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).

Delhi: Jama Masjid withdraws ban on entry of ‘unaccompanied women’

The Jama Masjid administration in Delhi on Thursday evening withdrew a notice barring the entry of “unaccompanied women” into the mosque.

Nine Christians hospitalised after Hindu mob entered church, attack pastor in Chhattisgarh

At least nine Christians were attacked by Hindu nationalists in Chhattisgarh’s after a mob burst into a newly built church hall in Koshalnar village during Sunday service.
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Azam Khan gets bail in 2019 hate speech case

The Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Tuesday was granted regular bail in the 2019 hate speech case by the Rampur sessions court.

UP: Upper-caste Hindu men threaten Dalit gang-rape survivor to withdraw case

A Dalit gang-rape survivor has alleged that she was subjected to casteist slurs and threatened by family members of one of the accused to withdraw the case.
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Delhi pogrom: High Court to hear bail pleas of Muslim activists in UAPA case

The Delhi High Court on Monday decided to hear several bail pleas the UAPA case related to northeast Delhi pogrom.

UP: Youth arrested for killing ex-girlfriend, chopping her body into pieces

The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested a man on Sunday for allegedly killing his former girlfriend and chopping her body into pieces in Azamgarh district.
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ED files charge sheet against PFI, three Muslim men in Delhi Court

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against the banned Muslim outfit Popular Front of India and its three members in a money laundering case.

Mob burnt alive Muslim cop in 2011: 30 convicts get life imprisonment by Rajasthan court

A special court in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district on Friday sentenced 30 people to life imprisonment in the Phool Mohammad murder case in 2011.
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Thousands of workers across 18 states gather in Delhi to protest new labour codes

Thousands of workers carried out a massive rally in national capital region Delhi to dissent against the new Labour Codes passed by Indian parliament on 13 November.

“Conspiracy to destabilise Jharkhand govt”: Soren ahead of ED questioning

Addressing the press ahead of his appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren alleged that the claims against him in the illegal mining case are a “conspiracy to destabilise his government."
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“This bypoll belongs to Netaji,” says Dimple Yadav

Samajwadi Party candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri constituency Dimple Yadav on Wednesday said that the constituency belongs to the late Mulayam Singh Yadav and she is confident she will win the election with the people's support.

No interim bail for PFI founding chairman E Abubacker, provide best treatment at AIIMS: Delhi court

Delhi's Patiala House Court Monday has directed the Tihar jail authorities to shift prominent Muslim leader and founder chairman of now-banned outfit Popular Front of India E Abubacker to All India Institute Of Medical Sciences in Delhi, his son informed Maktoob.
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