INDIA: MOSQUE IMAM BEATEN, BEARD CUT OFF FOR REFUSING TO CHANT JAI SHRI RAM

Tue 28 March 2023: An Imam who led the prayer at a mosque in Maharashtra’s Anwa village was attacked by Hindu men who entered the mosque and beat him up for refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram,’ a Hindutva war cry. According to Zakir Sayyed Khaja, the incident happened on Sunday evening at approximately 7:30 […]

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‘AMRITPAL JUSTIFIES DEMAND OF SIKH NATION AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF DEMAND FOR A HINDU NATION’

Tue 28 March 2023: The unprecedented scale of action on Amritpal, who otherwise could have been arrested without either much noise or spectacle, appears to be an attempt to demoralise civil society by creating a ‘fear psychosis’, says historian and expert, Prof. Harjeshwar Singh. Chandigarh: A sense of uncertainty continues in Punjab as the police chase […]

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ADANI GROUP’S STOCKS END IN THE RED; FIRM LOSES MARKET CAP OF RS 30,000 CRORE

Mon 27 March 2023: All the seven Adani Group stocks ended in the red on Monday, March 27 – for the first time in more than a month, i.e. since February 22, 2023. This has led to a loss of Rs 30,000 crore worth of market capitalisation, CNBCTV18 reported. The total market capitalisation currently stands at […]

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HINDUTVA MEN OBJECT TO MUSLIMS PRAYING TARAWEEH AT HOME; FILE COMPLAINT

Muslims offering Taraweeh (left) Rashtriya Bajrang Dal state president Rohan Saxena (right) Sun 26 March 2023: Right-wing organisation Rashtriya Bajrang Dal objected to the offering of Taraweeh prayers by a group of Muslim men in the Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident happened on Saturday night when a group of Rashtriya Bajrang Dal led […]

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INDIA LAUNCHES HEAVIEST ROCKET WITH 36 SATELLITES

Sun 26 March 2023: India on Sunday launched its heaviest rocket, Launch Vehicle Mark 3 (LVM3 or GSLV Mark 3), which successfully placed 36 satellites into orbit, the country’s Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced. “All 36 OneWeb Gen-1 satellites injected into the intended orbits. In its 6th consecutive successful flight, LVM3 carried 5805 kgs […]

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“CANADA CLOSELY FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS IN PUNJAB”: FOREIGN MINISTER

Sat 25 March 2023: Toronto: Canada is “very closely” following the developments in Punjab and will continue to address the concerns of the community, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly has said amid Punjab Police’s crackdown on radical preacher Amritpal Singh. Joly was answering a question from Indo-Canadian MP Iqwinder S Gaheer in the House of Commons on […]

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‘MY NAME IS NOT SAVARKAR, WON’T APOLOGIZE’: RAHUL GANDHI ON DISQUALIFICATION

Sat 25 March 2023: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held his first news conference since his disqualification from the Lok Sabha on Saturday, saying he only raised one question about Adani in Parliament. On the question of apologizing for his remarks on the Prime Minister, Rahul remarked that his name is ‘not Savarkar but Gandhi. “My […]

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AFGHANISTAN IS READY TO WORK WITH THE US, BUT SANCTIONS MUST GO

Fri 24 March 2023: Afghanistan’s new leaders believe in dialogue and an exchange of ideas. But it takes two hands to clap. A year and a half after the developments of August 15, 2021, when the Islamic Emirate regained control of Afghanistan, the situation in the country remains extremely hopeful. The security situation has improved significantly. Violence […]

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RAHUL GANDHI CONVICTED IN ‘MODI SURNAME’ DEFAMATION CASE, GIVEN TWO-YEAR SENTENCE

Thu 23 March 2023: A Surat district court in Gujarat on Thursday convicted Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case against him over his alleged ‘Modi surname’ remark in April 2019. Gandhi was convicted under IPC sections 499 and 500. The maximum possible punishment under this section is two years. The Court of […]

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BIDEN EXPRESSES ‘SOLIDARITY’ WITH CHINA’S UIGHURS DURING RAMADAN

Thu 23 March 2023: President Joe Biden has expressed “solidarity” with China’s embattled Uighur minority in a message to Muslims around the world as they celebrate the holy month of Ramadan. “Together with our partners, the United States stands in solidarity with Muslims who continue to face oppression, including Uighurs in the People’s Republic of China, Rohingya in […]

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