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Muslim Journalist Booked Under Goondas Act by the UP Police

Muslim Journalist Booked Under Goondas Act by the UP Police

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The UP police has booked an independent journalist, Zakir Ali Tyagi, under the Goondas Act. Tyagi, who is also the vice president of rights group National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO), hails from Meerut, and had been framed by the police under false charges earlier as well. The case against Tyagi was registered in Parikshitgarh Police Station in Meerut on April 25, this year. As per a report by Maktoob Media, Tyagi got to know about the case after two police officers informed him the details of the case on June 23, three months after he was booked under the Goondas Act. Tyagi said that he has been framed by the police after his organization NCHRO filed complaints against the custodial deaths in the state to the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC). The offenc...
Lakshadweep Filmmaker Aisha Sultana Granted Bail by the Kerala High Court

Lakshadweep Filmmaker Aisha Sultana Granted Bail by the Kerala High Court

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On Friday, the Lakshadweep filmmaker and activist Aisha Sultana was granted an anticipatory bail in a Sedition case filed against her, for her comments against Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khoda Patel. The past week, Sultana was granted an interim anticipatory bail by the high court in the sedition case filed against her for criticizing the island administration and the new policies. However, on Thursday, the administration filed an application saying that Sultana had abused the court’s earlier protection order and broken COVID-19 norms. “There is no apparent indication in her statement, which amounts to imputations or assertions prejudicial to the national interest, nor does it propagate any class of persons against another group of persons,” the bail order said, according to...
No Need For Delimitation in Jammu Kashmir: Omar Abdullah

No Need For Delimitation in Jammu Kashmir: Omar Abdullah

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Addressing the media  question of Delimitation posed by the media after the meeting on Thursday evening, Omar Abdullah said that he's put forth in the meeting that there's no need of Delimitation in Jammu Kashmir. And that why would the region undergo Delimitation now when all of the country is supposed to undergo it in the year 2026. He said that when Assam's Delimitation has been stopped and elections took place, then why does Jammu Kashmir need to be put through the Delimitation exercise. He also added that if the whole purpose behind the central government's actions on August 5 was that of integrating the region with India then having a separate Delimitation exercise for Jammu Kashmir alone defeats the very purpose of August 5. "If the idea was to bring us at par, then treat us a...
Minarets of a Mosque Vandalized in Uttar Pradesh

Minarets of a Mosque Vandalized in Uttar Pradesh

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Two minarets of a mosque were vandalized by unidentified fanatics on Wednesday morning in Chhata area of Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district. “Police force moved to the area after minarets were found vandalized and ensured peace and tranquility in the area,” said superintendent of police (Mathura rural) Shrish Chandra.buy grifulvin online https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/inc/new/grifulvin.html no prescription “A case has been registered at Chhata police station on complaint, received from village head against unidentified persons. Strict action would be taken against those involved,” said the SP, rural.
Modi Government wants ‘Cart in the front, Horse in the back’- Chidambaram on All Party Meeting

Modi Government wants ‘Cart in the front, Horse in the back’- Chidambaram on All Party Meeting

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Former Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday slammed the Modi-led government for insisting on elections in Jammu Kashmir before granting statehood. Chidambaram said in a tweet, "Congress and other Jammu Kashmir parties and leaders want Statehood first and Elections afterward, Government's response is Elections first and Statehood later." "The horse pulls the cart. A state must conduct elections. Only such elections under a State Election Commission will be free and fair. Why does the government want the cart in front and the horse behind? It is bizarre," he added. The all-party meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg lasted for three and a half hours. It was attended by 14 leaders, including veteran politician and National Conference president Fa...
Save Farming and Democracy: Farmers Urge Indian president

Save Farming and Democracy: Farmers Urge Indian president

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The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has sought President Ram Nath Kovind’s intervention to ‘Save Agriculture and Save Democracy’ on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Emergency and the completion of seven months of the ongoing farmers’ agitation, a top farmer leader said here on Thursday. “We are sending a memorandum from all over India to the President, expressing our deep anguish and indignation, and appeal to him to protect both our agriculture and democracy,” said All India Kisan Sabha President and SKM leader Dr. Ashok Dhawale. The Indian society calls farmers as ‘annadaatas’ and in the past 74 years since Independence, they fulfilled that responsibility. “When India became Independent, we used to feed 33-crore citizens, today in the same extent of land, we manage to fee...
Waseem Rizvi Accused of Rape by Driver’s Wife

Waseem Rizvi Accused of Rape by Driver’s Wife

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Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board member and former chairman, Waseem Rizvi, has been accused of rape by his driver's wife. The woman, who went to Saadatganj police station with several lawyers on Tuesday, has demanded action against Waseem Rizvi. The woman has accused Rizvi of blackmailing her through obscene videos and photos. The police said they are investigating on the basis of the complaint given by the woman. The woman told reporters that Waseem Rizvi used to sexually assault by sending her driver husband out on the pretext of some work or the other. The woman said that when she could not bear it, she narrated the ordeal to her husband. When the woman's husband tried to talk to Waseem Rizvi, he was also beaten up. Meanwhile, Waseem Rizvi said that his driver was co...
Mob Kills Local Mukhiya’s Wife, After He Allegedly Shot His Neighbor in Bihar

Mob Kills Local Mukhiya’s Wife, After He Allegedly Shot His Neighbor in Bihar

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A mob in the Adharpur area of Bihar’s Samastipur district torched vehicles, houses and killed the wife of local mukhiya, Mohammad Husnain after he allegedly shot dead his neighbour Shrawan Kumar over a petty dispute. No arrest has been made yet. A police contingent, including Bihar Military Police personnel, has been deployed in the area, police sources said. Hindustan Times reported that Shrawan’s family members were busy preparing for a wedding function to be held in the evening and were draining out the water after incessant rain. Husnain protested, which led to an altercation. Suddenly, he whipped out his pistol and fired two rounds at Shrawan, who was declared brought dead at the Sadar Hospital. After that, Locals attacked Husnain’s house and torched two vehicles. They also t...
Ahead of All-Party Meet, Amit Shah Reaches PM Modi’s Residence

Ahead of All-Party Meet, Amit Shah Reaches PM Modi’s Residence

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The stage is all set for an all-party meeting, scheduled to be held today (June 24) in New Delhi as the mainstream leaders from Jammu Kashmir, who were invited for the meeting, arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday. The All-Party Meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to be held in New Delhi at 03:00 PM today. Leaders from Jammu Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti, Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Apni Party president Syed Altaf Bukhari and CPI (M) senior leader Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami and Congress leader Tara Chand have arrived New Delhi today. Congress senior leader and former J&K chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is also among the invitees, is already in New Delhi while Peoples C...
Tamil Nadu to Adopt Resolutions Against the Farm Laws and Citizenship Amendment Laws in Upcoming Budget Session

Tamil Nadu to Adopt Resolutions Against the Farm Laws and Citizenship Amendment Laws in Upcoming Budget Session

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On Tuesday, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin stated that resolutions would be adopted in the Assembly during the upcoming budget session against the centre's Farm Laws and the Citizenship Amendment Act. Stalin intervened his Party's MLA Tamizharasi, who spoke on the matter in the house and said that ever since the farm laws were enacted, the DMK had continously demanded the government to withdraw the laws which are against the interests of the farmers.www.parkviewortho.com/wp-content/languages/new/amoxicillin.html He said that there's no changing this decision and that their government has made a clear decision to pass a resolution seeking the withdrawal of these three farm laws reflecting the feelings of farmers across the country. He, further, added that since it was...