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- India
Designer claims he received request to make table for PM, cops say it was forged
A designer named Kunal Merchant took to social media claiming that he received an email from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office asking him to design a table from the PM, which he…
- Top Stories
Akbaruddin Owaisi acquitted in two hate speech cases
Hyderabad: The special sessions court for MP/MLAs at Nampally metropolitan courts on Wednesday acquitted AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi in two hate speech cases made at Nirmal and Nizamabad districts. In wake…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Here’s the hate speech BJP’s Raja Singh was booked for
Hyderabad: Unlike other cities, the Rama Namavi rally in the city passed-off peacefully, but that again is subjective. While there were no incidents of violence as such, calls for the same were…
- Hyderabad
Court defers verdict in Akbaruddin Owaisi hate speech case
Hyderabad: A court in Hyderabad deferred to Wednesday the verdict in the 2012 alleged hate speech involving AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi. The Special Sessions Court for Trial of Criminal Cases relating to MPs…
- India
Karnataka: Five days after hate speech against Muslims, cops fail to register FIR
Five days after the call given by a leader of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) in Karnataka to boycott Muslim fruit vendors, the Police have failed to file a complaint for “inciting…
- India
UP Police file case over ‘rape threat’ speech in Sitapur
Sitapur: Uttar Pradesh Police has filed an FIR against a priest for giving “rape threats” to women of a particular community in a speech in UP’s Sitapur district. Sitapur’s Additional Superintendent of…
- India
Hindu Mahapanchayat: Users booked for posting ‘controversial’ tweets
New Delhi: Delhi Police have registered a case against Twitter users who allegedly posted controversial content, in the backdrop of Hindu Mahapanchayat Sabha, which the police claim could have incited enmity, hatred,…
- India
Narsinghanand, Chavhanke booked for hate speeches at ‘Hindu Mahapanchayat’
New Delhi: Delhi Police have registered a case against the organisers of Hindu Mahapanchayat Sabha and several speakers including Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, priest of Dasna Devi temple and Suresh Chavhanke, Chief Editor of…
- Hate Crime
Move over UP, Karnataka is India’s new anti-Muslim hate factory
Since the Hijab row started in January this year, Karnataka has been witnessing instances of blatant Islamophobia non-stop. The state is now being called ‘the Uttar Pradesh of south India’ after rising…
- India
Hate speech: No criminality if said with smile, says HC over case on BJP leaders
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Friday questioned CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat over her plea seeking a First Information Report (FIR) on Bharatiya Janata Party over their hate speeches in relation…
- Telangana
Akbaruddin Owaisi hate speech case: Telangana HC orders clubbing of all FIRs into 1
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Monday ordered the clubbing of all FIRs against All India Majlis-e-Ittihad-ul- Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi in connection with alleged hate speech in Nirmal district in…
- India
‘The Kashmir Files’ is Hindutva’s latest anti-Muslim weapon
Hyderabad: A film that is based on the tragedy and exodus of Kashmiri Pandits has instead managed to become a propaganda tool that is being used to rouse anti-Muslim and anti-Kashmiri passions…
- India
Delhi HC issues notice on Sharjeel Imam’s rejected bail plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a bail plea by former JNU student-activist Sharjeel Imam challenging an earlier court order which had rejected the plea. The case…
- India
Watch: Bajrang Dal teen delivers hate speech on hijab issue, booked
Bengaluru: A 19-year-old girl who is a member of the Bajrang Dal has reportedly delivered a hate speech on the hijab issue. Although the girl, Pooja has delivered the speech at a…
- Elections
UP polls: EC imposes 24-hr ban on BJP MLA for hate speech
Siddhartha Nagar: The Election Commission has imposed a 24-hour ban on campaigning by controversial BJP MLA Raghavendra Singh, who is contesting the Dumariaganj Assembly seat. Singh had given a controversial speech in…
