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After Spending 5 Years in Jail, Muslim Man Acquitted by Bangalore Court

After Spending 5 Years in Jail, Muslim Man Acquitted by Bangalore Court

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Five years after he was arrested in Anti-terror law case, Mohammed Habeeb has been pronouned as "innocent" by a court in Bangalore Karnataka. A Special Judge of an NIA court Kasanappa Naik on 14 June acquitted the 36-year-old auto driver. “Keeping in mind the requirements of provision of Section 227 of Cr PC, and also the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the aforesaid decisions, and so also, on careful perusal of entire materials on record, I am of the considered opinion that there is no sufficient ground to proceed against accused No.7 for the offences alleged against him and, therefore, the accused No.7 is liable to be discharged,” said the court in its order while acquitting Habib. Habeeb, who is a resident of Jogendra Nagar in Agartala Tripura, was behind bars in con...
US Castigates India on Love Jihad law, Mosque demolitions, Hate Speech against Minorities

US Castigates India on Love Jihad law, Mosque demolitions, Hate Speech against Minorities

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A new law criminalizing inter-religious marriages in India’s Uttar Pradesh state on grounds of “unlawful religious conversions” is discriminatory and impacts religious freedom, an official with the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has said. “It often results in violence and [abets] efforts to prohibit interfaith marriages using the false narrative of false conversions,” Niala Mohammad, Senior Policy Analyst, USCIRF, said at a Congressional Briefing at Washington, D.C., this week. The law was “particularly concerning not just for its discriminatory purpose but also because of its vague and potentially wide reaching impacts on religious freedoms in the state.” Hindu nationalists had launched “inflammatory campaigns decrying interfaith relationships o...
‘Purchased for 20 Lakh, Sold it for 2.5 Crore’- Land For Ram Temple Purchased from Nephew of BJP Leader

‘Purchased for 20 Lakh, Sold it for 2.5 Crore’- Land For Ram Temple Purchased from Nephew of BJP Leader

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Deep Narayan Upadhyaya, a Bharatiya Janata Party worker and Ayodhya mayor Rishikesh Upadhyaya’s nephew bought a property of 890 sq meters on 20 February 2021 for 20 lakh rupees from a mahant, Devendra Prasadacharya and sold it to the Ram Janmbhoomi trust set by the Modi government for 2.5 crore rupees after three months, reported Newslaundry (NL). The temple trust purportedly paid more than the market value as the property’s circle rate – the minimum amount of sale decided by local authorities – remained Rs 35.6 lakh at the time of its sale, the NL report added.buy kamagra gold online https://www.mabvi.org/wp-content/themes/mabvi/images/new/kamagra-gold.html no prescription The NL came to the conclusion after confirming the details of transactions from the website of the Integrated ...
Ensure Refugees from West Pakistan get Benefits of Refugee Package at the Earliest: Amit Shah

Ensure Refugees from West Pakistan get Benefits of Refugee Package at the Earliest: Amit Shah

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday reviewed the ongoing developmental projects in Jammu Kashmir and directed the authorities to ensure that refugees from Pakistan administered Kashmir and West Pakistan get the benefits of the refugee package as soon as possible. “Union Home Minister  reviewed developmental works in Jammu Kashmir , in the meet, Shah asked the authorities to ensure refugees from West Pakistan get benefits of refugee package as soon as possible,” said an official release from the Ministry. “The Minister also stressed on the expeditious completion of flagship and iconic projects and industrial development projects,” it added. During the meeting, the Minister also congratulated Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha for completing 76 per cent of Covid-19 vaccination targ...
Mother of Imprisoned Journalist Siddiqui Kappan Passes Away

Mother of Imprisoned Journalist Siddiqui Kappan Passes Away

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Incarcerated journalist Siddique Kappan’s 90-year-old mother, Khadeeja Kutty, passed away after a prolonged illness in Kerala. Her funeral will take place today, which means Kappan would not be able to see her for the last time. Mr Kappan had last visited his mother in February, when the Supreme Court granted him five days’ bail. Siddique Kappan’s bail hearing will come up before a trial court in UP’s Mathura on June 22. Kappan was arrested in September 2020 when he along with three others was going to a village in Hathras, where a Dalit girl was raped and tortured by upper-caste men. The police accused them of having a plan to incite caste violence and booked them under UAPA, an anti-terror law and sedition as well. The Mathura court on 16 June dropped of peace charges against...
Film ‘Dhaai Peher’ by Jamia Milia Students Wins Award at LIA Film Festival

