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The relatives of the 31 incarcerated members of the banned Student's Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), have written a letter to several Muslim organizations urging them to pay attention to the “inhuman and barbaric” treatment meted out to their kin allegedly by jail authorities. The letter mentions abuse of physical and mental kind, slapping of false cases, denying of medical facilities, threats and mistreatment of visitors. Among the 31 incarcerated Dr. Abu Faisal, Qamruddin , Kamran, Saduli PA and Shibily, have been on hunger strike in Central Jail Bhopal from last month , are surviving on saline water now. In October 2020, they did the same before being admitted to hospital due to deterioration of their health conditions. Family members of the accused have been complaining of a...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday accused the Indian government of adopting laws and policies that “systematically discriminate against Muslims and stigmatize critics of the government.” HRW’s report came days ahead 23rd of February, which marks the first anniversary of the violence in New Delhi, where 53 people were killed, 40 of them were Muslims. The violence came after protests started against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed in 2019 that excludes Muslims. The law granted citizenship to at least six minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan who immigrated to India until Dec 31st, 2014. “Instead of conducting a credible and impartial investigation, including into allegations that [ruling Bharatiya Janata Party] BJP leaders incited violence and police ...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that Hoshangabad will now be known as Narmadapuram. "Cities situated on the banks of Narmada river will be developed naturally, we will not allow cement concrete forests to be built there. Hoshangabad will now be known as Narmadapuram," he said in a tweet in Hindi. This comes after the Chief Minister performed 'arti' on the banks of the Narmada river on the occasion of Narmada Jayanti in Madhya Pradesh's Hoshangabad today. "May mother Narmada's blessings always remain like this on all of us. Dedicating my prayers in the feet of Mother Reva, today I announce that Hoshangabad will now be known as Narmadapuram. #NarmadaJayanti," he further tweeted announcing that Hoshangabad's name will be changed to Narmadapuram. ...

On Friday, a designated MP/MLA court in West Bengal issued summons to Union home minister Amit Shah and he has to appear either personally or through a lawyer before it on February 22 in connection with a defamation case lodged against him by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee. The judge directed that Shah’s attendance either personally or through a lawyer is necessary to answer to a charge of defamation under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code. In a press note, Abhishek Banerjee’s lawyer Sanjay Basu claimed that Shah had made certain defamatory statements against the TMC MP on August 11, 2018 at a rally of the BJP at Mayo Road in Kolkata.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi blamed previous government for the skyrocketing fuel prices. He claimed that if the previous governments had focused on reducing the country’s energy import dependence, the middle class would not have been this burdened today. “Can a diverse and talented nation like ours be so energy import dependent,” the prime minister asked while addressing an online event to inaugurate oil and gas projects in poll-bound Tamil Nadu. “I do not want to criticize anyone but I want to say, had we focused on this subject much earlier, our middle-class would not be burdened.” Petrol and diesel prices continued to hit record high levels on Wednesday as oil manufacturing companies hiked fuel prices for the ninth consecutive day. In Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar town, ...

On Wednesday, two teenaged Dalit girls were found dead in a field in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. The police said it is a suspected case of poisoning. Another 17-year-old girl was also found from the same spot and was in critical condition. The incident occurred in Babura village under the Asoha police station in Unnao district. The girls had gone to bring fodder for their cattle. When they did not return by evening, some family members went looking for them, and found them lying in their field in an unconscious state, the police said. Doctors declared two of them dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. The third girl was referred to the district hospital. There was some white substance coming out of their mouth and doctors have said there were symptoms of poisoning, Unnao S...

A Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted journalist Priya Ramani in the defamation case filed by former Union minister MJ Akbar. Ramani had accused Akbar of sexual harassment during the #MeToo movement in India in 2018. The court has acquitted Priya Ramani in the case. In 1994, during a job interview, MJ met in a hotel room in Mumbai. Priya Ramani's revelation was that Akbar had sexually harassed her. Twenty women were arrested following allegations made by Priya during the Me Too campaign. https://twitter.com/radhikabordia/status/1361983128928022530 After the allegations, Akbar had to resign from the Union Cabinet. Akbar had filed a criminal defamation suit against Priya Ramani in court alleging that she had lost not only his reputation as a minister but also the reputation and...

The congress party today did a white wash in Punjab's seven municipal corporations in the state local body polls. The party bagged all the bodies for which the results were declared today. Moga, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Abohar, Pathankote, Batala and Bathinda- The last one also being the most stunning result of the day as it was after 53 years that the city was returning to the Congress fold. Mohali's results will be declared by tomorrow. The Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency is represented by Harsimrat Badal of the Shiromali Akali Dal (SAD), which only parted ways with long-time ally BJP following the unrest kicked up among the state's farmers by The Centre's three new farm laws. Congress MLA and state finance minister,  Manpreet Singh Badal, represents the Bathinda urban assembly se...

On Tuesday, Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali said that the country has lodged a “formal objection” against Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s comments that the Bharatiya Janata Party has plans to expand its government in the neighboring nation and in Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, Nilamber Acharya, the country’s Ambassador in India, also spoke to Arindam Bagchi, Joint Secretary in-charge of Nepal and Bhutan at the Ministry of External Affairs, to express his reservations on the matter. Acharya expressed displeasure and sought a clarification. The foreign ministry has reportedly assured that it will address the matter in its regular press briefing on Thursday. A foreign ministry official said, do you think people like Home Minister Amit Shah might have made such unfounded and b...

Two journalists were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged attempt to malign Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma after they shared a photo of him along with his daughter with a 'salacious intent', police said. Taufiquddin Ahmad, the Editor-in-Chief of the local news website Pratibimba Live, and its News Editor Iqbal were arrested to investigate the 'conspiracy', Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) GP Singh said.buy xifaxan online https://alvitacare.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/classes/new/xifaxan.html no prescription Police would take strong action against all such attempts under stringent provisions of the POCSO Act, he said. They were arrested on the basis of a case registered at the Dispur police station under IPC section 509 (intending to insult th...