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Elections 2024
Karnataka: FIRs against BJP leaders Tejasvi Surya, CT Ravi for ‘communally polarising’ voters on social media
Karnataka’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Friday notified that separate cases have been filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tejasvi Surya and CT Ravi for their hate-inducing social media posts aimed at polarising voters. The cases come as 14 constituencies in the state went to poll today.
Elections 2024
Lok Sabha elections: 7 collapse and die amidst intense heat in Kerala
At least seven persons collapsed and died in different parts of Kerala after voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 started on Friday.
India
We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi High Court
Messaging application WhatsApp on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the company would leave India if it was compelled to break encryption of messages and calls under the 2021 Information Technology Rules.
Elections 2024
SC rejects pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips
Supreme Court of India on Friday rejected the pleas seeking 100% cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records.
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“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.
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.
India
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.
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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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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...
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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.
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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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Uniform Civil Code has to be optional and not compulsory: Congress
Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday said a Uniform Civil Code cannot be forced upon people and it has to be optional.
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