Film ‘Dhaai Peher’ by Jamia Milia Students Wins Award at LIA Film Festival

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'Dhaai Peher', a film by the students of AJK Mass Communication Research Centre of Jamia Millia Islamia has won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF) in the student category. The film sheds light on a set of events that occured in Punjab in the 1990s. "An AJK Mass Communication Research Centre (AJKMCRC), Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) student film Dhaai Peher (Two and a Half Moments) won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the L''Age d''Or International Art-house Film Festival (LIAFF) in the student category," said the university, in a statement. As per reports, the film was shot during the pandemic in Delhi and Punjab, when access to outdoor locations was limited. The makers of the films are Amal Devasiya, Danish Qazi, Jamsh...
55-year-old Farmer Commits Suicide As Government Remains Unmoved Over Farm Fills

55-year-old Farmer Commits Suicide As Government Remains Unmoved Over Farm Fills

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Perturbed over the fate of the agitation of farmers against three contentious farm laws, a 55-year-old marginal farmer on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance at a protest site in Jind district of Haryana. The victim, Zile Singh, had been actively involved in serving food to farmers at the protest site on the Khatkar toll plaza for several months. He is survived by his wife and three children. Farmers at the protest site told the police that Zile Singh was under depression for the past few days over the fate of the agitation. District BKU leader Azad Singh said Zile Singh was alone at the protest site when he committed the suicide at night. In the morning when farmers arrived at the protest site they found him lying on the bed in an unconscious...
At Least 1 Lakh Tests Conducted at Kumbh Mela Found to be Fake

At Least 1 Lakh Tests Conducted at Kumbh Mela Found to be Fake

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Uttarakhand health department has revealed that around 1-lakh COVID-19 test results issued during the Kumbh Mela at Haridwar in April this year were fake. ICMR had asked the state health department to conduct a probe into the matter. On Tuesday, the health ministry said a probe has been initiated into the COVID-19 test scam. “We got to know about an incident when a Punjab resident received a message that his COVID test had been conducted in Haridwar while he was in Punjab. The information was passed onto the State government, which in a pro-active manner conducted an inquiry and about a week ago and directed senior officials in Haridwar to prepare a detailed report,’’ Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said at the ministry press conference. State’s chief controlling officer of Covid-19, ...
After Black, White, Yellow and Cream Fungus, First Case of Green Fungus found in India

After Black, White, Yellow and Cream Fungus, First Case of Green Fungus found in India

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After black, white, yellow, and cream fungus, now the first case of green fungus was found in Madhya Pradesh.buy cialis sublingual online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/cialis-sublingual.html no prescription A Covid survivor in MP has been contaminated with 'Green Fungus' - conceivably the first such revealed case in the country; a senior specialist told journalists. 'Green Fungus' is the most current disease to join prior revealed instances of dark, white and yellow growth even after AIIMS Chief Randeep Guleria cautioned against making "confusion" with fungus colours last month.buy female viagra online https://www.ecladent.co.uk/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/inc/new/female-viagra.html no prescription The most current variant of fungus is an As...
“New Quran” of Waseem Rizvi Printed- Copy Sent to PM Modi

“New Quran” of Waseem Rizvi Printed- Copy Sent to PM Modi

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UP Shia Central Waqf Board member and its former chairman, Waseem Rizvi, has printed and self-published the first compilation of what he has calls ‘The Real Quran’. Rizvi said he will send the book to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) chief. Rizvi’s book has omitted 26 Quranic verses that he claims, were promoting terror. He claimed that these verses were added after the death of Prophet Muhammad. Earlier, the Supreme Court had levied a fine of Rs 50,000 on Rizvi and dismissed his plea, seeking the apex court’s intervention into removing these 26 verses. He has re-filed the petition in the Supreme Court. In a video, Rizvi said, “I have printed the first Real Quran, how it should have been after Prophet Muhammad. I will send this copy to AIMPLB chief to study so h...