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North India

Nearly 100 schools in Delhi shut over bomb threat, officials say it appears to be hoax

On Wednesday, around 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) received a bomb threat email. These include at least five schools in the southwest, three in...

“Genociders are not welcome”: Palestine protest force JNU admin to cancel US envoy event

On Monday, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration cancelled an event with the United States ambassador to India...

Rajasthan elections: Congress hopes to overturn BJP sweep

As voting in Rajasthan state wrapped up on Friday, with a low turnout at around 56 per cent,...

Licences of 14 Patanjali products suspended, Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority tells Supreme Court

Amidst the trial for misleading advertisements, the Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority on Monday informed the Supreme Court that...

Expelled for condemning Modi; BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Bikaner

Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani, who was expelled by the party for criticising PM Modi's hate speech, got arrested by Rajasthan Police in an alleged 'breach-of-peace' case.

Tribal student dies by suicide in IIT Delhi, student groups call it “caste violence”

A final year student from tribal community, Ayush Ashna (20), died by suicide in Indian Institutes of Technology Delhi on 8 July 8.

Rajasthan Muslim youth brutally attacked by Hindu men for questioning forced chanting of ‘Jai Shri Ram’

In yet another incident fueled by hatred, a 21-year-old Muslim youth has suffered severe injuries and trauma in Rajasthan's Bhiwara district on 8 July.
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Tahir Hussain gets bail in five cases related to Delhi violence, to remain in jail under UAPA case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain in five separate cases related to the 2020 northeast Delhi violence.

SAARC urged by scholars worldwide to ‘revoke suspension’ of SAU professors; internal support lacking

More than 500 academicians from universities in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and other nations have penned a letter to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), urging "an immediate revocation of the unfair and arbitrary suspension" of four professors from the South Asian University (SAU) in Delhi.
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Delhi pogrom: Murder, dacoity charges against 6 Hindu men who burnt Muslim man alive

Delhi’s Karkardooma court framed charges against six Hindu men for setting a Muslim youth, Shahbaz, on fire, leading to his death during the anti-Muslim pogrom in north-east Delhi in 2020.

19 killed in landslides, other rain related incidents in North Indian states

The heavy rains caused widespread damage in several parts of north India, including landslides, flash floods, and waterlogging. At least 19 people were killed in rain-related incidents, and many more were injured.
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3 Indian Railways employees arrested over Odisha train tragedy

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested three employees of the Indian Railways in connection with the horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore last month that killed more than 293 people.

Student leaders Rauf Shareef, Masud Ahmed get bail in Hathras UAPA case

Student leaders Rauf Shareef and Masud Ahmed were granted bail in Hathras conspiracy case after spending several months in jail under draconian UAPA.
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Four Hindu men barge into Muslim house in Agra, sexually assault teenager

Four men allegedly barged into the house of a Muslim family and sexually assaulted an 18-year-old girl at a locality under Trans Yamuna police station in Uttar Pradesh's Agra on Tuesday...

Why did Hindu women heckle a Muslim juice seller and filmed it?

On July 01, the last day of the Eid celebrations, a Muslim juice vendor was harassed and heckled by a group of Hindu women for his identity in Uttarakhand’s...
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SC issues notice in AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan’s appeal against Delhi Police’s history sheet on him

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Delhi Commissioner of Police in an appeal by Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan challenging the opening of 'history sheet'...

UP: Muslim man dies after detention, family alleges custodial torture

Local police in Rataul, a village in Western Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat, are accused of custodial torture after a labourer succumbed to injuries in a hospital on Sunday evening. 26-year-old...
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