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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 […]

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Telangana demands Muslim, ST quota in proposed Bill

Hyderabad :  The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Tuesday urged the Centre to amend the proposed Bill to provide 10 per cent reservation for economically backward people in the general category to include Telangana’s demand for quota for backward Muslims and Scheduled Tribes Telangana Chief Minister and TRS President K. Chandrashekhar Rao directed his party […]

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Gujarat HC notice to govt on ‘religious profiling’ of Muslim students

Ahmedabad :  The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to the state government seeking an explanation for using an online examination form for the Class X and XII board examinations, taken by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), to collect data and segregate students of Muslim community. The notice […]

UP Police assures ‘fair probe’ in murder case after 13 Muslim family members convert as protest

Lucknow :  Police officials in Baghpat district of western Uttar Pradesh have assured family members of a young man alleged to have been murdered that a “just probe” would be carried out into the matter, after 13 of them changed their religion to Hinduism as a protest. Additional Superintendent of Police, Rajesh Kumar Srivastava, visited […]