Monday, May 6, 2024

India

“BJP doesn’t want our vote or presence; Congress knows we have no choice. We vote for Congress out of necessitude,” Gujarat genocide survivors

Twenty-two years after the Muslim genocide in Gujarat, the Muslims of Gujarat still live in fear. The survivors of the Gujarat Muslim genocide told Maktoob that the BJP, which orchestrated the pogrom, neither wants their vote nor wants to see them, while the Congress understands that the Muslims have no other option. "We are voting for Congress out of necessity," say the survivors.

One year of ethnic violence in Manipur: Kuki-Zo Community Members in Hyderabad hold memorial gathering

With the ethnic violence in Manipur completing a year, the Hyderabad Unau Tribal Forum (HUTF), organised a commemorative event in solidarity with the victims on Friday.

Gujarat: More than 500 Muslim voters removed from voter list, “deliberately sidelined,” they say

At least 575 Muslim fishermen in Gujarat’s Devbhoomi Dwarka district will not be able to vote as their names were deleted from the voter list following the demolition of ports in Gandhvi and Navadra villages of the district.

Karnataka: SIT takes JD(S) MLA H D Revanna into custody in kidnapping case

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the allegations of sexual assault levelled against JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, arrested his father and JD(S) MLA H D Revanna on Saturday in connection with a kidnap case filed at K R Nagar, Mysuru district.

“Sanjiv Bhatt is a strong man”: On record with Shweta Bhatt

“Sanjiv Bhatt is a strong man,” says Shweta Bhatt, human rights defender and partner of whistleblower police officer Sanjiv Bhatt.

BSP slams CM Yogi over “elephant of behenji” remark

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Monday, lashed out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over "elephant of Behenji" remarks and said the comment is against Dalit and Other Backward Communities.

Photos: Muslim women take to Kerala’s streets warning “hands off my hijab”

Hundreds marched through the Kozhikode beach in Kerala on Sunday to protest against the hijab ban in Karntaka's educational institutions.
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“Police shot in his eye,” says father of Muslim man killed in UP CAA violence

To get to Anas's house, we walked through a busy alley near Bijnor's Naya Bazar. It is a busy alley with small shops on both sides. While we were...

Hijab ban denies personal and religious freedom: Popular Front

A resolution by Muslim outfit Popular Front of India on Sunday states that the Hijab ban and related controversies in Karnataka constitute "another aggression on Muslim identity and denial...
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ModifiedElephant behind hacking Rona Wilson’s phone: Report

American cybersecurity company SentinelOne has identified a malicious hacking group that targeted critics of Modi's government, including Rona Wilson. The digital security startup has found that ModifiedElephant, a hacker...

They were afraid that I will demand justice for my son: Mother of CAA protest martyr in UP

"The administration knows that if I win, I will demand justice for my dead son," Akbari Khatoon said to Maktoob.
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Stalin hints at “Convention of Opposition CMs” after Mamata dials him over WB Assembly prorogation

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin hinted at a possible "convention of Opposition CMs" outside Delhi in the near future after a telephonic conversation with his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee on Sunday.

First phase left BJP leaders cold, second will be worse for saffron party: Akhilesh

In a jibe at Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s comments against “heated” young leaders, Samajwadi Party chief and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav said that after the first phase of the Assembly elections, BJP leaders and workers have been left cold.
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Hijab ban: Section 144 imposed around schools in Udupi

The Udupi district administration has imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPC in areas around all high schools in the district from Monday till February 19.

One day, a hijab wearing woman will become Prime Minister: Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM supremo and MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday declared that a girl wearing a hijab would be the Prime Minister of India one day.
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‘One nation one registration’ threat to federalism: Stalin

Opposing the Union government’s ‘One-nation-one-registration’ initiative announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday said "federalism is under threat today."

Hijab ban ‘agenda against empowerment of Muslim populace’: Women activists in Kerala

More than hundred women activists, student leaders and academics from Kerala rallied behind the Muslim students in Karnataka who have been fighting against ongoing hijab ban in educational institutions.
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