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NIA arrests two from Uttarakhand’s Haldwani  in widening Delhi blast probe
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NIA arrests two from Uttarakhand’s Haldwani in widening Delhi blast probe

Investigators traced call records of the duo linked to a mobile number associated with Umar Nabi, the doctor believed to have been driving the Hyundai i20 car that exploded near the Red Fort metro station India’s National Investigation Agency has arrested a cleric and an electrician from Uttarakhand’s Haldwani district in connection with the November...

Over 1,500 Bengali Muslim families evicted in demolition drive in Assam’s Nagaon
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Over 1,500 Bengali Muslim families evicted in demolition drive in Assam’s Nagaon

Assam has carried out multiple eviction and demolition drives since the BJP came to power in the state in 2016, many of them in settlements predominantly inhabited by Bengali-speaking Muslims Authorities in Assam’s Nagaon district have evicted more than 1,500 Bengali-speaking Muslim families from what officials say is encroached reserved forest land, local media reported...

Congress alleges 1.1 million duplicate voters in Mumbai civic draft roll
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Congress alleges 1.1 million duplicate voters in Mumbai civic draft roll

The allegations surfaced days after the SEC extended the deadline for final publication of electoral rolls for all local body polls from December 5 to December 10. Mumbai, India, — The Mumbai unit of the Congress party on Friday alleged that the draft electoral roll for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections contains 1.1...

Sanjauli mosque: Himachal Waqf Board challenges demolition order in HC as Hindutva protests mount
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Sanjauli mosque: Himachal Waqf Board challenges demolition order in HC as Hindutva protests mount

Hindutva protestors, who have been staging a hunger strike for 10 consecutive days, are demanding that authorities seal and demolish the mosque by December 30 The Himachal Pradesh Waqf Board on Friday petitioned the state High Court to challenge a district court order declaring the Sanjauli mosque in Shimla’s outskirts “unauthorised,” as protests by Hindu...

Gauhati High Court quashes NSA detention of Assam MLA Aminul Islam
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Gauhati High Court quashes NSA detention of Assam MLA Aminul Islam

Islam was arrested on April 24 after he alleged that the April 22 attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam was a conspiracy by the Modi government to “incite hatred and violence against Muslims”. The Gauhati High Court has struck down the National Security Act (NSA) detention of Assam legislator Aminul Islam, saying authorities failed to...