Wednesday, May 1, 2024

India

Nearly 100 schools in Delhi shut over bomb threat, officials say it appears to be hoax

On Wednesday, around 100 schools in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) received a bomb threat email. These include at least five schools in the southwest, three in...

Congress will snatch all wealth of non-Muslims, says BJP’s new Islamophobic Instagram reel

An election campaign video shared by BJP's official Instagram page urging to vote for Modi, demonised Muslims to...

“Genociders are not welcome”: Palestine protest force JNU admin to cancel US envoy event

On Monday, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration cancelled an event with the United States ambassador to India...

Rajasthan elections: Congress hopes to overturn BJP sweep

As voting in Rajasthan state wrapped up on Friday, with a low turnout at around 56 per cent,...

BJP leader seen slapping Tripura polling official in viral video, arrested

A Tripura BJP leader was arrested on 29 April assaulting a presiding officer at a polling station on Friday during phase 2 polls for Tripura East constituency.

Growing Muslim, Christian population threat to India, says RSS chief

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said that in some districts of Assam, West Bengal and Bihar, population growth rate among Muslims was far greater than national average.

West Bengal: Left activist arrested in 5-year-old case under UAPA

Tipu Sultan, alias Mustafa Kamal, a former student leader at Visva Bharati University and a left-political activist was arrested by West Bengal police in a five-year-old case under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
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Global Hunger Index 2021: India ranks 101 out of 116 countries

India has slipped to the 101st position among 116 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2021 published on Thursday. India’s rank fell from 94 last year. The report is prepared jointly by Irish...

Azim Premji students protest incarceration of UAPA accused Gulfisha Fatima

Students of Azim Premji University (APU) in Karnataka organized a candlelight vigil on Monday, demanding the release of Gulfisha Fatima, a Delhi based Muslim student leader incarcerated for 18...
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Kashmir: Two journalists sent to jail, five detained in a week

Two Kashmiri journalists from Anantnag, South Kashmir, have been sent to district jail on Thursday under section 107 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC)— pre-emptive detention of a person based on suspicion. The detention comes as tensions escalate in the valley following the civilian killings.

MP: Muslims forced to flee Hindu dominated village due to ‘social boycott’

Over two dozen Muslims forced to flee from Borlay village of Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district dominated by the Hindu Patidar community after an inccident of elopement took an ugly turn.
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“Police communalised complaint”; Bail to Muslim men in Gujarat’s first ‘anti-conversion law’ case

Four Muslim men arrested in connection with the first case filed in Gujarat under the draconian anti-conversion law were granted bail on Wednesday.

Does JNU remember Najeeb?

Five years on, whereabouts of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, are still unknown, his cases unsolved.
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Modi govt failed to destabilise Maharashtra govt: Sharad Pawar

NCP supremo Sharad Pawar Wednesday hit out at the Narendra Modi government, alleging it has been misusing institutions run by Union government for saffron party's political benefits.

Kashmir: Journalist detained in midnight raid

A Srinagar-based photojournalist Mukhtar Zahoor was detained in a mid-night raid from his residence.
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Speech | Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh, a global mouthpiece for RSS’s genocidal agenda

After the City of Troy, Michigan, met with and praised a local branch of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), the international wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) paramilitary, on 27 September, author and journalist Pieter Friedrich attended the very next city council meeting to question the mayor and councillors about their decision to do so.

VM Kutty, doyen of Mappilapattu, dies at 86

Kutty, who played a key role in popularising Mappila Pattu or Muslim folk songs, was 86.
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