Raj BJP chief reprimands MLA over raising slogans in mosqueJAIPUR: Rajasthan BJP president Madan Rathore reprimanded Sunday party MLA and Hathoj Dham mahant (head priest) Balmukundacharya after he and his supporters raised slogans and stuck posters inside Jaipur’s Jama Masjid before Friday prayers, triggering tensions in the city’s walled area.“Those who deliberately provoke unrest have…
NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has condemned the recent Waqf Amendments passed by Parliament, calling them a “severe assault” on Islamic values, Shariah, religious freedom, communal harmony, and the foundational structure of the Indian Constitution.In a strongly worded statement following a high-level meeting of Board officials and special invitees, the…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav rebuked a BJP MLA‘s appeal to Muslims to “stay indoors” on Holi and said that Bihar was a state where “designs of RSS-BJP and Sangh Parivar have often been foiled.” Demanding an FIR against Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul, Yadav said, “It is not his father’s rule (baap ka…
NAVI MUMBAI: Three days after a 14-year-old boy was apprehended and his parents arrested by Malvan police and a day after a scrap shop rented by them was demolished by Malvan municipal council after locals complained the family had raised anti-national slogans inside their home during the India vs Pakistan Champions Trophy match on Sunday,…
NEW DELHI: BJP Friday said Congress moving Supreme Court in support of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act was a declaration of “open war against Hindus” and the party was now the “new Muslim League“. “Congress has approached SC seeking to deny Hindus their fundamental constitutional right to legal remedies for addressing historical injustices….
NEW DELHI: Congress has moved Supreme Court in support of the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, saying the law was “essential to safeguard secularism in India” which is a basic feature of the Constitution and was needed to ensure communal harmony.Seeking to intervene in the litigation initiated by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, now with BJP,…
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider Asaduddin Owaisi‘s plea, along with similar petitions, seeking implementation of the 1991 places of worship law. The matter will be taken up for hearing on February 17.Owaisi’s plea sought implementation of the 1991 law, which asks to maintain the…
NEW DELHI: Does shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ inside a mosque hurt religious sentiments of Muslims? Supreme Court on Friday will hear a petition challenging a Karnataka HC decision which quashed criminal proceedings against miscreants who raised the slogan inside a mosque on the ground that it did not hurt religious sentiments.A bench of Justices Pankaj…
NEW DELHI: The opposition is set to file a motion in the Rajya Sabha for removal of Allahabad HC judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav, whose controversial comments on a uniform civil code and Muslims at a VHP event triggered a major row, with even Supreme Court seeking a report from HC.While the motion is likely to…
As India hit out at Bangladesh for the arrest of Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das, Dhaka reaffirmed its commitment to communal harmony, and said that it is dedicated to protecting all citizens, regardless of religious identity.Bangladesh’s ministry of foreign in a statement said that Das was arrested on “specific charges” and dismissed allegations of religious…
