Topic: Tablighi Jamaat
SC asks Centre to clarify visa status of 2,500 foreigners blacklisted due to Tablighi links
The top court asked to place on record whether individual notices were issued with regard to cancellation of visas of the foreign nationals.
Indians who made Covid ‘Muslim virus’ after Tablighi Jamaat are cheering Odisha’s Rath Yatra
Just one look at the crowds at Puri’s Jagannath Temple will tell you no social-distancing norms were maintained. That too at the height of India’s Covid spike.
Police chargesheets 12 Tablighi Jamaat members from Nepal for violating lockdown norms in UP
According to the prosecution, the members of the Tablighi Jamaat have been charged under the IPC and the Epidemic Diseases Act.
‘They aren’t criminals’: Madras HC gives bail to 31 foreigners who took part in Tablighi event
The high court also said it viewed the petitioners as 31 individuals instead of 'collectively thingifying them as Tablighis’.
More Muslims are killed in riots, then more of them get arrested, it’s not new: Mahmood Madani
Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind’s Mahmood Madani slams ‘one-sided’ arrests in Delhi riots, asks why leaders who spoke of ‘blood on streets’ aren’t behind bars.
Nizamuddin dargah doesn’t want ‘Tablighi Jamaat-type’ row, stays shut despite Unlock 1.0
The Nizamuddin Basti has been de-sealed, but both the Tablighi Jamaat markaz as well as the Hazrat Nizamuddin dargah continue to remain shut.
No need for CBI probe into Tablighi event, Delhi Police on the job: Centre to SC
Home ministry also tells SC that organisers of Tablighi Jamaat event had deliberately disobeyed restriction orders even after they were apprised of Covid threat.
MHA blacklists 2,550 foreign Tablighi Jamaat members, bans entry for 10 years
The action has been taken after various state govts provided details of foreigners who were found to be illegally living in mosques & religious seminaries.
Detaining people in quarantine centres after negative Covid test violates Article 21: HC
The Allahabad High Court also directed that a 3-member committee be formed in every district to ensure effective functioning of quarantine centres.
Kanpur principal claims ‘blackmail bid’ as viral video shows her calling Tablighis terrorists
Dr Aarti Lalchandani of GVSM Medical College, Kanpur, claims video was ‘tampered with’, but acknowledges she was upset about ‘misbehaviour’ by Jamaatis.
Millenials love discussing Mercury retrograde on Instagram, but scoff at jyotish predictions
If you’re a millennial and everything is going wrong at work, in love, and in life — it’s probably just Mercury retrograde, which began in June and ends mid-July.
India should spend more to revive demand, not worry about deficit: Economy expert Martin Wolf
Speaking at ThePrint's OffTheCuff, Chief Economics Commentator at The Financial Times Martin Wolf said India can afford to increase its debt-to-GDP ratio to 90%, but should avoid borrowing in foreign currency.
Defence
Army slams ‘malicious’ claims on Leh hospital visited by PM, says troops get best treatment
Army said troops injured at Galwan are being treated in a repurposed hall that is part of the hospital complex as some wards have been made isolation facilities.
It’s time for China, Pakistan, even India to rethink the fantasy Modi called expansionism
India, China and Pakistan all want territory from another. But it’s a pursuit doomed to fail as they can’t get it without annihilating the other.