Friday, March 29, 2024

India

“Institutional murder”: Leaders, family raise concerns over Mukhtar Ansari’s death in jail, demand probe

From opposition leaders to his family members, many took to social media to mourn the death of Mukhtar Ansari, a five-time former MLA from Mau in eastern Uttar Pradesh and one of the senior Muslim politicians in the state, who died in jail on Thursday, and demand an independent investigation into it.

As you consider India’s institutions to be your personal property, I have some questions for you: Kharge to Modi

“Modi ji, Institution after Institution is being 'bullied' by you into submission, so STOP pinning the blame on the Congress party, for your own sins!” said Kharge.

‘My family and I have suffered injustice’: Released Muslim activist Javed Mohammed speaks out

When Javed Mohammed left for the police station on his scooter on the night of 10 June 2022,...

Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who alleged slow poisoning in UP jail, dies

A five-time former MLA from Mau in eastern Uttar Pradesh and one of the senior Muslim politicians in...

Sanjiv Bhatt gets 20 years in jail in 1996 drug planting case

A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district on Thursday sentenced former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years imprisonment in a 1996 drug planting case.

Noida twin towers set for demolition blast, 5000 residents evacuated

Around 5,000 residents of Emerald Court and ATS Village societies near the Supertech Twin Towers in Noida were evacuated ahead of the demolition set to take place at 2:30 pm on Sunday.

Madras HC trashes terror charges against Muslim man; grants him bail

After spending nearly 100 days in jail after being charged under draconian UAPA, a 31-year-old Muslim man Saddam Hussain was granted bail by the Madras High Court on Friday. spending nearly 100 days in jail after being charged under draconian UAPA, a 31-year-old Muslim man Saddam Hussain was granted bail by the Madras High Court on Friday.
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“We are aghast at what happened…”Former civil servants to CJI on Bilkis Bano case convicts’ release

At least 134 former civil servants write to the Chief Justice of India against the release of 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case saying it will have a “chilling impact not just on Bilkis and her family but also on the safety of all women in India, especially those who belong to minority and vulnerable communities.”

In Karnataka, 13,000 schools say BJP govt is corrupted

Two associations representing at least 13,000 schools in Karnataka have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the Basavaraj Bommai-led Karnataka BJP government of corruption.
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Sidhu Moose Wala murder: Police files charge sheet against 34 people

Punjab Police on Friday filed a charge sheet against 34 people in relation with the murder of punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala.

Delhi police deny permission for Munawar Faruqui’s show

Licensing unit of Delhi police on Saturday rejected permission to stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui to perform on 28 August in Delhi, ANI reported. This comes after the Central district police...
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Mirwaiz again stopped from delivering Friday sermon at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid

Hurriyat Conference chairperson, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was again stopped by police from leaving his house to deliver the sermon at Kashmir’s historic Jamia Masjid. Earlier, the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of...

“I hate you Indian.” Indian American women targeted by Mexican-American woman

Four Indian-American women have been racially abused and smacked by a Mexican-American woman in the US state of Texas. The woman hurled racist slurs at them that they are "ruining" America and should "go back to India".
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Renowned Islamic scholar Jalaluddin Umri dies at 87

Jalaluddin Umri, former Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, and former Vice President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, died Friday in New Delhi.

There’s a new serial killer in town, say Kejriwal and Sisodia in Delhi Assembly

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Friday that the “BJP is acting like a serial killer to topple state governments," calling the CBI FIR filed against Sisodia completely “fake and fabricated."
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SC dismisses plea in 2007 hate speech case against Yogi Adityanath

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the denial of sanction to prosecute Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a matter pertaining to a hate speech in 2007.

Full text of Ghulam Nabi Azad’s letter to Sonia Gandhi

Veteran Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir CM Ghulam Nabi Azad, who resigned from all party posts Friday, shared a five-page letter with party chief Sonia Gandhi.
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