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- Hyderabad
United Muslim Forum flags rising communal tension in Telangana
Hyderabad: The United Muslim Forum (UMF) on Wednesday, February 25, raised alarm over the pattern of communal attacks targeting the minority community across Telangana, demanding that the state government take strict action against…
- India
Gujarat gau rakshaks ram vehicle carrying buffaloes, cattle killed
Gandhinagar: Two Muslim men were allegedly assaulted by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes (gau rakshaks) on the intervening night of Wednesday, February 25, for transporting buffaloes in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar. According to local media, the…
- India
Uttarakhand hate crime: Assaulted for my name, claims Mohammed Firoz
Haridwar: Goods transporter Mohammed Firoz, who once confidently travelled across state lines for work, now lives in constant fear. “If I can be attacked like this, what else is waiting out there?”…
- India
Those in high constitutional office must not target communities, says SC
The Supreme Court has observed that it is constitutionally impermissible for anyone, including State and non-State actors, to vilify or denigrate any community through speeches, memes, cartoons or visual art. The apex…
- India
Is Hindu girl marrying Muslim boy destroying the national fabric: SC
The Supreme Court of India, on Wednesday, February 25, dismissed a petition seeking a ban on Hindi movie “Yadav Ji Ki Love Story,” which features a Hindu girl falling in love with…
- Hyderabad
BJYM City President speaks against AIMIM leader, booked for causing traffic
Hyderabad: The Afzalgunj Police have booked Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) City President Nithin Nandhkar for allegedly using derogatory language and organising a public gathering in Jambagh without prior permission. The incident…
- Telangana
Stones pelted at Constable Fasee Ahmed, two others in Nizamabad, case filed
Hyderabad: A 42-year-old Muslim police constable was injured by a right-wing mob while performing dutiy in Nizamabad on Sunday evening, February 22. Md Fasee Ahmed, working in the Circle Inspector Cell, Bodhan…
- India
Punjab: University VC removed over ‘misbehaviour’ with Kashmiri students
Ludhiana: CT University Vice-Chancellor (VC) Nitin Tandon was removed on Tuesday, February 24, following allegations of misbehaving with a group of Kashmiri students, Chancellor Charanjit Singh Channi said. The private university has…
- India
HC says The Kerala Story 2 wrongly portrays state, teaser pulled down
Stating that the ‘Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond’ wrongly portrays people of the state, the Kerala High Court sought the central government’s decision to screen the movie before it decides on pleas…
- India
Yeh mohabbat ka yodha: Rahul Gandhi meets ‘Mohammed Deepak’
Deepak Kumar, popularly known as Mohammed Deepak, the Samaritan who firmly stood against Hindutva forces in Uttarakhand, met senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on…
- India
Rajasthan: Ex-BJP MP refuses to give minority women blankets, triggers uproar
Tonk: Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, the former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, refrained from giving blankets to Muslim women, saying those who insult Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not…
- Telangana
Banswada communal clash: 19 held so far, strict action against fake news
Hyderabad: As normalcy slowly returns to Banswada in Telangana’s Kamareddy, the district police on Sunday, February 22, have so far arrested 19 people for their alleged involvement in the communal clash. “We…
- Telangana
Raja Singh’s detention in Medak: Bajrang Dal protest, RTC bus damaged
Hyderabad: Far-right-wing organisation Bajrang Dal workers attacked a TGSRTC bus at Shankarampet mandal in Medak district on Sunday, February 22, during a protest against the detention of Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh…
- India
MP: Dispute over loudspeaker during Taraweeh and aarti ends up in communal clash
A dispute over the use of high-decibel loudspeakers during a Hindu aarti (pooja) and Taraweeh prayers from both communities led to a communal clash in Sihora town of Madhya Pradesh‘s Jabalpur district.…
- Telangana
VHP calls Banswada communal clash ‘planned attack on Hindus’
Hyderabad: Hindutva organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has condemned the alleged attack on a Hindu woman employee for playing a devotional song at Reliance Mart in Banswada, Kamareddy. According to a statement…
