indian muslims
- Hyderabad
1 reason, 2 constituencies, 6-fold gap: What Malakpet SIR shows
Hyderabad: In Charminar, 38 of every 100 electors left off the draft roll were recorded as “absent,” which means they were not found at the registered address when a Booth Level Officer…
- Opinions
Saharanpur mosque demolition: A state siege on minority rights
On September 5, 2026, a century-old mosque situated within the District Magistrate’s Collectorate complex in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, was completely razed in a pre-dawn operation commencing at approximately 5 am by local…
- Hate Crime
Gauhati HC orders repatriation of Mumtaz deported to Bangladesh
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on September 3 ordered the Ministry of External Affairs to initiate efforts to trace and repatriate Mumtaz Begum, a 43-year-old Muslim woman who was deported to Bangladesh…
- Hyderabad
SIR: 59 in 100 flagged electors in Nampally carry Muslim names
Hyderabad: A total of 1,37,126 electors have been left off the draft electoral roll in the Nampally Assembly constituency under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), in a seat the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul…
- Hate Crime
HC questions 24-hr notice after 73 Muslim houses razed in Assam
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court on September 7 came down heavily on the state authorities for demolishing houses in Assam’s Muslim-majority Goalpara after residents challenged the 24-hour notice. On September 7, the…
- Mumbai
Maharashtra: 30 pc voters face deletion in minority-dense seats
Mumbai: At least three in every 10 voters in 38 constituencies with a higher Muslim population in Maharashtra are likely to be deleted, with their names excluded from the draft electoral roll…
- Opinions
Media professionals have no dignity left in India
Two female journalists who were brutally assaulted by the Delhi Police at the Saket Police Station on September 3 have become a talking point in the country. The discussion is whether any…
- Hyderabad
SIR: Fewer Muslim-name deletions in Goshamahal than Old City seats
Hyderabad: Of the 1,10,148 electors listed for deletion from Goshamahal’s draft electoral roll of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), an estimated 24 in every 100 carry Muslim names. This is far below the…
- Hate Crime
Bengal: Resort security guard assaults tourist family with lathi
Kolkata: A Muslim family in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district was allegedly assaulted at a resort on Saturday, September 5, after a dispute over parking escalated. The family said the assault occurred…
- Hyderabad
SIR: In Charminar, 23K people with Muslim names not found at home
Hyderabad: Charminar – the constituency that takes its name from the monument at the heart of it where lanes run narrow and deep through Laad Bazaar, Pathergatti and Ghansi Bazaar – lost the fewest…
- Hate Crime
Jharkhand: Accused of submitting 200 Form 7s, BJP BLA arrested
Godda: Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Jharkhand has come under the spotlight yet again after a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Booth-Level Agent (BLA) was arrested for allegedly submitting roughly…
- Hate Crime
Uttarakhand: 20 madrasas shut since abolishment of Madrasa Board
Dehradun: As many as 20 madrasas have been shut or sealed after being found “illegal” or failing to meet requirements since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Uttarakhand government abolished the state Madrasa…
- Hyderabad
84 out of 100 duplicate voters in Yakatpura SIR have Muslim names
Hyderabad: In 2023, Jaffer Hussain Meraj of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) won the Yakutpura Assembly constituency with 46,153 votes, very narrowly defeating Amjed Ullah Khan of the Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT), who…
- Hate Crime
Bihar students adorn burqas for Teachers’ Day ‘bhoothiya dance’
Patna: A Bihar coaching centre’s Teacher’s Day dance performance on Saturday, September 5, has sparked controversy after videos surfaced that show students clad in burqas with white paint on their faces and…
- Hate Crime
Hindutva group pressures man to say Bharat Mata Ki Jai, he refuses
Srinagar: A group of Hindutva workers harassed and forced a Kashmiri Muslim man to say Bharat Mata Ki Jai while on their pilgrimage to the Baba Budha Amarnath and Shiv Khori temples…
