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Elections 2024
“BJP doesn’t want our vote or presence; Congress knows we have no choice. We vote for Congress out of necessitude,” Gujarat genocide survivors
Twenty-two years after the Muslim genocide in Gujarat, the Muslims of Gujarat still live in fear. The survivors of the Gujarat Muslim genocide told Maktoob that the BJP, which orchestrated the pogrom, neither wants their vote nor wants to see them, while the Congress understands that the Muslims have no other option. "We are voting for Congress out of necessity," say the survivors.
India
One year of ethnic violence in Manipur: Kuki-Zo Community Members in Hyderabad hold memorial gathering
With the ethnic violence in Manipur completing a year, the Hyderabad Unau Tribal Forum (HUTF), organised a commemorative event in solidarity with the victims on Friday.
Elections 2024
Gujarat: More than 500 Muslim voters removed from voter list, “deliberately sidelined,” they say
At least 575 Muslim fishermen in Gujarat’s Devbhoomi Dwarka district will not be able to vote as their names were deleted from the voter list following the demolition of ports in Gandhvi and Navadra villages of the district.
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Karnataka: SIT takes JD(S) MLA H D Revanna into custody in kidnapping case
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the allegations of sexual assault levelled against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, arrested his father and JD(S) MLA H D Revanna on Saturday in connection with a kidnap case filed at K R Nagar, Mysuru district.
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“Sanjiv Bhatt is a strong man”: On record with Shweta Bhatt
“Sanjiv Bhatt is a strong man,” says Shweta Bhatt, human rights defender and partner of whistleblower police officer Sanjiv Bhatt.
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ED files case against BBC India for ‘FDI violations’
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday registered a case against BBC India for alleged foreign exchange violation, weeks after BBC released a documentary on Gujarat genocide “India: The Modi Question,” which was critical of then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi's role.
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Maulana Azad reference removed from NCERT textbook
In the revised political science textbook for Class 11 published by the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, prominent freedom fighter and India's first education minister, is no longer referenced.
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India reports 10,158 COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
India reported 10,158 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours with the active caseload reaching 44,998 as of Thursday morning.
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RSS worker injured while making bomb in Kerala: Second incident in 30 days
A young man affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) suffered severe injuries after an explosion occurred during bomb-making near Eranjolipalam in Kerala‘s Kannur district on Tuesday night.
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Bajrang Dal killer gang head Monu Manesar reactivates YouTube channel, posts chase videos to stop “cow slaughterers”
Monu Manesar has been named as the main accused by the family of Nasir and Junaid--the two Muslim youth who were reportedly abducted and set ablaze by cow vigilantes in the Haryana region on February 16th.
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Christian leaders reject Kerala Cardinal’s “Christians are safe under Modi regime” statement
Many Christian leaders have rejected the statement made by Cardinal George Alencherry, who is based in Kerala, that Christians do not experience insecurity during the rule of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the country.
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BJP leader who called hijab wearing Muslim students “terrorists“ gets ticket from Udupi
The BJP leader who was at the forefront of hate campaign against Muslim students protesting to wear hijab to college premises in Karnataka, Yashpal Suvarna, has got the party ticket from the Udupi Assembly constituency.
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Bombay HC seeks government response for plea challenging IT amendment Rule
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed Union government to file its response to a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology Amendment Rules, 2023.
A division bench...
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Video: Sarus crane overwhelmed as rescuer Arif visits it in zoo
A video of Uttar Pradesh farmer Mohammad Arif visiting the Sarus crane he had befriended after rescuing it a year ago is making waves on the internet. The bird...
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Violence against Muslims in India is a fallacy: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday defended India’s treatment of Muslims reasoning it by Muslim population growth. Sitharaman said that India has the second-largest Muslim population in the...
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Religious festivals turned into occasions of intimidation and bullying, says Sonia Gandhi
Religious festivals seem to have become occasions to intimidate and bully others, said Congress former chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, in an apparent reference to recent anti-Muslim violence during Ram Navami in several states.
East India
Bajrang Dal leader, his 456-member WhatsApp group behind of Bihar Sharif violence, say police
The Bihar Police on Monday said that Hindutva leader Kundan Kumar was the mastermind behind the anti-Muslim violence that took place during the Ram Navami festival in Bihar Sharif.
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