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When the State Valued a Desecrated Grave at Rs 100: The Mathura cemetery controversy
The reported desecration of graves in a century-old Muslim cemetery in Mathura raises troubling questions about dignity, religious freedom and state accountability
District Administration extends Sec 144 to Dec 28: Ayodhya
Hearing on appeals challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya case will conclude on October 17
The Highs & Lows of Foreigners Tribunals that affects Justice Delivery: Assam
A Guwahati High Court bench, which has been holding hearings since March 2015 under the directions of the Supreme Court, has been monitoring and continues to monitor the functioning of the existing Foreigners Tribunals in Assam. During the past 4 years many things have come to light with respect to the hurdles in the day to day functioning of these Tribunals and this raises questions on the efficiency of the Tribunals and the credibility of the orders passed by them.
Badruddin Ajmal is wrong, Islam encourages family planning
In response to the Assam government’s recent decision against providing government jobs to people having more than two children, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has said Muslims will continue to produce children and they will not listen to anyone. The maulana from Assam is merely reiterating the conviction of many among the ulema in India that Islam is opposed to family planning. However, basing herself on the Quran, Hadith and the Shariah, activist-scholar Qutub Jahan Kidwai, debunks such claim
100 Days into J&K Reorganisation, Fake News Blurs Reality
Three months after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, the former state of Jammu & Kashmir was split into two separate union territories on October 31, 2019. While a significant number of changes are being seen in the region following this bifurcation, there is a lot of baseless information spread over the internet in a factoid-like form.
Don’t spend tax-payers money on detention centres: Anti-NRC Forum
Joint Forum Against NRC asks questions from the Union and State Governments , announces a state-wide anti-NRC and anti-CAB Yatra to sensitise common man about the ground reality of the two
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