The Association for Protection of Civil Rights on Sunday announced the launch of dedicated helplines to help citizens across several Indian states navigate the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision process. The SIR is part of the ECI’s annual voter list revision exercise, aimed at ensuring the accuracy and inclusion of names on electoral...
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav has hinted that his party may appoint a Muslim Deputy Chief Minister if it comes to power after the upcoming state elections. Speaking exclusively to Millat Times, Yadav said all communities would be “taken care of” and their “worries will be removed,” when...
A shocking incident has come to light from Kathua district, where a group of tourists belonging to minority religion from Kerala were attacked by locals on suspicion of religious conversion, a claim refuted by the police, reported Jagran A disturbing video of the assault, which took place in Juthana village under the Jakhol police post,...
The ruling National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir has secured three of the four Rajya Sabha seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the fourth, as results for the high-stakes elections were declared on Friday. These were the first Rajya Sabha elections held in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370...
United States senator Ghazala Hashmi, a Hyderabad-born Democrat, has made history with her groundbreaking bid for the post of lieutenant governor in the American state of Virginia, reported India Today. If elected on November 4, she will become the first Muslim and the first Indian-American to hold a statewide office in the state. She is...
Growing outrage has erupted in Kashmir ahead of Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam’s upcoming concert at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) on 26 October, with many locals and social media users calling for a boycott of the event over his past remarks considered Islamophobic. The controversy stems from Nigam’s 2017 comments criticising the use of...
The Prime Minister also announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for each of the injured.
A 25-year-old Dalit man, Gyan Singh Jatav, was allegedly abducted, brutally assaulted, and forced to drink urine twice by three men in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district after quitting his job as a driver, reported PTI. Jatav, who was working as a driver for Sonu Barua, one of the accused, had recently left his job. Upset...
New Delhi: A massive protest was held at Jantar Mantar on Friday in solidarity with Palestine, condemning Israel’s continued military aggression in Gaza and warning against its plans for complete control over the besieged strip. Hundreds of citizens from Delhi and adjoining states joined the demonstration, cutting across religious, cultural and ideological backgrounds. Students, civil...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) challenging the Delhi High Court’s ruling that a 16-year-old Muslim girl can marry of her own choice under Muslim Personal Law. A bench comprising Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justice J.B. Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra said,...