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Bhagat Singh sent to gallows once again!

Repeated attempts by present day academics to whittle down the tradition followed and forged by young revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh are bound to fail; as history endures with the traditions laid by these very men

Telangana gov’t bans school fee hike till next year, defers rent collection for three months

Other states like Delhi and Maharashtra are also following suit

It took influential Arab anger to make India notice hate speech

Threat of a diplomatic crisis draws a few words of wisdom, that were missing when anti-Muslim hate spread faster than the Coronavirus, in India.

Plea in SC asks no coercive action be taken on trivial violations amidst lockdown

This is on the ground that the police and courts should not be over-burdened with such cases and also to prevent police excesses

Do the dead have rights in India?

One is compelled to ask this question in the light of a recent incident in which a deceased doctor was denied burial because he succumbed to Covid-19

Muslim minds at the front of disease control in India

An AMU alumnus has developed India’s first Covid-19 testing kit, while Cipla and Wockhardt, both founded by Muslims are developing drugs to combat multiple diseases ailing the country’s citizens

BJP members target Tablighi Jamaat for spread of coronavirus

Indulging in hate mongering, while MLA asked members of his constituency to stay away from the Tablighi Jamaat sect and community, the other said that Jamaatis were the number one problem of the country

Hope and a cycle: Migrant worker cycles 1,700 kms to reach home amid lockdown

Mahesh Jena, originally from Odisha was working in Maharashtra’s Sangli district in a foundry

Letter petition in SC seeks ban on ZOOM App after MHA advisory

The MHA advisory had raised concerns on the security of the app and barred its use by govt officials

Trying to make it home, 12-year-old girl dies after walking almost 100 kms amid the lockdown

Officials said that the tribal girl died on April 18 due to exhaustion and electrolyte imbalance

101 adults arrested, 9 minors detained in Palghar lynching case

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh warns against giving incident a communal colour

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