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Plea challenging CAA rules: SC seeks reply from Union and Assam State governments
The Supreme Court on April 19 sought a reply from the Union government and the Assam State government on a petition challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, which aims to grant citizenship to ‘non-Muslim’ migrants who came from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before December 31, 2014.
Elections 2024
“Public emergency”: Almost 0% voting in six Nagaland districts amid shutdown over statehood demand
Almost zero voting was recorded in six districts in Nagaland during the Lok Sabha polls on Friday after...
Elections 2024
62% voter turnout in 102 constituencies as millions vote in phase 1 of General Election
The first phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections saw a voter turnout of around 62% until 9 pm in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories, the phase with the largest number of seats in the seven-phase 2024 polls.
India
Chhattisgarh: Accidental explosion kills CRPF constable on poll duty
An Under Barrel Grenade Launcher (UBGL) shell accidently exploded in the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, killing a 32-year-old constable of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) assigned to poll duty, according to police.
Elections 2024
Violence, booth rigging disrupt polling in Manipur and Bengal
The first round of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal and Manipur was marred by incidents of violence.
India
Students across country stand against ‘state-sponsored massacre of Muslims in Delhi’
On Wednesday, students across the country call for a boycott of all academic activities in solidarity with Muslims of Delhi, who were brutally targeted in an anti-Muslim pogrom in the national capital.
India
They took Kapil Mishra’s name as they beat me, says Zubair whose photo went viral
Two days after he was brutally assaulted by Hindu right-wing extremists, Mohammad Zubair said he had only stepped out to attend namaaz and buy sweets for his children when he was confronted by a right-wing mob wielding lathis and iron rods and shouting Jai Sreeram slogans.
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Anti-Muslim violence in Delhi: protesters from outside Kejriwal’s residence detained, beaten inside Police vehicle
Delhi Police used water cannon to disperse the students of Jamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) who had gathered outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence demanding an immediate intervention over the anti-Muslim violence in Delhi.
India
Anti-Muslim violence in Delhi: Lawyers group condemn the inaction on Delhi Govt’s part
A group called the 'Lawyers for Detainees' issued a statement slamming the newly-election AAP MLAs for "inaction" regarding the anti-Muslim violence that continued for the third consecutive day on Tuesday in northeast Delhi.
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‘Genocider’: PM Modi slammed as death toll in anti-Muslim violence rises to 35
Thursday, 27, Feb
At least 35 people have been killed in the anti-Muslim violence in northeast Delhi and police and paramilitary forces patrolled the streets in far greater numbers on...
India
Anti-Muslim violence in Delhi: Ishtiyaq shot dead by Hindutva extremists
Mohammad Ishtiyaq, a resident in Kabir Nagar, was shot and killed as he came out of his home earlier in the day. His family arrived at the hospital, but with bruises and injuries of their own.
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South India
Anti-CAA protesters to block Kerala Governor’s house today
Asma Khatun, Bilkis, Sarwari, the three “Dadis” of Shaheen Bagh, the epicenter of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will lead the anti-CAA protests to Rajbhavan, the official residence of Kerala governor on Tuesday and Wednesday.
India
Anti-Muslim violence in Delhi: Furqan died due to bullet injury
Furqan Ansari, 32, has died due to bullet injuries during the violence led by Delhi Police and supporters of CAA against Muslims in North East Delhi on Monday.
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India
Live: East Delhi on the edge of anti-Muslim pogrom as Muslim localities targeted
Many anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters, their houses and properties were targeted by Delhi policemen and Pro-CAA goons today as police violence broke out across multiple northeast Delhi neighbourhoods for a second time in less than 24 hours.
India
Internet cut in Aligarh for 6 hours amid police violence on women protesters
Police violence broke out this evening on anti-citizenship law protesters in the Uparkot Kotwali area of Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
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Kunan Poshpora; Largest recorded incident of sexual assault in South Asian history
Every year since 2014, 23 rd February is commemorated as Kashmiri Women’s Resistance Day, inspired by the struggles of the survivors of mass rape and torture Kunan and Poshpora, on the night of 23 rd February 1990. The two and half decades–long struggle of the survivors from Kunan and Poshpora is a part of the larger on-going struggle in Jammu and Kashmir, against the institutionalized and structural violence of the Indian state in the region.
India
I keep thinking about jail a lot: 15-year old Kashmiri boy who spent 72 days in jail
SHOPIAN, Kashmir — Umer Bashir Naikoo’s legs hurt. For nearly three months, the 15-year-old boy was locked inside a small jail cell — a thousand miles from where he lives in south Kashmir.
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