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More than place of worship: Stakes in Shahi Masjid demolition
Hundreds of Muslims have gathered in Ujjain to protest the partial demolition of a mosque they say is more than 600 years old. The BJP-led state government says the action is necessary…
- India
Ujjain mosque row: MP HC disposes of pleas by Muslim side
Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday disposed of two writ appeals regarding the removal of portions of Ujjain’s historic Shahi Masjid to facilitate road widening for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela…
- India
Ya Allah madat kar: Devotees as they self-demolish Ujjain mosque
Ujjain: Tensions flared in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city on Monday, September 28, as protesters gathered in large numbers to stop partial demolition of a nearly 600-year-old Shahi Masjid as part of a…
- India
‘Dharma’ different from Western notion of religion: Bhagwat
Ujjain: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday, September 18, asserted that India’s concept of secularism lies in its historical practice of non-discrimination among faiths, while cautioning that human arrogance and ego lead…
- India
MP: HC allows partial demolition of mosque for Simhastha Kumbh
Ujjain: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday, September 9, dismissed two writ petitions against the Ujjain Municipal Corporation’s (UMC) notice to demolish a portion of the Shahi Masjid for road widening…
- India
Eunuch practising ‘aghori’ asceticism held for eating human flesh
Ujjain: A eunuch practising ‘aghori’ asceticism was arrested on Tuesday, September 3, for allegedly consuming human flesh from a burning pyre at a crematorium in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain, a police official said.…
- Hate Crime
MP: Medina Masjid partially bulldozed for road widening
Ujjain: Municipal corporation authorities demolished a portion of Medina Masjid in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district on Tuesday, September 1, as part of the KD Gate road-widening project. Visuals from the location show…
- Offbeat
ChatGPT helps Goa man find lost footwear outside Ujjain Temple
Panaji: Proving that artificial intelligence can find goofy solutions to routine problems, a Goa-based man used ChatGPT to resolve every temple visitor’s challenge: finding one specific pair of shoes in a sea…
- India
MP: Car explodes 40 feet above ground during Muharram procession
Madhya Pradesh: A car was blown up in mid-air during a Muharram procession in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city, leaving many injured. The incident took place on Wednesday, June 24, in Badnagar area.…
- India
MP CM mapped Ujjain’s roads, his family mapped the plots: Report
Since Mohan Yadav took charge as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister in December 2023, his family members and their real estate companies have collectively purchased at least 137 plots, totalling 168 acre, for…
- India
Adivasi woman gang raped in front of 12-year-old son in Ujjain
Madhya Pradesh: In yet another instance of brutality, a 30-year-old Adivasi woman was allegedly gangraped in front of her 12-year-old son in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district. The incident took place on June…
- India
Allah ke sivai doosra koi nahi: MP university’s question paper draws flak
Ujjain: Samrat Vikramaditya University in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain came under fire for asking a religiously provocative question in a Foundation Course exam taken by third-year Bachelor of Commerce, Business Administration, and Computer…
- India
Bajrang Dal garlands Ujjain police officials who thrashed, paraded men
Ujjain district members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal honoured police officers with garlands and sweets for parading two Muslim men accused of cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain. The…
- India
MP: Two men accused of cow slaughter beaten, paraded by Ujjain police
Two Muslim men were beaten and paraded through a busy area by the Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain police recently on allegations of cow slaughter. Several videos of the police beating the men –…
- India
MP: All-women Hindutva outfits chant communal slogans in front of mosque
Ujjain: The all-woman outfit of the right-wing organisations Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Durga Vahini conducted a massive rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain where female workers echoed communal and Islamophobic slogans by…
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