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.

Setback for Ajit Pawar, NCP MP Amol Kolhe pledges his support to Sharad Pawar

In a significant setback to rebel Ajit Pawar, NCP MP Amol Kolhe, has pledged his support to the party supremo Sharad Pawar, a day after joining hands with the Shinde-Fadnavis-Pawar government.

People of Maharashtra will not succumb to undemocratic forces: Sharad Pawar

People of Maharashtra will not succumb to undemocratic forces, said veteran leader Sharad Pawar
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Sujat Ambedkar, great grandson of Ambedkar, joins public meeting for hate speech prohibition act

In Maharashtra’s Solapur, a public meeting was organized by Vanchit Bahujan Yuva Aghadi (VBYA) concerning the proposed Hate Speech (Prohibition Act) 2021, also known as the Prophet Mohammed & Other Religious Heads Prohibition of Slander Act, 2021.

Three of nine NCP leaders sworn in as Maharashtra ministers today are facing ED cases

At least three of nine NCP leaders who joined Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra today and were sworn in as Cabinet ministers, are currently under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in various cases.
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Ajit Pawar takes oath as deputy CM of Maharashtra

Nationalist Congress Party's Ajit Pawar, along with nine party leaders, joined the Maharashtra government today.

Four arrested for firing on Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad

Four men were on Saturday arrested for firing at Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad in Deoband.
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“They were sleeping”: 25 burnt to death as bus catches fire on Maharashtra Expressway

A tyre blowout caused a bus to lose control and crash into a road divider before bursting into flames, killing at least 25 people on an expressway in Maharashtra early this morning.

Mumbai: Hindu man arrested for planting notes ‘PFI Zindabad’ to implicate Muslim neighbours

The Navi Mumbai Police arrested a 68-year-old Hindu man earlier this week for planting notes writing “PFI Zindabad” outside flats in a bid to implicate his Muslim neighbours.
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Madhya Pradesh govt to make biography of Savarkar compulsory subject for students

Madhya Pradesh will make the biography of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar a compulsory subject for students, school education minister Inder Singh Parmar announced on Thursday.

Muslim man killed by Hindutva mob in Nashik leaves wife and two daughters in distress

On 25 June, when Asghar Ansari saw the body of his relative, Affan Abdul Ansari, it was in a profoundly distorted state, with nearly all of his bones fractured and numerous visible bruises and wounds covering his body.
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Muslim family attacked by mob in Mumbai for bringing goats meant for sacrifice on Eid, 11 booked

Mumbai Police have registered a case against 11 Muslims for bringing goats meant for sacrifice on Eid ul Adha inside a private housing colony in Mira Road. A Muslim family among them said they were also attacked by the Hindu mob.

PM Modi bats for Uniform Civil code in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh

Addressing BJP workers in Bhopal on Tuesday after flagging off five Vande Bharat trains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi batted for a Uniform Civil code.
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