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Anti-BJP front: KCR to meet Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar today
Hyderabad: Days after giving a call to Opposition parties to unite against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will visit Mumbai on Sunday where he is scheduled…
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FIR registered against NCB official Sameer Wankhede
Mumbai: An FIR was filed against IRS officer and former zonal director of Mumbai NCB Sameer Wankhede for forgery in Mumbai’s Thane for allegedly obtaining a license for a hotel by willful…
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Polling begins on 59 seats for third phase of UP polls
New Delhi: Polling in 59 constituencies for the third phase of Uttar Pradesh elections at 7 am on Sunday. In the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh polls, 59 assembly seats across…
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West Bengal Hindu family takes care of mosque for over 50 years
North 24 Parganas: In a tale that speaks of communal harmony in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas, a Hindu family has been for the last 50 years acting as caretakers of the…
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ECI orders FIR against BJP MLA Raja Singh for threatening voters in UP
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed a First Information Report (FIR) to be registered against the Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Raja Singh for allegedly threatening people to…
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Video: BJP member thrown out of polling booth in Tamil Nadu for objecting to Hijabi voter
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) booth committee member was thrown out of the polling booth in Tamil Nadu after he objected to a Muslim woman arriving at the booth wearing a headscarf (hijab)…
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Mysuru: College cancels uniform rule to allow Muslim girls to wear hijab
A private college in Karnataka on Saturday struck out its rules over uniforms to allow Muslim students to attend classes with hijab. “Four students refused to attend classes without the hijab and…
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Nellie Massacre: Thirty-nine years of longing for justice
February 19, marks the 39th anniversary of the Nellie massacre in central Assam, where according to official reports, around 2000 people were butchered in broad daylight in a span of six hours…
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Hijab row: Muslim students in Karnataka stand firm on their decision
Bengaluru: Girl students in many parts of Karnataka were denied entry into their respective educational institutions on Saturday as they arrived in Hijabs, despite a court order, as the issue showed no…
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Delhi: 18-yr-old Muslim boy dies in police custody, family alleges torture
On February 14, the family of the 18-year-old Zeeshan Malik received the news of his demise after they rushed to the Deen Dayal Upadhayay Hospital following a phone call from the Assistant…
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Hyderabad: How rumours of a secret tunnel are ruining the Charminar
Hyderabad: From years and decades, rumours have been afloat that some kind of ’secret tunnel’ exists, connecting the historic Charminar to the Golconda fort. However, time and again it has been proved…
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Tehran: Iranian students protest at Indian embassy against Karnataka hijab ban
A number of Iranian and foreign students held a protest in front of the Indian embassy in Iran, on Saturday, against the ban on hijab in pre-university colleges in Karnataka. The protesting…
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BJP MP Arvind makes Islamophobic remarks to target Muslims
Hyderabad: BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind, in a blatant islamophobic speech, said that Muslims of the country need Sharia to get married four times but also need the Indian Penal Code(IPC) for offences…
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Karnataka hijab row: 58 college students suspended
Bengaluru: At least 58 female students from a college in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district were suspended on Saturday for wearing hijab and also staging an agitation demanding that they should be allowed to…
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PIL in SC seeks steps to regulate poll manifesto, make them legally enforceable
New Delhi: A Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and the Election Commission to take steps to regulate poll manifesto and make political…
