Iqbal Singh Lalpura says violence in Jahangirpuri in 2022 & Nuh in 2023 ‘weren't community hate crimes’. Remarks come day after Owaisi said attacks on Muslims surged after poll results.
Representatives of Punjab govt, Akal Takht and SGPC will attend a meeting called by the National Minorities Commission to discuss the issue on 16 June.
Atif Rasheed, vice-chairman of the National Commission for Minorities, says the panel has taken suo moto cognisance of the incident and has directed authorities to file report.
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.
Yoga is hugely popular in Iran, but there is scepticism about its history and connections to Hinduism and Buddhism, especially among the Islamic orthodoxy.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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