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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

When Navratri’s joyous Garba dance becomes a garb for exclusion: Gujarat, MP

The extra constitutional moral policing by outfits like the Bajrang Dal(BD) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) all affiliates of the omnipresent Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) introduce violence and exclusion in the 9-day festival of dance

Mohan Bhagwat and Indian Muslims

The Silence of the Mountain and the expectations of Muhammad

Karnataka: Minority PhD Scholars Stare at Bleak Future as Govt Slashes Fellowship Amount

The fellowship scheme has faced hurdles ever since regime change in the southern state.

Headmaster heckled for holding essay competition on Prophet Mohammed: Karnataka

A group of men, identifying themselves as ‘right-wing’ activists, entered a government school in Karnataka and heckled the school headmaster for holding an essay competition in school.

Sikhs are not Hindus, allow registration of marriage under Anand Marriage Act

A Sikh couple has moved Bombay high court for protection of their cultural rights and for directions to the state government to frame and notify rules under the Anand Marriage Act, 1909 so that they can register their marriage under it

Delhi police impose section 144 around Jamia, Okhla, student assembly restricted

Representation Image | Courtesy: PTI The Jamia Millia Islamia has...

UP: After Madrasas, Yogi Govt to Survey Waqf Properties; Muslim Citizens Doubt ‘Intention’

There are 162,229 Waqf properties, including 1,50,000 registered with Sunni Central Waqf Board and 12,229 with Shia Central Waqf Board in UP, with the government occupying quite a few of these.

Madhya Pradesh: Muslim family brutally assalted in Chhindwara

Son thrashed, clothes of mother torn off, seven days later victims’ family alleges police investigations to be tardy

Cooperate fully with madrasa survey authorities: Maulana Arshad Madani to UP madrasas

Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind and Darul Uloom have advised madrasa authorities to present all relevant documents and maintain transparency during UP government’s survey of madrasas

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