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BJP Minority Morcha leader gets expelled for condemning Modi’s hate speech
BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani, who expressed disappointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent Islamophobic remarks in Rajasthan, was today removed from the party positions.
Elections 2024
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to contest from UP’s Kannauj
Samajwadi Party chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj seat, the party said in a post on X (formerly Twitter), adding that he will file the nomination papers on Thursday.
India
Eviction of ‘waqf’ encroachers: Madras HC upholds central law, declares 2010 Tamil Nadu amendment unconstitutional
The Madras High Court, in a judgement, has declared a 2010 amendment which brought waqf properties under the ambit of the Tamil Nadu Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act of 1976, unconstitutional.
Elections 2024
“No force can stop the caste census from happening,” says Rahul Gandhi
Speaking on the Caste census at the Social justice conclave in Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that those who call themselves ‘deshbakt' are scared of the ‘X-ray' of caste census and asserted that no force can stop it.
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Modi’s hate speech on Muslim reservation; What’s truth? Was PM misrepresenting facts?
In an Islamophobic speech, Prime Minister and BJP's star campaigner Narendra Modi alleged on Tuesday that the Congress reduced the SC/ST reservation in Andhra Pradesh to implement Muslim reservation. He alleged that this was a pilot project which the Congress wanted to implement across the entire country.
India
‘Mr PM, you talk of OBCs…’: Rahul Gandhi challenges PM Modi to release 2011 caste census data
Congress former chief Rahul Gandhi challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the 2011 caste-based census data to the public.
India
Kejriwal quizzed for 9 hours by CBI in liquor case; “The case is fake”
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Sunday questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for around 9 hours in connection with the liquor policy case.
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“Was Pulwama attack staged with aim of winning election?” asks Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday questioned whether the 2019 Pulwama militant attack had been staged by the Narendra Modi government with the aim of winning the Lok Sabha polls.
India
Four of six arrested in Umesh Pal case killed by UP police, two by Hindutva sloganeers
In the case of Umesh Pal's murder, six people who were arrested were killed - four by the Uttar Pradesh Police, and two under the police escort by the men who chanted Hindutva slogans.
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India
UP Police identify killers of Atiq Ahmed, his brother
As per senior police officials the identity of the three attackers who killed former MP Atiq Ahmed and his brother on camera have been traced as Arun Maurya of Kasganj, Lavlesh Tiwari of Banda and Rohit alias Sunny of Hamirpur.
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Former MP Atiq Ahmed, his brother Ashraf Ahmed shot dead days after son killed by cops
Atiq Ahmed, the former MP, and his brother Ashraf Ahmed were killed today while they were being taken for a medical check-up in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, news agency ANI reported.
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SFI leaders face sexual harassment allegations by students in Delhi University, EFLU, Pondicherry University
There have been sexual harassment allegations against leaders of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) in Delhi University, EFLU Hyderabad and Pondicherry University. Following many complaints, including from minor students, on social media, the accused campus unit leaders were suspended from the party.
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Kerala: Malappuram temple committees host Iftar parties for Muslims
Two temples in Malappuram district of Kerala host Iftar parties in the first weeks of Ramadan, attended by thousands and hailed as a gesture of communal harmony.
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East India
Hindu man killed in clashes during Hanuman Jayanti processions in Odisha; Curfew imposed
The Sambalpur district administration in Odisha imposed an indefinite curfew from Friday night and extended the internet ban, hours after a 30-year-old man was stabbed to death and four...
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Rights group gives Karnataka govt’s education policies a “fail” grade in report card
Ahead of state poll, a rights group in Karnataka released a report card and alleged that the failure of education policies and programs in the southern state has resulted in pushing students from marginalised groups out of education for the first time after Independence.
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Chhattisgarh violence: Reward for info on killings of Muslim father-son
Chhattisgarh police on Friday announced a Rs. 30,000 reward for information on the accused in the alleged murder of a father-son duo who were found dead in Bemetara’s Biranpur...
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PM Modi told me to stay silent about lapses that led to Pulwama attack, reveals ex-J&K governor
Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik claimed on Friday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him not to speak about lapses that led to the militant attack at Pulwama in 2019.
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