Tuesday, April 30, 2024

India

“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 following protests by students who objected to the invitation due to...

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,...

BJP leader seen slapping Tripura polling official in viral video, arrested

A Tripura BJP leader was arrested on 29 April assaulting a presiding officer at a polling station on Friday during phase 2 polls for Tripura East constituency.

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...

Delhi HC rejects plea seeking 6 years poll-ban on PM Modi

The Delhi High Court rejected a petition asking the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for soliciting votes for the upcoming Lok Sabha election "in the name of god and place of worship," a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).

Internet shutdowns disproportionately hurt India’s poor: Report

India’s arbitrary internet shutdowns disproportionately hurt communities living in poverty that depend on the government’s social protection measures for food and livelihoods, Human Rights Watch and Internet Freedom Foundation said...

ED arrests Tamil Nadu Minister Senthilbalaji, DMK says “wouldn’t bow down to BJP’s threat”

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Tamil Nadu Electricity Minister and DMK leader V. Senthilbalaji in a money-laundering case.
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Modi govt threatened to shut down Twitter, says ex-CEO Jack Dorsey, govt denies

Twitter’s co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey has said that the platform was threatened with “a shut down” by Indian government and conducting raids at its employees’ homes in the country.

Muslims burnt alive at Best Bakery during 2002 Gujarat genocide: Two Hindu men acquitted by Mumbai court

A Mumbai sessions court on Tuesday has acquitted two accused Harshad Solanki and Mafat Gohil in the 2nd part of 2002 Best Bakery case of Gujarat.
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“Pure hate”: Muslims targetted in Uttarakhand town share ordeal

What started as a local campaign against the right-wing conspiracy theory “love jihad” in Uttarakhand's Purola has escalated into a full-fledged hate campaign targeting and forcing Muslims out of...

MP: Principal, teacher of school arrested after Hindutva groups’ protests

The principal of Ganga Jamuna Higher Secondary School in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district and two other school staff have been arrested, days after a series of protests by Hindutva groups, who raised allegations of religious conversion.
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Mumbai youth detained for using Aurangzeb’s portrait as WhatsApp DP, released later

The Navi Mumbai Police on Sunday filed a case against a 29-year-old youth for using Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s portrait as his Whatsapp profile picture.

“Attempt to intimidate and silence us,” Hindutva Watch condemns police complaint by right-wing leader

Hindutva Watch, an independent research initiative, on Monday, condemned the police complaint against the group by far-right leader Sambhaji alias Banda Salunkhe, calling it a "desperate attempt to intimidate and...
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Major data breach; Personal data of vaccinated Indians leaked online

The private information of the millions of Indian citizens, who registered on the CoWIN app to get their coronavirus vaccination, appears to have been leaked to private players in a major data breach.

“Not allowed to give CUET exam wearing hijab,” alleges Delhi University student

A Delhi University student has alleged that she was not allowed to sit for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) on Saturday as she was wearing a hijab.
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Four wrestlers share audio, visual evidence against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh with police

Four out of the six female athletes who have leveled allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the former president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have submitted audio and video evidence in support of their claims.

UP: Muslim youth alleges assault in police custody after requesting officers to remove shoes in mosque

Junaid Babu, a resident of Darvaispur village in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh has alleged that he was brutally beaten in the police custody as he asked them to not enter the mosque wearing shoes.
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