NEW DELHI — A Public Interest Litigation petition has been filed in the Supreme Court of India seeking a country-wide ban on Halal certified products and withdrawal of Halal certification, Livelaw reported. The petitioner Advocate Vibhor Anand, stated that he is filing the PIL on behalf of “85% Citizens of the Country” on whom Halal […]
BAREILLY (UP) — Two people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly for playing Pakistani songs on their mobile phones. An FIR was registered on Wednesday against Naeem and Mustkim of Singhai Murawan village in the district’s Bhuta area. The incident was reported in Singhai Kalan village under Bhuta police station. A video of the […]
BHOPAL (MP) — The anti-Muslim violence triggered by the rallies of right-wing groups during the Ram Navami procession in almost four states of India, Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone, authorities have allegedly begun demolishing homes, shops and other properties belonging to Muslims in Chandini Chowk and Khaskhaswadi Mohalla area. According to Muslim Mirror report, the demolition drive […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi court on Monday denied bail to JNU student activist Sharjeel Imam in a UAPA case related to the February 2020 north-east Delhi riots, in which several other students and activists are accused. The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat, days after bail was denied to activists like Shifa-ur-Rehman, […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police on Monday registered an FIR against unknown ABVP students based on the complaint received from a group of students in connection with a clash in JNU campus over non-vegetarian food, officials said. This comes a day after two groups of students clashed at the Jawaharlal Nehru University’s Kaveri Hostel […]
NEW DELHI — Violence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus after a disagreement over non-vegetarian food being served on campus left several students injured. The incident took place in Kaveri hostel on Sunday , after members of the right-wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad protested against non-vegetarian food being served on Ram Navami. According to the […]
NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India Friday issued a ‘strong’ condemnation against the alleged detention and assault of eight people, including a local journalist, after they were arrested for allegedly protesting and sloganeering against state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other BJP leaders. A photograph of the purported incident was widely circulated […]
SIDHI (MP) — In an incident which shook the journalism fraternity all over the country, 8 video journalists were humiliated and forced by the police to strip inside a police station in BJP ruled Madhya Pradesh. In a photograph that went viral on social media on Thursday, all eight journalists can be seen standing inside […]
NEW DELHI — Indian authorities must immediately lift the arbitrary travel ban imposed on Indian human rights activist and Chair of Amnesty International India Board Aakar Patel, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Aakar Patel was on his way to attend multiple conferences on the use of social media for social and political change […]
NEW DELHI — The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has passed a ruling that Zee News must take down video links to the channel’s star anchor Sudhir Chaudhary’s show on Activist Shehla Rashid, which the authority said lacked objectivity, impartiality, and had presented only ‘one side of the story’. Rashid had filed a […]