India
Elections 2024
In Bodoland, families of anti-Muslim massacre victims are split between voting for “lesser evil”
The Beki River flanks Azim Uddin’s house at Khagrabari, a quiet village on the fingers of the Manas National Park in Assam’s Baksa district.
India
Supreme Court defers order in Arvind Kejriwal’s interim bail plea
The Supreme Court Tuesday deferred its order in Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s interim bail plea. The court is likely to hear the matter day after tomorrow.
Elections 2024
Lok Sabha elections: Third phase of polling begins in 93 constituencies
The third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections began on Tuesday, with 93 parliamentary constituencies in 11 states and four Union territories going to polls.
East India
Who is Shahnawaz Ali Raihan, Oxford researcher, anti-CAA protester running on TMC ticket in Malda Dakshin?
Raihan is a doctoral fellow at Oxford University pursuing his DPhil from Oxford University’s St Antony’s College since 2018 under the supervision of noted historian Faisal Devji around “Between Marx and Muhammed-Muslims and Communism in Bengal” and has been a staunch critic and opponent of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Elections 2024
In Pictures: “Need change, want to live peacefully,” say Ahmedabad voters
Three days before Gujarat goes to the polls to elect Lok Sabha members, Maktoob’s Muhammed Noufal PM and Sahid Faris talked to the voters of Ahmedabad. While some say they support Narendra Modi because he is the strongest man, others say they need a change in government so they can live a peaceful life.
East India
110-year-old madrasa and library set ablaze by Hindutva mob during Ram Navami rally in Bihar
On March 31, during the Ram Navami rally, a Hindutva mob set fire to Madrasa Azizia, which is the oldest madrasa in Bihar Sharif in Nalanda district of Bihar.
India
“No evidence!”: UP court acquits 40 men 36 years after killing 72 Muslims in Maliana
A Meerut court has acquitted 40 people accused of arson, murder and rioting in the 36-year-old Maliana anti-Muslim pogrom case for lack of evidence.
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India
Ram Navami violence: Vadodara police accused of targeting Muslims; Women, mentally ill man, students among those booked
Violence and vandalism have marred Ram Navami Processions in several states of India, targeting Muslims.
Central India
Aurangabad: Muslim man killed in police firing during Ram Navami violence named ‘rioter’ in FIR
The family of Shaikh Muniroddin, a 45-year-old Muslim man who died from a police bullet wound during Ram Navami violence urged for a thorough investigation into his death.
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India
Three Muslim men discharged in UAPA case after 10 years
A Delhi court cleared three Muslim men who were arrested and charged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly serving as essential members of the Indian Mujahideen (IM).
India
Third IIT-Madras suicide this year, PhD student from Bengal ends life
A PhD student from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, allegedly died by suicide in his room in Tamil Nadu's Velachery on Friday.
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East India
Muslim woman, youth assaulted by mob part of Ram Navami rally in Bihar
A Muslim woman and a youth were allegedly assaulted by Hindu mob who was a part of Ram Navami rally on 1 April in Rampur Bakhri village, Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
India
2002 genocide: Gujarat court acquits 26 men accused of gang rape, murder of dozen Muslims
A Gujarat court has acquitted all 26 Hindu men accused of gang rape and murder of more than a dozen Muslims in separate incidents in Kalol during Muslim genocide in 2002, for want of evidence in the 20-year-old case.
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India
Muslim cattle trader in Karnataka murdered by Hindutva men, told to ‘go back to Pakistan’
In a shocking incident, a cattle trader named Idrees Pasha was brutally murdered by a group of Hindutva men in Ramanagara district of Karnataka on Saturday.
India
Navjot Singh Sidhu walks out of jail after 10 months
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu walked out of jail on Saturday after spending 10 months in a jail in a road rage case.
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Features
Muslim businessman completes 3 years in prison under Delhi pogrom UAPA case
On 25 June 2020, Saima Khan, 27, reached New Delhi's Chanakyapuri Police Station after she was summoned in connection with her the arrest of her father, Mohammed Saleem Khan. When she saw two men sitting on the floor with old clothes and handcuffs, Saima thought they were "prisoners".
India
Allahabad protests: Javed Mohammad gets bail in fifth case, to stay in jail under NSA charges
The Allahabad High Court on Friday granted bail to Muslim activist and Welfare Party of India leader Javed Mohammad, who was arrested after a massive protest broke out on June 10 last year in Allahabad against derogatory remarks on Prophet Mohammed by BJP leader Nupur Sharma.
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