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Cong ignores Dalits, Muslims in new Karnataka govt, says Mayawati

Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati on Saturday accused the Congress of neglecting Dalits and Muslims while picking the new Karnataka chief minister and the deputy chief minister because of the “casteist mindset”. “After…
Bangalore

Corruption issue, ‘guarantees’ and consolidation of Muslim votes help Congress wrest Karnataka

Bengaluru: A campaign against corruption, guarantees of dole and consolidation of Muslim votes appear to have underpinned the Congress victory in Karnataka that was also aided by anti-incumbency against the BJP government.…

India

‘Hindutva policies…’, says Owaisi as 1.8L Muslims opt out of higher studies

Hyderabad: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi shared a recent study that reports nearly 1,79,147 Muslim students dropped out of higher studies, an 8 percent decline from 2019-2021. The…
India

Siddaramaiah hails SC observation over Amit Shah’s remarks on Muslim quota

Bengaluru: Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday lauded the Supreme Court for objecting to the statements of Union Home Minister Amit Shah over Muslim quota during the election campaign in Karnataka. “The Supreme…
Hate Crime

Muslim student assaulted with rod for speaking to female Hindu friend in Karnataka

An 18-year-old Muslim young man was assaulted by Hindutva workers for hanging out with a Hindu woman in Puttur district, Dakshina Kannada. According to Puttur town police, Mohammad Parish, a first-year PUC student…
India

Muslim clerics seek withdrawal of FIRs for offering namaaz on road

Kanpur: Prominent Muslim clerics in Kanpur have strongly opposed the FIRs registered against hundreds of people for offering prayers on roads on the last Friday of Ramzan and Eid. Terming the police…
Hate Crime

March Hate Tracker: Ram Navami 2023 marred with anti-Muslim violence

Attacks on Muslims continued well into the month of March in India, as violence against minorities went on unabated. March was stained with more lynchings and the rise of cow vigilantes like…

India

‘BSP has given proper representation to Muslims; communal parties sleepless..’

Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday said “casteist” and “communal” political parties are having sleepless nights ahead of the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh due to her party giving a proper…
India

Muslims stopped from holding prayers in a Housing Society in Greater Noida

Greater Noida: An unreported incident has come to light, where Hindu residents objected to a small group of Muslim occupants of the same residential society, from holding congregational prayers in the evening…
India

Education key to counter challenges faced by Muslims: Ex-CEC Dr Quraishi

Hyderabad: Former Chief Election Commissioner of India Dr SY Quraishi while speaking at an event organized by Millat Management Society of India in Bangalore, has said that there is a need to…
Politics

BJP to connect with Muslim community on ‘Mann ki Baat’ reaching 100th episode

New Delhi: As the 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio programme “Mann Ki Baat” is to be aired on April 30, the Bharatiya Janata Party has made plans to…
India

BJP against religion-based reservation: Amit Shah on Muslim quota in Karnataka

Bagalkote: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday defended the BJP government’s decision in Karnataka of scrapping the four per cent quota for Muslims saying the party never believed in religion-based reservation’. The…
India

UP: Stone pelting reported during Eid in Prayagraj, one injured

Stones were pelted at Muslims while offering namaz at the Eidgah in Maudostpur village in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh on Eid-ul-Fitr day, Saturday morning. Police have registered FIRs against 12 unidentified persons and…
Telangana

Telangana govt spent Rs 13,000 Cr for Muslims’ welfare in 9 yrs, says CM

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, while extending Ramzan greetings on Friday said his government has spent nearly Rs 13,000 crore for the welfare and development of Muslim community during past…
India

Quota withdrawal for Muslims: Karnataka BJP upbeat despite SC rap

Bengaluru: Though opposition parties are celebrating and criticising the BJP-led Karnataka government following a reprimand by the Supreme Court over the withdrawal of four per cent reservation quota for Muslims, the ruling…