- India
Cautious optimism among minorities as LS polls bring some respite
Hyderabad: After months of heightened tension and divisive rhetoric in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, minorities across India, especially Muslims, are breathing a sigh of relief. Prime Minister Narendra…
- India
Muslim reservation in AP is social justice, not appeasement: TDP
Despite the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) strong opposition to Muslim reservation for jobs, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has said that it will not stop it Andhra Pradesh. In an interview with…
- India
Lok Sabha 2024: Muslims emerge as key vote bank, representation remains low
New Delhi: The Muslim vote bank has emerged as a key factor in many constituencies across the country in 2024 general elections. However, the community’s representation in the Lok Sabha has not…
- Top Stories
Telangana ACB sleuths disguised as truck drivers raid RTA offices
Hyderabad: In a novel move to uncover corruption within Telangana’s Road Transport Authority (RTA), the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday conducted a clandestine operation in the guise of lorry drivers and raided…
- India
Explained: Is Hindu population really declining as BJP suggests?
A recent paper by a government-linked organisation on population trends has sparked widespread debate and discussions. While many question the timing of the release of the paper as Lok Sabha elections are…
- India
BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign limited to opposing Congress manifesto
As the country gears up for another round of general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Lok Sabha campaign appears to have reduced to merely opposing the agenda set by Congress in…
- India
Congress faces furore over Muslim representation in Lok Sabha polls
The ongoing Lok Sabha election, dubbed as the largest festival of democracy in the world, has stumbled yet again upon the question of Muslim representation. The BJP’s campaign this time has been…
- India
As BJP ups the ante over Muslim quota, here is a look at historical context
In the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP leaders have intensified their attacks on Congress over Muslim reservation, alleging that the Congress wants to snatch the rights of SCs, STs…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man held for pouring ‘petrol’ on LB Nagar mosque
Hyderabad: The LB Nagar police on Thursday, April 25, arrested a man for pouring petrol-like substance on the entrance of Masjid-e-Mustafa.The incident took place in the wee hours of Wednesday. According to…
- Telangana
Congress announces candidates for 4 Telangana Lok Sabha seats
Hyderabad: The Congress party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) convened a meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday night to finalise candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, and announced names of fourteen candidates, including…
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Lok Sabha polls: Parties keeps Rajasthan Muslims leaders at bay
Two major political parties, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, have nominated candidates for 24 out of 25 parliamentary seats in Rajasthan for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. Despite constituting at least…
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Muslims, Christians left out from Centre’s minority cultural studies projects
The Union ministrty of minority affairs recently approved multiple projects for minority religious and cultural studies at various Universities across India. These include establishment of centres for Gurumukhi, Buddhist, Jain Manuscriptology, and…
- Technology
Hyderabad may be sitting in front row to witness AI-orchestrated doom
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday, February 28, visited the Microsoft India Development Center (IDC) in Hyderabad, an innovation centre envisioned by him in 1988. The centre is integral to its world-class…
- Telangana
Telangana govt devises action plan to fight looming water crisis
Hyderabad: As the water crisis deepens in Telangana, with just 11 TMC (Thousand Million Cubic feet) remaining in the Sripada Yellampalli project, besides alleged leakages from the Annaram and Sundilla barrages of…
- World
US: Islamophobic ads target Muslim judicial nominee Adeel Mangi
An influential right-wing conservative judicial lobbying group in US, Judicial Crisis Network (JCN), this week launched a blatantly Islamophobic and misleading campaign against one of President Biden’s Muslim judicial nominee, Adeel Mangi.…
