India
Elections 2024
Karnataka: FIRs against BJP leaders Tejasvi Surya, CT Ravi for ‘communally polarising’ voters on social media
Karnataka’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Friday notified that separate cases have been filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tejasvi Surya and CT Ravi for their hate-inducing social media posts aimed at polarising voters. The cases come as 14 constituencies in the state went to poll today.
Elections 2024
Lok Sabha elections: 7 collapse and die amidst intense heat in Kerala
At least seven persons collapsed and died in different parts of Kerala after voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 started on Friday.
India
We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court
Messaging application WhatsApp on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the company would leave India if it was compelled to break encryption of messages and calls under the 2021 Information Technology Rules.
Elections 2024
SC rejects pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips
Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.
Elections 2024
“We seek a govt that does not discriminate based on religion,” say voters of Nagaon in Assam
"Since independence, no Miya representative has been sent to parliament. This time, Muslim voters want to elect an AIUDF candidate," Mufti Abdul Karim, a supporter of the AIUDF, expressed hope while discussing the minority Muslim support for AIUDF.
India
Three students aged 19, 18, 17 in a coaching centre die by suicide in Kota
Three students aged 19, 18 and 17 in a coaching centre died by suicide in two separate incidents on Monday in Rajasthan’s Kota.
India
Aligarh Muslim University students booked for ‘30 years of Babri’ program
Students of the Aligarh Muslim University were booked by Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday for an event inside the campus on 6 December to mark the 30th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid.
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India
Umar Khalid gets bail for one week for attending sister’s marriage
Delhi Court granted interim bail to prominent activist Umar Khalid for one week in Delhi pogrom larger conspiracy case, for attending his sister’s marriage.
India
“Another surveillance tool”: Mehbooba Mufti slams ‘unique family ID’ proposal
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration's plan to create a 'unique family ID' for residents of the Union Territory is another "surveillance tool".
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Central India
Bombay HC grants bail to ex home minister Anil Deshmukh, stays order for 10 days
Minutes after the Bombay High Court granted bail to Maharashtra's former Home Minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Anil Deshmukh in a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, it was stayed for 10 days as the CBI has said it will go to the Supreme Court.
India
“It’s been 6 months and counting…”: Afreen Fatima on her father’s incarceration
Prominent Muslim student activist Afreen Fatima on Human Rights Day took to Twitter to raise her concerns about jailed father Mohammad Javed, a Muslim activist in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad.
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Central India
Conference on ‘political left’ cancelled by IIT Bombay at eleventh hour
A conference on Left politics organised by The Department of Humanities and social sciences, IIT-Bombay, was cancelled by its director “due to unavoidable circumstances.”
India
Nusrat Noor creates history as first Muslim woman to secure 1st rank in Jharkhand PSC exam
It’s a moment of pride and glory for Nusrat Noor and family. Nusrat Noor, the 27-year-old Muslim woman from Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur, has cleared the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) with a highest rank. She will go down in history as the first Muslim woman in the state to get first rank.
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Transparent and honest govt: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s new promise in Himachal
Soon after taking oath as the 15th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, former Congress state chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Sunday promised transparent and honest government in Himachal Pradesh.
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Primary school students in Rajasthan pledge to vote for BJP, principal suspended
A government school principal in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar was suspended after a video of students pledging to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party was widely shared on social media.
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Three months on, bail process yet to be completed in Siddique Kappan’s UAPA case
Though three months have passed since bail sureties were provided for jailed Muslim journalist Siddique Kappan in the UAPA case against him, as per Supreme Court order, the verification of the sureties is still pending in Uttar Pradesh.
India
Morocco creates history, topples Portugal to win spot in WC semifinals
Morocco became the first African nation to enter the semifinals of the World Cup toppling heavyweight Portugal in a spectacular quarter-final on Saturday night. The North African- Arab nation...
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