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.

Ambedkarite Students’ Association – Muslim Students Federation alliance wins TISS Mumbai Students’ Union polls

The ASA-MSF, an alliance of the Ambedkarite Students' Association and The Muslim Students Federation panel won the polls for the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai Students’ Union for 2023-24 winning five of seven posts of the central panel.

Chetan Singh, accused in deadly train shootings, booked for promoting religious enmity

The Government Railway Police have pressed charges of promoting enmity on grounds of religion on Chetan Singh, the Railway Protection Force constable who killed four men including a tribal officer and three Muslim passengers on the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Superfast Express.
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Tribal man shot at by BJP MLA’s son in Madhya Pradesh

After an altercation on Thursday, the son of a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA in Madhya Pradesh shot at an Adivasi man in Singrauli district, PTI reported, citing the police.

Pune Symbiosis teacher arrested after class lecture about Hindu deities spark Hindutva outrage

Ashok Sopan Dhole, a professor of Pune’s Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, was arrested on Thursday on charges of hurting religious sentiments hours after the institute suspended him for making alleged ‘objectionable remarks about Hindu deities’ during a class.
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Train shooting: RPF officer asked victim’s name before fatally shooting him, says kin of Muslim man

The fourth victim of the Jaipur Express shooting has been identified as Syed Saifuddin, 48, a resident of Nampally in Hyderabad. He is survived by three daughters, the youngest of whom is just 6 months old.

“If you want to stay in Hindustan, vote for Yogi & Modi,” said RPF constable after killing colleague, three Muslim passengers

Three of the four people shot dead by Railway Protection Force constable Chetan Singh on the Jaipur-Mumbai train on Monday, July 31, were Muslims. The killer, while committing the act, said, "If you want to stay in Hindustan, vote for Yogi (UP chief minister) & Modi (Prime Minister)."
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Maharashtra: Railway constable kills senior, 3 other passengers on moving train

A Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel on Monday morning shot dead four people on-board a running train near the Palghar railway station in Maharashtra. He was later arrested after attempting to run away.

“I felt like they would rape me”: Muslim woman attacked by alleged right-wing group in MP

Zarrin Khan, a Muslim medical practitioner was brutally attacked, molested, and attempted to be raped by four unidentified men and a woman in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain District on Friday. The...
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MP: Muslim man’s house demolished with drumbeats for allegedly spitting during Hindu rally

A Muslim family’s three-story building was demolished by the Ujjain district administration in Madhya Pradesh amidst dhol and DJ music on Wednesday, 19 July for allegedly ‘spitting’ on a...

Sisters sexually assaulted, one attempts suicide, MP BJP local leader’s son an accused

A Madhya Pradesh BJP leader's son is among four accused of gang-raping a woman and sexually assaulting her minor sister in Datia.
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Digvijaya Singh booked for sharing post Hindutva ideologue MS Golwalkar

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Sunday registered a case against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for sharing a post on former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief MS Golwalkar on social media.

MP: Gurjar men brutally thrash Muslim man, force him to lick feet in moving car

In another episode of anti-Muslim violence, a Muslim youth was brutally thrashed in a moving car by Gurjar men and forced to lick feet of one of the assailants in Gwalior.
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