India
India
London: Diaspora organisations hold ‘vigil for democracy in India’ as anti-Muslim hate speech spikes around elections
15 diaspora organisations expressed their dismay at a ‘Vigil for Democracy in India’ event held at Parliament Square in London, on May 5, Sunday.
India
After EC notice, J P Nadda, Amit Malviya summoned by Bengaluru police over anti-Muslim social media post
The Bengaluru police sent notices to BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra, National Chief BJP J.P. Nadda, and Head of IT Cell Amit Malviya, stating that they must appear before the investigating officer within seven days for questioning regarding a controversial hate post on X made by the party's state unit.
India
Mumbai: School principal expelled after being targeted by Hindutva portal for liking pro-Palestinian tweets
Parveen Shaikh, the principal of Somaiya School in Mumbai, has been fired for liking a pro-Palestine post on social media.
Elections 2024
Three MLAs withdraw support to BJP govt in Haryanaa, Congress demands Assembly election under President’s rule
In a major setback for the BJP government in Haryana, three independent MLAs who were backing the Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government have switched their allegiance to back Congress candidates in the Lok Sabha elections.
India
Need more than 400 Lok Sabha seats to prevent Congress from putting ‘Babri lock’ on Ram temple, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), needs more than 400 Lok Sabha seats in order to prevent the Congress from putting the “Babri lock” on the Ram temple in Ayodhya or reinstalling Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
India
Hindutva attacks continue in Tripura, Muslim groups demand govt action
Over a dozen mosques, houses, and shops belonging to Muslims were vandalised by Hindu paramilitary groups RSS, VHP, and Bajrang Dal across Tripura during protests against Bangladesh violence so far.
India
Kashmiri family claims slain son wasn’t militant, killed in “fake gunfight”
On Thursday, Indian forces killed two Kashmiri men in Dragad, Shopian. Authorities claimed the slain men were "militants" killed in an "encounter".
But the family of one of the...
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India
Kashmiri students attacked following India’s loss to Pakistan in T20 World Cup
Multiple reports have been pouring in from Punjab that Kashmiri students were thrashed following India’s defeat to Pakistan in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup on Sunday night.
Features
Laal Wunnar | Documentary on Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani
Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani was a professor at Zakir Hussain College, Delhi University. He was convicted for his alleged role in the 2001 Indian Parliament attack and sentenced to death by the trial court. Later, Delhi High Court acquitted him of all draconian charges in 2003, after 18 months of imprisonment.
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India
Gurgaon: Mosque imam forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, two booked
Two Hindu men were booked for threatening a mosque imam to stop conducting the Friday namaz and forcing him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ after allegedly attacking him in Sector 39 on Friday night.
Central India
Made to sign 10 blank papers, overheard Rs 18 crore deal talks: Witness in Aryan Khan case
Prabhakar Sail, a witness in the Mumbai cruise ship drugs case, involving actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, has claimed that he had overheard private investigator Kiran Gosavi talk about a Rs 18 crore deal, of which Rs 8 crore was to be paid to Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal Director Sameer Wankhede.
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India
Facebook enabled violence against Muslims in India, internal documents show
Facebook in India has been selective in curbing hate speech, fake news and inflammatory posts, particularly anti-Muslim content, according to leaked internal documents of social media giant obtained by several news outlets.
India
Fuel prices hiked for fifth consecutive day, Congress to launch massive agitation
Petrol and diesel prices have been hiked for the fifth consecutive day in India.
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India
79 cases under UP’s anti-conversion law so far; Muslim men including scholars still behind bars
79 cases registered against unlawful conversion under the 2020 stringent law in Uttar Pradesh till July this year and charge sheets have been filed in 50 cases, according to a document submitted by the State government in the Allahabad High Court.
India
Kerala: SFI leaders assault female AISF leader, threaten to rape her
Comrades of Students Federation of India (SFI), an outfit of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist), was caught in a viral video in Kerala’s Kottayam based MG University,...
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Central India
“This is case of no evidence at all,” Aryan Khan to Bombay HC
Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in his plea in the Bombay High Court seeking bail, has said the Narcotics Control Bureau's "interpretation and misinterpretation" of the WhatsApp chats collected from his mobile phone was "wrong and unjustified."
India
Tripura: Statewide attacks on mosques, houses of Muslims during rally against Bangladesh violence
At least six mosques and over a dozen of houses and shops belong to Muslims were vandalised by Hindutva groups RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal across Tripura during protests against Bangladesh violence on Thursday.
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