India
Elections 2024
“No force can stop the caste census from happening,” says Rahul Gandhi
Speaking on the Caste census at the Social justice conclave in Delhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that those who call themselves ‘deshbakt' are scared of the ‘X-ray' of caste census and asserted that no force can stop it.
Elections 2024
Modi’s hate speech on Muslim reservation; What’s truth? Was PM misrepresenting facts?
In an Islamophobic speech, Prime Minister and BJP's star campaigner Narendra Modi alleged on Tuesday that the Congress reduced the SC/ST reservation in Andhra Pradesh to implement Muslim reservation. He alleged that this was a pilot project which the Congress wanted to implement across the entire country.
Elections 2024
Interview: Hindus are rejecting BJP’s Hindutva, says Karnataka Congress spokesperson MG Hegde
Hindus are rejecting Bharatiya Janata Party‘s Hindutva, says Karnataka Congress spokesperson MG Hegde in an interview to Maktoob.
Elections 2024
Interview: Will work for social justice, says Danish Ali MP amidst hate campaigns against him led by PM Modi
As campaigning for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls gains momentum, Kunwar Danish Ali, the sitting MP...
Elections 2024
PM Modi reiterates ‘redistribution of wealth’ claim, justifies anti-Muslim rhetoric: “I put truth before country”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated his anti-Muslim rhetorics and accused that the Congress tried to extend reservation on the basis of religion and give it to Muslims and hatched a "deep conspiracy" to snatch people's wealth and distribute it among "select" people.
India
Decoding Places of Worship Act; Why is SC hesitant to uphold it?
Md Saquib Madani & Nayab Gauhar
In his autobiography ‘My Country, My Life’, L.K Advani wrote “an exhilarating period of my life” while describing the Rath Yatra he took out...
India
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.
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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.
India
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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India
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...
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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India
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’.
India
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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Features
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.
India
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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India
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.
India
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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