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After Pakistan's victory against India in the much anticipated India Vs. Pakistan T-20 Cricket match, a school teacher from the western Indian state of Rajasthan was terminated from her job after she celebrated Pakistan's victory on Sunday. Reportedly, Nafisa Atari, a school teacher in Rajasthan’s Udaipur was suspended after her WhatsApp status, celebrating Pakistan’s triumph over India in the ICC T20 world cup on Sunday, went viral on social media. Nafeesa Attari was a teacher at privately run Neerja Modi School. She had put up a picture of Pakistani cricketers from the match, with the caption “Jeeeet gayeeee… We wonnn," on her WhatsApp status. As soon as the screenshot went viral, the school management expelled Nafisa from the job. After Nafisa was terminated from her post, she ...

In yet another incident of communal violence against Muslims in India, during a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) rally against the recent desecration of Durga Puja pandals in Bangladesh, a mosque and a few shops were vandalized and two shops were also set ablaze on Tuesday evening, at Panisagar sub-division in North Tripura. As per reports, a VHP protest rally of around 3,500 people was organised in Panisagar. Some of the activists in the rally ravaged a mosque in the Chamtilla area of Tripura. Also in the Rowa Bazar area, three shops and three houses were ransacked. During the rally two shops were also set on fire by the participants. All the ransacked houses and shops belong to the Muslim minority community. One of the victims of this assault has registered an FIR in this regard at the ...

Supreme Court says there has been no specific denial by Centre in the issue, thus we have no option but to accept the submissions of petitioner prima facie and we appoint an expert committee whose function will be overseen by the Supreme Court. The Committee has been formed to probe the falsity and discover truth in Pegasus row, says Supreme Court. Supreme Court says Right to Privacy violation needs to be examined. There is serious concern of foreign agency involvement by surveilling Indians, Supreme Court says. Supreme Court says that it has chosen renowned experts to be a part of the three-member Committee. The three-member committee will be headed by RV Raveendran, former Supreme Court Judge. Other members will be Alok Joshi and Sandeep Oberoi. Supreme Court asks the C...

On Tuesday, a Hindutva group protested outside the hotel of a Muslim owner in Gujarat and started raising communal slogans. A video which has gone viral on the social media shows the Hindutva group sloganeering at the inauguration of a Muslim owners hotel. Apart from raising the slogans of nationalism, they could be heard saying, “Agar iss desh mein rehna hoga, Jai Shree Ram kehna hoga,” (If you want to stay in this country, you must Chant Jai Shree Ram). https://twitter.com/MaktoobMedia/status/1452920526398054401?t=SML71u_r2w0-UrbjPeJZ1A&s=08 The Hindutva group protesting the inauguration of a Muslim owners hotel in Gujarat could be heard raising the violence-inciting slogan, “Desh ke gadharo ko, dhoond ke maaro saalo ko,” (Find and kill the traitors of the nation). Freela...

Immediately after Pakistan registered a 10-wicket victory against arch rivals India in their first game of the ongoing T-20 world cup, goons attacked Kashmiri students in a college hostel in Panjab. The Kashmiri students studying in various colleges of Panjab alleged that they were physically assaulted by Punjabis. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, a student from Bhai Guru Das Institute of Engineering and Technology in Sangrur area of Panjab alleged that they were attacked inside their hostel after India lost to Pakistan. "It was students from North Indian states of Bihar, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, who barged inside our hostel rooms and thrashed us with sticks and rods," an engineering student told The Kashmiriyat. A video that was live streamed on Facebook showed vandalised beds and...

The official announcement of Hajj 2022 for the Indian pilgrims is expected to be made in the first week of November and along with that, the process of online application for Haj will also be started. Chairing Hajj Review Meeting in New Delhi on Friday Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the selection process of Hajj pilgrims will be done according to complete vaccination with both the doses and guidelines and criteria to be decided by Indian and Saudi Arabia Governments, keeping in view Corona protocols during the time of Hajj 2022. He said that preparations for Hajj 2022 have been started keeping in mind the health and corona protocol of Saudi Arabia Government and the Government of India. The entire Hajj 2022 process in India will be 100 percent digital. I...