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TopicAsaduddin Owaisi

Topic: Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM’s biggest civic poll breakthrough in Maharashtra yet with wider footprint—Marathwada to Mumbai

Overall, the party has won 125 seats across the 29 municipal bodies, a significant improvement from 81 it bagged in the 2017 polls.

Old Hyderabad tense after Puranapul temple vandalism sparks mob clash with police

Two separate cases registered after temple vandalism and violence on Wednesday night. Later, AIMIM chief Owaisi visited the area as tension gripped the locality.

SIR a ‘backdoor NRC’ meant to disenfranchise people in name of religion—Owaisi in Lok Sabha

Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on election reforms, AIMIM chief Owaisi says the ECI is not a body empowered to concern itself about citizenship.

Two different tunes: Owaisi’s AIMIM sits out in Jubilee Hills but challenges Congress, RJD in Bihar

There can be no connection, or comparison between a state election where a new govt will be formed & a by-poll with no consequences on Telangana's political circumstances, he says.

Salahuddin Owaisi carved space for Muslims in Indian politics. Hyderabad was his arena

Supporters recount Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi’s stories like an action film. For them, he was nothing less than a macho hero.

Marshals deployed, torn copies flung & MPs come to near-blows as 130th Amendment Bill introduced in LS

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, which seeks to remove central & state ministers with chargesheet against them.

Owaisi & Rijiju engage in public spat over ‘benefits & protection’ to minorities under Modi govt

Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi got into a public spat on Monday with Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju, contesting the latter’s claim...

Even the Right loves Asaduddin Owaisi post-Op Sindoor. Why ‘secular’ camp won’t embrace him yet

Secular parties believe that Owaisi’s support for the Modi government—even over terrorism—will alienate the Muslims from him. He must prove them wrong in Bihar polls.

Secular card, Seemanchal link & other factors in Bihar as Owaisi’s AIMIM seeks tie-up with RJD

Four of five AIMIM leaders who won 2020 polls defected to RJD. Offering to join alliance, AIMIM says it's ready to forget & start afresh.

‘Patriots in Oppn’—Kerala BJP chief praises Tharoor & Owaisi, slams Congress’s ‘post-terror politics’

In an interview, Rajeev Chandrasekhar dismisses Congress's demand for a special parliamentary session on Op Sindoor & Trump's role in brokering ceasefire with Pakistan.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.