Category: Asia

ASADUDDIN OWAISI FILES FIR AGAINST WASEEM RIZVI OVER ‘OBJECTIONABLE’ COMMENTS AGAINST PROPHET MOHAMMED

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Thu 18 November 2021: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi along with his party leaders met Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar and lodged a complaint against former Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi over the “objectionable” contents against Prophet Mohammed in the latter’s book. Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi. […]

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US TRAVEL ADVISORY FLAGS RAPE IN INDIA, ASKS AMERICAN VISITORS TO EXERCISE ‘INCREASED CAUTION’

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Thu 18 November 2021: In its latest travel advisory for American travellers coming to India, the US has highlighted “rape” as a major concern, thereby putting India in the ‘Level 2’ category of travel destinations. The advisory, which was issued by the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the US State Department on 15 November, has […]

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VIR DAS ROW: A LOOK AT INDIAN STAND-UP COMEDIANS WHO LANDED IN TROUBLE FOR THEIR ACT

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Thu 18 November 2021: With the growing calls for action against Vir Das for his new comedy monologue, the comedian joins the ever-expanding list of artistes who faced controversies, threats and legal troubles for their content about prevalent issues of India. Mr Das, who recently performed at the John F Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, […]

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TALIBAN CALLS ON US CONGRESS TO RELEASE AFGHAN CENTRAL BANK ASSETS

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Wed 17 November 2021: The Taliban has called on US Congress members to release Afghan assets frozen after their takeover of the country, warning economic turmoil at home could lead to trouble abroad. In an open letter on Wednesday, Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said the biggest challenge facing Afghanistan was financial insecurity, “and […]

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“THEY WERE LAUGHING”: GIRL SOBS ON VIDEO OVER FATHER’S KILLING IN SRINAGAR (VIDEO)

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Wed 17 November 2021: Hyderpora Encounter: Mohammad Altaf Bhat, a businessman, was among four dead in an anti-terror operation at a commercial complex in Srinagar. The video of a young Kashmiri girl weeping over her father’s killing during a security operation on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir has been widely circulated on social media. Mohammad […]

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JORDAN SEEKS AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE GENDER OF AN IRANIAN FOOTBALL PLAYER

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Wed 17 November 2021: Jordan has called on the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to launch an investigation to determine the gender of a goalkeeper on the Iranian women’s football team, France24 reported. Iran beat Jordan 4-2 on penalties after a goalless draw on September 25 to qualify for the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup for the […]

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INDIA: AHMEDABAD BANS STALLS SELLING NON-VEGETARIAN FOOD ALONG PUBLIC ROADS

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Wed 17 November 2021: New Delhi, India – Authorities in Ahmedabad have ordered the removal of non-vegetarian food stalls from its main roads – the fourth city in the western Indian state of Gujarat to do so in recent days. In an order on Monday, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said it will remove stalls selling non-vegetarian […]

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INDIA: FIR AGAINST 9 MUSLIMS AFTER 100 TRIBALS EMBRACE ISLAM IN GUJARAT

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Tue 16 November 2021: Amidst the clamp down on free religious propagation in India, the Gujarat police have booked nine Muslims after 100 tribals from 37 families of the “Vasava Hindu” community embraced Islam in the Kankariya village in Amod taluka of Bharuch district. The police officials claimed that the nine Muslims converted the tribals […]

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MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRAFFICKING 130 WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN

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Tue 16 November 2021: Officials reported Tuesday that the Taliban had captured a guy for allegedly selling scores of women in northern Afghanistan after duping them into believing they would marry into money. Damullah Seraj, the Taliban provincial police chief, informed reporters that the individual was apprehended late Monday in northern Jawzjan province. “We are […]

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INDIA’S EXTREMISTS HINDU SET ON FIRE MUSLIM EX-FOREIGN MINISTER’S HOME

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Tue 16 November 2021: A former Indian foreign minister, Salman Khurshid’s Nainital home was vandalized and set on fire on Monday, only days after his new book on Ayodhya stirred a controversy by drawing a link between “Hindutva” and extreme Islamist groups. This is the latest incident of religious violence that critics say has been […]

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