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Second FIR against JD(S) MLA HD Revanna for abducting woman his son Prajwal had raped

The Karnataka Police on Thursday filed a second first information report against Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former state minister HD Revanna for allegedly abducting a woman who claims to have been raped by his son, Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna.

SC says it may consider granting interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal in view of Lok Sabha elections

The Supreme Court on Friday said it may consider granting interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Admi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), in view of the Lok Sabha polls.

Telangana Police closes Rohith Vemula case file, absolves UoH VC, BJP leaders

On Friday, the Gachibowli police, which was investigating the death of University of Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula, filed...

Rahul Gandhi to contest from Raebareli, Congress loyalist Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi

After weeks of deliberations and talks, the Congress on Friday named Rahul Gandhi as its candidate from the...

MEA calls USCIRF “biased” entity after its annual report designates India among “Countries of Particular Concern”

India's Ministry of External Affairs slammed the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and said it continues...

UP: Videography survey begins in Gyanvapi mosque amidst management’s protest

The videography survey and inspection of the Maa Shringar Gauri Sthal at Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi complex begins on Friday amidst opposition from the management committee of the Gyanvapi mosque.

UP: Principal booked for asking students to dress in Eid attire for school activity

The principal of a private school was booked in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj for asking students to post videos wearing “Eid attire” as part of the school activity. Bushra Mustafa was...
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Telangana: 2 Muslim men arrested for murder of Dalit man after inter-faith marriage

Telangana police have arrested two Muslim men Syed Mobin Ahmed and Mohammed Masood Ahmed in connection with the cold blood murder of a 25-year-old Dalit man who had recently married a Muslim woman.

CUET 2022: Application deadline extended

The deadline of the registration process for the Common University Entrance Test, or CUET 2022, is extended.
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Hate speech at Kerala Hindu conclave: Expat terminated from job in Qatar

After being removed from duties as regional coordinator of Malayalam Mission Qatar chapter for spouting anti-Muslim remarks in a Hindutva hate conclave in Kerala's capital, Thiruvananthapuram, Sisupalan Durgadas was terminated from his job in Qatar.

India’s COVID-19 toll highest in the world, 10 times official figure

A new estimate by World Health Organisation says India accounts for almost a third of Covid deaths globally with a toll of 4.7 million — 10 times the official...
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Anti-Dalit BJP govt is targeting me case after case: Jignesh Mevani on jail sentence

"BJP govt's priority is to go behind those who fight for poor landless Dalits," says Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani after a magisterial court in Gujarat’s Mehsana convicted him for...

Jignesh Mevani gets 3 months in jail for 2017 ‘Azadi’ march

Independent Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani and nine others were convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment by a magisterial court in Gujarat on Thursday in a five-year-old case of holding an 'Azadi march' without permission.
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“Why do you fear my way so much?” G.N. Saibaba writes from prison

The book "Why do you fear my way so much?", containing letters and poems from prison by human rights defender and Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba was launched at Jawahar Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday.

9 people arrested after 2 tribal men lynched by Bajrang Dal members

Police have arrested nine persons in connection with the murder of two tribal men Inwati Batti and Sampatlal Batti who were brutally assaulted by Hindutva group Bajrang Dal in Madhya Pradesh's Seoni district.
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Public statement: Stop demolitions in Delhi

Several women's groups, other groups and concerned citizens of Delhi on Wednesday wrote a letter of deep distress and concern to the LG of Delhi, CM of DELHI, Commissioner, municipal corporation of Delhi, demanding stop unlawful demolitions in Delhi, compensate, rehabilitate, restore livelihoods of the affected immediately.

“Why so barbarous?” asks Muslim man assaulted in viral video from Khargone

A recent video from Madhya Pradesh's Khargone, following anti-Muslim violence on Ram Navami, had gone viral where five police personnel can be seen brutally assaulting two Muslim men.
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