Friday, March 29, 2024

North India

“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.

‘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,...

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...

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.

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).

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.

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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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.

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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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.

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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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.

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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“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.

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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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.

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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