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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.

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.

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.

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.

“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.

Who is Ghanim Al Muftah, Qatari icon who shared stage with Morgan Freeman?

Hollywood star Morgan Freeman delivered a message of hope, unity and tolerance on Sunday at the opening ceremony of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Sharing the stage with Freeman was...

Mohammed bin Salman to attend opening ceremony of historic World Cup in Qatar

On Sunday morning, residents in Qatar shared a poster with a prayer to bring prosperity and protection to Qatar. Today marks a historic day in world football as the...
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Man, convicted for murder of 96 people, campaigning for Gujarat BJP: Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said Saturday the BJP is a party that promotes those linked to genocide convicts in an apparent reference to BJP candidate CK Raulji, who was a part of a panel that granted remission to 11 life-term convicts in the Bilkis Bano case and a Gujarat genocide convict Manoj Kukrani who is active in BJP election campaign.

Gujarat poll: BJP workers welcome Yogi Adityanath with bulldozer rally, hail demolishing Muslim houses

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was welcomed with bulldozers and chants of “bulldozer baba” and “Jai Shree Ram” as he arrived in Gujarat’s Morbi on Saturday. He was campaigning for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly election in Morbi’s Wankaner.
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ED files charge sheet against PFI, three Muslim men in Delhi Court

The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against the banned Muslim outfit Popular Front of India and its three members in a money laundering case.

Mob burnt alive Muslim cop in 2011: 30 convicts get life imprisonment by Rajasthan court

A special court in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district on Friday sentenced 30 people to life imprisonment in the Phool Mohammad murder case in 2011.
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“Will you dig up my courtroom in the name of the probe?”: Gauhati HC on demolishing Muslim houses

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday slammed the police for demolishing the homes of the five Muslim men accused of setting fire to the Batadrava Police Station in Assam Nagaon’s district.

Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi for his remarks about VD Savarkar

The Maharashtra Police on Friday filed a defamation case against former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for his remarks about Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar.
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Rape survivors need time to come out of trauma, SC on delay in registering FIR

The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that courts should take into account the time taken by the complainant to come out of shock and trauma in rape cases while examining the...

Anand Teltumbde gets bail after 949 days in jail under UAPA

Prominent intellectual and author Anand Teltumbde was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on Friday after spending 949 days in jail under draconian UAPA.
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Muslims in Gujarat: 10% population remains without any ministerial representation since 1998

Almost 10% population of Gujarat from a community remains without any ministerial representation in the government. The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has been ruling Gujarat since 1998 and since then it hasn’t had a Muslim minister.

Gujarat: BJP fields 1st Christian candidate in 20 years

The Hindu nationalist party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the first time in 20 years has fielded a lone Christian candidate in the upcoming assembly election in Gujarat’s Vyara.
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