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OIC expresses deep concern over continued attacks on Muslims in India
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha on Monday has expressed deep concern over continued attacks targeting Muslims and their places of worship, the recent trend…
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Hijab controversy crosses Karnataka border, spreads to MP
Datia: Hijab row which began in Udupi District of Karnataka has spread to Puducherry and Madhya Pradesh. In Madhya Pradesh, Agrani Government Autonomous PG College in Datia district on Monday issued a…
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India reports 27,409 new COVID cases, daily positivity 2.23 percent
New Delhi: India continues to witness its downward trajectory of fresh COVID-19 cases with the country reporting 27,409 new infections in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and…
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Hijab Row : Students refuse to remove headscarf in Shimoga
Amid the growing debate over ‘Hijab‘ in Karnataka , Muslim students are being forced to remove the head scarf at educational institutions across the state. Some of them have been forced to…
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Investors lose over Rs 12 lakh crore in two sessions as Sensex crashes
Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex plunged 1,747 points while the Nifty crashed below the 17,000-level on Monday as escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions sparked a retreat from riskier assets globally. A depreciating rupee and…
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Australian Maitri Scholarships Programme for Indian students
New Delhi: Following meetings between visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar and Australian Foreign Affairs and Women Minister, Marise Payne, in Melbourne, Australia announced the launch of three ‘Maitri’ (friendship)…
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Russia-Ukraine crisis boosts gold, crude oil prices
New Delhi: Heightened tensions between Russia-Ukraine accelerated gold and crude oil prices on Monday. As global equity indices slid, commodities, including crude oil, surged as geopolitical risks over Ukraine rippled through global…
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Munna Bhai MBBS: SC on allegations against Maha college having fake patients
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday made strong observations against a Maharashtra-based private medical college, facing allegations of falsely representing patient admission records. A Bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud told…
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BJP leaders flay KCR for demanding proof of surgical strikes
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has flayed Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s demand to the Centre to show proof of the surgical strikes carried out on Pakistan in 2016. BJP…
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Illegal human hair smuggling racket busted; searches held across India
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) here conducted searches between the city and north eastern states pertaining to money laundering and smuggling of raw human hear earlier this month on February 9 and…
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Hijab row: Karnataka Congress MLAs wear black band during Governor’s address in protest
Bengaluru: Congress legislators in Karnataka wore black band on Monday during the Governor’s address to the joint sitting of the state legislature, in protest against the hijab row, accusing the BJP government’s…
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Delhi riots: 3 found guilty of rioting, setting mosque ablaze
A court in Delhi has found three men guilty of setting a mosque ablaze during the Delhi Riots of February 2020. Additional sessions judge Virender Bhatt found prima facie evidence sufficient to…
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IPL Mega Auction: Complete squads of 10 teams; hits and misses
Bengaluru: A total of 204 players were picked by the 10 franchise after shelling out a total of Rs 551.70 cr during the enthralling two day IPL 2022 mega auction with Ishan…
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Prominent Indians sign petition against draconian anti-conversion bill
In view of the fact that the Anti-Conversion Bill is scheduled to be tabled in Karnataka Upper House, prominent Indians including noted documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan, activist Medha Patkar and others have…
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Humiliating, says Owaisi as teachers, students in Karnataka forced to remove hijab
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party of humiliating the Muslim community by depriving hijabi Muslims of their “fundamental rights” by preventing them from wearing hijabs as…