The Gujarat state Haj committee witnessed a dramatic fall in the number of applicants while conducting the draw of lots selected to go on Haj pilgrim this year. Among other Indian states, Gujarat was given a quota of 5,970 seats for which there were as many as 32,914 applicants this[Read More…]
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BJP MP Hari Om claims “rising Muslim population responsible for mob lynching”
Hari Om Pandey, Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Uttar Pradesh has made a discriminatory statement, blaming the Muslim community responsible for increasing cases on mob lynching in India. BJP leader Pandey said that it’s of grave concern that the Muslim population is increasing because “that’s the reason for growing incidents[Read More…]
Government defends allocation of pilgrims quota under Haj policy
The Central government on Friday defended, in the Supreme Court, its Haj policy under which a quota is allocated on the basis of the Muslim population in each state as it told the court that it was not discriminatory and based on objective criteria. The government made its stand to[Read More…]
ISIS has not been able to establish itself in India, says Rajnath Singh
On Saturday, Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, said that the NDA government has successfully completed three years in power under the strong and decisive leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Speaking about defence and security in the country, Singh said that security condition in India has improved, as the Centre has[Read More…]