India
India
Former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Zahid Ali re-arrested within weeks after J&K HC declared his detention illegal”
The Jammu and Kashmir Police have re-arrested advocate Zahid Ali, ex-spokesman of the banned socio-religious group, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), on May 16, according to a statement from his family. Ali...
Elections 2024
‘Infiltrators make up 40 MLAs in Assam assembly… they become ministers, speakers, magistrates’: Assam CM Himanta’s latest hate speech
In his recent hate speech targeting Muslims, Assam Chief Minister and one of BJP’s star campaigners Himanta Biswa Sarma said that “infiltrators from Bangladesh” constitute 1.25 crore of Assam's population and represent 40 of its 126 MLAs.
Elections 2024
Interview | Lucknow’s INDIA alliance candidate Ravidas Mehrotra speaks to Maktoob
Ravidas Mehrotra, the Samajwadi Party candidate in the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency, speaks to Maktoob’s Ghazala Ahmad about his election promises, the need for the INDIA alliance, the price hike and unemployment in the country, the anti-CAA protests and state crackdown in Lucknow, and PM Modi’s hate campaigns against Muslims.
Elections 2024
Hate speech: “Learn from Yogi Adityanath where to run bulldozer,” says PM Modi
The BJP’s star campaigner who have been delivering abusive and hate speeches against Muslims in his election speeches, further said that the opposition parties must take tuition from Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath to learn “where to run bulldozers.”
Features
On this day, fifteen years ago, Kerala Police killed six Muslims, including a minor; no justice yet
Fifteen years ago, on May 17, 2009, the day after the 2009 general election results were announced, Beemapally, a coastal town in the capital city of Trivandrum with a predominantly lower-caste converted Muslim majority, lost six Muslim lives in the largest police firing recorded in Kerala.
India
Karnataka: Congress manifesto promises ban on Hindutva group Bajrang Dal
In its manifesto for the May 10 assembly elections in Karnataka, the Congress promised the ban of Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Sangh-affiliated Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
India
BSP MP Afzal Ansari loses Lok Sabha membership following conviction in Gangster Act case
Bahujan Samaj Party MP Afzal Ansari was Monday disqualified as a Member of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction in a Gangster Act case.
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India
BJP manifesto promises Uniform Civil Code, NRC in Karnataka
In the election manifesto released on Monday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party promised the controversial Uniform Civil Code and National Register for Citizens in Karnataka if they return to...
India
Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty, inequality
Ramit Debnath, University of Cambridge and Ronita Bardhan, University of Cambridge
Record-breaking heatwaves in April 2022 put 90% of people in India at increased risk of going hungry, losing income...
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India
May Day 2023: India celebrates centenary of International Workers’ Day
May Day 2023 marks the centenary of its first commemoration in India, which took place on May 1, 1923 in Madras, thanks to the efforts of M Singaravelu Chettiar, a prominent figure in Indian history and early communist who was associated with the anti-caste movement.
India
SC dismisses plea to ban political parties with religious names after IUML, AIMIM questions petitioner’s ‘selective approach’
The Supreme Court of India on Monday allowed the withdrawal of a petition seeking the ban of political parties which use names and symbols with religious connotations.
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India
India bans 14 messaging apps citing crackdown on terror activities
Citing a major crackdown on terrorist activities, India on Monday announced that it has banned 14 mobile messaging applications.
The banned apps include Crypviser, Enigma, Safeswiss, Wickrme, Mediafire, Briar, BChat,...
India
SC says it can dissolve marriage on ground of “irretrievable breakdown”
A Constitution bench on Monday ruled that the Supreme Court can dissolve a marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown by dispensing with the need for the waiting period as required under the marital laws.
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India
11 die due to gas leak in Ludhiana, source unclear
At least eleven people died and four others became critically ill on Sunday after inhaling poisonous gas at Giaspura in Punjab's Ludhiana district. The source of the gas leak...
East India
Ram Navami violence: Former BJP MLA arrested in Bihar
The Bihar Police on Saturday arrested former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Jawahar Prasad for inciting violence in Sasaram town during Ram Navami rally on March 31.
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India
Two lakh Muslim youth take to Kerala streets to mark 50 years of student group
Over one and half lakh Muslim youth took the streets of Kerala’s Kannur on Saturday, marking the golden jubilee of the Sunni Students’ Federation (SSF).
Film and TV
‘The Kerala Story’ aims Muslim alienation, people should unite against hate campaign, says CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday launched a fresh attack against the makers of Hindutva propaganda movie 'The Kerala Story', saying they were taking up the Sangh Parivar propaganda
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