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Abanadoned temple reopened in Aligarh, purification ceremony held
Aligarh: Right-wing organisations and some local BJP leaders held a ‘shuddhikaran‘ (purification) ceremony and chanted Hanuman chalisa at a long-abandoned Shiva temple in a Muslim-majority locality here after it was “reopened” by…
- Politics
Rashid Alvi faults SC’s approach on AMU minority status
New Delhi: Congress leader Rashid Alvi criticised the Supreme Court’s handling of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) minority status issue saying its approach “is not the way justice should work”. He expressed…
- India
Aligarh court sentences priest to 20 years for raping minor Dalit girl
A local court in Aligarh has delivered a significant verdict sentencing a 50-year-old temple priest, Jamuna Das, to 20 years in prison for raping a five-year-old Dalit girl. The swift justice was…
- India
Watch: UP govt school teacher caught dozing while students fan her
A primary government school teacher was caught on camera taking a nap while her students took turns fanning her, creating anger among parents. The incident happened in Gokulpur village in Aligarh district…
- Books
Book Review: City on Fire is an expression of painful memories of a Muslim journalist
City on Fire by Zeyad Mansoor Khan, is a memoir in which he describes the hateful environment Muslims have had to endure in post-Babri Mosque demolition (6 December 1992) India. Although mainly…
- India
Muslim youth beaten, stripped for talking to Hindu girl in Aligarh
In a disturbing incident, a Muslim youth was stripped naked and beaten by members of Hindutva outfits for allegedly for talking to a Hindu girl in the Quarsi area of Aligarh on…
- India
Youth attacked after returning to fetch water for ailing mother in UP
A young man was assaulted by a group of Hindutva followers in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh district upon knowing his religious identity. According to the FIR lodged, the victim Zubair, had come with…
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UP: Rahul Gandhi reaches Aligarh, meets kin of Hathras stampede victims
Aligarh: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday met here the family members of those who lost their lives in the stampede in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, according to…
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Aligarh lynching case: Police book deceased on dacoity charge
Aligarh: A man killed by a mob here on suspicion of theft has been booked along with eight people on dacoity charge following a complaint by the mother of an accused in…
- India
Aligarh lynching: Jamiat demands swift probe to bring perpetrators to justice
New Delhi: Prominent Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Thursday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to expedite investigation into the mob lynching incident in Aligarh and ensure that all those guilty are brought…
- India
UP: Aligarh BJP MLA demands release of accused who lynched Muslim man
BJP leaders have launched a protest against the arrest of six people who were allegedly involved in the murder of a Muslim man, mistaken for a thief, in Aligarh’s Mama Bhanja locality.…
- India
UP Muslim man mistaken as thief lynched to death; 4 arrested
A 35-year-old Muslim man was lynched to death by a Hindutva mob after he was mistaken for a thief in Aligarh’s Mama Bhanja locality late Tuesday night. According to reports, the deceased…