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Sep272021 by News DeskNo Comments

20 Students from Jamia clear UPSC Exams

EDUCATION, INDIA

20 Students from Jamia Millia Islamia’s Residential Coaching Academy have cleared the civil services examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). Faizan Ahmed, who ranked 58, has secured the highest position among successful candidates from Jamia’s coaching academy. 14 out of them are from the current batch while the remaining six candidates were coached in previous batches at the academy. Five external students who were trained for the interview at Jamia’s coaching academy have also cracked the exam. A total of 10 students from Jamia Hamdard Residential Coaching Academy are also among the 761 candidates selected by the UPSC for various positions. Vinayak Chamadia, who ranked 47, has secured the highest position among candidates from Jamia Hamdard.

Sep272021 by News DeskNo Comments

‘Those Who Take Up Arms Against Nation, Will be Given Same Response’: Amit Shah

INDIA

Home Minister Amit Shah yesterday chaired a review meeting on Left Wing Extremism in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, Shah said, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government is committed to the development of states affected by Left Wing Extremism, the All India Radio reported. He said, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there has been a lot of success due to the joint efforts of the Centre and the states in cracking down on Left Wing Extremism. He said that the incidents of Left Wing Extremism have come down by 23 per cent and the number of deaths has also come down by 21 per cent. Shah said that in decades of fighting, we have reached a point where the death toll is less than 200 for the first time and this is a huge achievement for all o...

Sep272021 by News DeskNo Comments

Bharat Band from 6 AM – 4 PM: Farmers Block Major Highways in Panjab, Haryana, UP, Delhi

INDIA

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM)-called Bharat Bandh on Monday marked the first anniversary of the three contentious farm laws passed a year back and saw traffic come to a standstill across Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi as major highways were blocked by protesting farmers. Heavy police presence at various places in Haryana and Punjab was seen to maintain law and other in view of the shutdown-call by farmers, who parked their tractors on highways and major link roads in both the states and squatted on the road. The Delhi-Amritsar national highway remained blocked at Shahabad in Kurukshetra, Haryana while traffic movement from Uttar Pradesh towards Ghazipur was closed. Down south, the ruling Left and opposition Congress gave full support to the shutdown and thestate saw a near...

Sep262021 by News DeskNo Comments

Viral Video Shows Hindutva Goons Vandalising Shops of Muslim Men and Assaulting 3 Muslim Men in Madhya Pradesh

INDIA

On Saturday, a Hindu mob in the Madhya Pradesh province of India forcibly closed the shops of Muslim minorities in the region. The mob also assaulted the Muslim men and vandalised their shops. A video that surfaced on the internet, shows a mob of Hindu protestors holding a saffron flag, chanting the slogan of ‘Desh ke gadharo ko, goli maro salo ko’ (Shoot the traitors). The video depicts 3 maltreated Muslim young men with blood on their faces, who were assaulted by the Hindu goons. A Muslim auto-rickshaw driver was also assaulted by the violent Hindu mob. In the video, with blood oozing out of his face, the Muslim auto-rickshaw driver can be heard saying, “They are assaulting us, unlawfully. They are assaulting the Muslim youth, unlawfully.” “I am an auto driver. I was here sta...

Sep262021 by News DeskNo Comments

Massive Protests Staged Against the Arrest of Maulana Kaleem Siddiqui

INDIA

The All India Imam Council on Friday held protests across India against the “government for targeting of Muslim Scholars.” Protest marches were held in Pune, Malegaon, Aurangabad, Nanded, Beed, and Patna. The council said that the government’s action on Muslim leaders is a matter of grave concern. During a march in Beed Maharashtra, Mufti Asif said that Muslim scholars have been targeted by the BJP government and booked under cases which had no evidence. “The BJP government is doing all this to frighten Muslims,” The Aurangabad wing of the All India Imam Council said that they condemn the “witch-hunting” of Muslim leaders. “ATS arrested Maulana Kaleem without any notice… nobody was aware of his whereabouts for the next six hours, this is undemocratic,” the council said. “We wil...

Sep252021 by News DeskNo Comments

12-year-old Farid who was on Way to Get his Adhaar Card Killed in Police Firing in Assam

INDIA

12-year-old Shakh Farid, a Class 7 student, was killed in police firing after he had left home on Thursday afternoon to go to the post office to get his Aadhaar card. He returned home dead on a horse cart. Around late afternoon, Farid’s parents heard that their son was killed. He was identified with the Aadhaar card which was in his pocket.buy levaquin online buy levaquin no prescription His body was taken away in about three hours, according to the family. Along with Fareed, a 33-year-old man, Moinul Hoque, the video of whose shooting went viral, fell to the police bullets on Thursday. The killings drew widespread condemnation from people across the country.

Sep242021 by News DeskNo Comments

‘India, Pakistan Should Find a lasting political solution’- UK Parliamentarians Table Motion on Human Rights in Kashmir

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL

The Members of Parliament from the UK have tabled a motion on "Human rights in Kashmir" for a debate in the House of Commons, drawing a strong reaction from India which said any assertion made in any forum on a subject related to an integral part of the country needs to be duly substantiated with authentic verifiable facts. The Minister for Asia in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Amanda Milling, responded to the debate on Thursday by reiterating the UK government's unchanged stance on Kashmir as a bilateral issue. "The government takes the situation in Kashmir very seriously but it's for India and Pakistan to find a lasting political solution, taking into account the wishes of the Kashmiri people. It's not for the UK to prescribe a solution or to act as a med...

Sep242021 by News DeskNo Comments

After 2-Year-Old Son Enter a Temple, Dalit Family from Karnataka Fined Rupees 23,000

INDIA

The parents of a Dalit boy were fined Rs 23,000 after their 2-year-old son entered a Hanuman temple to seek blessings of the god at Miyapura village near Hanumasagar in Koppal district of Karnataka. The toddler was taken to the Hanuman temple by his father on his birthday. As Dalits here are not allowed inside the temple, they always prayed from outside standing in front of the temple. The father wanted to pray to the god from outside along with his son. However, the toddler in excitement ran inside the temple and prayed to the god and came back. The incident tool place on September 4. This became a big issue as upper caste villagers thought that the temple was desecrated as a Dalit boy had entered it. They held a meeting on September 11 and asked the parents to pay Rs 23,000 as f...

Sep242021 by News DeskNo Comments

Modi Meets Kamala Harris in US- Discusses Indo-US Relations

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described India and America as “natural partners” as he held the first in-person meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House during which they decided to further cement the Indo-US strategic partnership and discussed global issues of common interest, including threats to democracy, Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific. “India and America are natural partners. We have similar values, similar geopolitical interests,” Modi said in a joint media appearance with Harris on Thursday, the first-ever person of Indian origin to be elected as the vice-president of the United States. Noting that India and the US are the largest and oldest democracies, Modi said the two countries share values and their coordination and cooperation is also gradually in...

Sep242021 by News DeskNo Comments

Police unleash Terror on Muslims in Assam- Two Dead, Photographer Assaults Motionless Body

INDIA

At least two persons were killed and several others injured as the police opened fire at people protesting over the state government’s eviction drive against landless Muslim families in Sipajhar in Assam’s Darrang district on Tuesday. On camera, policemen in riot gear and armed with guns and sticks chased and attacked protesters and even fired shots. Some visuals that have gone viral show policemen indiscriminately firing at the protestors. A photographer is seen jumping over the motionless body of a poor man. The photographer was allegedly hired by the Darrang District Administration. According to the police, he was arrested later. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma indicated that the policemen resorted to action in self-defense. He has ordered a probe – to be headed by a reti...