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17 school students suspended for shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’

Ranchi: A church-run school in Jharkhand’s steel city Jamshedpur has suspended 17 students for allegedly shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in the school, drawing protests from Hindu-right wing groups on Wednesday. The matter came to light when some parents approached the district education officials, while Appu Tiwari, who runs an NGO, on Tuesday, submitted a complaint […]

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Muslim cleric assaulted, forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, 12 youths booked

Muzaffarnagar: Twelve youths in this western UP district have been booked for pulling the beard of a Muslim cleric and forcing him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, police said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarnagar, Shailesh Kumar Pandey, said that the matter is, prima facie, one of assault and the case has been registered on […]

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UP government denies Muslim minors forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has denied that students of a madarasa in Unnao district were forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, saying that the news was wrongly spread to malign the government’s image. Principal Secretary, Information, Avanish Awasthi admitted that a clash took place while the children were playing cricket but denied that the students […]

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Boy thrashed for refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Kanpur

Kanpur: A 16-year-old Muslim boy was allegedly beaten by unidentified men here for wearing a skull cap and refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram. According to police reports, the incident took place on Friday when the victim, Mohammad Taj, a resident of Barra, was returning home after offering namaaz in Kidwai Nagar. Four unidentified motorcyclists stopped […]