Wed 29 April 2020: His movie credits include internationally acclaimed offerings such as The Lunchbox and the Hollywood blockbuster Jurassic World. Actor Irrfan Khan died on Wednesday in Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where he was being treated for a colon infection. A statement released by his family said that Mr Khan spent his final hours “surrounded by his […]
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Tue 28 April 2020: Tablighi Jamaat chief, Maulana Saad Kandhavli, who was booked for culpable homicide after thousands of attendees of the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi’s Nizamuddin tested positive for COVID-19, appealed to COVID-19 survivors from the Muslim community to donate blood plasma for the treatment of other patients. Courtesy: The Wire Think your […]
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Mon 27 April 2020: The Delhi Minorities Commission has said that keeping members of the Tablighi Jamaat in COVID-19 quarantine camps for periods far exceeding the mandated 14 days, in case of those suspected to have contracted the coronavirus, was “creating ill-will in the Muslim community and may lead to court cases.” It has, therefore, […]
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Sun 26 April 2020: After Princess Hend Al Qassimi of UAE called out an Indian national working in Dubai for posting racist tweets, a fake news story was revived on social media to vilify her. A newspaper clipping is being circulated on social media after old, Islamophobic tweets by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya targetting Arab women resurfaced […]
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Sat 25 April 2020: India on Friday reported 1,752 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest single-day spike in the country, bringing the total number of cases to 23,452, the Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll in the country has risen to 723, as 37 new fatalities were registered over the […]
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Fri 24 April 2020: The apex court also stayed all coercive action against the Republic TV anchor for three weeks, to allow him to apply for anticipatory bail. The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the probes into a majority of FIRs filed against Republic TV editor-in-chief and anchor Arnab Goswami for hate speech and defamation […]
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Thu 23 April 2020: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at the BJP alleging that the party is spreading communal virus in the society when the need is to take coronavirus unitedly, while she applauded the success story of fighting Covid-19. “When we should be tackling the coronavirus unitedly, the BJP continues […]
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Wed 22 April 2020: Hospitals across India denying treatment to Muslims or discriminating against them, angering global Muslim community A private hospital in northern India has apologized for running a controversial newspaper advertisement denying treatment to Muslims who have not tested negative for the novel coronavirus. The Valentis Cancer Hospital, located in Meerut district in […]
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Tue 21 April 2020: Azad Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan said Monday that India has been using the “cover of the coronavirus” to “mow down” Kashmiri youth and change the Muslim-majority character of the disputed region. In a video statement addressing countries “friendly” to the Kashmir movement, Khan said “together, we will succeed [against COVID-19]. […]
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FILE PHOTO Mon 20 April 2020: At least 4 civilians, including 2 children killed in recent border fire between Pakistan, Indian troops As the world battles the COVID-19, Kashmiris across the Line of Control (LoC) struggle to escape from bullets. The de facto border divides the disputed Kashmir valley between Pakistan and India and a […]
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