Topic: Muslims
Where is the opposition in Modi’s India? It is here and finally with a face
A new window has just opened for the Opposition as they corner the Modi government. And Mamata Banerjee now seems a veteran.
Muslim clergy must spread the message loud — Covid vaccine won’t invalidate Ramzan fast
Enforcing discipline among 170 million people, sharply divided on sectarian and linguistic lines, is never an easy task. It requires voluntary compliance.
Silence on Kumbh shows Indians think only Muslims spread Covid
There’s nothing more liberating than the truth. And the truth is that India has fangs of communalism deeply dug into it.
Indian madrasas are thought-influencers. Their funding, modernisation should be priority
The government of India would do well to help madrasas use their institutions in teaching Indian Muslims to assimilate their identity as ‘Indian’ and ‘Muslim’, together.
Abbas Siddiqui’s dilemma—bring Muslims from TMC and still be secular enough for Left-Congress
Abbas Siddiqui and his Indian Secular Front has pitched Muslim, Brahmin, Dalit and tribal candidates for the Bengal assembly election. But can they win?
Marriage, divorce, adoption — the 5 pleas by a BJP leader in SC that seek uniform civil laws
All 5 petitions were filed last year by BJP leader & lawyer Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay. In all of them, SC has issued notice, asking relevant govt authorities to respond.
After 1857 rebellion, Delhi properties of ‘disloyal’ Indians were confiscated
In ‘The (Un)governable City’, Raghav Kishore writes about the transformation of Delhi into a cantonment in the aftermath of the Great Rebellion of 1857.
Plan to use mercury in tadka to kill 2 jailed in Tihar for Delhi riots foiled, police say
A Muslim convict allegedly planned to murder 2 Hindu men lodged in Tihar for 'killing' Muslims in the 2020 riots. Delhi Police foiled the plan & arrested the conspirators.
Minorities panel has only 1 member since Nov, but govt says work not affected ‘in any way’
Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Naqvi says most seats at 7-member National Commission for Minorities fell vacant during Covid pandemic, process to fill vacancies is on.
Muslims too are giving donations for Ram temple construction, says BJP minority cell chief
Haji Jamal Siddiqui quotes Urdu poet Allama Iqbal to say Ram is an ideal for everyone, and adds that BJP will work on increasing Muslim representation in India's electoral politics.
Marathas lack the power of written word. Supreme Court can’t ignore it like Communists did
Caste and varna abolition is now in the hands of RSS/BJP, which claims to represent all Indian Hindus, not just Dwijas, the upper castes.
‘Worrying signs’: Covid hits rural India hard, it now has nearly half of all new cases
The total number of daily cases being reported across India is nearly 300 per cent higher as compared to last year, meaning they will exert pressure on rural health infrastructure.
Defence
Armed forces plan to hire 400 retired military doctors to assist in fight against Covid
The forces are looking to hire, on a contractual basis for about a year, medical officers who retired in the last four to five years.
Modi govt is in denial & India is back to being a flailing state
Modi government didn’t strengthen the foundations of basic governance in the last 7 years. Now, the PM has retreated and ministers are failing, adding to the Covid disaster.