Saturday, May 18, 2024

Central India

SC quashes FIR against Muslim academics over alleged ‘Hinduphobic’ book in Indore college library

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a case registered against staff and faculties of a government-run college in Indore for a book in the library of a government-run college in Indore...

Triangular fight in Aurangabad: Will AIMIM’s Imtiaz Jaleel defeat three saffron-clad candidates?

The constituency’s demographic includes about 19% SC/ST and OBC voters, and with a 22% Muslim population, these groups’ preferences will be pivotal.

Narendra Dabholkar murder case: 3 including alleged mastermind acquitted, 2 get life imprisonment

A Pune court on Friday convicted two Hindutva men accused in the murder of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar and acquitted three other Hindu right wing activists.

After Surat and Indore, Congress’s Puri candidate pulls out of poll race

Congress’s Puri Lok Sabha candidate Sucharita Mohanty on Saturday returned her poll party ticket citing the alleged denial of funding by the party.

Telangana Police closes Rohith Vemula case file, absolves UoH VC, BJP leaders

On Friday, the Gachibowli police, which was investigating the death of University of Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula, filed...

MP: Marriage with Hindu woman leaves a Muslim family miserable

Three days after Asif Khan and Sakshi Sahu eloped, Khan’s family house and shop were wrecked by bulldozers. While the two married each other in a temple, that didn't spare them from the wrath of Hindutva groups, who has given open calls to harm Asif.

Marathi actor sent to police custody for derogatory post against Sharad Pawar

A court in Maharashtra on Sunday sent Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale to police custody till 18 May, a day after she was arrested by the Thane Police for sharing a social media post allegedly targeting Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar.
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“CCTV camera captures footage of toilet”: GN Saibaba threatens hunger strike in jail

Former Delhi University English professor GN Saibaba, convicted of Maoist links, has threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike till death to protest the installation of CCTV cameras just outside his Anda cell of Nagpur central jail.

Denied medical bail, court permits Nawab Malik to avail treatment at private hospital

A Mumbai court on Friday refused to grant jailed Maharashtra Cabinet Minister and senior NCP leader Nawab Malik temporary medical bail. The court, however, allowed him to be treated at a private hospital.
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9 people arrested after 2 tribal men lynched by Bajrang Dal members

Police have arrested nine persons in connection with the murder of two tribal men Inwati Batti and Sampatlal Batti who were brutally assaulted by Hindutva group Bajrang Dal in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district.

“Why so barbarous?” asks Muslim man assaulted in viral video from Khargone

A recent video from Madhya Pradesh's Khargone, following anti-Muslim violence on Ram Navami, had gone viral where five police personnel can be seen brutally assaulting two Muslim men.
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MP: No curfew relaxation for Eid in Khargone

The district administration of Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, where anti-Muslim violence broke out last month during Ram Navami, has decided against any relaxation to curfew on the occasion of...

In Madhya Pradesh villages, Hindu groups organise economic boycott of Muslims

The video footage shows mostly women and children gathered in massive number in a hall taking an oath to boycott buying and selling from and to the Muslim community respectively.
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We have decided to fight them: Supriya Sule on BJP’s targeting Oppn by misusing ED, CBI…

The BJP, which is a ruling party in Union and in opposition in the state, has been targeting the NCP by misusing Central agencies such as ED, and CBI against its political opponents, NCP leader Supriya Sule MP said on Tuesday.

Neglecting intelligence report: Khargone violence takes a ‘dubious’ turn 

At the time of violence in Khargone SP Siddharth Choudhary who also sustained a bullet injury on his leg during the violence is believed to be playing no vital role during the violence without providing additional security and deploying security in sensitive areas marked by the intelligence
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Hanuman Chalisa row: Lawmakers’ couple approach HC to quash FIR

Maharashtra legislator Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi Rana on Monday moved Bombay High Court seeking cancellation of FIR against them for planning to chant Hanuman Chalisa outside the...

Photos: Burnt by Hindutva mob and bulldozed by BJP govt; Muslim lives in Khargone

Dozens of Muslim houses were set on fire by Hindutva rioters on 10 April. A day after, on 11 April, the Madhya Pradesh BJP government demolished homes and shops belonging to Muslims.
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