The relatives of Aam Admi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan were lathi-charged by the Uttar Pradesh police in Meerut district when they were celebrating his successful re-election bid from Okhla constituency of Delhi, The Statesman reported. Khan was re-elected to the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday after defeating Bharatiya Janata Party’s Braham Singh by a massive margin of 71,827 votes. Okhla, his constituency has been the epicenter of anti-CAA protests raging across the country. Both Shaheen Bagh and Jamia Nagar area are in this constituency. Soon after election results were announced, Khan’s relatives in his paternal village Agwanpur started the celebration. On this, the cops reached there and trashed the MLA’s kin and villagers to disperse them. Khan’s relatives claimed some policem...

Manoj Sinha, the man who almost became UP CM in 2017, and now has taken oath as the L-G of Jammu Kashmir, in an exclusive interview to Zee UP-Uttarakhand editor Dileep Tiwari, spoke about a number of issues in detail including the changes in the region post the abrogation of article 370. Sinha said, “People in Jammu Kashmir are excellent which adds to its natural beauty. Talent is immense. There may be little confusion because the true picture does not reach the outside world. But those who are living here have also realized that now a new wind of change has started flowing here.” Sinha feels the budget provided by the Central government to the Union Territory is doing a lot to fight the general perception that J&K is a disturbed state due to terrorism and corruption. “It is t...

The British broadcasting regulator Ofcom has imposed a fine of Rs. 19.7 lakhs on Worldwide Media Network Limited, which operates Republic Bharat in the UK, for failing to comply with broadcasting rules. The breach in question referred to a screening of "Poochta Hai Bharat" episode on September 6, 2019, 14:26 pm. The series is a daily current affairs discussion programme, which is broadcasted for the Hindi-speaking community in the UK. Ofcom found the episode to have contained "uncontextualised hate speech" and inciteful language against people from Pakistan. Ofcom defines "hate speech" as "all forms of expression which spread, incite, promote, or justify hatred based on intolerance on the ground of disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, nationality, race, religion, or se...

Ishrat Jahan, one of the many arrested under the unlawful activities prevention Act for her alleged role in the Anti-CAA Protest in New Delhi has been allegedly beaten and abused by inmates in her cell in Mandoli jail, the Quint reported. Farhan Hashmi (her husband) and her sister Sarwer Jahan have alleged that Ishrat has been beaten for the second time. "Her clothes have been torn, her head smashed against the wall several times. She is being constantly abused and threatened. They are constantly extorting her to do things… to let her live peacefully. They are saying things like she has to arrange a liter of milk every day," her husband was quoted by the Quint as shaving said. Earlier Ishrat was beaten on 20 Novemer and she has not een feeling safe in the jail.