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India
Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who alleged slow poisoning in UP jail, dies
Convicted politician Mukhtar Ansari, who alleged that he was being administered slow poison while in Uttar Pradesh jail, passed away on Thursday in a hospital in Banda district after...
India
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.
India
Among India’s jobless, 83% are youth: New report reveals alarming trends, Congress slams Modi govt
A report released recently by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Institute of Human Development (IHD) reveals concerning trends in unemployment in india. The report highlights that nearly 83% of the unemployed workforce in India consists of young people.
India
INSAF alliance sweeps EFLU student union elections
The INSAF alliance, comprised of the Fraternity Movement, Muslim Students Federation, Telangana Students’ Forum, National Students' Union of India and PRISM EFLU secured victory in all central panel seats of the Students' Union at Hyderabad English & Foreign Languages University (EFLU).
Central India
VBA decides to go solo in LS elections, accuses Sanjay Raut of stabbing it in back
Putting to rest any chance of joining the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar Wednesday announced that his party would contest the Lok Sabha elections on its own.
India
Azim Premji University suspends student for abusing fellow-Muslim student
A student at Azim Premji University was suspended after being accused of harassing a fellow-Muslim student verbally and physically inside the campus premises.
India
JKLF’s Yasin Malik gets life imprisonment in terror funding case
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) leader Yasin Malik was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday in a terror funding case.
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India
UP: 4 Muslims including parents, daughter, Imam arrested for “forcible conversion of teen boy”
Uttar Pradesh police Tuesday arrested four Muslims, including a 22-year-old woman, her parents, and a cleric, for alleged "forcible conversion of a 16-year-old boy and solemnising his nikah with the woman."
India
Kapil Sibal says he quit Congress, is Samajwadi’s Rajya Sabha candidate
Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal today revealed that he has resigned from the Congress, after filing his nomination as the Samajwadi Party's candidate for Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.
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India
Kerala dowry death: 10-year jail for dismissed govt staffer for driving wife to kill self
A Kerala court on Tuesday sentenced a dismissed state government employee Kiran Kumar to 25-year (concurrent) rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 12.55 lakh for driving his wife Vismaya to die by suicide last year by harassing her over dowry.
Features
Aani Maani: Constructing an Indian Muslim identity for celluloid
Aani Maani is a 2019 Indian drama film written and directed by Fahim Irshad, starring Farrukh Seyer, Priyanka Verma and Neha Singh in the lead roles. Three years after...
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South India
Karnataka: School tells alums to rename Gyanvapi mosque to ‘temple’ on Google map
A popular private school in Bengaluru has sent an email to all its alumni asking for them to go on to Google maps and change the name of Gyanvapi...
Features
Demolition, resettlement: Tale of two colonies in Delhi
In Madanpur-Khadar, a suburb in New Delhi where South Delhi Municipal Corporation(SDMC) recently launched a demolition drive, a Jhuggi-Jhopdi cluster belongs to dozens of families resettled from Kalkaji two...
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India
Anti-CAA protest was against ‘unjust law’: Umar Khalid tells Delhi HC
Jailed human rights activist activist Umar Khalid on Monday told the Delhi High Court that the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) did not instil fear and insecurity among the people and the court should not "fall into the trap of interpreting everything as terror."
India
Assam: UAPA against wife, daughter for protesting Muslim man’s death in custody
Two days after a fish trader Safiqul Islam died in police custody in Assam, the cops arrested his wife, Rashida Khatun, and his daughter, a Class 8 student.
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India
‘It’s their choice’: World boxing champion Nikhat Zareen criticise hijab ban
World boxing champion Nikhat Zareen on Monday, spoke on the hijab ban in Karnataka's educational institutions, saying that a person's attire was completely their choice.
India
Jailed Kashmiri rights defender Khurram Parvez named in Time’s list of 100 Most Influential People
The well-known human rights defender in Kashmir Valley, Khurram Parvez, who has been imprisoned by the authorities under draconian laws, has been named by the Time Magazine in its list of "100 Most Influential People of 2022."
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