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After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal

With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance

Who is to be blamed for the consistently low Muslim representation in the police force?

Since the year 2013, no new NCRB data has been provided to shed light on the current Muslim personnel present in our police force

Bilkis Bano’s plea against remission to convicts could not be heard in SC

Bilkis Bano was 21 years old and five months pregnant when she was gang-raped while fleeing the riots that broke out after the Godhra train burning incident. Her three-year-old daughter was among the seven family members killed.

Bihar: Christian man beaten up on allegation of forced conversion

The words of  the man speaking from behind the camera makes it clear that the attackers were hardliners attacking a man for “insulting” and “converting” Lord Ram.

Court orders 12 UP cops to be booked for murder of farmer: Cow Vigilantism

The order of the chief judicial magistrate directing registering of a case followed directions by the Allahabad High Court for early decision in the case

Goa: ABVP disrupts classes in St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa

The ABVP forced their way into the college raising demands for forming students council and disrupted classes

Temple fairs and the saga of economic boycott: Dakshina Kannada

The trend of disallowing non-Hindus from partaking in auction of stalls at temple fairs is a new low for Hindu fringe groups and temple authorities are being forced to follow suit

Lawyers’ Group files criminal complaint against UP CM over brute state action against CAA protesters

Strongman chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Adityanath, the aggressive man in saffron robes faces a criminal complaint filed by the Guernica 37 Chambers at the Office of the Swiss Federal Prosecutor as he made his way to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum. His visit ends today.

UP Madrasa Board to introduce NCERT syllabus, no to NCPCR’s diktat on non-Muslim students

However, the controversial, even unconstitutional, recommendation of the NCPCR ‘directing’ non-Muslim students not to be educated at Madrasas was rejected

Hindu College, denies entry to students wearing burqas, sparks protests: UP

The chief proctor of a college in Moradabad, which recently implemented a "strict dress code," has stated that students wearing burqas will not be allowed entry to the campus. He added that they can remove the burqa and wear it again after stepping out of the campus.

Muslim man beaten on board a train in UP, booked for sexual harassment

Asim even spoke to the media and said he was beaten only because someone said “all mullas are thieves”

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After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal

With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance