Police have also seized a sample of the meat and sent it to a laboratory in Mathura for forensic testing. Results are pending. Police in the northern Indian city of Aligarh have detained two men after a Muslim meat trader was allegedly assaulted by a group that accused him of transporting beef, officials said, reported...
The court made the observation while rejecting the bail plea of an accused in connection with violence that broke out in Bareilly in September. The Allahabad High Court has said that raising the slogan “gustakh-e-nabi ki ek saza, sar tan se juda, sar tan se juda” amounts to a challenge to the authority of law...
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...
The controversy started after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was seen on video attempting to remove Muslim woman doctor’s veil while handing over appointment letter. A remark by Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad about a viral video showing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar removing a Muslim woman’s hijab has triggered political outrage and a police...
Court calls killing “extremely heinous”, as judgment cites Manusmriti to underlining the role of the punishment in preserving social order. A court in Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man to death and handed life imprisonment to nine others for their role in the killing of a 22-year-old man during a Durga...
The assailants allegedly demanded the vendors’ names, accused them of being “Bangladeshi infiltrators” and discarded their food. Three Muslim food vendors have alleged they were assaulted for selling non-vegetarian items at a mass Gita recitation event in Kolkata on Sunday, according to police complaints filed this week, reported The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. The vendors...
The accused sought bail citing mental instability, but prosecutors also opposed it, saying key witnesses remain under examination and the charges include offences punishable by death. The wife of one of the victims killed in the 2023 Jaipur–Mumbai train shooting has urged a Mumbai court to reject the bail plea of former Railway Protection Force...
Rampur DM says a BLO found the woman hid her sons’ overseas addresses and allegedly forged their signatures; a case has been filed against her and her sons. A 66-year-old Muslim woman in Rampur has been booked for allegedly providing false information about her two sons during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, authorities...
Top court overturns Calcutta HC ruling, saying the law entitles divorced Muslim women to reclaim all marital gifts and property given to the groom The Supreme Court of India has ruled that gifts given by a bride’s parents to a Muslim groom at the time of marriage must be returned to the woman if the...
By: Khursheed Alam Dawood Qasmi The Indian Constitution is very secular and accommodative. It gives basic freedom to every citizen to wear, eat, live, practice, preach and express his/her view what one considers right. The article 25 of the Constitution guarantees an individual to embrace a religion of his/her choice, to practice and to propagate...