India
Elections 2024
SOAS graduate, SP’s Iqra Hasan takes on BJP, poised to win Kairana Lok Sabha seat in UP
“Iqra Hasan is winning the Kairana seat of western Uttar Pradesh in this Lok Sabha polls,” said Ahsan (40), Pradhan of Bhura village in Kairana’s Shamli.
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Hindu mob vandalises Catholic school in Telangana, FIR filed against school, no cases against mob
The saffron mob vandalised St. Mother Teresa English Medium School in Kannepally village, breaking glass windows and flower pots and pelting stones on the statue of St. Mother Teresa at the main gates.
Elections 2024
X takes down posts by leaders of BJP, AAP, YSR Congress, TDP on Election Commission of India order
Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) published take-down notices issued by the Election Commission of India (EC) of four posts...
Elections 2024
Why is Rajput community revolting against Bharatiya Janata Party in Western UP?
With only a few days left until voting begins for the first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, it has become a huge hurdle for the Bharatiya Janata Party as the Rajput community, a significant and loyal vote bank of the party, has expressed its resentment over being ignored in ticket distribution.
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Austrian woman summoned by Kerala Police for tearing down pro-Palestinian mural
An Austrian Jewish tourist was summoned by Kerala Police after a video of her tearing down a pro-Palestinian mural in Fort Kochi in Ernakulam district went viral on social media.
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India’s first private train flagged off from Coimbatore
India's first-ever private train service under the Bharat Gaurav scheme started its maiden service and flagged off on Tuesday from Coimbatore to Shirdi of Maharashtra.
East India
Massive outrage in Bihar over Union’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme
Protests against Agnipath, a recruitment plan for the armed forces, turned violent Thursday as Army aspirants disrupted rail and road traffic in several parts of Bihar for the second consecutive day.
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Video | Afreen Fatima on demolition of her house and incarceration of her father
Speaking to Maktoob, Afreen Fatima decodes what had happened to her family and how it has become a disturbing pattern for Muslims in India.
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Kerala cop transferred for issuing controversial notice to Mosque
Pinarayi-led LDF government was quick on their feet to transfer a cop after he sent a notice to a Mosque in Kerala's Kannur. Station House officer of Mayyil Police...
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Features
“He just continues smiling”: Umar Khalid’s parents
In a recent court hearing, student activist Umar Khalid, who was arrested on September 13, 2020, in a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for allegedly being...
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Tamil Nadu: Muslims demand anti-Islamophobia Act, arrest of Nupur Sharma
Maltreated and abused by the rise of virulent Hindu Nationalism, around 1500 protesters gathered in the small town of Nagore in Tamil Nadu demanding the arrest of Nupur Sharma, and enforcement of an ‘Anti – Islamophobia Act’.
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Presidential polls: Mamata suggests names of Farooq, Gopalkrishna Gandhi at Oppn meeting
Leaders of several Opposition parties on Wednesday agreed to field a common candidate against the NDA in the forthcoming Presidential elections.
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It is a blatant lie that there is no caste in Kerala: Puzhu writer Harshad
Harshad, a Malayalam scriptwriter, is best known for his two feature films Unda (2019) and Puzhu (2022). Puzhu (meaning worm) is a 2022 Malayalam flick jointly written by Harshad, Sharfu, and Suhas and directed by debutante Ratheena, with actor legend Mammootty as Kuttan, Parvathy Thiruvothu as Bharathi, Appunni Sasi as Kuttappan aka KP and Vasudev Sajeesh as Kichu in the lead roles.
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As Rahul appears before ED for 3rd day, police barges into Congress office
Delhi Police personnel forced their way into the Congress headquarters in New Delhi and beat up workers as party former chief Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the third consecutive day of questioning in the National Herald money laundering case.
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Protest against Nupur Sharma; Arrest count in UP, Bengal, Jharkhand, Gujarat increases
The number of people arrested by the police in the two states increased to 200 in West Bengal and 350 in Uttar Pradesh. The U.P. police have filed 13 FIRs, while their West Bengal counterparts have filed 42 FIRs so far.
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Tamil Nadu: ABVP man arrested for post reiterating Nupur Sharma’s remarks on prophet
24-year-old ABVP activist Karti was arrested by the Coimbatore rural cyber crime police on Tuesday for posting a message on social media in support of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, whose derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad triggered massive outrages across country and globally.
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Neeraj Chopra, Olympic gold medalist, breaks his own national record
India's Olympic gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Tuesday broke his own national record at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland.
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