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- Bangalore
Anti-conversion bill passed in Karnataka assembly
Bengaluru: Amid opposition Congress’ protest and walkout, Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the “anti-conversion bill”, passed by the Legislative Council last week with minor amendments, seeking to replace the ordinance that…
- India
535 cases against anti-CAA protestors for destroying property: Police
New Delhi: The Delhi Police Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that it has registered over 500 cases concerning damage caused to public and private properties during the protests against the Citizens…
- World
Putin sets partial mobilisation in Russia, threatens enemies
Kyiv: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilisation in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven months and Moscow loses ground on the battlefield. Putin also warned…
- India
After cancellation of PhD, Safoora Zargar banned from entering JMI campus
New Delhi: Days after Jamia Millia Islamia cancelled 2020 riots accused Safoora Zargars Ph.D admission, the university banned her entry in the campus for unnecessary agitation on irrelevant and objectionable subjects. The…
- World
Hindu-Muslim community leaders call for stop to cycle of violence in UK’s Leicester
Community leaders from Leicester’s Hindu and Muslim communities released a joint statement today calling for a stop to the cycle of violence that began last month with clashes over an Asia Cup…
- India
Hijab row: Karnataka order on uniform ‘religion neutral’, says govt; blames PFI for trouble
New Delhi: The Karnataka government order that kicked up a row over hijab was “religion neutral”, the state government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday, launching a strong defence of the state…
- India
‘Sikh affairs to be managed by Sikhs alone’: SC upholds 2014 Haryana law on gurdwaras
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, allowing formation of a separate committee other than the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak Committee…
- India
‘Definition of dignity has changed with time’, SC observes during hearing on hijab row
New Delhi: Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, representing some of the petitioners challenging the Karnataka High Court judgement on hijab, on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that hijab adds to dignity and makes…
- India
EC proposes lowering anonymous political donations from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000
New Delhi: Aiming for reforms and transparency in donations received by political parties, the Election Commission has proposed reducing anonymous political donations from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2,000. Sources said that the…
- Telangana
Telangana: NIA arrests 4 PFI members; org accuses BJP of spreading hate
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested four Popular Front of India (PFI) from Telangana and AP in connection with a case booked by the law enforcement agency on August 26 this…
- India
Demolitions, rapes, lynchings: Atrocities against Muslims in August
August 2022 bore witness to a series of atrocities against Muslims with demolitions in Assam at the forefront. The spread of communalism has tightened its tentacles even as India entered her 76th…
- India
Protests rock Chandigarh University over alleged objectionable videos of female students
Chandigarh: Protests rocked the campus of Chandigarh University in Punjab’s Mohali Saturday night over allegations that objectionable videos of several women students were recorded by a hosteller, following which Chief Minister Bhagwant…
- Telangana
How PFI members from Telangana came under the NIA’s scanner
Hyderabad: Seeds of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids on Sunday in Telangana and A.P were sown on 4 July 2022, when the Nizamabad police booked a case against the Popular Front…
- India
PMO Advisor warned TV channels to not give coverage to AAP in Gujarat: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, accusing them of trying to “crush” the AAP in the name of…
- World
UK: Hindu-Muslim tensions grip Leicester; police calls for peace
In an incident reported from Leicester, in the United Kingdom on Saturday, clashes broke out between Hindus and Muslims following which the police have appealed the public to keep peace. Tensions between…
