Hyderabad: The mortal remains of a Muslim man had to be buried in a Hindu shamshan ghat or cremation ground after caretakers of at least five Muslim graveyards allegedly denied him a place for burial over fear that he could have died of Covid-19. Some Hindu residents of the area came forward to help the relatives […]
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No real fear of Muslim takeover in India: Abhijit Banerjee
Kolkata: The talk from the “fringes of the ruling party” about the demographics of the Muslim population is just a way to ‘demonise’ a community, Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee said here, asserting that there is no real fear of Muslim takeover in India. “India and the US are similar in one very important way. The […]
Muslim boy allegedly set on fire for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ dies in Varanasi hospital
Chandauli (1 MIN READ): Khalid, the 15-year-old boy whose family had alleged that he was set ablaze by four men when he refused to chant “Jai Shri Ram” here, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday. Khalid was set on fire in Chandauli on Sunday and had been admitted to the Kabir Chaura hospital in Varanasi with […]
Three Muslim youths thrashed, forced to chant Jai Shri Ram in Assam
Guwahati: Barely two weeks after a youth was arrested for forcing some Muslim youths to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, four miscreants in Assam’s Barpeta district thrashed three Muslim youths and forced them to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. According to the police, the incident took place at the Jyoti Gaon area located near the Fakhruddin Ali […]
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 […]
Muslim man claims to be Hindu, marries Hindu woman, both missing
Jaipur: Rajasthan Police are hunting for an Imran Bhati who married a Hindu woman after introducing himself as a Kabeer Sharma, claimed a huge dowry and now is missing along with the woman. A case has been registered in Sikar against Imran Bhati, who it turns out was already married and was a father of […]
Kidney swap unites Hindu, Muslim families
Chandigarh: In a rare gesture, a kidney swap was successfully conducted between a Hindu family from Bihar and a Muslim family from Kashmir at a private hospital near here. The surgery was performed by doctors led by Priyadarshi Ranjan, Consultant with Fortis Hospital in Mohali, Punjab. The families of Manjula Devi from Bihar and Abdul […]
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 […]
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 […]