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“Institutional murder”: Leaders, family raise concerns over Mukhtar Ansari’s death in jail, demand probe
From opposition leaders to his family members, many took to social media to mourn the death of Mukhtar Ansari, a five-time former MLA from Mau in eastern Uttar Pradesh and one of the senior Muslim politicians in the state, who died in jail on Thursday, and demand an independent investigation into it.
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‘My family and I have suffered injustice’: Released Muslim activist Javed Mohammed speaks out
When Javed Mohammed left for the police station on his scooter on the night of 10 June 2022,...
India
Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who alleged slow poisoning in UP jail, dies
A five-time former MLA from Mau in eastern Uttar Pradesh and one of the senior Muslim politicians in...
India
No interim relief for Arvind Kejriwal from Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to pass any interim order to release Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who was arrested and is under the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam case.
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AAP’s lone Lok Sabha MP joins BJP
The lone Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Jalandhar, Sushil Kumar Rinku on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Central India
Journalist interrogated by MP Police after reporting on police complicity in Hindutva attacks
Scroll.in journalist Zafar Aafaq is being interrogated by the Madhya Pradesh Police at Delhi's Lahori Gate Police Station after reporting on MP Police inaction against Hindutva vigilantes in the state.
India
Shahrukh Pathan attacked by jail authorities, Delhi HC asks him to approach trial court for early hearing
The Delhi High Court Thursday asked Shahrukh Pathan, accused in 2020 northeast Delhi pogrom cases, to move an application before trial court for advancing the hearing of his petition alleging that he was assaulted by jail officials.
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India
Supreme Court lawyer, human rights defender Ehtesham Hashmi dies of heart attack
Ehtesham Hashmi, a lawyer in the Supreme Court of India and a human rights defender who has been actively raising his voices against oppressive forces, dies of heart attack Thursday morning.
India
FIR on hate crime against Muslim man registered after 1.5 years: SC expresses ‘distress’ at UP Police laxity
The Supreme Court on Monday expressed dissatisfaction at the laxity shown by the Uttar Pradesh Police in registering an FIR in a hate crime against elderly Muslim man.
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India
Delhi Police notice to media for covering genocidal speech, no action against hate-mongers
The Delhi Police has sent a notice to Molitics, an online media, for covering a Hindu priest’s genocidal speech against Muslims and Christians during a Hindu Parliament at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
India
Barely 2 km from Parliament, Hindutva gathering urges killing of Muslims and Christians
A ‘Dharma Sansad’ or Hindu Parliament at Jantar Mantar in national capital Delhi on Sunday urged the killing of Muslims and Christians to establish a Hindu Rashtra.
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India
Ramdev booked over hate speech against Muslims, Christians
The Rajasthan police filed an FIR against Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday, a day after a video went viral where he delivered hate speech against Muslims and Christians.
India
Delhi Court discharges all student leaders in 2019 Jamia CAA protest case
A Delhi court Saturday discharged all the eleven student leaders in Jamia CAA protest case in which they were accused of instigating the riots.
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India
“They became terrorists, a lot of them become criminals,” Ramdev’s hate speech against Muslims
Yoga guru Ramdev on Thursday made hate remarks against Muslims, claiming that the Muslims believe offering namaz redeems them from all sins, which leads them to terrorism and crime.
India
Ensure medical treatment of PFI founder chairman E Abubacker on regular basis: Delhi HC directs Tihar Jail
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Medical Superintendent of Tihar Jail to ensure that efficacious medical treatment is provided to Popular Front of India (PFI) founder chairman E Abubacker regularly.
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India
UP: Muslim man accused of selling sugarcane juice adulterated with beef gets bail
The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to a Muslim youth named Fuzail who has been accused selling of sugarcane juice that was adulterated with beef.
India
UP court sentences Muslim man with mental illness to death, alleges family
Ahmad Murtaza Abbasi, an IIT-Bombay alumnus who was arrested following an attack on cops at the Gorakhnath temple in Uttar Pradesh last year, was awarded the death sentence by an ATS/NIA court in Lucknow on 30 January.
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