By Pervez Bari BHOPAL: In order to beat the fast growing tentacles of Covid-19 in Bhopal the district administration used the premises of historical Taj-ul-Masajid, one of the largest mosque in Asia, to vaccinate people of all hues to send the ...
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Feed SubscriptionPersons Above 18 Free to Choose Religion, SC Observes Rejecting Plea to Bar Religious Conversion
A three-judge bench terms the PIL as ‘publicity interest litigation’ and warns the petitioner of ‘heavy cost’ NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea to bar religious conversion and warned the petitioner of fine saying “what kind ...
Read More »Pandemic Thoughts to Assist Poor in India: Being a Helper in Your Community
Dr Aishath Muneeza, Associate Professor, INCEIF, Malaysia COVID-19 is a black swan event that has turned back the global poverty clock. Millions have lost their jobs overnight and have no way to find employment due to the lockdown measures taken ...
Read More »Mandsaur youth Sohail’s death in Narcotics police custody a planned murder: Fact-finding team
By Pervez Bari BHOPAL: A fact-finding team of Human Rights activists, after due investigation has concluded that the death of a 20-year-old youth namely Sohail Khan in the custody of Narcotics Police on April 2, has concluded on the basis of ...
Read More »NHRC closes complaint on arrest of Kerala scribe Siddique Kappan
By Pervez Bari BHOPAL: Predictably, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has closed the complaint on the arrest of Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, jailed since October 5, 2020. Kappan, also the secretary of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWF), ...
Read More »Uncertainty in Assam over BJP’s CM face
Though the fate of Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal was sealed on March 27, uncertainty remains in the Bharatiya Janata Party over the candidature of chief ministerial candidate of the party in the state. He is contesting from Majuli Scheduled Tribe ...
Read More »Nearly 80% Polling in Bengal, 77% in Assam in Phase 1
Violence reported from West Bengal’s East Medinipur district where two security personnel were injured in a firing incident NEW DELHI — As many as 79.79 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of polling in 30 Assembly seats ...
Read More »Now Uttar Pradesh Minister Objects to High-volume Loudspeakers in Mosques
The objection to the loudspeaker volume by the Uttar Pradesh minister came days after a similar complaint was made by Allahabad University Vice Chancellor Prof. Sangita Srivastava. BALLIA — After the Allahabad University Vice Chancellor Prof. Sangita Srivastava’s complaint to the ...
Read More »In MP Village, Dozens of Muslim Houses Demolished, Several Held After Clash with VHP Activists
Accidental death of Santram Valmiki, husband of a Sarpanch, triggers police action Waquar Hasan NEW DELHI – Dozens of houses belonging to poor Muslims have been demolished in Madhya Pradesh’s Murwas village in Vidisha district. Several Muslims from the village have also ...
Read More »SIMI Prisoner Safdar Nagori Goes on Hunger Strike in Bhopal Jail
This is the second time in six months that the SIMI prisoner serving life term has resorted to this method of protest; his mother appeals for his safety NEW DELHI — SIMI activist Safdar Nagori who is serving life term in ...
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