice; it’s either BJP or jail,’ reveals Congress MLA

In a startling revelation at an election rally in Kerala, PC Vishnunath, Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, alleged that Ashok Chavan, former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was threatened with imprisonment by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before his defection, as conveyed by Chavan himself to senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala.

Elections 2024: No BJP-BJD alliance in Odisha

The Bharatiya Janata Party called off its alliance with Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in Odisha ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Hindu nationalist party's state president Manmohan Samal said on Friday.

Permission for Hindutva event in Mumbai will be given on condition that no hate speech is made, Maharashtra to SC

Maharashtra government on Friday assured Supreme Court that permission for the February 5 public meeting being organised by the Hindu nationalist group Sakal Hindu Samaj in Mumbai will be subject to the condition that no hate speech will be made by the participants.

In India’s financial capital, over 10000 gather to call for killing of Muslims: “Ready to hit and beat your enemies,” urge speakers

Islamophobic slogans and genocidal speeches calling for the killing of Muslims were delivered in Mumbai in a massive Hindutva gathering on Sunday. The speakers associated with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and other Hindu nationalist groups urged Hindus to wage war against Muslims in the country.
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Thousands of Hindu nationalists in Mumbai march against Muslims, raise hate slogans

Members of Hindu nationalist organisations took out a massive rally in Mumbai on Sunday against Muslims and demanded anti-conversion laws.

Mohsin Shaikh murder case: All accused acquitted in first mob lynching of Modi era

On Friday, a court in Maharashtra's Pune acquitted all accused, including Hindu Rashtra Sena chief Dhananjay Jayram Desai, in the mob lynching case of 28-year-old Muslim techie Mohsin Shaikh,...
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TISS Students Union shares QR code to watch banned BBC documentaries, Maktoob film on Gujarat genocide

Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai Students Union held a demonstration on campus Friday against Union government ban on two BBC documentaries critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and assaluts on students who conducted screenings of documentaries in universities across India.

Launch of book on Ishrat Jahan fake encounter canceled after Pune police ultimatum

The launch of an Urdu book based on the fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan was called off following the Pune Police said that they would take stringent action against organizers.
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Uddhav Thackeray announces alliance with Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Monday announced an alliance with Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) ahead of Mumbai civic polls.

Joined Hindu friend’s birthday party; Five Muslims sent to jail in MP

Five Muslim men who were celebrating her Hindu friend’s birthday party at a private residence were arrested and sent to jail for “unlawful assembly” in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore.
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Remembering Graham Staines and his sons on their 24th death anniversary

On this day, 24 years ago, an Australian missionary and his sons were burnt to death by a Hindutva group who falsely claimed he was forcefully converting people to Christianity.

Muslim men assaulted by Bajrang Dal, detained for joining Hindu friend’s birthday party in Indore

A group of Bajrang Dal members assaulted Muslim men celebrating their Hindu friend's birthday in Mig Colony in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district. The Muslim men were also taken to the police station.
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“Join BJP or CM‘s bulldozers are ready’: Madhya Pradesh minister to Congress leaders

Madhya Pradesh panchayat minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia has triggered controversy by warning Congress workers that if they do not join the BJP, then “Mama’s (chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan) bulldozers are ready”.

MP: Muslim Student assaulted by Hindutva men for speaking to Hindu friend

A Muslim student was beaten up by a Hindutva group for speaking to a Hindu girl, who is his friend from the same college, in Madhya Pradesh‘s Khandwa.
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