Friday, May 17, 2024

India

Workplace harassment data reveals corporate sector’s patchy compliance with POSH Act: Report

A decade after India's groundbreaking Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act mandated strict measures to prevent and address workplace sexual harassment, a new analysis of compliance data raises...

66.95% voter turnout in first four phases, says Election Commission

The Election Commission on Thursday released cumulative voter turnout data for the first four phases of the General Elections 2024.

Sunil Chhetri announces retirement from international football, last match on June 6 against Kuwait

Indian men’s football team captain Sunil Chhetri on Thursday announced that he will retire from international football after...

India blocks over 1,000 Skype accounts used for ‘digital arrests’ by cyber fraudsters

India's anti-cyber fraud agency, the Indian Cyber Coordination Centre (I4C), has blocked over 1,000 Skype accounts linked to...

SC quashes FIR against Muslim academics over alleged ‘Hinduphobic’ book in Indore college library

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a case registered against staff and faculties of a government-run college in Indore for...

“Are you Mohammed?”: Mentally ill Jain man thrashed, later found dead in MP

The body of a 65-year-old Jain man who had been missing for five days was found in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district on Friday, and a video showed a man associated with BJP asking him if his "name is Mohammed."

33 dead in Bihar as rains, strong winds, lash state

As many as 33 have people died in separate incidents in 16 districts of Bihar after thunderstorm accompanied with heavy rains and lightning disrupted normal life.
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MP: Marriage with Hindu woman leaves a Muslim family miserable

Three days after Asif Khan and Sakshi Sahu eloped, Khan’s family house and shop were wrecked by bulldozers. While the two married each other in a temple, that didn't spare them from the wrath of Hindutva groups, who has given open calls to harm Asif.

Uttarakhand: Upper-caste students at govt school refuse to eat Dalit cook’s food

A number of upper-caste students in a Uttarakhand government school had boycotted mid-day meals prepared by a Dalit cook.
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Delhi University professor Ratan Lal arrested for post on Gyanvapi ‘shivling’

A Dalit professor at Delhi University, Ratan Lal, who has been booked for social media post on the claims of a ‘shivling’ being found at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, arrested Friday night by Delhi Police.

Kerala: Muslim group urge for law against Islamophobia

A statewide Youth Caravan by Solidarity Youth Movement Kerala, a Muslim organisation affiliated with Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, urged for a law to prevent Islamophobia. The Caravan that began on 5 May, traveled across the southern state and completed its journey on 15 May in the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.
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Gyanvapi: SC orders transfer of mosque committee’s plea to district judge

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered to transfer trial court proceedings in the Gyanvapi mosque case to the court of a district judge in Varanasi.

2019 Hyderabad “encounter” fake, says judicial inquiry commission

Regarding the deaths of the four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad in 2019, the Supreme Court-appointed inquiry commission has refuted the claims of the Hyderabad police and concluded that the four accused were "deliberately fired upon by the police with an intent to cause their death."
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SP leader Azam Khan released from jail after 27 months

Samajwadi Party senior leader Azam Khan was released from Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur jail on Friday morning after 27 months.

Pegasus: SC grants probe panel time till June 20 to submit report

The Supreme Court-appointed technical committee was Friday granted four weeks to submit its report on the Pegasus row.
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CBI books Lalu Yadav in fresh corruption case, raids at multiple locations, RJD protests

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday booked former Bihar chief minister and veteran socialist leader Lalu Prasad Yadav in a fresh case of corruption.

India’s Nikhat Zareen wins gold at Women’s World Boxing Championships

India's Nikhat Zareen won the gold medal in the 52kg category at the Women's World Championship in the fly-weight final in Istanbul.
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