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Khargone riots case collapses: Four years after Ram Navami violence, MP court acquits 11 accused, finds prosecution failed to establish guilt
A sessions court points to hostile witnesses, unexplained delays, lack of identification procedures and forensic inconsistencies; accused, all of whom who were Muslim, spent up to 827 days in jail
Dr. Kafeel Khan’s detention under NSA extended until November
He has been languishing in jail since January after he was arrested for giving provocative speeches during an anti-CAA protest at AMU
Mere mention of Shaheen Bagh whets political appetites again
Both AAP, BJP rediscover Shaheen Bagh protests, months after the women who pioneered it, called it off in public interest due to Covid-19
Karnataka CM invokes UAPA against Bengaluru rioters
State Govt may ban PFI, SDPI; Cabinet meeting on August 20, around 52 FIRs filed, 264 arrested, prohibitory orders extended till Aug 18
Tablighi Jamaat: K’taka HC conditionally quashes criminal cases against 9 foreigners
They are to leave the country immediately and not to return to India for a decade
Bengaluru riot: 3 dead, journalists beaten up by cops, vehicles gutted
Naveen, nephew of Congress MLA Srinivas Murthy, allegedly posted communal remarks on Facebook, setting of a night of violence, arson, deaths
NFIW report on Jamia violence finds men and women were sexually assaulted
Even a chemical gas that left people unconscious and immobile was also used but was unidentified as no blood test was carried out to ascertain its properties
Indian Muslims in the crosshairs after Times Now report on anti-Modi audio message?
Message being allegedly spread by phone calls urges people to not let the Prime Minister hoist the tricolour at the Red Fort this year
Hydrabad: Sedition charges re-invoked against 2 Muslim women for protesting Ayodhya verdict
The women had been booked last year in November for organising a congregation against the Supreme Court’s verdict
Christian groups demand justice for Dalit minorities
Petition in SC asking for extension of Scheduled Caste status to Christians and Muslims hailing from historically oppressed castes
India’s composite culture and Muslim stalwarts
Blaming Education ministers who were Muslims adds to Islamophobia in India.
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