Fri 22 May 2026: The decades-old dispute over the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex has moved to India’s Supreme Court. The Kamal Maula Mosque committee has filed a challenge against a recent Madhya Pradesh High Court order that ruled the site is a temple and barred Muslims from offering prayers there, according to Live Law. The special […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: What began as a demolition drive in Bandra East, Mumbai, turned tense when Western Railway razed a mosque and surrounding buildings, claiming the land was illegally occupied. Carried out on May 19 in the Gareeb Nagar slum following a Bombay High Court directive, the operation cleared roughly 500 unauthorized huts adjacent […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: Helle Lyng, an Oslo-based journalist who gained attention for grilling Indian PM Narendra Modi during his May 18 visit to Norway, says Facebook and Instagram have suspended her accounts. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, Lyng revealed she had been struggling to log into her Instagram account throughout […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: A NITI Aayog report on the School Education System in India reveals that 98,592 government schools still lack functional girls’ toilets, while 61,540 schools have no usable toilets at all. The report states that the percentage of schools with functional toilets increased from 85.17% in 2014 to 94% in 2024–25. The report raises serious […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: A court in Pakistan has sentenced Umar Hayat, 23, to death for murdering a 17-year-old TikTok and Instagram influencer whose killing last year had reignited a debate about women’s safety. Tuesday’s verdict “is a lesson for all such criminals in society”, said Hassan Yousaf, the father of Sana Yousaf, who was shot […]
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Tue 19 May 2026: Southeast Asia’s tourism powerhouse to introduce new tiered visa system. Thailand’s cabinet has approved a drastic reduction to its visa-free entry scheme for tourists from more than 90 countries. The decision, issued on Tuesday, shifts the country away from a sweeping 60-day visa exemption introduced in July 2024 to stimulate its […]
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Tue 19 May 2026: The West Bengal cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, decided on Monday to end government assistance schemes based on religious categorisation starting in June. The move includes programmes under the madrasa and minority affairs departments. The move effectively ends several religion-linked welfare programmes introduced under the previous All India Trinamool […]
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Mon 18 May 2026: Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets and an air defense system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defense pact, ramping up military cooperation with Riyadh even as Islamabad serves as the main mediator in the Iran war. The deployment, the full scale of which is reported by […]
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Mon 18 May 2026: In repeat of a familiar pattern, the Madhya Pradesh High Court rules that the historic Kamal Maula mosque is a temple dedicated to a Hindu goddess. For decades, the Kamal Maula mosque in Dhar, in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state, has been like a second home for 78-year-old Mohammad Rafiq. Rafiq […]
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Sun 17 May 2026: Boasting the equivalent weight of nine elephants, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis had enough unique features to be considered a new species. Scientists have identified the remains of a massive new species of dinosaur in Thailand, estimated to have weighed as much as nine adult elephants. “Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis” is the largest-known dinosaur from Southeast […]
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