Refund Money Recovered from Anti-CAA Protestors, SC Ordered the UP Government
The Supreme Court, on Friday, ordered the Uttar Pradesh Government to refund the recoveries made from anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act [CAA] protestors.
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Declare India ‘Hindu Rashtra’, Questionable Remarks Made in UP’s Prayagraj Dharma Sansad
Scores of seers and saints camping at Magh Mela on the sandy banks of the river Ganga on Saturday raised a demand for declaring India a Hindu nation, treating Subhash Chandra Bose as the first Prime Minister of the country and capital punishment for conversion which should be treated as treason.
500 Days Behind Bars, Prosecutor Cited Example of 9/11 to Oppose Rightful Bail Plea of Umar Khalid
Opposing the bail plea of Umar Khalid, an accused in Anti Muslim Northeast Delhi violence case, a Special Public Prosecutor on Friday brought the example of the 9/11 attack in the US.
India Added 40 Billionaires Last Year But Number of Poor Doubled: Oxfam
India’s richest have more than doubled their fortunes during the Covid-19 crisis that’s ravaged the country and worsened poverty, and the government should revisit its policies to redistribute wealth, according to the global Oxfam Davos report of 2022.
Gawkadal Massacre | Three Decades of Unspeakable Tragedy
In February 2019, the police said they had closed the investigation into the 1990 Gaw Kadal killings case saying they found no clue to trace the accused persons. The police in their reply to the State Human Rights Commission had also said the records pertaining to the incident were lost in the 2014 floods.
17 Years Old Student Dies By Suicide, Alleges Abuse And Forced Conversion, Warden Arrested
In Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, a class 12 student reportedly died by suicide on January 19. She was staying at the St Michael’s Girls Home in the city. The police arrested the warden of the hostel.
Law Students Humiliated and Brutally Assaulted by Chennai Police, Complaint Filed
Two police officers in Chennai are facing action for assaulting a college student for not wearing a mask. Abdul Rahim (21) says that he was forcibly taken to the P6 Kodungaiyur police station and assaulted by two constables Uthirakumar and Boominathan.
For Calling Muslim Genocide, Hindutva Preacher Yati Narsinghanand Arrested
Yati Narsinghanand – one of the Hindutva preachers who addressed an event in Haridwar last month that called for the genocide of Muslims – was arrested on Saturday, becoming the second person to be taken into custody following an intervention by the Supreme Court.
Two Years After the Pogrom Delhi Police Could not Find Evidence Against Accused BJP Leader
Nearly two years after Nisar Ahmed, a Delhi riots victim, filed a complaint regarding vandalism and ransacking of his house and shop in north-east Delhi’s Bhagirathi Vihar, Delhi Police has said that it has found “no sufficient evidence” against BJP leader Kanhaiya Lal, one of the accused in the case. Mr. Ahmed had also alleged that burqa-clad women were being killed and thrown into the Bhagirathi drain.
A Postcard Campaign Launched Against Wrongful Detention of Hidme Markam
A postcard campaign agitating for the release of jailed rights activist Hidme Markam, who is from the Adivasi community, has been launched on Social media. Users on the social media platform are being urged to send postcards to the authorities of the Jagdalpur Central Jail in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district where she is being held.