Saturday, April 20, 2024

Central India

TISS Mumbai suspends left student leader for two years for participating in protests, questioning BJP govt

Ramadas Prini Sivanadan, a PhD scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai and a prominent left student leader in the campus was arbitrarily suspended for two years by the administration for participating in protests and questioning the ruling Hindu nationalist regime.

We will fund development only if you vote for ruling alliance, Ajit Pawar tells voters in Maharashtra

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar stated on Wednesday that funding for state development initiatives will be provided if the voters select the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, PTI reported.

”Are you a Muslim?”: Student beaten up, abused with ‘love jihad’ slurs on Savitribai Phule university campus

A 19-year-old Muslim student at Savitribai Phule Pune University was beaten on campus by Hindutva men who accused him of “love jihad” and threatened to kill him.

Shoma Sen gets bail by Supreme Court in Bhima Koregaon case after 2131 days

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to former Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen who is booked under the draconian UAPA for alleged Maoist links in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case.

Bombay HC quashes President’s order appointing IIM Nagpur director as acting VC of Hindi University

The Bombay High Court’s Nagpur bench quashed and set aside the ‘illegal’ appointment of Dr. Bhimraya Metri, director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Nagpur, as the acting Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya (MGAHV), a central university in Maharashtra’s Wardha, on Thursday, March 28th.

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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MP: Bhojpuri singer Neha Rathore booked over cartoon targeting RSS on Sidhi urination incident

A first information report was filed against Bhojpuri singer Neha Singh Rathore in Bhopalon Friday for a tweet that showed showed a person wearing dress of Hindutva militant group, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, urinating on another person sitting in front of him.

Maharashtra: Hindutva men assault principal over Christian prayers in school

The principal of a school in Maharashtra’s Pune district was assaulted by the Hindutva outfit Bajrang Dal on Tuesday over students reciting a Christian prayer during the morning assembly....
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Hundreds protest against Union minister in Madhya Pradesh over Dalit man’s suicide

Locals have held a protest on the streets of Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, alleging interference by the BJP MP and Union minister Prahlad Singh Patel in the investigation of a Dalit man's suicide.

Not in power, but among people: Sharad Pawar

Veteran politician and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, in his speech from the YB Chavan auditorium, reaffirmed his faith in the power of people and said that though his party is not in power, it is among the people.
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Maharashtra: 21 MLAs at Ajit Pawar’s meet, 14 at Sharad Pawar’s show of strength

The Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar factions of the Nationalist Congress Party are holding their meetings in Yashwantrao Chavan Centre in south Mumbai and in Bhujbal Knowledge City in suburban Bandra, respectively, on Wednesday.

Man filmed urinating on tribal person arrested in Madhya Pradesh

The Madhya Pradesh Police on Tuesday arrested Pravesh Shukla after a video showing him urinating on a tribal man in Sidhi district went viral on social media. Shukla is a...
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