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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Topic: Muslims

Indian Constitution was bulldozed between Ram Navami & Hanuman Jayanti. It needs to be rescued

Modi govt has opted for an informal approach to abandoning the Constitution — trespassing its boundaries and making sure there is no one to enforce it.

Jahangirpuri or Khargone, the policing India doesn’t deserve — of looking the other way

I’m not sure if law and order is now only reserved for minorities while the majority can get away with almost anything.

A spat, a human chain formed by cops, sloganeering & a flare-up — what happened in Jahangirpuri

Police say situation heated up when Hanuman Jayanti procession reached a mosque in C Block. It was initially brought under control, but the spat intensified and stone pelting ensued.

Muslims didn’t damage property in Kolkata, viral video is from a brawl in Switzerland

Video is from 2018 when violent clashes had erupted between Swiss fans supporting two rival football teams — FC Luzern and FC Basel.

Man held for ‘raping’ calf in Uttarakhand, Hindu group reiterates demand for ‘land jihad’ law

Alam Ansari, who works as a JCB driver with a firm in Chamoli, was booked under IPC’s Section 377 and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. ‘Insult to our community’, says NGO.

Looking beyond ‘Kashmir Files’, catharsis & closure need justice, for all cases of mass injustice

It’s ridiculous that 'Kashmir Files' debate is trapped in questions like how many Pandits were killed. We are still reducing great tragedy to argument over scorecard of killings.

What do UP voters want? This is what they told me about cow, Covid, Kashi

You soon realise that ‘good law and order’ in UP is a euphemism for ‘putting Muslims in their place’.

Heckled over hijab, Mandya Muslim student says no need to fear, fighting for right to education

Visuals of Muskan Khan being heckled by saffron scarf-clad protestors chanting ‘Jai Sri Ram’ at a college are viral. In an interview, she says college management is with her.

Kundapur PU college allows hijab-wearing students in campus, but no teaching & no classes

Govt PU College says students won't be allowed to attend classes because of govt order. Other colleges in town confiscate saffron shawls from Hindu students, declare a holiday.

Shah Rukh Khan didn’t ‘spit’ at Lata Mangeshkar’s funeral. This is what his gesture meant

After Shah Rukh Khan read a ‘dua’ next to mortal remains of Lata Mangeshkar, several Twitter users including Haryana BJP leader Arun Yadav questioned if the actor spat.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.