Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday quoted intolerance and unemployment as the key issues that pose a serious challenge to India’s national security and development. Gandhi, who is in the US on a two-week-long tour, held a series of meetings, including a roundtable with eminent Indian/South Asia experts hosted by[Read More…]
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China bans Muslim names like Hajj, Saddam, Medina for babies in Xinjiang
Chinese authorities have banned certain Islamic baby names in Xinjiang province, country’s largest Muslim province. A document entitled “Naming Rules for Ethnic Minorities” prohibits names used by Muslim parents around the world including Imam, Hajj, Islam, Quran, Saddam, Medina and Islam, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported. Any babies with “overly[Read More…]
Najeeb Ahmed case: Court rejects students’ plea against polygraph test
A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed the plea of nine JNU students in which they had claimed that they cannot be asked by Delhi Police to give their consent for lie detector test in a case related to the missing student Najeeb Ahmed. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass summoned all[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Two detained for attacking writer with ink for defaming ‘gods’
Two people have been arrested concerning the blackening of the face of a controversial writer, Yogesh Master, at a function held in Davangere on Monday. Shivaprakash and Chetan were detained by Davangere police. The detained were reportedly belonging to the right wing Hindu Jagaran Vedike. The event took place when[Read More…]
‘Love for your underwear is not patriotism’: Actor protests intolerance
Noted Malayalam actor Alencier Ley Lopez performed a one-act drama in Kasargod bus station in Kerala protesting against Sangh Parivar’s politics of hatred. The actor dramatically appeared at the bus station and started singing patriotic songs. He went inside buses and asked the passengers, now that the Sangh Parivar is[Read More…]