Central India

The Pune Police on Tuesday booked Muslim student activist and Fraternity Movement national secretary Sharjeel Usmani under Section 153 (A) of the Indian Penal Code, at the Swargate Police Station in Pune, for his speech at 2021’s edition of Elgar Parishad.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday dismissed the bail plea moved by comedian Munawar Faruqui and Nalin Yadav who were arrested by MP Police and targeted by Hindu fringe groups over their art performances.

Leaders of Congress party on Wednesday gave written complaints against Republic Media Editor-in-Chief and right-wing journalist Arnab Goswami seeking registration of an FIR against Goswami over purported WhatsApp chats between him and former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta where he is alleged to have told Dasgupta about a 2019 airstrike planned by the Indian Air Force in Balakot.

Regarding arrested comedian Munnawar Faruqui's bail application, activist Saket Gokhale has filed a letter petition with Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh High Court praying that the bench of Justice Rohit Arya hearing the matter be re-assigned in public interest in light of Justice Arya's observations and proceedings on Monday.

Students rights activist Kanchan Nanaware, who was arrested in 2014 for her alleged Maoist links and had been awaiting trial for six years, succumbed to a heart and brain ailment in a hospital in Pune on Sunday.

Thousands of farmers from 21 districts in Maharashtra who are protesting against the Narendra Modi government 's new agriculture laws have gathered at Nashik and are marching to cover the 180 kilometres to Mumbai, where they will hold a massive rally Monday at Azad Maidan.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday adjourned the bail application filed by jailed comedian Munawar Faruqui after the police failed to produce the case diary’ before the Bench, Bar and Bench reported.

Arrested stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui’s bail application has been dismissed by the sessions court on Tuesday and he will be moving a bail application before the Madhya Pradesh High Court Wednesday, said Faruqui's lawyer.

National Alliance of People's Movements said it is deeply disturbed and outraged at multiple instances targeting the Muslim community and their localities, places of worship in the districts of Mandsaur, Ujjain and Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

Mumbai based stand-up comedian, Munawar Faruqui from Gurajat, was arrested on Saturday for remarks made against Hindu deities and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a show at Indore...

Munawar Faruqui, a stand-up comedian from Gujarat was arrested along with four others after the son of a BJP MLA and leader of a local Hindu fringe group complained against them for alleged remarks made against Hindu deities and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a show at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, reported PTI.

Violence against Muslims and mosques erupted in Chandankhedi village in Indore district in Madhya Pradesh when Hindu groups, participating in a rally to collect donations for construction of Ram Temple, stopped in front of a mosque, chanted "Jai Shreeram" slogans and tried to vandalise mosque Tuesday.