India
Elections 2024
In Sambhal, UP Police accused of voter suppression
The third phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024 was completed in Uttar Pradesh with multiple allegations levelled by the voters of Sambhal constituency of being driven away, lathi-charged, and...
Elections 2024
Sam Pitroda steps down as chairman of Indian Overseas Congress
Amid row over several controversial remarks, Sam Pitroda on Wednesday stepped down as the Chairman of the Indian...
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.
India
900 detained in Kashmir following civilian killings
On 10 October, Jammu and Kashmir Police summoned Aijaz Ah Bhat, 23, to the police station for interrogation. At the station, he was informed that he has been detained...
India
Aryan Khan was targeted because of his surname: Mehbooba Mufti
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday alleged on Twitter that actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, who has been arrested in a drugs case, was being targeted because of his surname.
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Central India
Mumbai: No flat for Marathi-speaking man in ‘Gujaratis only’ building, owners arrested
Two flat owners in Mumbai Rinku Sangoi Dedhia and Rahul Dedhia have been booked by Naya Nagar police on Monday for refusing to sell a 1-BHK flat to a youth named Govardhan Deshmukh, because he was a Marathi-speaking man.
India
Policemen, district officials booked for murder of two Muslims during eviction drive in Assam
Two weeks after the police killing of two Muslims during a forced eviction drive, Assam Police have registered two first information reports against policemen and district officials of Darrang district.
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India
Two draconian laws UAPA, sedition harmful for democracy: Former judge RF Nariman
Former Supreme Court judge Rohinton Fali Nariman on Sunday said that the Supreme Court should strike down the sedition law and “offensive portions” of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
India
Hindu mob attacks Madarasa students in Gujarat
Two Madarasa [Islamic school] students were brutally thrashed by a Hindu Mob in Paldi, Gujarat's Ahmedabad district on Sunday night.
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Film and TV
Malayalam film legend, 3 time national award winner, Nedumudi Venu dies at 73
Veteran Malayalam actor Nedumudi Venu passed away on Monday. He was 73.
India
5 army men killed in gunfight with militants in Jammu and Kashmir
A Junior Commissioned Officer or JCO and four other soldiers were killed in action during an encounter between security forces and militants during an "anti-insurgency operation" in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Monday, officials said.
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Central India
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Maharashtra holds bandh today
A statewide bandh announced by state government, which is an alliance of the Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress, will be observed in Maharashtra today to support the farmers protest against the farmers' killing on October 3 in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district.
India
Kerala: Nearly 2 lakh eligible students left out after Plus One second allotment
“I got A Plus for all my subjects, I do not know nor understand why I couldn’t secure a seat.”, says Diya, a student who passed out with flying colors.
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India
Karnataka: Hindutva men harass Hindu women for travelling in Muslim couple’s car
Police in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on Saturday arrested two persons associated with a Hindutva group, Samhithraj (36) and Sandeep Poojary (34) for abusing two Hindu women for travelling in a Muslim man’s car.
Central India
MP: RSS men attack Muslim family defying ultimatum to flee village
In the latest episode of anti-Muslim violence in the country, a Muslim family was brutally attacked by Hindu Mob in Pivday Kampel village in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on...
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