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Hijab row: India replies after US remarks on Hijab ban in Karnataka
In the midst of global outrage over the hijab controversy, India said today that motivated remarks on domestic problems are not acceptable. Muslim students in numerous institutions in Karnataka are requesting that…
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US criticizes Hijab ban in Karnataka
United States government body that monitors and reports on religious freedom throughout the world has slammed Karnataka in the midst of a controversy over Muslim students’ choice to wear hijab on campus.…
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India logs 50,407 fresh COVID-19 cases, 804 deaths
New Delhi: As many as 50,407 fresh COVID19 cases were reported in the country, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. With this, the country’s active caseload currently stands…
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100 Indian billionaires have as much wealth as 40 pc population: Rahul
Panaji: India’s top 100 billionaires have as much wealth as 40 percent of the country’s population, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday. Speaking at an election rally at the Curchorem assembly…
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IPL auction: Sehwag predicts five most expensive Indian players
New Delhi: Former India batter Virender Sehwag has picked five Indian players, who he says will be the most sought after ones in the IPL 2022 mega auction, scheduled for February 12…
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UP resounds with two court orders, voters use caution in first phase of polling
Kulsum Mustafa By Kulsum Mustafa Registering a marked dip from the 2017 polling percentage, Uttar Pradesh appears to have polled very cautiously in the first of the seven phased assembly polls on…
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Telangana will not implement power reforms at any cost: KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday made it clear that the state will not implement power reforms being pushed by the Centre and declared that even if he is…
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Road digging close to Charminar leads to dangerous speculations
By Syed Badiuzzaman Hyderabad: At a time when communal tensions across the country are palpable, there was a flutter from Thursday night after images and videos of digging at Charminar, the city’s…
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Telangana: SSC exams 2022 to be held from May 11; check details
Hyderabad: The Telangana State Board of Secondary Education on Friday released the schedule for the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) public exams for the academic year 2021- 2022. The SSC 2022 in Telangana…
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UP: Muslim student claims she was thrown out of class over hijab
Adding to the woes of Muslim women, another news of hijab discrimination has emerged from Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district. In the district’s Tilakdhari College, a Muslim student clad in hijab was allegedly…
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Remembering Shahid Azmi, a life lost to valiant cause
Mumbai: On this day in 2010, a low-profile 33-year-old advocate Shahid Azmi, who fought for the people wrongly imprisoned under anti-terrorism laws, was killed in Mumbai. He was shot by a group…
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Islamophobia taking most lethal form in India: Noam Chomsky, Harsh Mander
The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) and 16 other reputed organisations held a Congressional briefing on February 9 calling the treatment of Indian Muslims during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rule “lethal,” “horrific,”…
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7 of top 10 villages in India are from Telangana: CM KCR
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhara Rao (KCR) on Friday said that the state has come a long way since it was formed in 2014, and that villages from the state are…
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Iranians celebrate 43rd anniversary of Islamic Revolution
Tehran: Thousands of cars and motorbikes paraded in celebration of the 43rd anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution on Friday, although fewer pedestrians were out for a second straight year due to…
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‘Won’t take off our hijab’: Students protest at AMU over Karnataka hijab row
Students at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Friday demonstrated against the Karnataka government’s ban on hijab in educational institutions. The students, the majority of whom wore hijabs, shouted slogans and demanded the…
