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UP Polls: 2 BJP men arrested, 6 cops suspended over molestation of SP women workers
Two BJP workers were arrested and six police officers were suspended in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district on Friday in connection with poll violence and the molestation of two Samajwadi Party's women cadres.
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UP: Three Muslim boys found dead near river, families allege murder
In a heart-wrenching incident, the bodies of three boys, who were missing since Tuesday evening after they went to take bath in the rever, were found in Kiccha river in Baheri locality of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday with injury marks on bodies.
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Hindu mobs surround homes of Christian pastors, beat their kin in Chhattisgarh
Hindu mobs in Chhattisgarh have disrupted a prayer service and threatened two Christian pastors in the space of three days for alleged religious conversion.
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Women Commission issues notice to Delhi Police, seeks report over web app targeting Muslim women
The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to Delhi Police and sought a detailed action taken report in a matter where photos of Muslim women were uploaded...
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Our struggle is far more: Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita
On 03 July 2020, Maktoob spoke to Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita about their struggle and their year in jail. Excerpts:
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Journalist booked by UP police for report on harassing woman after her conversion to Islam
The Sadar Bazar police in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur have registered an FIR against Newslaundry journalist Nidhi Suresh pursuant to a defamation complaint filed by journalist Deep Srivastava, after Nidhi had written a report containing allegations of a woman named Ayesha Alvi that she was harassed by the journalist Srivastava after her conversion to Islam.
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UP court rejects bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan
A Mathura local court in Uttar Pradesh has rejected the bail plea of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who has been charged under draconian UAPA in Hathras conspiracy case along with other seven Muslim youths.
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Athar Khan: A ‘forgotten hero’ of anti-CAA protest languishing in jail
25-year-old Athar Khan was detained by the Police on July 2nd, 2020. The incident had left his loved ones distraught and shaken.
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UP: Man killed by friends after asking them to pay back debt
28 year old Gulzar Khan was allegedly killed by his two friends following he asked the accused to pay back the debt of around 1 lakh rupees in Dadri village in Gautham Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
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62 year old Muslim stripped, beaten up by men shouting anti-Muslim slurs in Noida
In a latest episode of anti-Muslim violence in the country, a 62-year-old man, Kazim Ahmed, was attacked by three Hindu youth in Noida Sector 37 in the National Capital Region on Sunday morning.
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Cop in Kapil Mishra’s hate speech video seeks President’s Police Medal now
Ved Prakash Surya, a police officer who was photographed standing alongside BJP leader Kapil Mishra as the latter gave a hate speech against Muslims at a pro-CAA rally on February 23 last year, a day before anti-Muslim pogrom broke out in Northeast Delhi, has now sent a request for consideration for the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry.
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BKU to hold Dalit mahapanchayat at Ghazipur on 5 July
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leaders said they will hold a mahapanchayat at Ghazipur border on Monday along with Valmiki community members.
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