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Bihar CM Niqab row: Officials confirm Nusrat Parveen did not join duty
Patna: Nusrat Parveen, the young Muslim doctor, whose niqab was pulled by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar during an appointment letter distribution programme earlier this week, did not join duty on Saturday,…
- India
Nusrat Parveen, whose niqab was pulled by CM Nitish Kumar, may not join govt job
Nusrat Parveen, whose niqab was pulled by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar while giving away appointment letters to newly recruited AYUSH doctors, has decided not to join the government service. The hijab-wearing…
- India
Bareilly violence: Three more chargesheets filed against Tauqeer Raza
Bareilly: Police have filed chargesheets in three more cases against Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) president Tauqeer Raza, the main accused in the September 26 violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly, officials said on Wednesday.…
- India
Video: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar removes doctor’s niqab, receives backlash
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar pulled the niqab or the face covering of a Muslim woman while distributing appointment letters to newly recruited Ayush doctors, shocking people, including his deputy, Samrat…
- India
Burnt, beaten: Mohammad Hussain dies days after mob attack in Bihar
Patna: A 40-year-old Muslim street vendor, Mohammad Athar Hussain, succumbed to his injuries on Friday, December 12, at Sadar Hospital in Nawada, Bihar, after a brutal assault. The attack took place on December…
- India
After viral video, Muzaffarnagar police arrest muezzin for threatening inspector
The Muzaffarnagar police, on Friday, December 12, arrested Muhammad Irfan, a local muezzin, for allegedly threatening a police inspector. The arrest was made after a video surfaced on social media showing 2-3…
- India
Bengal: Hindutva mob attack vendors for selling non-veg at Gita recitation
Kolkata: A Hindutva mob brutally attacked a Muslim vendor from Arambagh for selling non-veg patties at Kolkata‘s Brigade Parade Ground while a Gita recitation was taking place on Sunday, December 7. Based on…
- India
2023 train shooting: Victim Asghar Shaikh’s wife opposes ex-RPF constable’s bail
The wife of Asghar Shaikh, who was shot in an alleged targeted shooting spree in 2023, opposed the bail plea of the accused, dismissed Railway Protection Force (RPF) officer Chetan Singh Chaudhary.…
- India
Muslims have right to build Babri Masjid: JD(U) MP
Nalanda: JD(U) MP Kaushalendra Kumar on Monday defended Humayun Kabir, the West Bengal MLA who was suspended from his party, the Trinamool Congress, for laying foundation stone of “Babri Masjid” in Murshidabad…
- India
Not inclined to monitor every instance: SC on hate speech cases
New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Tuesday, November 25, that it is not inclined to either legislate or monitor every incident of hate speech across the country, as legislative measures, police…
- Opinions
Indian minorities feel judicial space is shrinking for them
The constitutional promises of equality, liberty, and non-discrimination under Articles 14, 15, 19, 21, and 25 were designed to safeguard both the individual citizen and the institutional architecture of the Republic. Today,…
- India
Aditya Menon performs Umrah, receives hate; issues clarification
Journalist Aditya Menon, on November 25, had taken to X to share that he had completed Umrah, the Muslim pilgrimage, expressing his heartfelt gratitude. I have been dreaming about this moment since…
- India
MP: Hindutva workers take law into their hands, assault two men
Bhopal: Hindutva vigilantes in Madhya Pradesh assaulted two Muslim men in separate incidents on the same day for their alleged crimes. Several Bajrang Dal members stormed a flat in Tanishk Apartments in…
- India
Maharashtra students forced to apologise, touch idol after offering namaz
Three Muslim students in Maharashtra were made to do sit ups by members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal for offering namaz inside an empty classroom. The incident happened at…
- India
Anti-polygamy bill does not ‘target’ Miyas: Himanta
Tezpur: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the state government’s proposed bill to ban polygamy is not aimed at targeting ‘Miyas’, adding that the practice exists among people of…
