India
Elections 2024
“We seek a govt that does not discriminate based on religion,” say voters of Nagaon in Assam
"Since independence, no Miya representative has been sent to parliament. This time, Muslim voters want to elect an AIUDF candidate," Mufti Abdul Karim, a supporter of the AIUDF, expressed hope while discussing the minority Muslim support for AIUDF.
Elections 2024
Lok Sabha elections phase 2: All that you need to know
The 2024 general elections in India, often dubbed as the largest show of electoral democracy, enter into the second phase on Friday.
Elections 2024
In post-delimitation Assam, why division of Muslim votes can diminish their electoral prospects
“Ensure that not a single vote goes to the Congress and no Bodo votes get wasted to the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) as the Bodo-identity has an existential threat from it”, an invigorated All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA from Dalgaon assembly constituency, Majibur Rahman, asked the mixed crowd of Bodos and Muslims supporting Durga Das Boro of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) party in Udalguri just before filing the nomination papers on 3 April 2024.
Elections 2024
Violation of MCC: EC seeks response from Narendra Modi – but also Rahul, Kharge
The Election Commission of India (ECI), which has continued to receive flak for not acting on PM Narendra Modi's hate speech against Muslims during poll campaign in Rajasthan on April 21, has purportedly taken cognisance of the Model Code of Conduct violation today.
Gaza Genocide
Hyderabad University fines students Rs 1,000 each for conducting “UoH for Palestine” protest
At least six students were fined Rs 1,000 each and were warned to be cautious by the University of Hyderabad for conducting a Palestine solidarity march inside the campus on 27 October last year.
India
“Minister’s son ran over him at great speed”, says father of journalist killed in Lakhimpur Kheri
35-year-old Kashyap was among the eight people killed in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh during protests of farmers against BJP politicians' visits that turned violent against farmers. Four farmers, a journalist, a driver, and two BJP men were killed.
East India
Curfew in Chhattisgarh town after Hindu Sena vandalise Miladun Nabi decorations, attack Muslims
In Kawardha, Chhattisgarh, Muslims were decorating the town for Eid Miladun Nabi – Prophet Mohammad's birthday. But the installation of a flag, alleged as Pakistani flag, in the Lohara...
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India
Delhi: Court grants bail to Muslim man after 12 years of undertrial imprisonment in UAPA case
Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Mohd. Hakim who has spent more than 12 years as an undertrial in the 2008 Delhi serial blasts case, saying that the courts must not attend to constitutional rights only after they are dead.
India
Will try to go to Lakhimpur, systematic attack on farmers, says Rahul Gandhi
"Other parties are being allowed. We are being stopped. I will try to go to Lakhimpur Kheri. The prime minister was in Lucknow yesterday but he did not visit Lakhimpur Kheri," Gandhi told reporters.
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India
Lakhimpur Kheri: BJP will pay a heavy price, says Sharad Pawar
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar warned the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday that it will have to pay a heavy price for the Lakhimpur Kheri killings of farmers and asserted that the entire opposition is with the farmers.
India
One year in jail under UAPA: Families of Hathras political prisoners await justice
Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan, Campus Front of India leaders and students Atiqur Rahman and Masud Ahmed, and a Delhi-based cab driver Mohammad Alam spent 365 days in jail for the crime never committed, alleges family members and colleagues of Hathras political prisoners on Tuesday.
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India
Lakhimpur Kheri: CM Bhupesh Baghel says stopped from leaving Lucknow airport
Baghel is heard telling the police he is 'not going to Lakhimpur Kheri'. Despite this, the police have barred him from leaving the airport.
India
Priyanka Gandhi shares video of car running over farmers, asks PM Modi: ‘Have you seen this?’
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lucknow visit, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi tweeted a viral video of a car -linked to Union minister Ajay Mishra's son- running over farmers at a protest in Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.
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India
Assam CM responsible for extrajudicial killings of Bengali origin Muslims: Report
The cops used excessive force against displaced people in Assam's Darrang and acted without direct provocation, causing deaths of two Muslims including a minor boy, and many injuries, according to a fact-finding report by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR).
India
Lakhimpur Kheri: Punjab CM Channi’s helicopter denied landing permission in UP
The Yogi Adityanath-led government has not allowed Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi to land in Uttar Pradesh in state government chopper.
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India
Lakhimpur: Retired HC judge will probe violence, UP to give Rs 45 lakh to victims’ families
This comes after a countrywide protests of farmers and Opposition parties against the violence against farmers.
Central India
MP: Hindu mob blows up Dargah with gunpowder
A group of Hindutva militants on Monday night set off explosives in a Dargah in the Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh. Hazrat Bheda Peer Dargah Sharif was partially damaged in the attack.
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