A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi and two associates in a case brought under anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), marking only the second conviction of a prominent separatist by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court. Andrabi, 62, headed the banned Kashmiri women’s group Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) and was arrested...
A dispute over religious donations spiralled into arson, assault, and alleged attacks on a mosque in Tripura’s Fatikroy, leaving Muslim families homeless and raising serious questions about police response and political accountability. GROUND REPORT by Abu Md Kawchar Hussen The smell of charred walls, blackened metal sheets, still lingers in parts of Fatikroy, a quiet Assembly constituency in Tripura’s Unakoti district....
Police described the detainees as “jihadist elements” acting on instructions from Bangladesh-based groups and accused them of seeking to establish ‘Muslim supremacy’ India’s northeast. Police in Assam and Tripura have arrested 11 people for suspected links to banned extremist groups based in Bangladesh, authorities said on Tuesday, Scroll.in reported. Ten of the arrests were made...
Citing humanitarian grounds, the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said officials had been instructed to identify eligible families who lost shelter and submit a list within two days. The Karnataka government on Monday said it would allot alternative housing to families displaced by the demolition of homes during an anti-encroachment drive in Kogilu village on the...
Kashmiri students group alleged that Hindutva groups had threatened the vendors, asked them to leave the state and prevented them from selling their goods. Kashmiri shawl hawkers working in Himachal Pradesh have appealed for protection after alleging harassment, threats and assaults in parts of the state, according to a statement by the Jammu and Kashmir...
In 2015, a Hindu mob lynched Mohammad Akhlaq in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri area after rumours he had slaughtered a cow. A court in Uttar Pradesh on Monday rejected a state government request to withdraw prosecution in the 2015 killing of Mohammad Akhlaq, calling the plea legally unsound, India Today reported. The Surajpur court dismissed the...
The couple had married against the wishes of the woman’s family and had been living in Haveri district. Pregnant woman killed over inter-caste marriage in Karnataka; father among accused A 20-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly killed by her father and relatives in Karnataka’s Dharwad district on Sunday in a case linked to her inter-caste marriage,...
A mob set fire to a Christian man’s house, vandalising churches and torching a prayer hall A burial dispute in a village in the central state of Chhattisgarh escalated into violence this week, with a mob setting fire to a Christian man’s house, vandalising churches and torching a prayer hall, police and local residents said,...
The draft rolls place Tamil Nadu’s electorate at about 2.6 crore male and 2.7 crore female voters, while Gujarat’s voter base has shrunk to around 4.3 crore from 5 crore. Nearly 97.3 lakh names have been removed from Tamil Nadu’s draft electoral rolls as part of a special intensive revision, while about 73.7 lakh voters...
While a Hindutva group claims that mosques have been built on state land, Local Muslim residents rejected the allegations, saying the claims had created fear and uncertainty in the area. A Hindu group has alleged that three mosques in Himachal Pradesh’s Nerwa tehsil were constructed on government land, intensifying communal tensions and prompting concerns among...