Hate Crime
-
Bombay HC denies police clearance to Faheem Ansari acquitted in 26/11 case
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday, April 29, dismissed a petition filed by Fahim Ansari, acquitted in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, who has sought the issuance of a Police Clearance…
-
Mosque vandalised in Hyderabad, police rush forces as tension grips Kismatpur
Hyderabad: Tension gripped Kismatpur in Rajendranagar late on Wednesday night, April 29, after an unidentified person entered a mosque and vandalised religious material, prompting police to rush additional forces to the area.…
-
Allahabad HC judges split over observations on NHRC, Muslim lynchings
Allahabad: In an unusual development, two judges of an Allahabad High Court division bench passed separate interim orders after disagreeing sharply with each other over observations concerning the functioning of human rights commissions…
-
Maharashtra: Muslim man stabs security guards, asks them to recite kalma
Thane: A 31-year-old knife-wielding Muslim man, who returned to India from the US in 2020, allegedly stabbed and seriously injured two security guards in Maharashtra’s Thane district in the wee hours of…
-
Roshan Khatoon murder accused gets hero’s welcome with ‘zindabad’ slogans
Maganoo Singh, one of the 19 accused in the lynching of Muslim woman Roshan Khatoon while she was fasting for Ramzan, received a grand welcome after getting bail. “Maganoo Singh Zindabad” echoed…
-
Supreme Court refuses to legislate on hate speech, tells Parliament to act if it deems fit
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 29, ruled that existing laws are sufficient to deal with hate speech and that no legislative vacuum exists that would warrant judicial intervention, declining…
-
Muslim bodies slam Uttarakhand madrasa Bill, vow to take fight it in SC
Hyderabad: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and several prominent Muslim organisations on Monday, April 27, issued a joint statement condemning the Uttarakhand government’s proposed legislation that would make it mandatory…
-
Esports player asked to vacate Mumbai flat for being Muslim, sparks debate
Mumbai: Mohammed “Owais” Lakhani, one of India’s most decorated mobile esports athletes, has alleged that he and his teammates are being forced to vacate their rented flat in Mumbai after their housing society…
-
2020 Delhi riots: Court acquits 12 accused of murdering Muslim man, rioting
New Delhi: A Delhi court has acquitted 12 men accused of abducting and murdering a man during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, saying that the prosecution failed to prove the case beyond…
-
FIR lodged after mazaar chadar burnt, shrine damaged in UP’s Shahjahanpur
Shahjahanpur: An FIR has been registered against an unidentified person for allegedly burning the ‘chadar’ (sacred cloth) and damaging a portion of a mazaar in the Chinour area here, officials said on…
-
Video: Sikh man assaulted, told to ‘get out of country’ in Canada
Toronto: An elderly Sikh man has been assaulted by a youth who yelled racist slurs that “get out of my country” in Canada, prompting police to investigate the “hate-motivated assault”, authorities said.…
-
‘Illegal’ madrassa linked to UK-based Islamic preacher demolished in UP
Sant Kabir Nagar (UP): Amid tight security, authorities on Sunday, April 26, started the demolition of an alleged illegal madrassa built in Khalilabad town here by a UK-based Islamic preacher who is…
-
Assam: 20 ‘illegal immigrants’ pushed back to Bangladesh, says CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday, April 26, said 20 foreign nationals were apprehended in the state and pushed back to Bangladesh. “Rude people don’t understand soft language… We…
-
163 madrasa students detained by MP police released after 10 days
Bhopal: The hundreds of madrasa children picked up by the police from Katni and Jabalpur railway stations in Madhya Pradesh have been released after being detained for 10 days. Congress MLA Arif…
-
UP: Minors stripped, beaten, thrown into canal to die over ‘restaurant debt’
Shamli: Two Muslim minors were kidnapped, abused, thrown into a canal, and later stripped naked for allegedly failing to pay an incurred debt of Rs 6,400 after eating food at the accused’s…
